The TRUTH is in HIS WORD
Matt. 3:13-14 "Then Yahshua came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be BAPTIZED by him. But John strenuously, having in mind to PREVENT Him, saying, It is I who have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?
:15 Then Yahshua replied to him 'PERMIT IT JUST NOW; for THIS is the FITTING WAY for both of us to FULFILL all RIGHTEOUSNESS [that is to perform completely WHATEVER IS RIGHT]. Then he PERMITTED Him."
At sunset tonight till sunset tomorrow is the remembrance day of Yahshua's rapture into heaven - the 40th day after He had risen. Ten days later (50th day - and a JUBILEE DAY - 7 x 7days or 7 weeks = 49 days with the following day a JUBILEE DAY) will be the remembrance of Pentecost (Latter Harvest Feast) when our Father gave us His Spirit as Helper - Advocate - Leader - Comforter - Guide here on earth to enable us to live according to His will.
For so many years the enemy of our souls - the GREAT OLD THIEF and DESTROYER - stole many important knowledge regarding Abba's kingdom things ... away ... from me and most all of the children of Yahweh. Most of us are in the dark regarding Abba's kingdom things ... His TIMES - SEASONS and APPOINTED TIMES.
In our ignorance and lack of knowledge ... we do not realize that Abba's 7th day Sabbath (the SIGN - Yahweh gave us - of Him as Creator-God - also the SIGN of His COVENANT with us all) was replaced with a sun-god worshipping day (the sun's day - sunday).
Father's 7 Feasts (Seasons and appointed times) - all of it part of His SALVATION PLAN - were replaced with two MAJOR Catholic Christian feasts - Christmas and Easter - both of them with the age-old sun-god Baal (and the son of TAMMUX as the re-incarnated Baal) right in the middle of it - replacing Yahweh-Yahshua.
Father allowed it for a time and a season ... hiding us in the midst of it ... but it is time for His own - to come out of this deception we were brainwashed with. Many sincere believers would just not believe that this could ever have happened ... stubbornly clinging to what they were taught ... just like I was doing ... once ... and from which Yahshua had to PLUG me (from the fire) to OPEN my eyes on the 27th of July 2008!.
Thanks to the enemy of our souls ... many sincere believers are still caught up in (his) deception ... without being able to see the truth ... even if it is before their eyes (in the Word of Yahweh God). The VOICE of TRADITION and WHAT THEY WERE TAUGHT still prominently in their MINDS.
But think about it ... if you were born into a JEWISH FAMILY ... you would have rejected Messiah ... thinking that He was only a good man or a prophet ... (but thanks to Yahweh and in His grace ... they are busy turning to Him now in multitudes ....)
I you were born into a CATHOLIC or LUTHERAN COMMUNITY (Protestant) ... you would believe that there are SAINTS ... you can pray to and baby baptism.
If you were born into MORMONISM ... you would believe that you are first man then become a god and you can come back to earth as man again ... you would believe that Lucifer and Jesus are brothers ... and all sorts of celestial cosmic things ...
If you were born into the Seventh Day Adventist Community ... you would believe that the Sabbath is on Saturdays ... you would have the choice to be baptized as infant or adult ... but you would be lost for you would believe that Jesus is Michael the Archangel ... making Him a created being ... not God Himself .
If you were born into Catholicism ... you would believe in SAINTS and saints to whom you can pray to help you ... you would believe you can pray to the 'holy mother of god' virgin Mary (a demon) ... who has higher status as "Jesus" who is actually "Tammuz" (also called Baal ... a demon demi-god) ... and the Catholic Jesus still hanging on a cross (crucifix) with the Pope and his 'authority' of sitting on his magnificent throne having the status of 'the holy father'. Christmas (a Catholic thing) and Easter (a Catholic thing) all inclusive of ... MASS - an exclusive Catholic thing ... where they believe the bread and the wine actually turned into the physical body of their messiah ... will be celebrated on the dates the Catholic church had declared ...like they are declaring the dates for their Easter feast each and every year ... together with all of the other feasts that the Catholic church has ordained ... even Halloween that has been hidden under "ALL HALLOWS DAY" - a day for all the saints (demons) ... and special 'holy' days for all of the saints of the Catholic church with your rosary in your hand ... praying ... and you would think it is the right thing to do.
If you were born into a BAPTIST COMMUNITY (Protestant) .. you would have believed that the right thing to do is to be baptized as an adult after repentance.
If you were born into an EVANGELIC REFORMED COMMUNITY (Protestant) ... you would believe that you have to be baptized as an infant.
If all of these churches ... and there are many many more ... would only TURN to the WORD OF YAHWEH ... FINDING the TRUTH IN the WORD of God ... there would be NO DISUNITY for ALL WOULD BELIEVE the SAME THING ... will be ONE IN MIND ... would FOLLOW YAHWEH'S FEASTS ... would REST ON HIS SABBATH DAY (7th day) ... would FOLLOW the EXAMPLE of MESSIAH Himself:
1. 8 DAYS OLD - BABY YAHSHUA GIVEN HIS NAME (and circumcised):
Luke 2:21 "At the end of EIGHT DAYS when [the Baby] was to be CIRCUMSIZED, He was CALLED YAHSHUA, the NAME GIVEN by the ANGEL before He was CONCEIVED in the WOMB."
Notes: (Scripture taken from the King James/Amplified Parallel Bible - not the Joyce Meyer Bible)
Nowhere in the Bible it is telling us that the circumcision was replaced with baby baptism. If the church wanted to stay true to the Word and replace circumcision with something ... it could have been replaced with a NAME GIVING CEREMONY - an ANOINTING ceremony and NOT BAPTISM - MEANING IMMERSION.
2. (Mother PURIFIED and) BABY YAHSHUA DEDICATED:
Luke 2:22 "And when the time for their PURIFICATION [the mother's purification and the Baby's dedication] CAME according to the Law of Moses, they BROUGHT Him up to Jerusalem to PRESENT Himself to Yahweh."
Notes:
(Scripture taken from the King James/Amplified Parallel Bible - not the Joyce Meyer Bible) Most all other Bible Translations are taking knowledge away from us for not telling us that the purification was for the mother and the Baby was to be DEDICATED according to Hebrew practices and Yahweh's instruction [Lev. 12:1-4].) Furthermore, this is the time the church use to BAPTIZE instead of DEDICATE! (about the 3rd month).
3. Yahshua BAPTIZED (The BIBLICAL ADULT BAPTISM):
Matt. 3:13-14 "Then Yahshua came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be BAPTIZED by him. But John strenuously, having in mind to PREVENT Him, saying, It is I who have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?
:15 Then Yahshua replied to him 'PERMIT IT JUST NOW; for THIS is the FITTING WAY for both of us to FULFILL all RIGHTEOUSNESS [that is to perform completely WHATEVER IS RIGHT]. Then he PERMITTED Him."
(Scripture taken from the King James/Amplified Parallel Bible - not the Joyce Meyer Bible) - If baby baptism has replaced the circumcision, as most all of the BABY-BAPTIZING DENOMINATIONS CLAIM, why was Yahshua BAPTIZED? Why did He told John to BAPTIZE Him for it is to PERFORM COMPLETELY whatever is RIGHT and to FULFILL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS?
That the SCRIPTURES MIGHT be FULFILLED
Today till sunset (in Israel) is the remembrance day of Yahshua's ascension. He was raptured before the eyes of His chosen ones ... an inner group of people who walked the path with Him ... but one of the chosen ... was missing ... Judas Iscariot ... the betrayer ... the son of perdition ... descendant of the tribe of Dan ... the tribe who BROUGHT FULL-SCALE IDOLATRY into Israel ... IDOLATRY (the serving of the GODS of the CANAANITES) that brought destruction and ruin into the entire nation of Israel (both kingdoms) and eventually had the entire nation of Israel exiled (in judgment).
Judas Iscariot's bloodline came a long way. It started at the beginning with Jacob's sons ... and more specifically Jacob's first son he had with Bilhah (Rachel's maid) for Rachel was barren (Gen. 30:5-6). Then when Jacob was nearing the end of his life, he gathered his sons around him to prophesy over them ... telling them what shall befall them in the LATTER or LAST DAYS. [Gen. 49:2 "GATHER yourselves together and HEAR, you SONS OF JACOB; and HEARKEN to Israel your father."]
Although Dan was Jacob's 4th born (son) ... he was positioned into the 6th son to be prophesied over and when Jacob spoke ... filled with the Spirit of Yahweh ... what came out of his mouth was pure prophesy from above.
The TRIBE OF DAN:
Gen. 49:16 "Dan shall JUDGE his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. [This prophesy went into fulfillment with Samson out of the tribe of Dan, to be a JUDGE over Israel." [Judges 13-16]
[Judges 16:1 "And the Israelites again, did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and Yahweh gave them into the hands of the Philistines for FORTY YEARS. And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the TRIBE OF THE DANITES, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children. And the Angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman and said to her, Behold, you are barren and have no children, bu you shall become pregnant and bear a son. :4 Therefore, BEWARE and DRINK NO WINE or STRONG DRINK and EAT NOTHING UNCLEAN, for behold you shall become pregnant and bear a son ... the child shall be a Nazirite to Yah from BIRTH, and he shall begin to DELIVER Israel out of the hands of the Philistines." - Judges 16:31b "... He (Samson) had judged Israel, that is, had defended the Israelites, TWENTY YEARS."]
The TRIBE of DAN - A SERPENT with HORNS:
The next part of the prophesy over Dan coming out of the mouth of Jacob was horrific. Gen.. 49:17 "Dan shall be a SERPENT IN THE WAY, A HORNED SNAKE in the PATH, that BITES the HORSE'S HEELS, So that his RIDER FALLS BACKWARD."
Like a SERPENT with HORNS ... the tribe of Dan would be in the last days. The last days started with the birth of Messiah, and how long the last days would last ... only our Father knows.
Like a SERPENT ... a "DEVILISH tribe" of people ... not only one person ... a TRIBE OF PEOPLE ... would stand in the WAY of others hindering them to ENTER into Yahweh's PRESENCE ... a people that would BITE the "HEELS of the HORSES" ... doing everything they could to get to the "RIDER" ... the messenger of truth ... harassing ... lying ... persecuting ... like the Pharisees and the priests did in the times of Yahshua ... a group of people who have the devil in their hearts ... killing ... stealing and destroying. And it will continue until the end ...
Judas Iscariot:
This is the heritage of Judas Iscariot ... and the bloodline is still carrying forth ...
I have heard many people telling me in former Bible Study groups ... that we do not know that Judas Iscariot went to hell. "No", they say, "maybe he repented ... we do not know what he said in his last moment" ... but all of that is only human reasoning ... wanting to turn a bad thing into a more tolerable thing.
The SON OF PERDITION ... the ONE DESTINED to be LOST:
Yahshua Himself spoke about Judas Iscariot as the SON OF PERDITION ... the ONE WHO WAS DESTINED to be LOST (John 17:12 - King James/Amplified version " While I was WITH THEM, I KEPT and PRESERVED THEM in YOUR NAME and in the KNOWLEDGE AND WORSHIP of You. Those You have GIVEN Me I GUARDED AND PROTECTED, and NOT ONE OF THEM HAS PERISHED or is LOST EXCEPT the SON of PERDITION - Judas Iscariot - the ONE WHO IS NOW DOOMED to DESTRUCTION, and DESTINED to be LOST, that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."
Judas was bad from the start ... there was evil in his heart ... just like in the hearts of his ancestors. He was chosen so that the Scriptures would be fulfilled.
It is not that they would not and are not redeemable ... they just did not want to be redeemed ... they had other gods in their hearts. They lacked faith from the beginning ... and would not trust Yahweh to lead them into their allotted promised land. They were the seventh group to select their territory (Joshua 19:40-51) when they entered the promised land, but they kept on moving NORTH (Judges 18:1-31).
In the moving north to secure an own land for them ... they came to the house of a man named Micah's - an Ephraimite (not the prophet Micah) - who was a Canaanite-gods worshiper. In his house he had a molten image and a graven image of his gods and worshiping items (ephod and teraphim). He also had his own priest - a young Levite ... so they stole the molten images of the "gods" (mold out of SILVER - see Judges 17:1-5) of Micah ... the ephod and teraphim ... and offered the young priest a position as their own priest and "FATHER" over them. (Judges 18:16-20; 27)
Judges 18:20 "And the priest's heart was glad ... and went in the midst of the people. :26 And the Danites went their way ... :27-28 And they took the things which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and feeling secure, and they smote them with the sword and burned the city. And there was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon, and they had no business with anyone ... and they REBUILD the city and DWELT in it. They NAMED the CITY DAN, after DAN their FOREFATHER who was born to Israel ..."
:30 And the DANITES SET UP THE GRAVEN IMAGE for THEMSELVES; and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were PRIESTS to the tribe of DAN until the DAY OF THEIR CAPTIVITY."
How sad is that ...the tribe of Dan lived in their city DAN ... worshiping the gods of the Canaanites ... UNTIL the DAY of their CAPTIVITY. And where did it all started? ... All the way back with Rachel ... living in a home worshiping other gods ... then sinning giving her maid (Bilhah) to Jacob as a secondary wife in an attempt to have children because she envied and was jealous of her sister Leah ...and Jacob going along with it.
Fleeing from Esau ... then fleeing from Laban:
The children of Jacob were born while he was working for Laban ... the place he fled to ... fleeing from his brother Esau. Bilbah was given to Rachel by her father Laban with Laban's family worshiping other gods .... even Rachel herself taking her father's household gods with her when they as a family flee from Laban ... (Gen. 31:19 "When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father's household gods. :32 ... now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the gods."
The Danites are still in our midst ... some just looking so familiar and sounding so good ... just like Judas Iscariot who was walking the path with Messiah and the eleven other chosen ones. The others did not even suspect anything ... did not know that Judas had gone to the authorities and made a deal. Were some of them his bloodline brothers?
Yahshua's other disciples did not know that while Yahshua was giving them the bread and cup to remember Him by ... His betrayal was already in progress (1 Cor. 11:23-24) ... and that Judas knew everything about it ... was waiting for the right moment to leave ... to do his evil thing ... with a treacherous kiss.
Gen. 49 :18 "I WAIT for Your SALVATION, O Yahweh."
When Jacob prophesied over Dan in the last part of the prophesy ... he said: Gen. 49 :18 "I WAIT for Your SALVATION, O Yahweh." Here we see a father, crying out to Yahweh for the salvation of his son and his descendants ... the Savior ... the YAH that IS SALVATION (YAH'USHUA). But the tribe of Dan pushed forward in their idolatry.
Idolatry they themselves started in Israel with the false gods and priests they made their own ... the "kidnapping" of Micah's priest and his household images (gods). Other gods (molten and graven images - ) that looked so innocent ... but hidden inside of them ... channeling through them ... the demi-gods busy with their evil works ... even up to today channeling through the AFRICAN ... TAHITIAN ... artifacts ... the images ... CATHOLIC SUN-DISK IMAGES ... the toys ... clothes ... unicorns ... dragons ... serpents ... monsters ... the DVD'S ... the CD'S ... BOOKS ... the ELVES on the SHELVES ... fairies ... gnomes ... etc. etc.
Messiah PRAYER:
The disciples knew that Yahshua was the Messiah sent from above:
John 17:8-9 Father ... "For the uttered words that You gave Me I have given them; and they have RECEIVED and ACCEPTED them, and have come to KNOW positively and in reality to believe with absolute assurance that I came FORTH FROM Your PRESENCE, and they are CONVINCED that You did SEND Me. I am praying for THEM. I am NOT PRAYING requesting for the WORLD but for THOSE You have GIVEN Me, for they BELONG to You.
Messiah prayed that Abba would KEEP His disciples so that they would be ONE - for He is going home:
:10-11 ALL things that are Mine are Yours, and all THINGS that are Yours belongs to Me; and I am glorified in and through them. They have done Me honor; in THEM My GLORY is ACHIEVED. And now, I am no longer in the world, but these are still in the world, and I am coming to You, Holy Father, KEEP IN Your NAME and in the KNOWLEDGE of Yourself, THOSE WHOM You HAVE GIVEN Me, that they MAY BE ONE as We ARE ONE.
Messiah preserved them ... GUARDED and PROTECTED them, and NO ONE HAD PERISHED ... except JUDAS ISCARIOT - the one destined to be lost:
:12 While I was WITH THEM, I KEPT and PRESERVED THEM in YOUR NAME and in the KNOWLEDGE AND WORSHIP of You. Those You have GIVEN Me I GUARDED AND PROTECTED, and NOT ONE OF THEM HAS PERISHED or is LOST EXCEPT the SON of PERDITION - Judas Iscariot - the ONE WHO IS NOW DOOMED to DESTRUCTION, and DESTINED to be LOST, that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."