“…Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you:  this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.”  

Exodus 3:15

 

THE  LAWKEEPERS’  MONTHLY  JOURNAL

 

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ESTABLISHED FOR

THE EXALTATION, PRAISE, AND RECOGNITION OF

THE MOST HIGH GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB

AND HIS EVERLASTING BOOK OF THE LAW

 

“Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:  That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy sons and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.  Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.”   Deuteronomy 6:1 - 3

 

“O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.” 

Jeremiah 22:29

 

EXALTATION OF THE MOST HIGH GOD OF ISRAEL:

 

“I WILL praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

 

“I will be glad and rejoice in thee:  I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

 

“But the LORD shall endure for ever:  he that prepared his throne for judgment.

 

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

 

“The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.”

Psalm 9:1,2,7 - 9

 

 

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 “Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: 

it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’s anger.

Zephaniah 2:3

 

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

 

BACK TO SCHOOL TIME

Just imagine.........

It's that time of the year again, time to go "Back to School". Time for the three R's,.......Reparations, Repatriation, and Righteousness.

This school term Yisraelites attending "The University of Elohim" will be majoring in subjects like; The Laws, Statutes, and Commandments of YIHOVAH, Levitical Law, The High Holy Days, and The Land of Canaan etc, etc.

The extra-curricular courses on Reparations and Repatriation are expected to be crowded this term due to the increased interest caused by the recent "Millions for Reparations" march in Washington DC.

There is expected to be a Righteous Remnant signing up for courses to be taught by the Prophet Elijah somewhere out in the desert.

This school year the final exams will be a piece of cake because YIHOVAH has given us this promise:

"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 every man 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 31:33,34

ALL COURSES ARE TUITION FREE!!

SHALOM, SHALOM

 

Yehudah ben Yacob,

President

THE LAWKEEPERS

 

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Tribute to the New Moon Revised:

 

PLEASE TAKE PART IN “SIGHTING” THE NEW MOON (The First Day of the Month) -

START THE NEXT NEW MOON WATCH ON THE EVENINGS OF

 

SEPTEMBER 7,8,9, 2002

 

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

 

“He appointed the moon for seasons…”

Psalm 104:19

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

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

on our solemn feast day.

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

Psalm 81:1 - 4

(A Psalm of Asaph, the Seer - one who should be well informed about GOD’s Ways)

 

“Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for

a memorial before your God:  I am the LORD your God.”  

Numbers 10:10

 

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

 

Some Israelites, along with White Jews, use the dark phase of the moon to determine the start of a new month.  If the dark phase of the moon lasts for “2-3 days,” then which of these days is supposed to be the distinguishing “Sign” that determines the First Day of the month?  Or do we just arbitrarily select either or depending on the imaginations of our hearts?   On the contrary, with the use of the sighted “Sign” of the New Moon Crescent in the Heavens we eliminate any confusion as to which day IS the First Day of the month.  The only problem that presents itself is cloud coverage that prevents the ability to see the New Moon Crescent.   Nonetheless, one can easily distinguish the New Moon Crescent “Sighting” from all the other phases due to its thin sliver and its low position in the heavens, and the reason is that no two days or rather phases of the visible moon are alike.  Thus, to use the New Moon Crescent as the “Sign” in the heavens, as we are COMMANDED to do for our seasons, days, and years, negates the belief that the “commandment was given to the luminaries.”  The “luminaries” fulfill GOD’s Commandments:  the sun shines and the moon orbits the Earth.  They have no need to determine seasons, days, and years.  Hence, our New Moons are obviously of more spiritual significance to the Nation of Israel than we are aware.  And for sure, the TRUTH concerning them are in GOD’s WORD to HIS Prophets/Seers - not the White Jews or other Gentiles.  All we need do is use wisdom, discern what’s written in Scripture, and accept it!

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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THE TORAH READINGS FOR THE NEW MOON AND

SABBATHS DURING

 SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2002 ARE  AS FOLLOWS:

 

 

NEW MOON WATCH:

September 7,8,9, 2002

 

Psalm 81:1 - 10

Numbers Chapters 17 - 19

Psalm 94th Chapter

Ezekiel 36:24 - 28

Isaiah 51st Chapter

Isaiah 8th Chapter

Joshua 4:1 - 14

Jeremiah 33rd Chapter

Isaiah 64th Chapter

Joel 2nd Chapter

Psalm 35th Chapter

 

SHABBAT READINGS  -  9/14/02

 

Genesis 2:1 - 3

Exodus 31:12-18

Deuteronomy 5:14

Isaiah 56:1 - 7

Isaiah 58:10 - 14

Numbers Chapters 20 - 22

Deuteronomy 4:12 – 19

II Kings 18:4,5

Isaiah 8:13 - 20

Psalm 37:25 - 40

Psalm 99th Chapter

Psalm 107th Chapter

Isaiah 41st Chapter

Nehemiah 9:6 - 37

Psalm 140th Chapter

 

SHABBAT READINGS - 9/21/02

 

Genesis 2:1 - 3

Exodus 31:12-18

Deuteronomy 5:14

Isaiah 56:1 - 7

Isaiah 58:10 - 14

Numbers Chapters 23 - 25

Zechariah 8th Chapter

Psalm 3rd Chapter

Psalm 4th Chapter

Jeremiah 4th Chapter

Jeremiah 7th Chapter

Psalm 62nd Chapter

 

SHABBAT READINGS - 9/28/02

 

Genesis 2:1 - 3

Exodus 31:12-18

Deuteronomy 5:14

Isaiah 56:1 - 7

Isaiah 58:10 - 14

Numbers Chapters 26 - 28

Joshua 14th Chapter

Joshua 22nd Chapter

II Samuel 6th Chapter

I Chronicles 16th Chapter

Ezra 3: 1 - 7

Lamentations 2nd Chapter

Psalm 20th Chapter

 

SHABBAT READINGS - 10/5/02

 

Genesis 2:1 - 3

Exodus 31:12-18

Deuteronomy 5:14

Isaiah 56:1 - 7

Isaiah 58:10 - 14

Numbers Chapters 29 - 31

Isaiah 25th Chapter

Ezekiel 45th Chapter

Psalm 50th Chapter

Isaiah 19th Chapter

Jeremiah 44th Chapter

Nahum 1st Chapter

Psalm 22nd Chapter

 

 

Watch for the next NEW MOON "Sighting" on October  6,7,8, 2002.

 

A complete TORAH Readings Hebrew Calendar displaying all the months, Sabbaths of Rest, New Moon Watches, and Holy Days for the entire year

can be found on

The LawKeepers WebSite: 

 

www.thelawkeepers.org

 

Click on “Torah Readings.”

 

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SOME QUESTIONS TO PONDER:

 

What does GOD Command regarding exposing iniquity, abomination, and sin among the Children of Israel?  And what might be the consequences if we don’t?

 

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The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money:  yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us?  none evil can come upon us.”  Micah 3:11

 

Given the above verse, should we be selling GOD’s WORD?

 

Please feel free to contribute responses to these questions, and if so, they will be published in the next JOURNAL.

 

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HINTS FOR HARDY, HEALTHY HEBREWS:


                   THE WAR AGAINST WOMEN'S BODIES

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

[Premarin]


July 25, 2002

 


It is difficult to objectively observe how women are treated in the world of modern medicine, and not come to the quiet conclusion that doctors don't really care very much about patients of the female persuasion.


That suspicion ripens into fuller bloom when one thinks about the recent news that the popular medical provision of estrogen-progestin pills (known as hormone replacement therapy, or HRT) to menopausal women threatens them with increased risk of heart disease, stroke and breast cancer.


This, after the HRT regime has been marketed to approximately 40 million women as a kind of miracle drug that promises virtual eternal youth.


What's wrong with this picture?


Have millions of menopausal women been unwitting guinea pigs for the pharmaceutical companies? Have hundreds of thousands of doctors been duped by these same companies?  How can this happen?


In a nation where capital accumulation is seen as the greatest good, how could it be otherwise?  Medicine is big business.


Doctors will call themselves scientists, who follow the scientific method. This suggests they will rigorously test powerful drugs (or test the validity of other's tests) before prescribing such items to their trusted patients.


Apparently, they relied on the glowing articles in the media, or the advertising material sent to them by the drug companies.



Do you know where pharmaceutical-grade estrogen comes from? Do you know the source of much of the hormone used in birth control pills?  It is collected, dried horse urine. Seriously.  The urine of pregnant mares is collected, stored and processed into estrogen.


Did you know there are plant sources that contain natural estrogen?
  Several are wild yam, and black cohosh.


What is more important -- the health of people, or the money that can be made by exploiting their fears and hopes?


The medical industry today is a wholely-owned subsidiary of the multi-national pharmaceuticals. They are a primary source of information to the average physician.


How many billions of dollars have been made off of American women in the last 30 years?  How many women have died since 1975 from breast cancer, heart disease or stroke?  Many don't know and most don't care, much less the drug companies.


Were it not for the Women's Health Initiative, no one would know about the serious risks posed by HRT.


By treating menopause as a sickness, rather than a natural phase in the life cycle, and promising a magic pill that turns back time, the drug and medical industries have created a market based on a false hope.


Let us hope millions of women are now safer than yesterday.

 

By Mumia Abu-Jamal

 

Submitted by S.E. Anderson (ebontek)

 

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I received the above article sometime last month, and determined then to include it in this edition of The LawKeepers JOURNAL.  Several years back, I used to take Premarin until I read somewhere that it is made up of urine from pregnant mares.  When I heard this, I didn’t even try to verify the accuracy of this news. I stopped taking it immediately!   I either called my gynecologist that same day or the very next day and told him what I had heard.  He admitted that it was true.  I told him that I want to take something else that’s not made from animals.  After a couple of years, I just stopped taking anything.  And I found out that I didn’t need it.

 

Black Cohosh is nothing new for women going through menopause.  I have known about this herb for probably twenty years, but I have never tried it. 

 

Dr. ATKINS’ AGE-DEFYING DIET by Robert C. Atkins, M.D. has something interesting to say about HRT’s.  He also recommends a list of vitamins for menopausal women:

 

MENOPAUSE SYMPTOMS

 

Contrary to the gospel as espoused by the medical establishment, the discomforts of menopause do not need to be treated with hormone replacement therapy [HRT].  As I discussed I Chapter 13, there are safer alternatives to HRT, and these alternatives have no side effects.  In fact, vitamutrients like those in the protocol in Table 22.9 are extremely helpful at this time in a woman’s life, when she needs optimal nutrition.

 

Once again, I must repeat that the large doses of folic acid recommended in Table 22.9 are best obtained with a doctor’s prescription.  But women who need to shrink uterine fibroids, prevent breast cancer recurrences, or deal with endometriosis or fibrocystic breasts should keep their dose of supplemental folic acid below 600 mcg daily.

 

Also, the recommendations for pregnenolone and DHEA are based on the dosages most women need, but you should work with your physician to identify your current blood levels and determine the amounts that will restore your levels to those of a thirty-year-old.

 

Table 22.9

VITANUTRIENTS FOR

MENOPAUSE SYMPTOMS

 

                        VITANUTRIENT                                           DAILY INTAKE

 

                      Folic acid                                                           20-60 mg

                      Boron                                                                   6-18 mg

                      Pregnenolone                                                   30-60 mg                                                                                                                          

                      DHEA                                                                20-40 mg

                      Essential oils formula                              3,600-7,200 mg

                      Vitamin E                                                    400-1,200 iu

                      Vitamin B6                                                     150-300 mg

                      Gamma.oryzanol                                           150-450 mg

                      B vitamin complex                                           50-100 mg

                      Chromium                                                    200-600 mcg

   

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I cannot stress enough just how important it is for everyone to read Dr. Atkins’ book!  I have more respect for the physician who speaks in favor of vitamins and herbs than I do for medical doctors (M.D.s) who don’t.  Not to poo-poo medical doctors altogether, but the truth of the matter is that they make more money by healing folks with drugs than by folks healing themselves with vitamins and herbs.  Wouldn’t you agree?!

                                                                           

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

 

Tziona Yisrael

 

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THOUGHT FOR TODAY AND FOREVER:

 

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

 

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THE  GREATEST  “SPOIL”  OF  ALL

 

Learn about the Reparations Mass Movement for Descendants of Slaves and how YOU can get involved:  Go to:  www.thelawkeepers.org and click on “Repnow.” 

 

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

 

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

 

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EDITORIAL  PERSPECTIVE:

 

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEAR

THE MOST HIGH GOD OF ISRAEL?

 

                                                                                                            August 25, 2002

 

“For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them,

neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.”

Isaiah 9:13

 

“In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction:

 your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.”

Jeremiah 2:30

 

“O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock;

they have refused to return.”

Jeremiah 5:3

 

Our Holy ONE of Israel always kept our forefathers informed by sending them HIS Righteous Priests and Prophets who feared HIM to follow HIS Ways and to do HIS Will for as long as the Children of Israel occupied the land.  Without question Our Holy ONE sent many messengers to carry HIS WORD.  As soon as a man of GOD did wrong, GOD didn’t waste any time letting him know it.  Our forefathers have no excuse, as they were kept well aware of GOD’s Law by way of HIS Priests, Judges, and Prophets.  Therefore, they knew what to do and how to carry themselves in order to be Righteous Role Models in representing the True and Living GOD.  So, for sure these men of GOD were well informed because the All-Mighty GOD was their Counselor.  And because Our GOD is of Manifold Mercies, HE also left HIS WORD for those of us living today.  Yes, we, too, are informed of exactly what is expected of us.  And not one of us can say that, “We did not know.”

 

However, these men of GOD of yesteryear, our Judges, Kings, Prophets, Priests, as well as our Elders stopped FEARING the Holy ONE and turned to seeking rewards and fame and worshipping the idols of the heathens around them.  And worst of all they started rejecting the Holy ONE of Israel and HIS Paths of Righteousness.  Without a doubt, we should all realize now why Our GOD of Israel says that we must FEAR HIM!

 

“Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

 

“And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.”    Exodus 18:21,22 (See also I Chronicles 17:10)

 

“And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.”   Exodus 20:20

 

“Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.”   Leviticus 19:32

 

“Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:

 

“That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

 

“And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.

 

“And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.”    Deuteronomy 6:1,2,24,25

 

“Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

 

“He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.”   Deuteronomy 10:20,21

 

Do you see the connection here to not only keep GOD’s Law but to FEAR HIM, as well?   It’s important for us to know that Our GOD will punish us if we are not obedient to all that HE Commands us to do.  And if we fear that Our GOD will punish us for our sins, then perhaps we won’t commit iniquity.

 

If we don’t FEAR OUR GOD, then we will in fact reject HIM and follow our own ideals - the imaginations of our evil hearts.  This is what happened to our forefathers (and this is what has happened to us).  They stopped fearing the Holy ONE, and consequently, they became so rebellious that they started committing all manner of sins against the GOD of Israel.  A prophet started lying even in GOD’s Name, a priest started selling GOD’s WORD for his own gain, and our elders saw this wickedness and followed their sinful ways, too.  And before they realized it, not one person feared the Holy ONE.  Consequently, there was no Righteous Judgment, and all of the Nation of Israel was being led to live corrupt lives. 

 

“Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.”   Zephaniah 3:4

 

Our GOD got fed up and eventually cast Israel - HIS Chosen People into exile.  First the Ten Tribes, and then Judah followed.  And as a result, we are today under the control of our enemies and in their land, nonetheless, fulfilling Deuteronomy 28th Chapter.

 

That which is so disturbing is that we have become just like our forefathers.  So the saying goes, “There is no new thing under the sun.”  Well, we have proven it!  And our actions are deplorable.  Too many of us neither care about what our forefathers did nor care about doing what’s right.  And what’s so ironic is that we claim to know GOD’s Truth.

 

Because we are GOD’s Chosen People and are in the “Latter Days” (THE DAY OF THE LORD), at some point we have got to realize what’s expected of us.  We have got to disconnect ourselves from the societies in which we live and return to the PATHS Our GOD so long ago established for us.  This is what that SECOND Wilderness spoken of in the Book of Ezekiel is all about.  This is where it will be determined whether we will return to our heritage or not.   This is where we will again be taught by Righteous Pastors (Jeremiah 3:14,15) and no doubt meet with the Prophet Elijah! This is where Our GOD will once again plead with us “face to face” just as HE pleaded with our forefathers in the Wilderness after HE brought them out of Egypt (Ezekiel 20:35).

 

The Prophet Ezekiel knew well that only GOD could see whether or not the “Dry Bones” could live.   Also, because he was a Prophet of the GOD of Israel, he was well informed of the evils of this PRESENT DAY Children of Israel - you and me.  He knew that if WE are to “live” that then we would have to return to Our GOD, FEAR HIM, and keep HIS Laws, Statutes, and Judgments, or we would die with the Gentiles who are doomed for their hand in our captivity (Jeremiah 30:11).

 

Ezekiel was quite aware that the Israelites of his day did not fear GOD and much less did not keep HIS Ways; he was there watching them turn farther and farther away from the Holy ONE and HIS Ordinances (Ezekiel 8th Chapter).

 

“Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.”   Ezekiel 7:26

 

“Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.”   Ezekiel 22:26

 

However, the Prophet Ezekiel was also aware that there was hope that the Nation of Israel would return in Righteousness because GOD gave to him this prophecy concerning our Deliverance.

 

“But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.

 

“For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:

 

“And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:”   Ezekiel 36:8 - 10

 

Ezekiel knew that this Deliverance would not take place during his day because there were too many unfulfilled prophecies regarding Judah going into captivity, and these foretellings had to manifest first.  He knew that GOD did not lie, and that Judah would go into captivity again - even after the Babylonian captivity. 

 

Although it was hard for him to believe that the SEED of the Israelites of his day would be saved in the end, he was comforted, I’m sure, in knowing that after GOD’s great punishment that Israel would finally consider YIHOVAH.  He knew that our oppression and affliction at the hands of our enemies while in their lands would make a difference otherwise, the Holy ONE would not have Commanded it.  He knew that when the Holy ONE caused others to take our land and that our identity would be forgotten that certainly we would eventually succumb to FEARING GOD, RETURNING TO HIS BOOK OF THE LAW, and regretting all the wicked ways of our forefathers and ours, as well.  But I’m sure after seeing their rebelliousness at that time that Ezekiel certainly still wondered how this Deliverance of which he prophesied would come to pass.  I know he wondered because, I wonder, and I’m living in the actual time of Jacob’s Trouble when he is supposed to be saved out of it!

 

LOOK AT US!  We know who we are, but we still reject Truth and knowledge!  We still say that our wicked intentions are good.  And we still support and even unite with evil doers. After all these hundreds of years, what a shame to have to say that nothing has changed.  We still don’t fear GOD! 

 

Otherwise we would not be waiting on a “Messiah” instead of the Holy ONE of Israel, otherwise some of our leaders would not be in the land teaching their ways and demanding their congregations seek their counsel instead of GOD’s, otherwise there would not be those of us in association with known sinners, otherwise our leaders would be talking about returning to the land where GOD placed HIS Name and Heart to live HIS Ways in complete loyalty and Righteousness, otherwise all of us calling ourselves Priests, Rabbis, and Teachers would be deeply involved in demanding that their congregations FEAR GOD and live and do the Law HE gave to HIS Prophet Moses AS IT IS WRITTEN.   But many of us are not concerned with these serious problems that have the potential to keep us clear of Our GOD and HIS Truth.  

 

We willingly follow men who await a “messiah” - forgetting that Our GOD is Our Savior, men who magnify themselves and establish their ordinances instead of GOD’s Ways, men who teach contrary to GOD’s Law, men who teach that the new day begins in the morning and not evening, men who tell Israelites that it’s all right to travel on GOD’s Holy Day of Rest, and men who encourage Brothers and Sisters to relocate to other places that are not our homeland.  These are supposed to be leaders in Israel, but yet the Holy ONE has turned their knowledge backwards.  These leaders DO NOT FEAR YIHOVAH to do what’s written in HIS Law and what’s consistent with HIS Word to HIS Prophets!

 

“Thus saith the LORD…I am the LORD that maketh all things…That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; the turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;”   Isaiah 44:24,25

 

Let’s face it.  We have become just as stiffnecked as our forefathers who put us in this mess even while we are yet in captivity awaiting GOD’s Deliverance. 

 

Tell me, for what reason would the Holy ONE want Israelites with this mindset in HIS Holy Land?  Are these not the very reasons Our GOD scattered us in the fist place?  Truth be told, the Holy ONE is not concerned with these rebels.  GOD’s Ways are the last thing on their minds for they have other concerns and issues with which to busy themselves.  And they don’t have time to deal with a monkey on their backs talking about leaving our homes, “good paying jobs,” and living in some Wilderness out in the middle of nowhere JUST LIKE OUR FOREFATHERS DID at GOD’s Commandment, by the way! 

 

What is it going to take, and how long is it going to take before we realize and accept all that is written in GOD’s Book of the Law and seek Our Savior to go home?  When will we stand strong for Righteousness and DENOUCE the evils of our People?  This is called Righteous Judgment!  When will we demand that our leaders discuss going home to the place that GOD gave to our forebears?  A fish’s need to be in water is analogous with our need to be in our homeland serving, worshipping, and FEARING Our GOD of Israel and keeping HIS Law in Righteousness.   And the Holy ONE is dealing with those of us who have the burning desire in our heart and soul to go home to serve and worship HIM and show forth HIS Praise in HIS Holy Temple when it is established.  These are the ones who know what it means to FEAR YIHOVAH!  And these are the ones YIHOVAH will cause to RETURN because they will have returned to HIM and HIS Law as HE has desired of the whole House of Israel since our inception.

 

If the Creator, the GOD that formed Heaven and Earth, chose Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and their SEED to be HIS Special People above all others, then let’s do what HE formed us to accomplish for HIM (Isaiah 43:21).  What could be greater than to live for the True and Living GOD under HIS Protection and Peace?!  Surely if this Supreme Being, the All-Mighty GOD specifically designated us to show forth HIS Praise, we can do this and we can boast of HIM with gladness, great joy and utmost Righteousness.  WE CAN DO THIS!!

 

Time is short, and the Holy ONE has waited long enough.  Obviously, HE is waiting on us, otherwise Our GOD would have chosen for HIMSELF another People to show forth HIS Praise. 

 

The Most High GOD of Host reads our hearts, and HE knows who loves and fears HIM.  This time around let HIM prove us and read our hearts and see that we want to serve and worship HIM in Righteousness.  Let HIM see that we are against the sins of our forefathers, as well as our unrighteous leaders who today practice wickedness and follow their own evil ways.  Let HIM know that we are ready to be obedient to HIS Paths of Righteousness, so that we CAN indeed Sanctify HIM and HIS Holy Name and boast of HIS Truth before the world. This is what it means to FEAR THE MOST HIGH GOD OF ISRAEL - ALL FOR HIS PRAISE, GLORY, AND FOR HIS HOLY NAME’s SAKE.  And if this is what fearing Our Holy ONE of Israel is all about, then let’s do it!

 

“Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey:  for my determination is to gather the nations, that

I may assemble the kingdoms,

to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: 

for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.”

Zephaniah 3:8

 

“I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee,

to whom the reproach of it was a burden.

 

”Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee:  and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame

in every land where they have been put to shame.

 

“At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you:  for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth,

when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.”

Zephaniah 3:18

 

HALLELUYAH, HALLELUYAH, HALLELUYAH!

 

FEAR AND GLORY YIHOVAH ALWAYS!

 

Tziona Yisrael,

Servant of the Most High GOD of Israel for HIS Holy Name’s Sake!

 

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“For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with ONE CONSENT.”  (Caps. are mine.)

Zephaniah 3:9

 

“Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee:  and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.

 

“At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you:  for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.”   Zephaniah 3:19,20

 

O TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD AND THAT

THERE IS NO GOD BUT HIM!

 

BLESSED BE THE MERCIFUL MOST HIGH GOD OF ISRAEL, THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE SAVIOR TO THOSE WHO TRUST IN HIM!

 

 

Tziona Yisrael,

Servant of the Most High GOD of Israel for HIS Holy Name’s Sake

Passover Week

April 29, 2002

 

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“See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me:  I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal:  neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.”  

Deuteronomy 32:39

 

“Fear ye not, neither be afraid:  have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it?  Ye are even my witnesses.  Is there a God besides me?  Yea, there is no God; I know not any.”   Isaiah 44:8

 

“I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins:  return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.”   Isaiah 44:22

 

For those of us who truly Fear Our True and Living GOD, let us be blessed with answers to our prayers that HE will deliver us out of bondage just as HE saved our forefathers out of bondage down in Egypt.   We also pray that Our Holy ONE will deal with the Rulers of this World and call HIS Chosen Ones home to our heritage where HE will once again live among us and be Our GOD of gods and LORD of lords and where we will be a LIGHT to the World and show forth HIS Praise and Glory in Truth and in Righteousness FOREVER.

 

O TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD, OUR GOD OF ISRAEL, IS GOOD to all those who Fear and seek HIM in Truth and in Righteousness!!!   The Holy ONE was with Abram, and HE will be with us, as well if we will just turn to HIM with our whole heart.  I am a Witness!

 

Let’s be ready for the Day of the LORD for therein lies our DELIVERANCE and our return to our heritage if we return to Our ONLY LORD and SAVIOR and be obedient to HIS LAW.

 

FEAR AND GLORY YIHOVAH AND HONOR HIS BOOK OF THE LAW ALWAYS!

 

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“Fearing” YIHOVAH and “OBEDIENCE” to HIS Ways is “Key” to our attaining everything we need to know, do, and accomplish.   And for that, BLESSED BE THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL FOR EVER AND EVER!

 

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I PRAY TO BE JOINED WITH THOSE WHO SEEK YIHOVAH IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, BE NUMBERED AMONG HIS SAINTS, AND BE A LIGHT TO THE WORLD FOR HIS FAME AND GLORY.  I PRAY TO BE JOINED WITH THOSE WHO WILL DEMAND THE KEEPING OF GOD’s BOOK OF THE LAW AND WITHOUT ADDING TO OR DIMINISHING FROM IT!

 

BLESSED BE THE MOST HIGH GOD OF ABRAHAM AND MOSES AND EXALTED BE HIS HOLY NAME ABOVE ALL FOREVER AND EVER!

 

GLORY YIHOVAH, CLEAVE TO HIM, AND EXALT HIM AND

HIS BOOK OF THE LAW ALWAYS!

 

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A MESSAGE TO ALL MESSIANICS:

 

WAIT ON THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL

AND

MAKE HIM YOUR

LORD AND SAVIOR - NOT “MAN.”

(Psalm 25:4,5)

 

 

“Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.

 

“O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

 

“I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.”   Hosea 13:4,9,14

 

FOR WHAT REASON DO WE NEED jc OR ANY ONE ELSE BUT YIHOVAH?

 

“Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

 

“He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.”    Deuteronomy 10:20,21

 

“That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”   Deuteronomy 30:20

 

FOR WHAT REASON DO WE NEED jc OR ANY ONE ELSE BUT YIHOVAH?

 

“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

 

“At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.”   Jeremiah 31:1

 

FOR WHAT REASON DO WE NEED jc OR ANY ONE ELSE BUT YIHOVAH?

 

“And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God.

Exodus 29:46

 

“And God spake all these words, saying,

 

“I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

 

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”   Exodus 20:1 - 3

 

FOR WHAT REASON DO WE NEED jc OR ANY ONE ELSE BUT YIHOVAH?

 

Given these Scriptures, YOU MESSIANICS should realize that we should not be trusting in “man” - not any “man” for the Holy ONE of Israel is a JEALOUS GOD, and HE wants all the Praise and Glory for HIMSELF!  HE ALONE is Our SAVIOR, and there is none else:

 

“I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.”   Isaiah 43:11

 

“Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.”   Isaiah 44:8

 

“Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together:  who hath declared this from ancient time?  who hath told it from that time?  have not I the LORD?  And there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

 

“Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.”   Isaiah 45:21,22

 

FOR WHAT REASON DO WE NEED jc OR ANY ONE ELSE BUT YIHOVAH?

 

Our Righteous GOD gave us HIS Holy Book of the Law – not the “New Testament” that was established by “man” to support his man-made, very well organized and deceptive religion.

 

WE DO NOT NEED jc!!!

 

The TEACHINGS of the GOD of Israel are found in HIS Book of the Law, and in no way do HIS Teachings even parallel those of jc.  As a matter of fact, the “New Testament” and the teachings of jc were specifically written and embellished to REPLACE GOD’s Laws, Statutes, and Judgments - hence, the reason for the word “New” in the title of this book! 

 

This is one of the greatest sins one can commit against the Most High GOD of Israel.  Not only is GOD’s Law to be kept “to a thousand generations” and “FOR EVERMORE” (Deuteronomy 7:9; II Kings 17:37), but no one can add to or diminish from all that the GOD of Israel has COMMANDED that we should observe to DO (Deuteronomy 12:32)! 

 

Equally as important, “Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them, And all the people shall say, Amen” (Deuteronomy 27:26).  Perhaps jc wasn’t aware of this Law!

 

The “New Testament” and this “man” jc have not only added to GOD’s WORD, but they have disclaimed GOD’s Ordinances and changed them altogether!  

 

Every man/woman who serves and worships the All-Mighty GOD of Israel knows to Exalt ONLY HIM and HIS Book of the Law, for through meditating in this Righteous Book, one is made wise and, therefore, learns of GOD’s Truth and magnifies it and nothing else!

 

And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.   Deuteronomy 32:46

 

“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 whithersoever 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 shal make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”   Joshua 1:7,8

 

The Holy ONE of Israel wants HIS People to SERVE, TRUST, BELIEVE, HOPE, AND WORSHIP ONLY HIM!

 

“The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.”   Nahum 1:7

 

WE NEED THE SAME GOD THAT SAVED THE NATION OF ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT

TO ONCE AGAIN

DELIVER US OUT OF OUR ENEMIES’ LANDS!!!

 

“Therefore, behold the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; But, The LORD liveth, that brougt up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driventhem:  and I will bring them again unto their land that I gave unto their fathers.” Jeremiah 16:14,15

 

 

“Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name:  bring an offering,

and come before him:  worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. 

FEAR BEFORE HIM ALL THE EARTH…”

I Chronicles 16:29,30

 

O TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD

AND THAT THERE IS NONE LIKE THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL!

 

Tziona Yisrael,

Servant of the Most High GOD of Israel for HIS Holy Name’s Sake

 

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“Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.

 

“And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob,

and I will look for him.”  

Isaiah 8:16,17

 

Let us put the Most High GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel back into our lives, our hearts, our thoughts, and in everything that we do.  Focusing on HIM and HIS Ways, as we come and go in our daily routines is ever so helpful in maintaining healthy spirits and acquiring strength and knowledge of HIS Paths of Righteousness.   This attitude certainly helps in making us meek, albeit but not weak, ALL PRAISES DUE TO THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.

 

“Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that

the temple might be built.”  

Zechariah 8:9

 

“Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him

while he is near:”

Isaiah 55:6

 

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“I will declare thy name unto my brethren: 

in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.”  

Psalm 22:22

 

LET US EXALT, PRAISE, AND SANCTIFY THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL IN TRUTH AND IN RIGHTEOUSNESS BEFORE THE WORLD FOREVERMORE!  AND LET US MAGNIFY HIS LAW, WHICH IS OUR ONLY TICKET INTO HIS KINGDOM, SO THAT ALL PEOPLES WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AND WORSHIP KNOW THE MOST HIGH GOD OF ABRAHAM AND MOSES AND TO SERVE AND WORSHIP HIM ACCORDING TO HIS WORD AND HIS WILL!

 

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Poetry and Prose Corner With A Message:

 

GO DOWN, MOSES

 

It’s so strange how some things happen.  I have a book entitled The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennet that I almost never pick up to read, and I’ve had it for years.  But I picked up hoping to find something for The Poetry Corner, and don’t you just know that I did.  I PRAISE THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL FOR ALL THINGS!  Enjoy!

 

GO DOWN, MOSES

 

“The spirituals composed by unknown slaves rank among the most beautiful and poignant American songs.  Combining elements of African music with Old Testament themes, songs such as “Go Down, Moses” express an entire population’s dignified faith despite the worst of conditions.  No songs convey more nobility of the soul.  After the Civil War, groups such as the Fisk University Jubilee Singers, who sang this particular rendition, introduced the spirituals to the nation at large.

 

When Israel was in Egypt’s land:

Let my people go;

Oppress’d so hard they could not stand,

Let my people go.

Go down, Moses,

Way down in Egypt land,

Tell ole Pharaoh,

Let my people go.

 

Thus saith the Lord, bold Moses said,

Let my people go;

If not I’ll smite your firstborn dead,

Let my people go.

Go down, Moses,

Way down in Egypt land,

Tell ole Pharaoh,

Let my people go.

 

The Lord told Moses what to do,

Let my people go;

To lead the children of Israel through,

Let my people go.

Go down, Moses,

Go down, Moses,

Way down in Egypt land,

Tell ole Pharaoh,

Let my people go.

 

O come along, Moses, you’ not get lost,

Let my people go;

Stretch out your rod and come across,

Let my people go.

Go down, Moses,

Way down in Egypt land,

Tell ole Pharaoh,

Let my people go.

 

As Israel stood by the waterside,

Let my people go;

At the command of God it did divide,

Let my people go.

Go down, Moses,

Way down in Egypt land,

Tell ole Pharaoh,

Let my people go.

 

When they had reached the other shore,

Let my people go;

They sang a song of triumph o’er.

Let my people go.

Go down, Moses,

Way down in Egypt land,

Tell ole Pharaoh,

Let my people go.

 

We need not always weep and moan,

Let my people go;

And wear these slavery chains forlorn,

Let my people go.

Go down, Moses,

Way down in Egypt land,

Tell ole Pharaoh,

Let my people go.

 

This world’s a wilderness of woe,

Let my people go;

O, let us on to Canaan go,

Let my people go.

Go down, Moses,

Way down in Egypt land,

Tell ole Pharaoh,

Let my people go.

 

What a beautiful morning that will be,

Let my people go;

When time breaks up in eternity,

Let my people go.

Go down, Moses,

Way down in Egypt land,

Tell ole Pharaoh,

Let my people go.”

 

 

A Spiritual Composed

by

Unknown Slaves

 

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“For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

 

“How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?”

Psalm 137:3,4

 

This poem is so sad, and I can only imagine what our forebears experienced during their horrid tribulation.  But as it speaks of the Prophet Moses, I recall that we will be DELIVERED AGAIN and Our Holy ONE will make HIMSELF known throughout the whole World.  Our GOD of Israel does not lie; HE keeps HIS Promises!  And HE is of Manifold MERCIES to all who are of a contrite spirit and return to HIM.

 

GO DOWN, ISRAEL!  ESCAPE!

 

“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are ESCAPED of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the holy One of Israel, in truth.

 

“The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the MIGHTY GOD.”

Isaiah 10:20,21

 

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Your Poetry and Prose are welcome.  Please send them to Afraqueen@AOL.COM for publishing in The LawKeepers JOURNAL.  We only ask that they be in Exaltation of the Most High GOD of Israel.

 

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“The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.”

Zephaniah 3:14,17

 

 

Let us mold our hearts and future NOW and succeed where our forefathers failed.  Let us be obedient to Our Holy ONE of Israel and live and do HIS Book of the Law AS IT IS WRITTEN IN RIGHTEOUSNESS.  Let us turn to Our GOD of Israel with our whole heart and soul and cause HIM to see that this time, we will keep our promise to make HIM Our ONE and ONLY GOD in Truth and serve HIM according to HIS Ways and Paths of Righteousness that HE decreed to HIS Prophet Moses!

 

“And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,

“And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;

“That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.

“If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:”

Deuteronomy 30:1 - 4

 

“For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

“Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

“And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

“And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

“I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.

“And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.

“Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.”

Ezekiel 36:24 - 31

 

“Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.”

Micah 7:20

 

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“Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not:  behold, your God will come with vengeance even God with a recompense; he will come and save you.

 

“And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion

with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: 

they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”

Isaiah 35:4,10

 

“For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: 

I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

 

“Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honorable, 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;”

Isaiah 43:3 – 6

 

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OLD TESTAMENT WORD SEARCH

 

Find words that DESCRIBE GOD’S WAYS…

               

TRUTH                                                EQUITABLE               

RIGHTEOUS                                        HONORABLE               

REMARKABLE                                DISTINGUISHED       

AUTHENTIC                                        UNDENIABLE               

INDISPUTABLE                                VALID

IRREFUTABLE                                REQUIRED

HOLY                                                FACTUAL

GENUINE                                                            CERTAIN

PURE                                                            PERMANENT

PERPETUAL                                                  IRREVERSIBLE

UNALTERABLE                                                  DIVINE

                        BINDING                                                            PERFECT

 

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U U N A L T E R A B L E T Q

O D E H S I U G N I T S I D

 

 

“As for God, his WAY is perfect:  the word of the LORD is tried: 

he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.”

Psalm 18 :30

 

“Thy WAY, O God, is in the sanctuary:  who is so great a God as our God?”

Psalm 77:13

 

“Teach me thy WAY, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: 

unite my heart to fear thy name.”

Psalm 86:11

 

“The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; HE WILL MAGNIFY THE LAW, and make it HONOURABLE.”

Isaiah 42:21

 

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Old Testament Word Search

by

Tziona Yisrael.

 

Copy the puzzle and encourage your children to participate in this spiritual exercise WITH YOU.  And in the future, if Brothers and Sisters would like to create one of their own and submit it, I would be delighted to include your “Word Find” in the next JOURNAL. 

 

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION (FYI):

 

PATRIARCHS, JUDGES, KINGS, AND PROPHETS

WHO LIVED DURING THE DAYS

OF THE BIBLICAL ISRAELITES

(All dates are approximate)

 

                                                                                                                                    August 8, 2002

 

The following information was obtained from a book entitled The Graphic Bible by Lewis Browne, copyright 1932:

 

A CHRONOLOGY OF BIBLE HISTORY

 

AGE OF THE PATRIARCHS - “All dates in this period are uncertain:”

           

            ABRAHAM

            ISAAC

            JACOB

            JOSEPH

 

THE EXODUS:

 

            MOSES

            JOSHUA

 

THE RULE OF THE JUDGES:

 

            OTHNIEL

            EHUD

            SHAMGAR

            DEBORAH and BARAK

            GIDEON

            ABIMELECH

            TOLA

            JAIR

            JEPHTHAH

            SAMSON

            IBZAN

            ELON

            ABDON

            ELI

            SAMUEL

 

KINGS OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL

 

SAMUEL and NATHAN lived and prophesied during the days of the following Kings:

 

            SAUL (1020 BCE)

            ISHBOSHETH is accepted as King by the tribes east of the Jordan

 

            DAVID (1000 BCE)

            SOLOMON (962 BCE)

 

            THE TEMPLE IS BUILT - ZADOK is made the sole High Priest

 

THE DIVIDED KINGDOM (935 BCE)

 

 

            KINGS OF JUDAH                                         KINGS OF ISRAEL

           (SOUTH)                                                                      (NORTH)

 

REHOBOAM, Son of SOLOMON                            JEROBOAM I, Crowned by rebels

                                                            (935 - 930 BCE?)                                                                                       

            ABIJAM (923 BCE)                                                 NADAB (918 BCE) 

            ASA (920 BCE)                                                     BAASHA (915 BCE)

                                                                                                ELAH ((891 BCE)

                                                                                                ZIMRI (888 BCE)

OMRI (no date is listed.)

 

ELIJAH lived during the days of the following Kings:

 

JEHOSHAPHAT (874 BCE)                             AHAB (876 BCE)

                                                AHAZIAH (853 BCE)

                                                JORAM (852 BCE)

 

ELISHA lived during the days of the following Kings:

 

JEHORAM (849 BCE)                                      JEHU (842 BCE)                

AHAZIAH (844 BCE)                                      JEHOAHAZ (814 BCE)

ATHALIAH (842 BCE)                                      JOASH (798 BCE)

JOASH (836 BCE)

 

            AMAZIAH (797 BCE) - Book does not show that Elisha lived during his reign.

 

                                                                                                JEREBOAM II (783 BCE) 

                                                                                                (likewise for this King of Israel)

 

AMOS lived during the days of the following King:

 

            UZZIAH (778 BCE)

 

HOSEA lived during the days of the following Kings:

 

            JOTHAM (740 BCE)                                      ZECHARIAH (743 BCE)

                                                                                                SHALLUM (743 BCE ?)

                                                                                                MENAHEM (740 BCE)

                                                                                                PEKAHIAH (737 BCE)

                                                                                               

ISAIAH lived during the days of the following Kings:

 

AHAZ (736 BCE)                                                     PEKAH (736 BCE)

HEZEKIAH (727 BCE)                                      HOSHEA (730 BCE)

 

THE “TEN TRIBES” ARE TAKEN INTO EXILE

 

KINGS OF JUDAH, Continued

 

ISAIAH and MICAH lived during the days of the following Kings:

 

            HEZEKIAH (705 BCE)

            MANASSEH (685 BCE)

 

ZEPHANIAH, JEREMIAH, HABAKKUK, HULDA, NAHUM, and URIAH lived during the days of the following Kings:

 

            AMON (641 BCE)

            JOSIAH (639 BCE)

            JEHOAHAZ (608 BCE)

            JEHOIAKIM (608 BCE)

            JEHOIACHIN (597 BCE)

 

JEREMIAH and EZEKIEL lived during the days of the following Kings:

 

            ZEDEKIAH (597 BCE)

 

[END of the Kingdom of Judah]

 

BABYLONIAN EXILE

           

JEREMIAH, OBADIAH, and EZEKIEL lived during the days of the following “Governors:”

 

            GEDALIAH (586 BCE)

 

Close of the Book of Ezekiel.

 

Cyrus of Persia takes Babylon and permits the Jewish exiles to return to their home land.

 

            ZERUBBABEL and JOSHUA lead the 1st RETURN (537 BCE)

 

THE SECOND COMMONWEALTH

 

Prophets during the years 521 - 445 BCE:

 

            HAGGAI (521 BCE)

            ZECHARIAH (521 BCE)

 

THE SECOND TEMPLE IS COMPLETED

 

            EZRA (458 BCE)

            NEHEMIAH (445 BCE)

 

MALACHI:

 

“Malachi means “My Messenger,” and may have been a title of honor given to some unknown prophet rather than a proper name.  We cannot be certain of the date of this book, except that it belongs to the period after the return from the Babylonian exile” Page 117.

 

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Please know that this information has not been compared with that in other books, and therefore, the dates will probably vary since they are not certain.

 

Tziona Yisrael

 

 

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READING FOR THE SOUL…

 

OUR MERCIFUL GOD OF ISRAEL

HEARD THE WOMAN

WHO WAS “IN BITTERNESS OF SOUL”…

 

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:  And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 

And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.  And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:  But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.  And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. 

And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.  Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons? 

So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.  And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.  And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.  Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.  And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.  And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.  Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.  Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.  And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.

And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.  Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.  But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.  And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.  And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.

And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.  For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:  Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.

I Samuel 1:1 - 28

 

And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.  Samuel 3:19

 

“Trust in the             LORD,  and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

 

“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and

HE SHALL GIVE THEE THE DESIRES OF THINE HEART.”

Psalm 37:3

 

“Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit,

WHICH LEADETH THEE BY THE WAY THAT

THOU SHOULDEST GO.”

Isaiah 48:17

 

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CLOSING SCRIPTURE EXALTING THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL:

 

“And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee:  for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.

 

“Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion:  declare among the people his doings.

 

“Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

 

“That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion:  I will rejoice in thy salvation.

 

“Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail:  let the heathen be judged in thy sight.”

Psalm 9:10,11,13,14,19

 

 

If we “KNOW” the All-Mighty GOD of Israel, HIS Power, Authority, and Might, then we don’t suggest that HE needed any help whatsoever in the Creation of the Universe.  YIHOVAH is GOD alone.  HE can make things happen, and HE can prevent things from happening.  This is what makes HIM the All-Mighty GOD of Hosts!  HE alone is OMNIPOTENT, and HE alone is the True and Living GOD.  There is none other! 

 

“…Is there a God beside me?  yea, there is no God; I know not any.”

Isaiah 44:8

 

Therefore, “KNOW” the LORD GOD of Israel, and “KNOW” what HE has required of HIS Chosen People and the Stranger who seeks to follow HIM.

 

(Deuteronomy 10:12 - 21 and Deuteronomy 31:10 - 13) 

 

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KNOWING  THE  BEAUTY  AND  THE  REWARD  OF  THE  FEAR  OF

THE  LORD  GOD  OF  ISRAEL  AND 

SERVING  AND  WORSHIPPING  ONLY  HIM,

AND  NOT  MAN  OR  IDOL  IS  A SALVATION  IN  ITSELF!

 

Blessed be the Most High GOD of Israel and blessed be HIS Holy Name

forever and ever!  Touch our mouths, Lord GOD of Abraham, and

let us declare your Praise.

 

Tziona Yisrael

Servant of the Most High GOD of Israel For HIS Holy Name’s Sake

 

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 “Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me: 

for there is no saviour besides me.”  

Hosea 13:4

 

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