THE BLESSINGS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF BEING CHOSEN [ISRAEL]
Opening:
Many reactions have come out of understanding who the true chosen ones are. After being lied to for many years, the unveiling of who true Israel has set the stage for the “end times.” Psalms 83:1 declares that Our Elohim to not hold peace or be still because our enemies make an uproar, and they raise their heads. They have laid crafty counsel and plans against the chosen ones. The goal was to cause Israel to forget WHO THEY SERVE AND WHO THEY ARE. “Let us wipe them out from being a nation.” I remember finding out who I was approximately 10 years ago, and it has revolutionized my life. I went from being excited, to sad, to depressed and to frustrated. When the weight of thinking you are a gentile all your life comes to naught, it can be daunting, coupled with the fact that the scripture plus history equals our reality. For many, some have started on this path but then have decided to go back to mainstream Christianity (other religions) and move on to just going back in the world. Many don’t believe they have an enemy – they believe the concept of the enemy, the devil or the wicked one is just fiction. To many, being an Israelite represents a fad! Israel now has become pompous and prideful, with little to no actions to live and walk out Torah. Being filled with the Ruach, is not a conversation for most Israelites today. Out of all the emotions that I felt coming into this knowledge, the overwhelming truth is that there are tremendous blessings and Honor to be an Israelite. The blessings come with weight! There is mad responsibility for being Chosen and we as Israel must digest the entire loaf of what this life means and how it is to be walked out.
Blessings:
JEREMIAH 1:5 – before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, and before you were born, I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.Isaiah, another prophet of the Most High records and witnesses the same. {We must be different, unique, set apart, –refusing to go down the broad path, is the foundation ofthe blessing and the responsibility of being chosen.} It calls you out and sets you apart. YAHWEH says be HOLY for I am!
Deuteronomy 7:6 -For you are a people holy to the YAHWEH!! He has chosen you to be a people for His treasured possession, (out of all the peoples of the earth.) (If you possess something – it does what you desire) hence a vehicle takes and goes where you desire.)Imagine getting in your car and directing the steering system to go to the grocery store, and you end up in Mexico (a long way to go for groceries) but this is Israel today – off the path of what we should be doing, removing the responsibilities from this walk– the possession must follow the POSSESSOR! It was not because you were more in number than any other people that YAHWEH had loved, but you were the fewest of all people but it was because YAHWEH loves you and is keeping an oath that HE swore to your fathers, that He as brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
JEREMIAH 29:11 – For I know the plans I have for you, declares YAHWEH, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. (WHAT a blessing – to have our Master to hear our prayers). You will seek me and find me when you seek me with ALL YOUR HEART. Responsibility – seeking HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART – what a weight and a blessing!
ISAIAH 43:1-5
1 But now thus says YAHWEH, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. (possession to be possessed)
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; (blessing – He is with US) and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
3 For I am YAHWEH your ELOHIM, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
4 Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.
5 Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east,
Responsibilities
Like most in this world, we want something for nothing! The exchange of blessings must come with an exchange of obedience and responsibility!! The fact is obtaining blessings from YAHWEH, has always required His people to be obedient and to follow as HE leads. To be possessed – to be a possession – let’s define it – the state of having, owning, or controlling something. Israelites had a rich history of ethical legacy, and it often came with these responsibilities:
1. They had to be monotheistic in nature – serve NO OTHER gods BUT ME. Exodus 20:3-5 no other ones before me. With all your heart, soul and mind!!You shall have no other gods before1 me
2. Keep the commandments – MAJOR IN OBEDIENCE – being possessed (to grow in grace in being a POSSESSION) – how we should act towards YAH and how we are to treat and love our brothers and sisters. Code of ethics – set apart, dress, eating based on predestined dietary law, words, mindset, how we raise our children, culture, lifestyle, not religion.
3. Responsibility to pray and study Torah II, conduct righteous fast (be filled with Spirit) Chronicles 7:14, Isaiah 58 (not conducting your fast in vain) Luke 18:1-14 – And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. II Timothy 2:15 Study to show thyself approved to Elohim, to not be ashamed, a workman rightly dividing the word of truth.
4. Proverbs Chapter 14 – responsibility to think a certain way and act – being chosen is a DUTY!
5. Responsibility to take care of the orphan and the widow. Duet 24:17-22, Proverbs 14:21
6. Responsibility to be fruitful and multiply. Genesis 1:28 Train up children the way they should go. Proverbs 22:6
To ENDURE to the END! Proverbs 26:11 – folly now is Israelites in the world. Going back to our vomit – we must endure in hopes of obtaining the kingdom! We must make good on the promises that was made!
Exodus 24: The Covenant Confirmed
1 Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar.
2 Moses alone shall come near to the LORD, but the others shall not come near, and the people shall not come up with him.”
3 Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the rules.[a] And all the people answered with one voice and said, “All the words that the LORD has spoken we will do.”
4 And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
5 And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD.
6 And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar.
7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
8 And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
Shalom
THE SABBATH DAY DILEMMA (Saturday the Real Sabbath)?
As I think about the struggle with humanity and our battle to be righteous vessels, I often think about how we wrestle with YAHWEH and oftentimes are unaware that we do so. We wrestle with HIM when we do not trust His WORDs, when we do NOT SEEK HIM and when we do not OBEY! So it is, with the honoring of the Sabbath Day.
This article will address three key points regarding the Sabbath or rest day in scripture.
1. Is it required today?
2. When is the Sabbath day?
3. How should we keep it?
I. Does our Heavenly Father admonish and require us to Keep the Sabbath Day (A Holy Convocation) in this modern area.
a. Genesis 2:2-3 – Describes how YAHWEH rested on the seventh day after creating the heavens and the earth. YAHWEH blessed the seventh day and made it holy! (YAH is Holy and requires His chosen to BE HOLY).
b. Exodus 31:13, 16-17 – States that keeping the Sabbath would be a distinguishing characteristic of YAH’s chosen people. The designation states throughout your generations. Which means this is to be kept in perpetuity and a sign between the Father and His children.
c. Luke 4:16’ 13:10-17 – gives a New Testament example of how the Mashiach kept the sabbath as it was His custom. Acts 13:14 shows that Paul kept the sabbath.
d. According to Isaiah 58:13-14, this is a future prophecy related to keeping the Sabbath and describes a day where people will delight in the Sabbath, honoring it by not pursuing their own interests, speaking of it with joy, and treating it as YAH’s holy day: essentially a future where people will actively and joyfully observe the Sabbath as a Day of Rest and Devotion to our Elohim.
e. Mark 2:27 – the Sabbath was made for man (or to benefit man). One of the ways that YAHWEH shows His love for humanity. When someone gives a gift, it is impolite not to take it!
II. When is the Sabbath Day?
a. This is likely one of the greatest dilemmas of all time. Most Christians believe that the Sabbath is always on a Sunday. They believe Christ resurrection day was on Sunday and thus they should make Sunday their day of worship and homage.
i. History – Roman Emperor Constantine issued a civil decree in 321 that made Sunday a day of rest. The enforcement of Sunday rest, although it is waning in some respects, is still pushed and urges parishioners to observe Sunday which is in direct opposition to what the Creator says.
ii. Most 7th Day Adventist, 7th Day Church of God and a large segment of the Israelite population believe that the Sabbath is on each Saturday.
iii. Let’s examine the scripture to see what it says:
1. Genesis – in the beginning YAHWEH called everything into being and the creation and specifics of what was created were numbered by the days. In the evening and the morning was the first day… second day. etc. We fast forward to Genesis 2 – it states that YAHWEH rested on the 7th day and sanctified it and made it Holy. No where do we see in scripture that YAH called the 7th Day of the Week “Saturday.” In that manner He only numbered the days, He DID NOT name them!!
a. Sirach 33:9-13 – By YAHWEH’s wisdom they were distinguished, and He appointed the different seasons and festivals. Some days He exalted and hallowed, and some he made ordinary days. The 6 working days are ordinary, but the 7th day is an example of a day that is hallowed. There are others and we will touch on this. So, it is according to YAHWEH’s wisdom that He has separated the days and it is not for us to decide. Everyday IS NOT the Sabbath as some incite. So, if YAHWEH numbered the days, then where did the names of the days of the week come from?
i. YAHWEH’S Calendar vs. Man’s Calendar – YAHWEH’s calendar is in Genesis 1:14. This is a very crucial scripture in understanding the Father’s calendar versus a man-made calendar. Genseis 1:14 – states “And YAHWEH said “let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years. So, this is how the Creator gave us our time keeping system. The SUN has been designated to rule the day and the MOON to rule the night. Those are the two great lights and the expanse. Our time keeping system was based on the Sun, Moon and Stars and not a man-made calendar. Daniel 7:25 – He shall speak great words against the Most High and shall wear out the saints of the Most High and shall think to change the times, and the law; and they shall be given into his hand for a time, times, and a half a time.
1. The calendar that we live by today in modern society is the Gregorian calendar and was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. This was an invention and the last of a series of other man-made inventions to give us a time keeping system. Remember those that be “in power of this present world” are in direct opposition to the Most High YAH. I hope you can see the link between the changing of times and laws and how the mix of Catholicism/Greek has infiltrated the truths of Hebrew scripture. Therefore, we can safely conclude that since the Gregorian Calendar was nonexistent at Creation, it is NOT to be used and followed to discover those special days that we mentioned from Sirach 33.
ii. Let’s introduce the concept of another special day in scripture called the “New Moon Day.” The WORD Month comes from the word “moon.” The moon cycle is roughly 30 days in length. So, the month in scripture is regulated by the moon.
1. Numbers 28:11-15 “At the beginning of your months (or when a new moon comes in).
2. Ezekiel 46:1 “Thus says YAHWEH: the gate of the inner court that faces east shall be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the NEW MOON it shall be opened.
a. Now, we have established that a new moon establishes or brings in a new month and that this is a special day.
b. Sabbaths in scripture fell on the 8th day of the MONTH or NEW MOON. Stay with me on this.
i. New MOON Day is the beginning of the month. So, this is DAY 1. Days 2- 7 of the new calendar month are your ordinary working days. The 8th day of the month is actually the 7th day to end the work week is thus is the day of the rest. Notice the scripture DOES NOT say the 7th of each week. It referenced the 7th day not the 7th being the DATE.
c. Instructions for The 8th Day!
“Adonai said to Moshe, ‘Tell the people of Isra’el, “On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Feast of Sukkot for seven days to Adonai. On the first day there is to be a holy convocation; do not do any kind of ordinary work. For seven days you are to bring an offering made by fire to Adonai; on the eighth day you are to have a holy convocation and bring an offering made by fire to Adonai; it is a day of public assembly; do not do any kind of ordinary work. But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to observe the festival of Adonai seven days; the first day is to be a complete rest and the eighth day is to be a complete rest.”’”
• When you track Sabbaths in scripture, each recurring Sabbath was on Day 8, 15, 22 and 29 etc. This means that the Sabbath can literally fall on any Gregorian calendar day which makes it problematic for working modern day jobs and constructs. This is because we are in our captive lands; however YAHWEH’s ways are righteous and good!
III. How should we honor the Sabbath Day?
a. You keep the day Holy and set apart by the following:
i. Engaging in NO WORK. No servile work (for pay) or no work in general.
ii. Sabbath should be a time of reflection in which you do not do your own pleasures and speak your own words.
iii. Worship and prayer.
1. Exodus 20:8, Genesis 2:2-3, Mark 2:27
REMEMBER TO KEEP THE SABBATH DAY HOLY
THE NARROWNESS OF THE WAY
In the world that we reside in, the quest and pursuit for righteousness is almost nonexistent. There is pursuit of just about anything you can think of except the Torah. There is a constant chasing of materialism, “the bag”, relationships, careers, and pleasure – as it is written all that is in the world is the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life (according to 1 John 2:16). We seem to think that this fallen kingdom will exist in perpetuity and this our actions and lifestyle exude.
Matthew 7:13 – Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
Narrow – def “limited in extent, amount, or scope; restricted.”
The narrow way represents the way of living set apart. It is a blessed life. It represents the way of living out the Torah. Not just in mere deeds of the flesh and apparel and which people can see, but the fullest extent of living a life guided by the Ruach. Which many of us DO NOT possess. It is the road that is less traveled and the one that is hardest to find. Finding this way requires prayer, pursuit, and discipline.
The broad way represents the path to destruction. It is what we see now in the world and on social media. It’s easy to find and its ease of access would almost suggest normality, but it is just the opposite, it is the lifestyle that is most offensive to the Most High! It is the way that will lead to death! If you are doing what everyone else is doing, you are on the broad path.
FINDING THE NARROW WAY – HOW DO I GET THERE AND HOW DO I KNOW THAT I AM ON THE RIGHT PATH?
1. LIVING BY THE WORDS OF THE MOST HIGH: Duet 6:5 – Love YAH your Elohim with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength. This requires discipline, rigor and there are no days off. It is a way of life and in embedding or principles of scripture that are unwavering and unapologetic.
a. Duet 8:3 – the Most High humbled Israel by allowing them to suffer and then providing manna to Know that HE is. That man should live by every WORD that proceeds from His mouth. Our life is to do the WILL of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Yaacob. The physiological needs are secondary as He has proven time and time again to those who are dedicated to HIM, that He will provide and sustain. One of the biggest impediments to Israelites embracing this narrow way is they think that they will lack. But this road requires complete dependence and complete obedience. “My commandments, which, if a man does, he shall live in them. “He that doeth the Will of God Abideth forever.”
2. REPENTANCE – a word that has been sorely mishandled and misrepresented. To most, it means to tell “God” you are sorry. Repentance means to recognize and return from your lawlessness and begin to make amendments. Through the power of the WORD/Spirit this can be done. Ezekiel 18:24 – “But if a righteous person turns from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that a person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die. The converse is true, if a wicked person turns to righteousness, the Most High is mighty to Save Israel and to Deliver!! HalleluYAH.
3. DISCIPLINE OF THE TORAH – TO BE A DISCIPLE – The last and evil days in which we live will require the elect to be disciples of the Torah. There is so much disparagement and discouragement in the house, but we must stay focused! The discipline of the Torah is walking it out. Remember the narrow way is the righteous way of living. The way that may not be popular, the lonely road, the one less traveled. For the righteous, it must be embraced, and we must ENDURE!!!! Psalms 119:97-105
a. Oh, how I love your law! It is my meditation all day. Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts. I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word. I do not turn aside from your rules, for you have taught me. How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore, I hate every false way. Your words are a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
4. ABANDONING THE WORLD /THOSE NOT IN PURSUIT OF THE SAME GOALS – Do you not know that friendship with the world puts you at odds with the Most High? James 4:4-8. I Peter 1:15-16 and Leviticus 21:8 – “Be HOLY or Set Apart – for I AM HOLY” This is no way means that you can’t be in communication with those you love and desire to see in the faith, but it means to never come into alliance with them in unrighteous ways or acts. Which often will lead to a severing of those relationships. One will influence the other. Be ye doers or disciples of the WORD. Show them and endure! Your best witness.
5. LIVING SET APART IN MIND AND FLESH – Jeremiah 10:2- Thus saith the Most High – (this is NOT an opinion” LEARN NOT the way of the heathen and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathens are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are VAIN. Christmas, Thanksgiving, All Hallows Eve, days of birth – all are rooted in paganism.
6. PRAYER, FASTING AND FELLOWSHIP – Continue on in prayer – Ephesians 6:18 – fellowship and fast are all keys to endurance.
May YAH bless the hearers and doers of His Holy Word.
SEXUAL IMMORALITY – THE DEGENERACY OF A PEOPLE
There is a clinical disease that afflicts many in the world today and is often called the “silent killer.” This disease is called hypertension. The reason it is referred to as the silent killer, unlike other diseases it sometimes will have no noticeable symptoms. Thus, one not having an understanding that there is problem, will often silently lead to a more critical illness if uncontrolled and can lead to kidney failure, an eventual stroke or death. Sexual immorality is the true “silent killer.” Many do not understand the varying reasons for what continues to plague or enslave them comes from varying degrees of sexual immorality. Often leading to both sexually transmitted demons and diseases, these sins come at a high cost! Most are living in what they feel are “normal situations” according to current culture, but are in fact, offensive to YAHWEH.
This article does not seek to be a tool to condemn, however it in fact will be used to aid the ministry of reconciliation. We will teach the biblical standard and refuse to hide behind the doctrine of grace. It is important that we teach on this as it is so that we can repent and help those who haven’t made the same sin or mistakes. This is probably one of the most profound and important articles that one will ever encounter. The substance of this article is foreign in nature, but salvation to those who have an ear to hear.
Sexual immortality – is one of the most destructive forces in our time. Its affects reach generations, and most don’t have a firm understanding of what constitutes sin or lawlessness (disorder).
Yah says, “BE HOLY FOR I AM HOLY” –
Let’s get grounded.
1 John 3:4 – Whoever commits sin also breaks the law, for sin is the transgression of the law.
Let’s go to the law of what constitutes sexual immorality. Better yet, let’s define sexual immorality and we will discuss the judgment and impact.
First, why is it important to understand sexual immorality. How does YAH see it? What does this all mean and why it is important?
• The bible declares that the sexually immoral will be judged and that all forms of unlawful marital acts (or what we know as sex) are abominations to YAH. Leviticus 18, I Corinthians 6:9-20.
• Let’s start with the passage below:
• 1 Corinthians 6:9-20
• English Standard Version
• 9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous[a] will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, [b] 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of Hamasiach and by the Spirit.
Flee Sexual Immorality
• 12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. 13 “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined[c] to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.” 17 But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. 18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin[d] a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, 20 for you were bought with a price. So, glorify God in your body.
We are commanded to flee sexual immorality.
Now let’s go to Leviticus 18.
Leviticus 18
Unlawful (Marital) or Sexual Relations
18 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God. You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes. You shall follow my rules[a] and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God. You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the LORD.”
“None of you shall approach any one of his close relatives to uncover nakedness. I am the LORD. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness.You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether brought up in the family or in another home. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter or of your daughter’s daughter, for their nakedness is your own nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, brought up in your father’s family, since she is your sister. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s relative. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s relative. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother, that is, you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, and you shall not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are relatives; it is depravity. And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.”
“You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness. And you shall not lie sexually with your neighbor’s wife and so make yourself unclean with her. You shall not give any of your children to offer them[b] to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the LORD. You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. And you shall not lie with any animal and so make yourself unclean with it, neither shall any woman give herself to an animal to lie with it: it is perversion.”
“Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean, and the land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants. bBut you shall keep my statutes and my rules and do none of these abominations, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you (for the people of the land, who were before you, did all of these abominations, so that the land became unclean), lest the land vomit you out when you make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. For everyone who does any of these abominations, the persons who do them shall be cut off from among their people. So keep my charge never to practice any of these abominable customs that were practiced before you, and never to make yourselves unclean by them: I am the LORD your God.”
Here is a very critical component to understanding this topic.
Exodus 16:1 – if a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely pay the bride price for her to be his wife. Another translation says that he shall surely endow her – meaning perform the duties or acts to make it official. Now note this: the first so called marital or sexual between a man and a woman in scripture is NOT SIN. There is no sexual immorality in this act, but we do see how YAH views this one flesh arrangement or agreement. He considers them to be married.
Another critical point to this topic:
• There were cultural laws and standards in ancient Israel and then there were YAH’s laws. Sometimes intertwined but the point is that even in modern day culture some erroneous believe it takes a marriage license which is a relatively new invention to be joined. The introduction of the marriage license itself came about in the 17th century but was not widely held until the 19th century. Marriage was a private institution between the persons and oftentimes families. It was the couple’s acts and or declarations that determined the marriage. If you don’t intend to be in covenant with someone then do not give them your body. YAH determines the inception of marriage, man does not.
• So here is a very important concept – any marital or sexual act carried act that cannot lawfully bind the souls between two individuals (a man and a woman) is sexual immorality.
• Let’s expand this definition:
o Two men that lie down together is an unlawful marital act and is invalid because it is impossible for those two souls to bind together in YAHs eyes.
o Any man or woman that sleeps or lies down with an animal is an unlawful marital act (or sexual act) that is invalid because it is impossible for those two souls be bound.
o Any man that sleeps or lies down with his neighbor’s wife (a woman who has already been taken according to Exodus 16 – and that man is still living, that is an unlawful marriage or sexual act – but is invalid because it is impossible for those souls to be bound together.
WHY DID IT REQUIRE THE VIRGIN TODAY UNDER THE SO-CALLED OLD COVENANT – BUT NOW YAH IS OKAY WITH SEXUAL IMMORALITY.
• There are many more examples, but the point is clear. All other unlawful marital acts were and are abominations before YAH.
• IF IT CANNOT LEAD TO MARRIAGE – ALL OTHER MARITAL OR SEXUAL ACTS ARE MARITAL ADMONINATIONS. THE WORD SEX CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM MARRIAGE. ALL THESE ACTS ARE ABOMINDATE ATTEMPTS AT MARRIAGE.
THE EDEN EXPERIENCE – STILL AROUND TODAY
THE EDEN EXPERIENCE – STILL AROUND TODAY
PREACHERS AND TEACHERS ARE STILL OFFERING THE “GARDEN EXPERIENCE”
This article will explore an analysis of what happened in the garden in Genesis and how it continues to impact of us today. Genesis 3:1:18
The Fall
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made.
He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You[a] shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”
2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,
3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”
4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.
5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,[b] she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool[c] of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”[d]
10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.”
11 He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
14 The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring[e] and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
16 To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be contrary to[f] your husband, but he shall rule over you.”
17 And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.
Highlights
This is the first of the breaking of the law. It was the gateway as to what we have now in the world.
1. Mankind has always been curious to “think outside” or live outside of the box of what YAH has given us. We even have terms now like -bicurious because the whole plot was to subvert the mind of humanity and specifically now Israel to get them to not believe what YAHWEH has said.
2. The very commandments are given to us as a light and to be boundaries because YAH knows we can’t handle sin in our vessels when it is fully expanded it will bring death and so it was in the garden. Thus, the mindset and the spirit to be curious and live outside of YAH still exists today and is the reason for our continued demise and captivity.
3. Let’s address the serpent’s response regarding “You shall not surely die.”
a. Galatians 6:7 – Be not deceived, YAHWEH our ELOHIM is not mocked, whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
b. Job 4:8 – According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble shall harvest it. Our fore parents got what they deserved. We are getting what we deserve. We just must be honest about it.
c. There has always been a tampering of the word. Most today feel that because the world is still in operation and there seems to be no eradication of evil, that the world will continue indefinitely. Just as the Most High destroyed mankind in the past, He shall do it again and in His wrath come to destroy. I John 2:16 – for all that is in the world or everything that is the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life- comes not from the Father but from the world.
i. When you believe your own lies, you tamper with the word. When you reason and try to change scripture to suit your reality, you defile your own self. We have all done it and are all guilty! But YAHWEH urges us to repentance. Not to prolong it but to sever it! We must forcibly remove all forms of delusion and disobedience from our lives.
ii. Isaiah 56:10-12 – the spirit of the serpent is rampant in organized religion. Preachers of the past and present continue to subvert the minds of the people and offer the garden experience each Sabbath Class and each Sunday when they open their doors. “His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs, they cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber. The dogs have a mighty appetite; they never have enough. But they are shepherds who have no understanding, they have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.
4. So, this whole garden experience is because man is not happy in the place that YAHWEH has planted them. We want to do life in the manner that we choose! So, we seek for ways above and beyond HIS offerings. If you go to a restaurant and they give you a menu full of delicious items but yet, you look at the waiter and say, “is this all you have”? That means, you are not satisfied with the offerings. So, we take matters into our hands instead of living within the confines of Torah and accepting and being grateful for what YAH has given and done for us. The world wants to offer you the garden experience because it will open you UP to SIN.
5. Now that our “eyes are open,” we are in the worse shape ever. The eyes are the gateway to the soul or being. We are truly OPENED to every foulness in the land today. All is out of order. There is almost no righteousness or right doing ones in the earth. This world is deplorable and a display of what it means when we depart from our Creator. Again, be not deceived, YAHWEH our ELOHIM is not mocked, whatsoever a man soweth, that HE will see again!!
6. The Garden experience offers you the alternative lifestyle. You can depart from YAH and live as you please. You can be a homosexual, pansexual, bi, you can change your gender, you can worship when you want, you can wear what you want, you can live and do whatever your heart’s desire!!
7. “Because you have done this” Says our ELOHIM.. OH boy, If YAH ever says this, we can expect trouble, and I am not talking about having a flat tire or a bad hair day. You can expect a breakdown of humanity. That is what we have today. Broken homes, mental illness, the order of relationships is defunct. We have normalized effeminate men (allowing the woman to lead) and masculine women (unwilling to follow because she feels she is better and can do it). Deplorable living, men are unholy, unrighteous and it is celebrated and normalized. Psalms 106:39 – The people became unholy by their sins; they were unfaithful to YAH in what they did. 2 Timothy 3:2 – People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy. Women are so independent now that they don’t understand covering nor do they really want it or can you they accept it. Because they know it subjects them. BUT YAH gave that summon or judicial precedent. “Your desire will be contrary to your husband, BUT he will rule over you.” Children are not respectful – they are deplorable. Jeremiah 31:22 How long will you waver, O faithless daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth. A woman encircles a man.” Or a woman shall compass a man.
8. The Garden experience will continue to be pushed in this untoward generation. It is especially pronounced against the children of Israel. Psalms 83:3-5 – they have taken crafty counsel against thy people and consulted against the hidden ones.
9. What happened in that garden has set precedent for every other action in this world. I often wonder if they would have obeyed, the life that we were set to live. How beautiful it would be to never know delusion, our captivity, trauma, spiritual and mental disorders (which all stem from departing from YAH, choosing our way over HIS. Not being content with HIS offerings, His WAY or HIS PLAN. The original intent of the Garden was beautiful, represented Harmony with our ELOHIM, but like all else, because of the FALL it has been replaced and no longer can be traced.
KEYS TO ELEVATED BIBLICAL LIVING
There are many reasons why humanity chooses not to live according to Biblical standards. While most erroneously feel that they have attained the promise of salvation, most miss the most important scriptural truths to living an elevated YAH ordained life.
+ Let us start off with some critical perspectives and truths regarding scripture:
I. Deuteronomy 8:3 and Matthew 4:4 – Man should not live by bread alone but by every WORD that proceeds from the intellect or mouth of YAHWEH.
a. This denotes that it takes physical bread to live but to be possessed by the Holy One of Israel, you must obey and LIVE BY HIS WORDs. This is essential for salvation.
II. John 10:10 – The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy, I am come that they might have life and that they may have it more abundantly. The abundant life referenced in the scripture can only come by obedience to the WORD.
III. One challenge to living out the WORD is rationalizing and attempting to change or perceive the WORDs of YAH based on our own intellect, personal circumstances and desires. This is why we live by HIS WORDs and not our own words, feelings, desires and emotions. If we are to follow as disciples, we must review Matthew 16:4, the Hamaschiach says, if anyone follows me, you must deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me.
+ To transition into elevated living, one must pay close attention to the following foundational passages:
i. Malachi 3:6 – I, the Most High DO NOT CHANGE. Because we live in an ever-evolving culture of lawlessness, we often believe the delusion that YAHWEH’s ways are versatile and changing. The same commandments He delivered to Moses, are the same commandments to be upheld today.
ii. James 4:4 – “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with Elohim? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of YAH.
iii. James 1:22 – Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only!!
iv. Galatians 6:7-9 “Do not be deceived: Elohim cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh they will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”
v. Matthew 13:15-23 – For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. 17 For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.18 “Hear then the parable of the Sower: 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.[a] 22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”
vi. The Heart is deceitful above all things, which is desperately wicked: who can know it? Jeremiah 17:19.
vii. Matthew 7:21-23 – Not everyone who says to me, ‘Adonai, Adonai’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the ones who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven. On that day, many will say to me, did we not prophesy in your name, cast out demons in your name and do many mighty works in your name? And then I will declare to them, I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.
II. Practical Steps to Elevated Biblical Living: