Why Study The Torah?

Proverbs 7:4; Exodus 19:9; Deuteronomy 4:10; Isaiah 1:11-15, 48:1-6; Jeremiah 10:10; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Isaiah 40:25; Psalms 4:23; Isaiah 45:2-4; John 6:45; Colossians 2:8-10; Exodus 30:11-14

We are walking in today:  Why Study The Torah?

Witness what you will say when returning to the Torah throughout the Bible-
Isaiah 12
1 And in that day you will say: “O Lord, I will praise You;
Though You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, and You comfort me.
2 Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid;
‘For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song;He also has become my salvation.’”
3 Therefore with joy you will draw water From the wells of salvation.
4 And in that day you will say: “Praise the Lord, call upon His name;
Declare His deeds among the peoples, Make mention that His name is exalted.
5 Sing to the Lord, For He has done excellent things;
This is known in all the earth. 6 Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion,
For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!”

Fiveamprayer we must take the limits off--He is revealing the hidden things in His word!  He is revealing Himself in a new way, everyday!  Seek Him, truly!  It is us that have been lost!  Now is the time to find your way back to His good and perfect way!  In Proverbs, we have the tree of life describing the Torah, in 13:7-8. Certainly we should seek out a life giving tree that is a benefit to all of us.  Those of us that are returning to our Hebraic roots we find that these commands are central to living a life designed by Yahweh.  Fiveamprayer, when our lives are led only in man conceived logic or philosophy places the unfailing word of Yahweh at odds to say the least.  This development in various cultures of great thinkers of their time are often highly heralded and esteemed, supports the humanizing of Elohim and the deifying of man.  

The deeper study of the Torah to find out the layers of details in the instruction that Yahweh gave to His creation and image.  It is this study that can cause a closer relationship and better understanding of all that has been made.  This is where the total and isolated study from a strict scientific stance can push away the intimacy of knowing and relying in Adonai. When we have all things in their proper context we can find what His intentions are yet with other measures of process--scientific or mathematical for example.  We can not merely stand and accept scripture on the surface alone.  We must dig and search, pray and listen for His directions and in our discussions we find how we are to view these commandmemts and allow them to guide our lives.  We are not drawing closer to the King of the Universe, even with all of the technological advances!  There won't be a  closer relationship without understanding.  Can it be that the simple tools a Bible,, paper and pen could allow the brilliance of His truth to shine?  Yeshua's charge was to His talmidim/disciples/students to make more of themselves.  Remember that you are returning to learn all of this to teach to others.  With this correct study we will receive the understanding that He comes to give us, it is no longer a mystery.  With increased study we become precise and accurate for we know where we want to go.  That we are skilled to hit the target of what we intend!  To hear this teaching again click here.

Chapter 3 Torah: Law or Grace--The Hebrew Roots Of The Christian Faith

Leviticus 5:2;  Deuteronomy 30:11; Job 3:16, 15:2, 24:1; Psalm 51:6, 83:3; Proverbs 28:17; Isaiah 45:3, 48:6; Acts 26:26; 1 Corinthians 2:7, 4:5; 2 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Peter 3:4; Revelation 2:17; Hebrews 1:1-4; Colossians 2:8; John 10:30; Isaiah 45:2-4; Exodus 30:11-14; John 8:32; Ephesians 4:17-24; Exodus 31:13

We are walking today:  Chapter 3 Torah: Law or Grace--The Hebrew Roots Of The Christian Faith

Witness ancient throughout the Bible:  H6924 qedem east, antiquity, front, that which is before, aforetimefront, from the front or east, in front, mount of, ancient time, aforetime, ancient, from of old, earliest time, anciently, of old (adverb), beginning

The hidden things we are having revealed to us in His word,  He gives us His understanding when Yahweh comes to visit with you.  Much like when you are a child and a grandparent will sit with you and share their wisdom.  Which you can see at that time and then later on upon reflection when you are older.  The real truths will always resonate all throughout our lives.  Take a look back and follow the ancient path, the original way that was intended from the very beginning!  Fiveamprayer we have to know that we are coming into this time and season at what He has appointed!
As we go into this chapter we are looking at our roots, going back to the beginning.  We are on a seek to find the original. The Torah, Yahweh's teaching and instruction was given to us to live our lives.  When we take a closer look at Yeshua/Jesus' teachings to find the intentions behind His words we find that what He lived out on the earth and taught was for our example, the lifestyle we should live.  When we look at people and their actions that gives an accurate picture of what is important to them.  We have in the past wrongly focused on what we say and judge on that alone.  In spite of the actions that are in direct conflict of their words.  Once you have been given the gift of salvation then the next step in the process is the redemptive lifestyle that is lived out according to the Torah, which is the Way, that Yeshua refers to in scripture.   It is these unfailing laws and ordinances that Yahweh set up from the beginning of time that work for all who follow them.  Why would people want to follow the Torah?   The directions of the Creator of the universe gave for our benefit of our lives.  When looked at closer it is found that those who do not have a love for the Torah will often side with anti-Semitic people and idea,s when it rears it ugly head.  This is not a place that you would ever need to be found!  That leads to more and more distance from that which He has set up from the beginning.  The process of the church distancing themselves from all traces of Hebraic/Jewish practices reached it's height from the 11th through the 14th centuries where those who were Jewish or supported them were mistreated, tortured, and murdered.
The early church fathers Marcion who purposed a two deity principle, the harsh God of the old testament and the kind and merciful Jesus of the new testament.  This idea was the foundation of the the trinity.  There is also St Augustine who's work built on the ideas of Marcion.  This misconstruction of the scriptures has over the years built in fear and harsh view of the Torah.  This is to our error and once you go through scripture and truly seek Him with your whole heart, you find how much His instructions are made for your life.  The label of being unbearable or harsh does not hold up to the actual practice when there is knowledge and understanding. To hear this again click here.

Weekend Meditation, The Shemittah Is Our Independence!

Habakkuk 2; 2 Peter 1:12; Leviticus 25:1-4; Exodus 23:10-11; Deuteronomy 15:1-2; Genesis 1;

We are walking in today:  Weekend Meditation, The Shemittah Is Our Independence!

Witness appointed time throughout the Bible:  H4150 mo`ed appointed place, appointed time, meeting, sacred season, set feast, appointed season

Habakkuk 2:3; Esther 9:27; Matthew 8:29

This arrangement of the 613 principles, the law of our Lord God Almighty, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is from the book by Rabbi Ralph Messer, Torah: Law Or Grace? Kingdom Principles For Kingdom Living.  This book can be ordered online here or in the store if you are in the Denver area here.  http://store.torah.tv/browse.cfm/torah:-law-or-grace-book/4,4821.html

​The Eighth Commandment--Exodus 20:13  Thou shall not steal

​470. You shall not steal --Leviticus 19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
471. You shall not deny falsely --Leviticus 19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

472. You shall not lie to one another --Leviticus 19:11

473. You shall not retain a worker's wage overnight until morning --Leviticus 19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

474. You shall not rob --Leviticus 19:13

475. You shall not cheat your neighbor --Leviticus 19:13

476. You shall not commit a perversion in measurements --Leviticus 19:35
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

477. You shall not commit a perversion in weights --Leviticus 19:35

478. You shall have correct scales, correct weights, and correct measures --Leviticus 19:36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

479. You shall not slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day --Leviticus 22:28 And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.

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Fiveamprayer we are to rest in Him.  Trust in Yahweh's appointed times and seasons!  So why does that matter?  That is something that happened so long ago--can it still be in effect now?  Well let's first define what we are talking about.  Beginning in Genesis, with the creation of the world.  The initial pattern that was given is to work for 6 days and then cease from work on the 7th day.   The sabbath in the last day of the week.  The day set apart to meet in His presence in a congregation.  No where does the Bible give us direction to change His day to any other day!  Now that we looked at the sabbath let's look to what other times Yahweh has given to His people.  There are appointed times that we are to meet with our Elohim to such as Pesach, Shavout and Yom Kippur for example.  We also have the set time every 7 years that was a time for debt and slaves to be released. Leviticus 25 1 And the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a sabbath to the Lord. 3 Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather its fruit; 4 but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the Lord. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard. 5 What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the land. 6 And the sabbath produce of the land shall be food for you: for you, your male and female servants, your hired man, and the stranger who dwells with you, 7 for your livestock and the beasts that are in your land—all its produce shall be for food.  This is the shemittah.  For those who owed money to another was to be forgiven in the shemittah.  Those who were sold into slavery were now to be released.  The land was not to be worked, it was to rest and also observe the shemittah.  This was done in ancient times yet His word does not change--we are still to uphold what He has spoken.  The years of Israel's exile was due to not keeping the shemittah--the land resting and pagan worship.   That is serious enough to know that He means business about His word!!  This time of rest and releasing of debt would prevent us from focusing so much on the physical attainment.  This was also so the the children of Israel were not in slavery, (that is what He delivered them out of Egypt so) He could not all them to be lifetime slaves!  In observing the shemittah year the land was no longer owned by anyone but all could eat freely of what the land provided on it's own.    They were provided for but were not to collect and store up food from the field.  In this year the widow, orphan, strangers were able to freely eat of the fields.    Fiveamprayer we are being given independence from this world to depend on Yahweh and His instructions!  The ways of the world are not our ways and as we truly trust and stand on His word, at His appointed time and season--we are expecting to see scripture come to life before our eyes!  This is not a guess or a conjecture of a desire but according to His word.  That we can see in the pattern throughout the scriptures!  Yahweh wants us to look to Him in all things. When we feel that we can handle it and choose not to include Him is to our detriment.  He created it all and allows or permits at His design!  In building our trust in Him will we pay attention to the bank statements over His decree?  Are we more focused on the news reports or on the or the commandment of provision in our obedience?  Can the likeness and image know better than the Original who hand crafted us His image?  To hear this again click here.

The Law In The New Testament

Numbers 23; Titus 1:2; Colossians 2:14; Romans 3:31; Hebrews 6:18; Daniel 9:27; Exodus 15:26; Genesis 9:6; Numbers 35:33; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Psalms 111:7-9; Ecclesiastes 3:14; Exodus 20:3-17; Matthew 5:17,18 ;1 John 3:4; 1 Corinthians 4:9; Isaiah 24:4-5; Revelation 21:3; Isaiah 66:22-23; Revelation 11:19; Hebrews 4:9; Exodus 20:12; Revelation 22:14-15; 1 Peter 4:18; Psalms 119:172; Deuteronomy 6:25; Isaiah 51:6; Titus 3:7; Romans 7:18-19, 6:14; 1 John 3:4; Titus 3:7; 1 John 3:9; Jeremiah 31:31-33; Hebrews 8:10; Ezekiel 36:26-27; Psalms 119:155; Romans 8:2-4, 7:18; Galatians 2:16, 3:24-25; Romans 7:7; Galatians 2:21; Psalms 119:172; Acts 5:32; Galatians 3:6, 5:3,4; 1 Corinthians 7:19; Colossians 2:14-17; Daniel 9:27; Galatians 4:10; Ephesians 2:14-16; Romans 14:4-6; Philippians 3:20; Isaiah 43:10,11; James 4:12; Colossians 1:14-16; John 1:1-3, 10,14 ; Matthew 19:16-17


We are walking in today:  The Law In The New Testament

Witness Adonai will destroy the yolk with prosperity—Isaiah 10:20-27

This journey into Torah has been such an eye, mind and heart opener!  With the more that we study we find what helped in the division of Yeshua from the teaching and instructions of the Most High, the Torah.  Yes we do have from Paul's writings for so much information but without the Hebraic understanding that his writings are letters of rebuke and correction--can not be taken at surface value!  We don't have the initial questions that prompted his responses!  The first thing we have to determine is scripture agrees with scripture!  His word stands and He is not double-minded.  All that He has said will match what He has spoken and will speak later.  The division of the Bible into two sections makes for difficult understanding without the proper context of the writers and the culture of the audience.  With these corrections we can see that Yahweh who gave the law to Moses at Mt. Sinai is the same as Yeshua who fully explained and lived out those laws with His disciples.  If there was anything that Yeshua wanted to change in the law, He had ample opportunities in the public and with the teachers of the law to omit or change,  the Torah.  However we have Him saying the He is not abolishing the law.  The incorrect interpretation of the law of Moses or Torah was to abolish it--Yahweh's word can never be done away with by mere men!  Yes many of us grew up in churches who recieved the same incorrect understanding that the law is over but that does not make it true.  There is no scripture that says that the law of Moses is over.  There has to be laws, directions, policy or rules for the society, land or kingdom.  How could a small town operate if there were not standards of behavior for so many people living together?  Who would know when a boundaries were crossed?  Which actions would require a punishment to deter others from the same behavior?  This is what the Torah is--proper behavior and actions for the people in the community, in families and marriages.  For those who have never been to visit the King of kings there is the proper approach for that as well.  We know that Yahweh is the great and mighty one.  Our Father, our King, our Buckler and Shield, the Rock of Ages but what would be the proper way to come before Him?  Are there specific times that He expects to see you?  Such as the His feast days and the Sabbath?  Sure you can call your grandma whenever but to remember her birthday or anniversary means a lot to her, right?  Well we have days the He has given us as rehearsals and days of remembrance for what He has done for His people.  A time to remember the mightiness of His hand the delivered you out!  Days of celebration for the goodness of the Almighty!  But God is love right?  So it doesn't matter when we worship or what days are set apart.  Well lets look to the word...Genesis 2  (KJV) 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 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. 3 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.  So in the first chapter of Genesis we have the world created in 6 days and then we have the seventh day set apart and explained in the next chapter.  Why is this day sanctified and set apart?  This is the plan the He set forth from the beginning for us to follow.  Are there any other days set apart as by Yahweh in His word?  There are the feast days, Pesach or Passover for example.  There is no place in His word you find that Sunday is the day that Yahweh is looking for you to meet Him.  That change of the day was a man determined convention.  There were men who meet and decided and determined that they would change the day and add in pagan holidays and cease from the feast days of the Lord Almighty.  Fiveamprayer what we are saying, have been saying is that if you can not find what you are doing in the Bible--don't walk in it!  There is the practices of the pagans that He warns Israel about and then the instructions on what He wants His set apart, chosen people to do!  That is your task to follow in the word that He has given for His set apart, holy nation to follow!  All of His word agrees--find the original scripture that the New Testament is referring to in the Torah--Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.  Yahweh is looking at us like a loving father who is pleased that his child is striving to do better, to walk in what they have been taught.  He will bridge the gap where we fall short.  The real questions what is your intention?  What desire is in your heart?  This was never a pick and chose type of situation--the trail mix Bible practices have gotten us in a terrible state!  Now we will have our eyes opened up to see His word clear and with the Ruach HaKadosh will lead us back to the beginning, the original, the authentic.  Go back Fiveamprayer, and get the understanding that was altered with the Greek scenery and caused us to run down the path of error.  Thank You Yahweh for returning us to Your good and right way.  The path that we can follow all throughout scripture for the benefit of our lives and families!  All praises to our Avinu Malkineu!  To listen to this message again click here.

Come Out From Among Them, Israel!

2 Peter 3:8; Isaiah 44:6; Reveltion 1:8, 1:17-18; 1 Samuel 12:21; Isaiah 46:29; Jeremiah 4:23; Psalm 119:105, 119:130; John 8:12; Ecclesiastes 2:13; Proverbs 3:19; John 1:1-15; 1 John 1:5; Leviticus 20:24-26; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Matthew 13:49-50, 25:30; Isaiah 22:22-24; Ezra 9:8; Genesis 1:2-3; Leviticus 23:32, 23:27, 22:6-7; Deuteronomy 23:10-11; Judges 14; Isaiah 42:5; Psalms 19:1; Daniel 7:25, 9:27; Matthew 22:11-13; John 6:53-56; Exodus 7:9; Ezekiel 29:3; 32:2; Psalm 74:13; Isaiah 27:1; 1 Kings 11:33; Psalm 8:4; 1 Corinthians 11:7; John 1:1-3; Ephesians 3:9; Colossians 1:16-17; Isaiah 41:4, 9:6; Hebrew 5:7-8; Ezekiel 20:12; Exodus 20:12, 31:16-17; Hebrews 4:9; Exodus 32; 2 cor 6:17; 1 John 4:1-6; 3:23; Acts 17:10-11; 2 Tim. 3:16,17; John 8:32
We are walking in today--Come Out From Among Them, Israel!

Witness My name Yahweh will bless you on the earth throughout the Bible:
Exodus 20:21; Numbers 6:27; Malachi 2:2; Zechariah 14:9; Psalms 63:5, 103:1


Fiveamprayer, we have to make a distinction, Yahweh has.  From the very beginning, He separated the light from the darkness, the night from the day, as Elohim continues in the ordering of creation there are separations and boundaries placed.  We are also called to come out of the pagan practices.  We too are to leave behind all that we knew like Abraham at Adonai's instruction to leave for a land that He will show us.  We have to keep His way and word before us.  The distractions of this world arise to attempt to put us off of the path that He set before us from the beginning.  There is no more time left to keep running with the crowd.  When will you stand up and stand out for righteousness?  When will you hold up the unaltered word of Yahweh?  Nevermind if it is popular!!!  Forget if it is not what everyone agrees to!!!  Put off all of the approval of man--you are seeking and aspiring for the highest of the high, the way that was set even before the beginning began--the Way, the Truth and the Life!  Yet it is not popular and what has popularity gotten you--a nice circle of friends that are suffering in silence but as long as we are all the same?  Don't let anyone draw you back in from being set apart.  The false fear of isolation is not really a problem when you consider what you are being separated from!  When you are mining for gold in the rocks and dirt that is being washed in the water, the gold is separated.  When digging for gemstones it is the precious that is separated from the common rocks.  Don't you know that you are His special treasure, am segulah?  Certainly He can see that you are not like the others and must be separated.  Come out from those that do not strive to live according to His word.  Those who only desire to give lip service--believing that the all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful Yahweh can't see what they do in the dark?  A set apart people have a purpose, a task, a plan and He will see all that He purposes will be accomplished!  The coming out from among them includes unwise associations.  Fiveamprayer, you better know who is in your circle!!  They could be heading a different direction than you are--do not allow others to sidetrack you!  What is your task?  Where has He directed you to go?  Whether with few or many will you go?  Remember the remnant is just that, that was separated from the whole for a different purpose--all by His plan.  Get out of your emotions and get into living your life according to His word!  When you begin, you will make mistakes like we all do.  The Holy Spirit, the Ruach HaKodesh will uphold you where you fall short.  Each time you follow a principle, then the next time you do-- you see the benefits in your life and those around you.  Do not seek to be caught in the middle of those that you were separated from--yes it is familiar but the time has shifted and you don't want to miss His appointed time for the task given you!  Hold fast to His word, it never fails and is even upheld over His name!  No more murmuring in agreement with the crowd, what does Almighty God have to say about it?  Yep, that is where you are to stand and remain as you continue in this life which includes His peace, rest, love and joy.  Who told you that standing on Adonai's side is always hard work?  In obedience is where you find the refreshing and restoration that you have been seeking.  Only obedience gets the blessing--living on mercy is find until you run in to the forbidding of Yahweh.  Listen up, Fiveamprayer, your Abba, Avinu Malkeinu is calling you to return to Him.  Why return?  Well you were there before but were enticed away from Him.  Don't you think that it is time to stop running, hiding and come on home?  To hear this teaching again click here.

Weekend Meditation--No Compromise, Strip Unsupported & Erroneous Doctrines That Do Not Line Up With The Word Of Yahweh!

Isaiah 8; 2 Timothy 2:15, 4:1; Psalm 68:4; Acts 4:12; Exodus 23:21; Matthew 16:18; Luke 12:32; Matthew 7:14, 4:4; Deuteronomy 8:2; Isaiah 55:1-2; Luke 10:25, 8:11; Proverbs 12:6; John 6:63; Exodus 20:9; Isaiah 56:1; 1 John 2:4; John 15:15; Acts 5:32; Philippians 4:8; Revelation 3:2; Hebrews 5:9; Revelation 14:12; Proverbs 14:12; Ephesians 4:4-6; Romans 9:19-21; Isaiah 8:20; Jeremiah 16:19; Revelation 22:18; Proverbs 50:5-6; Ephesians 4:14

We are walking in today:  Weekend Meditation--No Compromise, Strip Unsupported & Erroneous Doctrines That Do Not Line Up With The Word Of Yahweh!

Witness unshakable kingdom throughout the Bible:  Deuteronomy 30 from the Complete Jewish Bible

This arrangement of the 613 principles, the law of our Lord God Almighty, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is from the book by Rabbi Ralph Messer, Torah: Law Or Grace?  

Kingdom Principles For Kingdom Living.  This book can be ordered online here or in the store if you are in the Denver area here.  http://store.torah.tv/browse.cfm/torah:-law-or-grace-book/4,4821.html

​The Eighth Commandment--Exodus 20:13  Thou shall not steal

460. You shall not oppress the stranger among you --Exodus 22:21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
461. You shall lend money to the poor of your people without interest --Exodus 22:25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
462. You shall not demand payment from a debtor who is unable to pay --Exodus 22:25
463. You shall not act as a creditor in an agreement involving interest --Exodus 22:25
464. You shall leave the corners of your fields --Leviticus 19:9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
465. You shall leave the gleanings of your field --Leviticus 19:9
466. You shall not pick the undeveloped twigs of your vineyard --Leviticus 19:10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.
467. You shall not gather the fallen fruit from your vineyard --Leviticus 19:10
468. You shall leave the fallen fruit for the poor and the proselyte --Leviticus 19:10
469. You shall leave the undeveloped twigs of your vineyard for the poor and the proselyte --Leviticus 19:10​

Isaiah 8 (KJV)1 Moreover the Lord said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. 2 And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. 3 And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz. 4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. 5 The Lord spake also unto me again, saying, 6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. 9 Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. 11 For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, 12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. 13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15 And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. 16 Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. 17 And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. 18 Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. 19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. 21 And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. 22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.\

 

Fiveamprayer, we have a problem.  This is something we were beginning to dig into about two years ago and for those new to fiveamprayer just recently.  We begin to see and find that these rules, regulations and practices of various denominations of the churches are not able to be located in the holy scriptures.  But how can this be you say?  Yet what is in scripture is not what those in the pulpits speak or teach the congregations are learning about.  This also lets us see that the view of the first half of the Bible no longer applies to us in our current times.  Yet this text has been about for centuries and was told orally before being written down many more year before that.  But somehow the word of He is created all things could or world expire, become obsolete and not required.  How strange that the eternal, all powerful One Yahweh would set an expiration date on His word, while scripture actually proves that statement false.  1 Kings 8:56 Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.   We have over and over again in the Bible that the word of Almighty God, Yahweh is everlasting so how can the Bible be partically expired?

Another question that stems from the various translations that result in the current Bibles we have today that has lead us to using titles to speak of our King and Lord when He has a personal name.  What a shock for those who have spent many decades in churches and Bible studies and find that His name is Yahweh and in the flesh walking the earth Yeshua.  Well in our first research and discussion of this was that the translation was for easier pronunciation of His name.  Wow, this misinformation was given to us to be able to say His name easier but we were only calling Him by titles.  The name of a person is very important.  I am certain that most of us do not want to be called by another name--or only a title for those who know them.  

So these improvements and many others instituted by the early church fathers and make things easier for the people have over time created groups of people upholding and practicing all kinds of things never even hinted at in the Bible.  When the Bible give clear directions for the sabbath and the feast days of Yahweh are not observed--do we have a choice to change what was set forth from the beginning?  Can the hand crafted item change that which the craftsman has made?  Take the time to read, study and discern scripture from it's original Hebraic context.  There is no more time for altering His word to suit our preferences.  That thought is full of fleshly desires.  This journey will lead to uncovering more and more lies until we arrive to where the shining truth resides.  We have to wake up to His marvellous light, He knows what is best for you.  No longer uphold tradition for tradition's sake when we find the scripture clearly says otherwise.  For example do you realize that one of the steps were taken in the institution of the Sunday sabbath was to have sporting evens on Saturday?  With people being drawn into other activities it was easier to go with the crowd and change to Sunday.  When people do not stand with, for and on scripture they are apt to agree to anything that 'sounds good'.  Why would that be dangerous?  We are well educated people and able to think for ourselves.  Genesis 3:1-4 1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:   We see in the garden that we can be presented with an option that appears to be sound but at the heart is disobedience to His instructions.  This opposing practices from scripture upheld by many churches are not to be continued once determined.  Continue to be a Berean and prove all things by scriptures.  It is His word and He is single-minded in His purpose and all of His word agrees with Himself.  That is why we can stand on scripture--Romans 3:4  God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.  To hear more of this teaching click here.

The Gospel Of The Kingdom

Isaiah 37:14-20, 9:6-7; Psalm 2; Luke 4:16-21; Acts 3:21; Revelation 22:3; Matthew 16:27; Isaiah 4:5; Ezekiel 11:23; Matthew 17:14-21; John 3:1-21; 1 King 17:8-16; 2 Kings4:1-7; Gen 39:1-5; Matthew 14:15-21; Jeremiah 27:6, 30:8; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Matthew 12:15; Luke 6:19; Matthew 9:20; Mark 5:25; Luke 8:43; Malachi 4:2; Luke 8:50; Isaiah 9:6; Philippians 2:10-11; Zechariah 14:16-21; Isaiah 65:15-25; Romans 2:12; Ezekiel 36:26-27; Isaiah 28:16; 2 Corinthians 5:18-20; Matthew 10:34;  Romans 6:14-15; Leviticus 5:17; 1 John 4:19; Matthew 24:14; Luke 4:43; Psalms 98:9; Ezekiel 18:4; Matthew 16:27; Isaiah 4:5. 9:6; Jeremiah 10:10; Deuteronomy 26:19; Ezekiel 36:26-27; Matthew 10:34; Jeremiah 16:19; Matthew 24:14

We are walking in today:  The Gospel Of The Kingdom

Witness visit throughout the Bible: H6485 paqad to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for
Genesis 21:1; Exodus 3:16, 4:31; 1 Samuel 2:21; Isaiah 29:6; Ezekiel 38:8; Psalm 17:3; Proverbs 19:23; Luke 1:68; 1:77-79, 7:15-17

Isaiah 37:14-20  (NKJV) 14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. 15 Then Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying: 16 “O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. 17 Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God. 18 Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands, 19 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands—wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them. 20 Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the Lord, You alone.”

Fiveamprayer, we have been in church for quite a while and certainly know what the gospel is, right?  It is the teachings of Yeshua the Son of the Most High, but what does scripture say He taught?  Was it healing, deliverance or prosperity?  Or did those things show up as a by-product of the gospel being taught and them being present in His presence?  So this gospel, or good news is what exactly?  The kingdom of God is at hand, is what scripture shows was spoken by Yeshua when He walked this earth in the flesh.  So then why is there so many who have deliverance ministries and healing ministries for example?  Did He teach on this or did His actions result in these outcomes?  The kingdom of God is what the good news is about!!  This is a new understanding for many of us that grew up in churches and attended classes on all kinds of things but Yeshua was our example of what to do!

Let's look at the history of the early church.  Initially when Yeshua, His disciples and Paul were traveling and teaching, these believers followed what the Bible said in its entirety.  Also remember the what is called the new testament would not have been written down yet.  So what would they be reading or listening to?  The Tanakh which is the the Torah, prophets and the writings--or to some the old testament.  Those early believers were following what was already written down--the feast days of the Lord, circumcision and the eating kosher to mention a few.  As time went on these believers began to be out numbered by new believers, who came from pagan practices and found that they would like to join in with the teachings of Yeshua but still keep their traditions.  This is where the issue first arises due to many permitting the blending of the holy with the profane, the newer believers began to institute changes over hundreds of years that would include the changes of the Emperor Constantine who wanted to further distance Christianity form all Hebraic roots by initiating Easter instead of Passover and the sabbath day of rest from Saturday to Sunday.  It is these seemingly small changes over years and years that all add up to this distancing from the actual life and community that Yeshua grew up in and spoke to that we read about in scripture.  Without this proper context we may envision that Yeshua spoke only Greek and desired us to divide the word, or divide Himself--remember He is the Word made flesh--into to two testaments.  To change the day of rest instituted and given by example pf Yahweh Himself in the first 7 days of creation.  Can you see how easy it would be when you get to changing just one thing here and another here that you will soon be so off course that you would not recognize where you had originally begun?!  With further research you find that many measures were taken to keep the original Hebraic practices out of the church.  Did you know that there was a time that people were celebrating both Easter and Passover?  Or many of the church were attending services on Saturday?  The edicts and councils were meetings where rulers and bishops decided what would be best for the church.  This is a really strange idea when we are not greater than the Almighty One to change what He has planned and set forth from the very beginning.  This shifting and changing places us in religion and distanced from kingdom and yet that is Yeshua's core message and these places that are marked for Him are teaching and upholding things that His word and teachings never suggest.  In this time and season, because you have ears to hear and a heart to receive--study to show yourself approved!  Look to the scriptures, obtain the proper context and pray for understanding, wisdom and discernment.  Seek His face and He will reveal or rather remind you of that which you once knew.  Come back and remember what you were told so long ago.  That feeling that you knew, but it is just outside of your grasp.  Like a note of music that does not sound right but you don't know how to fix it.  Yahweh is calling you out from among the wrong teaching that was inherited over hundreds of years.

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