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We now continue with part two of our study and look how the faithful in Messiah continue in their homes and fellowships!
You may ask, “How was it different?” The following verses give an answer in part!
“‘Where do you want us to make
preparations for you to eat the Passover?’ He replied, ‘Go into the
city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed
time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with My disciples at
your house.’’ So the disciples did as Yahushua had directed them
and prepared the Passover.” Mattityahu - Matthew 26:17-19.
The important thing was that Yahushua THE Messiah would be THE Passover Lamb that very Passover eve, as we are told in the Word, but in the “Seder and Kiddush,” being the Sanctification and blessings to the Passover evening meal was related directly to the meal, but more-so to two certain items partaken of during that meal, being the third cup of HaGafen (the wine) and the middle restored piece of Matza (unleavened bread) and what they represented related to His shed Blood and His spotless Body, thus all related to the events that were to commence that very same night!
“Then He took the CUP, and gave
thanks, and said, ‘Take THIS and divide it among yourselves, for I
say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the Kingdom of
Elohim comes.’ And He took (unleavened - Matzo) BREAD, gave
thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘THIS (Matzo)
is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of
Me.’ Likewise He also took the cup
after supper, saying, ‘THIS cup is the new covenant in My blood,
which is shed for you.’”
You will note that I have highlighted the words “the CUP” – “Take THIS” – “THIS is My Body”, etc. There is a very good reason for this, for the “church” has never understood it, whereas Shaul – Paul obviously did for he uses those words again in 1 Corinthians 11:25-25. Thus, the mention of “THIS” must be very important! The Greek for “this” is “to’to” – being a singular nominative term, meaning obviously “this” or the “same thing,” etc. But the point is that Yahushua was saying that it was “THIS cup” of wine and “THIS” unleavened bread would represent His blood and His body, and that we are to … “do this in remembrance of Me.”
The question is when should we do this “in remembrance” be done weekly, every two weeks, or once a month on a pagan SUNday. Of course that day is reality the day of worshipping Mithra the sun goddess? I think not, for that is a pagan day of worship instituted by Satan is really most unsuitable.
But, let us ask the following question: Considering the faithful upheld the Passover Meal in Memory of Messiah each and every year for the first three hundred and fifty or so years as far as we know for certain. Why did this not continue in the church? The truth is beloved; there were two groups of people:
1. The Apostolic believers who remained in the true faith in THE Messiah The “Little Flock” of the Faithful in Messiah Yahushua, and …
2. Those who by then had amalgamated with the ever growing Universal Church of Rome which had been gaining massive popularity and you will later discover just why!
For the faithful in Messiah Yahushua celebrate this Feast and partake of this meal each year for it is the most special meal of the year as the eating the Passover Meal on the first night of the Feast of Unleavened Bread has a great significance to all believers! Let me explain something that is very special, and this is sadly completely missed in “christianity”!
During the Passover Seder meal there is more than one cup of wine/grape juice, BUT it was the third cup that Yahushua took, and this cup was the cup, which has always been known in all Israel and to this day as “the cup of Redemption.”
The first cup is called the “Cup of Blessing.”
The second cup is the “Cup of Instruction” or “Teaching”!
The Third cup is the “Cup of Redemption,” thus, the command to; “Do this in remembrance of Me” is to uphold the Passover each year, for our beloved Messiah is as we should know is the Passover Lamb of Elohim as the Word tells us;
“For indeed Messiah our Passover was sacrificed for us.” 1 Corinthians 5:7.
Thus beloved, we know from the Word that all the early faithful observed the Feasts of YaHVaH commencing with Passover, Unleavened Bread and Firstfruits, which combines into one inclusive feast, this is followed by Shavous being the Feast of Weeks (50) thereafter comes the Feast of the Blowing of Trumpets (Shofar), Yom Kippur and Tabernacles. The Hebrew believers as I already indicated also continued to be circumcised; in addition all the faithful upheld the Seventh Day Sabbath and the majority of those who were Gentiles did prefer the Mosaic regulations concerning kosher food.
But as man is so good at doing, just as was predicted by our beloved Messiah and the Apostles so clearly indicated to, Satan the evil one deceived 99.9% of modern ministers into believing that “Christianity became a new religion” and that it “was sort of cut out away from the Old Testament and the teachings that God had given through Moses.” How tragic is that and what a blatant lie. But worse still is to come, due to various new teachings and much of it came through the Roman church, a definite anti-Jewish bias crept into church and has continued right through to this very day! It was the church of Rome that started the teaching that;
1… “The Jews rejected Christ.” That is a total lie, for as we have already learnt, the vast majority of the faithful in the land and in Jerusalem, as well in Rome were Hebraic, all Judean and Israelites, as well as those who had converted from gentiles! If that teaching was true, then what about every single Apostle, were they not all Jews? Yes some did have dual nationalities and that was not unusual in those days!
2… “The Jews killed Christ.” What a load of rubbish that is, for the whole of Scriptures tells us that Messiah had to come to die for our sins and that we are to blame for His death, no one else, our transgressions are at fault. Our Master Yahushua did He not very clearly state;
“Therefore My Father loves Me, because I
lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay
it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it
again.” Yochanan -
Thus it is obvious that neither the Jews, nor Romans were guilty of being singly responsible for killing Messiah Yahushua, but every single sinner that ever lived is guilty of that sin, for he is the “Lamb without spot and blemish” and He “our Passover was sacrificed for us.” Therefore we have learned that sadly the leaders of the various churches over the centuries have misled their parishioners not just over the Word of the Almighty and the teachings of Yahushua and His Apostles, but the churches have also at large smeared the name of the Children of Israel with something that they are not guilty of. Yes, I certainly agree that the faithful of Judea and Israelites accepted Messiah but many of Israel’s sinners so sadly rejected Him and that was tragic! And I can say that as an ex orthodox Hebrew, saved by the shed Blood of the Lamb of Elohim, Praise Him!
However, the Scriptural and historical facts
prove that the faith of the Messianic followers were a continuation, be it a
“magnification” of the teachings that Elohim had given
through His prophet Moshe and it was not something that was brand new! As Shaul
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“Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the Household (Children) of Elohim, having been built on the foundation of the Apostles and prophets, Yahushua the Messiah Himself being the chief corner stone.” Ephesians 2:19–20.
Thus, there was no doubt that a basic part of the very “foundation” of the faith was the writings and teachings of the Tanach, the Old Covenant prophets, for those writings which Messiah and the Apostles referred to as being the “Scriptures” throughout their own writings, and it never referred to the New Covenant, for that simply did not exist as yet!
Throughout the Apostle’s lives as well as our Master and Saviour, they all kept the law of Elohim, from circumcision to the keeping of the Seventh Day Sabbath, the Seven Feasts of YaHVaH, kosher food and other requirements, as did the faithful Judeans and most of the Gentile faithful! Obviously on the eighth day of His life the babe Yahushua was circumcised;
On the eighth
day, when it was time to circumcise Him, He was Named Yahushua, the Name the
angel had given Him before He had been conceived. When the time of their
purification according to the Law of Moshe had been completed, Yoseyf -
Because of various Scriptures, we know that it was Yahushua’s “custom” to keep the Seventh Day Sabbath just like all the other Judeans;
“He went
to Nazareth, where He had been brought up, and on the Sabbath Day He went
into the synagogue, as was His custom. And He stood up to read. The scroll
of the prophet Yeshayahu - Isaiah was handed to Him (to read out).”
Therefore from abrogating the Sabbath, Yahushua said that the Sabbath was made for “man” and not just the Hebrews and that He was “Master of the Sabbath.” Therefore, the Sabbath is, in fact, the one and only “Master’s Day” as far as a day of rest and worship is concerned! Why – Our beloved Master and Saviour said so and “He is the Master of THE SABBATH!”
In addition, we need to note that long after Yahushua had ascended and returned to the Father, it was the Apostle Shaul’s “custom” to keep the Seventh Day Sabbath;
“… they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Hebrew synagogue. As his custom was, Shaul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. ‘This Yahushua I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,’ he said. Some of the Hebrews were persuaded and joined Shaul and Silas, as did a large number of Elohim fearing Greeks and a good number of prominent women.” Acts 17:1-4.
In addition, we also find Shaul - Paul observing the annual Scriptural Feasts, thus beloved we see that he is keeping the Law! One of the feasts we see being upheld for example is the “Feast of Weeks,” that is erroneously called “Pentecost” by ‘christians’ but its Hebrew name is “Shavout.” We also know from his writings that he faithfully upheld the Feast of Passover and Unleavened Bread as well as the other feasts. Let us read his own writings!
“I hope to spend some time with you, if the Master permits. But I will stay on at Ephesus until the Feast of Weeks.” 1 Corinthians 16:7-8.
“Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast as you really are. For Messiah, our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.” 1 Corinthians 5:7-8.
Thus we understand that the true and faithful in Messiah of Elohim were the genuine “Ekklesia of Elohim” and it gained strength and power on the Day of the “Feast of Weeks” being the prophetic feast of the outpouring of the Sanctified Spirit, and one of the seven annual High Sabbaths that Elohim gave Israel. Many do not realise the great significance of this most blessed Feast, for Moshe - Moses had broken the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments because of the great evil he beheld before him, seeing the golden calf! YaHVaH Elohim gave Israel the opportunity to repent, yet 3,000 would not and they all died on what became the Feast of Weeks! However, on that very same day when Shime’on ben Yochanan had spoken (Peter) as told in Acts, and there was that mighty outpouring of the Ruach HaKodesh – The Sanctified (holy) Spirit, some 3,000 Hebrews were saved, HalleluYAH! Thus you can see the powerful significance of this amazing feast and why it is such a blessed feast for all the faithful today!
Each and every Feast is a prophetical representation of our blessed Master, and as we know the first four have been fulfilled, however, there are three Feasts left to be fulfilled, thus I suggest that you read the authors extensive series on the “Seven Feasts of YHVH” which can be located on the Main Index!
Those of the “Little Flock” friends have always and still do observe the Scriptural Sabbaths and the Seven Feasts! The early believers were in reality the “pioneers” of our faith and they not only followed the “pattern” of the original faith taught and practiced by Yahushua our Redeemer, but they continued to “pioneer” the “Way of faith” unto all nations, although the nations were not listening, for Satan is the god of the world and he created his own church with a counterfeit messiah!
Friends, did you realise that the Seventh Day Sabbath is a prophetic picture of the blessed reign of Messiah during the coming of the Millennium of human history. It is the “rest” that Elohim commanded from the beginning (Hebrews 4:4). That is why Shaul was inspired to write, “There remains therefore a REST for the people of Elohim” (in v. 9). It is important to realize that the Greek word here translated “rest” is “sabbatismos” the “keeping of a Sabbath” - whereas “katapausin” is the normal Greek word for taking a “rest” and is the word used throughout the rest of Hebrews chapter 4.
If you would like full and documented proof that true believers in Messiah today should keep the Scriptural Sabbath, and remember, this author and our ministry is in no way connected with the Seventh Day Adventists (Elohim Forbid!), then read the powerful and absolutely vital study “The Seventh Day Sabbath Vs Sunday.” Just visit our Main Index and you will find it under “Which Day is the Real Sabbath.”.
YaHVaH’s Sabbath and His annual Sanctified Days picture His great Plan of redemption. Yet the true faith of course, involves far more than just keeping the Scriptural Sabbaths, etc. For I believe that it has already been shown that it involves an entire Way of life based on Yahushua’s blessed example as well as His teachings, for “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word of Elohim.” Lukas - Luke 4:4. Should we not take note of these words?
And why is that, because man has changed the emphasis of the meanings of far too many things in the word with their clever so-called rather evil theology! But read it very carefully and you will find that Messiah Yahushua certainly did not “do away” with the law at all (Matthew 5:17). In fact if you check it you will discover, that He actually “magnified” or “enlarged” the “Ten Commandments.” He explained that we must not only refrain from killing other human beings, we must not even look on them with contempt or hatred (vv. 20–23), as that is the “spirit” of murder. We are not to “hate” even our enemies. As Yahushua said clearly:
“But I say
to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who
hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.”
Mattityahu -
As we have also learnt earlier that, although we must never commit adultery, but now Yahushua clearly added something brand new to this law;
“You have
heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit
adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her
has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Mattityahu -
In relation to tithing, the early believers were taught that they should always give in a private manner and unlike those Pharisees, never hand out in public and show off, or even set up a big “foundation” in their own name to perpetuate their own honour as being the giver;
“Take heed that you do not do your
charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward
from your Father in heaven. Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not
sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the
streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have
their reward. But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know
what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret; and
your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.”
Mattityahu -
True believers, the “Little Flock” were to pray regularly and privately not showing off their oratorical skills before men or using certain words or phrases over and over in “vain repetition” (vv. 5–13). And they should also fast regularly (vv. 16–18). Fasting in those days was following Scriptural example of doing without food and water in order to humble the self and get closer to the YaHVaH Elohim, just as Yahushua did (Matthew 4), and Moshe - Moses did (Deuteronomy 9:9, 18) as well as the Apostle Shaul had done (Acts 9:9).
It is so sad, but in our materialistic age, we need to understand that the original faithful in Messiah Yahushua did not allow themselves to be overcome by the desires for money, or material things as most professing “christians” do today;
“Do not lay up for yourselves
treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and
steal, but lay up for your selves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor
rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your
treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Mattityahu -
Yahushua later warned His followers;
“Now he
who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares
of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes
unfruitful.” Mattityahu -
Acts chapter 4 explains further;
“Now the multitude of those who believed were all of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.” Acts 4:32.
Thus there is no doubt that the early faithful
was a blessed life, based on the teachings of the “law and
prophets” except as I will say again, for those animal sacrifices and
washings which pre-figured the sacrifice of Messiah and the cleansing of the
Sanctified Spirit. These sacrifices and washings were made obsolete (Hebrews
9:9–12). But the spiritual laws of YaHVaH Elohim were never done away
with, and man certainly was never given the authority to do so, and He who is
THE WORD certainly did NOT do so! Rather, as Yahushua’s beloved Apostle
Yochanan -
“Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of Elohim and the faith of Yahushua.” Revelation 14:12.
Obviously, the Messiah was living in them
through the “Ruach HaKodesh,” – “the Sanctified
Spirit” that filled them and they kept all of the “Ten
Commandments” for to them it was simply as a way of life. They had
learned to “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Master and Saviour
Yahushua the Messiah” (2 Shime’on – 2
Thankfully all dedicated families in Messiah Yahushua be they from the days of the Apostles or today, they would not be using His blessed Name whilst at the same time contradicting their faith by an erroneous lifestyle. They are resting and worshiping Elohim on the Scriptural Sabbath, just as is commanded, being constantly reminded by this blessed Scriptural day of worship that the true Elohim is the Creator of everything that exists;
“Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. And on the seventh day Elohim ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then Elohim blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which Elohim had created and made.” Bereshis – Genesis 2:1-3.
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Well, that was a little Messianic humour. The
last time I used that was in my Yirmyahu -
Concluding the theme of the Sabbath;
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it Sanctified. Six days you shall labour and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of YHVH your Elohim. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days YHVH made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore YHVH blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.” Shemos - Exodus 20:8-11.
Now we will touch another matter, the true faithful in Messiah would never be found fighting or butchering their fellow believers as has happened over and over again in the many centuries all over Europe and as the churches has done so it has proven that they have not heard, nor acted upon our blessed Messiah’s Word, “Love your enemies, pray for those who persecute you.” How evil and wicked the churches have become as they have joined countless wars and fought other christians often from the same church as they might have been from, but sadly there were from another country. Lutheran’s were killing Lutheran’s, Protestants, fought Protestants, Catholics fought Catholics, and so the list goes on. And worse still together all of them slaughtered millions of Hebrews, the Children of YaHVaH Elohim, and all will have to stand before the judgement throne!
Never in all history have the true believers
in Messiah Yahushua prayed to the dead or to the so-called “saints”
or to idols, for all this is evil and satanic! They never did, nor ever will
worship Miryam –
We should also note that nowhere in the Scriptures do we find a word regarding the setting up of an Ekklesia headed up by a dedicated and paid minister! The truth is there were no ministers during the first century fellowships, as there were only elders and they were primarily husbands and fathers (1 Timotheos – 1 Timothy 3:1–5; Titus 1:5–9). They were taught that in “latter times” that some would be deceived by “doctrines of demons” into thinking it was wrong for men, certainly including ministers or priests, to marry (1 Timotheos – 1 Timothy 4:1–3). Meeting regularly in plain surroundings on the day Elohim made Sanctified, such as His Sabbath, Elohim’s elders were instructed:
“I charge you therefore before Elohim
and the Master
Tragically, as we have seen, the church has
indeed turned aside to “fables.” Today, in dark, dank, foreboding
cathedrals, priests and ministers in strange-looking “Mother
Hubbard” gowns go through incomprehensible rituals, chant prayers and
responsive readings, and sadly the Scriptures itself is very seldom really
heard. They have very little to say about the way of life of the Messiah, or
what He really taught as well as what the Apostles teachings really was, for
they are so good at picking a verse here and there to make a point, although
never mind if the verse is taken totally out of context! Seldom is it heard
that at least one-fourth of the blessed Scriptures contain prophetic details,
or about the true purpose regarding Elohim’s working His plan right here
on this very earth. No, they are not interested in that! Why? The truth is they
really don’t know any of it! Yet many of them are supposed to be Doctors
of theology, but they know nothing, for
Of course, we should also realise that the Scriptures were not available to people until at least around the late 16th.century, for up to then the only people that knew about the Word were the hierarchy and they had their own translations, some of which were very unreliable! When, in due course pages were printed and a person managed to obtain a page, if caught they were killed. The key was that it was the Pope, Cardinals, Bishops and priests, of both the Catholic, and later the Protestant churches who had to deliver their own doctrines and no one could defy them or you would die, it was as simple as that, for the church was an evil world! Today, sadly those who are part of the church just do not realise nor understand the simple truth of their origin at all, but their faith does NOT hail from the true faith of the Apostles!
Beloved, as the Brit Chadashah, The New Covenant makes very plain, the early faithful would be “feeding on Messiah” (Yochanan - John 6:57) through constant study of the Scriptures, being the Tanach, the Old Covenant and eventually the arrival of the first edition of the Hebrew four Gospels and later the Greek versions arrived, but these in due course slowly changed somewhat from the originals.
Remember Elohim’s description of the Bereans?
“As soon as it was night, the brothers sent Shaul - Paul and Silan- Silas away to Beroian - Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Hebrew synagogue. Now the Berean’s were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Shaul said was true. Many of the Hebrews believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.” Acts 17:10-12.
Thus Shaul and Silan came and shared the word about Yahushua, but they would have used the prophetic word from the Tanach, Old Covenant combined with the actual events that had occurred. Thus these Bereans’, who now believed, they and others were constantly reading what? Was it the Brit Chadashah, the New Covenant? NO, that was impossible, for it had not been fully written, or completed as yet, but they read and double-checked everything that Shaul had spoken about in the Tanach, the Old Covenant and they found that to be accurate! Thus with Elohim’s help they lived by every Word of Elohim. They also faithfully followed Messiah’s example of obedience to Elohim’s laws and not the ways, the rituals or the religious festivals learned from the pagans that were now slowly surrounding them by some others, for already error had commenced to enter into parts of the ekklesia’s. Again, they would not only believe in the person of Yahushua THE Messiah, but they would believe and practice what He taught:
“If anyone loves Me, he will keep My Word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.” Yochanan - John 14:23.
Later the true faithful would believe what the Apostle Yochanan - John wrote near the end of the Apostolic Age:
“Therefore let that abide in you whom you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.” 1 Yochanan – 1 John 2:24.
They also understood the fundamental teaching of the Apostle Shaul:
“I am crucified with Messiah: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Messiah lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of Elohim, who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20.
The Scriptures makes it clear that “Yahushua the Messiah is the same yesterday, today and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8). And as He is, so is the Sanctified Word of YaHVaH Elohim, and we MUST NEVER forget that!
Sadly beloved, the “christian
church” worldwide has totally forgotten this and they have replaced the
truth of the Word, with a variety of doctrines, including such lies as;
replacement – prosperity - laughter theologies, and then there are the
countless healings as people fall on their backs, which is the very opposite to
what occurred in the Scriptures, when men of Elohim touched by the Spirit of
YaHVaH fell forward on their faces! Churches today are filled with loud music
with big bands that play what sounds more like rock and roll and is feeding the
crowds just what they want the … “I, me and myself”
for it is Satan who has installed what you can call a “take away
religion,” a sort of “come to church have a great time.”
Then people go home and are their old selves cussing and telling lies and go
about with their sexual activities, etc! The truth is, all they really need and
it makes them feel good is a church where you are welcome as they are, for they
are being told that “Once you are saved, always saved, no matter
what” you do, thus it is “A
To be honest I have been inside a number of these churches over the years as I was asked to share studies there, and honestly many of the women in some of the fellowships dressed more like harlots, with their faces so painted up, you would think they are off on a model photo shoot or worse, and their dress code, well, never mind modesty, the hemline is simply no longer anywhere near the knees, and I will not comment where it is, but you cannot look at it, for it is far too embarrassing! Their tops are so revealing if they bend over there would be nothing left to hide!
On their stage will be a loud band, which
seems to resemble a rock band. There will be young men with long unruly hair,
some will have braids, or an afro, and many have piercings in their ears, noses
and their arms and necks are covered in tattoos. The girls are dressed scantily
and together they create music that is so loud that it is often ear piercing
that usually ends with what they call “a Sanctified Spirit” thing
that is supposed to lead it into the so-called spirit filled fellowship. I was
invited to a Fellowship, and I was shocked what I was about to experience, for
the pastor did this thing stirring up the crowd and they all seemed to go into
a wild madness with bodily movements that was so weird and singing and talking
in tongues whilst others were just sitting still and screaming the moment the
music commenced. Believe me, I was out of there! For this evil rubbish was
NOT from our beloved Father but a gift from the evil one,
“Heavenly
Father, I pray in the blessed Name of Yahushua, that you do a work amongst all
these fellowships who have gone so far astray, and stir and shake them up
mightily, and take out of them those who are willing to return to You and
Messiah Yahushua the true Messiah, thus bring out the good harvest Father, accept
them back into your bosom of love! Thank you
Beloved, it is so wonderful to know that there have always been true believers in Messiah Yahushua throughout the ages and we are still here today who keep the Ten Commandments, just as Yahushua did, and uphold the Seventh Day Sabbath and the Scriptural Feast Days and follow the entire way of life as modelled by Yahushua our beloved Messiah and His twelve Apostles whom He taught well! As they worshiped together, sang together and served one another, they would have been filled with love, worship and adoration toward the Great Elohim and with kindness and out-flowing concern toward one another.
As we know from the Word, that Messiah by the
means of the “
“… you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of Elohim are sons of Elohim.” Romans 8:13-15.
And when it comes to the teaching of the keeping of the commandments, I just feel that it is simply wonderful, but the love of Elohim flows down the riverbed of the Ten Commandments, as Yahushua’s beloved Apostle Yochanan – John explains it in this way;
“For
this is the love of Elohim, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments
are not burdensome.” 1 Yochanan – 1
What Yochanan –
“All things have been delivered to Me by
My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the
Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. Come to
Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take My
yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and
you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is
light.” Mattityahu -
“But when you do good and suffer, and
you take it patiently, this is commendable before Elohim. For to this you were
called, because Messiah suffered for you, leaving us an example, that you
should follow His steps: Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His
mouth.” 1 Kepha – 1
Thus
The truth is, it was the Greek word “
“to this you were called, because Messiah suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in his steps.”
What a powerful message is contained within these
words that were spoken by Shime’on –
We know that it means “to copy”
and that sort of reminds me when I was very young as a child around 1950 when I
was starting to learn to write, and the teacher would write a letter on the
board with chalk, and I would try and copy it on my slate. Well when I first
started I usually made a bit of a mess of it, and my teacher would come over
and place his hand over mine and guide me in writing the letter and it would be
much better! Back in the day that Shime’on –
What is the lesson here; the Word of YaHVaH Elohim and that which Yahushua has so clearly told us whilst He was with us, set’s a powerful “Example” for all of us “to copy.” Meaning, taking on all the challenges that may come against us, and His example was keeping His Fathers laws, by upholding the Ten Commandments, that included the blessed Seventh Day Sabbath, the Seven Feasts of YaHVaH that also contain High Sabbath days, etc! Thus NO mere man can say that this same man, the most obedient of Apostles to the law of Elohim, the faithful servant of Yahushua, Shim'on – Peter, would give a mere man the authority to change and alter Elohim’s laws, NO NEVER, for that would make him a tool of Satan had that been the case. And that we know he certainly was not, for he was faithful to Messiah Yahushua to the day he died!
Did Shime’on – Peter ever go to Rome?
Having cleared up the matter above, members of
the Roman catholic church will be totally shocked to learn that they and the
vast majority of those who today call themselves “christians” can
actually trace their faith not to the Apostle Shime’on - Peter, but to
another man who also had the name “Simon.” But he certainly had
nothing to do with the Apostle Shime'on – Peter the Apostle who walked with our blessed Saviour
Yahushua! But it just happened it was another
“Now for some time a man named
Scripture recounts that those of Samaria gave
heed to this evil man,
The Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.) in its
article on
Noted historian Edward Gibbon stated; the
Gnostics “blended with the faith of Messiah many sublime but obscure
tenets which they derived from oriental philosophy” (The Triumph of
Christendom in the Roman Empire, p. 15).
Noted historian Will Durant sadly wrote the following tragic statement;
“Christianity
did not destroy paganism; it adopted it. The Greek mind, dying, came to a
transmigrated life in the theology and liturgy of the Church; the Greek
language, having reigned for centuries over philosophy, became the vehicle of
Christian literature and ritual; the Greek mysteries passed down into the impressive
mystery of the Mass. Other pagan cultures contributed to the syncretist result.
From Egypt came the ideas of a divine trinity … and a personal
immortality of reward and punishment; from Egypt the adoration of the Mother
and Child, and the mystic theosophy that made Neoplatonism and Gnosticism, and
obscured the Christian creed; there, too, Christian monasticism would find its
exemplars and its source. From Phrygia came the worship of the Great Mother;
from Syria the resurrection drama of Adonis; from Thrace, perhaps, the cult of
In the fourth century after Messiah, the Roman emperor Constantine adopted christianity as his nations religion but not his own, it is said by bishops that he became one on his death bed, but he was a worshipper of Mithra the sun god all of his life. However, one might say that during his life he “adapted” his faith into “christianity” that had been dramatically changed under his imperial influence and thanks to Simon Magnus it was a major pagan religion, sprinkled with touches of a christian God and their Christ, and Constantine shaped it into a state religion and took control.
Under
Respected historian Paul Johnson has observed the following regarding
“There is
some doubt about the magnitude of
Friend, if you have read all the above quotes carefully, you will now understand that during the appropriately named “Dark Ages” almost all the aspects of paganism were introduced into those who professing what is known today as christianity. There are countless false concepts of the “mystery of the mass,” the worship of the Virgin Mary patterned directly after the worship of the pagan goddesses, the idea of a “little lord jesus” being born on December 25th, calling it “Christmas” and connecting it with all the pagan rituals of the Saturnalia, all these false concepts and more were woven into what became “mainstream” christianity.
Centuries later, the Protestant
“reformers” were able to see only a few of the problems of this
evil
The New King James Version reads;
“Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.” Romans 3:28.
The Lutheran Version reads;
“Therefore
we conclude that a man is justified by faith alone, apart from
the deeds of the law.”
“Should
your Pope give himself any useless annoyance about the word sola, you
may promptly reply: ‘It is the will of
And, we may add on good authority, no other
reason for such unscriptural changes as these was ever given. When it came to
And, as is well known,
“For
whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of
all. For He who said, ‘Do not commit adultery,’ also said,
‘Do not murder.’ Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do
murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. So speak and so do as those
who will be judged by the law of liberty.”
There is no doubt that this passage is an
inspired Scripture from Elohim that allowed
Tragically the “saved by faith alone” Protestant reformers have carried over most of the anti-law, anti-obedience attitudes they had to adopt in their rebellion against the evil “Mother Rome.” Yet, like Rome, they were still involved in that paganised system of countless false doctrines introduced by that evil “Simon the sorcerer” who also introduced new pagan Sanctified says and false concepts of their god, just like Elohim Himself describes in
“The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. And on her forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS (mother of the “harlot” daughter’s churches) AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” Revelation 17:4–5.
As this form of “christianity” became the state religion of the masses of former pagans who “converted” into this new state religion filled with all their similar themes, statues, and pagan festivals that cut trees and decorate them with silver and gold, have rollicking parties and gift giving, etc. Many did so out of convenience rather than conviction, and kept their old beliefs privately. Others came to the new faith in an uneducated way in regard to its core beliefs, and were able to receive only the most basic instruction.
Will
“Christianity
grew by the absorption of pagan faith and ritual; it became a triumphant Church
by inheriting the organizing patterns and genius of Rome … As Judea had
given Christianity ethics, and Greece had given it theology, so now Rome gave
it organization; all these, with a dozen absorbed and rival faiths, entered
into the Christian synthesis. It was not merely that the Church took over some
religious customs and forms common in pre-Christian Rome, the stole (a
Babylonian garment) and other vestments of pagan priests, the use of incense
and Sanctified water in purifications, the burning of candles and an everlasting
light before the altar, the worship of the saints, the architecture of the
basilica, the law of Rome as a basis for canon law, the title of Pontifex
Maximus for the Supreme Pontiff, and, in the fourth century, the Latin language
as the noble and enduring vehicle of Catholic ritual. The
As many new and
false elements were added to this new paganised “christianity” the
authentic elements were almost crowded out. Sometimes this occurred because of
anti-Semitic feelings. This was mostly due to the fact that Yahushua Messiah
was physically from the tribe of Judah, and many of
“While the Pharisees were gathered
together, Yahushua asked them, saying, ‘What do you think about the
Messiah? Whose Son is He?’ They said to Him, ‘The Son of
David.’ He said to them, ‘How then does
The Pharisees were not able to answer, for
they knew that King
If only the Judean’s at the time of
Messiah’s coming only had known that the coming Messiah was to be a
literal “son of
In 1 Corinthians 10:1–4, we read that ancient Israel was baptized into Moshe and they all “ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual rock that followed them, and that rock was Messiah.” Again, it is clear as a number of The Scriptures commentaries acknowledge that the spirit Personality who dealt with ancient Israel was the One who became Messiah. For, as we have seen, Yahushua said that “no one” had ever seen “Elohim” obviously meaning the One we call the YaHVaH the Father!
However, right after giving the Ten Commandments and some of the statutes to Israel, we find that the “Elohim of Israel” did indeed appear to some of Israel’s leaders!
“Then
Thus it states that some seventy of the
leaders of Israel “saw the Elohim of Israel” but this was not Elohim
the Father, but He who was “the Word” who later became Yahushua the
Messiah (Yochanan -
It was the One who became Yahushua Messiah who
literally walked and talked with
If the “
“Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, ‘I know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of Elohim is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.” 1 Yochanan – 1 John 2:3–6.
But you may ask, but how is it possible for
any of us to walk “just as He walked”? If Yahushua Messiah
had to come and give His life because all have violated Elohim’s law, how
can anyone keep that law? Again, perhaps the most concise explanation was given
by Shaul –
“I am crucified with Messiah: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Messiah lives in me, and the life that I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of Elohim, who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:20.
One who is faithful in Messiah certainly does not obey the law on his own, but through the love and the power of the Messiah living in Him. Shaul goes on to emphasize that law-keeping comes through the Grace of Elohim, and that law-keeping does not earn grace.
“I do not set aside the Grace of Elohim; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Messiah died in vain.” Galatians 2:21.
With Elohim’s
Therefore it is important that you commence
by praying in His actual Name, just as He asked of us … “Whatever
you ask in My Name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the
Son. If you ask anything in My Name, I will do it.” Yochanan -
Start to live by every word of Elohim (cf.
The true believer is much more than someone
who “knows” the truth. Tragically the Gnostics believed that
“knowledge” brought salvation, and some today would deny that one
has to “do” anything as a faithful believer. Yet Scripture gives a
very different instruction: “But be doers of
the word, and not hearers only, deceiving
yourselves.”
The faithful in Yahushua are to do as Messiah did. In the “Great Commission” that He instructed His followers:
“Go
therefore and make disciples of all the nations … teaching them to
observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always,
even to the end of the age.” Mattityahu -
Thus as one of the faithful you will grow and in due course you will take His message to others, then some may be called by Elohim to go further into the city, the land or even to “all the nations” and teach “all things” He taught and the Good News! In addition, the Apostles, so clearly stated that we must not change His message in any way, which sadly the “churches” at large have done, that today they have a faith that is completely unrecognizable from the faith that was taught by Messiah Yahushua and His Apostles!
I am sure that most reading this will be aware that time is close to the time of Elohim’s intervention in human affairs and the soon-coming Great Tribulation approaches, it is absolutely vital that you and your loved ones are in Yahushua THE Messiah of the blessed Scriptures, and that you are worshiping YaHVaH Elohim “in spirit and in truth” (Yochanan - John 4:23), which will mean you are part of the “Little Flock” the faithful in Messiah, who teaches and practices the faith of Yahushua and the original Apostles.
Beloved, we give praise to Yahushua our beloved Messiah who suffered because of our sins and gave His sinless life freely, and YaHVaH Elohim rose Him from the dead three days and three nights after he was laid in the tomb, and forty days later he ascended to Heaven to be with His Father and sits at His right hand side! But, the promise is that the obedient in YaHVaH Elohim and Yahushua will see YaHVaH’s bright Grandeur in that great day when we finally arrive in the “Kingdom of Elohim” (God), but if we refuse and rebel against Him and His Son, Yahushua we will see the face of Elohim, only to be torn away, having seen the all powerful and the ultimate beauty and greatness that you really want and desire to be with right there and then, for the moment when you actually face your Maker you will be all knowing but it is then be to late to repent. You will be removed from the front of Elohim’s throne and taken to the most horrid place ever only to be thrown into the pit of fire, the “second death” where the body is burned up into ashes and soon gone forever!
Now this is not an inconsistency in Elohim’s character, but a part of absolute consistency, for we have all been clearly told about the results of good and evil! In addition the faithful have been sharing the Scriptural Truth throughout the ages. Thus it has always been up to the individual to choose the truth of the Word of YaHVaH Elohim and Yahushua THE Messiah, and I do mean no other, or by any other name!
Thus it is choose the Word of Elohim and Yahushua THE Messiah, or choose the alternative, it is simple as that! Elohim is just! Make the wrong choice and that will bring a punishment that is due for a life of sin and rejecting His Word of truth and living a life led by the evil one (Satan). The result will be the “Second Death” I am sad to say, it is as simple as that, and not one that anyone would desire that for you! Therefore, I beg that you … “Repent and Return” …
“This is what YHVH of Hosts says:
‘Return to Me,' declares YHVH of Hosts, 'and I will return to
you,' says YHVH of Hosts.” Zecharyah –
“‘Return to Me, and I will return to you,’ Says YHVH of Hosts.” Malochi – Malachi 3:7.
“The Kingdom of Elohim is near. Repent and believe the good news!” Markus - Mark 1:15.
Over the many years I have had people say to me, brother you used the verse from Mark 1:15, and it speaks about the Kingdom of Elohim being near, but it is not really, for it must still be way off?” My answer to that is very simple and I have an interesting story that I like to tell, and to be honest it comes from my Hebraic roots, it is very powerful and I pray that it will touch you as it has touched so many worldwide!
This is a true story that occurred many years ago in Poland. And it is a lesson that everyone who have read this study should heed.
It is a story about a Rabbi who surely loved the Elohim of his fathers. On one Sabbath after the reading of the Torah Scroll and the Prophets, the Rabbi was about to give his Sabbath study. However, he stood at the Ark of the Covenant (where the Torah Scrolls, Five Books of Moses, are kept) pondering on the message he was going to give. But, after a lengthy silence, with great sadness in his eyes as he looked around his congregation he said the following;
“Family and friends, today I will be giving my shortest, but the most important message I have ever given. This is it … (a short break) … ‘Repent one day before you die!’”
He then stood back from the pulpit in total silence, for his message that Elohim had laid upon his heart for his congregation was complete.
There was a deadly silence throughout the Synagogue that seemed to go on forever and ever. But suddenly out of the silence, a young student stood up and asked;
“But Rabbi how will I know when I am going to die?”
The Rabbi replied,
“Therefore repent NOW, repent this very moment, for no-one knows when you are going to die. It could be today, or tomorrow. Thus, be ready for HaSHEM (The Master - YHVH), and Repent Now!”
Beloved, this story contains a remarkable
truth, for as we do not know when our time will come, we should realise no one
knows when we are ready to meet our heavenly Father? Or do we have the attitude
the Judeans had in rebuilding the Temple as we are told in the book of
Zacharyah –
We need to become involved in rebuilding of
the internals of the temple within us and make sure that we stand right with
THE Messiah, and our Creator,
When we are obedient unto Him, you will have
the assurance, that through His grace and love our spiritual lives will be in
order! And
“Behold, your King is coming to you. He is just and having Salvation … He shall speak peace to the nations. His dominion shall be from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth” Zecharyah – Zechariah 9:9 & 10.
Yahushua said …
“I tell you the truth, if you have faith
as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here
to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Mattityahu -
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Why not join “Meh’at-Tzon”
(in Hebrew Tanach) or “Mi’kros Poim’neon” (in
Greek from
What a wonderful opportunity you have, to come out of her that is the harlot that was created by one called Simon the sorcerer, who masqueraded as the one we know as the Apostle Shime’on - Peter, that in due course became the pagan based church of the roman empire and it covered the globe, or one of her daughter’s churches. But by joining any of the “Little Flock’s” you will not be entering into an organised church with paid ministers, pastors, teachers, for myself we live scripturally from my own recourses and simply live according to the principle … “Give us this day our daily bread” as our Master and Saviour said. We do not lay up any stores nor ask for any funds, neither do we sell or market anything! There are no Newsletters, which are usually what are known as “Beg-Letters” from most other sources! All this was just to make things clear and that you will know that you will never be asked for funds, nor will we fund anyone, as we all should tithe locally to the body in Him where it is required, and that is not always to those who work in His service, but often to those who are more in need in the flock! Of course those in individual communities should tithe as the Scriptures states and this should be left to the discretion of the individual. I have a study on this matter online.
“Then He (Yahushua) said to His
disciples, ‘Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what
you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on. Life is more than food,
and the body is more than clothing. Consider the ravens, for they neither sow
nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and Elohim feeds them. Of how
much more value are you than the birds? And which of you by worrying can add
one cubit to his stature? If you then are not able to do the least, why are you
anxious for the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor
spin; and yet I say to you, even
Yahushua is saying “Come
to Me … do not fear My …
“Teach me Your way, O YHVH. I will
walk in Your truth.
UNITE MY HEART TO FEAR YOUR NAME!”
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