The Scriptures, Book part 3

This is another part of my book.  I will post the second part later.

©2015 by Michael Race 

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The Scriptures


     It is in following the Scriptures, the instructions given 

to us by Elohim, we are enabled to live set-apart lives. Paul 

tells us in 

2Ti 3:14 But you, stay in what you have learned and trusted, having

 known from whom you have learned, 
2Ti 3:15 and that from a babe you have known the Set-apart Scriptures, 

which are able to make you wise for deliverance ..... .through belief 

in Messiah
2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is breathed by Elohim and profitable for teaching,

 for reproof, for setting straight, for instruction in righteousness, 
2Ti 3:17 that the man of Elohim might be fitted, equipped for every good 

work. 

     It is important to understand, when Paul wrote this letter to Timothy

 there was no New Testament. Paul was speaking concerning the Old 

Testament Scriptures. The Word “Torah” which people use in talking about 

the five books of the law of Moses, actually means “instructions”. 
H8451 
to^rah to^rah 
to-raw', to-raw' 
From H3384;
 a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch: -law. H)
YRH) ac: Throw co: Rain ab: ?: A throwing of the finger to show a direction

 to walk or live. The throwing of an arrow. The throwing down of water 

in rain.
Teach: To point the way one is to walk in life. [freq. 84] (vf: Paal, 

Niphal, Hiphil) |kjv: teach, shoot, archer, cast, teacher, rain, laid,

 direct, inform, instruct, show, shooter, through watered| {str: 3384} 

if1) ..... (..... TW-RH) - Teaching: The direction one is to take in life.

 [freq. 219] |kjv: law| {str: 8451} 

     We are able to see from the Hebrew word picture Torah actually has the

 meaning attached to it of being the direction one should take in life. It

 should not be something negative but positive. Yahweh Elohim gave special

 directions for His people to live a life which is set apart. If we combine

 this definition with what Solomon has written in Proverbs 4 we find the 

Torah as being the Father’s instructions for His children. We are the 

children of Elohim through Messiah. 

Pro 4:1 Children, listen to the discipline of a father, And give attention 

to know understanding; 
Pro 4:2 For I gave you good instruction: Do not forsake my Torah. 

     These instructions do not give salvation, which is where many Jews 

fail to understand Torah, but we live them as a demonstration of our love 

for Him. Let’s take a quick look at Yahshua and what He says concerning 

the Torah. 

     “If anyone loves Me, he shall .... .Joh 14:23
guard My Word. And My Father shall love him, and We shall come to him 

and make Our stay with him. 
Joh 14:24 “He who does not love Me does not guard My Words. And the Word 

which you hear is not Mine but of the Father Who sent Me. 
Joh 15:9 “As the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you. Stay in My 

love. 
Joh 15:10 “If you guard My commands, you shall stay in My love,1 even as

 I have guarded My Father’s commands and stay in His love. Footnote: 1See

 14:15. 
Joh 15:11 “These words I have spoken to you, so that My joy might be 

in you, and that your joy might be complete. 
Joh 15:12 “This is My command, that you love one another, as I have loved

you.1 Footnote: 1See 13:34, 15:17. 
Joh 15:13 “No one has greater love than this: that one should lay down his

 life for his friends. 
Joh 15:14 “You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 

     I ask you this, whose commands are we to follow? Are they Yahshua’s

 or Elohim’s? 

Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and 

the Word was Elohim. 
Joh 1:2 He was in the beginning with Elohim. 

Joh 5:19  Therefore יהושע responded and said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son 

is able to do none at all by Himself, but only that which He sees the Father doing, because 

whatever He does, the Son also likewise does.
Joh 5:20 “For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all that He Himself 

does. And greater works than these He is going to show Him, in order that 

you marvel. 
Joh 5:21 “For as the Father raises the dead and makes alive, even so the 

Son makes alive whom He wishes. 
Joh 5:22 “For the Father judges no one, but has given all the judgment to 

the Son, 
Joh 5:23 that all should value the Son even as they value the Father. He 

who does not value the Son does not value the Father who sent Him. 
Joh 5:24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in

 Him who sent Me possesses everlasting life, and does not come into 

judgment, but has passed from death into life.... 
Joh 5:30 “Of Myself I am unable to do any matter. As I hear, I judge,

 and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own desire, but 

the desire of the Father who sent Me. 

     Yahshua could not do anything apart from the Father. The words He 

spoke, the commands He followed were those of the Father. How can we do 

any less than follow the instructions of the Father as we are to be set 

apart through the following of His instructions. 

Deu 7:6 “For you are a set-apart people to יהוה your Elohim. יהוה your Elohim has 

chosen you to be a people for Himself, a treasured possession above all the peoples 

on the face of the earth.

1Pe 1:13 Therefore, having girded up the loins of your mind, being sober, 

set your expectation perfectly upon the favour that is to be brought to you at the 

revelation of יהושע Messiah,

1Pe 1:14 as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former 

lusts in your ignorance, 
1Pe 1:15 instead, as the One who called you is set-apart, so you also 

should become set-apart in all behaviour, 
1Pe 1:16 because it has been written, “Be set-apart, for I am set-apart.” 

1Pe 1:17 And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges 

according to each one’s work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear, 
1Pe 1:18 knowing that you were redeemed from your futile way of life 

inherited from your fathers, not with what is corruptible, silver or 

gold, 
1Pe 1:19 but with the precious blood of Messiah, as of a lamb unblemished 

and spotless, 

     When we consider our Father’s instructions for His set apart people, 

Christianity observes ninety percent of them. The other ten percent is 

left out and considered unimportant. Most of the ten percent left out are

 the dietary instructions, the Sabbath and the set-apart appointment times.

 Many of the instructions in the Scriptures regarding the temple do not 

apply today as there is no temple for observing them. Many instructions 

are for the priests. Some are for men and some are for women. It is our

belief the ten percent left out by modern Christianity also applies to us

today as Yahweh Elohim does not change. 
     OK, since I started writing this book I have come across better data. 

 I was estimating in the paragraph above.  So, here it is:
Doug Friedman who is a Messianic Rabbi with degrees from MIT and 

Cornell University has broken it down to this...out of 613 laws....

“58%   cannot be observed today, leaving 42%  keepable

28%  are currently kept and cherished by most Bible Believing Christians

6%   more are kept, to varying degrees, by those who make a point to try 

and pursue a Torah lifestyle

8%   are not kept at all (some are culturally impossible to enforce).”2

     
     Look carefully at the list.  Most Christians are keeping about 67% of

 the laws that can be kept at this time.

    Heb 13:8  יהושע Messiah is the same yesterday, and today, and forever. 

Mal 3:6  “For I am יהוה, I shall not change1, and you, O sons of Yaʽaqoḇ, shall not come

 to an end. Footnote: 1Jas. 1:17. 

Jas 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming 

down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow 

of turning 

Immutability 
     The divine attribute of unchangeableness. God said in Exodus 3:14, 

"I AM that I AM," signifying His eternal sameness and His sovereignty. 

He cannot change His moral character, His love, His omniscience, 

omnipresence, omnipotence, etc. God is "From everlasting to everlasting,"

 (Psalm 90:2) CARM Theological Dictionary. 
     If all of Scripture is profitable why should we pick and choose 

which laws or instructions to follow and which not to?  Now let’s

 examine... 
THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION!!!

Book excerpt part 1

The Set Apart Family:
Confronting Today’s Culture 
Michael K. Race 


©2015 by Michael Race 

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 – except for brief quotations for the purpose of 
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Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from The Scriptures

 "Scripture taken from The Scriptures, Copyright by 
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©1998 

Cover Design by Michael Race ©2016.  

Michael can be contacted through e-mail at 
mykrace@yahoo.com 

You can also visit his blog at 
http://www.myksheartsathome.blogspot.com 


Dedicated with love, to my wife Laurie and the many 
generations to follow. This work would not have been 
attempted had it not been for you. Laurie your great 

devotion to Elohim and your family is an inspiration

 to us all. For those who follow in our footsteps our

 prayer would be that you all will desire to follow Abba El 

with your whole hearts. May the foundations that have been 

established in this generation endure throughout the following 

generations until Messiah 
return to set up His kingdom. 



Isa 58:12 “And those from among you shall build the old 
waste places. You shall raise up the foundations of many 
generations. And you would be called the Repairer of the 
Breach, the Restorer of Streets to Dwell In. 



The Set -Apart Family: 

Confronting Today’s Culture 


     “So, where are all your girls?” “You didn’t bring anyone 

with you today?” “Your girls are so sweet.” “My, you girls look 

beautiful today.” “Are you Amish or Mennonite?” “Your family is 

what families used to be like.” “You can just see the love in your 

family”. “You always bring your girls with you and they are so well 

behaved. They are better than 90 % of the kids that come through here".

 These are just some of the comments we hear as we journey from place 

to place. 
     People can not only see a difference but they also feel or sense

 a difference in our family. Most people like what they see and wonder 

what makes the difference. There are those, who on a rare occasion 

recommend we send the girls to school and allow them to wear jeans 

or slacks. They want to change how we do things, but then we would 

end up being just like everyone else. When they hear how we have 

achieved those results they don’t like the hard work it takes to be 

set apart. Sometimes as a family counselor people have come and asked 

what they can do to make a difference in their own family and when they

 come they want easy solutions. 
     We don’t have an easy fix. To achieve the results you want in your 

family takes having a changed mind about the world you live in. It takes 

believing the Word of  Elohim (God) and a willingness to apply it to the 

life of your family in all you do. The end result is a set-apart 

lifestyle.  “In today’s high-tech, fast paced, morally mixed-up society, 

nowadays, mothers and fathers need a strategy, a plan, especially if 

they’re the kind of parents interested in raising children who can be 

described as true kids of the kingdom….Kingdom parenting, involves 

intentionally overseeing the generational transfer of the faith in such 

a way that children learn to consistently live all of life under God’s 

divine authority.”1 
     There are seven areas in which we have undertaken to become set apart.

 These seven areas of life revolve around Elohim and His Word. We don’t 

always do it well but these are the areas we strive to be set apart: 

1. Discipleship 
2. Education 
3. Health 
4. Associations 
5. Media 
6. Special Days 
7. Modesty and Respect 

     In our quest for becoming a set-apart family it doesn’t boil down

to the luck of the draw or that some children are just better than others.

 It boils down to parenting on purpose.  After Laurie and I were married I

 began praying for the children Yahweh Elohim (Lord, God) would bless us

 with. The prayer was they would desire to serve Him with their whole 

hearts. The million dollar question is “How do we get there?” and

 “what is this supposed to look like?” As the leader of my family 

the quest naturally should begin with me. I should not expect my 

family to be something I am not willing to be. Too many parents 

desire their children to be something they themselves are not. 

They just talk the talk but do not walk the walk. Not only do 

I desire my children to be set apart, I too need to have that 

deep burning desire within my own heart. 
     I need to say, it seems my wife and children at times were 

more willing to make the hard choices for change than I was. It 

was difficult to weed out those things I was so accustomed to doing. 

So, change or obedience isn’t always easy. It takes sacrifice and the 

desire to live a life that is in obedience to the Father’s instructions 

for His set apart people. There were times I was lagging behind my wife 

and children. As I watch my children I see they are becoming even more 

conservative and obedient to Scripture than I am. As parents we ought 

to be leading our children by our own example. Children are quick to 

detect duplicity. Also both parents need to be on the same page. 
     My older children would tell you they received the vision of serving 

Elohim with their whole hearts because dad had a vision of serving Elohim

 wholeheartedly. They knew the vision early on in their life as it was the

 driving force for the life of the family.  I was recently reminded in a

 most dramatic way concerning the atmosphere of our home matching what 

is taking place on the outside. As I began to write this book the 

children's  behavior took a sudden turn for the worst. They began to 

treat each other in ways which were unacceptable. I almost reconsidered 

writing. However, my wife and son reminded me of what took place in our 

home when I was a pastor. While preparing a sermon for the next week 

Satan would often attack my household using the very thing I was going 

to teach about.  It should not have surprised me when the children began

 to act out. One other thing changed slightly, and that was diet related.

 This too could have had an effect on the behavior. Yes, we want people to 

notice how nice and sweet our children are but if they are not treating 

each other with the same respect they show to others then something isn’t 

quite right and it should be dealt with. It is the same thing Yahshua

 (Jesus) said about the Pharisees. 

“Mat 23:25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you

 clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are filled with 

plunder and unrighteousness. 
Mat 23:26 “Blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and dish,

 so that the outside of them becomes clean too. 
Mat 23:27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you

 are like whitewashed tombs which outwardly indeed look well, but inside 

are filled with dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. Mat 23:28 “So you 

too outwardly indeed appear righteous to men, but inside you are filled

with hypocrisy and lawlessness.1 Footnote:1See 5:20. 

    Another question to ask would be “do we want our children to be 

regulated by rules or do we want them to be regulated by what they 

read in the Scriptures?” For our family it boils down to internalizing

 the Scriptures and then being obedient to them. That being said, some 

rules are necessary for safety and the running of a well-organized

 household. 
     I would like to explain our view on the Scriptures. 

I am sure you have already noticed a couple of differences. 

News and Good News

  So, how often do you have the opportunity to share the Scriptures with those around you?  More often than not I have opportunity to share with those I come in contact with when I have some of my daughters with me.  You see, I believe that being set apart means we dress accordingly.  So, people take notice more so when my girls happen to come along. Today was no different.
   I needed to stop in a Menards to obtain some items for work I am currently doing for someone here in Illinois.  A vendor for the local paper stopped me and asked about my subscribing for getting the paper on the weekend.  He made it very attractive price wise.  So, I told him I was not sure how much longer we were going to be in the area.  He said that was no problem as it could be done on a month to month basis and handed me a paper.  It was good for getting the local news, had comics and sports in it.  I told him that we are careful of what influences we allow into our home and we could get the news from the internet.  Sports has all kinds of bad influences that we don't want to surround our children with and comics, do they build up or tear down?  I would rather have my children read the Scriptures.  So, he then produced a $10 gift card where I could get a two month subscription free.  So, I then said I would have to pray about it before I would allow it.  He said he has been doing this for 12 years now and has never heard someone say that.  He is a Christian and reads his Bible.
      I said I felt it was more important for my children to read the Scriptures than to read a local paper.  He asked if they would start with the book of John?  I said no, the first 5 books in the Bible are the most important because you can not understand John without first . understanding the beginning of the Scriptures.  He then started to list Matthew, Mark, Luke...I said no, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.  He asked me if my girls had ever read Isaiah?  Yes, they have.  So, he then asked me if they start at the beginning how they would ever read about Jesus?  I started by saying the Messiah is talked about in Gen. 3:15 and then Abraham and Isaac, the picture of Messiah that is there.  So, he then asked the girls about Psalms and Proverbs and I told him the Messiah is also talked about in those books and with that he took the paper out of my hand he had given me and told me he had papers to sell.  So, we walked on to finish what we had started.
   The next opportunity was at a local grocery store.  Esther had noticed a lady wearing a skirt as she walked through the produce department.  This lady was taking notice of the warm weather apparel that people were wearing and you could tell she was not enthused about it.  Then Esther said, as she turned toward us and noticed my girls were wearing clothes that were modest, she put on a smile and started to approach us.  She mentioned it was nice to see some people who actually wore clothes during the summer.  I told her we thought it was important to wear clothes that are modest.  So, as she held out this little 1 inch by 1 inch booklet with some Scripture verses in it, she then said "I take it you are KJV only".  As I told her, no, we are not, she suddenly had a desire to be away from us.  As she was moving away I told her to please give those little booklets to those who do not have any Scripture to read and she said she would.
    So, what is the news, the good news?  The Kingdom of Yahweh Elohim is coming.  His son will reign here on earth and we are His ambassadors.  Are you ready?  Being KJV only cannot save you.  Reading your Bible cannot save you.  Telling others about Messiah cannot save you.  We are saved by grace through an active faith.  That active faith is demonstrated by being obedient to the instructions of the Father to His set-apart people.  Being set apart brings opportunity to share the Good News.  For more on what it means to be set apart I am in the process of writing a book.  If you would like to read an excerpt i will post one here shortly.

Thy Kingdom Come

I had the opportunity today to talk about what Shavuot/Pentecost is.  Yahweh our Elohim gave His bride His instructions to be His set-apart people.  At pentecost, His Spirit was given to advance the Kingdom, which is the good news of the gospel.  People, we need to repent and seek His face, we need to return to His instructions for His set-apart people.  If you truly love Yashua, and His Father, Yahweh Elohim, you would be obedient children.
1Jn 5:1  Everyone who believes that יהושע is the Messiah has been born of Elohim, and everyone who loves the One bringing forth also loves the one having been born of Him.
1Jn 5:2  By this we know that we love the children of Elohim, when we love Elohim and guard His commands.
1Jn 5:3  For this is the love for Elohim, that we guard His commands,1 and His commands are not heavy, Footnote: 1See 5:2, 2 John v. 6, John 14:15.

1Jn 2:3  And by this we know that we know Him, if we guard His commands.1 Footnote: 1See 3:6.
1Jn 2:4  The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1Jn 2:5  But whoever guards His Word, truly the love of Elohim has been perfected1 in him. By this we know that we are in Him.2 Footnotes: 1Gen. 17:1, Ps. 119:1, Mt. 5:48. 2See 3:24.
1Jn 2:6  The one who says he stays in Him ought himself also to walk, even as He walked.
1Jn 2:7  Beloved, I write no fresh command to you, but an old command which you have had from the beginning. The old command is the Word which you heard from the beginning.1 Footnote: 1See v. 24.

Friends, if you are in churchianity and say you love Yahshua but do not follow/guard His commands as given in Torah you are deceiving yourselves.  You will one day find yourself in this situation...

 7:21  “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Master, Master,’ shall enter into the reign of the heavens, but he who is doing the desire of My Father in the heavens.
Mat 7:22  “Many shall say to Me in that day, ‘Master, Master, have we not prophesied in Your Name, and cast out demons in Your Name, and done many mighty works in Your Name?’
Mat 7:23  “And then I shall declare to them, ‘I never knew you, depart from Me, you who work lawlessness!’1 Footnote: 1 See v. 15.
The time is short, the kingdom is near.  Please look diligently into this.

http://myksheartsathome.artistwebsites.com/

Hitting The Ceiling

Over the course of the last several weeks I have been working through the subject of prayer.  I desperately want my prayers to be heard and desire to hear the voice of the great shepherd.  So, does Yahweh Elohim hear the prayers of all who pray to him?   There is a resounding "NO", I believe that most people who pray, their prayers are not heard, they just hit the ceiling.  That being said, how then do they seem to get answers?  There is one who masquerades as an angel of light.  There is also a great deception taking place among churchianity.  see this link.

http://www.honorofkings.org/2-thessalonians-happening-now?utm_content=buffercfeee&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Ok back to the prayers not being heard.
Psa 66:18  If I have seen wickedness in my heart, יהוה would not hear.

Pro 1:23  “Turn at my reproof. See, I pour out my spirit on you, I make my words known to you1. Footnote: 1See Ps. 33:6.
Pro 1:24  “Because I called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one inclined,
Pro 1:25  “And you spurned all my counsel, And would not yield to my reproof,
Pro 1:26  “Let me also laugh at your calamity, Mock when your dread comes,
Pro 1:27  “When your dread comes like a storm, And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.
Pro 1:28  “Let them then call on me, but I answer not; Let them seek me, but not find me.
Pro 1:29  “Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of יהוה,
Pro 1:30  “They did not accept my counsel, They despised all my reproof,

Pro 21:13  Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, Let him also cry and not be heard. 

Pro 28:9  He who turns away his ear from hearing the Torah, Even his prayer is an abomination1. Footnote: 1See also 15:29, Isa. 59:1-2, John 9:31, 1 John 3:22. 

Isa 59:1  Look, the hand of יהוה has not become too short to save, nor His ear too heavy to hear. 

Isa 59:2  But your crookednesses have separated you from your Elohim. And your sins have hidden His face from you, from hearing. 

Zec 7:12  “And they made their hearts like flint against hearing the Torah, and the words, which יהוה of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from יהוה of hosts. 

Zec 7:13  “And it came to be: as He called and they did not hear, so let them call, but I shall not hear,” said יהוה of hosts. 

Joh 9:31  “And we know that Elohim does not hear sinners. But if anyone fears Elohim and does His desire, He hears him. 

Jas 1:6  But he should ask in belief, not doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 

Jas 1:7  For that man should not think that he shall receive whatever from the Master –

Jas 4:3  You ask and do not receive, because you ask evilly, in order to spend it on your pleasures. 

Jas 4:4  Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with Elohim?1 Whoever therefore intends to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of Elohim. Footnote: 1Mt. 13:22, Lk. 4:5-6, Lk. 14:33, Rom. 12:2, 1 John 2:15-17. 

Jas 4:5  Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose? Does the Spirit which dwells in us intensely crave unto envy? 

1Pe 3:7  In the same way, husbands, live understandingly together, giving respect to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the favour of life, so that your prayers are not hindered. 

Ok, let's break this all down.  First of all if we regard iniquity in our hearts,wickedness or vanity.

So then what is sin or iniquity or wickedness?  if we look at Num 15:31  Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. Iniquity has to do with despising the commands and instructions of Yahweh .Elohim.  also we can find a definition of sin as being lawlessness or Torahlessness.  This is in I John 1Jn 2:1  My little children, I write this to you, so that you do not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Intercessor with the Father, יהושע Messiah, a righteous One. 

1Jn 2:2  And He Himself is an atoning offering for our sins, and not for ours only but also for all the world. 

1Jn 2:3  And by this we know that we know Him, if we guard His commands.1 Footnote: 1See 3:6. 

1Jn 2:4  The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 

1Jn 2:5  But whoever guards His Word, truly the love of Elohim has been perfected1 in him. By this we know that we are in Him.2 Footnotes: 1Gen. 17:1, Ps. 119:1, Mt. 5:48. 2See 3:24. 

1Jn 2:6  The one who says he stays in Him ought himself also to walk, even as He walked. 

1Jn 2:7  Beloved, I write no fresh command to you, but an old command which you have had from the beginning. The old command is the Word which you heard from the beginning.1 Footnote: 1See v. 24. 

So, we know this from John.  If we are not keeping the commands or instructions of Yahweh Elohim we do not love Him.  We are then living in sin, for sin is lawlessness.  If you are telling others that you love Elohim but are eating pork, worshiping on Sunday, not observing the instructions found in the first 5 books of the Bible, I am sorry but your prayers are an abomination  to the very one you say you love.  Proverbs 28 makes this crystal clear.  To hear in the Hebrew mind in which this was writtin carries with it the shema   that of hearing and doing.  Folks, there is a line being drawn in the sand.  Judgement is coming very soon as the Kingdom of Messiah will come.

Now, 2Ch 7:14  If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 

If we turn from not being obedient children to that of being obedient to the instructions of the Father it is only then He will hear.  Also there is a time for confession of sin or lawlessness.  Turning from being lawlessness to following the Father's instructions because we love Him.  Not because it saves us.  Salvation is only by grace through faith.

Be a Berean and study the Scriptures.  See what it says for yourself without your doctrinal biases.

Grace, What Is It?

Thank you to John Lawson for this demonstration on Grace.  If you would like to view more of His illustrations please visit his youtube site.


On the lighter side.  We have been visited by many interesting illustrations of the creative Elohim we serve.

 A beautiful butterfly and one of the owners dogs

Flowers shared by friends and neighbors

 

 The girls doing laundry the hard way.  Actually they are washing their doll clothes and hanging them out.  This while dad was working on finishing the deck railings.

 Moth or butterfly?

 More beautiful flowers shared by a neighbor

 In this photo it looks like there is a fire.  Actually this is a picture of sunset through the trees from our house.

 This is one of the critters we are occasionally blessed with seeing.  It was busy scolding something.

 The owner of the house shared some of his puppies with the girls.

 The girls love helping the neighbors with planting and cleaning up their yards.

 This was on the window screen one evening.

 Flowers at the neighbors.  They are just gorgous.  I won't tell you what Esther calls these.

 Then, Last week one of the girls looked out the window and saw this beautiful animal walking down the drive.  It stopped long enough to have a stare down with Lilly our dog, and for me to get the camera.  It then proceeded across the front yard and then down between our yard and the neighbors.

 We had a tour of the neighbors garden.  It was more like a walk in a lovely park.

This Too May Answer some Questions

What Does “Holy” Mean?
The word "Holy" comes from the Hebrew word 'Kodesh' which means "set-apart to the Creator." The Creator YHWH tells us: Leviticus 11: 44 ‘For I am YHWH your Elohim, and you shall set yourselves apart. And you shall be set-apart, for I am set-apart.' Leviticus 20: 26 ‘And you shall be set-apart to Me, for I YHWH am set-apart, and have separated you from the peoples to be Mine.' 1 Peter 1: 16 "because it has been written, “Be set-apart, for I am set-apart.” (Notice Peter was quoting and teaching the Torah) We are called to be Set-Apart to YHWH, to be a separate and distinct people. This is what he means when he calls us out of the world, to be obedient to him and to be set-apart in what we do, what we eat, in the feast days we keep, the day of rest, etc. We are to be Set-Apart TO YHWH, and not FROM Him, as the rest of the world is following the prince of this world – satan. Let's picture a little scenario here, of YHWH looking down on Earth from heaven: YHWH is thinking to himself; “Hmm, look at those atheists.” “They are decorating Christmas trees, just like the Christians.” “And the Christians are coloring Easter eggs and having egg hunts, but so are those atheists.” “And atheists are eating whatever they want, and so are the Christians.” “Obviously the atheists don't keep my feast days, but neither do the Christians who claim to love me.” “I would expect atheists to not keep my Sabbath, but the Christians who have my Word that tells them the Sabbath is a sign between me and my people forever, well, Christians don't keep the Sabbath either.” “And the atheists live lawlessly without my Torah, but so do the Christians who claim to know me.” “ Surely the atheists don't call upon my name, but neither do Christians.” “They are not even set-apart from each other, I told them I would know them by their fruit, and their fruit looks all the same to me.” 1 John 2: 4 The one who says, “I know Him,” and does not guard His commands, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Here's the last verse in the entire bible, as it was written (translated) in the KJV: Revelation 22: 21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. They seem to have removed something during translation, let's see what was removed and who receives this "grace:" Revelation 22: 21 The GRACE of our Master Yahusha Messiah be with the set-apart ones. Conveniently they re-wrote that last verse to make it seem that the Messiah's grace would be "for all," when that's certainly not the case. Grace or favor is for the set-apart ones only. Revelation 22: 11 “He who does wrong, let him do more wrong; he who is filthy, let him be more filthy; he who is righteous, let him be more righteous; he who is set-apart, let him be more set-apart."
Wrong and filthy are bad, and righteous and set-apart are good. Let's examine the following as well: Revelation 22: 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, Elohim shall take away his part from the Book of Life, and out of the set-apart city. We can see in the last chapter of the entire bible and even in the last sentence, the favor (grace) shown to the people from the Messiah is for those who are set-apart. The good people are set-apart, and those who are set-apart are only the ones who inherit the kingdom of YHWH, which is also called “The SetApart City.”. Not set-apart? Then you are NOT getting grace from the Messiah, or eternal life with the Creator!
John 3: 16 John 3: 16; For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. A beautiful verse for sure. The well known John 3: 16, the one that a lot of the Christians like to hold up and tell you "this is all you need to know to be saved." Please tell me where it says that exactly? The " that's all you need to be saved" part, where does it mention that in scripture about John 3: 16? It says this in James; "the devils also believe, and tremble." So are the devils saved as well, since they also believe? Or is there more to it than that?
When Adam and Eve were walking in the garden, do you think they believed in our Creator? I would assume so, since they walked and talked with him. Their "beliefs" were probably never called into question. What happened then? THEY DISOBEYED. Their belief in the Creator was NEVER an issue. It was the fact that they did not obey him, and that's what brought sin into the world. There is more to being considered one of the Creator's people than merely just "believing." What happened with Cain and Abel? 1 John 3: 12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
Abel was the obedient one and did as YHWH commanded. His sacrifice was accepted. Cain did what he thought instead, which was something different from what YHWH commanded and he was rejected. It doesn't matter what he thought. All that mattered was DOING what YHWH commanded. You can “believe” anything you want. Beliefs won't save the devils, and beliefs won't save you. You need to OBEY the Creator. If you disregard his Torah, you are considered evil and wicked according to the Creator and according to the Messiah. Proverbs 28: 9 He that turns away his ear from hearing the law (Torah), even his prayer shall be abomination. John 9: 31 Now we know that Elohim hears not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of Elohim, and does his will, him he hears. Hebrews 5: 9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; Acts 5: 31-32 Him has Elohim exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Deliverer, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Set-Apart Spirit, whom Elohim has given to them that obey him. Deuteronomy 6: 25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before YHWH our Elohim, as he has commanded us. In the end times.... Revelation 20: 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before Elohim; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is
the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. Revelation 20: 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. (notice it is WORKS and not just beliefs) John 3: 16 is a beautiful verse and gives us reassurance and hope, but there's more to it than just believing. Are You #1 or #2 in the Plan? Many years ago, a marriage covenant was set up between YHWH and his bride. They had an agreement that since he saved her and freed her from bondage, he would continue to provide for her and to protect her as long as she loved only him, was faithful to him and would keep their marriage covenant. After a while she did seek after another and broke the covenant. He scattered her abroad, out of his house. But he loved her still and told her that he would take her back if she would come back into the covenant. He told her he would send his son back to get her, and that he would recognize her because she would be set-apart from everyone else and doing what he said. He would make it easy and would write it all down. He said that he wouldn't change and that the covenant wouldn't change. That way there would be no confusion. It was written that she would even practice the triumphant reunion by celebrating these feasts that were written down, so she would know what the appointed time is!
BUT he warned her that there would be an enemy who would try to tell her that he doesn't mean what he says, and that the enemy would even lie and say that YHWH had changed the covenant himself. But she should not believe the enemy, for YHWH meant what he said. She would know his son because the son will say what YHWH has said, and that because she knows the father she'll have no problem recognizing the son. He'll know the covenant perfectly, and he's going to pick her up at the appointed time. But sadly the bride listened to the enemy. He mislead her to the point of her not knowing the appointed time to meet, and he actually got her to believe that YHWH didn't mean what he said and that he threw out the wedding covenant!! I know it's unbelievable but she actually tells
people that she knows that he'll still love her, provide for and protect her even though she completely disregarded his wishes, was unfaithful, had others before him! She even keeps the feast days of his enemy but ignores YHWH's! So his son will come back, and one of two things will happen. #1. He will leave her standing on the Earth and she will watch him leave. His horrific words “Depart from me” will ring in her ears. Only then will she realize that she never, ever should have listened to the enemy. Now she will be forever doomed, because he only came back the one time for her and he didn't recognize her. He couldn't, she had no idea that he meant what he said, he had never changed the covenant and despite all the warnings, she chose to believe a lie over the one who could truly save her. His truth was real, and she realized this too late. The ironic thing is, he told her this might happen!! OR #2. She will realize she was being told lies by the enemy, and just in time she will see the error of her ways and go back into covenant. She will re-learn the appointed feast times and know when to expect him. She will realize that she has to turn back to the marriage covenant called "Torah" (the word for “turn back” is "repent”). She will start doing everything he said to do, then she will be marked by him and when his son returns he will be able to identify her easily, and he will take her off to the wedding feast to live forever with him!!!

Shoob, Scott. Exit Babylon (p. 76). Beit Tefillah Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Used by permission

Answering Questions.

I was curious before with the teachers of Torah and as you know I did explore. Could you please explain in more detail the following? 

Your teachings tell of the Christian's responsibility to adhere to the original Torah, the commandments given to God's people. Right? As is stated in 2 Timothy 3:16 - "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:" Where does the New Testament fall in the Torah Believer's understanding ? Is it considered scripture at all? 

Yes, The New Testament is Scripture.  However, it is commentary on the Torah.  We cannot have a proper understanding of the NT without knowing and understanding Torah.  Yahshua, Messiah came as the Lamb of Elohim to be a covering for our sin.  There is no salvation apart from the atoning work of Messiah.  We are saved by grace through faith in His work on the stake.  The Jewish people failed to be the "priests and representatives" to the rest of the world that Yahweh desired.  Paul took the gospel or good news to the lost tribes of Israel scattered abroad.  (see who is Israel I will repost something about this)   You see, Messiah says He came to seek and save the lost sheep of Israel)  Paul says we as believers are grafted into Israel.  Paul, if read correctly and lining up with the rest of Scripture actually does not say the law is done away with.  Paul talks about 3 or 4 different laws.  Peter tells us in II Pet. to be very careful how we interpret Paul concerning the law as he speaks at a very deep level.  Everything in Scripture lines up with the rest of Scripture.  There are no inconsistencies.  If there is a seeming contradiction it is in how we interpreted it, not in the Scriptures.

The 119 ministry folks did make a lot of convincing arguments but my question is specially centered around why some Torah observers quote out of the New Testament but choose to live from the Old Testament? I do believe that God does not change, and I don't see God changing in the New Testament either. I see fulfillment of Prophecy and continuing of God's ordered plan for the Christian life. I see that the Old Testament clearly teaches the Sabbath Day but I also see the events laid out in the New Testament that clearly indicate an observance of the Lord's Day (commemorating Christ's Resurrection) which was clearly held on the First day of the week.

Ok, New Testament living.  Messiah said if you love me keep my commands.  Whose commands is He endorsing?  Yahweh Elohim's.  which are the Torah.  Torah is actually mistranslated.  It should actually be called "instructions"  The instructions that were given to Moses for the set apart people of Elohim were actually a marriage contract.  The bride failed to keep her part of the contract so Elohim divorced her and sent her out of the land.  For Elohim to again remarry her would be to go against the instructions He had given, so there had to be a death, enter Messiah, a death.  Now the marriage contract never was done away with.  In the contract are the instructions of what Elohim desires His bride to be and do.  Blessings if you follow it and Curses if you do not.  So, we keep Torah not out of because we have to but because it is a demonstration of our love for Messiah.  Do we keep it perfectly, no, so we have I John 1:9.  We do what we can to the best of our ability, not because it saves us but because we desire to demonstrate our love for Messiah.
    The first day of the week.  Worship was conducted not on the first day of the week.  In Matt. where the ladies are coming to the tomb.  Scripture actually says "as it was dawning toward the first day of the week."  In Jewish terms this would be Saturday evening just before the sun set.  The Lord's day comes completely out of sun worship through Constantine and the Roman church.  Everywhere in the NT Paul and others taught at the synagogues on the Sabbath as was their custom.  The Roman church does not hide the fact that it changed the appointed times of Yahweh.  Just look at any encyclopedia.  Daniels tells us there would come one who would change the times and appointed days of Yahweh.  In the early 300's ad the council of Nicea things were changed and hidden so that people would actually be in sun worship.  This would include Christmas and Easter.  Easter is on a sunday every year.  Passover, the appointed time of Messiah's death changes every year.  Do the research and you will see that Christmas and Easter are pagan.
   Here again, Yahweh does not change.  His set apart appointment day remains the 7th day.  It is a day of rest.  6000 years to work and then the Sabbath rest of His kingdom.  To have the day of rest on the first day of the week destroys the type that was established back at creation.  Satan is a deciever.  In the last days even the elect could possibly be decieved, so great is satan's lie.
Consider this, If we are to live as Messiah did, He is our example, and he rested on the 7th day why would we do anything different?  There is no place in the Scriptures that Elohim says to worship on the first day because He changed things.

His resurrection (John 20:1), His first and second appearance to the disciples (John 20:19 & 26), the first sermon preached by Peter (Acts 2:14-15), the outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:1), the first baptisms (Acts 2:41), Pauls 7 day visit at Troas, mentions gathering for breaking bread with believers on the first day of the week, not the Sabbath.(Acts 20:6-8), collections for the poor (1 Corinthians 16:2), John the Revelator's Vision on the Lord's Day (Revelation 1:10). 
I will get back to this with another posting.
You need to reference every scripture that talks about the Lord's day.  The Lord's day refers to day of atonement.
Constantine changed things and used the term "Lord's day"  It never in Scripture refers to the Sabbath that Yahweh appointed for His set apart people to keep.

I also see that the disciples were faithful for adhere to the commandments as taught by Jesus who didn't come to abolish the Law but to fulfill it. So I don't believe the Sabbath Day and the Lord's Day are the same. Which wouldn't make Jesus changing the Law at all. The New Testament Christians observed the Lord's Day because of all the events listed above that took place on that day (first day of the week) I see it as the Law was in place and still is up to and including Christ's coming, crucifixion and resurrection. Then, when that was fulfilled, which was prophesied in the Old Testament, a new beginning was established. 
No, a new beginning was not established.  the words for New Testament mean a renewed covenant, the old was not done away with but renewed by the blood of Messiah.  It is a marriage covenant.  I will also post more on this.

Based on the important new events told in the New Testament which the Old Testament believers could not experience until Christ came, why is it not acknowledged by Torah believers that it is acceptable to meet and honor the Lord on a Sunday? Why is it considered a life and death error? 
Because, Yahweh never changed who His set apart people were and the instructions He gave.  To worship Him in this way is an abomination according to Deut as it is worshiping Him in a way He does not want.  He says very specifically do not worship Him using the way the pagans do.  The pagans worship the sun on the first day of the week.  Remember the 10 virgins?  Only 5 were admitted to the marriage supper (the ones who kept the marriage contract)  I will also post on this

I am very interested in hearing your explanation. There are other questions I have too that I have come across as I have taken the call to be a Berean and studied scripture - such as the women's headship veiling, modest dressing, fellowshipping of the saints etc. But I'll leave those to later. 
K

Keep the questions coming.  Also if there is more I need to clear up from my hurried post here.

Whose mark do you already have?

I will start today with John Lawson's video of who is the law for?

Now I would like to share what Yahweh's seal is to determine if you are one of his or what the mark of the Beast is to determine if you do not belong to Yahweh.
From Exit Babylon.  Used by permission.


The Creator is calling his people out of Babylon NOW. People are hearing his voice and are obeying him, they are learning things that have been "sealed up until the time of the end" as was told in Daniel. There is a reason why it is written; Matthew 24: 24 For there shall arise false Messiahs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. This deception is going on right now. It has been going on for a very long time, it is not something coming in the future. People assume that “the devil will come into the church." That happened a very long time ago. I do believe the end is much closer than what most people think. People assume the "Mark of the Beast" is coming. It is here and it has been here. It is not a tattoo, a bar code, an RFID chip, or a social security number.
Avoiding "The Mark of the Beast" How do you avoid getting the "Mark of the Beast?" It's actually pretty simple as it's the opposite of our Creator's “mark”. The bible is very clear what "the mark" is, how to get the Creator's mark and how to avoid satan's mark. There will be TWO marks. The Creator's mark, or the other mark. Please realize that EVERYONE WILL BE MARKED.
When our Creator freed the children of Israel from their captivity in Egypt, he gave them the Torah, and then led them through the wilderness to the promised land. He told them that IF they wanted to make it into the promised land, then they needed his Torah as a mark upon their hands and their foreheads, and that it must be in their mouths (teaching it). 1 Corinthians 10: 11 Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Paul knew by this verse that those at the end of the world would need to be doing THE SAME THING the children of Israel were doing to get into “the promised land” back then. OUR EXAMPLES. We are marked, whether it is by our creator or by satan. Our Creator tells us EXACTLY what his mark is.
Exodus 13: 9 And it shall be for a sign unto you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that YHWH'S torah may be in your mouth: Exodus 31: 13 Verily my sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am YHWH that does sanctify you. Exodus31: 17 (regarding the Sabbath again) It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days YHWH made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. Deuteronomy 6: 8 And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. (The Torah commandments) Deuteronomy 11: 18 Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. Deuteronomy 28: 45,46 Moreover all these curses shall come upon you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, till you be destroyed; because you hearkened not unto the voice of YHWH thy Elohim, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you: And they shall be upon you for a sign and for a wonder, and upon your seed for ever.
COMPARE The Mark of the Beast Revelation 13: 16 And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads. Now read this again Deuteronomy 11: 18 Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. “Mark” is also another word for “name”. Compare: Our Creator's name/ mark; Revelation 14: 1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. Revelation 22: 4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. The beast's name/ mark:  Revelation 20: 4 I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of the Messiah, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; 2 Thessalonians 2: 8-12 And then the lawless one shall be revealed, whom the Master shall consume with the Spirit of His mouth and bring to naught with the manifestation of His coming.
The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power and signs and wonders of falsehood, and with all deceit of unrighteousness in those perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth, in order for them to be saved. And for this reason Elohim sends them a working of delusion, for them to believe the falsehood, in order that all should be judged who did not believe the truth, but have delighted in the unrighteousness.  The bible is very clear that the anti-Messiah will be "The lawless one." Paul wrote that the spirit of that one was around in his day, and right now the anti-Messiah has got the majority of the people in the world misled. That's why the path is so narrow, that there will be "only a remnant," and "even the elect would be deceived, if it were possible." Many people are thinking that they will be forced to get a tattoo or a chip of some kind which will be a mark, yet they are marked already. Again, there will be two marks. The Creator's mark, or the beast's mark. But everyone WILL be marked. By default, it you get the Creator's mark, you will not get the mark of the beast.
The bible is VERY specific on how to get the Creator's mark. However, when shown, some people absolutely will not see it. It's completely amazing and very sad. In Revelation, John writes that who "worships the beast will receive a mark on their hand or their forehead." However, *IF* people humble themselves and worship their Creator through OBEDIENCE, then they will get his mark. It can't be any more clear than this. It is not an implant, a microchip, a barcode, a tattoo, or something people are forced to get. It is who they worship and who they obey voluntarily. Deuteronomy 28: 45,46 Moreover all these curses shall come upon you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, till you are destroyed; because you hearkened not unto the voice of the YHWH thy El, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you: And they shall be upon you for a sign and for a wonder, and upon your seed for ever. FOREVER. What more do people need? It's right there, plain to see!

Shoob, Scott. Exit Babylon (p. 66). Beit Tefillah Publishing. Kindle Edition.

"They allege the Sabbath changed into Sunday, the Lord's Day, contrary to the Decalogue, as it appears, neither is there any example more boasted of than the changing of the Sabbath Day. Great, say they, is the power and authority of the church, since it dispensed with one of the ten commandments"- Augsburg Confession of Faith

Who is in Babylon?

I am posting today from an excerpt of the book Exiting Babylon.  It is used by permission from the author.  I would recommend that if you desire to follow Yahweh Elohim, the author of the Scriptures that you read this and be a Berean not taking for granted that the doctrines and things you are hearing from the pulpits of the church are true representations of the Word of Elohim.  Please consider
1.  Who is Israel
2.  Who did Yahshua say he came to save?
3.  If "God" does not change then why are you resting on Sunday?
4.  This is a difference of life and death.


The bible has been translated into different languages and versions, but they all say pretty much the same thing. How in the world could we have so many different ways that people worship the Creator if we only have ONE set of scriptures? There is actually an easy answer for that. The Creator didn't create "religion." Man did. The Creator created one way of life for us to follow if we wish to become his people. When man gets to fooling with it, and he mixes that one way of life with other man-made things and traditions, then it splits and goes all over the place. All it takes is for another guy who is somewhat charismatic or outspoken, maybe a little educated or well read in the scriptures, and can influence some people by saying; "Hey, this is how I think we could best serve the Creator," and *poof* - another religion is born and people go off to follow him. Most of the time it involves a pride issue when someone wants others to think they are right; they want to have a following.

We need to ALL be good Bereans and search the scriptures to see if what we do and if what we hear matches the Word. If it doesn't match then there's a choice to make. Do we do what the Word of the Creator says, or do we do what religion teaches us? Because as of right now, there's a WHOLE LOT that doesn't match. And in the end, when we are standing before our maker, do you assume you will be judged based on your obedience to what He said or to what your religion says? You have a bible, correct? If what you do doesn't match what the Creator said - then how will you have any excuse?

The Earth is in turmoil and wickedness abounds, so if we are at the time that is described in scriptures, we should pay attention to what the Creator's people will be doing at the end, wouldn't you agree? Let's take a look at the description of the Creator's people at the end of days as it was shown to John (twice) in his vision and was recorded in the book of Revelation:
Revelation 14: 12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the testimonies of the Messiah. His people will keep the commandments and keep the the testimonies of the Messiah. Exactly what are "testimonies?"
The churches of today don't teach these, which is no big surprise. It's not a "story" like you'd tell your "testimony in court." It is a word that has been modernized to mean something else, which is a bad practice when translating scripture and I'll show you why shortly. Paul wrote of examples we would be following, so let's look at what he wrote for another clue. Paul wrote about the first exodus in his letters to the people of Corinth; 1 Corinthians 10: 11 Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. As these things were written down as examples to those people who will be around at the time of the end, then we'd better pay pretty close attention to just what these "examples" are, wouldn't you think? After all, John says this Revelation 18: 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues. Notice a couple things about this verse. #1. The Creator isn't calling everyone out of Babylon, just his people. #2. The Creator said to not partake of her sins, so you will not receive her plagues. If you read about the plagues that happened to the Egyptians when pharaoh would not let Moses and the Israel people go, Egypt received a LOT of horrible plagues. But the Creator's people did not receive the plagues. This verse in Revelation from John's vision makes it appear that what happened to Israel in the first exodus will happen to the people called Israel at the end of time. We should straighten something out that some people have a hard time with - the people called Israel are not all in the land called "Israel." When was the first time we heard mention of the name Israel in the bible?
This group of people is what we need to be grafted into, this group is the name of the Creator's people, and why the Messiah said; Matthew 15: 24 I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Once people become ISRAEL, then they will have a Messiah to deliver them at the end of time. There have always been two groups of people, Israel and Gentiles. "Gentile" was what everybody else was called who wasn't in covenant with the Creator. The lost sheep are scattered into the gentile nations, and it is from out of these places that the people will come when they hear the Creator's voice and return, just as prophesy says. A "gentile believer" is an oxymoron. Once you come into covenant with the Creator then you become one of his people and you become Israel, and you are no longer a gentile. Just as Ruth was no longer a Moabite that we learn about in the book of Ruth.
Let me state something that should be realized first and foremost about Israel The group of people named Israel is the ONLY group of people to which the Creator gave a covenant, the only group of people that his commandments are for, that the Messiah was sent for, and that the scriptures are written for. NOBODY ELSE. The Creator is calling his people out of Babylon NOW. People are hearing his voice and are obeying him, they are learning things that have been "sealed up until the time of the end" as was told in Daniel. There is a reason why it is written; Matthew 24: 24 For there shall arise false Messiahs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. This deception is going on right now. It has been going on for a very long time, it is not something coming in the future. People assume that “the devil will come into the church." That happened a very long time ago. I do believe the end is much closer than what most people think. People assume the "Mark of the Beast" is coming. It is here and it has been here. It is not a tattoo, a bar code, an RFID chip, or a social security number.

More to come.

Shoob, Scott (2015-11-24). Exit Babylon (pp. 24-26). Beit Tefillah Publishing. Kindle Edition.

What Exactly is Torah?

For those of you who enjoyed John Lawson's "what is sin" I am posting his next illustration on what is Torah.

Now, If you are interested in Bible prophecy and would like to think outside the box of conventional teachings on it the teachings from 119 ministries and also from Steve at Torah Family.org 

Prophecy is a topic that many love to dive in to, while others may not always be as interested. While prophecy can cover multiple topics and different angles of those topics, one thing is for sure, there will never be a shortage of opinions to those topics.
This is one of those teachings that we believe even those who are not so drawn to prophecy may find interesting. We discuss the prophecy of Ezekiel regarding the Northern Kingdom of Israel and how Daniel 

may prove to be a second witness.

What is sin?

Do the Scriptures define what sin is?  We hear about sin and that we should not do it but do the men in the pulpits actually tell us what Yahweh Elohim considers to be sin?  His Word is very clear about this if we take the time to seek, find and obey.  Here is a short video that is very good with giving us a clear scriptural definition.

If you like the work that this gentleman does he has more videos on facebook that would give more definitions.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3IBqyF4ckiPxMBwhrsjlQA