“…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
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THE EXALTATION, PRAISE, AND RECOGNITION OF
THE MOST HIGH GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB
“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, O 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
“O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.”
Jeremiah 22:29
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EXALTATION OF THE MOST HIGH GOD OF ISRAEL:
“Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with mywhole heart,
in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
“The works of the LORD are
great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
“His work is
honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
“He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered:
the LORD is
gracious and full of compassion.
“He hath given meat unto them that fear him:
he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
“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.
“They
stand fast for ever and ever, and are
done in truth and uprightness.”
Psalm 111:1 - 8
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“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
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
OF THE LAWKEEPERS, CO.:
“For these [things] I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.”
Lamentations 1:16
ALL
PRAISES TO THE MOST HIGH YIHOVAH;
ELOHIM OF
ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND YISRAEL!!!
Shalom Brothers and Sisters I found this article while surfing the net. I thought it was interesting. Check it out.
Faisal Islam and Nick Paton
Walsh in Moscow
Sunday January 26, 2003
The Observer
Facing its most chronic shortage in oil stocks for 27 years, the US has this month turned to an unlikely source of help - Iraq. Weeks before a prospective invasion of Iraq, the oil-rich state has doubled its exports of oil to America, helping US refineries cope with a debilitating strike in Venezuela. After the loss of 1.5 million barrels per day of Venezuelan production in December the oil price rocketed, and the scarcity of reserves threatened to do permanent damage to the US oil refinery and transport infrastructure. To keep the pipelines flowing, President Bush stopped adding to the 700m barrel strategic reserve. But ultimately oil giants such as Chevron, Exxon, BP and Shell saved the day by doubling imports from Iraq from 0.5m barrels in November to over 1m barrels per day to solve the problem. Essentially, US importers diverted 0.5m barrels of Iraqi oil per day heading for Europe and Asia to save the American oil infrastructure.
The trade, though bizarre given current Pentagon plans to launch around 300 cruise missiles a day on Iraq, is legal under the terms of UN's oil for food programme. But for opponents of war, it shows the unspoken aim of military action in Iraq, which has the world's second largest proven reserves - some 112 billion barrels, and at least another 100bn of unproven reserves, according to the US Department of Energy. Iraqi oil is comparatively simple to extract - less than $1 per barrel, compared with $6 a barrel in Russia. Soon, US and British forces could be securing the source of that oil as a priority in the war strategy. The Iraqi fields south of Basra produce prized 'sweet crudes' that are simpler to refine.
On Friday, Pentagon sources said US military
planners 'have crafted strategies that will allow us to secure and protect
those fields as rapidly as possible in order to then preserve those prior to
destruction'. The US military says this is a security issue rather than a grab
for oil, after a 'variety of intelligence sources' indicated that Saddam
planned to damage or destroy his oil fields - which would inflict up to $30bn
damage on the US economy and cause irreparable environmental damage.
But the
prospect of British and US commandos claiming key oil installations around
Basra by force has pushed global oil diplomacy into overdrive. International
oil companies have been jockeying position to secure concessions before 'regime
change'. Last weekend a Russian delegation
flew to Baghdad to patch up relations after Iraq's cancellation of its
five-year-old contract to develop the huge West Qurna oil field - worth up to
$600bn at today's oil price. Lukoil was punished by Baghdad for negotiating
with the US and Iraqi exiles on keeping its concession in a post-Saddam Iraq.
The delegation of Ministers and oil executives returned to Moscow with three
signed contracts. Oil is the state budget's lifeblood, and Russia requires an
oil price of at least $18.
Russians fear a US grip on a large reserve of cheap
oil could send prices tumbling. But Saddam has offered lucrative contracts to
companies from France, China, India and Indonesia as well as Russia. It is only
the oil majors based in Britain and America - now the leading military hawks -
that don't have current access to Iraqi contracts.
Richard
Lugar, the hawkish chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, suggests
reluctant Europeans risk losing out on oil contracts. 'The case he had made is that the Russians and the French, if they want
to have a share in the oil operations or concessions or whatever afterward,
they need to be involved in the effort to depose Saddam as well,' said Lugar's
spokesman. A delegation of senior US Republicans was in Moscow last Tuesday
trying to persuade Kremlin officials and oil companies that a war in Iraq would
not compromise their concessions. A leaked oil analyst report from Deutsche
Bank said ExxonMobil was in 'pole position in a changed-regime Iraq'.
Washington is split along hawk-dove lines about the role of oil in a
post-Saddam Iraq. Two sets of meetings sponsored by the State Department and
Vice-President Dick Cheney's staff have been attended by representatives of
ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco, ConocoPhilips and Halliburton, the company that
Cheney ran before his election.
The dovish line, led by Colin Powell, places the emphasis on 'protection' of Iraq's oil for Iraq's people. His State Department has pointed to a precedent in the US interpretation of international law set in the 1970s. Then, when Israel occupied Egypt's Sinai desert, the US did not support attempts to transfer oil resources. While the State Department is mindful of cynical world opinion about US war aims, officials do not always stick to the script.
Grant Aldonas, Under Secretary at the US Department
of Commerce, said war 'would open up this spigot on Iraqi oil which certainly
would have a profound effect in terms of the performance of the world economy
for those countries that are manufacturers and oil consumers'. The US economy
will announce zero growth this week, prolonging three years of sluggish
performance. Cheap oil would boost an economy importing half of its daily
consumption of 20m barrels.
But a cheaper
oil price could have been reached more easily by lifting sanctions and giving
the US oil majors access to Iraq's untapped reserves. Instead, war stands to give control over the oil price to 'new Iraq'
and its sponsors, with Saudi Arabia losing its capacity to control prices by
altering productive capacity.
Paul Wolfowitz, Assistant Defence Secretary, and Richard Perle, a key Pentagon adviser, see military action as part of a grand plan to reshape the Middle East. To this end, control of Iraqi oil needs to bypass the twin tyrannies of UN control and regional fragmentation into Sunni, Shia and Kurdish supplies. The neo-conservatives plan a market structure based on bypassing the state-owned Iraqi National Oil Company and backing new free-market Iraqi companies. But, in the run-up to war, the US oil majors will this week report a big leap in profits. ChevronTexaco is to report a 300 per cent rise. Chevron used to employ the hawkish Condoleezza Rice, Bush's National Security Adviser, as a member of its board. Five years ago the then Chevron chief executive Kenneth Derr, a colleague of Rice, said: 'Iraq possesses huge reserves of oil and gas - reserves I'd love Chevron to have access to.' If US and UK forces have victory in Iraq, the battle for its oil will have only begun.
This is your tax dollars at work.
SHALOM, SHALOM
Yehudah ben Yacob
President
The LawKeepers, Co.
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Tribute to the New Moon Revised:
PLEASE TAKE
PART IN “SIGHTING” THE NEW MOON
<<<The First Day of the “HEBREW” Month>>>
START THE
NEXT NEW MOON WATCH ON THE EVENINGS OF
<<<JANUARY 3,4,5, 2002>>>
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. Just imagine not being able to
“see” the moon at all. How then could
it be appointed 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:”
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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!
Whether the Moon shines on its own or with the aid 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. The only problem that presents itself is
cloud coverage that prevents the ability to see the New Moon Crescent. Nonetheless, one can easily distinguish the
New Moon Crescent “Sighting” 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. Thus, 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, and accept it!
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 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 and Ezekiel 45:17), and when HE has HIS Temple rebuilt, then we will again be able to resume this service.
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.
I believe that if King Solomon can make a Feast Day in honor of the True and Living GOD, then so can we make a Feast every New Moon, i.e., those of us who love this WONDERFUL GOD and who choose HIM to EXALT HIM to be Our ONLY LORD and SAVIOR.
“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 made
a feast to all his servants.”
I Kings 3:15
*Leviticus 23:24,39 (Sabbaths of Feasts)
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THE TORAH READINGS FOR THE NEW MOON AND
SABBATHS DURING
FEBRUARY 2003 / MARCH 2003
ARE AS FOLLOWS:
NEW MOON WATCH:
February 1,2,3, 2003
Psalm 81:1 - 10
Genesis Chapters 31 - 33
Genesis 35:1 - 20
Leviticus 15:19 - 33
Leviticus 12th Chapter
Psalm 59th Chapter
Psalm 44th Chapter
II Kings 17:29 - 41
Psalm 41st Chapter
SHABBAT READINGS - 2/8/03
Genesis 2:1 - 3
Exodus 31:12-18
Deuteronomy 5:14
Isaiah 56:1 - 7
Isaiah 58:10 - 14
Genesis Chapters 34 - 39
Genesis 32:24 - 30
I Chronicles 5:1 - 3
Deuteronomy 22:30
Deuteronomy 27:20
Psalm 149th Chapter
Deuteronomy 7:1 - 15
Exodus 20:14,16
Exodus 23:1 - 8
Malachi 3:1 - 7
Psalm 77th Chapter
Psalm 80th Chapter
SHABBAT READINGS - 2/15/03
Genesis 2:1 - 3
Exodus 31:12-18
Deuteronomy 5:14
Isaiah 56:1 - 7
Isaiah 58:10 -
14
Genesis Chapters 40 and 41
Joel 2:27 - 32
Isaiah 54:11 - 17
Nehemiah 9:28 - 36
I Samuel 28th Chapter
Jeremiah 23:26 - 32
Jeremiah 29:8 - 14
Zechariah 10th Chapter
II Chronicles 26:5
Hosea 12:6 - 10
Psalm 126th Chapter
SHABBAT READINGS - 2/22/03
Genesis 2:1 - 3
Exodus 31:12-18
Deuteronomy 5:14
Isaiah 56:1 - 7
Isaiah 58:10 - 14
Genesis Chapter 42 - 45
Jeremiah 5:6 - 31
Jeremiah 11th Chapter
Jeremiah 14:7 - 22
Isaiah 1:24 - 28
Isaiah 49:1 - 13
Isaiah 57:15 - 21
Jeremiah 30:15 - 24
Joel 2:21 - 27
Psalm 73rd Chapter
Psalm 146th
Chapter
Nehemiah 9:26 - 29
Obadiah 17 - 21
II Kings 13:5
Isaiah 19:17 - 25
Jeremiah 7:20 - 27
Isaiah 43rd Chapter
Psalm 1st
Chapter
SHABBAT READINGS - 3/1/03
Genesis 2:1 - 3
Exodus 31:12-18
Deuteronomy 5:14
Isaiah 56:1 - 7
Isaiah 58:10 - 14
Genesis Chapters 46 and 47
Isaiah 60:15
Isaiah 61:7 - 11
Jeremiah 15:11
Zechariah 2:4 - 13
Zechariah 8:11 – 17
Zechariah 8:20 - 23
Psalm 147th Chapter
Watch for the next NEW MOON
"Sighting" on March
3,4,5, 2003.
A complete TORAH
Readings Hebrew Calendar displaying all the months, Sabbaths of Rest, New
Moon Watches, and
Holy Days for
the entire year can be found on
The LawKeepers
WebSite:
www.thelawkeepers.org
Click on “Torah Readings.”
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SOME QUESTIONS TO PONDER:
When
and how did the Holy ONE of Israel know that in choosing Abraham that HE had
made the right choice?
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“Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.” Genesis 23:6
How
did the sons of Heth know that our patriarch Abraham was a “Prince?”
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“Who
fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he
might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter
end;” Deuteronomy 8:16
This
one verse in Deuteronomy entails quite a Message for those of us Israelites
living today. What might that Message
or Messages be?
Please feel free to contribute responses to these questions, and if so, they will be published in the next JOURNAL.
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HINTS FOR HARDY, HEALTHY HEBREWS:
A dear friend sent me this following article, and as you will see, it does indeed have merit. Therefore, as was requested of me, please pass it on to everyone you know!
HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART
ATTACK ALONE
If everyone who gets this sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we'll save at least one life. Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home(alone of course), after an unusually hard day on the job. You're really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly, you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home; unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. What can you do? You've been trained in CPR but the guy that taught the course neglected to tell you how to perform it on yourself. Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, this article seemed to be in order.
Without help, the person whose heart stops beating properly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness. However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough. The cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. And a cough must be repeated about every 2 seconds without let up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.
Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.
Tell as many other people as possible about this, it could save their lives!
From Health Cares, Rochester General
Hospital via Chapter 240s newsletter AND THE BEAT GOES ON
(Reprint from The Mended ! Hearts, Inc. publication, Heart Response)
BE A FRIEND AND PLEASE SEND THIS ARTICLE TO AS MANY FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE!
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Some time ago, I had heard that if you can get a victim experiencing a heart attack to sneeze, that this would have the same affect.
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
Learn about the Reparations Mass Movement for Descendants of Slaves and how YOU can get involved: Go to: www.thelawkeepers.org and click on “Repnow.”
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:
HOW CAN WE SLEEP
KNOWING THAT THE HOLY ONE OF
ISRAEL
IS WAITING ON US TO SHOW
FORTH HIS PRAISE?
AS WE WELL KNOW,
ONLY ISRAELITES WERE CHOSEN
AND FORMED
SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS DIVINE TASK
“This people have I formed for myself; they
shall shew forth my praise.”
Isaiah 43:21
“Even
every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory,
I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
“I have declared, and have saved, and I
have shewed, when there was no
strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD,
that I am God.”
Isaiah 43:7,12
“Put me in remembrance: let us plead
together: declare thou,
that thou mayest be justified.”
Isaiah 43:26
“Behold, I have
graven thee upon the palms of my
hands;
thy walls are continually before me.”
Isaiah 49:16
January 22, 2003
It’s good to know and understand that we are in the knowledge of our identity for two very good reasons. First and foremost, we must be cognizant of the fact that during these “latter days” Our Merciful GOD of Abraham has seen fit to open our eyes to HIS Truth and to HIS Ways of Righteousness even though our forefathers committed great sins and rejected HIM and in spite of the fact that some of us still haven’t turned to HIS Book of the Law. Yet this Wonderful GOD says, “And my Hands are stretched out still.” The second reason we are in the knowledge of our identity is because Our Holy ONE of Israel has chosen only us, the SEED of the Children of Israel, to show forth HIS Praises and to prove to the world that HE, the GOD of Abraham and Moses, is the ONE and ONLY True and Living GOD and SAVIOR, and that it is HIS Paths of Righteousness we MUST follow. From keeping GOD’s Law, we are enlightened and advised of what direction to take during these times of trouble. Look at it this way: The rebellious do not care to know GOD’s Ways that are Commanded of us. Thus, why would the Most High spare those who have no concern for HIS Ways of Righteousness? Righteousness can only prevail in the absence of evil! And the Holy ONE will not dwell in our midst if iniquity is found therein.
“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.
“Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.” Deuteronomy 4:5,6
“…The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
“Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
“But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.” II Chronicles 15:2 - 4
“He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.” Psalm 111:6,10
“I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;” Isaiah 42:6
“Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.” Isaiah 45:11
“Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:” Isaiah 46:10
Yes, these are the indisputable facts, but
unfortunately, few of us are genuinely concerned about this dire situation at
hand. As always, Our Most High GOD of
Israel provides us with information via HIS Servants the Prophets who wrote for
those of us seeking the Holy ONE during these troublous times. If only we will take heed, consider what’s
written, and make the right decisions.
No people are
more proud of their identity than are Black Hebrew Israelites. We can sit
back and boast of having the CREATOR of the Universe as Our GOD, and it’s
true! We can strut our stuff with the
best of them and sing and beat drums louder than any other. And we have the most beautiful voices in the
world. We know well how to quote
Scripture, speak Hebrew, and tell everybody what they need to be doing and
exactly how to do it! But too many of
us honor the GOD of Israel with our lips and have hearts far from HIM. And we are deaf, dumb, and clueless
regarding significant instruction on showing forth GOD’s Praises (Isaiah
43:21). However, let it be known that
some of us are crying out and praying to the Holy ONE to Deliver us just as HE
delivered our forefathers. How do I
know? I know because IF we, “The Dry
Bones” have been made privy to the truth of our identity, then IT IS FOR A
REASON!
We are absolutely an amazing group of people, and
Scripture will attest to that.
Unfortunately, we have all the characteristics of our forefathers, and
thus, we must be very cautious so that we will NOT follow in their same
footsteps. We must seek to end this
horrid cycle of stiffneckedness, suffering, and affliction generation after
generation in our enemies’ lands. We
have to realize that now IT IS WITHIN OUR ABILITY to change the times in which
we live.
GOD’s WORD in Deuteronomy 30th Chapter does not lie. And it should be wisdom for us to know that
the Holy ONE has not opened our eyes for naught! This, Our GOD that CREATED the Heavens and the Earth wants us to
return to HIM, but only if we resign ourselves to return to HIS Book of the
Law. As you well know, we can only
serve and worship Our Holy GOD of Israel if we are a Holy People, and only HIS
Righteous Laws can produce this Holy and Sanctified Nation suitable for
Exalting, Praising, and Worshipping the CREATOR of this Universe – HIS WAY.
“And
ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak
unto the children of Israel.” Exodus
19:6
“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 4:8
“For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.” II Chronicles 7:16
“The
mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of
judgment.” Psalm 37:30
BUT I don’t know of any Israelite groups planning a
mass Exodus. On the contrary, there are
leaders advising their congregations, “It’s not time.” I can only say that if it were NOT time, the
Holy ONE would not have opened our eyes to our real identity and HIS
Truth. Just as fish can only survive in
water, so also Israelites can only survive in the land appointed to us by Our
GOD of Israel. Otherwise we are at the
mercy of the Gentiles, and we know all too well just how compassionate they are
toward us.
This brings to mind the dilemma the Israelites faced down in Egypt. Although their bondage was cruel and fraught with oppression, suffering, and hard labor, it could not compare with the cruel and inhumane enslavement that transpired during the TransAtlantic Slave Trade. Albeit, the Holy ONE of Israel heard their cries and prayers and set the wheels in motion to Deliver them out of Egypt’s house of bondage. And it should be noted that at that time, the great majority of the Israelites, as well as other Peoples, were more than ready to leave out of Egypt.
So what’s our
problem? We don’t believe that Our GOD
of the Universe, the Holy ONE of Israel can save us again just as HE saved the
Children of Israel out of Egypt? Is that the problem? Is that why we say, “It isn’t time?” Is that why we say, “Well, I’m not ready to
go yet,” or “I have no desire to return at this time?” What happened to the Israelites who boast
of being GOD’s Chosen, who take pride in speaking Hebrew, and who quote
Scripture like they wrote it? Shouldn’t
a People be connected with their own heritage?
Let’s think
positive and believe that the Holy ONE did in fact make us the wiser so that we
will make efforts to return to HIS Ways and to our heritage. Stay with
me, now. Think! If we are saying, “It’s not time, and I’m
not ready to go right now,” then aren’t we again causing the Holy ONE of Israel
to be angry with us just as he was angry with the Israelite men who searched
out Canaan? Weren’t they in fact
saying “It’s not time?”
“If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us
into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.” Numbers 14:8
“Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither
shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah,
and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall
be married.” Isaiah 62:4
Again,
Our Holy ONE of Israel has given us knowledge of our identity for a reason!
“… Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.” Isaiah
49:3
How many of us are fed up with living for our
captors and want to leave this modern-day Egypt/Babylon? How many of us even consider the
notion? How many of us couldn’t care less? When the opportunity arises, how many
Israelites will be standing up shouting, “I’m the real Israelite” and proceed
to prove it for GOD’s Holy Name’s Sake?
How many of us are ready to see if indeed it is time for the fulfillment
of Deuteronomy 30th Chapter?
If there is no one to stand proudly and represent
the SEED of Israel prophesied to return, where does that leave the All-Mighty
GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and HIS Plans to be made known to all Nations
for HIS Praise and Exaltation? Have we
thought about this, or do we even think we should be concerned about this
matter at all?
For far too long the Holy ONE of Israel has been without Praise and Glory. You do the math. It’s been over 2,400 years since the world has known the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel. Not since the days of Ezra and Nehemiah has any doctrine professed to worship and serve the All-Mighty GOD of Moses. This All-Mighty GOD of Moses has all but been put out of mind and out of sight in order that “man” be deceived to worship a false god - for in our ignorance, our enemies excel and rule over us. And it’s so sad that we choose not to amend our ways and focus on that which is necessary for GOD’s Praise.
To the Israelites who boast of a Hebrew-Israelite identity, how can we sleep and be at ease knowing that Our True GOD and SAVIOR awaits us to turn to HIM? How can we be so proud to be Israelites and not have the slightest desire to return to the lands of our forefathers? How can we so freely speak of the GOD of Israel this and YAH that when we are not representing HIM according to HIS Ways? How can we be so proud of being Israelites in one respect but not have the slightest desire to return to the lands of our fathers that would validate this claim? How can we be at rest knowing that we were formed to show forth GOD’s Praises but yet do nothing to make this great honor a reality? O my People, we must end this hypocrisy before the Holy ONE ends it for us in ways that might leave us dead or locked in dreadful situations that bear no way out.
What’s that?
You say you Praise the Holy ONE of Israel daily? Is that what the Holy ONE of Israel has
required of us? Would this Great GOD, the
CREATOR of the Universe be satisfied with being Praised in our designated
“temples” in exile? Or does HE want
Praise, Glory, and Honor in the place that HE has CHOSEN and has COMMANDED of
the Children of Israel?
“Then there
shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to
dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt
offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your
hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:”
Deuteronomy 12:11
“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.”
Ezekiel 20:40 - 42
In Truth, how can we rightfully serve and worship
the Holy ONE of Israel in defiled lands where all manner of idolatry is in full
swing and where evil, wickedness, greed, lust, fraud, and uncleanness prevail
on a widespread basis? Think about
it!
“And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of
Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive
them.” Ezekiel 4:13
Let it be known that the Holy ONE of Israel searches our hearts looking for the sincere Israelites who appeal to HIM for Deliverance and Salvation. This has always been HIS quest to be there for those with a contrite heart and a willing spirit to serve HIM in Righteousness. These are the ones who will for sure stand and Exalt the Holy ONE of Israel in ways that will please HIM. These are the ones who seek and strive to return. These are the ones who will be tried and proven to Fear and Serve the Holy ONE of Israel in Righteousness.
Daily, we should be asking the Holy ONE of Israel, “How long before ALL Peoples, Nations, and tongues will bend their knees to worship and GLORY HIM, the ONE and ONLY True GOD and CREATOR?” And since HE in fact did Create the Universe and gave life to every living creature, then HE alone, for sure, deserves to be Magnified, Exalted, and Worshipped above all images, idols, or other false god. Is this not our task, as well, to be a “LIGHT” to the Gentiles? Then, what are we waiting for? Why are we being so obstinate and dragging our feet regarding that which we know is prophesied to come to pass? How long can we so contentedly go about our business in our enemies’ lands when Our GOD of Israel is without the Praise HE deserves? Shouldn’t this be our concern? Shouldn’t we want to fulfill the Charge that Our GOD of Israel has left for us?
“Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
“And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have
not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand,
and his stretched out arm,”
Deuteronomy 11:1,2
Without a doubt, many want to know how we can be so sure that it is time to leave the lands of our enemies.