Sexual sins: Homosexuality and the rainbow

Written by: Damien Powell

This message is out of love because I know that everything is a spiritual battle and that through the blood of YESHUA anyone can overcome, if they repent and completely give their lives to Him in truth! So if anyone is active or engaging in same sex relations it is not too late for you because our Elohim is forgiving and is merciful! I will discuss the real meaning of the rainbow and what scripture says about same sex. He can use anyone who turns to Him! How do we know this?  Paul out of his own mouth says

 1 Corinthians 15:8-10

“And last of all He was seen by me also, as if to one born prematurely. For I am the least of the emissaries, who am not worthy to be called an emissary, because I persecuted the assembly of Elohim. But by the favor of Elohim I am what I am, and His favor toward me was not in vain, but I labored much more than they all, yet not I, but the favor of Elohim in me.”

We have all sinned and fallen short and Paul was killing those who believed in YESHUA. After his conversion on the road to Damascus he served Elohim in truth and was used by YESHUA for His esteem.

2 Timothy 4:7-8

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have guarded the belief. For the rest, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which The Master, the righteous Judge, shall give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also those loving His appearing.”

So despite him killing those who believed in YESHUA he said he would receive the crown of righteousness to enter heaven, so he was forgiven, but notice he said he kept the belief? In order to keep the belief, believers have to walk according to what the Word of YHWH says and not according to the desire of their own hearts!

The Pastors of churches who engage in this activity cannot lead the flock when they are willfully going against The Word of YHWH! If he is willing to preach contrary to the Word because of  his or her own desire, when  they know our Creator YHWH forbids it, then what else is he or she willing to omit? The Sabbath Day? The dietary laws? Believers need to know the full truth and be obedient to our Father in heaven, He sent His Son YESHUA to give us all a chance, so do not let this hold you back from truth and obedience! And out of love I have to share what our Creator says about this behavior and point out some things you may have not known.

The Rainbow

Genesis 9:11-13

“And I shall establish My Covenant with you, and never again is all flesh cut off by the waters of the flood, and never again is there a flood to destroy the earth.” And Elohim said, “This is the sign of the Covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for all generations to come: “I shall put MY rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the Covenant between Me and the earth.”

We know that YHWH through YESHUA created ALL things, but notice how He says “My rainbow”! The rainbow is personal to Him and it is His sign of the Covenant to not to flood the earth again, but it doesn’t end there, the rainbow also surrounds His throne!

Revelation 4:2-3

“And immediately I came to be in the Spirit and saw a throne placed in the heavens, and seated on the throne. And He who sat there was like a jasper and a ruby stone in appearance. And there was a RAINBOW AROUND THE THRONE, like an emerald in appearance.

Anything in heaven is holy because it is the dwelling place of our Creator and we see the holiness of the rainbow as it surrounds His throne.

Revelation 10:1

“And I saw another strong messenger (angel) coming down from the heavens, robed in a cloud, AND A RAINBOW ON HIS HEAD….”

So if the rainbow represents holiness surrounding the throne of YHWH, the covenant He made with mankind not to flood the earth, and was on the head of one of his holy messengers, then how did the rainbow end up representing the exact opposite of what YHWH is?

 We have to remember that Satan was in heaven before being cast out, so he knows what is in heaven. He wants to twist the original intent of what the rainbow actually means.

 Revelation 12:9-12

“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 the earth, and his angels were thrown out with him”

The rainbow YHWH created has 7 colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. The rainbow used for LGBTQ was originally 8 in 1978 and some say the revised one removed hot pink and another to 6, but notice how they can never be 7? The number 7 is YHWH’s number of completion and perfection, the enemy can never be like YHWH so he tries to come close. The rainbow belongs to YHWH and not for something that He speaks out against in Scripture.

What does Scripture Say about homosexuality?

Leviticus 18:22

“And do not lie with a male as with a woman, it is an abomination.”

Leviticus 20:13

“And a man who lies with a male as he lies with a woman: both of them have done an abomination, they shall certainly be put to death, their blood is upon them.”

1 Corinthians 6:9

“Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the reign of Elohim? Do not be deceived. Neither those who fornicate, idolaters, nor adulterers, not effeminate (showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman or unmanly), nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor greedy of gain, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers shall inherit the reign of Elohim.” Then in verse 11 Paul says “And such WERE some of you. But you were washed, but you were made sanctified, but you were declared right in the Name of the Master YESHUA and by the Spirit of our Elohim.”

The acts listed above are abominations to YHWH, but notice how Paul uses the past tense in saying “And such were some of you”. In other words that you are NOT any longer because YESHUA will wash you clean if you repent and do not go backwards!

Genesis 19:3-11

“But he urged them strongly, and they turned in to him and came into his house. And he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sedom both old and young, all the people from EVERY PART, surrounded the house. And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, and let us ‘know’ them. (Have sex with them). So Lot went out to them through the doowrway, and shut the door behind him, and said, ‘Please, my brothers do not EVIL! Look, please, I have two daughters who have not known a man (virgins). Please, let me bring them out to you, and do to them as is good in your eyes, only do no deed to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof.” But they said, “Stand back!” And they said, “This one came in to sojourn, and should he always judge? Now we are going to treat you worse than them.” So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door. But the men (messengers/angels) reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. Then they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, and they wearied themselves to find the door.”

The messengers sent by YHWH were coming to destroy Sedom and Amorah for their wickedness. As we can see same sex relations was considered an evil act by YHWH, the two angels, and Lot. Lot was willing to even offer his two virgin daughters to prevent them from committing this act. Theie burning lust for one another was so great in this entire city that they still tried to bust down the door even while they were blinded by the angels. This is the type of burning Paul speaks about:

Romans 1:26-27

“Because of this Elohim gave them over to degrading passions. For even their women exchanged natural relations for what is against nature, and likewise, the men also, having left natural relations with woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men commiting ideceny, and receiving back the reward which was due for their straying.”

There is another Scripture similar to what happened in Sodom and Amorah!

Judges 19:22

“They were making their hearts gland, and see, men of the city, sons of Beliya’al (destruction, ungodliness, wicked, worthless), surrounded the house, beating on the door. And they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying “Bring out the man who came to your house, so that we know him!” But the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my brothers! I beg you, DO NO EVIL! Since this man has come into my house, do not this folly. “Look, here is my maiden (virgin) daughter and the man’s concubine. Let me bring them out now, and humble them, and do with them what is good in your eyes, but do not do such a foolish matter to this man!” But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and brought her out to them. And they knew her and rolled themselves on her all night until morning, and let her go when the day began to break.”

Doesn’t this sound similar to what happened with Lot in Sedom and Amorah? These men who wanted to have sex with the man were called sons of Beliya’al which means destruction, ungodliness, wicked, worthless which is exactly how YHWH views this behavior. Lot said “do not evil” and this old man said “do no evil” because they both knew that this act of homosexuality is an abomination. Lot offered his two virgin daughters and this old man offered his virgin daughter and the other man’s concubine. Except this time the men had sex with the concubine, which would make them bisexual which is still wrong!

Mathew 19:4-5

“And He answering, said to them, “Did you not read that He who made them at the beginning made them MALE and FEMALE, and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his dad and mother and join unto his wife, and the two shall become one flesh”?

Mark 10:6

“However, from the beginning of the creation, Elohim ‘made them male and female.’ For this cause a man shall leave his dad and mother and join unto his wife, and the two shall become one flesh,’ so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.”

Elohim created man for woman and not man for man because you cannot be fruitful and multiply as He commanded.

Deuteronomony 22:5

“A woman does not wear that which pertains to a man, nor does a man put on a woman’s garment, for whoever does this is an abomination to YHWH your Elohim.”

So a woman cannot dress up as a man because she feels that she is one or a man cannot put on women’s clothing. YHWH is saying that He created you for the sex that He intended for you to be because He is perfect!

Does YESHUA approve?

A lot of people believe YESHUA brought a new teaching when He came and loves all no matter what, but how can that be when He said He did not speak His own words?

John 12:49

“Because I spoke not from Myself, but the Father who sent Me has given Me a Command, what I should say and what I should speak. And I know that His Command is everlasting life. Therefore whatever I speak, as the Father has said to Me, so I speak.”

If He spoke the words of His Father and not His own that means that the same sex act is still not approved because YHWH destroyed Sedom and Amorah for doing this. And when YHWH destroyed that city YESHUA was right there beside YHWH in approval; because He is the first-born of all creation and was here from the beginning before the foundation of the earth. YESHUA only does what He sees the Father do, because He and the Father are One!

YESHUA also told the woman who was accused of committing adultery in John 8:10 “And YESHUA, straightening up and seeing no one but the woman, said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Did no one condemn you? And she said, “No one, Adonai.” And YESHUA said to her, “Neither do I condemn you. Go and sin NO MORE!” Then in John 5:14 He says this to the blind man He healed “See, you have been made well. SIN NO MORE, so that no worse befalls you.” Sin no more! Not continue in it. YESHUA, just like His Father does not condone sin!

How much does Elohim hate this sin?

Let me make this clear, Elohim hates all sin as it is unrighteous and unholy to Him. But it’s interesting that throughout Scripture, other sins are compared as a measuring stick to that which occurred in the city of Sodom and Amorah.

Lamentations 4:6

“And the wickedness of the daughter of my people is greater than THE SIN OF SEDOM, which was overthrown in a moment, and no hands were wrung over her!”

Mathew 10:15

“”Truly, I say to you, it shall be more bearable for the land of SEDOM and AMORAH in the day of judgment than for that city!”

Mathew 11:23-24

“And you, Kephar Nahum, who were exalted to the heavens, shall be brought down to the grave! Because if the miracles which were done in you had been done in SEDOM, it would have remained until this day.” “But I say to you that it shall be more bearable for the land of SEDOM in the day of judgment than for you.”

Jude 1:7

“Even as SEDOM and AMORAH and the cities around them in a having similar way to these, having given themselves over to whoring and gone after strange flesh, are put forth as an example, undergoing judicial punishment of everlasting fire.”

2 Esdras/4th Ezra 2:8-9

“Woe to you, Ashshur (Assyria), you that hide the unrighteous within you! O you wicked people, remember what I did to SEDOM and AMORAH; whose land lies in lumps of tar and piles of ashes; even so I shall do the same to those who DO NOT listen to Me.” Says YHWH the Almighty.”

Repent if you are engaging!

 No one can willfully do these acts and say that they are following YESHUA!  YESHUA restored us to the favor of Elohim so that we would be made righteous before Him that is how much He loves us. 1 Timothy 1:15

“Trustworthy is the word and worthy of all acceptance, that Messiah YESHUA came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am foremost.”

Paul committed murder and admitted that he sinned but by the favor of YESHUA he was forgiven and went to preach the Gospel. But you must repent first, then turn from these sins that He hates so that He can use you. Paul did not go back to persecuting the assembly of Elohim, the same way a homosexual cannot continue to this act.

1 Timothy 2:4

“Who desires all men to be saved to come to the knowledge of the truth.”

2 Peter 3:9

“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.”

Take this opportunity today to ask for forgiveness and thank YHWH for His patience and for sending His Son to take the world’s place. But do not wait because the time is now!

ONE FAITH leads to heaven! Part 2

Written by: Damien Powell

Last week we discussed how Christianity says that Paul did away with the law, but it was proven from Scripture that not only did Paul keep the laws and holy Feast Days in Torah but also told the assemblies/churches who were not native-born Israelites to do the same. Paul said in Ephesians 4:4-6 “One Body, One Ruach (Spirit), One Master, One belief, One immersion (baptism) and One Father.” This alone debunks the 51,000 different denominations of Christianity!

YESHUA the Chief and Great Shepherd

Peter said in Acts 10:34-35 that ALL nations who revere Elohim and work righteousness which means obedience to the commandments will be accepted by Elohim! This is confirmed when we look at YESHUA the Great Shepherd!

Revelation 12:5

“And she bore a male child who was to shepherd ALL nations with a rod of iron. And her child was caught away to Elohim and to His throne.”

The Child is YESHUA who we know was “caught away” when He rose from the dead and now is sitting at the right-hand of YHWH on the throne. YESHUA is The Shepherd of ALL NATIONS, it does not say that He would shepherd the Jews only. This is for anyone who believes in Him and is obedient. In doing so they would be grafted in with the native-born just as Peter was shown not to call any man common or unclean.

John 10:14-16

“I am the good shepherd. And I know Mine, and Mine know Me, even as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep. And other sheep I have which are not of this fold-I have to bring them as well, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be ONE FLOCK, ONE SHEPERD!”

YESHUA said that there are other sheep that are not of this fold that He must bring in and there will be One flock and One Shepherd. The “sheep not of this fold” is the gentiles the non-native born Israelites that would be grafted in. They would hear His voice being called out of the darkness into the light and be obedient and follow Him. And as they are grafted in with the native-born, YESHUA said there would be ONE  Shepherd (Himself) of ONE FLOCK which is one Belief, One Ruach, One Body, One Master, One Immersion, and One Father! Notice He did not say two flocks? That is because He is the Way, the Truth, and The Life and The Only Way, not 51,000 different denominations!

John 17:20-21

“And I do not pray for these alone, but also for those believing in Me through their word, so that they all might be ONE, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, so that they too might be ONE in Us, so that the world might believe that You have sent Me.”

Again YESHUA said that those believing in Him and not just His disciples would be One just as He and The Father are One. So if we cling to One Elohim of All then that means there is One faith.

Mathew 3:9

“And do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as father.’ For I say to you that Elohim is able to raise up children of Abraham from these stones.” So John The Baptist is saying being a native-born Israelite won’t save you if you don’t believe and keep the commandments. Elohim can raise up stones (the non-native born) to be the seed of Abraham which He did by grafting the gentiles in with the native-born.

1 Peter 2:4-5

“Drawing near to Him, a living Stone-rejected indeed by men, but chosen by YHWH and precious-you also, as LIVING STONES, are being built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual slaughter offerings acceptable to YHWH through YESHUA ha”Mashiach.”

One faith and obedience to His Word! What is the criteria?

Luke 11:27-28

“And it came to be, as He was saying this, a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which You nursed on!” But He said, “Blessed rather are those hearing the Word of YHWH and keeping it!” Again, this is a general statement to THOSE (ANYONE) who hear the Word of YHWH and DO the Word! Again how do we know this?

Mathew 12:50

“For WHOEVER (does not say just Jews) does the desire of My Father who is in the heavens is My brother and sister and mother.”

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.”

Revelation 14:12

“Here is the endurance of the saints, here are THOSE guarding the Commands of YHWH and the belief of YESHUA.”

Revelation 7:9

“After this I looked and saw a great crowd which no one was able to count, out of ALL NATIONS AND TRIBES AND PEOPLES AND TONGUES, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Deliverance belongs to our Elohim who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” So here are people from EVERY nation and tongue before YHWH and YESHUA and notice they say “Deliverance belongs to OUR Elohim?” That is because there is ONE Elohim for ALL nations who revere Him and keep His commandments.

Revelation 22:14

“Blessed are THOSE doing His Commands, so that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of life, and to enter through the gates into the city.” Then in verse 15 part of those who will not make it into the Kingdom are those who practice “falsehood.” And we know that Psalms 119:142 says The Torah is Truth; therefore, if you don’t obey the Torah which is truth, then you are following falsehood by being lawless saying the law was done away with which leads to sin and unrighteousness.

Paul says this in Romans 1:18 “For the wrath of Elohim is revealed from the heavens against all wickedness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth (Torah) in unrighteousness (lawlessness).” Verse 25 “Who changed the truth (Torah) of Elohim into falsehood…”  Revelation 12:12 “Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has little time.” Knowing that he has little time he has led the world astray with 51,000 denominations of lawless Christianity!

Notice how in these scriptures it never mentions Jews only? The saints and those who overcome, whether native born or nonnative born grafted in are those who keep the commandments and believe in YESHUA. There is no distinction, just simply those who are obedient until the end.

Revelation 3:10

“Because you have guarded My Word of endurance, I also shall guard you from the hour of the trial which shall come upon ALL the world, to try those who dwell on the earth.’

The church in Asia (Philadelphia) modern day location in Turkey. Is the assembly who YESHUA loved because they kept His Word and did not deny His only Name! We see they were not native born Israelites, yet by them being obedient they were grafted in and YESHUA said He would protect them for their obedience. Notice the other churches like Pergamos allowed the false teachings of the Nicolatians and Thuatira allowed false teaching of a false prophetess and YESHUA that led His servants astray. He did not applaud them for this, but instead He scolded them for it. It is no different today with the false teachings of Christianity! He told them to repent or else He would fight against them and slay the children with death.

Light to gentiles

Luke 2:32

“A light for the unveiling of the gentiles, and the esteem of Your people Yisra’el.” The gentiles would see the truth and be called out of darkness into the light of truth.

Acts 13:44-48

“But speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, “It was necessary that the Word of Elohim should be spoken to you first, but since you thrust it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, see, we turn to the gentiles. For so the Adon has commanded us, “I have appointed you to be a light to the gentiles, that you should be for deliverance to the ends of the earth!”

1 Peter 2:9-10

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that you should proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of the darkness into His marvelous light, who once were NOT a people, but now the people of Elohim; who had not obtained compassion, but now obtained compassion.”

Romans 9:24-26,

Even whom He called, not only us of the Jews, but also of the gentiles? As He says also in Hosea, “I shall call them My people, who were not My people, and her beloved, who was not beloved.” ‘And it shall be in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ there they shall be called sons of the living Elohim.”

Hosea 2:23

“And I shall sow her for Myself in the earth, and I shall have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion. And I shall say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people, while they say, “My Elohim!”

This just further proves that YHWH always had a plan to bring in the gentiles to be grafted in with the native-born and be called One! Those who were not His people (gentiles) now grafted in would be His people! Acts 14:16 “Who in the past generations allowed all nations to walk in their own ways.” But not anymore because there is only ONE Elohim and ONE faith to us ALL!

Being One in Old Covenant

Elijah was not a native-born Israelite, he was a Tishbite.  The name Tishbite is thought to be related to the noun תושב (toshab), meaning sojourner, and both to come from the verb ישב (yashab), meaning to sit, to remain or to dwell. The sojourner is the non-native born Israelite who joined themselves to the nation of Yisra’el.  YHWH used and protected Elijah even though he wasn’t a native born to embarrass the 450 prophets of the pagan deity and the other 400 prophets of the female pagan deity in 1 Kings 18. And look was James 5:16-18 says

“The earnest prayer of a righteous one accomplishes much. Elijah was a man with feelings like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain. And it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain, and the land brought forth its fruit.”

Elijah the Tishbite the nonnative born, the sojourner, was righteous and YHWH used him for His esteem and was taken up in a whirlwind without dying. Ruth was a Moabite and said in Ruth 1:16 “But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you, or to go back from following after you. For wherever you go, I go; and wherever you stop over, I stop over. Your people is my people, and Your Elohim is My Elohim” And we know Ruth is in the line of YESHUA.

Exodus 12:49

“There is ONE Torah for the native-born and for the stranger who sojourns among you.” And remember we already defined Tishbite which Elijah was as a sojourner, and there is ONE Torah for ALL! ONE belief!

Leviticus 19:34

“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 Egypt. I am YHWH your Elohim.”

Numbers 15:15-16

“ONE LAW is for you of the assembly and for the stranger who sojourns with you (the non-native born) a LAW FOREVER throughout your generations. As you are, is the stranger before YHWH.” Once grafted in you the non-native born have become just like the native born and have ONE LAW FOREVER!

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…”

Do not let anyone teach you a false Messiah!

1 Corinthians 10:17

“Because there is ONE BREAD, we, who are many, are ONE Body, for we all partake of the ONE BREAD.” Who is the One Bread to this One body and One faith?

John 6:33-35

“For the BREAD of Elohim is He who comes down out of the heavens and gives life to the world.” So they said to Him, “Adonai (My Master) give us this bread always.” And YESHUA said to them, “I am the BREAD of life. He who comes to Me shall not get hungry at all, and he who believes in Me shall not get thirsty at all.”

As we can see from Part 1 last week and Part 2 this week that there is only One Body, One Spirit, One Master YESHUA, One faith, One Immersion, One Father, One Shepherd over One flock over ALL nations who revere Him and keep His commandments. We are all One! Therefore, if someone teaches contrary than what YHWH, YESHUA, Paul, Peter, all apostles, prophets, just all the obedient servants in scripture, then they are teaching of another YESHUA!

Galatians 1:8

However, even if we, or a messenger out of the heavens, bring a ‘good news’ to you beside what we announced to you, let him be accursed.”

2 Corinthians 11:4

“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!” And no believer should ever put up with a false teaching of YESHUA!

2 John 1:9-11

“Everyone who is transgressing and not staying in the teaching of Messiah does NOT possess Elohim. The one who stays in the teaching of Messiah possesses both the Father and The Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house not greet him, for he who greets him shares in his wicked works.”

Conclusion

Which is why YESHUA said in John 5:45-47

Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, in whom you have put your expectation. For if you believed Moses, you would have believed Me, since He wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how shall you believe My Words?”

He says “If you do not believe his writings (Moses/Torah), how shall you believe My Words?” The last sentence is modern day Christianity who says the law or Torah is done away with, so they do not believe in the writings of Moses who wrote the Torah. So being that YESHUA is The Word, The Torah made flesh, how can the Christian believe any words that YESHUA spoke, if they did not believe the writings in the Torah?

Isaiah 8:20

“To the Torah and to the Witness! If they do not speak according to this Word, it is because they have no light in them.”

YESHUA is the Torah the written words that became living flesh. And who is the Witness?

Revelation 1:5

“And from YESHUA ha’Mashiach, the trustworthy Witness, the first-born from the dead….”

Revelation 3:14

“And to the messenger of the assembly of Laodicea write, ‘The Ah-main, The Trustworthy and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of YHWH.”

My fellow brother sisters this prophecy in Isaiah says that if they don’t speak of The Torah which is YESHUA who is The True witness, it’s because there is no light/truth in them, and we know YESHUA is The Way, The Truth, and The Life and also the Light of the world. It’s time to wake up and come out of the lies! The Torah, Commands, Laws are NOT done away with and they DO NOT just apply to the Jews, but to ALL who proclaim to follow YESHUA! I pray this two part series has proven this and that if you are still in the lie that you repent and come out of it and follow the truth! HalleluYAH!

ONE faith leads to heaven! Apostle Paul agrees! Pt. 1

Written by: Damien Powell

This message is to wake the world up because the deception is getting worse. Since Paul’s letters are the crutch for Christianity and part of the reason that there are over 51,000 denominations of lawless Christianity, I’m going to address this situation by showing that Paul AGREED that there is only one faith and one way; and Christianity isn’t it. This is Part one which will show Scriptures from The New Testament of both Paul and Peter agreeing. Then next week will be Part two with the words of YESHUA Himself and Scriptures confirming ONE faith in the Old Testament as well.

Ephesians 4:4-6

“ONE Body and ONE Ruach (Spirit), as you were called in one expectation of your calling, ONE Adon (Master), ONE BELIEF, ONE immersion (baptism), ONE Elohim and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in YOU ALL.”

This letter to the church in Ephesus is the same location that Paul spoke out against for their worship of a pagan deity, he was able to reach those who would listen.

Acts 19:27-28

“And not only is this trade of ours in danger of coming to rejection, but also that the temple of the great female mighty one Artemis whom all Asia and the world worship, shall be regarded as worthless and her greatness diminished.” And having heard this, they were filled with rage and cried out, saying, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

It is clear that Paul says that there is only ONE body in YESHUA for we are the members of the body with different gifts, ONE Holy Spirit, ONE Master YESHUA, ONE belief/faith, ONE baptism, and ONE Father YHWH; however, the world and all Asia keeps worshiping this deity but Paul did not support it even though they were not native-born Israelites, because salvation is to all who believe. So if there is only ONE faith and ONE Elohim then where are the 51,000 different denominations coming from? There is not even two faiths or even three! So Satan masquerading as a messenger of light has lied again, since he is the father of it, by getting the world to believe that there is not ONE right faith and that all religions pray to the same elohim, and there are many different ways to getting to Him. Followers of YESHUA in Christianity have been deceived! The letters of Paul have done exactly what Peter said in 2 Peter 3:15-16 that people would twist his words to their own destruction, because we can clearly see that Paul supports ONE faith and ONE Elohim.

Paul himself observed the Sabbath (4th commandment) and the Holy Days in Leviticus 23 and Deuteronomy 16 which Christianity does not observe because of the lies they have been taught. Based off of the Ephesians 4:3-6 scripture alone Paul has distanced himself from Christianity; because their faith speaks contrary to the words of Paul. Preachers say he did away with the law and he simply did not! And hypothetically speaking if he did, then where is his other witnesses (Mathew 18:16).  Paul preached to the gentiles and told them to keep the Holy Days that the world has been deceived into calling them the Jewish Sabbaths and Jewish Feast days when they are for ALL who follow YESHUA not just Jews!

ALL of the faithful to YHWH in Scripture followed these commandments including Paul, so that means that ALL who proclaim to follow YESHUA and read the Bible are grafted in to the nation of Yisra’el (Ger) and must observe these days since there is only ONE belief and ONE immersion.

 This would include the weekly 7th day Sabbath, Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Shavuot aka Pentecost, Yom Teruah (Trumpets), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) and the 8th Day Assembly.

Show me in the Bible where Paul observed these Holy Feasts Days?

1 Corinthians 5:7-8

“Therefore cleanse out the old leaven, so that you are a new lump, as you were unleavened. For also Messiah our Pesach (Passover) was offered for us. So then let us OBSERVE the Festival (Passover), not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity of truth.”

So we can see that Paul in this letter to the assembly in Corinth who were not native born Israelites, to observe Passover just as he did. These are not just Jewish feast days and we see Paul was obedient to the Torah for us to observe YHWH’s holy days and not the pagan ones of Xmas, Easter, etc.

Acts 13:42-44

“And when the Yahudim (Jews) went out of the congregation, the gentiles begged to have these words spoken to them the next Sabbath. Verse 44 “And on the next Sabbath almost all the city came together to heard the Word of YHWH.”

As we can see Paul and Barnabas went into the congregations and taught on the Sabbath Day which is in the Torah the 4th of the 10 commandments (Exodus 20:8). Paul was obedient to the command to remember the Sabbath Day (7th day) to keep it holy, the day Christianity has forsaken for the 1st day of the week. So if Paul is the man the world wants to follow then why aren’t they following his example of Sabbath worship? And again in Acts 17:1-2

“And having passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a congregation of the Jews. And according to his practice, Paul went in unto them, and for three Sabbath days was reasoning with them from the Scriptures, explaining and pointing out that ha’Mashiach had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and that, “This is ha’Mashiach YESHUA, whom I proclaim to you.” Here we find Paul teaching on the Sabbath again and pointing out YESHUA from The Torah and Prophets.

Acts 20:6-7

“And we sailed away from Phillipos AFTER THE DAYS OF MATZAH (Feast of Unleavened Bread)”, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days. And on one of the Sabbaths, the disciples having gathered together to break bread, Paul intending to depart the next day, was reasoning with them and was extending the Word till midnight.”

So now we see that Paul and those with him observed The Feast of Unleavened Bread also known as the Feast of Matzah, which is in the Torah (Leviticus 23). They did not even sail until after they finished observing the Feast.  Then in verse 7 it says on one of the Sabbaths they broke bread, we can still see he observed the Holy Days also known as Sabbaths in Leviticus 23.

Acts 20:16

“For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might lose no time in Asia, for he was hurrying to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the Day of the Festival of Shavuot (Pentecost.).”

So here again we see that Paul kept the Appointed Times/Holy Feast Days of YHWH found in Leviticus 23. He wanted to get back to Jerusalem to celebrate the Holy Day of Shavuot known as Pentecost. So how can believers say Paul did away with the law when he was obeying it himself? He kept Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, The Sabbaths, and Shavuot etc. So the claim that Paul was lawless and preached against Torah isn’t true.

Other Scriptures where Paul says we are one!

One of the things I found to be interesting as that Paul usually reveals that we are ONE and there is no partiality between native-born and nonnative born in the 3rd chapter of his letters.

Romans 3:29-31

“Or is He the Elohim of the Jews only, and not also of the gentiles (being grafted in)? Yes, of the gentiles also, since it is ONE Elohim who shall declare right the circumcised by belief and the uncircumcised through belief. Do we then nullify the Torah through the belief? LET IT NOT BE! On the contrary we ESTABLISH THE TORAH.”

Colossians 3:11

“Where there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, foreigner, Skuthian, slave, free, but Messiah is ALL, and IN ALL.”

Ephesians 3:6

“The gentiles to be co-heirs, UNITED in the SAME BODY, and partakers together in the promise in Messiah through the Good News….”

Galatians 3:27-29

“For as many of you as were immersed (baptized) into Messiah have put on Messiah. There is not Jew nor Greek (gentile), there is not slave nor free, there is not male and female, for you are all ONE IN MESSIAH YESHUA. And if you are of Messiah, then you are seed of Abraham, and heirs according to the promise.” And if we are the seed of Abraham then we know Abraham kept the Torah and commandments before there ever was a Jew. As YESHUA said in John 8:39 “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.” Abraham had faith to offer His Son Isaac, but also kept the commandments.

Genesis 26:5

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

Ephesians 2:18-19

“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 citizens with the saints and members of the household of Elohim.”

Romans 10:12

“Because there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Adon of ALL is rich to ALL those calling upon Him.”

My fellow brothers and sisters it is quite clear based off of Paul’s words himself that there is one faith, one body, one Messiah, one baptism, one Holy Spirit, One Father, and that YHWH and YESHUA do not make a distinction between native-born Israelites and those gentiles who are grafted in. He sees us as ONE and if we are ONE we are all to have one like mind and follow the ONE TRUTH AND ONE FAITH because there is not another!

Acts 10:34-35

“And opening his mouth, Kepha (Peter) said, “Truly I see that Elohim shows NO partiality, but in EVERY NATION, he who reveres Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.”

Peter confirms that ALL who come to YHWH whether native-born or gentile grated in are ONE in the eyes of YHWH and call no man common or unclean, if they revere Elohim and work righteousness. And how does Scripture define reverence and righteousness?

 Deuteronomy 6:24-25

“And YHWH commanded us to do all these Laws, TO REVERE YHWH our Elohim, for our good always, to keep us alive, as it is today. And it is RIGHTEOUSNESS for us when we guard (keep) to do all this Command before YHWH our Elohim, as He has commanded us.”

Once you accept YESHUA as Messiah then you have become grafted in as native-born Israelite; therefore the entire Bible including the laws apply to everyone who reads it and there are no exceptions!

Acts 15:8-9

“And Elohim, who knows, the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Ruach ha’Kodesh, as also to us, and made NO DISTINCTION between us and them, cleansing their hearts by belief.”

Romans 2:12-13

“For as many as sinned without Torah shall also perish without Torah, and as many as sinned in the Torah shall be judged by the Torah. For NOT the hearers of the Torah are righteous in the sight of Elohim, but the DOERS of the Torah shall be declared right.”

Conclusion

1 Peter 4:18 so we see that even the righteous are scarcely saved, which is the narrow path YESHUA spoke of in Mathew 7:13-21. Notice he says how narrow it is for even the righteous and we defined righteousness above in Deuteronomy 6:24-25.

Both Paul and Peter say that you don’t even have a chance to stand before YESHUA when He returns if you don’t obey and keep the commandments and He will say to the lawless “I never knew you, depart from Me!” The commandments are how we know Him, how we love Him, and how He keeps His bride pure!

2 Timothy 4:3-4

“For there shall be a time when they shall not bear sound teaching, but according to their OWN desires, they shall heap up for themselves teachers tickling the ear, and they shall indeed turn their ears away from the TRUTH, and be turned aside to myths.”

2 Peter 2:1-2

“But there also came to be false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall secretly bring in destructive heresies (speaking against Word of YHWH, and deny the Adon/Master who bought them, brining swift destruction on themselves. And many shall follow their destructive ways, because of whom the WAY of TRUTH shall be evil spoken of…”

Peter and Paul both agree that there is ONE WAY! They don’t say WAYS of the truth! Many would turn aside to lies which leads to their own destruction. Peter said the world would listen to false teachers and speak evil of the WAY OF TRUTH. Saying the law is done away with is part of speaking evil of the truth! What is the WAY OF TRUTH?

Psalms 119:142

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

Psalms 119:1

“Blessed are the perfect in the WAY, who walk in the Torah of YHWH!”

And we know that YESHUA is the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE! So rejecting the Torah is rejecting YESHUA which means you have denied the One who bought you as Peter said. YESHUA bought/purchased us with His blood and then the world denies Him.

1 Corinthians 10:11

“And all these came upon them as examples, and they were written as A WARNING to us, on whom the ends of the ages have come…”

2 Peter 2:6-7

“…having made them an example to those who afterward would live wickedly, and rescued the righteous Lot, who was oppressed with the indecent behavior of the LAWLESS.”

Do not become examples of the lawless ones as we see their destruction, because there is a coming judgment from the Righteous Judge YESHUA and both Paul and Peter say these accounts have been written as warnings to the world. And I’m speaking today to warn the world to come out of the lies of Christianity and follow YESHUA and let the Ruach ha’Kodesh be your guide and teacher.

I prayed that this has been a blessing to you and please share this with EVERYONE you know, because this is important! May our Father YHWH bless you in YESHUA’s Name.

Janus: The pagan god of NEW YEARS!

Written by: Damien Powell

Last week we discussed the pagan origins of Xmas and how it’s not the birth of YESHUA our Messiah, but the birth of a demon. Now on January 1st the world is going to get ready to say “Happy New Year!” And they are going to set all kind of New Year resolutions that they will set out to accomplish, but what is the origin behind this so-called New Year? And the origin of the New Year resolutions?

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

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

Deuteronomy 16:1

“Guard the month of Abib, and perform the Pesach (Passover) to YHWH your Elohim brought you out of Egypt by night.”

YHWH’s calendar looks like this:

Biblical Calendar Name

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

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

·        New Years is directly related to the solar, winter solstice, sun deity worship the same way that X-mas is. It is no coincidence that it is a week apart. For them xmas is the birth of the SUN and not the SON!

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

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

·         The Romans originally numbered their months the same way YHWH numbered most of His months for example YHWH only names three months Abib, Ziv, and Ethanim. The rest of them He called the third month, the fourth month, etc. The Romans named the months based on number for example July was Quintilis meaning 5 for fifth month, Sextilis for 6th month later changed to August to honor Augustus Caesar in 8 BCE, Septe for 7th month, Novem for 9 (November) and Dece for 10 (December.) But notice how December has become the 12th month?

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

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

·        In 153 BCE was celebrated as the New Years for the pagan deity named Janus hence the name January.  He represented “New beginnings”. We know believers say the so-called beginning of the year is a “new beginning” for them and things will be different this year as they say. Janus was a two-faced deity with head looking forward to the New Year and a head looking backward at the old year. The people would then offer sacrifices to him and join in parties to celebrate as the world does today. Again the world is just recreating pagan rituals as they did in ancient times. The world attends these New Year/s parties and what does Scripture say about parties?

Galatians 5:21

“Envy, murderers, DRUNKENESS, WILD PARTIES, and the like-of which I forewarn you, even as I also said before, that those who practice such as these shall not inherit the reign of Elohim.”

And we all know that wild parties, drinking, and sex all occur on this night of celebration. Already stacking on top of the fact that this day to honor a pagan deity. As I’ve stated before Satan knows what is in the Bible, but do you? He has used these events in the name of fun to get you to do all of these abominations.

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

·        The church has found a way to “Christianize” a pagan custom again by saying that it is celebrated as the day of YESHUA’s circumcision, after His so-called birth on X-mas and as I explained earlier that December 25th is the birth of a pagan deity and not YESHUA. The celebration of this so-called circumcision is for a demon.  Satan knows what is in the Torah and we know that he isn’t going to follow the Torah. He only wants to pervert it and give believer’s enough truth mixed with a lie to deceive them.

·        Pope Gregory who invented the Gregorian calendar the world follows today was assisted by an astronomer who helped him to correct the 11 days (1752 jump) that were missing off of the Julian calendar. This is the secular calendar being used in our modern society instead of YHWH’s Hebrew calendar. Notice how Julius used astrology to help make his calendar? What does YHWH say about this?

Deuteronomy 18:10

“Let no one be found among you who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, for one who practices divination, or a user of magic, or one who interprets omens or a sorcerer…”

Where do New Year resolutions come from?

The Babylonians wanted to start the year off right by making promises to their false pagan deities in order to obtain favor from them. This is where the world gets making New Year’s resolutions comes from. Satan has gotten the world to unknowingly say they want to obtain favor from the pagan deity Janus on New Year’s while making their resolutions. Again as we can see, when the world partakes in this celebration they are doing nothing more than recreating pagan rituals.

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

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

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

SANTA SATAN: The Christmas devil

Written by: Damien Powell

All over the world adults and children are getting into the Xmas spirit, they are putting up Xtmas trees, decorating their homes, buying presents, singing Xmas carols and other songs that worship and honor the Xmas tree like this song:

 O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree
Such pleasure do you bring me
O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree
Such pleasure do you bring me
For every year this Christmas tree
Brings to us such JOY and glee
O Christmas tree, o Christmas tree
Such pleasure do you bring me

This is idolatry! Singing praises to a tree and saying that it brings you joy!

John 15:11

“These I have spoken to you, so that My JOY might be in you, and that your joy might be complete.”

YESHUA said that those who guard His commands will stay in His love and your joy might be complete. We are to have joy in Him, yet the world has found joy and pleasure in a tree that doesn’t even come close to representing YESHUA at all.

Is December 25th the birth of YESHUA? Or is it something far more sinister than what we have been taught from generation to generation?

 In this broadcast we will discuss how people are giving Satan authority in their lives, is a Xmas tree a modern day Asherah pole? How believers are trying to worship YHWH and demons at the same time, then some facts about this evil day that you know or did not know.

Job 14:4

“Who brings the clean out of the unclean? NO ONE!”

No one can clean up paganism for the good of our Messiah, so why is Christianity trying to take the birth of a demon (Ezekiel 8:14) and Christianize it into the birth of our Messiah? You are trying to bring the clean out of the unclean. This is the celebration of the Christmas devil.

Galatians 1:6-8

“I marvel that you are so readily turning away from Him who called you in the favor of Messiah, to a different ‘good news,’ which is not another, only there are some who are troubling you and wanting to corrupt the Good News of Messiah. However, if we, or a messenger out of the heavens, bring a ‘good news’ to you beside what we announced to you, let him be accursed.”

So as we can see that Christianity has corrupted the Good News and has learned ‘another good news’ by paying homage to a demon and not YESHUA. Revelation 12:9 “Satan has deceived the whole world” and has told a lie through fallen angels which Paul warns of in Galatians and he warns us even further saying:

2 Corinthians 11:4

“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!”

Believers are being taught that YESHUA was born on this day when the exact date of His birth is nowhere to be found in Scripture. So how does one pinpoint December 25th as the exact day as if it is written in the Gospels? This means they are preaching of ANOTHER YESHUA, and if there is only ONE YESHUA, then who is receiving the credit for this so-called birthday celebration on December 25th? This demon is found in Ezekiel 8:14, but this will be discussed in the “facts about Xmas” section.

James 4:4

“Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is division with Elohim? Whoever therefore intends to be a friend of the world makes himself and ENEMY of Elohim.”

Is this a worldly holiday celebrated by the world? Yes! Don’t atheist and other non-believers celebrate this so-called Christian day? Yes! So you are not separating yourself from the world, but becoming a part of it, which makes you an ENEMY to Elohim the Creator of heaven and earth. No one can tell the difference between a believer and a non-believer anymore, anytime a non-believer is celebrating a day right along with the Christian! This is self-assimilation, believers have learned to become like the pagan nations around them instead of a called-out, separate, holy nation!

Philippians 3:18

“For many-of whom I have often to you, and now say to you even weeping-walk as ENEMIES of the stake of Messiah.”

Do not give Satan authority over your life! Are Xmas trees modern day Asherah poles?

Acts 26:18

“To open their eyes to turn them from darkness to light, and the authority of Satan to Elohim….”

Celebrating these demonic days is allowing you to give Satan authority over your lives and for him to claim you as one of his.

And what does a Xmas tree have to do with YESHUA at all? YHWH tells us exactly what a Xmas tree is in Jeremiah 10:2-5 saying:

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

YHWH tells us plainly as His people to not learn the way of the nations around us and that the Xmas tree is an idol and an abomination in His sight. They DECK IT with silver and gold, so now we know where the Xmas carol “DECK the halls” comes from. Also, the silver and gold they deck it with is the garland that is wrapped around the tree; which is a representation of Satan wrapping around the tree in the Garden of Eden deceiving the world as he did Adam and Eve, and has deceived the world into celebrating the birth of a demon. As I have stated before YHWH’s Holy Days are SHABBATS and Satan’s counterfeit days are called sabbats which means a pagan festival and a gathering of witches. And Christians are gathering around this tree just as the definition of sabbat says.

Another name for the Xmas tree found in scripture is an Asherah pole, which are defined as “a sacred tree or pole that stood near Canaanite religious locations to honor the Ugaritic mother-goddess Asherah”. YHWH is not pleased with these idols/sacred trees and He wants them destroyed. Examples in scripture is Exodus 34:13:

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

 Deuteronomy 7:5 YHWH says:

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

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

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

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

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

Christians trying to walk with demons and Elohim at same time!

1 Thessalonians 5:22

“Keep back from every form of wickedness.”

1 Corinthians 10:20-21

“No, but what the gentiles offer they offer to demons and not to Elohim, and I do not want you to become sharers with demons. You are not able to drink the cup of the Adon (Master) and the cup of demons, you are not able to partake of the table of the Adon and of the table of demons. Do we provoke the Adon to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?”

2 Corinthians 6:14-15

“And what fellowship has light with darkness? And what agreement has Messiah with Beliya’al? Or what part does a believer have with an unbeliever?”

Romans 1:20-23

“For since the creation of the world His invisibilities have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, both His everlasting power and mightiness, for them to be without excuse, because although they knew Elohim, they did not esteem Him as Elohim, nor gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning’s, and their undiscerning heart was darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and changed the esteem of the incorruptible Elohim into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds and four-footed beasts and of reptiles.”

Psalms 106:20

“Thus they changed My esteem into the form of an ox that eats grass.”

YHWH says that the children of Yisra’el changed His esteem, His holiness into an image of an ox that they could physically see and said this is what brought us up out of Egypt. Then Paul in Romans said that believers knew YHWH as Elohim, but did not worship Him as Elohim. They claimed to know Him, but they did not follow Him accordingly, but instead that came up with reasoning’s in their heart as to why they shouldn’t worship Him as He commanded so their hearts were darkened. Paul then says they changed His esteem into man, birds, beasts, and reptiles, the same way YHWH said they changed His esteem into an ox. The Christians and modern day church have changed The Esteem of YHWH into a corruptible Xmas tree, asherah poles, and groves and with vain reasoning’s in their heart and claim it’s for the birth of our Messiah! Claiming to be wise in their own sight.

Facts about Xmas

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

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

·         If anyone was going to have a great birthday celebration wouldn’t it have been YESHUA the Savior of the world? Yet, the scriptures are silent on the details about His birth for a reason.

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

·         The first recorded date of Xmas being celebrated on December 25th was in 336, during the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine (he was the first Christian Roman Emperor). But it was not an official Roman state festival at this time. And we know he changed the true Sabbath the 7th Day of YHWH to Sunday the day of the sun, so there is more pagan influence for this day.

·         12 Days of Xmas comes from a 12 days feast of Saturnalia. Chaldeans call December 25th Yule day which means “day of the infant” and that infant is Tammuz found in Ezekiel 8:14.

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

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

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

·    THE ORIGIN OF THE

Krampus Legend from krampusfest.com

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

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

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

·         Lastly, what does Santa have to do with the birth of YESHUA anyway? Take a closer look at the name “Santa” don’t you see “Satan?” When people think of Christmas their focus goes to this made up character Santa and never

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

2.     Both have beards (Isaiah 50:6)

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

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

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

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

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

8.     Says “Ho, ho” (Zechariah 2:6)

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

Satan has deceived the world again by mocking Elohim’s powers with a made up character and giving the glory to Santa Claus. Doesn’t Satan want to be like YHWH? And have the world worship him instead of the creator?

 Let us get the Xmas trees (Asherah poles) aka the memorial of Nimrod out of our homes and be the holy nation YHWH as called us to be. We are to die to self as YESHUA did and not continue to live for self with your own desires, especially when it involves Satan worship. It is up to us to stand up and fight for the Elohim of Israel in truth.

Part 2: YESHUA says "I never Knew you, depart from Me!" The 10 Virgins

Written by: Damien Powell

Last week we discussed how YESHUA will say to many believers who say they follow Him “I never knew you, depart from Me.”

Mathew 7:21-23

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Adonai, Adonai,’ shall enter into the reign of the heavens, but he who is doing the desire of My Father in the heavens. Many shall say to Me in that day, ‘Adonai, Adonai, have we not prophesied in Your Name, and cast out demons in Your Name, and done many mighty works in Your Name? And then I shall declare to them, ‘I never KNEW you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness

So how do we know Him?

1 John 2:3-4

“And by this we KNOW that we KNOW Him, if we guard (keep) 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 happens to those who do not know Him?

2 Thessalonians 1:8

‘In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who DO NOT KNOW ELOHIM, and those who do not obey the Good News of our Adon YESHUA ha’Mashiach, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Adon and from the esteem of His strength…”

Titus 1:16

“They profess to KNOW Elohim, but in works they DENY Him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unfit for any good work.”

Does the parable of the virgins tie into knowing YESHUA?

Mathew 25:1-12

“Then the reign of the heavens shall be compared to ten maidens (virgins) who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five foolish. Those who were foolish, haven taken their lamps, took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their containers with their lamps. Now while the bridegroom took time (YESHUA), they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight a cry was heard, ‘See, the bridegroom is coming, go out to meet him!’ Then all those maidens rose up and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ “But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, indeed, there would not be enough for us and you. Instead, go to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.” And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut. And later the other maidens also came, saying, “Adonai, Adonai, open for us!” But he answering, said, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’

Notice is this passage YESHUA says again “I do not know you” and uses the words wise and lamps.

Why were the first five maidens considered wise?

Deuteronomy 4:5-6

“See, I have taught you Laws and Right-Rulings, as YHWH my Elohim commanded me, to do thus in the land which you go to possess. And you shall guard and do them, for this is your WISDOM and your understanding before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these Laws, and they shall say, ‘Only a WISE and understanding people is this great nation!”

Psalms 119:98

“Your COMMANDS make me WISER than my enemies; for it is ever before me.”

As we can see from The Scriptures that keeping the commandments of YHWH, His Torah makes us wise; therefore, five of these maidens were wise because they were keeping the commandments as we are supposed to!

What does the lamp represent?

Proverbs 6:23

“For the Command is a lamp, and the Torah a light, and reproofs of discipline a way of life.”

So the lamp is a representation of the commandments and they were wise for keeping the commandants!

They also had belief in YESHUA to go along with the works of the commandments because they waited all night for Him. The oil that goes inside of the lamp is the Ruach ha’Kodesh (Holy Spirit) the same way He is inside of us. He leads us away from sin and into the truth of the Light. The oil in the lamp gives us light and who is the light? YESHUA is the light and the living Torah because He is The Word made flesh!

John 1:10

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim. He was in the beginning with Elohim. All came to be through Him, and without Him not even one came to be that came to be. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There was a man sent from Elohim, whose name was John. This one came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all might believe through him. He was not that Light, but that he might bear witness of that Light. He was the true Light, which enlightens every man, coming into the world.”

John 8:12

“Therefore YESHUA spoke to them again, saying, “I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness, but possess the light of life.”

John 14:21

“He who possesses My Commands and guards them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I shall love him and MANIFEST Myself to him.”

Having the lamp and oil will manifest a fire and bring forth light which is a representation of YESHUA and The Torah. YESHUA said in (John 14) that He will manifest Himself to those who obey Him. The light which is YESHUA and His Commands (lamp) will help you see your WAY on the path of TRUTH that leads to LIFE which is why YESHUA says He is The Way, The Truth, and The Life.

Ephesian 5:9

“For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, and righteousness, and truth”

What is righteousness and truth?

Psalms 119:142

“Your righteousness is righteousness forever, and Your Torah is truth.”

The foolish virgins

They had the faith in YESHUA as they waited all night, but were considered foolish because they did not obey the commandments. They had lamps in their hands giving them the appearance on the outside that they were being obedient (Example keeping 9 of the 10 commandments), but no oil in the lamp and not being led by the Holy Spirit. Which kept them walking according to the deeds of the flesh. Walking in the flesh is to sin and the carnal mind does not obey the commandments.

Romans 8:5-7

“For those who live according to the flesh put their minds on that of the flesh, but those according to the Spirit, that of the Spirit. For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace. Because the mind of the flesh is enmity towards Elohim, for it does not subject itself to the Torah of YHWH, neither indeed is it able…”

What are the deeds the flesh?

Galatians 5:18-23

“But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Torah. And the works of the flesh are well-known, which are: adultery, whoring, uncleanness, indecency, idolatry, drug sorcery, hatred, quarrels, jealousies, fits of rage, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, envy, murders, drunkenness, wild parties, and the like of which I forewarn you, even as I also said before, that those who practice such as these shall not inherit the reign of Elohim. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustworthiness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no Torah.”

Again we can see why YESHUA said that “I never knew you.” Believers continued to walk in sin versus walking in the Spirit. They chose to stay in the darkness with no oil for their lamps instead of walking in the light. When you walk in the Spirit the righteousness of the Torah is being completed in you to keep you from walking in slavery of sin that leads to death. In the eyes of Elohim you are a rebel which equates one with Satan and we know that got him cast out of heaven. The world has chosen to be stubborn and do it their own way instead of His way! Rebellion and stubbornness is defined in:

1 Samuel 15:23

“For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and stubbornness is as wickedness and idolatry.”

YESHUA said He would manifest Himself to those who keep His commandments and the absence of oil (Holy Spirit) in there lamps could not manifest YESHUA’s light in their lives; therefore, they continued down the path of darkness and lawlessness.

Romans 13:12

“The night is far advanced, the day has come near. So let us put off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.”

Romans 1:18

“For the wrath of Elohim is revealed from the heavens against all wickedness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.”

A lot of pastors and believers are knowingly suppressing the truth with unrighteous-lawless doctrine and the wrath of Elohim will be upon them because they don’t know YESHUA and have been led many astray.

Ephesians 5:14-15

“That is why He says, “Wake up, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Messiah shall shine on you.” See then that you walk exactly, not as unwise (foolish virgins), but as wise (wise virgins).”

If any believer wants to have a chance at eternal life you must accept the free gift of atonement that YESHUA did when He offered Himself to restore us to the favor of YHWH. But you almost must walk in truth which involves being obedient to Elohim’s commandments.

How can we be ready?

Ephesians 6:11

“Put on the complete armor of Elohim, for you to have power to stand against the schemes of the devil.”

Paul defines how we do this!

Ephesians 6:14

“Stand, then, having girded your waist with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness.”

Psalms 119:142

“You righteousness (breastplate) is righteousness forever, and Your Torah is truth (to gird your waist)”

Ephesians 6:15

“And having fitted your feet with the preparation of the Good News of peace”

Who is the Good News of peace?

Acts 8:35

“And Phillip opening his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, brought to him the Good News: YESHUA (fitted your feet)!”

Ephesians 6:16

“Above all, having taken up the shield of belief with which you shall have power to quench all the burning arrows of the wicked one.”

What is belief?

1 Timothy 1:14

“And the favor of our Adon was exceedingly increased, with belief and love which are in Messiah YESHUA.”

John 6:40

“And this is the desire of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and BELIEVES (shield) in Him should possess everlasting life. And I shall raise him up in the last day.”

Ephesians 6:17

“Take also the helmet of deliverance, and the sword of the Ruach, which is the Word of YHWH.”

What is deliverance?

Romans 1:16

“For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Messiah, for it is the power of Elohim for DELIVERANCE (helmet) to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also the Greek.”

Who is the Word of YHWH?

Revelation 19:13

“And having been dressed in a robe dipped in blood-and His Name is called: The Word of YHWH (the sword of the Ruach/spirit).”

You must be re-born

Mathew 28:19

“Therefore, go and instruct all the nations, immersing them in the Name of The Father (YHWH) and of the Son (YESHUA) and of the Ruach ha’Kodesh (Holy Spirit…”

John 3:5

“YESHUA answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Ruach (Spirit), he is unable to enter into the reign of Elohim.”

Romans 6:3

“Or do you not know that as many of us as were immersed (baptized) into Messiah YESHUA were immersed into His death?”

Being made new and die to self each day not living for you own desires, but do the desire of YHWH. Pick up your execution stake and die to self and YESHUA did on the stake for us. Let the Ruach ha’Kodesh guide you because you cannot do it on your own. Put on the full armor of YHWH as Paul said because this is how we overcome the darkness. Are you ready? Does your lamp have oil so that you can shine the light in the darkness and see the truth? Be obedient and be the wise virgins starting today! The foolish ones will hear those words that nobody wants to hear “I never knew you!”

I pray this has been a blessing to you and please share this important message with those who need to hear this. May our Father YHWH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

"I never KNEW you DEPART from Me!" Part 1

Written by: Damien Powell

“I never KNEW you, depart from Me!” Part 1

Peace be to you in the Name of our Father YHWH and our Adon The Son of YHWH, YESHUA ha’Mashiach!

Due to the rise of lawlessness and false doctrines being spread, some believers in the faith believe they are following YESHUA in truth. But if you are going against His written living words, then are you truly following Him or men? Do you really know YESHUA? How does the Scriptures define knowing our Messiah and Savior?

Mathew 7:21-23

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Adonai, Adonai,’ shall enter into the reign of the heavens, but he who is doing the desire of My Father in the heavens. Many shall say to Me in that day, ‘Adonai, Adonai, have we not prophesied in Your Name, and  cast out demons in Your Name, and done many mighty works in Your Name? And then I shall declare to them, ‘I never KNEW you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness!”

So YESHUA was speaking to those who were professing to follow Him and they had to believe in order to cast out demons and prophesy, yet YESHUA says “I never knew you.” So how do we know YESHUA?

1 John 2:3-4

“And by this we KNOW that we KNOW Him, if we guard (keep) 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 happens to those who do not KNOW YESHUA?

2 Thessalonians 1:8

‘In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who DO NOT KNOW ELOHIM, and those who do not obey the Good News of our Adon YESHUA ha’Mashiach, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Adon and from the esteem of His strength…”

YESHUA said He will tell those believers who thought they were following Him their entire lives that He never knew them. Why? Because they were lawless by breaking His commandments. Then John says that if you believe in YESHUA and follow Him, yet you don’t keep His commandments, then you are a liar and there is no truth in you. I’m sure no believer wants to think they knew Him and thought they were walking in truth, but the whole time you were a stranger in His sight. Who wants to hear the words “depart from Me” knowing that hell’s fire is waiting? That is exactly what Paul said about those who don’t Him; that YESHUA will take vengeance on you. That day will be a day of wrath because believers have rejected the free gift of atonement and chose to live for themselves and not live for the One who died for them.

In other words most believers today say The Torah, the laws are done away with, changed the 10 commandments to the 9 commands by rejecting the Sabbath Day. Most of the world has rejected His Holy Days like Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Day of Atonement, and Feast of Tabernacles are only for the Jews when this is not true.

Believers don’t want to have to do anything on their part. It’s a form of fast-food faith where people believe they can just go to church for an hour and the pastor delivers them the message contrary to the truth; therefore, it’s not authentic which causes problems spiritually just like fake food does physically. Studying the scriptures and meditating on The Word of YHWH is like a home cooked meal used with real ingredients, which is better for your body, just like the truth is better for you spiritually. The world has been taught that YESHUA did it all and it requires no sacrifice on their end; therefore, following lawlessness which makes them a slave to sin.  Paul himself in Romans 12:1 “Present your bodies a living offering-holy and well pleasing to Elohim.”

Majority of the world has chosen to follow lies, false doctrines and the traditions of men, which means they have rejected the commands of YHWH, yet they still proclaim to be Christians. YESHUA is saying I don’t know whoever does this!

Know YESHUA and what He did for us! All Holy Days point to Him!

YESHUA is The Lamb of YHWH who takes away the sins of the world (John 1:29) and He is our Passover Lamb. Is there a meaning to this?  During the last plague YHWH passed over Egypt and killed the first-born of the Egyptians but spared the Israelites that had the blood of the lamb without blemish on the doorposts, the same way when He sees us marked with the blood of The Lamb without blemish in His Son YESHUA on those who know Him, then sin and death pass over us. How can you fully know Him, when you aren’t observing Passover which reminds us of the atonement He made for us on the execution stake? YESHUA crushed the head of Satan so that we can be restored to the favor of YHWH and be redeemed by His blood. How is this victory being given to an Easter egg? That egg cannot save you! The modern church has changed the esteem of the incorruptible Elohim into corruptible virgin Mary statues, bunnies, X-mas trees, Halloween masks, turkeys, and birthday parties.

1 Corinthians 11:24

“For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup (Passover), you proclaim the death of the Adon (Master) until He comes.”

1 Corinthians 5:7-8

“Therefore cleanse out the old leaven, so that you are a new lump, as you are unleavened. For also Messiah our Pesach (Passover) was offered for us. So then let us OBSERVE the Festival (Passover), not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.”

See how Paul mentions observing Passover and then mentions unleavened bread as well? Paul knew the importance of following YESHUA in truth in order to fully know Him.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread immediately follows after Passover. YESHUA was crucified on Passover, rested on the first day of Unleavened bread in the tomb (A commanded day of rest), then resurrected as First-Fruits on the 3rd Day coinciding with when the priest would wave the sheaf before YHWH to accept the future crops (1 Corinthians 15:20 “But now Messiah, has been raised from the dead, and has become the first-fruit of those haven fallen asleep), then 50 days later would be Shavuot/Pentecost which is the beginning of the harvest, when the Ruach ha’Kodesh was poured out on the disciples in Acts 2, just as He is poured The Ruach on all of us who believe in Him as He promised.

Then The Feast of Tabernacles will be fulfilled when YESHUA returns to reign on earth for 1,000 years according to Zechariah 14, which is why Paul says in Colossians 2:17 that the Festivals, New Moons, and Sabbaths are a shadow of what is to come. Now we can see why YESHUA says He didn’t know those who did not obey Him because they rejected keeping His Sabbaths, Holy Days, and commandments that point to Him.

DO His desire not just HEAR it!

Notice how YESHUA also said in the same passage of Mathew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Adonai, Adonai,’ shall enter into the reign of the heavens, but he who is doing the desire of My Father in the heavens.

Part of the desire of YHWH is to believe in His Son:

 John 6:40

“And this is the desire of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him should possess everlasting life. And I shall raise him up on the last day.”

So, we know that we must have faith in YESHUA because by His blood, He has restored us to the favor of YHWH and redeemed us. But as I pointed out, you must believe in Him and obey His commandments. YESHUA only spoke the Words that YHWH told Him to speak; therefore, nothing about His commands have changed.

John 3:36

“He who believes in the Son possesses everlasting life, but he who does NOT obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of Elohim remains on him.”

The world is familiar with John 3:16 about the faith portion, but 23 verses later we can see John the Baptist is saying believe in YESHUA and obey Him or the wrath of YHWH will be upon you.

Joel 2:11

“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?”

James 1:22

“And become DOERS of the Word, and not HEARERS only, deceiving yourselves.”

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.”

Luke 11:27-28

“And it came to be, as He was saying this, a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which You nursed on!” But He (YESHUA) said, “Blessed rather are those hearing the Word of YHWH and KEEPING (DOING) it!”

Conclusion

YESHUA will say to millions of believers who say that He is their Master and Savior “depart from Me, I never knew you!” Why doesn’t YESHUA know them? Because the only way that we can know Him is by keeping His commandments. And in John 14:21-24 YESHUA says that by keeping His commands shows our love Him; because we are showing it through our actions by being DOERS of His word and not HEARERS only!

Romans 2:8

“But wrath and displeasure to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness”

Let us all stand up today and follow YESHUA in truth, by not only believing in Him, but obeying His Words and Commands so that way He will know us. HalleluYAH!

Kanye West deception and sun worship!

Alert! Kanye West deception and sun worship

I usually do not get involved in situations like this because it’s usually a distraction; however when I see so many people being led astray by lawlessness and sun worship. I have to speak up on it to open some eyes and at least warn you of some things you have not noticed. I will discuss:

1.     Has Kanye ever said YESHUA is the Son of YHWH?

2.     Why is the church of Satan commending Kanye?

3.     Blasphemous background information

4.     Knowing a man by his fruits: The Sunday/sun worship deception

5.     Other red flags

2 Corinthians 7:9 I agree with Paul’s statement

“I now rejoice, not that you were made sad, but that you were saddened into repenting. For you were made sad according to Elohim, so that you suffered no loss from us.”

I would rather the world be upset with me now, but later see the truth and repent and worship YHWH the way He commands. We have all heard of tough love.

Ezekiel 33:9

“But when you have warned the wicked to turn from his way, and he has not turned from his way, he shall die in his wickedness, but you have delivered your being.”

Ezekiel 3:17

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Yisra’el. And you shall hear a word from My mouth, and shall warn them from Me.”

As followers of YESHUA we have to keep watch to see if there is one who tries to come in and the lead the flock astray by false doctrines. So it’s my duty to warn those who have been deceived out of love.

And for those who say don’t judge Kanye, what does YESHUA say?

John 7:24

“Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”

There is such thing as righteous judgment; especially when somebody is speaking against the Word of YHWH. Wickedness is walking away from YHWH instead of with YHWH making one rebellious against His perfect living words. You cannot tell what a person is about just on outer appearance but judge with the truth. Even Paul said in 1 Corinthians 2:11

“For who among men knows that of a man except the spirit of the man that is in him?”

Paul understood this saying in 1 Corinthians 5:11-12

“But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone called ‘a brother’, if he is one who whores, or greedy of gain, or an idolater, or reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler-not even to eat with such a one. For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those who are inside?

Paul is saying judge a person who calls themselves a believer who is inside the assembly. Are you walking accordingly? So if one calls himself a brother then you judge that “so-called brother” on his fruits, if he being an example by obeying truth or is he being a hypocrite. That’s why Paul says do you not judge those who are inside? Those who are inside the assembly, those who are inside claiming to know YESHUA!

One question

I have not heard anyone mention this key point and I’ve looked everywhere. Has Kanye acknowledged that YESHUA is The Son of YHWH? The closest I’ve seen is him say “I’m a son now, a son of God. I’m free." If anyone can tell me, do some homework on it, or any hard core fan out there who knows. But based off my research he has not said it. And this is key because Scripture says 1 John 4:15

“Whoever confesses that YESHUA is the Son of YHWH, Elohim stays in him, and he in Elohim.”

Why is the church of Satan getting involved and applauding Kanye?

The church of Satan is promoting the album “Jesus is King” and commending him for it, which should raise some eyebrows.  The church of Satan said in a tweet on October 25, 2019 at 2:33 pm saying “Satan is the best friend Kanye has ever had, as he will keep him in business all these years!” Then the satanic church responded to a fan who tweeted “Satan is pissed” Lavey of the church of Satan said in respond to the deceived fan and towards all Christian’s saying “Only those who read our literature will get it”. Simply put, the church of Satan is laughing right in the face of those who say they follow YESHUA. They are telling you that there is more than meets the eye, you are basing Kanye’s conversions off of surface knowledge and not according to Scripture. Only then, will you be able to base a man off of his fruits (words and actions.) The church of Satan is saying if you read their satanic literature you will know that Kanye isn’t on the side of true believers. Christians truly believe the deception that Satan is pissed about Kanye’s conversion, but behind the scenes it is all going according to plan.

 Revelation 12:9

“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 messenger (angels) were thrown out with him.”

How deep does that deception go? Their support makes perfect sense applying it to a song that he made on his new album. Fellow believers in the faith around the world have pointed out on Kanye’s “Jesus is King” album he has a song called Selah that has a message that can only be heard when played in reverse. And we know Satan perverts everything that he does. YHWH has Shabbats and Satan mocks with sabbats. The Satanic church uses the law of reversal to pervert everything even to saying The prayer YESHUA taught backwards.

 Back-masking is when artists include subliminal messages they disguise in the music, but can only be heard playing the song in reverse. The song “Selah” played in reverse, Kanye is clearly saying to me and others who heard it “wolf’s my name, yeah!” He says it four times. So taking the same law of reversal that they use, let us apply it to the title of the song “Selah” and Selah spelled backwards is “Hales” which sounds a lot like “hell” the place of eternal fire or “hail” like he is saying “hail” Satan as Satan worshippers do.

Rappers always play on the words which they call word play. They will use a word that sounds the same like (there, their, they’re) but have different meanings. There is a “hole in my pants” or that golfer to just a “hole in one” etc.

What is the definition of Hales? The Oxford dictionary says drag or draw forcibly and According to dictionary.com it is to compel someone to go, haul, pull, tug, or transport! Does the enemy do anything by surprise? No! He always hides in plain sight even with predictive TV programing because of his pride.

So let’s piece this all together: Using the same law of reversal that he used on the song for the backwards message; Selah spelled backwards is Hales and I gave the definition of Hales, so we get: He is forcibly dragging, compelling you to go by hauling, pulling, tugging, or transporting your soul to hell in service to the one whom he claimed he used to hail allegiance to which is Satan. Which is why he is saying “wolf’s my name yeah.” Think about it nobody wants to willingly go to eternal fire that is why he is compelling you, pulling, tugging, and transporting you. Pray on it and see what YESHUA reveals to you.

 Why would a new convert of The King YESHUA even need to have any of these practices the secular music industry uses? His old methods when he said he was in service to Satan should have ceased with his conversion. Satan always hides in plain sight and always tells you his plans whether you know it or not. What does YESHUA say about wolves?

Mathew 7:15-20

“But beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are savage wolves. By their fruits you shall know them. Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes or figs from thistles?”

2 Corinthians 11:14-15

“And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light! It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works!”

The Satanist know that believers don’t know their own Bible

Satan was cunning enough to deceive other messengers who were thrown out with him, so if you are not being led by The Ruach (Spirit) and stay immersed in The Word of YHWH you will be deceived. Satan knows Scripture, but the question is do you? Satan used Scripture against YESHUA by twisting the context and YESHUA replied with Scripture.

Mathew 4:1-4

“Then YESHUA  was led up by the Ruach into the wilderness to be tried by the devil. And after having fasted forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. And the trier (devil) came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of YHWH, command that these stones become bread.” But He answering, said, “It has been written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of YHWH.” And as we know YESHUA was tried two more times before telling Satan to get behind Him.

 But this makes sense because in a previous broadcast titled “Am I listening to satanic music?”  A statement was included from a guy who used to work with all the major record companies. In an interview on YouTube a man named John Todd who is now deceased, stated that he was high up in the Illuminati and that they own all the major record companies in the world. He said after the album was recorded they would take the master copy behind closed doors and place it on an altar. They would then summon demons to follow the album wherever they went, so when you own the CD you purchased a demon free of charge. You have then just given demons legal right to enter into your home even if you just have it sitting there. Then he goes on to say that Christians are easy targets because they don’t know their own Word the Bible! How true is this statement? Christians are being deceived right now by Kanye because they don’t know their Word. They don’t know that the Sabbath Day is NOT on Sunday. YESHUA said in Mathew 7:24

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and DOES them, shall be like a wise man who built his house on the rock, and the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not do them, shall be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand, and the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and great was its fall.”

None of this is farfetched especially when we know what his background looks like no more than a few years ago.

Background information

Does his past matter? What people have done in their past does not matter if they have truly changed. YESHUA can use anyone for His esteem and He is merciful to those who truly repent, but only if they are doing His desire and speaking the truth of the Gospel. This is the key that people must understand is that you cannot play around with souls with false doctrine. 

When Paul said he converted in Acts 9 he wasn’t immediately accepted by the disciples, they had to see his fruits, his actions and words first. Acts 9:26

“And having arrived at Jerusalem, Paul tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.”

Even though Paul persecuted followers of YESHUA, he never did these blasphemous acts or preach contrary to The Bible, Paul taught the Torah and that YESHUA is The Son of YHWH. Paul kept the true Sabbath Day and all of YHWH’s Holy Days. Kanye has publicly stated that he does not believe in any religion, when truth be told there is only ONE way to heaven. That is by the blood of YESHUA that restored our favor to YHWH and redeemed us and by our obedience keeping His commandments. Faith and works, but Kanye like modern day Christianity does not acknowledge the truth of the Gospel.

Kanye called himself a god, Paul never did that. Plus Kanye had the crown of thorns on his head on a magazine cover mocking YESHUA. Then the cd cover of Yeezus with the upside down cross with Satan beside him surrounded by female demons.

Then he said during a concert not too long ago that he sold his soul to the devil and it was a crappy deal (remember the life is in the blood) signing name in blood is signing over rights (life) to your soul. He made his own Yeezus bible which is truly blasphemous by replacing the Name of YHWH with his own name. Then he makes no mention of regretting that he wrote that abomination book or any mention about burning them all together, or even giving refunds to those who bought them so he can burn them. We all know money isn’t an issue when following YESHUA.

This definition of blasphemy is one who claims to be Elohim and we know YHWH and YESHUA are the only Ones who can claim this. The Pharisees accused YESHUA of blasphemy in

John 10:32-33

“YESHUA answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of these works do you stone Me? The Jews answered Him, saying, “We do not stone You for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself Elohim.”

So the Pharisees thinking YESHUA was just a man and not Elohim in the flesh said He blasphemed and it was punishable by death. So how does a human such as Kanye get away with blasphemy, yet it goes unnoticed? People don’t get stoned for blasphemy today, but it is enough to make you stop and think. Again in John 8:56-59

“Your father Abraham was glad that he should see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced.” The Jews, therefore, said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham? YESHUA said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I am.” Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him…”

YESHUA told those Jews that He is Elohim The Son and that He existed during the beginning of time and saw Abraham. The Jews knew exactly what He was saying and AGAIN they picked up stones to stone Him. So we can see the severity of blasphemy and it is not to be taken lightly or overlooked.

We will know a man by his fruits: Sunday deception and Sun worship

Ezekiel 8:15-16

“Then He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? You are to see still greater abominations than these.” 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 THE SUN.”

As followers of YESHUA we are to be obedient to His Word and not add or take away from it. Period! We trust in Him, His mercy, His favor, and do what He says. Especially with going along with a false day of worship which should be obvious rebellion against YHWH! When believers reject The Sabbath for the 1st day of the week, they are bowing down to the Sun as I just read in Ezekiel. Disobedience is called rebellion! 1 Samuel 15:23

“For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and stubbornness is as wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the Word of YHWH, He also rejects you as king.”

This goes for all who have rejected The Word of YHWH and His true Sabbath Day. Kanye is promoting Sunday worship which is worship of Satan aka the sun deity and is also spiritual idolatry. YHWH says that worship of the sun is an abomination! Sun worship is the deity that the children of Yisra’el joined themselves to in Numbers 25:1-4

“And Yisra’el dwelt in Shittim, and the people began to WHORE with the daughters of Moab, and they invited the people to the slaughtering’s of their mighty ones, and the people ate and bowed down to their mighty ones. Thus Yisra’el was joined to Ba’al Pe’or, and the displeasure of YHWH burned against Yisra’el. And YHWH said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and hang them up before YHWH, before the sun, so that the burning displeasure of YHWH turns away from Yisra’el.” And Moses said to the judges of Yisra’el, “Each one of you slay his men who were joined to Ba’al Pe’or.”

YHWH told Moses to hang those people who joined in with this demon, so that means that you are hanging yourself in the spiritual realm and committing a spiritual death by joining yourself to Satan on these days and breaking His Sabbath for this deity.

This should be another indicator to true followers of YESHUA because he is pushing too hard for this Sunday worship. YHWH clearly tells us in In Exodus 31:13 and Ezekiel 20:12 The Sabbath is His sign of authority and how He marks His people along with His Name. Sunday is the mark of Satan through the beast empire the Roman Catholic Church.

Kanye is making known what his agenda is with his whole service being titled “Sunday Service” and songs like “closed on Sunday”.

Then he hides sun worship right in plain sight for those who don’t know what they are looking at through symbolism. For example Satan has people walking around wearing the peace symbol when the satanic church says that it is used to blaspheme the Ruach ha’kodesh. Kanye has the people form a small inner circle within a larger outer circle. (See picture). When you look down from the aerial view you will see a large circle with a dot in the middle. Do you know what the circle within a circle is? It is an ancient symbol used all over the world for the Sun, Ra the sun, who is a false deity (another name for Ba’al the sun god). This all revolves around sun worship on Sun-day on his Sunday Service, which is dedicated to the sun-god.  He just showed you all that he worships the elohim/god of this world and not The Elohim of Yisra’el!

History tells us how Sunday came to be the day false day of worship over the true Sabbath, and we look at Roman Emperor Constantine for this:

Constantine, a Roman Emperor, 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 refused to leave his pagan roots. As a result, he merged the two religions (Christianity and sun worship called Mithraism), but kept his Sunday worship intact and the citizens of Rome 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 observed her seven children be tortured and killed because they refused to disobey YHWH, and neither would she.

As we can see, throughout history, Satan, through his followers have persecuted the people of YHWH for keeping His day Sabbath holy.

We know the Roman Catholic Church wants to institute the one world Sunday law making it illegal for Sabbath worship the true day that is set apart and sanctified by YHWH. The Roman Catholic Church say they have the power to transfer the day from Saturday to Sunday.

 So Kanye with the backing of the Pope is further strengthening the roots of those who have been blinded to believe that Sunday is the Sabbath. This is nothing more but extra grooming to have the world ready for what is coming; it will strengthen the position of the church to institute the Sunday Law and with the help Kanye’s large following it.  False followers of YESHUA will feel like they were right all along with Sunday worship and now their belief is strengthened being that Kanye is doing it too. It’s the perfect “I got you story” a man once serving Satan know a believer, but followers aren’t asking these questions. Therefore their acceptance of the Sunday law will be deeply engrained as they won’t face persecution since the whole world will be on board with the lie. Plus they will be able to continue buying and selling, so this does not change their quality of life at all.

YHWH is very clear about The Sabbath day and how important it is to Him!

 The meaning of the Sabbath is: 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:

In 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.”

Ezekiel 20:12

“And I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between them and Me, to know that I am YHWH who makes them kadosh (sanctified).”

 Sabbath is Hebrew for Rest which falls on Saturday (Friday evening at sunset to Saturday evening at 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.

Other Red flags

Galatians 1:6-9

“I marvel that you are so readily turning away from Him (YHWH) who called you in the favor of Messiah”, to a different ‘good news,’ which is not another, only there are some who are troubling you and wanting to corrupt the Good News of Messiah. However, even if we, or a messenger out of the heavens, bring a ‘good news’ to you beside what we announced to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, and now I say again, if anyone brings a ‘good news’ to you beside what you have received, let him be accursed.”

Not only is Kanye rebelling against YHWH’s commandment to keep The Sabbath, but he is preaching another gospel of the co-exist movement to bring all false religions together under one banner. This is exactly what the Pope is trying to endorse. This is false doctrine because there is One path, One faith, and that is in YESHUA who is The Word of YHWH which requires faith and works. YESHUA’s favor/grace saves us because works alone won’t save us, but the lawless will not enter His Kingdom.

 Kanye said “if you believe Jesus died for your sins-that’s the gospels!’ Christians, we’re making it too hard for people,” West said. Firstly, we know YESHUA died for more than just our sins, He redeemed us to the favor of YHWH, paid the price for our sins, became our High Priest and Mediator, saved us from the law of sin and death so we will not be a slave to sin and much more. He just said that there is nothing you need to do as a believer but believe, which is the false doctrine of lawlessness.

This is how non-believers like Brad Pitt and others can come to his services and feel accepted because it’s a doctrine that tickles the ear and that there is no such thing as hell. 10 years ago Kanye said that he did not believe in a hell and that other religions not telling the truth aren’t going to hell, and that people use religion as a clothing. He said” people want comfort. People don’t want to accept if there not being a heaven possibly.”

The Kardashian’s said this about Kanye’s Sunday Service: “There’s actually no praying, there’s no sermon, there’s no word; it’s just music,” Kardashian West said, although many of the clips shared online by the beauty guru have featured prayer. So there is no Word of YHWH just entertainment like his rap concerts, he just rebranded his image in the name of Christianity.

While at Joel Olsteen’s church, Kanye gets on stage and people are screaming out for him like they were at a football game and not conducting themselves with Kingdom behavior, and he was smiling soaking it all up. It seemed as if the church members were there to worship him instead of YESHUA. As servants of YESHUA you are to be humble and deflect that praise or kind of false worship.

 Acts 10:25-26

“And it came to be, that when Peter entered, Kornelius met him and fell down at his feet and bowed before him. But Peter raised him up saying, “Stand up, I myself am also a man.”

Acts 14:12-15

“And they called Barnabas-Zeus, and Paul-Hermes, since he was the chief speaker. And the priest of Zeus, being in the front of their city, brought oxen and wreaths to the gates, and wanted to offer with the crowds. And when the emissaries Barnabas and Paul heard this, they tore their garments and ran in among the crowd, crying out and saying, “Men, why are you doing this? We also are men with the same nature as you, bringing to you the Good News”

Peter, Paul, and Barnabas knew that receiving any kind of worship or not deflecting it to YHWH was a sin, but we have to remember that Kanye already said that he is a god initially, so this is what I mean about sharing his background information to arrive where we are today.

Then during this same appearance with Joel Olsteen, Kanye said “You know how I used to be cocky and arrogant right? But god took that and used it for himself.” Ask yourself something, why would YHWH and YESHUA become something that they hate? Wisdom cries out:

Proverbs 8:13

“The reverence of YHWH is to hate evil. I have hated pride and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth.”

Proverbs 16:5

“Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to YHWH.”

Then in an interview on October 24th he does the same arrogant behavior saying “the greatest artist that god has ever created is working with him.”  There is nothing meek or humble about these words or the $3 billion dollars in sales for his line and that “god is showing off!” He also recently went on stage after Marilyn Manson who burns the bible on stage and he didn’t say anything and went to perform.

YESHUA says in Mathew 5:5

“Blessed are the meek, because they shall inherit the earth.”

The Roman Catholic Church takes credit for the change

The Roman Catholic Church admitted they changed the day of worship from Saturday to Sunday[DP1] . This information if found anywhere being that they are not trying to hide it, but boast in it. Amredeemed.com says “Prove to me from the Bible alone that I am bound to keep Sunday holy. There is no such law in the Bible. It is a law of the Catholic Church alone. The Catholic Church says, by my divine power I abolish the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy the first day of the week. And lo! The entire civilized world bows down in reverent obedience to the command of the Holy Catholic Church” (Thomas Enright, CSSR, President, Redemptorist College [Roman Catholic], Kansas City, MO Feb 18, 1884.

Cardinal Gibbons, in Faith of Our Fathers, 92nd ed. P. 89, freely admits, “You may read the bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we [the Catholic Church] never sanctify.”

“Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change [Saturday/Sabbath to Sunday] was her act…And the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical authority in religious things” (H.F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons.).

“Sunday is our mark of authority…the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is proof of that fact.” (Catholic Record of London, Ontario Sept 1, 1923.)

 As always may YHWH bless you in the Name of YESHUA! And please share this with anyone who needs to hear this important message, as YouTube cut the entire video short.

Who are you giving THANKS to on THANKSGIVING?

Written by: Damien Powell

The world has forsaken YHWH’s Holy Days also known as Shabbats to follow Satan whether knowingly or unknowingly. When the world celebrates holidays not found in the Bible then the decision has been made to rebel against our Creator. Meaning that they are walking AWAY from YHWH instead of WITH YHWH!  In this article/broadcast I will show the origin of Thanksgiving and how it involves the worship of pagan harvest deities; how the day was instituted by man and not YHWH; and how these days are knock off Thanksgivings of YHWH’s TRUE thanksgiving called Sukkot: The Feast of Ingathering, The Feast of Booths, and The Feast of Tabernacles that ended in October. As we know Satan always mocks everything YHWH does as I mentioned Shabbats versus his knock off sabbats; as he said he wants to be like the Most High, but he never will be able to be. Unfortunately, the world is giving him the impression that he can by giving him worship on these days. Satan has deceived the world again, accept the world thinks this holiday is more innocent than the others.

What false deity is Satan using?

Acts 19:27

“And not only is this trade of ours in danger of coming to rejection, but also that the temple of the great female mighty one Artemis whom ALL ASIA AND THE WORLD WORSHIP, shall be regarded as worthless and her greatness diminished.”

Now Paul did what he was supposed to do which was expose the false pagan deities and show that there is only ONE Elohim YHWH and His Son YESHUA who created the heavens and earth.

 Galatians 4:8

“But then, indeed, not knowing Elohim, you served those which by nature are not mighty ones.”

Now notice how in Acts 19:27 Demetrio’s the silversmith who built silver shrines for Artemis and the other craftsmen recognized that all Asia and the world were worshipping a false deity, though to them she was real. Satan moved the true Thanksgiving which is The Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) to a false one in November for those who do not know the truth. Fulfilling the prophecy of Daniel 7:25 along with all his pagan days, which says

“And it speaks words against the Most High, and it wears out the saints of the Most High, and it intends to change Appointed Times and Law.”

What Appointed Times and Law?

Leviticus 23:1-2

“And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Yisra’el, and say to them, ‘The Appointed Times of YHWH, which you are to proclaim as holy gatherings, My Appointed Times, are these:”

YHWH then lists the weekly 7th Day Sabbath, not Sunday, Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Shavuot (Pentecost), Yom Teruah (Trumpets), Yom Kippur (Atonement), Feat of Tabernacles, and the 8th Day Assembly. 99% of the world has rejected these days for Satan’s days. So wouldn’t this quality what Daniel 7:25 said “he intends to change the Appointed Times”. And yes Apostle Paul observed all of these Holy Days, Appointed Times, and Shabbats of YHWH as I pointed out in the last article/broadcast last week.

The whole world has fallen into the snare of worshipping Artemis and these other pagan harvest deities. How?  By Satan who leads the WHOLE WORLD astray Revelation 12:9.

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

 Who is Artemis that the whole world worships? Artemis on an article titled “The cult of Artemis” says this

“Artemis: Great Mother and Divine Huntress

She was chief hunter of the gods and goddess of hunting and of wild animals, especially bears. Artemis was also the goddess of childbirth, of NATURE, AND OF THE HARVEST. It is believed that she was first this caring earth mother goddess and later after many religious changes became the virgin huntress of myth.”

So we see that she was a deity of the harvest, which Thanksgiving is, and also known as the mother goddess which would link her to Jeremiah 7:18 which says

“The children are gathering wood, the fathers are lighting the fire, and the women are kneading their dough, to make cakes for the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink offerings to other mighty ones, to provoke Me.”

As believers and followers of The Messiah YESHUA we are commanded to celebrate Chag HaSukot aka The Feast of Tabernacles (Booths), The Feast of Ingathering which is the ONLY true Thanksgiving. This feast and celebration was commanded by YHWH in Leviticus 23:33 saying:

“Speak unto the children of Yisra’el, saying, the fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days unto YHWH.”

And in Exodus 23:16 YHWH says:

“And the Feast of Harvest, the first fruits of thy labors, which thou hast sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labors out of the field.”

Finally in Deuteronomy 16:13 YHWH says:

“Thou shalt observe the Feast of Tabernacles seven days, after thou hast gathered in the produce of your threshing floor and your wine.”

Why do we need 2 Thanksgivings?

So the question arises to us as followers of YESHUA is why do we need to give thanks for the harvest 30 days after we have already given thanks to Elohim on the day that He commanded us to give thanks, which is The Feast of Tabernacles? This widely celebrated holiday is often overlooked because it seems innocent enough on the surface, but underneath this day fits in with all the other pagan days. Below are facts about Thanksgiving Day:

• YHWH commanded all believers to celebrate The Feast of Tabernacles and to dwell in booths. The Thanksgiving celebrated in November is not found in scripture.

• Australians have a “Corn mother doll” also known as Kern baby fashioned from a sheaf of grain cut in the field and the Kern baby which is the last of the standing corn of the biggest and ripest ears of corn to be found in the field. The spirit dwells among the corn and also required child sacrifices. Child sacrifices? This sounds a lot like Moloch the deity that the children of Yisra’el passed their children through the fire too. There are similarities and definitely nothing holy about child sacrifices at all. Tales from the kern baby says this in an article “Till recent years a rather common form of the revelry and thanksgiving which have ever taken place at the ingathering of the harvest was the Kern (notice how they use the exact same terminology that YHWH uses to describe the true Thanksgiving He created for Sukkot aka The Feast of Ingathering in Exodus 23:16?) One of the customs of Ceres, it had many local variations. It was observed in the northern part of Northumberland at the close of the reaping, not the ingathering. Immediately the sickle was laid down and the last sheaf set on the end the men shouted that they had “got the kern”. Then a curious image was produced an image dressed in a white frock with colored ribbons and crowned with corn ears-stuck on a pole, and held aloft by the strongest man of the party while the rest circled round it. Subsequently it was taken to the barn, set on high, and the merry makers fell to on the HARVEST SUPPER.

• The Romans dedicated their Thanksgiving to the goddess of the harvest Ceres and they called it Cecelia (where we get the name cereal).

• In England they would select a harvest queen and decorate her with grain of their fields and fruit of the trees. She was then paraded through the streets on white horses.

• The Greeks honored Demeter the goddess of agriculture

• Outside of the pagan goddesses receiving credit for the harvest and being worshipped, Thanksgiving is a day decreed by man and not The Elohim of Yisra’el. Governor Bradford in 1621 decreed Thanksgiving as a day to give thanks for the harvest and other blessing of the past year.

• Abraham Lincoln in 1863 made Thanksgiving a national holiday to praise God (Cannot be Elohim of Yisra’el) by observing and setting apart the last Thursday of November as an annual festival of thanks for mercies of closing out the year. So again this day was instituted by human beings. Set apart means holy and everything about YHWH and YESHUA are set apart, not these pagan celebrations.

• Indians were moved off of their homeland and thrown into reservation camps. Infants were taken from their mothers and killed. It was a sweet victory for William Bradford and the pilgrims and they gave thanks to their god for it. Remember 2 Corinthians 4:4 says “In whom the mighty one (god) of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving of the Good News of the esteem of Messiah, who is the likeness of Elohim, does not shine on them.” So Satan is the god or elohim of this world. So which god are they thanking? After stealing the land of the Indians by deception and murder they celebrated it with a feast of Thanksgiving. Millions of Indians were murdered just like millions of Jews were murdered and put in concentration camps. The difference is we know it's wrong to have a feast over the Holocaust, what makes this massacre any different?
  
  

If the pagan portion of harvest deities doesn’t dissuade you, then what about the innocent slaughter of Native Americans on that day? The Indians call the day the world calls “Thanksgiving” a “Day of mourning.”  In other words, the meal you enjoy on this day is actually celebrating the death and suffering of Native Americans while they weep and have bad memories of what took place. Would anyone have a big feast for the Holocaust knowing what the Jews endured under Hitler? Absolutely not! What makes this day any different? It is my opinion that the Native Americans mourn on this day and some of their souls are crying out to Elohim because their innocent blood was shed. This is what happened when Cain killed Abel and Elohim said to Cain in Genesis 4:8-12:

“Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?  And He said, what hast thou done? The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.”

 The Book of Enoch, one of the books removed from the Bible, goes into the further detail about the souls of the dead. Enoch was shown the secrets of Heaven and death by Elohim through the messenger Raphael and this is his account of the Cain and Abel situation in Chapter 22:4-10:

“I saw the spirit of a dead man, and his voice went out to heaven and made petitions. And I asked Raphael the messenger/malach/angel who was with me, and I said to him: ‘This spirit which petitions, whose voice goes up is and petitions heaven?” And he answered me saying: ‘This is the spirit which went out from Abel, whom his brother Cain slew, and he makes his suit against him until his offspring is destroyed from the face of the earth, and his offspring are annihilated from among the children of men.’ Then I asked, regarding all the hollow places: Why is one separated from the other? And he answered me and said to me: ‘These three have been made that the spirits of the dead might be separated. Divisions have been made for the spirits of the righteous, in which there is the bright spring of water. And one for sinners when they die and are buried in the earth and judgment has not been executed on them in their lifetime.’

The spirits of some of the Native Americans cry out and make petitions to Elohim just as Abel did against Cain and Elohim hears those petitions that reach heaven. They are dead to us but their spirits cry out from the ground. Remember, that YHWH scattered His people to the four corners of the earth; therefore, His people are of all nationalities including some Native Americans. When you celebrate this day you are recreating a pagan ritual that was horrific for Indians.

Colossians 2:8 says:

“See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on the tradition of men and the basic principles of this world rather than on the Messiah.”

YHWH tells us bluntly in Amos 5:21:

“I hate, I despise your FEAST days, and I will NOT smell in your solemn assemblies.”

Paul understood this in Galatians 4:7-9 saying:

“So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, also an heir of Elohim through Mashiach. But then, indeed, not knowing Elohim, you served those which by nature are not mighty ones. But now after you have known Elohim, or rather are known by Elohim, how do you turn again to the weak and poor elementary matters, to which you want to be enslaved again? You closely observe days and months and seasons and years.”

1 Corinthians 12:2

“You know that you were gentiles, led away to the dumb idols, even as you might be led.”

Once you come to know the true Elohim and follow YESHUA, how do you go backwards and continue into pagan worship to be enslaved by the chains of Satan again? You WERE a gentile, pagan, or heathen, but now that you know the truth you have become a citizen of Yisra’el. Therefore, you are supposed to leave those pagan practices behind and follow Elohim’s Commands and Holy Days (Sabbaths) Appointed Times in Leviticus 23. However, believers turn to the elementary things of this world and closely observe days, months, seasons and years that belong to Satan and not YHWH. This ties in exactly with what YHWH said in Amos 5:21 “I hate, I despise your feast days”

1 Corinthians 10:6-12

“And these became examples for us, so that we should not lust after evil, as those indeed lusted. And do not become idolaters as some of them, as it has been written, “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and stood up to play.” Neither should we commit whoring (spiritual idolatry), as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell, neither let us try Messiah, as some of them also tried, and were destroyed by serpents, neither grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer. And all these came up on them as example, and they were written as A WARNING to us, on whom the ends of the ages have come, so that he who thinks he stands, let him take heed lest he fall.”

Notice how Paul says that they committed WHORING which is sexual immorality or spiritual idolatry and 23,000 fell that day? This is what happened in Numbers 25 for Yisra’el worshipping a false deity as many are today.

Numbers 25:1-4

“And Yisra’el dwelt in Shittim, and the people began to WHORE with the daughters of Moab, and they invited the people to the slaughtering’s of their mighty ones, and the people ate and bowed down to their mighty ones. Thus Yisra’el was joined to Ba’al Pe’or, and the displeasure of YHWH burned against Yisra’el. And YHWH said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and hang them up before YHWH, before the sun, so that the burning displeasure of YHWH turns away from Yisra’el.” And Moses said to the judges of Yisra’el, “Each one of you slay his men who were joined to Ba’al Pe’or.”

Celebrating these pagan days is not for YHWH no matter how you disguise it by changing the name to a harvest festival because it is still about the worship of false harvest deities that did not make one grain of wheat grow. Thanks should be given to YHWH and YESHUA alone for the food that you have been given.  YHWH told Moses to hang those people who joined in with this demon, so that means that you are hanging yourself in the spiritual realm and committing a spiritual death by joining yourself to Satan on these days.

Paul also said that these accounts in Scripture were written as a warning for us to not follow their examples. Yet, the world refuses to follow YESHUA in truth who is The Way, The Truth, and The Life.

Acts 26:18

“To open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and the authority of Satan to Elohim, in order for them to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are kadosh (sanctified) by belief in Me.”

As always, let us stand up and fight for the Elohim of Yisra’el in truth and stay away from these holidays which are not commanded by YHWH Elohim.
Peace and blessings to you in the name of our Messiah YESHUA!

Christians are twisting Paul's words to their own DESTRUCTION!

Written by: Damien Powell

Christians are twisting Paul’s words to their DESTRUCTION!

It is my prayer that believers will be shown that The Bible never contradicts itself because our Elohim never changes. I want to show that Paul kept The Torah which Christianity says is done away with; that Paul’s words are misunderstood; how Paul was a Pharisee of the religion of Judaism (Jewish law) that YESHUA condemned throughout the gospels; and how Paul became a follower of The Way which is belief in YESHUA and The Torah and not the man-made teachings of Judaism. This is important and I pray you read and or watch the entire video before coming to a conclusion.

2 Peter 3:15-17

“And reckon the patience of our Adon (Master) as deliverance, as also our beloved brother Paul (Sha’ul) 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. You, then, beloved ones, being forewarned, watch, lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the delusion of the LAWLESS.”

Are you one of these twisting Paul’s words to your own destruction? Peter says do not be led away but the delusion of the lawless because their ultimate end is eternal torment.

2 Thessalonians 2:7-12

“For the secret of lawlessness is already at work only until he who now restrains comes out of the midst. And then the lawless one (Satan) shall be revealed, whom the Master YESHUA shall consume with the Ruach (Spirit) of His mouth and bring to naught with the manifestation of His coming. The coming is against the working of Satan, with all his power and signs and wonders of falsehood, and with all deceit of unrighteousness in those perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth, in order for them to be saved. And for this reason Elohim sends them a working of delusion, for them to believe the falsehood, in order that all should be judged who do not believe the truth, but have delighted in the unrighteousness.

Notice Paul said the “deceit of unrighteousness” meaning the world has been deceived into thinking that can be lawless by not obeying the commandments and be saved by grace alone. Breaking the Commands of The Torah is sin which leads to unrighteousness, and then Paul says “but have delighted in the unrighteousness.” People are proud to say that they are lawless and still say they follow YESHUA making them delight in unrighteousness and lawlessness.

Satan is the lawless one that will be destroyed by YESHUA! And Paul says that lawlessness is already at work, which is true with everyone saying the Torah or law is done away with. These will perish along with Satan because they refused the truth to be saved.

Acts 24:14 Paul himself says

“And this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the Elohim of my ancestors, believing all that has been written in the Torah and in the Prophets, having an expectation in Elohim, which they themselves also wait for, that there is to be a resurrection of the dead, both of the righteous and the unrighteous.”

Acts 21:24

“Take them and be cleansed with them, and pay their expenses so that they shave their heads. And all shall know that what they have been informed about you is not so, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Torah.”

So as we can see that Paul out of his own mouth says that he worshipped The Elohim of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and believed everything written in the Torah and Prophets. So why is it that 99% of the world and modern day Christianity use Paul’s words to justify being lawless saying the law is done away with? Some really do not understand what Paul is saying which is understandable, because Peter himself said that Paul’s words are hard to understand; however, Pastors are preaching that Paul did away with the law and teaching others to agree and that is not what The Scriptures teach.

As Peter said that “those who are untaught and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do also the other Scriptures LEADING TO LAWLESSNESS.” They will take other Scriptures completely out of context to be lawless as Satan is. For example Pastors teach that Acts 10 (Peter’s vision) meant that we can now eat unclean meats pork, crab, lobster etc. That vision was about calling “No man common or unclean” meaning the gentiles were cleansed to be accepted with the Jews (Yahudim) and there is no distinction between Jew and gentiles who were the new converts. Elohim was making a point and not a menu, so as Peter said, they took that passage and twisted it to their own destruction! We can see that the lawless will not enter into heaven as YESHUA said in

Mathew 7:23

“And then I shall declare to them, ‘I never knew you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness!”

1 John 3:4

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

Witnesses are critical for the truth!

So even if Paul was preaching a lawless doctrine then he would be the only one proclaiming it! We know that out of the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might be established; therefore, Paul would need more than just himself as one witness to say the Torah or laws are done away with, otherwise his witness would not be true. Again, that is IF he was speaking against the truth.

Mathew 18:16

“But if he does not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might be established.”

2 Corinthians 13:1

“This is the third time I am coming to you. “By the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established.”

John 5:31-34 YESHUA says:

“If I bear witness of Myself, My witness is not true. There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true. You have sent to John, and he bore witness to the truth. But I do not receive witness from man, but I say this in order that you might be saved.”

Acts 1:8

“But you shall receive power when the Ruach ha’Kodesh has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judah and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Acts 1:21-22

“It is therefore necessary that of the men who have been with us all the time that the Master YESHUA went in and out among us, beginning from the immersion (baptism) of John to that day when He was taken up from us, that one of these should become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

John 8:12-18

“Therefore YESHUA spoke to them again, saying, “I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness, but possess the light of life.” The Pharisees, therefore, said to Him, “You bear witness about Yourself, Your witness is not true.” YESHUA answered and said to them, “Even if I witness concerning Myself, My witness is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know from where I come, or where I go. You judge according to the flesh, I judge no one. But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent Me. And in your Torah also, it has been written that the witness of two men is true. I am One who witnesses concerning Myself, and the Father who sent Me witnesses concerning Me.”

YESHUA is The Son of YHWH, He does not need witnesses of men as he said about John, but He never broke the Torah, so He had a witness in John the Baptist. He is said that He (YESHUA) and His Father YHWH bear witness of Himself.

Are there witnesses advocating for the Torah?

Psalms 78:5

“And put a Torah in Yisra’el, which he commanded our fathers, to teach them to their children.”

1 Chronicles 16:14-17

“He is YHWH our Elohim, His Right-Rulings are in all the earth. Remember His Covenant FOREVER, The Word He commanded for a thousand generations, which He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac, and He established it to Jacob for a Law, to Yisra’el AS AN EVERLASTING COVENANT.”

Psalms 19:7

“The Torah of YHWH is perfect, bringing back the being; The Witness of YHWH is trustworthy, making wise the simple.”

Psalms 119:1-2

“Blessed are the perfect in the Way, who walk in the Torah of YHWH! Blessed are those who observe His Witnesses, who seek Him with all the heart!”

YHWH witnessed the Torah in Deuteronomy 30:14-19

“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 Laws, and His Right-Rulings. And you shall live and increase, and YHWH your Elohim shall 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 Jordan to enter and possess. I have called the heavens and the earth as WITNESSES today against you: I have put before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore you shall choose life, so that you live, both you and your seed…”

YHWH has called the heavens and the earth as witnesses against believers regarding His Torah. YHWH says this many times, but I will list one more.

Isaiah 24:5

“For the earth has been defiled under its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the Torah, changed the Law, broken the everlasting Covenant.”

 YESHUA in Mathew 5:17

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

Both the Father and The Son did not do away with the Torah which is two witnesses alone that should be enough from the Creators of heavens and the earth. Heaven and earth do not pass away until Revelation 21 occurs when all is made new. No more sickness or death and the New Jerusalem is revealed.

Proverbs 6:23

“For the Command is a lamp, and the Torah a light and reproofs of discipline a way of life.”

Proverbs 28:9

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

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.”

Revelation 22:14

“Blessed are those doing His Commands, so that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of life, and to enter through the gates into the city.”

I did not list them all, but it is pretty clear from the beginning to the end that YHWH our Father, YESHUA His Son, David, Solomon, John, and the prophets all proclaim that The Torah stands forever. YHWH even called heaven and earth as witnesses regarding His Torah and commands. Therefore, the Torah has been established because we definitely see more than 2 or 3 witnesses regarding the truth.

 If most Pastors in modern day Christianity have twisted Paul’s words to their own destruction as Peter said, then it makes sense why we have a lawless group of believers that Satan has led astray as Revelation 12:9 says.

Let’s examine Paul’s words

Romans 8:1-4

“There is, then, now no condemnation to those who are in Messiah YESHUA, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Ruach. For the Torah of the Ruach of the life in ha’Mashiach YESHUA has freed me from the LAW OF SIN AND DEATH. For the Torah being powerless, in that it was weak through the flesh, YHWH, having His own Son in the likeness of flesh of sin, and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh, so that the righteousness of the Torah should be completed in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Ruach.”

Paul just told us that the only law we are free from is the law of “sin and death” meaning that through the atonement of YESHUA he freed us from sin so that we do not have to suffer eternal torment, but have everlasting life in YESHUA. We know that the wages of sin is death and YESHUA freed us. The righteousness of the Torah is completed in us who walk in Spirit (who leads us into all truth) and not the flesh, because the flesh is what makes you sin which makes you a slave to sin. Without the Holy Spirit to guide you into truth none of us would make it because we cannot do it on our own strength.

 Zechariah 4:6

“Not by might nor by power, but by My Ruach (Spirit),’ said YHWH of hosts.”

Galatians 4:22-31

“For it has been written that Abraham had two sons, one by a female servant (Hagar), the other by a free woman (his wife Sarah). But he who was of the female servant (Ishmael) was born according to the flesh, and he of the free woman through promise (Isaac). This is allegorical (moral or hidden meaning), for these are the two covenants: one indeed from Mount Sinai which brings forth slavery, which is Hagar, for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. For it has been written, “Rejoice, O barren (Sarah), you who do not bear! Break forth and shout, you who do not have birth pains! For the deserted one has many more children than she who has a husband.” And we brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise. But as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who is according to the Ruach, so also now. But what does the Scripture say? Cast out the female servant and her son, for the son of the female servant shall by no means be heir with the son of the free woman.” Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the female servant but of the free woman.”

That freedom that we have is freedom from sin that the Ruach ha’Kodesh frees us from which was given by YESHUA when He ascended, the gift of our Father YHWH. The Ruach (Spirit) is freedom and the flesh is slavery. This is explained further in Galatians 5:16

“And I say: Walk in the Ruach, and you shall not accomplish the lust of the flesh.”

Mathew 26:41

“Watch and pray, lest you enter into trial. The spirit indeed is eager, but the flesh is weak.”

Paul is basically saying walk in freedom from sin with the power of The Holy Spirit and not to the flesh which slavery to sin. Now as pointed out in Galatians 4:29 Ishmael was born according to the flesh and the slave woman. Sinning is of the flesh which means you are in slavery as Ishmael was born to the female servant. Walking in the flesh with its passions and desires leads to lawlessness being a slave to sin. But the child of the promise (Isaac) was born of the free woman and according to the Ruach which is freedom. So when Paul said “Cast out the female servant and her son, for the son of the female servant shall by no means be heir with the son of the free woman.” He is saying those walking in the flesh in chains to sin and not walking according to the holiness of The Spirit will be cast out from eternal life when YESHUA says depart from Me I never knew you!” Light and darkness cannot mix just as the righteous with the unrighteous.

 What does the Ruach do for us? John 16:13

“But when He comes, the Ruach of the Truth, He shall guide you into all the truth. For He shall not speak from Himself, but whatever He hears He shall speak, and He shall announce to you what is to come.”

So if the Ruach will lead us into ALL truth that means that he will not lead us into sin which is against The Torah. He will lead you into freedom from sin so that you will impale the desires of the flesh and die to self. Now we can get a better grasp on Galatians 5:17-18

“For the flesh lusts against the Ruach, and the Ruach against the flesh. And these two are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you desire to do. But if you are led by the Ruach, you are not under the Torah.”

The flesh lusts against the Spirit and Spirit against flesh. You cannot be both free and a slave at the same time! The Ruach ha’Kodesh is holy and living in us to lead us down the narrow path that leads to eternal life, so you will already be keeping the Torah without even thinking about it which is why Paul says you are no longer under Torah because you are free from bondage of sin.

Galatians 6:8

“Because he who sows to his own flesh (sin) shall reap corruption from the flesh, but he who sows to the Ruach shall reap everlasting life from the Ruach.”

When you are walking in the Spirit and not the flesh as He is guiding you, then you will be able to overcome the works of the flesh. Galatians 5:19-21

“And the works of the flesh are well-known, which are: adultery, whoring, uncleanness, indecency, idolatry, drug sorcery, hatred, quarrels, jealousies, fits of rage, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, envy, murders, drunkenness, wild parties, and the like of which I forewarn you, even as I also said before, that those who practice such as these shall not inherit the reign of Elohim.

What will the Ruach do?

The exact opposite! Galatians 5:22-25

“But the fruit of the Ruach (Spirit) is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trust-worthiness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no Torah. And those who are of Messiah have impaled the flesh with its passions and the desires. If we live in the Ruach, let us also walk in the Ruach.”

Our fleshly desires, passions, and lusts is what makes you sin against the Torah making you walk in flesh. And sin is defined in 1 John 3:4

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

Are there examples of Paul keeping Torah?

Acts 13:42-44

“And when the Yahudim (Jews) went out of the congregation, the gentiles begged to have these words spoken to them the next Sabbath. Verse 44 “And on the next Sabbath almost all the city came together to heard the Word of YHWH.”

As we can see Paul and Barnabas went into the congregations and taught on the Sabbath Day which is in the Torah the 4th of the 10 commandments (Exodus 20:8). Paul was obedient to the command to remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy, the day Christianity has forsaken for Sunday. So if Paul is the man the world wants to follow then why aren’t they following his example of Sabbath worship? And again in Acts 17:1-2

“And having passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a congregation of the Jews. And according to his practice, Paul went in unto them, and for three Sabbath days was reasoning with them from the Scriptures, explaining and pointing out that ha’Mashiach had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and that, “This is ha’Mashiach YESHUA, whom I proclaim to you.” Here we find Paul teaching on the Sabbath again and pointing out YESHUA from The Torah and Prophets.

Acts 20:6-7

“And we sailed away from Phillipos AFTER THE DAYS OF MATZAH (Feast of Unleavened Bread)”, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days. And on one of the Sabbaths, the disciples having gathered together to break bread, Paul intending to depart the next day, was reasoning with them and was extending the Word till midnight.”

So now we see that Paul and those with him observed The Feast of Unleavened Bread also known as the Feast of Matzah, which is in the Torah (Leviticus 23). They did not even sail until after they finished observing the Feast.  Then in verse 7 it says on one of the Sabbaths they broke bread, we can still see he observed the Holy Days also known as Sabbaths in Leviticus 23.

Acts 20:16

“For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might lose no time in Asia, for he was hurrying to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the Day of the Festival of Shavuot (Pentecost.).”

So here again we see that Paul kept the Holy Feast Days of YHWH found in Leviticus 23. He wanted to get back to Jerusalem to celebrate the Holy Day of Shavuot known as Pentecost. So how can believers say Paul did away with the law when he was obeying it himself? He kept Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, The Sabbaths, and Shavuot etc. Paul would have called believers out on their celebration of the pagan holidays being celebrated by the church today. These satanic days of Xmas, Easter, Halloween, News Years etc.

Galatians 4:8-10

“But then, indeed, not knowing Elohim, you served those which by nature are not mighty ones. But now after you have known Elohim, how do you turn again to the weak and poor elementary matters, to which you want to be enslaved again? You closely observe days and months and seasons and years.”

Yes Christians closely observe the days, months, and seasons for their beloved holidays that are not found in Scripture which makes them recipients of another gospel that has not been taught.

Acts 21:18-24

“And on the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders came. And having greeted them, he was relating one by one what Elohim had done among the gentiles through his service. And when they heard it, they praised the Adon (Master). And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Yahudim (Jews) there are who have believed, and all are ardent (passionate, enthusiastic) for the Torah. And they have been informed about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the gentiles to forsake Moses, saying not to circumcise the children nor to walk according to the practices. Verse 24 “Take them and be cleansed with them, and pay their expenses so that they shave their heads. And all shall know that what they have been informed about you is not so, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Torah.”

Acts 22:3

“I am indeed a Jew (Yahudi), having been born in Tarsus of Kilikia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamli’el, having been instructed according to the exactness of the Torah of our fathers, being ardent for Elohim, as you are all are today.” Paul says he was brought up at the feet of Gamli’el, who is Gamli’el? Acts 5:34

“But a certain one in the council stood up, a Pharisee named Gamli’el, a teacher of the Torah, respected by all the people, and ordered them to put the emissaries outside for a little while.”

Acts 26:22-23

“Therefore, having obtained help from Elohim, to this day I stand, witnessing both to small and great, saying nil (zero, nothing) else than what the Prophets and Moses (Torah) said would come-that ha’Mashiach would suffer, would be the first to rise from the dead, He would proclaim light to the people and to the gentiles.” Verse 27-28 “King Agrippa’s, do you believe the Prophets? I know that you do believe.” And Agrippa’s said to Paul, “With a little you might persuade me to become a Messianic (Natsarim).”

A Messianic or Natsarim is one who believes in the true living Elohim YHWH and YESHUA and obeys the commandments in the Torah. And we can see that Agrippa’s reckoned that’s what Paul was after he had been converted to the truth of the gospel, The Good News: YESHUA!

Acts 11:25-26

“Then Barnabah went to Tarsus to seek Paul, and having found him, he brought him to Antiokeia. And it came to be that for an entire year they came together in the assembly and taught large numbers. And the disciples were called (Messianic or Natsarim) first in Antiokeia.”

Acts 28:23

“And having appointed him a day, many came to him where he was staying, to whom he was explaining, earnestly witnessing about the reign of Elohim, and persuading them concerning YESHUA from both the Torah of Moses and the Prophets, from morning until evening.”

We have to understand between Torah and Judaism!

Galatians 1:13-14

“For you have heard of my former behavior in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the assembly of Elohim, and ravaged it. And I progressed in Judaism beyond many of my age in my race, being more exceedingly ardent for the TRADITIONS OF MY FATHERS.”

Paul was more passionate for the “traditions of his fathers!” These traditions are the man-made traditions that YESHUA scolded the Pharisees for, which are the rabbinical (Jewish laws) teachings today include some elements of The Torah, like saying keep the Sabbath or the dietary laws, but you have to be careful of how they interpreted it by adding to it. The Torah is the 1st five books of the Bible was disregarded by the Pharisees in favor of their own religion of Judaism/Jewish Law that they esteemed more than the actual Words of YHWH.

They were hypocrites that added to the Word of YHWH to make themselves appear more holy, but it was all works of the flesh and not the Spirit. As YESHUA said in Mathew 23 “they lay heavy burdens upon men, but they themselves do not lift a finger.” However, if the command is from the Torah then you are to do it, just not according to their works. For example if they said to keep The Sabbath holy then you are to do it because it’s in the Torah, but not according to their works meaning the man-made laws they added to the Torah like (you cannot tie your shoes on the Sabbath, you cannot write on the Sabbath, winnowing which plucking heads of grain that YESHUA’s disciples did, etc.)

 So the believer would have to sift through their teachings to distinguish truth from none truth. We know Satan will use enough truth then he will deceive you. They spent a lot of time accusing others for breaking commands, that they were not keep it themselves making them hypocrites. Do you see how that can become a burden for men? The Sabbath is a delight even though we do not work and keep it holy, not a time to sit in a corner in the dark.

 They held their added traditions to higher value than the Torah. The Pharisees tried to accuse YESHUA of breaking The Sabbath; when in actuality they were measuring YESHUA up to their added prohibits to the Torah and not the actual words of YHWH, which is why YESHUA said in Mathew 15:6-10

“So you have nullified the Command of Elohim by your tradition. Hypocrites! Isaiah rightly prophesied about you saying, ‘This people draw near to Me with their mouth, and respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as teachings the commands of men.”

Luke 12:1

“Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees which is hypocrisy.”

An example of their hypocrisy is found in John 7: 19-23

“Did not Moses give you the Torah? Yet not one of you does the Torah! Why do you seek to Kill Me? The crowd answered and said, “You have a demon, who seeks to kill You? YESHUA answered and said to them, I did one work, and you all marvel. Because of this Moses has given you the circumcision though it is not from Moses, but from the fathers and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the Torah of Moses should not be broken, are you wroth with Me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath?

See the hypocrisy? The Pharisees accused YESHUA of breaking the Sabbath because He healed a man’s entire body on the Sabbath, yet they would circumcise their son on the 8th day according to the Torah on the Sabbath to keep the commandment, what’s the difference? Their added tradition of what they viewed as work made them hypocrites of what they were doing themselves. They healed a small portion of a child’s body and YESHUA healed the entire body, yet they didn’t view their circumcision as work, but viewed YESHUA’s healing as work. They also would pull an sheep out of a pit to save the animal, but were mad when YESHUA healed a woman who had been bound by Satan for 18 years.

Being more exceedingly ardent for the TRADITIONS OF MY FATHERS!

So Paul thought he was doing the right thing by persecuting those who followed The Way as he said in Galatians “being more ardent for the traditions of his fathers”. They arrested and accused YESHUA of breaking their version of the Sabbath with false, man-made, Babylonian Talmud additions that are not found in the Bible. It gave men the appearance they were holy but they were the exact opposite. Which is why YESHUA said in Mathew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the reign of the heaven before men, for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.”

Acts 26:5 Paul said this while being in chains for preaching the truth of YESHUA and the resurrection

“Since they have known me from the first, if they want to witness, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest sect of our observance.”

What strict observances? There are many, many examples I can list but I will give references to a few.

Mark 7 and Luke 11:37-44 strict hand-washing ritual before eating bread which they thought made a man unclean. This practice is  still observed to this day.

Mathew 23:5

“And they do all their works to be seen by men, and they make their t’fillen wide and lengthen the fringes of their garments.”

T’fillen or phylacteries are a set of small black leather boxes that contain scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah that they literally tie on their foreheads and wrap around their arms trying to fulfill Deuteronomy 6:8

“And shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.”

So to them literally binding the commands in a small box with portions of the Torah on their head and arms would fulfill this command. YESHUA is saying they want to be seen by men to appear holy. YHWH is saying the Hebrew word (Resh) what are your thoughts on? (Forehead) Keeping His word before you always to meditate on it. And on your arm is (Yod) your actions to fulfill his Word and do it and not just hear it.

These are just a few examples of them keeping Judaism versus Torah.

So now we can see that Paul was initally not a part of the truth or anything good, but a strict Pharisee which followed the false, man-made, Judaism that YESHUA scolded. Changing him from a persecutor of The Way into one preaching The Way. Galatians 1:22-23

“And I was not known by sight to the assemblies of Judah which were in Messiah, but they were hearing only that, “The one who once persecuted us (The Way) now brings as Good News the belief which he once ravaged.”

So when YESHUA appeared to Paul on the road to Damascus Paul saw the error of his ways and the false teaching he was a part of and for killing those who followed The Way. He went out and preached the truth about YESHUA which is belief in Him and The Torah. Those laws are dogmas from Judaism that Paul was speaking against, not the truth of Scripture.

Conclusion

1 Thessalonians 5:22-23

“Keep back from every form of wickedness. And the Elohim of peace Himself make you completely holy, and your entire spirit, and being, and body-be preserved blameless at the coming of our Adon YESHUA ha’Mashiach!”

These are not the words of a lawless man as he is telling the brothers in this letter to be found blameless when YESHUA returns. Those who are walking in flesh continuing to sin because they are lawless are bound to slavery. Present yourselves as a living sacrifice and follow His Commands and do not rely on grace alone because it is “unmerited favor” purely out of His love for us.  The lawless will not enter into His kingdom. As stated earlier, even if Paul was preaching a lawless doctrine saying the law is done away with, then he would need more witnesses then just himself. It is my prayer today that your eyes have been opened and will follow YESHUA in truth and not the lawless traditions of men! HalleluYAH!