SABBATH IS YEHOVAH'S DAY

SABBATH (SATURDAY) IS  YEHOVAH’S DAY

(Part 13)

I have been talking about Antioch paganism, and the fact that the believers began to be called Christians there. I want to continue to stress the fact that the situation instead of being correct by the so called leader, or “Church Fathers”, it became worse. In fact those Church Fathers came out of Gnosticism and introduced heretical believes to the Body of Messiah. I just read that Augustine, a man who is revered even by the Protestants, had been a Manichean for 9 years before joining the Catholic Church.  Epiphanius had been a Nicolaitan, which is a religion Yehoshua said He hates.

Chazon/Revelation 2:6 “But this you have that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.”

Yehoshua was not pleased with this assembly because they were lukewarm, however He commanded them because they hated the Nicolaitans deeds, as He also hated.  No wander the hierarchy in the churches today is like a pyramid or a ladder. This teaching began from the beginning or the birth of the so called “church,” but should have been called assembly or congregation.  

Yehovah did not command this type of rule ship. He said to consider ourselves to be servants. We are not supposed to  think highly about ourselves. He does not want a believer in Him to rule over another,  because we are all brothers and sisters. We must always walk in humility, and not with the pride of men.

Another church father is Ambrose who is also quoted so many times in church services. He was a Valentinian which is another cult. They all were in the cults and they brought their “gifts” to the assemblies. What a shame! But how much more shame is to the churches now that they are supposed be enlightened, to continue in error! Of course not all the assemblies are in such deep error, and I thank Yehovah for this also, but the majority is. However, now there is a teaching that every “church” needs to be governed by an apostle. Those “apostles” are self proclaimed, and not appointed by Yehovah or Yehoshua.  Pride has no limit. Beware!

Of course we do not know what kind of life or other kind of service those church fathers may have contributed to the believers, but a corrupt tree cannot produce good fruit, and we see the fruit today.

All of those sects or cults rejected the Torah,  which is called  “Old Testament Law” and some rejected even the Great Mighty One of Yisra’el of the Old Testament, Yehovah Himself, and the Giver of Life! They equated Him to the Evil One, or haSatan! How tragic for them, and for those who followed their teachings!  The Valentinian reject all moral law, which lead to total moral decay. They behaved as a half-way house for about two hundred years between Christianity and heathenism and Christianity. The Marcionites they also contributed to reject the Tanakh, or what is called the Old Testament. Sun worshipping Mithraism, which is the worship of the sun  at the center of it, infiltrated the Messianic Teachings. The Manicheans worship on Sunday to honor the sun god, while being Christians! This teaching continues today by all churches. When will the leaders wake up and read the Scriptures?

There is much more to say, of course, but you beloved reader, need to do some research yourself. I know it takes time to search our roots, but it will pay off.

The Roman Catholic Church was birthed on 325 CE at the Council of Nicea. The Roman Emperor Constantine, who was a zealous sun god worshipper of Mithras, bore the title of “Pontifus Maximus” High Priest of Paganism, and this is the title of the Pope. He was a sun god worshipper of Mithras to the day He died. On March 7, 321 He made a proclamation stating: “All judges and city people and the craftsmen shall rest upon the Venerable Day of the Sun.”

The legal final change took place at the Council of Laodicea around 343 and 381 CE according to Canon 29 which states: Christians must not Judaize by resting on the Sabbath, but must work on that day, rather honouring the Lord’s Day; and, if they can, resting then as Christians. But if any shall be found to be Judaizers, let them be shut out from Christ.”

They fought the Torah with all their might! They were and still are anti-Semitic or anti-Truth.

Let us remember that the Roman Church describes their act of changing the day of worship from the Sabbath to Sunday their mark of power. However, this does not impress our Creator the Giver of the Torah. He is still King of the Universe, and will always be. Let us not hate anyone, but love and continue to pray for the salvation of the lost souls. We let Yehovah who is the Supreme Judge take care of each of us. We must continue to love our neighbor as ourselves, and we must obey the Commandments, in spite of others not wanting to do so. Each will give an account for his on sin.

I know this message is not well received by most believers, but the truth needs to be made known.

In 341 C.E. at the Council of Antioch, Believers in Yehovah were forbidden to celebrating the Passover, which is the first Appointed Feast of Yehovah

(Moadi) celebrated in the first biblical month. Instead they were told to celebrate Easter, which is a day deeply-rooted in pagan worship, and is named after the fertility goddess Easter. This goddess is also known as Astarte.  Because of this change they began to dye the eggs for Easter. Originally the eggs were dipped in the blood of the innocent sacrificed infants on the altar of Easter. So many pagan traditions were becoming part of the so called “Christian” church.

Since many new converts came out of paganism, they did not mind the change to Sunday at all. The fact that they did not have the Bibles as we do today, and they could not read the Scriptures for themselves, made the change easy. The church began teaching that John in the Lord’s Day was in the Spirit, (Chazon/Rev. 1:10) therefore they now could worship on the Lord’s Day. However, John or Yochanan did not mean Sunday; he meant that is was the Sabbath’s Day, or Yehovah’s Day. Yehoshua never declared to be the Lord of Sunday, but to be the Lord of the Sabbath.

When Constantine came into power there was great persecution against the new believers, but he worked it out  to unite paganism with faith. Syncretism!  And this is still done today. Yehovah has no need of days of rest, or worship days. He has given them to us, but the church still neglect them. Now their faith became immersed in paganism. This was worse than the persecution for their body, not they were losing their soul. During this time the true believers or the Nazarene remained true to their faith, and only lived and proclaimed the Torah. Because of that they were not in one accord with the Christians. They were accused as heretics, and this goes on even today. The Christians accuse the Torah keepers to be under the Law. A person is under the Law if they are relying on their works to save them. But a true believer is not under the Law for obeying the Commandments, which are not OLD, but  eternal. We obey Yehovah’s Word out of love for Him. When we obey the Torah, which means instruction, we are kept safe from the attacks of satan, who attacks those who disobey the Word of Yehovah. If we keep the instructions we will not sin  against Him. The Commandments help us to live right, all the Commandments, not only those we would like to choose, and discard the others. We cannot pick and choose in the Kingdom of Yehovah. Either all or nothing. We must be fully committed to Him, and do His will, not ours. The problem is that we have not been taught that the commandments are part of the Covenant Yehovah had made with us. If we refuse to disobey His Commandments, we are no longer in Covenant with Him, we become outsiders, or gentiles. Communion and water Immersion are commanded,  and they have to be observed as Yehovah as taught His People. And we also need to obey all other  commandments.

Devarim/Deut.6:5 “You shall love Yehovah with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.”

Devarim 26:16 this day YHWH your Elohim commands you to observe these statutes and judgments; therefore you shall be careful to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.”

This is also what Yehoshua taught.

Mattithyahu/Matt.22:37 “And Yehoshua said to him, “You shall love Yehovah your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your mind.”

You cannot say that you love Yehovah if you do not obey Him. Yehoshua said:

“If you love Me, you shall guard My Commands.” ( Yochanan 14:15

I have taught in other passages about the Mashiach teaching Torah. He did not come to abolish the Torah, but to fulfill, or to give meaning to it. He suffered and was buried for our sins instead of us. We know that obedience is part of the salvation experience, for we lived in rebellion before we surrendered our lives to Yehovah to serve with all our heart, and all our being. We do not belong to ourselves, but to Him. Let us not become as the first Christians who ended up doing things contrary to the Commands.

I will end the Sabbath teaching today, but I want to inspire you  to dig deeper into your faith, and find treasures for yourself. Read the Word, and the let the Word change you.

His grace is sufficient for us to be able to serve Him in Spirit and in Truth. Let us be faithful and love Him with all our heart from today on and forevermore. 
I must add that many churches are now beginning to obey the Commandments and keep the Sabbath Day Holy. They may still worship on Sunday, but they are making a real effort to change and to incorporate the Sabbath Commandment. Yehovah is merciful and slow to anger. He is going to renew the true believers. Those who did things contrary to His pattern. He will reveal His Covenant and bless them.  Yehovah always has a Remanent. Let us continue to seek His Face and expect to see the great move of His Spirit all over the earth! Let us not be discouraged but hopeful. 
I did not write this things to offend or to condemn anyone. I was in a church for many years, but He chose to take me out of it. I still minister at a small church some times.  I  love everyone no matter where they are at the present time. Many people are ignorant of the truth and this is the reason this message has been written.  I was there too. But I am glad I am serving Him and doing all I can to obey Him  with true Fear of Yehovah. We are called to repent, and when we do the Blood of Yeshua will cleanse everyone from all sin. He can blow on the ashes and resurrect them. Shalom.

 “Ye-varekhekha YHWH (Yehovah)  ve-yishmerekha

Ya’er YHWH panav ‘eleykha vichunnekha

Yisa YHWH panav ‘eleykha ve yasem lekha shalom.”  Bemidbar 6:24-26

 “Yehovah bless you and keep you;

Yehovah make His Face shine upon you, and be gracious to you;

Yehovah lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.”

“So they shall put My name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them.”

Bemidbar (Numbers)  6:24-26-27

His Name is very important, and we cannot substitute His Most Holy Righteous and Powerful Name. Let us call upon His Name and be saved!

YEHOVAH'S DAY IS SHABBAT, NE NEVER CHANGE!

(Part12)

This message will not be too well received from Christianity, especially those who are still in a particular church. But the truth has to be spoken in order to set the oppressed free. We should ask a simple question: Why do not the Christians observe the Sabbath? Most Christians have been fed a certain gospel which is lacking truth, but they do not want to change even when confronted with the facts.

The fact they refuse to keep the Shabbat does not change the Command given to us by Yehovah Himself. He is the one who commanded us therefore it is a personal responsibility to obey Him, or not obey Him. Of course disobedience releases some penalties, but, again, it is a matter of choice. All I do together with many others is to tell the truth, and this truth can be verified.

Let us be aware that Catholics and Christians worship on Sunday, the day that has been dedicated to the sun god worship. In other words it is simple Ba’al worship, or a day that has been official dedicated to the sun. Is this what we Believers want to do? I do not think so, not if you really love Yehovah? Why should you disobey Him? Is this your devotion? Sunday worship has been created by men to replace the Sabbath, and it was not Yehoshua or Paul to do so.

I read that Thomas Aquinas once said:
Traditionally the adoption of Sunday observance in place of the seventh-day Sabbath has been attributed to ecclesiastical authority rather than to Biblical precept or mandate, for example, states Categorically: ‘In the New Law observance of the Lord’s day took the place of the observance of the Sabbath, not by virtue of the precept (Fourth Commandment) but by the institution of the Church.”

We learn that the same issue was enforced as we read in the Catechism of the Council of Trent (1556) which states, ‘It pleased the Church of God that the religious celebration of the Sabbath day should be transferred to ‘the Lord’s Day.’

Of course there were some controversies in the sixteenth century, but they explained that it is the Church’s power to do so. We can read about this at the Lutheran Augsburg Confession (1530) which declares: “They (the Catholics) refer to the Sabbath-day as having been changed into the Lord’s Day, contrary to the Decalogue (Ten Commandments), as it seems. Neither is there any example whereof they make more than concerning the changing of the Sabbath-day. Great, say they, is the power of the Church, since it has dispensed with one of the Ten Commandments!’”

My hope is that you, follower of the Mashiach, will realize that the church has no power to alter or remove any of the Words of Yehovah. If anyone presumes to do so, it is to their own detriment. Eventually they will have to give an account to Yehovah, and they will have no excuse. The sun will not speak for them, for the sun is only a star made by the Supreme Being, and cannot speak or help them. It is high time for the truth to be believed and obeyed. Let us not follow man’s traditions and false teaching, but follow only the Giver of Life, who is Yehovah Himself.

The Nazarene’s faith was challenged from the first and second century AC. “Ignatius, The Bishop of Antioch wrote in a letter to the Magnesians, ‘If then those who had walked in ancient practices attained unto newness of hope, no longer observing Sabbaths but fashioning their lives after the Lord’s day, on which our life also arose through Him and through His death which some men deny…” 

There seem to be various translations to this document they all conclude there was a new stress or importance to changing the worship day to Sunday. This letter was written only a few decades after the death of the original disciples. This should make anyone aware of the danger of paganism. Ignatius was from Antioch, where the Nazarenes was now called Christians.

Ma’aseh/Acts 11:26 “…And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.”

Antioch was a place deeply rooted in paganism; therefore it is no wonder that Bishop Ignatius would accept the new day of worship. It seems that the people living in that area were easily led to believe false doctrines. The Temple of Fortuna in Antioch was eventually rededicated by Christians, as they also did so in Israel. When pilgrims go to Israel they are taken to churches that were pagan temples, I heard. You can find out yourself, and see this is correct or not. 

At the time that Ignatius wrote the letter, there were many problems already in the Congregation of Believers. They began to mix truth with error, and this will not produce good fruit. Something has to go, either the truth or the error. However, error   cannot survive in the Kingdom of Elohim. Yehovah will reveal it, and eventually it has to change. Yet, it seems it has survived, but it is not accepted in the Kingdom of Yehovah, even though they claim to have succeeded. 

Yehoshua warned the disciples of future problems. 

Mattithyahu/Mattithyahu 7:15-21 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.  16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles?  17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them. 21 Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven”

When anyone changes the Word is not producing good fruit, and when a person knowing the truth, still continues in the traditions of men, is also not bearing good fruit. You can finish the thought.  And now listen to Sha’ul/Paul.

Ma’aseh/Acts 20:28, 29 “Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things. To draw away the disciples after themselves.”

Sound familiar?

You can discern for yourself if the apostle or others have done the damage in the Kingdom of Yehovah.  

Timotiyos 2/2 Timothy 4:3-4 “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.” 

Next verse 5 states, “But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.”

We should listen to the Word and do what it says. Amen.

Kepha 2/ 2Peter 2:1,2  But there were also false prophets among the people even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; for a long time their judgment has not been idle, and their destruction does not slumber.”

Let us be awake and be discerning of the times we are living, and do the necessary changes we must do in order to be in His Kingdom. 

My friend, you will decide whom you will follow: Yehovah or the doctrines of men.

IS SPEAKING IN TONGUES FOR TODAY?

Tongues are Part of The Great Commission.

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the Good News to every creature. 

16 “He who has believed and has been immersed, shall be saved, but he who has not believed shall be condemned.

17 “And these signs shall accompany the ones who believe. In My Name they shall cast out demons, they shall speak with renewed tongues.” Marqos/Mark 16:15

Today I need to address this topic because I heard so much criticism about speaking in tongues.  I also read false statements of well educated  persons concerning the spiritual language called “tongues”

The critics are those who follow the catholic holy days, who taught, contrary to Scripture, that Yehoshua was born on December 25, died on a Friday and rose on Sunday, and made Sunday the day of worship. We do not for sure the exact day of His birth, but according to the Scriptures He had to be born in the fall, In the
Sukkah, which is also called manger. This event had to have taken place  during the Feast of Sukkoth, or Tabernacles, which is celebrated around September-October, and for sure not on December 25^th on the sun-gods birthday! This is a false teaching. Please read Wayyiqra/Leviticus 23, and Devarim/Deuteronomy 16,  about the Feasts of Yehovah.

The Protestant churches have separated from the Catholic Church when Luther realized the false teaching in the Vatican. However, they have not gone back to obey the Commandments, but kept the catholic holidays. And some of these churches refuse to teach on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit, which include tongues, or supernatural languages, either angelic or languages, such a French, German, Chinese, Japanese etc. Please read Qorin’tiyim 1/ 1 Corinthians 12, 14.

Those churches say the tongues passed away, but they cannot find one verse in Scripture that validate their teaching! They also cannot find a teaching saying that the Sabbath, is only for the Jews. Read about the Blessed day in Bereshith/Genesis 2:1-3; Shemoth/Exodus 20:8-11.

They have also removed other commandments, but I will not go there now.

You see, when a religion removes even just one Commandment is teaching false doctrine. That denomination or church is fighting against Yehovah Himself who is the author of the Commandments.  

Taking tongues which has been given to the believer in Yehoshua to receive the power needed to minister and evangelize in the Spirit. Please read Ma’aseh/Acts 1:8, and 2:1-21.

The Assemblies have been robbed of the Power of Elohim!

Ma’aseh/Acts 1:8 “But you shall receive power when the Ruach Ha’Qodesh/Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be my witness in Yerushalayim, and in all Yahudah (Judah) and Shomeron, (Samaria), and to the end of the earth.” 

Ma’aseh/Acts 2:1-4 “And when the day of the Festival of Shavuoth (Pentecost) had come, they were all in one accord in one place.

2 and suddenly there came a sound from the shamayim, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filed all the house where they were sitting.

3 and there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and settled on each one of them.

4 And they were all filled with the Ruach ha’Qodesh (Holy Spirit) and began to speak with other tongues, as the Ruach gave them to speak.” 

Please continue to read the whole chapter.

The enemy has done it, but believers should have not listened to Satan, but to Yehovah alone. They should have taken the time and ask the Ruach ha’Qodesh/Holy Spirit why they could not speak in the supernatural tongues, for usually when the person cannot receive the gift is because there is some sin in his life or in his  generational blood line. They may be under a curse which also can be removed through repentance and deliverance.

Please read Qorin’tiyim 1/1 Corinthians 12, 14 and ask Yehoshua to fill you with the Holy Spirit. You must come to Him in humility, for Yehovah will not tolerate a proud heart.

Why so much opposition?

We are at war with the powers of darkness who desire to silence the believers.

We must notice that Yehovah is the author of this outpouring and Yehoshua said that the apostles and disciples had to wait for the “Promise of the Father.” (Ma’aseh/Acts 1:4). 

Yehovah is not like us, who may give a gift and take it back later. What He gives us is forever.All we are required to do is to be  faithful and good stewards of His blessings. We also need to be thankful.

Yehovah has chosen specific dates and times to commune with man.

The Feasts are Divine Appointments of Yehovah with man on His terms, and on His specific times every year. They are celebrated on the right date and in the way He has chosen, not on our way, when we want, and how we want.

Every Feast had to be fulfilled, for the Feasts are Historical, and prophetic shadow pictures of the Gospel. They speak to us about Yehoshua and His mission of Redemption.

 The Feasts are a great blessing to us.

 “Remember the Shabbath day, to qadosh[i] it.

The Sabbath, is Saturday, and not Sunday, which is the sun god day of worship.  Every week Yehovah has given us one day to visit with us in a very special way.

I have learned to be quiet on the Sabbath, and wait on Him, our Creator. He is always ready to commune with us, His children.

Please do not listen to false teachers who are convincing the ignorant sheep to stay away from speaking in tongues. They say that He did not mean for us to continue to speak in tongues all the time, and that it was only a special gift, for the apostles and only for them for that time. Read the Word for yourself, and talk to your Elohim (God) for He is waiting on you to come to Him. Let Him know your fears, and He will teach you. He is compassionate and gentle, and He will answer all your questions. You belong to Him, and have become part of His family if you are born again of Him, and therefore you are welcome into His presence in the Name of Yeshua.   

I pray for such souls. I pray the Fear of Yehovah would come upon those teachers and be converted. The Blood of Yehoshua cleanses us from all sin, and I pray for their cleansing also. I pray they repent and surrender their lives to Yehovah and serve Him only.

Why speaking in tongues?

Again, please read Qorin’tiyim 1,12, and 14. The reason we need tongues is first of all Satan does not understand them, and is frustrated. This is the reason he incites division in the body to block the power of Yehovah that he fears because he is defeated.

 When we speak in tongues our mind is unfruitful, and we are at peace. We are speaking the prayer according to the will of Yehovah for it is He, the Ruach ha’Qodesh who is praying and interceding according to the will of the Father. Praying in tongues brings us closer to our Father in Heaven. Each prayer we pray is answered. Now you understand why Satan and his demons are so angry? They have  been defeated and can do nothing about it! Tongues are a spiritual weapon against the devil. When we pray we are defeating the devil, and at the same time   we become edified spiritually.  

The apostles brought some order in the assembly for they were new believers. They did not yet know how to differentiate the difference between the prayer in tongues and the prophetic words in tongues Yehovah wanted to give to them to build them up. Therefore, he told them to pray that they would interpret their tongues.  I had to do the same thing, for I had the gift of prophetic tongues, but did not yet interpret. However, each time Yehovah gave me a message in tongues someone was present to interpret.  The Apostle Shaul, Paul, said, “Therefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak with tongues. 40 Let all things be done decently and in order.  Qorin’tiyim 1/1 Corinthians 12:39-40.

And this is the advice I give to all believers. When you receive the Power of the Ruach ha’Qodesh and speak in tongues, please do not become proud, but humble yourself and love your neighbor as yourself.  You do good when you prophesy and you do good only when you pray in a meeting together with all believers when the worship is going on. 

Love Yehovah and Yehoshua with all your heart, and live a holy life. Avoid sin, and when by chance you need to repent, do it immediately in order for you not to give place to the devil and receive an evil spirit because of your sin. Repent quickly, and walk in love.

Enter in through the narrow gate! Because the gate is wide-and the way is broad-that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in through it.

14 Because the gate is narrow and the way is hard pressed which leads to chai/life, and there are few who find it. Mattithyahu/Matthew 7:13   

Persecution is sure to come, for they persecuted Him, and they will persecute you also.

 “Remember the Word that I say to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted Me, they shall persecute you too. If they have guarded My Word, they would guard yours also.” Yochanan/John 15:20 HS

Barukh/blessed are those persecuted for righteousness’ sake, because theirs is the reign of the shamayim/Heaven. Mattithyahu 5:10 HS

Be careful to follow Yeshua’s teachings, and not deceptive teachers. Do not walk in fear. Yehoshua will not give you a serpent when you ask him for His Spirit!

“And what father among you whose son asks for bread shall give him a stone, or if he asks for a fish shall give him a snake instead of a fish. HS

12 or if he asks for an egg shall give him a scorpion? 13 “If you then, being wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your father from shamayim give the Ruach ha’Qodesh/Holy Spirit to those asking Him!” Luqas 11:11-13 HS

He is the Authority, and He is your Judge on the last day. Make up your mind never to deny any gift Yehovah has in His ability to give you when you ask Him,

Shalom

 

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[i] Hallowed it.