We are walking in today: Let No Man Steal Your Crown!!!!! Part 2
Witness crown throughout the Bible: H5145 nezer--consecration, crown, separation, Nazariteship
crown (as sign of consecration), properly, something set apart, i.e. (abstractly) dedication
(of a priet or Nazirite)
Exodus 39:30 And they made the plate of the holy crown H5145 of pure gold,and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet,HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
Leviticus 8:9 And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; H5145 as the LORD commanded Moses.
The prophets proclaim..................
Zechariah 9:16 And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, H5145 lifted up as an ensign upon his land
The writings bear witness.......................
Proverbs 27:24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown H5145 endure to every generation?
Psalm 89:39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown H5145 by casting it to the ground.
Removing the Crown
Let's look now at a similar reference to our crown. Notice the following passages:
And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. (Daniel 7:27)
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. (Revelation 14:12)
In the above passage in Daniel, we see that the dominion or rule will be given to the saints. But in the Revelation passage, we see who those 'saints' are — they are those who have the Faith of Yahushua, and who [by His Grace], allow Messiah-living-within-them to keep the Commandments of The Most High. Again, notice in these verses that the dominion — the rule or crown — goes to those who are obedient.
Just as in the above example of our veil being taken by men, in the same way our crown can be taken by men.
Let's see what the Scriptures tell us:
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by... Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee..." (Zechariah 3:7-8a)
The above passage is a prophetic, then-future vision of Yahushua Messiah's commission, which He would later fulfill during His earthly lifetime. In this passage, the one condition given for Messiah's future ruling and reigning, is that He must "walk in The Most High's ways." We know Yahushua met this requirement, and was without sin (Hebrews 4:15).
As we see in the same verse, those who 'sit before' Messiah [who abide in His presence], have the same requirement. To rule and reign with Messiah, we must "walk in His Ways." This is the single, defining characteristic of one who is "in Messiah," one who fears The Most High, and is "in the Faith." Today we may depend on His Blood of redemption to provide our forgiveness, and His indwelling Spirit to lead us into [the doing of] all truth, and to give us the Grace [enablement] to walk in His Ways (Hebrews 3:10; 1 John 1:9; John 16:13; Galatians 3:11; James 1:25; Romans 2:13).
But we have a problem! Notice the following:
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, [because they are] giving heed to seducing spirits, and [that is,] doctrines [teachings] of devils speaking lies..." (1 Timothy 4:1-2a)
In the latter times, many shall depart from The Faith, due to doctrines of devils speaking lies. What are these doctrines that are considered lies? These doctrines are not the words of the student, but of the teacher. What is the teacher saying in the latter times, that is considered to be "speaking lies?"
First, we note that the two identifying features of those who are in Messiah, those who are "in" The Faith, are 1) they walk in His Ways, and 2) they fear The Most High (Deut 10:12; Psalms 128:1). Thus it must be, that those who "depart" from The Faith are they who abandon or depart from these two key features. Let's see in Scripture what these are:
Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, [in order] to walk in his ways, and [in order] to fear him. (Deuteronomy 8:6)
In the above passage, we see that to fear The Most High and to walk in His Ways, we keep His Commandments.
So we see that, according to the logic of the above Scripture passages, those who depart from The Faith in the latter times must be students who depart from keeping The Most High's Commandments, as a result of devils speaking lies through their teachers.
We have seen abundant testimony, that those who abide in Messiah, and come to know The Most High, are those who learn His Ways, and walk in His Ways. These allow Messiah to live in them, and allow Messiah to provide His Grace, His enablement, to keep Father's Commandments.
Let's look carefully at a few additional passages that speak prophetically of our day. Notice the passages that describe those teachers [and students] who have been redeemed, but who refuse to walk in His Ways. The result is that they have been robbed of the knowledge of The Most High, through deceit and false teachings, and through a lifestyle and culture that is void of keeping the Commandments of The Most High:
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD. (Jeremiah 9:6)
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. (Jeremiah 5:26-27)
How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart; (Jeremiah 23:26)
Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err [go astray] by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD. (Jeremiah 23:32)
Why then is this people of Jerusalem [this is prophetic of those who are grafted into Messiah and His people] slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. (Jeremiah 8:5)
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me [notice that The Most High is pleading with His redeemed people to return to Him!]; for I have redeemed thee. (Isaiah 44:22)
Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me. (Hosea 7:13)
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err [wander away; go astray], after the which their fathers have walked: (Amos 2:4)
The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. 22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled [plundered]; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses [their individual doctrines]: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. 23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come? 24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. (Isaiah 42:21-24)
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err [go astray] in their heart, and they have not known my ways: (Psalms 95:10)
When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err [go astray] in their heart; and they have not known my ways. (Hebrews 3:9-10)
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel [those who are in Messiah] had walked in my ways! (Psalms 81:13)
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake... 13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; 14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. (Titus 1:10-11; 13-14)
The above are a few of many passages that give us the prophetic view of the greater Body of Messiah in our day, as The Most High see us.
Notice what the last verse above tells us. It is the Commandments of Men that turn men away from the truth. We recall that it was the Traditions and Commandments of Men that Yahushua confronted when He rebuked the Pharisees. The man-made doctrines become substitutes for the true Words of The Most High, and rob the people of knowing The Most High.
From these Scripture passages, we see that our crown can be removed by those prophets and teachers who, by trickery and deceit, teach The Most High's people to be disobedient, even while being un-aware of their own disobedience.
As we saw above, it is our continued disobedience to the eternal Scriptures that can remove our veil. But it is the teachings given by the Keepers of the Walls — the Traditions and Commandments of Men — that teach their followers to justify their disobedience.
The Traditions and Commandments of Men teach people to justify their disobedience, based on the following false notions, each of which contradicts both 'Old' and 'New' Testament Scripture:
Teachings of the Traditions and Commandments of Men
1) Tradition #1 — the false notion that because our sins are forgiven by His Blood, our continued disobedience is now acceptable to our Heavenly Father (Acts 10:35; Eph 5:6; Col 3:6; Heb 2:2-3);
2) Tradition #2 — the false notion that the eternal Law [Torah] has been cancelled or abolished, so that our disobedience to the Law is 'no longer' considered to be sin (1John 3:4).
3) Tradition #3 — the false notion that the Law [Torah] has been done away with. This idea is the central teaching of the Doctrine of Balaam today, and is discussed below.
So we see that our continued disobedience to the eternal Scriptures — because we have learned from some man, teaching man-made doctrines [or because we have believed some man's paraphrased version of the Bible] — can remove our crown!
We are thus told, "... hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown" (Revelation 3:11). Let us now notice another crown stealer.
SHEMA ISRAEL we are to to ONLY HOLD FAST TO WHAT THE MOST HIGH HAS TAUGHT US, NOT THE TRADITIONS OR DOCTRINES OF MEN!!!
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