Man has removed the name of the Heavenly Father and His Son from His own book. The Hebrew name Yeshua ( ישוע) is His Son's name. Yeshua means salvation, the name Jesus has no meaning, the English translation is only 400 years old. Yehovah is Gods name His name means He saves Names Matter to God Jesus vs. Yeshua: Are They Really the Same Messiah?? Names matter The Origins of Yahweh - NehemiasWall.com The tradition of saying 'LORD' or Jesus instead is human reverence, not divine order. Claiming 'God authorized the change' adds to His word and misrepresents Them—itself a vain use of Their names. by changing Yeshua to Jesus because of translations Scripture alone is truth." NAMES The deep importance of people's names. In so many ways, a name isn't just a label—it's tied to identity, purpose, and even divine meaning. Just as the Bible shows us time and again (think of how God renamed Abram to Abraham or Jacob to Israel), names carry weight, reflect character, and connect us to something bigger. Your reminder of that made me pause and value names more intentionally. Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name or His Son's name? 6. Surely you know. Proverbs 30:4 Many churches are UNFAMILIAR with the NAME of the MESSIAH What is the Sacred Name of God? The name of God discovered in over 1227 manuscripts! Yahweh name doesn't have the same meaning as Yehovah The 3rd Commandment Ividiyo kaJesu noma uJesu The Origins of Yahweh 1,000 Manuscripts with Yehovah Igama likaNkulunkulu akuyena uJehova – Ubufakazi obuvela koRabi bamaJuda How to Pronounce YehoVah How to Pronounce Yeshua? (CORRECTLY) Jesus - Yeshua in Hebrew - Hebrew Word of the Day . No human has the right to change a name given directly by God. why do you call him Jesus? According to the Bible, an angel instructed Joseph to name his son Yeshua. Matthew 5:18 Yes, according to the Gospel of Matthew , an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream and instructed him to name his son Jesus (Yeshua) because he would save his people from their sins. The name "Jesus" is the English translation of the Hebrew name Yeshua, which means "Yahweh saves" or "The LORD is salvation". The Scriptural Checkpoint: "There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." — Acts 4:12 Yeshua The Name Audit Are you aware that the letter "J" did not exist in any language until around the 15th-17th century, meaning the Savior could never have been called "Jesus" during His time on earth?[ ] YES [ ] NO. Do you recognize that the Savior was born a Hebrew Israelite from the tribe of Judah, and therefore carried an authentic Hebrew name? [ ] YES [ ] NO Do you know that His original Hebrew name is Yahshua (or Yeshua)—the exact same name shared by Joshua in the Old Testament [ ] YES [ ] NO Are you aware that the name Yahshua literally means "Yahweh is Salvation," directly embedding the Father's personal name (יהוה / Yah) into the Son's name? [ ] YES [ ] NO Do you realize that the English name "Jesus" completely removes this linguistic link, stripping the Father’s name out of the Messiah’s identity?[ ] YES [ ] NO Now that you know the original, covenant name given by the angel from heaven (Matthew 1:21), will you consciously choose to honor it over later altered forms?[ ] YES [ ] NO Are you aware that the name "Jesus" (Iesus) came from the Greek "Iēsous" and later Latin, which changed the original Hebrew pronunciation and meaning?[ ] YES [ ] NO Do you recognize that the Apostles and early believers called the Messiah by His Hebrew name, not a later Greco-Roman version?[ ] YES [ ] NO Are you aware that the Sacred Name Yahshua preserves the direct connection to the Father’s Name Yahweh, as emphasized in Scripture?[ ] YES [ ] NO Do you believe that restoring the original name Yahshua is necessary for returning to the pure faith of the early believers?[ ] YES [ ] NO Are you aware that the name "Jesus" has no meaning in Hebrew, while Yahshua clearly means "Yahweh saves"?[ ] YES [ ] NO Do you understand that it is important to use the Savior’s name as it was originally given in Hebrew rather than later translated and altered forms?[ ] YES [ ] NO Will you make a deliberate effort to use the name Yahshua (or Yeshua) in your prayers, worship, study, and daily life moving forward?[ ] YES [ ] NO Do you reject any name that breaks the connection to Yahweh’s salvation embedded in the true name?[ ] YES [ ] NO Are you committed to using only the original Hebrew name regardless of popularity or custom?[ ] YES [ ] NO Scoring 13–15 Yes: Full alignment with the original truth. 9–12 Yes: Strong recognition but room to fully apply. 0–8 Yes: Still holding to altered forms. Factual Note: The Messiah’s original name was Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ), a shortened form of Yehoshua (יְהוֹשׁוּעַ / Joshua). Hebrew etymology: It derives from the root יָשַׁע (yasha — to save, deliver, rescue). The name combines the theophoric prefix Yah (from יהוה / Yahweh) + shua (salvation/cry for help), literally meaning "Yahweh saves" or "Yahweh is salvation." Hebrew Alphabet History: The Hebrew alphabet consists of 22 letters and has never included the letter "J" or the "J" sound. Ancient Hebrew used the yod (י) which produces a "Y" sound (as in "yes"). The Savior’s name in Hebrew letters is ישוע (Yod-Shin-Vav-Ayin), pronounced approximately Yeh-shoo-ah or Yah-shoo-ah. The letter J did not exist in any alphabet until the 15th-17th centuries in European languages WHY are they HIDING GOD'S NAME? | The YESHUA TRUTH the CHURCH won’t TELL YOU The change of these names was not a single event, but a three-stage mechanical breakdown of the original Hebrew Blueprint. It was driven by a combination of linguistic "telephone" and a deliberate effort by the Roman-led Church to distance the faith from its Hebrew roots. To understand why the names, the Sabbath, and the Feasts were changed, you have to look at the Council of Nicaea (325 AD) and the Council of Laodicea (363 AD). This wasn't just a "misunderstanding"; it was a deliberate divorce from the Hebrew Blueprint. The Roman-led Church didn't just want to "add" to the faith; they wanted to kill the root to make the religion acceptable to the Roman Empire. 1. The Greek "Translation" (Stage One) As the message moved into the Roman Empire, the Hebrew names were squeezed into the Greek language, which lacked the proper sounds to support them. Yeshua (ישוע) became Iēsous. Because Greek has no "Sh" sound and requires male names to end in "s," the name was structurally altered. Yochanan became Ioannes (John). Ya'akov became Iakobos (James). 2. The Latin "Standard" (Stage Two) When the Roman Catholic Church took control, they translated the Greek into Latin (the Vulgate). Iēsous became Iesus. The names were further "Latinized" to fit the tongue of Rome, moving them even further away from the original sound and meaning intended by Yehovah. 3. The English "Invention" (Stage Three) This is where the final "addition" occurred. As you noted, the letter "J" is a late addition to the alphabet. The Timeline: For 1,500 years, the name was pronounced with an "I" or "Y" sound. The Change: In the 16th and 17th centuries, English printers began using the "J" to distinguish the consonant sound. Iesus became Jesus. The Result: A carnal world accepted a name that is phonetically disconnected from the Father. By the time you get to "Jesus" or "James," the Hebrew connection to Salvation and Yehovah has been completely erased. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? While linguists blame "natural evolution," the Truth reveals a more calculated culprit: The Spirit of Rome: The Roman Church sought to create a "Universal" (Catholic) religion. To make it palatable to the pagan world, they stripped away the "Jewishness" of the Savior and His disciples. The Translators: Men like Jerome and later English scholars prioritized the "sound" of their own languages over the Sanctity of the Original Name. The Mechanical Failure By changing the names, they "subtracted" the power of the Hebrew identity and "added" a Western identity. Ya'akov (the name of the Patriarch) was turned into James—a name that didn't even exist in the ancient world. Yeshua (The Father's Salvation) was turned into a generic, 600-year-old English label. The Verdict: If you are following "Jesus and James," you are following a Westernized translation. If you want to walk the Narrow Way, you must return to the Original Blueprint: Yeshua and His disciples who lived and died by the Torah. As the language is read right to left, the letter sequence is . actually HWHY, and means this pictographically: H = ה = hey = behold/reveal/breath W = י = yod = arm/hand/work/deed/worship H = ה = hey = behold/reveal/breath Y = ו = vav = nail/secure/add/and When read pictographically, the word YHWH means, “Behold the hand, behold the nail.” As others have pointed out, this would mean nothing in Judaism. But in Christianity, the hand and nail are direct references to Jesus’ crucifixion, the defining act around which the entire Christian faith revolves. So for some Christians, the name YHWH is God telling humanity how He will save them. Amagama Abalulekile “Isono siwukwazi okufanele ukwenze kodwa ungakwenzi.” Ingabe uyazi ukuthi umBhalo ushintshiwe ukuze uguqule igama likaNkulunkulu izikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-6800 eBhayibhelini lakho? Igama lakhe akusiyo “iNkosi”. Isichazamazwi sikaWebster sichaza igama elithi Nkosi njengothile noma into enamandla, igunya noma ithonya; inkosi noma umbusi. yisibongo. Umuntu ulisusile igama likaBaba oseZulwini kanye neleNdodana Yakhe encwadini Yakhe uqobo. Mhlawumbe amagama awabalulekile kakhulu ezweni lanamuhla noma kuwe, kodwa emibhalweni engcwele, singathola ukuthi abaluleke kakhulu. Igama lesiHeberu elithi Yeshua ( ישוע) igama leNdodana Yakhe. U-Yeshua usho insindiso, igama elithi Jesu alinancazelo, isihumusho sesiNgisi sineminyaka engu-400 kuphela ubudala. Ukusetshenziswa kabi kwegama likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho kuwukwephula umyalo wesithathu. Kuyinhlamba, “kuliphatha ngeze” igama likaNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli. Igama lakhe iNdodana lishintshwe izikhathi ezingaba ngu-900. Unegama lesiHeberu, ungumJuda, igama lakhe akuyena uJesu. Igama lakhe nguYeshua, okusho insindiso. Igama likaMesiya alikaze libe ngu“Jesu” futhi igama elithi “Jesu” empeleni liwukuqanjwa komuntu.Uyazi?uhlamvu J luneminyaka engama-400-500 kuphela ubudala futhi alutholakali ezinhlamvu zezinhlamvu zesiHebheru.Umbuzo ofike engqondweni yami ukuthi, “Ingabe kulungile ukubiza uJesu ngelinye igama?” mhlawumbe ungathi cha.” Kunokuba ngikubuze ukuthi kungani kulungile ukushintsha igama lakhe alinike uJesu? KumaHebheru 1: 3 Lokhu kubonisa ukuthi iNdodana inkulu kakhulu kunezingelosi, njengoba nje negama uNkulunkulu ayinike lona likhulu kunazo. Amavesi alandelayo achaza ukuthi amagama abalulekile, uJehova ngokwakhe uyobanika abanqobayo igama elisha. IsAmbulo 2:17 Noma ubani onezindlebe zokuzwa makalalele uMoya futhi aqonde lokho akusho emabandleni. Wonke onqobayo ngizomnika enye yemana elifihliwe ezulwini, futhi ngizomnika yilowo nalowo itshe elimhlophe, naphezu kwetshe kuqoshwe igama elisha elingaqondwa muntu ngaphandle kwalowo olamukelayo. KwabaseFilipi 2:9 Ngakho-ke uNkulunkulu wamphakamisela endaweni yodumo, wametha igama elingaphezu kwawo wonke amanye amagama, U-Eksodusi 20:7 “Ungaliphathi ngeze igama likaJehova uNkulunkulu wakho, ngokuba uJehova akayikumyeka oliphatha ngeze igama lakhe. KwabaseRoma 10:12 Ngokuba akukho mehluko phakathi komJuda nomGreki: iNkosi efanayo iyiNkosi yabo bonke, futhi inothile kubo bonke abakhuleka kuyo, 13 “Yilowo nalowo obiza igama likaJehova uyakuphila. usindiswe.” 14 Pho bangambiza kanjani abangakholwanga kuye, futhi bangakholwa kanjani kulowo abangezwanga ngaye na? Futhi bangezwa kanjani kungekho oshumayelayo? Ngaphandle uma ufuna ukuqhubeka namanga kayihlo Jeremiya 16:19 . “Okhokho bethu abazuzanga lutho ngaphandle kwamanga, okuyize nezinto ezingasizi. Umuntu angazenzela onkulunkulu na? Nokho ababona onkulunkulu! Incazelo yesichazamazwi sikaWebster yegama elithi "ize": Ukungabi nalutho lwangempela, inani, noma ukubaluleka; ngenalutho; ngenalutho; engenamsebenzi; engagculisi. “Izaba zakho eziyize.'' ... inhlamba: phatha (into engcwele) ngokungahloniphi noma ukungahloniphi. Ehlambalazayo UNkulunkulu akafuni ukuba siguqule noma siguqule igama lakhe noma leNdodana yakhe nganoma iyiphi indlela. Umthetho wesithathu ucace bha, “Ungaliphathi ngeze igama likaJehova uElohim wakho” Igama likaNkulunkulu elisetshenziswa kakhulu eBhayibhelini lesiHebheru lithi YAWEH (,(י ה ו ה UJEHOVA okusho ukuthi uyakusindisa. Ngubani owenyukele ezulwini futhi wehla? Ngubani oqoqe umoya ngezandla zakhe? Ngubani osonge amanzi engutsheni yakhe? Ngubani omise yonke imikhawulo yomhlaba? Ubani igama Lakhe noma igama leNdodana Yakhe? 6. Impela uyazi. IzAga 30:4

Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, on those who hope for His lovingkindness, Psalm 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous And His ears are open to their cry. Proverbs 28:9 God detests the prayers of a person who ignores the law. God Is Watching and listening 1 Timothy 2:12 is the twelfth verse of the second chapter of the First Epistle to Timothy. It is often quoted using the King James Version translation: But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. UNkulunkulu Ubhekile futhi Ulalele Ukuziphendulela » Wonke umuntu uyoziphendulela kuNkulunkulu KumaHeberu 9:27 ZUL59; njengalokho umuntu emiselwe ukufa kanye, emva kwalokho kufike ukwahlulelwa. Johane 3:13Akakho owake wenyuka waya ezulwini ngaphandle kwalowo ovela ezulwini, - iNdodana yomuntu. IzEnzo 2:29 “Madoda ama-Israyeli, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Ukhokho uDavide wafa wangcwatshwa, nethuna lakhe lisekhona kuze kube namuhla. Mathewu 12:36-37 “Kepha ngithi kini: Wonke amazwi ayize abawakhulumayo abantu; bayolandisa ngakho ngosuku lokwahlulela. “Ngokuba ngamazwi akho uyakulungisiswa, nangamazwi akho, uyakulahlwa. IzEnzo 17:30 Ngakho-ke, engazinakanga izikhathi zokungazi, manje uNkulunkulu ushumayela kubantu ukuba bonke ezindaweni zonke baphenduke, Roma 14:12 Ngakho-ke yilowo nalowo kithi uyakuziphendulela kuNkulunkulu. Jakobe 4:17Ngakho-ke lowo owaziyo ukwenza okuhle engakwenzi kuyisono kuye.”—cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ UHezekeli 3:2 “Futhi, lapho olungileyo ephenduka ekulungeni kwakhe, enze okubi, ngibeke isikhubekiso phambi kwakhe, uyakufa, ngokuba ungamxwayisanga, uyakufa ngenxa yesono sakhe nezenzo zakhe ezilungileyo. akwenzileyo akuyikukhunjulwa, kepha igazi lakhe ngiyakulibiza esandleni sakho.” AmaHubo 32:8 “Ngiyakukufundisa, ngikufundise indlela omelwe ukuhamba ngayo, ngikululeke iso lami likuwe. Amahubo 33:18 Bheka, iso likaJehova likubo abamesabayo, abathemba umusa wakhe, AmaHubo 34:15 Amehlo kaJehova akubo olungileyo nowakhe. izindlebe zivulekile ekukhaleni kwabo. IzAga 28:9 UNkulunkulu uyenyanya imithandazo yomuntu ongawunaki umthetho. IzAga 15:2 Ulimi lwabahlakaniphileyo lukhuluma ngolwazi, kepha umlomo wesiwula ugamula ubuwula. 3 Amehlo kaJehova asezindaweni zonke, aqaphela ababi nabahle. 4 Ulimi olupholileyo lungumuthi wokuphila, kodwa ulimi oluhlanekezelekile luchoboza umoya... IsAmbulo 20: Ngabona abafileyo, abakhulu nabancane, bemi phambi kwesihlalo sobukhosi, nezincwadi zavulwa; nenye incwadi yavulwa, eyincwadi yokuphila; nabafileyo bahlulelwa ngalokho okulotshiwe ezincwadini ngokwemisebenzi yabo. KumaHeberu 11:6 Futhi ngaphandle kokukholwa akwenzeki ukumthokozisa, ngokuba lowo osondela kuNkulunkulu umelwe ukukholwa ukuthi ukhona nokuthi uyabavuza abamfunayo.

The Beatitudes give us a picture of a true disciple of God. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "The kingdom of heaven" refers to people who acknowledge Yehovah as King. "Blessed are those daring enough to openly live as Yeshua and suffer persecution. The Sermon on the Mountain Ukuqonda Intshumayelo Yasentabeni Intshumayelo yasentabeni yevidiyo The Sermon on the Mountain This final diagnostic test goes directly to the heart of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1–12). It strips away the passive, poetic veneer that religion often wraps around the Beatitudes, forcing the reader to look into the mirror of the Messiah's opening words and see if their internal condition matches the exact description of a citizen of His Kingdom. 📋 The "Sermon on the Mount" Internal Alignment Test Instructions: Answer these 8 direct questions based on your true internal state and outward actions to determine if you are bearing the fruit of a true disciple or if you are simply tracking with the crowds. Question 1: Poor in Spirit vs. Self-Sufficient The Master states: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." When you look at your life before Yehovah, what is your true spiritual posture? A) You walk in absolute bankruptcy, fully recognizing your total, desperate need for Yehovah to lead you, guide you, and instruct your every step. B) You are spiritually self-sufficient, relying on your own intellect, human doctrines, or a past prayer, assuming you are "good enough" without a daily, broken dependency on Him. Question 2: Mourning Over Sin vs. Rationalizing Compromise The Master states: "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." How do you respond internally when you realize you have violated the Father's commands or fallen into sin? A) You experience deep, heavy sorrow over your transgression, leading you to an immediate, physical turn (repentance) back to His ways so you can find the true comfort of His forgiveness. B) You shrug it off, minimize it, or claim that "grace covers it" without ever feeling genuine grief or making an effort to stop the behavior. Question 3: The Meek vs. The Self-Willed The Master states: "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." Meekness is strength under total submission. Who holds the ultimate authority over your time, your money, your diet, and your rest? A) You have fully submitted your neck to Yehovah's yoke. Whatever His Word commands, you do—making Him the absolute Lord over everything you possess. B) You are self-willed. You listen to God's Word only when it matches your existing lifestyle, retaining final veto power over any instruction that requires real sacrifice. Question 4: Hungering for Righteousness vs. Feasting on the World The Master states: "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." What is the driving passion and deepest hunger of your everyday life? A) You passionately long for the righteousness of Yeshua, consuming His Word daily like food and water, desperate to see His character and His Torah reflected perfectly in your walk. B) You are spiritually full and satisfied with the distractions, entertainment, and material comforts of this world, treating the deeper things of scripture as an occasional snack. Question 5: Merciful vs. Resentful The Master states: "Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy." When someone wrongs you or falls short, what is your knee-jerk reaction? A) You actively extend forgiveness, kindness, and compassion, remembering the massive debt of sin the Father forgave you, and you sow mercy so you may reap it. B) You hold grudges, keep tabs on offenses, or harbor bitter resentment, expecting the Father to show you unlimited mercy while you refuse to offer it to others. Question 6: Pure in Heart vs. Outward Appearance The Master states: "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see Yehovah." Remembering Hebrews 12:14 ("Without holiness, no one will see Yehovah"), what does your life look like when no human being is watching? A) You pursue inward holiness that only Yehovah can see, begging Him to cleanse your hidden motives, your thoughts, and your desires from the inside out. B) You focus entirely on outward appearance. You put on a good show for people at church or online, but your hidden thought life remains uncleaned and full of compromise. Question 7: Peacemakers vs. Divide-and-Conquer The Master states: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of Yehovah." How do you handle the ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:19–20)? A) Having been reconciled to the Father through Yeshua, you actively bring that exact message of truth, repentance, and restored covenant fellowship to the people around you. B) You cause division, spread gossip, or remain completely silent about the Messiah, leaving the people in your life disconnected from the only source of true peace. Question 8: Persecuted for Righteousness vs. Hiding the Light The Master states: "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness... Blessed are you when people insult you... because of me." What happens when your obedience to scripture causes friction with family, friends, or the culture? A) You dare to openly live exactly as Yeshua lived, counting it a joy and a privilege to face insults, exclusion, or false accusations for the sake of His name and His truth. B) You hide your faith, adjust your language, or compromise on the commandments to blend in, ensuring you never face discomfort, social rejection, or pushback from the world. The Kingdom Verdict: Look back over the eight boxes you checked. If the answers land consistently on B, the mirror reveals a sobering truth: The crowd followed Yeshua for the miracles, but only the disciples climbed the mountain to live by His words. You cannot inherit the Kingdom of Heaven if you reject the internal alignment required of its citizens . The Beatitudes are not a list of optional suggestions; they are the baseline character of the remnant. To claim to follow the Messiah while refusing to walk in His meekness, His purity, and His willingness to suffer for righteousness is to remain outside the gate. The choice to step onto the mountain and obey is yours today. Matthew 5:3-12 By Mary Fairchild The Beatitudes give us a picture of a true disciple of God . Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs, is the kingdom of heaven. The phrase "poor in spirit" speaks of a spiritual condition of poverty. It describes the person who recognizes his or her need for Yehovah. "The kingdom of heaven" refers to people who acknowledge Yehovah as King. Paraphrase: "Blessed are those who humbly recognize their need for Yehovah, for they will enter into his kingdom." Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. "Those who mourn" speaks of those who express deep sorrow over sin and repent for their sins. The freedom found in forgiveness of sin and the joy of eternal salvation is the "comfort" of those who repent. Paraphrase: "Blessed are those who mourn for their sins, for they shall receive forgiveness and life eternal." Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Similar to "the poor," "the meek" are those who submit to Yehovah’s authority and make Him Lord. Revelation 21:7 says Yehovah’s children will "inherit all things." Paraphrase: "Blessed are those who submit to Yehovah as Lord, for they will inherit everything he possesses." Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. "Hunger" and "thirst" speak of deep need and driving passion. This "righteousness" refers to Yeshua Messiah. To "be filled" is the satisfaction of our soul's desire. Paraphrase: "Blessed are those who passionately long for Christ, for he will satisfy their souls." Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. We reap what we sow. Those who demonstrate mercy will receive mercy. Likewise, those who have received great mercy will show great mercy. Mercy is shown through forgiveness, kindness, and compassion toward others. Paraphrase: "Blessed are those who show mercy through forgiveness, kindness, and compassion, for they will receive mercy." Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see Yehovah. The "pure in heart" are those who have been cleansed from within. This is not outward righteousness that can be seen by men, but inward holiness that only Yehovah can see. The Bible says in Hebrews 12:14 that without holiness, no one will see Yehovah. Paraphrase: "Blessed are those who have been purified from the inside out, being made clean and holy, for they will see Yehovah." Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of Yehovah. The The Bible says we have peace with Yehovah through Yeshua Messiah. Reconciliation through Christ brings restored fellowship (peace) with Yehovah. 2 Corinthians 5:19-20 says Yehovah entrusts us with this same message of reconciliation to take to others. Paraphrase: "Blessed are those who have been reconciled to Yehovah through Yeshua Messiah and bring this same message of reconciliation to others. All who have peace with Yehovah are his children." Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Just as Yeshua faced persecution, so will his followers. Those who endure by faith rather than hide their faith to avoid persecution are genuine followers of Yeshua. Paraphrase: " Blessed are those daring enough to openly live as and for Yeshua and suffer persecution, for they will receive the kingdom of heaven."Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Matthew 5:11

We are instructed to walk as Yeshua did according to the law? Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. But don't just listen to God's word. You must do what it says. you are only fooling yourselves. 613 and 1050 commandments I-Way Documentary Trailer IS JESUS A CHRISTIAN? Live like Christ did Siyalwa ukuba sihambe njengoba uJesu enza ngokomthetho? 1 Johane 2:6 Lowo othi uhlala kuye makaphile njengoJesu. Jakobe 1:2 Kodwa ungagcini nje ngokulalela izwi likaNkulunkulu. Kufanele wenze elikushoyo. Kungenjalo, niyazikhohlisa nje. UKristu weza ukuze asikhulule esiqalekisweni sesono nokufa. UKristu weza ukuzosifundisa indlela yokuphila. UKristu weza ukuze asifundise ukuthanda uNkulunkulu nabanye abantu. UKristu “wathunyelwa kuphela ezimvini ezilahlekile zakwa-Israyeli. Wagcina imithetho kaLevitikusi yokudla. Wagcina iSabatha losuku lwesikhombisa lungcwele. Wagcina zonke izinsuku zedili likaNkulunkulu. Wagcina yonke imiyalo nezimiso zikaNkulunkulu. Wacwiliswa emanzini ngokuphelele ngesikhathi ebhapathizwa. Emiphethweni yezingubo zakhe wayefake izinti. 1 Petru 2:21 Ngokuba nabizelwa lokho, ngokuba uKristu wahlupheka ngenxa yenu, enishiyela isibonelo sokuba nilandele ezinyathelweni zakhe. EkaJakobe 2:17 Ngeke sithi sinokholo eqinisweni leZwi likaNkulunkulu futhi siphile ukuphila kwethu ngokumelene nalo ngokwenza. 1 Petru 2:21 Ngokuba nabizelwa lokho, lokhu uKristu wahlupheka ngenxa yenu, eshiya. wena isibonelo sokuthi ulandele ezinyathelweni Zakhe. ● Johane 14:6 "Mina ngiyindlela, neqiniso, nokuphila!" Kuphendula uJesu. “Ngaphandle kwami, akakho ongaya kuBaba. NgokukaMathewu 22:13 Khona-ke inkosi yathi ezincekwini: ‘Mbopheni izinyawo nezandla nimphonse ebumnyameni obungaphandle. kuleyo ndawo kuyakuba khona ukukhala nokugedla amazinyo.' 14 Ngokuba baningi ababiziweyo, kepha bayingcosana abakhethiweyo.” NgokukaJohane 3:36 Lowo okholwa eNdodaneni kaNkulunkulu unokuphila okuphakade. Lowo ongayilaleli iNdodana kasoze athola ukuphila okuphakade kodwa uhlala ekwahlulelweni okufutheka kukaNkulunkulu. 1 kaJohane 1:6 Uma sithi sinenhlanganyelo naye kepha sihamba ebumnyameni, siqamba amanga, asihambi ngeqiniso. Esikwenzayo kuwubufakazi balokho esikukholelwayo ngaphakathi. Izenzo zethu zichaza kwabanye izinkolelo zethu zangaphakathi. 1 Johane 2:.3 Ngalokho siyazi ukuthi siyamazi yena, uma sigcina imiyalo yakhe. 4 Lowo othi: “Ngiyamazi,” engagcini imiyalo yakhe, ungumqambimanga, neqiniso alikho kuye. 5 Kodwa loba ngubani ogcina ilizwi lakhe, isibili uthando lukaNkulunkulu luphelelisiwe kuye. Ngalokhu siyazi ukuthi sikuye. 6 Lowo othi uhlala kuye, naye umelwe ukuhamba njengoba nje naye ahamba ● NgokukaJohane 14:23 UJesu waphendula wathi: “Ongithandayo uyakulalela imfundiso yami; Eyami UBaba uyobathanda, futhi siyoza kubo futhi sakhe ikhaya lethu kanye nabo.” ● Johane 14:24 Lowo ongangithandi akawagcini amazwi ami. nezwi enilizwayo akusilo elami, kodwa ngoBaba abangithumileyo NgokukaJohane 10:27 Izimvu zami ziyalizwa izwi lami, nami ngiyazazi, ziyangilandela; NgokukaJohane 15:14 Ningabangane bami, uma nenza lokhu enginiyala ngakho. NgokukaMathewu 16:24 Khona-ke uJesu wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Uma umuntu ethanda ukungilandela, makazidele, athabathe isiphambano sakhe, angilandele. NgokukaJohane 15:16 Aningikhethanga nina, kodwa mina nginikhethile, nganimisela ukuba nibe njalo hambani nithele isithelo, nesithelo senu sihlale, ukuze noma yini eniyakukucela kuBaba egameni lami aninike khona. NgokukaMathewu 10:22 niyakuzondwa ngabantu bonke ngenxa yegama lami; kepha okhuthazelayo kuze kube sekupheleni nguyena oyakusindiswa. Johane 3:36 Okholwa eNdodaneni unokuphila okuphakade; ongayilaleli iNdodana kayikubona ukuphila, kodwa ulaka lukaNkulunkulu luhlezi phezu kwakhe. KumaHeberu 10:26-27 Ngokuba uma siqhubeka sona ngamabomu emva kokuba sesamukele ukwazi kweqiniso, awusekho umhlatshelo wezono, kodwa ukulindela okwesabekayo ukwahlulelwa, nolaka lomlilo ozakuqeda izitha. ● NgokukaJohane 3:3 UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: “Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Uma umuntu engazalwa ngokusha; angeke awubone umbuso kaNkulunkulu.” Evesini elilandelayo, uJehova usitshela ukuthi ukona kuwukungayigcini imiyalo yakhe. Ngalokhu kungahlukaniswa abantwana bakaNkulunkulu nabantwana bakaSathane: Kanjalo ngokombhalo; Uyingane kabani? 1 Johane 3:4 Wonke owenza isono weqa umthetho. Ngempela, isono singukweqa umthetho. 5 Kodwa niyazi ukuthi uKristu wabonakaliswa ukuze asuse izono, futhi asikho isono kuye. 6 Akekho ohlala kuye oqhubeka ona. Akekho oqhubeka enza isono oke wambona noma omaziyo. 7 Bantwanyana, makungabikho muntu onikhohlisayo: Lowo owenza ukulunga ulungile, njengoba nje noKristu elungile. 8 Lowo owenza isono ungokaSathane, ngoba uSathane ubelokhu esona kusukela ekuqaleni. Kungakho iNdodana kaNkulunkulu yabonakaliswa, ukuze ichithe imisebenzi kaSathane. 9 Wonke ozelwe nguNkulunkulu uyenqaba ukwenza isono, ngoba inzalo kaNkulunkulu ihlala kuye; angeqhubeke esona, ngoba uzelwe nguNkulunkulu. 10 Ngalokhu kungahlukaniswa abantwana bakaNkulunkulu labantwana bakaSathane: Loba ngubani ongenzi ukulunga akasiye okaNkulunkulu, loba ngubani ongamthandiyo umzalwane wakhe. NgokukaMathewu 7:21 Akusibo bonke abashoyo kimi ukuthi, Nkosi, Nkosi, abayakungena embusweni wezulu, kuphela owenza intando kaBaba osezulwini. 22 Abaningi bayokuthi kimi ngalolo suku, ‘Nkosi, Nkosi, asiprofethanga yini ngegama lakho, sakhipha amademoni ngegama lakho, senza izimangaliso eziningi?’... 23 Khona ngiyobatshela ngokusobala, ngithi: “Angizange nginazi ; sukani Kimi nina benzi bokubi. 22 Njalo loba yini esiyicelayo siyakwemukela kuye, ngoba sigcina imilayo yakhe, njalo senza okuthokozisayo phambi kwakhe. Imfundiso yobuKristu edumile mayelana "nokulunga ngokukholwa" ukuthi ukulunga kukaNkulunkulu "kubalwa" kulabo "abakholwa" ku "Yeshua." Ngamanye amazwi, ngokubona kwabo ukulunga ikholwa elinakho kuwukulunga “okungokwethiyori” - empeleni akudingekile ukuba uphile ngendlela elungile ukuze ubonwe nguNkulunkulu “njengolungile”. Bathi, “Uma uNkulunkulu ekubheka, ubona ukulunga kukaKristu, ngoba ukuKristu” UJohane ukwenza kucace kakhulu ngalabo ababhekwa njengabalungile emehlweni kaSomandla, ngokwenza lesi sisho esiqondakala kalula: NgokukaJohane 3:19 Yilokhu ukulahlwa, ukuthi ukukhanya kufikile ezweni, kepha abantu bathanda ubumnyama kunokukhanya, ngokuba imisebenzi yabo yayimibi. 20 Ngoba wonke owenza okubi uzonda ukukhanya njalo akezi ekukhanyeni, ukuze izenzo zakhe zingadalulwa. 21 Kodwa owenza iqiniso uyeza ekukhanyeni, ukuthi owakhe izenzo zibonakale ngokusobala, ukuthi zenziwe kuNkulunkulu.” Inkemba yeVangeli, Hhayi Ukuthula, Kodwa Ukwehlukana NgokukaLuka 12:51 Nithi ngize ukuletha ukuthula emhlabeni na? Qha, ngithi kini, kodwa ukwahlukana. 52 Kusukela khathesi, abahlanu endlininye bazakwehlukana, abathathu bamelane lababili, ababili bamelane labathathu. 53 Bayohlukana, uyise nendodana, nendodana noyise, unina nendodakazi, nendodakazi nonina, umamezala amelane nomalokazana, umalokazana amelane nonina, abasemzin." Jakobe 1:2 Kodwa ungagcini nje ngokulalela izwi likaNkulunkulu. Kufanele wenze elikushoyo. Kungenjalo, niyazikhohlisa nje. Incazelo yesiphambeko; Ukwephula umyalo noma umthetho: SIN: ukweqa umngcele noma umkhawulo. Ukweqa imikhawulo ebekwe noma enqunywe yilokhu: WEQA ukweqa umthetho waphezulu. Ngakho, lo ngumbuzo wakho, ingabe uyasenza isono? Ingabe uyayigcina imithetho kaJehova? Ngakho-ke niyakubazi ngesithelo sabo na? 1 Johane 3:7 Bantwanyana, maningadukiswa muntu: owenza ukulunga ulungile, njengokuba noJesu elungile. Akulula ukuyiqonda kunalokho. Akukho kungabaza kulokho iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ophilayo eyakusho noma eyakwenza. Amazwi kaJehova nezenzo zeNdodana Yakhe azidingi muntu ukuba azichaze.

The first to plead his case seems just until another comes and examines him.Teachings that are not found in your bible and are taught as truth. One compromise here, another there and soon the so-called Christian and man in the world look a like. We know everything in life we know if something is a creator there must be a creator Proof in 60 seconds that there is a God When you see a painting you know there was a painter When you see a building you know there is a builder When you see creation and how complex and functional and beautiful there was and is a creator. Proof the Torah is true and divine. If the Torah makes one mistake it is not written by God The Creator The world has around 72% water 8 miles deep there are millions of fish in all the waters no one has ever found a fish with scales that don't have fins.is it possible someone who could have written this over 3,000 years ago who could have written such a thing except the creator? The Torah says which animals are good to eat and which ones are not to eat There are 2,000,000 different kinds of animals in the world God gives us two wittness split huffs and chew its cud. Two signs to make sure the animal is cosher God says be careful there are four exceptional animals The pig, Cammel, hair, and Rabbat. Torah commands Jews to circumcise their babies on the 8-day Vitamin K is 110% only on the 8-day who knew it but the creator? The new moon is never less than 29 days and 1,2 us 29.530.88 Geromand 29 530.89 Owokuqala omele icala lakhe ubonakala nje kuze kufike omunye ozomphenya. IzAga 18:17 Izimfundiso ezingatholakali eBhayibhelini lakho futhi ezifundiswa njengeqiniso. Okunye ukuhlehla lapha, okunye laphaya futhi ngokushesha lowo okuthiwa ungumKristu nomuntu emhlabeni babukeka befana aw Tozer. Lapho amaKristu efa, aya ezulwini. Basendaweni engcono. Itestamente elidala ngelamaJuda kanye nesivumelwano esisha sawo wonke umuntu. Akekho ongagcina imiyalo. Ungaphila njengosathane kodwa uye eZulwini. Usuku lwesabatha olungcwele lukaNkulunkulu lokuphumula luphelile. ISabatha lashintshwa laba yiSonto ngoba abaPhostoli babehlangana ngosuku lokuqala lwesonto. Imithetho yokudla kaLevitikusi, uNkulunkulu athi ungayidli futhi ungayithinti inyama engcolile, ingeyamaJuda kuphela. Kukhona ukuhlwithwa okuyimfihlo kumaKristu kuphela, ngaphandle kosizi. Umthetho kaNkulunkulu wabethelwa esiphambanweni. AmaKristu enyama awekho ngaphansi komthetho, kodwa angaphansi koMusa. U-Yeshua wakwenza ukuze singadingi. Uma ususindisiwe uhlale ulondoloziwe. Vele ucele uJeshuwa enhliziyweni yakho ukuba asindise. Okuwukuphela kwemfuneko yokukholwa ukuvuma ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukhona. Ubhapathizo luyincazelo engokomfanekiso nje futhi aludingeki ukuze umuntu asindiswe. IVangeli liwukungcwatshwa nokufa nokuvuka. Ukulandela imiyalo kaNkulunkulu kuwumthetho. UngumJuda uma ugcina imithetho yokudla, iSabatha, imikhosi kaNkulunkulu kanye nayo yonke imiyalo kaNkulunkulu njengoJesu. Kumane kunendaba ukuthi yini oyizwa enhliziyweni yakho, noma ngabe iwubuqaba. Ukuzalwa kukaJesu kwenzeka ngoDisemba 25, nokuthi kwakukhona abelusi nezimvu endle nokuthi uMariya noJosefa kwakudingeka bahambe ebusika. Isonto lingenza amaholide obuqaba abe amaKristu, njengoKhisimusi, i-Easter, ne-Halloween. Ukungaqondi kahle izincwadi zikaPawulu kwenza izwi likaNkulunkulu neziyalezo zakhe zibe yize. Kuyofika isikhathi lapho abantu bengayikulalela izimfundiso ezinembile. Kunalokho, bayolandela izifiso zabo futhi bazungezwe abafundisi ababatshela lokho abafuna ukukuzwa. 2 Thimothewu 4:3 Kunemiphumela—imiphumela yaphakade—ezenzweni zethu. Esikwenzayo kuwubufakazi balokho esikukholelwayo. Ungadukiswa—awukwazi ukuklolodela ubulungisa bukaNkulunkulu. Uyovuna njalo lokho okutshalile. 8 Labo abaphilela ukwanelisa imvelo yabo yesono kuphela, bazavuna ukubola lokufa kulesosimo sesono. Kepha labo abaphila ngokuthokozisa uMoya bayakuvuna ukuphila okuphakade kuMoya. Galatians 6:7-8 _cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_

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Why would any Christian not believe or want to keep the 10 Commandments? or say I don't have to keep the commandments? and why don't they want to live and love God by keeping His commandments? Christianity the New Religion Why would any Christian not believe or want to keep the 10 Commandments? or say I dont have to keep the commandments? Warning, look at what the verse doesn't say when you read them (The 10 commandments) 613 commandments 1,050 New Testament Commands How much do you really know about the Bible? Think your minister knows his Bible?Think again. Satan’s Greatest Deception The Ten commandments Christianity the new religion Excuses Christians Use For Not Keeping The Law #1 Romans 10 and verse 4 say Christ is the end of the law for righteousness. Does this verse really mean that Christians have no moral obligation to the law of God? (Romans 7:12 God's Law is Holy So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.) Numbers 23:19 God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? Hebrews 13:8 James 1:17 Excuses Christians Use For Not Keeping The Law #2 Colossians 2 in verse 14 says, Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross. Were the 10 commandments really against us? Were the 10 commandments really contrary to us? Did Jesus really nail the 10 commandments to His cross? (Psalms 40:8 KJV) I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.) (Romans 8:7 KJV) Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. (Mark 7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. Excuses Christians Use For Not Keeping The Law Of God #3 In Ephesians 2:14-15 the Bible says, For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace. Was the middle wall of partition the 10 commandments? Did Jesus abolish the 10 commandments? (Hebrews 5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; (Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. (Colossians 2:21 KJV) (Touch not; taste not; handle not; (Colossians 2:22 KJV) All are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? The Jews created a partition between the Jews and gentiles causing issues in the temple. Excuses Christians Use For Not Keeping The Law Of God #4 The book of Galatians says the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith comes, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. Exactly what law was a schoolmaster to bring us to faith in Christ? Was it the 10 commandments like so many Christians suppose? The Schoolmaster was the aminal sacrifice that showed all sin requires a blood sacrifice and lead to the cross Excuses Christians Use For Not Keeping The Law Of God #5 Jesus said in Matthew 5:17, “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” The thing Jesus said don’t think is the very thing that many Christians are thinking and that is that Jesus abolished the law. Just what did Jesus mean when He said, I came to fulfill the law? Does this mean there is no moral obligation to the 10 commandments? Excuses Christians Use For Not Keeping The Law #6 The law has been abolished and nailed to the cross. What do you do when your church is teaching heresy? Excuses Christians Use For Not Keeping The Law #7 We’re not under the Old Covenant we’re under the New Covenant. Does the New Covenant dismiss our need to obey the laws of God?

We are to gather our tithes, first fruits, and free-will offerings and bring them to Jerusalem; we are to rejoice before YHVH using specific plant species; we are to take part of our tithes and feast on food &strong drink for seven days; we are to build a sukkah, and we are to have nothing but joy. Feasts of the LORD for the crossover people from death to life call Hebrews 1Then the LORD said to Moses, 2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies. 3For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.… God's feast days commandment not optional The Biblcai calander how do I start following it The Biblical Holy Days, Part 1 The Biblical Holy Days, Part 2 The Biblical Holy Days, Part 3 What is Shauvot and why is it so important? 7 Feast of the Lord Feast of the Lord Passover more information please click here Feast of unleaven bread Feast of First Fruits Pentecost Feast of Trumpets Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot Day of Atoinment The Biblical Feast Days

A letter from Yehovah My name is Yehovah, I am the creator of everything, and everything is mine, you and your children are mine. I am not human that I should lie, I am not human that I would change my mind. I choose who is saved and who is not. Letter from God HIS NAME IS YESHUA His name means Salvation His Father name is Yehovah His name means He saves His Name is Jesus it has no meaning it is 600 year old Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name or His Son's name? 6. Surely you know. Proverbs 30:4 How the Tabernacle of Moses Was Really Built — Every Detail Revealed A letter from Yehovah _cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Igama lami nginguJehova ngingumdali wakho konke nakho konke kungokwami, wena nabantwana bakho ungabami. Angiyena umuntu ukuthi kufanele ngiqambe amanga, angiyena umuntu ukuthi ngingashintsha umqondo wami. Angikhulumi bese ngingenzi? Ngiyazigcina futhi ngiyazifeza izethembiso zami. Numeri 23:19 Futhi niyazi ukuthi imiBhalo ayinakuguqulwa. Johane 10:35 Abantu abangenalwazi nabantu abangenaso isiqiniseko salokho abakukholelwayo bahlanekezela ukuthi yiniUthi uPawulu ezincwadini zakhe ngendlela efanayo abasonta ngayo yonke eminye imiBhalo. Laba bantu bayobhujiswa. 2 Petru 3:16 Igama lami lisho ukuthi “OkaSindisiwe”, ngiyakhetha ukuthi ubani osindisiwe nongasindisiwe. Nginika umusa wami njengesipho kulabo abasindiswayo. Kwabase-Efesu 2:8 Ngithi wonke umuntu agcine yonke imilayo yami lezimiso zami. Lena inhloso yakho empilweni. UmShumayeli 12:13 Ngenza isivumelwano ngaphambili nabantu abantamo ilukhuni basephula, bakha ithole legolide ukuze bangikhonze. Eksodusi 32:34 . NginguMoya futhi niyongikhonza ngoMoya nangeqiniso. Johane 4:24 “Ngase ngenza isivumelwano esisha nabantu bakwa-Israyeli noJuda, Efesu 2:19, Efesu 3:6 ngafaka imithetho yami ezinhliziyweni zabo, ngayibhala ezinhliziyweni zabo. Jeremiya 31:31 Kumelwe uxhunyelelwe ku-Israyeli, ngoba wonke u-Israyeli uyosindiswa Efesu 2:18-19 1 Petru 2:10 Roma 11”23 & 26 Ufanele uphile impilo yokulunga engenasono, 1 Johane 3:10 nibe ngcwele njengokuba mina ngingcwele.”—1 Petru 1:16 Ngidinga ukuthi wonke umuntu athande futhi alalele iNdodana yami, noma ubani ongayilaleli iNdodana yami futhi ongaphili njengoba yenza 1 Johane 2:6 akasoze athola ukuphila okuphakade kodwa uhlala ngaphansi kokwahlulelwa Kwami okuthukuthele. Johane 3:36 . Uma nithanda ukungena ekuphileni, gcinani imiyalo yami.” NgokukaMathewu 19:17 labo engibakhethileyo ngibanika iNdodana yami ukuze basindiswe Efesu 1:4. Kade ngakushaya indiva ukungazi kwabantu ngalezi zinto, kodwa manje ngiyala wonke umuntu ezindaweni zonke ukuba aphenduke ezonweni zakhe, aphendukele Kimi naseMthethweni Wami; Iziyalezo zami. Ngoba ngimisile usuku lokwahlulela umhlaba, wena nabantwana bakho ngokulunga, ngeNdodana yami IzEnzo 17:30. Yilowo nalowo kini umiselwe ukufa, KumaHeberu 9:27 ngokuba inkokhelo yesono ingukufa, munye umoya kude, munye ukushaya kwenhliziyo ekude nokwahlulela kwami. PHENDUKANI niphile. Igama leNdodana yami nguYeshuwa, ingumJuda ongumHeberu ozalweni lukaDavide. Igama lakhe lisho insindiso. Kungegama laKhe kuphela ukuthi ungasindiswa. Izenzo 4:12 Akekho ongeza kuye ngaphandle kokuthi ngibadonse, Johane 6:44Wonke umuntu kufanele azalwe kabusha ukuze angene eMbusweni Wami lapha emhlabeni IsAm. 21:1;4:1 Thimothewu 1:7. NgokukaJohane 3:3 Abazalelwe emndenini wami abakwenzi umkhuba ukona, ngokuba ukuphila kwami (umoya) ukubo. Ngakho, ngeke baqhubeke nokwenza isono, ngoba bangabantwana bami. 1 Johane 3:9 Kufanele nikholwe ukuthi uJesu uyiNdodana yami nokuthi wanikela ngokuphila kwakhe ngenxa yezono zenu, nokuthi mina ngamvusa kwabafileyo. Roma 10:9 Wanikela umoya wakhe, wafakwa esiswini somhlaba, izinsuku ezintathu nobusuku obuthathu. (Amahora angu-72) Mathewu 12:40 ngase ngimvusa ngesabatha lami. Kumelwe ube nokholo oluqine kangangokuthi kukushukumisela esenzweni. Uma ukukholwa kwakho kungadali imisebenzi, ukukholwa kwakho kufile. Ukukholwa kweBhayibheli kusho ukuthi uzinikele kuJesu futhi ukuzinikela kwakho kubonakala endleleni ophila ngayo. 2 Korinte 5:7 Kumele nimlalele, Johane 3:36futhi aphile njengoba enza, Wagcina umthetho kaLevitikusi wokudla, amasabatha ami, nemikhosi yami, nayo yonke imiyalo yami. Wayengenasono. 1 Petru 2:22 Kumelwe uvume ngomlomo wakho ukuthi uJesu uyiNkosi. Futhi ningabi namahloni ngakho, KwabaseRoma 10:9 kufanele nizidele nithathe isiphambano senu nimlandele. NgokukaMathewu 16:24, Kufanele nikholwe nibhapathizwe Izenzo 2:38 Marku 16:16 futhi lapho seniwamukele umoya wami aniyikwala ukwenza isono 1Johane 3:9., futhi ningangena kuphela ngesango elincane, lelo kuphela. abambalwa bayayithola. Mathewu 7: 13. Kumele ume uqine kuze kube sekupheleni futhi uyakusindiswa. Mat 24:13 Phenduka uphile. Uma ngikubuka ngizobonani? futhi ngithi kuwe? Uhambe kahle nceku yami enhle nethembekile? Mathewu 25:21 Noma ngizothi kini. “Angikaze ngikwazi. sukani kimi nina eniphula imithetho Yami. NgokukaMathewu 7:23 Manje le nceku engenamsebenzi yikhipheleni ebumnyameni obungaphandle, lapho kuyakuba khona ukukhala nokugedla amazinyo. Luka 13:28' uJehova PHENDUKA futhi uphile_cc781905-5cde-3194-cf58c5c5b5b8-3194-cf5cc5d5b8b9b3b3b3b3b3b3b3b3b3b3b3b3b3b3b3b3b3b3b8

Statics say 84% of Americans believe in the divinity of Christ and 74% profess commitment to him yet America continues downward spiritually to correction and morality why has Christianity not worked? Welcome, Fellow Truth Seekers: Start Your Journey Here Please keep in mind TEST EVERYTHING to scripture. If you have found your way to this page, it is highly likely that your spirit has begun to feel a quiet, persistent unsettling. Perhaps you have spent years—or even decades—sitting in mainstream church pews, loving God with all of your heart, yet sensing an invisible disconnect between the raw, unfiltered pages of your Bible and the traditions taught from the pulpit. You are not alone. Across the globe, the Father is whispering a call to return to His ancient paths, and your presence here is not an accident. This website is a sanctuary for those who are ready to lay down human dogmas, step out of traditional conditioning, and align their spiritual mirrors with the eternal, beautiful instructions of the Father—the $Torah$. Here is a map of what you will find on this platform and how to navigate your journey back to pure, uncompromised biblical truth. Step 1: Take the Self-Diagnostic Before you read a single article, we invite you to bypass the traditional defenses of your mind and take an honest, private look into the scriptural mirror. Take The Lawlessness (Anomia) Test App Our interactive, 10-question diagnostic tool is designed to evaluate your everyday theological beliefs and lifestyles against the objective standard of God's written Law. It is completely anonymous and acts as a powerful diagnostic tool to see if your spiritual "hardware" is tuned to the frequency of obedience or the frequency of traditional lawlessness ($anomia$). Step 2: Explore the Deep-Dive Studies Once you have taken the test, your heart may feel a bit unsettled by the gap between traditional church practices and the written Word. This is completely normal. To help you understand the mechanics of what you are experiencing, we have compiled a step-by-step library of theological and psychological resources: The Mirroring Principle of Idolatry: Understand the cosmic law of spiritual gravity: what you revere, you will resemble. Learn how choosing man-made systems over the Father's voice leads to a spiritual sensory shutdown (eyes that cannot see, ears that cannot hear). The Alignment of the Mirror: Discover why physical commandments like the Seventh-day Sabbath ($Shabbat$), biblical dietary boundaries ($Kashrut$), and even physical tassels ($Tzitzit$) are actually divine optical tools designed to keep your mirror pointed at the Creator. The Pauline Filter: Learn how to dismantle the highly selective, traditional lens used to twist the letters of the Apostle Paul into a shield against keeping the Father's commandments. The Mechanics of Conditioning : Are churchgoers "brainwashed"? Read a compassionate, psychological and sociological breakdown of why our loved ones experience intense cognitive dissonance and defensive reactions when confronted with the truth of the $Torah$. The Spirit of the Lawless One : Peer behind the physical world to understand the spiritual warfare of $anomia$, exploring how systematically bypassing the Creator's Law mirrors the original rebellion of the adversary. Step 3: Find a Soft Landing & Restoration Waking up to the reality of traditional conditioning can feel isolating and overwhelming. The social and emotional costs of walking differently than your family, friends, and church community can trigger immense fear. Read "A Loving Warning to a Churchgoer" If you are looking for a gentle, pastoral explanation of what is happening to your heart—or if you need a letter to share with a loved one that explains this spiritual transition without triggering immediate anger—this resource acts as a healing balm. It explains the mechanics of self-diagnosis, shows you the beautiful path of repentance, and lists clear scriptural proofs to help you take your next steps with confidence. A Note of Encouragement for the Road Beloved truth seeker, turning your mirror back toward the Creator's written instructions is a path of restoration, not bondage. Keeping the Father's commandments is how we physically express our love for Him (1 John 5:3). Take your time. Study the scriptures. Question the traditions you inherited. Ask the Father to remove the veil, polish your spiritual mirror, and restore your eyes to see and your ears to hear the glorious light of His eternal truth. Where to begin? We highly recommend taking The Lawlessness Test first, and letting the scriptures speak directly to you. A Loving Warning to a Churchgoer My friend, Scripture warns that the adversary’s primary goal is not to turn you into an atheist, but to subtly steer you onto his own path of anomia—the spirit of lawlessness that teaches God's instructions no longer have authority over your life (1 John 3:4). You can prove this spiritual blindness is operating in your own heart by looking at a simple, physical instruction like the Fourth Commandment: “But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work...” ($Exodus$ $20:10$). The Creator's written Word plainly designates Saturday as His holy day forever, yet when you look at this text, your eyes read "Saturday" while your traditional training forces you to see "Sunday" or to believe the commandment is abolished. This inability to simply accept and obey what is plainly written—substituting it instead with human church traditions—is the exact "sensory shutdown" warned about in the scriptures; it proves that while you may sincerely love God, you are unknowingly walking the path of the original rebel by treating His eternal $Torah$ as optional. This blindness is not an accident; it is the operation of a profound spiritual law: we spiritually conform to the nature of whatever we worship. When you place your ultimate trust and reverence in a church denomination, a human pastor, or a comfortable system of theology that explains away God's Torah, your soul begins to act as a mirror to that system. You inherit the exact sensory shutdown of the man-made traditions you revere—possessing a Bible you cannot see and a Creator's voice you cannot hear. By taking an honest look at your own daily practices versus the written Word, you are holding up a mirror to your soul and performing a vital self-diagnosis. Your own physical actions are proving that your spiritual hardware has been tuned to copy and reflect a lawless human system rather than the glorious, eternal image of the living God. Proof in the Scriptures: Look Up and Study These Verses If your heart is open to the raw, unfiltered truth of the written Word, please take a moment to look up these scriptures in your own Bible: Is the Sabbath truly done away with? $Exodus$ $31:16-17$: “Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever...” Question to ponder: If God declared the Sabbath an eternal sign and a perpetual covenant, by whose authority was it changed or abolished? Does God accept worship that is mixed with human traditions? Mark 7:7-9 (Yeshua's Warning): “Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men... Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.” Question to ponder: Are you honoring Sunday, Christmas, or Easter because the Bible commands them, or because church traditions tell you to? What does God think of prayers from those who reject His Law? Proverbs 28:9: “He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law ($Torah$), even his prayer shall be abomination.” Question to ponder: If we ignore His written instructions, can we truly say we are in deep communion with Him? How does the New Testament define our love for God? 1 John 5:3: “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.” Question to ponder: If loving God means keeping His physical commandments, why does modern theology teach that those commandments are a "burden" or "bondage"? This test is specifically designed to expose the subtle, traditional rationalizations that people in the church use to reject God's law. It uses the words of the Messiah Himself from Matthew 7:21-23—where He warns that many well-meaning, miracle-working churchgoers will be turned away because they "work lawlessness" (anomia). The 10-Question Diagnostic Review the statements below. Answer honestly based on your current personal beliefs, teachings, and church practices. 1. The Validity of the Law Do you believe or teach that the Law of Moses ($Torah$) has been "abolished," "nailed to the cross," or "done away with" for New Testament believers? [ ] YES [ ] NO 2. The Definition of Holiness Do you believe that under the New Covenant of "grace," physical obedience to the Creator's Old Testament commandments is completely optional or unnecessary? [ ] YES [ ] NO 3. The Sabbath Day Do you treat Sunday as the Sabbath, or believe the Seventh-day Sabbath (Saturday) was changed or abolished, despite God designating it as a "perpetual, everlasting covenant"? [ ] YES [ ] NO 4. Dietary Separation Do you believe that God's dietary boundaries (Leviticus 11) no longer apply, and that you are free to eat pig, shellfish, or other unclean things because "Jesus made all foods clean"? [ ] YES [ ] NO 5. Adopting Pagan Customs Do you celebrate holidays of pagan origin (like Christmas on December 25th or Easter Sunday) under the belief that "it's about the heart" and "God knows what it means to me"? [ ] YES [ ] NO 6. The Pauline Filter Do you use isolated, misunderstood verses from the Apostle Paul’s letters to argue against keeping the direct, physical commandments of the Father and the Messiah? [ ] YES [ ] NO 7. Labeling Obedience as "Legalism" Do you refer to, mock, or warn others against believers who strive to keep the Seventh-day Sabbath, eat clean, or wear $tzitzit$ (tassels) by calling them "legalists," "Pharisees," or "under bondage"? [ ] YES [ ] NO 8. Dismissing the Feast Days Do you believe that God’s annual Appointed Times ($Moedim$ in Leviticus 23) were "only for the Jews" and have no prophetic value or application for the Church today? [ ] YES [ ] NO 9. Cheap Grace Do you believe that as long as you "love God" and "love your neighbor," you are free to ignore the specific, physical instructions of how the Creator asked to be loved and worshiped? [ ] YES [ ] NO 10. Defensive Reaction to the Law Does hearing the term "Torah observance" or the suggestion that we must physically keep the commandments of God trigger immediate defensiveness, anger, or discomfort in your heart? [ ] YES [ ] NO Diagnosing the Results: What Does Your Score Mean? Count how many times you answered "YES" to the statements above. If You Answered "YES" 1 to 3 Times: Developing Contamination You have started to absorb some of the traditional, lawless dogmas of mainstream theology. While you may still revere the Old Testament, you are allowing human traditions to slowly blind your spiritual eyes to the plain instructions of the Creator. If You Answered "YES" 4 or More Times: The Spirit of Lawlessness ($Anomia$) A score of 4 or more "YES" answers indicates that your personal theology is operating directly under the spirit of $anomia$ (lawlessness). You are actively practicing a belief system that teaches that God's instructions have no authority over you. By defending these "YES" positions, you are using church traditions as a shield to bypass the written Word of God—which is the exact behavior the Messiah $Yeshua$ condemned in Matthew 7 and Mark 7. The Scriptural Reality Check If this test made you uncomfortable, look closely at what the Scriptures say about each "YES" answer: To Statement 1 & 2: $Yeshua$ said: “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets... whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:17-19) To Statement 3: God said: “Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath... throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.” (Exodus 31:16) To Statement 4: The Prophet Isaiah warns that those who consume swine's flesh and abominable things will be consumed together in end-times judgment. (Isaiah 66:17) To Statement 5: God said: “Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared... and enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God.” (Deuteronomy 12:30-31) To Statement 6 & 7: The Apostle Peter explicitly warned that those who are "unlearned and unstable" twist Paul's letters to their own destruction because they are led away by the "error of the lawless." (2 Peter 3:15-17) To Statement 8: The Apostle Paul instructed New Testament believers to keep the biblical feasts: “Purge out therefore the old leaven... For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast.” (1 Corinthians 5:7-8) To Statement 9 & 10 : The Apostle John wrote: “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.” (1 John 5:3) Conclusion Do not let traditional dogmas make the Word of God of "none effect" in your life. Repent of the spirit of lawlessness ($anomia$), point your spiritual mirror directly back to the Creator's written instructions, and let Him restore your eyes to see, your ears to hear, and your heart to obey! Spiritual Blindness and the Mirroring of Idolatry: Why the Church Cannot Comprehend the Torah A common question arises within the movement to return to God's commandments: Why is it that otherwise sincere, Bible-reading churchgoers cannot see, understand, or accept the perpetual validity of the Torah? Scripture reveals that this barrier is not merely intellectual; it is a profound, active spiritual state. When human traditions and man-made theology are elevated above the living instructions of the Creator , a specific spiritual mechanism is triggered: The Mirroring Principle of Idolatry. 1. The Powerless, Dead Idols Scripture is incredibly consistent in how it describes man-made idols. In the Psalms, we are given a vivid description of physical representations used in worship: "They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not..." — Psalm 115:5-6 "They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths." — Psalm 135:16-17 These idols are characterized by complete sensory shutdown. They possess the outward physical forms of sight, hearing, and speech, but they are utterly devoid of spiritual life, breath, and true perception. To bring this ancient biblical truth into the 21st century, we are going to use the example of a "Dummy" Display Smartphone. It looks perfect on the outside but lacks any internal life, illustrating exactly how a person can have all the outward tools of faith (Bibles, apps, church buildings) while remaining spiritually unresponsive to the actual commandments of God. Here is the updated article with this new modern analogy integrated as Section 3. 2. The Spiritual Mirror: Becoming What We Worship The crucial warning of these passages is not just about the statues themselves, but about the transformational impact they have on those who trust in them: "They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them." — Psalm 115:8 / Psalm 135:18 This is a spiritual law of the universe: We spiritually conform to the nature of the object of our devotion. When we place our trust in man-made theological structures, physical icons, or ecclesiastical traditions that substitute God's commandments, we begin to match their spiritual state. We develop spiritual eyes that cannot see and spiritual ears that cannot hear. 3. The Diagnosis of Spiritual Stubbornness Throughout the scriptures, when God's people fell into unbelief and stubbornness—trusting in their own traditions and rejecting the Torah—the prophets used this exact "idol-mirroring" language to diagnose their spiritual condition: Jeremiah 5:21: "Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not..." Ezekiel 12:2: "Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house." Mark 8:18: Yeshua Himself confronts His disciples with this same warning when they fall into fear and unbelief: "Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?" 4. The Root Cause: Hardening of the Heart Through Unbelief This sensory shutdown is fundamentally caused by a hardening of the heart. When a believer repeatedly encounters the plain text of God's Word but chooses to bypass it to preserve a comfortable, traditional doctrine, a calloused layer forms over their spiritual heart. According to Hebrew thought, the heart is the seat of the mind, will, and understanding. Unbelief acts as a barrier. It refuses to take God at His word. This persistent unbelief leads to a hardened heart (a spiritual thickening/callous). The result is a total inability to process spiritual truth that contradicts human traditions. 5. The Modern Application: The Veil Over the Church This spiritual mirroring explains why many modern churchgoers struggle to understand or accept the Torah. When presented with clear scriptures regarding the seventh-day Sabbath ($Shabbat$), dietary instructions ($Kashrut$), or the Feast Days ($Moedim$), they are often completely unable to comprehend or accept them. Even though the words are right there on the pages of their own Bibles, they cannot perceive them. Just as the dead, traditional systems they trust in are deaf to the living voice of God's law, they too experience a spiritual dullness. Until they repent of human traditions and surrender to the authority of the Creator's written Word, the veil remains over their eyes, keeping them spiritually blind to the beauty, light, and perpetual life of the Torah. This statement echoes 1 John 3:8, which says, "Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning" The Mirroring Principle of Idolatry: What You Revere, You Resemble One of the most profound, yet frequently overlooked, spiritual laws written across the pages of Scripture is what theologians call The Mirroring Principle of Idolatry. Simply put, the principle states: We spiritually conform to the nature of whatever we worship. In the words of biblical scholar G.K. Beale, "What people revere, they resemble, either for ruin or for restoration." When we give our ultimate devotion, trust, and obedience to something, we begin to mirror its characteristics. If we worship a dead, mute, and blind idol—whether a physical statue or a man-made theological tradition—we spiritually inherit its sensory shutdown. Conversely, if we worship the living, speaking Creator, we are restored to reflect His image. 1. The Divine Design: Created to Mirror the Creator To understand why false worship has such a devastating, blinding effect on human beings, we have to look back at our original blueprint. In Genesis, humanity was created with a specific structural purpose: "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." — Genesis 1:27 Humans were designed to be spiritual mirrors placed in the creation. Just as a physical mirror has no light of its own but is designed to perfectly reflect the sun, humanity was designed to face the Creator and reflect His character, holiness, light, and instruction ($Torah$) into the physical world. Worship is the act of pointing our "mirror" toward an object. Whatever sits at the center of our devotion is the exact image our souls will reflect. 2. The Golden Calf: The First Major Replication (Exodus 32) The mirroring principle is vividly demonstrated during Israel's infamous golden calf incident in the wilderness. When Moses delayed coming down from Mount Sinai, the people grew impatient and demanded a physical god they could see and control. They fashioned a golden calf out of their jewelry: "And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel. .." — Exodus 32:4 Immediately after they bowed down and sacrificed to this golden calf, God changed the vocabulary He used to describe Israel. He said to Moses: "Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves... I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people." — Exodus 32:7, 9 The Hebrew term for "stiff-necked" ($qasheh$ $oreph$) is agricultural vocabulary used to describe an obstinate, stubborn bull or heifer that refuses to bow its neck to the yoke of its master. By choosing to revere a young, stubborn bull (the calf) rather than the living God, Israel instantly began to resemble the physical characteristics of their idol. They became spiritually "stiff-necked"—unbending, stubborn, and completely unresponsive to the voice of their Master. 3. The Sensory Shutdown: Psalm 115 and 135 The Psalms lay down the explicit mechanical law of how this spiritual replication operates. They describe the physical nature of man-made idols: “They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.” — Psalm 115:5-7 Then comes the cosmic spiritual warning in verse 8: “They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.” — Psalm 115:8 This is not poetry; it is a spiritual diagnosis. Trusting in a powerless, inanimate representation of godhood causes a complete sensory shutdown in the worshiper: Mouths that speak not: The worshiper loses the ability to speak pure, uncompromised biblical truth. Eyes that see not: The worshiper can look directly at a clear commandment in Scripture (like the Sabbath or dietary laws) and be utterly unable to see or register it. Ears that hear not: The worshiper can hear the voice of the Creator calling them back to His instructions, but they are spiritually deaf to the call. 4. The Prophets' Diagnosis of Israel When Israel later fell into rebellion and rejected the Torah, God did not diagnose them as merely "uneducated." He diagnosed them as idol-mirrors. They had successfully taken on the traits of the blind and deaf Canaanite gods they trusted in: Isaiah 6:9-10: God commissions Isaiah to speak to a people who have spiritually conformed to idols: “Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart...” Jeremiah 5:21: “Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not...” Ezekiel 12:2: “Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.” By turning away from the Torah, they lost the spiritual hardware required to process spiritual truth. 5. The New Testament Reality: Tradition Over Commandments This is not an exclusively Old Testament phenomenon. Yeshua Himself confrontationaly applies this exact "idol-mirroring" diagnosis to the religious leaders of His day. When the Pharisees challenged Yeshua because His disciples did not follow the "traditions of the elders" (man-made religious rules that bypassed God's written law), Yeshua responded: “Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men... Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition...” — Mark 7:6-7, 13 Later, when His disciples failed to understand a basic spiritual concept, Yeshua turned to them and asked: “Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?” — Mark 8:18 The warning is clear: Any time we substitute God’s plain, written commandments with human dogmas, church traditions, or ecclesiastical systems, we trigger the Mirroring Principle. When we place our trust in a denomination, a popular pastor, or a comfortable system of theology that explains away God's law, we begin to resemble that dead system. We lose our ability to process the direct signal of the Scriptures. Our eyes read "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy" but our theological programming translates it to mean Sunday, or worse, that the Sabbath is abolished. The spiritual data is there on the page, but the "mirror" is pointing at human tradition, rendering us blind to the light of the Torah. 6. The Remedy: Restoration to His Image The Mirroring Principle is a law of spiritual gravity, but it works both for ruin or for restoration. If looking at and trusting in dead idols makes us dead, blind, and deaf, then turning our gaze to the living Messiah Yeshua and His perfect instructions has the exact opposite effect: “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass [mirror] the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” — 2 Corinthians 3:18 When we repent of man-made traditions, take the veil off our eyes, and submit directly to the written Word of the Creator, our spiritual senses are restored. We begin to reflect His character, His holiness, and His Torah. Our eyes see, our ears hear, and we are finally able to comprehend, accept, and walk in the beautiful light of His eternal truth. The Alignment of the Mirror: How the Commandments Counteract Idolatry When looking at the 20 specific practices in the Torah Observance Self-Assessment, it is easy for a modern reader to ask: “What does eating pork, wearing tassels, or keeping a Saturday Sabbath have to do with the heavy, spiritual reality of idolatry?” To the modern Western mind, "idolatry" is a mental or emotional state (putting your career or money before God), while the "Torah commandments" are seen as external, ritualistic rules. However, in Hebrew thought, the two are dynamically and structurally connected. Every single commandment ($mitzvah$) in the Torah acts as a physical alignment tool for your spiritual "mirror." When you reject these physical instructions in favor of human traditions, you actively turn your mirror away from the Creator, pointing it toward man-made systems. This triggers the Mirroring Principle of Idolatry—leading to the spiritual sensory shutdown described in the Psalms. Here is how specific commandments are directly connected to the mirroring of idolatry. 1. The Sabbath ($Shabbat$): Mirroring the Creator’s Rhythm vs. Human Authority To understand how the Sabbath connects to the mirror, look at the signature of the Creator. In the Fourth Commandment, God binds the Sabbath directly to His identity as the Maker of all things: “For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” — Exodus 20:11 The Connected Mirror: When you observe the seventh-day Sabbath, you physically conform your life, your time, and your weekly rhythm to the exact pattern of the Creator. You are pointing your mirror directly at His face, reflecting His rest, His sovereignty, and His creative authority into the physical world. The Idolatrous Substitution: When mainstream ecclesiastical systems shifted the day of worship to Sunday and claimed the authority to transfer the holiness of Shabbat, they created a man-made tradition. The Mirroring Result : By resting on Sunday based on human church dogmas rather than the written Word of the Creator, a believer's mirror is pointed at a human institution. Because they revere human authority over the Creator’s written Law, they begin to resemble that system—becoming deaf to the plain text of Scripture and blind to the literal Fourth Commandment. 2. Dietary Laws ($Kashrut$): Mirroring Divine Holiness vs. Pagan Syncretism In Leviticus 11, God outlines which animals are clean and unclean. At the very climax of these dietary instructions, He reveals why He gave them: “For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy... For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.” — Leviticus 11:44-45 The Connected Mirror: The word "holy" ($kadosh$) literally means set apart, separated, and distinct. God is distinct from the world. By putting a physical boundary on what enters our mouths, we mirror His holiness. We reflect His nature of distinction and order. Our daily eating habits become a physical mirror of His spiritual separation. The Idolatrous Substitution: Pagan idolatry is characterized by the breakdown of distinctions—mixing the holy with the profane, eating whatever the flesh desires, and absorbing the habits of the surrounding culture. The Mirroring Result: When the church teaches that "all things are clean to eat" (relying on misinterpretations of Mark 7 or Acts 10), they remove the boundary of distinction. By eating like the pagan nations, they begin to reflect the pagan worldview of spiritual mixture. They lose the ability to distinguish between what is clean and unclean in other areas of life, rendering them spiritually insensitive. 3. Tassels ($Tzitzit$): The Optical Shield Against Idolatry The commandment to wear fringes or tassels ($tzitzit$) on the corners of four-cornered garments is perhaps the most explicit "anti-idolatry mirror" in the entire Torah: “And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a-whoring [prostituting/worshipping idols]...” — Numbers 15:39 The Connected Mirror: The Torah acknowledges that the human eye is easily captivated by the physical world. Left to its own devices, the eye looks at the world, the heart desires what it sees, and the person conforms to that earthly image (idolatry). The $tzitzit$ serve as a physical, optical interruption. The Mirroring Result: Every time your eyes drift downward, they catch the sight of the blue thread in the tassels. This instantly redirects your focus back to the written commandments of God. It is a physical "guardrail" that forces your spiritual mirror to stay tilted upward toward the Creator rather than drifting down to copy the culture. 4. The Biblical Feasts ($Moedim$) vs. Christmas and Easter: Mirroring God’s Calendar vs. Pagan Cycles The annual Feasts (Leviticus 23) are designated as God's "appointed times." They are His prophetic schedule. Conversely, Deuteronomy 12:30-32 strictly warns: “Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them... and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.” The Connected Mirror: When you keep the Passover ($Pesach$), the Feast of Weeks ($Shavuot$), or the Feast of Tabernacles ($Sukkot$), you are mirroring the literal, prophetic timeline of Yeshua's redemption plan. Your mirror is reflecting the true light of the Messiah's first and second comings. The Idolatrous Substitution: Celebrating Christmas (December 25th) or Easter (with a Friday-to-Sunday timeline) is the exact definition of syncretism—taking the customs, dates, and rituals of pagan sun-god worship and renaming them to honor the Creator. The Mirroring Result: Because pagan customs are dead and have no spiritual breath, those who participate in them eventually inherit the sensory shutdown of those original pagan systems. Even when they are shown the plain scriptural timeline of three days and three nights (Matthew 12:40), or shown that Jeremiah 10 condemns decorated trees, they cannot see or comprehend it. Their theological mirror is reflecting the "dead light" of Christianized pagan traditions, leaving them blind to the brilliant light of God’s actual holy days. Summary: The Torah as the Blueprint of the Divine Image Human beings cannot avoid mirroring. We are created to be reflective surfaces. If we do not point our mirrors toward the written Torah—which is the perfect, physical expression of the Creator’s character—we will naturally point our mirrors toward: The Self (human desires and pride). The Culture (pagan traditions and holidays). Human Religious Systems (church doctrines that bypass God's Law). Every single commandment, from how we manage our finances (usury) to how we cut our hair or dress (mixed fabrics), is designed to shape our mirrors so that we perfectly conform to the image of the Messiah Yeshua. When we obey, our spiritual senses are restored. When we substitute His instructions with human traditions, our spiritual hardware shuts down, and we become just as deaf, dumb, and blind as the powerless idols of old. Identifying Modern-Day "Mirror Idolatry": Behavioral and Theological Signs If the Mirroring Principle of Idolatry is a spiritual reality, then the "sensory shutdown" described by the prophets (Psalms 115, Jeremiah 5, Mark 8) must be visible in the modern religious world. It cannot remain an abstract theological concept; it must manifest as recognizable behaviors and patterns of thought. How do you identify a modern-day believer whose spiritual "mirror" has been turned away from the Creator’s $Torah$ and pointed toward human tradition? The scriptures provide a clear diagnostic framework. When a person is reflecting a man-made religious system rather than the living Word, they exhibit specific, identifiable spiritual symptoms. 1. The "Translational Filter" (Eyes That See Not) The most prominent identifier of modern mirror idolatry is selective scriptural blindness. The Symptom: You can open a Bible, point directly to a plain, unambiguous commandment, and have them read it out loud. Yet, their mind is completely unable to process the plain meaning of the text. How to Identify It: You show them: “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy... the seventh day is the sabbath...” (Exodus 20:8-10). Their "filter" instantly translates this to mean: “Go to church on Sunday.” You show them: “These are the beasts which ye shall eat... whatsoever parteth the hoof... and cheweth the cud...” (Leviticus 11:2-3). Their filter instantly translates this to mean: “We can eat whatever we want because Jesus made all things clean.” The Spiritual Reality: The hardware of their physical eyes is working, but their theological mirror is pointed at a denominational creed. The text of Scripture hits their eyes, but the data is scrambled by their programming before it can reach their heart. They cannot see what is plainly written. 2. The Echo Chamber of Human Tradition (Mouths That Speak Not) In Psalm 115, idols are described as having mouths that cannot speak truth. In modern times, this manifests as an inability to speak pure, uncompromised biblical truth, replacing it instead with human catchphrases. The Symptom: When challenged on a matter of scripture or lifestyle, the person does not defend their position using the direct context of the Word. Instead, they regurgitate the pre-programmed talking points of their religious institution. How to Identify It: They rely heavily on clichés, theological jargon, and ecclesiastical soundbites to bypass obedience, such as: “That’s legalism.” “We are under grace, not the law.” “That was just for the Jews.” “That's a secondary issue.” The Spiritual Reality: They have lost their biblical voice. Instead of speaking the words of the Creator, their mouth has become a speaker grille for the human authorities they revere. They can only echo the soundbites of the system they mirror. 3. The "But God Knows My Heart" Defense (Deafness to Warning) When an idol-mirror is confronted with the pagan origins of their religious practices, their spiritual hearing shuts down, and they retreat into emotional self-defense. The Symptom: When you show them scriptural and historical proof that holidays like Christmas or Easter are rooted in pagan worship (contrary to Deuteronomy 12:30-32), they do not hear the warning. Instead, they redirect the conversation to their own personal intentions. How to Identify It: They will respond with statements like: “But that’s not what it means to me.” “God knows my heart, and I am doing this for Him.” “As long as we are focusing on Jesus, the details don't matter.” The Spiritual Reality: They are spiritually deaf to the warnings of the Torah. By prioritizing their internal emotional state (what it means to "me") over the external written instruction of God, they prove that their mirror is pointed inward at The Self—the ultimate form of modern idolatry. 4. The Collapse of Distinctions (No Spiritual Senses) Holiness ($kedushah$) requires the ability to distinguish, separate, and put a difference between things. When a believer’s spiritual senses are shut down, they lose the ability to make biblical distinctions. The Symptom: They cannot perceive any difference between what God has designated as "Holy" ($kadosh$) versus what man has designated as "Common" ($chol$). How to Identify It: They see no difference between Shabbat (the day God sanctified) and Sunday (the day Constantine and the Roman Church set apart). They see no difference between Passover (God’s prophetic feast) and Easter (a tradition named after a pagan goddess). They believe that because "God created everything," all foods, lifestyles, and worship methods are equally acceptable if done with "love." The Spiritual Reality: Because they worship within a system that has mixed pagan habits with biblical language, they have inherited the system's numbness. They are spiritually colorblind—unable to distinguish the bright line of God’s separation from the gray smear of religious syncretism. 5. Hostility Toward the Hebrew Roots of Faith Just as light hurts eyes that have been in the dark for too long, the true light of the Hebrew roots of the faith often provokes a defensive, agitated reaction from those in mirror idolatry. The Symptom: The mere mention of the name $Yeshua$ instead of Jesus, or the suggestion that a believer should strive to keep the commandments out of love, triggers an immediate defensive posture. How to Identify It: They will accuse those returning to the Torah of "falling from grace," being "Judaizers," or belonging to a "cult." They display a visceral discomfort with the physical signs of obedience (like $tzitzit$ or Sabbath rest). The Spiritual Reality: The physical reality of the Torah acts as a polishing cloth on their mirror. It threatens the comfortable, dusty film of human tradition they have lived under. Because they are not ready to turn their mirror away from their ecclesiastical system, they lash out at the light that is trying to break through their sensory shutdown. Summary: A Checklist of the Modern Idol-Mirror The Prophetic Diagnosis The Modern Behavior "Eyes that see not" Reading a clear commandment on the page but being utterly unable to process its plain, literal meaning. "Ears that hear not" Hearing the warning against syncretism (pagan mixing) but dismissing it because "God knows my heart." "Mouths that speak not" Relying on theological clichés ("not under the law," "legalism") instead of quoting direct Scripture in context. "No breath/distinction" Believing that there is no difference between what is clean and unclean, or what is holy and The "Pauline Filter": How a Misaligned Mirror Distorts the Apostle’s Words If a modern believer's theological mirror has been pointed at human tradition, they must find a way to reconcile the clear, eternal commandments of the Creator with their refusal to obey them. To resolve this cognitive dissonance, they construct what can be called "The Pauline Filter." This is the practice of running the entire Bible—including the plain words of the Creator at Mount Sinai and the direct instructions of the Messiah $Yeshua$—through a highly selective, misunderstood reading of the Apostle Paul’s letters. By doing so, they use Paul as a shield to protect their traditions and justify their transgression of the $Torah$. The Apostle Peter explicitly warned that this exact phenomenon would occur: “...even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest [twist], as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked [lawless], fall from your own stedfastness.” — 2 Peter 3:15-17 How do you identify a believer who is utilizing the "Pauline Filter" to maintain their spiritual sensory shutdown? Here are the behavioral and theological signs. 1. The "Paul Over Yeshua" Hierarchy The most glaring symptom of the Pauline Filter is an unconscious theological hierarchy where Paul's words carry more practical authority than the words of the Messiah Himself. The Symptom: When confronted with the direct, plain instructions of the Messiah, the person will immediately bypass them by quoting an isolated verse from Paul to argue that the Messiah's words no longer apply. How to Identify It: You show them where $Yeshua$ said: “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets... whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:17-19). Rather than accepting this, their mind immediately filters it out. They respond with: “Yes, but Paul says Christ is the end of the law for righteousness...” (Romans 10:4), interpreting "end" (telos) as "termination" rather than "goal/climax." The Spiritual Reality: Their theological mirror is pointed at a denominational construct that pits the Messiah against His own Apostle. Because they cannot process the reality that Paul was a Torah-observant Pharisee who defended the Law (Acts 25:8), they must make Paul the "new lawgiver" to justify ignoring the words of the Master. 2. The "Grace vs. Law" Dichotomy (The Divided Mind) Holiness ($kedushah$) requires unity and alignment. The Pauline Filter causes a severe mental split, forcing the believer to treat God's Grace and God's Law as opposing enemies rather than perfect partners. The Symptom: They operate under the assumption that if you love God’s commandments and seek to walk in them out of obedience, you are actively rejecting His grace. How to Identify It: Whenever you talk about keeping the Sabbath or clean eating, they will defensively respond with: “We are saved by grace, not by works!” (Ephesians 2:8-9). They are completely unable to comprehend that keeping the commandments is the fruit of salvation, not the root of it. They cannot reconcile Ephesians 2:8-9 with Ephesians 2:10 (“created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them”). The Spiritual Reality: They are spiritually colorblind to the purpose of the $Torah$. Because their ecclesiastical system teaches that the Law was a "burden" or a "curse" (misunderstanding Galatians 3:13), they view obedience as a threat to their faith. Their mirror reflects a cheapened grace that requires no physical surrender. 3. The "Colossians 2" Dismissal When confronted with the beautiful, prophetic reality of the Biblical Feasts ($Moedim$), those who use the Pauline Filter will instinctively retreat to a single, highly misunderstood passage in Colossians to shut down their hearing. The Symptom: They use Paul's warnings against pagan, ascetic philosophy in Colossae as a license to abandon God's designated Appointed Times. How to Identify It: You discuss the beauty of keeping Passover or Tabernacles ($Sukkot$). They will immediately quote Colossians 2:16: “Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days...” They stop reading there, believing Paul is saying these days are abolished. They are blind to the very next verse (Colossians 2:17), which states these days “are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.” (The Greek literally reads: "let no man judge you... but the body of Messiah," meaning only the local body of believers should judge their observance, not pagan outsiders). The Spiritual Reality: Their mirror is tilted toward a system of lawlessness. They use Paul to justify celebrating pagan-derived holidays (like Christmas) while simultaneously using Paul to condemn those who celebrate God's actual holy days. 4. Total Blindness to Paul’s Self-Defense Perhaps the most ironic sign of the Pauline Filter is a complete inability to see or register the multiple times Paul himself explicitly stated that he kept, loved, and taught the $Torah$. The Symptom: They believe and teach that Paul successfully did away with the Law, despite the overwhelming historical evidence in the book of Acts that Paul went out of his way to prove he kept the Law. How to Identify It: You point them to: Acts 21:24: Where the elders of Jerusalem had Paul perform a public vow to prove to everyone that he “walkest orderly, and keepest the law.” Acts 24:14: Where Paul states under oath: “...so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets.” Romans 7:12: Where Paul writes: “Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.” When shown these plain verses, the user of the Pauline Filter will experience a temporary "system freeze." They will stare at the text, bypass it, and immediately jump back to an isolated verse in Galatians to restore their comfortable programming. The Spiritual Reality: This is the "translational filter" in active operation. The historical reality of a Torah-observant Paul is a direct threat to the theological foundation of the mainstream church. Therefore, the spiritual hardware of the believer must completely block these passages from reaching their heart, preserving the illusion of a law-abolishing Apostle. Summary: Restoring the Mirror of Paul The Misunderstood Paul The Restored, Torah-Observant Paul "Christ is the end of the law..." (Rom 10:4) "Christ is the goal/target of the law..." The Greek word telos means the ultimate aim or completion, not termination. "Not under the law..." (Rom 6:14) "Not under the condemnation/penalty of the law..." Because grace has paid the price, we are now free to obey it. "Let no man judge you..." (Col 2:16) "Do not let pagan outsiders judge your biblical walk..." Keep celebrating the feasts ($Moedim$) which point directly to the Messiah. "The law was our schoolmaster..." (Gal 3:24) "The Torah guarded and trained us..." Leading us to maturity so we can walk in the Spirit of obedience, not lawlessness. common. "Stiff-necked" Refusing to bend the neck to the literal, physical instructions ($mitzvot$) of the Creator. This statement directly references the biblical verse 1 John 3:8 , which states: "The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning." [1 ] Meaning of "Practicing" Sin In Christian theology, "practicing" sin does not mean committing an occasional mistake or lapse in judgment. interpret "practice" as a habitual, deliberate, and unrepentant lifestyle of wrongdoing. According to 1 John 3:4, sin is explicitly defined as the transgression of the Law (Torah). Within a strict Torah-observant framework, all 9 practices listed fail the test and are classified as scriptural transgressions. 1. The Hebrew Name: Acts 4:12, Matthew 1:21 — Replacing the native Hebrew name strips away its prophetic structural meaning: "Yahweh is Salvation." 2. Working on Sabbath: Exodus 20:8-11, Deuteronomy 5:12-15 — The Fourth Commandment explicitly forbids regular vocational labor. 3. Keeping Sabbath Holy: Genesis 2:2-3, Exodus 31:16-17 — Set apart at Creation as a holy day and designated as a perpetual, everlasting covenant. 4. Commandments in General: Ecclesiastes 12:13, 1 John 3:4, Revelation 14:12 — Scripture defines the whole duty of man as keeping the commandments. 5. Unclean Foods: Leviticus 11, Deuteronomy 14, Isaiah 66:17 — Dietary boundaries separating clean from unclean are never repealed in prophecy or Torah. 6. Appointed Days (Moedim): Leviticus 23 — God explicitly calls these "My Feasts." They serve as prophetic dress rehearsals for His redemption plan. 7. Christmas Traditions: Deuteronomy 12:30-32, Jeremiah 10:2-4 — God strictly commands His followers not to learn or adopt the customs of pagan nations to worship Him, regardless of intent. 8. Easter Timing: Matthew 12:40 — A Friday-to-Sunday timeline fails the structural proof of the "Sign of Jonah"—which requires exactly 3 days and 3 nights. 9. Passover: Exodus 12:14, 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 — Commanded as an everlasting ordinance. Paul explicitly reinforces this to New Testament believers, writing: "Let us keep the feast." Title: Torah Observance vs. Church Tradition: A Biblical Study Guide & Self-Assessment Subject: Biblical Theology and Torah Law (Hebrew Roots Perspective) Topics: The Definition of Sin (The Transgression Test) The Seventh-Day Sabbath (Shabbat) vs. Sunday Tradition Dietary Instructions (Kashrut, Blood, and Fat) God's Appointed Times (Moedim & Passover) vs. Mainstream Holidays Sacred Names (Yeshua vs. Jesus) Daily Commandments (Tzitzit, Shaatnez, and Images) Grooming and Body Laws (Beards, Tattoos) Social and Financial Laws (Usury, Clothing) Summary: This study guide evaluates mainstream church traditions and modern dogmas against the perpetual commandments of the Torah. Drawing from both the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and the Greek Scriptures (New Testament), it outlines how various modern ecclesiastical customs stand under the "Transgression Test." This test uses 1 John 3:4 to define sin strictly as the transgression of God's revealed law. Key Concepts: The Transgression Test: The process of using Biblical law as the objective measure of sin (1 John 3:4). The Perpetual Covenant of Shabbat: The seventh-day Sabbath (Saturday) was established at Creation and remains a sign between God and His people. The Sign of Jonah: Yeshua’s Messiahship is authenticated by spending exactly three days and three nights in the earth (Matthew 12:40), contradicting a Friday-to-Sunday timeline. Syncretism Warning: Deuteronomy 12:30-32 forbids using the methods of pagan nations to worship the Creator. Holiness Distinctions: Commandment laws regarding fabrics ($Shaatnez$), tassels ($Tzitzit$), and diet ($Kashrut$) serve to separate God's people from the world. Vocabulary List: Torah: "Instruction" or "Law" (the first five books of the Bible). Mitzvot: The individual commandments given by God. Shabbat: The seventh-day Sabbath (Friday sunset to Saturday sunset). Moedim: The Appointed Times/Holy Feasts (Leviticus 23). Yeshua: The Hebrew name of the Messiah ("Yahweh is Salvation"). Shaatnez: A fabric containing both wool and linen woven together. Tzitzit: Fringes/Tassels worn for remembrance (Numbers 15:38). Rosh Chodesh: The New Moon / Beginning of the Biblical month. The Spirit of the Lawless One: How Rejecting Torah Mirrors the Adversary's Rebellion When studying the Mirroring Principle of Idolatry and the profound spiritual sensory shutdown that affects the mainstream church, we must eventually confront the ultimate, sobering reality behind this blindness. Scripture does not treat "eyes that cannot see" and "ears that cannot hear" as mere intellectual deficits or passive, accidental misunderstandings. At its absolute root, persistent unbelief and systematic disobedience to the Creator’s $Torah$ are driven by an active, operational spiritual force. The Bible reveals a stark cosmic truth: those who belong to the adversary, or align with his systems of rebellion, carry and mirror his very spirit. 1. The Operational Spirit of Disobedience (Ephesians 2:2) The Apostle Paul explicitly identified the existence of an invisible, active spiritual current that influences those who walk in disobedience to God’s instructions: “Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience...” — Ephesians 2:2 Note Paul's precise vocabulary: "The spirit that now worketh..." The Greek word for "worketh" is energeo, meaning an active, operating energy. It is a spiritual frequency. "...in the children of disobedience." The Hebrew idiom "children of..." denotes a people who take on the exact characteristics, traits, and nature of their source. Just as the Holy Spirit ($Ruach$ $HaKodesh$) actively works inside believers to write the $Torah$ on their hearts and produce the fruit of obedience (Ezekiel 36:26-27) , the spirit of the adversary actively operates in those who reject God’s laws. They become spiritual receptors for the frequency of rebellion, mirroring the character of the "prince of the power of the air." 2. Defining the Adversary’s Character: Lawlessness ($Anomia$) To understand what it means to mirror the spirit of the devil, we must define his primary scriptural characteristics. From the beginning in the Garden of Eden, the adversary’s signature move was to challenge, twist, and undermine the literal commandments of God: “Yea, hath God said... ?” (Genesis 3:1). The Apostle John explains the spiritual lineage of those who make a practice of bypassing God’s written instructions: “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law [anomia]. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin... He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning.” — 1 John 3:4, 8 In Greek, the word for "transgression of the law" is $anomia$, which literally means lawlessness—specifically, living as though the $Torah$ (the Law of Moses) does not exist or has no authority over you. John makes a direct, black-and-white distinction: Those who practice righteousness (aligning with God's $Torah$) mirror the Messiah $Yeshua$. Those who practice lawlessness ($anomia$) mirror the devil, who has been a rebel from the very beginning. When the church teaches that "the Law has been done away with" or that "we do not need to keep the physical commandments," they are unknowingly operating in the spirit of $anomia$. By adopting a theology of lawlessness, they point their spiritual mirrors directly at the original rebel, taking on his spiritual nature. 3. "Ye Are of Your Father the Devil" (John 8:44) The Messiah $Yeshua$ did not shy away from this reality. When confronting the religious leaders of His day—who claimed to worship the God of Abraham but actively rejected the living Word and substituted God’s commandments with human, traditional loop-holes—He diagnosed them with this exact spiritual replication: “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” — John 8:44 How do we identify someone operating under this parental spiritual influence? They cannot abide in the truth: When shown the plain, unadulterated written Word of God, they experience immediate cognitive discomfort and seek to explain it away. They prefer traditional lies: They willingly defend man-made dogmas (like Sunday sacredness or pagan-derived holidays) over the literal commandments of the Creator. They harbor hostility toward obedience: Just as the devil hates those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of $Yeshua$ (Revelation 12:17), those carrying his spirit will exhibit anger, mockery, or defensive hostility toward Torah-observant believers. 4. The Prophetic Blueprint: Changing Times and Laws The spirit of the lawless one has a specific prophetic agenda. The prophet Daniel foresaw that a power would arise in the earth that would attempt to copy the adversary's ultimate desire—to completely sever humanity from the Creator’s covenant boundaries: “And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws...” — Daniel 7:25 The "times" here are the $Moedim$ (God's appointed calendar, Sabbaths, and feasts), and the "laws" are the $Torah$. When modern ecclesiastical systems changed the Sabbath to Sunday, replaced the Biblical Feasts with paganized holidays, and declared the food laws obsolete, they executed the exact agenda of the lawless one. Because churchgoers belong to and revere these traditional systems, they drink in the spirit that built them. They are not merely "uninformed"; they are influenced by a highly calculated, multi-generational spiritual current of $anomia$. This is why they cannot understand, comprehend, or accept the simple, beautiful instructions of the Father—their spiritual hardware is tuned to the frequency of the lawless one. Conclusion: A Battle of Spirits The scriptures leave us with no middle ground. We are spiritual mirrors, and we will inevitably reflect one of two spirits: The Spirit of God ($Ruach$ $HaKodesh$) The Spirit of the Lawless One ( $anomia$) Points the mirror toward the Creator. Points the mirror toward human systems & self. Writes the $Torah$ on the heart (Jer 31:33). Seeks to abolish or bypass the $Torah$. Leads to physical obedience and holiness. Leads to lawlessness disguised as "grace." Restores spiritual sight, hearing, and life. Triggers a complete sensory shutdown and blindness. If we want our family, friends, and churchgoers to escape this blindness, we must realize that we are not fighting against flesh and blood, but against spiritual wickedness in high places (Ephesians 6:12). Only the raw, piercing truth of God’s Word—combined with the power of the Holy Spirit—can break the hold of the lawless spirit, shatter the mirror of idolatry, and restore their eyes to see and their ears to hear. The decrees of Yehovah are trustworthy , making wise the simple. The commandments of Yehovah are right, bringing joy to the heart. The commands of Yehovah are clear, giving insight into living. Reverence for Yehovah is pure, lasting forever. The laws of Yehovah are true; each one is fair. They are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold. They are sweeter than honey, even honey dripping from the comb. They are a warning to your servant, a great reward for those who obey them. Psalm 19:7 The one who belongs listens and responds to Yehovah's words. If you don't listen and respond , it is because you don't belong to Yehovah." John 8:47 God's promises to those who obey him include: Being blessed Being saved Being watched over Being taken care of Being given what you ask for Being happy Living longer Lacking nothing good

I am a wretched sinner and deserve the Second death, however, if Yehovah would choose to spare my soul I would give it gladly to save yours. The choice is yours to continue to follow the church, the man or scripture, the inspired word of Yehovah, which leads to life. Or follow man which leads to dea Cishe eminyakeni eyishumi nambili edlule ngangihambela iqembu lamadoda lokufunda ibhayibheli. Omunye wabavamile wangitshela ukuthi angiyena umKristu. Ngacasuka, ngathukwa! Ngangingazi ukuthi wayeqonde ukuthini ngempela. Ngokungazi, wanginika isipho esikhulu kunazo zonke noma ubani angasinika omunye umuntu. Ngikholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayengitshela ukuthi ngangiqonde endleleni engafanele futhi kwadingeka ngishintshe izindlela zami. Bengithembele kimina esikhundleni saKhe. Bengithembele kubantu ukuba bangifundise esikhundleni seZwi lakhe noMoya Wakhe. Ngangidinga ukuba ngiyeke ukufunda izimfundiso zesonto futhi ngiphonse inselelo kukho konke engangikufundisiwe ebandleni okwakungelona iqiniso elingokomBhalo. Ngalobo busuku ngaba nephupho mayelana nokuhlwithwa futhi abantu ababengizungezile babekhuphuka beyohlangana noMsindisi futhi ngangishiywa, kwakuyisenzakalo esishintsha ukuphila. Ngaqala ukuphenduka zonke izono engangizicabanga. Ngikhumbula ngiguqa ngamadolo ngitshela uNkulunkulu ukuthi ngizonikela ngokuphila kwami Kuye futhi ngizolalela izwi lakhe ngalinye, ngaphandle kokungabaza. Nokho, lokho kwaqala ukushintsha yonke into. Ngaqala ukuqonda iBhayibheli ngendlela engangingakaze ngiliqonde ngayo ngaphambili. Ngabona ukuthi konke engangikufundiswa kwakungavumelani nemiBhalo. Ngaqala ukwabelana ngenjabulo yami ngeqiniso likaNkulunkulu, nokho, akekho owayefuna ukulizwa. Ngizokwabelana nawe amavesi emibhalo aguqule yonke into ngaphandle kokungabaza okunengqondo, ungazinqumela wena. Khumbula ukuthi lawa ngamazwi kaNkulunkulu uqobo, ukuwalahla kungukulahla uNkulunkulu uqobo Lwakhe, okunemiphumela yaphakade. Kusukela ngo-2008, bengilokhu ngimatasatasa, ngifuna futhi ngilalela iqiniso likaNkulunkulu kuphela ngokwasemandleni ami. uzimisele, ungazitholela ngokwakho ukuthi udinga ukulalela lokho uJesu akusho: “Ukukhulekela kwabo kuwukude, ngoba bafundisa imibono yabantu njengemiyalo evela kuNkulunkulu.” Mathewu 15:9. Incwadi kanye nevidiyo kuyisipho sakho. Zonke izihloko ezisezincwadini ziyizihloko ezinemiphumela yaphakade futhi zisekelwa umbhalo. Izimfundiso zezimfundiso zesonto namasiko enziwe abantu afundiswa ebandleni lanamuhla aphikisana nezwi likaNkulunkulu. NgokukaMathewu 12:36 “Futhi ngiyanitshela lokhu, niyoziphendulela ngosuku lokwahlulelwa ngawo wonke amazwi ayize eniwakhulumayo. Wonke umuntu kufanele afe kanye, futhi ngemva kwalokho ahlulelwe nguJesu. Hebheru 9:27 Ividiyo ikhuluma ngezimpande zokholo lwethu lwesiHeberu, le filimu ikhombisa abantu uNkulunkulu ababizile ebandleni lesimanje ukuthi balalele futhi bafune iqiniso lakhe. Umsindisi wethu ungumJuda ongumHeberu, igama lakhe lesiHeberu nguYeshua okusho ukuthi insindiso, igama likayise nguJehova okusho ukuthi uyasindisa. (Igama lakhe ukuphela kwegama ongalibiza ukuze usindiswe) UmBhalo walotshwa ngesiHeberu ngomqondo wamaHeberu oveza ezolimo njengezifaniso. UJehova wabiza izincwadi ezinhlanu zokuqala, iziyalezo Zakhe, ukuze izingane Zakhe zilandele, Uyibiza ngokuthi iTorah. Khumbula, kuyisono ukwazi okufanele ukwenze bese ungakwenzi. Jakobe 4:17 Ngiyisoni esilusizi futhi ngifanelwe ukufa Kwesibili, nokho, uma uJehova ekhetha ukuwusindisa umphefumulo wami ngingawunikela ngentokozo ukusindisa owakho. Ukuzikhethela kungokwakho ukuqhubeka ulandela ibandla, indoda noma umbhalo, izwi likaJehova eliphefumulelwe, eliholela ekuphileni. Noma landela umuntu okuholela ekufeni. UJehova uyasindisa _cc781905-5cde-3bd-bb63-3194-5cde-3bdbad_194

God calls homosexuality an abomination, the same abomination he calls eating pork. He calls certain animals unclean and He says don't eat them or touch them. This a sobering truth, you are questioning and refusing to obey commands in which you will be held accountable. Leviticus Food Laws Did Jesus declare all food clean, and abolish the food laws? Inombolo 1# ukudla okungafanele ukudle Ingabe amaKristu kufanele adle ingulube? ividiyo What does the Bible say about eating meat? Was Peter's vision really about food? Health Laws Kungani ngingayidli ingulube Dieity Laws What food should I avoid? Knowing and loving God Deuteromy 13 1-7 Matthew 24:24 2 Peter 2:1 1 John 4:1 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 other Gods Not Human: God's nature is distinct from 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 ; He is not fallible like humans. Doesn't Lie: He does not speak falsehoods or deceive. Doesn't Change Mind: He doesn't regret or alter His plans or promises. Faithful to His Word: If God speaks or makes a promise, He will certainly act on it and make it good.Numbers 23:19 John 10:35 and scripture cannot be broken. 1 John 2:4, if someone claims to know God but does not keep his commandments, they are considered a liar, and the truth is not in them Imithetho Yokudla kaLevitikusi UNkulunkulu ubiza ubutabane ngesinengiso, isinengiso esifanayo asibiza ngokudla ingulube. Ubiza izilwane ezithile ngokuthi zingcolile futhi uthi ungazidli noma ungazithinti. Leli qiniso elisangulukisayo, uyabuza futhi wenqaba ukulalela imiyalo lapho uzophendula khona. IzEnzo 17:30 “UNkulunkulu wakushaya indiva ukungazi kwabantu ngalezo zinto ezikhathini zangaphambili, kodwa manje uyala wonke umuntu ezindaweni zonke ukuba aphenduke ezonweni zakhe abuyele kuye. ● Levitikusi 11:24 “Ngalezi niyakuba ngabangcolile; bonke abathinta izidumbu zazo bayakuba ngabangcolile kuze kuhlwe; 25 noma ubani othwala ingxenye yesidumbu sazo uyakuhlanza izingubo zakhe, abe ngongcolile kuze kuhlwe. ● Isaya 66:10 ngokuba ngomlilo nangenkemba yaKhe. UJehova uyakwahlulela inyama yonke; Ababuleweyo bakaJehova bayakuba baningi. 17 “Labo abazingcwelisayo, bazihlambulule, ukuba bangene emasimini belandela isithombe esiphakathi, badle inyama yengulube, nesinengiso, negundane, bayakuqedwa kanyekanye,” usho uJehova. Isaya 65 : Ngelulela izandla zami usuku lonke kubantu abahlubukayo, 2 abahamba ngendlela engeyinhle, ngokwemicabango yabo; 3Abantu abangicunula njalo ebusweni Bami; Abahlabela emasimini, bashise impepho ema-altare ezitini; 4 abahlezi emathuneni, belala emathuneni; abadla inyama yengulube, nomhluzi wezinto ezinengekayo usezitsheni zabo; Ngakho, leli vesi elilandelayo lisitshela ukuba sibonge uJehova namalungiselelo amahle asinike wona. Umthandazo ngemva kokuba usudlile. UDuteronomi 8:10 “Nxa usudlile, uyamdumisa uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ngezwe elihle akunike lona. 11 “Xwaya ukuba ungamkhohlwa uJehova uNkulunkulu wakho ngokungagcini imiyalo yakhe nezahlulelo zakhe nezimiso zakhe. engikuyala ngakho namuhla;... Lokhu kuyinto okufanele uyicabangele ngempela, uJehova usinike ukudla okuhle nokuhlanzekile ukuba sikudle, nokho, sikhetha ukufulathela yena nemingcele Yakhe. Ingabe uke wacabanga ukuthi kungani uJehova asitshela ukuthi singadli izilwane ezithile ukuze zidliwe? Izilwane athi singazidli ziyinyoni noma isilwane esidla izilwane ezifile esingakazibulalanga sona. 9 “‘Kuzo zonke izidalwa ezihlala emanzini olwandle nasemifudlaneni ningadla noma yiziphi ezinamaphiko namaxolo. 10 Kodwa zonke izidalwa ezingelamaphiko lamaxolo elwandle lemifudlana phakathi kwezilwanyana ezinwabuzelayo kumbe phakathi kwazo zonke izidalwa eziphilayo ezisemanzini, lizazibona zingcolile. 11 Njengoba niyakubheka njengokungcolile, aniyikuyidla inyama yakho; izidumbu zazo nizibheke njengezingcolile. 12 Noma yini ehlala emanzini engenamaphiko namazenga kumelwe niyibheke njengengcolile kini. Levitikusi 11. Uzophendula wonke umuntu The Vision (Acts 10:9–16) Peter was hungry and fell into a trance. He saw a great sheet descending from heaven containing "all kinds of four-footed animals, reptiles, and birds of the air." A voice told him, "Rise, Peter; kill and eat." Peter, being a devout Jew, refused, saying he had never eaten anything "common or unclean." The voice replied: "What God has made clean, do not call common." Peter’s Own Interpretation Initially, Peter was "greatly perplexed" by the vision. However, the meaning became clear when he was immediately invited to the home of Cornelius, a Roman Centurion (a Gentile). According to Jewish tradition at the time, Jews were not supposed to associate with or visit people of other nations because they were considered "unclean." Peter explicitly interprets the dream in Acts 10:28: "He said to them: 'You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean.'" Summary of the Meaning The Symbol: The "unclean" animals in the sheet. The Reality: The Gentiles (non-Jewish people). While the animals weren't exactly "thrown up in the air," they were lowered from the sky in a large sheet held by its four corners. After the sheet was lowered and then "taken up" again three times, Peter eventually provided the specific interpretation for what the dream meant. 1. Land Animals For a land animal to be considered food, it had to meet two specific criteria simultaneously: It must have completely split hooves (cloven-footed). It must chew the cud (ruminate). StatusExamples Clean (Food)Cows, Sheep, Goats, Deer, Gazelles. Unclean (Forbidden)Pigs (split hoof, but no cud), Camels (cud, but no hoof), Rabbits (chew, but no hoof). 2. Sea Creatures For creatures living in the water (seas or rivers) to be considered food, they had to have: Fins Scales Anything that lives in the water but lacks both—such as shellfish (shrimp, lobster, crabs), eels, or sharks—was considered an "abomination" (shekets) and was not to be eaten. 3. Birds The Law does not give a specific physical "test" for birds like it does for mammals. Instead, Leviticus 11 lists 20 specific birds that are forbidden. The Rule of Thumb: Generally, birds of prey (eagles, hawks, vultures) and scavengers (ravens) are forbidden. Clean Birds: While not listed by name as "clean," birds like chicken, turkey, duck, and quail have traditionally been accepted because they are not scavengers. 4. Insects Most insects were forbidden, with one notable exception: locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers (insects that have "jointed legs for hopping on the earth"). Why these specific laws? There are three main perspectives on why Yehovah gave these instructions: Holiness and Separation: The primary reason given in the text is to make a distinction between Israel and the surrounding nations. To "belong" to Yehovah (as we discussed in John 8:47) meant even their diet reflected His order. Hygiene/Health: Many "unclean" animals are scavengers that carry parasites or toxins (like pork or shellfish). While the Bible focuses on the spiritual aspect, many see a secondary benefit in health. Symbolism: Some scholars argue that clean animals (like sheep) represent the peaceful nature of God's people, while unclean animals (like predators) represent violence and death. Knowing and loving God Deuteromy 13 1-7 Worshiping other G Not Human: God's nature is distinct from humanity; He is not fallible like humans. Doesn't Lie: He does not speak falsehoods or deceive. Doesn't Change Mind: He doesn't regret or alter His plans or promises. Faithful to His Word: If God speaks or makes a promise, He will certainly act on it and make it good.Numbers 23:19 John 10:35 1 John 2:4, if someone claims to know God but does not keep his commandments, they are considered a liar, and the truth is not in them Land Scavengers (The Pig/Swine) Because pigs are omnivorous scavengers with a very rapid digestive system, they act as a "reservoir" for various biological threats. Pathogens (Living): Trichinella spiralis: A parasitic roundworm that causes Trichinosis. The larvae encyst in the muscle tissue. +1 Yersinia enterocolitica: A bacteria that causes acute gastrointestinal distress, often found in pork products. Taenia solium: Known as the "pork tapeworm." If humans ingest the eggs, it can lead to Cysticercosis, where larvae migrate to the brain or muscles. Toxins (Chemical): High Histamine Levels: Swine have high levels of histamine, which can trigger inflammatory or allergic responses in some humans. Environmental Pollutants: Because pigs store waste in their fat cells due to fast digestion, they carry higher concentrations of pesticides and herbicides found in their feed compared to ruminants. Based on the biological facts we have discussed, here is a concentrated summary of the risks associated specifically with eating pork (swine). These risks stem from the animal's unique anatomy and its role as a scavenger. 1. Parasitic Risks (Living Organisms) Pork is a primary host for several parasites that can migrate from the meat into human tissue. Trichinella spiralis: This roundworm causes Trichinosis. When a human eats infected pork, the larvae mature in the intestines and then travel through the bloodstream to embed themselves in the person's muscle tissue. Taenia solium (Pork Tapeworm): Ingesting the larvae leads to intestinal tapeworms. However, ingesting the eggs (found in contaminated pork environments) causes Cysticercosis, where the larvae form cysts in the brain, which is a leading cause of seizures worldwide. 2. Digestive Efficiency and Toxins The most significant biological difference between "clean" ruminants (like cows) and "unclean" swine is how they process waste. Rapid Metabolism: A pig's digestive system is very simple and fast (roughly 4 hours). Unlike a cow, which has four stomach compartments to ferment and filter out toxins over 24 hours, the pig's system does not effectively neutralize or eliminate many of the poisons it consumes. Storage in Fat: Because toxins are not fully eliminated, they are stored in the animal’s adipose (fat) tissue. Since pork meat is "marbled" (fat is woven through the muscle), these toxins cannot be simply trimmed away. 3. Bacterial Pathogens Pork is a frequent carrier of several bacteria that thrive in the scavenger's environment. Yersinia enterocolitica: This is a common contaminant in pork. It causes fever and abdominal pain that is often mistaken for appendicitis. Listeria monocytogenes: Pork products, especially processed ones, are high-risk for Listeria, which is particularly dangerous for pregnant women and those with weakened immune systems. 4. Viral Risks Pigs are often referred to as "mixing vessels" for viruses because their cells are susceptible to both human and avian (bird) viruses. Hepatitis E: Research has shown that a significant percentage of commercial pork livers carry the Hepatitis E virus, which can cause acute liver inflammation in humans. Fact Check: Does Cooking Fix This? As established, while cooking pork to an internal temperature of 160°F can kill the parasites (like Trichinella), it does not remove the chemical toxins, heavy metals, or viruses that have been biologically integrated into the meat and fat. Natural Marine Biotoxins These are produced by microscopic algae (phytoplankton). Shellfish eat the algae, but the toxins do not hurt them; they just store them in their tissues. +1 Saxitoxins (PSP): Causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning. These are among the most poisonous natural substances known. They block nerve signals, leading to numbness, paralysis, and in severe cases, respiratory failure and death. +1 Domoic Acid (ASP): Causes Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning. This toxin can cross into the brain and destroy neurons. Symptoms include vomiting and confusion, and it can lead to permanent short-term memory loss or death. +1 Okadaic Acid (DSP): Causes Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning. This results in severe gastrointestinal distress (vomiting, cramps, and diarrhe a). +1 Brevetoxins (NSP): Causes Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning. These affect the sodium channels in the nervous system, leading to tingling sensations and loss of coordination. Fact: These biotoxins are heat-stable. This means that unlike bacteria, cooking, steaming, or freezing does not destroy them. If the toxin is in the meat, it remains dangerous no matter how well it is cooked. +2 2. Bacterial and Viral Pathogens Because shellfish are often found in coastal areas where runoff occurs, they concentrate human and animal waste products. Vibrio vulnificus: A bacteria naturally found in warm seawater. It can cause life-threatening blood infections (septicemia), especially in people with liver disease or weakened immune systems. Hepatitis A: A virus that affects the liver. Shellfish harvested from water contaminated by sewage are a major source of this virus. Norovirus: The leading cause of "stomach flu. " Shellfish concentrate this virus from the water, often leading to large outbreaks. 3. Heavy Metals and Pollutants As bottom-feeders, they are in constant contact with the sediment where pollutants settle. Mercury, Lead, and Cadmium: Shellfish can have levels of heavy metals many times higher than the surrounding water. Microplastics: Recent studies show that because they filter so much water, shellfish are one of the primary sources of microplastic ingestion for humans .