THE CONNECTION OF ASH WEDNESDAY AND LENT WITH THE JEWISH FASTS

Seasons of Repentance filled with prayer and fasting and seeking God's Face are highly important parts of our walk with God, although there are no Biblical Feasts that specifically call for this. That is why the Church has created the traditional time for this called Lent, and the Jews have created the traditions surrounding the Three Weeks, and the Days of Awe.

This is also why, whenever Jewish or Gentile believers in Christ say that Christians who commemorate Ash Wednesday and Lent are engaging in biblically false practices, they are not speaking the truth. Sadly, however, these sorts of false doctrinal disputes are rampant in the Church and in Messianic Synagogues today. That is why we need to remember that some Messianic Synagogues and Christian Churches are deeply flawed, and ALL churches and synagogues are flawed in one way or another because human beings are notorious for allowing truth to be mixed with varying degrees of error due to sin. We also need to remember that there is enough of the truth in some of the most deeply flawed Churches to still be called Christian, and in some of the most deeply flawed synagogues to still be called Messianic.

Our objective then, is to lead people in these imperfect Churches and synagogues to a have a better understanding of the Gospel of Salvation, and the Gospel of the Kingdom. Unfortunately, some believers in the wayward churches like the Catholic Church are not encouraged to read their Bibles, so they only know the "not necessarily biblical" doctrines of their Church by heart, rather than what the Word of God says. So, as a way to reach the lost among them, we would be wise to quote all the relevant Scriptures that uphold our position, rather than merely sharing some truth in a way that sounds like an attack. That way, we are more likely to reach people, and to not get kicked out of groups. I learned this the hard way after getting kicked out of many groups on Facebook, and in various online forums.

One of these truths is not really a truth at all, however, and this is true of many supposed truths that specifically attack any and all of the Christian high holy days. One of the oft-repeated claims among some legalists and Judaizers is that Ash Wednesday is not a biblically sound holy day, nor is Lent a biblically mandated fast. But I would beg to differ. A cursory examination of the various rituals and themes in the Bible show that repentance, fasting and prayer are all biblically-sound things that believers are called to do occasionally to keep themselves on the straight and narrow path that leads to everlasting life, and that is what people are called to do during Lent.

Much for the same reasons, the Jews have a three-week period of mourning before the commemoration of the destruction of God's Temple in Jerusalem on the 9th of Av. Although it is not recognized as such, the 9th of Av is analogous to Good Friday, which commemorates Christ's death on the Cross, or the destruction of the Temple of His Body. So the 40 day fast of Lent that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter or Resurrection Sunday has a Jewish counterpart that also is not Scriptural in the sense that God did not directly tell the Jews to have three weeks of fasting and prayer between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av, nor did God tell the Jews to commemorate the destruction of the Temple.

Of course, there are some Biblical Feasts and commemorations that we are specifically called to do by God. Just as Jews are called to commemorate the lambs that were offered to pay for their sins and save their lives from the curse of the Angel of Death on the first Passover, Christians are called to be witnesses to the truth of the need for Christ's death as the Lamb of God. In fact, Christians partake of Communion, or the Lord's Supper because Yahshua or Jesus specifically asked His followers to do so in order to remember what He was willingly about to do for them on the Cross.

The nine days of Awe between Rosh Hashanah or the Feast of Trumpets, and the Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur are also considered to be a time for repentance, fasting and prayer. But this period of repentance was not a specifically mandated part of the Mosaic Law. Nonetheless, like the Lenten season in Christianity, the fasting and prayer connected to the Days of Awe are traditions that make sense - especially given the importance of the Day of Atonement, which also has a connection to Christ's death on the Cross.

It is said that on Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement, if our names are not written on our Heavenly Father's Book of Life, we are not destined to be resurrected into everlasting life on the last day, but are instead doomed to destruction. And this is exactly why Christ died! Christ died so that He could pay the blood price for our sins, and we could inherit everlasting life and have our names written in the Book of Life through belief in Him. So though we receive this gift by faith in Christ, the Jews must fast and pray and repent to obtain this temporary favor from God.

Without Christ, the Jews must prostrate themselves before God every year to obtain a poor reflection of the salvation that believers obtain when they agree to believe in, love and follow Christ, and they receive the Holy Spirit. For believers in Christ, the Spirit of God is the Seal of God's promise of our Salvation, and our direct link to the throne of God - a link that unbelieving Jews have sadly lost. So you see, Ash Wednesday and Lent are not evil or wrong. There is some truth to be found in them, and that is the fact that we all need to fast and pray and repent at times, and to remember why Christ had to die for our sins. If we do not, our walk of faith with God and Christ would not be much of a walk!

Your Sister In Yahshua,
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The Pillar of Enoch Ministry​
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WARNING! SINNERS THAT DO NOT REPENT WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN!

Contrary to popular belief, the title of this article is based on clear teachings that can be found in Scripture - and it's taught in the same New Testament epistles in the Bible that some think expunge believers from having to repent of their sins once they are believers in Yahshua or Jesus. Take the following example:

~*~ 1 Corinthians 6:8-11 (NKJV) ~*~

“No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren! 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.”

I don't know about you, but it's pretty clear to me that this Scripture from the Apostle Paul's own mouth says that believers in Christ that are not willing to stop sinning - which means they are willfully sinning with full knowledge of the fact - are not forgiven, and UNREPENTANT SINNERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD, period! This means that there are no exceptions to the need for real repentance to occur before we can receive forgiveness from God for sins either willfully committed, or committed in ignorance - even after we are saved.

This process of acknowledging our sinfulness before God when we are made aware of it by the Holy Spirit or by fellow believers is called sanctification, and sanctification is the process we  must undergo to achieve holiness after we are saved by belief and faith. To be clear, scripture teaches that we are justified by our belief and faith in Christ, and we are sanctified by the process of confessing our sins to God, and then applying the Blood of Christ over ourselves in prayer and communion by partaking of the Lord's Supper to wipe out our sins, and to bless our lives with healing, joy and peace.

This is why being saved and being sanctified are NOT the same thing. Being saved means that one is only saved from the fires of Hell. Being sanctified means that one is being prepared for entrance into Yahshua's Kingdom. In short, sanctification - which leads to righteousness and holiness - is essential for entrance into the Kingdom of God. Without it, believers will be excluded from participating in Christ's Millennial Kingdom, and they will have to wait until the end of the 1000 years is over to be raised up or resurrected, and allowed to dwell with God in eternity.

In fact, the only ones that Paul indicates will be allowed to enter the Kingdom of God (or Heaven), which is a reference to Yahshua's Kingdom, are defined in verse 11 of 1 Corinthians 6, where it clearly says that these saved people are justified and sanctified by the Name or Character of Yahshua or Jesus, and also by the active guidance and perfect teachings of the Spirit of God within their hearts. If that is not clear enough, then the following Scripture from the Book of Hebrews should clear up any remaining ambiguity:

~*~ Hebrews 10:26-31 (NKJV) ~*~ WILLFUL, UNREPENTANT SINNERS TRAMPLE CHRIST UNDERFOOT! “For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. And again, “The Lord will judge His people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”

To clarify these Scriptures, it's important to know that a secret sin or unknown sin is not something we can be condemned for, as Scripture makes it clear that Yahshua's blood covers us from these unknown infractions of the Law, just as the blood of the innocent lambs and bulls that were sacrificed to Yahweh temporarily did so before Yahshua came. But if we are willfully and knowingly sinning, and ignoring the clear teaching of Scripture to lead a holy and blameless life, we are NOT forgiven! WE NEED TO REPENT OR TURN AWAY FROM SIN BEFORE WE CAN BE FORGIVEN, and if we are sinning and refuse to repent, we are condemned by our own refusal to change!

Interestingly, the Old Testament sacrifices that were a dim reflection of Yahshua's sacrifice for us on the Cross were never meant to atone for willful sins that were not repented of or turned away from. Likewise, the willful sins of those who profess to be under the New Covenant of Grace - but will not repent and refuse to stop sinning - are not forgiven either. So I beseech all believers to stop taking a few passages out of context like the "Once Saved, Always Saved" crowd likes to do. Sadly, the erroneous idea of "Eternal Security" can become a license to sin among lukewarm believers, and this flippant disregard of our need to repent of all sin is constantly contradicted and proven wrong in Scripture, where we are told that only the righteous (as in fully repentant and forgiven) among those initially saved by faith in Christ will be allowed into the Kingdom of God.

Your Sister in Yahshua,
Helena Lehman of
The Pillar of Enoch Ministry
Ministry Web Site: http://pillar-of-enoch.com

PLEASE NOTE: This article was followed by a similar article that goes into even more detail about the continual need for repentance in a believer's life whenever their sinful behavior becomes evident to them through the conviction of the Holy Spirit. For those who do not understand my teaching above, or are having trouble understanding what the Bible teaches about sin, I highly recommend reading this longer article that is linked to first in the list below, as well as the second article listed:

WHY WILLFUL SINNERS

WILL NOT BE FORGIVEN!

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2015/10/why-willful-sinners-will-not-be-forgiven.html

ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD -

THE THREE GOSPEL STEPS

http://pillarofenoch.blogspot.com/2013/03/entering-kingdom-of-god-three-gospel.html

I hope that this article, and the 
linked to articles above will bless many! 
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THOSE WHO ARE ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL WILL PAY A HUGE PRICE!

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It’s no secret. Even while I was being drawn to the Gospel back in the early to mid-1980’s, I was still dabbling in the Occult and the New Age. But that was before I had my “Road to Damascus” experience in 1987, repented of ALL my sins, and turned 180 degrees toward God, and completely away from the direction that I had been going in. Thank God for His mercy in forgiving me my many sins before then! 

Since then, I have learned that God’s Son is Love, and He can forgive much in people who are clueless. This is, after all, why Yahshua said:

“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do” (Luke 23:34)

Yahshua said this so that we could learn how to forgive others, just as He already did on the Cross! But I also believe that, for those who willfully teach heresy to the Church and profit from it, or willfully ignore sins in others to keep the peace, no such mercy will be shown! Yahshua was very clear on this: 

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. 27 And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple” (Luke 14:26-27) 

I consider persecution, and our ability to forgive others who are persecuting us, a sign that we have taken up our cross for the sake of Christ. Losing friends and family as a result of doing it is very hard, but it is what we are called to do, and if you refuse to do it, there are severe consequences: 

“Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? 37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels” (Mark 8:34-38). 

Per Yahshua’s own words, if you are afraid or ashamed to defend the Gospel in public, or within your family and among your friends, you will pay a huge price on Judgment Day and before - because you will be left behind in the Rapture!

So, the time to REPENT of this sin is NOW! If you have been ashamed of the Gospel before, ask God to forgive you, and to give you the courage and strength to share the Gospel whenever you are called to do so in the future.

God bless you, and Maranatha!

~ Helena Lehman of the

Pillar of Enoch Ministry

http://pillar-of-enoch.com

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NOTE: I created the accompanying graphic from a photo that was taken from a News Article on the Internet describing a terrorist skirmish on the borders of Israel and Syria on 11-14-2012

WHERE HAVE ALL THE “MARCH FOR JESUS” PARADES GONE?

When I lived near Vancouver BC, Canada a little over 20 years ago, the local Evangelical Churches organized a “March For Jesus” Parade on the same weekend that the Gays were having their second annual “Gay Pride” Parade nearby in the same city.

I participated in that Jesus Parade and several after that, dancing and singing to worship songs as thousands of mostly Caucasian believers marched along a downtown Vancouver street waving signs, and driving decorated vehicles with slogans like: “God is Love”, “Jesus Saves”, and “Saints Choose God”.

As we walked, I was thrilled to see the huge turn out for our parade, which dwarfed the crowd that the Gay Parade attracted, and was featured on the local news that night!

What are all those believers who witnessed that doing today, and why aren’t others all over North America pushing their Churches to have big-time “March For Jesus” Parades in every city, every summer? I did a search on the Internet for “Jesus Parade” and there are few photos of any such events today except some featuring ethnic people, not Caucasians!

I think that this is a major tragedy, and a sign of the times we are in. My guess as to why this is so is that the Caucasian portion of North America’s population that believes in Christ has grown old, and many are too lazy, busy, sick or poor to try to fight their reprobate leaders for a permit to have a Jesus parade. In addition, most Christian youth groups appear to care little for promoting an otherworldly, moral lifestyle!

This is only partly why God is judging North America. Look no further than the Gay Agenda and the Pro Choice crowd to know the other reasons why we are under judgment.

For this reason, I think we ought to be staging death dirge parades showing Christ crucified while wearing sackcloth and ashes on the streets in repentance today, not having joyful parades. Though this would probably be prohibited in most cities today due to the Liberal community's marginalization of true believers, it still wouldn’t hurt to try!

Yours in Yahshua,
Helena Lehman of the
Pillar of Enoch Ministry
http://pillar-of-enoch.com

How God Loves Us Through His Son

By Helena Lehman of the

Pillar of Enoch Ministry

http://pillar-of-enoch.com

“Sea Horse”, An Oil Painting By Helena Lehman 

At Age 16, Showing Inner Peace Even In The Face

Of All The Terrible Wickedness In The World

God Is Love, and He Loves Repentance!

Imagine your sin for what it is, as filthy rags before our righteous and perfect Father God. To Yahweh Elohim, our sin is so disgusting and horrible to look at, it is like what viewing vomit or excrement is for us! Now imagine what an unrepentant sinner looks like to God. Can you picture someone covered in vomit or excrement coming to you and asking you for a hug without washing themselves off first? Yet this what so many people I have met within the Body of Yahshua are saying that Yahweh Elohim does and is willing to do!

We are often told that God loves the sinner but hates the sin, and this is true. But how can a perfect and just God truly love anyone if their sin completely repulses Him? Yet the Bible says He can and does get past His disgust of our sin to love us all, even when we are filthy sinners! But the truth is that God the Father can only love us from a great distance so as not to be sick with repulsion every time He views us as unrepentant sinners! This is where Yahshua comes into play, and God’s real love for us can get past His natural repulsion toward our sin.

Only the sacrificed blood of Yahshua, which allows God to exchange the filthy sin rags clothing us for Yahshua’s robe of holiness and perfection, can ever make us worthy of God the Father’s love! And only the Spirit of God, tirelessly and mercifully working to reach us with the message that God can forgive us of every crime and take away our sin so that we can be worthy of His perfect Love, can help us understand that God’s love is far more satisfying and pleasurable than any sin could ever be!

But unless you have entered a covenant or pact with Yahshua by promising to love and follow Him, and you have a real relationship with Him through His Spirit living in you, you are disgusting and ugly beyond imagining to God the Father. Though Yahweh God loves what you could become when you surrender to His Will through Yahshua, and are filled with the Holy Spirit, God will one day be forced to destroy you if you do not repent and fulfill your potential to be like Yahshua!

At the Great White Throne Judgment, the Bible clearly states that God the Father will cast everyone whose name is not written in the Book of Life via their repentance into the Lake of Fire along with their father the Devil (See Revelation 20:11-15). Therefore, the message of the Bible is this:

“Our heavenly Father God Yahweh is perfect and abundant Love - a love so wonderful that it can and will fulfill every desire of your heart! You can accept God’s perfect love for His Son Yahshua as your own when you repent, surrender your will to God, and ask Yahshua into your life, or perish forever in Hell The choice is yours. God will NOT allow an unrepentant sinner into His Kingdom (See 1 Corinthians 6:8-10). Repent or Perish!”

Repent and Prepare for the Rapture!

A Warning to Get Ready
for the Wedding of the Lamb
from Helena Lehman of the
Pillar of Enoch Ministry
http://pillar-of-enoch.com
Though today, April 8th, 2012, is Resurrection Sunday, and it is a time to celebrate the joy of Yahshua’s Resurrection, and our future Resurrection into everlasting life, please find a quiet place free from distractions to pray to Yahweh God the Father. When you do, ask our Father God Yahweh what you need to do to be ready for the Rapture, because it could happen on any day now. All of the amazing Signs in the Heavens between 2011 and 2018, the ominous news surrounding the plans of the enemies of Israel to annihilate the Jews and their land, the proposed division of Israel, and the great increase in natural disasters and spiritual wickedness on the Earth in recent years have made it clear that we are on the threshold of the Great Tribulation. As a result, all of us need to wake up and get our hearts and spirits ready to be Yahshua’s Bride, for He is coming for us soon!

One of the biggest problems that can keep us from being ready for the Rapture is any sort of hatred, bitterness, or lack of forgiveness. None of these negative emotions are acceptable to God in a believer, and these evil sentiments will NOT be tolerated or allowed in Heaven! Pray that the Holy Spirit would fill you with wisdom on how to rid yourself of these faults, and that God would fully prepare you for everlasting life in His Kingdom before the Rapture so that you are NOT LEFT BEHIND! To help you understand what God is seeking in a Bride for His Son, watch the following video:

VERY FEW Will Enter RAPTURE - Learn How To Prepare Yourself
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4xlzIT9qbA

Though this video message may seem harsh, and it is contradictory to the Calvinist view that God’s Grace will be extended to everyone, it is nonetheless true if you examine Scripture. What it teaches is that, when we accept Yahshua as our Messiah and King, we are forgiven for all of our sins up to that point in time. But though Yahshua’s blood sacrifice on the Cross covers all of our sins for all time in the process known as Justification, we still need to become aware of our sins as we commit new ones, and then ask God for forgiveness, and to help us change so that WE DO NOT CONTINUE TO SIN!

This process of becoming more like Christ is called Sanctification in the Bible, and it is impossible without the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. You must not only believe that Yahshua is who He said He is to be saved, but must be BORN AGAIN, which means that the Spirit of God must dwell within you, and that you can hear God’s supernatural voice through that same Spirit. If you are born again, you should see some manifestations of the Holy Spirit, such as dreams or visions from God from time to time. You may also hear God’s still, quiet voice within you - speaking to you with promises or guidance when you pray. I often hear God’s voice, and it is a great comfort to me in these last days!

The second video at the end of this article attempts to show the Book of Revelation’s description of the great suffering that people can expect from God’s Trumpet judgments if they are left behind. You do not have to experience this terrible coming judgment upon the world if you are a believer in Yahshua as the Messiah and Son of God. But you must be spiritually ready through your love for Yahshua and His Word, and your desire to follow Him in all of His ways.

We need to be obedient to our Father Yahweh, and radiant examples of the Grace and forgiveness of Yahshua to others to be considered worthy of the Title “Wise Virgins”, who are the only servants of God that will be taken in the Rapture. Remember that the only Church mentioned in the Book of Revelation that is promised to be given a way of escape from the Great Tribulation is the poor but merciful Church of Philadelphia, or Brotherly Love!

So don’t delay, and repent now if you need to. Ask Yahshua to show you where you need to make immediate changes in your life in order to be sanctified for His service. Also ask Him where you need to seek forgiveness and make amends to others that you may have wronged, before it’s too late!

When The Judgments of God Are Poured Out Full Strength
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCKuQJOrPqo

I wanted to share these videos to show the horrors of the coming dark days of the Great Tribulation, which will soon be here! That is why you need to make sure that you will NOT be here when that day arrives. Don’t be left behind! Repent now, and prepare yourself to be Yahshua’s pure and loving Bride.

Then, even as you are preparing yourself, turn your heart towards others, and pray for those whom you know that are lost sheep. Ask Yahweh God to have mercy on them, and show them the truth so that they can have everlasting life as well. Besides being an act of love in keeping with the message of the Cross, praying for the lost is a great way to find out where you need to let go of past bitterness and unforgiveness toward others, as it is very hard to effectively pray for anyone if you are still angry at, or bitter with them!

Also, after you repent for your disobedience, don’t forget to Praise and Worship God our Father and His Son Yahshua often. This has a healing affect on the mind, emotions, and body, and will allow Yahshua’s Spirit to lift you up and fill you with expectant joy and longing in preparation for our heavenly marriage.

In the meantime, may our Father God Yahweh bless you all, brothers and sisters. Love you in Yahshua, and hope to see you all at the Wedding of the Lamb!

Maranatha!

Fourth of July Message From The Pillar of Enoch Ministry

Greetings To All My Friends, Followers, Supporters, and Opponents,

I want you to know that I love the United States of America, but not with the usual patriotism. For me, it is more like a religious fervor. Through visions and dreams, I have been shown that this once great nation truly was established to be a beacon of godly light in the world.

For almost 300 years, the USA has served to be just that - a beacon of light and hope for people of all nations to come and find freedom from racial and religious oppression. But because it was such a blindingly wonderful light to the world, it developed fierce enemies that knew they could not destroy America from the outside because it was too powerful in military and economic might.

So, instead, they attacked America from within. Cunningly and quietly, like the serpents that they are at heart, they bought or took over many businesses, took over most of the seats in the US government and became the controllers of all the media outlets in America. And as they took America over from within, they filled all of their new acquisitions with their Marxist and Muslim brethren. Through the same cunning, they further destroyed their opposition by taking over America’s schools and churches, which now teach godless evolution and preach prosperity instead of impending doom.

So now we are faced with an America that has been bought and paid for by our worst enemies, and they will stop at nothing until every last American is either dead or a helpless and unarmed puppet being controlled to serve in their evil schemes. The sad truth is that it doesn't matter who we vote for anymore. The elections are rigged and - if Barack Hussein Obama is still alive come next November and not dead from a powerful enemy attack on America that I know is coming - I am sure that he will win the election, even if it's only by one vote.

There’s no doubt in my mind that President Obama is a Marxist, a Muslim and a Universalist. Though these radical ideologies may seem like strange bedfellows, the elite leaders that govern Marxism, Universalism (i.e. the Ecumenical Movement) and Muslim politics have united to destroy a common enemy - The United States of America. This is clearly reflected in their chosen Messiah’s unique background, with a White Marxist mother and Black Muslim father.

Furthermore, we really don't live in a democratic nation anymore. That was lost long ago and it isn't coming back, even by revolution. It isn't just Obama and his administratve advisors that are corrupt, but nearly the entire Congress. The Republic that America was has failed and its Constitution doesn't matter. It is merely a piece of paper that corrupt politicians and judges have re-defined out of existence.

So, this 4th of July, stop celebrating America and weep and mourn for what has been lost. Instead of celebrating a lie with expensive fireworks and an orgy of food and alcohol, have a funeral service for our nation instead. Wear black instead of red, white and blue and openly cry, pray and mourn for our nation, which is no longer one nation under God, but a nation divided over God that has begun to see the Christians that once made this nation great as enemies of the state.

The time for celebration has long passed. Instead, it is time to become sober and serious, and to focus on what really matters, and that is the fact that Yahshua our Messiah from Heaven is coming soon. Get your heart, mind and body ready to receive Him. Turn away from politics and entertainment. Reject all altered states of consciousness and become sober, then focus your attention on the living God Yahweh and His Son, who is our Savior Yahshua.

Like the people of Nineveh did in sackcloth and ashes when they were faced with impending destruction for their rebellion against Yahweh, get on your knees, confess your sins, and beg Yahweh for His forgiveness. Then ask His Son Yahshua to transform your heart, mind and spirit to focus on what He cares about through the power of His Holy Spirit living inside of you.

Ask to be born-again and desire it with your whole heart, and you will receive the incredible gift of knowing God personally. Then, and only then, will you be ready to become a true intercessor in prayer for your family and this nation. But the time for this is very short - unless you have the misfortune of being left-behind.

If this misfortune happens and you are left behind, you will need to decide whether to forsake the God you never really knew and join the Antichrist or to side with God’s cause and flee the Antichrist’s world political and religious system. BUT BE WARNED NOW! If you join the Antichrist and take his mark on your hand or forehead, you will perish with him and there will be no further chances to repent! But if you choose to take up your cross and follow Christ, you will be without a nation - a fugitive and a rebel that will be hunted down like an animal and killed like one if you get caught just because you refuse to forsake Yahshua and submit to the Antichrist.

That is why I beseech you NOW to pray for deliverance from the Tribulation, or Time of Evil in the Rapture or catching away of all believers to Heaven in the First Resurrection. No one will be safe or protected or be able to change anything after the Rapture happens, and it will happen soon. The Signs in the Heavens have been loudly declaring it for the past year, so now is NOT the time to try and revive the dead workhorse that America was.

Instead, it is time to face the fact that the America that our fathers fought and died for has been lost. It’s time to accept this, mourn its loss, and move on toward a greater goal. Forget the past glory of a dead and dying nation and the fallen world that has destroyed it for Satan's gain. Instead, our new goal should be to seek deliverance out of this evil world by Yahshua in the Rapture so that we can be citizens of the perfect and righteous Kingdom that only He can provide when He returns at the end of the Tribulation to set up His righteous Kingdom on the Earth.

It’s your choice. You can keep your focus on this world and stay behind to fight for a lost cause, or you can put your focus on Yahshua and await a glorious transformation and deliverance from this dark world and its numerous and continual disappointments. I’d rather be surrounded by love and comfort in Heaven rather than pain and loss in this evil world. How about you?

I know some of you may not want to be taken in the Rapture and may want to stay and fight to the bitter end. But you will have little chance of winning against Satan and his coming armies that will soon invade America from every other nation on Earth that will be in his control. Fascinatingly, this destiny for America was foretold in the Gospel in the Stars long ago and God knew that all of this would happen.

But I must warn you NOW that those who do decide to stay behind will not be protected by God. Instead, they will have to flee the civilization centers and survive on their own merits alone - and in the wilderness as fugitives. Meanwhile, they will also have to try to survive the coming destruction of this planet that will come from God’s terrible Seal, Trumpet and Bowl Judgments against the wicked, just as it is detailed in the Book of Revelation - and without many of the comforts of modern civilization to aid them.

If this sounds just as awful and terrifying to you as it does to me, please prayerfully decide NOW to repent! Surrender your life to Yahshua today and ask Yahweh God our True Father to include you in the Rapture. The time is short! Don’t wait. Choose this day whom you will serve. But as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh…

Joshua 24:14-16 - New King James Version (NKJV):

“Now therefore, fear Yahweh, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve Yahweh! And if it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.” So the people answered and said: “Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh to serve other gods…”

How do you choose? Will you follow after foreign gods and perish forever, or will you forsake all the idols and false gods in your life and in this world like the United States and the President to follow the living God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/Israel for eternity?

Your Sister in Yahshua,
Helena Lehman
Pillar of Enoch Ministry
“Books and Articles with a Vision”
1708 N 7tth Avenue
Elmwood Park, IL
USA 60707-4107

Phone: 708-977-0115
Web: http://pillar-of-enoch.com


PS: If you feel led by the Holy Spirit, please help the Pillar of Enoch Ministry keep on professing the Truth of the Gospel by mailing a financial gift to the address above made payable to "Helena Lehman". Thank you and God bless you.

"Shaking" - A Dream and Its Interpretation
Shared By Michael Rice on Sunday, May 29, 2011 at 3:20pm.

Dream Date: 5/27/2011

I dreamed that the walls were shaking. Buildings were shaking, homes were shaking and one other thing....a demonic stronghold was shaking.

The demonic stronghold was enormous in size but it was made out of fragile material. Lies. Which will not stand up against the Truth.

I was praying against this stronghold and even slashing it with a short sword (many people are helping to tear down this stronghold) and when it started to buckle I felt it was time to get out of the way for it to fall.

This stronghold was located inside a large warehouse type building which was shaking. After I exited the building I saw a person run into the building to retreive something. I warned them that the building was about to come down but they wanted to get what they went in for.

I'm not sure that the person made it out before the building collapsed.

Now I believe that America and even the world is going to soon be literally shaken, and this is a good and necessary pre-determined event in order to tear down strongholds created by the fallen angels that is blinding the minds of people. In tearing down the stronghold many people will be liberated to the Light of the Gospel which has lain dormant in many people's hearts covered by cares of this world.

Even in this shaking though, many will respond like Lot's wife who longed for her comforts of life in Sodom.

This world and the heaven is going to be thoroughly shaken and exposed. Please understand that there is nothing to cling to in this present age.

Isaiah 24:20 The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard, And it totters like a shack, For its transgression is heavy upon it, And it will fall, never to rise again.

Let the shaking have its complete work and run to Jesus as fast as you can.

Isaiah 24:18 18 Then it will be that he who flees the report of disaster will fall into the pit, And he who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare; For the windows above are opened, and the foundations of the earth shake.

The window for your escape of the strongholds in your life will be short. On the heels of this shaking will come the strong delusion the Apostle Paul spoke of in 2 Thess. chapter 2. If you are still on the fence when this becomes fully manifest, you will fall into another stronghold the proportions of which will swallow you up.

If you don't already know Him, run to Jesus as fast as you can. He is the ONLY way out.

Acts 4:12 12 "And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved."

If you know Him but are caught up in the cares of this world, lay them down now if you can. Ask Jesus to help you lay them down. For you who think you know Him be careful that you are not serving yourself. Jesus was the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world but He is the very soon and coming King and should be sovreign, NOW, in our lives. Be very careful that it is not your own soul that is on the throne of your heart. Let the shaking break your soul's dominance.

If you know Him or if you think you know Him...run to Jesus if you have any doubts. Don't wait for the shaking to come into your life. Run now. Surrender your soul now. You don't have to guess. You don't have to be in a state of doubt about knowing Him or whether you or He is on the throne of your heart. Even now the Holy Spirit will fill you with confidence if you will lay down your selfish desires and submit to the King.

Psalm 2:11-12 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

Yahshua Is Calling His Church To Repent Before His Return!

Watch and Listen To This Prophetic Message 

To The Church From John Mulinde, 

Repent Where You Need To, 

And Pray That You Will Be Ready!

Delivered at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City

on March 1st, 2011. http://ihop.org

This one hour sermon is worth listening to more than once! It really drives home the point that our Messiah Yahshua expects His Bride to be faithful to Him in thought, word and deed, and to be worthy of the beautiful white raiment of light that He has prepared for His beloved. Yahshua does not want a wife full of bitterness, hatred and contempt for others, but a willing servant who loves and forgives His brethren, and calls on God to change the hearts of the lost that hurt and spitefully use her, and asks God to have compassion on those who do so in ignorance.

Yahshua our Bridegroom is coming very soon to retrieve a holy, pure and spotless Bride that loves Him beyond measure, and that has consistently turned away from evil. Yahshua seeks a Bride that continually asks Yahweh God for forgiveness for both past and present mistakes, and extends the same kind of love and forgiveness to others. The Wedding of the Lamb will not be tainted by a Bride still dressed in the filthy rags of bitterness, hatred, sin and disobedience toward God!

Our Bridegroom is coming for a Bride that is set apart for God’s service, and that relies on Yahweh and His Spirit alone for strength and guidance. Yahshua wants a Bride that greatly desires and shares her spiritual gifts, and that has made every effort to surrender her sinful nature to Christ. She is a Bride that wants her sinfulness eradicated, and her base nature transformed by Yahshua’s Ruach Ha Kodesh or Holy Spirit living within her. 

If you have not repented recently, and do not do this on a regular basis, now is the time - before it is too late! Don’t take your salvation for granted! Get your heart right with God today, repent of your sins in prayer, and ask God and His Spirit to help you to be worthy to be in His willing service.

Our Adonai Yahshua Ha Mashiach is coming soon for His Holy and Spotless Bride! 

Are you ready?

God Bless You All, and Maranatha!

Helena Lehman of the

Pillar of Enoch Ministry

http://pillar-of-enoch.com

My Yom Kippur Prayer and Reflection
on the Season of Repentance:

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Heavenly Father,

I thank you for the love, mercy, and protection from evil that You give us thru Your wonderful Son Yahshua, whose blood sacrifice paid for all our sins. Please forgive us for any unconfessed sins and prepare us to serve in Your Kingdom.

In Yahshua's wonderful, holy Name, Amen!


The following video's song and autumn colors reflect the somber mood of Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement:


Yom Kippur by Steve McConnell



The colors of autumn were carefully chosen by God to represent the death punishment for sin. Ever notice how the dying leaves come in colors that represent the different races of mankind? This was done to show that all men are deserving of the death penalty.

The dying leaves that are so often heaped up and burned for their “entertainment” value also show that many will suffer everlasting spiritual death in the Lake of Fire for rejecting Yahshua unless they repent! Autumn colors may ahttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifppear lovely, but they signify the ugliness of sin and death!

The Message: Stop pretending sin is lovely and repent now before you perish like the falling leaves!

Love and blessings! Maranatha!

Your Sister in Yahshua,
Helena Lehman
Pillar of Enoch Ministry
http://pillar-of-enoch.com