Traditions of Man - Halloween

Halloween: 
History and Customs

Samhain: 

The origin of Halloween can be traced to this “ancient pagan festival celebrated by Celtic people over 2,000 years ago. The Celts believed that the dead could walk among the living at this time- the living could visit with the dead.” (The World Book Encyclopedia)-Scripture clearly teaches that the dead “are conscious of nothing at all.” (Refer to my study Rest in Peace)

Costumes, candy, and trick or treat: 

According to the book Halloween—An American Holiday, An American History, some of the Celts wore ghoulish costumes so that wandering spirits would mistake them for one of their own and leave them alone. Others offered sweets to the spirits to appease them. In medieval Europe, the Catholic clergy adopted local pagan customs and had their adherents go from house to house wearing costumes and requesting small gifts. The Bible, on the other hand, does not permit merging false religious practices with the worship of God.   

2 Corinthians 6:16 What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living Elohim. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people." Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says YHWH. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”

Ghosts, vampires, werewolves, witches, and zombies:

These have long been associated with the evil spirit world. (Halloween Trivia) The Bible clearly states that we should oppose wicked spirit forces, not celebrate with them. 

Ephesians 6:11 - Put on the full armor of Elohim so that you can make your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, the authorities, the powers of this world's darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore take up the full armor of Elohim so that when evil comes you will be able to stand your ground, having done everything, to stand...

Pumpkins, or jack-o’-lanterns: 

In medieval Britain, “supplicants moved from door to door asking for food in return for a prayer for the dead,” and they would carry “hollowed-out turnip lanterns, whose candle connoted a soul trapped in purgatory.” (Halloween—From Pagan Ritual to Party Night) Others say that the lanterns were used to ward off evil spirits. During the 1800’s in North America, pumpkins replaced turnips because they were plentiful as well as easy to hollow out and carve. The beliefs behind this custom—the immortality of the soul, purgatory, and prayers for the dead—are not based on the Bible. 

Ezekiel 18:4 Behold, all souls are Mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine; the soul that sins, it shall die.

Stop teaching these traditions to your children.

Confusion

I see there is still much confusion about whether or not Yahweh means what He says, especially when He uses words like "forever and ever"; "throughout the ages"; and "for all your generations". 

Many people have been taught that Y'shua Messiah did away with the "Law of Moses", that the New Testament replaces the Old Testament and the only commandment that exists now is to "love one another as well as loving God". This mindset places the Son of the New Testament above the Father of the Old Testament and that is not the intention of the Creator. All praise and glory belongs to Yahweh.

Among other things, there is this 'law of christ' being taught by a man named Charles Leiter (friends with Paul Washer) that I've recently become aware of, so I am researching this fellow and found this snippet from a promo of one of his CDs:

In 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, the apostle Paul claims that he is not under the Law of Moses, but under the Law of Christ. Charles Leiter spends these three messages explaining the meaning of this assertion. The first sermon shows that the Law of Christ is not the Law of Moses and then explains the role of the Law of Moses in history. According to Scripture, the Law of Moses was part of the Old Covenant, and for that reason the Law of Moses was meant to guide God's people only until the New Covenant came to replace it. In the second message, Charles lists all the ways that the Christian has been freed from the Law of Moses, now that Christ and His New Covenant have come. Mainly, we are freed from the Law's curse on sin, freed from our inability to obey God, and freed from having to keep the Law of Moses as a covenant agreement. Finally, the third sermon describes the Law of Christ itself. It is the command to love God and love one another, following the example of Christ. Furthermore, it is a higher law than the Law of Moses, and Christians actually want to keep it, due to their new hearts. Theologically, they explain the relationship between the Covenant with Abraham, the Old Covenant, and the New Covenant—a problem which has caused much confusion in the Church. With regard to Christian living, these messages help us to understand how God wants us to live, now that we are not under the Law of Moses. 

What this guy is teaching is horribly wrong and will lead many astray! Paul never taught against Torah; Y'shua did not bring his own ideas to the table - he came to do the will of the Father; the 'new covenant' did not replace anything, it renewed the promise made by Yahweh to Abraham; we are totally able to obey our Creator; and if we choose to break the covenant we will not inherit the Promised Land. 

Yahweh Elohim, our Creator, is not the author of confusion, but of peace (First Corinthians 14:33)

It was never about religion, denominations or all the other various belief systems.  Yahweh gave us a Set of Instructions, the perfect governing system for our health and well being. Those Instructions are found written in Scriptures from Genesis through Deuteronomy.  These Instructions are referred to throughout Scriptures giving us a clear picture of what happens when we obey and follow those Instructions and what happens if we choose not to follow them.  All that is needed is Faith. We trust that Elohim our Creator knows what's best for His creation. 

The Synagogue of Satan

In the second chapter of Revelation we read about Jews who call themselves Jews but are not, they lie, they are of the synagogue of Satan.  We get a description in Romans 2:28 - For he is not a Jew who is so in what is external alone (appearance), nor is that only physical circumcision, which is visible in the flesh. But he is a Jew by what is hidden and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter whose praise in not from men, but from Elohim.

In Paul’s day there were many who had been born as Jews and circumcised on the eighth day of life as a sign of the covenant, but according to Paul they were not all really Jews because there was no inner substance to compliment their outer form. It was this kind of Israelite that YHWH had earlier condemned saying, “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is made up only of rules taught by men.” (Isaiah 29:13)

Some studies suggests that the Samaritans supplanted the real Jews after the destruction of Jerusalem. I need to look into this before commenting.

Texe Marrs gives us another perspective:

Luciferian Cabal

Here is a quote from his webpage:

Thankfully, there are a few Jews—but only a few—who have been able to escape the almost irresistible spiritual impulse to ally themselves with the Synagogue of Satan. Their escape has been made possible due to their faith in the only One who has the power to resist the Evil One's grip. I refer, of course, to (Y'shua Messiah), Deliverer of Israel. But, watch out! I have discovered that many Jews who claim to be "Christians" are actually Zionist deceivers. Masquerading as "Messianic Jews," in fact they are covert propagandists for the Synagogue of Satan. "By their fruits ye shall know them."

Please remember I am searching out who Y'shua is calling the 'synagogue of Satan' and that I am not attacking an ethnic group. We are all part of His Creation and His Word is for all of us to read, study and understand.

The Fall Appointments

These are the set times of Yahweh to be celebrated as sacred occasions:

Leviticus 23:23-44

• On the first day of the 7th month sound the shofar;
• The 10th day of this month is The Day of Atonement; 
• On the 15th day of this 7th month begin the Feast of Booths
• Followed by the 8th Day, a solemn gathering

It has been noted that Yah's Set Apart times are also types and shadows of things to come, that those which occur during the spring have been fulfilled by the death and resurrection of Yahshua, and that the ones which occur in the fall (the 7th month) are yet to be fulfilled. These could be related to events recorded in Revelation:

The 7th Seal, which has yet to be opened...

The 7 Shofars, which have yet to sound....

The Gathering of Yah's Chosen People...

Yahshua as our king and High Priest

After 1,000 years Yah restores all things

Leviticus 23:23

Yahweh spoke to Moses saying, "Speak to the Israelite people thus: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe complete rest, a sacred occasion commemorated with loud blasts. You shall not work at your occupations and you shall bring an offering by fire to YHWH Elohim.

23:27

The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be a sacred occasion for you: you shall practice self denial, and you shall bring an offering by fire to YHWH Elohim; you shall do no work throughout that day. It is a Day of Atonement on which expiation is made on your behalf before Yahweh your Elohim. Whoever does not practice self denial throughout that day will be cut off from his kin, and whoever does any work throughout that day, I will cause that person to perish from among his people. Do no work whatever; it is a law for all time, throughout the ages, in all your settlements. It shall be a sabbath of complete rest for you and you shall practice self denial; on the ninth day of the month from evening to evening, you shall observe this sabbath.

And again in Numbers 29 with more details:

In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a sacred occasion: you shall not work at your occupations. You shall observe it as a day when the horn is sounded (a day of festivity). You shall present a burnt offering of pleasing odor to YHWH: one bull of the herd, one ram, and seven yearling lambs, without blemish. The meal offering with them - choice flour with oil mixed in - shall be 3/10 of a measure for a bull, 2/10 for a ram and 1/10 for each of the seven lambs. And there shall be one goat for a sin offering, to make expiation in your behalf in addition to the burnt offering of the new moon with its meal offering and the regular burnt offer with its meal offer each with its libation as prescribed, offerings by fire of pleasing odor to YHWH.

29:7

On the tenth day of the same seventh month you shall observe a scared occasion with you shall practice self denial. You shall do no work. You shall present to YHWH a burnt offering of pleasing odor: one bull of the herd, one ram, seven yearling lambs, without blemish. The meal offering with them - of choice flour with oil mixed in - shall be 3/10 of a measure for a bull, 2/10 for the ram, 1/10 for each of the seven lambs. And there shall be one goat for a sin offering of expiation and the regular burnt offering with its meal offering each with its libation.

New moons, regular offerings, blasts of the shofars, atonement, 7th month, days of the month... how do we apply these rules to our modern days? How do we know God's Calendar of Months? If the temple nor the the priesthood exist, how are we to make offerings? Did Y'shua fulfill all offerings? How do we observe these times without causing YHWH to become upset with us?

We can keep these days as sacred occasions and not work at our occupations. We can shout out to YHWH on the first day and practice self denial on the tenth day. We can live as examples of what it means to be Set Apart and study out the Word of Elohim to be familiar with these appointments He put in place for us. We should not substitute other behavior or traditions and think we are pleasing Him. 

A 'sacred occasion' is akin to a dignified ceremony; solemn; earnest. 'Self-denial' is akin to setting aside our own interests; restraining our own desires; being in control of our impulses as we refrain from indulging ourselves (turn off the TV, radio, computer, phones, etc...)

On the first day of the 7th month of Yah's Calendar we observe the Feast of Trumpets as a sabbath's day rest and do no work on this day. Shout praises unto Elohim, let Yahweh know you're here! Then on the 10th day of this 7th month, set it aside as a dignified ceremony wherein not only do we treat it as a sabbath of rest and do no work but also deny ourselves our usual activities. Go without eating regular meals this day, be in prayer about your life and where you stand in the Word and know Y'shua the Son of Elohim is making Atonement in our behalf. Let us be worthy of this friendship with the one who laid down his life that we could gain life eternal.

Sukkot = The Ingathering of Yah's People

This is one of the set times where the males traveled to Jerusalem, after the end of season harvest, to make the appropriate offerings at the temple, and they lived in huts or tents while there. Only during every 7th year did the entire household attend this Feast of Booths. We can treat the first day as a sabbath day of complete rest and do the same for the 8th day. If we want to 'camp out' in our own backyards, I don't see why not as long as we remember we do this so that we teach future generations that YHWH made His people live in booths when He brought them out of Egypt.

There are many groups who like to advertise a gathering place for folks to celebrate Sukkot, which seems like a good thing, when in reality Yah chose Jerusalem, the last place He attached His Name was there, so how can we think we are honoring him if we do it our own way, where ever we choose?  We should know enough by now not to make it up as we go along.

!!! HOLD EVERYTHING !!!

Here is one of the unforeseen benefits of studying topics such as this. I had recently read a post from folks already celebrating the First Day of the 7th Month, which I thought was aligned in October, not September, but I never followed that trail at the time. Right now while looking for a calendar to share I found out where that discrepancy came from... turns out to be a rabbinic error in adding a leap month when it was not necessary.  Here is a quote from The Refiner's Fire:

For 2016 our calendar and the traditional Jewish calendar are FAR off! The reason is, the traditional calendar applies a fixed cycle of leap years, so for 2016, the traditional calendar is a leap year when it should not be! It has Nisan a whole month late! Our calendar has Nisan falling at the correct date so Pesach (passover) falls just after the Vernal Equinox, i.e., Spring. Thus our calendar for 2016 differs from the rabbinic 2016 calendar for all dates after February 9th!

So let it be known - how can we please our Creator if we don't even know what day it is? and whose fault is that? and how do we remedy this?  I see another study on the horizon! Stay tuned! 

And I also see why YHWH Elohim said this:

Isaiah 7:11 What need have I of all your sacrifices... I have no delight that you come to appear before Me - trample My courts no more. Bringing your offerings is futile, incense is offensive to Me. New moon and sabbath you proclaim solemnities and assemble with wickedness I cannot tolerate. Your new moons (months) and your fixed seasons (man's traditions and substitutes for Yah's moedim) fill Me with loathing - they have become a burden to Me, no longer a joy. When you lift up your hands in false praise and worship I will turn My Eyes away from you.

The Name above All Names

I am not a Hebrew scholar nor a linguist 

or much of an expert on anything.

I am, however, a follower of Y'shua and read Scriptures 

almost every day.

I am a believer in the one true Elohim, our heavenly Father, 

the Creator.

It was over fifteen years ago that I learned He had a Name, 

Yahweh (YHWH). 

(I always thought His Name was 'God'). 

Then I learned His son's name isn't 'Jesus' but is Yahshua (Y'shua).

I know there are many discussions out there in cyber-land and elsewhere debating the 'spelling of' and 'pronunciation of' these Names. I do not disregard their studies and research but I prefer not to let this be a matter of contention which blinds us to the fact that there is a Name above all names. In my studies and keeping the ancient Hebrew texts in mind, I have come to respectfully call the Father and His Son by their names: Yahweh (YHWH) and Yahshua (Y'shua).

Philippians 2:9

Elohim has highly exalted him and given him a name which is more excellent than all names, that at the name of Y'shua every knee should bow, of beings in heaven and on earth and under the earth and that every tongue should confess that Master YHWH is Y'shua Mashiyach to the glory of Elohim his father.

I agree with Andrew G. Roth when he states:

Y'shua reveals the Name of YHWH, the Name above all names! Y'shua has the Name and the reputation of the Father YHWH within him. Y'shua means 'YHWH is salvation' therefore the Will and Spirit of Yah-weh is manifest in Yah-shua as the Arm of YHWH.

Isaiah 52:10  YHWH will bare His arm in the sight of all the nations, and the very ends of the earth shall see the victory of our Elohim

Isaiah 52:13  Behold, My servant will prosper, he will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted.

Daniel 7:14  And to him was given dominion, glory and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations and men of every language might serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away; and His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed.

John 17:11  I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You, Kadosh Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave me, so that they may be one as We are one.

John 17:12  While I was with them, I protected them and guarded them by Your Name, the name You gave me.

Psalm 80:18   Grant Your help to the man at Your right hand, the stem You have taken as Your own.  We will not turn away from You; preserve our life that we may invoke Your Name. O Yahweh Elohim of hosts, restore us; show us Your favor that we may be delivered.

Substitutes

Another thought to ponder by Dusty Sandals

Why substitute turkey bacon for real bacon?

Why substitute imitation crab for real crab?

If we are instructed by our Creator 

not to eat it

why would we want to fake it?

Why don't we just trust Him?

Is this a test of our Faith?

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I've been there, done this and ate that until I realized I didn't need to make something up to replace what Yah had already put in place. Oh, sure, now 'science' has proven pork is not good for human consumption, but why didn't we just obey Yah's instructions in the first place?

This may be a stretch, but it's what is playing out in my mind:

The 'golden calf' Incidents

They substituted a gold statue of a calf in place of YHWH. (Exodus 32:3) 

Jeroboam had temples built in Dan and Bethel while the temple in Jerusalem was still standing. In them were placed golden calves to be worshiped and he convinced the people that they didn't need to go to the temple in Jerusalem to worship Elohim. (1 Kings 12:25)

These are just a couple of examples of man taking things into his own hands for his own perceived good - instead of trusting and loving the one true Elohim and faithfully obeying His Instructions. Scriptures are a record of historical events that took place which we are to learn from so as not to make the same mistakes as our ancestors.

“Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come” (1 Cor 10: 11)

Even religions have become substitutes for the Truth of His Word. Oh, it may sound like Scriptures and taste a bit like Scriptures, but its not... don't be offering strange fire thinking you are pleasing Yah.

There is no substitute for YHWH

or His Instructions

Back to the topic of foods He said we could eat and those we should abstain from - trust Him to know what He's talking about - He created us and knows what we need for our health and well being.  He gave us an Owner's Manual and most folks try everything their own way before giving in and reading the Instructions.

If you did not know, here is what Yah says we can eat and should not eat, as written in Leviticus and Deuteronomy:

Animals with true hoofs (hoofs with clefts through the hoofs) AND chew the cud. The examples given for what not to eat are the camel, daman, and hare which chew the cud but do not have true hoofs. The swine has true hoofs but does not chew the cud - these are considered 'unclean'. It is alright to eat: ox, sheep, goat (domestic or wild), deer, gazelle, roebuck, ibex, antelope, mountain sheep and any other animal that has true hoofs which are cleft in two and brings up the cud: buffalo, elk, moose and beef.

Of the things that live in water, we may eat them as long as they have both fins and scales. This excludes from our menu such popular items as clams, lobster, oysters, mussels, squid and shrimp. This also excludes scallops, shark, whale, octopus, eel, swordfish and sturgeon.

I am of the mind that if you cannot see the scales on the fish without the use of a microscope then consider that particular fish unclean. Halibut, for example, have tiny scales naked to the human eye so they appear to us as not having scales... they should not be eaten. YHWH put forth His Instructions to benefit our health and well being. They didn't have microscopes or other testing equipment back then - they trusted Him - as we should in this day and age.

Birds that are not to be eaten: eagle, vulture, kite, falcons, ravens, ostrich, nighthawk, sea gulls, any hawk, owl, cormorant, pelican, bustard, stork, herons, hoopoe and bats.

It's OK to eat winged swarming things that walk on all fours and have jointed legs above their feet (hoppers) as in locust, crickets and grasshoppers.

Any animal that walks on paws, on all fours, are not on the menu. No variety of cat or canine is to be eaten. Also, we are not to eat: moles, mice, lizards of every variety or crocodiles.

We have been given every seed bearing fruit to eat and of grains of the field. Modern day 'seedless' varieties should not be eaten. I gave up one of my favorites: seedless watermelon! All genetically modified foods are off the list of things that can be eaten. They have been tampered with by man.

With all that said, in today's world the majority of our food sources have become corrupt, so sticking to Yahweh's Plan becomes even more challenging. Letting the land rest every 7th year is not being followed so over the years farming has depleted the nutritional value of the land. The food it produces is lacking in vitamins and minerals and what is being added (supplements) isn't nearly enough. I've read that almost all corn is now genetically modified. Seeds have been engineered that produce food that does not 'go to seed'. There are hybrid foods such as beets, carrots and potatoes as well as seedless varieties of apples, bananas, dates, pineapple and grapes. There is an evil plan behind this but that will have to be a study unto itself later on.

It is always easier to go with the flow than to come out of tradition, habits and falsehoods.  When the Hebrews along with the mixed multitude were set free from Pharaoh and their life of slavery in Egypt and began their journey towards the Promised Land, even they began to long for the conveniences they had in Egypt and were ready to give up their freedom to go back to the way they were.

Numbers 11:5 ~ We remember the fish which we used to eat free in Egypt, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic, but now our appetite is gone. There is nothing at all to look at except this manna…

(Remember when we use to eat bacon & shrimp & crab? beefalo? seedless grapes & watermelon? pork chops and applesauce? Now that we know these are not of Yah's menu there's nothing tasty to eat. I know! Let's create something that tastes like pork but isn't really pork! Let's pretend!)

Ezekiel 20:21 ~ But the children rebelled against Me; they did not walk in My statutes, nor were they careful to observe My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live; they profaned My sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the wilderness.

And for what purpose?

Deuteronomy 8:2 ~ You shall remember all the way which YHWH your Elohim has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

Here is an edited quote from commentary by Matthew Henry:

They were tired of the food provision Yah had made for them. It cost them no money, and it took little work to gather the manna, yet they talked of Egypt, and the fish they ate there freely; as if that cost nothing, when in reality they paid dearly for it with a life of hard labor! They could not be satisfied unless they had meat to eat. It is evidence of the dominion of the carnal mind when we want to have the "delights and satisfaction of sense". We should not desire the things YHWH did not allow for us.  (end quote)

Look at ourselves today seeking the 'king's dainties' as we disregard the provisions made for us by our Creator.  I realize that the day will come when He restores all things, but I would rather be on the right track now in preparation for the times to come in the meantime.  Food is an idol for some and others make a living off it. I am not against collecting recipes but turning food into a form of art is elevating it way beyond its intended use for us. And pretending we're eating bacon is just wrong. There was just one tree off-limits to Adam and Eve and look what happened. Same thing is happening now.

Stop doubting the Word of Elohim. Take His Instructions seriously and live by them. Coming out of Egypt wasn't the end of something, it was the beginning.  For each one of us who heed the call to come out of the world system it is a beginning - the start of something new and wonderful in the Name of our Creator.  Don't hesitate to do what is right in His Eyes.

Click here to go to my study: Clean or Unclean

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

In Revelation 1, we read about what Y'shua says regarding the seven assemblies which are in Asia.  These assemblies are represented by seven stars which are the Messengers of the seven assemblies, and seven gold menorahs where Y'shua walks in the midst of. He addresses each group, knowing the works they have done, where they have fallen short and offers advice on how to correct the issues.

He also gives descriptions- seven attributes of himself - as he addresses each assembly:

• He holds all things, has seven stars in his right hand, walks in the midst of the seven menorahs.
• He is the First and the Last, who was dead and lives.
• He has the sharp two-edged sword.
• He is the Son of Elohim who has eyes like a flame of fire and his feet like fine brass.
• He has the seven Spirits of Elohim and the seven stars.
• He is Set Apart and true and has the key of David, who opens and no man shuts, and shuts and no man opens.
• He is the Amen, the witness, the faithful, the true, the Chief of the creation of Elohim.

I present this study as a 'current day' scenario, with each assembly representing an aspect of us as individuals; how we were, have become and how we should be in order to gain entrance into the Kingdom of God.

Ephesus

He knows our toil and patience and that we cannot endure the wicked.  We test those who claim to be apostles, followers of The Way, to see if they are being truthful or are liars. We have had patience and have shouldered the burden on account of His Name and have not shirked.  Yet he has a matter against us on account of our former love which we have left. We need to remember from where we have fallen and repent and do the former works; or if not He will come quickly and remove our menorah from its place, except we repent. But here is something in our favor: we hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans which he also hates.

To him that is victorious will be allowed to eat of the tree of life which is in the paradise of Elohim.

Note: to leave our 'former love' is to stop putting YHWH Elohim first in all things.  We are to love Elohim with all our heart, souls, mind and might First and Foremost - then we love our neighbors as ourselves.

Smyrna

He knows our affliction and poverty (yet we are rich) and the railing which is from them who say they are Jews and they are not but are of the congregation of Satan.  We should not be terrified at any of the things we are to suffer, for the Accuser will throw some of us into custody that we may be tried and there will be trouble for us for 10 days.  We are to be faithful until death and he will give us the crown of life.

He that is victorious will not be harmed by the second death.

Pergamos

He knows where we dwell, even where the throne of Satan is: and we hold fast to His Name and have not denied the faith of him - in those days when his faithful witness, who was slain among us, was made a spectacle where Satan dwells. Yet he has a small matter against us because among us are those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel that they might eat the sacrifices of idols, and might commit sexual sin.  So also do we have those who hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans - we must repent.  If not, he will come quickly and will war upon us with the sword of his mouth.

To him who is victorious will be given the hidden manna to eat, and he will be give a white counter upon which is written a new name no one know but he that receives it.

Thyratira

He knows our love and faith and service and also our patience, and that these latter works are more then the former. But he has a matter against us because we tolerate that woman Jezebel who says she is a prophetess, and teaches and seduces his servants to temple prostitution, and to eating of the sacrifices of idols.  He gave her a season of repentance and she was not disposed to repent of her sexual sin.  He will cast her into a coffin and them who commit adultery with her into great affliction unless they repent of their deeds.  And her children will die and we will all know that He is the One who seeks minds and hearts and will render to each of us according to our works.  He says to the rest, all who have not received this doctrine, the men who have not known the profound things of Satan, he will lay no other burden up you, but what you have hold fast until I come.  

To him that is victorious, and to him that observes my works to the end, I will give authority over the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron and like vessels of pottery they will be broken as I also have received of my Father. And I will give him the morning star.

Sardis

He knows our works, that we have a name yet are dead.  We must awaken and preserve the things that remain which are ready to die, for he has not found our works complete before Elohim.  We must remember how we have received and heard - now observe those teachings and turn back, repent.  If we don't wake up, he will come upon us as a thief and we will not know at what hour he will come.  Yet we have a few names who have not defiled their garments and they will walk with him in white, for they are worthy.

He that is victorious will be so clothed in white robes and I will not blot out their name from the book of life and I will confess their name before my Father and before his Messengers.

Philadelphia

He has set before us an open door which no man can shut; because we have a little strength and have kept his Word and not denied His Name. He will give us of the assembly of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but lie; he will make them submit at our feet, that we know He loves us.  Because we have kept the Word of his patience, he will also keep us from the hour of temptation that is to come on all the inhabited world to try them who live on the earth.  He comes quickly, so hold fast to what we have so that no one takes our crown.

He that is victorious will be made a pillar in the temple of Elohim and he will not again go out. He will write upon him the name of Elohim and the new Jerusalem which descends from heaven from Elohim, and his own new name. 

Laodicea

This is for those who are neither hot nor cold - but lukewarm and he is about to vomit them out of his mouth.  They say, 'I am rich and affluent and have all that I need', but they don't know that they are helpless and miserable and needy and blind and  naked!  He counsels them to buy of him gold tired in the fire that they may become rich, and white robes to be clothing  that the shame of their nakedness may not be seen.  He tells them to put salve on their eyes that they may see.  As many as he loves, he rebukes and disciplines.  Be faithful emulators and repent. He has been standing at the door and will knock.  If any man hears his voice and opens the door he will come in to him and they shall dine together.

To him that is victorious will be given to sit with Y'shua on his throne, even as he was victorious and sat down with his Father on his throne.  He that has ears to hear, let  him hear what the Spirit says to us.

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Doctrine:

aka: creed, dogma, belief, teaching, ideology:

A belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a 

church, political party or other group

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In Revelation 2:6, and 2:15, it is stated that the Doctrine of the Nicolaitans is a thing to be hated.  The Nicolaitans believed in the freedom of the flesh and taught that the deeds of the flesh had no effect upon the health of the soul and had no relation to salvation. They believed that faith alone, not obedience to Torah - Instructions of Elohim - was necessary for salvation. They could behave anyway they liked as long as they claimed to have 'faith in god'.  This is a false teaching.

Also is mentioned those who hold to the Doctrine of Balaam. In 2 Peter we read about false prophets and false teachers.  He compares them to nasty beasts that by nature are for slaughter and corruption while engaging in evil speech regarding things they don't know and that they will perish in their own corruption.

2 Peter 1:13 ...they being persons with whom iniquity is the reward of iniquity, and by them rioting in the daytime is accounted delightful; defiled and full of blemishes, indulging themselves at their ease while they give themselves up to pleasure; having eyes that are full of adultery and sins that never end; seducing the unstable souls and having a heart exercised in greed, children of curse...

2 Peter 1:15  And, having left the correct path, they have wandered and gone in the way of Balaam the son of Beor who loved the wages of iniquity... :17 These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm, persons for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness. :18 While they utter astonishing vanity, they seduce with obscene lusts of the flesh.... :19 They promise liberty while they themselves are the slaves of corruption... 

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Here's some info in regards to  The Throne of Satan 

Now, about that Jezebel...

1 Kings 16:29 tells us Ahab became king over Israel in the 38th year of King Asa of Judah.  Ahab reign lasted 22 years. He did what was displeasing to YHWH, more than all the kings that preceded him.  He took as wife Jezebel daughter of King Ethbaal of the Phoenicians, and he served Baal and worshipped him.  He erected an altar to Baal in the temple of Baal which he built in Samaria.

1 Kings 18:4  When Jezebel was killing off the prophets of YHWH, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and provided them with food and drink. 
1 Kings 18:18  (Elijah is speaking) It is not I who have brought trouble on Israel, but you and your father's House, by forsaking the commandments of YHWH and going after Baalim.  Now summon all Israel to join me at Mount Carmel, together with the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table (meaning Jezebel manages these false prophets).
1 Kings 19  When Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done and put all the prophets to the sword, Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, 'Thus and more may the gods do if by this time tomorrow I have not made you like one of them'.

Who are Baalim and Asherah? False gods, idols of stone, wood, metal... diversions brought about by Satan.

The sun-god, under the general title of Baal, or "lord," was the chief object of worship of the Canaanites. Each locality had its special Baal, and the various local Baals were summed up under the name of Baalim, or "lords."

Asherah was the name of a Phoenician goddess, or rather of the idol itself, perhaps referred to as 'groves'. Asherah is closely connected with ASHTORETH and her worship, (Judges 3:7; Judges 6:25-30; 2 Kings 23:14)

Now, who are those who say they are Jews, but are not, but are of the synagogue of Satan?  This may need to be a study unto itself, but I find it can also apply to those who say they are Christians, but are not.

So, to wrap this up, Y'shua knows the good, the bad and the ugly of each and everyone of us.  He knows where we came from, what we put up with and what we can't stand as well as what we tolerate.  He tells us in order to keep from having our lampstand removed we must: 

• remember from where we have fallen and repent and do the former good works
• hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans
• not be terrified at any of the things we are to suffer; be faithful until death
• repent of holding to the doctrines of Balaam and the Nicolaitans
• stop tolerating those who claim to be prophets, who teach and seduce believers into believing the profound things of Satan.
• awaken and preserve the things that remain which are ready to die, for he has not found our works complete before Elohim... remember how we have received and heard - now observe those teachings and turn back, repent
• keep the Word of his patience so that He will  keep us from the hour of temptation
• Be faithful emulators of Y'shua as followers of The Way and repent

To him that is victorious will be given to sit with Y'shua on his throne, even as he was victorious and sat down with his Father on his throne.  He that has ears to hear, let him hear what the Spirit says to us.