“…Thus
shalt thou say unto the children of
the
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for
ever,
Exodus
3:15
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In preparation for our RETURN to our heritage
To serve and worship HIM in ways, whereby,
HE will finally be pleased with HIS Covenant People!
(Ezekiel
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AND REMEMBER HIS COVENANT WITH
ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB!
“I am
the LORD your God, which brought you out of the
to be your
God:
I am the LORD your God.”
Numbers 15:41
“Can a woman forget her sucking child,
that she
should not have compassion on the son of her womb?
yea, they
may forget, yet will I not forget thee.
Behold, I
have graven thee upon the palms of my hands;
“…thy walls
are continually before me. Thy children shall make haste;
thy
destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.”
Isaiah 49:15 - 17
“Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to
the Gentiles,
and set up
my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms,
and thy
daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.”
Isaiah 49:22
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Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the
LORD, that they shall no more say,
The
LORD liveth, which brought up the children of
But,
The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of
out of
the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them;
and
they shall dwell in their own land.
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Exodus 3:15
Therefore
say unto the house of
I do
not this for your sakes, O house of
And I
will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen,
which
ye have profaned in the midst of them;
and the
heathen shall know
that I
am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD,
when I
shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
Ezekiel 36:22,23
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“And it shall come to pass in that
day, that the Lord shall set his hand again
the second time to recover the
remnant of his people, which shall be left,
from Assyria, and from
and from
the islands of the sea. And he shall set up an ensign for the
nations,
and shall assemble the outcasts of
the dispersed of
Isaiah 11:11,12
“Therefore, behold, the days come,
saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said,
The LORD liveth, that brought up
the children of
But, The LORD liveth, that brought
up the children of
and from all the lands whither he
had driven them:
and I will bring them again into
their land that I gave unto their fathers.”
Jeremiah 16:14,15
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“Thy righteousness is an
everlasting righteousness,
and thy law is the truth. Thou art
near, O LORD;
and all thy commandments are
truth Concerning thy testimonies,
I have known of old that thou hast
founded them for ever.
Thy word is true from the
beginning:
and every one of thy righteous
judgments endureth for ever.”
Psalm 119:142,151,152,160
“Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger,
as for one of your own country:
for I am the LORD your God.”
Leviticus 24:22
“For what nation is there so great,
who hath God so nigh unto them,
as the LORD our God is in all
things that we call upon him for?
And what nation is there so great,
that hath statutes and judgments
so righteous as all this law, which
I set before you this day?”
Deuteronomy 4:7,8
“Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the
man that trusteth in man,
and maketh flesh his arm, and whose
heart departeth from the LORD.”
Jeremiah 17:5
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“The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake;
he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.”
Isaiah 42:21
“Now these are the commandments,
the statutes, and the judgments,
which the Lord your God commanded
to teach you, that ye might
do them in the land whither ye go
to possess it:
That thou mightest fear the Lord
thy God,
to keep all his statutes and his
commandments,
which I command thee, thou, and thy
sons and thy son’s son,
all the days of thy life; and that
thy days may be prolonged.
Hear therefore,
and that ye may increase mightily,
as the Lord God of thy fathers hath
promised thee,
in the land that floweth with milk
and honey.”
Deuteronomy 6:1 - 3
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EXALTATIONS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD THAT
CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH:
"I will cry unto God most high; unto God that
performeth all things for me.
He shall send from heaven,
and save me from the reproach of him that would
swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
My soul is among lions: and I lie even
among them that are set on fire,
even the sons of men,
whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Be thou exalted, O God,
above the heavens;
let thy glory be above all the earth."
Psalm 57:2 – 5
"My heart is fixed, O
God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise."
Psalm 57:7
"I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will
sing unto thee among the nations.
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy
truth unto the clouds.
Be thou exalted, O God,
above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth."
Psalm 57:9 - 11
*****
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
LAWKEEPERS, CO.:
ALL PRAISES BE TO THE
MOST HIGH YIHOVAH,
ELOHIM OF ABRAHAM,
ISAAC, AND JACOB
PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME
FOR HE IS WORTHY TO BE
PRAISED!!!
Hear, O
(Deuteronomy 6:4)
*****
The following is another article
from Brother Ezrah Aharone. The subject
of this piece is the state of “Black Political Power” in
Placebos of Black Political Power
By Ezrah Aharone 11/09
The election of President
Barack Obama is shifting
Perception suggests that African Americans are finally becoming politically powerful as a people. But every industrialized nation with an ethnically diverse population has a general “pecking order” of power, starting with the dominant group most able to leverage capital might into political influence that shapes foreign, domestic, and military policies. All other simulations of power (freedoms of speech, press, assembly etc.) are like political window-dressings of democracy that may boost patriotism, but lack utility for minority people to command such influence.
Similarly, people who’ve taken “Placebo” sugar pills, sometimes experience boosts in health, being that they psychologically expect and believe the tablets contain “medicinal properties” to cure them. In much the same way, America’s placebos (civil rights, integration, citizenship) have given us expectations and beliefs of power, when in reality, they lack the “political properties” of control (sovereignty, independence, statehood) wielded by Euro-Americans . . . Which is exactly why our centuries-old ailments remain largely uncured.
Although upcoming
generations of Black leaders are digesting Americanization more easily, I’m
reminded of Winston Churchill who once remarked that Euro-Americans will always
“do the right thing, after they’ve exhausted all alternatives.” And so, racial progress and the rise of Black
political leaders cannot be disconnected from
But whether you believe it
or not, there remains unvoiced resentment towards civil rights leaders for
pricking lasting nerves. Euro-Americans
have a known nationalist tendency of not liking to be cited or corrected of
their political flaws and flagrances. So
naturally this establishment welcomes fresh, race-neutral Black leaders who
skillfully steer around the systemic/endemic nature and ramifications of
Part of his ascension involved soothing the historical burdens of White guilt, while keeping civil rights leaders at arms-length to prevent staining his political immaculacy of White acceptance. As such, he cryptically foretold during his campaign that “he’s rooted in the Black community, but not limited by it.”
My question is – What crime did we commit as a people where someone would have to present such a political defense for himself? If everyone is “equal” why then, conversely, is he “not limited by the White community” since he’s also half-White? Most troubling however is the unseen, unchallenged “source” that compelled him to make this disclaimer since it holds proven capabilities to diminish us, as Black people, beneath the respect and political worth that all people deserve.
Despite such subliminal credence to Whiteness, the repercussions of centuries of Euro-American greed and immoralities are heading homeward to roost. Not only is America experiencing an internal crisis of leadership and financial upheaval, its international integrity and superpower image are jeopardized, as the world community frowns upon its brash war escapades. In response, it has become strategically expedient for Euro-American males to deflect the government’s aggression away from themselves.
Similar to the Lone Ranger designating Tonto “the leader” (after being surrounded by angry Indians) the establishment hopes Obama and other Black leaders like Attorney General Eric Holder and UN Ambassador Susan Rice, can convey a “placebo appearance” that the US government is no longer a big, bad, all-White wolf with the blood of Black and Brown people dripping from its fangs. Together, they put a converted face of “change” on what otherwise is a contiguous history of “Euro-American hegemony as usual.”
Yes,
Ezrah Aharone is the author
of two political books: Sovereign Evolution
and Pawned
Sovereignty. He is also a
founding member of the Center for
Sovereignty Advancement. He can be
reached at Ezrah@theCSA.org. Brother Aharone was “born in
Rosh Chodesh to All and have Blessed Prayers for our YIHOVAH!!!
ALL PRAISES BE TO THE MOST HIGH YIHOVAH,
ELOHIM OF ABRAHAM, ISSAC, AND JACOB!
PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME
FOR HE IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED!!!
Halleluyah!! Halleluyah!!
Halleluyah!!
Shalom and Shalom,
Yehudah ben Yacob,
President
The LawKeepers, Co.
*****
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
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START THE NEW MOON WATCH ON THE
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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
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be
there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which
I have written; that thou mayest teach them.” Exodus 24:12
“Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD
my God commanded me, that ye should DO SO IN THE LAND whither ye go to possess
it.” Deuteronomy 4:5 (Caps. are
mine.)
CONSIDER ALSO the fact that the CREATOR GOD
of
“Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me
in the year. Thou shalt keep the feast
of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I
commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest
out from
“Three times in a year shall all thy males
appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in
the feast” Deuteronomy 16:16
There is no Scripture indicating that
Israelites traveled to
THE PLACE THAT OUR GOD OF
The Israelite Way of Life was set in stone in the Wilderness, as to
how we are Commanded to prepare to live according to ALL GOD’s LAW,
as well as for HIS Holy Seventh Day Sabbath of Complete REST, i.e., how we are
supposed to keep it, as well as the consequences for profaning
it. And there are no exceptions.
CONCERNING
“HOLY CONVOCATION”
The issue stemming from the meaning
of “Holy Convocation” written in Leviticus 23rd Chapter is real, and
the interpretation is grossly misunderstood.
“Holy Convocation” does not mean “To Gather.” And the sin committed by traveling and
gathering on the CREATOR’s Holy Sabbath of Complete REST has grave consequences
(Exodus 31:12 - 18).
Conclusive evidence that “holy
convocation” DOES NOT mean to assemble is provided in the passage on
Passover. In Exodus 12:16 we are told
that Passover is a “holy convocation” but yet, we are Commanded to observe this
High Holy Day with our immediate families and only to join with another family
if one’s members are too few for the lamb (Exodus 12:4). This proves without a doubt that “holy
convocation” cannot mean to assemble, but rather to keep the holy days
“HOLY.” Some call attention to the fact
that because Israelites were Commanded to ”…turn in the morning and go into
their tents” (Deuteronomy 16:5-7) that
this is proof of an assembly. Those
Israelite families that joined with others are the ones GOD Commanded to return
to their tents.
The Holy ONE of
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 beginning of wisdom
is the fear of the Lord.
Next, is the keeping of
HIS Laws.
*****
THE
TORAH
AND
GOD’s SEVENTH DAY SABBATHS
DURING
THE MONTHS OF
DECEMBER / JANUARY
2009 / 2010
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:
December 16,17,18, 2009
“Behold, I have taught you statutes
and judgments, even as the LORD my
God commanded me, that ye should do so
in the land whither ye go to possess it.
Keep therefore and do them; for this is
your
wisdom and your understanding in the
sight of the nations, which shall hear all
these statutes,
and say, Surely this great
nation is a wise and understanding
people.” Deuteronomy 4:5,6;
Deuteronomy 15:5
Numbers 10:10
Psalm 81:1
– 10
Ezekiel
46:3
Genesis
Chapters 16 - 18
Judges 2nd Chapter
Jeremiah 31:31 - 34
Ezekiel 16:8 – 63
Ezekiel 20:33 - 49
Hosea 8th Chapter
Joel 3:6
Isaiah 1:1 – 21
Psalm 89:1 – 18
Isaiah 40:18
Isaiah 46:3 - 13
Psalm 50th Chapter
"Yet I am the LORD thy God
fromThe land of Egypt, and
thou
shalt know no god but me:
for there is no saviour beside me."
Hosea 13:4
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
Chapters 19 - 21
Leviticus 18th Chapter
Leviticus 20:13
Joshua 24:1 - 10
Deuteronomy 23:17
Isaiah 3rd Chapter
Isaiah 13th Chapter
Jeremiah 48th Chapter
Jeremiah 49:1 - 6
Jeremiah 50th Chapter
Jeremiah 51st Chapter
I Kings 18:36 - 39
Amos 7:5 - 8
Psalm 84th
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
Genesis
Chapters 22 - 24
Deuteronomy 5:22 - 33
Deuteronomy 8th Chapter
Deuteronomy 31:12,13
Deuteronomy 32:46,47
Jeremiah 23:7,8
Jeremiah 30:7 - 11
Jeremiah 46:27,28
Zechariah 13:7 – 9
Ezekiel 20:34 - 44
I Kings 3:5 – 14
I Kings 2:1 - 4
Isaiah 26:1 - 13
Isaiah 66:18 - 24
Psalm 118:8 - 29
Psalm 121st 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
Genesis
Chapters 25 - 27
II Samuel 8:14
I Kings 18:31 - 39
II Kings 17:33 - 41
I Chronicles 16:2 - 36
Psalm 14th Chapter
Lamentations 2nd Chapter
Obadiah
Ezekiel 28:25,26
Ezekiel 37th Chapter
Malachi 1st Chapter
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
Genesis
Chapters 28 - 30
Genesis 35:1 - 7
Ezra 9:8 - 15
Isaiah 11th Chapter
Joel 1st Chapter
Joshua 1:1 - 9
Joshua 3:10 - 17
Joshua 4:1 - 9
I Kings 18:31,32
Ezra 6:16 - 18
Ezekiel 47:13
Psalm 112th Chapter
SHABBOT
Genesis 2:1
- 3
Exodus
16:29
Exodus
31:12 - 18
Deuteronomy
5:12 - 15
Isaiah 56:1 - 7
Isaiah 58:10 – 14
Genesis
Chapters 31 - 33
Leviticus 12th Chapter
Leviticus 15:19 - 33
Psalm 59th Chapter
Psalm 44th Chapter
II Kings 17:29 - 41
Psalm 41st Chapter
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Watch
for the
JANUARY 15,16,17, 2010
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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
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A complete TORAH Readings Hebrew
Calendar for
all the months of the year, lists
Scripture for
the “Holy” Sabbaths of Rest, the
New Moon Watches, and
the Holy Feast Days and can be
found on The LawKeepers WebSite:
www.thelawkeepers.org
Click on “TORAH
*****
QUESTIONS
ON “OLD TESTAMENT” BIBLE TRIVIA TO PONDER:
QUESTIONS TWO:
Why is it so very
necessary for the CREATOR GOD to again Judge HIS Earth, as HE did with The
Flood, and rid it of the evil and wicked peoples who perpetuate their ways and
their imaginations of false worship?
***
"For, behold, I
create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor
come into mind." Isaiah 65:17
What do you think the
CREATOR GOD means when HE says that HE Creates new Heavens and a new
Earth?
***
QUESTION AND ANSWER (Q and
A):
"For thus saith the
high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell
in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a
contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive
the heart of the contrite ones."
Isaiah 57:15
How can we confirm that
Our GOD of
Only those who have been
on their knees praying with tears in their eyes and calling upon the Holy Name
of the GOD of Israel and beseeching HIM for HIS Help can understand what it
means for Our GOD to revive our spirit.
I know, and I pray that all Israelites seeking the Holy ONE of
*****
INFO/HINTS
FOR HARDY, HEALTHY HEBREWS:
HEALTH REPORT FROM THE DESK OF OUR SISTER
T'ZIRAH BAHT YISRAEL:
Thank you YHWH for making me. YOU alone sustain me.
Praise YHWH for HIS majesty, for YOUR mercy, and YOUR
patience with me.
I just wanted to thank YOU for making such a wonderful
body.
What a creation you made. . My body is a miracle of
parts and systems.
Thank you YHWH.
Praise YHWH.
HALLELUYAH! HALLELUYAH!
HALLELUYAH!
Praise YHWH the Lord,
O my soul, and forget not all HIS benefits-who forgives all our sins and heals
all our diseases
Psalms 103:2-3
O YHWH my GOD, I
called to you for help and you healed me.
Psalm 30:2
*****
THE FUTURE OF HEALTH
CARE:
HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO
CHANGE?
Since the Obama administration is busy attempting to "reform health
care", I'd like to canvass those here at The LawKeepers Website to elicit
your opinions and/or suggestions about how you think changing the system would
work. I would also like for viewers to look at Michael Moore's
"Sicko" documentary for some insight into the present American Health
Care System.
We all are responsible for safeguarding our health and the health of
those of our immediate families. And in the coming days and years we will face
some real health challenges. Please send your comments and ideas in so we
can discuss health and health care to find real solutions.
I'd like to know about people's experiences with either health care
practitioners, e.g., doctors, nurses, Physician Assistants (PA's) or APN
(Advanced Practice Nurses), Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNS),
Certified Nurses Assistants (CNA's, Nurses Aides), Medical Assistants or
experiences while patients are in hospitals, clinics., etc.
In the coming years we will see more and more "walk in" type
clinics run by either privately run or individually controlled medical care.
I look forward to receiving your opinions and concerns.
T'Zirah B. Yehudah
June E. Porter MSN RN CS
JELPO @AOL.COM
***
[Personally, I am very encouraged by this information. Given the FDA, the various pharmaceuticals,
and the medical industry, including some doctors, greed is taking precedent
over providing the best foods and medical attention for patients. And we desperately need a competent nurse and
someone knowledgeable in holistic healing.
We are fortunate, as our Sister T’Zirah serves this purpose, and has
desires to see that we heal with the best there is to provide at this
time. T.Y., Editor]
*****
Is A New
H1N1 Mutation Causing The Dramatic Spike In H1N1 Swine Flu Deaths And School
Closings Around The World?
For weeks, troubling reports
have been coming out of
For example, the World Health
Organization has confirmed that the same H1N1 mutation found in
In addition, Hong Kong's Department of
Health has confirmed that
it has found a mutation in a H1N1 flu virus sample and that it
looks to be the same one found in
Not only that, but a Chinese health
official has now come out and has announced that
Now there are fears that the H1N1 mutation
found elsewhere has already spread into the heartland of the
Commenting on a substantial spike in
H1N1 swine flu deaths in
That sounds exactly like what has been
happening in
Meanwhile, WHO officials say that they
are "not
sure" if reported H1N1 swine flu mutations suggest a "fundamental
change" in the virus.
They are not sure?
Perhaps they should find out and tell us.
There certainly are troubling signs
coming in from all over the world.....
*The
*
*New figures have shown that deaths from
the H1N1 swine flu in
*Over
400 schools have been closed in France as H1N1 swine flu fears spread
rapidly across that nation.
*Schools across
*It is being reported that
there are nearly a quarter of a million people seriously ill with the H1N1
swine flu in Belarus, and there are unconfirmed reports that
patients in that nation are experiencing similar deaths from the H1N1
swine flu as have been reported in Ukraine.
So what in the world is going on?
Well, the truth is that even the WHO says
that they are not sure.
Some mainstream media reports even herald
that the worst of the swine flu is over now, but the reality is that if these
reports from across the globe are accurate we could be just experiencing the
very beginning of a flu emergency.
It will be very important for all of us
to track flu developments around the world this winter. Your
survival and the survival of your family may depend on it. Now
is the time to get prepared and to decide what you are going to do if thousands
of people do start dying where you live.
*****
Bayer - Crystal Aspirin
Something that
we can do to help ourselves. Nice to know.
Bayer is
making crystal aspirin to dissolve under the tongue. They work much faster than
the tablets.
Why keep
aspirin by your bedside?
About
Heart Attacks
There are
other symptoms of an heart attack besides the pain on the
left arm.
One must also be aware of an intense pain on the chin, as well as
nausea and lots of sweating, however these symptoms
may also occur less frequently.
Note: There may be NO pain in the chest during a heart attack.
The majority of people (about 60%) who had a heart attack during their
sleep, did not wake up. However, if it occurs, the chest pain may wake
you up from your deep sleep.
If that happens, immediately dissolve two aspirins in your mouth
(under your tongue) and swallow them with a bit of water.
Afterwards:
- phone a neighbor or a family member who
lives very close by
- say "heart attack!"
- say that you have taken 2
aspirins.
- take a seat on a chair or sofa near the front door,
and wait for their arrival and...
~ Do NOT lie down ~
A Cardiologist has stated that, if each person, after receiving this E-mail,
sends it to 10 people, probably one life can be saved!
Do forward this message; it
may save lives!
Circulated by zeemee4u@gmail.com
*****
[I am posting my Chicken Soup Recipe again, mainly
because I forgot to tell you to skin the chicken and to add Sage to the soup. Also, I got some nice compliments on it. :)]
***
TZIONA'S CHICKEN SOUP RECIPE
That promises to make one feel better fast!
INGREDIENTS:
1 whole skinned chicken cut into small parts
7 large carrots sliced, crosswise
2 large onions chopped
2 bell peppers chopped
5 stalks of celery chopped
4 medium sized squash cut into small pieces
1 whole bulb of garlic
1 bunch of flat-leaf parsley
SEASONINGS to suit your
taste:
(I used the following seasonings liberally.)
Salt
Pepper
Cayenne pepper
Sage
Rosemary and Garlic Seasoning
Italian Seasoning
Thyme
Curry
"Mixed Arab Spices" (all are in one container)
(You might be able to buy this container in an Arabian community, or ask your Supermarket to order it for you.)
2 large boilers
***
-Allow chicken parts to soak covered in salt water overnight.
-After at least eight hours of soaking, rinse the chicken well. Place chicken parts in large boiler and cover with water completely at least 3 or 4 inches above the chicken parts and add ONLY salt.
-Bring to a boil and do not cover yet. After a few minutes scum will form on the surface of the water. Scoop out the scum with a large spoon and wait until a second layer of scum forms, and remove that as well. Be sure to watch pot in order that the contents do not boil over.
-Now, remove all the chicken parts from the water and put them in the second boiler. Pour the water into the second boiler using a strainer. (This will remove any blood that might have remained in the pot.) Add the carrots.
-Bring the water, the chicken, and the carrots to a boil and then let simmer. Add seasonings and allow to cook for 30 minutes.
-After 30 minutes add all the veggies, cover with a slight opening, and let simmer for 1 hour 40 minutes.
(I let mine cook until the meat was falling off the bone.)
Feel free to add water to the simmering pot if you prefer a soupier soup.
ENJOY!
***
This soup is so delicious that you will not wait to get sick before preparing it. I promise that, too.
*****
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
*****
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:
WHAT IS THE
CREATOR GOD TO DO?
"Shall a man
make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
Therefore,
behold, I will this once cause them to know,
I will cause them
to know mine hand and my might;
and they shall
know that my name is The LORD."
Jeremiah 16:20,21
"Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the
father,
so also the soul of the son is mine:
the soul that sinneth,
it shall die."
Ezekiel 18:4
"Thus saith
the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith,
Destroy it not;
for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes,
that I may not
destroy them all. And I will bring forth
a seed out of Jacob,
and out of
and my servants
shall dwell there."
Isaiah 65:8,9
November 17, 2009
The GOD of Hosts put man on this Earth to Exalt, Praise, and to Worship HIM for being the ONE True and Living GOD that Created the Heavens and the Earth and all things therein. Not since the BEGINNING of time has mankind granted the CREATOR GOD HIS desires. Mankind has only defied their MAKER in every respect since the BEGINNING, since Adam, since the Flood, and since HIS Covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel. And to this day, mankind has worshipped other gods and defined and embraced ways unacceptable to his CREATOR but that suit his preferred agendas.
Maybe some might say, "Well, I didn't ask to be brought here." Be that as it may, we are all here, and today we suffer the consequences of committing transgressions against the CREATOR and from living as we choose. And we are unable to bear our misery and pain.
The CREATOR GOD destroyed much of HIS CREATION in the Flood of Noah's day and all mankind but Noah and his family died in this curse upon the Earth. However, the world has either forgotten this Flood, or the world does not believe it ever happened.
People who read the Bible, starting with Genesis (which is what should be done), fail to understand that the CREATOR GOD not only Created the Heavens and the Earth, mankind, and all things therein, but HE also designed a Path for the people HE Created to walk.
"Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever." Psalm 119:160
This WORD and Path of Righteousness detailed exactly how the CREATOR GOD expected the peoples of the world to live in Righteousness and how HE expected them to revere, Praise, and Glory HIM for HIS Magnificent, All-Mighty Acts.
It deeply disturbs me that people fail to reason that a GOD of Omnipotence and infinite Wisdom would Create mankind and NOT provide Divine instruction for the people HE Created. If HE had not done so, would HE have been just to destroy these people with a Flood of forty days and forty nights, killing all the people and animals upon the Earth? And if HE had not given the people HE Created Divine guidance at the time of the CREATION, what lesson might we be learning today from HIS deadly Judgment upon them? Or is this something we ever think about?
Nevertheless, we know that HE did provide a Walk of Righteousness just from what was written in the Hebrew Scriptures. Clearly, the CREATOR GOD was angered by man's wickedness and the evil in his heart. Would HE have been so angered to bring down upon them a deadly Flood had HE not given them a path to follow that would enable them to live Righteously? Of course not. For one to discern that he/she is doing wrong, one must also know what it means to do what's right. The CREATOR caused the Flood because of people's DISOBEDIENCE to HIS Ways of Righteousness. If Noah knew how to be "Righteous" before his MAKER, then for sure everyone else knew, as well.
"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. And the LORD said, I
will destroy man whom I have created from the 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
Was it not GOD's Right to Judge the people HE Created for their disobedience? Why should mankind, a product of the All-Mighty GOD, continue to exist and defame HIS Acts of Greatness and profane HIS Holy Name?
The CREATOR GOD chose to spare Noah and his family from this deadly Flood for good reason.
"…Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God." Genesis 6:8.9
"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." Genesis 7:1
Thus, if people bore wickedness and imagined evil in their heart, and if Noah was a "Just man" and "righteous", then we have to accept the fact that GOD obviously had told the people HE Created in the BEGINNING what to do to sustain Righteousness in their lives, otherwise, HE would not have found Noah a "Righteous" man. But, given what's written of the CREATOR's reasoning for this devastating Flood, we see that people wanted to live as they preferred and not as their MAKER Commanded – pretty much like it is today, actually.
So, what is the CREATOR GOD to do when the product of HIS making does not work according to HIS expectations? If you have ever flopped on a cake, in most cases it ends up in the garbage because no one wants to eat it. I usually feed mine to the birds because that's about all it's good for, other than the garbage. The CREATOR got rid of the disobedient people HE Created just as I get rid of my failed cakes. HE destroyed them in a Flood, and HE started all over again with the seed of Noah.
After Noah, the CREATOR chose
a "Special People" unto HIMSELF from the son of Shem – Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob and his Twelve Sons that made up the Nation of Israel. Of these people the CREATOR GOD also
Commanded that they live according to HIS
"Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments,
even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye
go to possess it. Keep therefore and do them; for this is your
wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all
these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and
understanding people. For what nation is there so great, who hath
God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things
that we call upon him for? And what nation is there so great,
that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I
set before you this day?"
Deuteronomy 4:5 - 8
"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 shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success." Joshua 1:7,8
Sadly, even with choosing a
Covenant People and proving to them, through HIS Wondrous Works and Miracles,
that HE ALONE is the True and Living GOD, even they, the Seed of Jacob, defied
GOD's LAW and would not live by HIS
GOD's curse upon HIS People was profound and lasting. HE was in HIS Right to curse HIS Covenant People for forsaking HIM and for choosing other gods made by man's hands. Ironically, the people of Biblical days were smart to know just how evil "man" could be, and no way did they want to worship a man of flesh. However, what they did still proved equally as evil. They formed gods of their own making and worshipped them: images or idols or the Hosts of GOD's Heaven, the sun and moon. After the CREATOR GOD of Israel made them phat (wealthy and prosperous) and established them, they chose to forsake HIM, the ONE GOD that fills Heaven and Earth, the CREATOR that had not even completed the loving provisions HE had intended for them (Isaiah 64:4).
These abominations hit the
CREATOR GOD hard, just as it would a mother whose child had rejected her for a
druggie woman on the streets. Except,
the CREATOR had resorted to a recourse that was, for a while, acceptable to all
– acceptable to HIM and to HIS rebellious Covenant People. Since the Israelites, HIS Chosen People, did
not want the CREATOR for their GOD, HE gave them all the gods made and
established by the imaginations of man that they chose. But they would not be allowed to worship
them in HIS
"I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early." Hosea 5:15
"And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell." Deuteronomy 4:27,28
"The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone." Deuteronomy 28:36
"And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone." Deuteronomy 28:64
"Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour." Jeremiah 16:13
Aw, now, surely we can understand this wake-up call. Now, we can finally see that the peoples of this world worship false gods because the CREATOR GOD cursed them to do so (Deu.28:64). So, what does all this reveal to us about the JC man-god and Christianity? It says the same thing that was said of the man Hananiah:
"Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the
prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou
makest this people to trust in a lie. Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold,
I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die,
because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD." Jeremiah 28:15,16
Have not the so-called "New" unfounded
teachings of the "New Testament" made people "trust in a
lie"?
Surely the wise can understand that JC is as much a liar as was
Hananiah who disputed GOD's WORD at the mouth of HIS Prophet Jeremiah who had
already said that the Tribe of Judah would be in Babylonian captivity for
seventy years. But, Hananiah went behind
Jeremiah and claimed that the Judahites would be captives for only two years
rather than seventy. Consequently, Hananiah
paid with his life for making the Judahites “trust in a lie” (Jeremiah 28th
Chapter).
Is not this what JC has
done? Hasn't this man-god, be he real or
imaginary, made people believe in lies?
He was not "sent to the Lost Sheep of the House of
Has not belief in JC and in the teachings of Christianity confused and destroyed enough lives? Is it not time to turn to the True and Living GOD and pray for an end to all the Hell on HIS Earth?
Given that we have the First Commandment to live by, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me," and given that GOD said, "I am HE; before ME there was no God formed, neither shall there be after ME," that "I, even I AM the LORD; and beside ME, there is no saviour," and "Is there a God beside ME?" Would not all GOD's admissions mean that JC is a farce? During the month of December all we see and hear about is a man called Santa Claus who, on the eve of December 24th, slides down chimneys all over the world giving children gifts and toys if they are good. Well, it would appear that the story of the image of JC is about as credible as is the story of the image of Santa Claus, making both characters of fabricated lies that serve absolutely no purpose.
"For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:" Exodus 34:14
"Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God." Leviticus 19:4
"And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt." Jeremiah 25:6
Once again we have GOD's WORD to prove that the worship of other gods, including JC, provokes HIM to anger and that doing so will bring upon us HIS fierce Judgment.
And for those who think that the man, JC, is not worshipped, the "New Testament" writings prove that he is, and that these writings even encourage worship of this man-god: Matthew 2:2; Matthew 2:11; Matthew 8:2; Matthew 9:18; Matthew 14:33; Matthew 18:26; Matthew 20:20, and the list goes on! This is just more mounting evidence that the "New Testament" teaches contrary to what the GOD of Heaven and Earth has Ordained for all mankind. So, in view of defying GOD's WORD not to worship any other god, what is the CREATOR GOD to do?
"Thou shalt have no other gods before me" (Exodus 20:3), "…put away… the strange gods, which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD GOD of Israel." Joshua 24:23
So many people love Psalm 23rd Chapter. "The LORD is my Shepherd: I shall not want." But they fail to see that this verse is speaking about the CREATOR GOD – not JC! GOD is a "Jealous GOD", remember?
"… thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:" Exodus 34:14
HE wants all the GLORY, and has said that HE will not give HIS GLORY to another!
"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
"Truly in vain is
salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of
mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of
SO,
THINK!!! If the LORD is your
Shepherd, then there is no reason to call on or pray to any other idol, image,
or man-god for help, all because your "Shepherd" is your
"Salvation".
"The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him." Exodus 15:2
"Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it
cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities
have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face
from you, that he will not hear."
Isaiah 59:1,2
"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
"Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded." Isaiah 45:11,12
"Hearken unto me, O Jacob and
What other Commandments and contributions could the CREATOR GOD have left for the Children of Israel in order that we would choose HIM for Our GOD and not images, idols, and this JC, man-god?
We have to accept the fact that if we choose to worship gods, imagined in men's hearts (as it is with the so-called inspired writings of the "New Testament"), rather than what the GOD that Created the Heavens and the Earth has required (Deuteronomy 10:12,13), that HE will make belief in these images and idols real, all because of people's rejection of HIM.
"I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not." Isaiah 66:4
"Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts." Jeremiah 2:19
"Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this
people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not
hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
"Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish." Jeremiah 6:19,21
"Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD." Ezekiel 22:31
"… Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin." Hosea 8:11
"I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee
out of the
REMEMBER: The CREATOR GOD's WISDOM is INFINITE!
Perhaps, now it is understood
how people can bow down to statutes that have eyes but see not, and how they
can pray before a cross with a bloody dead man nailed to it. The people want to worship false gods, so
the CREATOR gave them HIS Blessings to serve and believe in whatever their
hearts chose to worship, but not without consequences.
"…The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him." Ezra 8:22
"Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die." Ezekiel 18:4
To worship false gods in view
of the existence of the CREATOR GOD is to commit the worst of all abominations,
thus the reason the GOD of Israel scattered HIS Chosen People from the Land and
cursed them into the hands of the "worst of the heathen" (Ezekiel
7:24). If the GOD of Israel will
completely destroy HIS
The only good lesson learned
from the CREATOR giving people the gods they desire to worship, is that these
false gods that they have chosen were and still are helpless to save them,
especially this man-god, JC. All
the prayers to JC have proven futile.
All the songs, for example, that Christians sing about "What JC
done for me" are all delusions, for he has done nothing – nothing to save
them and nothing to help them, either.
They choose to ignore the fact that all their faith and belief that
their grandparents and parents put in him have been for naught and that the
poor in the world suffer the most while the rich thrive and flourish on greed
without retribution. What will it take
for people to wake up and seek the GOD's Truth?
Instead of another Flood to kill the rebellious on Earth, the CREATOR
has given man his hearts' desires in addition to lives of misery to destroy
them, all for rejecting HIS Ways of Righteousness and for forsaking HIM - the
ONE CREATOR GOD that truly deserves to be Magnified and Worshipped.
"For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection." Deuteronomy 32:36 – 38
"Then shall the cities
of
The economy has caused people to lose their jobs and homes, they can't feed their families, and they are on welfare, not to mention the thousands of people who live on the streets and eat out of garbage containers, albeit, something that has been going on since the advent of Christianity. If there were any truth to this man JC, what is his take on all the wars and the chaos and confusion and other horrors that have transpired since this so-called "Coming" that he has done nothing at all about? Isn't he supposed to save those who believe in him? Isn't he supposed to suffer so that those who do believe in him won't? Why aren't people questioning their clergymen about these endless diseases, trials, and tribulations? No, people would rather just keep believing in this man-god JC to the tune of two billion. They keep him in their hearts and around their necks sustaining belief in him, not considering that he does not manifest any help whatsoever for them.
CHRISTIANITY HAS BEEN
JUST AS DECEPTIVE
AS THE SERPENT IN THE
GARDEN
Belief in Christianity is like belief in the serpent in Genesis Third Chapter. The CREATOR GOD told Adam and Eve not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge, and that in the day they did, they would die. The serpent goes behind the CREATOR's WORD and tells Eve that she and Adam won't die, but only that their eyes will be opened, and that they would be as gods knowing good and evil. Christianity has gone behind the CREATOR GOD and changed HIS Ordinances and has made a "man" a god.
All the Wondrous Works,
Signs, Wonders, and Miracles that GOD did to make HIMSELF a Glorious and Holy
Name only to let the "New Testament" writers negate HIS WORD, HIS
LAW, and instill an unfounded religion that worships a man called JC is
unconscionable. The CREATOR made it
clear that HE wants all the attention when HE wrote the First Commandment –
"Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
The so-called inspired writers of the "New Testament" attempt to diminish the unfailing Hand of the CREATOR and reduce HIM to naught by magnifying JC, having people pray to him, and giving him all the Glory, as if the All-Mighty CREATOR GOD needs any help whatsoever in saving the world. The CREATOR saves only those who seek HIM and have it in their hearts to live according to HIS Righteous LAW. The "Old Testament" is replete with knowledge of the CREATOR's loving kindnesses for all who worshipped HIM. Therefore, given the "New Testament" track record of empty promises and a world of Hell and absolute mayhem, there is no reason to put any credence in the writings of this Gentile book. Death was the curse for the world for the sins of Adam and Eve, and Hell on Earth has been the curse for the world for Israelites betraying and defying the CREATOR GOD and HIS LAWS of Righteousness!
However, the CREATOR's
establishments and accomplishments are proved with the
"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
"For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:" Deuteronomy 10:17
"They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not." Deuteronomy 32:16,17
"And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God." Joshua 24:16 – 18
"Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears." II Samuel 7:22
"For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens." I Chronicles 16:25,26
"… I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:" Nehemiah 1:5
"Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day; And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror; And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:" Jeremiah 32:17 – 23
"And I scattered them among the heathen, and
they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according
to their doings I judged them. And when they entered unto the heathen,
whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them,
These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of
NOW, that's what a True and Living CREATOR GOD is all about: Judgment, Righteousness, and Worship of
HIM ALONE!!!
Yes, there is no question that Christianity has been just as deceptive as was the serpent. It has gone behind the CREATOR GOD's LAW and WORD to teach the world to believe in a man-god, a so-called "Saviour" that not only replaces the CREATOR, but HIS WORD and HIS Ways of Righteousness, as well via the imaginations of the men who wrote the Books of the "New Testament". This theology teaches a whole new religious concept that has people believing they will die and fly around in GOD's Heaven, if they only believe in this man-god and worship him.
But the Truth of the matter is that the consequence of eating from the "Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil" is that the CREATOR speaks of a curse of "death", something JC could not change. And the Truth of the matter is that the CREATOR never spoke of anything resembling JC or of anyone flying around HIS Heaven, either. That's all Christian fraud to encourage people to believe in JC. Moreover, it was GOD's WORD that came to fruition: man will return to the dust of the ground, and proof of this is that people are dying every day, as a result of this curse and are returning to the ground:
"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." Genesis 3:19
There is nothing standing witness to any of JC's words – no evidence of his "Coming" and no evidence of his saving people out of the trials and tribulations and great destructions and catastrophes that the CREATOR GOD has pronounced upon this world. JC had no authority to give life where GOD took it, and obviously he knew nothing about a Tree of Life.
Christianity is a fraud and one greater than the Ponzi Scheme. The believers in this religion reap absolutely no benefits except "hope" – a false "hope" at that – that one day their belief and faith in this man-god, JC, will pay off. However, like this deceptive Ponzi Scheme, Christianity will also be revealed as nothing more than a shameful scam that cheats people out of their money and their lives.
No more should Christianity get away with telling people they are saved by belief in JC, when in Truth, people are living in Hell on this Earth and all because of disobedience to the CREATOR GOD and worship of strange gods – strange gods just like JC and other images made from the imaginations of evil men's hearts.
Unfortunately, because people do not read the Hebrew Scriptures to know GOD's LAW and HIS WORD to HIS Prophets, believers in JC and the Christian doctrine will be oblivious to what THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD in the "Old Testament". And the reason is that all the adverse teachings of the "New Testament" defy GOD's Book of the Law and change HIS Ways of Righteousness that are Commanded unto a "thousand generations".
"Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;" Deuteronomy 7:9
"…the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods." II Kings 17:36,37
SEARCH FOR THE TRUE GOD
The lack of help from any image, idol, or man-god during these troubled times leaves people with only one alternative, and that is to turn to the CREATOR GOD that formed them and that Created the Heavens and the Earth and all things therein. The horrible conditions of this world should make all people ask, "Where is the GOD that Created this Heaven and Earth?" Unequivocally, if HE can establish all these Wondrous Works, then for sure HE can end all this madness that has engulfed this planet.
When people do the research and stop deluding themselves about these adverse man-made religions that the CREATOR GOD has not ordained, then the sooner they will be able to make a relationship with the True and Living CREATOR GOD of this Universe. And only then will all of us who seek Righteousness experience genuine SALVATION.
"…the LORD is the true God, he is the
living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and
the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. Thus shall ye say
unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even
they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. He hath
made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and
hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. When he uttereth his
voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the
vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain,
and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. Every man is brutish in his
knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten
image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. They are
vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they
shall perish." Jeremiah 10:10
- 15
"I the LORD search the heart, I try the
reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to
the fruit of his doings.
"O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters." Jeremiah 17:10,13
"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 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 29:11 - 14
SO, WHY BELIEVE IN AND
WORSHIP THE CREATOR GOD?
AND
WHY HE IS OUR ONLY
CHOICE…IF WE WANT TO LIVE!
"O earth, earth,
earth, hear the word of the LORD."
Jeremiah 22:29
Christians claim to accept both Testaments of the Bible, i.e., until they are confronted with the CREATOR GOD's WORD, and then they tell a different story. However, this is good for it makes my efforts to identify the True and Living GOD less difficult to prove. As it is, Christianity would have no foundation to stand on without the CREATOR GOD of Israel and HIS Wondrous WORKS and because of its false claim that JC is not only of a "virgin birth" but also from the seed of King David.
The Christian theology requires a CREATOR GOD, otherwise, it could not invent a tale that magnifies a "Son of God". But the writers of the "New Testament" did not do their homework. The CREATOR GOD had already chosen a son, and even a Nation of sons – the Twelve Sons of Jacob.
"And the LORD said unto
Moses…thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD,
Therefore, it would appear
that the "New Testament" writers copied and ran with what's written
but tampered with it in order to make it seem believable giving them what, they
thought, was a foolproof brand new religion called Christianity. But they ignored the fact that after the
Flood, the CREATOR GOD called Abram out of
Christians claim that JC was
the king of
"The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham." Matthew 1:1
Now, take a look at another verse in the same book and chapter:
"…the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost." Matthew 1:20
I guess the writers of the "New Testament" thought that if they make both claims that then they could not be proved wrong. But how dumb is that? Either JC was of the Seed of King David, or he was of a "virgin birth". To be of both is to actually make the "New Testament" a fraud. Another claim made to try and make belief in JC being of the Seed of King David valid is that according to the "New Testament" he is from Ruth. Other than Sarah, Rebecca, and the wives of Jacob, rarely is a woman mentioned in the Chronicles of the "Old Testament" as being mother of an Israelite. Not only that, but Ruth was a Moabite, and with the curse GOD put upon Moab, there is no way that she would be the mother of Jesse.
"And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;" Matthew 1:5,6
"And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse." I Chronicles 2:12
I can find no Hebrew Scripture that supports Ruth conceiving Obed and Obed conceiving Jesse. This is only found in the "New Testament" making any involvement of Ruth a complete fabrication.
"An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:" Deuteronomy 23:3
"On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing." Nehemiah 13:1,2
If this information about the Moabites is known in the
Books of Deuteronomy and Nehemiah, then of a certainty, Boaz knew not to marry
Ruth, who was a Moabite. Who exactly he
married that bore Obed, I cannot find.
Thus, it is obvious that whoever used the name of Ruth had another
agenda, and that didn't work for them either.
European Jewry embraces the Story of Ruth because of her conversion to
"Judaism", their religion, that they proselytized during the days of
their usurping the
So, is JC of a "virgin birth" or of copulation? Just the fact that the "New Testament" touts these statements and tries to get away with these assertions that have no basis in GOD's Truth only makes this book more suspect and of a greater mystery, and one to be abandoned all together.
Nevertheless, the existence of a CREATOR GOD is what should be our concern and focus. And we should use HIS Acts to discern HIS infinite Power and HIS credibility for there are no discrepancies in HIS accomplishments or in HIS WORD to HIS Prophets. Did the CREATOR, whose Holy Name is the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel, manifest all these Wondrous Works in the Heavens and on this Earth, or is someone else responsible for this Universe? It was this GOD of Israel that said HE made the Heavens and the Earth and all by HIMSELF.
"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 have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded." Isaiah 45:12
And there is no one to dispute HIM or prove otherwise. The thing that people fail to realize is that any god or image can make this claim, but not just any god or image can stand by this assertion. Images and idols made by the hands of man, be they wood, stone, or clay, are by definition false gods because someone made them. These idols did not make themselves, and for that reason, they are proved to be nothing more than images with eyes that see not.
The CREATOR GOD does not reveal HIS Secrets as to how HE came into existence, but HE still professes to being the ONE True and Living GOD and has proven it.
"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 32:39,40
"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
"Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he." Isaiah 41:4
"Thus saith the LORD the King of
"Hearken unto me, O Jacob and
"The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands…" Psalm 9:16
"But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
"When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures." Jeremiah 10:10,11,13
And given history and HIS track record, no one else can hold a candle to HIM or to all HIS sensational Acts that HE has demonstrated (and yet brings to fruition), especially the ones HE used to cause HIS Chosen People Israel to believe in HIM and the ones HE used to cause the peoples of the Middle East region to know and Fear HIS Holy Name.
"… I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath." Joshua 2:9 – 11
This CREATOR GOD that struck Fear and trembling in the nations is the same GOD that Commanded, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." And given HIS Power, HE has the right to invoke this most revealing Commandment. More importantly, the facts that serve as the best criteria, for proving the ONE True and Living GOD, is HIS WORD and evidence of it.
EVIDENCE THAT CANNOT BE
REFUTED…
After the Flood, the CREATOR GOD had told Abram to leave
his country and kindred and proceed to a Land that HE would show him. This Land was the
"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 the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him." Genesis 12:7
As well, this same CREATOR GOD made an "Everlasting
Covenant" with Abram and changed his name from Abram to Abraham.
"And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 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. 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. " Genesis 17:3 – 7
This Covenant was also made with Abraham's son, Isaac,
and with Isaac's son, Jacob, and with Jacob's twelve sons, called the Children
of
"And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him." Genesis 17:19
"And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob." Exodus 2:24
While the Children of Israel were in the Wilderness, the CREATOR GOD of Abraham told them that when they entered the Land of Canaan that they should go to the place where HE chose to put HIS Name and to there take their Offerings, Sacrifices, Tithes, and Vows.
"But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:" Deuteronomy 12:5,6
That "Place" came to be known as "
"Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet. But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name." I Kings 5:3 – 5
"And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it
was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was
in thine heart. Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son
that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the
room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised,
and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel." I Kings 8:18 – 20
After King Solomon built GOD's Temple to HIS Holy Name, he said a prayer of dedication requesting that GOD's Eyes would be upon this House where HE had already said HIS Name would be and for HIM to hear the supplications of HIS People (and even the Stranger).
"But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold,
the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house
that I have builded? Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and
to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer,
which thy servant prayeth before thee to day: That thine eyes may be open
toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou
hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer
which thy servant shall make toward this place. And hearken thou to the
supplication of thy servant, and of thy people
The CREATOR GOD of Israel heard King Solomon's Prayer and responded favorably.
"And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil." I Kings 9:1 – 9
We know that history corroborates the existence of the
Children of Israel and most certainly their Land, as it still exists and is
found on every map, proving the existence of a GOD of Israel. We also know that King Solomon did in fact
build a glorious
But that which is key to all this history are the verses in I Kings 9:6 – 9.
"But if ye shall at all turn from following
me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my
statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship
them: Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this
house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and
Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: And at this house,
which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and
shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land,
and to this house? And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their
God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken
hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath
the LORD brought upon them all this evil."
Why is this information key to understanding the Truth concerning belief in and worship of the CREATOR GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel?
You can't make this stuff up!!!
Given just this information and Scripture, we can deduce that after the CREATOR formed the Heavens and the Earth and all things therein and after HE said, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me," then any image/idol/god that follows must be disqualified from being a genuine Deity. It stands to reason that the gods made by man, be they of molten materials, clay or be they fabricated in writing, they cannot be worshipped as true gods.
Any temple that is built to any god other than the CREATOR
must be discounted, even if it is in
"Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto." Deuteronomy 12:17,18
Moreover, any religion invented after the CREATOR GOD
established and informed the peoples HE made of HIS Righteous Paths (as opposed
to wickedness) can be of no credibility.
Mere man cannot change what the CREATOR has Ordained for a Way of
Life – a Way of Righteousness. No
other god has manifest a
Other very important points I would like to raise is concerning GOD's Prophets and HIS Priests. Few people know that GOD's Prophets did not train for their Divine Service to the CREATOR GOD. GOD simply chose whomsoever HE desired, and some may have been called from keeping their sheep, while others were simply given the work of a Prophet in their hearts by the Living GOD of Israel.
However, GOD's Holy Priests were not so ordained. From the time that the Israelites came out of
Ancient Egypt, it was GOD's Commandment that the Priests of Israel would come
from the Tribe of the Levites and would be of the Seed of Aaron. It was given only to them to do sacrifice and
minister in the
[Today GOD's LAWS for HIS
appointed Ministers are completely ignored.
Any Christian, man or woman, can go to any school of theology and come
out a Christian "minister" preaching about a man-god and his ways
without any mention of what THUS SAITH THE LORD.]
"And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons." Exodus 28:1
"But the Levites shall pitch round about the
tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the
children of
"And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary." Numbers 3:32
Other peoples and nations surely chose priests for their idols and images, but this was obviously without Divine interaction or intervention, given that the idols/images/gods were made by men's hands.
It was only the CREATOR GOD that Created all fowl, beasts, and creeping, crawling, and flying critters that Commanded just certain ones were good for consumption. The others HE labeled "unclean" and/or an "abomination unto you" and unfit for consumption (Leviticus 11th Chapter). These Laws concerning which flesh to eat and which not to eat were also ignored.
These are the issues we cannot overlook but consider in every respect for these matters involve the CREATOR GOD, the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Holy Name HE chose for HIMSELF! This GOD of Israel is about RIGHTEOUSNESS for HE is a RIGHTEOUS GOD that espouses only to HIS RIGHTEOUS LAW and Judgment for those who reject it. And everything HE said would happen came to pass.
The Israelites received their Land, and for a while lived in peace and happiness but only for a time. Just as the CREATOR GOD said HE would do, HE scattered them from the Land for turning to false gods and for rejecting HIS Righteous LAW (Leviticus 26th and Deuteronomy 29th Chapters).
"Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them." Leviticus 20:22,23
"And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste." Leviticus 26:27 – 33
"The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:" Deuteronomy 32:25,26
It all happened, every whit and every curse! The CREATOR GOD did not hold back. The enemies of
"I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke." Isaiah 47:6
Yes, the Israelites paid "sevenfold" for their
transgressions and abominations against their GOD of Israel, and HE has not
forgotten them. HE is yet a forgiving
and Merciful GOD and has plans to return the SEED of Israel back to their
heritage, but this time HE will put HIS LAW in their hearts, so that they will
never turn from HIM ever again. And
more than that, HE will cleanse
"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: 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: 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 31:31 – 34
"And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me." Jeremiah 33:8