“…Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham,

the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever,

Exodus 3:15

 

 

THE LAWKEEPERS’ MONTHLY JOURNAL

 

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May Our Most Merciful GOD

of

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel

Continue to open the eyes of the "Dry Bones"

In preparation for our RETURN to our heritage

To serve and worship HIM in ways, whereby,

HE will finally be pleased with HIS Covenant People!

(Ezekiel 37th Chapter)

 

 

  

OUR GOD BLESS US

AND REMEMBER HIS COVENANT WITH

ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB!

 

 

“I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt,

to be your God:

I am the LORD your God.”

Numbers 15:41

 

“Can a woman forget her sucking child,

that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb?

yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands;

 

“…thy walls are continually before me. Thy children shall make haste;

thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.”

Isaiah 49:15 - 17

 

“Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles,

and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms,

and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.”

Isaiah 49:22

 

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<>ALL MONTHLY EDITIONS ARE A TRIBUTE<> 

 

TO 

 

<>THE CREATOR GOD OF ISRAEL<>

<>TAKING BACK HIS UNIVERSE<>

 

AND

 

<>MANIFESTING THE SECOND GREAT EXODUS<>

 

OF

 

<>THE SEED OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL<>

 

FOR

 

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LORD GOD of ISRAEL,

"I will declare thy name unto my brethren:

in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob,

glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel."

Psalm 22:22,23

 

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 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say,

The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 

But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel

out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them;

and they shall dwell in their own land.

Jeremiah 23:7,8

 

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Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel,

the LORD God of your fathers,

<>the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,<>

hath sent me unto you:

<>this is my name for ever,<>

<>and this is my memorial unto all generations. <>  

Exodus 3:15

 

Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD;

I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. 

And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen,

which ye have profaned in the midst of them;

and the heathen shall know

that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD,

when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

Ezekiel 36:22,23

 

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“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again

the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left,

from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush,

and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from

the islands of the sea.  And he shall set up an ensign for the nations,

and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together

the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.”

Isaiah 11:11,12

 

“Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said,

The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 

But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north,

and from all the lands whither he had driven them:

and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.”

Jeremiah 16:14,15

 

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ESTABLISHED FOR

 

THE RECOGNITION, EXALTATION, AND PRAISE OF

 

THE MOST HIGH GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB

 

AND HIS EVERLASTING BOOK OF THE LAW

 

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“Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,

and thy law is the truth. Thou art near, O LORD;

and all thy commandments are truth  Concerning thy testimonies,

I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. 

Thy word is true from the beginning:

and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.”

Psalm 119:142,151,152,160

 

“Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger,

as for one of your own country:

for I am the LORD your God.”

Leviticus 24:22

 

“For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them,

as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments

so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?”

Deuteronomy 4:7,8

 

“Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man,

and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.”

Jeremiah 17:5

 

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“The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake;

he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.”

Isaiah 42:21

 

“Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments,

which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might

do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: 

That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God,

to keep all his statutes and his commandments,

which I command thee, thou, and thy sons and thy son’s son,

all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. 

Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee,

and that ye may increase mightily,

as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee,

in the land that floweth with milk and honey.”

Deuteronomy 6:1 - 3

 

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“O Earth, Earth, Earth,

HEAR the WORD of the LORD.” 

Jeremiah 22:29

 

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THE<>TRUE<>AND<>LIVING<>GOD!

 

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EXALTATIONS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD THAT CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH:

 

"The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock;

and let the God of my salvation be exalted.

 

It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

 

He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up

above those that rise up against me:

thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

 

Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen,

and sing praises unto thy name."

Psalm 18:46 - 49

 

"The heavens declare the glory of God;

and the firmament sheweth his handiwork.

 

Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge."

Psalm 19:1,2

 

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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE LAWKEEPERS, CO.:

 

ALL PRAISES BE TO THE MOST HIGH YIHOVAH,

ELOHIM OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB

PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME

FOR HE IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED!!!

 

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God [is] one LORD:

 

(Deuteronomy 6:4)

 

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And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant,

wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, [even] they,

and their children, and their children's children for ever:

and my servant David [shall be] their prince for ever.

Ezekiel 37:25

 

And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

Zechariah 14:9

The author of the following op-ed piece is William Edelen.

Christmas Mythology


This is a season of myth, legend, folklore, fantasy, make believe and superstition. In the interest of mental and spiritual health a few historical facts need to be kept in perspective. I know that is difficult while being drowned in an emotional/devotional frenzy.

The Christmas Jesus stories are pure mythology. That is a fact that is accepted and taught in the Religion departments of every major university in this country, or the world.  By "major" university I am talking about those schools that are free of the financial and academic coercion that is always present if the school is under the control of a Christian denomination.

I will use only one example out of many.

Mithraism (6th century B.C. Persia and India). Mithras was born of a virgin, with only shepherds present. Mithras was known as "the way," "the truth," "the Life," "the Light," "the Word," the "Son of God," and "the Good Shepherd." He was pictured carrying a Lamb on his shoulders. Sunday was sacred and known as "the Lord"s Day" centuries before Jesus was ever born.

On December 25th, there were glorious celebrations with bells, hymns, candles, gifts, and "communion" was observed by the followers.

From December 25 until the Spring Equinox (Estra or Easter) were the "40 days" which later became Christian Lent. Mithras was finally placed in a rock tomb called "Petra." After three days he was removed with great festival, celebrations and joy.

The followers of Mithras believed there would be a day of "judgement" when non-believers would perish and "believers" would live forever with Mithras in "paradise," which is a Persian word, not Hebrew.

All of these mythological formulas were later absorbed, by diffusion, into the Christian cult and their rituals.

As hundreds of eminent scholars have brought to our attention, Christianism is saturated with the mythology of Mithraism, Zoroastrianism, Egypt and Babylon. It is hardly "controversial' when this material can be found in every major library in this country; and when it is accepted and taught in the Religion departments of every major university not financially imprisoned by 'orthodox' Christian control.

It is even being taught in my grandson"s high school class on Comparative Religion in Santa Rosa, California where the light of religious literacy floods the darkness of superstition.

I repeat my opening paragraph: in the interest of spiritual and mental health, a few historical facts need to be remembered as a balance in perspective. To ignore and close our eyes to such knowledge is to walk around about a half bubble off plumb.

There is nothing wrong with fantasy, so long as it is recognized as such.

Here, here, well said William Edelen.

And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

Zechariah 14:9

 Rosh Chodesh !!!

 

ALL PRAISES BE TO THE MOST HIGH YIHOVAH,

ELOHIM OF ABRAHAM, ISSAC, AND JACOB!  

PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME

FOR HE IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED!!!

 

Halleluyah!!  Halleluyah!!  Halleluyah!!

 

Shalom and Shalom,

Yehudah ben Yacob,

President

The LawKeepers Co. 

 

[The more people learn about the truth concerning Christianity and December 25th, the sooner people will reject this pagan religion.  Excellent Message!  T.Y., Editor]

 

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Tribute to the New Moon Revised:

 

The service of this solar/lunar calendar of TORAH READINGS is by definition using the “LIGHTS” of the sun and moon, according to Genesis 1:14, to number the “days” of each month.  And the dark phases of the moon cooperatively and conveniently provide a break between the months.  If there were no dark phases of the moon, we would have a tough time determining when one month ended and when another would begin.  Hence, because the Commandment is to use the “Lights” in the Heavens for “Signs” for seasons, days, and years, the New Moon Crescent is what provides us with our first lights of each new month and these lights continue waxing and waning until they are diminished to the dark phases.  And then in two to three days, the New Moon Crescent reappears again starting the First Day of another new month.

 

Realizing that even some Israelites use the dark phase of the moon to call the new month, I would like to add one obvious fact.  By definition, there can only be a “New Moon,” per se, after the dark phase interval and when the New Moon Crescent reappears, thus, we understand the concept of having a “New” moon. 

 

If the dark phase of the moon begins the First Day of the month, then when the New Moon Crescent is “Sighted” that could approximately be as far into the month as the Fourth Day, i.e., the appearance of the “Light” in the Heavens could possibly fall on the Fourth Day.  It makes no sense to start to count the first dark phase of the moon as being the First Day of the month, as this process disregards the use of the “Light” in the Heavens to determine our “days,” as we are Commanded to do in Genesis 1:14.  Consider what King David said in I Samuel 20:24:  “…when the New Moon was come…”  He had to be speaking about the New Moon Crescent, as we are unable to “Sight” the appearance of the dark phase or rather see it “come.” 

 

It’s the absence of seeing the moon for forty-eight or more hours that enables us to identify the approaching Crescent “Sign” in the Heavens (mentioned in Genesis 1:14) that recognizes the moon as being “New.”    And upon “Sighting” this “New” Crescent” we distinguish it as being the “New Moon” and the time of the New Month, as well.

 

PLEASE NOTE:  The Hebrew New Year is also determined by the “LIGHTS” in the Heavens and not by the “sighting of barley,” as some Black Hebrew Israelites and European “Jews” advocate. 

 

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“For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make,

shall remain before me, saith the LORD,

so shall your seed and your name remain.

 

“And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another,

and from one sabbath to another,

shall all flesh come to worship before me,

saith the LORD.”

Isaiah 66:22,23

 

<<<PLEASE TAKE PART IN THE NEW MOON WATCH>>>

 

<<<For The First Day of the “HEBREW” Month>>>

 

And if it’s not the evening of GOD’s Holy Seventh Day Sabbath of

COMPLETE REST or other Holy Day,

please report your evidence (day, date, and time) to:

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START THE NEXT NEW MOON WATCH ON THE EVENINGS OF

 

<<<DECEMBER 28,29,30, 2008>>>

 

BY LOOKING IN THE “WEST” JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON.

 

“He appointed the moon for seasons…”

Psalm 104:19

 

The first “Sign” in the Heavens to provide the start of days, years and “seasons” can only begin with the “Sighting” of the New Moon Crescent - that which we can “see” in order for it to serve as a “Sign” and enable us to begin counting our days and months.   Just imagine not being able to “see” the moon at all.  How then could it be appointed for a “Sign” or for “seasons”?

 

“The natural thought might be that the moon is like a living being.  It is born, grows, reaches maximum size, then fades and dies, going through all these stages in one month.  Even today, we still talk of the thin crescent in the western sky as a new moon and the thin crescent in the eastern sky a month later as the old moon.  Half way between is the full moon.  As I explained earlier, this cycle of phases of the moon established the month as a unit of time, and the first calendars were based on this.”   ISAAC ASIMOV’S GUIDE TO EARTH AND SPACE, pages 79 and 80

 

In that the King of Israel is supposed to be a “Righteous Judge” (II Chronicles 1:11), it stands to reason that he is also supposed to be a “Righteous Role Model.”  Thus, if the King that GOD appoints over Israel observes a “feast” on the day of the New Moon, then wisdom tells the Nation of Israel to do likewise.  King Saul and the anointed David observed this service (I Samuel 20th Chapter).

 

To their and our hurt our forefathers worshipped all manner of symbols:  the sun, moon, stars, and images of gold and silver.  To observe the “Sign” in the heavens as being the New Moon “Sighting” is NOT worshipping the moon, but rather it is doing as we are COMMANDED in Genesis 1:14:

 

“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:”

 

Some people feel that the moon has no “light,” but according to GOD’s WORD to HIS Prophets, it most certainly does:  Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 30:26; Jeremiah 31:35; Ezekiel 32:7. 

 

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“Sing aloud unto God our strength:  make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

“Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

“Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed,

on our solemn feast day.

“For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.”  

Psalm 81:1 – 4

 

(A Psalm of Asaph, the Seer –

one who should be well informed about GOD’s Ways)

 

“Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings,

and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God:  I am the LORD your God.”  

Numbers 10:10

 

Contrary to the belief of some Israelites, the moon does indeed shine!  Even if the Moon shines with the aid of the sun, i.e., reflects the light of the sun, IT STILL SHINES!  And the fact that Scripture attests to this fact, is what’s important:  Isaiah 60:19; Jeremiah 31:35; and Ezekiel 32:7.  Therefore, Genesis 1:14 is proof enough that we must use the shining New Moon Crescents as “…SIGNS, AND FOR SEASONS, AND FOR DAYS, AND FOR YEARS:”  

 

Some Israelites, along with White Jews, use the dark phase of the moon to determine the start of a new month.  If the dark phase of the moon lasts for “2-3 days,” then which of these days is supposed to be the distinguishing “Sign” that determines the First Day of the month?  Or do we just arbitrarily select either/or depending on the imaginations of our hearts?  

 

On the contrary, with the use of the sighted “Sign” of the New Moon Crescent in the Heavens we eliminate any confusion as to which day IS the First Day of the month. 

 

“So David hid himself in the field: and WHEN THE NEW MOON WAS COME, the king sat him down to eat meat.”   I Samuel 20:24

 

At the time of the dark phases of the moon (generally 2-3 days), as previously written, there is no “moon” in SIGHT.  Therefore, I Samuel 20:24 sheds more light on Genesis 1:14.  “WHEN THE NEW MOON WAS COME,” is clearly telling readers that this is a reference to a visible “Moon Crescent Sighting”  - the light in the firmament…i.e., the “Sign” for (lunar) days.  Thus, if we are to count all the lunar days (29.5) in a month, it only makes sense to start counting from the New Moon Crescent “when the New Moon was come” and NOT from the dark phases at the end of the month, which do not emit any “sign” or “light” in the heavens.

 

The only problem that presents itself when using the “New Moon Sighting” to call the First Day of the month is cloud coverage, as this prevents the ability to see the New Moon Crescent.   Nonetheless, when “Sighted,” one can easily distinguish the New Moon Crescent from all the other phases due to its thin sliver and its low position in the heavens.  And the reason is that no two days or rather phases of the visible moon are alike.  Hence, to use the New Moon Crescent as the “Sign” in the heavens, as we are COMMANDED to do for our seasons, days, and years, negates the belief that the “commandment was given to the luminaries.”  The “luminaries” fulfill GOD’s Commandments:  the sun shines and the moon orbits the Earth.  They have no need to determine seasons, days, and years.  Hence, our New Moons are obviously of more spiritual significance to the Nation of Israel than we are aware.  And for sure, the TRUTH concerning them are in GOD’s WORD to HIS Prophets/Seers - not the White Jews or other Gentiles.  All we need do is use wisdom, discern what’s written in Scripture, accept it, and act accordingly!

 

“Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

 

“Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.” II Chronicles 8:12,13

 

Unless there is an emergency, please try not to buy or sell on this day.  Conduct all financial and business transactions prior to the day of the New Moon.  Interesting enough, II Kings 4:23,24 constitutes the New Moon as being a day to seek “the man of God.”  Although the New Moon is NOT a Day of Rest, Our GOD did set it aside for recognition:

 

“Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.”   Psalm 81:3

 

“And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD   Isaiah 66:23

 

“…When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn?…”   Amos 8:5

 

Probably, the Scripture that most determines and clarifies the fact that our New Moons are Feast Days is Ezekiel 45:17:

 

“And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the NEW MOONS, and in the Sabbaths, in ALL SOLEMNITIES of the house of Israel:  he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the HOUSE OF ISRAEL.”   (Caps. are mine.)

 

Unequivocally, our New Moons are included in these “SOLEMNITIES” mentioned in Ezekiel 45:17.

 

“Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the Sabbaths [Feasts – NOT 7th Day Sabbaths*] and in the NEW MOONS.”   Ezekiel 46:3   (Brackets are mine.)

 

Thereby, this verse justifies the First Day of each month being our “Feast” Day.  It should be realized that the Feast Days that Our GOD selected (Leviticus 23rd Chapter) are “Holy Convocations,” i.e., on these days we cannot do any work.  However, because King Saul observed the New Moon as a Feast Day, we have every reason to do so, as well.   We also have learned that our forefathers traveled to the Temple to worship the Holy ONE on the New Moon (II Kings 4:23; Ezekiel 45:17; and Ezekiel 46:1), and when HE has HIS Temple rebuilt, then we will again be able to resume this service and worship.

 

When we return to our heritage and worship YIHOVAH according to HIS Ways, then we can establish our own “Calendar of the Universe,” whereby, the days of the New Moon and all GOD’s Holy Days will be recognized by the whole entire World.  And I am sure that it will be the desire of the Righteous Remnant and ALL the world to make a Feast to the Most High GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel every First Day of the Month. 

 

ALSO, I believe that if Lot (Genesis 19:3) and Abraham (Genesis 21:8) can proclaim “Feasts,” then there is no stipulation for NOT establishing Feast Days, as we so desire.  Therefore, to proclaim a feast to EXALT the Holy ONE of Israel on the First Day of each month is quite acceptable - given the Scripture (above) regarding worshipping Our LORD GOD of ISRAEL, Our SAVIOR, on the New Moons.  We should know that throughout the Tanakh Hebrew Israelites called for “feasts” for various occasions.  Therefore, we are within our rights to observe a Feast every New Moon to Our GOD, the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel.   And those of us who love this WONDERFUL GOD and who choose HIM to EXALT HIM for being the ONLY LORD and SAVIOR can be at liberty to use the day of the New Moon to show forth HIS PRAISE in a “feast” and worship HIM in Jerusalem FOREVER. 

 

“And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and [he] made a feast to all his servants.”

I Kings 3:15

 

*Leviticus 23:24,39 (Sabbaths of Feasts)

 

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A Tribute to GOD’s “HOLY” Seventh Day Sabbath of Complete REST - HIS WEEKLY ANNIVERSARY OBSERVANCE and SIGN between HIM and Israelites for HIS CREATION of the Heavens and the Earth:

 

“Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath,

to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever:

for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth,

and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.”  

Exodus 31:17,18

 

Since we know for a fact that GOD’s Holy Seventh Day Sabbath is a “Sign” between HIM and Israel, why take any chance to profane it?  Every passage about the Holy Sabbath of COMPLETE Rest stands strong in support of GOD’s Commandment to abide in our places on the Seventh Day (Exodus 16:29) – ever last one of them – including the passage in Jeremiah where we are Commanded to “Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;”  Jeremiah 17:21   (Please read verses 21 to 27.)

 

Perhaps the wise thing to do would be to define the word “burden.”  But more importantly, we need to determine whether or not Exodus 16:29 is a Commandment or not.  And if it is determined to be one, then we should Fear the GOD of Israel and be obedient to what HE has Commanded of us.

 

“But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power

and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship,

and to him shall ye do sacrifice.  And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law,

and the commandment, which he wrote for you,

he shall observe to do for ever more;

and ye shall not fear other gods.”

II Kings 17:36,37

 

Why must we debate that which is clearly written for us to do and for very good reason, if we will only consider and think about it?  The Holy ONE wants us to be first to observe HIS weekly Anniversary of Creation, which is to keep HIS Holy Seventh day at REST, as HE did, in order that we might be REFRESHED!  

 

“REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY”

Exodus 20:8

 

 

“See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.”   Exodus 16:29

 

“And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.

 

“Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.”  Exodus 35:1,2

 

“Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation [“HOLY DAY”]; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.”   Leviticus 23:3

 

“Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.”   Exodus 31:15 - 17

 

“And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.  And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.”   Genesis 2:2,3

 

Significantly, in the beginning when the Holy ONE of Israel established this Sabbath Day of COMPLETE REST and when HE clearly COMMANDED the Children of Israel in the Wilderness to observe this Holy Day, HE MADE NO EXCEPTIONS! 

 

If “ALL” GOD’s COMMANDMENTS are sure, then for sure, we must give credence to Exodus 16:29 and abide in our places on GOD’s HOLY Seventh Day of Complete REST as we are COMMANDED TO DO!

 

“He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.”   Psalm 111:7

 

GOD’s Holy Seventh Day Sabbath of REST is not only one of HIS Greatest WORKS of all time, but this Holy Day is an extraordinary “SIGN” between this Most High GOD, the CREATOR and HIS Chosen People, the Children of Israel!  This Seventh Day also marks the Anniversary of GOD ending the Creations of the Heavens, Earth, man, and all that is therein.

 

“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.”   Genesis 2:1 - 3

 

“And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

 

“See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.”   Exodus 16:23,29

 

“And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.”   Exodus 24:12

 

“Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should DO SO IN THE LAND whither ye go to possess it.”   Deuteronomy 4:5 (Caps. are mine.)

 

CONSIDER ALSO the fact that the CREATOR GOD of Israel only Commanded that we go to Jerusalem “THREE TIMES in the year”.  Had the Holy ONE wanted us to travel to Jerusalem on HIS Holy Sabbath Day of COMPLETE REST, HE would have Commanded that, as well.  Thus, given Exodus 16:29, we have to realize, understand, and accept the fact that it was never HIS intention for us to travel and/or leave our places on HIS most Holy Seventh Day. 

 

“Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.  Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)  And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.  Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.”   Exodus 23:14 - 17

 

“Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast”   Deuteronomy 16:16

 

There is no Scripture indicating that Israelites traveled to Jerusalem on GOD’s HALLOWED SEVENTH DAY.

 

THE PLACE THAT OUR GOD OF ISRAEL CHOSE IS THE HOLY CITY JERUSALEM.

 

The Israelite Way of Life was set in stone in the Wilderness, as to how we are Commanded to prepare to live according to ALL GOD’s LAW, as well as for HIS Holy Seventh Day Sabbath of Complete REST, i.e., how we are supposed to keep it, as well as the consequences for profaning it.  And there are no exceptions.

 

CONCERNING “HOLY CONVOCATION”

 

The issue stemming from the meaning of “Holy Convocation” written in Leviticus 23rd Chapter is real, and the interpretation is grossly misunderstood.  “Holy Convocation” does not mean “To Gather.”  And the sin committed by traveling and gathering on the CREATOR’s Holy Sabbath of Complete REST has grave consequences (Exodus 31:12 - 18).

 

Conclusive evidence that “holy convocation” DOES NOT mean to assemble is provided in the passage on Passover.   In Exodus 12:16 we are told that Passover is a “holy convocation” but yet, we are Commanded to observe this High Holy Day with our immediate families and only to join with another family if one’s members are too few for the lamb (Exodus 12:4).  This proves without a doubt that “holy convocation” cannot mean to assemble, but rather to keep the holy days “HOLY.”  Some call attention to the fact that because Israelites were Commanded to ”…turn in the morning and go into their tents”  (Deuteronomy 16:5-7) that this is proof of an assembly.  Those Israelite families that joined with others are the ones GOD Commanded to return to their tents.

 

The Holy ONE of Israel DOES NOT contradict HIMSELF!  HE would not COMMAND us to “Rest” on the Sabbath Day of Rest and also Command us to “abide ye every man in your place on the seventh day,” and then confuse us by telling us to “assemble” on the “rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD.”  This would make absolutely no sense whatsoever.  Therefore, if the Holy ONE of Israel said don’t bear a burden on the Sabbath Day of Rest (Jeremiah 17:21,22) and that our asses (used for travel) had to also rest, then for sure we have to “abide in our places…on the seventh day.”  Thus, using our cars and paying tolls and public transportation on GOD’s Holy Seventh Day of Rest is absolutely forbidden!  And walking to the Temple or to any meeting place was and still is out of the question all because GOD’s Seventh Day is specifically to be kept as a DAY of  “COMPLETE REST” - Shabatone (as is written in Hebrew).

 

The wise, obedient ones understand the great importance of observing this Seventh Day of Rest exactly as GOD Commanded and will not add to or diminish from this Law of the “Blessed,” “Sanctified,” and “Holy” Seventh Day Sabbath.   

 

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“…we will remember the name of the LORD our God.”

Psalm 20:7

 

 

“And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee:

for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.”

Psalm 9:10

 

“… The LORD God of your fathers,

the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,

and the God of Jacob…this is my name for ever,

and this is my memorial unto all generations.”

Exodus 3:15

 

“Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant

whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me,

and understand that

I am he:

before me there was no God formed,

neither shall there be after me.

 

“I, even I, am the LORD;

and beside me there is no saviour.”

Isaiah 43:10,11

 

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The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord. 

Next, is the keeping of HIS Laws.

 

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THE TORAH READINGS FOR THE NEW MOON,

AND GOD’s SEVENTH DAY SABBATHS

DURING THE MONTH OF

 JANUARY 2009

ARE AS FOLLOWS:

 

(If some of the Sabbath Readings are too lengthy for one day, then pace yourself,

and consider reading the TORAH Readings on the Sabbath

and the rest of the Scriptures listed throughout the week.)

 

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NEW MOON WATCH:

December 28,29,30, 2008

"…and thou shalt know that I am the

LORD: for they shall not be ashamed

That wait for me." Isaiah 49:23

 

Numbers 10:10

Psalm 81:1 – 10

Ezekiel 46:3

Genesis Chapters 25 - 27 

II Samuel 8:14

I Kings 18:31 - 39

II Kings 17:33 - 41

I Chronicles 16:2 - 36

Psalm 14th Chapter

Lamentations 2nd Chapter

Ezekiel 28:25,26

Ezekiel 37th Chapter

Obadiah

Malachi 1st Chapter

Psalm 22nd Chapter

"I am the LORD thy God, which have

Brought thee out of the land of Egypt,

Out of the house of bondage.  Thou

Shalt have no other gods before me."

Exodus 20:2,3

 

SHABBOT READINGS – 1/3/09

 

Genesis 2:1 - 3

Exodus 16:29

Exodus 31:12 - 18

Jeremiah 17:19 - 27

Deuteronomy 5:12 - 15

Isaiah 56:1 - 7

Isaiah 58:10 - 14

Genesis Chapters 28 - 30

Genesis 35:1 - 7

Ezra 9:8 - 15

Isaiah 11th Chapter

Joel 1st Chapter

Joshua 1:1 - 9

Joshua 3:10 - 17

Joshua 4:1 - 9

 I Kings 18:31,32

Ezra 6:16,17

Ezekiel 47:13

Psalm 112th Chapter

 

SHABBOT READINGS – 1/10/09

 

Genesis 2:1 - 3

Exodus 16:29

Exodus 31:12 - 18

Deuteronomy 5:12 - 15

Isaiah 56:1 - 7

Isaiah 58:10 – 14

Genesis Chapters 31 - 33 

Leviticus 12th Chapter

Leviticus 15:19 - 33

Psalm 59th Chapter

Psalm 44th Chapter

II Kings 17:29 - 41

Psalm 41st Chapter

 

SHABBOT READINGS – 1/17/09

 

Genesis 2:1 - 3

Exodus 16:29

Exodus 31:12 - 18

Deuteronomy 5:12 - 15

Isaiah 56:1 - 7

Isaiah 58:10 – 14

Genesis Chapters 34 - 36

I Chronicles 5:1,2

Deuteronomy 22:30

Deuteronomy 27:20

Psalm 149th Chapter

 

SHABBOT READINGS – 1/24/09

 

Genesis 2:1 - 3

Exodus 16:29

Exodus 31:12 - 18

Jeremiah 17:19 - 27

Deuteronomy 5:12 - 15

Isaiah 56:1 - 7

Isaiah 58:10 – 14

Genesis Chapters 37 -  39 

Deuteronomy 7th Chapter

Joshua 6:17 – 27

Joshua 7th Chapter

Exodus 20:14,16

Exodus 23:1 - 13

Malachi 3rd Chapter

Psalm 77th Chapter

Psalm 80th Chapter

 

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Watch for the next NEW MOON Crescent "Sighting" On

 

JANUARY 27,28,29, 2009

 

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“And God said, Let there be LIGHTS in the firmament of the heaven

to divide the day from the night;

and LET THEM BE FOR SIGNS, and for SEASONS, and for DAYS, and YEARS

Genesis 1:14

 

“He [GOD] appointed the moon for seasons: 

the sun knoweth his going down.”

Psalm 104:19

 

“Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day,

and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night,

which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar;

The LORD of hosts is his name:

 

“If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD,

then the seed of Israel also shall cease

from being a nation before me for ever.”

Jeremiah 31:35,36 

 

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A complete TORAH Readings Hebrew Calendar for

all the months of the year, lists Scripture for

the “Holy” Sabbaths of Rest, the New Moon Watches, and

the Holy Feast Days and can be found on The LawKeepers WebSite: 

 

www.thelawkeepers.org

 

Click on “TORAH Readings

 

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QUESTIONS ON “OLD TESTAMENT” BIBLE TRIVIA TO PONDER:

 

"And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth."   Isaiah 49:5,6

 

Is this a Message that Isaiah prophesied for Israelites living today?

 

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"And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon."   Genesis 15:8,9

 

What is the difference in a turtledove and a young pigeon?

 

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"And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered."   Genesis 13:14 – 16

 

Is this passage concerning "the dust of the earth" just a reference to the Twelve Tribes of Jacob or to both the Seed of Ishmael and the SEED of Jacob Israel?

 

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Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake."   Genesis 18:32

 

If the CREATOR could find ten Righteous in the United States, would HE still destroy it?

 

The CREATOR GOD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for many reasons.  And no doubt one of them was so that the people who would hear about this great destruction would remember the Flood and the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah that killed untold numbers and would know of a surety that all the wicked of GOD's Earth will be Judged.

 

The United States has paralleled the evils and the wickedness of the days before the Flood and the days of the peoples who lived in Sodom and Gomorrah sevenfold.  And the false worship and profaning of the GOD's Truth prevails and is promoted throughout government and the society, not to mention that the GOD of Israel will Judge the United States for the enslavement of Israelites. 

 

NO, the Daughter of Babylon will not be spared for ten Righteous found therein and not even for a thousand found therein.

 

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INFO/HINTS FOR HARDY, HEALTHY HEBREWS:

 

 

HEALTH REPORT FROM THE DESK OF OUR SISTER T'ZIRAH BAHT YISRAEL:

 

Thank you YHWH for making me. YOU alone sustain me. 

Praise YHWH for HIS majesty, for YOUR mercy, and YOUR patience with me.

I just wanted to thank YOU for making such a wonderful body.

What a creation you made. . My body is a miracle of parts and systems. 

Thank you YHWH.

Praise YHWH.

 

HALLELUYAH! HALLELUYAH!  HALLELUYAH!

 

Sugar: A Blessing and A Curse

 

With diabetes on the rise, childhood obesity a crisis, there’s an increasing necessity to explore ways to reduce or even eliminate our consumption of sugar. Although sugar is a natural part of most foods we consume whether natural in the fruits we eat or broken down into sugars during the digestive processes when vegetables breads, crackers, or cereals are eaten. It is a natural component of our dietary requirement.  Whether we know sugar as sucrose, dextrose, maltose, glucose, lactose, fructose, or molasses, we must take a serious look at how we can achieve the goal of lessoning or eliminating additional sugars within our dietary reach, If only we would closely examine alternatives. Let’s start the process by first looking at sugars with a new and heightened awareness.

 

Sugars place a significant purpose in our diets because as carbohydrates they are broken down and utilized by the body to provide quick energy to accomplish work and for the operation of cellular activity. By the same token sugars have been linked to tooth decay, obesity, diabetes, and cancers, even though it can also be utilized for healing difficult wounds.

 

Looking for alternatives to refined sugars?

 

Think refined sugars are your only choices?

 

There’s a whole host of sweets on our shelves and in health food stores, if we make a conscious effort to seek them out.  They can liven up our cups of coffee, baked goods, and other foods if only we learn to appreciate their healthful benefits and learn how to utilize them. Natural sweeteners like unrefined brown sugar, maple syrup, molasses, barley malt, rice syrup, and honey are common.  Each has its own unique flavor and uses that will satisfy any craving for sweetness and at the same time provide the necessary nutrients for energy and cellular activity

 

The main source of commercial sugar is sugar cane and sugar beets, from which a variety of sugar products are made: Granulated white sugar is common, highly-refined all-purpose sugar. Look for organic, unbleached varieties for a tastier, more natural choice.  But do be aware that in the processing of this sugar non kosher items such as pork bones may have been used in processing according to Shahrazad Ali. This form of sugar is not the best. Unrefined brown sugar (a.k.a. raw sugar) is slightly purified, crystallized evaporated cane juice. This distinctive, caramel-flavored sugar comes in a variety of flavors Cane juice is made by extracting and then dehydrating cane juice, with minimal loss of original flavor, color, or nutrients

 

Honey is the better choice to use other than over processed sugars, because it is already digested and processed by the honey bee. It is the world’s oldest-known unrefined sweetener and its flavor and color are derived from the flower nectar collected by bees.  This fact accounts for the wide variety of honeys available. The varieties are:

 

Clover: mild flavored and readily available in colors ranging from water white to light amber

Wildflower: generally dark with a range of flavors and aromas depending on the flowers that provided the nectar

Alfalfa: light in color with a delicate flavor

Orange Blossom: a distinctive citrus flavor and aroma and light in color

 

Keep honey in an airtight container below 50°F.  Liquid honey will eventually crystallize but can be returned easily to a liquid state by placing the container in warm water for a few minutes.

 

Health note: Honey should not be fed to children less than one year old because it can contain spores of Clostridium Botulinum, the bacteria that causes botulism.

 

Other types of sweeteners that can be utilized are:

 

Maple syrup which is simply the boiled down tree sap of the sugar maple tree. As for maple sugar, it’s twice as sweet as white sugar and has a delicious, caramel flavor.

 

Until the arrival of the honeybee (introduced from Italy in 1630) maple sugar was the only form of concentrated sweetener in North America. Both maple syrup and maple sugar are among the least refined sweeteners.

 

Molasses

With its strong, fragrant dark caramel flavor, expect great things from molasses. It’s about 65% as sweet as sugar, and is in fact produced during the refining of sugar. (The syrup remains after the available sucrose has been crystallized from sugar cane juice.)

 

Many of us remember sorghum molasses that was eaten in the south in place of syrups.

 

Light molasses is from the first boiling of the cane, dark molasses is from the second, and blackstrap, the third.  My grandfather used molasses or honey with flowers of sulfur for spring cleansing.

 

Barley Malt and Rice Syrup

 

Made from soaked and sprouted barley, which is dried and cooked down to make a thick syrup, barley malt is a sweetener that’s slowly digested and gentler on blood sugar levels other than other sweeteners. Rice syrup is made in almost the same way, and is usually a combination of rice and barley. Some of the best Chai teas are sweetened with rice syrup.

 

Agave: Agave nectar is a multipurpose sweetener obtained from the core of the Mexican Agave cactus, the same plant whose sap is a source of tequila. Agave nectar may resemble honey.  Keep in mind Agave nectar is about 25% sweeter than sugar and that darker agave nectar has a more robust flavor with a pleasant hint of molasses, too.

 

Other substitution and sweeteners are Turbinado, or Sucanat  granules or powders that can be added to solids or liquids for sweetening.

 

Unsweetened apple sauce or other pureed fruits can be used to sweeten oatmeal or other cooked cereals or use fruit juices to cook cereals in, eliminating the need to sprinkle processed sugar granules on the cereal after cooking.

 

Last but certainly not least there is Stevia. And according to a botanical website the Stevia Leaf also known as - Stevia rebaudiana, Sweet Leaf, Yerba Dulce, Sweet Herb of Paraguay, Sweet Herb, and Honey Leaf is said to be from 30 to 300 times sweeter than sugar.  Stevia is a natural alternative to artificial sweeteners. And to date, chemical analysis and studies show that the leaf adds no calories, has no harmful side effects and is more palatable with less after taste than any artificial, chemical sweetener according to Botanicals.Com.  The leaves are used to make typical preparations like tea, and used as a sweetener in foods when used in capsule or extract form. Stevia has no reported side effects. But currently the FDA prohibits the use of Stevia as a sweetener in food products and beverages.

 

So, you see there are alternatives you can use to reduce the consumption of processed sugars and together with careful scrutinizing of food labels for sugar content, using, alternative sweeteners, limiting additional use of processed sugar, you will learn to reduce calories for weight reduction, and control blood sugar levels.

 

With a little research and practice you can make all kinds of delicious recipes blessed with the best natural sweeteners already available to us.

 

http://www.botanical.com/products/learn/S/Stevia_leaf.html

 

Continued Blessings…

 

T'Zirah B. Yehudah

June E. Porter MSN RN CS

 

We praise YHWH for HIS GREATNESS and for HIS blessings to sustain us.

 

Hallelu YAH!  Hallelu YAH! Hallelu YAH!

T’Zirah B. Yehudah

 

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T’Zirah B. Yehudah holds a Masters Degree in Nursing with a specialty in Health Promotion and Wellness. She has some 35 plus years of professional nursing experience in various health care settings, which include Medical-Surgical health care,  Occupational Health, School nursing and Ambulatory Health. She has attended various workshops and seminars on Health Promotion and Wellness over the years that have included Alternative /Complementary Health Care.

 

[Many thanks and much appreciation to our Sister T'Zirah for her expertise in the health field and for the valuable information that she has shared with us.  Please know that I am delighted to report that you will be able to see her health information every month in our LawKeepers' JOURNAL.  T.Y., Editor]

 

[Very interesting, Sis.  Thank you, again, for a most enlightening article.   This was certainly "sweet" of you!  T.Z., Editor]

 

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6 SUPER DRINKS/SUPER ELIXIRS of LIFE


#1--WATER
(distilled)----Businesses can NOT improve on WATER. No matter how much they tell us they have and can! Drink it everyday, all day. And drink at least 32 ounces (QUART). Need that WATER both INSIDE and OUTSIDE your BLOOD CELLS. Many of do not realize that DEHYDRATION prunes the cells and they die off. In other words, a lot of us are DYING out because we are DRYING out! WATER your cells...

 

#2--GRAPE JUICE----From JUICED grapes or store bought UNSWEETENED GRAPE JUICE w/a little NON-ALUMINUM BAKING SODA. Contains RESEVERATROL that the CELLS need to RESIST or SLOW DOWN their SENESCENCE (AGING). You can also DILUTE the grape juice and soak your face in it. Let it dry. Makes a great COSMETIC property. Especially, dealing with EYES (dark circles, bags, wrinkles). Get the GRAPESEED OIL as a MOISTURIZER too...


#3--SEA SALT WATER----Drink what FISHES drink which makes them so HEALTHY (when we are not POLLUTING their homes that is). 72-something-odd VITAL MINERALS from IODINE to MAGNESIUM and other TRACE minerals like MOLYBEDNUM. The medical world has taken us off SALT when we need it most in todays society---because of the STRESS levels we live under. NO SALT, NO SPARK!! (its the FIRE of the body and we need to act like PROMETHEUS and STEAL it back! lol!). You NEED that SALT!! Especially, dealing with Stress. Lack of SALT contributes to CHRONIC FATIGUE, INSOMNIA, HEADACHES, OSTEOPOROSIS among other issues. If you are having any of these problems start drinking SEA SALT WATER(half a teaspoon to 16 oz of distilled water). Salt also promotes SEROTONIN and LITHIUM production which are key HORMONES which help you SLEEP, RELAX by feeding your NERVES...


#4--SUGAR WATER----Say what?! Yup. Don't HATE on SUGAR WATER my friends (excuse the MCCAINism). When weez were shorties, we drank sugar water all the time. But at any rate, the short of the story is this: SUGAR is another NUTRIENT we have been SCARED off of (see SALT above). Again, you need it. But not like we normally EAT it, which is mostly as an EMPTY, INORGANIC substance. Try SUCANAT which is a BROWN, NATURAL sugar that actually has VITAMINS in it!! Hallejah, rite!? Try a quarter teaspoon in WARM water at least once a day. Why? Did you realize that LACK of SUGAR can ALSO make you DIABETIC!! Yessir! Thatz because when you deprive yourself TOO MUCH of SUGAR you MUCK up your PANCREAS' ability to REGULATE sugar in your body!! And it defeats the purpose. Long story short, start including NATURAL sugars like SUCANAT back into your EATING PROGRAM. If you are DIABETIC, work it out with your FRANKENMED (doctor)...


#5--GREEN DRINKS----The best GREEN DRINKS should definitely include KALE, SEA MOSS, CUCUMBERS and darker green LETTUCES, also MUSTARD, TURNIPS and so on (but just a lil bit of them because they are strong)! Blend a TOMATO in there too. And you good. Do not sweat all these commercials about BUYING green drinks.

 

With these 4 greens and tomato you are getting all 4 TISSUE SALTS: CALCIUM, MAGNESIUM, POTASSIUM and SODIUM----plus IRON and other Trace minerals!

 

#6--FAT----SURPRISE, I know some of yawl may not think of FAT as a LIQUID to drink--but, indeed, it is! Its just as IMPORTANT as WATER! (ounce per ounce). WOMEN, especially, get DEPLETED of Fat (around the REPRODUCTIVE area in many cases which, quite naturally, AFFECTS a WOMANs ability to GET PREGNANT or even CARRY her CHILD to TERM)! How much? Not MUCH 1-2 ounces (which aint nothing but 2-4 tablespoons) per week and you are good. More if your situation is more drastic (say, like, you are having a HARD time conceiving)!! You need more OIL. The best ones are COCONUT, OLIVE, COD LIVER, FLAXSEED, even BUTTER! (if thatz more your FLAVA)...


I'm just the MESSENGER!

 

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HOW MUCH BLOOD IS IN GROUND BEEF?

 

Have you ever thought about how much blood is in ground beef?  Well, you do the test.  Place a pound of ground beef in a bowl and cover it in water to be left overnight.  Add a little salt, but the experiment will work just as well if you don't.  The next day do notice all the blood in the bowl.  Take a handful of the beef, about the size of a tennis ball, and squeeze out as much of the water and blood as possible.  Turn and squeeze several times.

 

If people have not followed this or other procedure for eliminating blood from ground beef, then just imagine how much of this blood is consumed.  Perhaps there are better methods of extracting blood from ground beef, and if so, I'd like to hear about them. 

 

If salt was added to the overnight water, then consider the amount of salt used when seasoning the meat before cooking. 

 

Tziona Yisrael, Editor

 

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6 Ways to Reduce Inflammation -- Without a Statin Drug

 

Experts predict that as a result of the so-called JUPITER study, which seemed to show that the statin drug Crestor lowers the risk of heart attacks and strokes in those with high levels of inflammation, will lead to millions of people being put on statin drugs.


But the benefits were actually tiny -- about 0.72 percent of the statin takers in the trial had a heart attack or stroke, compared with 1.5 percent of those taking placebos.

Instead of a statin drug that comes with dangerous side effects, try these six measures instead:

1.      Stop smoking. Smoking hardens the arteries and increase inflammation. But research shows you can reverse all the damaging effects to your arteries within 10 years of quitting.

2.      Think olive oil, fish, and nuts. People who stick with a Mediterranean-style diet based on fruits, vegetables, nuts, and olive oil can lower their levels of inflammation. It works by increasing the amount of foods you eat that are rich in omega-3 fats, which fight inflammation.

3.      Get active. Exercise a great way to lower inflammation without any of the side effects associated with medications.

4.      Shrink your waist size. If you're a woman with a waist measurement of over 35 inches or a man with a waist of over 40 inches, you probably have high inflammation. Whittling a few inches off the waist by reducing your portions and increasing activity can go a long way toward solving that problem.

5.      Get enough sleep. A new study shows that elderly people with high blood pressure who sleep less than 7.5 hours a night have dramatically elevated chances of having a stroke or heart attack. Other research has shown that both too little and too much sleep increases inflammation. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine says most adults need between seven and eight hours of sleep each night.

6.      Reduce stress. High levels of stress hormones can lead to the release of excess inflammatory chemicals.

6 Ways to Reduce Inflammation -- Without a Statin Drug

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REGARDING OTHER MATTERS OF HEALTH AND EXERCISE…

 

As always, before starting ANY exercise program and/or diet, check with your doctor and get his approval.  This is all about being safe rather than sorry. 

 

And if you feel you are suffering from depression, do know that there are medications available for you.  Don’t be embarrassed; this malady goes with the RAT RACE.  Therefore, see your doctor, and feel better fast! 

 

Have you started that “Walking” for weight loss and healthy heart routine, yet? There is no excuse for not going it alone, joining with someone, or even forming a group to take that walk at least five (5) times a week and for 40 minutes minimum.  So, stop procrastinating and get started.  Walk to the tune of Scripture or your favorite upbeat music.  And if you prefer the quiet, walk and meditate with the Most High.  Just make sure that you make time for your body and soul.  You’ll see and feel the difference after just two weeks.

 

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THE 52-WEIGHT-LOSS DIET PLAN

 

Recently, I heard on the news that soon people will be spending a dollar out of every five for medical expenses.  But if we are healthy, we don’t have to fall prey to this reckoning.  As we grow older, we gain weight.  I am a witness!  And guess what?  We do not need this extra load we are carrying.  Therefore, I am doing something about it.

 

My friend and I have decided to embark upon a Weight-Loss Plan to lose 52 pounds in one year.  We have started by promising to lose one pound a week.  Thus, we hope to lose 52 pounds by the second week in February 2007.  We have already started, but it’s not too late for YOU to join with us.  So, hop on board and be a NEW HEALTHIER, LIGHTER WEIGHT this time next year!

 

Some of the things we plan to do are:

 

-limit our intake of “white” foods:  rice, bread, potatoes, ice cream, sugar, etc.

-eliminate fast foods and processed foods

-walk at least 3 days a week

-do not eat after 8 P.M. – drink green tea with mint

-eat more fruits and veggies

-bake rather than fry our meats

-drink plenty of water and tea

-weigh in every Tuesday and E-mail the other party the new weight status

 

A weekly journal is kept of weight lost or gained.  And there is no fair or fun cheating. 

 

If you do not need to lose 52 pounds, then adjust the plan to the amount of pounds to lose and time frame appropriate for you.  If you need any help, let me know.

 

The Brothers are welcomed to join in the program.  By all means, do feel free to share your progress.  List your name, the date you started and the weight you lose each week, or if you prefer to only post periodically, then list the date you started and the amount you lost.  If you have any special ways to lose a fast pound here and there, by all means do share.

 

Let’s start having some fun.  The more competition, the more encouraged we will ALL be to stick with this Weight-Loss-Diet Plan. 

 

On my first week, I lost four pounds, and I could feel the difference on my walk as I climbed the hills.  My husband and I both try to walk three days a week for forty-five minutes.  We do about four miles each day.

 

Don’t forget to first check with your doctor!  Better safe than sorry.

 

Now, get started and feel good and look even better!

 

Tziona Yisrael

 

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May the Holy ONE of Israel be with us to keep us safe and informed in order that we make wise and healthy decisions.

 

Tziona Yisrael

 

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THOUGHT FOR TODAY AND FOREVER:

 

Let’s keep YIHOVAH and HIS LAW our focus and pray for deliverance and fulfillment of all of GOD’s WORD, so that every Nation will show forth HIS Praise and Exalt HIM above all other gods.

 

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THE  GREATEST  “SPOIL”  OF  ALL

 

The Israelites received Reparations for their free labor when they left out of Egypt (Exodus 12:35,36, Psalm 105:37).   Note also that Reparations were given to Ezra for the building of GOD’s Temple and for the service of the House of the LORD GOD of Israel (Ezra 7:12 –21).  And it is prophesied that we will again receive compensation for our free labor and bondage in this modern-day Egypt (all the lands that took Israelites captive):

 

“The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.”   Jeremiah 15:11

 

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EDITORIAL  PERSPECTIVE:

 

"AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL"

The Daughter of Babylon

 

 

"…Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency,

shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah."

Isaiah 13:19

 

"The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people;

a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together:

the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.

 

"Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place,

in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up:

they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land."

Isaiah 13:4,13,14

 

"And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things

to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. Therefore hear now this,

thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart,

I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow,

neither shall I know the loss of children:"

Isaiah 47:7,8

 

"How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken!

how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,

and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught,

because thou hast striven against the LORD."

Jeremiah 50:23,24

 

"Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad."

Jeremiah 51:7

 

"How is Sheshach taken!

and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised!

how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!"

Jeremiah 51:41

 

December 11, 2008

 

Most people believe their countries to be beautiful and speak with pride about them.  But no peoples speak so incessantly about their country being the greatest of all as do Americans.

 

"The United States is the greatest place on Earth!"

 

"Nowhere else in the world can compare with our freedom."

 

"Only in America"

 

"In the United States everything is possible."

 

Well, whoop-dee-doo!

 

Are these assertions true or are people prompted to laud the United States and brainwash others into believing what they hear?  After all, it is a fact that US patriotism is equated to divinity, and the flag is revered above all and even more visible than the images in the Catholic Church.   So, let's see.

 

"Only in America is everything possible" can be a positive or a negative statement.  So, which applies to the US?

 

Given the history of the US since its birth in 1776, it has been guilty of corruption, greed, murder, and of human rights violations against Native Americans and Blacks forcibly migrated out of Africa, as well as guilty of their enslavement for centuries.  These human rights abuses entail Native Americans being corralled onto reservations and Blacks onto Slave Plantations to suffer outrageous affliction and degradation until Slavery was abolished in 1865, albeit, racism and discrimination are still a painful reality unto this day.  Then, too, there is the ubiquitous inherent corruption, lust, greed, and thirst for power and authority that permeates this so-called democratic system of government that is falsely renowned to be "of the people, by the people, and for the people" but is in truth the root of all scams and wickedness.  With this pompous means of governing a country, if the governments in fifty states are corrupt and greedy and greases the palms of rich CEO of corporations, the heads of banks, and other major industries, as we have seen these past few weeks, it is expected that the leaders and peoples of this country, not all, will be as well. 

 

On the streets of America are the hungry and homeless living in squalor, some satisfying their hunger with scraps of food picked from the garbage and most of the ailing and diseased sleeping in cardboard boxes under overpasses, in subway stations, and in parks awaiting their demise.  Indisputably, "America the Beautiful" harbors the impoverished, the destitute, the illiterate in the millions, scores of false religions lying to parishioners, and a myriad of wasted lives that serve no purpose for anyone, and sadly, least of all for themselves.  I would be remiss if I did not mention the drug abuse and all manner of vice and other bad elements available in which people from all walks of life, the poor and the rich, indulge.  So often, young innocent boys pride themselves on entering the Armed Forces and commit their lives to country while it conquers, corrupts, and exploits other nations and occupies and bombs them with "shock and awe" and scares the Hell out of harmless men, women, and children and supports their allies that do the same.  No doubt, the greatest crimes, after Native American captivity and after the Slave Trade, are leaving Central America, the Caribbean Islands, South America, and Africa to fall to destitution and deprivation, where no economic trade with these places is seriously instituted and where people are left to die in the millions from depression, madness, malaria, River Blindness, AIDS, trumped-up embargoes, and hunger to name a few.  This is "America the Beautiful", the greatest country in the world that touts greatness and ability to thwart adversity, tribulation, and attack.  This is "America the Beautiful" that promotes Christian holidays that teaches against the Most High CREATOR GOD and HIS Ways of Righteousness.  This is "America the Beautiful" that misuses and manipulates the United Nations for its own gain to sustain chaos and confusion in the Middle East and that completely ignores the peoples and groups with the most needs that have no voice!  This is "America the Beautiful"!

 

Yet, Americans prefer to live in these United States to raise their children to believe in this place that has proven itself to be nothing more than unto Hell on Earth, and if they had any real sense, they would be visiting other countries and cultures for a safer place for their families.  However, that which is so astounding to me is that Israelites choose to also make their homes here, when it is perfectly clear that "America the Beautiful" is none but the epitome of cruelty, suffering, shame, failure, disgrace, evil and wickedness, particularly for minorities. 

 

Just as the CREATOR GOD dealt with the wickedness of the peoples in the days of Noah with the Flood of forty days and forty nights, HE again has plans to end the scandalous acts against HIS Holy Name, the atrocities, and the abominations in "America the Beautiful", as well as many other places on this Earth.  And no one is more aware of GOD's Wrath upon this country than are the descendants of the "Dry Bones" whose eyes the GOD of Israel has opened.  But yet, to my utter bewilderment, my people do not seek a means to leave these United States.

 

CONFERENCES A PLENTY

BUT SERIOUSLY LACKING IN FULFILLING PROPHECY

 

All these Israelite conferences and conventions scheduled annually, and not one is called to make plans for an Exodus.  Don't get me wrong; the more gatherings we have to Magnify the GOD of Abraham and HIS Righteous LAW, the better.  But our meetings today should be of greater substance, i.e., not only about the GOD of Israel and HIS LAW and WORD to HIS Prophets, but about fulfilling prophecy and should benefit HIS People and the Strangers who seek to follow HIS Ways in the Land and in the Holy City that GOD chose to place HIS Holy Name. 

 

My problem also with some of these conferences is that they have people traveling, holding meetings, and even serving hot food at the expense of workers on GOD's Holy Seventh Day of Complete REST.  I can understand how we would want to give Praise and Glory to the Holy ONE of Israel, but HE is the ONE that Commanded that we do not travel, work, cook, or use servants on HIS Holy Seventh Day - a glorious "Sign" between HIM and the Children of Israel.  You see, this Seventh Day of each week is strictly for rest in order that we be refreshed.  So, rather than travel and gather on this Sabbath day, let's PRAISE GOD's HOLY NAME FOR THIS GIFT!  And let us try to understand why it is so important for us to be obedient to ALL GOD's Commandments that we are able to live and do.

 

"And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king."   I Samuel 15:22,23

 

King Saul wanted to make supplication to the LORD GOD of Israel by offering a sacrifice rather than waiting for Samuel the Priest for this ministry.  But his disobedience caused him to lose the Kingdom.  Likewise for Uzzah who put forth his hand to touch the Ark of GOD, when it is a Law that only the Levites may handle it.  Because Uzzah was disobedient, he lost his life.  And that which blows my mind is that we know death is the punishment for profaning GOD's Holy Seventh Day, yet we believe that the Holy ONE will not fulfill that Judgment upon us as HE did upon our forefathers in the Wilderness when the GOD of Israel Commanded that a man be stoned to death for picking up sticks on HIS Holy Seventh Day.  Unless we can find GOD's WORD where HE revoked the Law of the Seventh Day Sabbath of Complete REST, the consequences for violating this Ordinance still stands.

 

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed."   Exodus 31:14 – 17

 

Although these annual conferences and conventions Exalt the Holy ONE and are enjoyable social affairs for meeting Brothers and Sisters, I hope they are not becoming economic ventures rather than a means to shed Light on the ONE True and Living GOD and HIS LAW.  If the purpose is really to enlighten people to GOD's Truth, we have YRBN, The Yisraelite Radio Broadcasting Network, established by our Brother Yehudah (specifically for this purpose), Paltalk, and The LawKeepers Forums for disseminating information on a minute-by-minute and daily basis with no cost to anyone – although donations to YRBN for this service would be very much appreciated.

 

Nevertheless, again, are these conferences and conventions 100% what GOD wants at this time?  From the days of leaving out of the Wilderness, Our GOD of Israel has always instilled returning to HIM and HIS LAW, sustaining our culture, and living Righteously in our inheritance.  Is not the number one priority of returning to our heritage about returning to our inheritance, the Land of Israel and the place that the GOD of Israel chose to set HIS Holy Name? 

 

"For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.  And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD."   Ezekiel 20:40 – 44

 

So, are these conferences what Our GOD requires of us at this time?  Nothing even close to holding conferences on GOD's Holy Day Sabbath.  If we are to call ourselves "Leaders", then follow the criteria that makes for a Righteous Leader, as did King David, and keep GOD's Holy Seventh Day at Complete REST, just as HE has Commanded!

 

"And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:"   I Kings 2:3

 

After all, no manner of conference or convention in the States can suffice and please the Holy ONE like our supplications, vows to keep HIS LAW, and our Praise of HIM in the Holy Land of Israel that HE gave to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  Nothing can compare to our obedience to Our GOD and worshipping and appealing to the GOD of Israel in Jerusalem HIS Holy City – Nothing!  And the reason is simple:  the GOD of Israel said, "I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. (I Kings 9:3)"  Therefore, the leaders in Israel should be about fulfilling prophecy – the prophecy concerning our return and then give the GOD of Israel all the Praise and Glory HE is due. 

 

We are aware of our identity for one reason and one reason alone.  We know that we are descendants of the Biblical Israelites because of GOD's love for the Nation of Israel, for HIS Promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and for HIS Merciful Kindness towards those of us who have returned to HIM.  Otherwise, we would still be as dumb as ignorance and dead as heathenism.  Our SAVIOR GOD of Israel would not have opened our eyes and brought us out of this GROSS DARKNESS and to this point in our lives just for us to remain in the United States and in other countries under their cultures and their heathenish ways!  There is good reason for our being availed of knowledge of the GOD of Abraham and Moses, and it behooves us to use it wisely! 

 

"Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:"   Isaiah 66:9,10

 

When women are impregnated, they are expected to bring forth fruit.  When GOD brought the Nation of Israel out of Ancient Egypt and gave them HIS LAW, they were expected to live by HIS Ways of Righteousness FOREVER!  Our forefathers did not do as the Holy ONE had expected, and because of their sins, those of us living today are again in bondage in foreign countries.  However, now that Our GOD has opened our eyes to the Truth of many matters, we should be rejoicing with the understanding that Our GOD is again expecting us to be HIS Covenant People, to go into the Land of Israel, to live under HIS LAW, to be obedient this time, and to show forth HIS PRAISE, exactly as it has been prophesied.  Surely, Our GOD was excited about bringing us to HIS Light and our returning to HIM, so where is our excitement in our efforts to return to our heritage?

 

Not to change the subject, but I used to wonder about the men who lived 100 years ago and knew their identity, but died in the States not ever setting foot in Israel.  For a long time, I could not understand this.  The GOD of Israel does not open our eyes for naught and for us to die with this wisdom and knowledge.  However, now I know why.  Now, I understand.  These Brothers had no desire to leave the United States but rather to stay and assimilate and conform to the American Way under the hands of enemy control and great affliction, completely ignoring the Prophecy Our GOD left for us in the Hebrew Scriptures.  Thus, the Holy ONE of Israel could no longer use them for HIS Servants to shed Light on the WORD HE left with HIS Prophets. 

 

"And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:"   Deuteronomy 30:1 – 4

 

"Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD. And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible."   Jeremiah 15:19 – 21

 

"Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border."   Jeremiah 31:16,17

 

"Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence. And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God."   Ezekiel 11:16 - 20

 

It is important for us to recall what happened to the twelve Israelite men who GOD Commanded to spy out the Land of Canaan after HE had given the Israelites HIS Laws, Statutes, and Judgments in preparation for their life in the Land HE had promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  They came back with a good report supporting the fact that the Land of Israel is for sure one of "Milk and Honey".  But ten of the men caused the people to have doubts with their negative report concerning the stature of the Canaanite men, some of whom were giants.  They feared to go into the Land even after seeing all of their GOD's Great Wonders and Miracles and HIS Powerful Hand that protected them and brought them out of Egypt.  The consequence for their blunder was that the Nation of Israel had to wander in the Wilderness for forty years until all the men twenty years and older had died. 

 

"Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concernin gwhich I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness. And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness. After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die."   Numbers 14:28 – 35

 

Ironically, it has been forty years since 1967 when the Israelites left out of the US.  It's my hope that this has some bearing on the Remnant destined to return.

 

If we do not have it in our hearts to return, how then will Our GOD choose a Remnant to re-establish the Righteous Nation of Israel?  It is a shame to be of Israel and worship a man or other false god.  And the shame is worsened when we call ourselves Israelites and are without a burning desire to return to our heritage to worship the GOD of Israel in the place HE Chose for HIS Holy Name's Sake.

 

"RIGHT NOW, IT IS NOT TIME"

 

"I AM WAITING ON GOD TO DELIVER US"

 

Be very cautious about saying, "It is not time!"  And more importantly, be very cautious about repeating any of the sinful wrongs of our forefathers.   We have a GOD, and HE is the ONE True and Living GOD – the CREATOR GOD of Israel that Created the Heavens, the Earth, and all this Universe.  Our GOD being of ALL POWER is able to do ALL THINGS, and that includes SAVING the Nation of Israel out of the hands of their enemies numerous times proving that HE can and will DELIVER us from wherever we are if we will only turn to HIM in Righteousness and be OBEDIENT to HIS Laws, Statutes, and Judgments.

 

"So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would. And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations. Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies; And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands."   Nehemiah 9:24 – 30

 

And the GOD of Israel, Our ONLY SAVIOR, is ready to hear us and DELIVER us again, if we will just make HIM Our GOD, return to HIS LAW, and then genuinely appeal to HIM as did our forebears for Salvation and REDEMPTION out of the hands of those who hold us captive.  Also, do not be so naοve to think that GOD will come down from Heaven to lead and guide us home.  This did not happen with Israel's Exodus out of Ancient Egypt, and it did not happen when the Israelites came out of Ancient Babylon.  Actually, at that time, the Israelites simply left out of Babylon and headed back to Israel.  Think not that just because the Holy ONE said HE would bring us out of these Gentile lands that HE HIMSELF would do so literally.  Remember, the Holy ONE said HE would scatter us, which HE did, but do note, it was the Gentiles HE used to carry us into the "Four Corners" of this Earth to fulfill the curses in Leviticus 26th and Deuteronomy 28th Chapters.

 

It is foolish to say that it is not time to leave the United States.  First of all, if it weren't time, as I have reiterated for years, the Holy ONE of Israel never would have enlightened us to our identity and to our heritage.  It is also foolish to fear the people that GOD put over us because of the sins of our forefathers.  If Our GOD of Israel has the Power to make our enemies the head and to make us the tail, then it stands to reason that HE also has the Power to remove us from this captivity.   Therefore, FEAR THE GOD OF ISRAEL!  Before our eyes, we are watching and feeling the Fall of Babylon.  And it behooves us to come to terms with what we will do about it, before we find ourselves feeling GOD's Final Judgment upon the Wicked of HIS Earth.

 

"WHAT DOES OUR GOD OF ISRAEL ADVISE?"

 

"If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

 

"But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword:

for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it."

Isaiah 1:19,20

 

We cannot eat the good of the Land of Israel in America!  Our GOD of Israel has plans for us, exceedingly wonderful plans.  So, why reject and deny what's written?  Would Our GOD, a Merciful GOD, open our eyes and not provide a way for our return?  If we take one step towards going home, Our GOD will take two.  You see, HE has warned us about what will happen to those who have taken us captive, so why be involved in HIS Judgment upon the Gentile Nations?

 

"For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished."   Jeremiah 30:11

 

Why stay in America?  If we choose to leave, then the Holy ONE will direct our movement – not with cloud and fire but with our hearts.  There is no reason to be fearful but good reason to FEAR the Holy ONE of Israel for HIS WORD is sure.  "America the Beautiful" will be destroyed for taking Israel captive and for many other reasons, as well.  Time will tell who really believes in the GOD of Israel and who doesn't.

 

Ask anyone of our people if they believe in the Holy ONE of Israel, and the answer will be yes, and will probably be followed by many reasons as to why we should.  That would be the expected response, as I, too, would stress absolute belief in ONLY the Holy ONE of Israel.  However, although most of us will advise absolute belief in Our GOD of Israel, we fall short when put to the test, i.e., put in positions where we have to prove our convictions and passions for the CREATOR GOD of Israel.  We should be true to ourselves and let what we believe and utter be equal to our actions.  In other words, talk the talk and walk the walk!

 

Moses was forced to not only believe in the Holy ONE when HE called upon him to go to Pharaoh, but he had to get his act together and fast.  GOD was urgent upon him to be responsible for bringing the Israelites out of Egypt.  But Moses was dragging his feet about his assignment.  After GOD showed Moses what HE could do with his rod and with his hand, he was still fearful about following GOD's Directive to go to Pharaoh and to the Children of Israel.  Moses told GOD he was "not eloquent" and was "slow of speech, and of a slow tongue", and PRAISE THE HOLY ONE, what did HE tell Moses?

 

"And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say."   Exodus 4:11,12

 

Likewise for us, this is very good information.  Whatever our needs, when we do what's lawful and right, Our GOD of Israel will meet. 

 

 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth."   Psalm 124:1 - 8

 

Although the above passage is quite true, don't look for the GOD of Israel to show us a rod or a leprous hand.  HE has been there and done that.  This time things will be drastically different.  This time, Our GOD of Israel will prove us to see who really and truly believes in HIM to follow HIS advice and to do HIS WORD.  Now, it is all about free will to believe in the GOD of Moses and to do HIS Commandments.  But will we?  It's all up to us now!

 

What specific information has the GOD of Israel left us and Commanded of us concerning Babylon?

 

"Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me."   Isaiah 48:16

 

"Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets."   Amos 3:7

 

 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee."   Psalm 9:9,10

 

All who believe in the GOD of Israel and follow HIS Ways are shielded from harm.  Let us not forget that the CREATOR informed Noah of "the end of all flesh"; GOD told Abram about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah; GOD told Moses HE would smite the Land of Egypt; before GOD desolated HIS Holy Land, HE had warned the Israelites by WORD of HIS Prophets scores of times; and we should understand that we have also been warned by prophetic revelations about the destruction of – "America the Beautiful" – the "Daughter of Babylon".  When Lot warned his sons-in-law about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, they mocked him (Genesis 19:14).  I can only imagine how cruelly Noah was also made fun of as he built the Ark.  I feel as did Lot and Noah.  However, under these circumstances, I FEAR the Holy ONE of Israel to be obedient and follow HIS Directive to leave Babylon, i.e., "flee every one into his own land" no matter that I am mocked.

 

"Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

 

"Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land. Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.

 

"And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah."   Isaiah 13:6,13,14,15,19

 

"Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations."   Isaiah 14:9

 

"Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee."   Isaiah 47:5 – 15

 

"Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob."   Isaiah 48:20

 

"The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.

 

"All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain."   Jeremiah 50:1,7 - 9

 

"Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence."   Jeremiah 51:6

 

"Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary."   Jeremiah 51:58

 

"We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies."

 

"My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler."   Jeremiah 51:9,45,46

 

"Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind."   Jeremiah 51:50

 

"Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me."   Zechariah 2:7 – 9

 

"Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land."   Jeremiah 23:7,8

 

Thus is the WORD of GOD at the mouth of HIS Prophets.  But who will believe GOD's Prophets and take heed?  If the SEED of Jacob will remain in Babylon, i.e., in the United States, they can expect to fall with the heathen, and there is no question about that.  Surely, as people read the above passages, they are troubled with great fear.  "Will GOD save me from HIS Wrath that HE proposes upon the United States if I do not leave this country?" 

 

Unfortunately, many Israelites will not heed GOD's warnings to "Flee Babylon" and "Deliver every man his soul."  And those who don't will be responsible for their own decisions.  Those who make the decision to "Flee" will be GOD's means of forming an obedient Remnant of Israel.  This Remnant will not only be obedient but All Righteous, as well.

 

"The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid."   Zephaniah 3:13

 

Some people might ask, "Why will GOD save just a Remnant?" 

 

"And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness."   Isaiah 10:20 - 22

 

Sadly, only a Remnant will heed GOD's warnings.  And from that small number of Israelites, only a select few will be strong unto the end to prove themselves worthy to be called the Righteous Remnant. 

 

And there is only good news and help for those of us who have absolute faith, hope, and trust in the GOD of Israel, and make no mistakes about it, HE knows those who trust in ONLY HIM.  Those of us who are obedient to HIS WORD and trust in HIM will be saved.

 

"And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation."   Isaiah 25:9

 

"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us."   Isaiah 33:22

 

"Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger."   Zephaniah 2:3

 

"WHAT IS GOD's FINAL JUDGMENT

UPON THE DAUGHTER OF BABYLON?"

 

"Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming:

it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth;

it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations."

Isaiah 14:9

 

"I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee,

saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;"

Isaiah 14:14 – 16

 

"Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts,

and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant,

and son, and nephew, saith the LORD."

Isaiah 14:21,22

 

"Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish,

and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded,

Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded,

her images are broken in pieces."

Jeremiah 50:2

 

Many people would be amazed to learn that the Fall of the Daughter of Babylon spoken of in the Hebrew Scriptures is not at all concerning the fall of Ancient Babylon, but rather the United States of America and its allies and those joined unto them.

 

"Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

 

"Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms."   Isaiah 47:1,5

 

"Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. "   Jeremiah 50:41,42

 

"For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come."   Jeremiah 51:33

 

"Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword."   Isaiah 13:15

 

Surely, they would ask, "How can you determine that the Daughter of Babylon is the United States of America?"  The Hebrew Scriptures, at the WORD of GOD's Prophets, speak Truth.  Not only can one prove that these Books of Isaiah and Jeremiah are about the United States, but with the passages mentioned, one can prove that they ARE NOT about Ancient Babylon, which is equally as important in understanding the identity of the Daughter of Babylon. 

 

"The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

 

"Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

 

"And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

 

"And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged."   Isaiah 13:1 – 6,9,11,22

 

"For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD. Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;"   Jeremiah 50:9 – 11

 

"Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her."   Jeremiah 50:13 – 15

 

"Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon."   Jeremiah 50:29 – 34

 

"A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon."   Jeremiah 50:38 – 42

 

"Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets."   Jeremiah 51:1 – 4

 

"Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple. Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon. O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillars; and they shall lift up a shout against thee."   Jeremiah 51:11 – 14

 

"Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish."   Jeremiah 51:17,18

 

"And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD. Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD. Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillars.

 

"And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant."   Jeremiah 51:24 – 27,29

 

"For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor, it is ime to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

 

"And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

 

"In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD."   Jeremiah 51:33,37,39

 

"Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD. As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.

 

"Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

 

"So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon."   Jeremiah 51:47 – 49,52,60

 

Read the history of Ancient Babylon.  People were not fearful of their lives and weren't scrambling to leave this Empire.  And there wa