Are we free to eat whatever we want?

Written by: Damien Powell

The topic of the dietary laws in a big topic when it comes to Scripture and it is one that most people struggle with because of the taste buds. But we must ask ourselves in every situation, what does the Word of YHWH say? We as followers of Messiah YESHUA must walk in obedience and follow Him as He walked. Hebrews (Ibrim) 13:8 says

“YESHUA ha”Mashiach is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.”

Numbers 23:19

“El is not a man, to lie; nor a son of man, to repent! Has He said, and would He not do it; or spoken, and would not confirm it?

Being that we know this knowledge, how do believers come to the conclusion that He suddenly changed His mind about the dietary laws? Yes, everything Elohim created is good because He is perfect; however, it is good for the purpose that He intended for it. Some food is meant to be eaten and others are meant to serve as vacuum cleaners for the earth. For example Job 39:27-30 says

“Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make its nest on high? It dwells on the rocks, and lodges on the crag of the rock and the stronghold. From there it searches out the prey, its eyes see it from afar. And its young ones suck up blood. And where the slain are, there it is!”

Elohim is our Creator and as our Creator He commanded that we not to eat certain foods for a reason because He is the manufacturer of our bodies. I don’t see one person running to Ford, Chevy, Honda, or Nissan complaining because the manufacturer said don’t put water in your gas tank! The manufacturers who BUILD cars know what is best for it just as Elohim is the manufacturer of our bodies and knows what is best for it. Why question Him when He says don’t eat what is an abomination?

YHWH Himself says in Leviticus 11:46:

“This is the LAW concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves in the water and every creature that moves about on the ground. You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.”

Some believers will go as far as to say that eating unclean food is not a salvation issue when YHWH in Isaiah 66:17 says:

“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following the one in the midst of those who eat the flesh of pigs and rats and other abominable things they will meet their end together,” declares YHWH.”

YHWH compared flesh of pigs in the same sentence with a rat. Most people would say eating a rat is disgusting when he is no cleaner than a pig or the crustaceans in the ocean. We were purchased at the cost of YESHUA’s blood for our sins; therefore, our bodies are not our own but belong to YESHUA! 1 Corinthians 6:19-20

“Or do you not know that your body is the Mishkan (Temple) of the Ruach ha’Kodesh (Holy Spirit) who is in you, which you have from Elohim, and you are not your own? For you were bought with a price, therefore esteem Elohim in your body and in your spirit, which are of Elohim.”

So we belong to Him and He has laws given to us to keep us clean and pure, plus the Ruach ha’Kodesh lives within us and we cannot defile Him with any impurities whether it is food, drugs, lust of the eyes, etc. as Scripture says Ephesians 4:30

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

Noah knew which animals were clean and unclean!

The most common answers you get is “the law was done away with when YESHUA was crucified for our sins,” or “that doesn’t apply to us today because that’s Old Testament,” or “Elohim didn’t want the Israelites to eat pork because He did not want them to catch certain diseases,” such as trichinosis worms that are found in pigs. People claim that the dietary laws have been abolished because we now have the technology and proper cooking techniques to remove impurities out of forbidden food. I am concerned for a Christian who would use YESHUA’s death as a golden ticket to live and eat how they want. Believers will say the law is done away with, so if Satan is lawlessness then why are you following a lawless doctrine that Satan promotes? Which is why YESHUA said in Mathew 5:17-20 that He did not come to destroy The Torah or the prophets.

Before there was the Levitical law, almost 1,000 years before Elohim’s covenant with Yisra’el on Mount Sinai Exodus 20, YHWH had already made a distinction between clean and unclean meats in the days of Noah. In Genesis 7:2 YHWH tells Noah to take into the ark

“Of all the clean beasts take with you seven pairs, a male and his female; and of the beasts that are unclean two, a male and his female.”

And what is more amazing about this passage is that Noah already knew which animals were clean and unclean, even though the scriptures don’t specify the dietary laws until Leviticus Chapter 11. This is enough proof to show that Elohim’s Torah, laws, and Commands were pre-existing and forever. So even in the days of Genesis there were certain foods that were forbidden and Noah already knew it. The distinctions of food existed before the covenant and long before the Israelite sacrificial system or Levitical priesthood.

But Peter had a vision that we can now eat whatever we want, right?

 Acts 10:9 says:

“About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air. Then a voice told him to him “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.” Surely not, Adonai (My Master)! Peter replied. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean. The voice spoke to him a second time, “Do not call anything impure that Elohim has made clean.”

Even Ezekiel makes the same distinction in Ezekiel 4:14 saying:

“Then I said, Ah, My Master YHWH! See, I have never defiled myself from my youth till now. I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has unclean meat ever come into my mouth.” Ezekiel sounded just like Peter in Acts, he makes a distinction between clean and unclean.

The most well-meaning devout Christians take this scripture completely out of context and take what Elohim told Peter literally and will eat pig, shrimp, crab, lobster, oyster, scallops, catfish or anything unclean without reading the rest of the passages. This passage actually doesn’t have anything to do with food at all. Notice that Peter’s response was “Surely not, Adonai! I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” Notice that even after YESHUA ascended into heaven, Peter was still making a clear distinction between clean and unclean meats. Peter was still obeying the dietary laws of the Torah found in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 and we can see they were NOT abolished.

What was the vision about?

If the dream was as clear cut as people think then why did Peter have the dream three times and still not know what it meant? That is because the dream wasn’t about food. Peter had a revelation about what Elohim was saying to him and in Acts 10:28 Peter says:

“You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with a Gentile or visit him. But Elohim has shown me that I should not call ANY MAN IMPURE OR UNCLEAN.”

Peter is saying that Elohim has accepted gentiles into the church though they were not initially Jewish/Israelite (Native-born). Verse 34 shows further evidence of this with Peter saying:

“I now realize how true it is that Elohim does not show favoritism but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right.”

Acts 11:18 states:

“When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised Elohim, saying “So then, Elohim has granted even the gentiles repentance unto life.”

This passage is heavily misinterpreted by followers of Messiah, but once you finish reading the chapter it’s clear that the clean and unclean meats in Peter’s vision were symbolic of Jews being clean in Peter’s sight and the gentiles being unclean in his sight. But Elohim explains to Peter that everyone is clean in His sight as long as they fear Him and do what is right, which we know is following YESHUA and keeping The commandments. So Peter knew to accept the gentiles to worship with the native-born Israelites, because Elohim does not show favoritism. YHWH was making a point to Peter not a menu!

But didn’t YESHUA declare all foods clean?

Of course He didn’t! As I’ve explained in the past two blogs YESHUA is The Torah (Word) made flesh. Revelation 19:13 says His Name is The Word of YHWH; therefore, He would not come to abolish or do away with Himself since He is The Torah!  In Mark 7:17-19 YESHUA says this:

“Don’t you see that nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him unclean? For it doesn’t go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body.”

Most people put their Holy Scriptures down without reading the rest of the passage and snack on some unclean foods, but we have to be careful for two reasons.

Firstly, immediately following that verse translators of the Bible put into parenthesis (In saying this, YESHUA declared all foods “clean”.) Whoever translated these Bibles for better understanding placed their own interpretations into the Bible and were incorrect in doing so. The original Hebrew Scriptures and early King James versions (1611 KJV) do not contain the translator’s own thoughts and interpretations into the Bible because YESHUA never said those words. YESHUA said in Revelations 22:18

“For I witness to everyone hearing the words of the nebuah (prophecy) of this 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.” Yet translators are adding and taking away from His Word at an alarming rate.

Secondly, the whole passage refers to eating with unwashed hands and evil from within our hearts. Mark 7:5 Says:

“So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked YESHUA, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with ‘unclean’ hands?

Notice that the Pharisees asked YESHUA, the Son of YHWH, why He does not keep the “tradition of the elders” also known as “tradition of men” because YESHUA and the disciples ate with unwashed hands. Eating with dirty hands does not make you unclean; therefore, YESHUA was not referring to abolishing food laws in the passage. He, as always rebuked the traditions of the Pharisees that they added and held it about The Torah.

Also in Mark 7:20 YESHUA goes on to further clarify what He was saying:

“What comes out of a man is what makes him ‘unclean.’ For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man ‘unclean.’

YESHUA is telling you that the heart of a man, and not eating food with unwashed hands, is what makes a man unclean because the heart produces all the evil that makes one unholy. If you eat with unwashed hands then the impurities in the food would be eliminated during the body’s digestive process which would not make a man unclean. YESHUA’s words have deeper meaning than the way people perceive it. Honestly, most people read passages the way they want to justify what they eat and how they live. As I stated in the blog last we we must OBEY!

YESHUA speaks about the words He spoke weren’t His own but from YHWH who sent Him. John 7:16-17:

“My teaching is not my own. It comes from Him who sent me. If anyone chooses to do Elohim’s will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from Elohim or whether I speak on my own.”

In other words, YESHUA is only speaking what He was taught by His Father and our Elohim, so there is no way He could abolish any food laws that were previously established. As followers of Messiah we need not to defile our bodies with anything that is unclean whether it is food, hatred, greed, adultery, fornication, sexual immorality, paganism, arrogance, drunkenness, etc.

Another food passage misinterpreted?

Paul’s words are hard to understand sometimes and believers feel that he abolished the laws of YHWH. 2 Peter 3:15-16 says

“And reckon the patience of our Adon (Master) as deliverance, as also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him, as also in all letters, speaking in them concerning these, in which some are hard to understand, which those who are untaught and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do also the other Scriptures.”

Another scripture people point to is Romans 14:14 where Paul says:

“As one who is in Adon YESHUA, I am fully convinced that no food is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.”

We have to go to 1 Corinthians 8:4-6 to understand what Paul is referring to which says:

“So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that there is no Elohim but one. For even if there are so-called elohim, whether in heaven or on earth, yet for us there is but one Elohim, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Adon, YESHUA HaMashiach, through whom all things came and through whom we live.”

These passages refer to eating foods sacrificed to idols. 1 Corinithinas 7-9 explains the weaker brother that you cannot condemn for not eating meat for just vegetables “However, not all have this knowledge. But some, being aware of the idol, until now eat it as having been offered to an idol, so their consicience, being weak, is defiled. But food does not commend us to Elohim, for we are non better if we eat, nor any worse if not eating. But look to it, lest somehow this right of yours become a stumbling-block to those who are weak.” The Romans 14:1-2 “And receive him who is weak in the belief, not criticizing thoughts. One indeed believes to eat all, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.” If a believer wants to be a vegetarian because he does not want to eat meat that may have been sacrificed to an idol then he has the right to do so, do not judge him.

  During the time that Paul wrote these scriptures, the practice of sacrificing meat to pagan deities was common for pagan worshippers.

Also, when Paul says in 1 Corinthians 10:25-28:

“Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, for, the earth is YHWH’s, and everything in it.” If some unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience, But if someone says to you, “This has been offered in a sacrifice,” then do not eat it, both for the sake of the man who told you and for your conscience sake.”

 Paul is saying that if you are invited to someone’s house to eat and you have no clue that the meat was sacrificed to an idol then eat without raising questions so you don’t offend them. But if he tells you that the meat has been sacrificed to a pagan deity then do not eat the meat. Again, nowhere in scripture are the dietary laws being abolished even in the Renewed Covenant known today as the New Testament. Paul’s main concern was eating food that was sacrificed to pagan deities, not whether the meat was clean or unclean. Just like Halal meat today where the Muslims say a prayer to their deity before slaughtering the animal. This meat is not permissible for a follower of YESHUA to eat especially if you are aware of it.

We have to think of the time period!

In Corinth which is in Greece only had meat available that was sacrificed to other deities or pagan idols and Paul told those believers that an idol is nothing in this world because our Father created all things. It was harder to find meat that had not been sacrificed to a pagan deity in this location because of the many false deities in Greece. However if one brother is weaker in faith about eating meat sacrificed to an idol versus one who indulges in eating meat, then don’t force him to eat it. We have freedom in Messiah to eat or not, it’s dependent about your belief. However, it must be done out of love and if this issue causes a brother to stumble then do not eat meat sacrificed to idols. Paul is saying that a believer’s walk was more important than the meat in question. Not whether, we could eat pork or shrimp, because that was not even in the equation and completely out of the question to Paul and believers during that time period.

As long as I pray over it and receive it with thanksgiving right?

The last biggest misconception in the Bible is in 1 Timothy 4:3-5 which states:

“They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, Which Elohim created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For everything Elohim created is good and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the Word of YHWH and prayer.”

The passage is referring to false teachers and has nothing to do with abolishing the dietary laws. Most people will stop reading right there and start eating a piece of pork and not feel guilty about it. But read the beginning of 1 Timothy 4:1-2 it says:

“The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.”

What Paul says is pretty clear about false teachers and those who follow deceiving spirits and doctrines taught by demons. Those demons, deceiving spirits, and false teachers are who Paul is referring to about abstaining from marriage which is the opposite of Elohim’s will. Elohim says in Genesis 2:24:

“That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”

 Then YESHUA says in Mathew 19:4-6:

“Haven’t you read,” He replied, that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female, and said, for this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what Elohim has joined together, let man no separate.”

It is clear that Paul is talking about false teachers that go against the Word of Elohim. Paul says in 1 Timothy4: 3 “those who believe and know the truth” are the ones who believe and follow the scriptures and do not deviate.  Knowing the TRUTH, we must follow the dietary laws set in place by Elohim in Leviticus 11 because they are set in stone for all believers. Do you want to follow Elohim or demons?

Plus he says for it is sanctified by The Word of YHWH. Who is the Word of YHWH? As mentioned earlier in the blog it is YESHUA! Revelation 19:13 says His Name is The Word of YHWH and we know He is the Word made flesh the Living Torah; therefore He did not abolish Himself. Those foods sanctified by the Word of YHWH is The Torah Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14.

Job 14:4 says

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

 And how can you bless something that YHWH already called an abomination? Especially if He never changes? It is like saying it is okay to steal as long as I pray first, even though YHWH already told you not to steal  in the first place. If we cannot even touch the carcass of an unclean animal externally, then what makes us think we can ingest one internally?

Isaiah 52:11 says

“Turn aside! Turn aside! Come out from there, touch not the unclean. Come out of her midst, be clean, you who bear the vessels of YHWH.”

Isaiah 65:2-5 says

“I have held out My hands all day long to a stubborn people, who walk in a way that is not good, AFTER THEIR OWN THOUGHTS; the people who provoke Me continually to My face, who slaughter in gardens, and burn incense on altars of brick; who sit among the graves, and spend the night in secret places, who eat FLESH OF PIGS, and the broth of uncleanness is in their pots, who say, ‘Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am holy to you! These are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day.”

Notice how YHWH says that these people go after their own thoughts? Similarly to what Solomon says in Proverbs 14:12

“There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end is the way of death.”

Then YHWH says that they spend their nights in secret places among the graves eating pigs flesh. He just placed pigs flesh and graves together, plus they even eat unclean food in the cemetery with the dead, equating it with death.  YHWH also says something very important here. These people say “Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am holy to you” these are believers who say they know and follow YHWH yet are being disobedient to His Commands. They are eating whatever they want and are boldly saying ‘We are still holy, even though we are eating unclean things’. YHWH says these people are smoke in His nostrils.

Mathew 8:28-32 says

“And when He came to the other side, to the country of the Girgashites, two demon-possessed ones met Him, coming out of the tombs, very fierce, so that no one was able to pass that way. And see, they cried out, saying, “What have we to do with You, YESHUA, Son of Elohim? Have You come here to torture us, before the appointed time?” And at a distance from them there was a herd of many pigs feeding, and the demons begged Him, saying, “If You cast us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” And He said to them, “Go.” And they, coming out, went into the herd of pigs. And see, the entire herd of pigs rushed down the steep place into the sea, and died in the water.”

This is a great illustration of how unclean the pig is. Notice how YESHUA cast the unclean demons into the unclean pig? YESHUA did not cast them out into a clean animal because demons cannot live in anything that is clean filled with the Ruach ha’kodesh. This shows that eating unclean foods opens us up to unclean spirits. The pigs then ran into the river and drowned. This is what happens to us spiritually when we eat unclean foods, it drives our spirit to be opened to demonic attacks and to our spiritual death.

Eating unclean things will dampen your ability to see the spiritual things that Elohim has for you and makes it harder for believers to understand the truth. 2 Corinthians 5:15

“And He died for all that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them, and was raised.”

We are no longer to live for ourselves, but for YESHUA only! And that means obeying all of His Words and Commands. Do not let the appetites of the flesh make you turn a blind eye to what Elohim says that we should avoid in Leviticus 11.

As always let us stand up and fight for our Elohim and truth and obey His Word, Ahmein!

HOW NARROW IS THE PATH TO HEAVEN?

Written by: Damien Powell

Should we consider the implication of what we do with our lives every day? And are we completely living for YESHUA? If He were to return today and judge the world, would you be able to look at yourself and say that you absolutely did the best you could to fully trust His Word and obey His commandments? Did you love your neighbor as yourself? Did you give freely to the poor? Did you forgive that person who wronged you for no reason? Did you follow the ways of the world instead of Elohim’s Way? Fornication, adultery, lust, greed, vanity, just to name a few. Most churches today say you are saved by grace alone and everyone is going to heaven, but what does Scripture, the ultimate authority and Word of The Elohim of Yisra’el say about it?

YESHUA said it in Mathew 7:13

“Enter in through the narrow gate! Because the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in through it. Because the gate is narrow and the way is hard pressed which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”

YHWH said it in Isaiah 24:5-6

“For the earth has been defiled under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the Torot (plural for Torah), changed the Law, broken the everlasting Covenant. Therefore a curse shall consume the earth, and those who dwell in it be punished. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth shall be burned, and few men shall be left.”

Notice how YHWH says the EARTH and not just the Jews have transgressed His Torah (1st Books of Bible) changed the Law as modern day Christianity has done with moving the Sabbath to the first day of the week, dietary laws, and replacing YHWH’s Holy Appointed Times in Leviticus 23 with pagan satanic replacements? He says only few men will be left! And YESHUA confirmed the words of His Father YHWH saying the way to life is hard pressed and only a few will find it.

But do we grasp what our Creator is saying? This completely flies in the face of what is being taught in the world today, which has led to so much lawlessness. YHWH in Leviticus 19:2 says “Be Kodesh (holy) for I am Kodesh (holy)!” And the word holy means set-apart and be nothing like this world. If the world hates you and you look completely different than this world does, then that is good because we cannot love anything on this earth more than Him, period! We need to follow YESHUA and believe what David said in Psalms 19:7 says “The Torah of YHWH is perfect, bringing back the being.” Has the world really forgotten how Holy YHWH really is?

·        Our Elohim is so holy that it took one transgression from Adam and Eve (Hawwah) to get them banished from the Garden of Eden. The same way Satan told them a lie to get them to transgress is the same way he whispers in Christians ears today to get the same results except he wants to banish us from eternal life.

·        Our Elohim is so holy He told Adam and Eve do not eat or touch the tree or they would die Genesis 3: 2” And the woman said to the serpent, “We are to eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden, but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, Elohim said, ‘Do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest you die.” They could not touch the tree let alone eat from it.

·        Our Elohim is so holy He tells not to eat unclean animals or even touch their carcasses Leviticus 5:2 “Or when a being touches any unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping creatures, and it has been hidden from him, he is unclean and guilty.” And Leviticus 11:8 “Their flesh you do not eat, and their carcass you do not touch. They are unclean to you.”

·        Our Elohim is so Holy that when Isaiah saw YHWH in a vision in Isaiah 6:5 he said “And I said, “Woe to me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips-for my eyes have seen the Sovereign, YHWH Saboath (Say-va-oat) Hosts.” A seraphim had to place a coal on his lips and then said “your wickedness is taken away, and your sin is covered”.

·        Our Elohim is so holy He told the Levite priests to not wear wool in His Sanctuary when serving Him but to wear linen so they would not sweat. Ezekiel 44:18 “They shall have linen turbans on their heads and linen trousers on their bodies, they shall not gird themselves with sweat.”

·        Our Elohim is so holy YHWH asked in Haggai 2:11-12 “Thus said YHWH of Sabaoth (Hosts) ‘Now, ask the kohenim (priests) concerning the Torah, saying, “If one bears kodesh (holy) meat in the fold of his garment, and with the edge he touches bread or stew, or wine or oil, or any food, is it holy? “And the priests answered and said “No.” He is so Holy that the garment that contained meat could not come into contact with bread, stew, wine, or oil because it would become unholy.

·        Our Elohim is so holy that He told Moses to speak to the rock instead of striking the rock to bring forth water. What happened when Moses disobeyed? YHWH says in Numbers 20:8 “Take the rod and assemble the congregation, you and your brother Aaron. And you shall SPEAK to the rock before their eyes, and it shall give its water. And you shall bring water for them out of the rock and give drink to the congregation and their livestock. And Moses took the rod from before YHWH as He commanded him. And Moses and Aaron assembled the assembly before the rock. And he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels, shall we bring water for you out of this rock? Then Moses lifted his hand AND STRUCK the rock twice with his rod. And much water came out, and the congregation and their livestock drank. But YHWH spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because you DID NOT BELIEVE ME, to kadosh (sanctify) Me in the eyes of the children of Yisra’el, therefore you do not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.”  The disobedience of Moses cost him from entering into the promised-land, Joshua would lead them across the Yarden (Jordan) when Moses died. We have to completely be obedient to His instructions and not do it our own way.

·        Our Elohim is so Holy He says in Numbers 14:27-31 “How long shall this evil congregation have this grumbling against Me? I have heard the grumblings which the children of Yisra’el are grumbling against Me. “Say to them, “As I live,’ declares YHWH, ‘as you have spoken in My hearing, so I do to you: ‘The carcasses of you who have grumbled against Me are going to fall in the wilderness, all of you who were registered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. None of you except Caleb son of Yephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun, shall enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in. But your little ones, whom you said would become prey, I shall bring in, and they shall know the land which you have rejected.” In this example of Joshua, Caleb, and there seed would enter the promised-land and the rest would grumbled would die in the wilderness.

Isaiah 59:2

“But your wickedness has separated you from your Elohim. And your sins have hidden His face from you, from hearing.”

I use these examples to show how our society is pulling our Elohim the Creator of heaven and earth down to their level instead of climbing up to get to His. Another example is how we as humans get highly offended when someone calls us outside of our names or by the wrong name. They will quickly respond and say “That’s not my name” yet, the world feels they can call our creator by whatever name they please as if He does not care. YHWH said do not use His Name in vain, so it is personal to Him, but that is not the point of this blog just pointing out His kodeshah (holiness.)

Will a loving Elohim destroy His creation?

 I’ve heard many say that a loving Elohim would not destroy His creation and that YESHUA is so forgiving that His atonement for us is enough to live a life of sin because once saved always saved right?. 2 Peter 3:9 says

“YHWH is not slow in regard to the promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward us, not wanting that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”

 We have to remember that YESHUA was here before the foundation of the world because He is the WORD made flesh, so He was here when the flood occurred and when Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed. He hates sin as much as YHWH and will come back as a roaring lion of Judah to destroy the enemies of YHWH. He already came as a gentle lamb to take away the sins of the world, the second coming will be Him pouring out His wrath on those who rebelled against Him.

So the scriptures say only a few will find eternal life? What are some examples?

·        When YHWH flooded the earth only 8 people were left. Genesis 7:13 says “On that same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Jepheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with, went into the ark.

·        When YHWH destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah the only ones that survived were Lot and his two daughters. His wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt.

·        In Ezekiel 9 YHWH had six punishers go through Jerusalem, one clothed in linen with an ink horn who marked the foreheads of the men who cry over all the abominations being committed and the other five destroyed anyone without the mark (Taw). Ezekiel 9:8 says “And as they were smiting them it came to be that I alone was left. And I fell on my face and cried out, and said, Ah, Master YHWH! Are You destroying all the remnant of Israel in pouring out Your wrath on Jerusalem?” Ezekiel said that he was the ONLY one left!

·        Ezekiel 14:14 “Even though these three men Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver ONLY THEMSELVES by their righteousness,” declares (Adon) Master YHWH.

·        Revelation 7:4 only 144,000 from tribes of Israel will be saved and in my opinion that would fit for the definition of a few for the entire world. Why? In last week’s blog I explained how once a believer accepts YESHUA as The Messiah and Son of YHWH and they keep the commandments, then the non-native born (sojourner) is grafted in with the native-born; therefore, we are ONE is His sight. Even Leviticus 19:34 says “Let the stranger who dwells among you be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself. For you were strangers in the land of Mitsrayim (Egypt). I am YHWH your Elohim.” And as I pointed out in Ezekiel 47:22 the sojourner was amongst the tribes of Yisra’el “And it shall be that you divide it by lot as an inheritance for yourselves, and for the strangers who sojourn in your midst and who bear children among you. And they shall be to you as native-born among the children of Yisra’el-with you they have an inheritance in the midst of the TRIBES of Yisra’el”. So if the grafted in are considered native-born in the tribes of Yisra’el then this may encompass the entire 144,000.

It’s time we repent, obey and recognize how holy He is!

As we can see the path to eternal life is narrow as YESHUA said and the Book of Esdras confirms this. Esdras is one of the books that was contained in the Apocrypha and a part of the Geneva 1599 Bibles and original King James Bible in 1611, but removed in the 1800’s. In these passages YHWH is speaking to Esdras:

2 Esdras 7:20-22 (4th Ezra)

“Let many perish who are now living, rather than the law of YHWH which is set before them be disregarded! For YHWH strictly commanded those who came into the world, when they came, what they should do to live, and what they should observe to avoid punishment. Nevertheless they were not obedient.” This lines up with what Moses said in Deuteronomy 30:14-18 saying

“For the Word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart-to do it. See, I have put before you today life and good, and death and evil, in that I am commanding you today to love YHWH your Elohim, to walk in His Ways, and to guard His Commands, and His Law, and His Right-Rulings. And you shall live and increase, and YHWH your Elohim shall barak (bless) you in the land which you go to possess. But if your heart turns away, and you do not obey, and shall be drawn away, and shall bow down to other mighty ones and serve them, “I have declared to you today that you shall certainly perish, you shall not prolong your days in the land which you are passing over the Yarden (Jordan) to enter and possess.”

2 Esdras 7:72-74 (4th Ezra)

“For this reason, therefore, those who dwell on earth shall be tormented, because though they had understanding they committed iniquity (lawlessness) and though they received the commandments they did not keep them, and though they obtained the law they dealt unfaithfully with what they received- What, then, will they have to say at the judgment, or how will they answer in the last times? For how long the time is that the Most High has been patient with those who inhabit the world, and not for their sake, but because of the times which He has foreordained?

4TH Ezra 8:57-60

“Moreover they have even trampled upon His righteous ones and said in their hearts that there is no Elohim-though knowing full well that they must die. For just as the things which I have predicted await you, so the thirst and torment which are prepared await them. For the Most High did not intend that man should be destroyed, but they themselves who were created have defiled the Name of Him who made them, and have been ungrateful to Him who prepared life for them.”

2 Esdras 9:7-13

“For as many as did not acknowledge me in their lifetime, although they received My benefits, and as many as scorned My law while they still had freedom, and when a place of repentance was still open to them, did not understand, but despised it; these must in torment acknowledge it after death. Therefore, do not continue to be curious as to how the wicked shall be punished, but inquire how the righteous will be saved, those to whom the age belongs and for whose sake the age was made.”

Brothers and sisters in YESHUA let us not delay in repenting while a chance is still open to us and giving our lives over to YESHUA and living for Him completely. Live by trusting Him and obeying His Torah because we see that the path is narrow and only a few will find it. Ahmein!

FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD!

Written by: Damien Powell

One of the biggest debates is whether Christians have to obey the commandments of The Torah (1st Five books) in The Bible or whether they were only for the Jews. I would firstly like to say that, nobody is saved by works alone because that is exactly what the Pharisee’s tried to do by keeping the commandments in the flesh thinking it would make them holier. We need the blood of YESHUA to save us and atone for our sins and reconcile us back to our Father YHWH, but that does not mean we do not obey Him, plus faith will produce good works.

One of the things I like to remind people is that we serve a Kodesh (Holy) Elohim and disobeying The Word of YHWH is how Adam and Eve were banished from the garden in the first place. It only took one transgression of His command; therefore, it only takes ONE lie for Satan to deceive us. John 14:21-24 YESHUA says

“He who possesses My Commands and guards them, it is he who loves Me. And he who love Me shall be loved by My Father, and I shall love him and manifest Myself to him.” Judas-not the one from Qeriyoth-said to Him, “Adonai (My Master) what has come about that You are about to manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?” YESHUA answered him, “If anyone loves Me, he shall guard My Word. And My Father shall love him, and We shall come to him and make Our stay with him. He WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME does not guard My Words. And the Word which you hear is not Mine but of the Father who sent Me.”

As we can see YESHUA said that the only way you can love Him is by keeping His Commandments, then He will manifest (reveal) Himself to you and that He and The Father YHWH will love you and make their home with you. Who as a follower of YESHUA doesn’t want that promise? All it requires is Reverence, complete submission and obedience to His will and commands and you will receive this.

John 1:14

 “And The Word (YESHUA) became flesh and pitched His tent among us, and we saw His esteem, esteem as of an only brought-forth of a father, complete in favour and truth.”

YESHUA said that He will make his home (pitch His tent) with us if we keep His commandments. This is a very personal and loving statement because we know what camping requires and we are in close quarters with one another and YESHUA said He will be that near to you, dwelling amongst you. Which is why keeping The Feast of Tabernacles (Feast of Booths) is so important because it is symbolic of our Elohim dwelling among us and protecting us as He did the children of Yisra’el for 40 years in the wilderness.

I thought all I had to do was profess YESHUA as Savior and I would be saved?

 James 2:17-26

“So also belief, if it does not have works, is in itself dead. But someone might say, “You have belief, and I have works.” Show me your belief without your works, and I shall you my belief by my works. You believe that Elohim is one. You do well. The demons also believe-and shudder! But do you want to know, O foolish man, that the belief without the works is dead? Was not Abraham our ancestor declared right by works when He offered Isaac, his son on the altar? Do you see that the belief was working with his works, and by the works the belief was perfected? And the Scripture was filled which says, “Abraham believed Elohim, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.” And he was called, “Elohim’s friend.” You see, then, that a man is declared right by works, and not by belief alone. In the same way, was not Rahab the whore also declared right by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also the belief is dead without the works.”

This passage from James is very deep because he explains that the false teaching in most churches, of faith alone is dead without works. Most people are taught that all you have to do is say a sinner’s prayer, confess the Name of YESHUA and you are saved for ever no matter how lawless you are and that we can never out sin his mercy.

 So you say that you believe in Elohim? Well, that’s just the starting point because even the demons believe and know He exist too just like a believer. In Mathew 8:29 the demons said to YESHUA

“What do you want with us, Son of Elohim? They shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

 As James pointed out, even the demons believe and shudder. So what sets you apart from them? Now it’s time to put that belief into action to show Elohim you trust Him and believe His Word. Abraham believed in Elohim’s word and left his home off of faith and had works to offer his son on the altar. As believers we must have both faith and works to be obedient to our Elohim. Again as James said “Do you see that the belief was working with his works, and by the works the belief was perfected? His righteousness was perfected by him having faith and works, not just saying yes YHWH I believe you and then when it’s time for action you back out because of doubt or believing that your confession of faith was enough. Abraham was willing to sacrifice his own son, it is about complete obedience to His commands and setting your own will aside. Another scripture that confirms faith and works is:

Revelation 12:17

“And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to fight with the remnant of her seed, those guarding the Commands of YHWH and possessing the witness of YESHUA ha’Mashiach.”

So as we can see even Satan knows the requirement to be a completely obedient believer, because they will be keeping the commandments of YHWH and belief in YESHUA. He only wants to wage war with those who are obedient because if you have one foot in the water and one in the sand then Satan will continue to make you doubt and keep your mind of the things of this world. Many will say the commandments are burdensome, legalistic, etc. But that is exactly what he wants you to believe so he can make you transgress his command just like Adam and Eve. Look at what Scripture says about those who obey The Torah (works) and trust (faith) in YHWH:

Psalms 1:1-3

“Blessed is the man who shall not walk in the counsel of the wicked, and shall not stand in the path of sinners, and shall not sit in the seat of scoffers, But his delight is in the Torah of YHWH and he mediates in His Torah day and night. For he shall be as a tree planted by the rivers of water, that yields is fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither, and whatever he does prospers.”  We can see that David was doing, guarding, meditating, the Torah to avoid the wickedness which is works.

Jeremiah 17:7

“Blessed is the man who trusts in YHWH, and whose trust is YHWH. ‘For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its root by the river, and does not see when heat comes. And his leaf shall be green, and in the year of drought he is not anxious, nor does he cease from yielding fruit.”

Trusting in YHWH and keeping the commandments will make you as Psalms and Jeremiah say and both describe that person as a tree planted by the rivers that yields its fruit even in a drought and you will be prosperous. You will spread roots to the river, meaning you are deeply rooted in His Word and cannot be moved, plus you will never thirst. As YESHUA said in John 7:37-39

“And on the last Great Day of the Festival, YESHUA stood and cried out, saying, “if anyone thirsts, let him come to Me, and let him who believes in Me drink. As the Scripture said, out of His innermost shall flow rivers of living water.” And this He said concerning the Ruach (Spirit), which those believing in Him were about to receive, for the Ruach ha’Kodesh (Holy Spirit) was not yet, because YESHUA was not yet esteemed.”

Joshua 1:8

“Do not let this Book of the Torah depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you guard to do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and act wisely.”

How do I have faith and works?

Revelation 12:9 says

“And the great dragon was thrown out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who leads the world astray.”

Satan, through his deception has led the whole world astray with his false doctrine of saying the law is done away with when 1 John 3:4 tells us

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

For sin is transgression of The Torah and The Torah is YESHUA (The Word) and YHWH’s guidelines and instructions for how we should live for our benefit. To show us how to love and protect us from the vices of the wicked one. The common doctrine taught in churches today is that the Torah (1st five books of Bible) are done away with and that is one of the biggest lies ever told to keep believers walking in sin.

YESHUA himself said in Mathew 5:17

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

YESHUA said do not even let it come into your minds that He did away with the Torah. He came to show us how to live it as He lived it, show it was Holy, showed that He fulfilled all the prophecies that were prophesied by the prophets about Him, and to rebuke the man-made traditions that were so widespread (Pharisees). YESHUA also went on to say in Mathew 5:18

“For truly, I say to you, till the heavens and the earth pass away, one yod or one tittle shall by no means pass from the Torah till al be done.” The earth has not passed away yet; therefore, the Torah must be obeyed.

 Proverbs 28:9

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

This one is overlooked by those pastors saying the Torah is abolished because if you do not obey The Torah then your prayers are an abomination. So let us not delay in being obedient because I’m sure everyone wants their prayers answered and this is a chance to get it right with our Elohim of Yisra’el.

YESHUA said guard His commandments which is an action word, it means to protect so that requires work on the end of the believer. For example, if you are married you can tell your spouse a million times that you love them with your mouth, but as soon as you step outside you go to your neighbor’s house and commit adultery. Your actions showed something completely different than your words, which is why YESHUA says if you love Me, show Me by keeping My commandments. John says it plainly as well in 1 John 2:3-4

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

Psalms 119:142

“Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and Your Torah is TRUTH!”

The (Torah) law is just for Jews right?

Abraham kept the Torah and all the Commands before the Jews ever existed. Remember that Jews comes from the tribe of Judah, which was one of the sons of Jacob (12 Tribes of Israel.) YHWH is The Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; therefore Abraham was here before the Jews.

Genesis 26:5

“Because Abraham obeyed My voice and guarded My Charge: My Commands, My Laws, and My Torot (plural form of Torah)”

Numbers 15:15-16

“One Law is for you of the assembly and for the stranger who sojourns with you (non-native born Israelite) a Law FOREVER throughout your generations. As you are, so is the stranger before YHWH. One Torah and one Right-Ruling is for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you.”

Ezekiel 47:21

“And you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Yisra’el. And it shall be that you divide it by lot as an inheritance for yourselves, and for the strangers who sojourn in your midst and who bear children among you. And they shall be to you as NATIVE-BORN among the children of Yisra’el with you they have an inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Yisra’el. And it shall be that in whatever tribe the stranger sojourns, there you give him his inheritance,” declares the Adon (Master) YHWH.”

Isaiah 56:7

“Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to YHWH, to serve Him, and to love the Name of YHWH, to be His servants, all who guard the Sabbath, and not profane it, and hold fast to my covenant-them I shall bring to My holy mountain, and let them rejoice in My house of prayer. Their burn offerings and their slaughtering are accepted on My altar, for My house is called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”

As we can see from these passages our Elohim views us in one lens if we say we are following Him. That would make those grafted in the Ger (Gare) one who completely joined themselves to YHWH to the nation of Yisra’el, the Torah, the commands, laws, customs; therefore making you as a native-born Israelite. Modern day Christianity has chosen the route of the Nekar which was the form of stranger who was just passing through and had no intentions of following the Torah, customs, or laws.

Remember, Elijah was a Tishbite which means he wasn’t a native born Israelite but he exposed the pagans in 1 Kings 18 and was one of only two men to be taken into heaven without dying, the other was Enoch. Caleb who spied on the land with Joshua was a Kenizzite, and Ruth was a Moabite who married Boaz which made her in the blood line of YESHUA. These are early examples of how YHWH was bringing non-native born Israelites into His family in The Old Covenant.

Conclusion

So let us as followers of YESHUA show Him we love Him by guarding The Torah and keeping the commandments. Just a reminder Satan doesn’t want you following the true path of faith and works which is why he only wants to wage war on those that do. He wants us to continue to be rebellious and go to eternal torment with him. Let us Do His Word and walk in faith.

Mathew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to Me Adonai (My Master) Adonai, shall enter into the reign of heaven, but he who is DOING the desire of My Father in heaven.”

James 1:22-25

“And become DOERS of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. Because if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror, for he looks at himself, and goes away, and immediately forgot what he looks like. But he that looked into the perfect Torah, that of freedom, and continues in it, not becoming a hearer that forgets, but a doer of work, this one shall be blessed in all his doing.”

Romans 2:13

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

Joel 2:11

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

I pray that this has been a blessing to you and encouragement to stand up and follow YESHUA in truth and unlearn the lies. Let us today put His Word into action and not merely profess our faith with our mouths. Many blessings are in store and this is how you will be as YHWH says in Leviticus 19:2 “Be holy for I am holy.” Holy means set-apart and we must set ourselves apart from the world. Remember, that demons believe just as you do; however those demons are not going to obey the Torah because they are wicked. Do not let that be you with your walk with YESHUA. Repent and give your life to YESHUA today so that He can pitch His tent with you. Ahmein!

Blessings and Shalom to you all my brothers and sister in YESHUA.

ARE YOU EATING XANTHAN GUM? IMPORTANT!

Written by: Damien Powell

Shalom and blessings to you my brothers and sisters in the Name of YESHUA the Son of YHWH!

Our modern society has been programmed to eat foods with artificial flavors, colorings, additives, hormones, and antibiotics. The world even eats foods titled “natural flavorings” and my question is if the food was already in a natural state then why does it have to be stated “natural flavor?” Natural flavorings encompasses a lot of things, but that is for a future blog Elohim willing. Sugar Shack donuts for example lists “artificial butter flavor” as one of their ingredients. I thought all butter was natural until I discovered that on the labels.

What we eat is very important because once we ingest it into our bodies it does not just disappear. The food you eat is digested and used for energy and healing, but if your body cannot recognize the substances you are putting into it then it is counter- productive and will cause problems in the future, which may not be immediate. I am sure everyone has heard the saying “you are what you eat” and the quote from Hippocrates “let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Both of these saying are true because Elohim did not create us to eat food created in a laboratory by scientist who are trying to play Elohim’s role.

The world is full and sickness and disease, which in turn sends them to the doctor, the doctor then prescribes medication with multiple side effects, which sends you back to the doctor to treat that problem. The root of the problem is our diets, the world is eating unnatural foods made in a laboratory like sodas which have no nutrients at all. Corn syrup is an obvious problem in diets as it is not natural and our bodies do not know how to process it, but I would like to focus on a lesser known additive that is in almost everything today which is xanthan gum.

Xanthan gum is a food additive that is found in salad dressings, baked goods, gluten-free foods, fruit juices, soups, ice cream, sauces, gravies, syrups, breader, low-fat foods, toothpaste, lotions, creams, and shampoos. Have we ever noticed this ingredient listed on these products before? And what is it?

Xanthan gum is made from fermented sugar by a bacteria called Xanthomonas Campestris. And what is Xanthomonas Campestris? It’s a bacteria species that causes a variety of plant diseases, including “black rot” in cruciferous vegetables, plants, and turf grass. It is that disease that you will see eating a hole into the leaves of the plant causing it to die, turn black, and wither away. So my question is why would the FDA approve a “black rot” disease for human consumption?

Xanthan gum is an unnatural additive made by man and not The Elohim of Yisra’el. Psalms 104:14

“And plants for the service of mankind”

Genesis 1:29

“And Elohim said, “See, I have given you every plant that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed, to you it is for food.”

Elohim has already given us plants to heal us and for food, not rot eating bacteria science project artificial food for man-kind. Through eating His food and not man’s creation our bodies can begin to heal.

Revelation 22:2 says

“In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.”

YHWH and YESHUA’s creation is already perfect and He has given us natural food for us to eat which can also be found in Leviticus 11. Once we get rid of these artificial foods out of our diets and begin to eat foods that our bodies can recognize then we will truly see a difference. Say “NO” to xanthan gum and Elohim willing I will be covering more about herbs in another blog.

Blessings to you in YESHUA’S Name, Ahmein!

SUNDAY WORSHIP AND THE MARK OF THE BEAST

Written by: Damien Powell

Do Christians have to observe the fourth commandment which says Remember the Sabbath Day or Shabbat (pronounced Sha-bot) to keep it holy? Does it apply for the Jews? Is this day more important to our Creator than we thought? Let us examine further and follow YESHUA, The Way, The Truth, and The Life.

The importance of The Sabbath Day to The Elohim of Yisra’el can be established with His original ancient language The Lashone Hakodesh (The Holy Tongue) that He used to speak the world into existence with. The original form was The Otiot which is pictographs that simplified His language so it could never be distorted. The Sabbath Day spelled using the Otiot spelled (Taw, Beyt, Shin) which in Hebrew is read from right to left.

1.     Shin (pronounced sheen) is a picture of two front teeth which is used to separate or to cut.

2.     Beyt (pronounced bay-eat) is a picture of a house, family and represents YESHUA.

3.     Taw is a picture of two crossed wooden sticks that Christians call a cross. It is used as a sign, signature or mark.

Combining these words in His original language reveals something very important to all creation. The Sabbath is Shin (Those who are SEPARATED from the world), Beyt (Who belong to YESHUA, who are in YHWH’s House and His family) and Taw (Those who have YHWH’s MARK, SIGNATURE and SIGN eternally a monument in time.)

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

Exodus 31:13-14 YHWH says

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

So if The Sabbath is His Set Apart Day that he recognizes as a sign between He and His people, then what does that make Sunday the day that 99% of the world goes to worship? It’s a day that Satan uses to mark his people whether knowingly through tradition or unknowingly. We all know that Satan rebelled against YHWH and he wants believers in YESHUA to rebel against Him just as he and 1/3 of the angels did. He knows the importance of The Sabbath and wants believers to rebel against His fourth commandment. Sabbath is Hebrew for Rest which falls on Saturday (Friday night sunset to Saturday night sunset.) The Hebrew word for Sunday is Yom Reeshone and nowhere in scripture does YHWH or YESHUA say remember the Yom Reeshone to keep it holy. Satan attempts to take the worship away from YHWH on his set apart day and counts on the fact that believers will set it doesn’t matter, I’m saved through grace alone, the law is done away with, once saved always saved theologies that are not scriptural at all. He even tried to get YESHUA to worship him so what is stopping him from getting believers to worship him? Man-kind is created in Elohim’s image and likeness and we as His creation reminds Satan of Elohim and he wants us destroyed. And with his pride wanting to be like Elohim he wants all the worship and is doing that on his day Sunday the sun-god.

But good news is that it’s time to repent to YHWH today because His kindness and mercy endures forever to those who revere Him, but do not delay! Be obedient to the Creator of the universe and be freed from the chains of sin and death through YESHUA.

How does Sunday relate to mark of the beast?

Isiah 14:13 says

“You said in your heart (Satan), “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of Elohim; I will sit enthroned on the mount of congregation, on the sides of the north.”

 It’s a known fact that Satan wants to be worshipped as elohim, not only by that passage but by him trying to make YESHUA worship him in the wilderness. So with that said he tries to duplicate everything that YHWH does with enough truth and then the lie to deceive you, but he will always come up short. YHWH is 7 for completion, but Satan is the 6, always falling short. YHWH has Shabbats (Sabbath) Satan mocks him with his Sabbats. YHWH has Passover Satan has Easter, YHWH has Feast of Tabernacles Satan has Thanksgiving, YHWH said don’t sacrifice children yet Satan requires them. I’m sure you see where I’m going with this.

Look at it this way. As I have shown in Exodus 31:13 YHWH said that the Sabbath Day is a SIGN between He and His people, right? Don’t you as followers of YESHUA want to be His people? Yes you do! This is also confirmed in Deuteronomy 6:4-8 which says

“Hear, O Yisra’el: YHWH our Elohim, YHWH is one! And you shall love YHWH your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your might. And these Words which I am commanding you today shall be in your heart, and you shall impress them upon your children, and shall speak of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up, and shall BIND THEM AS A SIGN ON YOUR HAND, and they shall be as FRONTLETS BEWTEEN YOUR EYES (foreheads).”

The Hebrew pictograph for hand is Yod which is a picture of an arm and hand and has to do with actions, work, and keeping His Word in front of you and Resh a picture of a man’s head which relates to your thoughts on Elohim or on wickedness and reading His word.  This aligns perfectly to what YHWH told Joshua in 1:8 “Do not let this Book of the Torah depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so you guard to do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and act wisely.”

So YHWH marks His people who keep the Sabbath and His people bind His commands as a SIGN on their foreheads and hands. How does Satan mock this as he always does? Revelations 13:16-17

“And he causes all, both small and great, and rich and poor, and free and slave, to be given a mark upon their RIGHT HAND or upon THEIR FOREHEADS, and no one should be able to buy or sell except he that has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”

So if you don’t have the mark of Satan you will not be able to function without the RFID chip in your right hand and don’t worship on Sunday which is the one world religion that will be implemented. The Roman Catholic Church has admitted that they changed the day from Saturday to Sunday this has happened in history before. Roman Emperor Constantine was a pagan sun deity worshipper who saw a flaming cross in the sky and took that as a cue to convert to Christianity but not leave his pagan roots. He then merged the two religions but kept his Sunday worship intact and believers followed. Also, Antiochus Epiphanies during the destruction of the temple in 70AD put Sabbath Keepers who kept the Torah and commandments of YHWH to death if they did not convert to his false religion or bow down to his false deities. There is a gruesome story of a mother who watched all seven of her children be tortured and killed because they refused to disobey YHWH and neither would she.

 So we can see the connection and the importance of this situation that Satan throughout history as persecuted the people of YHWH for keeping His day holy and has gotten his henchmen to enforce it; however, YHWH has always kept a remnant, and I make this point to say that it will happen again with the One world religion the New World Order and Satan knows that the Sabbath Day is the truth. Why else would he keep getting people to persecute the people of YHWH who worship on this day? We know YESHUA is The Way and Satan doesn’t want you knowing The Way, but he wants you to go his way.

 Solomon told us in Ecclesiastes that there is nothing new under the sun. Brings back memories of the blue laws when I was growing up where all the stores were closed on Sunday (Ukrops for example) to honor the sun diety. It was illegal to work on that day, if only they kept the proper day of the Sabbath. The One World religion will force this issue before as it has been done in history already because there is nothing new under the sun, I cannot emphasize that enough.

What does YHWH say about it?

Firstly, I would like to point out that most believers would tell you that they believe in the 10 commandments; however, when it comes to the fourth commandment they manage to skip over it. Shouldn’t that set off an alarm? Exodus 20:8 says

“Remember the Sabbath day to keep it Holy (Kodesh) Six days shall you labor and do all your work, but the SEVENTH day is a Sabbath of YHWH your Elohim. You do not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days YHWH made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore YHWH barak (blessed) the Sabbath day and hallowed it.”

YHWH just explained that He blessed the Sabbath (Saturday) the 7th day of the week and set apart from all the other six days, so it’s important. Yet, believers will skip over this commandment and turn the 10 commandments into the 9 commandments! YESHUA said in His closing statements at the end of Revelation 22:19 “And if anyone takes away from this scroll of prophecy, Elohim will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, that are described in this book.” Yet believer keep taking away from His Words and commandments. YESHUA said if you love me you will keep my commandments in John 14:21-24, so I exhort the world to start showing them they love Him, by setting aside this day.

Is the Sabbath just for the Jews?

Leviticus 23:2 YHWH says

“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: These are MY appointed times (appointments to meet with you), the appointed times of YHWH, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.”

Firstly, YHWH says these are MY appointed times (appointments) to meet with His people, He did not say “These are the Jewish appointed times” which is one of the biggest lies Satan has told to get the world to celebrate his pagan satanic days. These Holy Days (appointed times) are for those who say they follow YHWH and YESHUA and are joined one with Israel. And amongst all these appointed times like Passover is the weekly 7th day Sabbath! He wants to meet with us EVERY SATURDAY, so let us keep that appointment!

Even Abraham kept the Torah and commandments before there ever was a Jew around. The Jews came through Jacob who had 12 sons the 12 Tribes of Israel and one of them was named Judah (Jews). Genesis 26:5

“Because Abraham obeyed My voice and guarded My Charge: My Commandments, My Laws, and My Torot (Torah) Instructions.” So as we can see, Abraham kept the commandments well before it was given in Exodus, which means that YHWH’s commandments are eternal, forever! Also in Exodus 16 which is 4 chapters before the Ten Commandments were given in Exodus 20 on Mount Sinai. Exodus 16:28

“Then YHWH said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions (Torah)? In other words His Torah and commandments are FOREVER!

Isaiah 56:6 says

“Also the sons of the foreigner (non-native born Israelite, one grafted in) who join themselves to YHWH, to serve Him, and to love the Name of YHWH, to be His servants, all who guard the Sabbath, and not profane it, and hold fast to My Covenant-them I shall bring to my kodesh (holy) mountain, and let them rejoice in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their slaughtering’s are accepted on My altar, for My house is called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”

As the prophecy in Isaiah states there are requirements that the foreigner must do to be accepted by YHWH which is not profaning the Sabbath, loving His Name, and keeping His Covenant. There is no such thing as saying you believe in Him and profaning the Sabbath according to this prophecy.

Ephesians 2:11-19

“Therefore remember that you ONCE gentiles in the flesh (non-native born Israelite), who are called ‘the circumcision’ made in the flesh by hands, that at that time you were without Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Yisra’el and strangers from the Covenants of promise, having no expectation and without Elohim in the world. But now in Messiah YESHUA you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of ha’Mashiach. For He is our peace, who has made both one, and having broken down the partition of the barrier, having abolished in His flesh the enmity-the law of the commands in dogma-so as to create in Himself one renewed man from the two, thus making peace, and to completely restore to favor both of them unto Elohim in one body through the stake, having destroyed the enmity by it. And having come, He brought as Good News peace to you who were far off, and peace to those near. Because through Him we both have access to the Father by one Ruach (Spirit). So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizen with the saints and members of the household of Elohim.”

Paul is saying that gentiles were far off from the promise and Covenant but through the blood of YESHUA they are now grafted into the promise and are no longer strangers and foreigners but fellow citizens of Israel; therefore, making you an Israelite and not a separate person of Christianity. Being a grafted in member of the Israelites and promises means you must obey His commandments and The Torah.

 When we read Genesis 2:2-3 we read that Elohim created the heavens and the earth and then He rested on the Seventh day from all of His work. Then when we read Genesis 2:5 it says

“Now no shrub of the field was yet on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprung up, for YHWH Elohim had not sent rain on the earth, and there was NO MAN to till the ground.”

Then in verse 7 it says

“And YHWH Elohim formed the man out of the dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils breath of life. And the man became a living being.”

So based off of those passages along we can see that YHWH created and rested on the seventh day BEFORE He made man. Therefore, no Jew or Gentile even existed. He set aside a day to rest before He even created humans. Plus, if Elohim rested on this day and commands us to rest on this day, then who are we to say no? YESHUA Himself even said in Mark 2:27

“The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. So The Son of Man is also Master of the Sabbath.”

YESHUA is saying that the Sabbath day was created as a gift for all man- kind to rest and get away from the world and that man does not have the authority to place his own theology as to why they don’t keep it, that’s why it is not “man” for the Sabbath. Also, YESHUA goes on to say that He is Master of The Sabbath meaning that He owns the Sabbath day and rules over it. He was there when The Sabbath was instituted at creation. YESHUA is the Word that became flesh John 1:1-3

And He is the living Torah that Moses wrote in the first five books Psalms 40:7; Revelation 19:13, Luke 16:28-31, therefore it would not makes sense for YESHUA who wrote the Word and is the Word to change His own Word. He did not come to abolish Himself, being that He IS The Torah made flesh.

Isaiah 66:22-23

“For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make stand before Me,” declares YHWH, “so your seed and your name shall stand. And it shall be that from New Moon to New Moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before Me,” declares YHWH.

Another question arises amongst believers is did YESHUA keep the Sabbath?

Yes, He did!  The debate was never about whether to keep the Sabbath, but “how to keep it.”

We have to remember that when YESHUA walked the earth He was constantly rebuking the religious authorities of His day which were the Pharisees (modern day rabbis) for constantly keeping the traditions of men over the commandments of YHWH. For example the Pharisees asked why YESHUA and His disciples did not keep the “tradition of the elders” of washing their hands before they ate bread. Although, that was a tradition held to a high standard to the Pharisees, YESHUA told them that eating food with unwashed hands does not make you unclean. The Pharisee’s created a tradition which they hold to this day in the Orthodox Jewish sects where they have “ceremonial hand washing” before they eat bread, even if their hands were clean. According to Lex from “Unlearn the lies” he says that one rabbi said “eating bread with unwashed hands is like having sex with a prostitute.” See how they take things to the extreme through their traditions though it’s not based on YHWH’s law? They feel like they can be holier than the Creator in a sense by making these laws, which are all works of the flesh and not the spirit.

They also do things like throw dishes away if the meat comes in contact with dairy and they will bury them in the backyard. According to their traditions you cannot be a “Jew” unless one of your parents is a native-born Jew when Paul says the exact opposite in Romans 2:28 and Ephesians 2:8-19.

So with that said the Pharisees followed man-made traditions known as the “Oral law” which is called the Talmud founded in Babylonian Exile. They believe that Moses was given the written law of the Torah and another set of instructions called the Oral law which the Pharisees and Scribes say has more authority than the Torah, YHWH’s written Word. YESHUA was telling them that their teachings added to the Word of YHWH. So when it comes to the Sabbath Day the Pharisees added 39 prohibitions that believers were not allowed to do on the Sabbath; therefore, making it a burden for people to follow. Which is why YESHUA said in Mathew 11:28-30

“Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

The Rabbis had their own “rabbinical yoke” or interpretation of the law/human traditions not commanded by Elohim which made keeping the Sabbath a burden. YESHUA is saying that if you listen to My teachings of YHWH’s original instructions then you will see how easy it is to keep the Sabbath and find rest. You will no longer be burdened by the traditions of men. Paul did not want to put that Pharisee yoke upon the gentiles (Acts 15:10). The Pharisees commanded physical circumcision for salvation when none of us are promised salvation by a commandment. Plus, through YESHUA it is circumcision of the heart to graft all believers into ONE NEW MAN. YHWH wrote the Torah on our hearts as written in Jeremiah 31:31 and Ezekiel 11:11-17.

YESHUA was accused of the Pharisees for plucking heads of grain because one of the Pharisees man-made laws prohibits “winnowing” which is separating chaff from grain, when that is found NO where in scripture. YESHUA pointed to David saying he went a lot further than “winnowing” he ate the consecrated bread in the Holy Place of the Temple and was not guilty because He was hungry. YHWH does not deprive us of sustenance. (Notice how David did not have to bake the bread because it was already made.)

YESHUA also healed on the Sabbath which the Pharisees said was work. They said “Six days you can be healed but not on the seventh.” YESHUA rebuked them again about circumcising the children on the 8th day (Leviticus 12:3). If that 8th day fell on the Sabbath then the Pharisees would go through with the circumcision and not be guilty of breaking the Sabbath; therefore, YESHUA said in John 7:21-24

“I did one miracle, and you are all amazed. Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for HEALING A MAN’S WHOLE BODY ON THE SABBATH?” Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”

So as we can see YESHUA guarded/defended the Sabbath Day by rebuking the man-made traditions and showing them how to keep the Sabbath the way YHWH intended for it to be for us. So, yes Yeshua observed the Sabbath Day.

YESHUA healed because He says that it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath if it sustains life. For example healing is to feel better, David eating show bread that was unlawful to eat but was innocent because he was hungry, the disciples of YESHUA plucking grains because they were hungry, and the priests working in the Temple doing sacrifices were working on the Sabbath for YHWH but were innocent. If you have time to prepare your food then do so, there is no excuse, but it is not lawful to work for financial gain, going your own way, or indulging in your own interests.

Luke 23:56 says

“And having returned, they prepared spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the Command.”

This shows that even in the New Testament (Renewed Covenant) that the disciples rested on the 7th Day Shabbat according to the Command. They still kept the Sabbath years after YESHUA’s death.

The Sabbath commandment is to:

1.     Do no work (producing/production), you or your man/maidservant (Yes going shopping or dining at a restaurant fits in this category because you are causing others to work.)

2.     Set the Day apart and Keep it Holy

3.     Refrain from your interest (Isaiah 58:13-14)

4.     Assemble with believers

5.     Refrain from buying or selling commerce (Jeremiah 17:19-27, Amos 8:5, Nehemiah 13:15-22).

6.     Rest

Did they really just do that?

The Roman Catholic Church takes credit for changing the day for Saturday to Sunday as well and what’s worse is that they even admit that the Sabbath day is Saturday. However, they say that they observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church in the Council of Laodicea (A.A. 336) transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday. So the question I pose is do we obey Elohim or man? Acts 5:29 gives us the answer if we were unsure it says:

“And Peter and the other emissaries answering, said “We have to obey Elohim rather than men. “

The Roman Catholic Church in this meeting was asked by what authority did they have to change the day and they said “The Roman Catholic Church says they substituted Sunday for Saturday by the plentitude of the divine power which Jesus Christ bestowed upon her. Also, during the Council of Laodicea, canon 29 says “Christians must not Judaize by resting on the Sabbath, but must work on that day, rather honoring the Lord’s Day; and, if they can, resting then as Christians. But if any shall be found to be judaizers, let them be anathema (cursed, disliked, or hated) from Christ.”

So as we can see, nowhere in scripture did Elohim change the day He created and rested on in creation from Saturday to Sunday and nowhere has man be given the authority to change the day himself. So are we going to follow The Hebrew YESHUA or a false Messiah? The one who is leading the world astray known as Satan. Paul warned us about false messiahs and their teachings in 2 Corinthians 11:3-4

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

It was prophesized in Daniel 7:25 that Satan would accomplish changing Elohim’s true days of worship saying

“He will speak against the Most High and oppress His holy people and try to change the appointed times (Leviticus 23).”

Why Sunday worship?

As mentioned in the introduction that Satan knows that The Sabbath Day is a sign between YHWH and His people; therefore, he made a substitute to convince people that the fourth commandment of observing the Sabbath was done away with, moving it to Sunday (sun-god.) Believers will also tell you that they worship on Sunday because YESHUA rose on Sunday. But all this proves is that even while He was in the ground He continued to rest on the Sabbath and rose on first day of week.

Believers will also say “I can worship or esteem Him on any day.” And yes we are to worship Him every day, however, Elohim set apart, blessed, and hallowed and commanded us to rest on the seventh day the Sabbath. We cannot change His command to fit our own philosophy. Which ties in to Colossians 2:16-17 which says

“Let no one therefore judge you in eating or in drinking, or in respect of a Festival or a new moon or Sabbaths-which are a shadow of what is to come-but the Body of Messiah.”

 Paul is saying do not let a pagan or gnostic non believer judge you for knowing the truth and upholding and obeying YHWH’s law. You know the truth because you know they are a shadow of things to come. Everything we do on earth with the Appointed Times is a dress rehearsal getting ready for the King to return.

Colossians 2:8 says

“See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary matters of the world, and not according to Messiah.”

·        The Sabbath was established during creation well before there was “a Jew” which came through the tribe of Judah one of Jacob’s sons (Genesis 2:2-3)

·        The Sabbath is a Sign between YHWH and His people and the original ancient language says those who are separated from the world, who belong to YESHUA in His Father YHWH’s House and family, who are marked by a sign or signature.

·        Abraham obeyed The Torah (Genesis 26:5) showing the Torah is eternal and pre-existing before given in Exodus. It also correlates with Psalms 119 which talks about the Commands and Laws existing forever. Psalms 119:44, 89

·        YHWH was angry with Israel for collecting manna, breaking the Sabbath and being disobedient in Exodus 16:23-29 before the 10 commandments were given in Exodus 20, four chapters later.

·        The Israelites received the 10 commandments to reinforce them making a covenant with them

·        YESHUA never abolished the Torah which includes the Sabbath (Mathew 5:17-20).

·        Paul kept the Sabbath (Acts 13:14, 33, Acts 16:13, Acts 18:4, 11)

·        YESHUA said The Sabbath is for man and not man for the Sabbath

Hebrews 4:4-10 says

“For somewhere He has said thus about the seventh day, “And Elohim rested on the seventh day from all His works,” and in this again “if they shall enter into My rest…” Since then it remains for some to enter into it, and those who formerly received the Good News did not enter in because of disobedience, He again defines a certain day, “Today,” saying through David so much later, as it has been said, “Today if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.” For if Joshua established them in rest, he would not have spoken of another day after that. So there REMAIN A SABBATH KEEPING FOR THE PEOPLE OF ELOHIM. For the one, having entered into His rest, has himself also rested from his works, as Elohim from His own.”

That sums it up! If someone preaches to you a doctrine that contradicts the Word of YHWH and doesn’t follow YESHUA’s teachings then run! Repent to YHWH and give your life to YESHUA and do not allow Satan to mark you with the wrong day.

DO NOT CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY!

Written by: Damien Powell

BIRTHDAYS

Much debate is made about the birth of YESHUA and when to celebrate it. But why do people debate about His birth date?  Because no one knows when YESHUA was born and that is by design. As explained in previous blogs, December 25th is the birthday of Tammuz (Nimrod reincarnated), the sun deity found in Ezekiel 8:14. So, how is it that we don’t know the birth date of our Savior? If you notice, nowhere in scripture will you find a righteous man of YHWH celebrating his own birthday. There may be an acknowledgement of their date of birth to track their age, but no birthday celebration. One can assume, therefore, that Israelites and converts did not celebrate birthdays because it is not about us as humans, but about YHWH and YESHUA.

We must not teach ourselves or our children to become “selfish” and “self-centered,” to hinder our path to serve The Elohim of Yisra’el and not make life about ourselves.

A blog post by Still waters Revival Books (sermonaudio.com) says :

The idolatry of self- esteem is the highest of Satan’s holidays or celebrations. “The highest of all holidays in the Satanic religion is the date of one’s own birthday. This is in direct contradiction to the holy of holy days of other religions, which deify a particular god who has been created in an anthropomorphic form of their own image, thereby showing that the ego is not really buried. The Satanist feels: “Why not really be honest and if you are going to create a god in your image, why not create that god as yourself.” Every man is a god if he chooses to recognize himself as one. So, the Satanist celebrates his own birthday as the most important holiday of the year. After all, aren’t you happier about the fact that you were born than you are about the birth of someone you have never even met? You should give yourself a pat on the back, buy yourself whatever you want, treat yourself like a king (or god) that you are, and generally celebrate your birthday with a much pomp and ceremony as possible.” www.mashiyach.com/Misc/birthdays.htm

Do you as a devout follower of YESHUA want to associate yourself with what Satan worshippers consider to be the most important holiday? Self-worship? Self-exaltation? Isn’t that the exact opposite of what God expects of us? Selflessness?

Ecclesiastes 12:13 states that the whole duty of man is to fear Elohim and keep His commandments, however the world has gotten off that path and started exalting themselves, which means they are operating in the flesh and not the ruach (spirit). Birthday celebrations are treated as something grand and gets all the attention on them for the day. People will take the day off from work, plan a party, expect gifts and songs. After all I was born on this day right? We should be looking at this as a new day of mercy from our Elohim to repent and get right with Him before there are no more birthdays. Following Yeshua is about being selfless and not adhering to the arrogant, self-centered, “look at me parties.”

To further elaborate on this point, there are only two people found in scriptures who celebrated their birthdays and on both of those days’ blood was shed. The first is Pharaoh, a pagan king, in Genesis 40:20-22:

“Now the third day was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his officials: He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once gain put the cup in Pharaoh’s hand, but he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation.”

Then you have King Herod who not only tried to kill YESHUA before He was born, but also did this on his birthday in Matthew 14:6:

“On Herod’s birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for them and pleased Herod so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted and had John beheaded in the prison. His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother. John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. Then they went and told YESHUA.”

Remember that Yochanan The Immerser (John the Baptist) was a righteous man of Elohim who prepared the way for YESHUA by baptizing men, repentance and preaching the word about Elohim’s kingdom, yet he was beheaded during a birthday celebration.

Believers who have truly given their lives to the Master will not celebrate Christmas or other pagan holidays, but unknowing celebrate their birthday which is just as bad as those that the world celebrates. As mentioned before this is the most important day in the satanic bible. Think about it, isn’t this behavior or type of party the exact opposite of humbling yourself? Solomon said it best in Ecclesiastes 7:1:

“A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth.”

That is because we are simply pilgrims on this earth and do not belong to. We are here for a short while and then we are gone; therefore, if you walk with YESHUA and stay away from evil, then your expectation is for the life after this temporary one.

 If anyone in the entire Bible was going to have a big celebration about His birth it would have been YESHUA, the Son of YHWH, but neither He nor did his followers/servants celebrate their own birth. Is it a coincidence that the only two people mentioned to celebrate their own birthdays were NOT people of Elohim but pagan kings?

BIRTHDAY TRADITIONS AND WHAT THEY MEAN

According to t The World Book Childcraft International, “For thousands of years people all over the world have thought of a birthday as a very special day. Long ago, people believed that on a birthday a person could be helped by good spirits, or hurt by evil spirits. So, when a person had a birthday, friends and relatives gathered to protect him or her. And that’s how birthday parties began.”

Does any of that sound like God’s doing or approval? According to the same website, we are given the evil origin behind birthday traditions.

“The idea of putting candles on birthday cakes goes back to ancient Greece. The Greeks worshipped many gods and goddesses. Among them was one called Artemis. “Artemis was the goddess of the moon. The Greeks celebrated her birthday once each month by bringing special cakes to her temple. The cakes were round like a moon. And, because the moon glows with light, the cakes were decorated with lighted candles.”

“More and more, though, people attach a certain magic to their actual date of birth…We may wear a ring with our birthstone in it for good luck. And when we blow out the candles on our birthday cake, we are careful to keep what we wished a secret. If we tell, of course, our wish won’t come true.”

We as believers know that if we pray, and it is Elohim’s will, then He will answer us and give us the desires of our hearts. So why are believers relying upon wishes to come true through blowing out candles? They believe that the smoke from the candles rise up to the pagan deity so that the wishes can be answered. Are you relying upon the Greek moon god Artemis to deliver for you?

Why do we give out birthday spankings? It’s all good fun right? Well the same source says, “The reason for birthday spanks is to spank away any evil spirits and send them scurrying far into the distance. Punches, thumps, and pinches, the harder the better, are supposed to do the same thing…. “Party snapper, horns, bursting balloons, firecrackers, and other noisemakers are just one more way of trying to scare off any bad-luck spirits that may be hovering about.”

 Pin-the Tail-on-the Donkey, Pin-the-nose-on-the-clown etc are all pagan. “All these customs and traditions connected with the observance of birthdays have to do with guessing the future, good wishes, good luck charms against evil spirits and the like. All the birthday rituals, games, and ceremonies are a form of well-wishing toward the birthday child, which are supposed to work their magic in the year ahead.”

When we have YESHUA in our lives we do not need magic, luck, or any pagan rituals to ward of spirits or demons. When we worship Him in truth, He provides us with His hedge of protection and will not cause our foot to stumble. Repent to YHWH through His Son YESHUA and give your lives completely to Him. Share this with those who are unaware and as always may our Elohim of Yisra’el barak (bless) you.

THE LORD GOD IS SATAN IN DISGUISE

Written by: Damien Powell

I have prayed over releasing this blog several times and YESHUA laid it on my heart to continue speaking the truth. He knows our hearts, knows that we love Him, and He hears when we pray to Him even though we may not know His Name initially, but He wants us to continue to learn and dig for the truth and to come out of Babylon and her ways. Hosea 4:6 says “My people perish for their lack of knowledge.”  There is a lot of deception going on as Satan attempts to divert us off the path of truth.  Let’s not forget Revelation 12:9 says

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

Astray is defined as away from the correct path or direction. Into wrongdoing, into error, into sin, into iniquity, away from the straight and narrow, or away from the path of righteousness. The world has started to pull The Creator of Heaven and earth down to their level instead of climbing to get to His. We cannot forget that we serve a Holy Elohim who is worthy of praise and His mercy endures forever. We can start our personal relationship Him by knowing His Name. Remember Deuteronomy 12:32 says

“All the Words I am commanding you, guard to do it-do not add to it nor take from it.”

Revelation 22:18-19

“For I witness to everyone hearing the words of the prophecy of this 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.”

As we know many take away from The Scriptures daily, and my focus here is that many unknowingly are following in the tradition they have been taught by those who took away from His Word, which YHWH commanded not to do in Deuteronomy and YESHUA in Revelation.

In Genesis 11:1 it reads

“And it came to be, all the earth had one language and one speech.”

This passage is overlooked and emphasizes something very important. And that is that the whole world was speaking the same language and that language was what YHWH, YESHUA, and The Ruach Hakodesh (Holy Spirit) used to speak the world into existence with. That would be Hebrew the Lashone Hakodesh (The Holy Tongue). Therefore, when Enosh called upon the Name of YHWH, he would have said His real actual Name which is YHWH (Yod Hey Waw Hey). I will explain the importance of His Name shortly. Genesis 4:26 says

“And to Seth, to him also a son was born. And he called his name Enosh. Then it was begun to call on the name of YHWH.”

Names do not mean anything to us in our modern day society, they are used just to identify someone by, but in Hebrew, YHWH’s original language the pictograph (OTIOT) meaning signs was incorruptible. Names in Hebrew have meaning and function and coveys the real meaning YHWH wanted to get across in His language. YHWH’s Name Yod-Hey-Waw-Hey means He does His work through His Ruach (Spirit), pitching His tent with you, expecting you to pitch your tent with Him in Ruach, not in the flesh. Allen Horvath broke His Name down perfectly. This is why YESHUA said in John 4:24

“Elohim is Ruach (Spirit) and those worship Him need to worship in spirit and truth.”

YHWH’s Name has power and reveals His power and will for His creation and how He does it. YESHUA’s Name in Hebrew means Salvation, because He saved the world from sin and death. Have you ever wondered why all the Hebrew names were changed? YESHUA became Jesus, Yeshayau became Isaiah, Yirmeyahu became Jeremiah, but Nebuchadnezzar, Balak, Balaam, and Og King of Bashan all stayed the same?

Satan is hoping and banking on the fact that believers will not go digging around in Elohim’s original language to really find out what our Father was saying to us, but yet rely on watered down translations which eventually loses its meaning altogether. YHWH even speaks about this in Zephaniah 3:9 saying

“For then I shall turn unto the peoples A CLEAN LIP (PURE LANGUAGE), so that they all call on the Name of YHWH, to serve Him with one shoulder.”

The pure language He spoke to create the world, the same language that was spoken by the entire world before He confused the languages in Genesis 11. We will serve Him with one shoulder meaning that we will all be one people in His eyes as they days of old. So I feel that it is important that we get back to our Hebraic roots of our faith and learn His Holy Language to get the real meaning of The Names and Scripture.

What does scripture really say?

The original text from the Hebrew Scriptures says in the beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth. In verse 3 it says “And Elohim said, let there be light: and there was light.” The title Elohim literally means “MIGHTY ONES” which is plural. This makes perfect sense when you read Genesis 1:26 which says:

“And Elohim said, Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

Then is Genesis 11:5-6 it says

“Then YHWH came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. And YHWH said, “Look, they are one people and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do! And now, they are not going to be withheld from doing whatever they plan to do. “Come, let US go there and confuse their language, so that they do not understand one another’s speech.”

The plural form of Elohim (Mighty Ones) is YAHWEH the Father, YESHUA the Son, and the RUACH HA KODESH (The Holy Spirit). So when we read our modern day Bibles and they substitute God which is singular in place of Elohim it throws the whole meaning off and takes away the importance of YESHUA being present pre-incarnate. It makes people question His divinity and believers will get confused with John 1 saying in the beginning was the Word being with Elohim becoming flesh. We know YESHUA was present before the foundation of the world by reading Proverbs 8:22-37

“YHWH possessed Me, The beginning of His Way, as the first of His works of old. “I was anointed ages ago, at the first, before the earth ever was. When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs heavy with water. Before mountains were sunk, before hills, I was brought forth, before He had made the earth and the fields, or the first dust of the world. When He prepared the heavens, I was there, when He decreed a vault on the face of the deep, when He established clouds above, when He made the fountains of the deep strong, when He gave to the sea its limit, so that the waters would not transgress His command, when He decreed the foundations of the earth, THEN I WAS BESIDE HIM, A SKILLED WORKMAN, a delight, day by day rejoicing before Him all the time, rejoicing in the world, His earth; And my delights were with the sons of men. And now listen to Me, you children, for blessed are they who guard My Ways. Listen to discipline and become wise, and do not refuse it. Blessed is the man who listen to Me, watching daily at My gates, waiting daily at My gates, waiting at the posts of My doors. For whoever finds me shall find life, and obtain favour from YHWH, but he who sins against Me injures himself; all who hate Me love death!”

When we see “And Elohim said, it is YAHWEH, YESHUA, AND THE RUACH speaking as ONE. God is a poor translation for the title of Elohim, but what’s more is that God is used as a title in English, however it actually has a deeper meaning. But how did this happen? And why?

Scripture tells us in Revelation 12:9

“And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which DECEIVETH THE WHOLE WORLD; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”

Now if scripture tells us that Satan has deceived the whole world, then how deep does this deception run? Firstly, let us examine a few things. YHWH’s own name was removed from His own Book over 7,000 times for sinister reasons and that is because Satan does not want us to know His Name. He knows that there is power in His Name. So wherever you see LORD in all caps is where YHWH’s name belonged. So, Satan knows that calling on YHWH and YESHUA is important, but the question is, do we?

What does scripture say about calling on His name?

Genesis 4:26

“To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh, then men began to call upon the name of YHWH.”

Genesis 26:25

“So he built an altar there and called upon the name of YHWH, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.”

Psalm 105:1 and 1 Chronicles 16:8

“Oh give thanks to YHWH, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples.”

Psalm 79:6

“Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do NOT call upon Your Name.” This scripture is very telling! For those who do NOT call upon His Name, should that be you?

Psalm 44:5

“Through You we push our enemies; Through Your NAME we tread down those who rise up against us.”

Psalm 44:20

“If we have forgotten the Name of our Elohim, or stretched out our hands to a foreign might one, would Elohim not search this out?” YHWH knows if you are not calling upon His Name or calling on a false one. Korah is saying YHWH would have known this and not approved of it.

John 17:26 YESHUA says

“And I have made Your Name known to them, and shall make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me might be in them, and I in them.”

Lamentations 3:55

“I called on your name, O YHWH, out of the lowest pit.”

Exodus 3:15

“And Elohim said moreover unto Moses, thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, YHWH Elohim, of your ancestors, The Elohim of Abraham, The Elohim of Isaac, and The Elohim of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my NAME for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.” Notice He didn’t say “this is my title unto all generations.”

Acts 4:12

“Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” What name is that?

Philippians 2:8-11 says

“And having been found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, death even of a stake. YHWH, therefore, has highly exalted Him and given Him the Name which is above every name, that at the Name of YESHUA every knee should bow, of those in the heaven and those on the earth and  of those under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Yeshua Ha’ Maschiach is Master, to the esteem of YHWH the Father.”

So why are we calling YHWH and YESHUA God and Lord?

As we can see our Father YHWH and our Savior YESHUA have personal Names the same way that we do as humans.  So why are we calling them outside of their Names? The same way we have been deceived in calling the Devil by his title Satan which means adversary. That means that 1/3 of the fallen messengers/angels were adversaries of YHWH because they all rebelled and sinned and were cast of heaven (sha-ma-yeem) with the devil; therefore, all 1/3 of the fallen messenger’s names could not be adversary, because they are all “Satan’s” based on the definition. It merely shows that they were in opposition of YHWH.

They all had names and the Book of Enoch list all 200 of them that came down and landed on Mount Hermon. The deception is deeper then we all could have imagined. The devil inspired people to remove books from the Bible (believers read The King James but do not realize the original King James Bible in 1611 and Geneva 1599 contained the Apocrypha), he removed YHWH’s name from the Bible, and changed the Hebrew names of the prophets and patriarchs, has inspired pastors to preach doctrines of demons saying the law is done away with, but yet he managed to keep all the pagan names intact.

Satan has a name just like YHWH and through his deception he has us calling on titles like Lord and God for YHWH instead of His actual name, but the picture is clearer when we read Isaiah 65:11 which says

“But you are they that forsake YHWH, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for Gad and that furnish the drink offering unto Meni.”

Gad is pronounced Gad in our western culture, but that is not the way it is pronounced in Hebrew. In Hebrew Gad is pronounced God. The (A’s) in Hebrew are pronounced “Ah”. For example Adonai which means My Master is pronounced Ah-doe-nigh and Adam is pronounced Ah-dome and Dan is pronounced Don.

 And God described in Isaiah 65:11 is the pagan deity of good luck and fortune. This same deity of good luck and fortune was he able to present this offer of fortune to YESHUA. Mathew 4:7-9 says:

“YESHUA said unto him, it is written again, Thou shalt not tempt YHWH thy Elohim. And again, the devil taketh Him up into an exceeding high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and saith unto Him, all these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.”

So as we see in Isaiah 65:11 there is a deity by the name of Gad (God) that is the deity of good luck and FORTUNE then in the wilderness the devil offers YESHUA fortune and the kingdoms of the world, is that a coincidence? Then if you look on the back of our American $1 dollar bill we will see it says “In God we trust” isn’t money used to get fortune? That is the same promise that Gad (God) will give you? What’s more is that there is an Egyptian pyramid with the “all seeing eye” over top of it. Why is there an Egyptian pyramid printed on the American dollar? The “all Seeing Eye” is known is Egypt as the “eye of horus” an Egyptian deity” it also represents as a reminder that our thoughts and actions are being observed by a force greater than us. YHWH is omniscient He knows all and sees all, He doesn’t need an eye over top of any Egyptian pyramid to show us that. YHWH does not need cameras, cell phones and other high tech equipment to see everything in this world, but the devil does.

The all Seeing Eye is Satan trying to control all things to electronics, media, cameras etc. Being that he wants to be like YHWH but is not omniscient he needs “eyes” everywhere to obtain this goal. The Latin words written on the back of the dollar says “Novus Ordo Seclorum” which means “new order of the ages.” Which Satan is trying to accomplish before he comes as the Anti-Messiah in the new world order. Then you have the writing on the back of the dollar too which reads MDCCLXXVI are numerals which stand for 1776 the year that Adam Weishaup created the Illumanit, so it’s obvious that they are not referring to YHWH or YESHUA, The Elohim of Yisra’el.

One false religion of Sunday worship, one world currency, one world government to worship of the beast, and also where believers won’t be able to buy or sell unless they receive his mark. However, that isn’t the focus for this article, I will revisit this on another blog post. But it is not a coincidence that the Illuminati who serve Satan have printed their agenda on the back of the dollar bill with pagan occult symbolism which does not represent The Elohim of Israel at all. And let’s not forget He has a Name!

Examining further

We have examined what Gad (Gods) role of good luck and fortune. Now let’s take a look at the Book of Enoch, which is one of the books removed from the Bible. I personally believe the Book of Enoch (Ha-knock) was removed because it would interfere with the devils plan to deceive us. Enoch is referenced in the Book of Jude and is Canonized in Ethiopia and used in their churches. This Book is called “The First Book of Enoch” (The Ethiopic Book of Enoch). In chapter 69 verse 6 says something revealing.

“And the third was named Gadre’el (Godre’el in Hebrew); it is he who showed the children of men all the blows of death, and he led astray Eve, and showed the weapons of death to the sons of men; the shield and the coat of mail, and the sword for battle, and all the weapons of death to the children of men.”

So here we see the name Gad again, except this time it is the complete name used for Satan who led Eve astray in the garden. This is one of the reasons that the Book of Enoch was removed to hide the devils true name so he could replace YHWH’s name in the bible; and have us call him God which is (his name). This would be the ultimate deception, a deception so deep that most believers would be appalled at the thought of this. But YESHUA Himself said in Mathew 13:44

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field.”

Searching for treasure is never lying on the surface therefore we must meditate on His word day and night and dig for that treasure, because once we find it, we will give all we have for it. The truth is everything and we cannot be content with the surface of the ground if we want treasure, we must get out shovels out and dig. Satan is so busy distracting followers of YESHUA with the worries of the world, sports, entertainment, music, relations, cell phones, etc. to keep us from the truth.

Since Acts 4:12 says there is only ONE name given to us to which we are saved. The devil knows this and must make us call on another name. As I said earlier YHWH is His name not God or LORD, in English they are titles but in Hebrew they are NAMES. God (Gad) is the short form of Gadre’el which is Satan’s real name.

But isn’t there a son of Jacob named Gad? A tribe named after his son Gad? And a seer named Gad? How can this name be evil? Well it depends on the context it is used. The Webster’s Deluxe Unabridged Dictionary, Second edition page 746 says:

Gad, n. 1. In the Bible, a son of Jacob.
              2. A tribe of Israel descended from him.
              3. The land where this tribe lived.
              4. Gad, gad interj. A mild oath or expression of surprise, disgust etc. a   
                  euphemism for God.

Euphemism- is a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh, offensive, or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing. Simply put it’s the truth but only nicer.

Yes, we know that there was a tribe called Gad, but we cannot ignore the fact that the Bible in Isaiah 65:11 names a pagan deity named Gad and The Book of Enoch specifically names Satan Gadre’el or Gad (God for short). It all depends on how the name is being used. In English we have many words spelled the same but have different meanings. If you are using it to refer to the Tribe of Gad or the seer then you are using it in the good sense, but using it as a replacement for Elohim or in the context of worship, then we are calling on Gad of Isiah 65:11 the pagan deity of good luck and fortune and the one standing behind it all Gadre’el/Satan.

So why did Leah name Him Gad?

Genesis 30:9-11 says

“And Leah saw that she had ceased bearing, and she took Zilpah her female servant and gave her to Jacob as wife. And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. And Leah said, “What luck!” So she called his name Gad.”

The two sisters who were wives to Jacob (Leah and Rachel) knew all about idolatry because their dad Laban was an idol worshipper who did not worship YHWH The Elohim of Yisrael. We know this because Genesis 31:19 says

“And when Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole the house idols that were her dads.”

Therefore, we can attribute Leah naming her son Gad and saying “what luck” paying homage to Gad the pagan deity of good luck in fortune found in Isaiah 65:11. Jacob’s wives were just a product of their environment at the time as pagan worship was common and being that there dad was an idol worshipper. So with them leaving with Jacob to become their wives could have strengthen their faith in the ONE Elohim.

We know that no follower of YESHUA is going to pray to a human or a tribe in Israel; therefore we know that this name would only apply to a deity and a false one that Elohim condemns. Believers will use this argument to say, well Gad is a son of Jacob, but it was also a name for a deity too. We as followers have forgotten His name or don’t know His name and we have applied this title/name to our Creator not a human. We have applied our western mind set to a Bible that has a Middle Eastern mind set and we are to think like YESHUA. We have all been taught this and it is no fault of our own because YESHUA knows our heart; however, as I stated earlier we must dig to find the truth. He wants us to come into knowledge and not reject it. Hosea 4:6 says “My people perish for their lack of knowledge.”

 I do however think it’s interesting to note that Moses blessed half the tribe of Israel and cursed the others. Deuteronomy 27:11 records this:

“And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, these shall stand upon mount Ger’-i-zim to bless the people, when you are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. (The children of Rachel and Leah). And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali (The children of the slaves (Zilpah and Bilhah). Similar to how Paul in Galatians 4:22-29 said that the children of Ishmael born of Haggar are in bondage because they were born of the slave woman versus the free woman Sarah who produced the covenant child Isaac.

How does YHWH feel about us not knowing His name and calling Him God or Lord?

Jeremiah 23:26-27 says:

“How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Yes, they are prophets of the deceit of their own minds; who devise; plan and scheme, to cause My people TO FORGET MY NAME through their dreams, which they tell every man to his neighbor, just as their ancestors have FORGOTTEN MY NAME FOR BAAL (Lord). Saying Lord is just the English way of saying the Hebrew Ba’al. Going back to the Hebrew the original language where names have meaning in function is defined in Strong’s 1167 as owner and lord.

YHWH angrily says that His people forgot His name for a false deity, but who do they forget His name for? Gad is a part of the equation as I’ve already discussed so now let’s examine another title we forgot Him for.

Who is Baal? A false Canaanite deity that the children of Israel worshipped and sacrificed to children to for economic prosperity and power. 1 Kings 22:53 says

“He served and worshiped Baal (Lord) and aroused the anger of YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, just as his dad had done.”

1 Kings Chapter 18 is a great example of the showdown between Elijah going up against the priest of Baal and how Elijah called on YHWH the true Elohim and how the 450 priests of Baal received no response during the showdown. Elijah then called upon YHWH after three and a half years to make it rain and YHWH embarrassed the 450 prophets of Baal. The point is Baal (Lord) is a false deity that provoked YHWH to anger because His people kept worshiping him. Yet, Baal (Lord) found his way into the true path of worship when Elijah clearly called on the Name of YHWH during the showdown. If Elijah would have used the titles used by modern day believers then the prophets of Ba’al would be saying Lord and he would have said Lord too, but he did not use Lord but YHWH.

Ba’al or Baal is a Northwest Semitic title and honorific meaning “master” or “LORD”. Ba’al can refer to any god and even to human officials; in some texts it is used as a substitute for Hadad, a god of the rain, thunder, fertility and agriculture, and the LORD of heaven. Since only priests were allowed to utter the name Hadad, Ba’al was commonly used. According to the tablets from Ugarit, he is also designated as “the son of Dagon”.

The Hadad connection  with Ba’al being the elohim of rain makes sense as to why the 450 prophets of Ba’al cut themselves and called on Ba’al to make it rain during the showdown with Elijah, but guess what? Ba’al did not answer.

Also in Mathew 12:24 YESHUA makes a mention of Ba’alzebub (Lord of the flies or lord of the high places) by saying he is prince of the demons.

Hosea 2:16 says:

“And it shall be at that day, saith YHWH, that thou shalt call me Ishi (My Husband; and shalt NO MORE call My Ba’al some say Baali (My Lord).”

 We today are no different from the Israelites in ancient times by substituting pagan titles for our Elohim YHWH and according to Hosea 2:16 He does not like it. He does not reject us because He gives us time to repent and turn from these practices.

How could this happen?

The scheme did not happen overnight, this systematic conspiracy to hide YHWH’s name is explained in Jeremiah 11:9-10 which says

“Then YHWH said to me: A conspiracy is found among the men of Yahudah (Judah) and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. They have turned back to the iniquities of their ancestors, who refused to listen to My laws, and they have gone after other elohim to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah alike have broken my covenant which I made with their ancestors.”

The Israelites consistently turned their back on our Elohim and worshipped other elohim and broke His laws and covenant. They learned the wicked ways of their ancestors and even implemented false names and titles for YHWH. Of course we know this is Satan’s (God’s) plan to deceive us and he will use anyone to accomplish this. This is so important that I have to drive this passage home again, remember in Acts 4:12 it states

“Neither is there salvation in ANY OTHER; for there is NO OTHER NAME under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” That name is YHWH alone in the name of His Son YESHUA.

Notice how this scripture does not say several names? Or several titles? That is because there is only one name in our Elohim in which we are saved. If Satan can get you to call on another name, then hasn’t he deceived us? As we discussed in Isaiah 65:11 people have forsaken YHWH for a pagan idol whom I believe is Satan standing behind all these false deities to receive the glory and worship. Remember, he Satan said in Isaiah 14:13

“For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of Elohim; I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.”

Joshua 11:16-17

“So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them and slew them.

Joshua 12:7

“And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordon on the west, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak that goeth up from Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions.

So there is a Canaanite town in the valley of Lebanon, which name is more than likely derived from the worship of Baal. Joshua fought against a city named Baal Gad. Abarim publications adds:

Baal-gad meaning

For a meaning of the name Baal-gad, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Lord of Good Fortune, and Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes the similar Lord of Fortune. Sounds like a familiar scripture I referred to earlier in Isiah 65:11 doesn’t it? Gad the pagan deity of good luck and fortune is related to the title Lord, interesting!

BDB Theological Dictionary doesn't translate this name but says: "a place where Baal was worshipped as Gad, the god of fortune...”.

Remember Isaiah 65:11 that says Gad is the pagan deity of good luck and fortune and believers have forsaken YHWH for Him. Well, the Baal-gad meaning above the place that Joshua overtook was “the god of fortune.” So even the pagan city connects to the deity in Isaiah.

 So if we translate Baal Gad in English, what does it become? LORD God right?

Satan the Lord God of our Bibles will stop at nothing to receive the worship he thinks he deserves because he wants to be like YHWH. If we don’t turn from the deception we will be duped into following him even when we think we are not.

Some Jews feel that saying the name of YHWH is too sacred and that we should not be saying His Holy Name, but where is that found in scripture? This practice was learned while in Babylonian exile where they said that saying the names of their false elohim were too sacred. This practice and the modern use of pagan names in place of YHWH actually breaks the third commandment without us knowing it.

The Hebrew word of vain is ‘shav’ pronounced shauv which means, nothingness, emptiness, vanity, or falsehood. When we replace His names with these titles that He never intended then we have taken His name in vain by bringing His Name to nothingness. If you misrepresent yourself by being a hypocrite and saying you are doing in the name of YHWH then you are also using His name in vain.

When believers pray they do not recognize the important thing they are missing in the prayer YESHUA taught. “Our Father who are in heaven, hallowed by Your __________, NAME! Well, what is His Name? After this explanation it is my prayer that you now know.

YHWH says call on my NAME and you will be saved, not call on My title and be saved. Yet, His name mentioned 7,000 times has been removed on purpose to deceive us into calling upon another and not our Creator.

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

JUDGEMENT DAY! YESHUA IS COMING WITH WRATH!

Written by: Damien Powell

Nahum 1:6 says

“Who stands before His rage? And who rises up in the heat of His displeasure? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks have been broken by Him. YHWH is good, as a stronghold in the day of distress. And He knows those who take refuge in Him.”

Psalms 2:11-12

“Serve YHWH with reverence, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son (YESHUA)), lest He be enraged, and you perish in the way, for soon His wrath is to be kindled. Baruk (Blessed) are all those taking refuge in Him.”

I have been having a strong urge from our Elohim of Yisra’el to tell the world to repent and come back to Him and I want to stress this point because time is running out for us all. Do not wait to give your life to YESHUA before it is too late because YESHUA is not coming back as a gentle Lamb to take away the sins of the world, because He has already done that. This time He will come back as The Roaring Lion of Yahudah (Judah) to destroy the enemies of YHWH, so take refuge in Him today and obey Him.

Are we prepared for the power of YESHUA’s wrath?

I remember in February of 2016 there was a powerful tornado that hit the area down here in Virginia which destroyed many buildings and some lives were taken. The next day I went to work and spoke to some fellow employees at the time and all they could talk about was the powerful storm. One of them who was a non-believer stated “I was amazed at the power of the storm!  I saw huge trees that were being uprooted floating past my house and being carried off by the wind!” I looked at him and said “Now do you see the power of YHWH and what He is capable of?” We are mere grasshoppers in His sight.

Isaiah 66:1 says

“Thus said YHWH, The shamayim (heavens) are My throne, and the earth is My footstool.”

Nahum 1:3

“YHWH is patient and great in power, but by no means leaves unpunished. YHWH has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet.”

I bring these points up to show that the Heavens cannot contain Him for He is a mighty Elohim and powerful. So if the world cannot stand the destruction of a tornado, earthquake, tsunami, flood, hurricane, or any other natural disaster that YHWH has called to pour out on the earth, then who can stand before our Elohim during the Day of judgement? The end times will be worse than anything we have ever experienced on earth, so do not wait to experience that wrath, repent NOW!

Zephaniah 2:3 says

“Seek YHWH, all you meek ones of the earth, who have done His Right-Ruling. Seek righteousness, seek meekness, if so be that you are hidden in the day of wrath of YHWH.”

Keep His commandments and The Torah (Law) be righteous, meek, and seek YHWH while He is still to be found and if you do you will be hidden and escape the day of wrath from YHWH. What will that day of wrath look like? I will let the scriptures speak for themselves:

Job 9:5-7

“He who removes mountains, and they do not know it, when He overturns them in His displeasure; who shakes the earth out of its place, and its columns tremble; who commands the sun, and it does not rise; and He seals up the stars, stretching out the heavens by Himself, and treading upon the waves of the sea.”

Isaiah 5:30

“And in that day they shall growl over it as the growling of the sea. And one shall look at the earth, and see, darkness and distress! And light shall be darkened by the clouds.”

Isaiah 34:4

“And all the host of the heavens shall rot away. And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll, and all their host fade like a leaf fading on the vine, and like the fading one of a fig tree.”

Ezekiel 32:7-11

“And when I extinguish you, I shall cover the heavens, and make its stars dark. I shall cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. And the bright lights of the heavens I shall make dark over you, and I shall bring darkness upon your land, declares the Adon (Master) YHWH. And I shall trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the lands which you have not known.”

Joel 2:10-12

“The earth shall tremble before them, the heavens shall shake. Sun and moon shall be darkened, and the stars withdraw their brightness. And YHWH shall give forth His voice before His army, for His camp is very great, for mighty is the DOER of His Word. For the day of YHWH is great and very awesome, and who can bear it? Yet even now,” declares YHWH, “turn to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”

Joel 2:31

“The sun is turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of YHWH.”

Amos 5:18-20

“Woe to you who are longing for the day of YHWH! What does the day of YHWH mean to you? It is darkness, and not light, as when a man flees from a lion, and a bear shall meet him; or entered his house, rested his hand on the wall, and serpent shall bite him. Is not the day of YHWH darkness, and not light? Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?”

Amos 8:9-11

“And it shall be in that day,” declares the Adon YHWH, “that I shall cause the sun to go down at noon, and shall darken the earth on a day of brightness, and shall turn your festivals into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation, and bring sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head, and shall make It like mourning for an only son, and its end like a day of bitterness.”

Zechariah 14:6-9

“And in that day it shall be: there is no light, it is dark. And it shall be one day which is known to YHWH, neither day nor night, but at evening time there shall be light. And in that day it shall be that living waters flow from Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and half of them toward the western sea, in summer as well as in winter. And YHWH shall be King over all the earth. In that day there shall be one YHWH, and His Name one.” This ties directly to Deuteronomy 6:4-5 as well with YHWH’s Name is One with His Son YESHUA. Echad in Hebrew meaning unity.

“Hear, O Yisra’el: YHWH our Elohim, YHWH is one! And you shall love YHWH your Elohim with all your heart, and with all of your being, and with all your might.”

Zechariah 14:16-17

“And it shall be that all who are left from all the gentiles which came up against Jerusalem, shall go up from year to year to bow themselves to the King, YHWH Sabaoth (Hosts), and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot). And it shall be, that if anyone of the clans of the earth does not come to Jerusalem to bow himself to the King, YHWH of Hosts, on them there is to be no rain.”

So we can also see that His wrath and plagues will be poured on those who do not celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles which is a Holy Day to YHWH for us all to celebrate as believers found in Leviticus 23. YHWH says “These are My Appointed Times” not these are the Jewish Appointed Times. They are personal days to Him for ALL believers. As we can see even the non-believer will be forced to celebrate it or have no rain amongst other plagues.

Mathew 24:29-31

“And immediately after the distress of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give its light, and the stars shall fall from the heavens, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. And then the sign of the Son of Man shall appear in the heavens, and then all the tribes of the earth shall mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the heavens with power and much esteem. And He shall send His messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the heaven to the other.”

Revelation 6:13-17

“And the stars of the heavens fell to the earth, as a fig tree to the earth, as a fig tree drops its unripe figs, being shaken by a strong wind. And the heavens departed like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. And the kings of the earth, and the great ones, and the rich ones, and the commanders, and the mighty, and every slave and every free one, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him sitting on the throne (YHWH) and from the wrath of the Lamb (YESHUA), because the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

Zephaniah 1:14-18

“Near is the great day of YHWH, near and hurrying greatly, the noise of the day of YHWH. Let the mighty man then bitterly cry out! That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and trouble, a day of waste and ruin, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds, dense clouds, a day of a ram’s horn and alarm against the corner towers. And I shall bring distress on men, and they shall walk like blind men-because they have sinned against YHWH, and their blood shall be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.”

How has the world sinned against YHWH? By rejecting His Torah (law) first five books of Bible! Which means you have rejected His Son who is the Word made flesh. Technically YESHUA is saying in Mathew 5:17 that He did not come to abolish Himself, because He says:

“Do not think that I came to destroy The Torah or the prophets. I did not come to destroy but to complete (He came to show us how to uphold the Torah and walk it out just as He did, an example.) For truly, I say to you, tell the heavens and earth pass away, one yod or one tittle shall by no means pass from the Torah till all be done.” And Revelation 21 tells us when heaven and earth will pass away and that’s when the New Jerusalem comes down from heaven and YESHUA will dwell with sons of men and there will be no more sun because His Face and glory will shine and we know the sun rises everyday so this has not occurred yet.

We all know YEHSUA said in John 14:6 that He is The Way, The Truth and the Life” But what was He saying? Is He the Living Torah made flesh?

Psalms 119:1 says Blessed are the perfect in THE WAY, Who walk in the TORAH OF YHWH! (Remember” I am The Way” says YESHUA)

Psalms 119:142 says Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and Your TORAH IS THE TRUTH! (Remember “I am The truth” says YESHUA)

Proverbs 13:14 says The TORAH of the wise is a FOUNTAIN OF LIFE! (Remember “I am The Life) YESHUA summed up that He is the Torah and The law that 99% of this world says is done away with.

Psalms 19:7

“The Torah of YHWH is perfect, bringing back the being” then in verse 11 David says “Your servant is warned by them (from harm) in guarding them there is great reward.”

Don’t be like the ones spoken of in Isaiah 30:9

“That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children who refuse to hear the Torah of YHWH.”

Those who refuse to hear and do The Torah of YHWH which is YESHUA made flesh will face the wrath as I have described throughout this post. YESHUA said Himself many will come to Him saying that cast out demons in His Name, did many good works in His Name, and prophesied in His Name, but He will say depart from Me, I never knew you, you who work lawlessness (No Torah).

Repent now give your life to YESHUA and turn back to YHWH so that you will be hidden in the day of His wrath. I’ll conclude with this quote form Esdras 9:7-13

“For as many as did not acknowledge Me in their lifetime, although they received my benefits, and as many as scorned my Torah (law) while they still had freedom, and did not understand but despised it while an opportunity of repentance was still open to them, these must in torment acknowledge it after death. Therefore, do not continue to be curious as to how the unrighteous will punished; but inquire how the righteous will be saved, those to whom the age belongs and for whose sake the age was made.”

BREAK the CURSE and stop recreating pagan rituals: father’s day!

Written by: Damien Powell

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

Jeremiah 10:2

“Do not learn the way of the gentiles”

Yet, this exactly what the world has done especially for the followers of YESHUA. The believers have self-assimilated and become just like the nations around them that were pagans and Hellenistic (learning Greek culture.)   As always, I want to expose the darkness with the light of YESHUA.

Father’s day happens close to the beginning of the summer solstice which takes on pagan roots tracing back to Nimrod aka Baal. This day represents worship of the “Sky-Father” or “Father of the Universe.” Father’s Day is based after Egyptian and Babylonian customs in their worshipping of the “sun god” which is why it is observed on the third Sunday in June. (truenation.org). As I stated earlier we are to honor our parents every day as YHWH commanded us in the 10 commandments and not on these pagan days that honor the sun deity. And technically YHWH is our Father in Heaven and we are His children; therefore, since we worship and serve YHWH The Elohim of Yisra’el that makes every day Father’s Day to our ONE FATHER!

Nimrod’s name means “to rebel” and that is exactly what he did, he rebelled against The Elohim of Yisra’el.  He built the Tower of Babel thinking he could climb into the heavens and kill YHWH with arrows if YHWH thought about flooding the earth again, which is where scripture states, he was a mighty hunter before YHWH, because he wanted to hunt down YHWH and commit his abominable acts right before His face. One the ways we know Nimrod rebelled is that one of the cities he built in Babylon was called Calneh which literally means the “fortress of anu”. Who was anu? In Mesopotamia he is called the sky god, the father of the gods the ruler of the heavens. Yes, the same one that is being worshipped on this pagan father’s day was introduced by Nimrod aka Ba’al.

As Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 1:9 There is nothing new under the sun what has been done before will be done again, so doesn’t that make you question why the world does the things they do the traditions? Are we recreating pagan rituals as I have exposed in other broadcasts and blogs? According to Judah2Israel the pagans would tie ribbons around the necks of the animals that they sacrificed and prayed to their pagan deities. Now the world buys their dads neck ties to replace the ribbon around the animals and tie it around their necks which is indirectly participating in a satanic ritual. See the deception?

Amos 5:21-26 fits for all pagan days and I’ll explain why, YHWH says

“I have hated, I have despised your festivals, and I am not pleased with your assemblies. Though you offer Me burnt offerings, I do not accept them, nor do I look on your fattened peace offerings. Take away from Me the noise of your songs, for I do not hear the sound of your stringed instruments. And let Right-Ruling roll on like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream. You brought Me slaughtering’s and meal offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Yisra’el, but you took up Sikkuth your sovereign and Kiyyun, your idols, your astral might ones, which you made for yourselves!”

YHWH firstly says that He hates the festivals and assemblies that man has conjured up with the inspiration of Satan that is not in Scripture. The world does not want to celebrate the days of YHWH found in Leviticus 23, but rather celebrate the days of the world.

Secondly, He says they offered burnt offerings and fattened peace offerings which the world has recreated on these pagan days by cooking on the grill (this applies to those who cook for the purpose of celebrating these days and inviting family and friends over) and cooking up a large meal on Thanksgiving for example. Saying you are giving thanks to Him when in fact He does not even acknowledge these days, He hates them.

 When you plan these days in advance because the world commanded you to take off so you can enjoy the pagan day with a big meal then you are indirectly partaking in these festivals. Then they have drink offerings with the alcohol to have a good time and we have all heard the saying “I’m going to pour out some for the people that aren’t here.” Then at the cook out or the days such as xmas, new year’s etc. loud secular music is played to have a good time and YHWH says take the music out of His ears. Simply put, the world has recreated pagan rituals and say it’s for YHWH, but He says it’s for your idols or your elohim (gods). Do not acknowledge these days, but desecrate them.

The end result of this is Amos 8:10 saying

“And shall turn your festivals into mourning”

 Everything they do is based on pagan sun deity worship disguised under a different name. The world is just recreating pagan rituals under another format. Sun worship is found in Ezekiel 8:16

“And he brought me into the inner court of the House of YHWH. And there, at the door of the Temple of YHWH, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the Temple of YHWH and their faces toward the east, and they were bowing themselves eastward to the sun.”

They worship the creation and not the Creator, they just prepackaged sun worship for the world with the guidance of Satan. Let us stop participating in these pagan events and follow The Way, The Truth, and The Life YESHUA! Break free from the curse by giving your life completely to Him and Him alone. Remember, being Holy literally means set-apart. So let us set ourselves apart from the pagan nations and cultures around us. Share this with others and as always may YHWH bless you in YESHUA’S Name, Ahmein!

June 9th YHWH says "I want to meet with My people."

Written by: Damien Powell

Chag HaShavout (Feast of Weeks)/Pentecost

Jeremiah 5:24 says

“And they do not say in their heart, “Let us now revere YHWH our Elohim, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season. He guards for us the Law: The Shavuot of harvest.”

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 (First Fruits) 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 grain 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 Shavuot (Shav-oo-oat) which means ”weeks” in Hebrew. Pentecost means 50 in Greek and this holy day falls Sunday June 9th 2019 of this year.

There are many traditions and celebrations that surround Shavuot/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. Similar to how Abel brought his best offering instead of an inferior one as Cain did. 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. Shavuot/Pentecost is also a NO work day. Leviticus 23:21 says:

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

Deuteronomy 16:10-11 says:

“And you shall keep the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot/Pentecost) unto YHWH your Elohim according to the voluntary offering from your hand, which you give as YHWH your Elohim has blessed you. And you shall rejoice before YHWH your Elohim, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, 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 chooses to make His Name dwell.”

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.

Deuteronomy 16:12 says:

“And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt: and you shall guard and do these Laws.”

Shavuot/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 Shavuot 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 better for you that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper (which is the Ruach HaKodesh/Holy Spirit pronounced Roo-ach Ha-Ko-desh) 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:

“But when He comes, the Ruach of the Truth, He shall guide you into all truth. For He shall not speak of Himself, but whatever He hears He shall speak, and He will show you things to come. He shall esteem Me, for He shall take of what is Mine and announce 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 Shavuot because The Holy Spirit was poured out on His disciples on this very day. Acts 2:1-4 says:

“And when the day of Shavuot/Pentecost had come, they were all with one mind 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 divided tongues like as of fire, and settled upon each one 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 to speak.”

Although scripture doesn’t tell us exactly how to celebrate Shavuot 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 Shavuot. 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 (Shavuot).”

Another interesting connection with the Book of Ruth and Shavuot 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.

All of YHWH’s laws and commandments apply to the Native born and the foreigner grafted into Israel as Isaiah 56:6-7 says

“Also the sons of the foreigner (non-native born grafted in) who join themselves to YHWH, to serve Him, and to love the Name of YHWH, to be His servants, all who guard the Sabbath, and not profane it, and hold fast to My Covenant-them I shall bring to My holy mountain, and let them rejoice in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their slaughtering’s are accepted on My altar, for My house is called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”

Shavuot 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.