Everything You Have Been Taught Is Rooted In Idols!!

Deuteronomy 31 

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Deuteronomy 31:12-13,16
12 Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: 13 And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. 16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.

Little Children Keep Yourselves From Idols

6459. pesel ►
Strong's Concordance
pesel: an idol, image
Original Word: פֶּ֫סֶל
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: pesel
Phonetic Spelling: (peh'-sel)
Short Definition: image
NASB Translation
carved image (2), graven image (14), graven images (1), idol (10), idols (3), image (1

Some of the Torah Commandments in the New Testament are directed to all mankind in general, but most of the Torah Commandments found in the New Testament are directed to those who are already Born-Again. We recall that Yahushua said, “Without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5b).
Thus we see that only those who have been redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb have the power of the Holy Spirit, and the Grace of Messiah-in-you, to accomplish and keep these Torah Commandments! We begin the first of many examples of Torah in the New Testament writings, with the apostles John and Paul, who give the same message to two groups of New Covenant Believers.

John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing

John Speaks to Little Children

“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.” (1 John 5:21)

In order to understand what John is saying, let’s review what the 2nd Commandment says. We will look also at one passage giving details, and another giving us some consequences of disobedience:

“Thou shalt not make[“make, have, acquire” unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:” (Exodus 20:4)

“Take heed … Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make [make, have, acquire] you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:” (Deuteronomy 4:15-18)

“Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.” (Deuteronomy 7:26)

There’s some very important reason John did not want to come right out and tell the new Believers that they ‘must’ obey the commandments? Obedience to The Most High’s word is the very essence of the Faith of Abraham, and of walking in the New Covenant! At the same time, the early apostles were careful not to put the Believers under compulsion to keep an external command — which in itself would be a form of bondage, and would thus violate Torah

Jeremiah 34:11, 15-17.
11 But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. 15 And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name.16 But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
17 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

It is only over an extended period of time that the Truth of Torah is written on the heart. The external Torah, written on tables of stone, is to become internal, written on tables of the heart. It is line upon line, precept upon precept — day by day, week by week, month by month — that the Truth is learned, lived, and applied.
In the meantime, the young Believers are exhorted to avoid certain things that would be harmful to them, as seen in Acts 15:20:

“But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.”

The new Believers are exhorted to abstain from:

*pollutions of (becoming soiled or defiled by) idols;
*committing fornication;
*eating things strangled;
*eating blood.

Notice it is the ‘Little Children’ that are addressed in 1 John 5:21, and are exhorted to keep the essence of the 2nd Commandment. They are told to ‘keep yourselves from’ (stay away from) idols. These Little Children are being reminded to read and obey the 2nd Commandment.

The 2nd Commandment tells them in the Hebrew wording not to ‘make, have, or acquire’ these objects resembling either male or female of any living beings (animals, birds, fish, angels, frogs, etc). They are thus exhorted to ‘keep from’ these objects, and they are warned not to bring them into their homes. Let’s see why the new Converts were given this warning.
Curse of the Torah vs Curse of an Object.

It is important to understand, however, that the cursed status of these objects remains in force, and provides the built-in punishment, so to speak, as stern discipline for disobedient children. Violation of the 2nd Commandment has a built-in curse associated with it, as seen in (Exodus 20:5; Deut 5:9; 7:26; 27:15; Ephesians 2:2; Ephesians 5:6; Colossians 3:6).

Who Are the Little Children?
These Believers addressed by John are called ‘Little Children’ because they must still be reminded to keep the Commandments, and thus are exhorted to keep away from idols.
Young men and Fathers (1 John 2:12-13) have already learned their lessons, for these keep the Commandments of Torah from the desire of their own hearts, and thus have advanced beyond being children! The ‘Little Children’ are those Believers who have been redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb, but who are not yet walking in obedience to the Commandments of Torah, which Yahushua calls “MY” Commandments.

1 John 2:12-13

12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. 13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

Paul Speaks to Wise Men
The apostle Paul likewise warns the Believers of idolatry. Paul is very cautious in this, for his primary focus is to lay an important foundation of Redemption by Blood, and of Salvation by Grace through Faith, in the lives of the Believers. But notice what Paul writes:

“Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.” (1 Corinthians 10:14-15)

Like John, Paul wants the Believers to be established by Grace through Faith, and not by works. Yet the issue of protection from the curses associated with idolatry is very real, so a warning must be given. But notice here that Paul is addressing ‘wise’ men instead of ‘Little Children.’ Why is this? Don’t the wise already keep the 2nd Commandment? Notice from the context of the verses following, that Paul’s exhortation to ‘flee idolatry’ is addressed to those who are ‘wise,’ but who had been seduced by the ‘substitute Passover,’ as seen in context, within the next six verses (1 Cor 10:16-21).

This man-made, substitute Passover was being taught, even in Paul’s day, by those who had crept in unawares (Jude 1:4). The True Lord’s Supper is the Torah-commanded Passover, practiced by Yahushua and His Disciples. The man-made substitute, or counterfeit Passover, known today as Eucharist, Communion, and the Lord’s Supper, is a widely practiced tradition of Rome, and is usually taught to be taken at any time of man’s own choosing, ‘as often’ as one desires.
The result is that most evangelical Believers today continue to disregard EL Elyon’s Commandments and warnings for His people to take the true Passover meal (John 6:53) — and they continue to ignore the warning against eating things sacrificed to idols (Literally, the ‘idol sacrifice’) which is the man-made, counterfeit Passover we are warned of in Rev. 2:14, 20.

We now understand that the Torah Commandments are hidden from view in the New Testament, in order for the new Converts to establish their Faith. We also see that because some Torah Commandments are for the safety and protection of the Believers, these are given as exhortations and warnings for the new Believers to heed.

We see that the apostles Paul and John both exhort the Believers to ‘flee from idolatry’ and ‘keep yourselves from idols,’ which are basic Torah Commandments referring to the 2nd Commandment.

These exhortations continue to call all Believers today — both the little children and the wise — to repent, and return to being “DO-ers” of the 2nd Commandment, a vital Commandment of Torah in the New Testament!  Shema Selah, let us hear and listen to what the Most High is teaching us--we have to be aware of the pitfalls to our obedience to His instructions!!  Facebook LIVE video!