Unformed and Void = Another Thought to Ponder

In the beginning the earth was unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep.

Unformed defined:: not arranged in regular shape; undeveloped

Void defined:: containing nothing; not occupied; vacant; not inhabited

Before Yahweh did His work of creation, the earth was undeveloped, not arranged in a shape.  It contained nothing, it was not inhabited.  We don't know how long the old blob of the earth was void and unformed, but we know Yah set creation in motion about 6,000 years ago - nothing existed on the earth prior to creation; there are no millions or billions of years of evolution.  There are no fossil records representing millions or billions of years.

About 4,000 years ago was The Flood.  About 1,992 years ago Yahshua was murdered.

Using the Hebrew Calendar as a time frame yardstick, we are approximately 5,782 years from the time of Creation and nothing existed on the earth prior to 'the beginning'.  

Yes, I will research this yardstick scenario later as it will require reading Scriptures in reverse just to even get hold of how many years since.... (thanks for your patience).  However, just by reading  Scriptures and trusting Yahweh we are half-way there!

John 5:46

•John 5:30 - Y'shua the son of God is speaking:

 

"I am not able to do anything of my own desire, but as I hear I judge, and my judgment is just, for I don't seek my will, rather the will of Him who sent me. :36 ... For the works that my Father has given to me to complete, those works that I do testify that the Father sent me. :39 Search the Scriptures, because in them you think you have that life that is eternal, and they testify of me. Yet you do not desire to come to me, that you may have that life that is eternal. :43 I have come in the name of my Father, and you have not received me... :46 IF only you had believed in Moses, you would also be believers in me, for Moses wrote concerning me. And if you do not believe the writing of that man, how will you believe my words?"

 

When Yahshua walked this earth the only Scriptures in existence was the equivalent of the Old Testament.  When he refers to the writings of Moses that would be the first five books of the OT: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.  How can any professed Christian ignore this simple fact, claiming 'Torah' was done away with by the very man who came to do the will of the Father AND believed the writings of Moses.

 

 

What it means to 'Speak in Tongues'

My native tongue is English.

 

If I go to Mexico not everyone will understand me if I am speaking in my native tongue, English, as I will not understand those speaking Spanish.  I should not try speaking to those who don't understand what I am saying unless I have an interpreter or I may be misunderstood.  There are several different languages world wide known as 'tongues'. Not everyone speaks a foreign language, another 'tongue'.  

 

It is written in Scriptures, which I have lightly edited here to stay on point, so please read from your own copy of Scriptures when you have time.

 

1 Corinthians 12

Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols....

There are different gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different ministries, but the same El (our God). There are different ways of working, but the same El works all things in all men. 

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various languages (tongues), and still to another the interpretation of languages/tongues. 

All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.

Yah's Set Apart Spirit works in believers according to his determination.  Not everyone is given all the gifts of the Spirit - Set Apart Believers are the spiritual body of Yahshua who is the head, the cornerstone of the foundation of Truth.  We each represent a different part of that body but we all need each other to function as one people of one faith in one God whose name is Yahweh.

 

This study was inspired by something I read in an online group.  The man stated it was important to 'pray in tongues'.  Well, I do know Pentecostals, when uttering gibberish, believe they are speaking in 'tongues' - the language of angels etc.....  This is a man-made tradition, not required by our Creator as a way to speak to Him in prayer.  Whenever we read of a Messenger (angel) from Yah speaking to a human it is in the language of that person they are speaking to - not some pretend made up language.