A Great Shaking on the horizon

I wanted to pass on a recent understanding I received about Revelation 18:4 "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."

The "come out of her" simply means to leave the system of false teaching in the dominate Christian churches. The current system teaches that Sunday is the new acceptable Sabbath and that the Feasts of the Lord are of no use to Christians although they tell the story of redemption thru Christ in seven established Feasts, these Feasts are called the Feasts of GOD not of Hebrews, Jews, Gentiles or anyone else, they were established by GOD to teach man of GOD's plan of Salvation. There are many churches today wrestling whether or not to accept abortion, gay marriage and multitude of other issues which the Scripture clearly state are wrong. Unfortunately, silly churches and individuals calling themselves Born Again Christians are quite willing to stand up for their shallow feelings and condone that which GOD has condemned. 

A Christian with the Holy Spirit guiding them will eventually see the folly of their church and begin an honest investigation of what Jesus and the Apostles taught their Disciples. It just amazes me how many do not seek GOD's face but count on another to guide them by the hand to the Glory of GOD's Salvation. It doesn't work that way! Seek yourself the Truth of GOD's Word. If you only have a small amount of faith and belief in Jesus the Holy Spirit is there to take you by the hand and guide you into the Knowledge of GOD, by the way the knowledge that GOD speaks of is pretty important and has GOD said in Hosea 4:6 "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 God, I will also forget thy children." I don't want GOD to forget me because I forgot HIM and the Commandments.

Don't you want to know what knowledge that is? What laws were forgotten? Misunderstanding one law can condemn you, how sad not to at least search out the Truth from GOD's own Word. This is not rocket science people it just takes a truthful and heartfelt desire to understand GOD's plan which is ultimately for you as a gift, to help guide you into a wonderful and fruitful life as a disciple of Christ, understanding that which Jesus taught and acting upon that which Jesus taught and understanding why. Simple illustration, if you buy a fancy bread maker and bring it home expecting great bread but neglect to read the instructions you will not get great bread anytime soon but what you will have is conversation piece. I see people all the time who have done this same thing with a Bible, if you don't read the instructions yourself you will never understand how it all works. 

GOD's plan of redemption is a custom made plan for any individual believer. 

There is a great shaking coming soon and that shaking involves the believers who found themselves to be non fruit bearing trees in non fruit bearing churches. These people will break away from those churches and seek a Church that follows GOD's law and right now I see only one Church that obeys the Commandments of GOD. Seek it out and it will be revealed to you.

Come Soon Lord        

What does YHWH mean?????

YHWH - The Hand & The Nail

I felt compelled to get this information out there as it is very profound and once again shows the depth of the Hebrew written language, a written language given to Moses on Mount Sinai. GOD's plan of Salvation through Christ was established from the beginning and therefore something one can learn when we search the Scriptures to the point of going back to the original written language GOD used to convey His complete plan to those who sought out the Truth.

The TetragrammatonThe four Hebrew letters of 'Yud-Hey-Vav-Hey' that comprise one of the names for God Almighty are often referred to by biblical scholars as the 'Tetragrammaton', which is merely a Greek term for something with four letters. The Tetragrammaton should not be confused with any of the other names for God in the Bible, such as Shaddai or Eloheem, but is specifically reserved to describe the name 'Yahweh'. 

As we've learned in previous lesson, Hebrew was read from right to left, so the name 'Yahweh' shown in the adjacent illustration is presented in that way, beginning with the 'Yud' on the far right, following by a 'Hey', and then a 'Vav', and then another 'Hey'. While the third letter of 'Vav' can be either a consonant or a vowel, it serves as a consonant with a 'W' sound in this instance, and the appropriate vowel points must be inferred. This is quite typical for Hebrew. All we really need to know in this instance is that the four letters that would equate to 'Y-H-W-H' in English would actually have two inferred vowels, and would sound like 'Yahweh'. Here I would like to impart upon you the results of my in-depth investigation into the true name of GOD. In Psalm 83 King David tells us straight forwardly that GOD true name is Jehovah as interpreted but in Hebrew that name is Yahuwah.  
3 components make up the name just as 3 make up the 3 aspects of God.


The PictographsThe first letter of the Tetragrammaton is the 'Yud', which appropriately has a 'Y' sound in English. The 'Yud' in pictographic form depicts and arm and a hand, and has the various meanings of 'Work' or 'Throw' or 'Worship'. However, the picture itself can also be employed in these instances, therefore the meaning can simply be 'Arm' or 'Hand' or both 'Arm and Hand'.



The next letter would be the 'Hey', which once again has the English sound 'H', just as we would imagine. The 'Hey' in this picture is that of a man standing up, with his arms held up in the air as if to say "Hey, look!" It represents the act of getting one's attention for a specific purpose. So the various meanings of the letter are about what you might expect, suggesting 'Look' or 'Reveal', but it can also mean 'Breathe'.



The third letter is the 'Vav', which can have the English sound 'V', as by now you would expect, but the ancient form of the Vav carried a 'W' sound, and was called the 'Waw'. But the Vav also can sound like an 'O' or a 'U', making it a very versatile letter. It's both a consonant and a vowel, depending on how it it used. You can see from the picture that it represents a tent peg or nail, and it has the meaning of 'Add' or 'Secure' or 'Hook'. But as with the other pictographs, it can also simply mean 'Peg' or 'Nail'.

Okay, finally we have the last letter of God's name, another 'Hey', which once again depicts someone trying to get our attention. As with the other 'Hey' above, this again means to 'Look' or to 'Reveal', or alternatively can mean 'Breathe'. At first it may seem wierd that we would have two Heys in such a short name, and in the modern Hebrew letters one wouldn't suspect the reason for this.  But in a moment it will make plenty of sense.

LETTER	PICTURE	MEANINGS
Yud	A Man's Arm and Hand	Work, Throw, Worship, Hand, Arm
Hey	Man with Arms Raised	Look, Reveal, Breathe
Vav	A Tent Peg or Nail	Add, Secure, Hook, Peg, Nail
Hey	Man with Arms Raised	Look, Reveal, Breathe

The Sabbath was Established at the Creation before Jews and Christians and even Catholics, must be important!!!!!!!

The Sabbath a Perpetual Covenant

Why is this so hard for modern Christians to understand? GOD established the Sabbath Day of Rest at the Creation before there were Jews, Christians or Muslims and established it as a stand alone Perpetual Covenant for all.  It was a gift from GOD to sanctify His people (to make them stand out) and those are they who believed in Him and did His Commandments.  

Do we not define a covenant as a mutual agreement between two parties? Is that not the description by which we recognize a covenant in the Bible?

Now let us consider Exodus 31:12-18, "And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, [the children of Israel here have the meaning of the blood descendants of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, the twelve tribes, literally], "saying, Verily My Sabbaths ye shall keep: FOR IT IS A SIGN BETWEEN ME AND YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS...." Between God and whom? The twelve tribes, or descendants of Jacob-Israel, God's chosen earthly race. Now WHY? "That ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you." Sanctify -- set apart. The Sabbath, then is their national sign, setting them apart from other nations and peoples, identifying them as God's chosen race. Now does Sabbath-keeping set one apart? You and I know that it does. The rest of the world sets us apart mighty quick when we begin to keep it. "Ye shall keep the Sabbath, therefore; for it is holy unto you; everyone that defileth it shall surely be put to death." Now death ordinarily means "cut off," generally from God. Note, however, that the following words seem to define the meaning here. "For whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off FROM AMONG HIS PEOPLE." Cut off from God? No, it says cut off from his people -- Israel. Cut off from being considered one of God's chosen earthly race of people. So, then, consider an Israelite. And, as you know, there is ample scriptural evidence that an outsider can be GRAFTED IN, and considered an ADOPTED child of Israel. And this passage I am discussing tells what cuts one off, and what the national sign is. Why does violation of the Sabbath cut one off from Israel? "To observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, FOR A PERPETUAL COVENANT." Get that word COVENANT. The Sabbath, then, is a covenant, all by itself. And THIS covenant is given as a PERPETUAL covenant. A WHOLLY SEPARATE AND DISTINCT COVENANT IN ITSELF. Entirely apart from the Ten Commandments. That is, God here takes ONE of those Ten Commandments, and makes a separate and distinct and perpetual covenant out of it. God, the party of the first part, agrees to be their God that doth set them apart as His chosen people, provided the children of Israel, party of the second part, keep His Sabbath command. Failure on the part of the party of the second part to perform their side of the covenant agreement annuls God's promise to keep His part of the agreement of setting them apart as His chosen people. Thus, failure to keep the Sabbath breaks the covenant and cuts one off from being of Israel. The passage continues, "It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel FOREVER."

The Sabbath, here is presented as the SIGN which God gave to Israel between Him and them. It formed a new and separate covenant. THIS covenant is a perpetual covenant, to be a sign FOREVER.

I am fully aware of the fact that this passage has been used time and again by both the Church of God and the Adventists. But has it been used as a SEPARATE COVENANT by itself? Has it been considered in the light here analyzed?

Let us analyze it further. It is a SIGN between them -- pointing to Him as their God, and to them as His chosen people. So such a sign should point to Him AS GOD, and to them AS HIS PEOPLE. Does this Sabbath sign do that? Yes, in a way nothing else could. The proof that He is God is the fact of Creation. By pointing to Creation -- by being a memorial of Creation, it points to Him as the true God. Now how does it point to them as His people? If you will notice whenever God has chosen anyone for special office, He has put them to the test of OBEDIENCE. The test is always one of obedience, and if one can pass that test, they qualify for the office of being an Israelite, one of God's chosen.

Now consider Isaiah 56:3-7, and see, that by keeping the Sabbath, the national sign of Israel, an outsider may become grafted in. I know Paul in the new Testament has quite a little to say about Gentiles becoming adopted Israelites, but Paul gives other qualifications. Suppose now, the whole law, the Ten Commandments and all, were abolished, as the vast majority of churches contend. Will any contend that this separate Sabbath covenant, this everlasting, perpetual covenant, was PART OF THE LAW OF MOSES? I think they cannot. It is distinctly separate, here. A separate covenant by itself. The national sign of Israel. This covenant, surely, was not abolished at the Cross. This covenant, surely, is still binding today.

Of course that involves the question of who, today is Israel? Just the Jews? The Jews who are the remnant of the house of Judah, plus the Ten Lost Tribes, who were a separate nation called the House of Israel. Shall we say that Israel today is the saved people who keep the Sabbath, the national sign? Paul appears to specify salvation and acceptance of Jesus Christ and His teachings as the requisite to becoming one of Israel. According to this: Jewish Sabbath-keepers who do not accept Jesus are cut off. Further, according to Exodus 31:12-18, "converted" people who are not Jews, and who keep Sunday and not Sabbath, are not of Israel, because they have been cut off from Israel by rejecting Israel's national sign. According to this, then, the body of Israel, today, becomes those who accept Jesus, observe His teachings and keep the Sabbath. When we consider Israel in this light, ONLY Israel can be saved.

Which Day is The Sabbath
of the New Testament?

Which day did Christ and the Apostles observe? Which day did Paul teach Gentile converts to observe? HOW did the day become changed from the seventh to the first day of the week?

We have been reared in a Sunday-observing world. Naturally, we have taken Sunday-observance for granted. Naturally, the idea of a different day as the true Sabbath-day strikes us as fanatical and absurd.

Yet today some are telling us SATURDAY is the right day. They insist the SEVENTH day is the only day the Bible anywhere commands us to keep. They even claim we are sinning -- that we have the "Mark of the Beast" and shall suffer the seven last plagues -- if we observe Sunday instead of keeping the seventh day.

Many False Prophets

Jesus warned that many false prophets would appear, deceiving many. So what is the TRUTH? How can we KNOW?

Let all remember each of us shall stand before the judgment-seat of Christ! We shall be JUDGED, not by our sincerity in what we have always believed thru careless assumption, nor by our sincerity in following some NEW teaching without proof! We shall be judged by the BIBLE, God's Word!

How to PROVE the Truth

"All Scripture," we read in II Timothy 3:16, "is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction." Again, the command to us is, "PROVE ALL THINGS."

We must be willing to be corrected, if wrong. We must be careful not to be blown about "with every wind of doctrine." We must free our minds of all prejudice.

We must be able and willing to study BOTH sides honestly, laying our ideas and desires on the shelf, prayerfully asking God for guidance.

If we already are right, honest investigation will but confirm it.

If we are WRONG, we should want to know it. And we shall quickly, willingly, as a little child accept the TRUTH as God reveals it, whatever that truth may be, if our hearts are right with Him! Perhaps this very study may be the TEST!

On the following pages is a brief, terse, outline of ONE PHASE of this many-sided question. Explanation of other phases, answering other questions that may come up, will be supplied on request.

These three facts are self-evident:

(1)Sunday is the first day of the week. See any calendar, dictionary, or encyclopedia. Is it, then, by BIBLE authority, "the Christian Sabbath," or truly the "Lord's Day," as it is popularly called today?

(2)Jesus kept the SABBATH, Luke 4:16. It was His custom. The Sabbath He kept was the same day of the week the Jews observed, for the minister and congregation were all in the synagogue, verse 20, and the Pharisees continually rebuked Jesus for healing on the Sabbath day.

(3)The Sabbath Jesus kept was the seventh day of the week. Three days after His crucifixion, this Sabbath still was the day before the first day of the week, Matthew 28:1. Therefore it was not just any day in seven, it was the seventh day of the week. See also Luke 23:56 and 24:1.

BUT . . . was the day CHANGED, by Christ or the apostles, after this, to the first day of the week so that Sunday is now the New Testament Christian Sabbath? Does the NEW TESTAMENT someplace show us that SUNDAY is the true Lord's Day and command Christians to observe it? LET US SEE!

Is "Sunday" Mentioned in the New Testament?

This change could not be made, -- a different day, the FIRST day of the week, could not be established by New Testament BIBLE authority, except in some text or texts employing the phrase "first day of the week," or the word "Sunday."

The word "Sunday" does not appear any place in the Bible.

But the phrase "first day of the week" is found in the New Testament. It occurs in exactly EIGHT places. So it will not take long to examine these eight texts employing this phrase.

If the day was changed by BIBLE authority, -- if Christians are to find any BIBLE AUTHORITY whatsoever for observing Sunday as the "Lord's Day" today, then we must find that authority in one of these eight texts!

Let us acknowledge at the outset, since the seventh day of the week is clearly established as the Bible Sabbath up until the time of the Cross, that there can be no BIBLE AUTHORITY for Sunday observance unless we find it clearly and plainly stated in one of these eight New Testament passages.

So let us examine them carefully, honestly, prayerfully.

The Day AFTER Sabbath

(1)Matthew 28:1, "In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre." This is the first place in the Bible where "the first day of the week" is mentioned. Matthew wrote these words, under inspiration of the Holy Spirit, six years after the New Testament Church came into being. The text says that late on the Sabbath day it was drawing TOWARD the first day of the week. So this Scripture, we must admit, tells us plainly that three days and three nights after all that was done away; had been securely "nailed to the Cross," the Sabbath was still the day BEFORE the first day of the week -- still the seventh day of the week.

One point is here plainly proved. Many tell us that the Sabbath command was merely for "one day in seven" -- that it did not have to be THE seventh day of the week, but merely the seventh part of time. They argue that Sunday, being one day out of seven, fulfills the command. But here is a passage in the NEW Testament, inspired by the Holy Spirit six years after the beginning of the NEW Testament Church, stating in plain language that, three days after all abolished things had been done away, the Sabbath still existed and that it was the seventh day of THE WEEK -- the day before the FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK. That much is proved, and must remain settled for all who honestly seek and accept BIBLE authority. But, was the day changed later?

(2)Mark 16:2, "And very early in the morning THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun." This is merely Mark's version of the sunrise visit to the tomb. It was written ten years after the crucifixion. This first day of the week, also, was "AFTER the Sabbath was PAST," according to verse 1. So this text proves the same thing as the one above -- that the first day of the week was not at that time (three days after the crucifixion) the Sabbath, but the day AFTER the Sabbath. The Sabbath, then, still was the SEVENTH day of the week.

A Common Work Day

(3)Mark 16:9, "Now when Jesus was risen, early the FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven devils." This text speaks of Jesus' appearance to Mary Magdalene later the same day, -- the day AFTER the Sabbath.

Nothing here calls the first day of the week the Christian Sabbath, we must admit. Nothing here calls it "The Lord's Day." Nothing here hallows Sunday or says God made it holy. Nothing here commands us to observe it. Nothing here sets it apart as a memorial of the Resurrection, or for any purpose. No command or example of REST on this day -- no authority for observing Sunday here.

(4)Luke 24:1, "Now UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing their spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them."

This text tells the same event recorded by Matthew and Mark, and it shows that on THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK these women came to do the work of a common week-day, AFTER having rested the Sabbath day "according to the Commandment."

For we read, in the verse just before this, "And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment." Shall we say these women did not yet know the commandment was abolished? No, we cannot, for this statement was not made by the women, but inspired by the HOLY GHOST, who did know whether it was abolished. And it was written 28 years after the establishing of the New Testament Church! The Holy Ghost THEN inspired the direct statement that the rest of these women on the Sabbath day was according to the commandment, which statement would not be possible had the commandment been abolished.

This text, then, establishes Sunday as a common work day, three days after the crucifixion, and it further establishes that at that time the command to rest on the Sabbath had not been abolished.

(5)John 20:1, "THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre."

This, written 63 years after the crucifixion, is merely John's version, describing the same visit to the tomb. It confirms the facts above.

Was This a Religious Meeting, to Celebrate the Resurrection?

(6)John 20:19, "Then the same day at evening, being THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you."

Let us examine this carefully, for some claim this was a religious service called for the purpose of celebrating the Resurrection. But notice this is the same first day of the week that FOLLOWED the Sabbath. It was Jesus' first opportunity to appear to His disciples. For three and a half years He had been constantly with them, on ALL days of the week. His meeting with them, of itself, could not establish any day as a Sabbath.

Were they assembled to celebrate the Resurrection, thus establishing Sunday as the Christian Sabbath in honor of the Resurrection? The text says they were assembled "for fear of the Jews." The Jews had just taken and crucified their Master. They were afraid. The doors were shut because of their fear -- probably bolted. Why were they assembled? "FOR FEAR OF THE JEWS" according to this text, and also because they all lived together in this upper room, Acts 1:13. They could not have assembled to celebrate the Resurrection for THEY DID NOT BELIEVE JESUS WAS RISEN (Mark 16:14; Luke 27:37, 39, 41). Nothing in this text calls this day "Sabbath," or "Lord's Day," or any sacred title. Nothing here sets it apart, makes it holy. No authority here for changing a command of God!

Lord's Supper Day -- or Work Day -- WHICH?

(7)Acts 20:7, "And upon THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together."

Here, at last, we find a religious meeting on the first day of the week. But it was not a SUNDAY meeting!

Notice, Paul continued his speech until midnight! "And there were many LIGHTS in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together." It was AFTER SUNSET, prier to midnight, the first day of the week. Now at that time the first day of the week did not begin at midnight, as man begin it today. It began, and the seventh day ended, AT SUNSET! All Bible days begin and end at SUNSET. Throughout the Roman world at that time, and for a few hundred years afterward, days began and ended at sunset. The practice of beginning the new day at midnight was started much later. Therefore this meeting, and Paul's preaching, took place during the hours we now call SATURDAY NIGHT -- it was not a Sunday meeting at all!

WHY Paul Remained Behind

Let us, now, pick up the thread of the narrative related in this passage. Begin in verse 6:

"We sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them at Troas in five days; where we abode seven days. And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, READY TO DEPART ON THE MORROW."

Paul and his companions had been in this town of Troas seven days. His companions had left by ship after sunset. Paul remained behind for a farewell meeting. He preached until midnight, "ready to depart on the morrow." At break of day -- sunrise Sunday morning -- Paul departed, verse 11.

Now notice what his companions had done. "And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot. And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in," verses 13-14.

Look at this on the map. Paul's companions had to sail around a peninsula -- a distance of fifty or sixty miles, while Paul afoot, walked across, a distance of 19 and a half miles. He was able to walk this distance in shorter time than they could sail the much longer distance, which gave Paul the opportunity to remain behind after they left, for this last farewell sermon and visit.

Now do you see what actually happened? Paul's companions were engaged in the labor of rowing and sailing a boat while Paul was preaching that Saturday night and early Sunday morning -- on the first day of the week. They had set sail Saturday night, AFTER THE SABBATH HAD ENDED. Paul remained behind for one more last farewell sermon. Then, at break of day Sunday morning, Paul set out afoot, indulging in the labor of a 19 and a half mile walk from Troas to Assos! He waited till the Sabbath was past for this long walk -- a good hard day's work, if you ever tried it! He did it on the first day of the week a common work day!

What "Break Bread" Means

But does this text not say, as many claim today, that the disciples always held communion every first day of the week? NOT AT ALL!

In the first place, it says nothing about anything being done EVERY first day of the week. It relates the events of this one particular first day of the week, ONLY. It is not speaking of any CUSTOMS, but of the events occurring as Paul and his companions concluded their seven-day visit in passing by this town.

Jesus had introduced the Lord's Supper as part of the Passover, at the beginning of the annual "days of unleavened bread." No longer could they kill lambs or eat the roasted body of Passover Lambs, after Christ, OUR Passover, had been once slain for us. Yet the Passover was ordained FOREVER, Exodus 12:24. At His last Passover supper Jesus substituted the wine as the emblem of His blood, instead of the blood of the slain lamb. He substituted the unleavened bread for the roast body of the lamb as the symbol of His body, broken for us. The disciples continued to observe Passover annually, now in the form of the Lord's Supper using only the bread and wine, as a MEMORIAL, I Corinthians 11:24, of Christ's DEATH, I Corinthians 11:26, showing His death till He come again. They continued to observe the days of unleavened bread, Acts 20:6.

This year they had observed the days of unleavened bread and the Communion service at Philippi, after which they came to Troas in five days where they remained seven days.

Disciples often fasted on the Sabbath in those days. Consequently, after the Sabbath day had ended, at sunset, "upon the first day of the week, -- the disciples came together to BREAK BREAD."

People have ASSUMED this expression to mean the taking of Communion. But notice! Paul preached, and continued preaching until midnight. They had no opportunity to stop and "break bread" until then. When Paul "therefore was come up again" -- after restoring the one who had fallen down from the third balcony -- "and had broken bread, AND EATEN."

Note it! "Broken bread AND EATEN." This breaking bread was not Communion -- simply eating a meal. This expression was commonly used of old to designate a meal. It still is used in that sense in parts of even the United States.

Notice Luke 22:16, where Jesus was introducing the Lord's Supper, taking it with His disciples. He said, "I will not any more eat thereof until it be fulfilled in the Kingdom of God." Yet, the day after His resurrection, after walking with the two disciples to Emmaus, as "he sat at MEAT with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them," Luke 24:30. Here Jesus "brake bread" but it was not the Lord's Supper, which He said He would NOT take again. It was a meal -- "He sat AT MEAT."

Notice Acts 2:46. The disciples, "continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness." Here again "breaking bread" means EATING MEAT. Not on the first day of the week, but DAILY.

Again, when Paul was shipwrecked on the voyage to Rome, the sailors had been fasting out of fright. But "Paul besought them all to take MEAT, saying, "This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing. Wherefore I pray you to take some MEAT: for this is for your health -- And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat," Acts 27:33-35. Here Paul broke bread to give to unconverted sailors who were hungry.

The truth is, NOWHERE IN THE BIBLE is the expression "breaking of bread," or "to break bread," used to signify observance of the Lord's Supper. In all those texts it means, simply, eating a meal. So, when we read in Acts 20:7, 11, "the disciples came together to break," and how Paul had "broken bread and EATEN," we know by Scripture interpretation it referred only to eating food as a meal, not to a Communion service.

What Was This COLLECTION?

We come now to the 8th and last place where the term "first day of the week" occurs in the Bible.

(8)I Corinthians 16:2, "Upon the FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK let everyone of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him."

Often we see this text printed on the little offering envelopes in the pews of popular churches, and we have been told that this text sets THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK as the time for taking up the church collection for the carrying on of God's work, paying the minister, etc.

Let us begin with the first verse and really catch the true intended meaning of this verse.

"Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order of the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come."

This speaks of a collection -- but for WHOM -- for WHAT? Note it! Not for the preacher -- not for evangelism -- but "the collection FOR THE SAINTS." The poor saints at Jerusalem were suffering from drought and famine. They needed, not money, but FOOD. Notice Paul had given similar instruction to other churches. Now observe his instruction to the Romans:

"But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia (where the Corinthian Church was located) to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem . . . When, therefore, I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain," Romans 15:25-28.

Ah! Did you catch it? It was not money, but FRUIT that was being sealed for shipment to the poor saints at Jerusalem!

Now turn back to I Corinthians 16. Paul is speaking concerning a collection FOR THE SAINTS. Upon the first day of the week each one of them is instructed to do what? Look at it! Does it say drop a coin in the collection plate at a church service? Not at all!

It says "let everyone of you lay by him IN STORE." Note it! LAY BY! STORE UP! Store up BY HIMSELF -- at home! Not lay by at the church house -- lay by HIM -- at home.

Now WHY? "that there be no GATHERINGS when I come." Men GATHER fruit out of the orchard -- they GATHER vegetables out of the ground, to be STORED UP. But putting coins in a collection plate at church, or handing in your tithe-envelope could not be called a GATHERING, but an offering or collection.

Notice further: "And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem. And if it be meet that I go also, they (more than one) shall go with me," verses 3-4.

Apparently it was going of require several men to carry this collection, gathered and stored up, to Jerusalem. If it were tithe or offering for the minister or the spread of the Gospel, Paul could have carried the money alone.

So, once again, the last and final text in the Bible where we find "the FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK" mentioned, it is a WORK DAY -- a day for gathering fruit and food out of the orchards and the fields and gardens, and storing it up. It was to be the FIRST labor of the week, hence the first day of the week, as soon as the Sabbath was past!

No Bible Authority

So, finally, we find upon honest examination that NOT ONE of the texts speaking about "THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK" sets it apart as a rest day. Not one makes it holy, calls it the Sabbath or by any other sacred title. In EVERY case, the first day of the week was a common work day.

In NONE of them was there a religious meeting and preaching service being held on the hours we now call SUNDAY. In NONE of them can we find a single shred of BIBLE AUTHORITY for Sunday observance! There is no record in the Bible of celebrating the Resurrection on Sunday.

Sometimes Revelation 1:10 is used as Bible authority for calling Sunday "The LORD'S DAY." It says: "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice." But this does not say the "first day of the week," or "Sunday" is the "day" here called "the Lord's day." As a matter of fact, it is not speaking of ANY day of the week at all, but of "the Day of the Lord," -- the time of the coming PLAGUES, climaxing in the coming of Christ, and the millennium. This is the THEME of the Revelation. But, if one wants to argue, and insist upon this text applying to some definite day of the week, he shall have to look elsewhere to see WHICH day THE BIBLE calls "The LORD'S DAY." For this text does not designate ANY day of the week.

But Jesus said He was Lord of the SABBATH, and if He is LORD of that day, then it belongs to Him, and is His day, and therefore the Sabbath is the Lord's Day, Mark 2:28. Isaiah 58:13 calls the Sabbath (the seventh day of the week) "MY HOLY DAY." God is speaking. So the Sabbath is THE LORD'S DAY.

In the original commandment, in Exodus 20:10, we read: "The seventh day is the Sabbath OF THE LORD THY GOD." Not MY day, or your day. Sunday is MY day. So is Tuesday, and every other week-day, for my labor and my own needs. But the seventh day is NOT mine -- it is THE LORD'S! It belongs to HIM, and He made it HOLY, and commanded us to KEEP it that way. We have no right to use it for ourselves. It is HIS DAY!

The TRUE SABBATH of the NEW Testament!

Now briefly let us look thru the New Testament to find WHICH DAY Paul kept, and taught Gentile converts to keep.

Notice which day Paul and Barnabus used for preaching to Gentiles:

(1)Acts 13:14-15, 42-44, "But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue ON THE SABBATH DAY, and sat down. And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on."

Then Paul stood up, and spoke, preaching Christ to them.

"And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the GENTILES besought that these words might be preached to them THE NEXT SABBATH."

Now since Paul was preaching "the grace of God," (verse 43), here was his opportunity to straighten out these Gentiles, and explain that the Sabbath was done away. Why should he wait a whole week, in order to preach to THE GENTILES on THE NEXT SABBATH? If the day had now been changed to Sunday, why did not Paul tell them they would not have to wait a week, but the very next day, Sunday, was the proper day for this service? But notice what Paul did do . . . .

"And the NEXT SABBATH DAY came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God." Here Paul waited a whole week, passing up a Sunday, in order to preach to the GENTILES upon the Sabbath day.

Gentiles Met on SABBATH

(2) Acts 15:1-2, 5, 14-21. Study this whole passage carefully. Certain men had come down from Judaea to Antioch, teaching that the Gentile converts there must be circumcised and keep the law of Moses to be saved. Quite a dissention arose between them and Paul and Barnabus. So it was decided Paul and Barnabus would go to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about the question.

At the conference at Jerusalem, James gave the decision. "Wherefore my sentence is," he pronounced, (verses 19-21), -- that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollution of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood."

He did not say they should not keep the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments were not in question -- but only the Law of Moses, which was an altogether DIFFERENT law. He merely mentioned four prohibitions, and otherwise they did not need to observe the law of Moses.

But why WRITE this sentence to them? Note it! "For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues EVERY SABBATH DAY," verse 21.

Do you see it? Judaizing teachers were reading the Law of Moses and teaching people in the synagogues EVERY SABBATH DAY. The apostles were WRITING this decision concerning the Law of Moses, BECAUSE GENTILE CONVERTS WERE GOING TO CHURCH ON THE SABBATH DAY, and would hear this false teaching. In order to counteract it, and protect the Gentiles from it, the written message was sent. It shows that the GENTILE CONVERTS HAD STARTED KEEPING THE SABBATH DAY, AND WENT TO CHURCH ON THAT DAY! And the Apostles' letter did not reprove them for this Sabbath-keeping, or even mention it.

This is very significant, since GENTILES HAD NEVER KEPT THE SABBATH. Therefore it is something these Gentiles had STARTED doing after they were converted under the teaching of Paul and Barnabus!

A Sabbath in Philippi

(3)Acts 16:12-15. Here we find Paul and Silas at Philippi. And "we were in that city abiding certain days. And ON THE SABBATH we went out of the city by the river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, . . . and when she was baptized . . . ."

Here again Paul and his companions waited until the Sabbath, and then went to a place of worship, and preached, and this woman, probably a Gentile, was converted. The passage indicated it was the CUSTOM to meet there on the Sabbath, and that it was CUSTOM for Paul and his companions to go to a place of prayer and worship when the Sabbath day came.

Paul Worked Week-days, and Kept the SABBATH

(4)Acts 18:1-11, "After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; and found a certain Jew named Aquila . . . with his wife Priscilla . . . and came unto them. And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought; for by their occupation they were tentmakers, and he reasoned in the synagogue EVERY SABBATH, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks."

If we could but find one text in the New Testament giving as strong authority for Sunday observance as this one does for Sabbath-keeping, we should certainly have BIBLE AUTHORITY for it! Here Paul WORKED week-days, but went to church and taught GENTILES as well as Jews every SABBATH.

Now the Commandment says; "Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work," just as much as it says "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." There is just as much a command to work six days as there is to rest the seventh. And so if the day had been changed, Paul would have had to work Sabbaths, in order to go to church and preach every Sunday. But here he WORKED week days and went to church and preached EVERY SABBATH -- not just on one particular occasion -- it says EVERY SABBATH.

He preached Christ, and the Gospel of the Kingdom. And when the Jews became offended and blasphemed, he turned away from the Jews altogether, and from then on preached TO GENTILES ONLY, (verse 6), and he continued there a year and six months (verse 11), -- working week days -- preaching to Gentiles ONLY -- EVERY SABBATH!

What MORE conclusive proof could we desire? What STRONGER Bible evidence than this, as to the true Sabbath of the New Testament? For a year and a half Paul continued working week-days -- six days -- including Sundays -- and preaching to GENTILES exclusively EVERY SABBATH! Certainly it was his custom and manner! Certainly He could not have done this had the Sabbath been done away, or changed.

Paul COMMANDS Gentiles to Keep the Sabbath

To these Gentile-born at Corinth, Paul COMMANDED: "Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ," I Corinthians 11:1.

And Paul "as his manner was, went in unto them, and three SABBATH DAYS reasoned with them out of the Scriptures," Acts 17:2. It was his MANNER -- his CUSTOM, as we have seen by ample evidence showing a total of eighty-four different Sabbaths Paul is shown specifically to have kept.

Did he follow Jesus in this? Why, CERTAINLY! Jesus, "as his custom was. . . went into the synagogue ON THE SABBATH DAY," Luke 4:16.

It was Jesus' custom. Paul followed Him, and COMMANDED the Gentile converts to follow him, even as he followed Christ.

The question for us, today, is, "Are WE willing to follow in His steps?" Jesus came to set us an example, that we should FOLLOW HIS STEPS. If we, like Paul, are CRUCIFIED with Christ, and HE lives HIS life IN us, Christ IN us will still keep the Sabbath, for He is the SAME, yesterday, today, and forever!

There is much additional NEW Testament authority for Sabbath-keeping. Other booklets to be issued will cover many other phases of this many-sided question. Send your request. Questions and honest objections will be answered on request.

I found the majority of this writing on the InterWeb but don't recall where or who it is by but the truth is the truth and it needed to be reprinted here in the hope that just one person may come to understand the serious nature of this covenant and why it is so relevant today. Don't believe anyone who tells you GOD and Jesus did away with the 7th Day Sabbath, it is forever (perpetual) and for all mankind.

Come soon King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

ISIS Terror and the Ebola Misadventure

It certainly looks as if the world is moving in the direction of Global Catastrophe from ISIS and general terror alerts soon to be a daily occurrence to Ebola and its proponents who have decided to spread it around the world in the name of Humanity. I don't understand how people in this country can idly sit back and watch as contagions are met with apparently little understanding of the word contagion which basically means to pollute. Contagions are to be contained, isolated, and treated insitu, meaning confined not shipped all around the world to medical facilities that may have better capabilities of confinement and treatment. I know this makes sense to most people but in reality it simply creating a man made path to global endemic should something go badly, and we all know there are no bad things that happen, like natural disaster. Just suppose a tornado, earthquake, hurricane, or flood hit one of these facilities and destroyed the facility along with everyone inside, now wouldn't that help spread a contagious disease around the local area and leaving the CDC with no idea where the body parts are located so they would have to lock-down an entire city to keep it from spreading just as they should be doing now. 

The sad thing is that I helped build secure mobile modular laboratories and secure communications outposts that were meant to be shipped in sections and then like a big but simple puzzle be put together and tested and certified as protected environs for medical use in other words clean mobile laboratories with the absolute latest technologies available for use in combating a viral outbreak and maintaining containment to the localized area of concern. Had intelligent people who truly understand the nature of contagions been in total charge of the situation from the beginning I am sure they would have been able to better contain the Ebola crisis we are currently seeing coming apart at the seems. Hindsight is 20/20 here on paper but the issue of Mobile Modular Laboratories and their proper usage has been around for twenty plus years. So who is in charge, stupid administrative types or just plain evil people who see the approaching misadventure but continue forward with a truly nonsensical plan, not many real choices here.

I still haven't quite understood the vaccine part of the equation but I think I have an idea. If you wanted to move forward with your very evil little plan wouldn't it make sense to create the cure, show the world that it works, confirming that the situation is well in hand long enough to start transporting these infected personnel to laboratories in diverse places in the Western Civilized World. Then we find out that the miracle cure is no longer available and it will be over a year before more can be made so in the mean time they will use the blood of those who have been declared Ebola free and are now free to continue life in society. Do they know that the Ebola cells are completely destroyed or are they dormant, I have heard the questions but I have not seen the answers. 

It is hard for Americans to imagine the lethal consequences of this brand of combating a lethal contagion because the scope is so large and everlasting. If the current Ebola out-break continues at it current pace and it is continuing at this pace right now, then the entire world will face this terrible face to face within a year and and a half. If I were evil and had an evil plan to destroy or simply manipulate the Earth's population down to the 500 million souls I would keep attention on other things that I would tell everyone are much more concerning and important, like Global Climate Change, ISIS, Russia and Ukraine but I would keep the Ebola Crisis on the back burner long enough to reach that point of no return. I honestly don't know how these evil individuals intend to save themselves from this contagion but I see their antics continually and not much they say or do makes sense to free thinkers.  

There is evil lose in the world and the pieces are all in place for what the Bible describes as the End of Days New World Order which is in essence a one world totalitarian government with nonredeemable humans in charge and facilitating all brands of evil around the globe. Get used to seeing things that don't make sense, like officials trying to determine if his very recent conversion to Islam had any bearing on the actions of the man in Oklahoma who just beheaded a co-worker in a Food Distribution Plant, More workplace violence and absolutely no connection to Islam that will be MSNBC, NBC and CNN's take I am sure. The ride gets scarier day by day yet rarely do you see the call for the country to humble ourselves before God and seek His ways. 

Jesus/Yeshua saved everyone with His life and death and His resurrection He saved us all from the quicksand of this world and with His resurrection built a promised sure path to God and Heaven and He standing at the edge of the quicksand pit with His hands extended and ready to pull you free, you just don't see Him yet because of unbelief but you will see Him sooner than you may think and the Jesus you see that day will not be the simple quite Rabbi who walked the dry earth of Israel 2000 years ago but you see him as a vengeful warrior full of God's wrath, not a pleasant thing to see if you are not looking for Him. Wrath means strong vengeful anger, a retributory punishment for an offense or crime, but how sad for those who will face this punishment and not even know why. God said "My people are destroyed because they lack knowledge of Me" (paraphrasing) 

           

See the Evil in the Land

Sometimes I think I am talking to brick walls but that's OK because I am still trying to reach someone out there and that is all I can do from my little corner of this world. I have some health issues cropping up lately so I am not really sure how much longer I'll be able to write but I will continue as long as possible. Perhaps someone far away will read something I have written and it will spark an interest to find out more and eventually lead them to see things as they truly are and not just what TV talking heads tell you what you should think is going on in our world.

God calls all of us to Himself through a small quite voice installed in your wiring at that moment of conception, that moment when you receive the gift of awareness that completes your human makeup, that moment when you have the ability to look at yourself and ask "Who am I?" "Why am I here?" "Does my life have a purpose?" and the all powerful "Where does this thought process come from?".

I am not going to preach and throw out dogmatic points, you either hear that small quite voice or you have shut it off and are quite happy to plug away at life moment to moment with no further thought of what may come after. If you still hear that small quite voice prompting you to ask questions of yourself and actually actively search for answers than all is as well as can be expected at the moment but if you no longer have a clue what I am talking about and have no desire to search for answers than your existence is lock into what it will be and I believe you'll be one of many who eventually say "Oops".

By now it should be obvious to you that great evil has entered the world and is spreading at an alarming rate. God said that when you see Israel reformed (1948 Israel was recognized by the UN) a generation shall not pass until all these things (read Matthew 24 and 25) He has told us will come to pass. Well, Israel (the people of God) and Jerusalem are reunited in the land that God gave them in perpetuity as God said it would be 2000 years ago and 70 years is pretty much a Biblical generation so 70 years added to 1948 comes out as 2018 which should be a time when all people will see, if they are willing, that the final 7 years of Tribulation is upon them and things will definitely get much worse. Until then we will see things winding up like a steel spring with wars, rumors of wars, pestilence, terrible diseases, droughts, huge storms, fires, earthquakes, famines,etc. and it should begin to open eyes and hearts to the reality that God was right and is right.

For those of us who do hear and listen to that small quite voice it is a time that we have been warned about and it is a time we have been told to look for the signs before the return of the Jesus/Yeshua our Messiah. It saddens me that so many are deaf and so many will only see when it is too late but that is what will happen.

God calls your name everyday and is constantly knocking at the door, stop and ask Him to open your ears so that you can hear His voice calling but ask with truth, honesty and sincerity in your heart, a repentant heart is never not heard.






  

The American Financial Collapse Begins Now and Ends September 2015

I am going to be blunt and straight forward about what is going to happen over the next 12 months in the U.S. economy and the somewhat short term outlook for the future of America. 

America was one of only two country's in world history ever dedicated to God at their inception. Yes, the formation of America was based upon the same principles adhered to by ancient Israel and Yes, ancient Israel paid dearly for turning their collective backs on God in 586 B.C. when their country was disassembled, their wealth taken from them and the people were removed from the land. This is a blueprint of what happens to a country that was brought into existence based solely on the Word of God and what is expected of that country when the vows are made, words mean things. When George Washington said in his inaugural speech in 1789 that if America should ever turn its back on the principles on which this country is based it will suffer the removal of the protection of the Hand of God and suffer the consequences. Since the end of World War II we began a secular movement in this country to do exactly that which had been warned of, we began to turn away from God. The most notable occurrence was instituted into Federal Law in 1973 and that was the legalization of killing unborn children otherwise known as Abortion Rights. The United States effectively stated that which God has Condemned the United States has Condoned. A very big first strike against the Laws of God, the shedding of innocent blood is truly a horrific crime and one that demands retribution from God, their blood cries out for vengeance.

Deuteronomy 32:35 "'Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, In due time their foot will slip; For the day of their calamity is near, And the impending things are hastening upon them."

The next shoe to drop in this arena will be the total acceptance by the United States of Gay Rights and Gay Marriage throughout the land, in other words a Federal Law bypassing any local or State Laws in this regard. Again, that which God has Condemned the United States will Condone. I believe that once this law is adopted by the United States it will in effect help seal the retribution soon to follow.

For those who understand the laws of the Bible and the way in which God warns His people, and please be clear in understanding that America is still a people of God (for the time being) then it becomes very clear indeed that judgement will be forthcoming. America has been warned since 1973 that we are on the wrong track but apparently very few people had the ability to understand these warning because they were so ensconced in a true understanding of the Laws of God and how they work.

Daniel 12:4 "But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase."  

Knowledge will be increased and I believe this statement includes the understanding required to truly know God's Word and thereby understand His Laws and Principles. 
Well, now we see and understand that that which has gone before will come again, God never changes his practices and we can expect the Laws of Shemitah (God's Law of cause and effect) still apply and will still be implemented.

The warnings God gives his people is actually a long process by human time thus giving every chance to the country to understand the warnings and turn back to God and His Laws. Because we have not, until now, fully understood these principles helps to illustrate how far we have moved away from God. The warnings will continue over the next 12 months in the form of economic issues coming to the forefront such as, unemployment numbers increasing, the dollar value falling further, world's search for a new world currency (BRIC), inflation's rise, industrial production dropping, GDP being eaten up by mandatory expenditures,
health care cost rising dramatically, food costs rising dramatically and on and on. These warnings will continue until the 29 Elul on the Hebrew calendar (13 September 2015) and the end of that day (sunset) the book of warnings will be closed and Shemitah (which is an Action) will take control and begin the removal of all things God has given the United States. These warnings have been occurring on a Shemitah timeline over and over for the past 70 years with pinpoint regularity down to the week, day, hour and minute truly the fingerprint of God alone. 

I am absolutely sure in my belief of the coming events America will face and it is not a very pleasant picture and one that should scare you to your very eternal soul. Everything will be taken away and the country laid very low, to the point where America will be only a memory and the world will be shaken and ready for a new world leader.
Our time is short and our fall is sure for I see no
repentance in the hearts of the leaders we have put above us and thereby represent us before God. Reality is a hard thing to face but we all agree that this country is on the wrong track and unfortunately that track leads to a cliff from which there is no good outcome for the American people. Please remember that there is no middle ground, you trust God and His Word or you trust the world around you, black and white, good and evil, light of day or darkness of night, you are in one of them whether you want to accept it or not.    

     

Guilty but Still Loved

I wanted to write a small piece about understanding God's love of each one of us as individuals and try to clarify for some out there what was once a major misunderstanding and of great concern I had at one time and it was a very major sticking point in my relationship with God and one that caused great turmoil and slowed my progress in my relationship with God down to a crawl, a wall that almost stopped my progress as a believer completely.  It is a simple and apparently common error on the part of those just coming into a relationship with the Lord.
 
I am talking about His love truly having no bounds, the boundary that we have made in our understanding is ultimately a major road block. God's love is truly exceptional from a human point of view and one that is very hard to conceive of at all.
 
Starting with the fact that if you or I were in a position to save the lives of our neighbors I believe most of us would do so if we saw that no imminent to ourselves or family would be implied by doing so but if there were the chance of danger coming to our family by doing so most probably we would not take the chance and if the chance were 100% that some grievous danger would befall our family then I say almost none would act to save our neighbor. There lies the difference in our understanding of love for one another and the love that God displays by willingly giving His Son to die brutally as He watched knowing He could immediately put an end to the terrible pain, suffering and humiliation Yeshua, in Greek called Jesus, endured but He did not save His only Son because He knew it was the only way to save us from ourselves, and keep the promise He made to us. How much love is that? Immeasurable by human understanding. If that were your son hanging on a cross and left to die in agony and you had the power to stop it all would you have been able to allow it? 
 
Now try to imagine that when we, sinners in every sense, want to have a relationship with God we
think we understand when Yeshua tells us we are forgiven our sins when we accept that He is the promised Christ and believe in Him. We understand that we will be changed from the inside when we accept that Yeshua died and covered us with His blood and will be seen from that time forward as clean of our sins from that point onward but some of us still don't understand that as we continue our slow transformation into the child that wants only to please our Father we sometimes continue to sin, say something like a smoking, drinking, sexual desires, lying etc. and we fall into the trap of saying "How can I be forgiven my sins if I still sin?". God's love and forgiveness is still extended to us and Christ's blood still covers us during this process as long as we know that we are a work in progress and continually pray for the strength to overcome our sinful nature. When we succumb to the notion that we cannot be forgiven because have sinned many times since our acceptance of Yeshua as our Savior and Redeemer we are falling into a trap laid by Satan, a trap of doubt. Simply accept what Yeshua has said and believe Him when He says that you are saved but join the battle with all your heart and all your ability to reclaim your soul by praying and trying every moment of everyday to overcome those sins of addiction and sins of evil thought. For some of us it is a long and hard struggle to fight for our souls and some others it is easier but like chipping the accumulated rust from the surface of a metal implement it takes time and effort but we know that underneath that corroded surface is the child of God we want to be and will be, sometimes it just takes more time than we first thought but holding fast will produce fruit with the help of the transformative power Yeshua promised us, namely the Holy Spirit, we will be changed. God still loves us even when we sin.
 
God's love for you is powerful and unfathomable in our human eyes and sometimes very hard to understand and grasp but Faith in what He says and believing he means it is all that is required to change from the inside out. He loves the sinner but hates the sin, remember this and fight the sin and never presume to put human limits on God's limitless love.

Time to Get Serious

Proverbs 25:2 “It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.”

The Bible Codes are real, searchable, visible and very clear and concise as to the authorship of the entire Bible, God has personally signed every letter, numeral, vowel and even the spaces between the letters from Genesis to the last word of Revelation. Anyone can see them and understand them if you simply ask to have a conversation with God, He is always there and He wants to show you personally. It is all so very simple and so very easy, it will make your head swim, like it did mine, when you finally learn the power switch of understanding all things is your ability to speak. To speak is power to speak with God is unfathomable power of clarity, remember John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word”.

The Book of Life

The most important code in the Scriptures is YOU. Are you written in the Book of Life? Is the Bible a code book that also anticipates your decision regarding His offer of redemption? The most exciting code you will ever discover is your own.

Randomness in the Bible does not exist in the universe as science has proven. Your reading this right now is not a coincidence, but may be an event of cosmic significance.

When you sit down to study the Bible, treat it with the utmost respect. Don’t let anyone con you into allegorizing (interpret or represent symbolically) it or treating it as just a collection of cultural legends. These things have to be discerned by the Spirit of God. As you read and begin to study your Bible, as you do it diligently, you will make the dramatic discovery that it is supernatural in its origin, it is supernatural in its design, and it is supernatural in its affect on you and your life. But that comes about if you realize that God means what He says and says what He means. Allegorize it, spiritualize it, as some people suggest, and it will quickly unravel into meaninglessness. It is the integrity of the whole that provides its own defense.

As you study, recognize that every piece impacts every other piece. The real question is what does the Bible portray? What is the image it gets across? The great discovery you will make is that it is a portrayal of Jesus Christ, all the way through Genesis, all through the Torah, all through the entire Scriptures.

As you do begin your study, you will begin to understand the definition of truth. Truth is when the Word and the deed become one.  As Adam and Eve were dismissed from the Garden of Eden, God prophesied that He would provide a redeemer, a kinsman redeemer, a kinsman of Adam.  He gave a promise in Genesis 3:15, and that promise is amplified and extended page by page, generation by generation, century by century and of course this promise was fulfilled in Judea 2,000 years ago.

And He is not through. The ultimate drama is about to come to its climax. He has promised to return, to take possession of that which He purchased long ago. He described the circumstances that would prevail upon the Earth when He was to return. He said He would restore Israel to the land He gave them.  He said He would restore them His city of Jerusalem. Detail by detail we are being plunged into a period of time about which the Bible says more than any other period of time in human history. This isn’t limited to a narrow subject but addresses all of them. Every major theme of Bible prophecy-in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Zechariah, Daniel, the New Testament etc.-is being moved into place before our eyes.

The question before us individually and collectively is, What are you going to do about it? Whether you like it or not you will be in the middle of it all. Is Jesus Christ the primary dynamic in your personal life? It doesn’t matter which church you go to. It doesn’t matter what background you come from. What does matter is your personal relationship with the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Is He the primary element in your life? Jesus does not want to be number one on a list of ten, He wants to be number one on a list of one.

YOU were on His mind before the foundation of the world. Is your name, personally, written in His Book of Life? He has a destiny for you that is so fantastic that there is no way you can earn it. It’s there for the asking! Talk to Him about it, He’s anxious to hear from you.

The Creator is, indeed, in love with His creation. But He’s given you the terrifying capability of refusing.

We have only begun to scratch the surface of the codes imbedded throughout the Scriptures and the more we search the more we find, could each of us be coded by name into God’s Word, very probably Yes.  You can tell if your name is written there simply by your response to Him.

 “God will invade. But I wonder whether people who ask God to interfere openly and directly in our world quite realize what it will be like when He does. When that happens, it is the end of the world. When the author walks on to the stage the play is over. God is going to invade, all right: but what is the good of saying you are on His side then, when you see the whole natural universe melting away like a dream and something else - something it never entered your head to conceive - comes crashing in; something so beautiful to some of us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left? For this time it will God without disguise; something so overwhelming that it will strike either irresistible love or irresistible horror into every creature. It will be too late then to choose your side. There is no use saying you choose to lie down when it has become impossible to stand up. That will not be the time for choosing; it will be the time when we discover which side we really have chosen, whether we realised it before or not. Now, today, this moment, is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It will not last forever. We must take it or leave it.”

― C.S. Lewis