Yom Kippur: The Day of Atonement 2022!

The second of the Fall Appointed Times (Moedim) commanded by YAHWEH is Yom Kippur on which is September 30th which means it begins on September 29th at sundown to September 30th sundown which is the most set-apart (Kodesh) Day of the year, Yom ha’kippurim (Yom Kippur) The Day of Atonement. Make sure you do NO WORK on this day as it is a Shabbat Shabbaton a day for complete rest, complete stopping and ceasing from all activity just as the weekly 7th Day Shabbat is a Shabbat Shabbaton. We will be discussing what Yom Kippur is, how to observe Yom Kippur, what is involved in a fast, YESHUA being our High Priest, do children have to fast, and the connection with Bar Abba and the scapegoat.

The Book of Jubilees shows us why and when Yom Kippur was instituted:

Jubilees 34:12-18

“And the sons of Jacob slaughtered a kid, and dipped the coat of Joseph in blood, and sent it to Jacob their dad on the TENTH DAY OF THE SEVENTH MONTH (YOM KIPPUR). And he mourned all that night, for they had brought it to him in the evening (Leviticus 23:32 evening to evening), and he became feverish with mourning for his death, and he said, “And evil beast has devoured Joseph; and all the members of his house were grieving and mourning with him all that day. And his sons and his daughter rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted for his son. And on that day Bilhah heard that Joseph had perished, and she died mourning him, and she was living in Qafratef, and Dinah also, his daughter died after Joseph had perished. And these THREE MOURNINGS came upon Yisra’el in one month. And they buried Bilhah over against the tomb of Rachel, and Dinah, his daughter, they also buried there. And he mourned for Joseph for one year, and did not cease, for he said, “Let me go down to the grave mourning for my son.” For this reason it is ordained for the children of Yisra’el that they should afflict themselves on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the day that the news which made him weep for Joseph came to Jacob his dad, that they should make atonement for themselves with a young goat on the tenth day of the seventh month, once a year, for their transgressions; for they had grieved the affection of their dad regarding Joseph his son. And this day has been ordained that they should grieve for their transgressions, and for all their transgressions and for all their errors, so that they might cleanse themselves on that day once a year.”

YAHWEH commands us in Leviticus 23:26-32 saying:

"The tenth day of this seventh month is Yom ha'Kippurim (ha-kee-pur-eem) the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves, and present an offering made to YAHWEH by fire. DO NO WORK ON THAT DAY, because it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before YAHWEH your ELOHIM. Anyone who does NOT deny himself on that day must be cut off from his people. I will destroy (karat pronounced ka-rot) from among his people anyone who does any work on that day. You shall DO NO WORK AT ALL. This is to be a LAW for the generations to come, wherever you live. It is a SHABBAT (Shabbat Shabbaton)  rest for COMPLETE you, and you must deny yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to observe your SHABBAT."

Leviticus 16:29-34

“And this shall be for you a Law FOREVER: in the seventh month, on the TENTH DAY of the month, you afflict your beings, and do no work, the native or the stranger who sojourns among you (gentiles). For on that day he makes atonement for you, to cleanse you, to be clean from all your transgressions before YAHWEH. It is a SHABBAT OF REST (Shabbat Shabbaton) for you, and you shall afflict your beings-a LAW FOREVER. Verse 34 And this shall be for you a LAW FOREVER, to make atonement for the children of Yisra’el, for all their transgressions, once a year.”

Numbers 29:7-11

“And on the TENTH of this seventh month you have a set-apart gathering, and you shall afflict your beings, YOU DO NOT WORK. And you shall bring near a burnt offering to YAHWEH, a SWEET FRAGRANCE: one young bull, one ram, seven lambs a year old, perfect ones they are for you, and their grain offering: fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenth parts for the bull, two-tenth parts for the one ram, one-tenth part for each of the seven lambs, one male goat as a iniquity offering, besides the iniquity offering for atonement, the continual burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.”

YESHUA is the Lamb of YAHWEH who takes away the iniquities of the world and offered Himself with His blood and not the blood of bulls and goats. It is important to see what YESHUA’s blood did for us with His atoning blood for us on the execution stake.

Hebrews 9:12-14

“And He did not enter with the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the set-apart place, and obtained for us EVERLASTING SALVATION. For if the blood of goats and calves and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who were defiled cleansed them even to the cleansing of their flesh, how much more will the blood of Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to ELOHIM, purify our conscience from dead works so that we may serve the living ELOHIM? For this cause He became the mediator of the New Covenant and by His death He became salvation for those who transgressed the old covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.”

 YESHUA fulfills the animal offerings for us with His blood and the IS sweet fragrance that YAHWEH mentions that comes from the burnt offering:

Ephesians 5:2

“And walk in love, as Mashiach (Messiah) also has loved us, and gave Himself for us, a gift and an offering to YHWH for a SWEET-SMELLING FRAGRANCE.”

So we see that we are to do no work, have a set-apart gathering, grieve over our iniquities,  to completely afflict our souls and deny ourselves, which means at least a 24 hour fast of no food or water. We can deny ourselves through fasting because we need food and water to live and in doing so we are denying our being for the day. Example:

Anah (ah-nah) - means to bow down or afflict
Nefesh (neh-fesh)-soul or yourself

 Psalms 35:13
"I humbled my soul with fasting" I anah my nefesh with fasting.

Matthew 9:14-15 (Hebrew)

“Then disciples of John came unto YESHUA MASHIACH, saying, “Why do your disciples not AFFLICT THEMSLEVES like us and the Pharisees? So YESHUA MASHIACH said to them, “Because of the bridegroom—while he is alive, all of them who are with him are not able to be quenched. But when the time comes that man will hide the bridegroom, THEN THEY WILL FAST.”

The same applies for Isaiah 58:3
"Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we afflicted ourselves, and You took no note?"

So as we see from the scriptures above that denying/humbling/afflicting your soul means to fast, which is what we are supposed to do on Yom Kippur.

Do children have to fast?

The Samaritan Torah page 286 says “Soul”—The Israelite Samaritans understood “soul” in this regard as the infant that MUST fast the Day of Atonement of the year in which the infant WAS WEANED from the breast. The Jewish halacha understood the soul as being one who has reached 13 years of age.”

Genesis 21:8

“And the child (Isaac) grew and was WEANED; and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was WEANED.”

Weaning is when a child is completely off of the breast milk which can be anywhere from the ages of 18 months to 4 years, some say 5 years old maximum. So, we can agree that Isaac was not 13 years old when he was weaned. It appears the Samaritans have it correct that once a child is weaned then he or she should participate in the fast. As always take it to our Father YAHWEH in prayer. Here are some other examples:

2 Chronicles 20:3-4

“And Jehoshaphat feared, and he raised up his face to pray before YAHWEH and proclaimed a FAST FOR ALL THE INHABITANTS of Judah. And he said to them, gather yourselves together an come let us beseech YAHWEH our ELOHIM. And ALL the inhabitants of Judah gathered themselves together, even from far off cities, and they came to beseech YAHWEH.”

Jonah 3:5-7

“So the people of Nineveh believed in ELOHIM and decreed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least. And when the news reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne and took off his crown from his head and covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes. And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, let neither MEN NOR BEAST, HERD NOR FLOCK, TASTE ANYTHING, LET THEM NOT FEED NOR DRINK WATER…

So even in Nineveh it was proclaimed that not only humans should not eat or drink water, but also the animals.

What is involved in a Fast?

We firstly deny ourselves by not eating any food or drinking any water, we must turn away from our own desires/pleasures and to completely seek YAHWEH’s face, and we are not to oppress others. This is how to be heard by our ELOHIM and to present an acceptable fast before the face of YAHWEH. Humble yourselves before Him and do justice where there is injustice.

Isaiah 58:2-4

“They seek Me day by day and desire to know My ways, as a people that have done righteousness and have not forsaken judgment of their ELOHIM; they now ask from Me righteous judgment and desire to draw near to ELOHIM, saying Why have we fasted and you have not regarded? Why have we afflicted ourselves, and You take no notice? Behold, in the day of your fast you do what you wish, and you present offerings to all of your idols. Behold, you fast for strife and quarreling, and to strike violently with the fist of wickedness; you shall not fast as you to do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.” Is it such a fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul, to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and acceptable day to YAHWEH? This is the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to cut off the bands of treachery, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke; to share your bread with the hungry, and to bring the stranger to your house; when you see the naked to cover him; and to refuse not one of your own flesh.”

 Next, I would like to cover some examples of what was usually done during a fast which included weeping, mourning, and fasting, I also would recommend laying in sackcloth as they did in ancient Yisra’el and if you are able, to put dust or ashes on our heads to completely humble ourselves. You can get dirt outside or even use ashes from the grill. What is sackcloth? A very coarse, rough fabric woven from flax, hemp, or jute vegetable fibers.

Joel (Yo’el) 2:12

“Yet even now,” declares YAHWEH, “turn to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”

2 Chronicles 34:27

“Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before ELOHIM when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your garments and wept before Me, I also have heard,” declares YAHWEH.”

Esther 4:15-16

“And Esther commanded to reply to Mordecai, “Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and DO NOT EAT OR DRINK for three days, night or day. I too, and my young women shall fast in the same way, then I shall go to the king, which is against the law. And if I shall perish, I shall perish!”

Additions to Esther 14:1

“Queen Esther also, being in fear of death, came to YAHWEH, and laid aside her splendid apparel, and put on garments of anguish and mourning (Sackcloth). And instead of precious ointments, she covered her head with ASHES and dung, and she humbled her body greatly, and all the places of her joy she filled with her torn hair.”

Jeremiah 4:8

“For these things gird yourselves with SACKCLOTH and lament and howl: for the anger of YAHWEH is not turned away from you.”

2 Maccabees 13:10-12

“When Judah learned of this, he commanded the multitude to call on YAHWEH night and day that He would help them now if ever at any other time, being at the point that their Torah,  their country and their set-apart Temple taken from them; and that He would not allow the people that had only just now been a little refreshed, to be in subjection to the blasphemous nations. So when they had all done this together and pleaded for the kindness of ELOHIM with WEEPING AND FASTING and LYING FLAT upon the ground for THREE DAYS (Like Esther 4:15-16), Judah, having encouraged them, commanded they should make themselves ready.”

Testament of Joseph 10:1-3

“Therefore, my children, you see how patience works great things, and prayer too WITH FASTING. So you also-if you follow after self-control and purity, with patience and prayer, with fasting in humility of heart-YAHWEH will dwell among you, because He loves self control. And wherever the Most High dwells, even though envy, or slavery, or slander happens, YAHWEH who dwells in him, for the sake of his self-control not only delivers him from evil, but also exalts him even as me.”

Job 16:15

“I sewed SACKCLOTH over my skin, and laid my horn in the dust.”

1 Maccabees 3:46-47

“Therefore the Yisra’elites assembled themselves together, and came to Mitspah, opposite Jerusalem; for in Mitspah was the place where they previously prayed in Yisra’el. Then they fasted that day, and put on SACKCLOTH, and threw on ashes on their heads, and tore their garments.”

Judith 4:9-15

“Then every man of Yisra’el cried to ELOHIM with great ardor, and they humbled their beings with great fervency; both they and their wives and their children and their cattle and every stranger and hired man and their servants bought with money, and put SACKCLOTH upon their loins. So every man and woman and the little children and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, fell before the Temple, and threw ASHES upon their heads, and spread out their SACKCLOTH before the face of YAHWEH; they also put sackcloth around the altar, and cried to the ELOHIM of Yisra’el all with one accord earnestly, that He would not give their children as prey and their wives as spoil and the cities of their inheritance to destruction and the Set-Apart Place to defilement and reproach, and for the nations to rejoice at. So ELOHIM heard their prayers and looked upon their afflictions; FOR THE PEOPLE FASTED MANY DAYS in all Judah and Jerusalem before the Set-Apart Place of YAHWEH ELOHIM.”

Job 42:6

“Therefore I recant and repent in dust and ashes.”

Lamentations 2:10

“The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, are silent. They have thrown DUST on their heads, they have girded themselves with SACKCLOTH.”

 1 Kings 21:27

“And it came to be, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his garments and put SACKLOTH on his body, and fasted and lay in SACKCLOTH, and went softly.”

1 Chronicles 21:16

“And David lifted his eyes and saw the messenger of YAHWEH standing between earth and the heavens, having in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. And David and the elders, wrapped in SACKCLOTH, fell on their faces.”

Nehemiah 9:1

“And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Yisra’el were assembled with FASTING, AND IN SACKCLOTH, and with earth (dust) on them.”

Mathew 11:21

“Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Beth Saida! Because if the miracles which were done in you had been done in Tsor and Sidon, they would have REPENTED long ago in SACKCLOTH AND ASHES.”

Jonah 3:4-5

“And Jonah began to go in to the city on the first day’s walk. And he cried out and said, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown! And the men of Nineveh believed in ELOHIM, and proclaimed A FAST, AND PUT ON SACKCLOTH, from the greatest to the least of them.”

2 Maccabees 10:25-26

“But when he drew near, those that were with Maccabee turned to pray to ELOHIM, and threw DUST on their heads and girded their lions with SACKCLOTH.”

YESHUA and connection to two goats presented

Leviticus 16:5-10

“And he shall take from the congregation of the children of Yisra’el TWO kids of the goats for a iniquity offering and one ram for a burnt offering. And Aaron shall offer the bullock of the iniquity offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself and for his house. And he shall take the two goats and present them ALIVE before YAHWEH at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And Aaron shall CAST LOTS upon the two goats, one lot for YAHWEH and the other lot for Azazel. And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which YAHWEH’s lot fell and offer it for a iniquity offering. But the goat on which the lot of Azazael fell shall be presented alive before YAHWEH to make atonement with it and to send it away to Azazael into the wilderness.”

Mathew 27:15-20 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“It was the governor’s custom during a festival too set free one prisoner, whomever the crowd asked for. There was at that time a notorious prisoner being held, named Yeshua Bar-Abba. So when a crowd had gathered, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to set free to you? Bar-Abba? Or YESHUA, called the Messiah? 

As we see in Leviticus 16:5 that two identical goats were brought before YAHWEH ALIVE and one would be a iniquity burnt offering and the other Azazel the scapegoat would be set free into the wilderness by a fit man with the iniquities of Yisra’el on his forehead. “Bar Abba” means “Son of the Father”. Bar in Aramaic is Son and Abba means Father; but in the Complete Jewish Bible his name is rendered as Yeshua Bar Abba (Yeshua Son of the Father) just like our Messiah is literally YESHUA THE SON OF THE FATHER which matches with the two identical goats that Aaron brings before YAHWEH, which is why lots had to be cast because they looked alike. So, the same symbolism is being applied here that the murderer about to be freed is Yeshua Bar Abba (Yeshua The Son of the Father) and YESHUA THE SON OF THE FATHER were both brought out ALIVE and identical by name; and this allowed for the transgressor (Bar Abba)  to trade places with the perfect YESHUA the Son of YAHWEH who would offered up as a iniquity offering and set the transgressor free. The Same way YESHUA traded places with US and let us “the transgressor” be set us free.

2 Corinthians 5:21

“For, on your account, He (YAHWEH) had made Him (YESHUA) who knew no iniquity to be a iniquity offering that we might by Him become the righteousness of ELOHIM.”

Isaiah 53:6

“Truly, He has borne our sicknesses and carried our pains. Yet we reckoned Him stricken, smitten by ELOHIM, and afflicted. But He was pierced for transgressions, He was crushed for our WICKEDNESSES. The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. We all, like sheep, went astray; each one of us has turned to his own way. And YAHWEH has laid on HIM THE WICKEDNESS OF US ALL.”

YESHUA our High Priest and Everything points to YESHUA and His atonement

Also, surrounding Yom ha’kippurim is that everything points to YESHUA just as the entire Old Testament does.  In ancient times the high priest (kohen ha’gadol) would enter into the Tent of Meeting once a year, behind the veil, into the kadosh ha’kadoshim ( holy of holies) and make atonement for himself, his household, and for the assembly of Yisra’el. He would sprinkle blood on the mercy seat that sat above the Ark of the Covenant (Leviticus 16:14-17). Then the high priest would confess the iniquities, transgressions, and wickedness of Yisra’el onto the forehead of Azazel (scapegoat) and a fit man would send him into the wilderness with the iniquities and that goat himself would bear the wickedness of the people

It is just a constant reminder of how everything was a foreshadow of YESHUA being the perfect sacrificial lamb; just like the blood of the perfect lamb spared the children of Yisra’el in Egypt and YAHWEH “Passed Over them” and protected them is the same way the perfect blood of the Lamb of YESHUA saves us and iniquity and death “Pass Over us”.

Romans 5:16-19

“And the effect of the gift of ELOHIM was greater than the effect of the offence of Adam; for while the judgement from one man’s offence resulted in condemnation of many, the gift of ELOHIM in forgiveness of iniquities resulted in righteousness to many more. For if by one man’s offence, death reigned, how much more those who receive abundance of mercy and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, YESHUA HA’MASHIACH. In like manner as by one man’s offence, condemnation came upon ALL MEN,, even so by the righteousness of one man will the victory of life be to ALL MEN. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made transgressors, so by the obedience of one man shall many be made righteous.”

While atonement was being made; the high priest did all the work and the community of Yisra’el did not need to do anything, just as YESHUA is our High Priest and has done all the work of atonement for us on the execution stake.

 YESHUA is our High Priest and intercedes for us at the throne:

Hebrews 8:1-2

“Now above all we have a High Priest who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven; and He has become the minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which ELOHIM pitched and not man.”

YESHUA is our High Priest and King in the order of Melchizedek who was the only other king/priest in scripture:

Genesis 14:18

“And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out loaves and wine and he was the PRIEST of Elyon ELOHIM.”      

Psalms 110:4

“YAHWEH has sworn, and will not lie, You are a priest forever after the ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK.”

Hebrews 7:11

“If therefore perfection had been reached by the Levitical priesthood by which the law was enacted for the people, what further need was there that another priest should rise after the ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK? Otherwise, the scriptures would have said that he would be after the order Aaron.”      

The Dead Sea Scrolls 11Q13- The Coming Melchizedek says:

“And concerning what Scripture says, “In this year of Jubilee you shall return, everyone of you, to your property” (Lev. 25;13) And what is also written; “And this is the manner of the remission; every creditor shall remit the claim that is held against a neighbor, not exacting it of a neighbor who is a member of the community, because ELOHIM’s remission has been proclaimed” (Deut.15;2) the interpretation is that it applies to the Last Days and concerns the captives, just as Isaiah said: “To proclaim the Jubilee to the captives” (Isa. 61;1) (…) just as (…) and from the inheritance of Melchizedek, for (… Melchizedek) , who will return them to what is rightfully theirs. He will proclaim to them  the Jubilee, thereby releasing them from the debt of all their iniquities. He shall proclaim this decree in the first week of the jubilee period that follows nine jubilee periods.

Then the “DAY OF ATONEMENT” shall  follow after the tenth jubilee period, when he shall atone for all the Sons of Light, and the people who are predestined to Melchizedek (Reference to YESHUA in order of Melchizedek) (…) upon them (…) For this is the time decreed for the   “Year of Melchizedek`s favor”, and by his might he will judge ELOHIM’s set-apart ones and so establish a righteous kingdom, as it is written about him in the Songs of David ; “A Elohim like being has taken his place in  the council of ELOHIM; in the midst of divine beings he holds judgement”

Testament of Levi 8:14

“And the third will be called a renewed name, because a KING will arise from Judah, and will establish a NEW PRIESTHOOD (Tribe of Judah not Levi), after the fashion of the nations to all the nations. And His presence is beloved, as a prophet of the Most High (Deuteronomy 18:18), of the seed of Abraham.”

YESHUA’s Priesthood in order of Melchizedek predates the Levitical priesthood. Clearly, YESHUA is KING, HIGH PRIEST, PROPHET, and everything in one! And outside of Melchizedek there was no other king priest because these are always two separate offices in scripture.

Zechariah 6:13

“Even He shall build the temple of YAHWEH; and He shall bear the esteem, and shall sit and rule upon His throne; and He shall be a PRIEST upon HIS THRONE (KING); and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”

The work that the human high priest did was a shadow of what was to come with YESHUA who would be the final atonement for us all because He has already done all the work for atonement! We don’t have a human high priest sacrificing animals anymore as we are the temple. YESHUA is our High Priest and unlike the human priests He does not have to make a sacrifice for His own iniquities because He was without iniquity and He makes continual intercessions for us because unlike humans He does not die, which makes Him a permanent High Priest forever.

Hebrews 4:14

“We have, therefore, a great High Priest who has ascended into heaven, YESHUA HA’MASHIACH, the Son of ELOHIM; let us remain firm in His faith. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot share our infirmities, but we have One who was tempted with everything as we are, and yet without iniquity.”

Hebrews 7:26-27

“For it was fitting that we should have such a Kohen ha’Gadol (High Priest)-kind, innocent, undefiled, having been separated from transgressors, and exalted above the heavens, who does not need, as those high priests, to offer up slaughter offerings day by day, first for His own iniquities and then for those of the people, for this HE did ONCE FOR ALL when He offered up Himself.”

1 John 2:1

“My little children, these things I write to you that you do not transgress. And if any man transgresses, we have an advocate with the Father, YESHUA HA’HA’MASHIACH the righteous.”

Die to self

YESHUA being ELOHIM the Son gave up His authority as King and humbled Himself to die for us. That is love and we need to follow that example by giving up ourselves and denying our existence and follow our Master YESHUA's example. Yom Kippur teaches us to die to self, deny ourselves, afflict our souls, weep, mourn and live for Him.
As we remember to deny, humble, and afflict ourselves during Yom ha’Kippurim let us use YESHUA our Messiah as the perfect example of how He completely denied His own existence for our sake when He said in

Mathew 26:39

"My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from Me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."

Matthew 16:24 (Hebrew)

“And then YESHUA said to his talmidim (disciples), “Whosoever wants to follow after Me it is obligated that He should give up hope for himself, and that he take his warp and woof (execution stake) and follow after Me.”

YESHUA died so that we may live and freed us from the law of iniquity and death, by breaking the chains of Satan so that we do not have to suffer eternal torment! YAHWEH poured out His wrath upon His only Son so that we do not have to face what we are deserving of. We have been redeemed by His blood, so let us put our lives and fleshy desires to the side and do our Father YAHWEH's will and be obedient in our walk with YESHUA, HalleluYAH!

1 John 4:9-10:

"By this the love of YAHWEH was manifested in us, that YAHWEH has sent His only brought-forth Son into the world, in order that we might live through Him. In this love, not that we loved YAHWEH, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be an atoning offering for our iniquities."

As always, may our Father YAHWEH bless you all in YESHUA’s Name!

Yom Teruah (Trumpets) and Day of Remembrance!

 We are now entering the season of all the Fall Moedim (Mo-ed-deem) which means Appointed times, which are Feasts/Fasts that YAHWEH ELOHIM commanded us to observe each year.

September 21st is Yom Teruah (Evening of September 20th to evening of 21st).

Teruah (Teh-roo-ah) in Hebrew is defined in Strong’s #8643 as:

A shout or blast of war, alarm, joy, battle cry, blowing, blowing trumpets, joyful sound, resounding, shout, shout of alarm, shout of joy, shouted, shouting, shouts of joy, signal,  or trumpet blast.

As mentioned above the first Set-Apart Day is Yom Teruah/Trumpets which means “The Day of Shouting” and the beginning of a new month CHODESH and is on September 21st which is equivalent to the 1st day of the 7th month in YAHWEH’s eyes on the Zadok Priestly Calendar found in Enoch, Jubilees, and the Aramaic Levi Document. The 1st Day of the 7th month is ALSO a Day of Remembrance and the beginning of the Fall season.

Jubilees 6:23-26

“And on the first of the first month, and on the first of the fourth month, and on the first of the seventh month, and on the first of the tenth month are THE DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE, and the DAYS OF THE SEASONS IN THE FOUR DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR. These are written and ordained as a witness forever. And Noah ordained them for himself as FEASTS for the generations forever, so that they have become thereby a memorial to him. Verse 26 “And on the first of the seventh month all the mouths of the abysses of the earth were opened and the waters began to descend into them.”

So are to blow the shofar, shout, have a feast, and remembrance on this day!

Judaism calls this day “Rosh Hashanah” which means “Head of the year” or the “Jewish New Year” and this is false! Our New Year began in the spring during Passover when things are renewed and coming back to life, not in the fall when things like the leaves of the trees are starting to die. Judaism does things backwards most of the time and we need to flee from these man-made traditions aka the Oral Torah, “tradition of the elders.”

Rosh Hashanah has ties to paganism that was learned in Babylonian exile and was started to be practiced amongst some in the 2nd Temple period. The Babylonians took their New Year’s Day celebrations seriously and called them Akitu and Resh Shattiim, which is the Akkadian form of the Hebrew Rosh Hashanah, and Rosh Hashanah is found nowhere in scripture because they borrowed it from pagans.

Exodus 12:1-2

“And YAHWEH spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying. This month (Abib) shall be to you the BEGINNING OF MONTHS: It is the FIRST to you among the months of the year.”

So again, spring is the beginning of the year for us when Passover was instituted and not Rosh Hoshanah in the fall. That is why we should stick to what the day is called in scripture which is Yom Teruah and not Rosh Hashanah.

The Scriptural Command for them all:

YAHWEH commands us in Leviticus 23:23-24 saying:

"Speak to the children of Yisra’el, saying, 'In the SEVENTH MONTH (Ethanim), on the FIRST DAY of the month, you have a REST, a REMEMBRANCE OF BLOWING THE TRUMPETS, a set-apart gathering.” You DO NO SERVILE WORK, and you shall bring an offering made by fire to YAHWEH.”

Numbers 10:10

“And in the day of your gladness, and in your Appointed Times, and at the BEGINNING OF YOUR MONTHS, you shall BLOW THE TRUMPETS, over your burnt offerings and over your peace offerings. And they shall be a remembrance for you before your ELOHIM. I am YAHWEH your ELOHIM.’

Psalms 81:3

“Blow the SHOFAR (RAM’S HORN #H7782) at the New Month in the esteemed day of your feast.”

This makes a lot of sense because Yom Teruah is on 1st day of the month which is the beginning of the 7th month AND it’s an Appointed Time and we will be blowing trumpets/shofars, which matches what YAHWEH said in Numbers 10:10 and Psalms 83, it’s a TRIPLE celebration of blowing the shofar for the beginning of the month and again for it being Yom Teruah where we are commanded to blow the shofar/shout which falls on the beginning of the month, plus having a feast for the “Day of Remembrance” for the flood account and it being the start of the fall season.

So, we are commanded to:

·        Not work

·        Have a set-apart gathering

·        Blow the trumpets/shofar and shout

·        Have a feast in remembrance of what happened during the flood; for it being the beginning of a new season (the fall); AND the beginning of a new month all on this day

We are allowed to prepare food for the celebration and that is all you may do, being that it is a High-Shabbat and not a Shabbat Shabbaton such as the weekly 7th Day Sabbath or Yom Kippur which is a fasting day. Similarly, to how cooking is all we can do on Feast of Unleavened Bread which occurs after Passover which is a High-Shabbat.

Nehemiah 8:1-3

“And the SEVENTH MONTH arrived and the children of Yisra’el were settled in their cities; and all the people were gathered as one man to the broad place before the water gate and they told Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the Torah of Moses, which YAHWEH commanded Yisra’el. So, Ezra the priest brought the Torah before the congregation both of men and women and everyone who had understanding was present to listen on the FIRST DAY OF THE SEVENTH MONTH (YOM TERUAH). And he read in it from the time of sunrise to the middle of the day before the men and the women; and they understood it and the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Torah.”

Jubilees 31:3            

“And he (Jacob) went up on the FIRST of the SEVENTH MONTH to Beth-El. And he built an altar at the place where he had slept (Genesis 28), and he set up a pillar there, and he sent word to his dad Isaac to come to him to his slaughtering, and to his mother Rebecca.”

Jacob sets up altar on 1st day of 7th month, that he swore to do in Genesis 28 when YAHWEH appeared to him when he fled from Esaw and was on his way down to Laban’s house.

Numbers 29:1-6

“And in the SEVENTH, on the FIRST of the month, you have a set-apart gathering, YOU DO NO SERVILE WORK, it is a Yom Teruah for you. And you shall prepare a burnt offering as a sweet fragrance to YAHWEH: one young bull, one ram, seven lambs a year old, perfect ones, and their grain offering: fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenth parts for the bull, two-tenth parts for the ram, and one-tenth part for each of the seven lambs, and one male goat as a iniquity offering to make atonement for you, besides the burnt offering with its grain offering for the New Month, the continual burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings, according to their Right-Ruling, as a SWEET FRAGRANCE, an offering made by fire to YAHWEH.”

YESHUA is the Lamb of YAHWEH also as John 1:29 in The Hebrew “EL who takes away the iniquities of the world” offered Himself with His blood and not the blood of bulls and goats. It is important to see what YESHUA’s blood did for us and be thankful for this GIFT. YESHUA fulfills the animal offerings for us with His blood as He serves as High Priest in the heavens for us and His atonement is the sweet fragrance that YAHWEH mentions in Numbers 29:1-6 that is required on this day. Which connects to what Paul says:

Ephesians 5:2

“And walk in love, as Mashiach (Messiah) also has loved us, and gave Himself for us, a gift and an offering to YAHWEH for a SWEET-SMELLING FRAGRANCE.”

We too need to offer up ourselves as a living sacrifice in our daily lives:

Romans 12:1

“I call upon you, therefore, brothers, through the compassion of ELOHIM, to present your bodies a LIVING OFFERING set-apart, well-pleasing to ELOHIM-your reasonable worship.”

1 Peter 2:4-5

“Drawing near to Him, a living Stone-rejected indeed by men, but chosen by YAHWEH and precious- you also, as living stones, are being built up, a spiritual house, a set-apart priesthood, to offer up SPIRITUAL SLAUGHTER OFFERINGS acceptable to YAHWEH through YESHUA HA’MASHIACH.”

SHOUTING (TERUAH) ON THE DAY OF SHOUTING

As we defined in the introduction that Teruah means a shout or blast of war, alarm, joy, battle cry, blowing, blowing trumpets, joyful sound, resounding, shout, shout of alarm, shout of joy, shouted, shouting, shouts of joy, signal, or trumpet blast. The reason for shouting has a role in YAHWEH’s plan for His people and we some examples of this in scripture:

Joshua 6:5-6:

"And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the horn, all the people shall shout with TERUAH (a great shout); and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him."

1 Samuel 4:5-6 says:

"And when the ark of the Covenant of YAHWEH came into the camp, all of Yisra'el TERUAH (shouted) so loudly that the earth shook." And when the Philistines heard the noise of the Teruah, they said, 'What is the noise of this great Teruah in the camp of the Hebrews?"

Though I’m unable to look up the etymology of the words in the Book of Jasher, I feel led to add these verses as they seem to qualify for Teruah as we read from the scriptures of above.

Jasher 37:20

“And these kinds were seized with great terror at the sons of Jacob, and while they were standing in their quarters, behold the sons of Jacob advanced upon them, with one hundred and twelve men, with  GREAT AND TREMENDOUS SHOUTING.”

Jasher 39:5-8

“And the men of Arvelan went out with their wives to fight with the sons of Jacob, for their wives were experienced in battle, and they went out, about four hundred men and women. And all the sons of Jacob SHOUTED WITH A LOUD VOICE, and they all ran toward the inhabitants of Arvelan, and with a GREAT AND TREMENDOUS VOICE. And the inhabitants of Arevelan heard the noise of the SHOUTING of the sons of Jacob, and their roaring like the noise of lions and like the roaring of the sea and its waves. And fear and terror possessed their ears on account of the sons of Jacob, and they were terribly afraid of them…”

Jasher 39:25

“What is the matter with you in the battle that you cannot prevail? (Men of Ga’ash speaking to sons of Jacob) Can you then do to the mighty city of Ga’ash and its inhabitants as you did to the cities of the Amorites that were not so powerful? Surely to those weak ones among us you did those things, and killed them in the entrance of the city, for they had not strength when they were terrified at the sound of your SHOUTING.”

Jasher 42:12-13

“And behold Simeon rose up from his seat against them (Midianites), and sprang upon the ground and drew his sword and approached the Midianites and he gave a terrible shout before them, so that his SHOUTING WAS HEARD AT A DISTANCE, AND THE EARTH SHOOK AT SIMEON’S SHOUTING. (Similar to 1 Samuel 4:5-6). And the Midianites were terrified on account of Simeon and the noise of his shouting, and they fell upon their faces, and were excessively alarmed.”

Matthew 24:31 (Hebrew)

“And He will send his messengers, SHOUTING WITH GREAT VOICES, and they will gather the chosen ones of EL from the four portions of the world- from the heavens and unto the earth.”
Shofar/Trumpet blasts in scripture:

Isaiah 27:12-13

“And it shall come to pass in that day that YAHWEH shall fence men off from the channel of the river as for as Egypt; but gather one by one the children of Yisra’el. And it shall come to pass in that day that they shall blow the great SHOFAR/RAM’S HORN (#H7782) and the lost ones in the land of Assyria shall come and the lost ones in Egypt and shall worship YAHWEH on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.”

Joshua 6:5-6:

"And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the SHOFAR/RAM’S HORN, and when you hear the sound of the horn…”

Judges 3:27

“And it came to pass when Ehud came into the land of Yisra’el, that he BLEW THE SHOFAR/RAM’S HORN in mount Ephraim and the children of Yisrael came down with him from the mountain and he was before them.”

Nehemiah 4:18-20

“As for the builders, each one had his sword girded at his side as he built. And the one who sounded the ram’s horn was beside me. And I said to the nobles, and to the deputy rulers, and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and large, and we are separated far from one another on the wall. In whatever place you hear the sound of the SHOFAR/RAM’S HORN, join us there. Our ELOHIM fights for us.”

Trumpet blasts when YESHUA returns:

We do not know the day or the hour of YESHUA’s return; however, I would just like to point out the connection with the trumpets when He does.

Mathew 24:31 (Most translations)

“And He shall send his angels with the GREAT TRUMPET, and they shall gather the chosen who are His from the four winds and from the ends of the heaven.”

1 Thessalonians 4:16 (includes both shouting and trumpet)

“Because the Master Himself shall come down from the heavens with a SHOUT, with voice of a chief messenger, and with the TRUMPET of ELOHIM, and the dead in MASHIACH shall rise first.”

Paul mentions both shouting and the blowing of the trumpet on the day YESHUA returns, and both of those elements are a part of our Yom Teruah celebration, HalleluYAH!

There are four primary types of shofar blasts:

1.     Tekiah- A long single blast (the sound of the King’s coronation.)

2.     Shevarim- Three short wail-like blasts (signifying repentance)

3.     Teruah-Nine staccato blasts of alarm (to awaken the soul)

4.     Tekiah ha-Galol- a great long blast (for as long as you can blow!)

Our Father YAHWEH has given us Kingdom behavior to act out on earth as it is in heaven, just as we see the shofar blast being heard on the mountain.

Exodus 19:16-17

“And it came to pass on the third day as the morning drew near, there were voices and lightning and a thick cloud appeared upon the mountain and the sound of the trumpet RAMS HORN/SHOFAR sounded loud and all the people in the camp trembled. And Moses led the people forth out of the camp to meet ELOHIM and they stood by under the camp.”

Let us SHOUT (TERUAH) and blow our trumpets/shofar on this day and make NOISE, enjoy a feast and give to YAHWEH. It’s the first moed (appointed time) of the fall AND it’s the first day of the first month, let us rejoice! As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

What is the law of Christ? The TRUTH!

Many Christians will say “I’m under the law of Christ and we now follow His teachings!” So many of them feel as though they are walking in obedience to the commandments of YESHUA based off of this statement. So, did YESHUA change things? Did He bring a new teaching that was different than the Old Testament laws of the Torah?

Firstly, I would like to start with a prophecy:

Genesis 49:10

“The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until the coming of the One to whom the scepter belongs (YESHUA), to whom the GENTILES SHALL LOOK FORWARD.”

Isaiah 42:4 (Aramaic)

“He (YESHUA) shall not fail nor be discouraged till He has set justice in the earth; AND THE ISLANDS (GENTILES) SHALL WAIT FOR HIS TORAH (LAW.)”

The question I present is this: if the Torah (Law) is done away with as Christians have been taught and believe, then why is it prophesied that the gentiles will be waiting for the law? They were waiting for the truth with anticipation to obey it, not looking forward to rejecting it. The Scriptures cannot contradict themselves!

So, the gentiles were waiting for YESHUA’s law, so the question is which law did YESHUA teach? Before answering this question, I have to clarify the word HA’MASHICAH in Hebrew. Most translators today have translated “HA’MASHIACH” into “Christ” and in doing so the word has lost its meaning that is very important. The word HA’MASHICAH in Hebrew means “The Anointed One.” This is important because YESHUA is HA’MASHIACH the anointed KING, HIGH PRIEST, AND PROPHET! Now with that understanding let’s read another prophecy to see what law YESHUA would teach:

Deuteronomy 18:18-19

“I will raise up for them a PROPHET like you among their brethren, and will put MY WORDS IN HIS MOUTH; and He shall speak to them all that I SHALL COMMAND HIM. WHOSOEVER WILL NOT HEARKEN TO MY WORDS WHICH HE SHALL SPEAK IN MY NAME, I WILL REQUIRE IT OF HIM.”

This prophet that YAHWEH would send would only speak the words that He commanded Him to speak, which means He would not speak His own words. This is a prophecy of YESHUA the Son of YAHWEH the Anointed King, Priest, and Prophet who is EL (God) Who became flesh. So now let’s take Deuteronomy 18:18-19 and we will see that it matches:

John 12:49-50

“For I (YESHUA) did not speak of Myself; but the Father Who sent Me, HE COMMANDED ME WHAT TO SAY AND WHAT TO SPEAK. And I know that His commandment is life everlasting; these things THEREFORE WHICH I SPEAK, just as MY FATHER TOLD ME, SO I SPEAK.”

John 3:35-36 (John the Baptist understood this as well)

“The Father loves the Son, and has placed everything under His hand. He who believes in the Son has eternal life; and HE WHO DOES NOT OBEY THE SON SHALL NOT SEE LIFE, but the wrath of ELOHIM shall remain on Him.”

John The Baptist says that anyone who does not obey the Son (YESHUA) will not have eternal life, why? Because YESHUA is speaking the words of His Father YAHWEH, not His own words which matches what we read Deuteronomy 18:18-19, John 12:49-50, and means if you disobey the words of YESHUA then you have directly disobeyed The commands of His Father Who gave Him the words to speak, and it will required of all of the lawless Christians on judgement day.

So, if YESHUA did not speak His own words but the words of the Father it should be even clearer that YESHUA COULD NOT do away with the law or bring a new teaching because His teaching wasn’t His own.

John 7:15-18 (Hebrew)

“How does this One (YESHUA) not learn, know literature? YESHUA answered and said, “My TEACHING IS NOT MINE, but it is from Him who sent Me. If any man desires to do the desire of EL (God), He will recognize the teaching whether it is from EL, or if his word is from himself. Whoever speaks of himself seeks his own honor.”

YESHUA’s words are so true and Paul understood this:

Acts 20:29-30

“Also from among yourselves, men shall arise, speaking perverse things to DRAW AWAY DISCIPLES AFTER THEM.”

So, Christianity’s teaching is from themselves and NOT from YAHWEH and they are seeking to honor themselves and not the Father, and in doing so they are speaking perverse things against the Torah and leading away disciples after themselves instead of leading them to the truth of YESHUA. YESHUA is EL (God) The Son of YAHWEH and did not speak His own words; therefore, how can any pastor have the authority to speak his own words? Especially that which is contrary to what the scriptures teach? Since YESHUA spoke the words of His Father this means YESHUA taught that all people including Christians must keep the commandments of the Torah which includes the Shabbat (Friday sunset to Saturday sunset), dietary laws, celebrating the set-apart feast days in Leviticus 23 as they aren’t just for the Jews, again Isaiah 42:4 the gentiles would be waiting for the law not REJECTING IT!

Matthew 28:18-20

“And YESHUA came and said to them, “YAHWEH gave Me power in the heavens and in the earth. Therefore go preach to ALL THE PEOPLES (Including gentiles), and immerse/baptize them in the Name of the Father and the Son and of THE RUACH HA’KODESH (The Set-Apart Spirit) and TEACH them, and keep ALL THAT I COMMANDED YOU. And I will be with you in all time, until the end of the world.”

YESHUA says preach to all nations which includes the gentiles who were waiting for His law, and to teach the nations everything that He commanded! So what did YESHUA command them?

Matthew 5:17-18 (Hebrew)

“Do not think that I came to throw down the Torah and the Prophets, ON THE CONTRARY (THE OPPOSITE), I came to CONFIRM. I say unto you in truth, that NOT ONE WORD WILL BE DIMINISHED from the Torah…”

We have established that YESHUA did not speak His own words but the words of the Father and here again,  He plainly states that He did not come to get rid of the Torah or prophets, but the exact opposite of that, He came to confirm it! Oxford dictionary defines “confirm” as “ESTABLISH THE TRUTH OR CORRECTNESS OF SOMETHING, previously believed, suspected, or feared to be the case.” Christians have believed the Torah is done away with YESHUA says NO, I’m confirming that it stands! And that we are to walk in it just as He walked:

1 John 2:6

“He (believers) who says he abides in Him (YESHUA) ought himself also to walk even as HE WALKED.”

Scripture shows us that YESHUA upheld the Torah and confirmed the words of YAHWEH the Father; and we are to walk just as YESHUA walked and not according to the traditions of men. The Jews added their oral torah the man-made traditions they placed over the written Torah and YESHUA came to correct and rebuke them for it and to establish/confirm that the Torah is kodesh (set-apart) and good.

Lastly, many Christian pastors will point to a scripture in John as proof that YESHUA changed things and taught a new law. Most translations read:

John 13:34

“I am giving you a NEW COMMAND: that you keep on loving each other. In the same way that I have loved you, you are also to keep on loving each other.”

John 13:34 (Hebrew)

“And now I will tell you a RENEWED COMMANDMENT, that you must love one another in unity as I love you that you may love one another among yourselves.”

Doesn’t the Hebrew which is the language of the scriptures make more sense? The other translations have mistranslated this verse. We know that loving YAHWEH and each other is not a new concept in the scriptures at all! YESHUA reiterated a commandment from the Old Testament because again, He did not speak His own words:

Leviticus 19:18, 33-34

“You shall not bear enmity (hatred) against the children of your own people, but you shall LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR as yourself; I am YAHWEH” Verses 33-34 “And when a proselyte sojourns with you in your land, you shall not wrong him; but let him be among you AS ONE OF YOU; and the proselytes who sojourn among you, you must LOVE THEM AS YOURSELVES; for you were also sojourners in the land of Egypt; I am YAHWEH your ELOHIM.”

Deuteronomy 6:4-5

“Hear, O Yisra’el: YAHWEH our ELOHIM is One YAHWEH; and you shall LOVE YAHWEH your ELOHIM with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.”

The other commonly misinterpreted verse used to promote lawlessness and to say YESHUA is teaching a new doctrine is:

Matthew 22:35-40

“And one of the teachers of the law asked YESHUA, tempting Him, and saying, “Rabbi, which is the highest commandment in the law? YESHUA said to him, “You must love your ELOHIM with all your heart and with all your nephesh (soul) and out of all your understanding. This is the first and very greatest commandment. And the second is like this: ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself. ALL THE TORAH and the prophets are hung on these two commandments.”

So, just as we discussed above, is that love is not a new concept in the scriptures, so YESHUA isn’t saying that there are literally only two commandments to keep, what He did was point us back to the 10 commandments! The first four show us how to love YAHWEH and the last 6 show us how to love our neighbor as ourselves, and the 10 commandments are a summary of the ENTIRE TORAH!  Many believe that merely saying you love YAHWEH and YESHUA with your mouth fulfills this commandment. All you have to do is say “YAHWEH I love you so much” and that’s it! What does scripture say? YESHUA says your love for Him requires action.

John 14:21

“He who has My commandments with him and OBEYS THEM is the one who LOVES ME; he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.”

Conclusion:

2 John 1:9-10

“Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the teaching of Messiah does NOT HAVE ELOHIM. He who abides in His doctrine has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not welcome him to your house, neither bid him to eat; for he who bids him to eat is partaker of his evil works.”

Whoever does not obey the teachings of YESHUA does not have the Father, because they have outright disobeyed the words of YAHWEH being that YESHUA spoke the words of His Father and not His own. As Revelation 14:12 says we are to have faith in YESHUA and keep the commandments of YAHWEH! This is true doctrine anything else is evil.

As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

Warning Muslims: You need a Savior!

Galatians 1:6-9 (Aramaic)

“I’m surprised how soon you have turned to another gospel, away from Messiah (Al-Masih) who has called you by His mercy and have gone to another gospel (Injil pronounced In-geel) that is NON-EXISTENT, but there are men who agitated you and desired to pervert the Good News of Messiah. For if us, or EVEN A MESSENGER/MALACH/ANGEL from heaven preach outside from what was preached to you, let them be cursed. As I said before, so I say again: Whichever man preaches to you outside of what you have received, let him be accursed.”

There is only ONE GOSPEL (Injil) that was given, And what does the true gospel tell us?

John 14:6 (Hebrew)

“YESHUA (Isa/Jesus) answered and said unto him “I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE, NO ONE COMES UNTO THE FATHER, EXCEPT THROUGH ME.”

Matthew 26:27-28 (Hebrew)

“And afterward He took the cup, and did a prayer of thanksgiving, and gave it to them, and said, “Drink this-all of you, for this is the BLOOD OF THE NEW, WHICH IS SHED TO ATONE YOUR INIQUITIES.”

The One true gospel/injil tells us that nobody on this earth can come to The Father unless they go through YESHUA (Isa/Jesus) Who is EL (God) The Son of YAHWEH made flesh who died for your sins and rose on the third day which means there is only one truth and one faith! So as Paul states if anyone preaches to you another gospel that doesn’t exist whether it be a man, or an angel let them be cursed!

So, how does Islam accept another gospel preached 600 years later by another angel named Gabriel that says YESHUA (Isa/Jesus) is just a prophet, just a man, not the Son of YAHWEH (God The Father) and did not die for your sins? Is this not a false gospel? Wasn’t this a false vision given to Muhammad? There can be no other revelation or Good News written after what already occurred in the Bible as we read above. What does Gabriel tell us in the Hebrew-Aramaic scriptures the true gospels/injil before the Quran even came into existence?

Luke 1:26-32 (Aramaic)

“And in the sixth month, the messenger/malach/angel GABRIEL was sent from the presence of ELOHIM (God) to Galilee to the city whose name was Nazareth, to a VIRGIN who was betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph from the house of David. And the name of the VIRGIN was Mary. And the angel came to her and said to her, “Peace to you full of mercy, our Master is with you, O blessed one among women. Verse 30 And the angel said to her, fear not, Mary; for you have found favor with ELOHIM. For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a Son, and you will call His Name YESHUA. He will be great, and He will be called the SON OF THE HIGHEST; and YAHWEH ELOHIM will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will rule over the house of Jacob forever; and there will be no limit to His kingdom.”

Matthew 1:20-21 (Hebrew)

“And while he (Joseph) was planning this, the messenger/angel of YAHWEH appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife, for what she conceived, she conceived by the RUACH HA’KODESH (The Set-Apart Spirit). And she will give birth to a Son, His Name must be called YESHUA, for He will SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR INIQUITIES (SINS).”

The angel Gabriel from the Bible is saying YESHUA will die for the sins of the world, yet the Gabriel from the Quran disagrees with this. Gabriel from the Bible was sent to give a message from our Father YAHWEH the truth that the world needs to hear. This is the lifesaving truth and you have to accept YESHUA as your Savior who died for your sins as He is the only way to the Father and to eternal life. If you still have doubts, there is nothing stopping you from praying and asking YESHUA if He is the Son of YAHWEH! Don’t let tradition or rejection from others stop you from asking Him because your soul depends on this, and YESHUA loves you and wants you to come to Him!

Lastly, there is something I want you to think about. The Torah and Injil (Gospels) tell us in Deuteronomy 19:15, Mathew 18:16 that out the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established! So, in the Bible we have multiple witnesses from Moses in the Torah, many prophets, and psalms written at different time periods by different writers and yet they are all saying the exact same thing that YESHUA is the Son of YAHWEH and would die for our sins! This is proof that the Bible is the inspired word of YAHWEH the Father and He wants you to know that you need a Savior!

“The Quran which means “recitation” was revealed to Muhammad, he did not write it down, but spoke it, preached it, and recited it and then his followers memorized it, and some wrote it down. After his death in 632 AD all the parts that were written down by his followers on (palm leaves and stones) were gathered together and arranged into a book by the first caliph Abu Bakr. Then scribe Zaid was charged with the job of locating all the parts and compiling them into one volume. And around 20 years later, under third caliph Uthman, the same scribe was charged with gathering all the variant (different) versions that still existed, determining the correct one and burning the rest. (psephizo.com)”

This is hiding evidence and shows that the Quran isn’t as original and untampered with as Muslims have been led to believe. This doesn’t sound divinely ordained at all, but rather the will of men. Muhammad receives the revelation, which makes him one witness and he is verifying his own account, then he doesn’t write down but recites it to his followers and then it was later written down by followers, and after all of that the Quran has been accepted as the truth!

The Bible wants to make it very clear that multiple witnesses are agreeing and saying the exact same thing, even though the revelations and prophecies were not given to just ONE MAN! The scriptures were written by inspiration of the RUACH HA’KODESH (The Set-Apart Spirit) therefore the message is the exact same by different people even hundreds of years apart, which verifies the truth and the authenticity of what is written in the Bible. Think of it this way! If you were in a court room standing before a judge and 1,000 people said you were innocent, but ONE man stands up and says you are guilty, and the judge says “GUILTY! Based off the ONE witness!” You all would say that is unfair and doesn’t make sense at all and you would be correct in saying so! Likewise, in the same manner that is the same situation with the Bible and The Quran! Tons of witnesses say YESHUA (Isa/Jesus) is EL (God) the Son of YAHWEH the Father who became flesh and died for you, but one witness of the Quran 600 years later with different versions that were burned while compiling it says, “no YESHUA (Isa/Jesus) is just a man, just a prophet and did not die for your sins!” When we view it from a witness standpoint as the Bible does we can see that this doesn’t make sense at all does it? Accept YESHUA as your Savior today and be forgiven! Be completely set free in His love! If there is anything I can do to help you or any questions you want to ask me please email me as I’m here for you all and I mean that.

May YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

Do not be unequally yoked!

This is a very important topic and a repeated theme all throughout the scriptures! And in the Hebrew culture when something is repeated over and over it is because it’s very important and nothing to gloss over. So, before I list the scriptures on this topic I want to say that this message is not intended for those who are already living in unequally yoked marriages, and I do want you to know that I’m praying for your situations collectively that YAHWEH will soften your spouse’s hearts and have them turn to the truth. I know that YAHWEH is in control and make a situation work out for the best despite us getting ahead of him, we all know His power! So again, I’m not here to start a dispute, I’m here to tell the truth as always and to warn others.

We see what happened in Ezra chapters 9 and 10 was not good because of the children of Yisra’el married unbelievers because it was a direct transgression against ELOHIM because they bring a false mighty one into the marriage which is idolatry. YAHWEH says the unbeliever will turn your sons away from Him, why? Because people begin to compromise for the sake of the marriage and will allow an Xmas trees to be put up in their homes which is an idol, celebrate birthdays, or alternate the days of worship and do Shabbat one week and Sunday on the next, they begin to compromise on celebrating other pagan holidays etc. The consequences don’t just fall on the parents, but also on the children, so parents must be mindful of the children being pulled between the truth of Torah and the pagan ways of the world, it is a domino effect.

All I can say is fast and pray to YAHWEH and listen to His voice for He knows everyone’s situation. It is my duty to warn anyone moving forward who is thinking about getting married to someone who is not walking on the path of truth or does not believe in YESHUA!

Galatians 5:17

“For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.”

Do not let the fleshly feeling of wanting to be in a relationship make you compromise the truth of YAHWEH’s word which is contrary to the Spirit.

The commandment

Exodus 34:12-17 (Aramaic)

“Take heed to yourself lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land wither you go, lest they become a stumbling block to you. But you must destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their idols. For you shall worship no other mighty one; for YAHWEH whose Name is zealous is a zealous ELOHIM. You shall not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, so that the people may not go astray after their idols and sacrifice to their mighty ones, and they shall invite you, and you shall eat of their sacrifices; and you shall TAKE OF THEIR DAUGHTERS TO YOUR SONS, AND GIVE YOUR DAUGHTERS TO THEIR SONS; AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL GO ASTRAY AFTER THEIR MIGHTY ONES. And their daughters CAUSE YOUR SONS TO GO ASTRAY AFTER THEIR MIGHTY ONES.”

Leviticus 18:21 (Aramaic)

“You shall not let any of your semen be cast into a strange women (pagan/unbeliever) to cause her to be pregnant; neither shall you profane the Name of your ELOHIM; I am YAHWEH.”

Leviticus 20:1-5 (Aramaic)

“And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, saying, say to the children of Yisra’el, anyone man of the children of Yisra’el or of the proselytes who sojourn in Yisra’el who shall cast any of his semen into an alien woman, he shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones. And I will pour out My anger against that man and will cut him off from among his people; because he has cast his semen into an alien woman to DEFILE MY SANCTUARY AND TO PROFANE MY SET-APART NAME. And if the people of the land do any way ignore the offense of the man who has cast of his semen into an alien woman, that they may not kill him, then I will set My anger against that man and against his family, and will cut him off and all who go astray after him, because they go astray after alien women from among their people.”

So, we see the that YAHWEH makes this commandment to the native-born and the proselyte the righteous gentile convert who is now considered a native-born Israelite, which means the “alien woman” is a pagan unbeliever who has not joined in with Yisra’el.

Deuteronomy 7:1-4 (Aramaic)

“When YAHWEH your ELOHIM shall bring you into the land which you are entering to possess, and has destroyed many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgasites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than yourselves; and when YAHWEH your ELOHIM shall deliver them before you, and you shall defeat them; then you shall utterly destroy them; and you shall make NO COVENANT WITH THEM, nor show mercy to them, NEITHER SHALL YOU MAKE MARRIAGE WITH THEM; you shall NOT GIVE YOUR DAUGHTERS TO THEIR SONS, NOR TAKE THEIR DAUGHTERS FOR YOUR SONS, THAT THEY MAY NOT TURN AWAY YOUR SONS FROM FOLLOWING ME, and serve other mighty ones; and then the anger of YAHWEH would kindle against you and destroy you quickly.”

Jubilees 30:7-15

“And if there is any man who wishes in Yisra’el to give his daughter or his sister to any man who is OF THE SEED OF THE NATIONS shall surely die, and they shall stone him with stones; for he has worked shame in Yisra’el; and they shall burn the woman with fire, because she has dishonored the name of the house of her father, and she shall be uprooted from Yisra’el. And do not let an adulteress or uncleanness be found in Yisra’el throughout all the days of the generations of the earth, for Yisra’el is set-apart to YAHWEH, and every man who causes defilement shall surely die; they shall stone him with stones. For thus has it been ordained and written in the heavenly tablets regarding all the seed of Yisra’el: he who causes defilement shall surely die, and he shall be stoned with stones. And to this Torah there is no limit of days, and no remission, nor any atonement: but the man who has caused the defilement of his daughter shall be uprooted in the midst of all Yisra’el, because has given of his seed to MOLOCH, and worked profanely so as to cause defilement. And you, Moses, command the children of Yisra’el and exhort them NOT TO GIVE THEIR DAUGHTERS TO THE NATIONS, AND NOT TO TAKE FOR THEIR SONS ANY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE NATIONS, for this is ABOMINABLE BEFORE YAHWEH. For this reason I have written for you in the words of the Torah all the deeds of the Shekhemites, which they worked against Dinah, and how the sons of Jacob, saying, “We will not give our daughter to a man who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.” And it is a reproach to Yisra’el, to those who live, and to those that take the daughters of the nations; for this is UNCLEAN AND ABOMINABLE TO YISRA’EL. And Yisra’el will not be free from this uncleanness if it has a wife of the daughters of the nations, or has given any of its daughters to a man who is of any of the nations. For there will be a plague upon plague, and curse upon curse, and every judgment and plague and curse will come if he does this thing, or hides his eyes from those who commit uncleanness (Leviticus 20:1-4), or those who defile the set-apart Name, then will the whole nation together be judged for all the uncleanness and profanation of this man.”

All the words that YAHWEH spoke are true as we see that Solomon who was the wisest man in the world fell into idolatry because he married foreign women. His actions caused the kingdom of Yisra’el to be split into two kingdoms.

1 Kings 11:1-2 (Aramaic)

“But King Solomon loved many FOREGIN WOMEN, as well as the daughter of Pharoah, women of the Ammonites, Moabites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; of the nations concerning which YAHWEH had said to the children of Yisra’el, YOU SHALL NOT MIX WITH THEM, NEITHER SHALL THEY MIX WITH YOU, LEST THEY TURN AWAY YOUR HEART AFTER THEIR MIGHTY ONES; Solomon clung to these in love, and he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives TURNED AWAY HIS HEART. For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other their mighty ones; and his heart was not perfect with YAHWEH his ELOHIM, as was the heart of David his father. For Solomon went after Ashtaroth the mighty one of the Zidonians, and after Chemosh the mighty one of the Moabites, and after Malcom the mighty one of the Ammonites. And Solomon did evil in the sight of YAHWEH, and went not fully after YAHWEH, as did David his father.”

Nehemiah 13:23-27 (Aramaic)

“In those days I also saw Jews who had married FOREGIN WIVES of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab; and their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod and in the other half they could not intelligently speak in the Jewish language, but according to the language of each people. And I contended with them and cursed them and smote some of them and buried them and made the others swear by ELOHIM, saying, YOU SHALL NOT GIVE YOUR DAUGHTERS TO THEIR SONS, NOR TAKE THEIR DAUGHTERS TO YOUR SONS OR FOR YOURSELVES. Solomon king of Yisra’el transgressed by these things. Yet among many nations there was no king LIKE HIM, who was beloved by His ELOHIM, and ELOHIM made him king over all Yisra’el; nevertheless EVEN HIM DID FOREIGN WOMEN CAUSE TO TRANGRESS. And this thing was reported to you, and yet you committed this GREAT EVIL, to transgress against our ELOHIM IN MARRYING FOREIGN WIVES.”

Ezra 9:1-4 (Aramaic)

“Now when these things were completed, the elders came to me, saying, the people of Yisra’el and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doing according to their abominations, (turned their hearts away from YAHWEH)  even the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Ammonites, the Perizzities, the Jebusites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. For they have TAKEN OF THEIR DAUGHTERS FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THEIR SONS, SO THAT THE SET-APART SEED HAVE MIXED THEMSELVES WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE LANDS; and the hand of the elders and the Levites have been first in this iniquity. And when I heard this thing, I tore my garments and my mantle and pulled the hair out my head and of my beard and sat down speechless. Then all those who were diligent concerning the Word of ELOHIM of Yisra’el, because of the TRANGRESSION OF THE EXILES, assembled before me; and I sat speechless until the ninth hour.”

So, I’m sure someone will say, “So this means we cannot marry foreign women?” That is not what YAHWEH is saying at all, He is saying don’t marry an unbeliever who isn’t following Him; otherwise, they will lead you astray. Ruth was a Moabite and she accepted YAHWEH the true ELOHIM, married Boaz and is in the bloodline of YESHUA!

Ruth 1:16

“And Ruth said to her, far be it from me to return from following after you, and to leave you; for where you go, I will go; and where you dwell, I will dwell; your people shall be my people, and YOUR ELOHIM MY ELOHIM…”

My fellow brothers and sisters as we see there are multiple witnesses concerning the severity of this situation. YAHWEH has called us to be a set-apart people from the rest of the world. We are not to look like them, act like them, nor worship like them. Teach your children the truth and pray for a spouse who is walking in the truth or give them in marriage if possible to someone in the truth. Just do all that you can to prevent this from happening as YAHWEH has commanded us.

2 Corinthians 6:14-18 (Aramaic)

“Do not unite in marriage with UNBELIEVERS, for what fellowship has righteousness with iniquity? Or what mingling has light with darkness? Or what accord has Messiah with Satan? Or what portion has a BELIEVER WITH AN UNBELIEVER? Or what harmony has the temple of ELOHIM with idols? For you are the temple of the living ELOHIM as it is said, I will dwell in them and walk in them; and I will be their ELOHIM, and they shall be My people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be SEPARATE, says YAHWEH, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, said YAHWEH Almighty.”

As always, may YAHWEH bless you all in YESHUA’s Name!

The truth about speaking in TONGUES!

The topic about speaking in tongues is always a hot topic, especially with the charismatic movement in the Christian churches. They even go as far to say that if you do not speak in tongues that you are not saved nor have the RUACH HA’KODESH (The Set-Apart) Spirit. Sadly, the true path of worship has been rejected and replaced with people searching after “an experience”, versus what the scriptures actually teach. So, this message will prove that TONGUES AND LANGUAGES are interchangeable using scripture, we will also examine what the tongue of malachim (angels) are, and what Paul meant about speaking in unknown tongues to ELOHIM.

The first scripture I would like to mention is a very popular one that everyone knows and uses:

Proverbs 18:21

“Death and life are in the power of the TONGUE; and those who live it shall eat the fruits thereof.”

Everyone, including those who say they speak or have spoken in an unknown other worldly tongue will quote this scripture in context of a known language, and rightfully so! They will say things like, “Be careful what you say because you don’t want to speak curses into your life, because words are powerful as we know ELOHIM spoke everything into existence in the beginning.” So, “tongue” in this verse is always understood as a language, but suddenly when it comes to Paul’s writings tongues somehow changes from a language into something else! Remember, the scriptures are always consistent and if your interpretation of the scripture contradicts what is written in it, then it’s your interpretation that is wrong!

The etymology for the word tongue in this verse is “Lashon” in Hebrew #H3956. An example of this is the word “Lashon Ha’kodesh”, which means the set-apart tongue which is the Hebrew language.

Brown-Driver-Briggs defines it as: Tongue of men, tongue (literal), tongue (ORGAN OF SPEECH), LANGUAGE, tongue of animals, tongue of fire.

The Ancient Hebrew etymology defines the same word as:

1.      Slander, tongue, language: the wagging of the tongue when TALKING OR SLANDERING!

2.      Language: As coming from the movement of the TONGUE. The Hebrew concordance then notes the KJV which says: tongue, language, bay, wedge, BABBLER, flame, talker.

So the reference to the KJV includes “babbler”, so I’m sure someone will say “See babbling is right there!” Firstly, notice that babbler is mentioned alongside the words tongue and language, so that should be the first clue. But let’s go further and look up how the 1611 KJV defines babbler for the King James reader. According to av1611.com the KJV Dictionary Definition: Bab’bler, n. An Idle TALKER, an irrational PRATTLER; a TELLER of secrets.

According to the original KJV it says that a babbler is an “idle talker” which means foolish and irrelevant talk, an “irrational prattler” the Cambridge dictionary defines as someone who TALKS for a long time about things that are silly or not important, and a “teller of secrets” is a person who GOSSIPS! All of these things are things people do when speaking in LANGUAGES that can be understood by the people they are conversing with, how else would they know if you are a gossiping, long winded person who talks about nothing of importance?

Tongues and languages used interchangeably in scripture

Jubilees 12:25-26

“And YAHWEH ELOHIM said, “Open his (Abraham’s) mouth and his ears, that he may hear and speak with his mouth, with the LANGUAGE which as been revealed; for it has ceased from the mouths of all the children of men from the day of The Overthrow (Tower of Babel). And I opened up his mouth, and his ears, and his lips, and I began to speak with him in HEBREW, in the TONGUE of the creation.”

Interesting to note that Hebrew is the language of creation and what language do we see YESHUA speaking when He speaks to Paul from the heavens?

Acts 26:13-14 (Aramaic)

“At midday on the road, O king, I saw a light from heaven more powerful than that of the sun, shining round about me and upon those who journeyed with me. When we all fell to ground, then I heard a voice speaking to me, in the HEBREW TONGUE, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the pricks.”

John 5:2 (Hebrew)

“Now in Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) there was a covered, dug-out pool where the waters were collected-which is called Beit-Tsaidah in the HEBREW TONGUE.”

1 Corinthians 12:7-11, 28-30 (Lamsa’s Aramaic)

“But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man as help to him. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit. To another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another the means to distinguish the true Spirit; to another DIFFERENT LANGUAGES; to another INTERPRETATION OF LANGUAGES. But all of these gifts are wrought by that one and the same Spirit, dividing to everyone severally as He will.” Verse 28-30 For ELOHIM has set in his church, first apostles; after them, prophets; then teachers, then performers of miracles, then those who have the gift of healing, helpers, leaders, and SPEAKERS IN DIVERSE LANGUAGES. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? Have all the gifts of healing? Do all SPEAK in DIVERSE TONGUES? Or do all interpret?”

Again we see the interchangeable usage of language and tongues! Furthermore; Paul says these are gifts that the RUACH HA’KODESH gives to those He desires, so not everyone will speak in other languages, not everyone will prophesy, not everyone will teach because we are different members of the same body. Everyone can’t be an arm and everyone cannot be a foot, everyone can’t be an eye and everyone can’t be an ear; however, we need them all to function as a body. So, to tell someone they are not saved because they don’t speak in another language is FALSE DOCTRINE, and you have just accused the RUACH HA’KODESH of not saving that person because He did not give them that ability to speak in other languages being that He is the One dividing the gifts! That is a very dangerous accusation to make.

1 Corinthians 14:21-23 (Aramaic)

“In the law it is written, with a foreign SPEECH and in another TONGUE I will speak to this people; yet for all that, they will not listen to Me, says YAHWEH. Thus, the gift of LANGUAGES is instituted as a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers; but prophesying is meant, not for those who do not believe, but for those who believe. If therefore the whole assembly assembles together and all speak in different TONGUES and there enter unlearned people or unbelievers, will they not say, they are fanatical?

Paul uses speech, language, and tongues interchangeably in two verses and even quotes YAHWEH from Isaiah.

Isaiah 28:11

“For with a difficult SPEECH and with an alien TONGUE will He speak to this people.”

Zephaniah 3:9

“For then I will restore to the people a pure SPEECH, that they may call upon the Name of YAHWEH to serve Him with one consent.”

In order for YAHWEH speak to the other nations, He would speak to them in a language they could understand, their native tongue. The etymology of the word speech is #H8193 Saphah (Saw-faw) defined by Brown-Driver-Briggs as lip, language, speech. So again we see speech, language and tongue all mean the same thing and Paul clearly understood this which is why he quoted the Old Testament which was all he had available to him as he was currently living out the New Testament.

More witnesses

Mark 16:17 (Hebrew)

“And these are the signs that they who believe will do: they will heal in My Name the satan-possessed ones, and they will SPEAK WITH ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGES, no kind of beast or venomous serpent will damage them, and they will lay the hands on the sick ones, and they will be healed.”

This scripture is quoted from Greek translations and is used to support speaking in other worldly unknown speech/gibberish, but the authentic Hebrew makes it abundantly clear that YESHUA said languages and even at this point it should be clear that the “tongues” in the Greek is still languages. We know that the disciples of YESHUA spoke Hebrew/Aramaic so there would be a language barrier for them to share the Good News and we see what YESHUA said in Mark 16 fulfilled in Acts. When, YESHUA ascended into heaven then the RUACH HA’KODESH was poured out on His disciples who were Galileans and they spoke in various languages.

Acts 2:1-11 (Aramaic)

“And when the day of Shavuot (Pentecost) was fulfilled, while they were assembled together, suddenly there came a sound from heaven as a rushing mighty wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues which were divided like flames of fire; and they rested upon each of them. And they were all filled with the RUACH HA’KODESH, and they began to speak in VARIOUS LANGUAGES, according to the whatever the Spirit gave them to speak. Now there dwelt at Jerusalem devout men and Jews from every nation under heaven. And as the sound took place, all the people gathered together, and they were confused because every man heard them speak in his own LANGUAGE. And they were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, behold, are not all these who speak Galileans? How is it that we hear every man in our own NATIVE LANGUAGE? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and those who dwell in Mesopotamia, Jews, and Cappadocians and those from Pontus and Asia Minor, and those from the region of Phrygia and of Pamphylia and of Egypt, and of the regions of Libya near Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, and those from Crete, and Arabians, behold we hear them speak in our own TONGUES of the wonderful works of ELOHIM.”

Again we see language and tongues used interchangeably and all the men heard the Galileans speaking to them in their own native tongue as the RUACH HA’KODESH gave them to speak, this should leave no doubts as to what tongues really are!

Jasher 49:8-19

“And the king said to all the officers, “I have thought that since ELOHIM has made known to the Hebrew man (Joseph) all that he has spoken, there is none so discreet and wise in the whole land as he is; if it seem good in your eyes I will place him over the land, for he will save the land with his wisdom.” And all the officers answered the king and said, “But surely it is written in the decrees of Egypt, and it should not be violated, that no man shall reign over Egypt, nor be the second to the king, except one who has known in all the LANGUAGES of the sons of men. Now therefore our master and king, behold this Hebrew man can only speak the HEBREW LANGUAGE, and how then can he be over us the second under government, a man who does not even know our LANGUAGE? Now please, send for him, and let him come before you, and prove him in all things, and do as you see fit.” And the king said, “It shall be done tomorrow, and the thing that you have spoken is good;” and all the officers came on that day before the king. And on that night YAHWEH sent one of His attending messengers, and he came into the land of Egypt to Joseph, and the messenger of YAHWEH stood over Joseph, and behold Joseph was lying in the bed at night in his master’s house in the pit, for his master had put him back into the pit on account of his wife. And the messenger roused him from his sleep, and Joseph rose up and stood upon his legs, and behold the messenger of YAHWEH was standing opposite to him; and the messenger of YAHWEH spoke with Joseph and he taught him all the TONGUES OF MAN in that night, and he called his name Yehoseph. And the messenger of YAHWEH went from him, and Joseph returned and lie upon his bed, and Joseph was astonished at the vision which he saw. And it happened in the morning that the king sent for all his officers and servants, and they all came and sat before the king, and the king order Joseph to be brought, and the king’s servants went and brought Joseph before Pharoah. And the king came forth and ascended the steps of the throne, and Joseph spoke to the king in ALL TONGUES, and Joseph went up to him and spoke to the king until he arrived before the king in the seventieth step (70 languages of the nations), and he sat before the king.”

This is another clear scripture as the entire context was about Joseph not being able to speak in any other language outside of Hebrew, so he could not be second in command to the Pharaoh unless he knew all languages, so a messenger of YAHWEH taught him all languages/tongues in one night, so we again see the interchangeable use of these words in the Hebrew culture; therefore, Christianity should not be able to undo what has been written.

Speaking in tongues of malachim (angels)

It has been clearly established from the multiple scriptures above that tongues are languages; therefore, what Paul is saying in 1 Corinthians 13 cannot suddenly be a different type of tongue then all the witnesses we have read previously. Let’s examine his words further.

1 Corinthians 13:1

“Though I speak with TONGUES of men and malachim (angels), I am become as a sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal.”

This means that malachim (angels) are more eloquent in speech than humans are because they are heavenly beings and they can speak ALL LANGUAGES fluently just as we saw in Jasher 49 when the malach (angel) of YAHWEH was sent to Joseph and taught him all 70 languages in one night. All throughout scripture we see malachim (angels) interacting with men and they are all speaking to them in languages thus tongues. So let us look at some examples.

Genesis 19:1-2

“And there came two malachim (angels) to Sodom in the evening; and Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom; and Lot saw them and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; and he said, “My masters, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant’s house and spend the night and wash your feet; then rise up early in the morning and go on your way. And THEY SAID (malachim), “No, we will spend the night in the street.”

Daniel 9:20-23 (Parenthesis mine)

“And while I was yet praying and confessing my offenses and the offenses of my people Yisra’el and presenting my supplication before YAHWEH my ELOHIM for the set-apart mountain of My ELOHIM. Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel (angel in the appearance of a man), whom I had seen in the vision before, came from heaven, flying swiftly, and drew near me at the time of the evening sacrifice. And he came and TALKED TO ME and said to me, O Daniel, I am now come forth to instruct you, so that you might understand. At the beginning of your prayer the word came forth and I have come to make it known to you; for you are greatly beloved; therefore discern the matter and understand the vision.”

The same malach (angel) Gabriel appears to Zechariah the dad of John the Baptist and Mary the mother of YESHUA:

Luke 1:11-20

“And the malach (angel) of YAHWEH appeared to Zechariah standing on the right of the alter of incense. And when Zechariah saw him, he became dumbfounded, and fear came upon him. And the malach (angel) SAID TO HIM, fear not, Zechariah; for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness; and a great many will rejoice at his birth. Verse 18-19 “And Zechariah said to the malach (angel), how will I understand this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well odvanced in years. And the malach ANSWERED, saying to him, I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of ELOHIM; and I am sent to SPEAK TO YOU, and to bring you these glad tidings.”

Luke 1:26-50

“Now in the sixth month the malach (angel) Gabriel was sent from ELOHIM to Galilee, to a city called Nazareth, to a virgin who was acquired for a price (dowry) for a man named Joseph, of the house of David; and the name of the virgin was Mary. And the malach went in and SAID TO HER, peace be to you, O full of favor; our Master is with you, O blessed one among women. When she saw him she was disturbed at his word, and wondered what kind of salutation this could be. And the malach (angel) SAID to her, fear not, Mary; for you have found favor with ELOHIM.”

Revelation 10:9-11

“So I took the little book out of the hand of the malach (angel), and ate it; and it was sweet as honey in my mouth; but as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. Then he SAID to me, you must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and the heads of nations and kings.”

Revelation 19:10 (Hebrew)

“And I fell at his (angel’s) feet to worship him. And he SAID to me, do not do that; I am your fellow servant, and one of your brethren who have the testimony of YESHUA. Do your prayer to YAHWEH.”

Galatians 1:8

“But though we or an malach (angel) from heaven preach any other good news to you than that which we have preached to you, let him be accursed.”

These malachim (angels) would have to be speaking languages to the humans to preach another good news!

2 Esdras 4:1-2

“Then the malach (angel) that had been sent to me, whose name was Uriel, answered and SAID TO ME, “Your understanding is quite confounded regarding this world, and do you wish to comprehend the way of the Most High?”

2 Esdras 4:35-36

“Did not the souls of the righteous in their treasuries ask about these matters, saying, ‘How long are we to remain here? And when will come the harvest of our reward? And Jeremiel the archangel answered and them and SAID, “When the number of those like yourselves is completed; for He has weighed the age in the balance.”

As we can see from the many witnesses from scripture that the malachim  (angels) communicated with humans through languages whether Hebrew or Aramaic the language of the scriptures; however, again, they can speak all languages as proven from Jasher 49.

But he speaks mysteries!

1 Corinthians 14:1-11 (Aramaic)

“Follow after love, and desire spiritual gifts, above all that you may prophesy. For he who speaks in an unknown tongue (language) speaks not to men, but to ELOHIM; for no man understands what he says; however through the Spirit he speaks mysteries. But he who prophesies speaks to men for edification, encouragement, and comfort. He who speaks in an unknown tongue edifies himself; but he who prophecies edifies the assembly. I would rather that you all spoke in various tongues, but I would rather that you prophesied; for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks various tongues, unless he interprets, however, if he interprets he edifies the assembly.”

And then Paul uses an example to drive home his point and its pretty clear what he is saying in the next verses 6-11:

1 Corinthians 14:6-11 (Aramaic)

“Now, my brethren, if I should come to you and speak in diverse (various) tongues, what would I profit you, except I speak to you either by means of revelation or by knowledge or by prophesying or by teaching? For even when things without life give sound, whether flute or harp, except they make a distinction between one tone and another, how shall it be known what is sung or played? For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle? Even so you, except you utter by the TONGUE WORDS EASY TO BE UNDERSTOOD, how shall it be known what you say? You shall speak as into the air. For, behold there are many KINDS OF LANGUAGES IN THE WORLD, yet none of them without expression. So if I do not UNDERSTAND THE UTTERANCE (Of the language spoken), I shall be as a barbarian to the speaker, and the speaker shall be as a barbarian to me.”

The context of what Paul is saying is that if a man is speaking in an unknown language and no one is there to interpret it, then the man who is speaking in the unknown language is only speaking to ELOHIM at that point because ELOHIM understands all languages; whereas the assembly has no clue what he is saying. The RUACH HA’KODESH (The Set-Apart Spirit) is not speaking mysteries because He understands and speaks all languages, but through the man it is a mystery, because the man is speaking a language he has never spoken before and does not know what he is saying.

Paul is also saying that prophecy edifies the assembly because all understand that it means a future event, something that anyone can relate to. As for speaking in another language it does not edify the assembly if no one can understand it. A man can preach the best sermon ever in another language, but if no one can understand a word that is coming out of his mouth, then how does it edify the assembly?

So, in conclusion tongues is synonymous with languages and used interchangeably all throughout scripture, it is not ecstatic utterances in a state of ecstasy, speaking in a nonexistent language consisting of unintelligible sounds which is called gibberish! This phenomenon being taught and displayed in Christian churches has it ties to the oracles of Delphi which I strongly encourage you to look further into. The gift of tongues is speaking fluently in a KNOWN language by the leading of the RUACH HA’KODESH! For example, I do not know how to speak in French and suddenly I begin to speak fluent French and one of them hears me and says, “I heard you praising ELOHIM in my tongue/language.” In this YAHWEH gets praise and esteem and will further the kingdom by spreading the Good News in a language I have never spoken in my life.

As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name

Did Mary obey the Law?

In a previous message (Shepherd of Hermas series), I showed that the parents of John the Baptist (Yochanan the Immerser) kept the commandments in the New Testament, just as Christians should today:

Luke 1:5-6

“There was in the days of Herod, king of Judea, a priest whose name was Zechariah, of the order of ministry of the house of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. They were both RIGHTEOUS (Deuteronomy 6:25) before ELOHIM, and walked in ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND IN RIGHTEOUSNESS OF YAHWEH WITHOUT BLAME.”

And before anyone decides to say, well that was before the RUACH HA’KODESH (The Set-Apart Spirit) was poured out, I would like to prove that the RUACH HA’KODESH was there in the Old Testament, many are refusing Him in favor of the flesh just as our ancestors did!

Isaiah 63:10

“But they rebelled and grieved His RUACH HA’KODESH; therefore He turned to be their enemy and He fought against them. Then He remembered the days of old, of Moses His servant. Just as when He brought up out of the sea the shepherd of the flock, and as he put His RUACH HA’KODESH within Moses…”

Acts 7:50-51

“Behold, has Not my hand made all these things? O you stubborn and insincere in heart and hearing, YOU ALWAYS RESIST THE RUACH HA’KODESH; as your fathers did, SO DO YOU.”

Again, for those who say that the law is done away with, I want to show another witness in the New Testament of Mary the mother of YESHUA obeying the Torah found in the Old Testament, just as the parents of John the Baptist. So how could it be done away with?

Luke 2:21-24

“Then when EIGHT DAYS had passed so that the boy could be circumcised, they called His Name YESHUA, as the messenger had called Him before He was conceived in the womb. And when the days of her purification were fulfilled according to the instruction of Moses, written in the Torah of Master YAHWEH that every male who opens the womb will be called a set-apart one of Master YAHWEH. And as a sacrifice it is said in the Torah of Master YAHWEH to give a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

Verse 21: “Then when EIGHT DAYS had passed so that the boy could be circumcised”

Joseph and Mary obeyed the law that is found in the Torah firstly with the covenant made with Abraham.

Genesis 17:10-12

“This is My covenant, which you shall keep between Me and you and your descendants AFTER YOU: every male among you shall be circumcised. And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant between Me and you. And he that is EIGHT DAYS OLD shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or brought with money of any stranger, who is not of your descendants.”

Leviticus 12:3

“And on the EIGHTH DAY the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.”

Verse 22: “And when the days of her purification were fulfilled according to the instruction of Moses…”

Leviticus 12:1-4

“And YAHWEH spoke to Moses and said to him, speak to the children of Yisra’el, saying, if a woman has conceived and bear a MALE CHILD, then she shall be unclean for seven days; according to the days of her menstruation she shall be unclean. Verse 4 and she shall continue for thirty-three days in the blood of her purifying; she shall touch not set-apart thing, NOR COME INTO THE SANCTUARY, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.”

As we see, Mary bore a male child in YESHUA, so she was unclean for 40 days and did not come to the Temple to offer YESHUA as the first-born until after the purifying of her blood from giving birth just as it is written in the Torah. Jubilees tells us why:

Jubilees 3:9-14

“And after Adam had completed FORTY DAYS in the land where he had been created, we brought him into the Garden of Eden to serve and guard it, but his wife they brought in on the EIGHTIETH DAY, and after this she entered into the Garden of Eden. And for this reason the commandment is written on the heavenly tablets in regard to her that gives birth, “If she bears a male child, she shall remain in her uncleanness seven days according to the first week of days, and thirty-three days shall she remain in the blood of her purifying, and she shall not touch any set-apart thing, nor enter into the set-apart place, until she accomplishes these days which for the case of a male child. But in the case of a female child she shall remain in her uncleanness two weeks of days, according to the first two weeks, and sixty-six days in the blood of her purification, and they will be in all eighty days. And she had completed these eighty days we brought her into the Garden of Eden, for it is more set-apart than all the rest of the earth, and every tree that is planted in it is set-apart. Therefore there was ordained, regarding her who bears a male or a female child, the statue of those days that she should touch no set-apart thing, nor enter into the set-apart place UNTIL THESE DAYS for the male or female child are ACCOMPLISHED. This is the Torah and witness which was written down for Yisra’el, in order that they should guard it ALL THE DAYS.”

Verse 23: “Written in the Torah of Master YAHWEH that every male who opens the womb will be called a set-apart one of Master YAHWEH.”

Exodus 13:1-2

“And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, saying, sanctify to Me every FIRST-BORN that opens the womb among the children of Yisra’el, both of men and of animals, for they ARE MINE.”

Verse 24: “And as a sacrifice it is said in the Torah of Master YAHWEH to give a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

Leviticus 12:6-8

“And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring a LAMB of the first year for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove, for a transgression offering to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to the priest; and he shall offer it before YAHWEH and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the LAW OF HER WHO HAS BORNE A MALE CHILD OR A FEMALE CHILD. And if she CANNOT afford a LAMB, then she shall bring TWO PIGEONS OR TWO YOUNG TURTLEDOVES; the one for the transgression offering and the other for the burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her and she shall be clean.”

Notice that Mary fell into the category of one who could not afford the lamb? Therefore, she brought two turtledoves or two pigeons to make atonement for her according to the Torah. However, even though she could not afford LAMB, she gave birth to A LAMB that is PRICELESS!

Testament of Joseph 19:8

“And I saw a VIRGIN (Mary) was born from Judah, wearing a linen shawl, and a SPOTLESS LAMB WAS BORN FROM HER (YESHUA without transgression, He was perfect!)

As we see that Mary the mother of YESHUA and the parents of John the Baptist who prepared the way for YESHUA obeyed the Torah exactly as it written even in the New Testament, which is further proof that the Torah is NOT done away with. All righteous men and women in scripture obeyed the commandments and had faith, so let you who is listening also do the same.

As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you all in YESHUA’s Name!

Is Israel the son of YAHWEH and not YESHUA?

The great falling away is at hand and many are being seduced with false doctrines that are leading them away from the life-saving truth found in the blood of YESHUA who is EL and became flesh to die for our transgressions. Another topic that has come to my attention is that many believe that Yisra’el is the literal son of YAHWEH and not YESHUA. The scripture that is used to support this doctrine is:

Exodus 4:22

“And you shall say to Pharaoh, thus says YAHWEH, Yisra’el is my FIRST-BORN son.”

In this message we will see the symbolism of Yisra’el being the first-born and its importance in the Hebrew culture and I will show that YESHUA is the ETERNAL Son of YAHWEH and His literal first-born Son!

The creation account

Before explaining why YAHWEH calls Yisra’el His first-born son, I would like to present a question. If Yisra’el is the literal son of YAHWEH, then how can that fit into this scripture?

Proverbs 30:4

“Tell me, Who has ASCENDED up into heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a handkerchief? Who has established all the borders of the earth? What is His Name, and What is His SON’S NAME, if you can tell?

John 3:13 (Hebrew)

“And there is NO ONE who has ASCENDED up to the heavens, except He who DESCENDED from the heavens (YESHUA)-The Son of Man who is from the heavens.”

YESHUA has made this abundantly clear that this scripture is a reference to Him. Surely no one can say that Yisra’el (human beings) have ascended to the heavens, nor gathered the winds in their fists, nor held the waters in their hands like a handkerchief, nor established the borders of the earth. The only clear answer to this question is that the Son mentioned here is YESHUA as this scripture is a reference to ELOHIM (Mighty Ones) alone and the creation account! How can Yisra’el whom many say is YAHWEH’s literal son, be there in the beginning to establish the borders of the earth when man was not even created until the 6th day when everything was already prepared for him to have dominion over it? Furthermore, Jacob who would later be named Yisra’el came AFTER Adam and from Adam to Noah was about 1,656 years, and later came Abraham who  brought forth Isaac and Isaac brought forth Jacob aka Yisra’el, which again makes it literally impossible for the “Son” mentioned in this scripture of Proverbs 30:4 to be Yisra’el. Scripture tells us plainly that YESHUA is the Son who was present during creation not Yisra’el:

Isaiah 48:16

“Come near to Me, listen to this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the CREATION, THERE I AM; and now YAHWEH ELOHIM, and His SPIRIT, has sent Me.”

As we see in this verse YESHUA is speaking and says that He was here from the beginning of the creation, then He goes on to say that YAHWEH the Father and the Spirit sent Him. This is clearly YESHUA speaking of two others that are NOT HIMSELF, but yet ONE WITH Them; meaning ONE (Echad) United ELOHIM (Mighty Ones). This is Old Testament proof for those who deny the New Testament, which provides concrete proof of the words written in the New Testament.

John 1:1-3 (Hebrewgospels.com)

“In the beginning the Son was ELOAH. The Son of EL was both with EL, and the Son of EL was ELOAH. This One was IN THE BEGINNING WITH EL. ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM; AND WITHOUT HIM NOTHING WAS, OF THAT WHICH WAS MADE.”

Revelation 3:14 (Aramaic) YESHUA speaking:

“And to the messenger of the assembly which is at Laodicea write: “These things says the Ahmein, the witness, the faithful, the true, the CHIEF OF THE CREATION OF ELOHIM.”

YAHWEH spoke the words and YESHUA The Son the WORD went forth and created everything as a skilled craftsman/sculptor.

Revelation 19:13

“And He was clothed with a vesture  dipped in blood; and He called His Name, The WORD OF YAHWEH.”

 Psalms 33:6

“By the WORD OF YAHWEH were the heavens made; and all the hosts of them by the breath of His mouth.”

2 Esdras 6:38

“I said, “O YAHWEH ELOHIM, You didst speak at the BEGINNING OF CREATION, and didst say on the first day, ‘Let heaven and earth be made,’ AND THE WORD accomplished THE WORK.”

Genesis 1:1

“ELOHIM created the heavens and the earth in the very beginning.”

ELOHIM in Hebrew is PLURAL which means MIGHTY ONES! Which makes perfect sense and connects with Isaiah 48:16 and John 1, which ties perfectly in with:

Genesis 1:26

“Then ELOHIM said, Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness…”

The US and OUR are NOT malachim/angels because they CANNOT create and produce life only ELOHIM can. Now we know from the scriptures above that US is The Father YAHWEH as He spoke the Words, and YESHUA The Son/The Word Who went forth and created everything!

Baruch 3:32-37 (Apocrypha)

“But He that knows all things knows her and has found her out with His understanding; He that PREPARED THE EARTH FORVERMORE has filled it with four footed beasts: He that sends out light and it goes, calls it again and it obeys Him with fear. The stars shined in their watches and rejoiced: He calls them they say, Here we are, and so with cheerfulness they shine light to Him that MADE THEM. This is OUR ELOHIM and no other can be regarded in comparison to Him. He has found out all the ways of knowledge and has given it to Jacob His servant and to Yisra’el His beloved. Afterward HE SHOWED HIMSELF ON EARTH AND CONVERSED WITH MEN.”

We see that YESHUA created all things by the Word of YAHWEH and Baruch confirms this, but also says that He came to the earth and conversed with men. In other words YESHUA is The Son of YAHWEH became flesh on the earth, talked with men and died for our transgressions. The witnesses are endless.

What does YAHWEH mean by saying Yisra’el is His first-born? Inheritance of first-born

The first-born received a double portion of the inheritance, and the first-born was entitled to real estate and title of his dad, this is the reason why Yisra’el is likened as a first-born as they would receive honor and inheritance over all the other nations. It is beautiful symbolism used to define how YAHWEH views us in His sight.

Albert Barnes states “In early times, the first-born son was the officiating priest in the family, in the absence or on the death of the dad.”

Exodus 13:2

“Sanctify to me every FIRST-BORN that opens the womb among the children of Yisra’el, both of men and of animals: for the are MINE.”

First-born scriptures inheritance scriptures:

Exodus 4:22

“And you shall say to Pharaoh, thus says YAHWEH, Yisra’el is my FIRST-BORN son.”

Now let us examine this in context:

Deuteronomy 21:15-17

“If a man has two wives, one beloved and other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the FIRST-BORN son be hers that is hated;; then it shall be, when he makes his SONS TO INHERIT HIS PROPERTY, it is unlawful for him to make the son of the beloved wife FIRST-BORN before the son of the hated; but the FIRST-BORN, the Son of the hated, he must receive DOUBLE PORTION OF ALL THAT HE HAS; for he is the first of his children; and the RIGHT OF THE FIRST-BORN IS HIS.’

Genesis 25:29-34

“And Jacob cooked pottage, and behold, his brother Esau came in from the field, and he was very hungry; and Esau said to Jacob, give me some of that pottage, for I am famished; that is why he was called Edom. And Jacob said, sell me this day your birthright (Esau and Jacob were twins, but Esau was the FIRST-BORN). And Esau said, behold, I am at the point of death; and what profit shall a birthright be to me? And Jacob said to him, swear to me this day; and he swore to him and he sold his birthright (his first-born status) to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage; and he ate, and drank, and rose up and went his way; thus Esau despised his birthright.”

Though Esau despised his birthright and sold it for lentil soup, Jacob knew the importance of the birthright as the Hebrew culture understood it.

Jubilees 36:12-14

“And he (Isaac) divided all his possessions between the two (Jacob and Esau) on that day and he gave the LARGER PORTION to him that was the FIRST-BORN, and the tower and all that was about it, and all that Abraham possessed at the Well of the Oath. And he said, “This LARGER PORTION I will give to the FIRST-BORN.” And Esau said, “I have sold and given my BIRTHRIGHT to Jacob; let it be given to him. I do not have a single word to say regarding it, for it is his.”

Jubilees 37:1-3

“And on the day that Isaac the father of Jacob and Esau died, the sons of Esau heard that Isaac had given the PORTION OF THE ELDER TO HIS YOUNGER SON, Jacob, and they were angry. And they fought with their father, saying, “Why has your father given Jacob the portion of the ELDER, and passed over you, although you are the elder and Jacob the younger? And Esau said to them, “Because I sold my birthright to Jacob for a small portion of lentils…”

Genesis 48:13-19

“Then Joseph took both of his sons, Ephraim in his right hand towards Yisrael’s (Jacob) left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Yisrael’s (Jacob) RIGHT HAND (The right hand is used to bless the first-born), and brought them near to him. And Yisra’el stretched out his RIGHT HAND, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the YOUNGER, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head; he CHANGED THE POSITION OF HIS HANDS WITTINGLY, even though Manasseh was the FIRST-BORN. And Jacob blessed Joseph his son, saying, The ELOHIM before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked righteously, the ELOHIM  who has supplied my needs from my youth to this day. The malach (angel) who has delivered me for all evil, bless the lads; and let them bear my name and the names of my fathers, Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow and multiply in the midst of the earth.”

This is why Joseph was so adamant about getting Jacob to place his right hand upon the head of Manasseh because he was the first-born and was to receive the blessing, but Jacob knew that Ephraim would be greater, so again we see the importance of the first-born’s blessing.

Jasher 23:22

“And Ishmael said to Eliezer, “Now my father Abraham is going with Isaac to bring him up for a ascension offering to YAHWEH, as He commanded him. Now when he returns he will give me ALL THAT HE POSSESSES, TO INHERIT AFTER HIM, FOR I AM HIS FIRSTBORN.”

 And the first-born was considered FAVORED by ELOHIM as we can see how important it was from the scriptures above, just as YAHWEH FAVORED Yisra’el as His first-born, by doing so He was using symbolism to show how much Yisra’el means to YAHWEH, and how He FAVORED them among the nations because they were in covenant with Him as we see in the following scriptures:

1 Chronicles 16:16-22

“Even His oath to Abraham and the covenant which He made with the sons of Isaac; and He has confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Yisra’el for an everlasting covenant, saying, to you I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; when you were but few, even a few in numbers and strangers in it. And when you were carried away captive from nation to nation and from kingdom to kingdom to another kingdom, He permitted not the rulers to harm you, yeah, he chastened kings for YOUR SAKES, saying, touch not my anointed ones and do my prophets no harm.”

Sirach 17:17

“For in the division of the nations of the whole earth He set a ruler over every people; but Yisrael is ELOHIM’s portion: whom, being His FIRST-BORN He nourishes with discipline and giving him the light of the His love does not forsake him.”

Again, we see the symbolism used of a Father and son, as YAHWEH is the Father and He disciplines His children as a loving Father would, and we being His children aka first-born, He does just that, because we are His portion, we belong to Him.

Jubilees 2:19-21

“And He said to us, “Behold, I will separate to Myself a people from among ALL THE PEOPLES, and they shall guard the Shabbat day, and I will set them apart to Myself as My people, and will bless them, and they shall be My people and I will be their ELOHIM. And I have chosen the seed of Jacob from among all that I have seen, and have written him down as My FIRST-BORN son, and have set him apart to Myself for ever and ever…”

And being that Yisra’el is His first-born also means that we receive the inheritance and makes us co-heirs with His Son YESHUA!

Daniel 7:13-14, 27

“I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the Son of Man (YESHUA) came upon the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days (YAHWEH), and they brought Him before Him. And there was given Him dominion and esteem and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him; His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom is one that shall not be destroyed.” Verse 27 “And the dominions and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given to the set-apart people of the Most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.”

Revelation 2:25-27 (Hebrew)

“And whosoever overcomes I will give NATIONS as his INHERITANCE, and he will lead them with a rod of iron, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel. And like I received from My Father so I will give him the light (esteem).”

John 3:35 (Hebrew)

“The Father loves the Son, and He gave everything in His hand (authority/power.”)

Mathew 28:18

“YESHUA came and talked with them. He said, “ALL AUTHORITY in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.”

We will see what inheritance those who follow YESHUA get and those who follow Satan get in the next section.

The same first-born symbolism is used for Satan:

1 John 3:8-9 (Aramaic)

“And he that commits transgression IS OF SATAN; because Satan was a transgressor from the beginning: and for this cause, the Son of ELOHIM appeared that He might destroy the works of Satan. Everyone that is born of ELOHIM does not PRACTICE transgression because his seed is in him and he cannot transgress because he is born of ELOHIM. By this are the CHILDREN OF ELOHIM discriminated from the CHILDREN OF SATAN.”

Polycarp a disciple of John Son of Zebedee, says in his letter to the Philippians in 108 AD Chapter 7 “Anyone who does not confess the execution stake is of the devil, whoever says there is no resurrection or judgement, is the FIRST-BORN of Satan.”

Polycarp says outright that those who say YESHUA did not die for their transgressions on the execution stake is of the devil, just as John said:

1 John 4:1-3

“My beloved, do not believe all spirits; but discriminate among spirits whether they are of ELOHIM: for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this the Spirit of ELOHIM is KNOWN; every spirit that confesses that YESHUA the Messiah has come in the flesh IS OF ELOHIM. And every spirit which does NOT CONFESS that YESHUA the Messiah has come in the flesh is NOT OF ELOHIM; but he is of the FALSE MESSIAH of whom you have heard that he comes and now is he already in the world.”

A brother in YESHUA pointed this out as well: The same way that the FIRST-BORN OF YAHWEH will inherit the New Jerusalem and eternal life, is the same way that the FIRST-BORN OF SATAN will inherit the LAKE OF FIRE!

Romans 8:17

“And if children, THEN HEIRS, HEIRS of ELOHIM and JOINT HEIRS WITH YESHUA the Messiah; so that if we suffer with Him, we shall also be esteemed with Him.”

It doesn’t mean Satan literally brought you forth, it means that person is the spiritual seed/child of Satan. So, we as Yisra’el are YAHWEH’s children, his first-born, that He favors above all nations. that are spiritually reborn through the RUACH HA’KODESH (The Set-Apart Spirit) and those who follow Satan are his first-born.

Mathew 3:7 (Hebrew)

“But as he saw great multitudes of Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he (John) said unto them (FAMILY OF VIPERS, Genesis 3:15 serpent seed), who taught you to flee from the anger of YAHWEH?”

Mathew 23:33 (Hebrew)

“SERPENTS, GENEALOGY OF FIERY SNAKES, how will you be delivered of the judgement of Gei-Hinnom?”

John 8:44

“You belong to YOUR FATHER SATAN, and you want to carry out YOUR FATHER’S desires. From the start he was a murderer, and he has never stood by the truth, because there is not truth in him. When he tells a lie, he is speaking in character; because his is a liar indeed, the inventor of the lie!”

Family of vipers, serpents, and genealogy of fiery snakes are all references to Genesis 3:15 when Satan the serpent was cursed and YAHWEH prophesied that YESHUA would crush his head.

Revelation 12:9

“The great dragon was thrown out, that ANCIENT SERPENT, also known as the DEVIL AND SATAN, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled down to earth, and his malachim were hurled down with him.”

YESHUA being the ONLY-BEGOTTEN SON OF YAHWEH

Psalms 2:6-9 (Septuagint)

“But I have been made King by Him (YESHUA speaking) on Zion His set-apart mountain, declaring the statue of YAHWEH: YAHWEH said to Me (YESHUA), You are MY SON, TODAY HAVE I BEGOTTEN YOU. Ask of Me and I will give you the nations as your INHERITANCE and the ends of the earth for Your possession (Daniel 7:13-14). You shall rule them with a rod of iron (Revelation 2:27), you shall dash them in pieces as a potters vessel.”

John 3:16 (Hebrew Besorah/gospel)

“For EL loves the world so much that He gave His ONLY SON-ONE ALONE BEGOTTEN- to the world; in order that He who believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life.

Colossians 1:14-20 (Aramaic)

“By whom we have redemption and forgiveness of transgressions Who is the likeness of the invisible ELOHIM and the FIRST-BORN of all creatures. And by Him was created everything that is in heaven and on earth, all that is visible and all that is invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; everything was through Him and was created by Him: and HE WAS PRIOR TO ALL, and by HIM everything exists. And He is the head of the body of the Assembly; as He is the head and FIRST-BORN from among the dead, that He might be the first in ALL THINGS. For it pleased the Father that in Him all fullness should dwell; and by Him, to reconcile all things to Himself; and through Him He was pacified, with the blood of His stake, both those on earth and those in heaven.”

In Colossians, Paul mentions that YESHUA is the FIRST-BORN of all creation, which means that He is the Chief and Head of the creation as He was here from the beginning and all things were created by Him by I stated in the introduction, again:

Revelation 3:14 (Aramaic) YESHUA speaking:

“And to the messenger of the assembly which is at Laodicea write: “These things says the Ahmein, the witness, the faithful, the true, the CHIEF OF THE CREATION OF ELOHIM.”

Begotten Son of YAHWEH means that He is the exact substance, likeness, esteem and image of YAHWEH The Father being that YAHWEH is invisible, Who became flesh a human being, proving that He Himself is ELOHIM and man. Eternally YESHUA existed as the only begotten Son of The Father in His eternal state before creation, then He physically came in the flesh born of virgin Mary by the RUACH HA’KODESH, which means YAHWEH is still His Father in the spiritual (eternal) and physical realm. He was not created as false Arianism teaches, nor born as humans are, He always existed as He is One with the Father and the proof that was shown through the scriptures by the creation account.

Other proof YESHUA is the Son of YAHWEH even before becoming flesh is found in the Hebrew.

John 3:17-18 (Hebrew besorah)

“For ELOAH did not send His Son into the world in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through Him. Whosever believes in Him will not be judged, but whosoever does not believe in Him is already judged-because he does not believe in the ETERNAL ONE-ALONE BEGOTTEN SON OF ELOAH.”

The definition of eternal is lasting or EXISTING FOREVER; WITHOUT END OR BEGINNING.”

Daniel 3:25

“The King answered and said behold I see men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like that of the SON OF ELOHIM.”

As we see in Daniel which is in the Old Testament, the SON of ELOHIM was seen, which means that He is THE ETERNAL SON OF YAHWEH which matches what was written in John 3:17-18!

YESHUA is the also the literal First-Born of YAHWEH

As we see YESHUA was the eternal (existing forever without end or beginning) Son of The Father before walking the earth and not a created being, He is the Only begotten-Son of YAHWEH. And we will see the rights of the first-born being passed down throughout Yisrael’s history all the way to YESHUA when He was born in the flesh through the RUACH HA’KODESH, showing that He is the Son of YAHWEH before becoming flesh and the First-born Son of YAHWEH when He became flesh.

Genesis 35:22

“And it came to pass, when Yisra’el (Jacob) dwelt in that land, that Rueben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine; and Yisra’el heard of it…”

So when Rueben slept with Bilhah his dad’s concubine, his birthright was taken away and given to the sons of Joseph.

1 Chronicles 5:1

“Now the sons of Rueben the FIRST-BORN of Yisra’el (for he was the first-born of his father; but, because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph his brother; the son of Yisra’el; and upon his two sons came the blessings, more than all the tribes of Yisra’el.

This makes Ephraim the first-born son because of the blessing of Jacob as we read earlier in:

Genesis 48:19-20

“And when Joseph saw that his father laid his RIGHT HAND upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; and he helped up his father’s hand, to remove it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. And Joseph said to his father, not so, my father; for this is the FIRST-BORN; put your right hand upon his head. But his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of peoples.”

Jeremiah 31:9

“They shall go with weeping, but they shall return with fervent prayer; I will lead them by the paths that have water, in straight ways in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Yisra’el, and EPHRAIM IS MY FIRST-BORN.”

Psalms 78:67-71

“Moreover He refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim; but CHOSE THE TRIBE OF JUDAH, mount Zion which He loved. And He built His sanctuary on a high place, and He established it upon the earth for ever. He CHOSE DAVID also His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds; from following the ewes that give suck, he brought him to feed Jacob His people and Yisra’el His inheritance.”

Psalms 89:20-29

“I have found David my servant; with my set-apart oil have I anointed him. My hand has helped him; mine arm also has strengthen him. The enemy shall not prevail upon him, nor the sons of the wicked afflict him. And I will destroy his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him; and in My Name shall his horn be exalted. I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. He shall cry to me, You art my Father, My ELOHIM, and my Mighty Savior. Also I will make him my FIRST-BORN, and will exalt him over the kings of the earth. My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. His offspring also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.”

David from the tribe of Judah has become the FIRST-BORN and YAHWEH promises that there would not cease to be a ruler from His bloodline to be on the throne this is a DUAL PROPHECY HERE, which is mentioned in:

2 Samuel 7:12-19

“And when your days are fulfilled and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come out of your loins, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be like a Father to him and he shall be LIKE a son to me. If he commit folly, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men; but My mercy I will not take from him, as I took it from Saul who was king before you, and whom I put away from before Me. And your house and your kingdom shall BE ESTABLISHED FOREVER before Me; your throne SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOREVER. According to all these words and according to all this vision, so did Nathan the prophet speak to David. Then king David went in and sat before YAHWEH, and he said, who am I, O YAHWEH ELOHIM? And what is my house, that You have elevated me to this place? And is this yet a small thing in Your sight, O YAHWEH ELOHIM, that YOU HAVE SPOKEN ALSO CONCERNING YOUR SERVANTS DESCENDANTS FOR A GREAT WHILE TO COME?...”

David is from the tribe of Judah and his throne would be established forever, this was a prophecy concerning YESHUA the Son of YAHWEH coming through his line.

Micah 5:2 (Aramaic)

“And you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of towns of JUDAH, yet out of you shall come forth a RULER to govern Yisra’el; Whose GOINGS FORTH have been predicted from of old, from ETERNITY.”

Micah 5:2 (Septuagint)

“And you, Bethlehem, house of Ephrathah, are few in number to reckoned among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you one shall come out to Me, to be a RULER OF YISRA’EL; and His goings out were FROM THE BEGINNING, EVEN FROM THE DAYS OF ETERNITY.”

Genesis 49:10 (Aramaic)

“The scepter shall not depart from JUDAH, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until the coming of the ONE to whom the scepter belongs, to whom the gentiles shall look forward.”

As I’ve already shown from the scriptures is that the Ruler that would come from Judah existed from eternity and that is YESHUA as He was here from the beginning and created all things. So, YESHUA is the King, the Son of YAHWEH to come from the line of David from the tribe of Judah and He is YAHWEH’s FIRST-BORN in the flesh, born of virgin Mary.

Mathew 1:20-25 (Aramaic)

“While he was thinking these things, a messenger of Master YAHWEH appeared to him in a dream, and said to him. “Joseph, the son of David, do not have fear to take Mary as your wife, for He that is BEGOTTEN (Psalms 2:7-12) in her is from the RUACH HA’KODESH. And she will bear a son and she will call His Name YESHUA, for He will save His people from their transgressions.” And this all happened that it might be fulfilled what was said by Master YAHWEH through the prophet, “Behold a virgin will conceive and give birth to a SON, and they will call His Name Immanuel, which is interpreted as ‘Our EL is with us.” And when Joseph now rose from his sleep, he did as the messenger of Master YAHWEH commanded him, and he took his wife. And he did not know her (sexually) until she had given birth to her FIRST-BORN SON, and she called His Name YESHUA.”

YESHUA is the literal first-born of YAHWEH in the flesh from the Tribe of Judah and the ETERNAL SON OF YAHWEH, none of this is symbolic. And this all fulfills the prophecies spoken of in the Old Testament and to the promise to David.

Luke 1:32-33 (Aramaic)

“This One will be great and will be called the SON of the Highest, and Master YAHWEH your ELOHIM will give to Him the THRONE OF DAVID his father. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. And there will not be an end to His Kingdom forever.”

Acts 13:22-23 (Aramaic)

“And He took him and raised David the king for them. And He testified concerning him and said, “I have found David the son of Jessie a man according to My heart; and he will do all my will. From the SEED OF THIS MAN (David’s bloodline) ELOHIM raised YESHUA the Savior for Yisra’el as was promised.”

Revelation 22:16 (Hebrew)

“I YESHUA sent My messengers to show this to the assembly. Even I AM THE ROOT OF THE FAMILIES OF DAVID!”

Ezekiel 37:24-25

“And my servant David (YESHUA) shall be King over them; and they all shall have One Shepherd; and they shall walk in My judgements and keep My commandments and do them. And they shall dwell in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, in which your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell in it, even they and their children and their children’s children FOR EVER; and My servant David, shall be their Prince FOR EVER.”

David mentioned here is a reference to YESHUA based on the prophecy that we read in 2 Samuel 7 that David would not cease to have a ruler upon the throne its poetic language, then Luke 1:32 shows YESHUA will sit on the throne of David. As we see in this prophecy in Ezekiel that David which is YESHUA will rule over the 12 tribes when they are regathered in the land of Yisra’el. YESHUA lives forever, David is currently in the grave so this is not literally speaking of David.

Acts 2:29-34 (Aramaic)

“Men, our brothers, allow me to speak boldly with you concerning the Patriarch David, who is DEAD and ALSO BURIED, and whose grave is with us until today. For he was a prophet, and he had known that oaths that ELOHIM had sworn to him, that, of the fruit of your loins I WILL ESTABLSIH A KING UPON YOUR THRONE. And he foresaw and spoke concerning the resurrection of the Messiah, that was not left in Sheol, nor did his body see corruption. This YESHUA ELOHIM raised, and we are all witnesses.. And this is He who is exalted at the right hand of ELOHIM, and received the promise from the Father concerning the RUACH HA’KODESH (The Set-Apart Spirit). And He has poured out this gift, which behold you see and you hear. For it was NOT THAT DAVID did ascend into the heaven, because he said, “Master YAHWEH said to My Master, sit yourself at My right hand, until I place your enemies as a footstool to your feet.” Truly therefore let all the house of Yisra’el know that Master YAHWEH has made this YESHUA whom you crucified both ELOHIM AND MESSIAH.”

So who is YAHWEH’s Son?

Hosea 11:1

“When Yisra’el was a child, then I loved him, and call him, my son, out of Egypt.”

This is a beautiful scripture with a dual meaning embedded in just as we saw from Psalms 89. In the peshat which is the literal meaning YAHWEH sent Moses to deliver his first-born son out of slavery in Egypt, but in the Remez which is the hint to a deeper spiritual meaning and of a future prophecy, YAHWEH calls His literal Son YESHUA out of Egypt.

Mathew 2:13-15

“And when they went, the messenger of Master YAHWEH appeared to Joseph in a dream and said to him, “Arise, take the boy (YESHUA) and his mother and flee to EGYPT and there remain until I tell you. For Herod is going to seek the boy to destroy Him.” Joseph arose and took the boy and His mother in the night and fled to Egypt. That might be fulfilled the thing that was spoken from Master YAHWEH by the prophet which said that, “From Egypt I have called My Son.”

Again, lets re-examine the questions that were presented in the introduction:

Exodus 4:22

“And you shall say to Pharaoh, thus says YAHWEH, Yisra’el is my FIRST-BORN son.”

Proverbs 30:4

“Tell me, Who has ascended up into heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a handkerchief? Who has established all the borders of the earth? What is His Name, and What is His SON’S NAME, if you can tell?

The answer should be abundantly clear now: His Name is YESHUA HA’MASHICAH (The Anointed One), He is the Anointed King, Priest, and Prophet and the Only begotten Son of YAHWEH. May YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’S Name!

Shepherd of Hermas command #12: Can the commandments be KEPT?

Last week we ended with Chapter 3 of the 12th commandment where the malach of repentance said:

“I say to him, “Sir, these commandments are great, and good, and esteemed, and fitted to gladden the heart of the man who can perform them. But I do not know if these commandments can be kept by man, because they are exceeding hard.” He answered and said to me, “If you lay it down as certain that they can be kept, then you will easily keep them, and they will not be hard. But if you come to imagine that they cannot be kept by man, then you will not keep them. Now I say to you, If you do not keep them, but neglect them, you will not be saved, nor your children, nor your house, since you have already determined for yourself that these commandments cannot be kept by man.”

The malach of repentance just crushed the entire doctrine of modern-day Christianity which states the commandments are legalistic and bondage, cannot be kept by any human being, and are exceedingly hard. Is this what the scriptures teach?

1 John 5:3

“For this is the love of ELOHIM, that we keep His commandments and His commandments are NOT BURDENSOME.”

Deuteronomy 30:11-12

“For this commandment which I command you this day is not hidden from you, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say, who shall go up for us to heaven and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, who shall go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it? But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may DO IT.”

Psalms 19:7-8

“The Torah of YAHWEH is PERFECT, converting the soul; the testimony of YAHWEH is trustworthy, making wise the young men. The statues of YAHWEH are right, REJOICING the heart; the commandment of YAHWEH is pure, enlightening the eyes.”

James 1:25 (Hebrew)

“But whosever sees with fullness in the LAW OF JOY, and ESTABLISHES it (Does it), and does not forget what he heard, but DOES IT, this one will be blessed in all his deeds.”

Jeremiah 15:16

“Your commandments have I kept and carried out, Your word was to me a DELIGHT and the JOY of my heart; for I am called by Your Name.”

So, we just read from the scriptures that the commandments are not burdensome and also that the Torah is PERFECT, The Law of JOY, and REJOICES the heart. These scriptures completely dismantle the legalistic and bondage false doctrine of Christianity, as we see the scriptures say the exact opposite. However, most Christians will quickly quote:

Philippians 4:16

“I have strength to do all, through Messiah who strengthens me.”

Then turn right around and say they can’t keep the commandments of the ONE who gave them! That does not make any sense does it? The same Messiah who gives you strength to do all things is the same One who said keep the commandments; therefore, it’s not too hard for you! Most people just refuse to obey them, because the flesh is winning the war over their spirit.

Luke 6:46

“Why do you call Me, My Master, My Master, and DO NOT DO WHAT I SAY?” And what does YESHUA say?

John 14:21

“He who has My commandments with Him and OBEYS THEM is the one who loves Me; He who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

Revelation 22:14

“Blessed are those who DO HIS COMMANDMENTS, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.”

Luke 11:28

“He said to her, “Blessed are they who hear (shema) the Word o ELOHIM and KEEP IT.”

Shema in Hebrew means to HEAR and OBEY! Faith comes by hearing (Romans 10:17) which is followed by actions, and the action is to obey the commandments that you heard.

Romans 2:13

“For NOT THE HEARERS of Torah are righteous before ELOHIM, but the DOERS OF TORAH ARE BEING MADE RIGHTEOUS.”

James 1:22

“But be DOERS OF THE WORD, and NOT HEARERS ONLY; and do NOT DECEIVE YOURSELVES.”

James and Paul clearly understand what Shema means to HEAR AND OBEY, not just be hearers only!

CHAPTER 4

“These things he said to me in tones of the deepest anger, so that I was confounded and exceedingly afraid of him, for his figure was altered so that a man could not endure his anger.”

The first thing I want to point out is that Hermas could not endure the anger of a malach (angel), so how can anyone endure the wrath of YAHWEH and YESHUA our ELOHIM who created the malachim (angels)? The angel that made Hermas afraid trembles in His presence of YAHWEH? Do you want this feeling on judgement day?

Testament of Levi 3:9-10

“Therefore when YAHWEH looks at us (malachim/angels), all of us are shaken; yes, the heavens, and the earth, and the abysses TREMBLE at the presence of His majesty. But the sons of men, not perceiving these things, transgress and provoke the anger of Most High.”

2 Esdras 13:1-4 (YESHUA)

“After seven days, I dreamed a dream in the night; and behold, a great wind arose from the sea so that it stirred up all its waves. And I looked, and behold, this wind made something like the figure of a man come up out of the heart of the sea. And I looked, and behold, that man flew with the clouds of heaven; and wherever He turned His FACE to look, EVERYTHING UNDER HIS GAZE TREMBLED…”

Revelation 6:16

“And said to the mountains and rocks, fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of His wrath is come, and WHO SHALL BE ABLE TO STAND?

Shepherd of Hermas continued:“ But seeing me altogether agitated and confused, he began to speak to me in more gentle tones; and he said: “O feel, senseless and doubting, do you not perceive how great is the esteem of ELOHIM, and how strong and marvelous, in that He created the world for the sake of man, and subjected all creation to him, and gave him power to rule over everything under heaven? If, then, man is master of the creatures of ELOHIM, and rules over all, is he not able to be master also of these commandments?

Genesis 1:26

“Then ELOHIM said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have DOMINION over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild beasts of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”

2 Esdras 6:53-54

“On the sixth day You did command the earth to bring forth before You cattle, beasts, and creeping things; and over these You did place Adam, as RULER over ALL THE WORKS which You had made previously…”

Being that ELOHIM gave us dominion over His creation, why would He not give us the power to walk in the commandments that He personally gave?

Wisdom 2:23-24

“For ELOHIM created man to be immortal and made him to be an image of His own eternity. Nevertheless through the envy of Satan, death came into the world; and those that take his side find it.”

Those who do not walk in the commandments of YAHWEH are taking the side of Satan and they will find death in the end.

Did ELOHIM give us commandments we couldn’t keep?

As we see the malach of repentance has answered this question and the answer is no! We were created to rule over the creation of ELOHIM, so how can we not master the laws that He gave?

Luke 1:5-6 (The parents of John the Baptist)

“In the days of Herod the king of Judah, there was a certain priest whose name was Zechariah, from the order of the house of Abiya. And his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisheba. And they were both RIGHTEOUS before ELOHIM, BLAMELESSLY WALKING IN ALL THE COMMANDS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS OF YAHWEH.”

Yes, this is a New Testament example for those who say the law cannot be kept. Looks look at some more examples:

Genesis 7:1

“Then ELOHIM said to Noah, enter into the ark; you and all your household, for you alone have I seen RIGHTEOUS (Deuteronomy 6:25) before me in this generation.”

Sirach 44:17

“Noah was found PERFECT and RIGHTEOUS (Deuteronomy 6:25), in the time of anger he was taken in exchange for the world; then he was left as a remnant on the earth, when the flood came.”

Genesis 17:1

“When Abram was ninety-nine years old, YAHWEH appeared to him, and said to him, I am the Almighty ELOHIM; walk well before me, and be FAULTLESS.”

Genesis 26:5

“Because that Abraham obeyed My voice, and kept My charge, My commandments, My statues, and My LAWS.”

Sirach 44:19-20

“Abraham was a great father of many people: in esteem was there none like him; who KEPT THE LAW OF ELYON (EL MOST HIGH) AND WAS IN COVENANT with Him…”

The Torah can be kept, because YAHWEH is not going to purposely give us commandments that we cannot keep. The problem is that the world has gotten so far removed from the ways of our ELOHIM that transgression increased heavily upon the earth; and we all broke the Torah at some point and the wages of transgression is death. This is why we need a Savior in YESHUA! So, being that YESHUA came to die because we broke the Torah, how do you go on continuing to break the Torah when that is the reason why He died? The commandments are how we know Him (1 John 2:3-4 and how we love Him John 14:21 and 1 John 5:3).

Romans 3:31

“What, then? Do we nullify the Law through faith? FAR BE IT; on the CONTRARY, we UPHOLD THE LAW.”

We deserved to die for transgressing against YAHWEH’s commandments, but He chose not put us to death, rather He sent His Son YESHUA to die in our place, this is the real meaning of GRACE which is defined as unmerited favor  that we did not earn or deserve.

1 John 4:9-10

“By this was the love of ELOHIM toward us made known, for ELOHIM sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. Herein is love, not that we loved ELOHIM, but that ELOHIM loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our transgressions.”

It must be understood that without the shedding of YESHUA’s blood we would not be saved, we needed a Savior because of our transgressions, but that is not a license to go on breaking His laws as stated in the previous messages. There is a difference between ignorant transgression and willful transgressions of the commandments. We obey the commands because this is how we love Him and know Him.

Numbers 15:30-31

“But the person who commits transgression DEFIANTLY, whether he be of you or the proselytes, the same BLASPHEMES before YAHWEH; and that person shall be cut off from among his people. Because he has DESPISED the word of YAHWEH and has broken the commandments, that person shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.”

Shepherd of Hermas continued: For,” says he, “the man who has YAHWEH in his heart can also be master of all, and of every one of these commandments. But to those who have YAHWEH only on their lips, but their hearts hardened, and who are far from YAHWEH, the commandments are hard and difficult.”

Mathew 15:7-9

“O you hypocrites, the prophet Isaiah well prophesied concerning you, saying, this people honor Me with THEIR LIPS, but their HEART is far away from Me. And they worship Me in VAIN when they teach the doctrines of the commandments of men.”

Isaiah 29:13

“Therefore YAHWEH said, forasmuch as this people draw near Me with THEIR MOUTH, and with their LIPS do honor Me, but have removed their HEART FAR FROM ME, and their reverence toward Me is taught by the precepts and doctrine of men.”

Shepherd of Hermas continued: “Put, therefore, ye who are empty and fickle in your faith, YAHWEH in your heart, and ye will know that there is nothing easier or sweeter, or more manageable, than these commandments. Return, ye who WALK in the COMMANDMENTS OF THE DEVIL, in hard, and bitter, and wild immorality, and fear not the devil; for there is no power in him against you, for I will be with you, the malach of repentance, who am master over him. The devil has fear only, but his fear has no strength. Fear him not, then, and he will flee from you.”

Acts 26:18

“To open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to ELOHIM and receive forgiveness of transgressions and a portion with the saints who are of the faith in Me.”

1 John 3:8

“He who commits transgression (1 John 3:4 which is breaking Torah) is OF THE DEVIL, because the devil has been a transgressor from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of ELOHIM appeared, that He might destroy the works of the devil.”

Those who say the law is done away with are walking in the commandments of the devil, in doing so your heart becomes hard and you say the commandments are too hard to keep, legalistic and bondage, which means you are honoring YAHWEH with your lips but your heart is FAR FROM HIM.

CHAPTER 5

I say to him, “Sir, listen to me for a moment.” “Say what you wish,” says he. “Man, sir,” say I, “is eager to keep the commandments of ELOHIM, and there is no one who does not ask of YAHWEH that strength may be given him for these commandments, and that he may be subject to them; but the devil is hard, and holds sway over them.” “He cannot,” says he, “hold sway over the servants of ELOHIM, who with all their heart place their hopes in Him. The devil CAN wrestle against these, overthrow them he cannot. If, then, ye resist him, he will be conquered, and flee in disgrace from you. As many, therefore,” says he, “as are empty, fear the devil, as possessing power. When a man has filled very suitable jars with good wine, and a few among those jars are left empty, then he comes to the jars, and does not look at the full jars, for he knows that they are full; but he looks at the empty, being afraid lest they have become sour. For empty jars quickly become sour, and the goodness of the wine is gone. So also the devil goes to all the servants of ELOHIM to try them.”

Revelation 12:17

“And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of ELOHIM and have the testimony of YESHUA.”

In Mathew 4 we see that after YESHUA was led to the wilderness after 40 days of fasting then Satan appeared to tempt him. YESHUA tells us that:

John 15:20

“Remember the word which I said to you, that no servant is greater than his master. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will also keep yours.”

We are servants of YESHUA; therefore, He is our Master and we are not greater than He is. The devil tried Him as he also tries us, YESHUA was persecuted, just as we will be persecuted. But, just as the malach of repentance said is that the devil will wrestle with you but not overcome you, and YESHUA also said:

John 16:33

“These things I have said to you that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but have courage, I have conquered the world.”

Shepherd of Hermas continued: “As many, then, as are full in the faith, resist him strongly, and he withdraws from them, having no way by which he might enter them. He goes, then, to the empty, and finding a way of entrance, into them, he produces in them whatever he wishes, and they become his servants.”

John 8:34

“YESHUA answered them, “Yes, indeed! I tell you that everyone who practices transgression is a SLAVE to transgression.”

Romans 6:16

“Don’t you know that if you present yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, then, of the one whom you are OBYEING, you are SLAVES- whether of transgression, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to being made righteous?”

If one is practicing transgression it is become Satan has entered into them, he produces in them whatever he wishes, and they become HIS SERVANTS, just as the malach of repentance says which matches the words of YESHUA and Paul.

CHAPTER 6

“But I, the malach  of repentance, say to you Fear not the devil; for I was sent,” says he, “to be with you who repent with all your heart, and to make you strong in faith. Trust ELOHIM, then, ye who on account of your transgressions have despaired of life, and who add to your transgressions and weigh down your life; for if ye return to YAHWEH with all your heart, and practice righteousness (Deuteronomy 6:25) the rest of your days, and serve Him according to His will (Psalms 40:8), He will heal your former transgressions, and you will have power to hold sway over the works of the devil. But as to the threats of the devil, fear them not at all, for he is powerless as the sinews of a dead man. Give ear to me, then, and fear Him who has all power, both to save and destroy, and keep His commandments, and ye will live to ELOHIM.”

Mathew 10:28

“Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but who cannot kill the soul; but above all, be afraid of Him who can destroy both the soul and the body in Gei-Hinnom.”

Shepherd of Hermas continued:  “I say to him, “Sir, I am now made strong in all the ordinances of YAHWEH, because you are with me; and I know that you will crush all the power of the devil, and we shall have rule over him, and shall prevail against all his works. And I hope, sir, to be able to keep all these commandments which you have enjoined upon me, YAHWEH strengthening me.” “You will keep them,” says he, “if your heart be pure towards YAHWEH; and all will keep them who cleanse their hearts from the vain desires of this world, and they will live to ELOHIM.”

Mathew 5:8

“Blessed are the PURE IN HEART, for they shall see ELOHIM.”

This concludes the 12 commandments of the Shepherd of Hermas which all align with the scriptures. Remember to do them all so that you can live to ELOHIM. As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

Shepherd of Hermas command #12: Overcome evil desire! Part 1

CHAPTER 1

“He says to me, “Put away from you all wicked desire, and clothe yourself with good and chaste desire; for clothed with this desire you will hate wicked desire, and will rein yourself in even as you wish. For wicked desire is wild, and is with difficulty tamed. For it is terrible, and consumes men exceedingly by its wildness. Especially is the servant of ELOHIM terribly consumed by it, if he falls into it and is devoid of understanding. Moreover, it consumes all such as have not on them the garment of good desire, but are entangled and mixed up with this world. These it delivers up to death.”

James 1:13-14

“But let no one say-when a temptation comes on him- “This comes from YAHWEH,” for YAHWEH does not tempt man with evil, and He is not tempted by anyone. Only, everyone is tempted when his DESIRE overcomes him. And afterwards if he accepted the DESIRE, it causes the sin; but the sin-when it is completed causes the death.”

As the malach of repentance said: “These it delivers up to death.”

Amos 5:15

“Hate the evil and love the good, and establish justice in the gate…”

Romans 12:9

“Let not your love be full of deceit: but be haters of evil things and adherers to good things.”

Psalms 119:128

“Therefore I love all Your commandments; and I hate every way of the wicked.”

CHAPTER 2

““What then, sir,” say I, “are the deeds of wicked desire which deliver men over to death? Make them known to me, and I will refrain from them.” “Listen, then, to the works in which evil desire slays the servants of ELOHIM.” Foremost of all is the desire after another’s wife or husband…”

Exodus 20:17

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house, you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, not his manservant nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbors.”

Deuteronomy 5:21

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife…”

Sirach 9:9

“Do not sit at all with another man’s wife nor sit down with her in your arms and do not spend your money on wine with her; for fear that your heart inclines to her and so through your DESIRE you fall into destruction.”

Shepherd of Hermas continued: “And after extravagance (a condition of GREAT comfort, ease as one trusting in their riches) and many useless dainties and drinks (wasting money), and many other foolish luxuries; (unnecessary expenses like $700 pair of shoes, expensive and excessive jewelry, etc.. Shepherd of Hermas explains the rich are given riches to help the poor) all luxury is foolish and empty in the servants of ELOHIM. These, then, are the evil desires which slay the servants of ELOHIM. For this evil desire is the daughter of the devil. You must refrain from evil desires, that by refraining ye may live to ELOHIM. But as many as are mastered by them, and do not resist them, will perish at last, for these desires are fatal.”

James 4:1-4 (Hebrew)

“And why is there war among you? Is it not because of your DESIRES which fight in your members (flesh)? So you desire, but do not receive; and he who takes revenge and stays angry does not profit by it. And why all this? Because you do not pray, and when you do a prayer, it is not answered because you pray wrongly.” O adulterer and adulteress, do you not know that whosoever loves this world, he hates YAHWEH? So, whosoever wants to be a lover of this world, he himself will be a hater of YAHWEH.”

These pray wrongly to satisfy their evil worldly desires and lusts, and those who love the world and its lusts are haters of YAHWEH. As the malach of repentance said evil desire is wild, not easily tamed, is fatal and will destroy the servants of ELOHIM.

Shepherd of Hermas continued: “Put you on, then, the desire of righteousness (Deuteronomy 6:25, 1 John 2:29); and arming yourself with the fear of YAHWEH (Ecclesiastes 12:13, Proverbs 9:10), resist them. For the fear of YAHWEH dwells in good desire. But if evil desire see you armed with the fear of ELOHIM, and RESISTING it, it will FLEE far from you, and it will no longer appear to you, for it fears your ARMOR.”

 James 4:7

“Submit yourselves, then, to ELOHIM. Resist the devil, and he will FLEE from you.”

Ephesians 6:11-17

“And put on the whole ARMOR of ELOHIM so that you may be able to stand against the strategies of the Accuser. For our conflict is not with flesh and blood but with principalities and with those in authority, and with the possessors of this dark world, and with the evil spirits that are under heaven. Therefore put on the whole ARMOR of ELOHIM that you may be able to meet the evil one; and, being in all respects prepared, may stand firm. Stand up therefore, and gird your loins with truth (Psalms 119:142); and put on the breastplate of righteousness (Deuteronomy 6:25); and defend your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace (YESHUA). And now take to you the confidence of faith (Habukkuk 2:4) by which you will have power to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one. And put on the helmet of salvation; and take hold of the sword of the spirit which is the Word of ELOHIM.”

Evil desire which is the daughter of the devil will flee from you as Satan will flee from you when you have on the ARMOR OF YAHWEH! Arm yourselves and defeat the enemy.

Shepherd of Hermas continued: “Go, then, garlanded with the crown which you have gained for victory over it, to the desire of righteousness, and, delivering up to it the prize which you have received, serve it even as it wishes. If you serve good desire, and be subject to it, you will gain the mastery over evil desire, and make it subject to you even as you wish.”

CHAPTER 3

“I should like to know,” say I, “in what way I ought to serve good desire.” “Hear,” says he: “You will practice righteousness and virtue, truth and the fear of YAHWEH, faith and meekness, and whatsoever excellences are like to these. Practicing these, you will be a well-pleasing servant of ELOHIM, and you will live to Him; and every one who shall serve good desire, shall live to ELOHIM.” He concluded the twelve commandments, and said to me, “You have now these commandments. Walk in them, and exhort your hearers that their repentance may be pure during the remainder of their life. Fulfill carefully this ministry which I now entrust to you, and you will accomplish much. For you will find favor among those who are to repent, and they will give heed to your words; for I will be with you, and will compel them to obey you.” I say to him, “Sir, these commandments are great, and good, and esteemed, and fitted to gladden the heart of the man who can perform them. But I do not know if these commandments can be kept by man, because they are exceeding hard.” He answered and said to me, “If you lay it down as certain that they can be kept, then you will easily keep them, and they will not be hard. But if you come to imagine that they cannot be kept by man, then you will not keep them. Now I say to you, If you do not keep them, but neglect them, you will not be saved, nor your children, nor your house, since you have already determined for yourself that these commandments cannot be kept by man.”

ELOHIM willing part 2 is a discussion about if the commandments are too hard to keep or not and we will see if the malach of repentance agrees with Christianity which says the commandments are impossible to keep and bondage.

As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you and in YESHUA’s Name!