Repent PASTORS!

This message is a cry to the Pastors who continue to preach contrary to the Torah and preach replacement theology, for you all to repent! Recognize your identity as a citizen of Yisra’el grafted in and walk in the ancient paths of worship and tell your congregation to do the same because YESHUA will come and like a thief in the night and we must all be ready for His return.

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus says YAHWEH, stand in the WAYS and see, and ask for the OLD PATHS and see where is the good WAY, and walk in it and find rest for your souls. But you said, we will not walk therein.”

YAHWEH says seek the OLD PATH which walking in the Torah as our ancestors did, not the modern lawless “do as thou wilt” path of darkness. YAHWEH is saying you refuse to obey this warning and walk in His Ways, but you would rather walk in your own ways, which is why you should not being in the pulpit preaching lies to the church if you aren’t going to tell them the truth.

Before getting into more scriptures let us examine the Otiot the ancient Hebrew pictograph language to see how important the Torah is to YAHWEH! The Otiot always gives us more detail and a more intimate meaning:

Torah is spelled Taw, Waw, Resh, Hey

Taw is a picture of two crossed sticks and means covenant, mark, sign, signal, monument

Waw is a picture of a tent peg and means to join together, add, secure, hook, nail

Resh is a picture of a man’s head and means chief, first, highest, leader, top, beginning

Hey is a picture of a man with raised hands and means behold, look, reveal, breath

When we combine these letters together we get this message:

The Torah is a covenant, joining us to the Most High YAHWEH, that reveals life through the leading of the RUACH HA’KODESH (Holy Spirit) the revelator.

Now we can see the importance of the Torah which is YESHUA made flesh the Living Torah:

Deuteronomy 32:45-47

“When he had finished speaking all these words to all Yisra’el, he said to them, “Take to heart all the words of my testimony against you today, so that you can use them in charging your children to be careful to obey ALL THE WORDS OF THIS TORAH. For this is not a trivial matter for you; on the contrary it is YOUR LIFE!...”

Ezekiel 20:21

“But the children too rebelled against Me. They did not live by my laws or observe my rulings, to OBEY them, which, if a person DOES, he will have LIFE BY THEM…”

We accomplish this by belief in YESHUA and being led by the RUACH HA’KODESH who leads us into all truth

John 16:13

“But when He comes, the Spirit 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.”

James 2:19

“You believe that there is one ELOHIM; you do well; the demons also believe and tremble.”

Remember, the demons believe in YAHWEH just as you do, but at least they fear and tremble at His power. With the lawless doctrine being preached shows you don’t fear YAHWEH at all! And secondly, you are on par with the demons because you say you believe in YAHWEH and so do they; however, they are not going to obey His commandments, this is already evidenced by Satan being cast out for his rebellion against YAHWEH! So how do you separate yourselves from a demon?

Revelation 12:17

“And the dragon was enraged against the woman; and he went to make war upon the remnant of her seed who KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF ELOHIM AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF YESHUA.”

Revelation 14:12

“Here is the patience of the Holy believers/saints who KEEP THE COMMANDSMENTS OF ELOHIM, AND THE FAITH OF YESHUA.”

So, we see it’s belief in YESHUA and the keeping of the commandments that makes us saints of YAHWEH, not belief in alone. Sadly, with the gospel many of you preach shows the lack of fear for our Creator.

Testament of Levi 3:8-10

“And in the heaven next to this are thrones and dominions, in which always they offer praise to ELOHIM. Therefore when YAHWEH looks at us (angels), all of us are shaken; yes, the heavens, and the earth, and the abysses tremble at the presence of His majesty. But the sons of men, not perceiving these things, SIN (1 John 3:4 break Torah) and provoke the anger of the Most High.”

The angels, heaven, earth, and the abysses fear YAHWEH, but human beings who don’t see YAHWEH don’t have the same fear, so they break the Torah and provoke YAHWEH to anger. If they you understood or could see what they see in heaven then you wouldn’t be so bold as to carelessly live a lawless life, let alone preach it to the masses!

Walk on the narrow path

Mathew 22:14

“For many are those that are called and few are chosen.”

Many are called and only a few are chosen, so just because you are called to preach doesn’t mean that you will be chosen! How can this be? YAHWEH calls you to preach the truth to His flock which includes keeping the commandments of Torah, but it is up to you to choose to walk in righteousness, you have to choose to obey, and if you don’t the end result will be a calling and not being chosen. We see thousands of pastors and churches on every corner which clearly shows us many are called, but most CHOOSE to preach the truth that the Torah is not done away with. Do not skip over the words that YESHUA says:

Mathew 7:23 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“Then I will tell them to their faces, ‘I never knew you! Get away from Me, you workers of LAWLESSNESS!” In other words you who broke the Torah!

James 3:1

“Let there not be many teachers among you, my brothers; knowing that as such we will receive a more severe judgment.”

As you can see this is not a joke, this not some hobby, we are called to preach the truth about obeying the Torah and to believe in YESHUA the Son of YAHWEH, but you have opted to teach falsehood.

Jeremiah 10:8

“But altogether the VAIN DOCTRINES (set of beliefs) of wood image worship shall be utterly destroyed and consumed.”

Habukkuk 2:18

“What profit is a graven image that its maker has fashioned? The molten image is a FALSE DOCTRINE, for the heart of its maker trusts in it, to fashion a dumb idol.”

Colossians 2:8

“Beware, or else any man make your naked by philosophy and by VAIN DECEPTION, according to the DOCTRINES OF MEN according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to the Messiah.”

Galatians 1:6-9 (Parenthesis mine)

“I am stunned into silence, as if dead (dead of speaking), that you have so quickly forgotten Messiah who has called you to his mercy and have gone to another besorah (Good News) that is non-existent, but there are men who agitated you and desired to pervert the Good News of Messiah. (As pastors are doing today). For if us, or even a messenger from heaven, preach outside from what has preached to you, let them be cursed. As I said before, so I say again: whichever man preaches to you outside of what you have received (Belief in YESHUA and keeping commandments), let him be accursed.”

2 Corinthians 11:4

“But I fear, or else, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cleverness, so your minds should be corrupted from the sincerity that is in the Messiah. For if he that comes to you, had proclaimed to you ANOTHER YESHUA, whom we have not proclaimed; or if you had received another Spirit, which you have not received; or another gospel, which you have not accepted; you might well have given your permission.”

Paul mentioned that Eve was deceived by Satan and how did this happen? Satan convinced Eve to break the ONE COMMANDMENT that YAHWEH gave and that was to not eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, so Satan is doing the same thing with lawless Christian pastors today by deceiving them to break the commadments of YAHWEH just as he did Eve; therefore, causing them to rebel and preach a false YESHUA!

2 John 1:9-11

“Everyone who transgresses and does not abide in the teaching of the Messiah, ELOHIM IS NOT IN HIM. And he who abides in his doctrine (The Torah), he has the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not possess this doctrine, neither entertain him in your house nor say to him, joy to you: for he that says to him, joy to you, is a participator in his evil deeds.”

What you have done to the Christians in the churches is preach a lawless Messiah that is not found in scripture, your version of YESHUA does not exist. They are selling a lawless, Sunday worshipping, tolerant of sin, loves you no matter, co-exist with all religions and a million different ways to inherit eternal life false Messiah! All lies! The vain doctrines of wood and stone have been manifested into a false idol in Christianity promoting things that are against YAHWEH’s word. These false and vain doctrines you preach also tell Christians that it is okay to serve modern idols of Satan with Xmas, Easter, and all the pagan holidays that are not in in scripture, the idols of wood and stone still exist in your pagan celebrations today.

There is only ONE WAY to have eternal life and that is through His Son YESHUA and obeying the Torah! YESHUA did not bring a new teaching into the world as He clearly said that He spoke the words of His Father YAHWEH (John 12:49) and His Father YAHWEH told us repeatedly to keep the Torah just as His Son did.

Luke 11:27-28

“After He (YESHUA) had spoken these things, a certain woman raised up her voice from the crowd and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts that nursed You!” He said to her, “Blessed are they who hear the Word of ELOHIM and KEEP IT.”

YESHUA  is saying to hear the word of YAHWEH and they apply it to your life by doing it,  It doesn’t end at hearing it.

Mathew 12:48-50

“But He answered and said to him that had spoken to Him, “Who is My mother? And who are they who are my brothers? And He stretched forth His hand towards his disciples and said, “Behold My mother and My brothers, for ANYONE who DOES the WILL OF MY FATHER who is in heaven, is My brother, and My sister, and My mother.”

In order to be considered a part of YAHWEH’s family you must do His will; and what is His will? It is obedience to the Torah and belief in His Son YESHUA.

Out of love I say to you repent!

This walk is very serious and you will be held accountable for every soul that you lead astray, YESHUA made this abundantly clear in His rebuke to the Pharisees.

Mathew 23:15

“Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, Hypocrites! For you traverse sea and land that you might make one proselyte (convert), and when he has become one, you make him double the son of Gehenna (hell’s fire) that you are yourselves.”

Just like the Pharisees during YESHUA’s day, they walked around to convert people to Rabbinical Judaism the false teaching of the Talmud/tradition of the elders which they held above the written Torah, and in doing so it made their converts twice the son of hell as themselves; and the same applies to pagan Christianity, you are teaching contrary to the truth of the scriptures, you speak evil of the Torah, preach prosperity, and tell them to celebrate the darkness of pagan holidays and when you do this you make them twice the son of hell than yourselves IF you all don’t repent. Your congregation is depending on you for the truth and you are feeding them the opposite. They also have a responsibility to read the word for themselves, but it does not excuse the teaching of paganism.

Jeremiah 10:21

“For the shepherds (pastors) have misbehaved, and have not sought YAHWEH; and because they did not prosper, all of their flocks have been scattered.”

Pastors you are not seeking YAHWEH through His eternal Torah and therefore you are scattering the flock because they are lost in false religion, the shepherd is not leading them to the truth. This same thing was occurring in YESHUA’s day:

Mathew 9:36

“And when YESHUA saw the crowds, He had compassion on them that were weary and were scattered like sheep that have not a shepherd. And He said to His disciples “The harvest is great and the workers few. Ask, therefore, the Master of the harvest that He should send workers in His harvest.”

The priests were supposed to be teaching the flock the truth, the spiritual leaders, but just like Christianity they taught the sheep falsehood of Rabbinical Judaism, the same way Christianity is teaching paganism; therefore, they were scattered with no leadership teaching the truth. There are only a few workers in the harvest that are telling the truth which is why we must pray for more to rise up and do the work that YAHWEH wants us to do and it is my prayer that you repent and join in.

Isaiah 24:5

The earth is also defiled like its inhabitants, because they have transgressed the Torah, changed the ordinance, and nullified the everlasting covenant.”

The Pastors of Christianity have done everyone of these, how have you transgressed the Torah? By preaching satan’s lawless doctrine of the law is done away with and that it is for the Jews, you attempted to changed the statues and law saying the Shabbat is on Sunday and therefore through all of these you have broken the covenant which is a binding contract between YAHWEH and His people. Do you not see the problem with this?

YESHUA confirms all of this in His own Words:

Mathew 5:17-20 (Parenthesis mine)

“Do not think that I have come to loosen (do away with Torah or destroy) or the prophets, I have not come to loosen but to fulfill. For truly I say to you that until heaven and earth pass away not one yod or one stroke will pass from Torah until everything happens. All who loosen (annul), therefore, from one of these small commandments and teach thus to the sons of man, will be called little in the Kingdom of Heaven, but all who do and teach this will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. For I say to you that unless your righteousness exceeds more than that of the scribes and the Pharisees, YOU WILL NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.”

Sadly you are telling people that destroy and fulfill mean the same thing when it does not. The way you are selling the lie is saying:

“Do not think that I have come to destroy the Torah, I have come to destroy it.”

That does not make sense. How can YESHUA being saying He did not come to destroy it, but yet He came to destroy it? That is pure contradiction and confusion.

YESHUA did not come to abolish/annul/loosen/destroy any of the Torah not even a “Yod” which is the smallest letter in Hebrew or Aramaic! YESHUA is making it clear that NONE of the Torah is done away with, not even the smallest letter of it. Heaven and earth do not pass away until the New Jerusalem comes down from heaven, so that means we are still on earth and the New Jerusalem has not come down from heaven so the Torah remains.

Revelation 21:1-2

“And I saw new heavens and a new earth: for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away: and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the New Jerusalem, descending from ELOHIM out of heaven, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.”

None of this has occurred yet. YESHUA saying He came to fulfill the Torah means to “FILL FULL”, He came to show us that it is holy and good and to walk in it as YAHWEH intended for the Torah to be kept from the beginning. YESHUA is the Living Torah and brought forth the true essence of the Torah and to correct the false teachings of the Pharisees that were leading people astray just as Christian pastors are doing.

“Unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees!” YESHUA is saying that the Pharisees had a degree a righteousness! The Pharisees at least observed the Shabbat and the Holy Days found in Leviticus 23, their problem is that they added to the Torah and made it a burden to those who followed it. So, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees you will not enter in. So ask yourself, are you at least observing the Shabbat? Are you at least keeping the Holy Days? If not, your righteousness does not surpass that of the Pharisees which means you don’t have a chance according to the words of YESHUA, if you don’t repent and walk in the truth.

Ezekiel 22:26

“Her priests have violated my Torah and have profaned my holy things; they have put no difference between the holy and the profane, neither have they distinguished between the unclean and the clean, and have refused to keep my Shabbats, and I am profaned among them.”

Who does this sound like today? Yes, Christian pastors who do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, clean or the unclean. In Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14, YAHWEH tells us plainly that there are certain animals that can be eaten because they are clean and He also tells us which ones are unclean; however, you tell them that they can eat whatever they want as long as they pray over the food that He has already called an abomination and unfit for human consumption; and in doing so you are not distinguishing between the clean and the unclean! I have done multiple messages about this topic and I won’t go into detail here, but before the thought pops in your head to say what about the vision that Peter had in Acts 10? When you read the rest of the passage you will discover that YESHUA was making a point and not a menu, that gentiles were accepted to be grafted in with the Jews, which is why Peter said “I know not to call any MAN common or unclean.” And the other common scripture taken out of context is when YESHUA says it’s not what goes to into a mouth of a man that makes a man that defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth of a man is what defiles Him such as adultery, murder, etc. The conclusion of the whole matter that YESHUA was referring to was eating bread with unwashed hands does NOT defile a man. Not  that it was acceptable to eat unclean pork and shrimp.

Mathew 15:20

“These are what defile a man. But if while a man eats, his hands are NOT WASHED, HE IS NOT DEFILED.”

You tell the church to celebrate Satan’s days of Xmas, Halloween, Birthdays, Thanksgiving, New Years, Easter, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day and tell them to reject YAHWEH’s holy days of Passover, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Shavuot/Pentecost, Yom Teruah/Trumpets, Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement, Sukkot/Feast of Tabernacles, and the 8th Day Closing Assembly; and in doing so you have put no difference between the holy and the profane! And what have you done? You have profaned YAHWEH in your midst! Repent!

Jeremiah 9:13-14

“And YAHWEH says, because they have forsaken my Torah which I gave to them and to their ancestors, and have not obeyed My voice, neither walked according to my warnings; but have followed after the imagination of their own heart and after the idols which their ancestors taught them.”

2 Kings 17:32-33

“So they worshipped YAHWEH, and made for themselves of their own people priests of the high places, who served for them in the houses of idols on the high places. They worshipped YAHWEH and served their own mighty ones after the manner of the nations. So the children of Yisra’el were carried away out of their land.”

This is exactly what we see today in Christianity, they claim to serve YAHWEH, yet they have set up their pagan altars of Xmas trees, Easter bunnies, Halloween, etc and think they are preaching the truth and then passing it on to generation after generation. Yisra’el went into Assryian exile for this abomination and those who continue to preach this and those who continue to listen to it will be carried off into an exile of eternal punishment on judgment day. Repent!

1 Corinthians 10:20-21

“But that what the gentiles (pagans) sacrifice they sacrifice to demons, and not to ELOHIM. And I would not that you should be associates of demons. You cannot drink the cup of our Master YESHUA and the cup of demons; and you cannot be partakers at the table of our Master, and at the table of demons.”

Paul, whom is famously quoted by Christian pastors is against being associates with demons are joining into follow that dark path of paganism.

Jeremiah 10:1-2

“Hear the word which YAHWEH speaks to you, O house of Yisra’el: Thus says YAHWEH, learn not the WAY of the gentiles and be not afraid of the signs of heaven; for the gentiles are dismayed at them.”

What is the way of the gentiles? Their false religion! So the exact opposite of their way has to be the truth with is Torah!

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus says YAHWEH, stand in the WAYS and see, and ask for the OLD PATHS and see where is the good WAY, and walk in it and find rest for your souls. But you said, we will not walk therein.”

Psalms 119:1

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

It’s clear that the way Christians are teaching is false, but the WAY OF THE TORAH is the truth and the ancient path we all should be seeking!  Repent! Everyday that you wake up, you have a chance to repent and get it right with our Father in heaven, so it is not too late. Gather your congregation together and tell them the truth of the scriptures and walk in them. Yes, many of your members will leave but who cares, this is about your eternal life and theirs, and at least they will know the truth going forward.

I pray that some eyes are opened and that you give your life completely to YESHUA today and I sincerely mean that. All praises be to our Father YAHWEH and His Son YESHUA!

A day is EVENING to EVENING: Part 2

Last year I did a message about this topic because I was approached daily by many saying that a day is from morning to morning and that evening to evening was from Judaism. I proved in that message from many witnesses that a day is from evening to evening; however, the situation is on the rise again and I feel led to speak on it and prayerfully clear up some misconceptions. As I always say we have to read the scriptures with a Hebraic mindset, if the scriptures are being read through a Western mindset then conclusions will be drawn that do not line up with scriptures, so we will look at what the Aramaic language, the language that YESHUA spoke has to say. We will examine the word evening in the Otiot and review the common scripture brought up that YESHUA says there are only 12 hours in a day.

Before examining the Aramaic text, I want to show that even the Septuagint which is the Hebrew translated into Greek in 260 BC even agrees that a day is evening to evening, lets examine:

Judges 14:10-18 (Septugaint)

“And his dad went down to the woman and Samson made a banquet for seven days there, for so the young men are used to do. And it came to pass when they saw him, that they took thirty guests and they were with him. And Samson said to them, I propound (put forth) a riddle to you: If you will indeed tell me it and discover it within seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty coats and thirty changes of garments. And if you cannot tell me it, you shall give me thirty coats and thirty changing robes; and they said to him, propound your riddle and we will hear it.” Verse 17-18 And she wept before him the seven days during which their banquet lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her because she troubled him; and she told it to the children of her people. And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, BEFORE SUNRISE, what is sweeter than honey?...”

As we can see, Samson gave the men 7 days to figure out his riddle and they came to him on the 7th day BEFORE sunrise and told him the riddle, which means that the 7th  already started on the evening of the 6th day which is technically the 7th day when a new day begins at sunset. The sun was not up yet as we see it says “BEFORE SUNRISE” which clearly shows us that a day cannot be morning to morning. This even matches the same sequence of the day we see in the Aramaic.

And we see that the morning (dawning) is THE DAYLIGHT PORTION of the 7th Day as the evening which is the START of the 7th day portion of the day had passed. When the sunset it would be the start of another day.

Joshua 6:15 (Aramaic Peshitta)

“And on the seventh day, they rose In the morning, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times; it was on that day only that they compassed the city seven times.”

So we see the Greek and Aramaic both agree that it was already the seventh day BEFORE morning time, which is clearly before sunrise. The word used for morning here is #H5927 “Alah” (aw-law) means  dawn, increase, light, begin and the blue letter bible renders Alah as “about the dawning”.

Dictionaries define dawning as the gradual beginning to become light, which tells us the sun is not even up yet which further confirms a day cannot be morning to morning. Even in the Greek #1306 diaugazo (dee-ow-gadzo describes the breaking of daylight upon the darkness of night and the oxford dictionary says dawn is the first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise.

 Now we will view the Aramaic and see what is revealed in the ancient language:

Ramsha in Syriac Aramaic script from Wikipedia, findwordsinfo, and many other sources say that “Ramsha” is Aramaic or East Syriac term for evening liturgy (public worship) being followed as a part of the liturgy of the hours in the Syriac churches. In the East Syriac tradition, a liturgical day BEGINS WITH RAMSHA (evening) AT 6:00 PM which draws direct reference from Genesis 1:5.”

Our ancestors clearly understood when a scriptural day begins and it is at evening and the Aramaic translations of the scriptures all agree.  

Mathew 28:1 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“Now in the CLOSING EVENING OF THE SHABBAT, as the first of the week was dawning, came Maryam of Magdala and the other Maryam that they might see the grave.”

Andrew Gabriel Roth writes: The Aramaic literally reads “b’RAMSHA din b’shabata” or in the evening of the Shabbat.”

We see the same word “ramsha” written in this scripture to confirm the Shabbat ended at evening. Let’s review two other translations to confirm this.

Mathew 28:1 (John Etheridge 1846, Aramaic New Testament)

“From the EVENING (END) OF THE SHABBAT, when the first day in the week was lightening…”

Mathew 28:1 (George Lamsa Aramaic New Testament)

“In the EVENING OF THE SHABBAT, when the first day of the week began to dawn…”

All three translations agree that the end of the Shabbat was at evening and that a new day had begun. Then we read that it was dawning towards the first day meaning that the 12 hours of the evening portion of the day were completed; now it was moving towards the 12 hour daylight portion of the day.

Erev in Otiot

Erev in Hebrew is spelled Ayin, resh, Beyt

Ayin is a picture of an eye which means to  watch, know, shade

Resh is a picture of a mans head which means first, top, beginning

Beyt is a picture of a tent which means family, house, In

Combining the three words together we get: The shade (darkness) was the first part of day in creation! Which matches:

Genesis 1:8

“And ELOHIM called the firmament sky. And there was EVENING and there was MORNING, the second day.”

The dual meanings of erev and ramsha

Erev #6153 represents the time of day IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING (Coming before) AND following the setting of the sun. So we see that erev is not exclusive to meaning sunset, but also includes the time before sunset like late afternoon or twilight/in between the evenings which is the period before sunset.

Erev is from the root word Alah (Aw-law) #6148 which means to braid, intermix, mingle which ties into erev as explained above is when the light begins to mix with the darkness in late afternoon or twilight. Examples of the dual meaning:

Joshua 10:26-27

“And after that Joshua slew them, and hanged them on five trees; and they remained hung on the tree until evening (erev). And at the time OF THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN (Bo ha’shemesh), Joshua commanded and they took them down from the trees, and cast them into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and laid large stones at the mouth of the cave, which remains to this very day.”

So here we see that Joshua had the kings hung at erev (evening) which here we clearly see is before the sunset because literally after that is ANOTHER word used to describe the going down of the sun (Bo ha’shamesh), if the words meant the same thing there would be no need to get the extra detail. So late afternoon when the light and darkness begin to mix is the intention here, then in the next verse Joshua commanded to have the bodies taken down BEFORE the sunset while the sun was going down, because YAHWEH says in the Torah to make sure that anyone hung on a tree is buried the same day, which proves that when the SUNSETS it is what the start of a new day; and Joshua did not violate the command and made sure they were taken down the same day before sundown.

Deuteronomy 21:22-23

“And if any man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is crucified on a tree, and thus put to death; his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall bury him THE SAME DAY (for he who shall revile ELOHIM shall be crucified), and you shall not defile your land, which YAHWEH your ELOHIM gives you for an inheritance.”

So the same concept with erev in Hebrew carries over into the Aramaic with the word ramsha, examples:

Mark 15:42 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“And when the AFTERNOON (ramsha) was setting on the annual Shabbat…”

The afternoon setting is a clear depiction of the day declining towards sunset, but not yet sunset.

Mark 15:42 (Aramaic English New Testament 3rd Edition)

“And when it became the evening (ramsha) which is before the annual Shabbat.”

Mark 15:42 (John Etheridge 1846 Aramaic New Testament)

“And when it was evening of the preparation which is BEFORE THE SHABBAT.”

Mark 15:42 (George Lamsa Aramaic New Testament)

“And when it was FRIDAY evening (ramsha), which is BEFORE THE SHABBAT.”

Roth notes: “Mark has an unusual term here, ramsha d’erubata where ramsha can mean “evening”, as it does in Mark 4:35 and 13:35, however, the other meaning, which is intended here, is suggested in Mark 1:32 which literally reads, “in the evening of the setting sun.” It is this latter reading that proves ramsha does not always mean “evening” as we think of the term. The DUAL meanings are carried over from Hebrew where “ereb” can be either late afternoon OR sunset. In this odd instance, ramsha d’erubata literally means “afternoon of setting”, meaning the night period was COMING ON BUT STILL BEFORE SUNSET.”

So erev in Hebrew and Ramsha in Aramaic have dual meanings which refers to evening or a reference to the late afternoon when the sun is on the decline or in the process of going down. So we can see the intention in the Aramaic is to show that it was the ramsha/evening meaning the late afternoon; otherwise, there is no need to add the extra phrase “BEFORE THE SHABBAT” in all of the scripture Aramaic translations of Mark 15:42, which again shows the dual meaning of the word ramsha and erev. This is the beauty and complexity of the Hebrew and Aramaic that won’t come through in the English. Without this understanding people will lean to their own understanding and come up with new doctrine.

 Luke 23:54 (George Lamsa Aramaic New Testament)

“This was a Friday, and the Shabbat was approaching.”

Luke 23:54 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“And the day was setting and the SHABBAT was approaching.”

The “setting” is another example of the Aramaic word ramsha meaning late afternoon the period before sunset, as we see the Shabbat was approaching at sunset. Lamsa’s rendering of this verse is plain for all to see that Friday is “Preparation Day” and when the sun sets it is the beginning of the Shabbat from Friday sunset to Saturday sunset.

More evidence

Deuteronomy 24:14-15

“You shall not cheat the wages of a hired laborer who is poor and needy, whether he is of your brethren or of the strangers who are in your cities; but you shall pay him his wages on the SAME DAY, neither shall the SUN GO DOWN UPON IT; for he is poor, and it is because of his wages that he places himself at your disposal; lest he cry against you to YAHWEH, and it be sin against you.”

Pay him his wages before the sun goes down because it will be the start of the next day.

Acts 4:3

“And they laid hands upon them and they watched over them TILL THE NEXT DAY, because EVENING IT WAS DRAWNING NEAR.”

Evening was approaching which means that current day was ending at sunset and they would proceed with their questioning of Peter the next day.

Exodus/Feast of Unleavened bread example

Let’s look at how a day is divided to further prove that evening is the start of the next day!

Leviticus 23:5-6

“On the FOURTEENTH DAY of the first month at evening (erev/twilight) is YAHWEH’s Passover.” And on the FIFTEENTH DAY of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened bread to YAHWEH; for seven days you must eat unleavened bread.”

So we see clearly that Passover is on the 14th at twilight before the sunsets, because once the sunsets it begins the start of the 15th day which is the Feast of Unleavened Bread, just as we see in Jubilees.

Jubilees 49:1 (Hebrew fragments found in Dead Sea Scrolls)

“Remember the command which YAHWEH commanded you concerning the Passover, that you should celebrate it at its appointed time, on the fourteenth day of the first month; that you should slaughter it BEFORE IT IS EVENING (Twilight/in between the evenings), so that they may eat it by NIGHT ON THE EVENING OF THE FIFTEENTH FROM THE TIME OF THE SETTING OF THE SUN.”

This is why YAHWEH says eat unleavened bread on the evening of the 14th while eating Passover because it is the start of the 15th day,  which is the beginning of the Feast of unleavened bread when we cannot eat any leaven. YAHWEH is very precise with His instructions.

Exodus 12:6 (Aramaic)

“And you shall keep it until the FOURTEENTH DAY of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Yisra’el shall kill it at sunset.”

Now we have to remember the Hebrew word erev can mean before sunset at twilight just as it is intended here.

Exodus 12:6 (Septuagint)

“And it shall be kept by you until the fourteenth of this month and all the multitude of the congregation of the children of Yisra’el shall kill it TOWARD EVENING.”

Toward evening carries the same meaning as we see in the Aramaic which is twilight/in between the evenings, which makes a clear distinction that once the sunsets is the start of a new day. Since a day is EVENING to EVENING, YAHWEH is making it clear to slaughter the lamb IN BETWEEN THE EVENINGS AT TWILIGHT while its still the 14th day of the month, because at sunset will be the 15th.

Exodus 12:18

“In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at EVENING you shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month at EVENING.”

The Feast of Unleavened bread BEGINS AT EVENING ON THE FIFTEENTH AND ENDS ON EVENING OF THE 21st Day. We see in next scripture from Leviticus shows that at evening is that start of the 15th as well.

Leviticus 23:6

“And on the FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE SAME MONTH is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to YAHWEH; for seven days you must eat unleavened bread.”

Exodus 12:17

“And you shall observe the feast of unleavened Bread; for ON THIS VERY DAY (15th) have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever.

Exodus 16:1

“And they journeyed from Elim, and the whole congregation of the children of Yisra’el came to the wilderness of Seen, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE SECOND MONTH AFTER THEIR DEPARTURE FROM THE LAND OF EGYPT.”

More proof to show they left Egypt on the 15th day of the 1st month at night which is unleavened bread and not the 14th day of Passover, because they ended up in the wilderness of Seen exactly ONE MONTH LATER on the 15th day of the 2nd month, which shows us the shifting of a day at sunset. Further proof that it would be impossible for YAHWEH to strike the first-born of Egypt on the 14th day, it had to be the 15th day as we will examine in the next section.

Night is included in the day

Exodus 12:51

“And it came to pass on that VERY DAY that YAHWEH brought the children of Yisra’el out of the land of Egypt with all their hosts.”

Deuteronomy 16:1

“Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to YAHWEH your ELOHIM; because in the month of Abib YAHWEH your ELOHIM brought you out of Egypt by NIGHT.”

Exodus 12:42

“It was a NIGHT to be observed to YAHWEH for bringing them out of the hand of Egypt; therefore, this very NIGHT is to observed to YAHWEH by all the children of Yisra’el throughout their generations.”

In Exodus YAHWEH says that He brought us out of Egypt that day and yet Deuteronomy says at night. In other words YAHWEH is referring to “night” the 12 hour dark portion of the day, and of course we have the 12 hour day light portion. Let’s go through the timeline to clear this up, we see YAHWEH struck down the firstborn of Egypt at midnight on the 15th day as we have established.

Exodus 12:29-31

“And it came to pass that at MIDNIGHT YAHWEH slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the first-born of the captive who was in the prison; and all the first-born of cattle. And Pharaoh rose up in the NIGHT, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians; and there was a great wailing in the land of Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. And Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron that NIGHT, and said to them, rise up and get out from among my people, both you and the children of Yisra’el; and go, serve YAHWEH, as you have said.”

Exodus 14:19-24

“And the Angel of YAHWEH, who went before the camp of Yisra’el, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud moved from before them and stood behind them: and it came between the army of the Egyptians and the camp of Yisra’el; and it was cloudy and DARK ALL THE NIGHT, but it gave light all the NIGHT to the children of Yisra’el, so that they could not draw near one to another all the NIGHT. And Moses lifted up his hand over the sea; and YAHWEH caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the NIGHT and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Yisra’el went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground; and the water were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. And the Egyptians pursued and went into the sea after them, all of Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. And it came to pass that IN THE MORNING WATCH (3am-6am) YAHWEH appeared to the Egyptian army in a pillar of fire and of cloud, and threw the Egyptian army into confusion…”

This is how YAHWEH can say He brought us out that DAY although it occurred at night (because a day to YAHWEH includes the night portion as well) and because we see the complete exodus occurring from the EVENING of the 15th  the start of the  Feast of Unleavened Bread AND went into the MORNING portion of the 15th when Pharaoh and the army were drowned. So we see evening and morning at work here just like the creation account:

Genesis 1:8

“And ELOHIM called the firmament sky. And there was EVENING and there was MORNING, the second day.”

YESHUA says there is only 12 hours in a day

John 11:9-11

“YESHUA said to them, “Are there not twelve hours in the day, and if a man walks during the daylight, he will not stumble because he see the light of this world. But if a man should walk during the night, he will stumble because there is NO FLAME IN HIM.”

So most read this scripture and believe that there are literally on 12 hours in a day when that is not the case at all.

Peshat means the literal meaning of scripture

Remez is a hint to a deeper spiritual meaning

So in the “peshat” sense of the scripture, the literal meaning of what YESHUA is saying is that there is 12 hours of “daylight” and he has the “light of this world” which is the sun to shine light for him. And we have already seen that there are 12 hours of “darkness” the evening time from the Exodus out of Egypt.

The “remez” the hint to a deeper spiritual meaning reveals a major truth. YESHUA says if a man walks during the daylight, he will not stumble because he sees the LIGHT OF THIS WORLD. Who is the Light of the world? YESHUA says in

John 8:1

“Now YESHUA spoke with them again and said, “I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. Whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness but he will find the light of life for himself.”

So the shift is from a literal sun shining light to the spiritual sense of YESHUA shining the light through the truth of Torah. Then YESHUA says in verse 10 “But if a man should walk during the night, he will stumble because there is no flame (light) in him.” Notice how YESHUA says there is no light in the man?

So what is the Light?

Proverbs 6:23

“The command is a lamp, and the Torah a LIGHT.”

So the Light represents YESHUA (The Light of the World) who is the Living Torah, so when you are walking in the truth of the Torah you will not stumble.

Psalms 119:105

“Your word is a LAMP to my feet and a LIGHT to my path.”

As we see here the Torah is a light for our feet and with that light we not stumble on the path nor will we walk in darkness as YESHUA said in John 8:1.

But if you do not walk in the Torah, but choose to walk in the traditions of men like the Pharisees did then there is no light (Torah) in them, which matches:

Isaiah 8:20

“To the Torah and to the witness! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they no LIGHT.”

If you do not walk in Torah there is not light in you and that person will stumble and fall in the darkness of their lawlessness. And Roth notes “this Nahira (Flame) is used here as an idiomatic expression to mean ‘He is not ENLIGHTENED”. Maran YESHUA uses this term in a wordplay with Nhura (Light verse 9).”

So as we see YESHUA was maker a deeper point than what is on the surface and even with that said, the literal daylight is nothing more than the 12 hour daytime period we have discussed throughout this message. I pray that this message has given more clarity to this topic, and as always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

There is no SAVIOR besides Me: Response!

This is another important message for those who have and continually reject YESHUA as The Son of YAHWEH and our Savior. Savior in Hebrew is “Yasha” which means save, savior, deliver, help, and salvation and this message will prove that is what YESHUA came to do. We will discuss the Aramaic and compare to the Masoretic text and even look at the Otiot the ancient Hebrew Pictograph language to tell us the truth about YAHWEH and His Son and Savior YESHUA that He sent to earth!

I have done many messages defending the truth about YESHUA coming to earth to die for our sins. YAHWEH sent YESHUA because He loves us and does not want us to perish; however the world has to accept His blood atonement on the execution stake for the forgiveness of sins and acknowledge that He rose on the third day. The main scripture that I see being used to support that YESHUA is not our Savior is found in Isaiah 43:11, which says

Isaiah 43:11

“I, I am YAHWEH, and besides Me there is no Savior.”

 I have been saying for a while that we have to get back to the ancient text of scripture to see the original meaning that our Father YAHWEH was conveying to His people. This same verse in the Aramaic Peshitta reads differently than the Masoretic text written by the Pharisees who tried to hide the prophecies of YESHUA because they did not believe in Him. We all know that the Pharisees rejected YESHUA when He walked the earth and by their efforts they are getting many to follow in their footsteps that will not bode well for many if they do not repent and accept the truth!

Isaiah 43:11 (Aramaic Peshitta)

“I, EVEN I, am YAHWEH; and besides Me, there is no savior.”

Notice how the “Even I” is missing from the Masoretic text but included in the Aramaic Peshitta and even the KJV? That is because this is YAHWEH and YESHUA speaking together as ONE (ECHAD), I will present other scriptures to support this.

Isaiah 35:4 (Masoretic)

“Say to those with anxious heart, be strong, do not fear! See, your ELOHIM comes with vengeance, with the recompense of ELOHIM. He is coming to save you.”

Isaiah 35:4 (Aramaic Peshitta)

“Say to those who are of a fearful heart, be strong, fear not; behold, your ELOHIM the avenger is coming, EVEN ELOHIM THE SAVIOR is coming to save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.”

Notice how the Masoretic text OMITS the part that says “Even ELOHIM the Savior?”. So here we see that YAHWEH calls YESHUA “ELOHIM”AND SAVIOR because He has the same divine nature as His Father, and verse 5 tells us that this ELOHIM AND SAVIOR will open the eyes of the blind and the deaf shall hear and where do we see this written concerning the Savior?

Mathew 11:4-5 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“YESHUA answered and said to them, “Go relate to John that you have heard and have seen. The BLIND ARE SEEING, AND THE LAME ARE WALKING, AND THE LEPERS ARE CLEANSED, AND THE DEAF ARE HEARING…”

What a beautiful fulfillment of prophecy and YAHWEH does not lie!

Isaiah 48:16

“Come near Me, listen to this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from THE CREATION, THERE AM I; and now YAHWEH ELOHIM, AND HIS SPIRIT, has sent Me.”

As we see from this scripture YESHUA is speaking and He says that He was here from the very beginning just as John 1 says “In the beginning was THE WORD, which is YESHUA”. YESHUA then goes on to say that YAHWEH and THE SPIRIT has sent Him, so this scripture puts to rest the doubts about the divinity of YESHUA, His origin, or Him not being Savior for us sent by YAHWEH the Father. I see complete UNITY and ONENESS of 3 operating as ONE COMPLEX AND UNIQUE ELOHIM, HalleluYAH!

Another example of the unique, complex nature of the Father and Son’s ONENESS:

Zechariah 12:10

“And I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of favor and of mercies; and they shall look upon Me (YAHWEH) whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him (YESHUA) as they mourn for any only son, and shall grieve for Him as they grieve over the first-born.”

The beautiful ONENESS OF ELOHIM: YAHWEH says that He is pierced, yet He doesn’t die because He is spirit, but His Son YESHUA who is a part of YAHWEH dies! I cannot express with words how beautiful this is and how awesome He works. How can anyone have the Father without the Son as John mentions? How can anyone deny YESHUA when He is in the Father? And the Father in Him?

John 14:9-12

“YESHUA said to him, I am with you all this time and you do not know Me, Phillip? Whoever sees Me sees the Father, and how do you say, “Show us the Father? Don’t you believe that I am in My Father and My Father is in Me? These words that I speak, I do not speak of Myself but He who dwells in Me, My Father does these works. Believe that I am in My Father and My Father is in Me, otherwise believe even because of the works.”

The best way I can explain our awesome ELOHIM’s unique complex nature, is we as humans are made up of three components soul, spirit, and body:

1 Thessalonians 5:23

“And may the ELOHIM of peace sanctify you all, perfectly, and keep blameless your whole SPIRIT AND YOUR SOUL AND YOUR BODY till the comings of our Master YESHUA the Messiah.”

So the soul and spirit are both invisible, but the body is visible. The same with our ELOHIM, YAHWEH and The RUACH HA’KODESH (Holy Spirit) are invisible, but YESHUA is Visible. An example of the “oneness” I’m conveying is even in the Dead Sea Scrolls

Genesis Apocryphon Column 20:8

“When the king heard the words of Hirqanos and the words of his two companions—for the THREE OF THEM SPOKE AS ONE MAN…”

Even the enemy who always trying to duplicate what YAHWEH does even has the dragon, beast, and false prophet, I wonder where he got this concept from?

Otiot ancient language proof of YESHUA as Savior

 The very first word of the scriptures “Bereshyt” means “in the beginning” shows our Father YAHWEH declared the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:10). Using the Otiot the ancient pictograph Hebrew language tells us the truth about YESHUA and what He came to do as sent by His Father YAHWEH:

Bereshyt is spelled (Beyt, Resh, Aleph, Sheen, Yad, Taw)

Beyt is a picture of a tent which means a house, family, Son

Resh is a picture of a man’s head which means highest, chief, first, top, beginning

Aleph is a picture of an ox head which represents YAHWEH, strength, power, leader, Father, Headship

Shin is a picture of two front teeth which means to destroy, devour, sharp, press, eat

Yad is a picture of an arm and hand which means hand, work, throw, actions, deeds

Taw is a picture of stick crossed sticks, what many call a cross which means mark, sign, signal, monument, covenant

So combining these words for Bereshyt from the first word in is scripture gives us this beautiful message: The Son’s House, of the Most High YAHWEH, shall be destroyed by His own hand on a stake/cross.

So, the OTIOT matches perfectly with Isaiah 53:10, and we know all of Isaiah 53 is a prophecy of YESHUA dying for the sins of the world though there was no sin in Him.

Isaiah 53:10 (Aramaic Peshitta)

“Yet it pleased YAHWEH to afflict/crush Him; He has put Him to grief; He laid down His life as an OFFERING FOR SIN, that posterity may see, and His days shall be prolonged, and that pleasure of YAHWEH shall prosper in His hand.”

The Otiot also tells about the prophecy of YESHUA dying in YAHWEH’s own Name as well:

YAHWEH’s Name is spelled Yad, Hey, Waw, Hey

Yad is a picture of an arm and hand which means hand, work, action

Hey is a picture of a spiritual man which means behold, look, reveal

Waw is a picture of a tent peg means hook, nail, secure, tent peg

Hey is a picture of a spiritual man which means behold, look, reveal

When we combine the words together we get “Hand behold nail behold.” The truth is right in our faces when we look at the ancient language, which is again pointing to YESHUA as Savior and we see this prophecy fulfilled:

John 20:24-28

“Now Thomas, one of the twelve, he was called the Twin, was not there with them when YESHUA came and the disciples said to him, “We have seen our Master! But he said to them, “Unless I see the places of THE NAILS IN HIS HANDS and place my fingers in them, and I stretch forth my hand in His side, I will not believe. And after eight days the disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them and YESHUA came while the doors were locked and stood in the midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” And He said to Thomas, “Place your fingers here and SEE MY HANDS and place your hand and stretch it in my side and do not be an unbeliever, but a believer.” And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My MASTER AND MY ELOHIM!”

More Savior proof from Aramaic

Isaiah 44:6 (Aramaic Peshitta)

“Thus says YAHWEH the King of Yisra’el, and HIS SAVIOR, YAHWEH of Hosts: I am the first and I am the last; and besides Me there is no ELOHIM.”

This is a powerful and clear passage which shows YAHWEH speaking and referring to ANOTHER THAT IS SAVIOR, yet they are both ONE ELOHIM as He says, “besides Me there is no ELOHIM”, which includes His Son. YESHUA literally means “YAHWEH is Salvation” because YAHWEH sent His Son YESHUA to die for us as our Savior. We cannot read Isaiah 43:11 and stop there, even though as I’ve shown the Aramaic includes “I, even I” proving YESHUA was with the Father, but going to the next chapter in Aramaic shows you that YAHWEH is pointing to a Savior by saying “His Savior” Whom is YESHUA the one that many are rejecting.

So, knowing the truth the Pharisees wanted to hide this truth because they rejected YESHUA when He walked the earth. Let’s view a passage from the Masoretic text of the Pharisees and compare it with the Aramaic and be amazed.

Isaiah 49:7 (Masoretic)

“Thus said YAHWEH, the Redeemer of Yisra’el, their Holy One, to the despised, to the loathed One of the nation, to the Servant of rulers, “Sovereigns shall see and arise, rulers also shall bow themselves, because of YAHWEH who is steadfast, the Holy One of Yisra’el. And He has chosen You!”

This scripture is confusing the way that it was written to hide the truth of what the text really says.

Isaiah 49:7 (Aramaic Peshitta)

“Thus says YAHWEH, the Holy One of Yisra’el AND HIS SAVIOR, to Him whose soul is despised, to Him who is abhorred by the people…

John 15:18 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“And if the world hates you, know that it hated Me before you.”

Isaiah 49:7 continued “And by the servants of the rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall WORSHIP Him…

Enoch 48:2-5

“And at that hour the Son of Man (YESHUA) was named in the presence of the Master Spirits, and His Name before the Head of Days. Yes, before the sun and the signs were created, before the stars of the heaven were made, His Name was named before the Master of Spirits He will be a staff to the righteous on which to steady themselves and not fall, and He will be a light to the Nations, and the hope of those who are troubled of heart. All who dwell on earth shall fall down and WORSHIP BEFORE HIM, and will praise and bless and celebrate the Master of Spirits (YAHWEH) with song.”

Philippians 2:8-11 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“And He humbled Himself and became obedient to death, even the death of the stake. Wherefore, also, ELOHIM has highly exalted Him and given Him a Name which is more excellent than all Names; that at the Name of YESHUA every knee should bow, of beings in the heavens and on earth and under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Master YAHWEH is YESHUA HA’MASHIACH to the esteem of ELOHIM His Father (YAHWEH AND YESHUA ARE ONE).”

Isaiah 49:7 continued “Because YAHWEH who is faithful, and the Holy One of Yisra’el who has chosen YOU.”

YAHWEH is faithful to deliver on His promises to send a Savior for His people Yisra’el and He did so by choosing His Son YESHUA! Isaiah 49:7 in the Aramaic reads completely different than the Masoretic version and I wonder why? This evidence is clear cut and I pray that many repent and accept YESHUA as Savior who died for their sins and realize that YAHWEH the Father and YESHUA His Son are ONE ELOHIM!

New Testament

YAHWEH mentioned several times in Isaiah about He and His Savior which is YESHUA, and we see the fulfillment of this in the New Testament or better the New Covenant.

Luke 1:31-33 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“For behold you will receive conception and bear a son and you will call His Name YESHUA. This One will be great and will be called the Son of the Highest, and Master YAHWEH your ELOHIM will give to Him the throne of David his father. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever and there will not be an end to His Kingdom forever.”

Isaiah 9:6-7 (Aramaic Peshitta)

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder: and His Name is called Wonderful Counsellor, The Mighty One, the EVERLASTING EL (God), the Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and of His peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and upon His kingdom, to establish it and to sustain it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The zeal of YAHWEH of Hosts will perform this.”

YAHWEH said He would do it and His word does not return to Him void and we also see that the Son is also called ELOHIM from the Isaiah 9 prophecy.

Luke 2:11 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“For born to you all today is the SAVIOR that is Master YAHWEH the Messiah (YAHWEH AND YESHUA ARE ONE) in the city of David.”

Here in the New Testament, we see the divinity of YESHUA should no longer be questioned as YAHWEH and YESHUA are One; and is the Savior being mentioned as we read in Isaiah 44:6 and 49:7

Isaiah 49:7 (Aramaic Peshitta)

“Thus says YAHWEH, the Holy One of Yisra’el AND HIS SAVIOR, to Him whose soul is despised, to Him who is abhorred by the people…

Isaiah 44:6 (Aramaic Peshitta)

“Thus says YAHWEH the King of Yisra’el, and HIS SAVIOR, YAHWEH of Hosts: I am the first and I am the last; and besides Me there is no ELOHIM.”

John 3:16-18 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“Thus, for ELOHIM loved the world so as He would give His ONLY-BEGOTTEN SON, that whoever would believe in Him would not perish, but would have life that is eternal. For ELOHIM did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to give life to the world through Him. He that believes in Him is not condemned; but he that does not believe, is already condemned; because he has not believed in the Name of the only begotten Son of ELOHIM”

1 John 4:14-15

“And we have seen and do testify that the Father has sent His Son, a Redeemer for the world. Whoever confesses YESHUA to be the Son of ELOHIM, ELOHIM abides in him and he abides to ELOHIIM.”

1 John 2:21-25 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“I have not written to you because you don’t know the truth, but because you know it and because no falsehood is of the truth. Who is false but he that denies THAT YESHUA IS MESSIAH? And that person is a false messiah. He that denies the Father denies also the Son. And he that denies the Son also does not believe the Father. He that confesses the Son confesses also the Father. And what you heard from the first, let that remain with you. For that which you heard from the first remains with you, you also will remain in the Father and in the Son. And this is the promise which He has promised us: even life eternal.”

John 17:3 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“Now this is life that is eternal, that they might know You, that You are the ELOHIM of Truth, and He alone whom You have sent, the Messiah YESHUA.”

In order to obtain eternal life, you must believe in the Father and the Son; and that YAHWEH sent His Son YESHUA to die for us all, He is our Savior and that the Father and the Son are ONE ELOHIM!

YESHUA is the BREAD OF LIFE born in Bethlehem which means “The House of BREAD”. Eat this spiritual bread and live forever, or eat the physical bread and eventually die, the choice is yours.

John 6:27-51 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“Do not labor for food that perishes, rather for food that endures to life that is everlasting, that which the Son of Man will give to you, for this man ELOHIM The Father has sealed.” They said to Him, “What should we do to work the deeds of ELOHIM? YESHUA answered and said to them, “This is the work of ELOHIM that you should believe in Him whom He sent.” They said to Him, “What miracle do you perform that we may see and believe in You? What have you shown? Our ancestors ate manna in the wilderness as it is written that He gave them bread from heaven to eat.” YESHUA said to them, “Ahmein, Ahmein I say to you that it was not Moses that gave bread to you from heaven, but My Father gives true bread to you from heaven. For His bread is that of ELOHIM, He who has come has come down from heaven and gives life to the world.” They said to Him, “Our Master give this bread to us at all times!” YESHUA said to them, “I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE, Whoever comes to Me will not hunger and whoever believes in Me will not ever thirst. But I have said to you that you have seen Me, and you do not believe. All who My Father has given to Me will come, and whoever comes not to Me I will cast outside! For I came down from heaven, not to do My will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me. And this is His will ,that of Him who sent Me, that all that He has given to Me I do not lose even one. For this is the will of My Father, that all who see the Son and believe in Him, will have life that is eternal. And I will raise him up on the last day.” Verse 44-51 “Ahmein, Ahmein I say to you that whoever believes in Me has life that is eternal. I am the Bread of Life. Your forefathers ate manna in the wilderness and they died. But this is the Bread that has descended from Heaven that a man may eat from it and He will not die! I am the Living Bread, Who has descended from Heaven. And if a man should eat from this Bread, He will live forever. And the Bread that I give is My body which I give for the sake of the life of the WORLD.”

Eating earthly bread which is physical food is not going to give you eternal life, but partaking in the Bread of Life which is YESHUA The Living Torah Who YAHWEH sent for our sins will give you life eternal, HalleluYAH!

As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

Selfless acts of LOVE!

Before getting into examples from scripture of what selfless love looks like and how we are to walk in it, I would like to say that all throughout the scriptures we are commanded to love our neighbor as ourselves and be selfless and not to hate, so we will start with that reminder.

Philippians 2:3 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“And do nothing in strife or in vain esteem; but, with humbleness of mind, let each regard his neighbor as better than himself.”

Mathew 22:37-39 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“And YESHUA said to him, that you “You should love Master YAHWEH your ELOHIM with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might and with all your mind.” This is the first and the greatest Commandment. And the second is like it. That ‘you should love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang Torah and prophets.”

Leviticus 19:18 (Aramaic Peshitta)

“You shall not bear any enmity against the children of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am YAHWEH.”

Testament of Benjamin 3:3-5 (12 Patriarchs)

“Fear YAHWEH, and love your neighbor; and even though the spirits of Beliyya’al (sons of worthlessness) claim to afflict you with every evil, they will not have dominion over you, even as they did not have it over Joseph my brother. How many men desired to kill him, and ELOHIM shielded him! For he that fears ELOHIM and loves his neighbor cannot be struck by the spirit of Beliyya’al, being shielded by the fear of ELOHIM. Nor can he be ruled over by the device of men or beasts, for he is helped by YAHWEH through the love which he has towards his neighbor.”

Testament of Rueben 6:9

“I call to witness the ELOHIM of the heavens, that you do truth, each one, to his neighbor; and to entertain love, each for his brother.”

So, we are commanded to love and not to hate and we know YESHUA said to bless those who curse you and pray for those who persecute you and to love your enemies, so the point is to love and love some more. There are warnings for those who hate their brothers.

Testament of Benjamin 7:3-5 (12 Patriarchs)

“Therefore Cain was also delivered over to seven vengeances by ELOHIM, for in every hundred years YAHWEH brought one plague upon him. And when he was two hundred years old he began to suffer, and in the nine-hundredth year he was destroyed. For on account of Abel his brother, he was judged with all the evils; but Lamech with seventy times seven. Because those who are like Cain, who are envious and hate their brother forever, they will be punished with the same judgement.”

1 John 3:13-15 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“Not like Cain who was of the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he slay him, but because his own works were evil and those of his brother righteous? Verse 15 “For everyone that hates his brother is a man-slayer; and you know that no man-slayer can have eternal life abiding in him.”

Testament of Gad 4:1-7

“Therefore my children, beware of hatred; for it works lawlessness even against YAHWEH Himself. For it will not hear the words of His commands concerning the loving of one’s neighbor, and it sins against ELOHIM.” Verse 7 “For the spirit of hatred works together with Satan, through hastiness, in all things to men’s death…”

Testament of Gad 5:1-3

“Therefore, hatred is evil, for it constantly mates with lying, speaking against the truth; and it makes small things to be great, and causes the light to be darkness, and calls the sweet bitter, and teaches slander, and kindles wrath, and stirs up war, and violence and all covetousness; it fills the heart with evils and devilish poison. Therefore, I say these things to you from experience, my children, that you may drive hatred away, which is of the devil, and cling to the love of ELOHIM.”

The perfect example of selfless love is YESHUA

Mathew 20:27-28

“And he who among you desires to be first, let him be a servant to you. Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give Himself as a ransom for the sake of many.”

YESHUA came to serve and not be served, and a servant is not greater than His Master, so He gave us the blueprint. We are to consider others better than ourselves, just as Paul quoted in Philippians 2:3.

The greatest selfless act of love is found in YESHUA the Son of YAHWEH, Who gave His life for all of us and was without sin. Dying when you committed no wrong simply because you love the world is unfathomable love, yet an example left for us to learn from. It’s amazing life to know that our King died for us!

1 Peter 2:21-23

“For to this were you called; because the Messiah also died for us and left us this pattern that you should walk in His steps. He did no sin; neither was any deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile, and He suffered but didn’t threaten, but committed His cause to the Righteous Judge.”

YESHUA was innocent and sinless, yet He loved despite what others did to Him and He suffered greatly for the world. We are called to walk in love just like Him and to have a selfless attitude towards others.

Luke 23:34 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“And YESHUA was saying, “Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.”

John 15:12-13 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“This is My Commandment, that you love one another just as I have loved you. There is no love that is greater than this that a many lay down his life for the sake of his friends.”

Isaiah 53:1-12 (Aramaic Peshitta)

“Who has believed our report? And to whom is the arm of YAHWEH revealed? For He grew up before him like an infant and like a root out of the dry ground; He had no form nor comeliness; and when we saw that He had no beauty, we denied Him. He is despised. He is despised and humbled of men; a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and we turned our faces away from Him; we despised Him and we esteemed Him not. Surely He has borne our sorrows and carried our griefs; but we considered Him stricken, smitten of ELOHIM, and afflicted. But He was slain for our sins, He was afflicted for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His wounds we are healed. All we like sheep have strayed; we have turned everyone to his own way; and YAHWEH has laid on Him the sins of us all. He drew near and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter; and as an ewe before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who can describe His anguish? For He was cut off out of the land of the living; and some of the evil men of my people struck him. He made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death, although He had DONE NO INIQUITY, NEITHER WAS THERE ANY DECEIT IN HIS MOUTH. Yet it pleased YAHWEH to afflict Him; He has put Him to grief; He LAID DOWN HIS LIFE AS AN OFFERING FOR SIN, that posterity may see, and His days prolonged, and the pleasure of YAHWEH shall prosper in His hand. He shall see the reward of the travail of His soul, and be satisfied with the knowledge; HE SHALL JUSTIFY THE RIGHTEOUS; FOR HE IS A SERVANT OF MANY, AND HE SHALL BEAR THEIR SINS. Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong, because He has poured out His life to death; and He was numbered with the transgressors; and He bore the sins of many, and died the death of transgressors.”

2 Corinthians 5:15 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“And He died for all, that they who live should not live to themselves but to Him who dies for them and rose again.”

Romans 5:6-12 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“And if at this time, on account of our weakness, Messiah died for the sinners: For almost NEVER WOULD SOMEONE DIE FOR A WICKED MAN, BUT FOR AN UPRIGHT MAN SOME MIGHT DIE. ELOHIM has here manifested His love towards us. Because, if when we were sinners, Messiah died for us, how much more will we know be made righteous by His blood and be rescued from wrath by Him? For if, when we were enemies, ELOHIM was reconciled with us by the death of His Son, how much more will we, in His reconciliation, live by His life? And not only so, but we also rejoice in ELOHIM by means of our Master YESHUA the Messiah through whom we have now received the reconciliation. As by means of one man, sin entered into the world; and, by means of sin, death; and so death passed up all sons of men inasmuch as they have all sinned.”

Test of Benjamin 3:8 (Benjamin recounting Jacob speaking to Joseph)

“In you the prophecy of heaven will be fulfilled, that a blameless one will be delivered up for lawless men, and a sinless one will die for unrighteous men.”

Examples of selflessness and love

Ezra

We see an example of how Ezra hated no one, but rather was always crying out for mercy on behalf on his people to YAHWEH, because Ezra was selfless and cared about them. Let’s examine a part in 2 Esdras how he asks if those who were righteous would pray and intercede for others on the day of judgement after YAHWEH explained to Ezra what would happen to the souls of men after they died.

2 Esdras 7:102-111

“I answered and said, “If I have found favor in Your sight, show further to me, Your servant, whether on the day of judgment the righteous will be able to intercede for the unrighteous or to entreat the Most High for them, fathers for sons or sons for fathers, brothers for brothers, relatives for their kinsmen, or friends for friends.” He answered me and said, “Since you have found favor in my sight, I will show you this also. The day of judgment is decisive and displays to all the seal of truth. Just as now a father does not send his son, or a son his father, or a master his servant, or a friend his dearest friend, not to be ill or sleep or eat or be healed in his stead, so no one shall ever pray for another then, neither shall anyone lay a burden on another; for then everyone shall bear his own righteousness and unrighteousness.” I answered and said, “how then do we find that first Abraham prayed for the people of Sodom, and Moses for our ancestors who sinned in the desert, and Joshua after him for Yisra’el in the days of Achan, and Samuel in the days of Saul, and David for the plague of the people, and Solomon for those in the sanctuary, and Elijah for those who received the rain, and  for the one who was dead, that he might live, and Hezekiah for the people in the days of Sennacherib, and many others prayed for many? If therefore the righteous have prayed for the unrighteous now, when corruption has increased and unrighteousness has multiplied, why will it not be so then as well?”

2 Baruch 85:1-2

“Furthermore, know, then, that in former times and to generations of old our ancestors had righteous helpers and prophets and holy men. But we were in our land, and they helped us when we sinned, and they interceded on our behalf with Him who made us, because they trusted in their works. And the Mighty One heard them and forgave us.”

Ezra mentioned many of our ancestors who interceded for others in his prayer, mainly the righteous for the unrighteous or their selfless acts regarding others and I will cover some of those examples in another section. But as for Ezra’s prayer, YAHWEH then goes on to explain to Ezra how the judgement will be perfect and how the strong prayed for the weak, however the context is that we can see Ezra’s heart for the people even those who have sinned. Also, before Ezra was told that he would be taken up, he was concerned about those who were left behind that they would not have the Torah to follow and would therefore be lost.

2 Esdras 14:13-22

“Now, therefore, set your house in order, and reprove your people; comfort the lowly among them, and instruct those that are wise. And now renounce the life that is corruptible, and put away from you mortal thoughts; cast away from you the burdens of man, and divest yourself now of your weak nature, and lay to one side the thoughts that are most grievous to you, and hasten to escape from these times. For evils worse than those which you have now seen happen shall be done hereafter. For the weaker the world becomes through old age, the more shall evils be multiplied among its inhabitants. For truth shall go farther away, and falsehood shall come near. For the eagle which you saw in the vision is already hastening.” Then I answered and said, “Let me speak in Your presence, YAHWEH. For behold, I will go, as You have commanded me, and I will reprove the people who are now living; but who will warn those who will be born hereafter? For the world lies in darkness (breaking Torah), and its inhabitants are without light (Proverbs 6:23 “The command is a lamp and the Torah a light”). For Your Torah has been burned, and so no one knows the things which have been done or will be done by You. If, then, I have found favor before You, send the Holy Spirit into me, and I will write everything that has happened in the world from the beginning, the things which were written in Your Torah, that men may be able to find the path, and that those who wish to live in the last days may live.”

How many people would be concerned about those who are left behind if they were told that they were righteous enough to be taken without dying? Most of us would be too excited to leave this earth and leave the burdens of this world, but Ezra was concerned about the world that they knew the truth of the Torah, this is a selfless act of love.

Abraham

Genesis 13:8-10 (After the shepherds of Abraham and Lot argued)

“And Abram said to Lot, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds; for we are brethren. Behold the whole land is before you choose the left hand, then I will choose the right hand; or if you depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the land of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before YAHWEH destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of ELOHIM like the land of Egypt at the entrance of Zoan. Then Lot chose for himself all the land of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east; thus they separated one brother from the other.”

Even though YAHWEH made His promises to Abraham, Abraham was still selfless to let Lot choose the best of the land to dwell in because he did not want to cause strife between brothers, it was a selfless act of love.

Genesis 18:20-33

“And YAHWEH said, because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has come before me and their sins are very grievous, I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to their cry which has come before me; and if not, I will know. So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before YAHWEH. And Abraham drew near and said, wilt You in Your anger destroy the righteous with the sinners? Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You in Your anger destroy it, and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are in it? Far be it from Thee to do such a thing as this, to slay the innocent with the guilty, far be it from Thee, O You Judge of the whole earth! Such a judgment should never be carried out. And YAHWEH said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole country for their sake. And Abraham answered and said, Behold, I have ventured to speak before YAHWEH, and yet I am but dust and ashes; suppose there shall lack five of the fifty righteous; will You destroy the whole city for the lack of the five men? And He said, If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it. And Abraham spoke to him and said, suppose there shall be forty found there? And He said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty. Then Abraham said, oh let not YAHWEH be displeased and I will speak: Suppose there shall thirty be found there? And He said, I will not destroy it, if I find thirty there. And he said, Behold, I have ventured to speak before YAHWEH; suppose there shall be twenty found there? And He said, I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty. And he said, oh, let not YAHWEH be displeased, and I will speak only once more; suppose ten shall be found there? And He said, I will not destroy it for the sake of ten. And YAHWEH went His way when He had finished communing with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.”

Abraham again shows compassion and love towards Lot because he was dwelling in Sodom after separating from Abraham; and he even petitions to YAHWEH to not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah if there were 10 righteous in the land.

Moses

Exodus 32:7-14, 30-35 Aramaic Peshitta (When the children of Yisra’el began to worship the golden calf)

“And YAHWEH said to Moses, go down, get away from here; for your people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have turned aside quickly from the way which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshipped it and have sacrificed to it, and said, this is your elohim, O Yisra’el, who has brought you out of the land of Egypt. And YAHWEH said to Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold it is a stiff-necked people; now therefore let Me alone, that My wrath may be kindled against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation. But Moses prayed before YAHWEH his ELOHIM and said, not so, O YAHWEH, let not Your wrath kindle against Your people whom You has brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand. Why should the Egyptians say, it was for their injury He did bring them out to slay them in the mountains and to consume them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth? Rest from Your fierce anger and be reconciled concerning the evil deed of Your people. Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Yisra’el, Your servants, to whom You did swear by Your own self and didst say to them, I will multiply your descendants as the stars in the heaven, and all the land that I have spoken of I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever. And YAHWEH was reconciled concerning the evil which He had purposed to do to His people.” Verse 30-35 “And it came to pass on the next day, Moses said to the people, you have sinned this great sin; and now I will go up to YAHWEH; perhaps He may forgive your transgressions. So Moses returned to YAHWEH and said, I beseech You, O YAHWEH ELOHIM, truly this people have sinned a great sin and have made for themselves elohim of gold. But now, if You wilt, forgive their sins; and if not, blot me, I pray You, out of Your book which You hast written. And YAHWEH said to Moses, whosoever has sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My book. Therefore now go, lead the people to the place where I tell you; behold, my angel shall go before you; nevertheless in the day when I punish I will visit their sins upon them. And YAHWEH smote the people because they worshipped the calf which Aaron made.”

Moses not only prayed for YAHWEH not to destroy the Yisra’elites but also put his own salvation on the line by saying for YAHWEH to blot him out of the book of life for their sake. This is sacrificial, selfless act of love for the sake of others because YAHWEH said He would make Moses into a great nation, but Moses cared about YAHWEH’s Name and seeing His plan for Yisra’el be accomplished.

David

1 Chronicles 21:7-17 (After David conducted the census)

“And YAHWEH was displeased with this thing, because David had numbered Yisra’el. And David said to YAHWEH, I have sinned greatly in that I have done this thing; but now, take away the iniquity of Your servant; for I have done very foolishly. And David arose early in the morning, and the word of YAHWEH came to Gad, the prophet, saying, thus says YAHWEH: I offer you three disasters; choose one of them, that I may do it to you. So Gad the prophet came to David and said to him, thus says YAHWEH: choose for yourself. Either three years of famine in the land or three months to be defeated before your enemies while they shall pursue you and rule over you or three days the sword of YAHWEH in Yisra’el. Now therefore advise what answer you will give to Him who sent me to you. And David said to Gad, I am in a great distress; let ME BE DELIVERED INTO THE HANDS OF YAHWEH; for his mercies are very great; but let me not be delivered into the hand of men. So YAHWEH sent pestilence upon Yisra’el; and there fell of Yisra’el seventy thousand men. And YAHWEH sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; and as he was destroying it, YAHWEH saw and considered it and averted the disaster, and said to the angel that destroyed, you have destroyed a great many, stay now your hand. And the angel of YAHWEH stood by the threshing floor of Aran the Jebusite. And David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of YAHWEH standing between heaven and earth, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Yisra’el, who were with him clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. And David said to YAHWEH, is it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? Even I it is who have sinned, and the folly which I have committed is great; but as for these INNOCENT SHEEP, what have they done? Let Your hand, O YAHWEH my ELOHIM, be AGAINST ME, and against my father’s house; but the plague cease from the people.”

David asked that the plague be turned against him because it was he that ordered the census and petitioned to spare the innocent sheep. David could have set back and breathed a sigh of relief and said “at least the plague did not fall upon me” however, he was willing to take the punishment and not his brothers, which is another example of an selfless act of love.

Joseph

Genesis 45:4-5

“And Joseph said to his brothers, come near to me; and they came near. And he said to them, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold to the Egyptians. Now do not be grieved, nor displeased with yourselves, that you sold me here; for it was to provide for you that ELOHIM sent me before you.”

Testament of Benjamin 3:6

“For Joseph also begged our dad that he would pray for his brothers, that YAHWEH would not impute sin to them, for whatever evil they had done to him.”

Testament of Simeon 4:4-6

“Now Joseph was a good man, and had the Spirit of ELOHIM within him; being compassionate and pitiful, he bore no malice against me; but loved me even as the rest of his brothers. Beware, therefore, my children, of all jealousy and envy, and walk in singleness of being and with good heart, keeping in mind Joseph your father’s brother, that ELOHIM may give you also favor and esteem, and blessing upon your heads, even as you saw in Joseph’s case. All his days he did not despise us concerning this thing, but loved us as his OWN BEING, and esteemed us beyond his OWN SONS, and gave us riches, and cattle and fruits.”

Testament of Zebulon 8:1-6

“Therefore, my children, you yourselves should have compassion towards every man with kindness, that YAHWEH also may have compassion and kindness upon you. Because in the last days ELOHIM will send His compassion on the earth, and wherever He finds bowels of kindness He dwells in him. For in the degree in which a man has compassion upon his neighbors, in the same degree has YAHWEH also in him. And when we went down to Egypt, Joseph bore no malice against us. To the ones on guard, you also, my children, approve yourselves without malice, and love one another; do not set down in account, each one of you, evil against his brother. For this breaks unity and divides all families, and troubles the being, and wears away the face.”

Testament of Joseph 17:1-8

“Therefore my children, you see what great things I endured that I would not put my brothers to shame. Therefore you also should love one another, and hide one another’s faults with patience. For ELOHIM delights in the unity of brothers, and in the purpose of a heart that takes pleasure in love. And when my brothers came into Egypt they learned that I had returned their money to them, and I did not rebuke them, and comforted them. And after the death of Jacob my dad I loved them more abundantly, and all things he commanded I did abundantly for them. And I did not show them to be afflicted in even the smallest matter; and all that was in my hand I gave to them. And their children were my children, and my children as their servants; and their life was my life, all their suffering was my suffering, and all their sickness was my infirmity. My land was their land, and their counsel my counsel. And I did not exalt myself among them in arrogance because of my worldly esteem, but I was as one of the least among them.”

Mathew 20:27-28

“And he who among you desires to be first, let him be a servant to you. Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give Himself as a ransom for the sake of many.”

1 Peter 4:8

“And above all things, have fervent love one towards another, for love covers a multitude of sins.”

Looking at the righteous acts of YESHUA and our ancestors shows us exactly what selfless acts of love looks like, so remember in all things that you do that you consider others better than yourself and love them unconditionally.

As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

Did angels really mate with women?

There are two views when it comes to this topic of the “sons of ELOHIM” written in Genesis 6. One group believes that the sons of ELOHIM are the fallen malachim pronounced ma-la-keem (angels) and the other group says that the former view is impossible and that the sons of ELOHIM are the descendants of Seth (Sethites). We will examine this debated topic and let the word of YAHWEH speak as always and will prove that the sons of ELOHIM are angels and did mate with human women.

Firstly, we know that out the mouth of two or three witnesses that every word shall be established:

2 Corinthians 13:1

“This is the third time that I have prepared to come to you; that, by the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established.”

John 8:12-14

“Now YESHUA spoke with them again and said, I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness but he will find the light of life for himself.” The Pharisees said to him, “You do testify concerning yourself; your testimony is not true!” Even if I do testify concerning Myself, my testimony is true because I know from where I have come and to where I go. But you do know from where I have come, nor to where I go. You judge carnally; I do not judge anyone. Yet if I do judge now, my judgment is true because it is not I alone, rather I and My Father who sent Me. And in your own Torah now it is written that the witness of two men is true. It is I that testify concerning Myself, yet My Father who sent Me testifies concerning Me.”

There are plenty of witnesses that will be presented from the 66-book canon, Enoch, Jubilees, 12 Patriarchs, and Genesis Apocryphon to confirm the topic at hand, and I will explain where these books were found and why we should be reading them to get a better understanding of the scriptures and not guessing or drawing our own conclusions.

Genesis 6:1-4

“And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them, that the sons of ELOHIM saw that the daughters of men were fair; so they took them wives of all whom they chose. Then YAHWEH said, My spirit shall not dwell in man forever, because he is flesh; let his days be a hundred and twenty years. There were giants on the earth in those days; and also after that, for the sons of ELOHIM came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, and they became GIANTS who in the olden days were mighty men of renown.”

Years ago, before I found these ancient witnesses supporting the view of fallen angels going into the daughters of men, a few things jumped out to me that made me know it was true. Notice the wording of the verse as it reads “the sons of ELOHIM came in unto the daughters of men” there is a separation showing the sons of ELOHIM are not human because the passage makes it clear these spiritual beings joined with human daughters of men. The daughters of men is the key to show that one was of human origin and the other was not; furthermore, since when did two humans ever produce a giant? That is another clue to show the corruption of the DNA with a spiritual being mating with a human woman and I, personally believe this was Satan’s attempt to corrupt the human DNA because he knew that YESHUA would be born as ELOHIM and Man, so he tried to form his own race of a hybrid species to prevent his destruction from happening and we all know that he failed. The book of Job gives us more context about the sons of ELOHIM.

Job 1:6

“Now there was a day when the sons of ELOHIM came to present themselves before YAHWEH, and Satan also among them.”

Job 2:1

“Again there was a day when the sons of ELOHIM came to present themselves before YAHWEH, and Satan came also among them to present himself before YAHWEH.”

This passage clearly shows this is a spiritual meeting that no human being could have access to. Satan and the sons of ELOHIM (angels) PRESENTED themselves before YAHWEH, which means they came before His throne which is in heaven. This again, rules out the human sons of Seth. I personally believe these witnesses would be enough to make a case, but I know it is not sufficient enough for most, so we will go deeper by looking at the Book of Enoch and the other Dead Sea Scrolls.

There are many who reject the Book of Enoch as being inspired, but I have a question to ask. Did you know that the Book of Jubilees and Enoch were discovered amongst the Dead Sea Scrolls in Cave #2 right along with the first five books of the Bible (The Torah), Jeremiah, and Psalms? If you accept the Old Testament to be true and inspired, which included the Torah, Psalms, and Jeremiah, then how do you reject the other books found right alongside it? It’s not our job to reject books because it goes against your thoughts or traditions you hold fast to; however, it is our job is to find the truth by all means and test it.

Yes, Enoch has an actual book:

Jubilees 4:16-17

“And in the eleventh jubilee Jared took to himself a wife, and her name was Baraka, the daughter of Rasui’el, a daughter of his dad’s brother, in the fourth week of this jubilee, and she bore him a son in the fifth week, in the fourth year of the jubilee, and he called his name Enoch. This one was the first among men that are born on earth who learned WRITING and knowledge and wisdom, and who wrote down the signs of heaven according to the order of their months in A BOOK…”

And we see that Abraham and Levi both mentioned this book of Enoch:

Genesis Apocryphon column 19:25 (When Pharaoh was going to take Sarah as wife)

“Me many gifts and asked of me knowledge, wisdom, and truth. So, I read before them the book of the words of ENOCH.”

Jubilees 21:10

“And eat its meat on that day and on the second day, and do not let the sun go down on the second day until it is eaten, and let nothing be left over for the third day; for it is not approved, and it will not be accepted; and let it no longer be eaten, and all who eat of it will bring sin upon themselves. For thus I (Abraham) have found it WRITTEN in the BOOKS of my forefathers, and in the words of ENOCH, and in the words of Noah.”

Testament of Levi 10:5 (12 Patriarchs)

“For the house which YAHWEH chooses will be called Jerusalem, as is contained in the Book of ENOCH the righteous.”

YESHUA quoted from it:

Mathew 22:30

“For in the resurrection of the dead, men do not marry women, nor are women given to husbands. Rather, they are as the messengers of ELOHIM in heaven.”

Enoch 15:5-8

“Therefore have I given them (human men) wives also that they might impregnate them, and bring forth children by them, that thus none might be lacking to them on the earth. But you (angels) were formerly spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal for all generations of the world. And therefore I have NOT appointed wives for you; for as the spiritual ones of the heavens, in the heavens is THEIR DWELLING.”

YESHUA says that angels don’t have wives and the book of Enoch tells us that YAHWEH did not appoint wives for them as he did for earthly men.

More witnesses

So now armed with this truth let us examine these other witnesses contained within these removed books and the Dead Sea Scrolls concerning the angels mating with the daughters of men.

2 Baruch 56:11-14

“Also, for at that time when he was created, they had freedom. And some of them (angels) descended and INTERMINGLED WITH THE WOMEN. Then those who did so were tormented in chains. But the rest of the multitude of the angels, of whom there is no number, restrained themselves.”

Jubilees 4:22

“And he (Enoch) witnessed to the Watchers, who had SINNED WITH THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN. For these had begun to UNITE THEMSELVES, so as to be defiled, with the daughters of men, and Enoch witnessed to them all.”

So again, the Watchers/fallen angels/sons of ELOHIM/sons of heaven are the spiritual beings that laid with the daughters of men, so we have more context again for Genesis 6 showing that it was not the sons of Seth.

Testament of Rueben 5:5-8 (12 Patriarchs)

“Therefore my children, flee from whoring, and command your wives and your daughters that they adorn NOT their heads and faces to deceive the mind of men, because every woman who plots such has been reserved for eternal punishment.

Rueben says that women should not adorn their heads (to enhance beauty with ornaments with something unessential) and faces (reference to make up/cosmetics) to deceives the minds of men and also they did this and made the angels lust after them, this is another witness to what Peter and Paul said.

1 Peter 3:3

“Your ADORNMENT should not be outward-arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on dresses but the hidden man of the heart, with the incorruptible ornament of a meek and peaceable spirit, which is of great value before ELOHIM.”

1 Timothy 2:9

“Likewise, that the women dress themselves becomingly, with decency and sensibleness, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly garments…”

1 Corinthians 11:10

“For this cause ought the woman to have on her head the mark of authority (head covering), BECAUSE OF THE MESSENGERS.”

And for women not to adorn their faces is a reference to what the fallen angels taught mankind:

Enoch 8:1

“And Asa’el taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and showed their successors the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ORNAMENTS, AND THE USE OF COSMETICS, AND THE BEAUTIFYING OF THE EYELIDS, and all the costly stones, and all coloring tinctures and alchemy.”

Testament of Rueben continued: For in this way they enticed the Watchers (Messengers/angels) who were before the flood. For as these continually looked upon them, they lusted after them, and they conceived the act in their mind; for THEY CHANGED THEMSELVES INTO THE SHAPE OF MEN, and appeared to them when they were with their husbands. And the women, lusting in their minds after their forms, gave birth to giants, for the Watchers appeared to them as reaching even to the heavens.” The angels being able to change forms in consistent with the Book of Enoch which states:

Enoch 19:1

“And Uriel said to me, “Here shall stand the messengers (angels) who have connected themselves with women- and their spirits ASSUMING MANY DIFFERENT FORMS are defiling mankind and shall lead them astray into sacrificing to demons as mighty ones…”

The fact of the angels being able to change their forms into humans in not a foreign idea in scripture as we see the two angels that went to Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19 appeared to Lot as humans. But Enoch gives us other witnesses concerning them changing their form and mating with women:

Enoch 86:1-6

“And again I saw with my eyes as I slept, and I saw the heaven above, and behold a star fell from heaven” (reference to Satan falling)

Luke 10:18

“And He (YESHUA) said to them, “I did see Satan falling like lightning from heaven.”

Enoch 86 continued “And it arose and ate and pastured among the oxen. And after that I saw the large and the black oxen, and behold they all changed their stalls and pastured and their cattle, and began to live with each other. And again I saw in the vision, and looked towards the heaven, and behold I saw MANY STARS descend and cast themselves down from the heaven to the first star…”

The many stars is a reference to the falling angels leaving their first domain as Jude and Peter wrote about it and this also matches Enoch 6:5 which says:

Enoch 6:5

“Then they all (the angels) swore together and bound themselves by a curse upon it (Mount Hermon). And they were, in all, TWO HUNDRED WHO DESCENED IN THE DAYS OF JARED ON MOUNT HERMON…”

Enoch 86 continued “And they BECAME BULLS (HUMANS) among those cattle and pastured with them among them.”

So, the fallen stars (angels) became bulls (humans), which means that the angels changed their form as we read from the Testament or Rueben 5:6-8

For as these continually looked upon them, they lusted after them, and they conceived the act in their mind; for THEY CHANGED THEMSELVES INTO THE SHAPE OF MEN, and appeared to them when they were with their husbands. And the women, lusting in their minds after their forms, gave birth to giants, for the Watchers appeared to them as reaching even to the heavens.”

Enoch 86 continued “And I looked at them and saw, and behold they all let out THEIR PRIVY MEMBERS (sharing something secret or private), like horses and began to mount upon the cows of the oxen, and they all became pregnant and bore elephants (The Giants), camels, and donkeys. And all the oxen feared them and were afraid of them, and began to bite with their teeth and to devour, and to gore with their horns. And they began, moreover, to devour those oxen; and behold all the children of the earth began to tremble and quake before them and to flee from them.”

The giants began to turn on the humans just as it is written in:

Enoch 15:11

And the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble. They take no food, but nevertheless hunger and thirst, and cause offences. And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them.”

Enoch 6:1-3 matches Genesis 6

“And it came to be, when the children of men had multiplied, that in those days were born unto them good looking and lovely daughters. And the messengers (angels), the children of the heavens, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: “Come let us choose wives from among the children of men and bring forth children. And Shemyatsa, who was their leader, said to them, “I fear you will not indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of A GREAT SIN.”

Enoch gives us some more details here, because instead of calling them the sons of ELOHIM, he calls them the children of the heavens, which immediately shows us that they were not humans and could not be the sons of Seth.

Enoch 13:8 (The fallen angels asked Enoch to petition for them for their sins)

“And see, a dream came to me, and visions fell down upon me, and I saw visions of rebuke, and a voice came bidding, to tell it to the SONS OF THE HEAVENS, and reprimand them.”

So, we see the fallen angels (sons of ELOHIM/Watchers/fallen angels) left there dwelling in heaven and took wives then mated with human women and defiled themselves. The leader of those fallen angels says plainly that he knew it was a GREAT SIN and Jude and Peter agree with this. Jude and Peter knew what SIN they committed, because there is no mention of the angels sinning in the Bible OUTSIDE of Genesis 6, so Enoch 6 and Genesis 6 agree what that sin was!

Jude 1:6

“And the messengers (angels) who did not keep their own principality (domain), but LEFT THEIR OWN DWELLING (heaven), He has kept in everlasting shackles under the darkness for the judgment of the great day.”

Jude says that the messengers (angels) left their own dwelling/abode/home and are kept in chains in darkness. What did the angels do when they left the heavens? And how did Jude know that what they did was a sin?

Enoch 12:4-5

“Enoch, you scribe of righteousness go, declare, to the watchers (angels) of the heavens, WHO HAVE LEFT THE HIGH HEAVENS, THE ETERNAL PLACE, and have defiled themselves with women, and have done as the children of earth do, and have taken unto themselves wives, ‘You have wrought great destruction on the earth. And you shall have no peace nor forgiveness of sin…”

Notice again that Jude 1:6 says that they are held in chains in darkness until the great Day of Judgement? Where did he get this from?

Enoch 10:4-6

“And again YAHWEH said to Repha’el, “Bind Azaz’el hand and foot, and cast him into the DARKNESS: and make an opening in the desert, which is in Duda’el (Egypt), and cast him in there. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with DARKNESS, and let him abide there forever, and cover his face that he may NOT SEE LIGHT. AND ON THE GREAT DAY OF JUDGMENT he shall be cast into the fire.”

2 Peter 2:4

“For if YAHWEH did not spare the angels who SINNED, but sent them to Gey-Hinnom, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be kept for judgment.”

2 Baruch 56:11-14

“Also, for at that time when he was created, they had freedom. And some of them (angels) descended and INTERMINGLED WITH THE WOMEN. Then those who did so were tormented in chains. But the rest of the multitude of the angels, of whom there is no number, restrained themselves.”

Peter says that the angels sinned, and we see that Genesis 6, Jubilees 4, Enoch, 2 Baruch and Jude agree that they defiled themselves with human women which ties into what Jubilees 4:22 that Enoch witnessed to the Watchers, who had SINNED with the daughters of men. We know that the angels are not recorded to having sinned other than what Genesis 6 says. But Enoch chapter 6 and the other witnesses presented tells us exactly what the sin was.

Enoch 15:1-11

“And He answered and said to me, and I heard His voice, “Fear not, Enoch, you righteous man and scribe of righteousness, approach there and hear My voice. “And go, say to the watchers (sons of ELOHIM, angels) of the heavens who have sent you to intercede for them, ‘You should intercede for men, and not men for you. Why have you left the high, holy, and eternal heavens (Jude 1:6 and 2 Baruch 56:12 “Left their own dwelling”), and LAIN WITH WOMEN, and defiled yourselves with the DAUGHTERS OF MEN and taken to yourselves WIVES, and done like the children of earth, and BEGOTTEN GIANTS (Genesis 6:1-4) as sons? And though you were holy, spiritual, living the eternal life, you have defiled yourselves with the blood of women, and have brought forth with the blood of flesh, and, as the children of men, have lusted after flesh and blood, as those also do who die and perish. Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impregnate them, and bring forth children by them, that thus none might be lacking to them on the earth. But you were formerly spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal for all generations of the world. And therefore I have NOT appointed wives for you; for as the spiritual ones of the heavens, in the heavens is THEIR DWELLING. And now, the giants who are produced FROM THE SPIRITS upon the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling. Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men and from the holy watchers is their beginning and primal origin; they shall be evil spirits on the earth, and evil spirits they shall be called. As for the spirits of the heavens, in the heavens shall be THEIR DWELLING, but as for the spirits of the earth which were born upon the earth, on the earth shall be their dwelling. And the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble. They take no food, but nevertheless hunger and thirst, and cause offences. And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them.”

Genesis Apocryphon was found in Cave #1 in 1947 right along with the scroll of Isaiah, the same Isaiah that we read in the Old Testament. Genesis Apocryphon is a very fragmented document because it was badly damaged; however, it contains the same truth as outlined with the many witnesses above. Wherever you see (missing section) means that part of the scroll was missing or unreadable.

Genesis Apocryphon Column 2 matches Enoch 106 (birth of Noah)

“So then I thought to myself (Lamech) that the conception (Noah) was from Watchers or that the seed was from Holy Ones, or belonged to Nephilim; and my mind wavered because of this child.”

So, we see that Lamech clearly knew it was possible for the angels to mate with human women because he thought that Noah was brought forth by one of the angels, so he did not think that Noah was his child, and this evidenced by the conversation with his wife.

Genesis Apocryphon 2 continued “Then I, Lamech, became frightened, and I went to Bitenosh, my wife and said to her,..(missing section) “by the Most High, by the Majestic YAHWEH, by the King of all Ages, with one of the sons of heaven, that you truthfully make everything known to me, wither..(missing section) “You must tell me truthfully and without lies whether this…(missing section) “Swear by the Most High, the Majestic YAHWEH, by the King of all Ages that you are speaking to me truthfully and without lies.” Then Bitenosh, my wife, spoke to me with great vehemence (passion), she cried and said, “O my brother and my master, recall my pleasure (missing section) “in the heat of time, and my breath in the midst of its sheath. For I shall tell you everything truthfully (missing section) the birth.” And then my mind was changed within me (missing section). When Bitenosh, my wife, noticed that my expression had changed (missing section) then she suppressed her emotion, speaking to me and saying to me, “O my master and my brother, recall (missing section) my pleasure. I swear to you by the Great Holy One, by the King of Heaven that this seed is from you; from you is this conception, and from you the planting of this fruit (missing section) and not from any stranger, OR FROM ANY OF THE WATCHERS, OR FROM ANY OF THE SONS OF HEAVEN…”

Enoch 106:1-6

“And after some time I, Enoch, took a wife for my son Methuselah, and she brought forth a son and called his name Lamech, saying, righteousness has indeed been brought low today.’ And when he grew my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech, and she became pregnant by him and bore a boy. And when he was born, his body was as white as snow, and as red as a rose, and the hair of his head and his long locks were white as wool, and his demdema (long and curly hair that has been combed up straight) was beautiful. And when he opened his eyes, he lit up the whole house like the sun, and the whole house was very bright. And he arose in the hands of the midwife, opened his mouth, and spoke to the Master with righteousness. And his dad Lamech was afraid of him and fled, and came to his dad Methuselah. And he said to him, “A strange son has been born to me, different than—and unlike—man, and resembling the SONS OF MESSENGERS OF HEAVEN; and his nature is different and he is not like us, and his eyes are as the rays of the sun, and his face is esteemed. And it seems to me that HE IS NOT SPRUNG FROM ME BUT FROM THE MESSENGERS.”

Genesis Apocryphon 5:12

“He (Noah) lifted his face to me (Lamech), and his eyes shone like the sun.” This matches the above scripture from Enoch 106.

Again, Lamech understood that the fallen angels could mate with human women, which is why he believed that they angels brought Noah forth and not him. Enoch goes on to tell Methuselah to let Lamech know that Noah is his real son and not the angels.

Genesis Apocryphon column 5:3-4

“Look, when I Enoch (missing section) and NOT FROM THE SONS OF HEAVEN, but rather from Lamech, your son…”

Enoch 106:18

“And now make known to your son Lamech that he who has been born is in truth his son, and call his name Noah; for he shall be left to you, and he and his sons shall be saved from the destruction, which shall come upon the earth on account of all the sin and all the unrighteousness, which shall be consummated on the earth in his days.”

Genesis Apocryphon 6:11, 19-20

“(Missing section) the heavens. In a vision I saw and was shown and informed about the CONDUCT OF THE SONS OF HEAVEN and what all (missing section) verses 19-20 “the blood which the Nephilim shed. I was calm and I waited until (missing section) HOLY ONES WHO WERE WITH THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN.”

So why is it that our ancestors believed this truth, but followers of YESHUA today reject this truth? Many witnesses have been presented in the message and hopefully some eyes will be opened to understand that the spiritual realm is more real than we are, that the sons of ELOHIM are angels and not the sons of Seth, and also to encourage you to look beyond the 66-Book canon because it is not all of YAHWEH’s word.

As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

There are two views when it comes to this topic of the “sons of ELOHIM” written in Genesis 6. One group believes that the sons of ELOHIM are the fallen malachim (angels) and the other group says that the former view is impossible and that the sons of ELOHIM are the descendants of Seth (Sethites). We will examine this debated topic and let the word of YAHWEH speak as always and will prove that the sons of ELOHIM are angels and did mate with human women.

Firstly, we know that out the mouth of two or three witnesses that every word shall be established:

2 Corinthians 13:1

“This is the third time that I have prepared to come to you; that, by the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established.”

John 8:12-14

“Now YESHUA spoke with them again and said, I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness but he will find the light of life for himself.” The Pharisees said to him, “You do testify concerning yourself; your testimony is not true!” Even if I do testify concerning Myself, my testimony is true because I know from where I have come and to where I go. But you do know from where I have come, nor to where I go. You judge carnally; I do not judge anyone. Yet if I do judge now, my judgment is true because it is not I alone, rather I and My Father who sent Me. And in your own Torah now it is written that the witness of two men is true. It is I that testify concerning Myself, yet My Father who sent Me testifies concerning Me.”

There are plenty of witnesses that will be presented from the 66-book canon, Enoch, Jubilees, 12 Patriarchs, and Genesis Apocryphon to confirm the topic at hand, and I will explain where these books were found and why we should be reading them to get a better understanding of the scriptures and not guessing or drawing our own conclusions.

Genesis 6:1-4

“And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them, that the sons of ELOHIM saw that the daughters of men were fair; so they took them wives of all whom they chose. Then YAHWEH said, My spirit shall not dwell in man forever, because he is flesh; let his days be a hundred and twenty years. There were giants on the earth in those days; and also after that, for the sons of ELOHIM came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, and they became GIANTS who in the olden days were mighty men of renown.”

Years ago, before I found these ancient witnesses supporting the view of fallen angels going into the daughters of men, a few things jumped out to me that made me know it was true. Notice the wording of the verse as it reads “the sons of ELOHIM came in unto the daughters of men” there is a separation showing the sons of ELOHIM are not human because the passage makes it clear these spiritual beings joined with human daughters of men. The daughters of men is the key to show that one was of human origin and the other was not; furthermore, since when did two humans ever produce a giant? That is another clue to show the corruption of the DNA with a spiritual being mating with a human woman and I, personally believe this was Satan’s attempt to corrupt the human DNA because he knew that YESHUA would be born as ELOHIM and Man, so he tried to form his own race of a hybrid species to prevent his destruction from happening and we all know that he failed. The book of Job gives us more context about the sons of ELOHIM.

Job 1:6

“Now there was a day when the sons of ELOHIM came to present themselves before YAHWEH, and Satan also among them.”

Job 2:1

“Again there was a day when the sons of ELOHIM came to present themselves before YAHWEH, and Satan came also among them to present himself before YAHWEH.”

This passage clearly shows this is a spiritual meeting that no human being could have access to. Satan and the sons of ELOHIM (angels) PRESENTED themselves before YAHWEH, which means they came before His throne which is in heaven. This again, rules out the human sons of Seth. I personally believe these witnesses would be enough to make a case, but I know it is not sufficient enough for most, so we will go deeper by looking at the Book of Enoch and the other Dead Sea Scrolls.

There are many who reject the Book of Enoch as being inspired, but I have a question to ask. Did you know that the Book of Jubilees and Enoch were discovered amongst the Dead Sea Scrolls in Cave #2 right along with the first five books of the Bible (The Torah), Jeremiah, and Psalms? If you accept the Old Testament to be true and inspired, which included the Torah, Psalms, and Jeremiah, then how do you reject the other books found right alongside it? It’s not our job to reject books because it goes against your thoughts or traditions you hold fast to; however, it is our job is to find the truth by all means and test it.

Yes, Enoch has an actual book:

Jubilees 4:16-17

“And in the eleventh jubilee Jared took to himself a wife, and her name was Baraka, the daughter of Rasui’el, a daughter of his dad’s brother, in the fourth week of this jubilee, and she bore him a son in the fifth week, in the fourth year of the jubilee, and he called his name Enoch. This one was the first among men that are born on earth who learned WRITING and knowledge and wisdom, and who wrote down the signs of heaven according to the order of their months in A BOOK…”

And we see that Abraham and Levi both mentioned this book of Enoch:

Genesis Apocryphon column 19:25 (When Pharaoh was going to take Sarah as wife)

“Me many gifts and asked of me knowledge, wisdom, and truth. So, I read before them the book of the words of ENOCH.”

Jubilees 21:10

“And eat its meat on that day and on the second day, and do not let the sun go down on the second day until it is eaten, and let nothing be left over for the third day; for it is not approved, and it will not be accepted; and let it no longer be eaten, and all who eat of it will bring sin upon themselves. For thus I (Abraham) have found it WRITTEN in the BOOKS of my forefathers, and in the words of ENOCH, and in the words of Noah.”

Testament of Levi 10:5

“For the house which YAHWEH chooses will be called Jerusalem, as is contained in the Book of ENOCH the righteous.”

YESHUA quoted from it:

Mathew 22:30

“For in the resurrection of the dead, men do not marry women, nor are women given to husbands. Rather, they are as the messengers of ELOHIM in heaven.”

Enoch 15:5-8

“Therefore have I given them (human men) wives also that they might impregnate them, and bring forth children by them, that thus none might be lacking to them on the earth. But you (angels) were formerly spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal for all generations of the world. And therefore I have NOT appointed wives for you; for as the spiritual ones of the heavens, in the heavens is THEIR DWELLING.”

YESHUA says that angels don’t have wives and the book of Enoch tells us that YAHWEH did not appoint wives for them as he did for earthly men.

More witnesses

So now armed with this truth let us examine these other witnesses contained within these removed books and the Dead Sea Scrolls concerning the angels mating with the daughters of men.

2 Baruch 56:11-14

“Also, for at that time when he was created, they had freedom. And some of them (angels) descended and INTERMINGLED WITH THE WOMEN. Then those who did so were tormented in chains. But the rest of the multitude of the angels, of whom there is no number, restrained themselves.”

Jubilees 4:22

“And he (Enoch) witnessed to the Watchers, who had SINNED WITH THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN. For these had begun to UNITE THEMSELVES, so as to be defiled, with the daughters of men, and Enoch witnessed to them all.”

So again, the Watchers/fallen angels/sons of ELOHIM/sons of heaven are the spiritual beings that laid with the daughters of men, so we have more context again for Genesis 6 showing that it was not the sons of Seth.

Testament of Rueben 5:5-8

“Therefore my children, flee from whoring, and command your wives and your daughters that they adorn NOT their heads and faces to deceive the mind of men, because every woman who plots such has been reserved for eternal punishment.

Rueben says that women should not adorn their heads (to enhance beauty with ornaments with something unessential) and faces (reference to make up/cosmetics) to deceives the minds of men and also they did this and made the angels lust after them, this is another witness to what Peter and Paul said.

1 Peter 3:3

“Your ADORNMENT should not be outward-arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on dresses but the hidden man of the heart, with the incorruptible ornament of a meek and peaceable spirit, which is of great value before ELOHIM.”

1 Timothy 2:9

“Likewise, that the women dress themselves becomingly, with decency and sensibleness, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly garments…”

1 Corinthians 11:10

“For this cause ought the woman to have on her head the mark of authority (head covering), BECAUSE OF THE MESSENGERS.”

And for women not to adorn their faces is a reference to what the fallen angels taught mankind:

Enoch 8:1

“And Asa’el taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and showed their successors the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ORNAMENTS, AND THE USE OF COSMETICS, AND THE BEAUTIFYING OF THE EYELIDS, and all the costly stones, and all coloring tinctures and alchemy.”

Testament of Rueben continued: For in this way they enticed the Watchers (Messengers/angels) who were before the flood. For as these continually looked upon them, they lusted after them, and they conceived the act in their mind; for THEY CHANGED THEMSELVES INTO THE SHAPE OF MEN, and appeared to them when they were with their husbands. And the women, lusting in their minds after their forms, gave birth to giants, for the Watchers appeared to them as reaching even to the heavens.” The angels being able to change forms in consistent with the Book of Enoch which states:

Enoch 19:1

“And Uriel said to me, “Here shall stand the messengers (angels) who have connected themselves with women- and their spirits ASSUMING MANY DIFFERENT FORMS  are defiling mankind and shall lead them astray into sacrificing to demons as mighty ones…”

The fact of the angels being able to change their forms into humans in not a foreign idea in scripture as we see the two angels that went to Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19 appeared to Lot as humans. But Enoch gives us other witnesses concerning them changing their form and mating with women:

Enoch 86:1-6

“And again I saw with my eyes as I slept, and I saw the heaven above, and behold a star fell from heaven” (reference to Satan falling)

Luke 10:18

“And He (YESHUA) said to them, “I did see Satan falling like lightning from heaven.”

Enoch 86 continued “And it arose and ate and pastured among the oxen. And after that I saw the large and the black oxen, and behold they all changed their stalls and pastured and their cattle, and began to live with each other. And again I saw in the vision, and looked towards the heaven, and behold I saw MANY STARS descend and cast themselves down from the heaven to the first star…”

The many stars is a reference to the falling angels leaving their first domain as Jude and Peter wrote about it and this also matches Enoch 6:5 which says:

Enoch 6:5

“Then they all (the angels) swore together and bound themselves by a curse upon it (Mount Hermon). And they were, in all, TWO HUNDRED WHO DESCENED IN THE DAYS OF JARED ON MOUNT HERMON…”

Enoch 86 continued “And they BECAME BULLS (HUMANS) among those cattle and pastured with them among them.”

So, the fallen stars (angels) became bulls (humans), which means that the angels changed their form as we read from the Testament or Rueben 5:6-8

For as these continually looked upon them, they lusted after them, and they conceived the act in their mind; for THEY CHANGED THEMSELVES INTO THE SHAPE OF MEN, and appeared to them when they were with their husbands. And the women, lusting in their minds after their forms, gave birth to giants, for the Watchers appeared to them as reaching even to the heavens.”

Enoch 86 continued “And I looked at them and saw, and behold they all let out THEIR PRIVY MEMBERS (sharing something secret or private), like horses and began to mount upon the cows of the oxen, and they all became pregnant and bore elephants (The Giants), camels, and donkeys. And all the oxen feared them and were afraid of them, and began to bite with their teeth and to devour, and to gore with their horns. And they began, moreover, to devour those oxen; and behold all the children of the earth began to tremble and quake before them and to flee from them.”

The giants began to turn on the humans just as it is written in:

Enoch 15:11

And the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble. They take no food, but nevertheless hunger and thirst, and cause offences. And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them.”

Enoch 6:1-3 matches Genesis 6

“And it came to be, when the children of men had multiplied, that in those days were born unto them good looking and lovely daughters. And the messengers (angels), the children of the heavens, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: “Come let us choose wives from among the children of men and bring forth children. And Shemyatsa, who was their leader, said to them, “I fear you will not indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of A GREAT SIN.”

Enoch gives us some more details here, because instead of calling them the sons of ELOHIM, he calls them the children of the heavens, which immediately shows us that they were not humans and could not be the sons of Seth.

Enoch 13:8 (The fallen angels asked Enoch to petition for them for their sins)

“And see, a dream came to me, and visions fell down upon me, and I saw visions of rebuke, and a voice came bidding, to tell it to the SONS OF THE HEAVENS, and reprimand them.”

So, we see the fallen angels (sons of ELOHIM/Watchers/fallen angels) left there dwelling in heaven and took wives then mated with human women and defiled themselves. The leader of those fallen angels says plainly that he knew it was a GREAT SIN and Jude and Peter agree with this. Jude and Peter knew what SIN they committed, because there is no mention of the angels sinning in the Bible OUTSIDE of Genesis 6, so Enoch 6 and Genesis 6 agree what that sin was!

Jude 1:6

“And the messengers (angels) who did not keep their own principality (domain), but LEFT THEIR OWN DWELLING (heaven), He has kept in everlasting shackles under the darkness for the judgment of the great day.”

Jude says that the messengers (angels) left their own dwelling/abode/home and are kept in chains in darkness. What did the angels do when they left the heavens? And how did Jude know that what they did was a sin?

Enoch 12:4-5

“Enoch, you scribe of righteousness go, declare, to the watchers (angels) of the heavens, WHO HAVE LEFT THE HIGH HEAVENS, THE ETERNAL PLACE, and have defiled themselves with women, and have done as the children of earth do, and have taken unto themselves wives, ‘You have wrought great destruction on the earth. And you shall have no peace nor forgiveness of sin…”

Notice again that Jude 1:6 says that they are held in chains in darkness until the great Day of Judgement? Where did he get this from?

Enoch 10:4-6

“And again YAHWEH said to Repha’el, “Bind Azaz’el hand and foot, and cast him into the DARKNESS: and make an opening in the desert, which is in Duda’el (Egypt), and cast him in there. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with DARKNESS, and let him abide there forever, and cover his face that he may NOT SEE LIGHT. AND ON THE GREAT DAY OF JUDGMENT he shall be cast into the fire.”

2 Peter 2:4

“For if YAHWEH did not spare the angels who SINNED, but sent them to Gey-Hinnom, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be kept for judgment.”

2 Baruch 56:11-14

“Also, for at that time when he was created, they had freedom. And some of them (angels) descended and INTERMINGLED WITH THE WOMEN. Then those who did so were tormented in chains. But the rest of the multitude of the angels, of whom there is no number, restrained themselves.”

Peter says that the angels sinned, and we see that Genesis 6, Jubilees 4, Enoch, 2 Baruch and Jude agree that they defiled themselves with human women which ties into what Jubilees 4:22 that Enoch witnessed to the Watchers, who had SINNED with the daughters of men. We know that the angels are not recorded to having sinned other than what Genesis 6 says. But Enoch chapter 6 and the other witnesses presented tells us exactly what the sin was.

Enoch 15:1-11

“And He answered and said to me, and I heard His voice, “Fear not, Enoch, you righteous man and scribe of righteousness, approach there and hear My voice. “And go, say to the watchers (sons of ELOHIM, angels) of the heavens who have sent you to intercede for them, ‘You should intercede for men, and not men for you. Why have you left the high, holy, and eternal heavens (Jude 1:6 and 2 Baruch 56:12 “Left their own dwelling”), and LAIN WITH WOMEN, and defiled yourselves with the DAUGHTERS OF MEN and taken to yourselves WIVES, and done like the children of earth, and BEGOTTEN GIANTS (Genesis 6:1-4) as sons? And though you were holy, spiritual, living the eternal life, you have defiled yourselves with the blood of women, and have brought forth with the blood of flesh, and, as the children of men, have lusted after flesh and blood, as those also do who die and perish. Therefore have I given them wives also that they might impregnate them, and bring forth children by them, that thus none might be lacking to them on the earth. But you were formerly spiritual, living the eternal life, and immortal for all generations of the world. And therefore I have NOT appointed wives for you; for as the spiritual ones of the heavens, in the heavens is THEIR DWELLING. And now, the giants who are produced FROM THE SPIRITS upon the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling. Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men and from the holy watchers is their beginning and primal origin; they shall be evil spirits on the earth, and evil spirits they shall be called. As for the spirits of the heavens, in the heavens shall be THEIR DWELLING, but as for the spirits of the earth which were born upon the earth, on the earth shall be their dwelling. And the spirits of the giants afflict, oppress, destroy, attack, do battle, and work destruction on the earth, and cause trouble. They take no food, but nevertheless hunger and thirst, and cause offences. And these spirits shall rise up against the children of men and against the women, because they have proceeded from them.”

Genesis Apocryphon was found in Cave #1 in 1947 right along with the scroll of Isaiah, the same Isaiah that we read in the Old Testament. Genesis Apocryphon is a very fragmented document because it was badly damaged; however, it contains the same truth as outlined with the many witnesses above. Wherever you see (missing section) means that part of the scroll was missing or unreadable.

Genesis Apocryphon Column 2 matches Enoch 106 (birth of Noah)

“So then I thought to myself (Lamech) that the conception (Noah) was from Watchers or that the seed was from Holy Ones, or belonged to Nephilim; and my mind wavered because of this child.”

So, we see that Lamech clearly knew it was possible for the angels to mate with human women because he thought that Noah was brought forth by one of the angels, so he did not think that Noah was his child, and this evidenced by the conversation with his wife.

Genesis Apocryphon 2 continued “Then I, Lamech, became frightened, and I went to Bitenosh, my wife and said to her,..(missing section) “by the Most High, by the Majestic YAHWEH, by the King of all Ages, with one of the sons of heaven, that you truthfully make everything known to me, wither..(missing section) “You must tell me truthfully and without lies whether this…(missing section) “Swear by the Most High, the Majestic YAHWEH, by the King of all Ages that you are speaking to me truthfully and without lies.” Then Bitenosh, my wife, spoke to me with great vehemence (passion), she cried and said, “O my brother and my master, recall my pleasure (missing section) “in the heat of time, and my breath in the midst of its sheath. For I shall tell you everything truthfully (missing section) the birth.” And then my mind was changed within me (missing section). When Bitenosh, my wife, noticed that my expression had changed (missing section) then she suppressed her emotion, speaking to me and saying to me, “O my master and my brother, recall (missing section) my pleasure. I swear to you by the Great Holy One, by the King of Heaven that this seed is from you; from you is this conception, and from you the planting of this fruit (missing section) and not from any stranger, OR FROM ANY OF THE WATCHERS, OR FROM ANY OF THE SONS OF HEAVEN…”

Enoch 106:1-6

“And after some time I, Enoch, took a wife for my son Methuselah, and she brought forth a son and called his name Lamech, saying, righteousness has indeed been brought low today.’ And when he grew my son Methuselah took a wife for his son Lamech, and she became pregnant by him and bore a boy. And when he was born, his body was as white as snow, and as red as a rose, and the hair of his head and his long locks were white as wool, and his demdema (long and curly hair that has been combed up straight) was beautiful. And when he opened his eyes, he lit up the whole house like the sun, and the whole house was very bright. And he arose in the hands of the midwife, opened his mouth, and spoke to the Master with righteousness. And his dad Lamech was afraid of him and fled, and came to his dad Methuselah. And he said to him, “A strange son has been born to me, different than—and unlike—man, and resembling the SONS OF MESSENGERS OF HEAVEN; and his nature is different and he is not like us, and his eyes are as the rays of the sun, and his face is esteemed. And it seems to me that HE IS NOT SPRUNG FROM ME BUT FROM THE MESSENGERS.”

Genesis Apocryphon 5:12

“He (Noah) lifted his face to me (Lamech), and his eyes shone like the sun.” This matches the above scripture from Enoch 106.

Again, Lamech understood that the fallen angels could mate with human women, which is why he believed that they angels brought Noah forth and not him. Enoch goes on to tell Methuselah to let Lamech know that Noah is his real son and not the angels.

Genesis Apocryphon column 5:3-4

“Look, when I Enoch (missing section) and NOT FROM THE SONS OF HEAVEN, but rather from Lamech, your son…”

Enoch 106:18

“And now make known to your son Lamech that he who has been born is in truth his son, and call his name Noah; for he shall be left to you, and he and his sons shall be saved from the destruction, which shall come upon the earth on account of all the sin and all the unrighteousness, which shall be consummated on the earth in his days.”

Genesis Apocryphon 6:11, 19-20

“(Missing section) the heavens. In a vision I saw and was shown and informed about the CONDUCT OF THE SONS OF HEAVEN and what all (missing section) verses 19-20 “the blood which the Nephilim shed. I was calm and I waited until (missing section) HOLY ONES WHO WERE WITH THE DAUGHTERS OF MEN.”

So why is it that our ancestors believed this truth, but followers of YESHUA today reject this truth? Many witnesses have been presented in the message and hopefully some eyes will be opened to understand that the spiritual realm is more real than we are, that the sons of ELOHIM are angels and not the sons of Seth, and also to encourage you to look beyond the 66-Book canon because it is not all of YAHWEH’s word.

As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

Do not celebrate your BIRTHDAY: Part 2

I did a message called “Do not celebrate your birthday” about two years explaining the pagan origin of birthday traditions such as birthday cakes, making wishes and blowing out candles and how it is all deeply rooted in paganism; and that the world is just recreating these pagan rituals in our modern times instead of avoiding them. Since making the message two years ago I have received more questions about birthdays, and I have discovered more witnesses and evidence against celebrating birthdays. So we will discuss the violence that occurred on birthdays and where it started.

More violence on birthdays!

As mentioned in the first message there were only two men mentioned in scripture to have celebrated their birthdays and that was Pharaoh and king Herod; and on both of their birthday’s blood was shed. Nowhere in scripture do we see any righteous men or women in scripture celebrating their day of birth, but rather we see men who are not walking in covenant with YAHWEH who do.

Genesis 40:20-22 (Aramaic Peshitta)

“And it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a banquet for all his servants; and he remembered the chief butler and the chief baker among his servants. And he restored the chief butler to his position; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hands: but he crucified the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.”

EVERY Egyptian attached much importance to the day, and even to the hour of his birth: and it is probable that in Persia ... each individual kept his birthday with great rejoicing, welcoming all of his friends with all the amusements of society, and a more than usual profusion of the delicacies of the table." - M'Clintock & Strong's Cyclopedia, Vol I, p. 817                                   

History of Birthdays: Why we Celebrate, written in 2021 says:

“While many cultures developed birthday celebrations separately, the EGYPTIANS were the FIRST ONES to get the party started. When Egyptian pharaohs were crowned gods, they were “birthed.” That means the first birthday celebration wasn’t marking the birth of a human, but rather the birth of a god.”

The earliest mention of birthdays was in 3,000 BC in reference to the Pharaoh, which shows its pagan origin of birthdays beginning in Egypt; and our Father YAHWEH warns us walking in the ways of the Egyptians:

Leviticus 18:3-4

“You shall NOT do according to the doings of the land of Egypt wherein you dwelt, neither shall you do according to the doings of the land of Canaan wither I bring you; neither shall you walk in their ordinances. But you shall do My judgements and keep my commandments and walk in them; I am YAHWEH your ELOHIM.”

So when people are celebrating their birthdays they are essentially doing what the children of Yisra’el did in wanting to go back to Egypt and slavery all over again:

Numbers 14:4

“And they said one to another, let us appoint a leader, and let us RETURN to Egypt.”

Deuteronomy 17:16

“But he shall not multiply horses to himself, that he may not cause the people to RETURN TO EGYPT, when his horses have multiplied; since YAHWEH has said to you, YOU SHALL NEVER RETURN THAT WAY AGAIN.”

We cannot go back to Egypt, the house of bondage, and do according to their practices and customs! YAHWEH makes this clear in Leviticus 18:3-4.

Mathew 14:6-11 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“But when the birthday of Herodus occurred, the daughter of Herodias danced before the guests and she pleased Herodus. Because of this, by an oath he swore to her that he would give to her anything that she requested. And because she was taught by her mother, she said, “Give to me the head of Yochanan the Immerser (John the Baptist) on a plate.” And it saddened the king because of the oath and the guests. He commanded that it be given to her and he sent and cut off the head of Yochanan in prison.”

2 Maccabees 6:7

“And in the day of the king’s (Antiochus Epiphanes) birth every month they were brought by bitter constraint to eat the sacrifices; and when the fast of Bacchus was kept, the Jews were compelled to go in procession to Bacchus.”

Scholars agree that the Greeks learned the pagan celebration of birthdays from the Egyptians as noted above the origin of birthdays began in Egypt; and we see here Antiochus Epiphanes worshipped a pagan Greek deity called Bacchus the deity of fertility, but also notice that he forced Jews to eat meat sacrificed to idols on his birthday EVERY MONTH.

W. Schmidt wrote “Greeks did celebrate their birthdays MONTHLY.” In a book where he talks about the sacrifices and other observances in the Hellenistic monarchies on the monthly birthdays of the kings. And we know this is true based on the scripture from 2 Maccabees 6 about Antiochus celebrating his birthday every month.

The Anchor bible-II Maccabees, Jonathan A. Goldstein, 1983 page 268 writes the following information concerning rituals of birthday celebrations:

“On the MONTHLY BIRTHDAY of the king (Greek king), Jews were cruelly compelled to partake of the meat of pagan sacrifices. When a festival of Dionysus was celebrated, they were forced to put on wreaths of Ivy and march in the procession in honor the deity. A decree was published in the neighboring Greek cities, on the proposal of the citizens of Ptolemais, that they proceed against the Jews in the same manner and compel them to partake of the meat of pagan sacrifices and that they butcher those Jews who refused to go over to the Greek way of life. The G-O-D worship was a birthday ritual. These sacrifices were to demons and these Jews were fully aware of this fact.”

Deuteronomy 32:17

“They sacrificed to demons, not to ELOHIM, to mighty ones they had not known, to newly arrived mighty ones, which your ancestors did not know.”

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, revised by Geoffrey W. Bromiley, 1979, page 515 says:

“There is evidence for birthday celebrations in Greece and Persia. Herodotus refers to the birthday celebrations of individuals, a special meal (Persian Wars i.133); and the king, an annual royal banquet with the dispensing of GIFTS to his subjects. The pre-Hellenistic Greeks celebrated the birthdays of GOD AND PROMINENT MEN. The Greek genethlia (the science of calculating nativities, or predicting the future events of life from the stars which preside at birth) designated these celebrations, while genesia meant a celebration commemorative of the birthday of a DECEASED IMPORTANT INDIVIDUAL.”

We see birthdays attached to worship of pagan deities and celebration of the dead, which shows that birthdays are on par with Halloween’s celebration of the dead. We also can see the self-idolatry of kings who celebrated their birthday each month and many in the world today are absorbed with themselves becoming lovers of self, and would love to celebrate themselves once a month.  

2 Timothy 3:2

“For men will be LOVERS OF THEMSELVES, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy…”

Josephus writes more about the violence that occurred on birthdays: Josephus writes in the “Jewish War, VII)

“While Titus remained at Caesarea, he celebrated his brother Domitian’s birthday with great splendor, putting over 2,500 prisoners (Jewish captives) to death in the games with beasts and flames. After this he moved to Berytus (Beirut), a Roman colony in Phoenicia, where he celebrated his father’s birthday by killing many more captives at elaborate exhibitions.”

Josephus again writes in “Against Apion, chapter 26, page 632

“Nay, indeed, the law does not permit us to make festivals at the births of our children…”

More scriptural evidence

Yashar (Jasher) 8:1

“And it was in the night that Abram was BORN, that all the servants of Terah, and all the wise men of Nimrod, and his MAGICIANS came and ate and drank in the house of Terah, and they rejoiced with him on that night.”

Now Abraham was a newborn infant and he could not do physically do anything to prevent his dad from celebrating his birth, but we see that Abraham was clearly opposed to his dad being an idol worshipper through scripture when he grew older. The context of this scripture shows that Terah celebrated Abraham’s birthday and he was a known IDOL WORSHIPPER and we see that magicians were celebrating with him; therefore, Terah was familiar with this pagan practice of idolatry/self-idolatry.

Joshua 24:2

“And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says YAHWEH ELOHIM of Yisra’el, your ancestors dwelt on the other side of the river Euphrates in olden times, even Terah, the dad of Abraham and of Nachor; AND THEY SERVED THERE OTHER MIGHTY ONES.”

Jasher 9:7-8

“And the king and all his servants, and Terah with all his household were then the first of those that served elohim of wood and stone. And Terah had twelve elohim of large size, made of wood and stone, after the twelve new moons of the new moon, and every new moon Terah would bring his meat offering and drink offering to his elohim; so Terah did ALL THE DAYS.”

Now let’s see how clearly opposed Abraham was of his dad’s idol worship:

Jubilees 12:1-6

“And it happened in the sixth week, in the seventh year, that Abram said to Terah his father, “father!” And he said, “Behold, here am I, my son.” And he said, What help and profit do we get from those idols which you worship and bow yourself down before? For there is no spirit in them. For they are dumb likenesses, and a misleading of the heart. Do not worship them. Worship the ELOHIM of heaven, who causes the rain and the dew to descend on the earth, and does everything upon the earth. He has created everything by His word, and all life is from before His face. Why do you worship things that have no spirit in them? For they are the work of human hands, and you carry them on your shoulders. And you have no help from them. But they are a great cause of shame to those who make them, and a misleading of the heart to those who worship them. Do not worship them.”

Jasher 10:14-17

“And Abram knew YAHWEH, and he went in His ways and corrections, and YAHWEH his ELOHIM was with him. And Terah his father was still captain of the host of king Nimrod in those days, and he still followed other elohim, of wood and stone. And Abram came to his father’s house and saw twelve elohim standing there in their temples, and the ANGER of Abram was kindled when he saw these images in his father’s house. And Abram said, “As YAHWEH lives these images shall not remain in my father’s house! So shall ELOHIM wo created me do to me, if in three days’ time I do not break them all!”

Although Abraham could not help the fact his dad celebrated his birthday as an infant, we can see Abraham would clearly have been against it as an adult, just as we see he hated his dad idols and destroyed them, he would have hated self-idolatry as well. If you grew up celebrating birthdays and know the truth then it is time to stop, also it’s time to stop making excuses to let your child have fun and “be a child” by allowing them to partake of this evil celebration. It’s the job of the parents to teach the children which way they should go and teach them about YAHWEH and His Ways as commanded in Deuteronomy 6:4-9, not to let the world or the children dictate to the parent to partake in paganism. It is a celebration of the world that originated in Egypt and means you love the world and it’s ways, so let it not be!

James 4:4

“You adulterers, don’t you know that the love of the world is hatred towards ELOHIM? Therefore who chooses to be a lover of this world is the ENEMY OF ELOHIM.”

1 John 2:15

“Love not the world nor anything in it; for whoever loves the world has not the love of the Father in him. For all that is in the world the lust of the body and the lust of the eyes and the pride of the world, which are NOT FROM THE FATHER but from the world itself.”

Which goes back to the very beginning, that there is no mention in scripture of YESHUA, the disciples, or any righteous man in scripture every celebrating their birthdays. Rather we see violence, self-worship, and worship of pagan deities and birthday celebrations of the dead. Does this sound like something a follower of YESHUA should be partaking in? The answer again in “Part 2 of celebrating birthdays” is, NO!

As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

What does “Blessed are those who mourn” really mean?

When someone passes away in this life, we look for ways and words to comfort them because we really do care about them. One of the scriptures that is used is “Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted” is this what YESHUA was referring to? We know that our ELOHIM will comfort those who have lost a loved one because He is a loving ELOHIM. When we read the scripture notice YESHUA says that those who are mourning are blessed, so what was He referring to?

Isaiah 61:1-4

“The Spirit of YAHWEH is upon Me, because YAHWEH has anointed Me and set me to preach good tidings to the meek; to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to prisoners; to proclaim the acceptable year of YAHWEH, and the day of the salvation of our ELOHIM; to comfort all that MOURN; to give to the MOURNERS OF ZION beauty instead of ashes, perfume instead of MOURNING, a cloak of beauty instead of the spirit of heaviness; they shall be called men of righteousness, the planting of YAHWEH, which is glorious. And they shall build the old ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.”

YESHUA is referring to those who weep and mourn for Zion, the destruction of the Temple and those who were taken into captivity, and we will see later why those who mourn for the destruction of Jerusalem will be blessed and why they will be comforted.

Mourning over Zion

I will be quoting scriptures from 2 Esdras and 2 Baruch to show why they were lamenting. Here, Ezra had a vision of a woman who lost her son and tells her that mourning for Zion was greater cause of concern.

2 Esdras 9:38-10:24

“When I said these things in my heart, I lifted up my eyes and saw a woman on my right, and she was MOURNING and weeping with a loud voice, and was deeply grieved at heart, and her clothes were rent, and there were ashes on her head. Then I dismissed the thoughts with which I had been engaged, and turned to her and said to her, “Why are you weeping, and why are you grieved at heart? And she said to me, “Let me alone, my master, that I may weep for myself and continue to mourn, for I am greatly embittered in spirit and deeply afflicted.” And I said to her, “What has happened to you? Tell me.” And she said to me, “Your servant was barren and had no child, though I lived with my husband thirty years. And so every day and every hour during those thirty years I besought the Most High. And it came to pass after thirty years, ELOHIM heard your handmaid, and looked upon my affliction, an considered my distress, and gave me a son. And I rejoiced greatly over him, I and my husband and all my townsfolk; and we gave great glory to the Mighty One. And I brought him up with much care. So when he grew up and I came to take a wife for him, I set a day for the marriage feast. But it happened that when my son entered his wedding chamber, he fell down and died. Then we put out the lamps, and all my townsfolk attempted to console me; and I remained quiet until evening of the second day. But when they all had stopped consoling me, that I might be quiet, I got up in the night and fled, and came to this field, as you see. And now I intend not to return to the city, but to stay here, and I will neither eat nor drink, but without ceasing mourn and fast until I die.”

“Then I broke off the reflections with which I was engaged, and answered her in anger, and said, “You most foolish of women, do you not see our MOURNING, AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US? For ZION, THE MOTHER OF US ALL, IS IN DEEP GRIEF AND GREAT AFFLICITION. It is most appropriate to MOURN NOW, because WE ARE ALL MOURNING, and to be sorrowful, because we are all sorrowing; you, however, are sorrowing for one son. Now ask the earth, and she will tell you that it is she who ought to mourn over so many who have come into being upon her. And from the beginning all have been born of her, and others will come; and behold, all go to perdition, and a multitude of them are destined for destruction. Who then ought to MOURN MORE, she who lost so great a multitude, or you who are grieving for one? But if you say to me, “My lamentation is not like the earth’s sadness for I have lost the fruit of my womb, which I brought forth in pain and in sorrow; but it is with the earth according to the way of the earth the multitude that is now in it goes as it came; then I say to you, ‘As you brought forth in sorrow, so the earth also has from the beginning given her fruit, that is, man, to Him who made her. Now, therefore, keep your sorrow to yourself, and bear bravely the troubles that have come upon you. For if you acknowledge the decree of ELOHIM to be just, you will receive your son back in due time, and will be praised among women.” Therefore go into the city to your husband.” She said to me, “I will not do so, nor will I go into the city, but I will die here.”

(Ezra’s lament over Zion)

So I spoke again to her, and said, “Do not do that thing, but let yourself be persuaded because of the troubles of ZION, and be consoled because of the sorrow of Jerusalem. For you see that our sanctuary has been laid waste, our altar thrown down, our temple destroyed; our harp has been laid low, our song has been silenced, our rejoicing has been ended; the light of our lampstand has been put out, the ark of the covenant has been plundered, our holy things have been polluted, and the name by which we are called has been profaned; our free men have suffered abuse, our priests have been burned to death, our Levites have gone into captivity; our virgins have been defiled, our wives have been ravished, our righteous men have been carried off, our little ones have been cast out, our young men have been enslaved, our strong men made powerless. And, what is more than all, the seal of ZION-for she has now lost the sea of her glory, and has been given over into the hands of those that hate us. Therefore shake off your great sadness and lay aside your many sorrows, so that the Mighty One may be merciful to you, and the Most High may give you rest from your troubles.”

The woman that Ezra saw was Zion who was weeping over her son which was symbolic of no offering had been in her for 3,000 years (see verse 45). But verse 39 gives the entire context which says, “For He (YAHWEH) has seen your righteous conduct, that you have sorrowed greatly for your people, AND MOURNED GREATLY OVER ZION.”

2 Baruch 1:1-3:6

“The twenty-fifth year of Jeconiah, Kind of Judah, the word of YAHWEH was upon Baruch, son of Neriah, and he said to him: “You have seen everything that this people has done to Me The evils which these two tribes (Judah and Benjamin, House of Judah) that remained have done are more than those of the ten tribes that were led captive (House of Israel). For the former tribes were forced by their kings to sin, but these two have been forcing and compelling their kings to sin. Therefore, see, I am bringing evil upon this city and upon its inhabitants. It will be REMOVED from Me for a time (70 years of Babylonian Captivity). I am scattering this people among the nations, so that it will do good to the nations. My people will be chastised, and the time will come when they will seek the prosperity of their times. For I have told you these things so that you may tell Jeremiah and all those who are like you to go away from this city, because your works are for this, city like a firm pillar and your prayers like a strong wall.” And I said: “O YAHWEH, my Master, have I come into the world for this, that I SHOULD SEE THE EVIL OF MY MOTHER? No, my Master.”

What mother is Baruch referring to? Ezra gave us that answer is 2 Esdras 10:7

 “For ZION, THE MOTHER OF US ALL, IS IN DEEP GRIEF AND GREAT AFFLICITION.”

2 Baruch continued:

Verse 2 “If I have found mercy in your eyes, TAKE FIRST MY SOUL, so that I will go to my fathers and will not see the DESTRUCTION OF MY MOTHER (ZION). Because two things greatly press on me: that to resist you I cannot; what is more my SOUL CANNOT LOOK AT THE EVIL OF MY MOTHER. For one thing I will say before You, YAHWEH: What, therefore, will be after these things? For if you destroy Your city, and you hand your land over to those who hate us, how will the name of Yisra’el again be remembered? Or how will we speak about your glories? Or to whom will be explained what is in Your Torah?”

2 Baruch 5:1-6:2

“And I answered and said: “Will I therefore be guilty on account of Zion, that those who hate you will come to this place and defile Your sanctuary, and take your inheritance into captivity and rule over those whom You love, and will again go to the place of their idols and boast before them? And what have You done for Your great Name? And YAHWEH said to me: “My Name and My praise-they are unto eternity. For My judgement reserves its right in its time. And you will see with your eyes that the enemies are not demolishing Zion and that they are not burning down Jerusalem but that they are serving the Judge for a time. You, then, go and do everything I have told you.” And I went and took Jeremiah, Adu, Seriah, Jabesh, Gedaliah, and the nobles of the people, and brought them to the Kidron Valley, and I told them everything that had been said to me. And they raised their voices AND ALL OF THEM WEPT. And we sat there and fasted until evening. And on the next day, see, the Chaldean army surrounded the city. And at evening time I Baruch, left the people, went out, and stood by the oak. I was GRIEVING OVER ZION and GROANING over the captivity that has come upon the people.”

2 Baruch 8:4-10:7

“And after these things, the Chaldean army entered and seized the house and everything around it. They led the people away captive and killed some of them. They bound King Zedekiah and sent him to the king of Babylon. And I, Baruch, came, and Jeremiah, whose heart was found pure of sins, who had not been captured during the seizing of the city. We TORE OUR GARMENTS, AND WEPT, AND MOURNED, AND FASTED SEVEN DAYS. And after seven days, the word of YAHWEH was upon me and said to me: “Say to Jeremiah to go and support the captivity of the people unto Babylon. You, however, remain here amid the DEVESTATION OF ZION, and I am showing you after these days what will befall at the end of days. And I spoke to Jeremiah as YAHWEH commanded me. Then he went with the people, whereas I, Baruch, turned back, came, and sat in front of the gates of the temple. And I LAMENTED THIS LAMENTATION OVER ZION, saying: Blessed is he who is not born, or he who was born and has died. But as for us, we are who alive-WOE unto us, for we have seen the SORROWS OF ZION AND WHAT HAS BEFALLEN JERUSALEM.”

Lamentations of Jeremiah

1:1-8

“How does the city sit solitary that was full of people! How is she become like a widow! She that was so great among the nations, and she that was a princess of the cities has become a tributary! She weeps bitterly in the night, and her tears run on her cheek (later Zion rejoices see Isaiah 66:10); among all her lovers she has none to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they have become her enemies. Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction and because of great servitude she dwells among the gentiles, she finds no rest; all her pursuers overtook her in the midst of her affliction. The ways of Zion MOURN because none come to the solemn feasts; all her gates are desolate;; her priests sigh, her virgins are humbled, and she is in bitterness. Her oppressors have become her rulers, and her adversaries have made an end of her; for YAHWEH has afflicted her from the multitude of her sins; her children are gone into captivity before the oppressor. And from the daughter of Zion all her splendor is departed; her princes have become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer. Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and of her chastisement all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old. When her people fell into the hand of the oppressor and she had none to help her, her oppressors saw her, and mocked at her destruction. Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she has become an abomination; all who honored her, despise her, because they see her nakedness; yea, she sighs and turns backward.”

2 Baruch 35:1-35:5

“And I, Baruch, went to the holy place, and I sat on its ruins, and I WEPT and said: O that my eyes were springs and my eyelids a fountain of tears. FOR HOW SHALL I GROAN OVER ZION, and how shall I MOURN OVER JERUSALEM? Because at this place where I am prostrate now, formerly the high priests were offering holy sacrifices and were placing thereon incense of fragrant odors. Now, however, our pride has been made into dust and the desire of our soul into sand.”

Those who mourn will be comforted in New Jerusalem

We are blessed because we await the promise of YAHWEH which is the New Jerusalem and will be gathered with our brethren who are scattered to the four corners. We will be restored back to our home that our ancestors mourned over during their days of exile.

Isaiah 66:10-13

“REJOICE with JERUSALEM and be GLAD WITH HER, all you who LOVE HER; rejoice in joy with her, all you who MOURN OVER HER, that you may suck and be satisfied with the COMFORT of her breasts; that you may milk out and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. For thus says YAHWEH: Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, like an overflowing torrent; and you shall suck the glory of the gentiles; and you shall be carried on the litters and be dandled upon the knees; as one whom his mother COMFORTS, so I WILL COMFORT you, and you shall be COMFORTED IN JERUSALEM.”

Now going back and looking at YESHUA’s words we can see the context of what He was saying:

Mathew 5:4

“Blessed are they who are MOURNING, because they will be COMFORTED.”

2 Baruch 4:1-4:6

“And YAHWEH said to me: “This city is delivered up for a time, and the people are chastised during a time, and the world is not forgotten. Or do you perhaps think that this is the city about which I said: On the palms of My hands I have inscribed you.”

Isaiah 49:16

“Behold, I have inscribed you upon the palms of My hands; your fortified walls are continually BEFORE ME (New Jerusalem).”

2 Baruch (continued) “This building that is now built in your midst is NOT THE ONE REVEALED WITH ME (The New Jerusalem), the one ALREADY PREPARED HERE WHEN I INTENDED TO MAKE PARADISE. And I showed it to Adam before he sinned, but when he transgressed the commandment, it was taken away from him, as was also Paradise. And after these things, I showed it to my servant Abraham, by night, between the halves of the sacrifices. And furthermore, I also showed it to Moses on Mount Sinai when I showed him the likeness of the tabernacle and of all its implements. And now, see, it is PRESERVED WITH ME, AS IS ALSO PARADISE. Go, therefore, and do as I am commanding you.”

YAHWEH revealed the New Jerusalem to our ancestors and it is preserved with Him, and those who endure until the end will see and dwell in it, for this is the reward that is promised and what our ancestors saw and knew what was to come and what we hope for.

Revelation 21:1-2

“And I saw NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH: for the former heaven and the former earth has passed away: and the sea was no more. And I saw the HOLY CITY, THE NEW JERUSALEM, DESCENDING FROM ELOHIM OUT OF HEAVEN, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.”

2 Baruch 31:32:5

“And after these things, I went to the people and said to them: “Assemble for me all your elders and I will say a few words to you.” And all of them assembled by the Kidron Valley. And I answered and said to them: “Hear (Shema), O Yisra’el, and I will speak to you, and you, seed of Jacob, listen, and I will instruct you. Do not forget Zion, but remember the sorrows of Jerusalem. For, see, days are coming and everything that is will be taken to destruction, and it will be as if it had not been. You, however, if you prepare your hearts and sow in them the fruits of the Torah, the Mighty One will protect you in that time to come, Who will shake up all of creation. Because after a short time, the building of Zion will be shaken, in order to be built again. But that building will not remain, but will again be uprooted after a time and will remain desolate until the time. And after that, it must be RENEWED IN GLORY AND COMLPLETED FOREVER (New Jerusalem). Therefore, we do not have to be saddened so much over the evil that has come now as over that which is yet to be (Baruch is comforting them with the truth of the New Jerusalem).”

2 Baruch 44:2-44:8

“See, I will go to my fathers as is the way of all the age. But you, do not withdraw from the way of the Torah but keep it and warn the people who are left, lest they withdraw from the commandments of the Mighty One. For you see that He is just whom we serve, and our Creator shows no partiality. See what has befallen Zion and what happened to Jerusalem, because the judgment of the Mighty One will be known through this and His ways are inscrutable (unsearchable) and right. For if you endure and remain in His fear and do not forget His Torah, times will change for you for the better, and you will see the consolation (COMFORT received by a person after a loss or disappointment) of Zion. Because what is now is nothing (physical Jerusalem), but what will be (New Jerusalem) is VERY GREAT.”

Be comforted all my brothers and sisters who mourn for Zion knowing that the New Jerusalem will comfort all of us as we return home to be with YAHWEH and YESHUA! As always, may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

Have we been taught to do this wrong?

I wanted to share something that jumped out at me and have been led to share with you all. We know that we have been lied to in this world about pretty much everything and we have to unlearn what we have been taught, so is the way we pray one of them? It’s important because it is something that we do everyday and our communication line to our Father YAHWEH! We have been taught to clasp our hands together, bow our heads and close our eyes; and some people say that they pray in their head so that Satan will not hear their prayers and snatch them away. As always it is my goal to examine the scriptures and to follow in the footsteps of our righteous ancestors. We will be discussing, should we pray in our head? Should clasp our hands together? Should we bow our heads? Should our eyes be closed?

Praying out loud

This does not mean yelling for the world to hear, but we should be able to hear ourselves as we pray.

1 Samuel 1:12-17

“And it came to pass, as she continued praying before YAHWEH, that Eli watched her MOUTH. Now Hannah spoke in her heart only, and her lips moved, but her VOICE WAS NOT HEARD; therefore Eli thought her to be drunk. And Eli said to her, how long will you be drunk? Put away your wine from you. Hannah answered and said to him, no, my master, I am a woman full of grief; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before YAHWEH. Count not your maidservant in your presence a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my sorrow and grief have I spoken hitherto. Then Eli answered and said to her, go in peace; and the ELOHIM of Yisra’el grant you the petition that you have asked Him.”

Now, trust me, I’m not saying YAHWEH will not hear your prayers if you don’t pray out loud because He heard Hannah, plus we see that her lips were moving. The context of this entire scripture is that it was UNCOMMON that a person would pray and not be heard praying, this is the reason why Eli thought she was drunk because her lips were moving but he heard no words, so this means the words of our prayers can be heard. This doesn’t mean you have to shout out loud but just enough that you can hear your voice, just as we see in the next witness from the 12 Patriarchs.

Testament of Joseph 9:3-4

“And if a man lives in self-control, and also desires glory, and the Most High knows that it is beneficial for him, He gives this also to men, and to me. How often, though she were sick, did she come down to me at times she was not sought, AND LISTENED TO MY VOICE AS I PRAYED!”

This scripture confirms that it was uncommon for the voices of a person not to be heard while they were praying, and we know that Joseph was a righteous man and when he prayed the Potiphar’s wife would come to visit him while in jail unwanted, and she would listen to him pray.

Hands spread out toward heaven and not clasped together

One of the biggest traditions I have seen and one that we all have grown up doing is praying with our hands together with fingers interlocked; however, when we read scripture we see the exact opposite of that, rather we see their hands spread out towards the heavens, and there has to be a spiritual connection with this.

Kind of like Moses in Exodus 17 while he was on the mountain holding his hands with the assistance of Aaron and Hur while Joshua was fighting Amalek, though he wasn’t praying his hands were lifted up, and when his hands were lifted up, they would win, but when his hands dropped, they would lose. Could it be that prayers are not as effective if your hands aren’t lifted up like Moses during the battle? Could it be that victory is associated with raised hands? Is this why we have been taught to close our hands and interlock our fingers together when we pray to take away the effectiveness of prayer? It’s not far-fetched to think so, let us not forget what Revelation 12:9 in the Aramaic Peshitta.

Revelation 12:9

“And the great dragon was cast out, the old serpent who is called the Deceiver, and Satan, who SEDUCES all the inhabited world: he was cast upon the earth and his messengers were cast out with him.”

Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “seducing” as to persuade disobedience or disloyalty, to lead astray usually by persuasion or false promises.

Satan has seduced the world to do everything opposite of what the scriptures say because he perverts it, so our goal is to get back on the ancient path of worship.

Exodus 17:9-13

“And Moses said to Joshua, choose for yourself men, and go out, fight with Amalek tomorrow; and I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of ELOHIM in my hand. So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and he went to fight with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. And it came to pass, when Moses LIFTED UP HIS HAND, Yisra’el PREVAILED; and when he LET DOWN HIS HANDS, Amalek PREVAILED. But Moses’ hands became tired; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it; and Aaron and Hur SUPPORTED HIS HANDS, the one on one side, and the other on the other side; and HIS HANDS WERE STEADY UNTIL THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN. And Joshua defeated Amalek with the edge of the sword.”

I believe that raising hands in prayer has the same effect and power as it did when Moses lifted up his hands in the battle with Amalek. Let’s examine other scriptures to see other witnesses in support of this.

Exodus 9:27-28

“Then Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time; YAHWEH is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. PRAY before YAHWEH, for there is yet a chance for forgiveness in His presence that there be no more mighty thundering’s and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer. And Moses said to him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will STRETCH FORTH MY HANDS TO YAHWEH; and the thunder shall cease and there shall be no more hail, that you may know that the earth belongs to YAHWEH.”

Micah 2:1

“Woe to those who devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! They rise up early every morning and practice what they have devised; then they LIFT UP THEIR HANDS toward ELOHIM TO PRAY.”

Nehemiah 8:6

“And Ezra blessed YAHWEH, the great ELOHIM. And all the people answered, ahmein, ahmein, LIFTING UP THEIR HANDS; and they knelt down and worshipped before YAHWEH with their faces to the ground.”

1 Kings 8:22

“And Solomon stood before the altar of YAHWEH in the presence of the all the congregation of Yisra’el, and SPREAD FORTH HIS HANDS TOWARD HEAVEN AND PRAYED…”

2 Chronicles 6:13

“For Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and two cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and he went up and stood upon it, and knelt down upon his knees in the presence of all the people of Yisra’el AND SPREAD FORTH HIS HANDS IN PRAYER TOWARD HEAVEN.”

1 Kings 8:38

“Whatsoever PRAYER and whatsoever supplication be made by any man or by all Your people Yisra’el, who shall know everyman the trouble of his own heart, and shall SPREAD FORTH HIS HANDS BEFORE YOU IN THE HOUSE…”

1 Kings 8:54

“And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished PRAYING all this prayer and supplication unto YAHWEH ELOHIM, he arose from before the altar of YAHWEH, from kneeling with HIS HANDS SPREAD UP TO HEAVEN.”

Jubilees 25:11

“And then she (Rebecca) lifted up her face to the heavens and EXTENDED THE FINGERS OF HER HANDS, and opened her mouth and blessed EL ELYON, who had created the heavens and the earth, and she gave Him thanks and praise.”

Jasher 37:14

“And Jacob PRAYED to YAHWEH for his sons, and he SPREAD FORTH HIS HANDS TO YAHWEH, and he said…”

Jasher 52:26

“And Jacob rose up from his sons and SPREAD FORTH HIS HANDS AND PRAYED TO YAHWEH on account of his sons…”

2 Maccabees 3:19-20

“And the women, girded with sackcloth under their breasts, abounded in the streets and the virgins that were guarded ran, some to the gates and some to the walls and others looked out of the windows. And ALL, HOLDING THEIR HANDS TOWARD HEAVEN, MADE SUPPLICATION.”

1 Timothy 2:8

“I desire then that in EVERY PLACE the men should PRAY, LIFTING HOLY HANDS (not clasped together) without anger or quarreling.”

Psalms 28:2

“Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto You, when I LIFT UP MY HANDS TOWARD YOUR HOLY TEMPLE.”

Psalms 44:20

“And yet we have not forgotten the name of our ELOHIM, or STRETCHED OUT OUR HANDS to stranger mighty ones.”

Psalms 88:9

“Mine eyes are weakened from weeping; YAHWEH, I have called daily upon You; I have STRETCHED OUT MY HANDS TO YOU.”

Psalms 134:1-3

“Behold, bless YAHWEH, all you servants of YAHWEH, who by might stand in the house of YAHWEH. LIFT UP YOUR HANDS towards the sanctuary, and bless YAHWEH. YAHWEH bless you out of Zion, even He who made heaven and earth.”

Psalms 143:6

“I STRETCH FORTH MY HANDS TO YOU; my soul thirsts after You, as a thirsty land.”

Lamentations 2:19

“Arise, offer praise in the night at the beginning of the watches; pour out your heart like water before the presence of YAHWEH; LIFT UP YOUR HANDS toward Him for the lives of your little children who faint for hunger at the head of every street.”

Lamentations 3:40-41

“Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to YAHWEH. Let us lift up our hearts WITH OUR HANDS to ELOHIM in heaven.”

Ezra 9:5

“And at the ninth hour I rose up from my sorrow; and having torn my garments, I fell upon my knees and SPREAD OUT MY HANDS IN PRAYER BEFORE YAHWEH ELOHIM…”

Daniel 12:7

“And I heard the man clothed in costly array who stood above the waters of the river. He held up his RIGHT HAND AND HIS LEFT HAND TO HEAVEN, and swore by him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half a time; and when holy people are delivered, all these things shall be fulfilled.”

Job 11:13

“If you make your heart right, AND STRETCH OUT YOUR HANDS TOWARD HIM…”

Deuteronomy 32:39-40

“See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no Elohim besides Me; I cause men to die, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; and there is none that can escape out of My hands. For I LIFT UP MY HAND TO HEAVEN and say, I live forever.”

Though YAHWEH has no need to pray and prays to no one, there is the connection that we see Him using the same stretching of the hands to the heavens as His creation should be doing when praying to Him, so we see the importance of it and the consistency of raising hands all throughout scripture.

Luke 24:50

“And He (YESHUA) took them out up to Beth-Anya and RAISED HIS HANDS AND BLESSED THEM.”

Praying looking into heaven

We have also been taught to close our eyes and bow our heads while praying, I’m not going to say that it is wrong, I would suggest taking this into prayer, the goal is to show with witnesses that YESHUA and our ancestors looked upwards, and I will include one scripture of YESHUA praying on His face.

Ezra 9:5-6

“And at the ninth hour I rose up from my sorrow; and having torn my garments, I fell upon my knees and spread out my hands in prayer before YAHWEH ELOHIM, and said, O my ELOHIM, we are ashamed to LIFT UP OUR FACES TO YOU, OUR ELOHIM; for our iniquities are increased over our head and our great sins have reached to the very heavens.”

Firstly, Ezra considered the sins of his people as his own, even though he did not commit the sin. And secondly, Ezra says that they are too ashamed to look up into the heavens due to sin, which implies that they were looking up into the heavens with hands raised while praying before this point.

Luke 18:10-13

“Two men went up to the temple to PRAY-one a Pharisee and other a publican (A Jewish tax collector for the Romans). And the Pharisee was standing by himself, and he would PRAY this way, “ELOHIM, I thank you that I am not like the rest of the people, extortioners, and covetous, and adulterers, nor like this publican. Rather, I fast two times a week and I tithe everything that I earn. But the publican was standing from afar and did not even desire to RAISE HIS EYES TO HEAVEN, rather, he was beating upon his breast and said, ‘ELOHIM have compassion on me a sinner!”

In context we see that they both went to the temple to pray, and the publican did not lift up his eyes to the heavens because of shame like we read in Ezra, which means that the Pharisee did look into heaven. The Pharisee wasn’t wrong for looking into the heavens, it was his boastful, self-righteous attitude is why he was wrong.

YESHUA is our example, and we are to walk like Him:

Luke 9:16

“And YESHUA took those five loaves of bread and two fish and GAZED INTO HEAVEN and BLESSED them and broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the crowds.”

Mark 6:41

“And He took those five loves of bread and two fish, and He LOOKED TO HEAVEN AND BLESSED and broke the bread and gave it to the disciples to place before them”

John 11:41

“And they took away that stone and YESHUA LIFTED HIS EYES UPWARDS and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me and I know that you always hear Me, but because this crowd that stands here I say these things that they might believe that you have sent Me.”

John 17:1

“YESHUA spoke these things and He LIFTED UP HIS EYES TO HEAVEN and said, “My Father the hour has come. Glorify Your Son so that Your Son might glorify You.”

The only time I recall YESHUA falling on His face to pray was when He was distressed knowing that Psalms 22 prophecy was getting ready to occur before being delivered up to be crucified.

Mathew 26:39

“And He went a little further and fell upon His face and was praying and said “My Father if it is possible, let this cup pass over Me. Nevertheless, not as I will but as You will.”

Jubilees 25:11

“And then she (Rebecca) LIFTED UP HER FACE TO THE HEAVENS and extended the fingers of her hands…”

Psalms 123:1

“To You LIFT I UP MINE EYES, O thou that dwellest in the heaven.”

Daniel 4:33-34

“The same hour the word was fulfilled upon King Nebuchadnezzar; and he was driven from among men, and did eat grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair grew like eagles’ feathers and his nails like bird’s claws. And when the days were filled, I, Nebuchadnezzar, LIFTED UP MY EYES TO HEAVEN, and my sense was restored to me, and I BLESSED the Most High and I praised and glorified Him who lives forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion and whose kingdom is from generation to generation…”

Even Nebuchadnezzar lifted up his eyes to heaven to bless YAHWEH after being humbled and he did not even know YAHWEH up until that point.

Also, nowhere in scripture do we see the eyes being closed while praying. Interestingly, people.howstuffworks.com says this:

By closing your eyes during prayer, you may be continuing a ritual whose roots are steeped in history. Long ago, looking directly at a king or any ruler was considered insolent. The proper response when appearing before a ruler was to close your eyes or, if you were feeling really daring, look downward. Failing to do so could launch an unfortunate chain of events that might end with a sleepover in the dungeon or a date with the guillotine.

Adopting a deferential pose -- in other words, closing your eyes -- during prayer became an appropriate way to show humility, something that was especially important when asking for mercy. Today, it's a common posture for prayers of all kinds.

So, it appears it is based off of a ritual that is not rooted in scripture, as stated before I have not seen examples supporting eyes being closed during prayer. And they look downwards away from the king because it was considered rude, but yet we see YAHWEH is the opposite, He wants us to look up to Him, call upon His Name, and come boldly to the throne through His Son YESHUA!

It is my prayer that this message will strengthen your prayer life as you change your posture while praying the way YESHUA and our ancestors did. Especially with the days ahead we will need the power of our prayers to be heard for all around the world. As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

Know that YAHWEH is fighting for YOU!

I would like to encourage all my brothers and sisters to keep clinging to YESHUA and do not let get go; and know that our Father YAHWEH is fighting for you in ways that you cannot even fathom. We often look at everything from a physical standpoint, but we have to remember that the spiritual realm is more real than we are. There are many scriptures to choose to show what our ELOHIM can do, I chose the ones that stood out that most people may not have seen, heard of, our thought about.

Deuteronomy 32:30

“How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Mighty One had delivered them to their enemies, and YAHWEH had hemmed them in?”

To put this in perspective think of one or two men going up against 10,000 people in battle and those 10,000 people look at those two men, yet they see a great army of 50,000 great warriors behind them, but the two men don’t see those 50,000 men behind them which causes those 10,000 men to take off running for fear of their lives. This is why YAHWEH always says be strong and of a good courage because all He wants is His children to trust in Him and His power, this is why He was so pleased with Joshua son of Nun and Caleb for saying that they could fight against the giants and win because they knew that YAHWEH was with them. This is the power that our Father YAHWEH has, and He can cause visions, fear, and frustration amongst anyone to protect His children. And even if they don’t manifest physically we know that they are always there in the spiritual realm as we see when Elisha prayed for YAHWEH to open up the eyes of his servant.

2 Kings 6:15-17

“And when the servant of the prophet of ELOHIM arose early and went out, behold, an army surrounded the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant, said to him, Alas, my master! What shall we do? And he said to him, fear not; for those who are with us are more than those who are with them. And Elisha prayed to YAHWEH and said, O YAHWEH, open his eyes that he may see. And YAHWEH opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw; and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.”

These are some beautiful scriptures to always remember in time of trouble or fear that our Father YAHWEH defends those who are His. Now, we will take a look at more examples to encourage you.

Jasher 32:16-40

“And Jacob prayed to YAHWEH his ELOHIM, and he said, “O YAHWEH ELOHIM of my ancestors, Abraham and Isaac, You spoke to me when I went away from my dads house, saying, I am YAHWEH ELOHIM of your father Abraham and the ELOHIM of Isaac; I give this land to you and your seed after you, and I will make your seed as the stars of the heavens, and you shall spread forth to the four winds of the heavens, and in you and in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.’ And You established Your words, and gave me riches and children and cattle; as the utmost desires of my heart You have given to Your servant; You gave me all that I asked from You, so that I lacked nothing. And You afterward said to me, ‘Return to your parents and to your birthplace and I will still do well with you. And now that I have come, and You delivered me from Laban, I shall fall in the hands of Esaw who will slay me, yes, together with the mothers of my children. Now therefore, O YAHWEH ELOHIM, deliver me, I ask You, from the hands of my brother Esaw, for I am greatly afraid of him.”

 Verse 28 And YAHWEH sent three messengers of the exalted messengers, and they went before Esaw and came to him. And these messengers APPEARED TO ESAW AND HIS PEOPLE AS TWO THOUSAND MEN, riding upon horses furnished with all sorts of war instruments, and they appeared in the sight of Esaw and all his men to be divided into four camps, with four chiefs to them. And one camp went on and they found Esaw coming with four hundred men toward his brother Jacob, and this camp ran toward Esaw and his people and terrified them, and Esaw fell off the horse in alarm, and all his men separated from him in that place, for they were greatly afraid. And the whole of the camp shouted after them when they fled from Esaw, and all the warlike men answered, saying, “Surely we are the servants of Jacob, who is the servant of ELOHIM, and who then can stand against us?” And Esaw said to them, “O then, my master and brother Jacob is your master, whom I have not seen for these twenty years, and now that I have today come to see him, do you treat me in this manner?” And the messengers answered him saying, “As YAHWEH lives, if Jacob of whom you speak was not your brother, we would not let one remain from you and your people; but only on account of Jacob we will do nothing to them.” And this camp passed from Esaw and his men and it went away, and Esaw and his men had gone from them about a league when the second camp came toward him with all sorts of weapons, and they also did to Esaw and his men as the first camp had done to them. And when they had left to go on, behold the third camp came toward him and they were all terrified, and Esaw fell off the horse, and the whole camp cried out, and said, “Surely we are the servants of Jacob, who is the servant of ELOHIM, and who can stand against us?” And Esaw again answered them saying, “O then, Jacob my master and your master is my brother, and for twenty years I have not seen his face and hearing today that he was coming, I went today to meet him, and do you treat me in this manner? And they answered him, and said to him, “As YAHWEH lives, if Jacob were not your brother as you said, we would not have left a remnant of you and your men; but on account of Jacob of whom you speak being your brother, we will not meddle with you or your men.” And the third camp also passed from them, and he still continued this road with his men toward Jacob, when the fourth camp came toward him, and they also did to him and his men as the others had done. And when Esaw beheld the evil which the four messengers had done to him and to his men, he became greatly afraid of his brother Jacob, and he went to meet him in peace. And Esaw concealed his hatred against Jacob, because he was afraid of his life on account of his brother Jacob, and because he imagined that the four camps that he had lighted upon were Jacob’s servants.”

What a beautiful example of YAHWEH’s power! All Jacob did was pray to YAHWEH because he was afraid of his brother Esaw; however, he had no idea how YAHWEH was going to take care of the situation, he just trusted that He would. So, He sends three messengers who appeared as 2,000 mighty warriors and terrified Esaw and his 400 men. So, our ELOHIM can do the same thing today, let us pray to Him and trust Him and He will handle the details. Literally, last night there was teenagers who blast music really early in the morning and I prayed saying “Father YAHWEH cause them to hear the sound of police sirens to make them cut the music off” and immediately the music stopped playing. How awesome is our ELOHIM!

2 kings 19:4-35

“It may be YAHWEH your ELOHIM will hear the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom his master, the Assyrian king has sent to reproach the living ELOHIM; and will rebuke him for the words which YAHWEH your ELOHIM has heard; therefore beseech and pray for the remnant that is left. So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah the prophet. And Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you shall say to your master: Thus says YAHWEH, do not be afraid of the words that you have heard, which the ambassadors of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. Behold, I will send a blast (a spirit, deadly wind in Aramaic) upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.” Verse 21 “This is the word that YAHWEH has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion despises you and laughs you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you. Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voices and lifted up your eyes on high? Even against the Holy One of Yisra’el. By your messengers you have reproached YAHWEH and have said, with the multitude of chariots I will go up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof and the choice fir trees thereof; and I will enter into the extreme limits of the forest of Carmel. I will dig and drink strange waters, and with the hoofs of my horses I will dry up all the great rivers. Have you not heard long ago how I have done it, and of the days of old how I prepared it? And now I have brought it to pass, that you lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps; therefore their inhabitants became weak, they were defeated and confounded, and became like the grass of the field and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like tender grass blasted before it is grown up. But I know your dwelling place and your coming in and your going out and your rage against Me. Because you have dared and raged against Me, and your blasphemy has come to my ears, therefore I will put a hook in your noise and a bit in your lips, and I will turn you back the way by which you came. And this shall be a sign to you; you shall eat this year that which grow of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third-year sow and reap and plant vineyards and eat the fruit thereof. And the remnant that is left of the house of Judah shall increase, they shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward. For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of the mount of Zion; the zeal of YAHWEH of Hosts shall do this. Therefore thus says YAHWEH concerning the king of Assyria: he shall not enter this city nor shoot an arrow there nor come before it with shields nor lay an ambush against it. But by the way that he came by the same shall he return, and shall not enter this city, says YAHWEH. For I will abide in this city and save it for My own sake and for My servant David’s sake. And it came to pass that night, the angel of YAHWEH went out and slew in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when the survivors arose early in the morning, they looked, and behold, their comrades were all dead.”

2 kings 7:3-6

“Now there were four leprous men sitting at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, why do we sit here until we die? If we say, will enter into the city, the famine is severe in the city, and we shall die there, and if we still sit here, we die also. Now therefore come and let us go to the camp of Aram; if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they put us to death, we shall die. So they rose up early in the twilight to go the camp of Aram; and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp, behold, there was no man there; for YAHWEH had made the army of Aram HEAR THE NOISE OF HORSES AND THE NOISE OF CHARIOTS AND THE NOISE OF A GREAT ARMY; and they said to one another, Lo, the king of Yisra’el has hired against us the King of the Egyptians and the king of the Hittites to come upon us. Wherefore they fled in the twilight, and left their tents, their horses, and their donkeys, even their camp as it was, and they fled for their lives.”

Again, we see the power of YAHWEH and what He is capable of. He caused the camp of Aram to hear the sound of chariots and horses of a large army that was not even there which made them run. Just like the manifestation of the messengers becoming 2,000 warriors and confronting Esaw, we see that YAHWEH can cause people to hear things that will terrify them. So in modern times He can cause someone to hear the sound of a thousand police sirens, a thousand tanks and helicopters to put fear in someone to make them flee.

2 Maccabees 3:19-30

“And the women, girded with sackcloth under their breasts, abounded in the streets and the virgins that were guarded ran, some to the gates and some to the walls and others looked out of the windows. And all, holding their hands toward heaven, made supplication. Then it would have pitied a man to see the falling down of the multitude of all sorts and the fear of the high priest being in such agony. They then called on the Shaddai-Adonai to keep the things committed to trust safe and sure for those who had committed them. Nevertheless, Helidorus executed that which was decreed. Now as he was there present himself with this guard about the treasury. YAHWEH Sabaoth, the Prince of all power, caused a GREAT APPARITION (a manifestation or the appearance of something remarkable or unexpected, typically an image of this type), so that all that presumed to come in with him were astonished at the power of ELOHIM and fainted and were severely afraid. For there APPEARED TO THEM a horse with a terrible rider on him and adorned with a very beautiful covering and he ran fiercely and struck at Helidorus with his forefeet and it seemed that he that sat on the horse had complete harness of gold. Moreover two other young men APPEARED before him, notable in strength, excellent in beauty and comely in apparel, who stood by him on either side; and scourged him continually and gave him many blows. And Helidorus fell suddenly to the ground and was circled with great darkness: but those that were with him picked him up and put him into a litter. Thus he that recently came with a great train and with all his guard into the treasury, they carried out, being unable to help himself with his weapons: and manifestly they acknowledged the power of ELOHIM. For he by the hand of ELOHIM was cast down and lay speechless without all hope of life.”

YAHWEH caused another manifestation of men to appear and defend the temple and even scourged the man Helidorus who attempted to do evil to the high priest and nearly killed him. Again, we see YAHWEH defending His people and the enemy recognized YAHWEH’s great power and Helidorus went on to praise ELOHIM and sacrifice to Him.

Jasher 34:55-48:25 (After Simeon and Levi destroyed Shekhem they all went back to dwell in the land after it had been rebuilt and the Canaanite kings thought they were coming back to destroy it again and arrayed themselves to war against them.)

“Surely our ELOHIM who delivered the city of Shekhem and its people into their hand, he will also deliver into our hands all the Canaanite kings who are coming against us, and we will do to them as my brothers did to Shekhem (Judah speaking about Simeon and Levi). Now be at peace about them and cast away your fears, and trust in YAHWEH our ELOHIM, and pray to Him to assist us and deliver us, and deliver our enemies into our hands. And Judah called to one of his dad’s servants and said, “Go now and see where those kings, who are coming against us, are situated with their armies. And the servant went and looked far off, and went up opposite Mount Sion, and saw all the camps of the kings standing in the fields, and he returned to Judah and said, “Behold the kings are situated in the field with all their camps, a people exceedingly numerous, like the sand upon the seashore.” (Then Isaac and Jacob prayed for them, and the result of the prayers happened in Chapter 35.)

Chapter 35:1-19

“And all the kings of the Armories came and took their stand in the field to consult with their counselors what was to be done with the sons of Jacob, for they were still afraid of them, saying, “Behold, two of them killed the whole of the city of Shekhem.” And YAHWEH heard the prayers of Isaac and Jacob, and He FILLED THE HEARTS OF ALL THESE KINGS’ ADVSERS WITH GREAT FEAR AND TERROR that they unanimously exclaimed, “Are you so simple today, or is there no understanding in you, that you will fight with the Hebrews? And why will you take a delight in your own destruction today? Behold two of them came to the city of Shekhem without fear or terror, and they killed all the inhabitants of the city, that no man stood up against them, and how will you be able to fight with them all? Surely you know that their ELOHIM is exceedingly fond of them, and has done mighty things for them, such as have not been done from days of old, and among all the Elohim of the nations there is none that can do like His mighty deeds. Surely He delivered their ancestor Abraham, the Hebrew, from the hand of Nimrod, and from the hand of all his people who had many times sought to kill him. He delivered him also from the fire in which king Nimrod had cast him, and his ELOHIM delivered him form it. And who else can do the like? Surely it was Abraham who killed the five kings of Elam, when they had touched his brother’s son who in those days dwelled in Sodom. And took his servant that was faithful in his house and few of his men, and they pursued the kings of Elam in one night and killed them, and restored to his brother’s son all his property which they had taken from him. And surely you know the ELOHIM of these Hebrews is much delighted with them, and they are also delighted with Him, for they know that He delivered them from all their enemies.”

“And behold through his love toward his ELOHIM, Abraham took his only and precious son and intended to bring him up as an ascension offering to his ELOHIM, and had it not been for ELOHIM who prevented him from doing this, he would then have done it for his love to his ELOHIM. And ELOHIM saw all his works, and swore to him, and promised him that He would deliver his sons and all his seed from every trouble that would happen to them, because had done this thing, and through his love to his ELOHIM stifled his compassion for his child. And have you not heard what their ELOHIM did to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to Abimelech king of Gerar, though taking Abraham’s wife, who said of her, “She is my sister,’ lest they might kill him on account of her, and think of taking her for a wife? And ELOHIM did to them and their people all that you heard of. And behold, we ourselves saw with our eyes that Esaw, the brother of Jacob, came to him with four hundred men, with the intention of killing him, for he called to mind that he had taken away from him his dad’s blessing. And he went to meet him when he came from Aram, to kill the mother with the children, and who delivered him from his hands but his ELOHIM in whom he trusted? He delivered him from the hand of his brother and also from the hands of his enemies, and surely He will protect them again. Who does not know that it was their ELOHIM who inspired them with strength to do to the town of Shekhem the evil which you heard of? Could it then be with their own strength that two men could destroy such a large city as Shekhem had it not been for their ELOHIM in whom they trusted? He said and did to them all this to kill the inhabitants of the city in their city. And can you then prevail over them who have come forth together from your city to fight with the whole of them, even if a thousand times as many more should come to your assistance? Surely you know and understand that you do not come to fight with them, but you come to war with their ELOHIM who chose them, and you have therefore all come today to be destroyed.”

YAHWEH put fear into the advisors of the kings of Canaan and they talked about all the mighty works of YAHWEH and that alone made them turn away from fighting against the sons of Jacob. The last part of this scripture about them fighting against ELOHIM and not against man reminds me of:

Acts 5:38-39

“And so now I tell you: Stay away from these men, and leave them alone. If their plan comes from human authority, it will fail. But if it is from ELOHIM, you will not be able to stop them. You might even be fighting against ELOHIM Himself!”

The same conversation that the advisors gave to the kings not to fight against YAHWEH in Jasher reminds me of what was said by an Ammonite in Judith who also gave a history of YAHWEH’s power:

Judith 5:1-24

“Then was it declared to Holofemes, the chief captain of the army of Ashur, that the children of Yisra’el had prepared for war and had shut up the passages of the hill country and had fortified all the tops of the high hills and had laid impediments in the plain countries, with which he was very angry and called all the princes of Moab and the captains of Ammon and all the governors of the sea coast, and he said to them, tell me now, you sons of Canaan, who is this people that dwells in the hill country and what are the cities that they inhabit and what is the multitude of their army and in what is their power and strength and what king is set over them, or captain of their army. And why have they determined not to come and meet me, more than all the inhabitants of the west. Then Achi’or the captain of all the sons of Ammon said, let my master now hear a word from the mouth of your servant and I will declare to you the truth concerning this people who dwell near you and inhabits the hill countries and no lie shall come out of the mouth of your servant. These people have descended from the Kasdim: and they sojourned formerly in Naharayim, because they would not follow the Elohim of their ancestors, which were in the land of Kasdim. For they left the way of their ancestors and worshipped the ELOHIM of heaven, the ELOHIM whom they knew. So they cast them out from the face of their ELOHIM and they fled into Naharayim and sojourned there many days. Then their ELOHIM commanded them to depart from the place where they sojourned and to go into the land of Canaan, where they dwelt and were increased with gold and silver and with very much livestock. But when a famine covered all the land of Canaan, they went down into Egypt and sojourned there, while they were nourished and became a great multitude, so that one could not number their nation. Therefore the king of Egypt rose up against them and dealt subtly with them and humbled them with labor in brick making and made them slaves. Then they cried to their ELOHIM and He struck all the land of Egypt with incurable plagues, so the Egyptians cast them out of their sight. And ELOHIM dried the Yam-Suf (Dead Sea) before them, and brought them to Mount Sinai and Kadesh-Barne’a and cast out all that dwelt in the wilderness. So they dwelt in the land of the Emori and they destroyed by their strength all those of Chesbon and passing over the Jordan they possessed all the hill country. And they cast out before them the Canaanites, the Perizzite, the Jebusite and the Sheckhemites and all the Girgashites and they dwelt in that country many days. And while they did not sin before their ELOHIM they prospered, because the ELOHIM that hates iniquity was with them. But when they departed from the way which He appointed them, they were destroyed very greatly in many battles and were led captives into a land that was not theirs and the temple of their ELOHIM was cast to the ground and their cities were taken by the enemies. But now have they returned to their ELOHIM and have come up from the places where they were scattered and have possessed Jerusalem, where their sanctuary is and are seated in the hill country; for it was desolate. Now therefore, my master and governor, if there is any error against these people and they have sinned against their ELOHIM, let us consider that this shall be their ruin and let us go up and we shall overcome them. But if there is no iniquity in their nation, let my master now pass by, for fear that their Adonai defends them and their ELOHIM protects them and we shall become a reproach before all the world. And when Achi’or had finished these sayings, all the people standing round about the tent murmured and the chief men of Holofemes and all that dwelt by the sea side and in Moab, spoke that he should kill him. For they said, we will not be afraid of the face of the children of Yisra’el, for look , it is a people that have no strength nor power for a strong battle. Now therefore, master Holofernes, we will go up and they shall be prey to be devoured by all your army.”

Achi’or the Ammonite warned them, but they did not listen and YAHWEH give the Assyria into the hands of Judith, Achi’or the Ammonite would end up joining and becoming a citizen of Yisra’el.

Jasher 40:4-6

“And the sons of Jacob were afraid of those men (Bethhoron), as they were not accustomed to fight in the dark, and they were greatly confounded, and the sons of Jacob cried to YAHWEH saying, “Save us O YAHWEH, deliver us that we may not die by the hands of these uncircumcised men.” And YAHWEH listened to the voice of the sons of Jacob, and YAHWEH caused a great terror and confusion to seize the people of Bethhoron, and they fought AMONG THEMSELVES: ONE WITH THE OTHER IN THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT, AND STRUCK EACH OTHER IN GREAT NUMBERS. And the sons of Jacob, knowing that YAHWEH had brought a spirit of perverseness among those men, and that they fought EACH MAN WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, went forth from among the bands of the people of Bethhoron and went as far as the descent of the height of Bethhoron, and farther, and they stayed there securely with their young men on that night.”

This scripture from Jasher is a direct parrel of what happened during the days of Jehoshaphat when YAHWEH caused Moab, Ammon, Seir to fight against themselves.

2 Chronicles 20:15, 21-24

“And he said, hearken, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat, thus says YAHWEH your ELOHIM: Be not afraid nor dismayed because of this great army; for the battle is not yours, but ELOHIM’s.” Verse 20 “And they rose early in the morning and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, hear me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in YAHWEH your ELOHIM, so you shall be established; believe in his prophets, and you shall be delivered. Then he stood in the midst of the people and said, come, let us give thanks to YAHWEH, and give praise to the excellency of His holiness, as He is going forth before our enemies to fight for us against our enemies. And they said, give thanks to YAHWEH, for He is good; for His mercy endures forever. Then the hills began to give praise and the mountains began to rejoice. And when they began to sing and to praise, YAHWEH set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to DESTROY ANOTHER. And when Judah came toward the watchtower in the wilderness, they looked to the multitude, and, behold, there were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and NONE HAD ESCAPED.”

Take a look at what happens when you praise YAHWEH, thank Him, and sing to Him even in the midst of a battle and He will move for you. So remember to praise YAHWEH at all times and trust in Him and watch Him move in your life. As we see from the many scriptures above, YAHWEH can make miraculous things happen if we love Him and walk in His ways.

As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

A call for unity and stop shaming others!

John 13:35

“By this all men will know that you are my disciples if there will be LOVE among you one to another.”

YESHUA says that the world would know that we are His disciples if we have loved one another. So, ask yourself, are you loving your brothers and sisters? If not, how can you be His disciple when YESHUA says this is the qualifier for it? We know this scripture shuts down most of the Hebrew Israelites who hate the so-called white man as Esaw because they aren’t loving a brother who is walking with YESHUA simply because he or she is European. Even outside of the aspect of race, love has been missing amongst the Torah observant community for a while now. There is no love in how they present themselves as they run around pointing the finger about the Name, calendar, and interpretations of the Torah. People should be seeing YESHUA and not you! I have fellow brothers and sisters who do not use the same calendar or Name but that doesn’t stop me from fellowshipping with them. There is a lot of name-calling, false accusations and a lot of belittling brothers and sisters to make them feel stupid all while puffing themselves up to be the most knowledgeable. None of us has all the answers which is why we humble ourselves and go the our Father YAHWEH through YESHUA for revelation and They will give THE RUACH HA’KODESH the words to speak to us as He leads us into all truth. Humble yourselves because at one time you were lost and be patient with others as someone else was with you in the beginning of your walk. If you treat your own brothers and sisters this way, how can you be a light to a gentile who is lost and seeking the truth?

1 John 4:20

“And if anyone will say, I love ELOHIM, and yet hates his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother who is visible, how can he love ELOHIM who is invisible? And this command we have received from him, that whoever loves ELOHIM, must love also his brother.”

If you can’t love your brother, you cannot love YAHWEH!  Remember that! Put your differences aside and love your brethren and unite. You can have all the Torah knowledge in the world but if you don’t have love, it does not mean anything as we know the whole Torah is summed up in love.

Mathew 22:36-40

“Teacher, which Commandment in Torah is the greatest? And YESHUA said to him, that “You should love Master YAHWEH your ELOHIM with all your heart and with all your soul and with all you might and with all your mind. This is the first and the greatest commandment. And the second is like it. That “You should love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang Torah and the prophets.”

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

“If I could speak in every tongue of men, and in that of Messengers, and there be no love in me, I should be like brass that resounds, or the cymbal that makes a noise. And if there should be in me the gift of prophecy, and I should understand all the mysteries, and every science; and if there should be in me all faith, so that I could move mountains, and love should not be in me, I should be nothing. And if I should feed out to the poverty stricken all I possess; and if I should give my body so that I may boast; and there should be no love in me, I gain nothing. Love is patient, and is kind; love is not envious; love does not shout loudly; and is not boastful; and does nothing that causes SHAME; and seeks not her own; is not passionate; and thinks no evil; it does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; it bears all things, believes all things, hopes for all, and endures all. Love will never cease. But prophesying will end; and tongues will be stopped; and knowledge will disappear. For we know but partially; and we prophesy but partially. But when completeness will come, then that which is partial will disappear. When I was a child, I talked as a child, and I reasoned as a child, and I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I laid aside the things of childhood. And now we see, as by a mirror, in dark reflection; but then face to face: now I know partially; but then will I know, just as I am known. For these three things are abiding: faith, and hope, and LOVE; but the greatest of these is LOVE.”

Unity

The scriptures make it clear that unity is important, because if the believers are always divided and fighting, then how do you except unbelievers to follow YESHUA based off your behavior? We are called to be the light of the world.

Unity is defined as the state of being united or joined as a whole.

Psalms 133:1

“See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in UNITY.”

Testament of Joseph (12 Patriarchs) 17:3

“For ELOHIM delights in the UNITY of brothers, and in the purpose of a heart that takes pleasure in LOVE.”

Acts 1:14 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“These, all of them, were steadfast in prayer with ONE SOUL (Unity), and with the women with Maryam, (his) mother of YESHUA, and with his brothers.”

Acts 2:1

“And after the fifty days of Shavuot were fulfilled, all were assembled as ONE.”

Acts 2:46-47

“And everyday they were steadfast in the temple with ONE SOUL. And at home they were breaking loaves of bread. And while they were receiving food, and rejoicing in the simplicity of their hearts, they were praising ELOHIM while finding favor before all the people. And everyday our Master YESHUA would add to those who lived among the congregation (Unity).

Acts 4:32

“The assembly of those men who were believing had but ONE SOUL AND ONE MIND, and no man among them concerning the possessions that he possessed would say that they were his. Rather, everything they had was in common.”

They were all united and did not consider their possessions to be their own but gave to those who had need.

Romans 12:16-17

“What estimation you make of yourselves do likewise to your brothers. And do not indulge in arrogant thoughts but UNITE yourselves with the humble minded. And be not wise in your own estimation. And repay to no man evil for evil; but let it be your study to do good before all men.”

Romans 14:19

“Let us strive after peace and after the edification of one another.”

Romans 15:5-7

“And may the ELOHIM of patience and of consolation grant to you to think in HARMONY ONE WITH ANOTHER, in YESHUA the Messiah; So that, with ONE MIND AND ONE MOUTH you may glorify ELOHIM, the Father of our Master YESHUA the Messiah.”

1 Peter 3:8

“To summing up is that you all be in HARMONY, that you be sympathetic with them who suffer and affectionate to one another, and be merciful and kind.”

2 Corinthians 13:11

“Finally, my brothers, rejoice and be perfected and be comforted; and may HARMONY and quietness be among you; and the ELOHIM of love and of peace will be with you. Ask for the peace of one another with a holy kiss. All the holy believers ask for your peace. The peace of our Master YESHUA the Messiah, and the love of ELOHIM, and the fellowship of the RUACH HA’KODESH be with you all. Ahmein.”

As we see from all the scriptures presented, they all dwelled together in unity, harmony, and love, there wasn’t constant fighting over every matter contained within the Torah.

Don’t put anyone to shame

We have to stop talking about people and their actions by voicing it to others. We should not get a preconceived idea of what the person is like before we ever meet them. When you do this you are planting a seed in someone’s head that they are awful person. We know how the brothers of Joseph treated him and he did not shame them which we will see in the scriptures below. We always feel the need to defend ourselves because of what others have done to us, just pray for them and do not put them to shame.

1 Corinthians 13:5-6

Love is patient, and is kind; love is not envious; love does not shout loudly; and is not boastful; and does nothing that causes SHAME; and seeks not her own; is not passionate; and thinks no evil…”

Testament of Joseph 10:5-6

“My brothers knew how my dad loved me, and yet I did not exalt myself in my mind; although I was a child, I had the fear of ELOHIM in my heart. For I knew that all things would pass away, and I did not raise myself against them with evil intent, but I honored my brothers; and out of respect for them even when I was being sold, I refrained from telling the Ishmaelites that I was a son of Jacob, a great man and a mighty.”

Testament of Joseph 11:1-5

“Therefore my children, you also have the fear of ELOHIM in all your works before your eyes, and honor your brothers. For everyone who does the Torah of YAHWEH will be loved by Him. And when I came to the slave-market with the Ishmaelites, they asked me, saying, ‘Are you a slave?” and I said that I was a home-born slave, so that I would not put my brothers to shame.”

Testament of Joseph 15:1-4

“Now after twenty-four days the Ishmaelites returned; for they had heard that Jacob my dad was mourning much concerning me. And they came and said to me, ‘Why did you tell us that you were a slave? Behold, we have learned that you are the son of a mighty man in the land of Canaan, and your dad still mourns for you in sackcloth and ashes.’ When I heard this my bowels were dissolved and my heart melted, and I desired greatly to weep, but I restrained myself, that I would not put my brothers to shame. And I said to them, ‘I do not know, I am a slave.”

Testament of Joseph 16:1-6

“Now the Nophite woman said to her husband, ‘Buy the youth, for I hear,’ she said, ‘that they are selling him.’ And immediately she sent a eunuch to the Ishmaelites and asked them to sell me. But since the eunuch would not agree to buy me at their price he returned, having tried them; and he told his mistress that they asked a large price for their slave. And she sent another eunuch, saying, ‘Even if they demand two minas, give it to them. Do not spare the gold, only but the boy, and bring him to me.’ The eunuch therefore went and gave them eighty pieces of gold, and he received me. But he told the Egyptian woman, ‘I paid a hundred pieces of gold. And though I knew this I held my peace, lest the eunuch should be put to shame.”

Testament of Joseph 17:1-2

“Therefore my children, you see what great things I endured that I would not put my brothers to shame. Therefore you also should love one another, and HIDE ONE ANOTHER’S FAULTS with patience.”

Let us be patient with our brothers and sisters and not air out their faults/flaws to others which puts them to shame. We would not like it if the shoe was on the other foot and they were putting all your flaws out for the world to hear. Let us pray for them and walk in love, let us walk in unity and stop with the fighting and the division so that YAHWEH’s Name will be praised. There is no way that we can make His Name a praise when we are not loving each other and walking in unity and we know that YAHWEH is love!

As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!