Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Debunking The Flat Earth And Geocentric Theories With Science and Photos Taken From Space

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Proof That The Earth And The Moon Are Spheres!

If you take a telescope and look up at the planets and their moons, you will see that almost all of them are spherical or ovoid in shape, and they are revolving in space. Our own Moon, with its many phases is an obvious, unavoidable and roughly spherical testament to the overall spherical shape of most celestial bodies. This can be seen quite clearly in this time-lapsed photo of a Total Lunar Eclipse from the vantage point of Dallas, Texas. This is of the last Blood Moon of the 2014-2015 Blood Moon Tetrad on Jewish Feasts which occurred over the USA on the Feast of Tabernacles on September 28th, 2015:

Time Lapse of Blood Moon of 9-28-2015 Over Dallas, Texas
Even celestial bodies like asteroids that are not always spherical are still generally elliptical and three dimensional objects that are spinning in space. This is why I was moved by God one day to write the following to a Flat Earther: Get yourself a good telescope, learn how to use it to look up into God's magnificent creation, and you will see that the universe is a symphony of spheres upon spheres made up of billions upon billions of suns, planets, asteroids, comets and many other types of celestial objects moving in a long and amazing dance as they show us God's infinite power and creativity.


Above this paragraph, I've linked to an article that disproves the Flat Earth theory based on observation and science. It reminded me that, during the days when I had access to a high powered telescope, it had a motorized mount used for tracking various celestial bodies. This mount is calibrated to work on the assumption that the Earth is a sphere, and it worked perfectly when given the correct angular coordinates to follow.

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Considering what scientific observations have shown modern Astronomers, have you ever run across a Flat Earther on Facebook or YouTube, and wondered what in the world would lead them to believe such a scientifically inaccurate theory? Well, the truth is that the number of modern Flat Earth proponents is growing for some reason in these last days, and I feel it is no doubt due to widespread demonic activity, which is evident in the complete lack of love and respect these Flat Earth proponents show in conversation.

Unfortunately, Flat Earthers act like brain-washed Quasi-Christians that believe in the Geocentric Theory and the Flat Earth Theory of the Earth because passages in the Bible written to describe the behavior of the Sun, Moon, planets, stars, and various miraculous events that God used to shorten or lengthen the Earth's day to achieve His will could suggest this to someone unfamiliar with Astronomy.

Although observations of the Earth's Moon and our Solar System done with a telescope basically disprove all of their theories, Flat Earthers have a cult mentality, and their behavior is decidedly Antichristian and ungodly toward those who disagree with them because of this. I know this because some of these Flat Earth proponents have befriended me on Facebook just to argue with me. Furthermore, they would become especially vile toward me whenever I posted something related to Astronomy, or the Gospel in the Stars that disproved them, and they were completely unwilling to listen to me when I refused to give their theories any credence, and attempted to show them proof that they are wrong. That is why I have written this article. It is meant to be a tool to share with any Flat Earth or Geocentric Theory proponents I run across in the future, and I am sharing it in hopes that it will help others dealing with these same types of brainwashed individuals

As a Sacred Astronomer, I am familiar with Sidereal Astrology, which determines the movements of the planets, Sun and Moon by direct visual observation, or with the use of binoculars and/or a telescope. Telescopes can be costly, but anyone that has had the privilege of looking through one like I have will soon discover that planets like Mars, Jupiter, Venus and their moons appear to be mostly round in shape, and they are shaded like a ball or sphere from the shadows cast on them by the Sun.

Time Lapse Photo Showing The Phases of the Moon
As shown in the above composite photograph, our Moon is also a constant visual testimony that celestial bodies tend to be round. Due to the phases it goes through each month, the Earth's Moon clearly displays its spherical shape from the shapes of the shadows that form on the Lunar surface. The Moon's patterns of light and shadow are also best explained by a heliocentric model of the Solar System, as shown in the diagram below. But reasoning with Flat Earthers is impossible because they have a cult mentality, and think they are the only true Christians in the world today, just like the Mormons, Jehovah's Witness, and Worldwide Church of God cult adherents also believe.

Sadly, the fact that Flat Earth proponents pose as Christians, but clearly are not, makes all those involved in the Flat Earth cult mindset extremely damaging to the cause of Christ. This is because Flat Earthers are bullies and extremists that are driving many already skeptical and lost people away from finding salvation in Christ because of their crazy ideas and refusal to see reason.

Despite the beliefs of these deluded people, the photos used in this article clearly show that the Earth and Moon are spherical in shape. These and other numerous recent photos taken from various unmanned spacecraft and the International Space Station of the Earth show a spherical shape to the Earth's horizon. The curve of the Earth is apparent, and the impression that we are looking at a roughly spherical planet is evident. So anyone who believes in a flat Earth can only do so by ignoring or disbelieving these obvious and unavoidable photographic images and facts.

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The Bible passages that Geocentric Solar System and Flat Earth theorists point to for support are ignoring the fact that, from the perspective of the Earth's surface, it does appear that the Earth is stationary, and that the Sun, Moon, planets and stars are revolving around the Earth. This is why most of mankind believed that the Earth was flat or concave like the back of a tortoise shell for thousands of years. However, modern photographic imagery like the ones shown here are clear evidence that the theory that the Sun, Moon and Planets revolve around the Earth, and/or that the Earth is flat are incorrect.

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Many of the Geocentric Universe and Flat Earth theorists that I have come across also like to insinuate that NASA is an occult controlled organization, so they refuse to trust anything that NASA puts forth as the truth. However, they refuse to admit that NASA is a not a religious organization, but a truly scientific one dedicated to sharing the truth just as an atheist would see it. Although, just like the rest of this wicked world, NASA does have an Antichristian agenda by default because they discredit the existence of God and His act of creating the Universe, they were NOT founded for Satanic purposes. Nonetheless, to quiet the naysayers, I've made an effort to share some images that are not taken from the NASA spacecraft photo archives, but by other space exploration agencies around the world. Please read the captions on the photos to see where, when and by whom they were taken.

But beyond the photos taken from space and the International Space Station (ISS) that disprove the Flat Earth Theory, there is also the science behind the ISS, and the charts used to track its whereabouts based on its trajectory around the Earth. All of these charts are based on the time it takes for the ISS to circle around a globe, not a flat disk. Here is the title and link to an excellent and detailed forum page using the science behind the ISS to debunk the Flat Earth Theory, and despite it's title, there's much scientific information there besides the photos:

Space Station Photos Disprove the "Flat Earth" Theory

On that note, I wonder if the Geocentric Theory and Flat Earth Theory are under the control of some kind of demonic stronghold. I do not say this to imply that everyone who believes these theories are demonically possessed, but that they may nonetheless be influenced by demons. This is because so many people that believe in these illogical theories are very antagonistic and hateful toward anyone that disagrees with them, and this is the same kind of behavior that those in the Liberal community resort to.

Instead of being kind and respectful, Flat Earth theorists and Geocentrists often use insults, put-downs, accusations, and foul language to drive their critics away. They also like to take arguments that are given and call them attacks when they are simply factual statements supporting an alternative view. But the evidence shown in the collection of photos in this article are undeniably clear: Our Earth and Moon are roughly spherical in shape.

As for the fact that the Earth and Moon heliocentrically revolve around the Sun, and not vise versa as Geocentrists claim, this can be proven from a spiritual standpoint when the Sun is identified as the symbol for God the Father and Yahshua or Jesus. As Biblical proof that this is the case, God's Preincarnate Son was called the Sun of Righteousness in Malachi 4:2. This makes much sense spiritually and scientifically since the Sun gives life-giving light and warmth to plants so that they can produce food via photosynthesis, and thus supply virtually all the living things on this Earth with food to eat.

This is in mimicry of how God has designed all of His Creation to reflect His Spiritual Light and Wisdom, and to feed the soul and spirit of every God-ordained creature that lives on the face of the Earth, especially the souls and spirits of mankind. Since God the Father is indeed the center of any Christian or Jewish spiritual universe, it follows that His Sun symbol in outer space is also the center of our Solar System.

As I show in the first book of my Language of God Book Series that is called The Language of God in the Universe, the other planets and minor planets in our Solar System are connected to the Twelve Major Signs of the Mazzaroth or Zodiac, and therefore to the Twelve Apostles and the spiritual heads of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. To find out more about my book, and how to purchase it, click on the embedded link in this paragraph.

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Saturday, May 28, 2016

WHY CHRIST IS THE LORD OF A PERPETUAL SABBATH!


This article has been derived from combining four recent posts that I made on Facebook concerning the Seventh Day Sabbath Rest instituted by God. It is not meant to be disrespectful to those who wish to keep the Seventh Day Sabbath in the traditional Jewish manner - or as it was prescribed by God in Exodus Chapter 16, and again in Exodus Chapter 31, where it is called a Covenant sign, and a day in which the Israelites were to rest from their labors, and do no work.

At the time the Sabbath rest was instituted, which was at the time of the Exodus, Yahweh made not keeping the Sabbath day punishable by death (See Exodus 31:14). Yahweh did this because He wanted His special people to set themselves apart from the rest of the world, which was paganistic and idolatrous and did not set aside a proper time for anyone to rest from their labors. This lack of rest time can be detrimental to one's health, and many of Yahweh's laws concerning human diet and behavior were specifically designed to keep His people healthy. Yahweh also wanted His human children to have no distractions keeping them from remembering Him, praising His Name, and worshiping and fellowshipping with Him in prayer. This is because it not only brings joy to our Heavenly Father, but can have healing affects on those who willingly worship Yahweh with joy and thanksgiving in their hearts.

Yahweh wanted to ensure that His human children rested at least one day a week - or for a portion of each day outside of bed time - because it is essential for human health to have some serious leisure time, especially if it is devoted to worship and prayer. For these reasons, keeping the Sabbath Day in the traditional day-long manner is a great idea for people who can take a full day to rest from work, although this is becoming increasingly hard to do in today's fast-paced, activity-packed world.

However, the ritual lighting of two candles, and the prescribed prayers that Jews associate with keeping the Sabbath are not delineated anywhere in the Bible, so they are optional. The important thing is to make sure that you devote this set apart day - or, alternatively, a portion of each day - to study God's Word, to pray, to fellowship with other believers, to help those believers that need help, and to purify and heal your body, which is the temple of the Holy Spirit.

Each separate post that I made about the Sabbath on Facebook has been woven together here to be read as one full article, with sub-titles opening each new article section. I hope and pray that it will bless everyone with a better understanding of the Sabbath rest that Yahweh God ordained to commemorate His Creation of the Universe, and how it should be viewed in light of our New Covenant in Christ.

The reason why I felt it was necessary to write this four part commentary on the Sabbath is because of the controversy that exists between various legalistic Judaizers in the Body of Christ. These Judaizers can be found among more legalistic Torah-keeping Messianic Jewish believers, the Jehovah's Witnesses, the Worldwide Church of God, and the Seventh Day Adventists, who all insist that a strict observance of God's Seventh Day Sabbath as laid forth in the Law of Moses, and as one of the Ten Commandments, is not only necessary, but essential for salvation to occur. Meanwhile, their detractors in the greater body of Christ believe that Christians are under a perpetual Sabbath rest unto God through our baptism with the Holy Spirit. Our baptism with the Spirit of God indwelling us is a seal indicating that we are saved. It also marks our identification with Christ's shed blood for our salvation, and to our death to the world of sin, and the sinful desires of our bodies. Seeing ourselves as dead to the world and separating ourselves from worldly pleasures allows us to live for Christ via His Spirit every day of the week. As the Apostle Paul said:
Romans 6:3-11 ~ “How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? 3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For he who has died has been freed from sin. 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
So the Apostle Paul - whose teachings Judaizers such as strict Sabbath keepers often hate and do their best to ignore - tells the saints that they were baptized into Christ's death as a symbol of their death to the world and to sin so that they can seek to always live for Christ as slaves to righteousness. So, if all saints are now dead to the world of sin and slaves instead to righteousness, doesn't this mean that saints no longer need to follow the world's rules and regulations for the living any longer? Logically, the answer is they do not, because our physical bodies are to be viewed as dead to the world, and we are to see ourselves as only alive in the Spirit, which does not need to rest because dwelling in the Spirit means being in a perpetual state of supernatural rest or peace that transcends all human understanding (See Philippians 4:7).

In the following Scripture, the Apostle Paul clearly states that the saints are to view themselves as dead to the world and its rules and regulations so they can be free to do Yahweh's spiritual Will at all times:
Colossians 2:11-23 ~ “In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. 13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. 
       16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ. 18 Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19 and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God. 
       20 Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations— 21 “Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,” 22 which all concern things which perish with the using—according to the commandments and doctrines of men? 23 These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.”
So here the Apostle Paul tells the saints that - just as all the priestly ceremonial rules, blood offerings and sacrificial laws connected to the Mosaic Law were nailed to the Cross with Christ (See the Book of Hebrews, Chapters 9 through 12) - the Book of Colossians tells us that the rules and regulations connected to the Jewish Feasts and Sabbaths and New Moons have also been nailed to the Cross. So all that effectively remains of the Mosaic Law for the saints to keep then is the Moral Law that governs human familial and neighborly social behavior. Incidentally, this is why Yahshua's Sermon on the Mount dealt exclusively with God's Moral Law, and didn't directly discuss keeping the rituals and feasts attached to the blood sacrificial system and the hereditary priesthood designated by the Mosaic Law.

However, though I believe that Christ was ascribing great importance to the first day of the week as the day of the Firstfruits Offering that He effectively became when He presented Himself before His Father in Heaven on that day a little over two thousand years ago, this article is NOT an argument for or against the belief that Sunday has become the Christian Sabbath. What this article will do is show that Christians are entitled to keep a more traditional Sabbath rest unto God on any day of the week that they choose to keep it, including on Sunday, and that they can also choose not to keep a traditional Sabbath because they view everyday as a Sabbath Rest unto God.

To begin this exploration of what it means to be in the Perpetual Sabbath Rest of God in Christ, I will now share the importance of the idea of the 1,000-year long Great Day of the Lord, and how it relates to the Great Day Sabbath Rest that signifies the coming Millennial Rule of Christ.

UNDERSTANDING OUR 
GREAT DAY SABBATH REST IN CHRIST
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I really think it's sad how believers are so divided on the issue of Sabbath keeping, and how divisive and abusive they get toward one another whenever the topic of the Sabbath is brought up for debate. The simple truth is that, under the New Covenant, we have entered Christ's Everlasting Sabbath Rest through our acceptance of His sacrifice on the Cross for our sins, and if we are following Him wholeheartedly, we have died to the world to live for Christ, which means that we are living for Him and through Him every day of the week, not just on the seventh day.

Some may wonder how we are to die to the world, and how we are to live for Christ when we can't stop working and being active members of society. First of all, believers need to understand that the Word of God does not teach us to die to ourselves. More correctly, we die to the world outside of ourselves, with its carnal lusts and desires, and live for Christ by keeping His commandments and listening to the promptings of His Holy Spirit in us that calls us to be good to others, and to share the Good News of the Kingdom of God with them.

However, contrary to what some Christian preachers teach, Christ's disciples were never meant to completely lose themselves, but to retain the essence of who they are that makes them special by putting it to use in Yah's service. Indeed, our Heavenly Father Yahweh wants us to find ourselves by working for Him at our fullest potential through and in Christ.

As the Apostle Paul put it, "It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me" (Galatians 2:20). This does not mean that Paul put his "self" to death. Rather, it means that Paul's self had been merged with Christ's self, and the two had become one. This is what it means to be married to Christ. It is the mystical joining in a marriage of souls where the two shall become one flesh. My prayer is that all may one day experience this mystical joining with Christ. If you haven't already, all you have to do to experience it is to repent of your sins, surrender your will and your life to Christ, and ask Him to heal, restore and perfect you by indwelling you with His Spirit.

Indeed, it is the Holy Spirit that gives us our true liberty and freedom to serve God freely and abundantly in this world, and without Him, we will become lost and ineffectual. If we are true believers who love Yahshua with all of our hearts, we must be imbued with the Holy Spirit, Who gives us fruits, gifts, knowledge and discernment, and we must enter into the new spiritual life through the Spirit of God that we will forever be in as God's servants.

If, as believers, we study ourselves approved by knowing God's Word, we would learn to understand that Christ's coming 1,000-year reign on the Earth is meant to be a literal renewal of Yahweh God's original 1,000-year Seventh Great Day Sabbath Rest that was abruptly halted in the past - when Adam and Eve sinned and plunged the world into spiritual darkness. This 1,000 year principle for the length of each Creation Day is based on the belief that the Jews have that mankind has been given six thousand years to show the wicked fruit of their works without God in control as opposed to the perfect goodness of the works that God did in the first 6 Great Days, or 6,000 years when His initial act of Creation was made manifest.

When viewed this way, the past 12,000 years signify God's 6,000 years of goodness being obliterated by Satan and mankind's 6,000 years of wickedness, which God will put an abrupt halt to on the “Great Day of the Lord”, which is an allusion not to an ordinary day or seventh day Sabbath, or to the destruction of the world in one day, but to the inauguration of the Great Day Sabbath Rest of Yahshua's Kingdom. At the beginning of Christ's Millennial Kingdom, every mortal still alive on the catastrophically devastated remains of the Earth will be judged, the Earth will be renewed, and those who survive their appearance before the Judgment Seat of Christ will be allowed to enter into the continuation of Yahweh's literal Great Day Sabbath Rest. This literal Sabbath Rest will be far more joy-filled than the spiritual Sabbath Rest that believers currently experience every day during their walk with Christ.

This 1,000-year Great Day principle is hinted at when, in 2 Peter 3:8, the Apostle Peter reminds believers that: “with the Lord, one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day”. This Biblical principle is also brought forth in Psalm 90:4, where it says: “For a thousand years in Your sight are like yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night”.

This 1,000-year Great Day is also hinted at in Revelation Chapter 1, when John the Revelator told his audience that: “I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day”, which is not necessarily a reference to an ordinary Sabbath day since the vision that John shared spanned a thousand year period that included a detailed prophetic description of the Great Tribulation, the Millennial Rule of Christ it will lead up to, and the creation of a New Heaven and a New Earth at the end of the thousand years of peace and prosperity that all born-again believers will experience in the Kingdom of God on Earth.

Finally, this 1000-year Great Sabbath Day is tied to Christ's Millennial Rule in Revelation Chapter 20, where it says:
~*~ Revelation 20:4-6 ~*~ “And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.” 
When this 1,000-year Great Day idea is accepted and applied to our spiritual knowledge base, it explains why God set aside a thousand years before the New Heaven and New Earth are created for the reign of His Son. It makes sense that God did so because everyday in Christ's kingdom will be a Great Day Sabbath Rest for the whole world, not just for those who love and follow Him in this current wicked world, and so it will fulfill the establishment of the Seventh Great Day - and all eternity to follow it - as a Great Unending Day or Age of resting in our love for God forever.

For those who say that the above view somehow changes, adds to, or diminishes the importance of the Sabbath, there is no way that seeing every day as a Sabbath rest unto the Lord has taken away or added to God's Commandment to keep the Sabbath. Instead, it merely amplifies the importance of the Sabbath rest as a perpetual state of mind, body and spirit that never has a beginning or end in Christ.

To learn more about my research behind the Great Day of the Lord and its connection to the Millennial Rule of Christ and our perpetual Sabbath Rest in Christ, please read my book “The Language of God in Prophecy”, where I have hundreds of pages of information about it recorded.

Here is a link to find out more about my Language of God Book Series, and how to purchase them, including the above mentioned book: http://pillar-of-enoch.com/bookstore/index.html

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WHY THE SABBATH IS 
ALL WEEK LONG UNDER CHRIST
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Through a composite of several Scriptures recording the words of our Messiah Yahshua and the Apostle Paul, we are told to live as though it was the Sabbath everyday of the week in Christ, and we should not consider any day to be more special than another. When studied together, these important Scriptures clarify our Sabbath responsibilities to God and one another under the New Covenant with Yahweh God in Christ. This is because God's Word is meant to be taken in a holistic fashion, with each new declaration building upon, and expanding upon the basic principles at its foundation that were laid down in the Law of Moses, but were then transformed by the Commandments of Christ that are tempered by the gift of Grace or unmerited favor, and the Holy Spirit, Who shows us what God's Will is in our lives, and how we should live to please Him.

The following collection of Scriptures build on one another to show believers how to live for Christ, and in the process, they clearly define what responsibilities to God that believers in Christ have in regard to keeping the Law of Moses - especially in regard to the Mosaic Laws concerning the Sabbath, and the dietary laws. What believers learn through these Scriptures is that the Law of Moses should be viewed as superfluous to those who are born again, dead to the world, and fully living in Christ because the Holy Spirit in us stands as a guarantee that we have fulfilled all the legal requirements of the Law through Christ, and we know how to please God through the living counsel of that same Spirit.

The first Scripture is from the Gospel of John, and in it we are told that the Jews felt that Yahshua did not keep the Sabbath because He ignored their strict interpretation of what is allowed, and what is not allowed on the Sabbath according to the Law of Moses:
~*~ John 5: 9-23 ~*~  “And that day was the Sabbath. 10 The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”
       He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’”
       Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 13 But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”
       The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”
       Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God. 19     Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.”
The preceding Scripture strengthens Yahshua's position as someone with the full authority to interpret the Law of God, and to explain how it should be viewed. This is done by verbally reinforcing the fact that Yahshua is indeed the Son of our Heavenly Father, and He has the same authority as the Father in judging all things.

This fact is hinted at again in the next Scripture, which is taken from the Gospel of Mark, but is also found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. In it, the Pharisees question Yahshua when He and His disciples are found breaking the religious restrictions that were placed on the Israelite people on the Sabbath. In His response, Yahshua tells the Pharisees that He is the Lord of the Sabbath, and God made the Sabbath to bless His followers, not shackle them:
~*~ Mark 2:23-28 ~*~ “Now it happened that He went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and as they went His disciples began to pluck the heads of grain. 24 And the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why do they do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”
      But He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him: 26 how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?”
       And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. 28 Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.” 
Here, we are confronted with the fact that Yahshua is the Lord of the Sabbath, meaning that He can dictate how the Sabbath should be viewed, and what believers need to do, and do not have to do to keep the Sabbath. To please God, believers in Christ are called to mimic how God rested on the seventh day of Creation by seeing how all that had been created was good, and enjoying the full extent of that goodness, which was lost until Christ came into the world to restore it for those who believe in Him, and accept His blood sacrifice for their sins.

In the next Scripture taken from the Gospel of Luke, Yahshua shows His lordship over the Sabbath again by breaking the Sabbath restrictions that were imposed on all the children of Israel by their religious leaders. This time, He does so by indicating that it is lawful for us to heal others, and to do all of the good works that our heavenly Father's Spirit causes us to want to do on the Sabbath day - just as it is lawful to do these things during the rest of the week. By doing so, Christ laid the groundwork for the principle that our Sabbath rest in Him should be viewed as all week long, and not just on the seventh day of the week:
~*~ Luke 6:6-11 ~*~ “Now it happened on another Sabbath, also, that He entered the synagogue and taught. And a man was there whose right hand was withered. 7 So the scribes and Pharisees watched Him closely, whether He would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against Him. 8 But He knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, “Arise and stand here.” And he arose and stood. 9 Then Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one thing: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy?” 10 And when He had looked around at them all, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored as whole as the other. 11 But they were filled with rage, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus (i.e. Yahshua).”
Before going on, it's interesting to note that - in this last Scripture - we are told how those who still saw themselves as obligated to keep the whole Law of Moses were enraged toward Yahshua for challenging them, and by going against their interpretation of the Law. This is similar to how Radical Muslims act toward non-Muslims in wanting them to conform to their Sharia Law, which is expected to be strictly kept by Muslims and Non-Muslims in the same ways that the Law of Moses was kept, and is still expected to be kept by religious Jews. But there is nothing loving or righteous about forcing anyone to conform to any fleshly, human interpretation of God's Laws, whether they believe in God or not. Instead, our response as to how we should keep God's Law should come from our own intimate spiritual relationship with the indwelling Spirit of God, Who serves as the perfect divine Counselor to every born-again believer.

The idea that our religious convictions have to come from a position of utter confidence in God's Spirit, and our ability to interpret God's Word correctly through God's Spirit is brought forward again in the next Scripture taken from the Epistle of Paul to the Romans. In it, we are told that the dietary laws under the Law of Moses, as well as the special observances of various days such as the Sabbath, are no longer important or obligatory for followers of Christ unless they are in the presence of those who are still bound by these restrictions. Whether it be due to a lack of faith in Christ, or refusal to accept Paul's teaching that the Laws under Moses were no longer necessary to be followed, the Jews and Messianics who still felt obligated to keep the old Law were to be respected.

This meant that the laws these Jews and Messianics kept were to be followed by new believers when fellowshipping with those still keeping the old legal requirements of the Mosaic Law. They were to do this so that they would not cause these Judaizers to stumble in their walk with God. As Paul explained it, they could stumble into sin if they acted outside of what they felt were the legal requirements of their faith, because anything we do that is not done in faith is sinful:
~*~ Romans 14:1-10 ~*~ “Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things. 2 For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables. 3 Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him. 4 Who are you to judge another’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
       One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks. 7 For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord.     Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. 9 For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living. 10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.” 
And, a bit later in the same chapter...
~*~ Romans 14:19-23 ~*~ “Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another. 20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are pure, but it is evil for the man who eats with offense. 21 It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak. 22 Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. 23 But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin.”
So in Romans 14, the Apostle Paul - who was a devout and zealous Jew before becoming a follower of Christ - clearly makes the case that the divinely given dietary laws under Moses are no longer applicable in Christ because He makes all things clean for us when we have faith that Christ can make them clean, and when we pray over our food in thanksgiving. Furthermore, no special days need to be observed in Christ, for each new day is a reason for believers to experience thanksgiving and joy in our salvation in Christ.

However, we are also warned that we should not be contentious with those who still feel that they are bound to keep the whole Law, or who do so because they feel it is a loving action in imitation of Christ, who was a Jew. We are to respect their desire to keep the whole Law when in their presence, and through our observance, to not cause any of them to stumble due to their weaker faith.

This next Scripture taken from the Epistle of Paul to the Colossians again tells believers that the special observances of various days such as the New Moon, or beginning of the month, and the Sabbath or seventh day are no longer important or obligatory for followers of Christ, and these days are not to be viewed as more special than any other day, but that we should live every day as if it were dedicated to serving our Lord and Savior Yahshua. This is because we who are born again are called to see ourselves as dead to the world, but alive in Christ:
~*~ Colossians 2:8-23 ~*~ “Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. 9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; 10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.
       In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. 13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.
       So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ. 18 Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19 and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.
       Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations— 21 “Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,” 22 which all concern things which perish with the using—according to the commandments and doctrines of men? 23 These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.”
All in all, these Scriptures work together to show that believers in, and followers of Yahshua Ha Mashiach or Jesus the Christ are under no obligation to keep the whole Law as the Jews interpreted it, but only to follow the Spirit of Christ that is living in, and helping believers to do God's Will every day of the week.

Unfortunately, many legalists or Judaizers appear to lack the actual baptism of the Holy Spirit that makes us born again in Christ. This is often evident in those who do not see any supernatural component to their faith, and who deny the outpouring of spiritual fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit, as well as the signs and wonders that always follow those who are born again when they are actively pursuing intimacy with God, and brotherly love with one another.

For the misguided people that do not see this outflow of power in the Holy Spirit that accompanies born again believers, their faith is based on a strict, literal interpretation of God's Word that is not tempered by the power of the Holy Spirit dwelling within. This means that they are not given a deeper understanding of God's Word, nor are they shown its practical applications in everyday living through visions, dreams and direct words of knowledge from God because they either deny their existence, or see them as demonic, and this is what Yahshua meant when He talked about blaspheming the Holy Spirit, and how such a flagrant denial of the supernatural power of God will never be forgiven:
~*~ Luke 12:9-11 ~*~ “But he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God. And anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but to him who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.” 
This Scripture serves as a warning to all those who use legalism to deny the power of the Holy Spirit to help believers see the truth in God's Word, and to spread the power of the Gospel of the Kingdom via the fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit, as well as through dreams, visions, signs and wonders.

YAHSHUA BROKE THE SABBATH
WITH HIS RESURRECTION!
Link to Sabbath Day Post on Facebook of Saturday, May 28th, 2016:
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When I did a study of Yahshua's Crucifixion and Resurrection, I discovered that Yahshua or Jesus was to give the Sign of Jonah, which meant He was to be dead for three full days and three full nights before rising from the dead. Now, since Yahshua was seen alive and outside of the Garden Tomb early on Sunday morning by Mary Magdalene, and He promised to be dead for three full days and three full nights before rising from the dead, Yahshua had to have died on a Wednesday. In addition, the Gospels tell us that Yahshua was taken down from the Cross and buried before the start of Passover, which began at dusk. This means that He was buried BEFORE the Sun set on a Wednesday.

Furthermore, we are told that three women that were disciples of Yahshua went to visit His tomb while it was yet dark on Sunday morning, and they were surprised to find His tomb empty before the Sun had risen. Now, since Yahshua died on Late Wednesday afternoon, was buried before the start of Passover at dusk, and He was to be dead for only three full days and three full nights, it suggests that He rose from the dead before dusk on Saturday just as He died before dusk on Wednesday, meaning He rose just before the close of the seventh day Sabbath, thereby breaking the Sabbath as the Jews defined it.

Although strict Sabbath keepers may try to dismiss this teaching as a false conjecture, it is a logical argument based on Scripture, and it makes perfect sense when we take a look at Yahshua's earthly ministry in the Gospels. There are numerous times in the Gospels where we can find Yahshua - Who in His preincarnate state was the Creator of the Universe and the Maker of the law of the Sabbath rest - breaking the Pharisaic, man-made traditions and rules surrounding the keeping of the Sabbath as the Jews defined it. Yahshua also made the bold statement that God made the Sabbath for mankind, and not mankind for the Sabbath, which meant it was to be a blessing for us, and not a burden. This means that we should be free to do all the good that we can do on the Sabbath, as well as to enjoy all the good things that God created for us to enjoy.

I presented some of those Scriptures in another article about the Sabbath that I posted last week (which is posted in the sub-titled section before this one). In the meantime, have a blessed Sabbath, however you choose to keep it. Shabbat Shalom!

KEEPING THE PERPETUAL SABBATH
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In Christ, all believers are being called to keep a perpetual Sabbath. This is evident via the fact that Yahshua or Jesus gives His beloved, born again saints His indwelling Spirit, Who in turn gives His saints the liberty and freedom to practice the Sabbath rest of God every day, not just on the seventh day of the week. In fact, we are called to give our lives to Yahshua, to His Spirit, and to our heavenly Father Yahweh, and to live only for our Triune God not just on the seventh day, but every day of the week.

This also holds true for those who believe that the Sabbath should be kept on Sunday due to Christ's first day of new Life as the Firstfruits of the First Resurrection into Everlasting Life. What should be the case is that those who truly love and follow God and His Son and Spirit should not see any day as more special than another, for all the days are to be viewed as equal to them, and fully dedicated to the Creator God they love and follow by keeping His 10 Commandments - and the Two Commandments Yahshua gave that encompass the Ten Commandments - every day of the week.

Those who love and follow Christ are also given the promise of God's Grace or unmerited favor, and His forgiveness when they fail to keep His Commandments perfectly, but then repent and seek to make amends for their wrong doing. Then they are forgiven, and called back into fellowship with God through His Son and Spirit, and their sins are remembered no more. This is another blessing of being in God's perpetual Sabbath rest in Christ, where all believers can find forgiveness, acceptance, comfort and peace when they honor Christ and love others as He does everyday of the week.

Hallelu-Yah for our salvation through Yahshua, our King, Bridegroom, Mentor and Friend through His Spirit, and Hallelu-Yah for our perpetual Sabbath Rest in Him!

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Monday, May 16, 2016

THE LESSON IN THE PARABLE OF THE WICKED VINEDRESSERS

The Wicked Vinedressers (Priests, Pharisees) Kill the Vineyard Owner's Son (Yahshua)
“The Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers” is a strong warning, not just to the Pharisaical Priests of Ancient Israel, and to those who follow Pharisaical Legal Traditions, but to those who are trapped in any Church that is legalistic, or that supports a paid priesthood that can inhibit spiritual growth in their congregations to keep them enslaved. Though it is possible that not all priests are behaving in this way, it is likely that any paid priests or leaders that make a good living off of Church tithes are acting as wolves in sheep's clothing, and they are likely false teachers in disguise. This includes, but is not limited to, the priests in the Anglican Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, and all Orthodox Churches.

This parable is so important that it appears in one form or another in three of the four Synoptic Gospels of the New Testament, with the one in Matthew's Gospel being the most thematically and symbolically developed. Before I share what this parable means, and why it is so important, let's read this parable together as it appears in the Gospel of Matthew:
~*~ The Wicked Vinedressers, Matthew 21:33-46 ~*~  
“Hear another parable: There was a certain landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a winepress in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. Now when vintage-time drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers, that they might receive its fruit. And the vinedressers took his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants, more than the first, and they did likewise to them. Then last of all he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’ So they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and killed him.
“Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vinedressers?”
 They said to Him, “He will destroy those wicked men miserably, and lease his vineyard to other vinedressers who will render to him the fruits in their seasons.”
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
‘The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
This was the Lord’s doing,
And it is marvelous in our eyes’?
“Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it. And whoever falls on this stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.” 
Now when the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they perceived that He was speaking of them. But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitudes, because they took Him for a prophet.”
First and foremost, we need to place this parable in its historical context, which encompasses the establishment of the Kingdom of Israel under the Israelite Kings Saul and David up to the time of Yahshua's First Advent during the First Century AD. Viewing it from this perspective, we can see that this parable is a stern warning aimed at the Temple priesthood, and the Pharisees, which was one of the governing bodies that lorded it over the Jewish people. However, it also has a strong modern day application about each believers' value and Israelite position in the Church. So it is sad that this parable has been largely ignored in today's Christian Church communities, and it is to their great detriment that it has. The illustration linked to below shows many of the meanings hidden within this parable that help us to understand its full message:

ILLUSTRATION: THE MEANING OF THE
PARABLE OF THE WICKED VINEDRESSERS
Symbolic Meanings in the Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers

For those who can't view images in my blog posts, here is the list of symbols and meanings in the parable that appear on the graphic:
Vineyard Owner: Yahweh God the Father
Vineyard: The House of All Israel
Vineyard Owner's Son: Yahshua or Jesus
Hedge: God's Word as Hedge of Protection
Winepress: God's Word for Reproof, Correction
Tower: God's Word as Strong Tower, Light of Truth
Son Cast Out of Vineyard: Christ Rejected by Jews,
Christ's Crucifixion Outside of City Walls
Murder of Son: Christ's Crucifixion
Vinedressers: Spiritual Leaders of Israel
Servants Sent to Collect Fruit: Prophets of Israel
Fruit: Servants of God That Produce Fruits of Faith
Son Sent Last: Christ as Final Leader of Israel,
All Other Apostles, Prophets Built on Rock of Christ
Mistreatment of Servants: Rejection of Prophets
Tied together, these hidden messages in the parable show us that the Pharisees and Priests of Ancient Israel sought to kill the son of the vineyard owner that signifies Yahshua or Jesus so that they could steal His place within Israel, and in the Church. Furthermore, the priests and spiritual leaders of today stay in power over the Two Houses of the children of Israel in order to reap in, and withhold the tithes that were meant to benefit all of the poor among God's people! In addition, these wicked leaders teach a watered down Gospel that causes believers to miss the importance of being born again so that they can receive instruction directly from the Holy Spirit within.

In affect, any type of priesthood or leadership that lords itself over their New Covenant Israelite congregations, and makes them beholden to a paid priesthood or hired, salaried pastors tends to rob believers of their spiritual authority and true Israelite identity in Christ. This causes them to become ineffectual witnesses of God's Kingdom, and it also dangerously exposes them to be oppressed, attacked and deceived by the demons and demonic strongholds of the Devil!

Although churches do need to have full-time ministers and preachers that deserve to be paid for their services, they are not supposed to be hired to do so, but chosen by the congregations themselves from among those that are part of their community already. In this way, the new leaders will be far less likely to steal the tithes for themselves so they can live lavishly, or to build huge and costly church buildings that sit empty most of the time, and eat up the tithes. Instead, the leaders in each Church are meant to serve as judges within the congregation to help settle disputes between brethren, and to serve as overseers, helping to organize meetings at public places or within the homes of believers, and saving and distributing tithes as they are needed to help the poor and the sick in the congregation.

Most of all, the leaders in the churches are supposed to make sure that everyone in the congregation is being adequately supplied on a material level, and that they are also being spiritually equipped to be able to resist and flee from sin and evil. After all, the goal of each congregation should be to equip the saints with spiritual gifts so that they can bless and help one another, and truly enter the invisible, spiritual Kingdom of God via God's indwelling Spirit so that they can have true fellowship and friendship with Yahweh.

Without the Spirit of God living within our hearts, it is impossible for believers to effectively speak with Yahweh and be intimately showered with His love and affection. Those who are not spiritually equipped by this kind of intimacy with Yah will not be able to effectively minister to the lost and seeking souls they come into contact with in this wicked world on an everyday basis. In short, all those who want to be numbered among the saints need to be born again, and many of those who attend churches with a paid priesthood are NOT born again because it would directly threaten the power and wealth of the priesthood if they were! As a result, they often do not have the guidance of the Holy Spirit to aid them in making good decisions, and they usually lack the good spiritual discernment they need to avoid the wiles of the Devil.

If this describes your Church, and you have previously not been taught properly so that you have no idea that you are a true Israelite in Christ, then you need to get out of that church! Because, if you stay there, you will be missing out on so much blessing that comes with the knowledge of who you really are in Yahshua, and the enormous authority you have in Him to affect positive change. This transformational knowledge greatly increases the effectiveness of each saved person's walk with Yahweh, and is so much better than being enslaved by a paid, remotely chosen priesthood or church leadership!

To see what you are missing, just imagine a congregation full of born again witnesses of Christ that are brimming over with the love of Yah and are also full of love for one another. Imagine a place of worship where all of the congregants can teach and preach God's Word with authority, love one another by helping one another to stay true to God's Word and Will, and perform exorcisms, baptisms, and healings as a matter of course.

If every Church were like this, no priests or pastors would be needed, for the believers in the Church would serve as their own priesthood, just as they should. After all, we are all part of a royal priesthood in Christ, and none of those who are fully mature in Christ should ever be held in higher regard than another, or prohibited from sharing their gifts freely with their spiritual brothers and sisters as there is need. As it says in 1 Peter 2:4-10;
“Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,
“Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.” 
Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient,
“The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone,”
and
“A stone of stumbling
And a rock of offense.” 
They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed. But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.”
This message is further enhanced upon reading all of Chapter 12 in the Book of Romans, which explains that all believers should not lord it over one another, but humbly submit themselves to sacrificial service within their congregation, and within the worldly community their congregations must function in, even while striving to remain separate and spiritually pure. This means that all believers are called to identify and utilize the spiritual gifts that they have been given by the Holy Spirit so that they can serve to aid and bless the other members of their Church. As it says in Romans 12:3-6;
“For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them...”
What this means is that each congregation should be equipped with individuals with differing but complimentary spiritual gifts, and every congregation is given all that it needs via the Holy Spirit to create healthy and powerful witnesses of God's Kingdom. But this is only evident  in a congregation when every able-bodied person within that congregation or community pitches in and helps one another as there is need.

This was the model that the early Church operated under, and there are few Churches in the West today that fully operate under this model. Instead, nearly all of them have erected Church buildings and paid for full time preachers to minister to the congregations that these buildings attract. In addition, the focus of all the people that attend these churches is always on the pastor and his helpers, and not on the congregation. As a result, few people within the congregation ever get to really know and love one another, or to utilize and share their spiritual gifts with the rest of the Church, and this is patently unfair, and a real tragedy. It is also a tragedy that many of the pastors or priests shepherding believers today are false teachers that don't really love God, or teach the truth about how to enter His Kingdom.

This is also why many believers have stopped going to Church at all, and now find themselves without the spiritual help and physical aid they need when in distress, or when they are sick or out of work. It is therefore a terrible shame that both Christian and Messianic communities have done so little to break this sense of isolation and alienation that so many within the Church experience today, and I believe that this is the main reason why there are so many within the Church today that do not really know God, or how to serve Him and those who love Him.

It is therefore every believer's call to work against this trend, and to seek to form their own personal groups where one on one ministering to one another, and a greater sense of intimacy with God and one another can be explored and encouraged in a safe and secure environment, such as in one's home. In addition, all believers who do not attend a specific Church need to pray that God would equip them with believing friends within their own neighborhood that they can seek fellowship with one another, and intimacy with Christ in a group setting.

I am praying for that right now as I await the coming of our Lord and Savior Yahshua the Messiah, or Jesus the Christ, Who is coming very soon. All the signs in the heavens and on the Earth today are loudly proclaiming this fact! In the meantime, as we watch and wait for our Savior's Glorious Appearing in the Rapture, let us all be about our Heavenly Father's business by preaching the Word of God to the lost, and loving and leading others to serve God and one another within the Kingdom of God that is formed by the Holy Spirit dwelling within us.
UPDATE 6-18-2020: This article is lacking a clear explanation of what the Two Houses of Israel are by definition, and who they represent. I therefore felt it necessary to share a newer article of mine here for the further spiritual edification of anyone reading this. This article better explains the concept of the Two Houses of Israel on the Earth today, and how they relate to one another spiritually and prophetically:
A BRIEF HISTORY LESSON 
IDENTIFYING WHO THE
ISRAELITES ARE TODAY
UPDATE JULY 7th, 2021: This article and the article linked to above are now part of a series of 4 articles that I am planning to turn into a free downloadable booklet. There is one more article in the series that is not available yet, but will be soon, hopefully before August 1st, 2021. So stay tuned for the details. You can Follow Me on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/helena.lehman. Please drop me a note in Messenger and let me know you are responding to this article suggestion if you send me a friend request. Thank you. You can also connect with me on the Telegram App here: https://t.me/StarLadyofPOEM
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THE HOLY SPIRIT HELPS US FLEE FROM SEXUAL SIN!

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~*~ Revelation 22:14-17 CJB ~*~
“How blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they have the
right to eat from the Tree of Life and go through the gates into the city!
Outside are the homosexuals, those involved with the occult and with
drugs, the sexually immoral, murderers, idol-worshippers, and everyone
who loves and practices falsehood. I, Yeshua, have sent my angel to give
you this testimony for the Messianic communities. I am the Root and
Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star. The Spirit and the Bride say,
‘Come!’ Let anyone who hears say, ‘Come!’ And let anyone who is thirsty
come — let anyone who wishes, take the water of life free of charge.”

The above Scripture, taken from Revelation 22 in the Complete Jewish Bible, lists the types of unrepentant sinners that will NOT be allowed into the Kingdom of God in the New Jerusalem, which is the home of the Bride of Christ. Each believer in Yahshua or Jesus is seen as a living stone that forms the New Jerusalem, and that is why this perfect and transcendent City of God is identified as the Bride of Christ. Among these unrepentant sinners that will not be allowed into the Kingdom of God, homosexuals and sexually immoral people are listed along with idolaters, deceivers that practice falsehoods, drug abusers and murderers.

Sexual immorality encompasses all types of sexual sin, including homosexuality, cross-dressing, having sex outside of marriage, and living with a sexual partner outside of wedlock. I am guilty and ashamed of having sex outside of marriage, and living with a man I was not married to, but I'm also proud that I finally repented before God, made amends for my wrong-doing, and stopped living in sin. I'm also humble enough to admit that I saw my failings, and asked God for forgiveness for failing to keep His Moral Law - even while thanking God for forgiving me for it through my acceptance of the blood sacrifice of His Son on the Cross for my sins.

It is my love of, and desire to follow God's Son that gives me the right to judge others based on His Law, and to lead them to repent of their sins as I have, and to pray and ask God to help them live a better life in keeping with His Commandments. If you find that objectionable, it strongly suggests that you are in rebellion against God and His Law, which calls all of us to love one another by leading them to love and follow the truth found in the Bible, and to follow God's Moral standards.

My goal is to instill the desire in those who are sinners to repent, and to follow Christ by fleeing from all forms of sin. This includes sexual immorality, lying, adultery, greed, thievery, stealing, lust, violence, murder, sexual promiscuity, fornication, gluttony, and all other forms of hatred toward oneself, one's family, and humanity as a whole. But avoiding these sins is not easy, and we require God's constant help through His indwelling Spirit to succeed at it.

The idea that Christ gave His followers is that we are to love the sinner, but hate the sin, and do all we can to dissuade people from engaging in sin. We are also to live in the world, but not be of it. This means that we don't love the world, or its lusts and desires because we love God more, and desire to be with Him. The ability to do this is only possible for those who are born again through their belief in, and love for Christ, and their desire to follow Him. This desire to follow the Messiah opens the way for believers to be indwelled by the Holy Spirit of God, Who helps repentant sinners like me to stay on the narrow road that leads to everlasting life, and to stay off of the broad highway that leads to destruction.

Unfortunately, most people on this planet don't have a clue what it means to be born again, and most of them do not have any real relationship with God or His Son. By relationship, I mean the kind where two-way communication is not only possible, but frequent and helpful. This type pf communication allows God to help us make the right choices in life, and to stay away from situations and people that could lead to sin or pain.

For more information on what it means to be a born again follower of Yahshua Ha Mashiach or Jesus the Christ, please see the following articles linked to below. In addition, if you have not done so already, now is the time to repent or turn away from all sin, especially sexual sin, and seek Yahshua for your salvation, asking Him to forgive you, and to ill you with His Spirit so that you will have God as a Helper to keep you from sinning again. Now, to ensure your Salvation in Christ, please read:

TO GET AND STAY SAVED, YOU
NEED TO LOVE AND FOLLOW CHRIST!

SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS, THE
DESTROYER OF THE CHURCH!

MARANATHA! Yahshua our beloved Messiah is coming again soon! First, He will come again to rescue us from mortality and the wickedness of the world in the Rapture, and then He will come again with us all following Him as a conquering King! Hallelu-Yah!

A Bible Teaching from
Your Sister in Yahshua,
Helena Lehman,
Scholar, Author and Artist for
The Language of God Book Series, and
Webmaster for the Pillar of Enoch Ministry Site
Ministry Web Site: http://pillar-of-enoch.com


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