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WHAT IS
THE LEVITICAL DIETARY LAW vs. WHAT IS “KOSHER”JEWISH DIETARY
LAW?
The Dietary Laws set forth in the book of
Leviticus are very clear on the flesh of the field, fish on the sea, fowls of
the air and creeping things on the earth that can be consumed as food. The 11th chapter of the book
of Leviticus states what “Thus saith the LORD” unto the children of Yisrael
regarding what is “clean” and “unclean”:
“Speak unto the children of
In contrast, the “Jews” follow their own
dietary laws. A website called
“Judiasm 101” describes the “kosher” laws as follows:
Kashrut is the body of Jewish law dealing
with what foods we can and cannot eat and how those foods must be prepared and
eaten. "Kashrut" comes from the Hebrew root Kaf-Shin-Reish, meaning fit,
proper or correct. It is the same root as the more commonly known word "kosher,"
which describes food that meets these standards. The word "kosher" can also be
used, and often is used, to describe ritual objects that are made in accordance
with Jewish law and are fit for ritual use.
Contrary to popular misconception, rabbis
or other religious officials do not "bless" food to make it kosher. There are
blessings that observant Jews recite over food before eating it, but these
blessings have nothing to do with making the food kosher. Food can be kosher
without a rabbi or priest ever becoming involved with it: the vegetables from
your garden are undoubtedly kosher (as long as they don't have any bugs, which
are not kosher!). However, in our modern world of processed foods, it is
difficult to know what ingredients are in your food and how they were processed,
so it is helpful to have a rabbi examine the food and its processing and assure
kosher consumers that the food is kosher. This certification process is
discussed below.
There is no such thing as "kosher-style"
food. Kosher is not a style of cooking. Chinese food can be kosher if it is
prepared in accordance with Jewish law, and there are many fine kosher Chinese
restaurants in
Food that is not kosher is commonly
referred to as treif (lit. torn, from the commandment not to eat animals that
have been torn by other animals).
Why Do We
Observe the Laws of Kashrut?
Many modern Jews think that the laws of
kashrut are simply primitive health regulations that have become obsolete with
modern methods of food preparation. There is no question that some of the
dietary laws have some beneficial health effects. For example, the laws
regarding kosher slaughter are so sanitary that kosher butchers and
slaughterhouses have been exempted from many USDA regulations.
However, health is not the only reason for
Jewish dietary laws. Many of the laws of kashrut have no known connection with
health. To the best of our modern scientific knowledge, there is no reason why
camel or rabbit meat (both treif) is any less healthy than cow or goat meat. In
addition, some of the health benefits to be derived from kashrut were not made
obsolete by the refrigerator. For example, there is some evidence that eating
meat and dairy together interferes with digestion, and no modern food
preparation technique reproduces the health benefit of the kosher law of eating
them separately.
In recent years, several secular sources
that have seriously looked into this matter have acknowledged that health does
not explain these prohibitions. Some have suggested that the prohibitions are
instead derived from environmental considerations. For example, a camel (which
is not kosher) is more useful as a beast of burden than as a source of food. In
the Middle Eastern climate, the pig consumes a quantity of food that is
disproportional to its value as a food source. But again, these are not reasons
that come from Jewish tradition.
The short answer to why Jews observe these
laws is: because the Torah
says so. The Torah does not specify any reason for these laws, and for a
Torah-observant, traditional Jew, there is no need for any other reason. Some
have suggested that the laws of kashrut fall into the category of "chukkim,"
laws for which there is no reason. We show our obedience to G-d by following these laws even
though we do not know the reason. Others, however, have tried to ascertain G-d's
reason for imposing these laws.
In his book "To Be a Jew" (an excellent
resource on traditional Judaism), Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin suggests that the
dietary laws are designed as a call to holiness. The ability to distinguish
between right and wrong, good and evil, pure and defiled, the sacred and the
profane, is very important in Judaism. Imposing rules on what you can and cannot
eat ingrains that kind of self control, requiring us to learn to control even
our most basic, primal instincts.
Donin also points out that the laws of
kashrut elevate the simple act of eating into a religious ritual. The Jewish
dinner table is often compared to the Temple altar in rabbinic literature. A Jew who
observes the laws of kashrut cannot eat a meal without being reminded of the
fact that he is a Jew.
How
Difficult is it to Keep Kosher?
People who do not keep kosher often tell me
how difficult it is. Actually, keeping kosher is not particularly difficult in
and of itself; what makes it difficult to keep kosher is the fact that the rest
of the world does not do so.
As we shall see below, the basic underlying
rules are fairly simple. If you buy your meat at a kosher butcher and buy only
kosher certified products at the market, the only thing you need to think about
is the separation of meat and dairy.
Keeping kosher only becomes difficult when
you try to eat in a non-kosher restaurant, or at the home of a person who does
not keep kosher. In those situations, your lack of knowledge about your host's
ingredients and food preparation techniques make it very difficult to keep
kosher. Some commentators have pointed out, however, that this may well have
been part of what G-d had in mind: to make it more difficult for us to socialize
with those who do not share our religion.
General Rules
Although the details of kashrut are
extensive, the laws all derive from a few fairly simple, straightforward rules:
- Certain animals may not be eaten at all.
This restriction includes the flesh, organs, eggs and milk of the forbidden
animals.
- Of the animals that may be eaten, the
birds and mammals must be killed in accordance with Jewish law.
- All blood must be drained from the meat
or broiled out of it before it is eaten.
- Certain parts of permitted animals may
not be eaten.
- Fruits and vegetables are permitted, but
must be inspected for bugs
- Meat (the flesh of birds and mammals)
cannot be eaten with dairy. Fish, eggs, fruits, vegetables and grains can be
eaten with either meat or dairy. (According to some views, fish may not be
eaten with meat).
- Utensils that have come into contact with
meat may not be used with dairy, and vice versa. Utensils that have come into
contact with non-kosher food may not be used with kosher food. This applies
only where the contact occurred while the food was hot.
- Grape products made by non-Jews may not
be eaten.
- There are a few other rules that are not
universal.
The Details
Animals
that may not be eaten
Of the "beasts of the earth" (which
basically refers to land mammals with the exception of swarming rodents), you
may eat any animal that has cloven hooves and chews its cud. Lev. 11:3; Deut.
14:6. Any land mammal that does not have both of these qualities is forbidden.
The Torah specifies that the
camel, the rock badger, the hare and the pig are not kosher because each lacks
one of these two qualifications. Sheep, cattle, goats, deer and bison are
kosher.
Of the things that are in the waters, you
may eat anything that has fins and scales. Lev. 11:9; Deut. 14:9. Thus,
shellfish such as lobsters, oysters, shrimp, clams and crabs are all forbidden.
Fish like tuna, carp, salmon and herring are all permitted.
For birds, the criteria is less clear. The
Torah provides a list of
forbidden birds (Lev. 11:13-19; Deut. 14:11-18), but does not specify why these
particular birds are forbidden. All of the birds on the list are birds of prey
or scavengers, thus the rabbis inferred that this was
the basis for the distinction. Other birds are permitted, such as chicken,
geese, ducks and turkeys. However, some people avoid turkey, because it is not
mentioned in the Torah, leaving room for doubt.
Of the "winged swarming things" (winged
insects), a few are specifically permitted (Lev. 11:22), but the Sages are no
longer certain which ones they are, so all have been forbidden. There are
communities that have a tradition about what species are permitted, and in those
communities some insects are eaten.
Rodents, reptiles, amphibians, and insects
(except as mentioned above) are all forbidden. Lev. 11:29-30, 42-43.
Some authorities require a post-mortem
examination of the lungs of cattle, to determine whether the lungs are free from
adhesions. If the lungs are free from such adhesions, the animal is deemed
"glatt" (that is, "smooth"). In certain circumstances, an animal can be kosher
without being glatt; however, the stringency of keeping "glatt kosher" has
become increasingly common in recent years, and you would be hard-pressed to
find any kosher meat that is not labeled as "glatt kosher."
As mentioned above, any product derived
from these forbidden animals, such as their milk, eggs, fat, or organs, also
cannot be eaten. Rennet, an enzyme used to harden cheese, is often obtained from
non-kosher animals, thus kosher hard cheese can be difficult to find.
Kosher slaughtering
The mammals and birds that may be eaten
must be slaughtered in accordance with Jewish law. (Deut. 12:21). We may not eat
animals that died of natural causes (Deut. 14:21) or that were killed by other
animals. In addition, the animal must have no disease or flaws in the organs at
the time of slaughter. These restrictions do not apply to fish; only to the
flocks and herds (Num. 11:22).
Ritual slaughter is known as shechitah, and
the person who performs the slaughter is called a shochet, both from the Hebrew
root Shin-Cheit-Tav, meaning
to destroy or kill. The method of slaughter is a quick, deep stroke across the
throat with a perfectly sharp blade with no nicks or unevenness. This method is
painless, causes unconsciousness within two seconds, and is widely recognized as
the most humane method of slaughter possible.
Another advantage of shechitah is that it
ensures rapid, complete draining of the blood, which is also necessary to render
the meat kosher.
The shochet is not simply a butcher; he
must be a pious man, well-trained in Jewish law, particularly as it relates to
kashrut. In smaller, more remote communities, the rabbi and the shochet were often
the same person.
Draining of Blood
The Torah prohibits consumption of
blood. Lev. 7:26-27; Lev. 17:10-14. This is the only dietary law that has a
reason specified in Torah: we do not eat blood because the life of the animal
(literally, the soul of the animal) is contained in the blood. This applies only
to the blood of birds and mammals, not to fish blood. Thus, it is necessary to
remove all blood from the flesh of kosher animals.
The first step in this process occurs at
the time of slaughter. As discussed above, shechitah allows for rapid draining
of most of the blood.
The remaining blood must be removed, either
by broiling or soaking and salting. Liver may only be kashered by the broiling
method, because it has so much blood in it and such complex blood vessels. This
final process must be completed within 72 hours after slaughter, and before the
meat is frozen or ground. Most butchers and all frozen food vendors take care of
the soaking and salting for you, but you should always check this when you are
buying someplace you are unfamiliar with.
An egg that contains a blood spot may not
be eaten. This isn't very common, but I find them once in a while. It is a good
idea to break an egg into a glass and check it before you put it into a heated
pan, because if you put a blood-stained egg into a heated pan, the pan becomes
non-kosher.
Forbidden Fats and Nerves
The sciatic nerve and its adjoining blood
vessels may not be eaten. The process of removing this nerve is time consuming
and not cost-effective, so most American slaughterers simply sell the hind
quarters to non-kosher butchers.
A certain kind of fat, known as chelev,
which surrounds the vital organs and the liver, may not be eaten. Kosher
butchers remove this. Modern scientists have found biochemical differences
between this type of fat and the permissible fat around the muscles and under
the skin.
Fruits and Vegetables
All fruits and vegetables are kosher (but
see the note regarding Grape Products below).
However, bugs and worms that may be found in some fruits and vegetables are not
kosher. Fruits and vegetables that are prone to this sort of thing should be
inspected to ensure that they contain no bugs. Leafy vegetables like lettuce and
herbs and flowery vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower are particularly
prone to bugs and should be inspected carefully. Strawberries and raspberries
can also be problematic. The Star-K kosher
certification organization has a very nice overview of the fruits and vegetables
prone to this and the procedure for addressing it in each type.
Separation of Meat and Dairy
On three separate occasions, the Torah tells us not to "boil a
kid in its mother's milk." (Ex. 23:19; Ex. 34:26; Deut. 14:21). The Oral Torah explains that this
passage prohibits eating meat and dairy together. The rabbis extended this prohibition
to include not eating milk and poultry together. In addition, the Talmud prohibits cooking meat
and fish together or serving them on the same plates, because it is considered
to be unhealthy. It is, however, permissible to eat fish and dairy together, and
it is quite common (lox and cream cheese, for example). It is also permissible
to eat dairy and eggs together.
This separation includes not only the foods
themselves, but the utensils, pots and pans with which they are cooked, the
plates and flatware from which they are eaten, the dishwashers or dishpans in
which they are cleaned, and the towels on which they are dried. A kosher
household will have at least two sets of pots, pans and dishes: one for meat and
one for dairy. See Utensils below for more details.
One must wait a significant amount of time
between eating meat and dairy. Opinions differ, and vary from three to six
hours. This is because fatty residues and meat particles tend to cling to the
mouth. From dairy to meat, however, one need only rinse one's mouth and eat a
neutral solid like bread, unless the dairy product in question is also of a type
that tends to stick in the mouth.
The Yiddish words fleishik (meat),
milchik (dairy) and pareve (neutral) are commonly used to describe food or
utensils that fall into one of those categories.
Note that even the smallest quantity of
dairy (or meat) in something renders it entirely dairy (or meat) for purposes of
kashrut. For example, most margarines are dairy for kosher purposes, because
they contain a small quantity of whey or other dairy products to give it a
buttery taste. Animal fat is considered meat for purposes of kashrut. You should
read the ingredients very carefully, even if the product is kosher-certified.
Utensils
Utensils (pots, pans, plates, flatware,
etc., etc.) must also be kosher. A utensil picks up the kosher "status" (meat,
dairy, pareve, or treif) of the food that is cooked in it or eaten off of it,
and transmits that status back to the next food that is cooked in it or eaten
off of it. Thus, if you cook chicken soup in a saucepan, the pan becomes meat.
If you thereafter use the same saucepan to heat up some warm milk, the fleishik
status of the pan is transmitted to the milk, and the milchik status of the milk
is transmitted to the pan, making both the pan and the milk a forbidden mixture.
Kosher status can be transmitted from the
food to the utensil or from the utensil to the food only in the presence of
heat, thus if you are eating cold food in a non-kosher establishment, the
condition of the plates is not an issue. Likewise, you could use the same knife
to slice cold cuts and cheese, as long as you clean it in between, but this is
not really a recommended procedure, because it increases the likelihood of
mistakes.
Stove tops and sinks routinely become
non-kosher utensils, because they routinely come in contact with both meat and
dairy in the presence of heat. It is necessary, therefore, to use dishpans when
cleaning dishes (don't soak them directly in the sink) and to use separate spoon
rests and trivets when putting things down on the stove top.
Dishwashers are a kashrut problem. If you
are going to use a dishwasher for both meat and dairy in a kosher home, you
either need to have separate dish racks or you need to run the dishwasher in
between meat and dairy loads.
You should use separate towels and pot
holders for meat and dairy. Routine laundering kashers such items, so you can
simply launder them between using them for meat and dairy.
Certain kinds of utensils can be "kashered"
if you make a mistake and use it with both meat and dairy. Consult a rabbi for guidance if this
situation occurs.
Grape Products
The restrictions on grape products derive
from the laws against using products of idolatry. Wine was commonly used in the
rituals of all ancient religions, and wine was routinely sanctified for pagan
purposes while it was being processed. For this reason, use of wines and other
grape products made by non-Jews was prohibited. (Whole grapes are not a problem,
nor are whole grapes in fruit cocktail).
For the most part, this rule only affects
wine and grape juice. This becomes a concern with many fruit drinks or
fruit-flavored drinks, which are often sweetened with grape juice. You may also
notice that some baking powders are not kosher, because baking powder is
sometimes made with cream of tartar, a by-product of wine making. All beer used
to be kosher, but this is no longer the case because fruity beers made with
grape products have become more common.
Additional Rules
There are a few additional considerations
that come up, that you may hear discussed in more sophisticated discussions of
kashrut.
Bishul Yisroel
In certain circumstances, a Jew (that is,
someone who is required to keep kosher) must be involved in the preparation of
food for it to be kosher. This rule is discussed in depth under Food Fit for a
King on the Star-K kosher certification
website.
Cholov Yisroel
An ancient rule required that a Jew must be
present from the time of milking to the time of bottling to ensure that milk
from kosher animals did not become mixed with milk from non-kosher animals. Milk
that is observed in this way is referred to as Cholov Yisroel, and some people
will consume only Cholov
Yisroel. However, in the
Mevushal
Most kosher wines in
Kashrut Certification
The task of keeping kosher is greatly
simplified by widespread kashrut certification. Products that have been
certified as kosher are labeled with a mark called a hekhsher (from the same
Hebrew root as the word
"kosher") that ordinarily identifies the rabbi or organization that certified
the product. Approximately 3/4 of all prepackaged foods have some kind of kosher
certification, and most major brands have reliable Orthodox certification.
The process of certification does not
involve "blessing" the food; rather, it involves examining the ingredients used
to make the food, examining the process by which the food is prepared, and
periodically inspecting the processing facilities to make sure that kosher
standards are maintained.
The symbols at right are all
widely-accepted hekhshers commonly found on products throughout the
The most controversial certification is the
K, a plain letter K found on products asserted to be kosher. A letter of the
alphabet cannot be trademarked, so any manufacturer can put a K on a product,
even without any supervision at all. For example, Jell-O brand gelatin puts a K
on its product, even though every reliable Orthodox authority agrees that Jell-O
is not kosher. On the other hand, some very reliable rabbis will certify
products without having a trademark to offer, and their certifications will also
have only a "K." Most other kosher certification marks are trademarked and
cannot legally be used without the permission of the certifying organization.
The certifying organization assures you that the product is kosher according to
their standards, but standards vary.
It is becoming increasingly common for
kosher certifying organizations to indicate whether the product is fleishik
(meat), milchik (dairy) or pareve (neutral). If the product is dairy, it will
frequently have a D or the word Dairy next to the kashrut symbol. If it is meat,
the word Meat may appear near the symbol (usually not an M, because that might
be confused with "milchik"). If it is pareve, the word Pareve (or Parev) may
appear near the symbol (Not a P! That means kosher for Passover!). If no such
clarification appears, you should read the ingredient list carefully to
determine whether the product is meat, dairy or pareve.
Kosher certification organizations charge
manufacturers a small fee for kosher certification. This fee covers the expenses
of researching the ingredients in the product and inspecting the facilities used
to manufacture the product. There are some who have complained that these
certification costs increase the cost of the products to non-Jewish, non-kosher
consumers; however, the actual cost of such certification is so small relative
to the overall cost of production that most manufacturers cannot even calculate
it. The cost is more than justified by the increase in sales it produces:
although observant Jews are only a small fragment of the marketplace, kosher
certification is also relied upon by many Muslims (see:http://www.muslimconsumergroup.com/hfs.htm),
vegetarians (although this is not fool-proof; dairy and pareve foods may contain
eggs or fish; but if it isn't kosher, it probably isn't vegetarian), some
Seventh Day Adventists, as well as many other people who simply think that
kosher products are cleaner, healthier or better than non-kosher products. It is
worth noting that many charitable organizations also charge manufacturers for
the privilege of putting their logo on a product, and they do not perform any
service in exchange for that charge.
Do All
Jews Keep Kosher?
About 25% to 30% of Jews in
However, the standards that are observed
vary substantially from one person to another. According to the 1990 National
Jewish Population Survey (NJPS), only about 17% of Jewish families eat kosher
meat all the time. (see Table 28 in the survey, if you can find it -- I can no
longer locate it online). Others keep kosher more strictly some times than
others.
The strictest people will eat only foods
that have reliable Orthodox kosher certification, eating only glatt-kosher certified meats
and specially certified dairy products. They will not eat cooked food in a
restaurant unless the restaurant has reliable Orthodox certification, and they
are unlikely to accept an invitation to dinner from anyone who is not known to
share their high standards.
Others are more lenient. Some will
"ingredients read," accepting grocery store items that do not contain any
identifiably non-kosher ingredients. Some will eat cooked food in a restaurant
or a non-kosher home, as long as the meal is either vegetarian or uses only
kosher meat and no dairy products. Some will eat non-kosher meat in restaurants,
but only if the meat comes from a kosher animal and is not served with dairy
products. Many of these more lenient people keep stricter standards in their
homes than they do in restaurants or in other people's homes.
As rabbi/humorist Jack Moline noted,
"Everyone who keeps kosher will tell you that his version is the only correct
version. Everyone else is either a fanatic or a heretic." (Growing Up Jewish,
1987). There is a lot of truth in this humorous observation. I have no doubt
that I will receive mail calling me a heretic for even acknowledging the
existence of lower standards.
Kosher
Links
You can find more information about
kashrut at the websites of major kosher certification organizations.
The Orthodox Union, which is responsible for
"OU" certification, has some excellent information on its website, including a
kosher primer, an explanation of their kosher policy, a philosophical discussion
about "thinking kosher" and a questions and answers section. (Please note: the
"Judaism 101" listed on some of their pages is not this website and has no
connection with this website).
The Star-K
Kosher Certification organization also has an excellent website. The
wonderful thing about Star-K is, they give you an incredible amount of detail
about the research that they put into determining whether a product is kosher.
They tell you what products may be used without kosher certification, and
they explain why such products can or cannot be used without kosher
certification, giving complete detail about the research that went into making
their determination. It also has articles about kashering appliances, and
other useful information.
KosherQuest has a searchable database
of kosher products as well as an extensive list of reliable kosher symbols
and other interesting things.
Please do not think that I have presented
this comparison of the Levitical Dietary Laws from the MOST HIGH, YIHOVAH and
the Jewish dietary laws for “kosher” as a promotion of the practices of the
usurper of the identity of the Nation of Yisrael. But rather, the purpose of this
presentation is to reveal the mystery behind the term “kosher” currently in use
as the new code word for identification of an official “Jew”. Let’em eat “kosher”. We the House of Yisrael will follow and
obey the Levitical Laws of the MOST HIGH, YIHOVAH!!!!
Halleluyah!! Halleluyah!! Halleluyah!!
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
[I happened to mention to one of my Jewish
students that I didn’t eat pork. He
told me, “You don’t know what you are missing!” ‘nough said. T.Y., Editor]
*****
Tribute to the New Moon Revised:
The service of this solar/lunar calendar
of TORAH
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
If
the dark phase of the moon begins the First Day of the month, then when the
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.
***
“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>>>
IF “SIGHTED,”
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
<<<FEBRUARY 7,8,9, 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
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.
***
“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
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
“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 “
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
“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
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
I
Kings 3:15
*Leviticus 23:24,39 (Sabbaths of Feasts)
*******
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
to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a
perpetual covenant.
It is a sign between me and the children of
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
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
“But the LORD, who brought you up out of the
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
“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
“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
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
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
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.
*******
“…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
*******
THE TORAH
AND GOD’s SEVENTH DAY SABBATHS
DURING
FEBRUARY /
MARCH ‘08
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.)
***
NEW MOON WATCH:
February 7,8,9,
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 48 and
49
Joshua 8:30 - 35
Deuteronomy 33rd Chapter
Deuteronomy 26:11 - 19
Isaiah 10:20 - 22
Isaiah 11:11 - 16
Genesis 25:7 – 11
Psalm 28th Chapter
“And I will establish my
covenant between
me and thee and thy seed
after thee in
their generations for an
everlasting covenant,
to be a God unto thee, and
to thy seed after
thee. And I will give unto
thee, and to thy seed
after thee, the land wherein
thou art a stranger,
all the
possession; and I will be
their God. And God
said unto Abraham, Thou
shalt keep my covenant
therefore, thou, and thy
seed after thee in
their generations.” Genesis
17:7-9
SHABBOT
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 50th and Exodus 1
Joshua 24:19 - 31
II Chronicles 16:7 - 14
I Samuel 31st Chapter
I Kings 2:1 - 10
I Chronicles 28:4 - 13
I Chronicles 29th Chapter
II Chronicles 9:13 - 31
Isaiah 25th Chapter
Hosea 13:4 - 14
Psalm 6th Chapter
Psalm 8th Chapter
Genesis 13:14 - 17
Exodus 32:1 - 14
Deuteronomy 1:10 – 17
Deuteronomy 4:5 - 10
Deuteronomy 6:1 - 18
Deuteronomy 10:12 - 22
Deuteronomy 28:62 - 68
Psalm 40th Chapter
Jeremiah 15:11
Exodus 3:21
Exodus 28th Chapter
Numbers 1:47 – 54
Numbers 8:24,25
Psalm 22nd Chapter
SHABBOT
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
Exodus Chapter 2
II Samuel 6:1 – 8
I Chronicles 15:1,2
Nehemiah 9:6 - 29
Genesis 15:13,14
Genesis 17:1 – 16
Jeremiah 3:16
Jeremiah 31:31 – 36
Psalm 40th Chapter
SHABBOT
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
Exodus Chapter 3
II Kings 14:21 - 29
II Chronicles 20:5 - 30
II Chronicles 33:9 - 20
Nehemiah 1st Chapter
Psalm 88th Chapter
Isaiah 30:18 - 26
Isaiah 48:8 - 22
Isaiah 63:4 - 19
Jeremiah 16:9 – 21
Psalm 19th Chapter
SHABBOT
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
Exodus Chapter 4
Hosea 5:15
Psalm 130th Chapter
Exodus 24th Chapter
Leviticus 10:8 - 11
Deuteronomy 4:1 - 40
Ezekiel 20th Chapter
Jeremiah 31:31 - 34
Jeremiah 32:15 - 44
Psalm 119:25 – 40
SHABBOT
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
Exodus Chapters 5 and 6
Genesis 15:1 – 7
Exodus 21:1 - 11
II Kings 18th Chapter
Amos 5:26,27
Deuteronomy 4:12 – 20
II Kings 19:1 – 7
II Kings 19:32 - 37
Genesis 17:1 - 14
Isaiah 35th Chapter
Isaiah 8:13 - 20
Ezekiel 11:16 - 21
Ezekiel 34th Chapter
Jeremiah 30th Chapter
Jeremiah 46:27,28
Psalm 9th Chapter
Psalm 83rd Chapter
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Watch for the
MARCH 8,9,10,
2007
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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
from being a nation before me for
ever.”
Jeremiah 31:35,36
<><><>
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
*****
QUESTIONS ON “OLD TESTAMENT” BIBLE TRIVIA TO
PONDER:
“The glory of this latter house
shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place
will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.” Haggai
2:9
How do we know for sure that the
Holy ONE of
***
“I will also cause all her mirth to
cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn
feasts.” Hosea
2:11
Our GOD
did cause all our feast days to cease.
However, since HE has brought us out of gross darkness, how do we explain
the differences in the observances of the New Moon, Sabbaths, and Solemn
Feasts?
Should anyone choose to
respond to the above questions, it would be my pleasure to publish your answers
in the next issue of The LawKeepers JOURNAL. T.Y., Editor
*****
INFO/HINTS FOR HARDY, HEALTHY HEBREWS:
[I heard that in 1979, HIV was unheard
of in
Widespread
panic follows rumours of contraceptives
infected with
HIV virus
A public health scare in
Health department
spokesperson Dr Canisius Banda said the allegation was made by a laboratory
technician working at a public health clinic, who decided to test the
hormone-based contraceptive for HIV after noticing that it was labelled 'for
export only.' Reports that the drug might contain HIV have created panic among
Zambian women who receive three-monthly Depo-Provera shots to prevent pregnancy,
prompting the Zambian government to withdraw the drug from public health
facilities while it conducts its own tests.
Late last week, Health
Minister Dr Brian Chituwo announced that tests had so far found no trace of the
HI virus, and said "It should also be noted that HIV cannot survive in ... a
non-life-sustaining environment." He explained that the 'for export only' labels
were for tax control purposes and did not indicate the drug was of inferior
quality. Christopher Wurst, a spokesperson for the
In several other African
countries, however, health programmes have been sabotaged by misinformation: in
northern
"It seems there's this
wind of suspicion because there exists in the world biological warfare,"
commented Zambian health department spokesperson Dr Banda. "So awareness levels
have gone up in the communities and they want assurance that these products
we're giving them will not harm them." Banda explained that according to Zambian
law, all drugs entering the country have to have been approved for safety at
their point of origin or by the World Health Organisation.
The Planned Parenthood
Association of Zambia, which offers family planning services, has suspended the
use of Depo-Provera until further notice. "Government has not yet given us any
instructions, but have said it should be quarantined," Henry Kaimba, operations
manager, told IRIN/PlusNews. "I think people have to be assured, and that
assurance has to come from government." ( Link
)
Circulated by yasharel_ben_yah@yahoo.com
*****
[In that we live at a time when our
foods are tampered with, health information is always welcomed. T.Y., Editor]
HEALING
WISE…
BE YOUR
OWN HERBAL EXPERT
Part
5
By
Susun
Weed
Herbal medicine is the medicine of the
people. It is simple, safe, effective, and free. Our ancestors used -- and our
neighbors around the world still use -- plant medicines for healing and health
maintenance. It's easy. You can do it too, and you don't need a degree or any
special training. Ancient memories arise in you when you begin to use herbal
medicine -- memories which keep you safe and fill you with delight. These
lessons are designed to nourish and activate your inner herbalist so you can be
your own herbal expert.
In our first session, we learned how to
"listen" to the messages of plant's tastes. In session two, we learned about
simples and how to make effective water-based herbal remedies. The third session
helped us distinguish safe nourishing and tonifying herbs from the more
dangerous stimulating and sedating herbs. Our fourth session focused on poisons
in herbs and herbal tinctures, which we made and then collected into an Herbal
Medicine Chest.
In this, our fifth session, we will
find out how to help ourselves and our families with herbal vinegars, one of the
green blessings of the
Why Use Herbal
Vinegars?
Herbal vinegars are an unstoppable
combination: they marry the healing and nutritional properties of apple cider
vinegar with the mineral- and antioxidant- richness of health-protective green
herbs and wild roots. Herbal vinegars are tasty medicine, enriching and
enlivening our food, while building health from the inside
out.
Herbal vinegars are far better for the
bones and the heart than soy beverages. They have a reputation for banishing
grey hair and wrinkles. Sprayed in the armpits, herbal vinegars are highly
effective deodorants. As a hair rinse (try rosemary or lavender vinegar) they
add luster and eliminate split ends.
Anything vinegar can do, including
clean the kitchen, herbal vinegars can do better.
Vinegars Seek
Minerals
Minerals are important for the health
and proper functioning of our bones, our heart and blood vessels, our nerves,
our brain (especially memory), our immune system, and our hormonal glands. No
wonder lack of minerals can lead to chronic problems and getting more can make a
big different in health in a few weeks. One of the best way to get more minerals
-- besides drinking nourishing herbal infusions and eating well-cooked leafy
greens -- is to use herbal vinegars.
Vinegar and Your
Bones
It is not true that ingesting vinegar
will erode your bones. Adding vinegar to your food actually helps build bones
because it frees up minerals from the vegetables you eat and increases the
ability of the stomach to digest minerals. Adding a splash of vinegar to cooked
greens is a classic trick of old ladies who want to be spry and flexible when
they're ancient old ladies. (Maybe your granny already taught you this?) In
fact, a spoonful of vinegar on your broccoli or kale or dandelion greens
increases the calcium you get by one-third. All by itself, apple cider vinegar
is said to help build bones; when enriched with minerals from herbs, I think of
it as better than calcium pills.
Vinegar and
Candida
Some people worry that eating vinegar
will upset the balance of gut flora and contribute to an overgrowth of candida
yeast in the intestines. Some people have been told to avoid vinegar altogether.
My experience has led me to believe that herbal vinegars help health those with
candida overgrowth, perhaps because they're so mineral rich. I've worked with
women who have suffered for years and kept to a strict "anti-candida" diet with
little improvement and seen them get better fast when they add nourishing herbal
vinegars (and fermented foods such as sauerkraut, miso, and yogurt) to their
diets.
Making Herbal Vinegars
Fill any size jar with fresh-cut
aromatic herbs: leaves, stalks, flowers, fruits, roots, and even nuts can be
used. For best results and highest mineral content, be sure the jar is well
filled and chop the herb finely.
Pour room-temperature vinegar into the
jar until it is full. Cover jar: A plastic screw-on lid, several layers of
plastic or wax paper held on with a rubber band, or a cork are the best covers.
Avoid metal lids -- or protect them well with plastic -- as vinegar will corrode
them.
Label the jar with the name of the herb
and the date. Put it some place away from direct sunlight, though it doesn't
have to be in the dark, and someplace that isn't too hot, but not too cold
either. A kitchen cupboard is fine, but choose one that you open a lot so you
remember to use your vinegar, which will be ready in six
weeks.
You can decant your vinegar into a
beautiful serving container, or use it right from the jar you made it
in.
Which
Vinegar?
I use regular pasteurized apple cider
vinegar from the supermarket as the menstrum for my herbal vinegars. I avoid
white vinegar. Malt vinegar, rice vinegar, and wine vinegar can be used but they
are more expensive and may overpower the flavor of the
herbs.
Apple cider vinegar has been used as a
health-giving agent for centuries. Hippocrates, father of medicine, is said to
have used only two remedies: honey and apple cider vinegar. Some of the many
benefits of apple cider vinegar include: better digestion, reduction of
cholesterol, improvements in blood pressure, prevention/care of osteoporosis,
normalization of thyroid/metabolic functioning, possible reduction of cancer
risk, and lessening of wrinkles and grey hair.
Notes for Herbal Vinegar
Makers
* Collect jars of different sizes
for your vinegars. I especially like babyfood jars, mustard jars, olive jars,
peanut butter jars and individual juice jars. Look for plastic lids.
* The wider the mouth of the jar, the
easier it will be to remove the plant material when you're
done.
* Always fill jar to the top with plant
material and vinegar; never fill a jar only part way.
*Really fill the jar. This will take
far more herb or root than you would think. How much? With leaves and stems,
make a comfortable mattress for a fairy: not too tight; and not too loose. With
roots, fill your jar to within a thumb's width of the top.
* After decanting your vinegar into a
beautiful jar, add a spring of whole herb. Pretty.
My Favorite Herbal
Vinegar
Pick the needles of white pine on a
sunny day. Make herbal vinegar with them. Inhale deeply the scent of the forest.
I call this my "homemade balsamic vinegar."
Using Your
Vinegars
Herbal vinegars taste so good, you'll
want to use them frequently. Regular use boosts the nutrient level of your diet
with very little effort and virtually no expense.
* Pour a spoonful or more on beans and
grains as a condiment.
* Use them in salad
dressings.
* Add them to cooked
greens.
* Season stir-frys with them.
* Look for soups that are vinegar
friendly, like borscht.
* Substitute herbal vinegar for plain
vinegar in any recipe.
* Put a big spoonful in a glass of
water and drink it. Try it sweetened with blackstrap molasses for a real mineral
jolt. Many older women swear this "coffee substitute" prevents and eases their
arthritic pains.
Coming up
In our next sessions we will learn more
about herbal medicine making, with a focus on oils, explore the difference
between fixing disease and promoting health, learn how to apply the three
traditions of healing, and how to take charge of our own health care with the
six steps of healing.
Experiment Number
One
Test vinegar's ability to absorb
minerals. Put a fresh bone in a jar and completely cover it with vinegar. What
happens? Does the bone becomes pliable and rubbery? How long does it take? Will
eating vinegar dissolve your bones? Only if you take off your skin and sit in it
for weeks!
Experiment Number
Two
Make egg shell vinegar. Fill a jar
one-quarter full of vinegar. Drop crushed egg shell into it. What happens? Does
the vinegar foam? How long does it take? Egg shells are exceptionally rich in
bone-building minerals. Can you taste the calcium in this vinegar? Add some egg
shell to your other vinegars if you wish to increase their ability to keep your
bones strong.
Experiment Number
Three
Make four or more vinegars with the
same plant, using different types of vinegar, including both pasteurized and
unpasteurized apple cider vinegar. (For the others, use rice vinegar, malt
vinegar, wine vinegar, or even white vinegar, but not umeboshi
vinegar.)
Taste your vinegars daily for a week,
then weekly for five more weeks. You may, if you wish, decant some of your
vinegars for use after six weeks. But you may also wish to keep observing them
as they age (for years, if you wish). I have some vinegars which are more than
thirty years old and still in good shape. Note which stay edible the longest,
and what happens to those that become inedible.
Experiment Number
Four
Buy a quart or more of unpasteurized
apple cider vinegar. Use two cups to make several small herbal vinegars: one
with roots, one with leaves, and one with flowers. Boil the other two cups. Make
one herbal vinegar with the boiling hot vinegar. Make another with the boiled
vinegar after it has cooled. Continue as in experiment number three.
Further study
* Redo experiment number two using
different kinds of egg shells -- white ones and brown ones, store-bought and
farm-bought, from caged birds and free-range birds. Can you see any differences?
Taste or smell any differences?
* Make vinegars at different times of
the year and compare them.
Advanced work
* Unpasteurized vinegar can form a
"mother." In a jar filled with herb and vinegar, the vinegar mother usually
grows across the top of the herb, and looking rather like a damp, thin pancake.
Kombucha is a vinegar mother. Does your local health food store sell mothers?
kombucha? What is a vinegar mother? Is it harmful?
* What is an ionic form of a
mineral?
* What is a mineral
salt?
* How do our bodies uptake and utilize
minerals?
Plants That Make Exceptionally Good-Tasting Herbal
Vinegars
Apple mint (Mentha sp.) leaves,
stalks
Bee balm (Monarda didyma) flowers, leaves,
stalks
Bergamot (Monarda sp.) flowers, leaves,
stalks
Burdock (Arctium lappa) roots
Catnip (Nepeta cataria) leaves, stalks
Chicory
(Cichorium intybus) leaves,
roots
Chives and especially chive blossoms
Dandelion (Taraxacum off.) flower buds, leaves,
roots
Dill (Anethum
graveolens) herb, seeds
Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) herb, seeds
Garlic
(Allium sativum) bulbs, greens,
flowers
Garlic mustard (Alliaria
officinalis) leaves and roots
Goldenrod (Solidago sp.) flowers
Ginger
(Zingiber off.) and Wild ginger
(Asarum canadensis) roots
Lavender (Lavendula sp.) flowers, leaves
Mugwort
(Artemisia vulgaris) new growth
leaves and roots
Orange mint (Mentha
sp.) leaves, stalks
Orange peel, organic only
Peppermint
(Mentha piperata and etc.)
leaves, stalks
Perilla (Shiso) (Agastache) leaves, stalks
Rosemary
(Rosmarinus off.) leaves,
stalks
Spearmint (Mentha
spicata) leaves, stalks
Thyme (Thymus sp.) leaves, stalks
White pine
(Pinus strobus)
needles
Yarrow (Achilllea
millifolium) flowers and leaves
Weedy Herbal Calcium Supplement
Use one or more of the following plants
to make an herbal vinegar that can reverse and counter osteoporosis. Dose is 2-4
tablespoons daily.
Amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus) leaves
Cabbage
leaves
Chickweed (Stellaria
media) whole herb
Comfrey (Symphytum officinalis)
leaves
Cronewort/Mugwort (Artemisia
vulgaris) young leaves
Dandelion (Taraxacum off.) leaves and root
Kale
leaves
Lambsquarter (Chenopodium
album) leaves
Mallow (Malva
neglecta) leaves
Mint leaves of all sorts, especially sage,
motherwort, lemon balm, lavender, peppermint
Nettle (Urtica dioica) leaves
Parsley
(Petroselinum sativum)
leaves
Plantain (Plantago
majus) leaves
Raspberry (Rubus species) leaves
Red clover
(Trifolium pratense)
blossoms
Violet (Viola
odorata) leaves
Yellow dock (Rumex crispus and other species)
roots
Herbal Vinegars Where
You Eat the Pickled Plants,
too
Burdock
Chicory
Dandelion
Purslane
Yellow
Dock
Rosehips
Raspberries/blackberries
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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.
***
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
***
May
the Holy ONE of
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.
*******
THE GREATEST “SPOIL” OF
ALL
The
Israelites received Reparations for their free labor when they left out of
“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
*****
EDITORIAL
PERSPECTIVE:
WHOSE
WORDS COUNT,
GOD’s
OR
MAN’s
?
“The grass withereth,
the flower fadeth:
but the word of our
God shall stand for ever.”
Isaiah
40:8
“For who hath stood in
the counsel of the LORD,
and hath perceived and
heard his word?
Who hath marked his
word, and heard it?”
Jeremiah
23:18
“Hear ye the
word of the LORD, O house of Jacob,
and all the
families of the house of
Thus saith the
LORD,
What iniquity
have your fathers found in me,
that they are
gone far from me, and have walked after vanity,
and are become
vain?
Neither said
they,
Where is the
LORD that brought us up
out of the
through a land
of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of
death,
through a land
that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?”
Jeremiah 2:4 -
6
January 15, 2008
After CREATION, I would think that people
had fewer things to believe in and worship than they have to believe in and
worship today. Plaguing the world
now, we have from astrology to witchcraft; from fortune telling to “Ju-Ju”; from
Christianity to idol worship, and the list goes on, as there are scores of
different ways and things to worship and believe in given all the societies of
nations that exist in the thousands.
And none of these sorceries and man-made religions invented after
CREATION can claim to validate the WORD of the CREATOR GOD. The WORD of GOD was only presented and
disseminated by the people with whom the CREATOR GOD made a Covenant: Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel and his
SEED. There is no place found in
history or in any religious literature to dispute this fact. No one, other than Israelites, can
say with conviction what THUS SAITH THE LORD. And GOD’s WORD is to not follow the
customs of other nations.
“And in all things that I have said
unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods,
neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.” Exodus 23:13
“And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying, Speak unto the children of
“For these nations, which thou shalt
possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee,
the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. The LORD thy God will raise up unto
thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him
ye shall hearken;”
Deuteronomy 18:14,15
“Hear ye the word which the LORD
speaketh unto you, O house of
“For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto
himself, and
If we really seek after the CREATOR GOD and
HIS Truth, then isn’t it important to give credence to HIS WORD?
What else can we depend on?
What else do we have?
Enough of man’s agenda and the evil imaginations of his heart –
ENOUGH! The customs of man have
gotten us nowhere way too fast.
We know for a fact that the Christian idols
that line the
We know that although people bow down to
these images and pray to them that they have no being…duh! And what’s just as bad is to invent a
god on paper (The “New Testament”) and imagine it to be as Omnipotent as is the
CREATOR.
“Ye shall make you no idols nor
graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any
image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your
God.” Leviticus
26:1
“Thou shalt not bow down thyself
unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous
God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third
and fourth generation of them that hate me,” Deuteronomy
5:9
“The idols of the heathen are silver
and gold, the work of men's hands. They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes
have they, but they see not; They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there
any breath in their mouths. They that make them are like unto them: so is every
one that trusteth in them” Psalm 135:15 -
18
But some of us are still stupid enough to
talk and bow down to them anyway.
They see nothing wrong with that.
So, why not talk and bow down to our food before we eat it, or pray to
our beds to give us a good night’s sleep before we lay down in it? Surely, if we will bow and pray to an
idol, we can do likewise to our food and to our beds, right? WRONG! The CREATOR gave us a brain, and my
brain tells me to use wisdom and seek to bow and pray to the CREATOR GOD.
Also, we should know that the CREATOR GOD is
so totally against the worship of anything other than
HIMSELF.
“Thou shalt have no other gods
before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of
any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is
in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve
them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate
me;” Exodus 20:3 –
5
HE is the GOD that formed all these Heavenly
and Earthly things and from the breath of HIS Mouth, and for that reason, HE
WANTS ALL THE GLORY, albeit, HE is most certainly due it!
“By the word of the LORD were the
heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his
mouth.” Psalm 33:6
“Lift up your eyes on high, and
behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number:
he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is
strong in power; not one faileth” Isaiah 40:26
“Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer,
and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things;
that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by
myself;” Isaiah 44:24
“I form the light, and create
darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these
things.” Isaiah 45:7
For that reason, the CREATOR GOD has the
right to be JEALOUS for HIS Holy Name’s Sake and for the Wondrous Works that
ONLY HE can bring to fruition.
And let us not forget that being the CREATOR GOD, HE knows those who
trust in HIM.
“The LORD is good, a strong hold in
the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.” Nahum 1:7
When we learn the Truth about the CREATOR
GOD, then that is the time to stop believing in idols made by man and/or idols
made by fabricated stories, and that is the time to start seeking the WORD of
the CREATOR GOD – THE ONLY WORD THAT COUNTS!
We would be so Blessed if only we will
realize that the True and Living GOD exists, and that HE has left HIS WORD
for all who thirst for it.
Thus, we should realize that HE is on the
side of those who seek HIS Truth and will believe in ONLY HIM and HIS WORD to
accept it and to live it in Righteousness.
Since CREATION, GOD has been JUST and FAIR to reason with the people HE
formed to inhabit HIS Earth. HIS
WORD to mankind was presented long before 4 BCE, but rather in the BEGINNING
where it makes sense to present GOD’s WORD that HE wants the people HE formed to
live by.
The CREATOR GOD explained to the human
beings HE formed exactly what HE expected of them and how they should live their
lives. From the BEGINNING, Adam and Eve and
mankind knew well the meaning of disobedience and sin from the curses laid upon
them. Even of greater significance,
after Adam and Eve’s Great Sin in the Garden of Eden, people after them learned
what it meant to suffer the heartache and sorrows of death, hard labor with
childbirth, and working by the sweat of their brow, but they still were not
phased to Fear their MAKER, the GOD whose Spirit strove with them since their
inception. We know that these
people did not FEAR their CREATOR, cared even less about their lives than they
did about GOD’s WORD, otherwise, there would have been no FLOOD of Noah’s day to
destroy them.
“And God saw that the wickedness of
man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his
heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made
man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. face of the earth; both man,
and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me
that I have made them.” Genesis 6:5 – 7
We know from what’s written that it is
indeed possible to walk with the CREATOR GOD because this is how Noah directed
his life. He was “perfect in his
generations.” GOD told him,
“Thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.” From this commendation, we must accept
the fact that there is a way and means to please the CREATOR, as we can see with
HIS conversation with Noah.
Hence, our wisdom should tell us that we just have to accept HIS WORD
and behave accordingly.
Unlike the people who exist at this day and
time, Noah knew GOD and knew this GOD to be the ONE and ONLY GOD to serve, obey,
and worship. We can rest assured that Noah, just like
Elijah and Jonah believed in ONLY the CREATOR GOD of Israel. I could go on about GOD’s Prophet
Elijah, but for now I want to highlight one of the main reasons for the
brilliance of the Book of Jonah, and I pray to do it justice in my effort to
give all Glory to the GOD of Israel.
How many times have we debated the same
Messianics on the topic of the GOD of Israel being the ONLY CREATOR GOD and
SAVIOR, and that we must give HIM all our heart and soul and not
JC? If I had ten bucks for each time I
presented unequivocal WORD of GOD on this topic, I would be rich. But yet and still the Messianics would
continue to hold fast to JC despite GOD’s WORD placed before them. O that Messianics would realize the
Truth, as quickly as did the believers of false gods on board the ship Jonah
sailed to Joppa. Needless to
say, when the “shipmaster” told everyone to cry unto their gods, he obviously
did not have too much credence in his own god. Knowing that I serve and worship the ONE
True and Living GOD, not under any circumstances would I tell others to pray to
their gods. What sense would that
make?
Because of the raging sea, the seamen knew
there was a reason for all the evil upon them, and consequently, they cast
lots which determined that Jonah was the culprit for their troubles. That verdict was the catalyst in these
men believing in the GOD of Israel.
Jonah matter-of-factly told the seamen,
“I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the GOD of Heaven, which hath made the
sea and the dry land.”
When the men heard this they were
“exceedingly afraid,” and for good reason.
These men were wise enough to know for a fact that their gods were but
idols, made by man’s hands – gods that could not have formed the Universe
because they had not even formed themselves.
But get this! These men had not heard any WORD from
GOD or seen any visions in their dreams.
They had only just seen HIS WORKS and learned about HIM, and that alone
made them believers in the GOD of the Hebrews. Of great significance, we also know
that given only what Jonah had told them, they even prayed to his
GOD.
“Wherefore they cried unto the LORD,
and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this
man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as
it pleased thee.” Jonah 1:14
If they were not thoroughly convinced of the
CREATOR being GOD, then after casting Jonah into the raging sea, and seeing how
it calmed, surely then they Feared this CREATOR GOD for the rest of their
lives. Who
wouldn’t?!
“So they took up Jonah, and cast him
forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. Then the men feared the
LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made
vows.” Jonah
1:15,16
For me, this is the beauty of the story of
Jonah: to learn the Truth about the CREATOR GOD and straightaway accept HIM,
just as did the seamen in the Book of Jonah. Surely, their vow was to worship the GOD
of the Hebrew because HE proved HIMSELF to be GOD. O that all the world, especially
Hebrew Israelites with belief in a Messiah or other man-made god, would be so
wise to recognize Truth when faced with it and accept it without making the
matter an issue for debate.
HOW
IMPORTANT IS IT FOR US
TO KNOW
THE WORD OF GOD?
“Observe and
hear all these words which I command thee,
that it may go
well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever,
when thou
doest that which is good and right
in the sight
of the LORD thy God.”
Deuteronomy
12:28
In that vein, I am reminded of the
children’s party game, whereby, a number of kids, usually numbering around ten,
sit or stand beside each other in a line, as someone (an adult or another child)
whispers one sentence (without repeating it) about something unimportant in the
ear of the first child. This first
child turns to the second child and whispers what was heard (or what he/she
thought was said) into the ear of the second child, and the second child does
likewise until the message ends up with the last child who states aloud what the
first child supposedly said.
Usually the message is so distorted that nothing can be deciphered.
Now, picture this: twenty men, all Prophets of the CREATOR
GOD sitting side-by-side, and GOD gives the first prophet HIS WORD. But instead of the first prophet turning
to the second one to pass on the message, the last prophet immediately stands
and reveals GOD’s Message.
This brief narrative may be an odd way to
prove a point, but it is presented and demonstrated hundreds of times over in
the Hebrew Scriptures. GOD
reiterated HIS WORD to all HIS Prophets, and not any of HIS Messages were
altered or diminished. All GOD’s
Prophets spoke the same Truth from Moses to Malachi. They all knew HIS WORD and what to tell
HIS Covenant People: KEEP GOD’s
LAW/WORD and BE BLESSED, or REJECT IT and BE CURSED.
“Since the day that your fathers
came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all
my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending
them: Yet they
hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did
worse than their fathers.”
Jeremiah 7:25,26
“And thou shalt say unto them, Thus
saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have
set before you, To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent
unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all
the nations of the earth.” Jeremiah 26:4 -
6
And the wonderful thing about knowing GOD’s
WORD from thousands of years ago, is that HIS WORD is still very much valid for
us who seek to know this Great GOD of Israel and HIS Paths of Righteousness that
we must live and do with all our heart and soul.
HIS Ways of Righteousness are consistent and proved to be a JUST Way
of Life for Israelites and all peoples upon the face of this Earth who will
embrace them. This CREATOR GOD is
GOD and must be Feared and worshipped, for indeed HE ALONE is the True and
Living GOD.
“For as the earth bringeth forth her
bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth;
so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before
all the nations.” Isaiah
61:11
Now, get twenty Clergymen together, and ask
them about how to serve and worship GOD, and you will get twenty different
opinions, just as you have twenty and more different Christian denominations,
albeit none of which teach the WORD that GOD gave to the Children of Israel that
enables them to live in Righteousness.
REALITY
AND TRUTH
“I am the
LORD, your Holy One, the creator of
“This people
have I formed for myself;
they shall
shew forth my praise.”
Isaiah
43:15,21
“Then shall ye
call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me,
and I will
hearken unto you.
29:13 And ye
shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for
me
with all your
heart.
29:14 And I
will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn
away
your
captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations,
and from all
the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD;
and I will
bring you again into the place
whence I
caused you to be carried away captive.”
Jeremiah 29:12 –
14
“Who is a God
like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity,
and passeth by
the transgression of the remnant of his heritage?
he retaineth
not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in
mercy.”
Micah
7:18
Have you ever given serious attention to how
GOD talked with Adam, Noah, and Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Consider HIS dealings with
them:
GOD’s WORD to
Adam:
“And the LORD God called unto Adam,
and said unto him, Where art thou?
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I
was naked; and I hid myself. And he
said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree,
whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?” Genesis 3:9 –
11
GOD’s WORD to
Noah:
“And the LORD said unto Noah,
Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous
before me in this generation. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by
sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the
male and his female.”
Genesis 7:1,2
GOD’s WORD to
Abram:
“Now the LORD had said unto Abram,
Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's
house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make
thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee,
and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be
blessed.” Genesis 12:1 –
3
“And when Abram was ninety years old
and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty
God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me
and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.”
Genesis 17:1,2
“As for me, behold, my covenant is
with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Neither shall thy name
any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many
nations have I made thee. And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will
make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.” Genesis 17:4 –
6
GOD’s WORD to
Isaac:
“And there was a famine in the land,
beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto
Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. And the LORD appeared unto him,
and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee
of: Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto
thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the
oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; And I will make thy seed to multiply
as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in
thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; Because that Abraham obeyed my voice,
and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” Genesis 26:1 –
5
GOD’s WORD to
Jacob/Israel:
“And, behold, the LORD stood above
it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac:
the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; And thy
seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the
west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in
thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And, behold, I am with
thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee
again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I
have spoken to thee of. And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said,
Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.” Genesis 28:13 –
16
“And the LORD said unto Jacob,
Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with
thee.” Genesis
31:3
Fabulous, right?! It is amazing and extraordinary that the
CREATOR GOD has left all this positive information for us. And I’m sure GOD’s Prophets felt
special, having HIS visions to share with the Children of Israel – something
that was not always a pleasurable task because the news was, in most cases, of
gloom and doom given their incessant transgressions against their GOD. However the fact that the ALL-MIGHTY GOD
that Created the sun, moon, the Earth, you and me and all peoples and all things
would deal directly with us is too awesome to describe. Yet consider this: aren’t all these encounters and Messages
of the WORD of GOD supposed to be for our guidance?
“THE WORD OF THE LORD” and “THUS SAITH THE
LORD” are two of the most powerful insights we can realize and that must be
recognized as the only Righteous authority that exists for us of any
significance until GOD sends us HIS Pastors.
After all, GOD did give HIS WORD to HIS Prophets in the form of “THUS
SAITH THE LORD.”
Where is GOD’s WORD and HIS Conversation
with JC? Shouldn’t JC echo the same
WORD of GOD given to GOD’s Prophets?
In following GOD’s WORD and HIS Ways of
Righteousness, if HE has not Commanded Israel to worship another god, then we
cannot. Thus, we cannot think or
even consider making JC anything to be compared with the CREATOR GOD. Given all their wisdom and
Righteousness, not even GOD’s Angels, Prophets, or the “saviours” HE sent to
deliver HIS People out of the hands of their enemies were compared to HIM, and
they did more in GOD’s Holy Name than any JC. And the reason is that these men of
GOD knew well that the CREATOR GOD is GOD, and that there is none else. They also knew well to Fear this Great
GOD and be obedient to HIS WORD and Directives. As it was with the seamen in the Book of
Jonah, no one need tell the wise whom to Fear.
As I have recorded many times, GOD’s WORD is
not new. HE established HIS WORD when HE Created
the Heavens and the Earth many thousands of years ago. And with the formation of man, GOD told
him how he should live. Clearly,
there was no need for the diverse, confusing, and mysterious Christian
denominations to plague them.
People should understand by now that a trip to the library can easily
determine who invented these Christian religions or any religion for that
matter. By the way, GOD gave the
Children of Israel a Way of Life, not a religion.
“And thou shalt remember all the way
which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble
thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest
keep his commandments, or no. And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger,
and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know;
that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every
word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man
live.” Deuteronomy
8:2,3
Adam, Noah, and Abraham all knew GOD’s WORD
and what HE expected of them. And
when the GOD of Israel took HIS Covenant People into the Wilderness, HE again
made HIS WORD known. Today, Our GOD
has not diminished HIS Mercy, for HIS WORD is yet with us, if we will only take
heed to it.
“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
“O that there were such an heart in
them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it
might be well with them, and with their children for ever! Go say to them, Get you into your
tents again. But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto
thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt
teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye
shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. Ye shall walk in all the
ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it
may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye
shall possess.”
Deuteronomy 5:29 – 33
DO WE NOT REALIZE that we are again faced
with going into GOD’s Land to live and do HIS LAW and not turn aside to the
right hand or to the left, but to walk in all GOD’s Righteous Ways, so that it
will go well for us and so that Our GOD of Israel will be with
us.
“And now, Israel, what doth the LORD
thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways,
and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all
thy soul, To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I
command thee this day for thy good? ” Deuteronomy
10:12,13
“And he said, The LORD came from
Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from
“Then the LORD said unto me,
Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of
Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them. For I
earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of
the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey
my voice.” Jeremiah
11:6,7
Why can’t all the world and we see that
GOD’s Righteous Way of Life is a gift laden with happiness, peace, and
prosperity, if we will only
live by HIS Ways. GOD’s Laws,
Statutes, and Judgments are all we need and are all that’s required of
us.
There is nothing confusing and/or mysterious
about how the CREATOR wants us to serve and worship HIM and live Righteously on
HIS planet Earth and in the
“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.” Nehemiah
9:27
“Howbeit thou art just in all that
is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: Neither have our kings, our princes, our
priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and
thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. For they have not
served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them,
and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they
from their wicked works.” Nehemiah 9:33 –
35
“But this thing commanded I them,
saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and
walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto
you.” Jeremiah
7:23
“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.” Ezekiel
20:40
And because Our GOD of Israel knows the
potency of HIS Divine LAW, HE will bring us again unto HIS wonderful Paths of
Righteousness.
“Behold, the days come, saith the
LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the
house of Judah: 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their
fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of
Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith
the LORD: 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house
of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward
parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my
people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and everyman his
brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of
them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their
iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” Jeremiah 31:31 –
34
“And I will bring you out from the
people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered,
with a mighty hand,
and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. And I will bring you
into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to
face. Like as I pleaded with your
fathers in the wilderness of the
DID GOD SEND JC
TO THE LOST SHEEP
OF THE HOUSE OF
Read GOD’s WORD
carefully, and discern the TRUTH of the matter!
O, yes, it should occur to those who believe
in a Messiah/JC that each “saviour” GOD sent to deliver HIS People out of the
hands of their enemies (Nehemiah 9:27) was obedient and accomplished his/her
goal. That is, everyone except JC, i.e., if we
are to believe the words and teachings of this man. Now, under certain circumstances, we can
assume one of three things, as to why JC defied GOD. Either GOD did not send JC to the Lost
Sheep of the House of Israel, JC was following his own agenda, or the Israelites
weren’t there for JC to save.
Just for the record, the GOD of Israel did
not send JC to the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel. That was all a fabricated and
ill-conceived lie! Read the
following Hebrew Scriptures that prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that GOD’s
intentions were to scatter HIS Covenant People, Israel, and to punish them in
the harshest of ways for forsaking HIM and for rejecting HIS Laws, Statutes, and
Judgments.
“Behind the doors also and the posts
hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another
than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a
covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.” Isaiah 57:8
“And the LORD saith, Because they
have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice,
neither walked therein;
“Therefore thus saith the LORD of
hosts, the God of
“Therefore thus saith the LORD,
Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and
though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto
them.
“Therefore pray not thou for this
people, neither
lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they
cry unto me for their trouble.
“Therefore thus saith the LORD of
hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the
sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:” Jeremiah
11:11,14,22
“I have forsaken mine house, I have
left mine heritage;
I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. Mine
heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore
have I hated it.” Jeremiah
12:7,8
“But thou shouldest not have looked
on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither
shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of
“Hear ye this word which I take up
against you, even a lamentation, O house of
“And the high places of Isaac shall
be desolate, and the sanctuaries of
“And he said, Amos, what seest thou?
And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is
come upon my people of
“And the songs of the temple shall
be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in
every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
“The LORD hath sworn by the
excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their
works.” Amos 8:2,3,7
“And though they go into captivity
before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them:
and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for
good. And the
Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that
dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall
be drowned, as by the flood of
THINK, PEOPLE,
THINK!!!
All the above passages prove that GOD did
not send JC to save the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel, as they were
experiencing HIS Wrath and some serious troubles even during the days of
Nehemiah. Moreover, I ask, from
where did the writers of the “New Testament” get their so-called inspiration, if
GOD’s WORD stipulates that there would be a famine for hearing the WORDS of the
LORD?
“Behold, the days come, saith the
Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a
thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: And they shall wander from sea to sea,
and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word
of the LORD, and shall not find it.” Amos 8:11,12
It’s so very important to read GOD’s WORD,
i.e., what THUS SAITH THE LORD. If
we don’t, we will forever remain in Darkness – gross DARKNESS!
LOOK AT THE FACTS!
The GOD of Israel did not send JC to the Lost Sheep of the House of
Israel. Actually, the Truth of the
matter is that JC NEVER EXISTED, except on paper. For that reason, he is a result of evil
imaginations of the men who invented him with their so-called “inspirations”
that have deceived the world.
KNOW BIBLICAL HISTORY!
The Ten Tribes, called the House of Israel, had already been taken into
captivity by the Assyrians hundreds of years before JC’s so-called
“Coming”. And because the
House of
“Howbeit thou art just in all that
is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: Behold, we are servants this day, and
for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the
good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: 9:37 And it yieldeth much increase
unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have
dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in
great distress.” Nehemiah
9:33,36,37
Even Obadiah is clear on the fulfillment of
GOD’s curses upon rebellious Israelites.
This Prophet wrote about
“For thy violence against thy
brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. In the day that thou stoodest on the
other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces,
and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even
thou wast as one of them. But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of
thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have
rejoiced over the children of
“And the high places of Isaac shall
be desolate, and the sanctuaries of
“I saw the LORD standing upon the
altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and
cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the
sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them
shall not be delivered. And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land,
and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up
wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of
“Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD
are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the
earth; saving that
I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD. For, lo, I
will command, and I will sift the house of
“Your country is desolate, your
cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence,
and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.” Isaiah 1:7
“Therefore, behold, I will proceed
to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder:
for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their
prudent men shall be hid.”
Isaiah 29:14
“Yea, before the day was I am he;
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall
let it? ” Isaiah 43:13
If the writers made JC a
Messiah/saviour/god of the Trinity, then he proved them to be liars, as he has
saved no one, and much less whom he was supposedly sent to
save.
“And it shall come to pass, when ye
shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt
thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in
your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not your's.” Jeremiah
5:19
“But they hearkened not, nor
inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their
evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. Since the day that your fathers
came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all
my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: Yet they
hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did
worse than their fathers. Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them;
but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will
not answer thee.”
Jeremiah 7:24 – 27
“But thou shalt say unto them, This
is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth
correction: truth
is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
“And the carcases of this people
shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and
none shall fray them away. Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah,
and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of
gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land
shall be desolate.” Jeremiah
7:28,33,34
“Thus saith the LORD unto this
people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet,
therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity,
and visit their sins.” Jeremiah
14:10
“Her gates are sunk into the ground;
he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the
Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the
LORD.” Lamentations
2:9
“And the pride of
Thus, with this evidence, we now know that
the CREATOR GOD of
“Because of their wickedness which
they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn
incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your
fathers.” Jeremiah
44:3
“Howbeit I sent unto you all my
servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this
abominable thing that I hate. But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to
turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. Wherefore my fury and mine anger was
poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of
This is what’s reality. It’s knowing the GOD’s Truth. It’s seeking GOD’s WORD and using it
to discern what’s right and what’s wrong.
And it’s all about being able to determine what’s fictitious and what’s
GOD’s WORD.
At this late day and time, it is incumbent
upon us to be circumspect about everything and everybody! GOD’s WORD is an open book, we do not
need to be brainwashed in any way.
We have GOD’s Book of the Law, so let’s make it our guide and stop
listening to man and following his theologies. More importantly, we must remember
GOD’s Covenant, for we are the People with whom HE made the Promise to be Our
GOD.
“But thou shalt remember the LORD
thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may
establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. And
it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other
gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye
shall surely perish. As the nations which the LORD
destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be
obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God” Deuteronomy 8:18 –
20
“But now thus saith the LORD that
created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have
redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the
waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow
thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither
shall the flame kindle upon thee.
For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of
“Since thou wast precious in my
sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give
men for thee, and people for thy life.
Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and
gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not
back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; 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.”
Isaiah 43:4 – 7
“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. 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 43:10 -
12
“This people have I formed for
myself; they shall shew forth my praise.” Isaiah 43:21
THIS IS
REALITY AND THE TRUTH OF GOD’s WORD!
These passages cannot be disputed. If we want to live to enjoy our heritage
and live to see the CREATOR exist in HIS Holy Temple in Jerusalem, then it is
our obligation to return to HIM and take heed to HIS Righteous Laws, Statutes,
and Judgments, for since the beginning of time, mankind has suffered from
defying this CREATOR GOD.
“So the angel that communed with me
said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous
for
“Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the
LORD shall yet comfort
“And said unto him, Run, speak to
this young man, saying,
“And the LORD shall inherit
In light of this Truth, how can any credence
be given to the Christian god, JC, who has no word or reality in the Hebrew
Scriptures and has no place in GOD’s WORD, i.e., GOD made no mention of this so-called
“Saviour” but on the contrary begs to differ with him and with all he stands for
and in the strongest of terms.
Will GOD share HIS
“I am the LORD: that is my name: and
my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven
images.” Isaiah
42:8
One of the most important things people can
do, if they seek to know the truth about Christianity is to read the historical
events that led up to the invention of the Christian religion. One only need make a trip to the
library, or if one is computer literate, by all means, search the Web for this
information.
GOD’s
FOR HIS
GLORY, WORSHIP, AND PRAISE
GOD was delighted when King David offered to
build a Temple for the Holy ONE of Israel, and HE expressed HIS appreciation
with gratitude. At another time after the 70-year
Babylonian captivity and during the days of Darius the King when Zerubbabel was
Governor, GOD again wanted HIS
“Go up to the mountain, and bring
wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be
glorified, saith the LORD.”
Haggai 1:8
Today, who is there among the Israelites
even with a thought to build GOD’s
The world in which we now strive to live has
become waste (not to mention corrupt) to say the least, albeit very interesting
and comparable to another time.
Back in the days of the Israelites who had returned from Babylonian
captivity, GOD caused a severe drought and food became scarce, all because the
Israelites would not refurbish GOD’s
“Ye looked for much, and, lo it came
to little; and when
ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of
mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. Therefore the
heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. And
I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the
corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground
bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the
hands.” Haggai 1:9 – 11
GOD wanted the Glory then, and HE wants it
now. Consider this: these days there is constant talk about
“Global Warming”. We see and hear
about glaciers melting, droughts across the globe, shortages of water all over
the world, and bizarre weather patterns.
Well, let me tell you; “Global Warming” has nothing to do with these ACTS
of GOD. When GOD made the Land a
“desolation”, after casting out the Israelites, was that attributed to “Global
Warming” or a remarkable ACT of GOD?
The GOD of
“For I the LORD love judgment, I
hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I
will make an everlasting covenant with them.
“For as the earth bringeth forth her
bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth;
so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before
all the nations.” Isaiah
61:8,11
“And many nations shall be joined to
the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of
thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.” Zechariah 2:11
Our GOD has brought us out of gross Darkness
for the purpose of serving and worshipping HIM according to HIS Ways of
Righteousness and for HIS Praise and Glory.
That means GOD’s Book of the Law must be the
only Way of Life in our hearts for it is this Book that Magnifies ONE GOD – The
GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel and HIS Laws, Statutes, and
Judgments. The GOD of
ONE:
Our GOD does not tolerate the worship of anyone or anything but HIM. The reason is simple. If we embrace other religions and their
gods, then these pagan theologies would replace GOD’s Way of Life that HE
designed to be kept unto a thousand generations, which is basically
FOREVER.
TWO:
Thus, we are Commanded to neither add to nor diminish from HIS Book of
the Law that HE gave to HIS Prophet Moses to teach to the Children of Israel, no
matter how spiritual, right, and true it might appear to be. By now, surely we must realize that
GOD’s WORD has been proven. When we
look to other gods, we invariably forsake the CREATOR GOD that established us
and the
“Now therefore hearken, O Israel,
unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them,
that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your
fathers giveth you. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither
shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD
your God which I command you.” Deuteronomy
4:1,2
“But as for thee, stand thou here by
me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the
judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which
I give them to possess it. Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God
hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. Ye
shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye
may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in
the land which ye shall possess.” Deuteronomy 5:31 –
33
“Only be thou strong and very
courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses
my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left,
that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest. This book of the law shall not depart
out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou
mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou
shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good
success.” Joshua 1:7,8
When Our GOD cast us, HIS Covenant People,
from the Land and into the hands of the heathen, HE left the world to feign for
itself with ways people deemed better than the CREATOR’s.
Consequently, from living as we choose to do for millennia, we have
invented the worst evils ever recorded in history even worse than those of
Noah’s day that caused the Great Flood of 40 days and 40 nights:
TODAY THERE ARE EXTREME CASES
OF race hatred, lust,
adultery, abuse (of men, women, and children), lying and stealing, greed, power,
corruption, false worship of all manner of gods, astrology, witchcraft, sorcery,
murder, exploitation, war, destruction, disease, pollution, occupation of other
people’s lands, and blatant deception.
And thus, mankind transformed GOD’s Earth
from a place of paradise into a place comparable to a Hell on
Earth. However, Our GOD of Israel can change
all that if we are ready with HIS Book of the Law in our hearts to now
live according to HIS Ways and re-establish HIS Kingdom, one that will have the
entire world worshipping HIM in
“This people have I formed for
myself; they shall shew forth my praise.” Isaiah 43:21
Therefore, don’t everyone shout at
once. Who is ready to be the “he
goats” before the flocks and start to fulfill GOD’s WORD and bring it to
pass? Remember, we must be strong for we just
might be faced with the same challenges that our forefathers faced in the
Wilderness. However, this time we
are the wiser. We have been
forewarned, and all we need do is put all our hope, faith, trust, and belief in
the Holy ONE of Israel and hold fast to HIS Book of the Law, for this is exactly
what HE will be looking for.
“For I will restore health unto
thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called
thee an Outcast, saying, This is
“Remove out of the midst of
Finally, of utmost importance, we must return to Ou