Satanic alert: The Pagan Origin of New Year's Day

Written by: Damien Powell

On January 1st the world is going to get ready to say “Happy New Year!” And they are going to set all kind of New Year resolutions that they will set out to accomplish, but what is the origin behind this so-called New Year? And the origin of the resolutions?

This day is probably the most overlooked because it seems harmless, but yes, even this day has ties to pagan worship. YHWH told us that the New Year for those who believe in Him on the Hebrew calendar is in late March or early April (the month of Abib) when Passover was instituted. Exodus 12:1-2 says:

“And YHWH spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt Saying, This month is the beginning of months for you, it is the first month of the year for you.”

YHWH’s calendar looks like this:

Biblical Calendar Name

Abib (Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread)
Ziv
3rd month
4th month
5th month
6th month
Ethanim- (Yom Teruah/Trumpets, Day of Atonement, Feast of Tabernacles, 8th Day Assembly
Bul
9th month
10th month
11th month
12th month

So where did all the extra months come from and who was behind it all? Here are some facts about New Years and its origin:

·        New Years is directly related to the solar, winter solstice, sun elohim worship the same way that X-mas is. It is no coincidence that it is a week apart.

·        The first festivities of New Year’s goes back 4,000 years ago in Ancient Babylon whom YHWH calls in Revelation 17:5 “BABYLON (BABEL) THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE WHORES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. Babylon is called “The Mother of the abominations of the earth” because Mothers give birth and she birthed many false religions, pagan worship, idol worship, false traditions and lies.

·        Rome however has main influence over our calendar today but they learned it from Babylon with the New Year beginning at the vernal equinox. Their first calendar consisted of 10 months and 304 days. And their first month started in March as well.

·         The Romans originally numbered their months the same way YHWH numbered most of His months for example YHWH only names three months Abib, Ziv, and Ethanim. The rest of them He called the third month, the fourth month, etc. The Romans named the months based on number for example July was Quintilis meaning 5 for fifth month, Sextilis for 6th month later changed to August to honor Augustus Caesar in 8 BCE, Septe for 7th month, Novem for 9 (November) and Dece for 10 (December.)

·        January and February did not exist until 1700 BCE (Before common era) when the 2nd King was in Rome

·        The calendar fell out of sync with the sun, so Julius Caesar added the Julian calendar which is similar to the Gregorian calendar we follow today. He added 67 extra days to catch up with the lunar and solar year. He also added a day in February every 4 years to keep his calendar in sync.

·        In 153 BCE was celebrated as the New Years for the pagan deity named Janus hence the name January.  He represented “New beginnings”. Janus was a two-faced deity with head looking forward to the New Year and a head looking backward at the old year. The people would then offer sacrifices to him and join in parties to celebrate as we do today. We are just recreating pagan rituals as they did in ancient times.

·        January was also celebrated as New Years when it was moved from March to January also coinciding with the Roman politicians beginning their new term, which we do in our modern society where even human sacrifices are still offered to Satan today by pagan worshippers on Inauguration day on January 20th. It’s all set up this way for a reason to accomplish their pagan worship.

·        The church has found a way to “Christianize” a pagan custom again by saying that it is celebrated as the day of Yeshua’s circumcision, after His so-called birth on X-mas which is another lie.

·        Pope Gregory who invented the Gregorian calendar the world follows today was assisted by an astronomer who helped him to correct the 11 days (1752 jump) that were missing off of the Julian calendar. This is the secular calendar being used in our modern society instead of YHWH’s Hebrew calendar.

Where do New Year resolutions come from?

The Babylonians wanted to start the year off right by making promises in order to obtain favor from their false deities, which is where we get making New Year’s resolutions from, so again when we partake in this activity we are doing nothing more than recreating pagan rituals.

We must unlearn these lies that we have inherited and follow YHWH in spirit and truth and walk as Yeshua walked. The world has added new traditions to His Word and we have been warned of this in Revelation 22:18:

“For I witness to everyone hearing the words of the prophecy of the book: If anyone adds to them, YHWH shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, YHWH shall take away his part from the Book of Life, and out of the Holy city, which are written in this Book.”

Let us stand up and fight for the Elohim of Yisrael in truth!

Satanic alert: Santa or Satan? The true meaning of Christmas!

Written by: Damien Powell

All over the world adults and kids are getting into the Christmas spirit, they are putting up Christmas trees, decorating their homes, buying presents, singing Christmas carols, etc. All this is being done for one purpose and that is the birth of our Savior and Messiah Yeshua. But, is December 25th the birth of Yeshua? Or is it something far more sinister than what we have been taught from generation to generation? Let’s examine the truth behind this holiday season and stand up and follow Yeshua in truth.

Firstly, I would like to examine what a Christmas tree has to do with Yeshua at all. YHWH tells us exactly what a Christmas tree is in Jeremiah 10:2-5 saying:

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

YHWH tells us plainly as His people to not learn the way of the nations around us and that the Christmas tree is an idol and an abomination in His sight. They DECK IT with silver and gold, so we know where the Christmas carol “Deck the halls” comes from now. Also, the silver and gold is the garland that is wrapped around the tree is a representation of Satan wrapping around the tree in the Garden of Eden deceiving us as he did Adam and Eve. As I have stated before YHWH’s Holy Days are SHABBATS and Satan’s counterfeit days are called Sabbats which means a pagan festival and a gathering of witches.

Another name for the Christmas tree found in scripture is an Asherah pole, which pagans and stiff-necked Israelites sacrificed to in their high places. YHWH is not pleased with these idols and He wants them destroyed. Examples in scripture is Exodus 34:13:

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

 Deuteronomy 7:5 YHWH says:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• The scriptures never give an exact date of when Yeshua was born so how are people picking December 25th as His birth? I’m sure that this information was left out of the scriptures for a reason. Furthermore, if anyone was going to have a great birthday celebration wouldn’t it have been Yeshua the Savior of the world? Yet, the scriptures are silent on the details about His birth.

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

• The name Christmas is pagan in itself! Christ meant “Christ”, while “Mas” meant “Mass.” Since all the pagan Masses are commemorating death, the name Christmas means “death of Christ.” The pagans celebrate Christmas as a celebration of their Anti-Messiah who they believe will deal a blow to Yeshua the true Elohim. So not only is that day not the birth of Yeshua, pagans are saying death to The Messiah.

• 12 Days of Christmas comes from a 12 days feast of Saturnalia. Chaledeans call December 25th Yule day which means “day of the infant” and that infant is Tammuz found in Ezekial 8:14.

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

• Wiccans or witches enjoy the tradition of wreaths or decking the halls with holly. Deuteronomy 18 YHWH says you must not suffer a witch to live, so why continue in a tradition of a witch? Or Satans Sabbats which is a gathering of witches?

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

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

• The Origin of the

  Krampus Legend from krampusfest.com

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

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

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

  Krampus festivals throughout Alpine communities kick off the holiday season with townspeople dressing in Krampus costumes, running rampant through the streets and putting a scare in the youngsters. After the children have been given a proper fright to ensure they stay on the straight and narrow, the rowdy Krampus are rewarded with holiday spirits, traditionally beer and schnapps. In fact, Krampus celebrations have become so popular that they can last for days before the arrival of Saint Nicholas on December 6th.

  For those who revel in the spirited fun of Halloween, Krampusfest is the perfect addition to your traditional Christmas and holiday festivities!

  Vintage postcard images depicting Krampus are from the book The Devil in Design: The Krampus Postcards by Monte Beauchamp (Ed).

• Santa’s name in Holland is Sinterklaus “Sin” terklaus. Also known as St. Nick.

• Lastly, what does Santa have to do with the birth of Yeshua anyway? Take a closer look at the name “Santa” don’t you see “Satan”. When people think of Christmas their focus goes to this made up character who Satan tried to make resemble Yeshua in some ways such as these:

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

2. Both have beards (Isaiah 50:6)

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

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

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

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

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

8. Says “Ho, ho” (Zechariah 2:6)

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

Satan has deceived the world again by mocking Elohim’s powers with a made up character and giving the glory to Santa Claus. Doesn’t Satan want to be like YHWH? And have the world worship him instead of the creator? Well, he has made a good attempt with Santa who he made to resemble Yeshua. Satan comes close enough to deceive but ultimately falls short.

 Let us get the Christmas trees (Asherah poles) aka the memorial of Nimrod out of our homes. It is up to us to stand up and fight for the Elohim of Israel in truth.

Blessings to you in Yeshua,

Damien Powell

Satanic Holiday Alert: Halloween aka The Fall Festival

Written by : Damien Powell

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

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

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

October 31st is a very popular holiday known as Halloween a (sabbat) where adults and kids dress up in costumes and go door to door asking for candy. Others go to costume parties to celebrate and bob for apples. But, is that holiday harmless? Is it acceptable for a believer or even the church to celebrate this day? Or to celebrate it under a disguised name of a Harvest or Fall Festival?

Yeshua tells us in Mark 12:26-27:

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

Isaiah 8:19

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

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

• Halloween literally means the evening before Hallows Day or All Saints Day, which is one of the witches Sabbats. Notice how Satan has tried to mock Elohim using the word “Sabbat” instead of “SHABBAT” in which we were commanded to observe which I explained earlier.

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

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

• Halloween was originally a Druidic feast of Samhain until the Roman Catholic Church changed the name. The Druid priests believed that the veil that separated the living from the dead was at its thinnest on October 31st. They believed all laws of space and time were suspended on this night allowing the spirit world to intermingle with the living. On October 31st the disembodied spirits of all those who had died during the preceding year would come back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year. It was believed to be the only chance for afterlife for the spirits. The Celtics would offer many sacrifices to their gods of death with both animals and humans in fire pits as offerings.

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

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

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

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

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

1 Corinthians 10:20-21 says:

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

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

Making matters worse the church (called out ones) are participating in these abomination holidays under the guise of the Fall Festival. The church is doing the exact same activities as those who participate in Halloween right inside the church. We have been deceived into thinking that this is innocent and Satan is laughing. It’s like how some Jews put up a Chanukah bush for the holidays and say its not a Christmas tree. When in actuality it represents the exact same thing with a different name. It doesn’t change what it stands for, does it?

These festivals are always held around halloween, children are invited to attend in a costume, and the kids receive candy for playing games! Whats the difference? There isn’t a difference one is called Halloween and the other is a Fall Festival

To put it simply we have a choice to make and we cannot justify our actions just because we want to have a “good time” or saying “it’s for the kids.”  We as believers cannot say that we are serving Elohim when we participate and join at the table with His enemy, which is anything demonic. All we are doing is justifying our actions and recreating pagan rituals filled with evil and death. Let us not be lost or deceived, but let us gain understanding of what these holidays truly mean because everything has a history and a meaning. We are either for Elohim or against Him. Let us stand up and fight for the Elohim of Israel in truth! Ah-main!

120 years to repent?

Written by: Damien Powell

What is the significance of the number 120? Is it just a number that YHWH chose as the maximum number of years for human beings to live or is it connected with what we are supposed to be doing in that time span? Let us examine.

Genesis 6:1-3 says:

“When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of Elohim saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. Then YHWH said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for his is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

During this time period in Genesis man was sinning upon the earth, they also taught the mixing of animals which provoked YHWH to anger, and the sons of Elohim took the daughters of men as wives; therefore, YHWH was sorry that He had made man and He was going to bring a flood to destroy His creation.

The maximum age of 120 years a human can grow to be correlates with the account in The Ancient Book of Jasher before the flood which says in Jasher 6:17-26

“And the sons of men assembled together, about seven hundred thousand men and women, and they came unto Noah to the ark. And they called to Noah saying, Open for us that we may come to thee in the ark—and wherefore shall we die? And Noah, with a loud voice, answered them from the ark, saying, Have you not all rebelled against YHWH, and said the He does not exist? And therefore YHWH brought upon you this evil, to destroy and cut you off the face of the earth.”

“Is not this the thing that I spoke to you of one hundred and twenty years back, and you would not hearken to the voice of YHWH, and now do you desire to live upon earth?” And they said to Noah, we are ready to return to YHWH; only open for us that we may live and not die. And Noah answered them, saying, Behold now that you see the trouble of your souls, you wish to return to YHWH; why did you not return during these hundred and twenty years, which YHWH granted you as the determined period?”

“But now you come and tell me this on account of the troubles of your souls, now also YHWH will NOT listen to you, neither will He give ear to you on this day, so that you will not now succeed in your wishes. And the sons of men approached in order to break into the ark, to come in on account of the rain, for they could not bear the rain upon them. And YHWH sent all the beasts and animals that stood round the ark. And the beasts overpowered them and drove them from that place, and every man went his way and they again scattered themselves upon the face of the earth.” And the rain was still descending upon the earth, and it descended forty days and forty nights, and the waters prevailed greatly upon the earth; and all flesh, that was upon the earth; and all flesh that was upon the earth or in the waters died, whether men, animals, beasts, creeping things or birds of the air, and there only remained Noah and those that were with him in the ark.”

The words of Solomon who was the wisest man on earth at one time says this in Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

“Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear Elohim and keep His commandments, for this is the WHOLE DUTY OF MAN. For Elohim will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.”

Our whole duty in life is to fear YHWH and keep His commandments so that we might live righteous lives and in my opinion it correlates with Genesis 6 and Jasher 6 Which is why I believe YHWH chose the number of 120 years for us to live which gives us 120 years to repent. 120 years to completely devote our lives to YHWH through His Son Yeshua, 120 years to unlearn the ways of the world, 120 years obey His commandments, laws, statues, and decrees.

But often times just like in Jasher we don’t believe in Him, or we lose track of Elohim with the worries of this world, with work, with money, with our relationships, with our own personal accomplishments, and achievements. But, none of that is more important than serving and worshiping YHWH in spirit in truth and it doesn’t change the fact that He is looking down watching us every step of the way, so we must be prepared.

Yeshua spoke of this very thing about His second coming in Luke 17:26-27 which says

 “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son on Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.”

In other words life cannot get in the way of following our Messiah because He is coming back as a roaring Lion to destroy the enemies of YHWH so we must always be prepared. 120 years may be the maximum we have on this earth to get it right, but I would not encourage anyone to try to wait until they are older to give their lives to The Messiah because Yeshua said Himself that He will come like a thief in the night when nobody expects it, so He can come well before your 120 years is up or He can take the life of anyone on this earth long before they think they should die. An example in scripture of a man dying before he thought it was time is found in Luke 12:16-20 which says:

“The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no more room to store my crops? And he said, This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I store all of my crops and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have plenty of goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But Elohim said unto him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you: then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?”

This rich man did not have his heart set on serving YHWH and all he cared about was his abundance of crops and having enough for himself and not sharing with others. Our goal is to store up treasures in Heaven and not here on earth and that is what Yeshua was saying in this parable. Put your focus on Elohim because tomorrow is not promised.

An example of YHWH adding to one’s life is found in Isaiah 38:1-5 which says:

“In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet son of Amoz came unto him, sand said unto him, Thus saith YHWH, Set thine house in order: for you shalt die, and not live. Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto YHWH, And said, Remember now, O YHWH, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. Then came the word of YHWH to Isaiah, saying, Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith YHWH, the Elohim of David thy ancestor, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will add unto your days fifteen years.

Let us examine our lives and determine which category we fall in: the rich man or Hezekiah? In my opinion YHWH’s adding or taking away one’s life is dependent on the condition of one’s heart whether he is full of greed or if one is following YHWH with all their heart and soul. Either way we must be ready regardless, because as YHWH told Hezekiah “Get your house in order or else you will die.”

The perfect parable for this is in Yeshua’s own words in Mathew 25:1-13

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. These wise, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.”

“At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet Him! Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.” “No, they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and by some for yourselves.’

“But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut. Later the others also came. Sir! Sir! They said. ‘Open the door for us!” But He replied, ‘I tell you the truth, I don’t know you.” Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.”

As I stated earlier 120 years is the maximum allotted time for us to repent, but at the same time we must ready at all times because we do not know the day or the hour. If we are prepared the like the wise virgins (the righteous) then we do not have to worry about being shut out, but if we wait until the last minute to give our lives to the Messiah like the foolish virgins, then when Yeshua comes we will miss out and the door will be shut! And I cannot imagine hearing anything worse than Yeshua saying “I never knew you!” or “Away from me you evil doers!” I’m sure nobody else would want to hear that either.

Let us not get choked out by life and all of its troubles and lose sight of what is important which is following Yeshua and serving Him with all our heart and soul. Let us not be like the virgins with no oil, let us not be like those 700,000 men and women who neglected the word of YHWH, were disobedient, and were left to be destroyed by the flood. Let us stand up and fight for The Elohim of Israel in truth and give our lives to Him today, the time is ticking for us all!

Did Yeshua claim to be Elohim?

Did Yeshua claim to be Elohim?

During my walk with Yeshua I have heard many questions about the divinity of Yeshua and others saying that He is not the Son of The All Mighty YHWH. Former believers in The Messiah walked away from the faith over doubts about who He was and that He could not have been raised from the dead. Muslims think Yeshua is a prophet and that He never claimed to be Elohim. So let us examine scripture to see if Yeshua ever claimed to be Elohim and some events that occurred by eye witnesses to prove that He is the one true living Messiah and The Son YHWH Elohim of Israel.

Let us examine the scriptures of what Yeshua said about His divinity:

1. In John 8:56-58 Yeshua says:

“Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto Him, You are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham? Yeshua said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.”

The words of Yeshua are powerful because He just told us that He existed in The Old Testament before He became flesh and walked the earth. He told us that He met and spoke to Abraham and Abraham rejoiced His day. The last part of Yeshua’s words shows His divine nature and that He existed before He became flesh is when He said “Before Abraham was, I am.” There is another place in scripture where we have seen I AM before.

Exodus 3:14 says:

“And Elohim said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.”

If Abraham existed before Moses and Yeshua said before Abraham was I AM, then I AM would have been Yeshua speaking to Moses on the mount. If you go back and read Exodus 3:2 before Yeshua spoke to Moses it says:

“And the angel of YHWH appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.”

This verse indicates that an angel of YHWH appeared to Moses instead of saying YHWH first. Then in verse 4 Yeshua says:

“Elohim called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. And He said, Draw not near: put off thy shoes from off they feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.”

This verse verifies that the angel of YHWH was indeed Yeshua when He started speaking to Moses and that the place Moses was standing on was holy ground. This angel wasn’t any angel because men are forbade to worship angels and this Angel had to authority to tell Moses to remove his sandals because he was standing on holy ground. This had to be Yeshua pre-incarnate (Spirit without human form). What does scripture say about the worship of angels?

Colossians 2:18 says:

“Let no man defraud you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshy mind.”

Revelations 22:8-9 says:

“And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these things. Then he said to me, See that you do not do it: for I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the words of this book: worship Elohim.”

As we can see from the two scriptures above it is a sin to worship an angel, but it’s not a sin to worship The King of Angels Yeshua The Messiah. This isn’t the only example that Yeshua has appeared before a man because He can take on many forms. In the book of Joshua 5:13-14 it says:

“And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries? And he said “Nay; but as captain of the host of YHWH am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship and said unto him, what saith my Master unto his servant?”

As discussed earlier we cannot worship angels; therefore, we know that we cannot worship a human being even if he is a captain. However, we notice Joshua bowed down to the earth and worshiped because Joshua knew that He was talking to a powerful being. It was Yeshua pre-incarnate again who came to deliver a message to Joshua. Then in verse 15, Yeshua tells Joshua the same thing that He told Moses. Joshua 5:15 says:

“And the captain of YHWH’s host said unto Joshua, Loose they shoe from off thy foot; for the place where you stand is holy. And Joshua did so.”

1. John 10:27-30 Yeshua says:

“ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: And I give them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man snatch them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them to me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one.”

The statement that Yeshua made saying that He and The Father are ONE is what Moses told the children of Israel by command of YHWH. Yeshua was confirming what was written In Deuteronomy 6:4 which says:

“Hear, O Israel: YHWH our Elohim, YHWH is ONE”

Yeshua is saying that He is equal to the Father and YHWH, Yeshua, and the Holy Spirity (The Elohim-Triune) are ONE! The title Elohim means (Mighty Ones) therefore, where we see Elohim speaking that means YHWH, Yeshua, and The Ruach Hakodesh (Holy Spirit) are speaking as ONE. The same principle applies when a man marries a woman because scripture tell us in Mark 10:7-8:

“For this reason a man will leave his dad and mom and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but ONE.”

We know that when a man and woman get married they don’t morph their bodies into each other and become one person. It means they are equal and tied to each other forever. Yeshua is making that same reference with His Father YHWH saying that even though they are two distinct Beings they are ONE Elohim together, Father and Son.

1. John 10:36 He says:

“Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Though blasphemes; because I said, I am the Son of Elohim?”

Yeshua again declares His divinity by saying that He can give eternal life to those who belong to Him which is something NO man can accomplish. Then He goes on to question the Jews about why they say He is blaspheming because He is the Son of Elohim. Yeshua usually proves He is Elohim and the Son of YHWH indirectly, but He was straight forward this time. Of course they were ready to stone Him at this point, but His time to be persecuted had not come yet.

1. John 7:15-17 says:

“The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man (Yeshua) get such learning without having studied?” Yeshua answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from Him who sent Me.”

Firstly, Yeshua did not need to be taught on the law because Yeshua was present before the world, but also Yeshua is the living word of Elohim. We know this because scripture tells us in John 1-2:

“In the beginning was the Word (Yeshua), and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim. He was with Elohim in the beginning.” Then verse 14 says “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

This is again confirmed in Revelation 19:13 which says:

“He (Yeshua) is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is the Word of Elohim.”

Then again in the Old Testament Yeshua says in Isaiah 48:16:

“Come near to Me, listen to this: from the first I have not spoken in secret, from the time it took place, I was there. And now YHWH Elohim has sent Me, and His Spirit.”

Yeshua is not only speaking in the Old Testament pre-incarnate to Isaiah, but He also once again confirms that He was in the beginning with YHWH and The Holy Spirit and that He was sent to earth.

And now you will have a clearer understanding of the passage all the way back in the beginning when you read Genesis 1:26 which says:

“And Elohim said, Let US make man in our image, after OUR likeness”

This passage is backing up what Yeshua told us in Isaiah, Exodus, and John that He was here before the foundation of the world and that He was present with YHWH and The Ruach HaKodesh (The Holy Spirit) when man was being created.

The Jews did not understand how a man who wasn’t even 50 years old could make a statement saying He saw Abraham and then go on to teach about YHWH without being taught because the word of Elohim is Yeshua Himself. And even more compelling evidence is that Yeshua says “My teaching is not my own. It comes from Him who SENT ME.” Sent is a key word because He does not say born, this proves that He was King in Heaven (pre-incarnate) who left His throne and was SENT to become human flesh to die for all man-kind. Those are powerful words from our Messiah The King.

1. In John 14:6 Yeshua says:

“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to The Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know Him and have seen Him.”

Yeshua just told us that no one can come to The Father except in His name, in other words Yeshua confirmed His divinity again by saying that as Elohim The Son, He is the intermediary between man and The Most High YHWH Elohim. No human being on earth can intercede for us only Yeshua The Son!

Also, Yeshua is once again confirmed that He and YHWH are ONE by saying that if you have seen Him then you have seen The Father! Any human making that claim would be blaspheming, but Yeshua is not a man, He is Elohim.

1. In John 14:12-14 Yeshua says:

“I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.”

Again, Yeshua is telling us that He as at the right hand of His Father YHWH in heaven because if we pray in His name, then He will go to The Father and will answer our prayers. What man can answer prayers? What man can intercede for us and go to The Father for us? No one! Yeshua has confirmed His divinity of being Elohim by showing us His power.

In Luke 10:18 Yeshua says:

“I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.”

This scripture is clear and again confirms that Yeshua was in heaven before the foundation of the world and He personally saw Satan being cast out from heaven.

Luke 4:41 says:

“Moreover, demons came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of Elohim!” But He rebuked them and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was The Messiah.”

Mark 1:24-25 says:

“What do you want with us, Yeshua of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are---the Holy One of Elohim!” “Be quiet!” said Yeshua sternly. “Come out of him!”

So even the demons knew that Yeshua was the Son of YHWH and they feared Him greatly, yet they were not allowed to speak because Yeshua was not ready to reveal that He was the Messiah at that moment.

John 4:21-25 Yeshua comes right out and says it:

“Yeshua declared, “Believe Me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know, we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. Elohim is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman said, “I know that Messiah is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us. Then Yeshua declared, “I who speak to you AM HE.”

Yeshua as mentioned earlier did not permit his disciples or the demons to let everyone know that He was the Messiah and The Son of YHWH because prophecy states that there would be a spiritual blindness over the Jews and that the gentiles would accept His word and obey Him, so Yeshua revealed Himself to this Samaritan woman who was a gentile which fulfilled prophecy. In most cases Yeshua said that He was the Messiah indirectly but this time He came right out and admitted to this woman and many Samaritans believed in Him after the woman’s testimony.

There is a spiritual blindness over some people and a lot of other religions but as followers of Yeshua we must lead them to the light and show that He is the Son of YHWH and that we all need to repent and give our lives to the one who left heaven and came to earth to be crushed for our sins. We must preach Yeshua to the four corners because the Bible tells us plainly in John 3:18

“He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of Elohim.”

Let us stand up and fight for the Elohim of Israel in truth and preach the gospel to the four corners!

YAHWEH'S diet vs. Man's diet

YAHWEH’S Diet VS. Man’s diet

Written by: Damien Powell

Our Father YHWH is perfect and His creation is perfect! He created all things in heaven and on earth; therefore, since He created everything, wouldn’t it make sense that He would know what is good for us? So the question is why do humans attempt to be like the Creator and try to perfect what has already been perfected? Scientist clone animals, developing malaria-resistant mosquitos, creating artificial sperm, growing human organs inside of animals, editing human genes, bug resistant plants, and artificial intelligence.

 In this issue I want to focus on what scientists create in laboratories and what we rely on as food which is called hybrid/GMO’s (genetically modified organisms). These foods are not healthy for us, but are being promoted as health foods and sadly we figure these are the only foods available to us simply because we have been eating them since childhood. This is man’s plan to hide the health benefits of real food and feed us artificial food that our bodies do not recognize. In return we develop all kinds of sickness and diseases. We then have to go to the doctor and the doctor prescribes medications to cure us that come with numerous side effects. We are guinea pigs in a market for doctors and pharmaceutical companies to make money.

These same doctors claim that they do not know why American’s are so sick and are quick to prescribe medication without figuring out how to heal us naturally. A study conducted in a documentary stated that a mere three percent of doctors know anything about nutrition and the other 97% know medication because that is what they study. The answer to the sickness epidemic especially in America is simple, the food that they are pushing down our throats! It’s a domino effect, but this is what happens when man attempts to play YHWH, because He has already given us what we need without modification.

What is a hybrid? The offspring of two plants or animals of different breeds or between two different specimens of the same plant, varieties or species produced through human manipulation for specific genetic characteristics. When genetic scientists hybridize plants in a lab, they bind two distinct sample genetics together with a starch (which is acidic) and the new hybrid food becomes acidic altogether which does not bode well for our bodies because our bodies recognize them as toxins. Hybrid foods are engineered by man to achieve desired traits in foods like color, size, shape and even increasing the breast size in chickens since that is the most desired part.

 Hybrid foods cannot germinate on their own and will not grow in nature. They have to be protected and nurtured by humans, otherwise they will be overcome by bugs. For example modern day wheat is heavily processed and engineered by man so it can be mass produced for the market, just think of all the fast food chains that need buns for hamburgers or the quick cheap breads in stores. When you see enriched wheat flour, bleached wheat flour etc that means it has been processed from its natural form. There are natural forms of wheat that man has not tampered with and that is spelt, kamut (ka-moot), and rye bread. Yes, they cost more but they are not engineered by man.

What does YHWH have to say about hybrids? He tells us in Leviticus 19:19:

“Keep my decrees. Do not mate different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with two different kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.”

YHWH’s command is pretty clear that He does not approve of hybrid foods because He knew it would alter His perfection and that these foods would make us sick. He doesn’t even want us mating two different animals which we see daily with our pets and new creations like the “Liger” which is a combination of a lion and tiger. The Book of Jasher 4:18 records this about how YHWH feels about it:

“And there judges and rulers went to the daughters of men and took their wives by force from their husbands according to their choice, and the sons of men in those days took from the cattle of the earth, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and taught the mixture of animals of one species with the other, in order therewith to provoke YHWH; and Elohim  saw the whole earth and it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon the earth, all men and all animals.”

As you can see man even in ancient times corrupted YHWH’s perfection and it continues today with scientists. YHWH tells us in Genesis 1:29:

“I give you every SEED-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with SEED IN IT.” They will be yours for food.”

But yet again, man has tried to play YHWH and removed the seeds from our fruit like grapes and watermelons for our convenience, but as you can see from the scripture above it is wrong because YHWH specifically says that He gave us fruit to eat with the seed in it.

Our bodies are naturally alkaline with our blood PH level around 7.3, even water has a naturally alkaline PH of 7 and all natural electric food that He created is alkaline. Alkaline means anything with a PH level of 7 or higher and anything below 7 is acidic. When our bodies become acidic it creates an acidic environment where mucus, bacteria, and diseases breed. It’s not a coincidence that a PH level of 7 is healthy and acidic is 6. Think of it this way YHWH’s number is “7” which represents the number of completion. For example YHWH created the heavens, the earth, the sea and all that is in them in 6 days then He rested on the 7th day and gave us the Sabbath Day (Saturday) to rest, and YHWH has also given us 7 Holy Feasts/Fasts that we are to celebrate to Him every year. All of the man-made hybrid foods are acidic which is 6.9 or lower on the PH scale. So naturally everything He created and gave us in good.

When it comes to meats YHWH tells us in Leviticus 11:3 that cows are supposed to eat grass “chew the cud” because it’s a special process that cows have in their stomach, which in turn provides more nutrients in their flesh like omega 3’s, CLA, and healthy fats. But when man got involved trying to play YHWH again it changed the healthy grass eating cow into something man could mass produce at a faster rate. Mad cow disease was not heard of in ancient Israel. Did you know that mad cow disease came from breeders feeding the cow’s diseased sheep? How did a grass eating cow go from eating vegetation to animal by-products? Simple! To cut down on costs and to fatten the cows faster for slaughter.  Scientist also feed the cow’s grain, corn and soy for feed, then they pump them full of hormones and antibiotics to prevent the spread of disease with this unnatural process.

 We in return eat this food which causes us to get sick because the cows have been raised in a way YHWH did not intend. Even in Genesis 1:30 YHWH says:

“And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.”

YHWH told us even back in Genesis that vegetation was to be the source of food for animals, not the modern day method. We should be careful when we go out to eat and purchase meat from the store that the farmers are feeding the cattle or birds instead of what YHWH intended for them to eat.

Here are a list of hybrid foods that most of us eat every day without knowing it: seedless apples, kiwis, seedless pineapples, seedless grapes, seedless watermelons, peaches, grapefruit, beets, carrots, cabbage, brussel sprouts, spinach, eggplant, asparagus, potatoes, celery, wheatgrass, cauliflower, broccoli, corn, cashews, and white rice just to name a few. We must also be careful of the conventionally raised produce which has been sprayed with pesticides, herbicides, and other things not meant to go into the human body. These chemicals are harmful to the human body and are known to cause cancer and other diseases. Most conventional vegetables are grown with pesticide resistant chemicals that grow inside the plant to keep bugs away, which makes them harder to avoid. YHWH’s food diet is naturally organic without the pesticides. Isn’t it interesting that we now have to pay extra for food that was intended to be organic anyway, shameful right?

Then there are the artificial flavors and preservatives like high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, saccharin, aspartame, acesulfame, neotame, sucralose, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, xantham gum, lecithin, carrageenan (seaweed), citric acid, sulfites, calcium propionate, sodium nitrate. Artificial colors to enhance the appearance and taste are fructose, FD&C Red No. 40, monosodium glutamate (MSG) and annatto. Simply put if you can’t pronounce or never heard of these names before then they were produced in a laboratory to mimic the taste of real food, get your taste buds addicted, and ultimately your body will reject it. It may not be an overnight experience, but over time your body will not be able to handle the toxin overload.

The plants that we consider weeds are actually foods that YHWH has given us and they grow in the wild and a few are: dandelions, burdock, sarsaprialla, mimosa, hydrangea, chickweed, damiana and mullein leaf. Grains are quinoa, amaranth, fonio, teff, spelt, rye, and certain tree barks like capadulla and yohimbe.

Vegetables and fruits that have not been engineered by man but made by YHWH are olives, avocado, cucumbers, onions, green bananas, cherry and plum tomatoes, cherries, cantaloupe, figs, dates, mangos, seeded melons. Just to name a few of the good foods that our bodies recognize and can use for energy and cure disease.

 Lines up perfectly with Genesis 1:29 doesn’t it? What’s more is that most of us have never even heard of these foods which speaks volumes about what our government and scientists are doing to us.

About 99% of the food available to us are hybrids which are high in starch and carry traces of cyanide. It’s a shame that we have been taught to eat these foods because we think that is all that is available to us. Man has done a good job of tampering with Elohim’s natural order and hiding the truth from us. Let us purge these foods made by man and eat the YHWH diet and be healed naturally.

Blessings to you all in Yeshua

Chag HaShavout(Feast of Weeks)/Pentecost

Written by: Damien Powell

Chag HaShavout (Feast of Weeks)/Pentecost

Jeremiah 5:24 Given us the Law of Shavout

The Feast of Unleavened Bread is the last holy day celebrated as we were commanded not to eat anything with leaven in it for seven days to commemorate our Exodus out of Egypt and how YHWH brought our divisions out of Egypt with a mighty hand. Scripture tells us that the Sunday during the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Chag HaMatzoat) is when we start the counting of the omer (sheaf).

Leviticus 23:15-16 says:

 “And you shall count unto you from the morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the seventh Sabbath shall you number fifty days; and you shall offer a new meat offering unto YHWH.”

The counting of the omer in Christianity is commonly known as resurrection Sunday; however it is when the priest would wave a barley sheaf before YHWH for the blessing of the future crops for the year and also the start of counting 50 days to Shavout (Shav-oo-oat) which means ”weeks” in Hebrew. Pentecost means 50 in Greek and this holy day falls Sunday May 20th of this year.

There are many traditions and celebrations that surround Shavout/Pentecost in modern day Judaism and Christianity, such as the giving of the Torah to Moses, reading the 10 commandments, and the eating of dairy products. What does scripture tell us about how we are to celebrate this day as followers of our Master Yeshua? And what is the importance of this day?

The importance of this day can be explained like this. Elohim was telling Moses “I am taking My people of Israel to a fertile land that I have given them and I would like them to acknowledge this gift. “Each spring, when the harvest of the year is available the people should bring their initial crops of the temple so the high priest can acknowledge them before Me.”

YHWH wants us to acknowledge that He has provided for us by bringing our best offering to Him. It also shows our trust in Him by offering our best and that He will continue to provide even more and continue to bless us. Shavout/Pentecost is also a NO work day. Leviticus 23:21 says:

“And you shall proclaim on that same day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: you shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statue forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.”

Deuteronomy 16:10-11 says:

“And you shall keep the Feast of Weeks (Shavout/Pentecost) unto YHWH your Elohim with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which you shall give unto YHWH your Elohim, according as YHWH your Elohim has blessed you: And you shall rejoice before YHWH your Elohim, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite that is within your gates, and the stranger; and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which YHWH your Elohim has chosen to place His name there.”

Elohim tells us to bring a free will offering according to the blessing He has given us as a way to say thank you and He also commands EVERYONE to rejoice before Him on this day. We are not to be sorrowful or in a bad mood because YHWH clearly commands us to be joyous on this day.

Deuteronomny 16:12 says:

“And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statues”

Shavout/Pentecost is the last Moedim/appointed time of the spring and as you can see it ties in with Passover because He brought us up out of Egypt because were slaves and on Shavout we are to remember that we were slaves in Egypt. He wants us to remember this fact so that we do not backslide and forget His blessings. By having us remember that we were slaves keeps our focus on Him and His commandments so we do not become disobedient.

Another important fact for this day is the promise that Yeshua gave us before He ascended into heaven. Yeshua tells us in John 16:7

“Nevertheless I tell you the truth; it is advantageous for you that I go away: for if I don’t go away, the Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit (Roo-ach Ha-Ko-daysh) will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you.”

It was important for Yeshua to ascend into heaven because He sent the Ruach HaKodesh to dwell within us and verse 13 He tells us what the Holy Spirit will do:

“Howbeit when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will show you things to come. He shall glorify Me: for He shall receive what is Mine, and shall show it to you.”

The Ruach HaKodesh will guide us and show us truth and lead us to righteousness and how to obey the commandments. It is important to mention Yeshua’s promise of the Holy Spirit during Shavout because The Holy Spirit was poured out on His disciples on this very day. Acts 2:1-4 says:

“And when the day of Shavout/Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one purpose in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.”

Although scripture doesn’t tell us exactly how to celebrate Shavout we can explore ideas of growing and maturing, so we can reap a harvest in our walk with Yeshua, we can also reap a harvest of souls by proclaiming Yeshua to the world.

Acts 2:38-41 is a great example as it reads:

“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be immersed (baptized) every one of you in the name of Yeshua HaMashiach (Ha-ma-she-ach) for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Ruach HaKodesh. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are far off, even as many as YHWH our Elohim shall call. And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying “Save yourselves from this crooked generation. Then they that gladly received his word were immersed: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.”

The Book of Ruth is worth reading because it ties into Shavout. Ruth 1:22 says:

“So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country, of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of the barley harvest (Shavout).”

Another interesting connection with the Book of Ruth and Shavout is the command that YHWH gave concerning the land, He says in Leviticus 23:22

“And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not make clean riddance of the corners of your field when you reap, neither shall you gather any gleaning of the harvest: you shall leave them for the poor, and to the stranger: I am YHWH your Elohim.”

YHWH made a specific command to not be greedy and clean the fields out when you reap the harvest because you are supposed to leave what is left for the poor. The connection was made in Ruth because Boaz did exactly as He commanded. Ruth 2:2-3 says:

“And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn AFTER him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her; Go, my daughter. And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field AFTER the reapers; and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the Kindred of Elimelech.”

As you can see Boaz was obedient to YHWH’s command from Leviticus and Ruth benefited by being able to glean over his fields and also find favor in the sight of Boaz. And a side note is that Boaz and Ruth were blessed to be in the lineage of Yeshua.

Shavout is about giving thanks for the blessing of YHWH, the pouring out of the Ruach HaKodesh, repentance, renewal, restoration, salvation, boldly proclaiming the good news of Yeshua and rejoicing in the harvest literally and spiritually. Let us stand up and fight for The Elohim of Israel and be obedient to His commands.

Are we REHEARSING on earth for the FINALE in heaven?

Written by: Damien Powell

Our Father YHWH has given us 7 Feasts/Fasts/Appointed times that He commands us to celebrate to Him as believers. He also says that we are to celebrate these Moedim, which means (Appointed times) as a lasting ordinance forever because it is His time to meet with us. Think of it as setting up an “appointment” to see the doctor and how important it is for you to meet him for your health.  The same goes for YHWH! He sets appointed times to meet and interact with and to set us apart from all the nations around us. YHWH’s Moedim are important for our spiritual health.

These feasts also remind us of the wonderful things that He has done and what He plans to do, and they also point to the first and second coming of our Messiah Yeshua. The Spring Feasts, for example, are associated with the first coming of Yeshua because He died on Passover, was in the tomb on Feast of Unleavened Bread, then resurrected on First Fruits, and The Ruach HaKodesh (Roo-ach Ha-ko-daysh) The Holy Spirit was poured out on His disciples on Shavout also known as Pentecost.

The Fall Feasts point to the second coming of Yeshua, which are Yom Teruah (Trumpets), Yom Kippur (Atonement), Sukkot (Tabernacles), and The Last Great Day. These Holy Days will be fulfilled when Yeshua comes back to reign on earth. So the question is, should we celebrate these days that YHWH commanded us to?

 The answer is Yes! The word Miqroa (Mik-raw) means something “called out” which is what the word “church” means. It means a public meeting, an assembly, a holy convocation, a reading, or rehearsal. So not only does He want to meet with us, He wants us to gather together as an assembly and REHEARSE these feasts days forever because they do not end on earth. YHWH has commanded His people to observe and practice these Feasts because they are “dress rehearsals” for the coming of our King Yeshua and we must be ready. We know that a rehearsal is the practice of something in order to perfect it before the “real event” or finale and that is what He expects from us. In the Book of Judges 5:11 YHWH tells us we are to:

 “Rehearse the righteous acts”

The Scriptures always give us the answers that we seek because it is the truth and 2 Timothy 3:16 says:

“All Scripture is Elohim-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.”

So now that we know that ALL Scripture is Elohim-breathed, let us take a look at some examples of why we should be “rehearsing” these feasts while we are on earth now:

1. In Leviticus 23:2 YHWH tells us:

   “Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of YHWH, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are MY feasts.”

   Notice how YHWH says these are HIS appointed times and feasts we are to proclaim. In other words, these are personal feasts that belong to our Creator and He expects us ALL to celebrate as believers. Nowhere does He say these are the Jewish feasts as we have been led to believe and nowhere does He say replace them with man-made traditions and celebrations such as Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc. Those days are counterfeits to the true days we are to proclaim.

1. Zechariah 14:16-19 says:

“Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, YHWH Almighty, and to celebrate the FEAST OF TABERNACLES (Sukkot). If ANY OF THE PEOPLES OF THE EARTH do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the king, YHWH Almighty, they will have no rain. If the Egyptian people do not go up and take part, they will have no rain. YHWH will bring on them the plague He inflicts on the nations that do not go up to celebrate The FEAST OF TABERNACLES. This will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the FEAST OF TABERNACLES (Sukkot).”

The scripture from Zechariah is a prophecy of what will occur when YHWH sends Yeshua back to earth to reign in Israel and when He does come to reign ALL NATIONS AND PEOPLE of the earth will celebrate The Feast of Tabernacles or be inflicted with plagues and have no rain. Sounds serious doesn’t it? As we can see YHWH has made it clear that this isn’t just a Jewish celebration as we have been taught to believe. This feast is for all believers and even for those who don’t believe, so wouldn’t it make sense to start this practice of celebrating The Feast of Tabernacles before Yeshua returns, since we all will have to participate or have no rain? The Feast of Tabernacles is the celebration of the harvest that YHWH has provided for us throughout the year and when we gather in all of the produce. The TRUE THANKSGIVING or Feast of in-gathering. It also reminds us of how YHWH protected the Israelites when they wandered in the wilderness for 40 years and how He had them to dwell in Sukkahs/booths/tabernacles. We today are commanded to dwell in temporary booths for 7 days as a reminder of our ancestors.

1. Mark 9:4-5 correlates with the Zechariah 14 prophecy by showing the importance of The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) which says:

   “And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Yeshua. Peter said to Yeshua, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three Sukkahs/booths/tabernacles----one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”

Sukkah/booth/tabernacle all mean a temporary dwelling or movable habitation. The disciples that walked with Yeshua got to witness a great sight of Yeshua, talking with Moses and Elijah who were already dead, but were righteous men of YHWH, which is why they were seen with Yeshua. They knew the importance of this sight and wanted to build a Sukkah/tabernacle/ booth for the three of them, which shows that we will be dwelling in booths and celebrating the Feast of Tabernacles because what the disciples witnessed was a glimpse of heaven.

How do we know this? Yeshua tells His disciples in Mark 9:1 before speaking to Moses and Elijah saying:

“I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the King of Elohim come with power.”

1. In the blog last month I stated the importance of Passover and explained the pagan origins of Easter, but also quoted a scripture from the words of Yeshua that fits in perfectly with the rehearsal topic. Mathew 26:27-28 which says:

“Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

Yeshua just confirmed the words of Father YHWH in Exodus 12:14 that the Passover is to be kept forever; and Yeshua tells us that we will celebrate the Passover with Him when He drinks the fruit of the vine with us in Heaven. So, as believers we need to begin rehearsing the true feast of Passover since Yeshua says we will be celebrating it in YHWH’s kingdom. Yeshua Himself ate the Passover meal, when we read Luke 22:15 He says:

“I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.”

1. Paul tells us in Colossians 2:16-17

   “Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of any holyday, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Messiah.”

   Most Pastors and scholars use this scripture as a means to break the law of YHWH, His feast days, and weekly Sabbaths and it’s a huge misconception. Paul was saying the opposite in this scripture. Paul is saying the Sabbath and all the Holy Days commanded in Leviticus 23 were not only celebrated by the Colossians, but are also a foreshadow of future events, things that are yet to come.

   Paul was telling the Colossians to keep celebrating and rehearsing these days and to not stop celebrating  because others were judging them. Paul was telling them that they knew the truth; therefore to keep living in the truth because of what will occur in the future. The feast days signify the fulfillment of YHWH’s master plan to offer salvation to all mankind through Yeshua.

2. Hebrews 8:5 says:

   “They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”

   Moses in Exodus 35:21 took offerings from the children of Israel to begin building a tabernacle to YHWH, but as we see from Hebrews 8:5, Moses was instructed to build it based off what he saw on the mount by the command of YHWH because it was to be a shadow or copy of the one that is in heaven.  Now we know why the specifications of the tabernacle were so precise because the earthly one was to look like in heaven.

As we can see from the scriptures above, we are learning how to serve YHWH through Yeshua by rehearsing all of His feast days/fasts/Sabbath days while we are on earth because they will continue even when Yeshua returns. Take a look at YHWH’s prayer (The LORD’s prayer) that Yeshua taught while He was on earth and tell me if it now has a deeper meaning after learning about us rehearsing now for the kingdom of heaven.

Our Father who art in heaven

Hallowed be thy Name

Thy kingdom come

They will be done

On earth as it is in heaven

I figured I would stop right there to show how we recite the words to the prayer but they hold a deeper meaning than we once thought. Let us stand up and fight for the Elohim of Israel and show Him that we are His people by rehearing the feast days while anticipating His future kingdom.

Satanic sabbat alert: Easter

Written by: Damien Powell

One of Satan’s biggest deceptions is to trick believers of the Messiah and of YHWH, The Elohim of Israel, in to forcing us to observe days that are not commanded in scripture. Satan tricks us in to celebrating his counterfeit holidays called sabbats (a pagan gathering of witches) that mock the true Holy Days/SHABBAT or Moedim (Appointed times) set by YHWH. This great deception is confirmed when we read Daniel 7: 25:

“He (Satan) will speak against the Most High and oppress his holy people and try to change the set times and the laws. The holy people will be delivered into his hands for a time, times and half a time.”

What is Easter?

Satan has already changed YHWH’s commanded Holy Days for the church which isn’t Biblical, which brings us to the upcoming Feast, which is greatly overlooked by many believers in the Messiah and that day is Passover. Most of us have been deceived in to thinking that Yeshua died and rose on Easter Sunday. However, Easter cannot be found anywhere in scripture, nor the Easter bunny or the Easter egg, which are all pagan. Easter sometimes coincides with Passover and the death and ressurection of Yeshua, so it was easy for Christianity to merge this pagan celebration of the Spring Equinox and sexual reproduction to this date. Easter eggs and bunnies all represent symbols of reproduction and have nothing to do with our Messiah.

The names of Easter are Easter (English), Eastre (Anglo-Saxon), Astarte (Greek), ,Ashtaroth (Canaanite), and Ishtar (Babylonian). What does YHWH think of Easter? Judges 2:13

“So they forsook YHWH and served Baal and the Ashoreths.”

Technically, if we are choosing Easter over Yeshua and the true Biblical day, we are putting a false deity over our Elohim which violates the first Commandment. “Have no other elohim before ME.”

What does it represent?

In my book titled “The Ultimate Spiritual Detoxification Guide: Cleansing Your Spirit of The Impurities of Learned Traditions and Behavior”, I explain from research the origin of Easter. Easter or Ishtar, also known by her biblical name of Semiramis and later called the “Queen of heaven” was the widow of Nimrod and mother of Tammuz. Easter is the bare breasted pagan fertility goddess of the east. Legend has it that she came out of heaven in a giant egg, landing in the Euphrates River at sunrise on the first Sunday after the vernal equinox, busted out, and turned a bird into an egg laying rabbit.”

“To honor this event, pagan sun-worshippers would go out early in the morning and face to the east to watch their sun-god arise over the horizon before having mass (sacrifice) in which the priest of Easter would sacrifice three month old human infants and take the eggs of Easter and dip them in the blood of the sacrificed infants. The blood-red colored Easter eggs would later hatch on December 25th, the same day her son Tammuz (Ezekiel 8:14) would be born.” You now possess the knowledge of the origin of Easter eggs and where dying them in pastel colors have come from.

Choose Passover

The biblical day that Yeshua was crucified on was Passover and then He rose three days later (End of Shabbat), the true Biblical feast. Mathew 26:2 says:

“As you know, the Passover is two days away and the Son of Man (Yeshua) will be handed over to be crucified.”

What is Passover? Passover is when YHWH brought the final plague upon the Egyptians of Pharoah who would not let His people go. YHWH commanded the Israelites to put the blood of the sacrificial lamb on the doorposts of their homes so that YHWH would “Pass Over” their homes and execute judgment on the Egyptians. This event was a foreshadow of the true sacrificial lamb in Yeshua, whose blood was poured out for us so that we would be freed from death. The same way the lamb saved Israel from death is the same way Messiah would save us from death.

Exodus 12:12-14 says:

“For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am YHWH. And the blood shall be to you for a sign upon the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. And this day shall be unto you for a memorial: and you shall keep it a feast to YHWH throughout your generations; you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.”

If you notice, YHWH tells us to keep the Passover Feast throughout our generations forever. This holds true because our Messiah celebrated Passover with His disciples just as His Father commanded. Mathew 26:18-19 says:

“And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand: I will keep the Passover at thy house with my disciples.” And the disciples did as Yeshua had appointed them; and they made ready the Passover.”

Verse 29 is absolutely beautiful! Yeshua reveals something that a lot of people may miss after reading the passage. He says the following:

“But I say unto you, I will not drink the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”

Yeshua just confirmed the words of Father YHWH in Exodus 12:14 that the Passover is to be kept forever; and Yeshua tells us that we will celebrate the Passover with Him when He drinks the fruit of the vine with us in Heaven. So, as believers we need to begin celebrating the true feast of Passover and not the counterfeit holiday of Easter.

So we see that our Messiah Yeshua the one we are to follow, The One who kept the Torah perfectly celebrated Passover and NOT Easter. And Even Josiah in the Book of Kings when he and the priest discovered The Book of The Law they celebrated it because IT IS WRITTEN! 2 Kings 23:21-23 says:

And the sovereign (Josiah) commanded all the people, saying, “Prepare the Pesach (Passover) to YHWH your Elohim, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.” For such a Passover had not been prepared since the days of the rulers who ruled Israel, nor in all the days of the sovereigns of Israel and the sovereigns of Judah.”

Is this matter and the words commanded in Torah that serious?

Yes! When Josiah rediscovered the Torah in The House of YHWH he said in 2 Kings 22:13

“Go inquire of YHWH for me, for the people and for all of Judah, concerning the words of this Book that has been found. For great is the wrath of YHWH that is kindled against us, because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this Book, to do accordig to all that is written concerning us.”

When is Passover this year?

Passover this year is on March 30th at the beginning of the sunset (twilight) and must be eaten in haste because the Israelites fled Egypt in haste. We are to eat it with roasted lamb, bitter herbs, and Matzah (unleavened bread).

Right after Passover is The Feast of Unleavened Bread!

As stated above, Passover begins on March 30th (14th Day of the 1st month of Abib on Hebrew calendar) and immediately after Passover is Chag HaMatzot/Feast of Unleavened Bread the next day on March 31st (15th Day of the 1st month of Abib on Hebrew calendar).

YHWH tells us this in Exodus 12:14-20 saying:

“This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to YHWH---a LASTING ORDINANCE. For seven days you are to eat bread made without leaven. On the first day remove the leaven from your houses, for whoever eats anything with leaven in it from the first day through the seventh day must be cut off from Israel. On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat---that is all you may do.”

“Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. In the first month you are to eat bread made without leaven, from the evening of the fourteenth day (Passover) until the evening of the twenty-first day. For seven days no leaven is to be found in your homes. And whoever eats anything with leaven in it must be cut off from the community of Israel, whether he is an ALIEN OR NATIVE-BORN. Eat nothing made with leaven. Wherever you live, you must eat unleavened bread.”

To clarify this, YHWH has just told us that whether you are a native-born Jew or a Gentile that we are not supposed to eat anything with leaven in it for seven days. Also, we are commanded to not to do any work on the 1st day and the 7th day of the feast. According to the American/Gregorian calendar we are not supposed to work on March 31st and April 6th because they are holy days. And from the period of March 31st-April 6th we are not allowed to eat anything with leaven in it which is for a period of seven days.

What is leaven? Leaven or (Se’or in Hebrew) are leavening agents that cause dough to rise such as yeast, baking powder, baking soda etc. When leavening agents are combined with dough it becomes Chametz which is baked bread. We are to dispose of any baked breads, cakes, cake mixes containing leavening agents and store bought breads along with the leavening agents as well. None of these items are supposed to even be seen anywhere on our property. We are to eat Matzah, which is called unleavened bread, for seven days.

We are commanded not to possess Chametz or leavening agents because leaven is a representation of sin. So, when we walk like Messiah Yeshua we are supposed to cleanse sin from our lives as Paul says in 1 Corinthians 5:6-8:

“Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old leaven that you may be a new batch without leaven—as you really are. For Messiah, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the malice and wickedness, but with the bread without leaven, the bread of sincerity and truth.”

Once you allow a little sin to enter your life it will grow, causing you to sin even more. So, don’t let the sin/leaven enter your life because it will spread through the entire batch of dough/body.

Why are we as Jew and Gentile supposed to observe this? YHWH tells us in Exodus 13:7-9:

“Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with leaven in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any leaven be seen anywhere within your borders. On that day tell your son, ‘I do this because of what YHWH did for me when I came out of Egypt.” This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the law of YHWH brought you out of Egypt with His mighty hand. You must keep this ordinance at the appointed time year after year.”

As always let us stand up and fight for the Elohim of Israel through His Son, the Messiah Yeshua in truth. I know this is a lot of information to take in all at once, but my door is always open for any questions that you may have.  Feel free to email or call me regarding any concerns that you may have about Passover.

Blessings in Yeshua HaMashiach’s name

Damien Powell

Falling away from the faith!

Written by: Damien Powell

It’s hard for us to determine if we are living in the last days or not, but we can always determine what lies ahead based on prophecies in the Hebrew Scriptures. The Book of Enoch speaks about an “apostate” generation that would rise up in the last days. The definition of apostate is a person who abandons a religious or political belief. The same thing was again prophesied in 1 Timothy 4:1 which says:

“The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.”

Once again the word of YHWH is perfect and true and His words are coming to pass even in our generation. Below is an article written last year which is further proof of people abandoning the faith and following deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.

Merry Christmas! Why millennials are ditching religion for witchcraft and astrology

By Kari Paul

Published: Dec 19, 2017 1:12 p.m. ET

In tumultuous political times, the 18-30 demographic is reaching for the stars

Co?Star

Co-founders of astrology app Co—Star.

When Coco Layne, a Brooklyn-based producer, meets someone new these days, the first question that comes up in conversation isn’t “Where do you live?” or “What do you do?” but “What’s your sign?”

“So many millennials read their horoscopes every day and believe them,” Layne, who is involved in a number of nonreligious spiritual practices, said. “It is a good reference point to identify and place people in the world.”

Interest in spirituality has been booming in recent years while interest in religion plummets, especially among millennials. The majority of Americans now believe it is not necessary to believe in God to have good morals, a study from Pew Research Center found. The percentage of people between the ages of 18 and 29 who “never doubt existence of God” fell from 81% in 2007 to 67% in 2012.

Meanwhile, more than half of young adults in the U.S. believe astrology is a science. compared to less than 8% of the Chinese public. The psychic services industry — which includes astrology, aura reading, mediumship, tarot-card reading and palmistry, among other metaphysical services — grew 2% between 2011 and 2016. It is now worth $2 billion annually, according to industry analysis firm IBIS World.

An image from a market hosted by Catland, where customers can buy occult accessories.

Melissa Jayne, owner of Brooklyn-based “metaphysical boutique” Catland, said she has seen a major uptick in interest in the occult in the past five years, especially among New Yorkers in their 20s. The store offers workshops like “Witchcraft 101,” “Astrology 101,” and a “Spirit Seance.”

“Whether it be spell-casting, tarot, astrology, meditation and trance, or herbalism, these traditions offer tangible ways for people to enact change in their lives,” she said. “For a generation that grew up in a world of big industry, environmental destruction, large and oppressive governments, and toxic social structures, all of which seem too big to change, this can be incredibly attractive.”

Co—Star, a new app for millennials

Like the existence of God, however, there’s no actual scientific proof. Astrology has been debunked by numerous academic studies, but Banu Guler, co-founder of artificial intelligence powered astrology app Co—Star said the lack of structure in the field is exactly what drives young, educated professionals to invest their time and money in the practice.

“It’s very different from the way we usually work and live and date, where everything is hyper-mediated and rational,” she said. “There is a belief vacuum: we go from work to a bar to dinner and a date, with no semblance of meaning. Astrology is a way out of it, a way of putting yourself in the context of thousands of years of history and the universe.”

Case in point: Co—Star’s servers were so overwhelmed by demand after it launched in October that the app crashed three times in its first week.

Astrology isn’t the only spiritual field overwhelmed by demand: Danielle Ayoka, the founder of spiritual subscription service Mystic Lipstick, said her customer base is growing exponentially. The self-described astrologer sells a “mystic box” subscription, which includes crystals, “reiki-infused bath salts,” and incense customized to the unique energy of the current moon cycle for $14.99 a month. She says she’s seen 75% increase in her audience in the past year.

“When I started my journey in 2010, I was the weirdo,” she said. “Now it is becoming more and more normalized, and I believe it is because more people are looking to heal. Millennials are much more open-minded.”

One Mystic Lipstick box, which is $14.99 a month.

With this overwhelming demand comes a rise of products claiming metaphysical benefits, not all of which take the cultural context of the occult into account, notes Layne. Urban Outfitters sells sage, a product that has its roots in indigenous cleansing ceremonies, for $18 a pop and a crystal mobile for $32.

Actress turned CEO Gwyneth Paltrow sells a variety of spiritual wares on her website, many of which are borrowed or “inspired” by other cultures. A jade egg that costs $66 has its roots in ancient Taoist practice. Her $85 “Goop Medicine Bag” is “inspired by the Shaman’s medicine bag from various indigenous traditions,” and a $59 Tarot card deck features “mystical artwork” that mirrors Native American patterns.

But Layne, whose interest in Eastern medicine is rooted in her Taiwanese heritage, said white women are often able to profit from ancient practices that are not theirs to sell.

“It is really important to give credit to who is doing the work,” Layne said. “There is a whole culture of white women who capitalize off of spirituality, but it all comes from people of color. People need to do their homework: being in touch with your spiritual side is a natural, human thing to do. To be able to connect yourself is essential to healing not only your own wounds, but healing together.”

Throughout my walk with Yeshua I have met many who have renounced religion because they don’t want to conform to any commandments, rules, or instructions on how they should live their lives and it ultimately leads to starting practices that YHWH calls an abomination. Based on the article alone we see that from 2007 to 2012 those who fell away from the faith dropped 14% and more than half believe in astrology and science, plus a whopping $2 billion is being spent on this demonic activity. So now that we have determined that Bible prophecy is unfolding before our eyes, let’s see what YHWH has to say about this. In Deuteronomy 18:10-12 He says:

“There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto YHWH: and because of these abominations YHWH thy Elohim doth drive them out from before thee.”

Let’s take a moment to see what each of these mean:

1. Divination-Telling the future by supernatural means, the practice of discovering hidden knowledge through psychics, oujiboards, crystal balls, taro cards

2. Passing son or daughter through the fire- Abortion and human sacrifices

3. Observer of times-Same as astrology or stargazing (another form of divination). A person who looks to the stars for guidance (horoscopes, numerology, palm readers.

4. Enchanter-A magician or sorcerer. One who casts spells and bewitches, just like Jannes and Jambres in the days of Moses who practiced black arts to duplicate the first two plagues of YHWH. No magician is that good to be able to do supernatural things and that is because they are being assisted by demons.

5. Charmer-to put a spell on someone; to change things by the use of magic; the chanting of a magical verse or formula. Or an object or piece of jewelry used for magical purposes.

6. Necromancer-The art of raising the spirits of the dead, either for their predictions about the future, or their ghostly help in making something happen. A person who claims they have spoken with those who have already died. These are demonic spirits pretending to be deceased friends or family also known as channeling and mediums.

7. Consulter with familiar spirits-To ask, demand, or desire of an evil or demonic spirit like séances, oujji boards, and ascended masters.

8. Wizard- A person who knows many things about the occult and is in touch with demonic spirits. A male witch, magician, conjurer, and one who uses magic to have control over another person.

9. Witch-A person who practices black magic and deals with demonic spirits, powered from Satan.

Yeshua said the gospel must be preached to the four corners of the earth and it is up to us as disciples to show people, out of love that what they are doing is an abomination to our Heavenly Father. Ephesians 6:11-12 says:

“Put on the whole armor of Elohim, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

The spiritual realm is very real and YHWH told us to stay away because He knows what lies ahead for those who dabble with the demons. As evidenced in the article a lot of people have begun to play with demons and as a result have fallen away from the faith. Let us stand up and be sold out disciples of Messiah Yeshua and fight for the Elohim of Israel.