Mishley 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up displeasure.

We must show ourselves different from the rest, and they must feel a comfort, and burden to want to listen to the words of Yah. They must understand why we are different then the Christian Church and other religions. We can't display the same actions the Christian Church's do, because alot of our Men aren't even in the Church, because of what they have been turned off from.

Ya'aqob 1:26 if anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one's religion is worthless. 

My Brothers we must be a example of Torah life, as well as following the words, of what Yahshua tells us. He said go and make disciples, He said that those that are not sick don't need a physician, but those that are sick. We are a Royal Priesthood and we have to act like it, in word speech, and deed, other wise we are just like the rest.

Lets give them a reason to follow Yahweh and learn the Truth, not a reason to turn away from every Hebrew Israelite they come in contact with, because of the characteristics of our brothers.

Shalom, Shalom

Yeshayahu 54:8 "In an overflow of wrath I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I shall have compassion on you, " said Yahweh, your redeemer.

My Beloved Sisters...

As we begin our week...YAHWAH has seen you struggling (with something(s), A blessing is coming your way. If you believe in YAHWAH, then trust Him even when it appears that He is not with you; trust Him when it seems that He has not heard your prayers.  All I'm simply asking you to do is..."Trust Him," no matter what.


Shabuah Tob...

Emah AnaYah

Escape:

Should we plan to leave like Yahweh tells us? I have read documented as early as 1967 Our Brothers and Sisters going back to Africa not as tourist  but as remnant of the chosen people. Should we be getting ourselves prepared for a trip, since so many judgments have been already coming against America (Babylon)? And what would happen to this country if we all decided to leave? my guess is it will fall, like the scriptures tell us. 

He said he scattered us like the four winds of the Shamayim (Heaven), well maybe, just maybe its about time for us to come back, since when the wind is sent out, it comes back to him (Ahayah Asher Ahayah) I Am That I Am. His people are finally waking up and getting that unction that something's not right, so we need to get the word out, and then head out. If you have been wanting to go to Africa, or been feeling that strong pulling like I and my family have, it's because Yah is calling us...

Under the law an adulteress should be stoned to death, but JC spares her (John 8th Chapter). JC also plucks corn (Matthew 12:1) and heals on YHWH's Sabbath (Luke 6th Chapter). Had those who were hungry on YHWH's Sabbath prepared their meals the day before, like they should have, then there would not have been any need to sin on YHWH's Set Apart Sabbath. We can all recall what happened to the man who picked up sticks on YHWH's Sabbath, can't we? Also, if the sick had been chronically ill for years, JC could have waited until sundown to heal them from their diseases rather than go against YHWH's Law to rest on the Sabbath day and keep it holy. Let's face reality and be truthful to ourselves and to the Most High YHWH of Israel, first. Don't let JC, a man with a fabricated background, or rather a man who never existed, bring down YHWH's Chosen People.

Another situation that most of us fail to understand is that JC "worshipped" in a temple not decreed by the YHWH of Israel. Since when is a temple that an Edomite, Herod, built a "Temple of YHWH" (Matthew 21:12). Perhaps some would question the temple of Ezra and Nehemiah, and maybe they would be right. But at least Ezra and Nehemiah are not Edomites. YHWH hates Edom (Esau), (Malachi 1:3) and wouldn't hardly appreciate HIS Temple being built by him. If the Set Apart ONE wouldn't permit King David to build HIS Temple, what on earth makes one assume that he'd want a descendant of Edom to do so. Now, that's something else to think about!

The inclusion of JC and the "NT" was meant to be part of the tool or rather curse upon Israel to worship false gods in their enemies’ lands (Deuteronomy 28:64). People are not cognizant of the fact that when they use the "NT" for spirituality and speak "in the name of JC," they minimize and detract from the YHWH of Israel and HIS Law that HE has commanded/demanded of HIS Chosen People to keep, do, and live forever. And worse, by including JC and this "NT" Christian doctrine, we keep others from acknowledging the Most High for all HIS mercy and goodness towards us. We do know that all goodness, prosperity, miracles, and longevity come from the Most High YHWH of Hosts, don’t we?

That which Israel and others who seek the True and Living YHWH in truth must know and understand is that the YHWH of Abraham sent many "Saviors" and "Prophets" to the Nation of Israel, but NOT for rebellious Israelites to serve and/or trust in them as is believed about JC. There was no greater Prophet than Moses whom the Most High sent to save Israel out of Egyptian bondage, but we did not worship this great man. And certainly if our YHWH had wanted us to acknowledge any prophet, it would have been Moses. What did JC do to be considered for any recognition?

How long is it going to take for all of the "Dry Bones" of Israel to wake up and realize that we were formed by our YHWH to show forth HIS Praise and to speak and swear by HIS Name? And we cannot do this by exalting JC not by any means! What does it take for Israel to understand that our YHWH is a Jealous YHWH, and HIS Set Apart Name is Jealous. This means that the Nation of Israel is compelled to worship only the YHWH that chose us, to magnify only HIM, exalt only HIM, praise only HIM, and Glory only HIM. HE is our Savior, our Redeemer, our King, our Rock, our YHWH, and only HE, the YHWH of Hosts, has the power and the ability to save Israel (or any Nation for that matter) out of all troubles.

And more importantly, the Set Apart ONE made it quite clear that "whomsoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book (Exodus 32:33)." Hence, being saved was determined or depended on one thing only which was and still is - our not sinning against our YHWH, not in belief in a "man" called JC that he died for our sins, as that had nothing to do with it. If you remember correctly, Moses, the greatest prophet ever (Deuteronomy 34:10) attempted to die for the sins of Israel, but YHWH wouldn’t let him. So, who gave JC the authority to do so?

The Set Apart ONE of Israel insists that HIS Chosen People speak in HIS Name, show forth HIS Praise, and exalt ONLY HIM! Isn’t this what the very First Commandment is all about? Of course, the Seed of King David will reign on his throne in YHWH’s Kingdom. This was YHWH’s Promise to King David, the son of Jesse. But we will know how to respect and pay obeisance to this great King - but not worship him by any means, as our YHWH never meant for us to exalt the King or messenger instead of HIM. (You do recall that the Most High YHWH of Israel was upset at our forefathers asking for a king in the first place: I Samuels 8th Chapter.) And indeed when the seed of David appears on the scene, he will surely reiterate all that King David professed concerning the YHWH of Israel and HIS Law:

"Wherefore thou art great, O YHWH: for there is none like thee, neither is there any Elohim beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

"And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom Elohim went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from the nations and their gods?

"For thou has confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for Elohim.

"And now, O YHWH Elohim, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou has said.

"And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the Elohim over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee." II Samuel 7:22 -26

"The Elohim of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence." II Samuel 22:3

"Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
"I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man;
"And keep the charge of YHWH thy Elohim, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
"That YHWH may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel." I Kings 2:1 - 4

"Show me thy ways, O YHWH; teach me thy paths.
"Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the Elohim of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day."
"For thy name’s sake, O YHWH, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
"The secret of YHWH is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant."
"O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee."
"Redeem Israel, O Elohim, out of all his troubles." Psalm 25:4,5,11,14,20,21,22

When the Most High cursed us and said that we would serve false gods because we wouldn’t serve HIM, HE did a thorough job. We took the word of our enslavers, and began to believe in JC. And some of us can’t let this man go. We hold fast to him and a "NT" Book that has absolutely nothing to do with our redemption or our serving the Set Apart ONE of Israel, following HIM, and doing what’s required of us. Think about this: if the "New Testament" weren’t a "New" religion, then why was it written? The First Five Books of the "Old Testament" would suffice, and we would use what YHWH gave to the Prophet Moses. But clearly, much of this "NT" doctrine is ADDED to YHWH’s Laws, Statutes, and Judgments, much of this Law is changed or totally disregared by this infamous "New Testament." As far as our doing what’s required of us is concerned, something is quite wrong with this picture!

How can Israelites or others who seek the True and Living YHWH give credence to this "NT" Book or any book that advocates the worship of a man (JC) being YHWH? And how can Israelites accept a book that is a product of non-Israelites? Nonetheless, what most people do not realize is that this book directly goes against YHWH’s very first Commandment: "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." This "NT" Book not only defies and contradicts all the Laws of the Set Apart ONE of Israel, but it astutely and purposefully takes attention from the YHWH of Israel and sheds light on a "man" called JC, supposedly the "Saviour of the World," in order to keep Israel in darkness and the enemy the head:

"Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." John 8:12

I don’t wonder how my Jealous YHWH feels about this instruction. I know! Unfortunately, the "NT" goes even beyond this philosophy. Read on:

"Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ" Galatians 6:2

"Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified." Galatians 2:16

"In the day when Elohim shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel." Romans 2:16

"But now the righteousness of Elohim without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;" Romans 3:21

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of Elohim is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23

Since when did YHWH establish a gospel according to JC or a Law of JC? Since when??? Since when is "the gift of Elohim eternal life through Jesus Christ?" Since when??? Not only does this theology go against all that YHWH taught HIS Chosen People, but it is enigmatic and mysteriously far removed from YHWH’s Laws, Statutes, and Judgments and thus, makes no sense. Clearly, the intention of the establishment of Christianity is to change and obliterate YHWH’s Law and Ordinances in favor of a "new" doctrine to suit World leaders and complement their scheme to rule the World.

"The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

"Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left." Isaiah 24:5,6

YHWH said that HE is the Savior and knows of none other. If JC is the "Savior" who did he save - certainly not the "Lost Sheep of the House of Israel," as we are still in captivity after 2,000 years under the Gentiles who rule this world. And too many of us are still observing the religions of our captors as we yet suffer under our enemies.
"Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt." II Kings 17:29

"Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?

"Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is YHWH." Jeremiah 16:20,21

Not only did JC not save Israel out of our troubles, but he never established a Kingdom either, even though he assured some that "Verily I say unto you, this generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled" (Luke 21:31). Needless to say, JC lied, big time. I might add, that he was called a king. If so, king of what? Israel wasn’t a kingdom. Nor was Israel in power at the time of the Roman control of Israel. According to scripture, Israel wasn’t even there! Both Israel and Judah were scattered in other lands under Gentile rule, and had long since stopped receiving the Word of YHWH from HIS Servants, the Prophets. The Set Apart ONE of Israel ceased to deal with HIS Chosen People and stopped dealing with HIS Prophets approximately three hundred years before the so-called coming of JC.

The Most High YHWH of Hosts forsook HIS Chosen People over 2,000 years ago. When Israel and Judah occupied the Land of Canaan, they sinned in the worst ways against the Set Apart ONE of Israel. And because they flatly refused (countless times) to return to the Set Apart ONE and HIS magnanimous and righteous Laws, Statutes, and Judgments, HE forsook the Whole Nation of Israel and cursed and scattered all twelve tribes into captivity in exile. From this fact, we must deduce that the prophecies of YHWH’s Prophets written in the "Old Testament" are specifically for the benefit of the Seed of Israel and Judah who are living today, as our forefathers didn’t have a chance due to the horrific consequences of sinning against the Most High YHWH. Therefore, I implore you, my Brothers and Sisters to take advantage of this Scripture and search YHWH’s Law and HIS Word to HIS Prophets for information that will lead and guide us to our YHWH and to HIS assured cleansing and redemption. This is what we have to anticipate and to await until we are ready to show forth the praises of our YHWH in righteousness for which we were formed to do.
The bottom line is that the Set Apart ONE of Israel will, without a doubt, get ALL the Glory, and HE won’t give it to another - not to the Seed of David, not to Elijah, and certainly not to JC.
"I am YHWH: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images." Isaiah 42:8,
"I, even I, am YHWH; and beside me there is no saviour." Isaiah 43:11
"Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? Ye are even my witnesses. Is there a Elohim beside me? Yea, there is no Elohim; I know not any." Isaiah 44:8

"Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? Who hath told it from that time? Have not I YHWH? and there is no Elohim else beside me; a just Elohim and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

"Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am Elohim, and there is none else.

"I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear." Isaiah 45:21,22,23

"And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I YHWH am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob." Isaiah 49:26

Let us follow the lead of our sincere Servants of YHWH who indeed attempted to lead Israel in YHWH’s "Old Paths." If it was the Set Apart ONE of Israel that cursed us, then it will obviously be the Set Apart ONE of Israel that will "save" us. YHWH’s Prophets tell the story quite well. Because we worshipped false gods and rejected the YHWH of Israel and HIS Law is why we are under our enemies. Therefore, let us return to that which pleases our YHWH:

"The secret things belong unto YHWH our Elohim: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law." Deuteronomy 29:29

"Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left , that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

"This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success." Joshua 1:7,8

"This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which YHWH Elohim of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of YHWH his Elohim upon him." Ezra 7:6

"They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in Elohim’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of Elohim, and to observe and do all the commandments of YHWH our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;" Nehemiah 10:29

"But his delight is in the law of YHWH; and in his law doth he meditate day and night." Psalm 1:2

"And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of YHWH, to the house of the Elohim of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of YHWH from Jerusalem." Isaiah 2:3

"That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of YHWH:" Isaiah 30:9

"YHWH is well pleased for his righteousness; sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable." Isaiah 42:21

(FROM THESE FEW VERSES ALONE, IT IS QUITE EVIDENT THAT WE MUST RETURN TO YHWH’S LAW AND ABANDON THIS "NEW TESTAMENT" BOOK AND ANY OTHER MATERIAL THAT IS NOT OUT OF THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF THE PROPHET MOSES.)

"Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings." Isaiah 51:7

"And YHWH saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

"But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:" Jeremiah 9:13,14

"And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith YHWH; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,
(TO FOLLOW JC IS JUST LIKE FOLLOWING BAALIM. ISRAELITES SHOULD BE FOLLOWING THE MOST HIGH YHWH OF ISRAEL: I KINGS 18:21)

"To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;

"Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth." Jeremiah 26:4 - 6

"But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith YHWH, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their Elohim, and they shall be my people." Jeremiah 31:33

"And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:" Jeremiah 32:23,

"They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers." Jeremiah 44:10

"Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against YHWH, and have not obeyed the voice of YHWH, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day." Jeremiah 44:23

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy Elohim, I will also forget thy children." Hosea 4:6

"And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of YHWH, and to the house of the Elohim of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of YHWH from Jerusalem." Micah 4:2

"But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of YHWH of hosts hath spoken it." Malachi 4:4
We must keep the WHOLE LAW and not add to or delete from it.

"What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it." Deuteronomy 12:32
Given these Scriptures regarding the importance of keeping YHWH’s Law, we have no choice but to rethink our indulgence in extraneous or irrelevant spiritual literature or material that is NOT written in YHWH’s Law. I am referring to religious material other than YHWH’s Law that we are enticed to include and accept as YHWH’s Precepts or HIS Word when in fact, it is neither. After all, we are in captivity for not keeping YHWH’s Law, for worshipping false gods, and for practicing the ways of the heathens. If the "issue," i.e., what one of us chooses to do is not in the Laws, Statutes, and Judgments that YHWH Commanded Moses to teach to the Children of Israel in the Wilderness, then this "issue" does not pass the test of Isaiah 8:20. And it cannot and should not be accepted as YHWH’s Word or HIS Commandment for the Nation of Israel. Let us not forget Jeremiah 10th Chapter regarding NOT learning the way of the heathen. Hence, "NT" spiritualities and beliefs, regardless of how sweet the sound, should stay in the "NT" and not be used as a teaching or instructional aid for Israel. The sooner we realize that this "New Testament" Book was created and established by Gentiles to keep us in captivity because of our sins against our YHWH, the sooner we will be ready to return to the Laws of the YHWH of Israel and live and do them, as only these Ordinances are required of us. Remember:

"So YHWH alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.." Deuteronomy 32:12

If YHWH alone led Israel, then let us serve YHWH ALONE, and believe, hope, trust, and praise ONLY HIM by honoring the very First Commandment!

Isn’t it ironic that the rulers of this World will share with us their White god, JC, to believe in and worship as the “Saviour of the World” but won’t share with us their supremacy, power, control, authority, prestige, and economic wealth? But they gave us as early as the days of slavery this Christianity and demanded that the slaves observe their false religion - especially during the days of slavery in order to make these pitiful people more humble and more docile to the White Masters. And unto this day, Christian Missionaries go throughout the World sustaining and spreading Christianity before they will feed the hungry, shelter the destitute, and educate the illiterate. Amazing isn’t it and something else to think about.

Many people, including Israelites, will pray to the Set Apart ONE of Israel and end their prayers with “in JC’s name.” Where did this come from? Israelites cannot add this Christian doctrine to YHWH’s Law. This closing is what I hear coming from Christians and certainly isn’t anything our forefathers demonstrated at the end of their prayers - Moses or King David certainly didn’t. We never prayed “in the name of Moses” or “in the name of King David,” and they certainly did something to deserve recognition (more than JC ever did – that’s for sure!!!).

“And in that day shall ye say, Praise YHWH, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.” Isaiah 12:4

“I will go in the strength of YHWH: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.” Psalm 71:16

When people say “in JC’s name,” they are calling attention to a “man” and exalting him. And the Most High YHWH of Hosts has a problem with this. HE’s a Jealous YHWH, remember. When people glorify and believe in JC, our YHWH has a problem with this also. It’s this very absurd jargon and practice that has peoples all over the World believing that JC is YHWH and causing them to disregard the True and Living YHWH in favor of a “man.”

“Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.” Psalm 146:3

“Elohim is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” Numbers 23:19

“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:6

Also, you must consider the fact that by including “in the name of JC” at the end of your prayers, you are encouraging those who hear your prayer to look to this “man” JC as being a significant factor in the redemption of Israel. Only the Most High YHWH of Israel is the determining factor for our redemption and deliverance from captivity and oppression. YHWH and no one else has the ability to “save” Israel out of all our troubles.

“But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.” Nehemiah 1:9

“Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth Elohim and him that serveth him not.” Malachi 3:18

“Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith YHWH; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.” Jeremiah 30:10

“And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.” Zechariah 8:13

Because JC is deemed by many to be a “god,” it is a sin to even mention his name, much less believe and trust in him and speak in his name.

“And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.” Exodus 23:13

For the purpose of enlightening My People to YHWH’s Truth, I use initials to clarify this message.

If our wisdom and understanding comes from the keeping of Elohim’s Law, then we have no business using other dogma proclaimed by false religions for our spirituality as we seek to follow and to serve our YHWH. We must live and declare the works of YHWH our Elohim.

“I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of YHWH.” Psalm 118:17

YHWH’s Works are in HIS Law, and therein is our direction, wisdom, and understanding.
O how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
“I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.” Psalm 119:97-100

Bottom line, let your prayers come from your heart, as this is what the Most High YHWH of Israel sees.
“But YHWH said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him; for YHWH seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but YHWH looketh on the heart.” I Samuels 16:7

“And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the Elohim of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for YHWH searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.” I Chronicles 28:9

“Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous Elohim trieth the hearts and reins.” Psalm 7:9

Taken from an article by Tziona Yisrael of The Lawkeepers Org.

Shabat Shalom Beloved Sisters,

Continue to have a blessed Shabat...

(Hebrew "go'el"): The Hebrew name for the clansman, "next of kin," upon whom devolved the duties: (1) of avenging, on the person of the murderer, the blood of a murdered kinsman—in this capacity the more specific term "go'el ha-dam" (blood-avenger) was generally used—and (2) of redeeming the property or the person of a relative that had fallen into debt.

Let’s deal with number 1.

Numbers 35:16-21  16 "'But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meets him, he shall put him to death. 20 If he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died, 21 or in enmity struck him with his hand, so that he died; he who struck him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meets him.

We are still in captivity as Hebrew Israelites.  But, we have an innate knowledge that a wrong should be set right or avenged.  And we see corroboration of this innate knowledge in the Scriptures. 

We as a people have found, more often than not, that justice would not be granted to us when one of ours was killed.  Many times in the past and still today, there would not even be an investigation, especially if the perpetrator was ‘white’.  Many times, someone in the family or a close family friend would see that justice was done, if not right then, sometime in the future.  The murderer, rapist, abuser, theif… would meet with a fate that brought him just deserts.

More often than not the avenger had to flee and take up residence in another state or country. 

Often child molesters meet their just deserts in prison.  Sometimes, rapists do also. 

I would like to think that Zimmerman will get his just deserts, too.  When I think of him, I think of Trayvon Martin, and all of the men, women and children who have been wrongly killed, raped, abused, imprisoned and endured atrocious acts but never avenged.

I think standing up for Trayvon Martin should not be a flash in the pan but a call to perpetual action on behalf of our community which Is scattered world wide.

If Yah had His people to destroy, cut off, put under the ban, the nations who were in the land worshiping other gods, has He changed His mind today? No!

If Israel was ‘set apart’ then, shouldn’t it be ‘set apart’ today?  Yes!  If everybody and their momma is celebrating ‘Christmas, Easter and all the other holidays’ does that make them ‘set apart’? No!  

If something is the ‘tradition’ and everybody is doing it, that should make you question it.  If the door to the kingdom is narrow, everybody and their momma is NOT going to be going through it. 

Yah does not want us invoking, giving praise to, respecting the names of other gods.  Knowing the names is not the sin, the sin is not researching and knowing what to avoid.  If the bible mentions some names that tells you right there that you need to know the names to avoid giving praise to.  Refusing to do the research and stubbornly continuing in an abomination is tantamount to telling Yah to His face that you don’t care what He thinks and you are going to do as you please.

Keep right on praising the ‘mother of heaven’, “mother nature”, Easter, Ishtar, Astarte.  Keep right on praising Nimrod in all his forms.  Keep right on calling on Zeus.  Be as stubborn and stiff necked as you want to be.  Yah’s day will come.  And no matter how much you pray in Zeus’s name, you will NOT be saved.  Keep believing the lies and deceptions.  Don’t read for yourself and don’t pray directly to the Father.  Keep on going through Zeus believing that there is ‘none other name’. 

Exodus 23:13 "Be careful to do everything I have said to you. Do not invoke the names of other gods; do not let them be heard on your lips.

Exodus 23:24 Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces.

Exodus 34:13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.

Numbers 33:52 drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.

Deuteronomy 7:5 This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols in the fire.

Deuteronomy 7:25 The images of their gods you are to burn in the fire. Do not covet the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it, for it is detestable to YHWH your Elohim.

Deuteronomy 12:4 You must not worship YHWH your Elohim in their way.

Judges 2:2 and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their altars.' Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this?

1 Kings 14:15 And YHWH will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that he gave to their forefathers and scatter them beyond the River, because they provoked YHWH to anger by making Asherah poles.

2 Kings 11:18 All the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. Then Jehoiada the priest posted guards at the temple of YHWH.

Psalm 16:4 The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood or take up their names on my lips.

Isaiah 27:9 By this, then, will Jacob's guilt be atoned for, and this will be the full fruitage of the removal of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones to be like chalk stones crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing.

Zechariah 13:2 "On that day, I will banish the names of the idols from the land, and they will be remembered no more," declares YHWH Almighty. "I will remove both the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.

Deuteronomy 12:3 and you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods; and you shall destroy their name out of that place.

Deuteronomy 12:30 and after they have been destroyed before you, be careful not to be ensnared by inquiring about their gods, saying, "How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same."

Deuteronomy 33:29 Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by YHWH? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will cower before you, and you will trample down their high places."

Psalm 106:34 They did not destroy the peoples as YHWH had commanded them,

Wake up and come out of the Valley of Dry Bones!  Stop doing what the nations are doing just because it is easy and traditional.  Wake up!!!

I'm just about to be convinced of some things.  Reading and meditatin is helping.  But there are still some things that I have questions about. 

Genesis 24:63 He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching.

Deuteronomy 17:19 It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere YHWH his Elohim and follow carefully all the words of this law and these decrees

Deuteronomy 29:9 Carefully follow the terms of this covenant, so that you may prosper in everything you do.

Deuteronomy 31:24 After Moses finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end,

Joshua 8:34 Afterward, Joshua read all the words of the law--the blessings and the curses--just as it is written in the Book of the Law.

Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.

Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of YHWH, and on his law he meditates day and night.

Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

Deuteronomy 17:18 When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the priests, who are Levites.

Deuteronomy 31:23 YHWH gave this command to Joshua son of Nun: "Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I promised them on oath, and I myself will be with you."

Deuteronomy 31:25 he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of YHWH:

Joshua 1:8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.

Joshua 24:26 And Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of Elohim. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak near the holy place of YHWH.

2 Kings 22:8 Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, "I have found the Book of the Law in the temple of YHWH." He gave it to Shaphan, who read it

Isaiah 43:3 For I am YHWH your Elohim, the Qadosh One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you. (What was Egypt doing that displeased Yah so much?) Perhaps we should read about Isis and Horus and compare that story to Mary and JC.

Genesis 10:7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

Proverbs 21:18 The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.

Proverbs 11:8 The righteous man is rescued from trouble, and it comes on the wicked instead.

Exodus 20:2 "I am YHWH your Elohim, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

Leviticus 11:44 I am YHWH your Elohim; consecrate yourselves and be Qadosh, because I am Qadosh. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves about on the ground.

Isaiah 19:20 It will be a sign and witness to YHWH Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to YHWH because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them. (Have we been rescued yet?) No, because we are not crying out to Yah.  We are crying out to ‘another’. Giving praise to ‘another’.

Isaiah 20:3 Then YHWH said, "Just as my servant Isaiah has gone stripped and barefoot for three years, as a sign and portent against Egypt and Cush,

Isaiah 42:8 "I am YHWH; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols.

Isaiah 43:11 I, even I, am YHWH, and apart from me there is no savior. (This verse is so clear to me.  Why do people insist that the way to Yah is through JC?)   

Isaiah 45:14 This is what YHWH says: "The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, and those tall Sabeans--they will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you, coming over to you in chains. They will bow down before you and plead with you, saying, 'Surely Elohim is with you, and there is no other; there is no other god.'"

Isaiah 45:15 Truly you are a Elohim who hides himself, O Elohim and Savior of Israel.

Isaiah 45:21 Declare what is to be, present it--let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, YHWH? And there is no Elohim apart from me, a righteous Elohim and a Savior; there is none but me. (NONE but Yah)

Isaiah 49:26 I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, YHWH, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob."

Isaiah 60:16 You will drink the milk of nations and be nursed at royal breasts. Then you will know that I, YHWH, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. (I don’t see anything about any JC in any of these passages.)

Isaiah 63:8 He said, "Surely they are my people, sons who will not be false to me"; and so he became their Savior.

Jeremiah 14:8 O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays only a night?

Jeremiah 16:21 "Therefore I will teach them--this time I will teach them my power and might. Then they will know that my name is YHWH.

Ezekiel 39:7 "'I will make known my Qadosh name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my Qadosh name be profaned, and the nations will know that I YHWH am the Qadosh One in Israel.

Amos 9:7 "Are not you Israelites the same to me as the Cushites?" declares YHWH. "Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?

Psalm 9:9 YHWH is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

Psalm 50:15 and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me."

Psalm 71:5 For you have been my hope, O Sovereign YHWH, my confidence since my youth.

Isaiah 43:3 For I am YHWH, your Elohim, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead.

Isaiah 63:8 He said, "Surely they are my people, sons who will not be false to me"; and so he became their Savior.

Jeremiah 17:13 O YHWH, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you will be put to shame. Those who turn away from you will be written in the dust because they have forsaken YHWH, the spring of living water.

Jeremiah 30:7 How awful that day will be! None will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.

Jeremiah 50:7 Whoever found them devoured them; their enemies said, 'We are not guilty, for they sinned against YHWH, their true pasture, YHWH, the hope of their fathers.'

Zechariah 9:12 Return to your fortress, O prisoners of hope; even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.

Jeremiah 14:8 You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?

Jeremiah 16:10-13 10 It shall happen, when you shall show this people all these words, and they shall tell you, Why has Yahweh pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against Yahweh our God? 11 Then you shall tell them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, says Yahweh, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; 12 and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don't listen to me: 13 therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.  

We are putting JC before Yah just as the Egyptians upheld Isis and Horus as their gods.                                                                           

Exodus 15:26 He said, "If you listen carefully to the voice of YHWH your Elohim and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am YHWH, who heals you."

Exodus 16:32 Moses said, "This is what YHWH has commanded: 'Take an omer of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the desert when I brought you out of Egypt.'"

Exodus 19:5 Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine,

Exodus 19:6 you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites."

Leviticus 26:12 I will walk among you and be your Elohim, and you will be my people.

Deuteronomy 5:33 Walk in all the way that YHWH your Elohim has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.

Deuteronomy 6:3 Hear, O Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, promised you.

1 Samuel 15:22 But Samuel replied: "Does YHWH delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of YHWH? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.

Psalm 40:6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but my ears you have pierced; burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.

Psalm 81:13 "If my people would but listen to me, if Israel would follow my ways,

Isaiah 3:10 Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.

Jeremiah 11:4 the terms I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of Egypt, out of the iron-smelting furnace.' I said, 'Obey me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your Elohim.

Jeremiah 13:11 For as a belt is bound around a man's waist, so I bound the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to me,' declares YHWH, 'to be my people for my renown and praise and honor. But they have not listened.'

Jeremiah 22:3 This is what YHWH says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of his oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 24:7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am YHWH. They will be my people, and I will be their Elohim, for they will return to me with all their heart.

Jeremiah 38:20 "They will not hand you over," Jeremiah replied. "Obey YHWH by doing what I tell you. Then it will go well with you, and your life will be spared.

Jeremiah 42:6 Whether it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey YHWH our Elohim, to whom we are sending you, so that it will go well with us, for we will obey YHWH our Elohim."

Zephaniah 3:2 She obeys no one, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in YHWH, she does not draw near to her Elohim.

Jeremiah 7:23 but this thing I commanded them, saying, Listen to my voice, and I will be your Elohim, and you shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.

Zechariah 6:15 Those who are far away will come and help to build the temple of YHWH, and you will know that YHWH Almighty has sent me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey YHWH your Elohim."

Zechariah 7:7 Are these not the words YHWH proclaimed through the earlier prophets when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were at rest and prosperous, and the Negev and the western foothills were settled?'"

Exodus 20:2 "I am YHWH your Elohim, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

Exodus 23:25 Worship YHWH your Elohim, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,

Deuteronomy 7:12 If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then YHWH your Elohim will keep his covenant of love with you, as he swore to your forefathers.

Deuteronomy 7:15 YHWH will keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but he will inflict them on all who hate you.

Deuteronomy 12:25 Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of YHWH.

Deuteronomy 28:1 If you fully obey YHWH your Elohim and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, YHWH your Elohim will set you high above all the nations on earth.

Deuteronomy 28:58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name--YHWH your Elohim--

Deuteronomy 28:60 He will bring upon you all the diseases of Egypt that you dreaded, and they will cling to you.

Deuteronomy 32:39 "See now that I myself am He! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.

2 Kings 2:21 Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, "This is what YHWH says: 'I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.'"

Psalm 41:3 YHWH will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his bed of illness.

Psalm 41:4 I said, "O LORD, have mercy on me; heal me, for I have sinned against you."

Psalm 103:3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,

Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Jeremiah 11:7 From the time I brought your forefathers up from Egypt until today, I warned them again and again, saying, "Obey me."

Jeremiah 17:24 But if you are careful to obey me, declares YHWH, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy by not doing any work on it,

Jeremiah 30:17 But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,' declares YHWH, 'because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.'

Joshua 22:2 And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of YHWH commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:

Judges 2:17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of YHWH; but they did not so.

1 Kings 11:34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:

2 Kings 18:6 For he clave to YHWH, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which YHWH commanded Moses.

Psalm 119:55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

1 Kings 15:5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of YHWH, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

It was only David's special dispensation of grace from the Lord, that saved him from condemnation and death under the Law for his adultery and murder. With the exception of those two sins the Lord himself said he kept the Law. And others kept the Law as he did.

2 Chronicles 34:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of YHWH, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

2 Kings 22:2 And he did that which was right in the sight of YHWH, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

1 Kings 3:3 And Solomon loved YHWH, walking in the statutes of David his father:

Proverbs 7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

A member of Old Testament Israel was either obedient "keeping the law" or guilty "under the law." Obedience to the Law has never meant sinless perfection and behavior. It has always meant "following" the Law, including making sacrifices for sins committed. The formula for obedience was to "obey the Law, and bring the prescribed sacrifice if you sin." Doing this would earn forgiveness and atonement for the guilty. A person "was" guilty UNTIL he brought the sacrifice. THEN he was no longer guilty, but forgiven. He had KEPT the Law.

Some say: "It is impossible to keep the entire Law!" Tell me, does your city have laws? How many laws does your state have? How about our entire country? A conservative estimate would be that you and I have tens of thousands of laws which we could break, comprising tens of thousands of sheets of paper. How many did you break today? My guess would be none. And if you did speed, you know you didn't have to. You could have kept that law, too. But if you received a speeding ticket all you would have to do would be to pay the fine in order to be a law abiding citizen again. "Keeping the Law" in Old Testament Israel did not mean a person never did wrong. It meant that if wrong was done that person followed the procedure for forgiveness that was written in the Law. A person who did that was a Law-keeper. He KEPT the Law.

Now if you and I can keep all those city, state, and national laws, why was it considered impossible for the Israelites to keep the laws found in Numbers, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy? Specifically which of those laws was it impossible for an individual to keep? The "whole heart and soul" qualification was a matter of attitude and disposition, not one of supernatural ability and sinlessness. And it was included in the commandment to keep the Law.

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 The only Scripture existing in the first century AD was the Hebrew or so called Old Testament.  It was translated to Greek by 70 scribes and called the Septuagint.  It included other books now call apocrypha. 

Nearly everyone who reads the Old Testament and New Testament is made aware of the tension within Scripture between the law of Elohim demanding performance from man with appropriate rewards and punishment following, and the grace of Elohim which rewards and accepts the believer unconditionally. This tension is most often sensed in the relationship between the Old Testament (and Gospels) and the epistles of the New Testament. 

The statements of Paul on the subject of law often appear to be contradictory or at least confusing. For example, consider the following issues.

• Have Christians died to the law and are they free from it (Rom.6:14, 7:1-6, Gal.2:19, 5:1) or do they uphold the law and fulfill it (Rom.3:31, 8:4, 13:8-10, Gal.5:14)?

• Is the law in contrast to faith and Christ (Rom.2-4, 2 Cor.3, Gal.3-4) or is it of faith (Rom.3:27) or of Christ (1 Cor.9:21, Gal.6:2)?

• Is justification apart from works of the law (Rom.3:20, Gal.2:16, 5:4) or is it by works (Rom.2:1-16, 2 Cor.5:10, Gal.6:4-8)?

• When circumcision is one of the commandments of God in the Old Testament, how can Paul

tell the Corinthians that it does not matter if they are not circumcised so long as they keep the

commandments of God (1 Cor.7:19)?

• If the law is the “holy law of God” (Rom.7:10-14, 9:4) how could Paul regard it as responsible for sin, curses, and death (Rom.7:5, 2 Cor.3:6-9, Gal.3:10-13)?

The confusion and crisis over the relationship of the Gentile believers to the Judahim believers as expressed in Acts 15 is another example of the tension between law and grace.

The epistle of James and the letters of Paul (especially Galatians and Romans) have left many people confused. Do Paul and James really belong in the same theological family? Luther for one felt that James was an outsider to orthodoxy. We see this tension expressed most dramatically in Jas.2:14-26 when compared to Rom.4:1-25, Gal.3:1-14.

We might summarize the issue by referring to Romans 10:4, “For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes,” where the Greek word “end” can be understood as

either 1) termination or 2) goal (a fulfillment). Which of these equally possible understandings is

correct? Did Jesus perfectly illustrate or exemplify the Law of Moses or did He terminate it as a

force, standard, or covenant by which people would be judged?

The practical implications of this issue are widespread and deep. Does “grace” mean that I am truly acceptable apart from my performance or is the “fine print” legalistic? How am I to apply the Old Testament law’s - ceremonial, dietary, and Sabbath demands? How am I to interpret the Old Testament’s relationship to the New Testament? Is it proper to use Old Covenant worship

structures (alter, priest, temple, sacrifice, confession of sins, etc.) in a New Covenant context?

Biblical scholars have tried to resolve these tensions in many ways. One solution comes from

a radical historical critical approach to the Biblical text. Those who take this position have concluded

that the Biblical material is inconsistent and self-contradictory. Those who take this perspective

usually assume that the Biblical text and message evolved over time and were primarily the product

of historical, cultural, and political forces that we will never fully understand. This is not really a

solution but rather a cynical resignation from any kind of serious rational attempt at a solution.

Those who hold this view would insist that any “harmonization” of law and grace could not be based

upon a careful study of Paul’s writings for such a study is hopelessly enmeshed in psychological,

cultural, and political impulses that are beyond our reach.

Some have emphasized the continuity between the Old Covenant and New Covenant, the

Law and the work of the Holy Spirit under grace. (Matt.5:17-19, Mk.7:1-23, Rom.7:12,14,22, 1

Tim.1:8.) This usually involves toning down the harshness of Paul’s criticism of “the law.” Those

who do this have generally assumed that there is a distinction in Scripture (especially within Paul’s

letters) between the Law as the revelation of God’s abiding will (which is eternal), and legalism--the

law misused by man to establish his own merit. The context must dictate whether the text is

referring to legitimate law or legalism. For example “the works of the Law” were perhaps, in Paul’s

mind, restricted to the signs of identification with the covenant -- circumcision, Sabbath keeping,

and ceremonial cleansing. In the Calvinist tradition there is an unhistorical impulse, which leads

finally to the extreme of relating Old and New Testaments in the fashion of two concentric circles.

The New Covenant is seen as an “upgraded” version of the Old. Many who take this approach have

also suggested that there is a distinction between the moral Law of Moses (which abides for today)

and the ceremonial Law of Moses (which was terminated in Christ). They refer to passages like

Matt.23:23 and 1 Sam.15:22. This position usually involves a balancing of law and grace with an

emphasis on the grace of the Old Covenant and the law of the New Covenant. This is the position

held by many in the Reformed tradition.

Another proposed solution emphasizes the discontinuity between the Old Testament and New Testament, the law (especially of Moses) and the grace of Christ as in Rom.6:14-15, 10:4, 2 Cor.3:3,6-18, Phil.3:7-9. This often involves an emphasis upon the New Testament over/against (or superseding) the Old Testament dispensation.

When we realize that Scripture, the inspired word of Yah is the so called Old Testament/Hebrew Scriptures, only, the tension is resolved. 

Something struck me reading the book of Judges, chapters 2 through 16.  Israel became enslaved/dominated/persecuted by the nations because of disobedience to Yah. They cried out ‘to Yah’.  Yah had compassion.  Yah sent a savior/mashiach/deliverer. Israel listened to the savior/maschiach/deliverer. The savior/mashiach/deliverer led Israel in war against the nations. Yah insured the victory and Israel was freed.  Every time Yah sent a deliverer, that deliverer accomplished the mission.  That deliverer ruled and Israel had peace.  Yah sent a deliverer twelve times, but He sent each deliverer once. The shortest reign and period of peace was six years. Judges 2:18 When YHWH raised them up judges, then YHWH was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it grieved YHWH because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them.

The savior/mashiach/deliverer reigned for a period of time, then he died. Then Israel relapsed into idolatry again. Judges 2:19 But it happened, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they didn't cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.

The true nation of Israel is still in captivity today.  What would make Yah not feel compassion for us?  Are we calling on other gods? Are we not praising His name?  Someone said “the kingdom of heavens is at hand”.  That was over two thousand years ago.  That someone never sat on Israel’s throne.  That someone didn’t lead the warriors into battle with their enemies (Rome).  Deuteronomy 18:22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of YHWH does not take place or come true, that is a message YHWH has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.  That someone has been adopted by the very nations (Rome in particular and every other nation where Israel has been scattered) that oppress the true nation of Israel.  Jeremiah 14:14 Then YHWH said to me, "The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds.”

If Yah has sent His deliverer why are we not in our land?  Why are we still scattered and in captivity outside of the land of Israel?  Are we praying/crying out in the name of one of the baals?  Should we listen to YHWH and call out to Him in His own name?  Oh yes we should.

Isaiah 2:2 In the last days the mountain of YHWH's temple will be established as chief among the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.

Isaiah 45:21 Declare what is to be, present it--let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, YHWH? And there is no Elohim apart from me, a righteous Elohim and a Savior; there is none but me.

Isaiah 45:17 Israel will be saved by YHWH with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.

Isaiah 12:2 Surely Elohim is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. YHWH, YHWH, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation."

Isaiah 26:4 Trust in YHWH forever, for YHWH, YHWH, is the Rock eternal.

Isaiah 29:22 Therefore this is what YHWH, who redeemed Abraham, says to the house of Jacob: "No longer will Jacob be ashamed; no longer will their faces grow pale.

Isaiah 33:6 He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of YHWH is the key to this treasure.

Isaiah 49:23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground; they will lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am YHWH; those who hope in me will not be disappointed."

Isaiah 50:7 Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.

Isaiah 51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.

Isaiah 54:4 "Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.

Jeremiah 33:16 In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. This is the name by which it will be called: YHWH Our Righteousness.'

Joel 2:26 You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of YHWH your Elohim, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed.

Jonah 2:9 But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. Salvation comes from YHWH."

Zephaniah 3:11 On that day you will not be put to shame for all the wrongs you have done to me, because I will remove from this city those who rejoice in their pride. Never again will you be haughty on my holy hill. 

I miss my brother.  He has been gathered to his people, one day before he would have turned 65.