An argument for why living the Torah; Climax of the Protestant Reformation?

Hearing many of the false prophets out there, as they declare the "Reformation is over," and then lead the church to return to its pagan roots and ways which Scripture declares wickedness(!) really irks me.  They seek to realign us with the Vatican, and the Pope, against whom the Protest-ants initially cried out, and seperated from, to follow thte Scriptures by faith.  One young priest, who said the Vatican believes "we are saved by grace, just as we do!" was totally deceptive.  Yes, they believe a person is saved by grace, after keeping all the sacraments of the RC church.  Mormons believe you are saved by grace, "after you have done all you can do" 2 Nephi 25:23.

It appears to me, that the Reformation, is indeed not over, but at it's most critical time!  And indeed, the time has come for believers to be willing to stand up to the point of laying down their lives for the gospel, as did the original Reformers, not because through that we earn salvation (as Islam teaches), but because Truth is worth laying your life down for, and Yeshua, the Messiah, who is Truth, laid His life down, in order that all who believe in Him by faith might be saved.

But the initial Reformers spiritually were not in the place to Reform as far as they needed to go.  Today, in the last hours, Yhwh is beginning to open Revelations and spiritual eyes to see and understand.  In a letter to an older, more accomplished minister, I write in response to a conversation we had had concerning the diaspora of the Northern Tribes of Israelites, of which he politely but sternly brushed off without giving consideration to.  And many will do this.  They want to tow the Denominational line, and won't give heed to the massive evidence of scriptures.

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I know as a minister, when you speak God's word, you speak and teach it as truth.  Yesterday, when I shared the scriptures with you, I was not trying to be argumentative, but I shared them with you as truth.  I think the Church at large, even many Messianics, fail to distinguish between the different houses of Israel in the Tanakh, and therefore mis-interpret much of Yhwh's intended meaning in the scriptures.  And I think in partiality, this is due to a spiritual blindness on the people, but God speaks of truths being unveiled in the last times, and I believe more and more people are waking up to these things.

4 But you, Daniel, keep the words secret and seal the scrollj until the time of the end; many will run back and forth and knowledge will increase.”

When Yeshua said "I will build my Church," he was speaking to a Jewish audience (no Ephraimites or Gentiles present), and for the first 10 years or so, there were no Gentiles within "the Church" that Messiah was building.  They made little differentiation to the form of worship as they continued to attend Synagogue on Shabbat, and preach scriptures and share on Shabbat in the Synagogue.  It was this way for the first 325 years of the Church, till things began to be altered at the Council of Nicea in 325 etc.  Sure, some tensions were in place between Jew and Gentile I think leading up to that point, but the greatest reason for the changes we have was political expediency of an unbaptized, wicked pagan ruler, a worshiper of the sun-god (Nimrod, a type, and maybe fulfillment of the antichrist)!

The Apostle/Rav Paul tells us that we were grafted into the tree of Israel, that we are Jews by faith.  We were grated into a "cultivated" olive tree, being a wild branch.  By faith, believers are considered descendants of Abraham, for circumcision is of the heart (Rom. 4:16).  It seems to me, that the Pre-Tribulational view of the rapture is not a Semitic-friendly view, but rather Anti-Semitic.  Now I don't intend to make you mad.  Please hear me out.  Why would Yhwh rip out a branch (i.e. catch away) He has so graciously and carefully grafted into a cultivated olive tree (Rom. 11:24), then suddenly rip it out, and leave the cultivated tree to endure the worst storm in history?

It seems better, if, the branches realized that they were now part of the tree, and worked collectively for the betterment of the tree, that they were there to stay, as indeed Elohim grafted them in!  It seems that the pre-trib rapture view is at its basis, anti-semitic, viewing still, that the Church has replaced Israel in God's plans (and heart), and God has more care/concern for the Church than he does His people Israel!

Rom. 11:18 do not boast against the branches. But if you boast against them, you do not support the root, but the root supports you. 19 Then you will say, “Branches were broken off in order that I could be grafted in.” 20 Well said! They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand firm because of faith. Do not think arrogant thoughts, but be afraid.

But that is not the picture God's word gives of His people, Ephraim:

 8 How can I give you up, O Ephraim?

How can I hand you over, O Israel?

How can I make you like Admah?

How can I treat you like Zeboiim?

My heart is disturbedl within me;

⌊all⌋m my compassions are aroused.

9 ⌊I will not execute⌋n ⌊my fierce anger⌋,o

I will not again destroy Ephraim;

because I am God

and not a mortal,p

the Holy One in your midst;

and I will not come in wrath.

I have researched numerous eschatological positions rather thoroughly, in my search for understanding, and have held all viewpoints at various times, but Yhwh has been drawing me through all this.  According to scriptures' commands: "What then, do we nullify the Torah by faith?  May it never be!  On the contrary, we establish the Torah!" (Rom. 3:31) and, "Therefore, he nullifies one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but He who keeps them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven" (Mt. 5:19).

STARGATE/CERN: URGENT UPDATE/PROOF

Is the Church Growth Model Biblical?

Last night at church, I was disheartened to begin on another Bible "study" that is not Biblically correct!  The study simply has the purpose of helping believers know "why they are here."

Biblically speaking, that could go on for quite a bit, listing all the reasons why God has created us in His image, and purchased back the believers from their fallen state in sin, into a new creation through the prophesied substitionary death of His Son on the cross.  For knowing Yhwh intimately, calling on Him as Abba, Father, living in fellowship with the Trinity, for worship, etc. etc.  That could be and maybe should be a study of its own!

But so what got me so disheartened was one of the final reflection/action steps at the end of the study.  It told us to think of one person we should invite to the next study.  And the response of anger and disbelief when I stated an objection to this goal!  Looking back, it was almost funny.  Now let me state that I am still in good graces with all the people who were in the study, as it should be... but should we be inviting and bringing unbelievers into the church?

Let's say what the scripture says  about unbelievers (from God's persepective):

14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial[b]? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God.

(2 Cor. 6:14-16).

But the LORD goes on to say in the next verses - 

As God has said:

“I will live with them
    and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.”

17 Therefore,

“Come out from them
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.”

18 And,

“I will be a Father to you,
    and you will be my sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty.”

We see from this passage that God commands His people, the redeemed in Yeshua Messiah, to come out and be a separate people, thus there is no intimate living or mingling together (now, today's modern "church" in America is not intimate living together either, but that's another post.)

Rom. 3:9c  "all under the power of sin.10 As it is written:

“There is no one righteous, not even one;
11     there is no one who understands;
    there is no one who seeks God.
12 All have turned away,
    they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
    not even one.”[b]
13 “Their throats are open graves;
    their tongues practice deceit.”[c]
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”[d]
14     “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”[e]
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16     ruin and misery mark their ways,
17 and the way of peace they do not know.”[f]
18     “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”[g]

All being under the power of sin, is before those are set free from the law of sin and death by the Spirit of God, and for those, there is no longer any condemnation Paul tells us later in Rom. 8:1.

6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. 7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.  (Rom. 8:6-8)

And Yeshua taught His followers:

6 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Now this is just from the perspective of a difference between the redeemed and the unredeemed. There are many more differences that should be studied and known, what it means to be elect, the New Covenant (Jer. 31:31-33), the role of pastors, true purpsoe of the church... but as for a lack of time, I'll stop here for now.

Shalom.

PITN: UFO Deception

We must grasp what is happening around us today, if we are to understand the reality of these end times.  In the word of the Almighty, whose words were divinely superintended by Him, we are told:  "That which is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by." Ecclesiastes 3:15



These strange beings, reptilians, shapeshifters, giants, etc., all were here before the flood and after (Gen. 6:2-4).  As the historical book of Jasher reports:  18 And their judges and rulers [aka: Watchers, Fallen Angels, Titans, gods] went to the daughters of men and took their wives by force from their husbands according to their choice, and the sons of men in those days took from the cattle of the earth, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and taught the mixture of animals of one species with the other, in order therewith to provoke the Lord; and God saw the whole earth and it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon earth, all men and all animals.



As pastor Gary and pastor Gary report, these beings are aboutto pull off trhe deception of the ages... and Yhwh's word tells us that all who did not believe the Truth (about Messiah Yeshua who was crucified and raised for the forgiveness of our sins and the reconciliation of Creation Rom. 3:25; Heb. 2:17; 1 Jn. 4:10) will be given over to the delusion (i.e. the lie). (2 Thess. 2:11-12).



Only those who cry out to Yeshua (Jesus Christ) in faith (belief) in repentance (sorrow and turning away) for the forgiveness of sins, will find forgiveness from the almighty, and new life in the Messiah!  And you shall be saved from the coming destruction that is to be poured out in judgement upon all the earth from the Most High.



Acts 3:19  19 "Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;



Revelation 3:10   10 'Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.



Romans 10:11-13  For the Scripture says, "WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED."  12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him;  13 for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED."