SANTA SATAN: The Christmas devil

Written by: Damien Powell

All over the world adults and children are getting into the Xmas spirit, they are putting up Xtmas trees, decorating their homes, buying presents, singing Xmas carols and other songs that worship and honor the Xmas tree like this song:

 O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree
Such pleasure do you bring me
O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree
Such pleasure do you bring me
For every year this Christmas tree
Brings to us such JOY and glee
O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree
Such pleasure do you bring me

This is idolatry! Singing praises to a tree and saying that it brings you joy!

John 15:11

“These I have spoken to you, so that My JOY might be in you, and that your joy might be complete.”

YESHUA said that those who guard His commands will stay in His love and your joy might be complete. We are to have joy in Him, yet the world has found joy and pleasure in a tree that doesn’t even come close to representing YESHUA at all.

Is December 25th the birth of YESHUA? Or is it something far more sinister than what we have been taught from generation to generation?

 In this broadcast we will discuss how people are giving Satan authority in their lives, is a Xmas tree a modern day Asherah pole? How believers are trying to worship YHWH and demons at the same time, then some facts about this evil day that you know or did not know.

Job 14:4

“Who brings the clean out of the unclean? NO ONE!”

No one can clean up paganism for the good of our Messiah, so why is Christianity trying to take the birth of a demon (Ezekiel 8:14) and Christianize it into the birth of our Messiah? You are trying to bring the clean out of the unclean. This is the celebration of the Christmas devil.

Galatians 1:6-8

“I marvel that you are so readily turning away from Him who called you in the favor of Messiah, to a different ‘good news,’ which is not another, only there are some who are troubling you and wanting to corrupt the Good News of Messiah. However, if we, or a messenger out of the heavens, bring a ‘good news’ to you beside what we announced to you, let him be accursed.”

So as we can see that Christianity has corrupted the Good News and has learned ‘another good news’ by paying homage to a demon and not YESHUA. Revelation 12:9 “Satan has deceived the whole world” and has told a lie through fallen angels which Paul warns of in Galatians and he warns us even further saying:

2 Corinthians 11:4

“For, indeed if he who is coming proclaims another YESHUA, whom we have not proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different Good News which you have not accepted, you put up with it well enough!”

Believers are being taught that YESHUA was born on this day when the exact date of His birth is nowhere to be found in Scripture. So how does one pinpoint December 25th as the exact day as if it is written in the Gospels? This means they are preaching of ANOTHER YESHUA, and if there is only ONE YESHUA, then who is receiving the credit for this so-called birthday celebration on December 25th? This demon is found in Ezekiel 8:14, but this will be discussed in the “facts about Xmas” section.

James 4:4

“Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is division with Elohim? Whoever therefore intends to be a friend of the world makes himself and ENEMY of Elohim.”

Is this a worldly holiday celebrated by the world? Yes! Don’t atheist and other non-believers celebrate this so-called Christian day? Yes! So you are not separating yourself from the world, but becoming a part of it, which makes you an ENEMY to Elohim the Creator of heaven and earth. No one can tell the difference between a believer and a non-believer anymore, anytime a non-believer is celebrating a day right along with the Christian! This is self-assimilation, believers have learned to become like the pagan nations around them instead of a called-out, separate, holy nation!

Philippians 3:18

“For many-of whom I have often to you, and now say to you even weeping-walk as ENEMIES of the stake of Messiah.”

Do not give Satan authority over your life! Are Xmas trees modern day Asherah poles?

Acts 26:18

“To open their eyes to turn them from darkness to light, and the authority of Satan to Elohim….”

Celebrating these demonic days is allowing you to give Satan authority over your lives and for him to claim you as one of his.

And what does a Xmas tree have to do with YESHUA at all? YHWH tells us exactly what a Xmas tree is in Jeremiah 10:2-5 saying:

“Do not learn the way of the nations or be terrified by signs in the sky though the nations are terrified by them. For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. They deck it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter. Like a scarecrow in a melon patch, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them they can do no harm nor can they do any good.”

YHWH tells us plainly as His people to not learn the way of the nations around us and that the Xmas tree is an idol and an abomination in His sight. They DECK IT with silver and gold, so now we know where the Xmas carol “DECK the halls” comes from. Also, the silver and gold they deck it with is the garland that is wrapped around the tree; which is a representation of Satan wrapping around the tree in the Garden of Eden deceiving the world as he did Adam and Eve, and has deceived the world into celebrating the birth of a demon. As I have stated before YHWH’s Holy Days are SHABBATS and Satan’s counterfeit days are called sabbats which means a pagan festival and a gathering of witches. And Christians are gathering around this tree just as the definition of sabbat says.

Another name for the Xmas tree found in scripture is an Asherah pole, which are defined as “a sacred tree or pole that stood near Canaanite religious locations to honor the Ugaritic mother-goddess Asherah”. YHWH is not pleased with these idols/sacred trees and He wants them destroyed. Examples in scripture is Exodus 34:13:

“Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.”

 Deuteronomy 7:5 YHWH says:

“This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols in the fire.”

Why does YHWH hate Asherah poles so much? Because they are a representation of Nimrod (Genesis 10:8), his mom/wife known as Semiramis aka Asherah/The queen of Heaven (Jeremiah 7:18) defined as that same so-called mother goddess of the sacred tree asherah pole, and their son Tammuz, who are pagan deities.  When Nimrod was killed and cut down like a tree, Semiramis claimed that a stump grew into a full grown evergreen overnight and that Nimrod would come and leave gifts under the tree. Now we see where giving gifts under the Xmas tree comes from so again the world is recreating pagan rituals. And food for thought, when you are going to grab a present from under the tree what do you have to do to get it? Kneel down! Yes, you are bowing down before Satan/Nimrod/Baal the sun god.

 Another example of YHWH’s anger with these abominations can be found in Judges 3:7 which says:

“The Israelites did evil in the eyes of YHWH, they forgot YHWH their Elohim and served the Baal’s (Nimrod) and the Asherahs (Semiramis).”

The churchofjesuschrist.org  says the definition of “Grove” in Hebrew is called Asherah (of which the plural is Asherim or Ashteroth) a living tree or tree-like pole, set up as an object of worship. The word is often translated as green trees or groves. The “nature worship” became associated with gross immortality, so the practice of setting up such groves was forbidden by the YHWH and the prophets. Deuteronomy 16:21, Numbers 25:3, Judges 2:11-13, 1 Samuel 7:3-4, 1 Kings 11:5, Isaiah 17:8, and Micah 5:12.

Christians trying to walk with demons and Elohim at same time!

1 Thessalonians 5:22

“Keep back from every form of wickedness.”

1 Corinthians 10:20-21

“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. You are not able to drink the cup of the Adon (Master) and the cup of demons, you are not able to partake of the table of the Adon and of the table of demons. Do we provoke the Adon to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?”

2 Corinthians 6:14-15

“And what fellowship has light with darkness? And what agreement has Messiah with Beliya’al? Or what part does a believer have with an unbeliever?”

Romans 1:20-23

“For since the creation of the world His invisibilities have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, both His everlasting power and mightiness, for them to be without excuse, because although they knew Elohim, they did not esteem Him as Elohim, nor gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning’s, and their undiscerning heart was darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and changed the esteem of the incorruptible Elohim into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds and four-footed beasts and of reptiles.”

Psalms 106:20

“Thus they changed My esteem into the form of an ox that eats grass.”

YHWH says that the children of Yisra’el changed His esteem, His holiness into an image of an ox that they could physically see and said this is what brought us up out of Egypt. Then Paul in Romans said that believers knew YHWH as Elohim, but did not worship Him as Elohim. They claimed to know Him, but they did not follow Him accordingly, but instead that came up with reasoning’s in their heart as to why they shouldn’t worship Him as He commanded so their hearts were darkened. Paul then says they changed His esteem into man, birds, beasts, and reptiles, the same way YHWH said they changed His esteem into an ox. The Christians and modern day church have changed The Esteem of YHWH into a corruptible Xmas tree, asherah poles, and groves and with vain reasoning’s in their heart and claim it’s for the birth of our Messiah! Claiming to be wise in their own sight.

Facts about Xmas

Now armed with a little background information about what a Xmas tree is and how our Elohim feels about them, I will list some facts about Xtmas and how we have been deceived:

·         YESHUA was not born during the winter season, Luke gives us an indicator around the time He was born. Luke 2:8 says “And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.” If the shepherds were living out in the field keeping watch over their flock at night we can determine it was not cold outside as it is in December; therefore, we can estimate His birth to be in the late summer or early fall. More likely it was near the Fall Appointed Time on YHWH’s calendar The Feast of Tabernacles.

·         If anyone was going to have a great birthday celebration wouldn’t it have been YESHUA the Savior of the world? Yet, the scriptures are silent on the details about His birth for a reason.

·         So if YESHUA was not born on December 25th then who was? Ezekiel 8:14 tells us whose birth we are celebrating on this day. Ezekiel 8:14 says “Then He (YHWH) brought me (Ezekiel) to the entrance to the north gate of the house of YHWH and I saw women sitting there, mourning for Tammuz. He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this.” The women were weeping for the pagan god Tammuz who died when he was 40 years old. When Nimrod died his mom/wife needed to secure her reign as the Queen of Babylon (Queen of Heaven). So after deifying Nimrod as Baal the sun god she had to find a way to make Nimrod live again and bring him back to the people. So Semiramis consulted with her astrologers and they told her the sun dies on December 21st (the shortest day of the year) but comes back to life on the eve of December 24th. She decided to say that the sun god Nimrod impregnated her with the rays of the sun on March 25th and 9 months later on December 25th she gave birth to Tammuz which is Nimrod reincarnated. She then ordered the pagans to go into the groves (forest) and place a gift on a tree to honor Nimrod.

·         The first recorded date of Xmas being celebrated on December 25th was in 336, during the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine (he was the first Christian Roman Emperor). But it was not an official Roman state festival at this time. And we know he changed the true Sabbath the 7th Day of YHWH to Sunday the day of the sun, so there is more pagan influence for this day.

·         12 Days of Xmas comes from a 12 days feast of Saturnalia. Chaldeans call December 25th Yule day which means “day of the infant” and that infant is Tammuz found in Ezekiel 8:14.

·         The druids believed in Hartha a pagan elohim who could come down from the chimney and bless the home. So druids would leave milk and pastries to appease their elohim. That is where the tradition of leaving milk and cookies for Santa comes from.

·         The Xmas tree is also known as a Saturnalia tree that they decorated for the feast of Saturnalia why correlates with the 12 day feast of Saturnalia. 12 Days of Xmas

·         Santa comes from a pagan deity named Odin, who traveled around the world on a white horse with 8 legs. (That is where the idea for the 8 reindeer came from and Rudolph was added later). He would go around with dark helpers known as black jacks or Krampus which looked like demons. If you were good Odin would give gifts but if you were bad the Krampus would beat the children. They later changed these demonic helpers into cute looking elves. This deceives the world and the origin of it all, we willfully accept what is put before us without looking for the truth and the end result is deception. This tradition is still being carried out today where people will dress up as these demonic Krampus and scare children.

·    THE ORIGIN OF THE

Krampus Legend from krampusfest.com

Everyone is familiar with Santa Claus, that jolly old elf who makes his way from house to house on Xmas Eve to deliver toys to the goodly children of the world. Here in the USA, some may know of St. Nick's European heritage, but few are familiar with his dark companion, Krampus. In many Alpine European towns, the celebration of St. Nicholas Day would not be the same without a celebration on its Eve, December 5th, honoring this dark servant.

Originating in Germanic folklore as early as the 1600s, Krampus is believed to be a beastial creature who accompanies St. Nicholas on his earthly journey. While St. Nicholas rewards the good children with gifts and sweets, Krampus dispenses punishment to the wicked children who have strayed from the path of good. It is said he takes care of St. Nick's "naughty list." Why, the mere sight of Krampus alone is enough to turn any wrong-doer toward more peaceful pursuits.

The name Krampus is derived from the Old High German word for "claw." This towering, seven foot tall, hairy creature is depicted as having bulging eyes, a whip-like tongue, pointed ears and horns atop his head. He carries a pitchfork or, more traditionally, a bundle of birch switches, to menace children as he travels through town on a pair of mismatched feet: one cloven hoof, the other a bear-like claw. Wayward children caught by Krampus are spanked, whipped and even shackled to be spirited away in either a basket or barrel to Krampus' lair. Once there they receive further punishment until they are repentant.

·         Lastly, what does Santa have to do with the birth of YESHUA anyway? Take a closer look at the name “Santa” don’t you see “Satan?” When people think of Christmas their focus goes to this made up character Santa and never

1.     Both have white hair like wool (Revelation 1:14)

2.     Both have beards (Isaiah 50:6)

3.     Hour of coming a mystery (Luke 12:40 and Mark 13:33)

4.     Comes as a thief in the night (Mathew 24:43-44) Santa drops off gifts like a thief in the night coming down the chimney

5.     Omniscient know all (Psalms 139:1-4) Santa knows if you are bad or good

6.     Both are eternal (Revelation 1:8, 21:6)

7.     Both are giver of gifts (Ephesians 4:8)

8.     Says “Ho, ho” (Zechariah 2:6)

9.     Commands children to obey parents (Ephesians 6:1)

Satan has deceived the world again by mocking Elohim’s powers with a made up character and giving the glory to Santa Claus. Doesn’t Satan want to be like YHWH? And have the world worship him instead of the creator?

 Let us get the Xmas trees (Asherah poles) aka the memorial of Nimrod out of our homes and be the holy nation YHWH as called us to be. We are to die to self as YESHUA did and not continue to live for self with your own desires, especially when it involves Satan worship. It is up to us to stand up and fight for the Elohim of Israel in truth.

Part 2: YESHUA says "I never Knew you, depart from Me!" The 10 Virgins

Written by: Damien Powell

Last week we discussed how YESHUA will say to many believers who say they follow Him “I never knew you, depart from Me.”

Mathew 7:21-23

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Adonai, Adonai,’ shall enter into the reign of the heavens, but he who is doing the desire of My Father in the heavens. Many shall say to Me in that day, ‘Adonai, Adonai, have we not prophesied in Your Name, and cast out demons in Your Name, and done many mighty works in Your Name? And then I shall declare to them, ‘I never KNEW you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness

So how do we know Him?

1 John 2:3-4

“And by this we KNOW that we KNOW Him, if we guard (keep) His Commands. The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His Commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”

What happens to those who do not know Him?

2 Thessalonians 1:8

‘In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who DO NOT KNOW ELOHIM, and those who do not obey the Good News of our Adon YESHUA ha’Mashiach, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Adon and from the esteem of His strength…”

Titus 1:16

“They profess to KNOW Elohim, but in works they DENY Him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unfit for any good work.”

Does the parable of the virgins tie into knowing YESHUA?

Mathew 25:1-12

“Then the reign of the heavens shall be compared to ten maidens (virgins) who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five foolish. Those who were foolish, haven taken their lamps, took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their containers with their lamps. Now while the bridegroom took time (YESHUA), they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight a cry was heard, ‘See, the bridegroom is coming, go out to meet him!’ Then all those maidens rose up and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ “But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, indeed, there would not be enough for us and you. Instead, go to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.” And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut. And later the other maidens also came, saying, “Adonai, Adonai, open for us!” But he answering, said, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’

Notice is this passage YESHUA says again “I do not know you” and uses the words wise and lamps.

Why were the first five maidens considered wise?

Deuteronomy 4:5-6

“See, I have taught you Laws and Right-Rulings, as YHWH my Elohim commanded me, to do thus in the land which you go to possess. And you shall guard and do them, for this is your WISDOM and your understanding before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these Laws, and they shall say, ‘Only a WISE and understanding people is this great nation!”

Psalms 119:98

“Your COMMANDS make me WISER than my enemies; for it is ever before me.”

As we can see from The Scriptures that keeping the commandments of YHWH, His Torah makes us wise; therefore, five of these maidens were wise because they were keeping the commandments as we are supposed to!

What does the lamp represent?

Proverbs 6:23

“For the Command is a lamp, and the Torah a light, and reproofs of discipline a way of life.”

So the lamp is a representation of the commandments and they were wise for keeping the commandants!

They also had belief in YESHUA to go along with the works of the commandments because they waited all night for Him. The oil that goes inside of the lamp is the Ruach ha’Kodesh (Holy Spirit) the same way He is inside of us. He leads us away from sin and into the truth of the Light. The oil in the lamp gives us light and who is the light? YESHUA is the light and the living Torah because He is The Word made flesh!

John 1:10

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim. He was in the beginning with Elohim. All came to be through Him, and without Him not even one came to be that came to be. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There was a man sent from Elohim, whose name was John. This one came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all might believe through him. He was not that Light, but that he might bear witness of that Light. He was the true Light, which enlightens every man, coming into the world.”

John 8:12

“Therefore YESHUA spoke to them again, saying, “I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness, but possess the light of life.”

John 14:21

“He who possesses My Commands and guards them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I shall love him and MANIFEST Myself to him.”

Having the lamp and oil will manifest a fire and bring forth light which is a representation of YESHUA and The Torah. YESHUA said in (John 14) that He will manifest Himself to those who obey Him. The light which is YESHUA and His Commands (lamp) will help you see your WAY on the path of TRUTH that leads to LIFE which is why YESHUA says He is The Way, The Truth, and The Life.

Ephesian 5:9

“For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth”

What is righteousness and truth?

Psalms 119:142

“Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and Your Torah is truth.”

The foolish virgins

They had the faith in YESHUA as they waited all night, but were considered foolish because they did not obey the commandments. They had lamps in their hands giving them the appearance on the outside that they were being obedient (Example keeping 9 of the 10 commandments), but no oil in the lamp and not being led by the Holy Spirit. Which kept them walking according to the deeds of the flesh. Walking in the flesh is to sin and the carnal mind does not obey the commandments.

Romans 8:5-7

“For those who live according to the flesh put their minds on that of the flesh, but those according to the Spirit, that of the Spirit. For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace. Because the mind of the flesh is enmity towards Elohim, for it does not subject itself to the Torah of YHWH, neither indeed is it able…”

What are the deeds the flesh?

Galatians 5:18-23

“But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Torah. And the works of the flesh are well-known, which are: adultery, whoring, uncleanness, indecency, idolatry, drug sorcery, hatred, quarrels, jealousies, fits of rage, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, envy, murders, drunkenness, wild parties, and the like of which I forewarn you, even as I also said before, that those who practice such as these shall not inherit the reign of Elohim. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustworthiness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no Torah.”

Again we can see why YESHUA said that “I never knew you.” Believers continued to walk in sin versus walking in the Spirit. They chose to stay in the darkness with no oil for their lamps instead of walking in the light. When you walk in the Spirit the righteousness of the Torah is being completed in you to keep you from walking in slavery of sin that leads to death. In the eyes of Elohim you are a rebel which equates one with Satan and we know that got him cast out of heaven. The world has chosen to be stubborn and do it their own way instead of His way! Rebellion and stubbornness is defined in:

1 Samuel 15:23

“For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and stubbornness is as wickedness and idolatry.”

YESHUA said He would manifest Himself to those who keep His commandments and the absence of oil (Holy Spirit) in there lamps could not manifest YESHUA’s light in their lives; therefore, they continued down the path of darkness and lawlessness.

Romans 13:12

“The night is far advanced, the day has come near. So let us put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.”

Romans 1:18

“For the wrath of Elohim is revealed from the heavens against all wickedness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.”

A lot of pastors and believers are knowingly suppressing the truth with unrighteous-lawless doctrine and the wrath of Elohim will be upon them because they don’t know YESHUA and have been led many astray.

Ephesians 5:14-15

“That is why He says, “Wake up, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Messiah shall shine on you.” See then that you walk exactly, not as unwise (foolish virgins), but as wise (wise virgins).”

If any believer wants to have a chance at eternal life you must accept the free gift of atonement that YESHUA did when He offered Himself to restore us to the favor of YHWH. But you almost must walk in truth which involves being obedient to Elohim’s commandments.

How can we be ready?

Ephesians 6:11

“Put on the complete armor of Elohim, for you to have power to stand against the schemes of the devil.”

Paul defines how we do this!

Ephesians 6:14

“Stand, then, having girded your waist with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness.”

Psalms 119:142

“You righteousness (breastplate) is righteousness forever, and Your Torah is truth (to gird your waist)”

Ephesians 6:15

“And having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace”

Who is the Good News of peace?

Acts 8:35

“And Phillip opening his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, brought to him the Good News: YESHUA (fitted your feet)!”

Ephesians 6:16

“Above all, having taken up the shield of belief with which you shall have power to quench all the burning arrows of the wicked one.”

What is belief?

1 Timothy 1:14

“And the favor of our Adon was exceedingly increased, with belief and love which are in Messiah YESHUA.”

John 6:40

“And this is the desire of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and BELIEVES (shield) in Him should possess everlasting life. And I shall raise him up in the last day.”

Ephesians 6:17

“Take also the helmet of deliverance, and the sword of the Ruach, which is the Word of YHWH.”

What is deliverance?

Romans 1:16

“For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Messiah, for it is the power of Elohim for DELIVERANCE (helmet) to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also the Greek.”

Who is the Word of YHWH?

Revelation 19:13

“And having been dressed in a robe dipped in blood-and His Name is called: The Word of YHWH (the sword of the Ruach/spirit).”

You must be re-born

Mathew 28:19

“Therefore, go and instruct all the nations, immersing them in the Name of The Father (YHWH) and of the Son (YESHUA) and of the Ruach ha’Kodesh (Holy Spirit…”

John 3:5

“YESHUA answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Ruach (Spirit), he is unable to enter into the reign of Elohim.”

Romans 6:3

“Or do you not know that as many of us as were immersed (baptized) into Messiah YESHUA were immersed into His death?”

Being made new and die to self each day not living for you own desires, but do the desire of YHWH. Pick up your execution stake and die to self and YESHUA did on the stake for us. Let the Ruach ha’Kodesh guide you because you cannot do it on your own. Put on the full armor of YHWH as Paul said because this is how we overcome the darkness. Are you ready? Does your lamp have oil so that you can shine the light in the darkness and see the truth? Be obedient and be the wise virgins starting today! The foolish ones will hear those words that nobody wants to hear “I never knew you!”

I pray this has been a blessing to you and please share this important message with those who need to hear this. May our Father YHWH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

"I never KNEW you DEPART from Me!" Part 1

Written by: Damien Powell

“I never KNEW you, depart from Me!” Part 1

Peace be to you in the Name of our Father YHWH and our Adon The Son of YHWH, YESHUA ha’Mashiach!

Due to the rise of lawlessness and false doctrines being spread, some believers in the faith believe they are following YESHUA in truth. But if you are going against His written living words, then are you truly following Him or men? Do you really know YESHUA? How does the Scriptures define knowing our Messiah and Savior?

Mathew 7:21-23

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Adonai, Adonai,’ shall enter into the reign of the heavens, but he who is doing the desire of My Father in the heavens. Many shall say to Me in that day, ‘Adonai, Adonai, have we not prophesied in Your Name, and  cast out demons in Your Name, and done many mighty works in Your Name? And then I shall declare to them, ‘I never KNEW you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness!”

So YESHUA was speaking to those who were professing to follow Him and they had to believe in order to cast out demons and prophesy, yet YESHUA says “I never knew you.” So how do we know YESHUA?

1 John 2:3-4

“And by this we KNOW that we KNOW Him, if we guard (keep) His Commands. The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His Commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.”

What happens to those who do not KNOW YESHUA?

2 Thessalonians 1:8

‘In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who DO NOT KNOW ELOHIM, and those who do not obey the Good News of our Adon YESHUA ha’Mashiach, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Adon and from the esteem of His strength…”

YESHUA said He will tell those believers who thought they were following Him their entire lives that He never knew them. Why? Because they were lawless by breaking His commandments. Then John says that if you believe in YESHUA and follow Him, yet you don’t keep His commandments, then you are a liar and there is no truth in you. I’m sure no believer wants to think they knew Him and thought they were walking in truth, but the whole time you were a stranger in His sight. Who wants to hear the words “depart from Me” knowing that hell’s fire is waiting? That is exactly what Paul said about those who don’t Him; that YESHUA will take vengeance on you. That day will be a day of wrath because believers have rejected the free gift of atonement and chose to live for themselves and not live for the One who died for them.

In other words most believers today say The Torah, the laws are done away with, changed the 10 commandments to the 9 commands by rejecting the Sabbath Day. Most of the world has rejected His Holy Days like Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Day of Atonement, and Feast of Tabernacles are only for the Jews when this is not true.

Believers don’t want to have to do anything on their part. It’s a form of fast-food faith where people believe they can just go to church for an hour and the pastor delivers them the message contrary to the truth; therefore, it’s not authentic which causes problems spiritually just like fake food does physically. Studying the scriptures and meditating on The Word of YHWH is like a home cooked meal used with real ingredients, which is better for your body, just like the truth is better for you spiritually. The world has been taught that YESHUA did it all and it requires no sacrifice on their end; therefore, following lawlessness which makes them a slave to sin.  Paul himself in Romans 12:1 “Present your bodies a living offering-holy and well pleasing to Elohim.”

Majority of the world has chosen to follow lies, false doctrines and the traditions of men, which means they have rejected the commands of YHWH, yet they still proclaim to be Christians. YESHUA is saying I don’t know whoever does this!

Know YESHUA and what He did for us! All Holy Days point to Him!

YESHUA is The Lamb of YHWH who takes away the sins of the world (John 1:29) and He is our Passover Lamb. Is there a meaning to this?  During the last plague YHWH passed over Egypt and killed the first-born of the Egyptians but spared the Israelites that had the blood of the lamb without blemish on the doorposts, the same way when He sees us marked with the blood of The Lamb without blemish in His Son YESHUA on those who know Him, then sin and death pass over us. How can you fully know Him, when you aren’t observing Passover which reminds us of the atonement He made for us on the execution stake? YESHUA crushed the head of Satan so that we can be restored to the favor of YHWH and be redeemed by His blood. How is this victory being given to an Easter egg? That egg cannot save you! The modern church has changed the esteem of the incorruptible Elohim into corruptible virgin Mary statues, bunnies, X-mas trees, Halloween masks, turkeys, and birthday parties.

1 Corinthians 11:24

“For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup (Passover), you proclaim the death of the Adon (Master) until He comes.”

1 Corinthians 5:7-8

“Therefore cleanse out the old leaven, so that you are a new lump, as you are unleavened. For also Messiah our Pesach (Passover) was offered for us. So then let us OBSERVE the Festival (Passover), not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”

See how Paul mentions observing Passover and then mentions unleavened bread as well? Paul knew the importance of following YESHUA in truth in order to fully know Him.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread immediately follows after Passover. YESHUA was crucified on Passover, rested on the first day of Unleavened bread in the tomb (A commanded day of rest), then resurrected as First-Fruits on the 3rd Day coinciding with when the priest would wave the sheaf before YHWH to accept the future crops (1 Corinthians 15:20 “But now Messiah, has been raised from the dead, and has become the first-fruit of those haven fallen asleep), then 50 days later would be Shavuot/Pentecost which is the beginning of the harvest, when the Ruach ha’Kodesh was poured out on the disciples in Acts 2, just as He is poured The Ruach on all of us who believe in Him as He promised.

Then The Feast of Tabernacles will be fulfilled when YESHUA returns to reign on earth for 1,000 years according to Zechariah 14, which is why Paul says in Colossians 2:17 that the Festivals, New Moons, and Sabbaths are a shadow of what is to come. Now we can see why YESHUA says He didn’t know those who did not obey Him because they rejected keeping His Sabbaths, Holy Days, and commandments that point to Him.

DO His desire not just HEAR it!

Notice how YESHUA also said in the same passage of Mathew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Adonai, Adonai,’ shall enter into the reign of the heavens, but he who is doing the desire of My Father in the heavens.

Part of the desire of YHWH is to believe in His Son:

 John 6:40

“And this is the desire of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him should possess everlasting life. And I shall raise him up on the last day.”

So, we know that we must have faith in YESHUA because by His blood, He has restored us to the favor of YHWH and redeemed us. But as I pointed out, you must believe in Him and obey His commandments. YESHUA only spoke the Words that YHWH told Him to speak; therefore, nothing about His commands have changed.

John 3:36

“He who believes in the Son possesses everlasting life, but he who does NOT obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of Elohim remains on him.”

The world is familiar with John 3:16 about the faith portion, but 23 verses later we can see John the Baptist is saying believe in YESHUA and obey Him or the wrath of YHWH will be upon you.

Joel 2:11

“And YHWH shall give forth His voice before His army, for His camp is very great, for mighty is the DOER of His Word. For the day of YHWH is great and very awesome, and who can bear it?”

James 1:22

“And become DOERS of the Word, and not HEARERS only, deceiving yourselves.”

Romans 2:13

“For not the HEARERS of the Torah are righteous in the sight of Elohim, but the DOERS of the Torah shall be declared right.”

Luke 11:27-28

“And it came to be, as He was saying this, a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which You nursed on!” But He (YESHUA) said, “Blessed rather are those hearing the Word of YHWH and KEEPING (DOING) it!”

Conclusion

YESHUA will say to millions of believers who say that He is their Master and Savior “depart from Me, I never knew you!” Why doesn’t YESHUA know them? Because the only way that we can know Him is by keeping His commandments. And in John 14:21-24 YESHUA says that by keeping His commands shows our love Him; because we are showing it through our actions by being DOERS of His word and not HEARERS only!

Romans 2:8

“But wrath and displeasure to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness”

Let us all stand up today and follow YESHUA in truth, by not only believing in Him, but obeying His Words and Commands so that way He will know us. HalleluYAH!

Kanye West deception and sun worship!

Alert! Kanye West deception and sun worship

I usually do not get involved in situations like this because it’s usually a distraction; however when I see so many people being led astray by lawlessness and sun worship. I have to speak up on it to open some eyes and at least warn you of some things you have not noticed. I will discuss:

1.     Has Kanye ever said YESHUA is the Son of YHWH?

2.     Why is the church of Satan commending Kanye?

3.     Blasphemous background information

4.     Knowing a man by his fruits: The Sunday/sun worship deception

5.     Other red flags

2 Corinthians 7:9 I agree with Paul’s statement

“I now rejoice, not that you were made sad, but that you were saddened into repenting. For you were made sad according to Elohim, so that you suffered no loss from us.”

I would rather the world be upset with me now, but later see the truth and repent and worship YHWH the way He commands. We have all heard of tough love.

Ezekiel 33:9

“But when you have warned the wicked to turn from his way, and he has not turned from his way, he shall die in his wickedness, but you have delivered your being.”

Ezekiel 3:17

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Yisra’el. And you shall hear a word from My mouth, and shall warn them from Me.”

As followers of YESHUA we have to keep watch to see if there is one who tries to come in and the lead the flock astray by false doctrines. So it’s my duty to warn those who have been deceived out of love.

And for those who say don’t judge Kanye, what does YESHUA say?

John 7:24

“Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”

There is such thing as righteous judgment; especially when somebody is speaking against the Word of YHWH. Wickedness is walking away from YHWH instead of with YHWH making one rebellious against His perfect living words. You cannot tell what a person is about just on outer appearance but judge with the truth. Even Paul said in 1 Corinthians 2:11

“For who among men knows that of a man except the spirit of the man that is in him?”

Paul understood this saying in 1 Corinthians 5:11-12

“But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone called ‘a brother’, if he is one who whores, or greedy of gain, or an idolater, or reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler-not even to eat with such a one. For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those who are inside?

Paul is saying judge a person who calls themselves a believer who is inside the assembly. Are you walking accordingly? So if one calls himself a brother then you judge that “so-called brother” on his fruits, if he being an example by obeying truth or is he being a hypocrite. That’s why Paul says do you not judge those who are inside? Those who are inside the assembly, those who are inside claiming to know YESHUA!

One question

I have not heard anyone mention this key point and I’ve looked everywhere. Has Kanye acknowledged that YESHUA is The Son of YHWH? The closest I’ve seen is him say “I’m a son now, a son of God. I’m free." If anyone can tell me, do some homework on it, or any hard core fan out there who knows. But based off my research he has not said it. And this is key because Scripture says 1 John 4:15

“Whoever confesses that YESHUA is the Son of YHWH, Elohim stays in him, and he in Elohim.”

Why is the church of Satan getting involved and applauding Kanye?

The church of Satan is promoting the album “Jesus is King” and commending him for it, which should raise some eyebrows.  The church of Satan said in a tweet on October 25, 2019 at 2:33 pm saying “Satan is the best friend Kanye has ever had, as he will keep him in business all these years!” Then the satanic church responded to a fan who tweeted “Satan is pissed” Lavey of the church of Satan said in respond to the deceived fan and towards all Christian’s saying “Only those who read our literature will get it”. Simply put, the church of Satan is laughing right in the face of those who say they follow YESHUA. They are telling you that there is more than meets the eye, you are basing Kanye’s conversions off of surface knowledge and not according to Scripture. Only then, will you be able to base a man off of his fruits (words and actions.) The church of Satan is saying if you read their satanic literature you will know that Kanye isn’t on the side of true believers. Christians truly believe the deception that Satan is pissed about Kanye’s conversion, but behind the scenes it is all going according to plan.

 Revelation 12:9

“And the great dragon was thrown out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who leads all the world astray. He was thrown to earth and his messenger (angels) were thrown out with him.”

How deep does that deception go? Their support makes perfect sense applying it to a song that he made on his new album. Fellow believers in the faith around the world have pointed out on Kanye’s “Jesus is King” album he has a song called Selah that has a message that can only be heard when played in reverse. And we know Satan perverts everything that he does. YHWH has Shabbats and Satan mocks with sabbats. The Satanic church uses the law of reversal to pervert everything even to saying The prayer YESHUA taught backwards.

 Back-masking is when artists include subliminal messages they disguise in the music, but can only be heard playing the song in reverse. The song “Selah” played in reverse, Kanye is clearly saying to me and others who heard it “wolf’s my name, yeah!” He says it four times. So taking the same law of reversal that they use, let us apply it to the title of the song “Selah” and Selah spelled backwards is “Hales” which sounds a lot like “hell” the place of eternal fire or “hail” like he is saying “hail” Satan as Satan worshippers do.

Rappers always play on the words which they call word play. They will use a word that sounds the same like (there, their, they’re) but have different meanings. There is a “hole in my pants” or that golfer to just a “hole in one” etc.

What is the definition of Hales? The Oxford dictionary says drag or draw forcibly and According to dictionary.com it is to compel someone to go, haul, pull, tug, or transport! Does the enemy do anything by surprise? No! He always hides in plain sight even with predictive TV programing because of his pride.

So let’s piece this all together: Using the same law of reversal that he used on the song for the backwards message; Selah spelled backwards is Hales and I gave the definition of Hales, so we get: He is forcibly dragging, compelling you to go by hauling, pulling, tugging, or transporting your soul to hell in service to the one whom he claimed he used to hail allegiance to which is Satan. Which is why he is saying “wolf’s my name yeah.” Think about it nobody wants to willingly go to eternal fire that is why he is compelling you, pulling, tugging, and transporting you. Pray on it and see what YESHUA reveals to you.

 Why would a new convert of The King YESHUA even need to have any of these practices the secular music industry uses? His old methods when he said he was in service to Satan should have ceased with his conversion. Satan always hides in plain sight and always tells you his plans whether you know it or not. What does YESHUA say about wolves?

Mathew 7:15-20

“But beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are savage wolves. By their fruits you shall know them. Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes or figs from thistles?”

2 Corinthians 11:14-15

“And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light! It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works!”

The Satanist know that believers don’t know their own Bible

Satan was cunning enough to deceive other messengers who were thrown out with him, so if you are not being led by The Ruach (Spirit) and stay immersed in The Word of YHWH you will be deceived. Satan knows Scripture, but the question is do you? Satan used Scripture against YESHUA by twisting the context and YESHUA replied with Scripture.

Mathew 4:1-4

“Then YESHUA  was led up by the Ruach into the wilderness to be tried by the devil. And after having fasted forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. And the trier (devil) came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of YHWH, command that these stones become bread.” But He answering, said, “It has been written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of YHWH.” And as we know YESHUA was tried two more times before telling Satan to get behind Him.

 But this makes sense because in a previous broadcast titled “Am I listening to satanic music?”  A statement was included from a guy who used to work with all the major record companies. In an interview on YouTube a man named John Todd who is now deceased, stated that he was high up in the Illuminati and that they own all the major record companies in the world. He said after the album was recorded they would take the master copy behind closed doors and place it on an altar. They would then summon demons to follow the album wherever they went, so when you own the CD you purchased a demon free of charge. You have then just given demons legal right to enter into your home even if you just have it sitting there. Then he goes on to say that Christians are easy targets because they don’t know their own Word the Bible! How true is this statement? Christians are being deceived right now by Kanye because they don’t know their Word. They don’t know that the Sabbath Day is NOT on Sunday. YESHUA said in Mathew 7:24

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and DOES them, shall be like a wise man who built his house on the rock, and the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not do them, shall be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand, and the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and great was its fall.”

None of this is farfetched especially when we know what his background looks like no more than a few years ago.

Background information

Does his past matter? What people have done in their past does not matter if they have truly changed. YESHUA can use anyone for His esteem and He is merciful to those who truly repent, but only if they are doing His desire and speaking the truth of the Gospel. This is the key that people must understand is that you cannot play around with souls with false doctrine. 

When Paul said he converted in Acts 9 he wasn’t immediately accepted by the disciples, they had to see his fruits, his actions and words first. Acts 9:26

“And having arrived at Jerusalem, Paul tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.”

Even though Paul persecuted followers of YESHUA, he never did these blasphemous acts or preach contrary to The Bible, Paul taught the Torah and that YESHUA is The Son of YHWH. Paul kept the true Sabbath Day and all of YHWH’s Holy Days. Kanye has publicly stated that he does not believe in any religion, when truth be told there is only ONE way to heaven. That is by the blood of YESHUA that restored our favor to YHWH and redeemed us and by our obedience keeping His commandments. Faith and works, but Kanye like modern day Christianity does not acknowledge the truth of the Gospel.

Kanye called himself a god, Paul never did that. Plus Kanye had the crown of thorns on his head on a magazine cover mocking YESHUA. Then the cd cover of Yeezus with the upside down cross with Satan beside him surrounded by female demons.

Then he said during a concert not too long ago that he sold his soul to the devil and it was a crappy deal (remember the life is in the blood) signing name in blood is signing over rights (life) to your soul. He made his own Yeezus bible which is truly blasphemous by replacing the Name of YHWH with his own name. Then he makes no mention of regretting that he wrote that abomination book or any mention about burning them all together, or even giving refunds to those who bought them so he can burn them. We all know money isn’t an issue when following YESHUA.

This definition of blasphemy is one who claims to be Elohim and we know YHWH and YESHUA are the only Ones who can claim this. The Pharisees accused YESHUA of blasphemy in

John 10:32-33

“YESHUA answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of these works do you stone Me? The Jews answered Him, saying, “We do not stone You for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself Elohim.”

So the Pharisees thinking YESHUA was just a man and not Elohim in the flesh said He blasphemed and it was punishable by death. So how does a human such as Kanye get away with blasphemy, yet it goes unnoticed? People don’t get stoned for blasphemy today, but it is enough to make you stop and think. Again in John 8:56-59

“Your father Abraham was glad that he should see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced.” The Jews, therefore, said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham? YESHUA said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I am.” Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him…”

YESHUA told those Jews that He is Elohim The Son and that He existed during the beginning of time and saw Abraham. The Jews knew exactly what He was saying and AGAIN they picked up stones to stone Him. So we can see the severity of blasphemy and it is not to be taken lightly or overlooked.

We will know a man by his fruits: Sunday deception and Sun worship

Ezekiel 8:15-16

“Then He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? You are to see still greater abominations than these.” And he brought me into the inner court of the House of YHWH. And there, at the door of the Temple of YHWH, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the Temple of YHWH and their faces toward the east, and they were bowing themselves eastward to the THE SUN.”

As followers of YESHUA we are to be obedient to His Word and not add or take away from it. Period! We trust in Him, His mercy, His favor, and do what He says. Especially with going along with a false day of worship which should be obvious rebellion against YHWH! When believers reject The Sabbath for the 1st day of the week, they are bowing down to the Sun as I just read in Ezekiel. Disobedience is called rebellion! 1 Samuel 15:23

“For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and stubbornness is as wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the Word of YHWH, He also rejects you as king.”

This goes for all who have rejected The Word of YHWH and His true Sabbath Day. Kanye is promoting Sunday worship which is worship of Satan aka the sun deity and is also spiritual idolatry. YHWH says that worship of the sun is an abomination! Sun worship is the deity that the children of Yisra’el joined themselves to in Numbers 25:1-4

“And Yisra’el dwelt in Shittim, and the people began to WHORE with the daughters of Moab, and they invited the people to the slaughtering’s of their mighty ones, and the people ate and bowed down to their mighty ones. Thus Yisra’el was joined to Ba’al Pe’or, and the displeasure of YHWH burned against Yisra’el. And YHWH said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and hang them up before YHWH, before the sun, so that the burning displeasure of YHWH turns away from Yisra’el.” And Moses said to the judges of Yisra’el, “Each one of you slay his men who were joined to Ba’al Pe’or.”

YHWH told Moses to hang those people who joined in with this demon, so that means that you are hanging yourself in the spiritual realm and committing a spiritual death by joining yourself to Satan on these days and breaking His Sabbath for this deity.

This should be another indicator to true followers of YESHUA because he is pushing too hard for this Sunday worship. YHWH clearly tells us in In Exodus 31:13 and Ezekiel 20:12 The Sabbath is His sign of authority and how He marks His people along with His Name. Sunday is the mark of Satan through the beast empire the Roman Catholic Church.

Kanye is making known what his agenda is with his whole service being titled “Sunday Service” and songs like “closed on Sunday”.

Then he hides sun worship right in plain sight for those who don’t know what they are looking at through symbolism. For example Satan has people walking around wearing the peace symbol when the satanic church says that it is used to blaspheme the Ruach ha’kodesh. Kanye has the people form a small inner circle within a larger outer circle. (See picture). When you look down from the aerial view you will see a large circle with a dot in the middle. Do you know what the circle within a circle is? It is an ancient symbol used all over the world for the Sun, Ra the sun, who is a false deity (another name for Ba’al the sun god). This all revolves around sun worship on Sun-day on his Sunday Service, which is dedicated to the sun-god.  He just showed you all that he worships the elohim/god of this world and not The Elohim of Yisra’el!

History tells us how Sunday came to be the day false day of worship over the true Sabbath, and we look at Roman Emperor Constantine for this:

Constantine, a Roman Emperor, was a pagan sun deity worshipper who saw a flaming cross in the sky and took that as a cue to convert to Christianity but refused to leave his pagan roots. As a result, he merged the two religions (Christianity and sun worship called Mithraism), but kept his Sunday worship intact and the citizens of Rome followed. Also, Antiochus Epiphanies during the destruction of the temple in 70AD, put Sabbath Keepers who kept the Torah and commandments of YHWH to death if they did not convert to his false religion or bow down to his false deities. There is a gruesome story of a mother who observed her seven children be tortured and killed because they refused to disobey YHWH, and neither would she.

As we can see, throughout history, Satan, through his followers have persecuted the people of YHWH for keeping His day Sabbath holy.

We know the Roman Catholic Church wants to institute the one world Sunday law making it illegal for Sabbath worship the true day that is set apart and sanctified by YHWH. The Roman Catholic Church say they have the power to transfer the day from Saturday to Sunday.

 So Kanye with the backing of the Pope is further strengthening the roots of those who have been blinded to believe that Sunday is the Sabbath. This is nothing more but extra grooming to have the world ready for what is coming; it will strengthen the position of the church to institute the Sunday Law and with the help Kanye’s large following it.  False followers of YESHUA will feel like they were right all along with Sunday worship and now their belief is strengthened being that Kanye is doing it too. It’s the perfect “I got you story” a man once serving Satan know a believer, but followers aren’t asking these questions. Therefore their acceptance of the Sunday law will be deeply engrained as they won’t face persecution since the whole world will be on board with the lie. Plus they will be able to continue buying and selling, so this does not change their quality of life at all.

YHWH is very clear about The Sabbath day and how important it is to Him!

 The meaning of the Sabbath is: Those who have been separated from the world, who belong to YESHUA who are in YHWH’s House and His family, and those who have YHWH’s mark, sign, or signature on them. This shows the importance of this special day as it is a memorial to our Creator forever. Which is why YHWH says:

In Exodus 31:13-14 YHWH says:

“And you, speak to the children of Yisra’el, saying, ‘My Sabbath you are to guard, by all means, for this is a SIGN (TAW) between Me and you throughout your generations, to know that I, YHWH, kadosh (sanctify) you.”

Ezekiel 20:12

“And I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, to know that I am YHWH who makes them kadosh (sanctified).”

 Sabbath is Hebrew for Rest which falls on Saturday (Friday evening at sunset to Saturday evening at sunset.) The Hebrew word for Sunday is “Yom Reeshone” and nowhere in scripture does YHWH or YESHUA say remember the “Yom Reeshone” to keep it holy.

Other Red flags

Galatians 1:6-9

“I marvel that you are so readily turning away from Him (YHWH) who called you in the favor of Messiah”, to a different ‘good news,’ which is not another, only there are some who are troubling you and wanting to corrupt the Good News of Messiah. However, even if we, or a messenger out of the heavens, bring a ‘good news’ to you beside what we announced to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, and now I say again, if anyone brings a ‘good news’ to you beside what you have received, let him be accursed.”

Not only is Kanye rebelling against YHWH’s commandment to keep The Sabbath, but he is preaching another gospel of the co-exist movement to bring all false religions together under one banner. This is exactly what the Pope is trying to endorse. This is false doctrine because there is One path, One faith, and that is in YESHUA who is The Word of YHWH which requires faith and works. YESHUA’s favor/grace saves us because works alone won’t save us, but the lawless will not enter His Kingdom.

 Kanye said “if you believe Jesus died for your sins-that’s the gospels!’ Christians, we’re making it too hard for people,” West said. Firstly, we know YESHUA died for more than just our sins, He redeemed us to the favor of YHWH, paid the price for our sins, became our High Priest and Mediator, saved us from the law of sin and death so we will not be a slave to sin and much more. He just said that there is nothing you need to do as a believer but believe, which is the false doctrine of lawlessness.

This is how non-believers like Brad Pitt and others can come to his services and feel accepted because it’s a doctrine that tickles the ear and that there is no such thing as hell. 10 years ago Kanye said that he did not believe in a hell and that other religions not telling the truth aren’t going to hell, and that people use religion as a clothing. He said” people want comfort. People don’t want to accept if there not being a heaven possibly.”

The Kardashian’s said this about Kanye’s Sunday Service: “There’s actually no praying, there’s no sermon, there’s no word; it’s just music,” Kardashian West said, although many of the clips shared online by the beauty guru have featured prayer. So there is no Word of YHWH just entertainment like his rap concerts, he just rebranded his image in the name of Christianity.

While at Joel Olsteen’s church, Kanye gets on stage and people are screaming out for him like they were at a football game and not conducting themselves with Kingdom behavior, and he was smiling soaking it all up. It seemed as if the church members were there to worship him instead of YESHUA. As servants of YESHUA you are to be humble and deflect that praise or kind of false worship.

 Acts 10:25-26

“And it came to be, that when Peter entered, Kornelius met him and fell down at his feet and bowed before him. But Peter raised him up saying, “Stand up, I myself am also a man.”

Acts 14:12-15

“And they called Barnabas-Zeus, and Paul-Hermes, since he was the chief speaker. And the priest of Zeus, being in the front of their city, brought oxen and wreaths to the gates, and wanted to offer with the crowds. And when the emissaries Barnabas and Paul heard this, they tore their garments and ran in among the crowd, crying out and saying, “Men, why are you doing this? We also are men with the same nature as you, bringing to you the Good News”

Peter, Paul, and Barnabas knew that receiving any kind of worship or not deflecting it to YHWH was a sin, but we have to remember that Kanye already said that he is a god initially, so this is what I mean about sharing his background information to arrive where we are today.

Then during this same appearance with Joel Olsteen, Kanye said “You know how I used to be cocky and arrogant right? But god took that and used it for himself.” Ask yourself something, why would YHWH and YESHUA become something that they hate? Wisdom cries out:

Proverbs 8:13

“The reverence of YHWH is to hate evil. I have hated pride and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth.”

Proverbs 16:5

“Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to YHWH.”

Then in an interview on October 24th he does the same arrogant behavior saying “the greatest artist that god has ever created is working with him.”  There is nothing meek or humble about these words or the $3 billion dollars in sales for his line and that “god is showing off!” He also recently went on stage after Marilyn Manson who burns the bible on stage and he didn’t say anything and went to perform.

YESHUA says in Mathew 5:5

“Blessed are the meek, because they shall inherit the earth.”

The Roman Catholic Church takes credit for the change

The Roman Catholic Church admitted they changed the day of worship from Saturday to Sunday[DP1] . This information if found anywhere being that they are not trying to hide it, but boast in it. Amredeemed.com says “Prove to me from the Bible alone that I am bound to keep Sunday holy. There is no such law in the Bible. It is a law of the Catholic Church alone. The Catholic Church says, by my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week. And lo! The entire civilized world bows down in reverent obedience to the command of the Holy Catholic Church” (Thomas Enright, CSSR, President, Redemptorist College [Roman Catholic], Kansas City, MO Feb 18, 1884.

Cardinal Gibbons, in Faith of Our Fathers, 92nd ed. P. 89, freely admits, “You may read the bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we [the Catholic Church] never sanctify.”

“Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change [Saturday/Sabbath to Sunday] was her act…And the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical authority in religious things” (H.F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons.).

“Sunday is our mark of authority…the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact.” (Catholic Record of London, Ontario Sept 1, 1923.)

 As always may YHWH bless you in the Name of YESHUA! And please share this with anyone who needs to hear this important message, as YouTube cut the entire video short.

Who are you giving THANKS to on THANKSGIVING?

Written by: Damien Powell

The world has forsaken YHWH’s Holy Days also known as Shabbats to follow Satan whether knowingly or unknowingly. When the world celebrates holidays not found in the Bible then the decision has been made to rebel against our Creator. Meaning that they are walking AWAY from YHWH instead of WITH YHWH!  In this article/broadcast I will show the origin of Thanksgiving and how it involves the worship of pagan harvest deities; how the day was instituted by man and not YHWH; and how these days are knock off Thanksgivings of YHWH’s TRUE thanksgiving called Sukkot: The Feast of Ingathering, The Feast of Booths, and The Feast of Tabernacles that ended in October. As we know Satan always mocks everything YHWH does as I mentioned Shabbats versus his knock off sabbats; as he said he wants to be like the Most High, but he never will be able to be. Unfortunately, the world is giving him the impression that he can by giving him worship on these days. Satan has deceived the world again, accept the world thinks this holiday is more innocent than the others.

What false deity is Satan using?

Acts 19:27

“And not only is this trade of ours in danger of coming to rejection, but also that the temple of the great female mighty one Artemis whom ALL ASIA AND THE WORLD WORSHIP, shall be regarded as worthless and her greatness diminished.”

Now Paul did what he was supposed to do which was expose the false pagan deities and show that there is only ONE Elohim YHWH and His Son YESHUA who created the heavens and earth.

 Galatians 4:8

“But then, indeed, not knowing Elohim, you served those which by nature are not mighty ones.”

Now notice how in Acts 19:27 Demetrio’s the silversmith who built silver shrines for Artemis and the other craftsmen recognized that all Asia and the world were worshipping a false deity, though to them she was real. Satan moved the true Thanksgiving which is The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) to a false one in November for those who do not know the truth. Fulfilling the prophecy of Daniel 7:25 along with all his pagan days, which says

“And it speaks words against the Most High, and it wears out the saints of the Most High, and it intends to change Appointed Times and Law.”

What Appointed Times and Law?

Leviticus 23:1-2

“And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Yisra’el, and say to them, ‘The Appointed Times of YHWH, which you are to proclaim as holy gatherings, My Appointed Times, are these:”

YHWH then lists the weekly 7th Day Sabbath, not Sunday, Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Shavuot (Pentecost), Yom Teruah (Trumpets), Yom Kippur (Atonement), Feat of Tabernacles, and the 8th Day Assembly. 99% of the world has rejected these days for Satan’s days. So wouldn’t this quality what Daniel 7:25 said “he intends to change the Appointed Times”. And yes Apostle Paul observed all of these Holy Days, Appointed Times, and Shabbats of YHWH as I pointed out in the last article/broadcast last week.

The whole world has fallen into the snare of worshipping Artemis and these other pagan harvest deities. How?  By Satan who leads the WHOLE WORLD astray Revelation 12:9.

“And the great dragon was thrown out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who leads the WORLD astray. He was thrown to earth, and his messengers were thrown out with him.”

 Who is Artemis that the whole world worships? Artemis on an article titled “The cult of Artemis” says this

“Artemis: Great Mother and Divine Huntress

She was chief hunter of the gods and goddess of hunting and of wild animals, especially bears. Artemis was also the goddess of childbirth, of NATURE, AND OF THE HARVEST. It is believed that she was first this caring earth mother goddess and later after many religious changes became the virgin huntress of myth.”

So we see that she was a deity of the harvest, which Thanksgiving is, and also known as the mother goddess which would link her to Jeremiah 7:18 which says

“The children are gathering wood, the fathers are lighting the fire, and the women are kneading their dough, to make cakes for the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink offerings to other mighty ones, to provoke Me.”

As believers and followers of The Messiah YESHUA we are commanded to celebrate Chag HaSukot aka The Feast of Tabernacles (Booths), The Feast of Ingathering which is the ONLY true Thanksgiving. This feast and celebration was commanded by YHWH in Leviticus 23:33 saying:

“Speak unto the children of Yisra’el, saying, the fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days unto YHWH.”

And in Exodus 23:16 YHWH says:

“And the Feast of Harvest, the first fruits of thy labors, which thou hast sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labors out of the field.”

Finally in Deuteronomy 16:13 YHWH says:

“Thou shalt observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, after thou hast gathered in the produce of your threshing floor and your wine.”

Why do we need 2 Thanksgivings?

So the question arises to us as followers of YESHUA is why do we need to give thanks for the harvest 30 days after we have already given thanks to Elohim on the day that He commanded us to give thanks, which is The Feast of Tabernacles? This widely celebrated holiday is often overlooked because it seems innocent enough on the surface, but underneath this day fits in with all the other pagan days. Below are facts about Thanksgiving Day:

• YHWH commanded all believers to celebrate The Feast of Tabernacles and to dwell in booths. The Thanksgiving celebrated in November is not found in scripture.

• Australians have a “Corn mother doll” also known as Kern baby fashioned from a sheaf of grain cut in the field and the Kern baby which is the last of the standing corn of the biggest and ripest ears of corn to be found in the field. The spirit dwells among the corn and also required child sacrifices. Child sacrifices? This sounds a lot like Moloch the deity that the children of Yisra’el passed their children through the fire too. There are similarities and definitely nothing holy about child sacrifices at all. Tales from the kern baby says this in an article “Till recent years a rather common form of the revelry and thanksgiving which have ever taken place at the ingathering of the harvest was the Kern (notice how they use the exact same terminology that YHWH uses to describe the true Thanksgiving He created for Sukkot aka The Feast of Ingathering in Exodus 23:16?) One of the customs of Ceres, it had many local variations. It was observed in the northern part of Northumberland at the close of the reaping, not the ingathering. Immediately the sickle was laid down and the last sheaf set on the end the men shouted that they had “got the kern”. Then a curious image was produced an image dressed in a white frock with colored ribbons and crowned with corn ears-stuck on a pole, and held aloft by the strongest man of the party while the rest circled round it. Subsequently it was taken to the barn, set on high, and the merry makers fell to on the HARVEST SUPPER.

• The Romans dedicated their Thanksgiving to the goddess of the harvest Ceres and they called it Cecelia (where we get the name cereal).

• In England they would select a harvest queen and decorate her with grain of their fields and fruit of the trees. She was then paraded through the streets on white horses.

• The Greeks honored Demeter the goddess of agriculture

• Outside of the pagan goddesses receiving credit for the harvest and being worshipped, Thanksgiving is a day decreed by man and not The Elohim of Yisra’el. Governor Bradford in 1621 decreed Thanksgiving as a day to give thanks for the harvest and other blessing of the past year.

• Abraham Lincoln in 1863 made Thanksgiving a national holiday to praise God (Cannot be Elohim of Yisra’el) by observing and setting apart the last Thursday of November as an annual festival of thanks for mercies of closing out the year. So again this day was instituted by human beings. Set apart means holy and everything about YHWH and YESHUA are set apart, not these pagan celebrations.

• Indians were moved off of their homeland and thrown into reservation camps. Infants were taken from their mothers and killed. It was a sweet victory for William Bradford and the pilgrims and they gave thanks to their god for it. Remember 2 Corinthians 4:4 says “In whom the mighty one (god) of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving of the Good News of the esteem of Messiah, who is the likeness of Elohim, does not shine on them.” So Satan is the god or elohim of this world. So which god are they thanking? After stealing the land of the Indians by deception and murder they celebrated it with a feast of Thanksgiving. Millions of Indians were murdered just like millions of Jews were murdered and put in concentration camps. The difference is we know it's wrong to have a feast over the Holocaust, what makes this massacre any different?
  
  

If the pagan portion of harvest deities doesn’t dissuade you, then what about the innocent slaughter of Native Americans on that day? The Indians call the day the world calls “Thanksgiving” a “Day of mourning.”  In other words, the meal you enjoy on this day is actually celebrating the death and suffering of Native Americans while they weep and have bad memories of what took place. Would anyone have a big feast for the Holocaust knowing what the Jews endured under Hitler? Absolutely not! What makes this day any different? It is my opinion that the Native Americans mourn on this day and some of their souls are crying out to Elohim because their innocent blood was shed. This is what happened when Cain killed Abel and Elohim said to Cain in Genesis 4:8-12:

“Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?  And He said, what hast thou done? The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.”

 The Book of Enoch, one of the books removed from the Bible, goes into the further detail about the souls of the dead. Enoch was shown the secrets of Heaven and death by Elohim through the messenger Raphael and this is his account of the Cain and Abel situation in Chapter 22:4-10:

“I saw the spirit of a dead man, and his voice went out to heaven and made petitions. And I asked Raphael the messenger/malach/angel who was with me, and I said to him: ‘This spirit which petitions, whose voice goes up is and petitions heaven?” And he answered me saying: ‘This is the spirit which went out from Abel, whom his brother Cain slew, and he makes his suit against him until his offspring is destroyed from the face of the earth, and his offspring are annihilated from among the children of men.’ Then I asked, regarding all the hollow places: Why is one separated from the other? And he answered me and said to me: ‘These three have been made that the spirits of the dead might be separated. Divisions have been made for the spirits of the righteous, in which there is the bright spring of water. And one for sinners when they die and are buried in the earth and judgment has not been executed on them in their lifetime.’

The spirits of some of the Native Americans cry out and make petitions to Elohim just as Abel did against Cain and Elohim hears those petitions that reach heaven. They are dead to us but their spirits cry out from the ground. Remember, that YHWH scattered His people to the four corners of the earth; therefore, His people are of all nationalities including some Native Americans. When you celebrate this day you are recreating a pagan ritual that was horrific for Indians.

Colossians 2:8 says:

“See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on the tradition of men and the basic principles of this world rather than on the Messiah.”

YHWH tells us bluntly in Amos 5:21:

“I hate, I despise your FEAST days, and I will NOT smell in your solemn assemblies.”

Paul understood this in Galatians 4:7-9 saying:

“So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, also an heir of Elohim through Mashiach. But then, indeed, not knowing Elohim, you served those which by nature are not mighty ones. But now after you have known Elohim, or rather are known by Elohim, how do you turn again to the weak and poor elementary matters, to which you want to be enslaved again? You closely observe days and months and seasons and years.”

1 Corinthians 12:2

“You know that you were gentiles, led away to the dumb idols, even as you might be led.”

Once you come to know the true Elohim and follow YESHUA, how do you go backwards and continue into pagan worship to be enslaved by the chains of Satan again? You WERE a gentile, pagan, or heathen, but now that you know the truth you have become a citizen of Yisra’el. Therefore, you are supposed to leave those pagan practices behind and follow Elohim’s Commands and Holy Days (Sabbaths) Appointed Times in Leviticus 23. However, believers turn to the elementary things of this world and closely observe days, months, seasons and years that belong to Satan and not YHWH. This ties in exactly with what YHWH said in Amos 5:21 “I hate, I despise your feast days”

1 Corinthians 10:6-12

“And these became examples for us, so that we should not lust after evil, as those indeed lusted. And do not become idolaters as some of them, as it has been written, “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and stood up to play.” Neither should we commit whoring (spiritual idolatry), as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell, neither let us try Messiah, as some of them also tried, and were destroyed by serpents, neither grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer. And all these came up on them as example, and they were written as A WARNING to us, on whom the ends of the ages have come, so that he who thinks he stands, let him take heed lest he fall.”

Notice how Paul says that they committed WHORING which is sexual immorality or spiritual idolatry and 23,000 fell that day? This is what happened in Numbers 25 for Yisra’el worshipping a false deity as many are today.

Numbers 25:1-4

“And Yisra’el dwelt in Shittim, and the people began to WHORE with the daughters of Moab, and they invited the people to the slaughtering’s of their mighty ones, and the people ate and bowed down to their mighty ones. Thus Yisra’el was joined to Ba’al Pe’or, and the displeasure of YHWH burned against Yisra’el. And YHWH said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and hang them up before YHWH, before the sun, so that the burning displeasure of YHWH turns away from Yisra’el.” And Moses said to the judges of Yisra’el, “Each one of you slay his men who were joined to Ba’al Pe’or.”

Celebrating these pagan days is not for YHWH no matter how you disguise it by changing the name to a harvest festival because it is still about the worship of false harvest deities that did not make one grain of wheat grow. Thanks should be given to YHWH and YESHUA alone for the food that you have been given.  YHWH told Moses to hang those people who joined in with this demon, so that means that you are hanging yourself in the spiritual realm and committing a spiritual death by joining yourself to Satan on these days.

Paul also said that these accounts in Scripture were written as a warning for us to not follow their examples. Yet, the world refuses to follow YESHUA in truth who is The Way, The Truth, and The Life.

Acts 26:18

“To open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and the authority of Satan to Elohim, in order for them to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are kadosh (sanctified) by belief in Me.”

As always, let us stand up and fight for the Elohim of Yisra’el in truth and stay away from these holidays which are not commanded by YHWH Elohim.
Peace and blessings to you in the name of our Messiah YESHUA!

Christians are twisting Paul's words to their own DESTRUCTION!

Written by: Damien Powell

Christians are twisting Paul’s words to their DESTRUCTION!

It is my prayer that believers will be shown that The Bible never contradicts itself because our Elohim never changes. I want to show that Paul kept The Torah which Christianity says is done away with; that Paul’s words are misunderstood; how Paul was a Pharisee of the religion of Judaism (Jewish law) that YESHUA condemned throughout the gospels; and how Paul became a follower of The Way which is belief in YESHUA and The Torah and not the man-made teachings of Judaism. This is important and I pray you read and or watch the entire video before coming to a conclusion.

2 Peter 3:15-17

“And reckon the patience of our Adon (Master) as deliverance, as also our beloved brother Paul (Sha’ul) wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him, as also in all letters, speaking in them concerning these, in which some are hard to understand, which those who are untaught and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do also the other Scriptures. You, then, beloved ones, being forewarned, watch, lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the delusion of the LAWLESS.”

Are you one of these twisting Paul’s words to your own destruction? Peter says do not be led away but the delusion of the lawless because their ultimate end is eternal torment.

2 Thessalonians 2:7-12

“For the secret of lawlessness is already at work only until he who now restrains comes out of the midst. And then the lawless one (Satan) shall be revealed, whom the Master YESHUA shall consume with the Ruach (Spirit) of His mouth and bring to naught with the manifestation of His coming. The coming is against the working of Satan, with all his power and signs and wonders of falsehood, and with all deceit of unrighteousness in those perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth, in order for them to be saved. And for this reason Elohim sends them a working of delusion, for them to believe the falsehood, in order that all should be judged who do not believe the truth, but have delighted in the unrighteousness.

Notice Paul said the “deceit of unrighteousness” meaning the world has been deceived into thinking that can be lawless by not obeying the commandments and be saved by grace alone. Breaking the Commands of The Torah is sin which leads to unrighteousness, and then Paul says “but have delighted in the unrighteousness.” People are proud to say that they are lawless and still say they follow YESHUA making them delight in unrighteousness and lawlessness.

Satan is the lawless one that will be destroyed by YESHUA! And Paul says that lawlessness is already at work, which is true with everyone saying the Torah or law is done away with. These will perish along with Satan because they refused the truth to be saved.

Acts 24:14 Paul himself says

“And this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the Elohim of my ancestors, believing all that has been written in the Torah and in the Prophets, having an expectation in Elohim, which they themselves also wait for, that there is to be a resurrection of the dead, both of the righteous and the unrighteous.”

Acts 21:24

“Take them and be cleansed with them, and pay their expenses so that they shave their heads. And all shall know that what they have been informed about you is not so, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Torah.”

So as we can see that Paul out of his own mouth says that he worshipped The Elohim of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and believed everything written in the Torah and Prophets. So why is it that 99% of the world and modern day Christianity use Paul’s words to justify being lawless saying the law is done away with? Some really do not understand what Paul is saying which is understandable, because Peter himself said that Paul’s words are hard to understand; however, Pastors are preaching that Paul did away with the law and teaching others to agree and that is not what The Scriptures teach.

As Peter said that “those who are untaught and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do also the other Scriptures LEADING TO LAWLESSNESS.” They will take other Scriptures completely out of context to be lawless as Satan is. For example Pastors teach that Acts 10 (Peter’s vision) meant that we can now eat unclean meats pork, crab, lobster etc. That vision was about calling “No man common or unclean” meaning the gentiles were cleansed to be accepted with the Jews (Yahudim) and there is no distinction between Jew and gentiles who were the new converts. Elohim was making a point and not a menu, so as Peter said, they took that passage and twisted it to their own destruction! We can see that the lawless will not enter into heaven as YESHUA said in

Mathew 7:23

“And then I shall declare to them, ‘I never knew you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness!”

1 John 3:4

“Everyone doing sin also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.”

Witnesses are critical for the truth!

So even if Paul was preaching a lawless doctrine then he would be the only one proclaiming it! We know that out of the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might be established; therefore, Paul would need more than just himself as one witness to say the Torah or laws are done away with, otherwise his witness would not be true. Again, that is IF he was speaking against the truth.

Mathew 18:16

“But if he does not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might be established.”

2 Corinthians 13:1

“This is the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.”

John 5:31-34 YESHUA says:

“If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true. There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true. You have sent to John, and he bore witness to the truth. But I do not receive witness from man, but I say this in order that you might be saved.”

Acts 1:8

“But you shall receive power when the Ruach ha’Kodesh has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judah and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Acts 1:21-22

“It is therefore necessary that of the men who have been with us all the time that the Master YESHUA went in and out among us, beginning from the immersion (baptism) of John to that day when He was taken up from us, that one of these should become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

John 8:12-18

“Therefore YESHUA spoke to them again, saying, “I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness, but possess the light of life.” The Pharisees, therefore, said to Him, “You bear witness about Yourself, Your witness is not true.” YESHUA answered and said to them, “Even if I witness concerning Myself, My witness is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know from where I come, or where I go. You judge according to the flesh, I judge no one. But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent Me. And in your Torah also, it has been written that the witness of two men is true. I am One who witnesses concerning Myself, and the Father who sent Me witnesses concerning Me.”

YESHUA is The Son of YHWH, He does not need witnesses of men as he said about John, but He never broke the Torah, so He had a witness in John the Baptist. He is said that He (YESHUA) and His Father YHWH bear witness of Himself.

Are there witnesses advocating for the Torah?

Psalms 78:5

“And put a Torah in Yisra’el, which he commanded our fathers, to teach them to their children.”

1 Chronicles 16:14-17

“He is YHWH our Elohim, His Right-Rulings are in all the earth. Remember His Covenant FOREVER, The Word He commanded for a thousand generations, which He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac, and He established it to Jacob for a Law, to Yisra’el AS AN EVERLASTING COVENANT.”

Psalms 19:7

“The Torah of YHWH is perfect, bringing back the being; The Witness of YHWH is trustworthy, making wise the simple.”

Psalms 119:1-2

“Blessed are the perfect in the Way, who walk in the Torah of YHWH! Blessed are those who observe His Witnesses, who seek Him with all the heart!”

YHWH witnessed the Torah in Deuteronomy 30:14-19

“For the Word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart- TO DO IT. See, I have put before you today life and good, and death and evil, in that I am commanding you today to love YHWH your Elohim, to walk in His Ways, and to guard His Commands, and His Laws, and His Right-Rulings. And you shall live and increase, and YHWH your Elohim shall bless you in the land which you go to possess. But if your heart turns away, and you do not obey, and shall be drawn away, and shall bow down to other mighty ones and serve them, I have declared to you today that you shall certainly perish, you shall not prolong your days in the land which you are passing over the Jordan to enter and possess. I have called the heavens and the earth as WITNESSES today against you: I have put before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore you shall choose life, so that you live, both you and your seed…”

YHWH has called the heavens and the earth as witnesses against believers regarding His Torah. YHWH says this many times, but I will list one more.

Isaiah 24:5

“For the earth has been defiled under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the Torah, changed the Law, broken the everlasting Covenant.”

 YESHUA in Mathew 5:17

“Do not think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to complete.”

Both the Father and The Son did not do away with the Torah which is two witnesses alone that should be enough from the Creators of heavens and the earth. Heaven and earth do not pass away until Revelation 21 occurs when all is made new. No more sickness or death and the New Jerusalem is revealed.

Proverbs 6:23

“For the Command is a lamp, and the Torah a light and reproofs of discipline a way of life.”

Proverbs 28:9

“He who turns away his ear from hearing the Torah, even his prayer is an abomination.”

1 John 2:3-4

“And by this we know that we know Him, if we guard His Commands. The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His Commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in Him.”

Revelation 22:14

“Blessed are those doing His Commands, so that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of life, and to enter through the gates into the city.”

I did not list them all, but it is pretty clear from the beginning to the end that YHWH our Father, YESHUA His Son, David, Solomon, John, and the prophets all proclaim that The Torah stands forever. YHWH even called heaven and earth as witnesses regarding His Torah and commands. Therefore, the Torah has been established because we definitely see more than 2 or 3 witnesses regarding the truth.

 If most Pastors in modern day Christianity have twisted Paul’s words to their own destruction as Peter said, then it makes sense why we have a lawless group of believers that Satan has led astray as Revelation 12:9 says.

Let’s examine Paul’s words

Romans 8:1-4

“There is, then, now no condemnation to those who are in Messiah YESHUA, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Ruach. For the Torah of the Ruach of the life in ha’Mashiach YESHUA has freed me from the LAW OF SIN AND DEATH. For the Torah being powerless, in that it was weak through the flesh, YHWH, having His own Son in the likeness of flesh of sin, and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh, so that the righteousness of the Torah should be completed in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Ruach.”

Paul just told us that the only law we are free from is the law of “sin and death” meaning that through the atonement of YESHUA he freed us from sin so that we do not have to suffer eternal torment, but have everlasting life in YESHUA. We know that the wages of sin is death and YESHUA freed us. The righteousness of the Torah is completed in us who walk in Spirit (who leads us into all truth) and not the flesh, because the flesh is what makes you sin which makes you a slave to sin. Without the Holy Spirit to guide you into truth none of us would make it because we cannot do it on our own strength.

 Zechariah 4:6

“Not by might nor by power, but by My Ruach (Spirit),’ said YHWH of hosts.”

Galatians 4:22-31

“For it has been written that Abraham had two sons, one by a female servant (Hagar), the other by a free woman (his wife Sarah). But he who was of the female servant (Ishmael) was born according to the flesh, and he of the free woman through promise (Isaac). This is allegorical (moral or hidden meaning), for these are the two covenants: one indeed from Mount Sinai which brings forth slavery, which is Hagar, for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. For it has been written, “Rejoice, O barren (Sarah), you who do not bear! Break forth and shout, you who do not have birth pains! For the deserted one has many more children than she who has a husband.” And we brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise. But as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who is according to the Ruach, so also now. But what does the Scripture say? Cast out the female servant and her son, for the son of the female servant shall by no means be heir with the son of the free woman.” Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the female servant but of the free woman.”

That freedom that we have is freedom from sin that the Ruach ha’Kodesh frees us from which was given by YESHUA when He ascended, the gift of our Father YHWH. The Ruach (Spirit) is freedom and the flesh is slavery. This is explained further in Galatians 5:16

“And I say: Walk in the Ruach, and you shall not accomplish the lust of the flesh.”

Mathew 26:41

“Watch and pray, lest you enter into trial. The spirit indeed is eager, but the flesh is weak.”

Paul is basically saying walk in freedom from sin with the power of The Holy Spirit and not to the flesh which slavery to sin. Now as pointed out in Galatians 4:29 Ishmael was born according to the flesh and the slave woman. Sinning is of the flesh which means you are in slavery as Ishmael was born to the female servant. Walking in the flesh with its passions and desires leads to lawlessness being a slave to sin. But the child of the promise (Isaac) was born of the free woman and according to the Ruach which is freedom. So when Paul said “Cast out the female servant and her son, for the son of the female servant shall by no means be heir with the son of the free woman.” He is saying those walking in the flesh in chains to sin and not walking according to the holiness of The Spirit will be cast out from eternal life when YESHUA says depart from Me I never knew you!” Light and darkness cannot mix just as the righteous with the unrighteous.

 What does the Ruach do for us? John 16:13

“But when He comes, the Ruach of the Truth, He shall guide you into all the 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.”

So if the Ruach will lead us into ALL truth that means that he will not lead us into sin which is against The Torah. He will lead you into freedom from sin so that you will impale the desires of the flesh and die to self. Now we can get a better grasp on Galatians 5:17-18

“For the flesh lusts against the Ruach, and the Ruach against the flesh. And these two are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you desire to do. But if you are led by the Ruach, you are not under the Torah.”

The flesh lusts against the Spirit and Spirit against flesh. You cannot be both free and a slave at the same time! The Ruach ha’Kodesh is holy and living in us to lead us down the narrow path that leads to eternal life, so you will already be keeping the Torah without even thinking about it which is why Paul says you are no longer under Torah because you are free from bondage of sin.

Galatians 6:8

“Because he who sows to his own flesh (sin) shall reap corruption from the flesh, but he who sows to the Ruach shall reap everlasting life from the Ruach.”

When you are walking in the Spirit and not the flesh as He is guiding you, then you will be able to overcome the works of the flesh. Galatians 5:19-21

“And the works of the flesh are well-known, which are: adultery, whoring, uncleanness, indecency, idolatry, drug sorcery, hatred, quarrels, jealousies, fits of rage, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, envy, murders, drunkenness, wild parties, and the like of which I forewarn you, even as I also said before, that those who practice such as these shall not inherit the reign of Elohim.

What will the Ruach do?

The exact opposite! Galatians 5:22-25

“But the fruit of the Ruach (Spirit) is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trust-worthiness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no Torah. And those who are of Messiah have impaled the flesh with its passions and the desires. If we live in the Ruach, let us also walk in the Ruach.”

Our fleshly desires, passions, and lusts is what makes you sin against the Torah making you walk in flesh. And sin is defined in 1 John 3:4

“Everyone doing sin also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.”

Are there examples of Paul keeping Torah?

Acts 13:42-44

“And when the Yahudim (Jews) went out of the congregation, the gentiles begged to have these words spoken to them the next Sabbath. Verse 44 “And on the next Sabbath almost all the city came together to heard the Word of YHWH.”

As we can see Paul and Barnabas went into the congregations and taught on the Sabbath Day which is in the Torah the 4th of the 10 commandments (Exodus 20:8). Paul was obedient to the command to remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy, the day Christianity has forsaken for Sunday. So if Paul is the man the world wants to follow then why aren’t they following his example of Sabbath worship? And again in Acts 17:1-2

“And having passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a congregation of the Jews. And according to his practice, Paul went in unto them, and for three Sabbath days was reasoning with them from the Scriptures, explaining and pointing out that ha’Mashiach had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and that, “This is ha’Mashiach YESHUA, whom I proclaim to you.” Here we find Paul teaching on the Sabbath again and pointing out YESHUA from The Torah and Prophets.

Acts 20:6-7

“And we sailed away from Phillipos AFTER THE DAYS OF MATZAH (Feast of Unleavened Bread)”, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days. And on one of the Sabbaths, the disciples having gathered together to break bread, Paul intending to depart the next day, was reasoning with them and was extending the Word till midnight.”

So now we see that Paul and those with him observed The Feast of Unleavened Bread also known as the Feast of Matzah, which is in the Torah (Leviticus 23). They did not even sail until after they finished observing the Feast.  Then in verse 7 it says on one of the Sabbaths they broke bread, we can still see he observed the Holy Days also known as Sabbaths in Leviticus 23.

Acts 20:16

“For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might lose no time in Asia, for he was hurrying to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the Day of the Festival of Shavuot (Pentecost.).”

So here again we see that Paul kept the Holy Feast Days of YHWH found in Leviticus 23. He wanted to get back to Jerusalem to celebrate the Holy Day of Shavuot known as Pentecost. So how can believers say Paul did away with the law when he was obeying it himself? He kept Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, The Sabbaths, and Shavuot etc. Paul would have called believers out on their celebration of the pagan holidays being celebrated by the church today. These satanic days of Xmas, Easter, Halloween, News Years etc.

Galatians 4:8-10

“But then, indeed, not knowing Elohim, you served those which by nature are not mighty ones. But now after you have known Elohim, how do you turn again to the weak and poor elementary matters, to which you want to be enslaved again? You closely observe days and months and seasons and years.”

Yes Christians closely observe the days, months, and seasons for their beloved holidays that are not found in Scripture which makes them recipients of another gospel that has not been taught.

Acts 21:18-24

“And on the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders came. And having greeted them, he was relating one by one what Elohim had done among the gentiles through his service. And when they heard it, they praised the Adon (Master). And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Yahudim (Jews) there are who have believed, and all are ardent (passionate, enthusiastic) for the Torah. And they have been informed about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the gentiles to forsake Moses, saying not to circumcise the children nor to walk according to the practices. Verse 24 “Take them and be cleansed with them, and pay their expenses so that they shave their heads. And all shall know that what they have been informed about you is not so, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Torah.”

Acts 22:3

“I am indeed a Jew (Yahudi), having been born in Tarsus of Kilikia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamli’el, having been instructed according to the exactness of the Torah of our fathers, being ardent for Elohim, as you are all are today.” Paul says he was brought up at the feet of Gamli’el, who is Gamli’el? Acts 5:34

“But a certain one in the council stood up, a Pharisee named Gamli’el, a teacher of the Torah, respected by all the people, and ordered them to put the emissaries outside for a little while.”

Acts 26:22-23

“Therefore, having obtained help from Elohim, to this day I stand, witnessing both to small and great, saying nil (zero, nothing) else than what the Prophets and Moses (Torah) said would come-that ha’Mashiach would suffer, would be the first to rise from the dead, He would proclaim light to the people and to the gentiles.” Verse 27-28 “King Agrippa’s, do you believe the Prophets? I know that you do believe.” And Agrippa’s said to Paul, “With a little you might persuade me to become a Messianic (Natsarim).”

A Messianic or Natsarim is one who believes in the true living Elohim YHWH and YESHUA and obeys the commandments in the Torah. And we can see that Agrippa’s reckoned that’s what Paul was after he had been converted to the truth of the gospel, The Good News: YESHUA!

Acts 11:25-26

“Then Barnabah went to Tarsus to seek Paul, and having found him, he brought him to Antiokeia. And it came to be that for an entire year they came together in the assembly and taught large numbers. And the disciples were called (Messianic or Natsarim) first in Antiokeia.”

Acts 28:23

“And having appointed him a day, many came to him where he was staying, to whom he was explaining, earnestly witnessing about the reign of Elohim, and persuading them concerning YESHUA from both the Torah of Moses and the Prophets, from morning until evening.”

We have to understand between Torah and Judaism!

Galatians 1:13-14

“For you have heard of my former behavior in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the assembly of Elohim, and ravaged it. And I progressed in Judaism beyond many of my age in my race, being more exceedingly ardent for the TRADITIONS OF MY FATHERS.”

Paul was more passionate for the “traditions of his fathers!” These traditions are the man-made traditions that YESHUA scolded the Pharisees for, which are the rabbinical (Jewish laws) teachings today include some elements of The Torah, like saying keep the Sabbath or the dietary laws, but you have to be careful of how they interpreted it by adding to it. The Torah is the 1st five books of the Bible was disregarded by the Pharisees in favor of their own religion of Judaism/Jewish Law that they esteemed more than the actual Words of YHWH.

They were hypocrites that added to the Word of YHWH to make themselves appear more holy, but it was all works of the flesh and not the Spirit. As YESHUA said in Mathew 23 “they lay heavy burdens upon men, but they themselves do not lift a finger.” However, if the command is from the Torah then you are to do it, just not according to their works. For example if they said to keep The Sabbath holy then you are to do it because it’s in the Torah, but not according to their works meaning the man-made laws they added to the Torah like (you cannot tie your shoes on the Sabbath, you cannot write on the Sabbath, winnowing which plucking heads of grain that YESHUA’s disciples did, etc.)

 So the believer would have to sift through their teachings to distinguish truth from none truth. We know Satan will use enough truth then he will deceive you. They spent a lot of time accusing others for breaking commands, that they were not keep it themselves making them hypocrites. Do you see how that can become a burden for men? The Sabbath is a delight even though we do not work and keep it holy, not a time to sit in a corner in the dark.

 They held their added traditions to higher value than the Torah. The Pharisees tried to accuse YESHUA of breaking The Sabbath; when in actuality they were measuring YESHUA up to their added prohibits to the Torah and not the actual words of YHWH, which is why YESHUA said in Mathew 15:6-10

“So you have nullified the Command of Elohim by your tradition. Hypocrites! Isaiah rightly prophesied about you saying, ‘This people draw near to Me with their mouth, and respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as teachings the commands of men.”

Luke 12:1

“Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees which is hypocrisy.”

An example of their hypocrisy is found in John 7: 19-23

“Did not Moses give you the Torah? Yet not one of you does the Torah! Why do you seek to Kill Me? The crowd answered and said, “You have a demon, who seeks to kill You? YESHUA answered and said to them, I did one work, and you all marvel. Because of this Moses has given you the circumcision though it is not from Moses, but from the fathers and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the Torah of Moses should not be broken, are you wroth with Me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath?

See the hypocrisy? The Pharisees accused YESHUA of breaking the Sabbath because He healed a man’s entire body on the Sabbath, yet they would circumcise their son on the 8th day according to the Torah on the Sabbath to keep the commandment, what’s the difference? Their added tradition of what they viewed as work made them hypocrites of what they were doing themselves. They healed a small portion of a child’s body and YESHUA healed the entire body, yet they didn’t view their circumcision as work, but viewed YESHUA’s healing as work. They also would pull an sheep out of a pit to save the animal, but were mad when YESHUA healed a woman who had been bound by Satan for 18 years.

Being more exceedingly ardent for the TRADITIONS OF MY FATHERS!

So Paul thought he was doing the right thing by persecuting those who followed The Way as he said in Galatians “being more ardent for the traditions of his fathers”. They arrested and accused YESHUA of breaking their version of the Sabbath with false, man-made, Babylonian Talmud additions that are not found in the Bible. It gave men the appearance they were holy but they were the exact opposite. Which is why YESHUA said in Mathew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the reign of the heaven before men, for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.”

Acts 26:5 Paul said this while being in chains for preaching the truth of YESHUA and the resurrection

“Since they have known me from the first, if they want to witness, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest sect of our observance.”

What strict observances? There are many, many examples I can list but I will give references to a few.

Mark 7 and Luke 11:37-44 strict hand-washing ritual before eating bread which they thought made a man unclean. This practice is  still observed to this day.

Mathew 23:5

“And they do all their works to be seen by men, and they make their t’fillen wide and lengthen the fringes of their garments.”

T’fillen or phylacteries are a set of small black leather boxes that contain scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah that they literally tie on their foreheads and wrap around their arms trying to fulfill Deuteronomy 6:8

“And shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.”

So to them literally binding the commands in a small box with portions of the Torah on their head and arms would fulfill this command. YESHUA is saying they want to be seen by men to appear holy. YHWH is saying the Hebrew word (Resh) what are your thoughts on? (Forehead) Keeping His word before you always to meditate on it. And on your arm is (Yod) your actions to fulfill his Word and do it and not just hear it.

These are just a few examples of them keeping Judaism versus Torah.

So now we can see that Paul was initally not a part of the truth or anything good, but a strict Pharisee which followed the false, man-made, Judaism that YESHUA scolded. Changing him from a persecutor of The Way into one preaching The Way. Galatians 1:22-23

“And I was not known by sight to the assemblies of Judah which were in Messiah, but they were hearing only that, “The one who once persecuted us (The Way) now brings as Good News the belief which he once ravaged.”

So when YESHUA appeared to Paul on the road to Damascus Paul saw the error of his ways and the false teaching he was a part of and for killing those who followed The Way. He went out and preached the truth about YESHUA which is belief in Him and The Torah. Those laws are dogmas from Judaism that Paul was speaking against, not the truth of Scripture.

Conclusion

1 Thessalonians 5:22-23

“Keep back from every form of wickedness. And the Elohim of peace Himself make you completely holy, and your entire spirit, and being, and body-be preserved blameless at the coming of our Adon YESHUA ha’Mashiach!”

These are not the words of a lawless man as he is telling the brothers in this letter to be found blameless when YESHUA returns. Those who are walking in flesh continuing to sin because they are lawless are bound to slavery. Present yourselves as a living sacrifice and follow His Commands and do not rely on grace alone because it is “unmerited favor” purely out of His love for us.  The lawless will not enter into His kingdom. As stated earlier, even if Paul was preaching a lawless doctrine saying the law is done away with, then he would need more witnesses then just himself. It is my prayer today that your eyes have been opened and will follow YESHUA in truth and not the lawless traditions of men! HalleluYAH!

TATTOOS AND OCCULT BLOOD RITUALS!

Written by: Damien Powell

YESHUA is The Lamb of YHWH who takes away the sins of the world. Through His blood we have the forgiveness of sins.  But after you have accepted Him as your Savior you cannot go backwards and that is something that I see a lot of believers do. Why? You are supposed to become a new creation, born again, and walk in the spirit and not the flesh.  You must do all you can to walk in the path of righteousness by obeying His commandments and being saved by the atonement of YESHUA. Satan has tried to convince us that we can blatantly and willfully sin and it’s okay. But YHWH says in Ezekiel 18:24

“But when a righteous one turns away from his righteousness and does unrighteousness, according to all the abominations that the wicked one has done, shall he live? All his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered. For his trespass which he has committed, and for his sin which he has committed, for them he shall die.”

Many followers of YESHUA know what the word of Elohim says but then sin intentionally and say “He knows my heart or He will always forgive me.” According to the passage in Ezekiel, this is not true. Elohim can choose to show favour upon you if He desires, but the passage clearly says that persons righteousness he did before will not be remembered. Which is why were are supposed to meditate on His Word because they are Living Words. As YESHUA said “man shall not live on bread alone, but every Word of YHWH.”

 So for example if you had a tattoo when you were 16 in your rebellious stage of life or did not know better I’m sure that will be forgiven, because you did not know YESHUA and His ways. However; I see Pastors and those who call themselves devout followers in the faith continually going out and get tattoos.

 Most believers today feel that we cannot out sin Elohim’s grace and that through YESHUA we are “once saved, always saved” therefore, giving them a license to sin. This is lawlessness and a deception that Satan has brought into the church. He has gotten majority of the world to say the law is done away with and when that happens, believers will start compromising His word to justify their actions. And once you compromise on one of His commandments it becomes a domino effect, and the next thing you know you have become lawless and look like the rest of the world and not set apart, this is self-assimilation.

 This is exactly what Satan wants especially from those who follow The Messiah! It took one lie to get Eve to question her immortality and to pass to fruit to Adam to get them banished from the garden and the downfall of man. And Satan is still using his cunning tactics to this very day. And tattoos is a big one.

. In Leviticus 19:28 YHWH says

“And do not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor put tattoo marks on you. I am YHWH.”

Why is YHWH so serious about us not putting tattoos on our bodies? Firstly, our bodies are not our own. We were purchased at a price by the blood of YESHUA and the Holy Spirit dwells within you. And anything that goes against the Word of YHWH will grieve the Holy Spirit the Ruach ha’Kodesh.

 Ephesians 4:30 says

“And do not grieve the Ruach ha’Kodesh of Elohim, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.”

1 Corinthians 6:20

“For you were bought with a price, therefore esteem Elohim in your body and in your spirit, which are of Elohim.”

1 Corinthians 7:23

“You were bought with a price, do not become slaves of men.”

Romans 12:1-2

“I call upon you, therefore, brothers, through the compassion of Elohim, to present your bodies as living offering-holy, well-pleasing to Elohim-your reasonable worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you prove what is that good and well-pleasing and perfect desire of Elohim.” We are not to be like this world or be changed by it, we are to be the lights of the world and not even look like this world.  Yet, believers are keeping one foot in the world to justify the flesh and want to follow YESHUA at the same time and Paul disagrees with that stance as does James.

James 4:4

“Adulterers and adulteresses do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with Elohim? Whoever therefore intends to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy with Elohim.”

Ties to paganism

The pagans during ancient times were getting tattoos of the name of their pagan deities on their bodies and YHWH called the believers in Him to be separate from the ways of the world. That is the reason why He drove the nations out of the land of Canaan for their abominable practices.  Deuteronomy 18:9

“When you come into the land which YHWH your Elohim is giving you, do not learn to do according to the abominations of those gentiles.”

 These demonic tattoos are used as portals to invite demons into your lives even though you cannot see it. It’s similar to listening to secular music (spell casting) vibrations and chants that are subliminally being heard by your sub-conscious even though you cannot hear it, which is opening up a demonic portal or gateway.

Ties to the occult?

In an article written by Jessilyn Lancaster on 6/2/16 titled “Ex-Witch: How tattoos relate to Occultic Blood Rituals

As old-school theologians and hipster believers debate the biblical commands not to tattoo the body, a deeper truth lurks.  

Ex-witch Beth, who herself has a handful of tattoos, says one cannot ignore the similarities to occult blood rituals.  

"A blood ritual is a satanic ritual that is done as a covenant or pact. There are at least two people involved in this type of ritual. The person who is shedding their own blood, and the person who is invoking a demon and its power," Beth writes on her blog, The Other Side of Darkness. 

"The person who is shedding their blood is the recipient in this transaction. They are giving their blood (life) in order to receive some sort of benefit, such as life, prosperity, fame, fortune or power. The cuts are now an open doorway for the entrance of evil spirits (demons) (that) you have granted permission. By agreeing to and participating in the shedding of your blood, you have (given) the devil a right to you. Often people who participate in a blood ritual also give over rights to future generations," she continues.  

Beth recognizes a tattooed body is not necessarily one and the same as blood rituals. Even Christians who passionately serve Jesus have tattoos to mark their faith.  

But one cannot ignore the parallels between tattoos and blood rituals.  

"However, you are piercing your skin with a needle between 50 to 300 times a minute. You are also shedding your blood, and you are making a choice to pierce your skin and shed your blood," Beth writes.  

"You also have to consider the person who is doing the tattoo. Where are they at religiously or spiritually? If they are another religion or hold spiritual beliefs of the New Age or occult, what does the tattoo mean to them? The one who holds the tattoo gun is the one who is shedding your blood. That is a very powerful position over you. If they are praying over you to their god or goddess, how does that affect you while you are openly submitting to them shedding your blood? Does it really matter if your tattoo is of a cross or a Bible verse in this case?" 

Now we can understand why YHWH said “Not to make cuts in your flesh” because the cuts are a doorway to demonic spirits and the tattoos themselves is the shedding of blood for the ritual. Satan knows Scripture and he knows how YHWH feels about it, so he cunningly has gotten the world to make it a fad and say it’s cool, completely ignoring what YHWH says.

Leviticus 17:11 YHWH says “The life is in the blood”. Which is why YHWH told us not to eat the blood of animals (yes vampirism too). And also why YESHUA’s atonement is so critical because His blood was shed for us and His blood was perfect and pure that saved all humanity.

 Satan knows the life is in the blood which is why he gets musicians to sign their name in blood on his music contracts, because you are essentially “signing” your life over to the evil one as I explained in the section “Am I listening to satanic music part 2.” YHWH gave us these guidelines and instructions because He loves us and they protect us. His Torah is Living Words for your benefit, not His. Even if you received a cross or something religious it still goes against his command. Just because we feel that it is right in our own eyes and say that we are doing it for Him; does not justify the situation. 1 Samuel 15:3

“Now go, and you shall smite Amaleq and put under the ban all that he has, and you shall not spare them, and put to death from man to woman, from infant to nursing child, from ox to sheep, from camel to donkey.” Verse 9-15 says

“But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, and the cattle, and the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not put them under the ban. But all goods despised and worthless, that they put under the ban. And the word of YHWH came to Samuel, saying, I am grieved that I have appointed Saul as king, for he has turned back from following Me, and has not performed My Words.” And it displeased Samuel, and he cried to YHWH all night. And Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, and it was told to Samuel, saying, Saul went to Karmel, and see, he put up a monument for himself, then turned and passed over and went down to Gilgal.” And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed are you of YHWH! I have performed the word of YHWH.” But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear?” And Saul said, “They have brought them from Amaleq, because the people spared the best of the sheep and the cattle, to slaughter to YHWH your Elohim. And the rest we have put under the ban”

YHWH strictly commanded Saul to kill all people and all cattle. Saul took it upon himself to save the best sheep and cattle to offer it before YHWH, thinking he was doing the right thing, but YHWH saw it as rebellion because he did not OBEY! YHWH rejected Saul as king for his disobedience and this is how YHWH views rebellion.  

1 Samuel 15:23

“For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and stubbornness is as wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the Word of YHWH, He also rejects you as king.”

Now as I mentioned earlier, if you got a tattoo out of ignorance or were young then we have a merciful Elohim who is here for us, repent and be made new in Him. But willingly going against His Word is rebellion and your body is not your own no matter how many people say your skin is a canvas for art.

 Do not be deceived into thinking that you can put a religious tattoo on your body to praise Elohim because He simply told us not to do it. All the pagan cultures were doing the exact same thing to their pagan deities; therefore, you are not doing anything to set yourself apart from the ways of the world.

If you have any tattoos I say repent to YESHUA and ask for forgiveness for going against His Word and to break any curse in case any blood covenant was made that you are unaware of.  As Paul said in Ephesians 6 we are at war with spiritual wickedness in the heavens and not the flesh. Break that chain or curse of Satan and do not get anymore! Follow YESHUA and keep the Commandments because He loves you, but the lawless will not inherit His Kingdom. Revelation 22:14

“Blessed are those doing His Commands, so that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of life, and to enter through the gates into the city.”

Are your prayers being answered?

Written by: Damien powell

Shalom to all my fellow brothers and sisters in YESHUA! This is a very important topic as we all pray and of course would like our prayers answered! We have to remember that we are in a spiritual fight dealing with spiritual warfare.

Interestingly the whole world has been taught that Satan dwells below the earth with a pitchfork and fire all around him while he and his demons torment souls. But when we read Ephesians 6:12 Paul says something completely different:

“Because we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against authorities, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual wickedness in the shamayim (heavens).” Some translate it as high places.

If you notice heavens is plural because ELOHIM created more than one heaven! Genesis 1:1

“In the beginning Elohim created the shamayim (heavens) and the earth.”

Job 1:7

“And YHWH said to ha’Satan, “From where do you come? And ha’Satan answered YHWH and said, “From diligently searching in the earth, and from WALKING UP AND DOWN IN IT.”

So based off of Satan’s description we can visualize something like spiritual stairs we can’t see that Satan uses to walk up and down through the earth. So could he be walking up to his place in the second heaven? This is possible when we read 2 Corinthians 12:2-4

“I know a man in Messiah who fourteen years ago-whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, Elohim knows- such a one was caught up to the THIRD HEAVEN.” And I know such a man whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, Elohim knows-that he was caught up into Paradise and heard unspeakable words, which it is not right for a man to speak.’

So Paul says this man was caught up in the third heaven (shamech) which was in Paradise and heard things that man should not speak. The Third Heaven named Paradise by Paul sounds like the dwelling place of YHWH and if there is a third heaven; then there has to be two underneath it which is why Ephesians 6:12 says “spiritual wickedness in the heavens or heavenlies.” It would appear that his place is the second one, because when YESHUA talks about the birds of the heavens (first heaven), those are birds we can physically see with our eyes. Mathew 6:26

“Look at the birds of the shamayim (heavens) for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into storehouses, yet your Father of the shamayim feeds them. Are you not worth more than they?”

Luke 12:54-56

“And He also said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, ‘A storm is coming,’ and so it is. “And when you see the south wind blow, you say, ‘There shall be hot weather, ‘and it is. “Hypocrites! You know to discern the face of the shamayim (heavens and of the earth), but how is it you do not discern this time?” YESHUA said the storm that we can see coming with our natural eye is the “face of the heavens” like the first layer, just as He said with the birds we can see.

 This would also make sense with what YESHUA describes in Luke 16:22-26

“And it came to be that the beggar died, and was carried by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man also died and was buried. And while suffering tortures in the grave, having lifted up his eyes, he saw Abraham far away, and El’azar in his bosom. “And crying out he said, father Abraham, have compassion on me, and send El’azar to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering in this flame.’ “But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your life you received your good, and likewise El’azar the evil, but now he is comforted and you are suffering. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been put, so that those who want to pass from here to you are unable, nor do those from there pass to us.’

So it would make sense that if Abraham is in heaven and can look down and see those being tortured; that it must be visible for them, the same way we can look into the sky and see the stars. So this would make sense that the second heaven could be what was being described in this passage.

Is Satan blocking or stealing your prayers?

Psalms 141:2

“Let my prayer be prepared before you as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.”

Revelation 5:8

“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 saints.”

I find it interesting that David likened his prayers reaching up to the heavens before ELOHIM as incense and the incense in the golden bowls were the prayers of the saints, which is a fragrant smoke that rises up to the heavens when burned.  So it’s possible that your prayers are like smoke that needs to penetrate through Satan in the first heaven, which means that it has to be powerful enough to go through that first or second barrier of wickedness in the heavens.  There are stories about ex witches and warlocks who said they can see the prayers rising up and it looks like smoke and if the prayers are weak or lacking faith then the smoke or incense would dissipate and not be able to penetrate.

Which is why Elohim always talks about the prayers of the righteous. We know David was a righteous king, a man after ELOHIM’s own heart, whose throne was established forever and YESHUA came through the line of David from Judah. And the saints are righteous because they kept the commandments of ELOHIM and notice how their prayers reached to the heavens just as David’s? Revelation 14:12

“Here is the endurance of the saints, here are those guarding the Commands of YHWH and the belief of YESHUA.”

What does Scripture say?

Our ELOHIM can intervene whenever He wants and as He told Moses in Exodus 33:19

 “And He said, “I shall cause all My goodness to pass before you, and I shall proclaim the Name of YHWH before you. And I shall favour him whom I favour, and shall have compassion on him whom I have compassion.”

This is evidenced by reading 2 Chronicles 33 about Manasseh, who was wicked but turned righteous, ELOHIM heard his cries when he was in distress and humbled himself before YHWH and YHWH heard him. YHWH can hear your prayers in distress in hopes that once He delivers you; that you will in turn know the deliverance was from Him and learn to walk in His Ways. But most, will forget after the blessing and continue walking in darkness and lawlessness until the next trial arises.

How do we strengthen our prayers?

 Humbling yourself and obedience is the key, we must keep the Commandments AND believe in YESHUA!

Then Proverbs 28:9 says

“He who turns away his ear from hearing the Torah, even his prayer is an abomination.”

The Torah which is the Guidelines and Instructions (the world knows it as law) that YHWH gave us, which is YESHUA made flesh is what Christianity has rejected. And in this Scripture disobedience of the Torah makes the prayer an abomination.

Ezra 7:10

“For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Torah of YHWH, and to do it, and to teach Laws and Right-Rulings in Yisra’el.” So Ezra wanted to do what was right and walk in the Ways of YHWH and that included him seeking the Torah and to do it. So being that he was a man of ELOHIM his prayer was heard when he called on YHWH. He was a doer of the Word, not just a hearer!

Ezra 8:21-23 says

“I then proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahawa, to humble ourselves before our ELOHIM, to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions, for I was ashamed to ask of the king a group of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, “The hand of our ELOHIM is upon all those for good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him.” So we fasted and prayed to our ELOHIM for this, and He answered our prayer.”

Proverbs 15:8

“The slaughtering of the wicked is an abomination to YHWH, but the prayer of the straight is His delight.”

Proverbs 15:29

“YHWH is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.”

Proverbs 80:3-5

“Cause us to turn back, O ELOHIM, and cause Your face to shine, that we might be saved! O YHWH Elohim of Hosts, how long shall You be wroth against the prayer of Your people? You have caused them to eat the bread of tears, and have caused them to drink with tears, a third time.

Jeremiah 11:14

“And you, do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer for them, for I do not hear them in the time that they cry out to Me because of their evil.”

Jeremiah 7:16-18

“And you, do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me, for I do not hear you. Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children are gathering wood, the dads are lighting the fire, and the women are kneading their dough, to make cakes for the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink offerings to other mighty ones, to provoke Me.”

This passage YHWH is talking about not hearing the prayers of those who serve pagan deities such as all the abominable holidays being celebrated today; such as Christmas, Easter, Halloween and all others not commanded from YHWH in Leviticus 23. The queen of heaven in this scripture from Jeremiah is the one being worshipped that mocks Passover which is Easter and combined with Ba’al and Tammuz.

Psalms 66:16-20

“Come, hear, all you who REVERE ELOHIM, and I relate what He has done for my being. I called to Him with my mouth, and praise with my tongue. If I have seen wickedness in my heart, YHWH would not hear. Truly, ELOHIM has heard me; he has given heed to the voice of my prayer. Baruk (Blessed) be ELOHIM, Who has not turned away my prayer, nor His kindness from me.”

Job 42:7-8

“And it came to be, after YHWH had spoken these words to Job, that YHWH said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath has burned against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as did My servant Job. And now, take seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And let my servant Job PRAY for you-for I accept him-lest I punish you; because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as did My servant Job.”

YHWH told Eliphaz and his two friends to go to Job so that he can pray for them because He accepted him. We can see the common theme of YHWH accepting the prayers of those who revere and obey Him.

Solomon who had more wisdom, riches, and royal splendor then any king before him or after him walked with YHWH before he sinned. But in his righteousness he rebuilt the House of YHWH and prayed. 2 Chronicles 7:1

“And when Solomon had ended praying, fire came down from the shamayim (heavens) and consumed the burnt offering and the slaughtering’s. And the esteem of YHWH filled the House. Verse 12

“And YHWH appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a House of slaughtering. If I shut up the heavens and there is no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, and My people upon whom My Name is called, shall humble themselves, and pray and see My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I shall hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin and heal their land. Now, My eyes are open and My ears attentive to the prayer of this place. Verse 17

“And you, if you walk before Me as your dad David walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you guard My Laws and My Right-Rulings, then I shall establish the throne of your reign, as I covenanted with David your dad, saying, ‘There is not to cease a man of yours as ruler in Yisra’el.’

So again we can see that in order for YHWH to hear the prayer of the people was to turn from their wicked ways, humble themselves, and seek Him. Turning from His Torah and His Laws will cause Him not to hear you just as YHWH told Solomon that if he walked in His ways as his dad David did.

The conclusion of the matter

1 Samuel 15:22

“Then Samuel said, “Does YHWH delight in burnt offerings and slaughtering’s, as in obeying the voice of YHWH? Look, to obey is better than an offering, and to heed than the fat of rams.”

Obeying, love, and humbling yourself before ELOHIM is what He requires and as we can see it is better than sacrifices. So now we can see what Solomon meant in Proverbs 28:9 “He who turns away his ear from hearing the Torah, even his prayer is an abomination.” Why? Because you have turned away from the Guidelines and instructions that He gave us to live by and what He gave for us to obey Him. YESHUA said “If you love Me you will keep My commandments.”

John 9:31

“And we know that Elohim does not hear sinners. But if anyone reveres ELOHIM and does His desire, He hears him.”

So you have to do the desire of YHWH and not sin, so He can hear you. His desire is that you obey His Torah, Laws, Commands and follow and believe His Son YESHUA and preach the good news. Our desires don’t matter, whether you agree with this or not. You have to submit yourself to His will so He can hear you. Mathew 26:39

“And going forward a little, He fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. YET NOT AS I DESIRE, BUT AS YOU.”

James 5:16

“Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, so that you are healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous one accomplishes much.”

Let us return to our Father YHWH and follow YESHUA and do His will and obey His voice, that way we can pray to Him according to His will and answer us. HalleluYAH!

STOP sacrificing to demons on Halloween!

Written by: Damien Powell

The Holy Days of our Father YHWH and His Son YESHUA, that all believers in Him should be celebrating ended on the 21st, but now all of Satan’s days are beginning! Every wonder why Satan’s holidays begin when it’s cold, when the trees, and flowers begin to die? But YHWH’s begins in the spring when life is beginning again? That’s because Satan is darkness and death. The world has embraced the darkness and chooses to participate in these days of spiritually sacrificing to demons. Whether believers realize it or not it is Satan aka Ba’al that is being worshipped all over the earth on these pagan days. Especially those who profess the Name of YESHUA! Wake up my fellow brothers and sisters and come out of Babylon! In this blog I will discuss why it’s wrong and give some background on Halloween and what it represents.

The Satanist love this day because they say the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest on Halloween and they believe they can now demon possess you with their chants, spells, sorcery, demonic altars. (That picture of Ba’al) is who is being worshipped, let it not be you.

Numbers 25:1-4

“And Yisra’el dwelt in Shittim, and the people began to whore with the daughters of Moab, and they invited the people to the slaughtering’s of their mighty ones, and the people ate and bowed down to their mighty ones. Thus Yisra’el was joined to Ba’al Pe’or, and the displeasure of YHWH burned against Yisra’el. And YHWH said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and hang them up before YHWH, before the sun, so that the burning displeasure of YHWH turns away from Yisra’el.” And Moses said to the judges of Yisra’el, “Each one of you slay his men who were joined to Ba’al Pe’or.”

Ba’al is a representation of Satan, he is the one who the children of Yisra’el worshipped more than any deity in Scripture, which provoked YHWH to anger. Ba’al (sun deity and Easter (Ishtar) are the ones who are being worshipped on all of these pagan days and they want your children to join in too. That’s how Satan hooks the world because people feel like they are depriving their children of fun.

Celebrating these pagan days is not for YHWH no matter how you disguise it or change the name to a harvest festival.  YHWH told Moses to hang those people who joined in with this demon, so that means that you are hanging yourself in the spiritual realm and committing a spiritual death by joining yourself to Satan on these days.

Psalms 23:5

“You spread before me a table in the face of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup runs over.”

 Isaiah 65:11

“But you are those who forsake YHWH, who forget My holy mountain, who prepare a table for Gad, and who fill a drink offering for Meni.”

So as always we see the good that YHWH does for us, but instead of walking with His Son YESHUA and obeying His commands, most forsake Him and turn their backs on all the goodness He has provided. He prepares a table for us while luke-warm believers choose to prepare a table for the enemy. What is wrong with this picture?

We have been warned!

Leviticus 18:26-30

“But you, you shall guard My Laws and My Right-Rulings, and not do any of these abominations, the native nor stranger who sojourns among you, because the men of the land who were before you have done all these abominations, and thus the land became defiled, ‘So let not the land vomit you out for defiling it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you. For whoever does any of these abominations, those being who do them shall be cut off from among their people. And you shall guard My Charge, so as not to do any of these abominable practices which were done before you, so as not to defile yourselves by them. I am YHWH your Elohim.”

Deuteronomy 12:2-4

“Completely destroy all the places where the nations which you are dispossessing served their mighty ones, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. And you shall break down their altars, and destroy their pillars, and burn their Asherim (sacred tree or pole) with fire. And you shall cut down the carved images of their mighty ones and shall destroy their name out of that place. Do not do so to YHWH your Elohim.”

Jeremiah 10:2-4

“Thus said YHWH, “Do not learn the way of the gentiles, and do not be frightened by the signs of the heavens, for the gentiles are frightened by them. For the prescribed customs of these peoples are worthless, for one cuts a tree from the forest, work for the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.” The x-mas tree that was just described in the previous Scripture, the sacred tree or pole.

Lamentations 5:15-16

“The joy of our heart has ceased, our dancing has turned mourning. The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!”

Amos 5:21

“I have hated, I have despised your festivals, and I am not pleased with your assemblies.” You guessed it! Halloween is one of these festivals that He despises and He is not pleased with it; therefore, you cannot be doing it for Him.

YESHUA is Light and Halloween is darkness and death!

John 1:4-5

“In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

John 3:19-20

“And this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their works were wicked. For everyone practicing evil hates the Light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.” Men love the darkness rather than the light which would explain why they celebrate Halloween which is pure darkness. But YESHUA is the Light which is the Torah, but men hate that Light (Torah) and choose to say it’s done away with. Proverbs 6:23

“For the Command is a lamp, And the Torah a light.”

John 8:12

“Therefore YESHUA spoke to them again, saying, “I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness, but possess the light of life.” Yet so many followers of YESHUA choose to walk in darkness on this highly satanic day and not be convicted.

John 12:35-36

“YESHUA, therefore, said to them, “Yet a little while the Light is with you. Walk while you have the Light, lest darkness overtake you. And he who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you become sons of Light.”

Mathew 6:22

“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, all your body shall be enlightened. But if your eye is evil, all your body shall be darkened. If, then, the light that is within you is darkness, how great is that darkness.” If you are participating in evil activities like Halloween and then going to church, then the light within you that you thought was light has become darkness. You cannot know YESHUA and walk in darkness.

Psalms 106:20

“Thus they changed My esteem into the form of an ox that eats grass.”

That is exactly what the world and the church has done by bringing darkness where light is supposed to be. They changed the esteem of YHWH into pumpkins, ghosts, dressing up as the dead, and trying to change who He is The ELOHIM of Light not darkness.

The Deception of Satan!

Satan is the master counterfeiter and scripture states that Satan wants to be like YHWH. Isaiah 14:14 says:

“I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”

With that said YHWH has His (Holy Days) for His people and Satan has his (holidays) for his people or those who are lost or have been deceived. Another example is YHWH has His Shabbat as Satan has his sabbat. And sabbat is defined as a seasonal festival, observed by pagans and a gathering of witches. What follower of YESHUA wants to be a part of a pagan gathering of witches?

October 31st is a very popular holiday known as Halloween a (sabbat) where adults and children dress up in costumes and go door to door asking for candy. Others go to costume parties to celebrate and bob for apples. “Oh it’s not for me, it’s for the children!” Is the common excuse; however, the adults are to show the children which way to go!  But, is that holiday harmless? Is it acceptable for a believer or even the church to celebrate this day? Or to celebrate it under a disguised name of a Harvest or Fall Festival?

YESHUA tells us in Mark 12:26-27:

“Now about the dead rising have you not read in the book of Moses, in the account of the bush, how Elohim said to him, I am the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob? He is not the Elohim of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

Luke 24:4-5

“And it came to be, as they were perplexed about this, that see, two men stood by them in glittering garments. And becoming frightened and bowing their faces to the earth, these said to them, “Why do you seek the living among the dead?” YESHUA rose from the dead and is alive, so why is the church allowing the dead to enter into their buildings when YESHUA is alive and not dead. He defeated death so no follower of His should be basking in the darkness. YESHUA died so we can live!

Isaiah 8:19

“And when they say to you, “Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter.” should not a people seek their Elohim? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living?”

YESHUA has just told us that our Father YHWH Elohim is Elohim of the living and not the dead, so we need to ask ourselves if He would approve of us dressing up as the dead and glorifying and celebrating death. Halloween is more sinister than people think just looking at the surface of the holiday, which solely equates to just having a good time and letting the children enjoy themselves. What we don’t realize as followers of the Messiah YESHUA is that when we participate in this day we are recreating pagan rituals on a day human sacrifices occurred and the highest amount of demonic activity happened and continues to happen. Also, when put on these masks and costumes we take on the spirit of whatever that being is or was. Below is some background information on this pagan day:

·         Halloween literally means the evening before Hallows Day or All Saints Day, which is one of the witches sabbats a pagan gathering of witches.

·          “Hallowed” means holy or greatly revered and respected, so, Satan has made this is an evil holy day for himself known as “HALLOWeen.”

·         All Saints Day was instituted by the Roman Catholic Church on November 1st the day after Halloween to celebrate the dead, dressing up as saints, angels, and devils and having a huge parade and bon fires.

·         They practice witchcraft on Halloween and cast spells against Churches and believers. Satan loves it when believers celebrate his demonic sabbat.

·         The Druids would knock on people’s doors and say “trick or treat” and the person inside the house knew that they wanted a human sacrifice for the night. If the owner of the house gave them a human sacrifice, the druids would leave a jack-o-lantern on their doorsteps (filled with human fat) to scare off all the spirits they would be conjuring up during the night. And even that was a deception because the Jack-0-lantern is a demon of the rivers named “Oshun” which does the opposite of what the Druids said, it bring demons into your house, giving Satan an entrance way into your homes.

·         If they did not cooperate they would take them to a cauldron that had been boiling all day full of apple cider and tell them if they could grab an apple out of the cauldron with their teeth then they would let them go, but if they could not then they would be beheaded on the spot. This is where “bobbing for apples comes from.”

·         Because the Druids believed that demons, witches, and evil spirits roamed the earth on this night and that demons played pranks and tricks on human beings, the only way they could protect themselves was to dress up as a demon or a creature to escape persecution. By disguising themselves the demon or witch would not recognize them or think they were joining in with them that night. This is where the dressing up of costumes originates from.

·         Putting on costumes changes your identity which opens you up for attacks because you are not “you” anymore. Satan wants us to change our identities so we become confused and not serve our full purpose in YESHUA our Messiah. He made Adam and Eve question their purpose in the garden although they were already immortal. He challenged YESHUA by saying “If you really are the Son of Elohim then turn these stone into bread”. So if we change who we are willingly, then this is a perfect chance for him to enter.

1 Corinthians 10:20-21 says:

“No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to Elohim, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of YHWH and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both YHWH’s table and the tables of demons.”

Have no part with Satan, we must be set-apart!

YHWH has called us believers to be set apart and to come out of the world, yet we keep pulling ourselves right back in it. That is called self-assimilation meaning we want to conform with the pagan nations around us the same way a disobedient Israel did.

Making matters worse the church is participating in these abominable holidays under the guise of the Fall Festival or Fall harvest. Interesting how the world does not want to celebrate YHWH’s TRUE Harvest Sukkot, The Feast of Tabernacles, or The Feast of in-gathering, but rather replace it with a demonic disguise of harvest festival! These festivals are always held around Halloween, children are invited to attend in a costume, and the children receive candy for playing games! What’s the difference? There isn’t a difference one is called Halloween and the other is a Fall Festival.

To put it simply we have a choice to make and we cannot justify our actions just because we want to have a “good time” or saying “it’s for the children”  We as believers cannot say that we are serving Elohim when we participate and join at the table with His enemy, which is anything demonic. All we are doing is justifying our actions and recreating pagan rituals filled with evil and death. The church is doing the exact same activities as those who participate in Halloween right inside the church. We have been deceived into thinking that this is innocent and Satan is laughing.

It’s like how some Jews put up a Chanukah bush for the holidays and say it’s not a Christmas tree. When in actuality it represents the exact same thing with a different name. It doesn’t change what it stands for, does it? Job 14:4

“Who brings the clean out of the unclean? No one!”

Ezekiel 22:26

“Her priests (kohenim) have done violence to My Torah and they profane My holy matters. They have not distinguished between the holy and profane, nor have they made known between the unclean and the clean. And they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned in their midst.” It happened then and it’s happening now, the priests are calling the unclean clean and they have hidden their faces from YHWH’s Sabbaths and say we can now go on the first day of the week.

Proverbs 13:19

“But to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.” Powerful words by Solomon; he is saying that those who do wicked and evil cannot even fathom the thought to do what is right. Let that not be any of you my fellow brothers and sisters in YESHUA!

Let us not be lost or deceived, but let us gain understanding of what these holidays truly mean because everything has a history and a meaning. We are either for Elohim or against Him.

James 4:4

“Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with Elohim? Whoever therefore intends to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of Elohim.”

Luke 11:23

“He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.”

Let us all stand up and be like Joshua saying in Joshua 24:15

“And if it seems evil in your eyes to serve YHWH, choose for yourselves this day whom you are going to serve, whether the mighty ones which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the mighty ones of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But I and my house, we serve YHWH.” HalleluYAH!

I pray that this has been a blessing to you and please share this with anyone who needs to hear this, or is unaware. Let us stand up and fight for the Elohim of Yisra’el in truth! Ah-main!

8th Day Closing Assembly

The last blog I explained that we are in the last of YHWH’s Appointed Times where He wants to meet with His people (Appointments) and how ALL of His Holy Days point to His Son YESHUA. Sukkot: The Feast of Tabernacles started on Monday the 14th and will end on Sunday the 20th. We are rejoicing for 7 days and living in booths/tents/sukkahs as He commanded. Immediately following Sukkot on the 21st is the 8th Day Closing Assembly and we are commanded to do no work on that day as well.

YHWH commands us in Leviticus 23:34-44 saying:

'Say to the Israelites: 'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month YHWH'S Chag HaSukot (Feast of Tabernacles) begins, and it lasts for seven days. The first day is a sacred assembly; do no regular work. For seven days present offerings made to YHWH by fire, and on the eighth day hold a sacred assembly and present an offering made to YHWH by fire. It is the closing assembly; do no regular work.

YHWH continues in verse 39 by saying: 'So beginning with the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the crops of the land, celebrate the festival to YHWH for seven days; the first day is a day of rest, and the eighth day (21st) also is a day of rest.

How are we to celebrate this last Holy Day? Scripture doesn't go into great detail about the day, but we are commanded not to work. We can again look to how the Israelites celebrated The 8th Day Closing Assembly in the days of Nehemiah when they came back from Babylonian exile. Nehemiah 8:18 says:

“And there was very great rejoicing (as commanded). And day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read from the Book of the Torah of Elohim. And they performed the Festival seven days. And on the EIGTH day there was an assembly, according to the Right-Ruling.”

We can also look to 2nd Chronicles 7:8-10 during the time of King Solomon which says:
"So Solomon observed the Festival (Sukkot) at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him-a very great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the wadi of Mitsrayim (Egypt). On the EIGTH day they held an assembly, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival for seven days more. On the twenty-third day (8th Day) of the seventh month he sent the people to their homes, joyful and glad in heart for the good things YHWH had done for David and Solomon and for his people Israel."

As we can see Solomon and the people were finishing up their rejoicing and celebration of Chag HaSukot (Feast of Tabernacles) and then he held an assembly on the eight day in accordance with YHWH's command. It appears that the 8th Day Closing Assembly is a time to wind down after celebrating for seven days and a time to reflect.

The last example is during the time of YESHUA, John 7:1-2 says

“And after this YESHUA was walking in Galilee, for He did not want to walk in Judah, because the Jews were seeking to kill Him. And the Festival of the Jews was near, the Festival of Sukkoth.” Then verse 37 reads:

“And on the last Great Day of The Festival (8th Day), YESHUA stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me, and let him who believes in Me drink.”

It is a day of rest; a closing assembly after rejoicing for 7 days for all that YHWH has done for us. Let us come to YESHUA and drink for we believe in Him and let the living waters which is the Ruach ha’Kodesh (The Holy Spirit) live within us as He said on the 8th Day Closing Assembly the day after Sukkot. HalleluYAH!