Wednesday, April 5, 2023

The Story

 That evening, Yahshua ate a meal with his Apostles.

After this pass-over meal was eaten, Yahshua and his Apostles took a walk to the Mount of Olives. The sun has already gone down, so according to Yah's perfect timing, it is now the 15th day of this month (still dark), this also being the 1st day of Unleavened Bread.

While they are at the Mount of Olives, Yahshua tells his Apostles things that will happen soon and they can't believe they could ever be offended by him. He tells them there is sadness in his soul. They continue walking to the place called Gethsemane. The Apostles eventually fall asleep during the time Yahshua is praying to his Father.

This record of events makes it possible to conclude that Yahshua was not killed during the time that the pass-over offering lambs were being slaughtered. Otherwise he could not have eaten with his beloved twelve that evening, taken a walk afterwards and had more time in fellowship with them. 

When they arrived at Gethsemane, Judas came back and betrayed Yahshua to the chief priests and elders. After a scuffle all the Apostles left their Teacher - they ran away. Those who seized Yahshua wanted to take him to Caiaphas (Matthew 26:50-59) but they could not find him. So they took him to Pilate.

We read in Matthew 27 when it was morning the chief priests and elders took Yahshua to Pilate, who tries to argue for his life as he finds no guilt with him. Pilate realizes the accusers do so out of envy. The angry mob wins. Yahshua is scourged with whips and delivered to be put to death on a stake. He dies around the 9th hour.

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When we read the accounts recorded in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, we can sum up the day's events.  Please read Scriptures for yourself when you have time.
(Matthew 26:57; Mark 14:53; Mark 15:15; Luke 22:54; John 18:28; John 19)
 
The chief priests and elders with scribes were taking Yahshua to Caiaphas who was the high priest, but they could not find him.  Scribes and elders were gathered trying to find witnesses against Yahshua, but only false witnesses came forward.  At daybreak, the chief priests and the elders all took counsel against Yahshua, bound him and delivered him to Pilate.
 
Pilate sent Yahshua to Herod to deal with because Yahshua was from Galilee. Herod was in Jerusalem in those days. Herod questions Yahshua but gets no answers, gives him back to Pilate.
 
Pilate calls to the chief priests and rulers of the people and says to them: You brought me this man as a deceiver of your people - I have examined him and have not found any fault with him nor has Herod... nothing that is worthy of death has been committed by him. Pilate desired to let Yahshua go but the people were crying out and saying 'Nail him to the stake!' 

Pilate tells the mob to take Yahshua and judge him according to 'their own' Torah and the Yehudeans reply, 'it is not lawful for us to kill a man' this day..... (it was a Shabbat, the 1st day of Unleavened Bread, so of course those religious men couldn't kill him that day.)
 
Pilate went as far as to offer them a choice of 'criminals' to be executed.  They chose to let Bar Abba (Barabbas) go free.  Yahshua was scourged, and delivered to be executed on a stake.
 
The Son of God was scourged and mocked. At about the 6th hour Pilate turned him over to be executed. In Matthew it reads Yahshua died about the 9th hour.  The 6th hour is equivalent to mid-day, the 9th hour would be 3:00 pm.
 
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The pass over meal was eaten at twilight, the 14th day of the first month on God's calendar. The accounts agree it was morning, as the day dawned, when Yahshua was bound and brought before Pilate. It is now the 15th day. The 9th hour when Yahshua died is during the 15th day.
 
This year, 2023, the pope inspired Gregorian calendar days equivalent to the Hebrew calendar days of Passover and Unleavened Bread are April 4th at evening and April 5th with the following six days as the Days of Unleavened Bread.  Do you see how various religions have totally corrupted the events surrounding the death of our Messiah?  There is no Palm Sunday or Holy Week; no Good Friday or sunrise worship; no Passover Seder or stations of the cross.  Just remember how our God freed that mixed multitude from slavery in Egypt by the blood of the lamb; and by faith believe our freedom from our old sin nature was made possible by the shed blood of our Messiah. We observe God's Set Times best we can in this day and age without inventing rituals we think are a good thing to do.
Matthew 27:57 - Now when it became evening, a rich man from Ramtha whose name was Joseph, who had been taught by Yahshua, asked Pilate for the body, to be removed from the stake.  And he wrapped it in a shroud of fine linen and laid it in his new tomb.
Yahshua the Anointed One was placed in a tomb before sundown on that 15th day; where he spent three days and three nights before being resurrected.  He now sits at the right hand of God until the day he returns to gather up believers on the last day.  Then we inherit the promised land on this old earth with the Son of God as our king.
 
Did you know after his resurrection:
Acts 1:3With numerous signs for 40 days he was seen by them, and he spoke concerning the Kingdom of God ... And while he ate with the 12 Apostles he commanded that "You should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, He whom you have heard about from me. John immersed with water, and you will be immersed by God's Set Apart Spirit.  When His Spirit comes upon you, you will receive power and be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and in all Judah and also among the Samaritan and to the ends of the earth."  After these things he was taken up and a cloud received him and he was hidden from their eyes. 

Ten days later during the set time of Shavuot (Pentecost) the Apostles were immersed (baptized) by God's Spirit, as promised.

 


Friday, December 30, 2022

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.

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Fact or Fiction - Truth or Deception - Old News Today

March 27th, 2021
It is time to update this 'cartoon' to the possible 'mandatory vaccine rollout' stage

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Make Room for the Last One

British Bishop: 
'Russia is the Last Obstacle to the One World Government' 

The Bishop believes that “the next tricks of the criminals who rule the world will be artificially created famine” and urges Europeans to stock up on food while they can still buy it. 

On May 15, 2022, controversial British Bishop Richard Williamson spoke out in support of the special military operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. He called Russia the last obstacle to the One World Order. Globalists have longed to rule the world through an authoritarian one-world government that will replace sovereign nation-states. 

“Among the heads of state, there is only one who is standing up to the forces of evil. Don’t count on Boris Johnson in England. Don’t count on Macron in France. Don’t count on Draghi in Italy. It’s Vladimir Putin who may be no angel and no saint, but nevertheless, he is a man of intelligence and great courage. And at the head of Russia, he has the means of standing up against the One World government,” said Bishop Williamson, addressing the parishioners of one of the Warsaw churches. 

According to the Bishop, “the Russians are fighting in Ukraine, but not in such a way to smash or crush and destroy Ukraine.” In this regard, Williamson recalled the purpose of the special operation, voiced by Putin: the denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine. “But foolish Europe,” the Bishop continued, “follows the orders of the United States in their attempt to crush Russia.” 

Williamson believes that “the next tricks of the criminals who rule the world will be artificially created famine” and urges Europeans to stock up on food while it can still be bought. 

“They played the trick of Covid; they played the trick of Ukraine, which has been provoking Russia since 2014. Russia had to defend itself. The real aggressor is not who he looks like. US agents have been provoking Russia from Ukraine for several years,” said the Bishop. 

Williams lamented that for many Americans, who were mostly Christians, their real religion is now politics, and “many of them out of patriotism want to destroy Russia because Russia is the last obstacle to a United World Order.” 

Bishop Williamson is an English Traditionalist Bishop formerly in communion with the Catholic Church who opposes the changes in the church brought about by the Second Vatican Council. The 82-year-old Priest was originally a member of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX). He was subsequently excommunicated; this was lifted in 2009. Williamson was convicted in German courts of denying the Holocaust and incitement related to those views. 

The Bishop also believes that the September 11 Islamic terror attacks were not carried out by foreigners but staged by the U.S. government. He has also said that the July 7, 2005, London Islamic bombings were an “inside job”. 

A. Mek 

Deceptive Spirits•Demons

First Timothy 4 - But His Spirit says explicitly that, in the latter times, some will depart from the faith and will go after deceptive spirits and after the doctrine of demons. These will seduce by a false appearance and will speak a lie and will be seared in the conscience

Jude 1:3 ~ While I take all pains to write to you of our common life, it is needful for me to write to you, encouraging you to maintain a conflict for the faith which was once delivered to the Set Apart believers.

What does that mean, the faith once delivered, and why do we need to fight for it? Keep reading:

Jude 1:4 ~ For some have obtained entrance who, from the beginning, were registered beforehand under this condemnation: wicked men who pervert the grace of Yahweh our God to impurity and deny Him who is the only MarYah (Master Yahweh), and our Master, Yahshua the Anointed One.

Long before the days of Yahshua, wicked men had been infiltrating assemblies of Yah and continue to teach lies to this very day. It is up to us as Set Apart believers to remind folks of the faith that was delivered long before men began to pervert it. All religions have perverted the Word of our Creator to one degree or another.

1 John 4 ~ Do not believe all spirits, but discriminate among spirits whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world...

It seems there is the Spiritual realm in which our Creator and His Host exist and there is the demonic realm where Satan and his minions operate.  We know Satan is the ruler of this world so it should be no surprise that his deceptive spirits are also active in day to day affairs.  Both the heavenly host and the evil spirits exist in the same spiritual realm, beyond our physical limitations.

Some people like to say the closer we get to God the more Satan attacks us and this just doesn't seem to be the case at all.  It is their own weakness and lack of trust in the God they say they believe and are close to that leaves them open to temptations.  It is their lack of faith which causes them to stumble and get caught in those traps and snares Satan has scattered among us.  Satan isn't doing anything different or anything new.  The closer we are to our Creator the further we are from Satan's tactics.