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The Great Deception!

2011-07-07T15:39:00.002-04:00

A lot of Christians have ideas on what the Great Deception is in the Bible. I have heard many over the years. Problem is that the Deception is much bigger than they give it credit for. That is why it is called Great.

The Great Deception has been perpetuated upon our entire world by a group of people known as the Jews. They have done such a good job at this deception that the very people they are deceiving support them in their deception.

Jews today are a small population yet they hold control over most every part of our lives. From banking to government, television and movies to print media they hold the control. They are the power behind the scenes and own every major bank (including the Federal Reserve) and Wall Street. Not a movie gets made without their approval. Nothing is reported in the news without an OK from them. The entire federal government is controlled by them.

And it is not just our country, America, but almost the entire world. And like all great deceptions this one has the majority of the population not only going along with them but rooting them on.

Tell one Christian that the Jews are bad and you will get reactions from aghast that you can say such a thing about God's Chosen People to being called a Nazi or White Supremest. Mostly people are just ignorant to history and the facts. Being supportive of the Jews is emotional, not factual. It's what they've been told by their pastor, prophecy teacher and the Left Behind series of books and movies.

The Bible speaks of this great deception keeping many or the majority from the Kingdom. That only a remnant will be saved. If this is true, which I believe it is, then it is time for Christians to wake up and learn the truth of who truly is the enemy of Yahweh (God). We cannot support His enemy (Edomite Jews) and still think that we will find favor with Him.

He speaks in Malachi that Edom/Esau (the Jews) will be destroyed. Those who are friends of God's enemies are also God's enemies.

Please don't believe the lie that the Jews are God's Chosen People. Most don't have a drop of Israelite blood in them. It is Esau trying to steal back the birthright that he gave up for a bowl of stew. He has been trying for thousands of years.

The world is being deceived. Don't be one of those who fall for this lie of all lies.

War on the Horizon??

2011-06-30T11:51:00.001-04:00

Robert T. Kiyosaki is the author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad and a well respected person in the financial and real estate industry. He has written several books on how to become wealthy through hard work and smart investments. It would be worth your time to listen to what he says about what is coming and how important it is to get prepared for it. Get out of the Babylonian money system and make sure you have food and water put away for your family. The Bible commands us to be prepared for the time that He has warned us that is coming. If we believe Him then we will believe what He says. The man who doesn't provide for his family is doomed according to Yahweh/God.

http://lewrockwell.com/rep2/rich-dad-poor-dad-prepper-dad.html

Here is a little something that was written by God's enemies in 1871. You decide for yourself if this plan is in effect or not? Have they fulfilled their plan so far? How do you think they are doing on #3 considering that the Middle East is melting down as we speak?

Albert Pike’s Prophecy of Three World Wars

Here are the three world wars predicted by Albert Pike in a letter to Mazzini, written in 1871:

"The First World War must be brought about in order to permit the Illuminati to overthrow the power of the Czars in Russia and of making that country a fortress of atheistic Communism. The divergences caused by the "agentur" (agents) of the Illuminati between the British and Germanic Empires will be used to foment this war. At the end of the war, Communism will be built and used in order to destroy the other governments and in order to weaken the religions.

"The Second World War must be fomented by taking advantage of the differences between the Fascists and the political Zionists. This war must be brought about so that Nazism is destroyed and that the political Zionism be strong enough to institute a sovereign state of Israel in Palestine. During the Second World War, International Communism must become strong enough in order to balance Christendom, which would be then restrained and held in check until the time when we would need it for the final social cataclysm.

“The Third World War must be fomented by taking advantage of the differences caused by the "agentur" of the "Illuminati" between the political Zionists and the leaders of Islamic World. The war must be conducted in such a way that Islam (the Moslem Arabic World) and political Zionism (the State of Israel) mutually destroy each other. Meanwhile the other nations, once more divided on this issue will be constrained to fight to the point of complete physical, moral, spiritual and economical exhaustion…We shall unleash the Nihilists and the atheists, and we shall provoke a formidable social cataclysm which in all its horror will show clearly to the nations the effect of absolute atheism, origin of savagery and of the most bloody turmoil. Then everywhere, the citizens, obliged to defend themselves against the world minority of revolutionaries, will exterminate those destroyers of civilization, and the multitude, disillusioned with Christianity, whose deistic spirits will from that moment be without compass or direction, anxious for an ideal, but without knowing where to render its adoration, will receive the true light through the universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of Lucifer, brought finally out in the public view.

This manifestation will result from the general reactionary movement which will follow the destruction of Christianity and atheism, both conquered and exterminated at the same time. - http://www.threeworldwars.com/albert-pike2.htm

Comments by Eli James:

Pike’s prediction is absolutely uncanny but understandable, given the fact that, at that time, Albert Pike was the official head of the Illuminati and World Freemasonry. In this position, he would have been privy to the Rothschilds’ plans for world domination, via the overthrow of Christian Civilization. Mainstream Christianity has been enlisted to fight for the Zionist cause against Islam; and that fulfills Pike’s prophecy. Understanding the three phases of the Rothschild plan to establish their New World Order, we can see that 9/11 was the official trigger of the internationally staged battle between Islam and the West, although this planned war has been in the works for nearly two centuries.

For those who still doubt the existence of the Illuminati, here are some quotations: In 1773 Professor Adam Weishaupt, who had probably been a Jesuit priest, became a Satanist and founded a secret society, the “Illuminati.” Weishaupt had been initiated into an ancient esoteric order by one, Kolmer, who had come from the East. He adopted the ancient Chaldean sign “O” as the symbol of his organization. The symbol among the ancient Chaldeans was the Zoro-Ashta. (See Chapter Two) The purpose of Weishaupt’s secret movement was to bring the complete destruction of Western Christian Society. He intended to destroy social authority; nationality and religion, to abolish the holding of private property, to plan social and political reform and to reorganize society as subordinate to a Master Race. - From “The Annihilation of Man” by Kenneth R. McKilliam. Also, Weishaupt’s code name, as an Illuminatus, was Spartacus. The Marxist Sparticist League, takes its name from Adam Weishaupt’s code name.

Writing of this Illuminati sect in 1797, The Abbe Barruel wrote: “In the desires of a terrible and formidable sect you have only reached the first stages of the plans it has formed for that general revolution which is to overthrow all thrones, all altars, annihilate all property, efface all law and end by dissolving all society.” (History of Jacobinism.) The Jacobins were the Jewish banker/Freemasons who concocted and financed the French Revolution, communism, fascism, Zionism and democracy.” America is a Republic, not a Democracy. Democracies always fail because of the corruption of a banker controlled central government.

If you go to this website www.itanimulli.org (Illuminati spelled backwards), you will be taken to the website of the National Security Agency, which is also a Rothschild puppet, as are the CIA, FBI, and all of our other “American” institutions, civilian and military. Anyone who doubts that Mystery Babylon has completely taken over America is either ignorant or insincere.

As David Livingstone states, in his fine article, entitled, Globalists Created Wahhabi Terrorism to Destroy Islam and Justify a Global State: The West and Islam have had a long era of compatibility, but this history has been denied to foster the myth of a "Clash of Civilizations." In order to inflame the sentiments of the West against Islam, our attention has been focused on the specter of fanatical Wahhabism, and more specifically, its most notorious exponent, Osama bin Laden. However, as outlined in an excellent article by Peter Goodgame, The Globalists and the Islamists, the Globalists have had a hand in shaping and financing all the terrorist organizations of the twentieth century, including the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt, Hamas of Palestine and the Afghan Mujahideen. But the history of their duplicity dates farther back still, to the 18th Century, when British Freemasons created the Wahhabi sect of Saudi Arabia itself, to further their imperialistic bjectives.

That a British spy by the name of Hempher was responsible for shaping of the extreme tenets of Wahhabism was mentioned in a Turkish work, Mir'at al-Haramain, by Ayyub Sabri Pasha between 1933-1938. British policy in its colonies

often involved the creation of deviant sects, in order to Divide and Conquer, as was the case with the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam in India in the nineteenth century.

The details of this conspiracy are outlined in a little known document by the name of The Memoirs of Mr. Hempher published in series (episodes) in the German paper Spiegel, and later in a prominent French paper. A Lebanese doctor translated the document to the Arabic language and from there on it was translated to English and other languages. The document is a first-hand account by Hempher of his mission for his government, which sent him to the Middle East to discover ways to undermine the Ottoman Empire. Among the vices the British were to promote were racism and nationalism, alcohol, gambling, fornication and tempting Muslim women to uncover themselves.

But most important was the strategy to "insert heresies into Muslims' creedal tenets and then criticize Islam for being a religion of terror." To this purpose, Hempher located a particularly corrupt individual by the name of Mohammed Ibn Adbul Wahhab. To understand the brand of fanaticism that Wahhabism inculcated, it is first necessary to recognize that Islam called upon all Muslims, regardless of their race or nationality, to see themselves as brothers in faith. The killing of another Muslim was strictly forbidden. However, as part of their strategy of Divide and Conquer, the British hoped to pit the Arab Muslims against their Turkish brothers. The only way to do so was to find a loophole in Islamic law whereby the Arabs could declare the Turks as apostates.

Abdul Wahhab was the instrument by which the British were able to insinuate this vile idea into the Muslims of the Arabian Peninsula. Basically, Wahhab contrived the idea that, simply by the trivial act of offering prayers to saints, their Turkish brethren had forfeited their faith, and therefore, that it was permitted to kill all who refused to adhere to his reforms, and to enslave their women and children. But that included the entire Muslim world, except for his small misguided band of followers.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=2757

From Kathe:

Now for the warning. A warning has gone out from the Lucierians that this weekend, the anniversary of our country's independence, MAY be the time of some incidences around the country. I just heard on the radio that an annual 4th of July concert was cancelled for no reason in Cleveland. Please be careful attending events from Thursday through Monday of this weekend. If you do attend a large event please be watchful of those around you. Watch for suspicious activity and if you see any, get out of there as fast as you can. No one knows if they are serious or just trying to put the scare out but better to be safe than sorry.

The Bible tells us that there are enemies of God that want to destroy all of the people of God. This is not a joke, nor a fairy tale. Read again what I posted above that was written in 1871. These are real people with a real agenda and so far they have completed it to the T. They are not joking around.

Most importantly, be prepared with at least 6 months of food and water. Have protection for your family. If you live near a big city, have a bug out plan. Keep your car filled with gas so you can get out fast. Have a bag packed with essentials that you can just throw in your car. There are a lot of sites out there with prep info. One of the best is www.standeyo.com. Holly Deyo has written an excellent book on preparedness called Dare to Prepare. It's the best handbook on what to do to prepare that I've seen. Very nitty gritty info. You can order it on their website and I got my copy in just 4 days.

Read what happened during the Egyptian riots and during the Argentina breakdown. If you think it's not going to happen here .... well... I really don't know what to say to that. When people like Robert Kyosaki and Donald Trump start talking like this then it's not just the nutjob whacko's anymore. Maybe it's time to take the conspiracy theorists seriously.

If you want to read about the Egyptian riots and Argentina here are the links:

Argentina: http://www.survivalmonkey.com/forum/general-survival/2715-ferfal-some-first-hand-experience-brief-story-argentina.html

and: http://ferfal.blogspot.com/2010/08/what-kills-you-after-economic-collapse.html

Egypt: http://pierrelegrand.net/2011/03/01/stuff-to-consider-when-planning-for-shtf-scenarios.htm

Forewarned is forearmed. The Bible tells us that this is going to happen. Most think it's not or that it's not going to happen in our lifetime. Jesus told us of the signs to look for to know when the time is near. So did Jeremiah, Joel and Ezekiel. He who has an ear let him hear.

Be careful this weekend and in the coming weeks. Get prepared. The time of warning is almost over.

The Wrong Salvation Message???

2011-06-26T09:49:00.004-04:00

The morning of 9/11 after the planes hit the twin towers there were some who directed people to head up to the roof so they would be away from the fires and be rescued. As we all know there were no roof rescues. The towers collapsed and anyone who didn't run down the stairs and out of the buildings perished.

Those who directed people to the roof tops thought they were doing the right thing. The people being directed were very thankful that they were going to be saved. Those helping thought they were keeping people from death. They were wrong.

Today's church message of Salvation is achieving the same results. The truth of the Bible is that Salvation comes by repenting of past sin, turning away from sin, trusting in Yahweh/Yahshua and keeping His Commandments. Trust and Obey. That is the message throughout the Bible, in the Old Testament and the New. How many Christians proclaim that message today?

The message today is come to the alter and accept Jesus into your heart. You have now been made new and are a member of the Kingdom. Period. End of story. That is so un-Biblical!!

It comes down to the question of what exactly is sin? The Bible tells us the answer. Sin is breaking the law. What law? Yahweh's Law. The Law set down in the beginning. The Ten Commandments are the foundation of the Law. Then there are the society laws, the dietary laws and so forth. Without these laws there is no sin.

Most Christians today say that we are not under the Law and don't have to keep the Law anymore. That statement makes me want to just shout out loud, ARE YOU CRAZY!!!! Do you even read the words of our Savior???

Matthew 5:17-19 (NASB)

17“Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. 18“For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19“Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Everything in the writings of the prophets have not been accomplished. He has not returned to accomplish the judgment upon this world.

I would like to know how Christians can justify that in the Sermon on the Mount Yahshua/Jesus is telling Christians how to live and in that Sermon tells them to keep the Law and yet they (Christians) say that just a year or so later when He is crucified that act abolished the law. Why would He even bother to talk about it, especially in such great detail as to say that he who annuls even the least of them and teaches others to do the same will be the least in the Kingdom. If what He was saying was only good while He was here on earth, what was the point???

For all of you out there doing the latest, greatest marketing plan from your church like "2 word story" are you telling the rest of the story? Salvation is not Salvation unless you teach repentance, turning away from sinning against the Law, trusting in Yahweh/Yahshua and keeping the Commandments. Any other Salvation message than that is a dead end message.

And for those of you who think that keeping the Law is a burden I have to say that you don't really know what you're talking about. Yahweh's Law is liberty. True freedom! It's health, protection and His prosperity. It's wisdom and knowledge. And it's eternal life with Him.

If you would like to learn more about the Law and how wonderful it is there is a good book on the subject. The Divine Law by Rand. I challenge any Christian to read it and still say they don't want to keep the Law. Our world would be a much different place today if we lived under Yahweh's law instead of man's law.

For those of you who are adamant about spreading the message of Salvation. Please re-think the message you're giving. If you are giving them a false sense of eternal security and they are going to end up in death anyway what is the point?

Who are the people living in the country of Israel today?

2011-06-02T17:05:00.001-04:00

Who are the people living in the country of Israel today?

Although the answer is in the Bible, most people don’t know what they are looking for and so they miss it. When you understand the foundation of “who are the people in the country of Israel today” you will understand why things are written the way they are, who the Bible is really talking about and how it relates to present day.

Let’s start with the present day current events:

In May 2011, our President suggested Israel should move its borders to reflect what they were in 1967. This proclamation challenged the sovereignty of the State of Israel and sent an underlying message to that small strip of land that its main supporter, America, may not be quite so supportive. Of course this means the country of Israel would be left vulnerable to enemy attack. This has many Christians in America up in arms. But just who exactly is occupying the land called Israel? Who are the Jews?

First, let me say that usually when anyone speaks the truth with regards to the true genealogy of the Jews that he or she most likely will be labeled as anti-Semite due to pre-conditioned responses deeply ingrained within us. This effectively stops the conversation and we never get to the truth of just who is occupying the land of Israel and who are the Jews?

What is an Anti-Semite?

From www.dictionary.com –

An Anti-Semite: a person who discriminates against or is prejudiced or hostile toward Jews.

What is a Semite?

From www.dictionary.com - Semite (n) –

1. a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.

2. a Jew.

3. a member of any of the peoples descended from Shem, the eldest son of Noah.

According to history this answer as to the definition of Semite is absolutely incorrect.

Webster’s Dictionary of 1953 does not mention either definition 1 or 2. The 1953 edition only states definition 3. The definition at dictionary.com enhances the description to include previously mentioned explanations 1 and 2. This embellishment serves to enhance a deception that has been forced upon the world.

A Semite is a descendent from the line of Shem – period. Anyone who is not a descendant of Shem cannot be a Semite.

Shem was the eldest son of Noah. Noah had two other sons, Ham and Japath. Abram (later Abraham) was born into Shem’s linage. (Gen 11:10-32 to see the genealogy). Abraham married Sarah and much later, believing Sarah to be barren, Abraham had relations with Hagar (Sarah’s servant). Hagar conceived Ishmael. Ishmael is the patriarch of the Arabic peoples – mostly nomads until recent years. These peoples are all Semites since they descend from the line of Shem.

Abraham and Sarah finally conceived Isaac. Isaac and Rebekah had twin sons, Esau and Jacob. Esau gave up his birthright to Jacob. Esau’s descendants became known as the Edomites. These also are Semites from the line of Shem. They intermarried with Canaanites (not Semites) and Ishmaelite (Semites). The descendents of Esau became enemies of God and will be destroyed by Him at His return. The book of Malachi speaks of how these descendents have risen up against GOD and how they will be destroyed.

Jacob’s name was changed to Israel by GOD. Jacob had 12 sons (the Twelve Tribes – the Nations of Israel). Drought caused Jacob’s family of 70+ people to migrate to Egypt and they eventually became enslaved under Pharaoh. These Twelve Tribes, these Nations of Israel, are God’s Chosen People. Anywhere that the Bible speaks of the Chosen People, Israel, Jacob, Judah or Ephraim it is speaking of these Twelve Tribes or one of those Tribes. It speaks of no other people as Israel.

Think of this as an upside down evergreen tree with divisions and offshoots as time and generations continue. The one thing that remains true are “The Twelve Tribes - The Nations”. These are God’s chosen, set-apart people. Once God told Jacob that his name was changed to Israel, they remained Israel. So everything in the Bible is written specifically to Israel and only Israel.

So who are the Jews? We find the first mention of some of them in II Kings 17. It gets more specific in verses 23 on…. The King of Assyria filled Samaria with surrounding people that were not Israel. Groups were transported from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim into the places that Israel once occupied. Further in chapter 17, these peoples were taught the ways of God by exiled Israel priests. Some Jews today are known as Sephardic Jews.

In 701 B.C. the king of Assyria defeated the northern kingdom of Israel and he took all of the Israelites into captivity into Assyria. He needed to fill that now empty land with people who would be loyal to him so he brought in all of these other people groups, the ones listed above in the Bible text. Many of these, including the Sepharvaim, were Edomites. These people became the rulers and peoples of the land in Palestine. About 200 years later King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did the same thing to the southern kingdom of Judah.

The Edomites brought the Babylon religion back to Jerusalem and combined it with the teachings of Moses to create the Babylonian Talmud, the book that the Jews use today as their main source of doctrine. The writing of the Babylonian Talmud was begun in 500 B.C. at the time of the Babylonian Captivity and was completed in approximately 500 A.D. (BTW – this is the same mystery Babylon religion started at the time of Nimrod and that the Bible speaks of saying, “come out of her, Mystery Babylon”.).

After many generations, Jesus was born into the line of Shem, into the Twelve Tribes, of the Tribe of Judah (one of the sons of Jacob). When you read the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) and the Epistles, things become clear as to “who the Jews really are”. John Chapter 8 - Focusing mainly on verse 33, “They (the Pharisee’s) answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?” Jesus knew that the Jewish leaders were Edomites. They were from the line of Abraham (through Esau) but neither Esau nor his descendants had ever been in captivity. On the other hand the true Israelites had been in captivity. Not only in Egypt under Pharaoh but under Assyria and Babylon as well. The Jewish leaders (Pharisee’s and Sadducee’s) knew that Jesus knew that they were usurpers and should not be in the power or position that they did. They were not truly His chosen people.

Now go to Matthew 27:25-32:

Mat 27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

Mat 27:26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

Mat 27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.

Mat 27:28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

Mat 27:29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

Mat 27:30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.

Mat 27:31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

Mat 27:32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.

The notice “King of the Jews” was written by Pilate who viewed everyone of this group as Jews by geography. (This is like calling everyone in America “Americans”). But, the chief priests and teachers (Pharisees and Sadducees) knew exactly who Jesus was and instead called Him the “King of Israel”…for Jesus was not their king. (John 19:19-22).

When reading the Bible with this basic information in mind, the truth becomes quite plain. For example in Acts 12:1-5, the Jewish leaders were pleased that James (brother of John) was killed. The Jewish leaders would never be happy that one of their own was killed. Remember that the Jewish leaders were really descendents of Esau (Edomites) and were not Israelites from the Twelve Nations or Tribes. They were simply living in the land that was once occupied by the Twelve Tribes of Israel because it had been vacated by the Twelve Tribes when they were dispersed by Assyria and Babylon.

The Apostles also all knew that Israel had been dispersed out of the land of Palestine. James, the brother of Jesus, opens his letter in James 1:1 (Here are several versions).

New International Version (©1984)
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings.

English Standard Version (©2001)
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad: Greetings.

International Standard Version (©2008)
From: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus, the Messiah. To: The twelve tribes in the Dispersion. Greetings.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
From James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. To God's faithful people who have been scattered. Greetings.

King James Bible
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

American King James Version
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

So where is true Israel today? Where are those Twelve Tribes? Scattered abroad….Europe and then into America, Australia and New Zealand, and South Africa.

This fulfills the prophecy given to King David in II Samuel 7:10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime.

(This prophecy was given to King David by the prophet Nathan during a time of peace in Israel. David was king over the entire Twelve Tribes and they were at peace with each other and the surrounding peoples. Why would God tell David that they would in the future dwell in a place of their own if they were already in that place?)

We are told in Holy Scripture that our name would be changed and we would be called the sons of Isaac. Anglo-Saxon is a derivative of Isaac’s sons. So where you see Anglo-Saxon people groups today is where God has planted His people. As He told Abraham long ago that his, Abraham’s, descendants would be uncountable. So are the Anglo-Saxons. The Jews are not.

There is one more twist to this whole story. The Edomite and Sephardic (more Edomite) Jews only make up a portion of today’s Jewish population. Over the centuries many other peoples have been assimilated into the Jewish religion though conquest and adoption. The majority of these are what is called Ashkenazi Jews. These Jews may not even from the line of Shem (son of Noah) but from the line of Japeth (another son of Noah), although through intermarriage many of them have married Edomite Jews so they are partial Edomites as well. They are Turkish/Mongolian lineage and may be Edomite as well. They are most assuredly not Israelite.

Most American Jews are Ashkenazi Jews as are most of the leaders in the Israeli state including Netanyahu. There is an excellent free online book by a Jewish author named Arthur Koestler which shows the history of the Ashkenazi Jews and who they are today. http://www.biblebelievers.org.au/13trindx.htm

That brings us back to the present day Israeli state in Palestine. Most people today, including most Christians, believe that the Jews are God’s chosen people and that the land of Palestine where the Israeli state is will be supernaturally protected by God when they are attacked.

We believe that if the Israeli state in Palestine is attacked, it is fulfilling the scriptures in (NIV) Malachi 1:1-4 An oracle: The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi. Jacob Loved, Esau Hated “I have loved you,” says the Lord. “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” the Lord says. “Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.” Edom may say, “Though we have been crushed, we will rebuild the ruins.” But this is what the Lord Almighty says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of the Lord. You will see it with your own eyes and say, ‘Great is the Lord—even beyond the borders of Israel!’

Today Edomite and Ashkenazi Jews occupy the Israeli state in Palestine, not the descendents of Israel, the Twelve Tribes. When Israel is attacked it is fulfilling scripture. God said that He will destroy them and He will.

Unfortunately, those who believe beyond doubt that the Jews of present day Israeli state of Palestine are the chosen people under the divine protection against such attacks will be shocked when events unfold and lead to the ultimate destruction of that land; for this belief is the underpinning of Christian faith and end times belief systems. The destruction of the state will challenge and disappoint that belief system and to them, quite possibly, the message of salvation will be compromised. After all, if God did not save “Israel” as these followers were led to believe, how can they trust in their own salvation? Subsequent attacks on America and Canada, where a majority of true Israel lives (Gog/Magog of Ezekiel 38 & 39) will find those who have bought into common belief largely unprepared for what the Bible says is coming.

There is quite a lot more on this subject if you are interested. My website has some resources for more in-depth study of this information.

http://www.infiniteabundance.us

Response to a Posting....

2011-05-05T11:17:00.002-04:00

This blog posting is a response to someone who nicely asked me a question as to my beliefs about who is true Israel. I appreciated that the person was decent about it because most are not.

Thanks. Most people just want to label me but I'm not able to be labeled. I don't belong to any movement or organization. About 4 years ago I got on my knees and begged Yahweh to show me His truth no matter what. That no matter what He showed me I would obey Him. He has opened one door of truth after another and as long as I keep faithful then He keeps opening those doors.

I think some in the Christian Identity movement could be called neo-nazi but some others have been labeled that erroneously. It's easy to pin a label on someone and really not fair to them. I've been called Nazi and worse but it's by people who don't want to get to know who I am and what I stand for.

When I was given this information a few months ago I was appalled and so angry that we, Christians, have been so lied to and so deceived. We talk about the NWO but don't really know who is running it because we don't search out the truth. We take things at face value - so naive - just like the sheep that Yahshua talks about. We see the names of the bankers, the wall street firms, the people in our government but we don't put two and two together on who they are. Many of our great leaders in the past knew who they were and fought to keep them out of our country and out of our leadership but they came anyway.

I have always been a person who stands up for the truth no matter what. If just one person gets it then it is worth the abuse to me.

Christians are following a very dangerous doctrine these days - at least most of them are. I mean think about it, all through Yahweh's word He constantly talks about a remnant. A small portion that belongs to Him. If the majority thinks something is right that should be a red flag to any Christian. The path is narrow, the narrow gate, etc. Yahshua saying I don't know you even though you've done things in My Name. All of those are strong hints that many so-called Christians are not making the grade. There is a wolf in sheep's clothing and the church is calling it God's chosen when it truly is God's enemy. The current church is all about love, love, love. I'm just heartbroken thinking about how little love they are going to get from Him when He stands and says, I don't know you because they clung to unrighteous doctrine rather than seeking out the hard truth.

I hate this. I truly do. I was happy following my feel good doctrine but I knew something wasn't right. That's when I asked Him to show me the truth and promised Him that no matter what I would follow Him. This has been a hard and terrible path. I've lost friends and family. I'm sad a lot - over them and over people I don't even know on the Internet because they so stubbornly hold onto their doctrine and time is so short.

Yahweh has been good to my husband and I. He continually shows us that we are on the right path. Just night before this He gave me a confirmation dream, one of several He has given to both my husband and I. He gives us direction all of the time and we so appreciate Him.

One key thing to remember is that labels are put on people, usually by people who have secrets to hide. They use names like neo-nazi, words like conspiracy theory, to belittle their enemy. To hide the truth. An interesting thing to research is who came up with the name anti-semite and why. It was done to keep the church in line with their plan, so the church would help them with the plan to destroy Christians. And the church happily went along with it. If you are interested I can tell you exactly where to find the information in their own literature, encyclopedia, etc. It's not hard to find but Christians are so much like sheep going along with their doctrine that they don't even have to hide their hate for us. It's in plain sight and we just don't care. BTW - if many Christian are true Israel then it is we who are Semites - from the line of Shem - not them. Another thing we have allowed them to steal from us. Our birthright, our name, our title as God's Chosen People.

My beliefs in a nutshell. Israel - all twelve tribes (according to the Scriptures - for one check out James 1:1) - were dispersed. They went from Assyria and Babylon and were absorbed into Medo-Persia then into Greece. Remember these were not the small countries they are today but were most of the Middle East that we know today. That's why Paul was sent to the Greeks - some of the dispersed ones there. From there they migrated north and west into Europe. Anglo-Saxon (they were to be called Isaac's sons). They populated most of Europe and then from there, thanks to Great Britain, migrated all over the world; America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, etc. Just like Yahweh promised Abraham in Genesis. Like the stars in the sky and the sand in the sea. A population uncountable. He promised them great wealth and power. He promised Ephraim and Manassah these things and He kept His promise. What hope do we have if He failed on His promises?

We used to send money over to the Israeli state. Not anymore. We know that this isn't about a strip of land in Palestine that is currently occupied primarily by Ashkenazi (Japeth) and Edomite Jews. Not made up by me - all in the historical records including their own encyclopedia and other writings. Now we support and pray for true Israel. Yahweh knows where they are. They are every where there are Anglo-Saxons that trust and obey Yahweh.

As for the other peoples of the world I don't know how they fit into Yahweh's plan. He doesn't really tell us anything except about His sworn enemies. The Book is written to and about Israel. Not about anyone else. The church is following a universal - everyone can be saved - false doctrine. Yahweh doesn't tell us what He has in store for anyone but Israel in our Book.

I would like to meet you as well. I have "met" some wonderful people through the Net and I'm looking forward to some really good conversation in the Kingdom. The Kingdom that is fast approaching.

Get some preps, get some protection but most of all Trust and Obey Him no matter what. War is coming to American soil. American's are not prepared for that. Many will perish. Many hearts will fail because they believe that it isn't going to happen here. We're supposed to be raptured out or at least it will happen way over there in the ME. Most of Israel is smack dab in the middle of North America. Russia and China have their missiles aimed right at the heart of Israel. I saw them in my dream and they are going to be headed this way. Only those who trust Him and obey Him no matter what will have a chance.

Lastly, I am not smarter than you are. Not a chance. The only thing I did was believe Yahshua when He said "Ask and you shall receive" and I asked for the truth. Anyone can do what I did and He will honor your request.

Israel’s Inheritance - Is it Yours?

2011-04-26T07:28:00.000-04:00

Israel’s Inheritance

Just who are God’s People – His Inheritance? Just who is the Bible written to?

The entire Bible is written to a people called Israel. It is not written to anyone else. It is written to and about a set apart people for Yahweh (God) about how they should live their lives so that they serve and honor Him in all that they do. It is a guidebook. It tells Israel how to live, how to interact with the other peoples around them and what is going to happen up until and at the end of this age.

It also tells about Yahweh's enemies. Those enemies are those peoples who are against Him and against His set-apart people, Israel. Some of these people are and have been the Amorites, Edomites, etc. The prophets (people of the Bible who spoke prophecy from Yahweh) tell us that at the Day of the Lord that these peoples will be punished for their evil against Him and against His set apart people.

The forefathers of Israel; Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, are there for Israel of today to learn from but as with most children we ignore the wise words of our fathers. Jacob (also called Israel) was the father of the Twelve Tribes (12 sons). This is why the nation, the set-apart people, were called Israel. These twelve tribes are in existence today just as they were then. In Revelation we are told about the Twelve Tribes and their role. The prophets, which Messiah Yahshua (Jesus Christ) spoke about and told us to listen to, tell us much about the Twelve Tribes in the end of this age. (The time we are now in).

The prophets also warn us of an evil people called the Edomites. The Edomites come from Esau, who was the brother of Jacob. These Edomites are the arch enemy of Israel. They helped Nebuchadnezzar when he took the tribes of Judah and Benjamin into captivity in the 500's B.C. They took over the land of Israel during that time and filled in the gaps that Israel had left. They became the ruling class of the area (Judea as it was then re-named - which is a variation of the name Edom). They became many of the Pharisee's and Scribes of Jesus' time. They became the "Jews".

A hundred or so years prior to Christ a man named John Hyrcanus made the decree that everyone who lived in the area of Judea would henceforth be called a Jew and adopt the Jewish religion which was based, not on the Bible (Old Testament Holy Scriptures), but would be based on the "oral traditions". This is the Babylonian Talmud, which began in the time of Nimrod and was orally passed from generation to generation. When the tribes of Judah and Benjamin were in Babylon during the captivity along with the Edomites they adopted much of this oral tradition. This is the teachings of man that Yahshua/Jesus ranted against so much.

Beginning just after the Babylonian captivity in about 500 B.C. they began to write down this oral tradition and finished the writings in it about 500 A.D. This is a huge collection of books that the Jews live by. (BTW this is also the road map of the NWO).

The Bible, as I stated above, is written to a certain people, the Israelites, the Twelve Tribes. The Bible doesn't really address any of the other people groups, with the exception of some of the enemies of Yahweh/God. The Twelve Tribes are Yahweh's chosen people. The Jews are not part of the Twelve Tribes. They are a mixed group of peoples whose lineage can be traced to Esau/Edom and to Japeth. There are, of course, some who call themselves Jews who are truly from the Twelve Tribes lineage just because they happen to live or were born into that area called Judea. The apostle Paul was called a Jew simply because he practiced the Jewish religion until he came out of it and believed and followed Yahshua. He was from the tribe of Benjamin, one of the Twelve Tribes.

Esau/Edom will be destroyed in the end of days. They are the enemies of Yahweh. This is foretold by the prophets. Because they are the enemy of Yahweh they should also be the enemy of anyone who says they belong to Yahweh. You cannot have as your friend someone who is an enemy of God. Well, you can but it won't bode well for you in the end. It is wise to know who these Edomites are today - the Jews. They are doing exactly what the Bible tells us they will do and at some point He is going to say, enough is enough. The Bible states that those who do not recognize the Son (Yahshua/Jesus) cannot have the Father. The Jews have never recognized Him. Are we going to go up against God and tell Him that He didn't mean what He said???? We explain it away and say that they just were blinded??? How is it that the chosen people were supposed to go into the world and show the Gospel by their example but the Jews don't do that at all? In fact they hate Jesus. When have they become missionaries? When have they become God's servants? Never. They are Edom - His enemy.

But the "church" will still sit there and mock Moses by saying that the words God spoke to Moses about blessing and cursing belong to the Jews, God's hated enemy. Those words apply to Israel. We are the people who will be blessed by those who bless us and cursed by those who curse us.

WE ARE GIVING AWAY OUR BIRTHRIGHT. BACK TO THE VERY SAME WHO GAVE IT AWAY TO US IN THE FIRST PLACE.

The Bible also tells the stories how His people turned away from Him and went to follow the gods of the other peoples and how angry that made Yahweh and what He did to punish them and what He did to redeem them. Several times this pattern happened. Israel is a stiff-necked (stubborn) people and they don't learn from their mistakes. It will take severe punishment and Him showing His Glory to get them on their knees repenting of their sins and turning back to Him. Many won't even then. How do I know? - the Bible tells me so.

DelRayMan - I read the whole Bible. From cover to cover it is filled with Yahweh's Glory and His relationship with His set-apart people. Those Twelve Tribes who were dispersed (James 1:1). Those Twelve Tribes who had their eyes blinded to who they are, their heritage. Those people, who now that we are in the end of days of this age are having their eyes opened to the truth. Those people, who traveled north and west into the desolate land, the land that Yahweh gave to them and the land that they were told they were going by the prophet Nathan to David in II Samuel. A land of unwalled villages and where they would have peace and safety.

That peace and safety is over. The end of this age is upon us. Israel needs to wake up and see who she is and what her heritage is and be ready for the return of her God and King.

If you are of Israel then the time to repent is now. Repent of the sins of idolatry. Repent of living life for yourself instead of for Yahweh. Keep His commands. Trust Him and obey Him. Quit trying to give your birthright away. Be Yahweh's servant. Live for Him only.

Just Who Are God's Chosen People???

2011-04-18T18:11:00.003-04:00

There is a verse in the Bible that is quoted often by Bible prophecy teachers and pastors.

Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curses thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

We have been told over and over that those who bless the Jews will be blessed and those who curse them will be cursed because we are told that the Jews are the chosen people of Yahweh, God of the Bible.

Luke 11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

When in their entire history have the Jews ever been with or for the Son of Yahweh - Yahshua or Jesus Christ? Even today they are against Him and call Him all sorts of names. They say that He is the illegitimate son of a prostitute and worse.

Let me tell you this and then you decide when the nation was blessed and when this nation was cursed.

Prior to 1948 the USA the unquestionably greatest, and strongest nation on earth. We were the only nation with the atomic bomb. We had ships in every ocean. We had troops on almost every continent. There was “a chicken in every pot.” We had 92% of all bathtubs in the world. We had over 50% of the world’s telephones, electricity, automobiles, paved highways, etc. We were 7% of the world’s population, living on 6% of the total land area of the world, yet we possessed, as a people, over 50% of the WORLD’S GOOD THINGS!

Our ally, and mother country England, was in much better shape than any other European country, and could still say that “THE SUN NEVER SET ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE.”

Then our two countries in 1948, through the power of the United Nations, which we established and allowed to be run on our soil, turned over Yahweh's promised land of Israel, to an organization of world Zionist Jews, and evicted most of the inhabitants to make room for the immigration of millions of Khazar Jews who, for the most part, have absolutely no blood-line connection with Yahweh's chosen people – the Twelve Tribes of Israel!

Now if Scripture were true then you would think that since we helped God's chosen be back in their land - like pastors teach today - then since then our country would be even better off than before. We would be rolling in success; militarily, financially and in every other way. However as you know our story is much different.

We have teenagers killing their parents, children divorcing and suing their parents, rampant teen-age pregnancy, teen-age gangs, drive-by shootings, teen-age murders, date-rape, plain old rape, our schools have their own police forces, fenced-in campuses, guards in the halls, dope sniffing dogs, metal detectors, our communities have aids, herpes, syphilis, cancer, Alzheimer, product tampering, millions are being foreclosed out of their homes, unemployment is at an all time high, debt in this country is higher than every and growing by billions, missing children, suicides, devil worship, marijuana, crack-cocaine, heroin, speed, etc. etc.

Our once feared and revered nation is now the laughing stock of the world. Nobody respects us internationally. We have not even begun to list all of the maladies extant in our country since 1948. We used to have the most feared fighting forces in the world and we haven't won a war since 1948. Our brave men and women are dying for causes that we shouldn't be involved in at all.

So it looks to me that we, thanks to all this country has done and is doing for God's hated people - the people He vows to destroy when He returns - we are reaping the rewards of what we are doing.

Our government sends money and weapons to the Israeli state. Our churches and Christian friends send money. We are keeping them afloat and at the same time bringing God's wrath upon us.

2 John 1:7-11 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh (The Jews). This is the deceiver and the antichrist. Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ (The Jews), does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching (The Jews), do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting; for the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deeds.

When we support the Jews we are just asking Yahweh to give us the same punishment that He is planning to give to them. We will share in their "reward".

Malachi 1:1-4 The oracle of the word of Yahweh to Israel through Malachi. I have loved you, says Yahweh, But you say, "How have You loved us?" "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares Yahweh. "Yet I have loved Jacob; but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness." Though Edom (Esau/the Jews) says, "We have been beaten down, but we will return and build up the ruins"; thus says Yahweh Lord of Heaven's Armies, "They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the wicked territory, and the people towards whom Yahweh is indignant forever."

America needs to wake up and realize that the Jews are NOT Yahweh's chosen people. They are not of the bloodline of Jacob/Israel. They are imposters trying to steal Israel's birthright for themselves. Yahweh knows who they are and as He says in Malachi He will tear them down. But if we are helping them then we will be as Yahweh's enemies and He will tear us down as well.

This land is being judged and we are blind to it. The judgements are going to get worse and worse until He finally returns. You are either for Him or against Him and if you are for His enemies then you are against Him.

Repent! The End is HERE!

2011-04-18T12:40:00.006-04:00

When will people wake up? When will people realize the need to repent of their sins before Yahweh, God of the Universe, returns? Why are people procrastinating, quite possibly until it's too late?

Where are our preachers? They are busy building bigger churches instead of warning their congregations that the Kingdom of God is at hand. They are speaking on the importance of tithing instead of on the importance of preparing for war. They are motivational speakers rather than preachers of Yahweh's Word.

The prophets; Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and the others ALL warned us of this coming time and war. We are sitting here in America IGNORING their warnings to us because we have been taught by the preachers and prophecy teachers that America is not even in Bible prophecy and all that the Bible has to say on the matter of End Times is about a tiny little strip of land in Palestine (the Israeli State) so we here in the good ole' U.S.A. have nothing to worry about.

UGH! UGH! UGH! There are so many things wrong with that way of thinking that I don't know where to begin.

1. The people who are living in that tiny strip of land in Palestine are NOT God's chosen people. According to their own literature, encyclopedia and writings and according to all historical documentation those people are not descended from Jacob, the father of the Twelve Tribes - the chosen people of Yahweh. They are a mixed people descending from the following people groups: Japeth (son of Noah), Esau/Edomites (descended from Esau brother of Jacob) and Cannanites (descended from Esau who married Caananite women).

So if that is true that means that all of this talk about 1948 being the start of the end time timeline is false talk. It means that that land over there has either no prophetic value or a different prophetic value. It means that all of those prophecies that the prophets spoke about must be about another place and another people.

2. America is in Bible prophecy. Not by name - how could that be when it wasn't even named until thousands of years after the prophecies were written. But it is in there. Isaiah 18 is an entire chapter that I call the America chapter. Then there is this little tidbit in II Samuel. Setting the stage for this verse we have King David in his palace in Jerusalem. He is king over all Israel - all twelve tribes - then entire nation is at peace for the first time. The prophet Nathan gives him this message from Yahweh.

II Samuel 7:10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

Why would God be telling David that he would appoint a place for Israel if it was the same place that David was already standing. That Israel was already occupying? That was also considered "their own" and that no one would "afflict them"?

Because Yahweh knew that Israel would only be together for a very short time and then for 3000+ years there would be conflict and a scattering of the Twelve Tribes until a few hundred years before the end of this age He, Yahweh, would bring the majority of His chosen people to a land of unwalled villages, a wilderness, a place of peace and safety and keep them safe until the final time of trouble. That place is America. The home of Christianity, the home of missionaries, the home of people who worship the one true God, Yahweh. That is, until the last 50 years or so.

This country is no longer under Yahweh's protection. We have turned away from Him just like our forefathers, the Israelites of the Old Testament did. We practice paganism and don't keep His Law and we ignore the prophets. Those prophets who are telling us what to expect, when to expect it and what to do to stay safe through it. We are ignoring it and we will get the same results that they did 2700 years ago.

The Bible speaks of the war of Gog-Magog/Armageddon. This is the war to end this current age and take us to the next age. This will be a war fought on North American soil. Are you ready for it? Or are you still convinced that it isn't going to happen here or that even if it does you don't have to worry because you'll be raptured out?

Well, all I can say is the evidence of Scripture doesn't back up the position of an Israeli state Armageddon and a rapture but if you want to hold onto that then so be it.

For those of you who want to know more there are links on my website where you can do more study. http://www.infiniteabundance.us

Repent because the end is not near - it is at the doorstep. It is here and there is not much time left to get right with Yahweh.

Taking a New Look at Ezekiel 38 & 39 - Part II

2011-04-14T15:42:00.004-04:00

We left off talking about Ezekiel 38, verse 4. This verse could be read, "I (Yahweh) will turn you (Gog-Magog) away from where you were planning on going, and I will lead you like a bull with a ring in his nose, and draw you and all your military forces, with all your weapons into the area I want you to be in".

No where does God say that He wants these military forces in Palestine, in the tiny state of the Israeli.

So, where then does Yahweh God lead these destructive forces?

We'll visit 2 Samuel 7:10 next: I will also appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, nor will the wicked afflict them any more as formerly.

This was a prophecy given to King David while he was ruling in Jerusalem over the entire Kingdom of Israel - all twelve tribes. Why would Yahweh tell David that He was going to appoint a place for His people, Israel, if they were already in that place?

Where Israel resides today - in that place - is where the battle of Gog-Magog or Armageddon is going to take place. I believe that place is North America and even more specifically, the U.S.A. Yahweh gave true Israel a place for their own, a land of unwalled villages, a land where they could live in peace and security, just like the Bible says.

Now that time of peace is over and the time of the end is here. Not near,..... here.

Let's talk now a bit about Isaiah 18. I call this the America chapter. Most pastors today say there is no sign of America in the Bible or in Bible prophecy. I believe they are wrong.

Isa 18:1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
Isa 18:2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
Isa 18:3 All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
Isa 18:4 For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
Isa 18:5 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
Isa 18:6 They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
Isa 18:7 In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.

Isaiah 18 tells us of a land to the west of the rivers of Ethiopia, or the Nile River area. I looked at my map of the world and went west from there and ended up across the Atlantic ocean pretty close to Atlanta, Georgia. The land would be covered with buzzing wings (the hundreds of airplanes that fly across our country daily). That this country would send it's ambassadors across the world in ships. (Before air travel our ambassadors had to travel by the sea except for South America and Canada).

The people who lived in this area, which had been desolate, uninhabited, a forest primeval, were to be terrible from their beginning. Since our infancy and until just recently we were feared all over the world. Our military is known as the best of the best. When we were just a tiny soon to be nation we beat the strongest military power in the world - England. The word terrible actually means respected, which we were until just recently.

The U.S. is the only nation to be completely surveyed by the U.S. Metes and Bounds Act of the early 1800's. All of our lands have been laid out by compass.

And our men are tall and for the most part clean shaven. This was one characteristic that set us apart from other military men in World War II.

So now what? If there is to be a great and terrible war to end this age and it is going to come against Israelites - true Israelites - now what?

If you are a believer in Yahweh and His Son Yahshua then most likely you are a descendent of one of the Twelve Tribes and are a part of true Israel. This war is coming to your land, to you and your children and grandchildren. The pieces are all falling into place. This country is no longer a country devoted to Almighty Yahweh. We have, for the most part, turned our backs to Him and His ways. We do not keep His Commands and we have allowed this country to become morally and spiritually corrupt. We allow unborn babies to die and our military to be used as the policemen of the world instead of defending our borders as it was meant to do in our Constitution that was built on Biblical principals.

We allowed Yahweh to be taken out of our schools and our society and morally disgusting behavior to take its place. This country, by poll, says that it is over 80% Christian. I have a hard time believing that. If we were 80% Christian there would be no abortion, we would have prayer allowed in schools and we certainly would not have the government that we have today.

I could go on and on but I think you get the point. We are not a godly nation in words or deeds and it is almost time that Yahweh says, "enough is enough". It's time to bring judgement on not His people that have sinned, but on the entire world. That is Armageddon.

He will use the armies of the world to fulfill His will. It is going to be more horrible than any can imagine. We have lived in a country that has not seen war on its mainland soil since the Civil War. Most cannot even imagine this taking place. It's easy to think of it happening across the sea in Palestine but not here. Not in America. Well see it or not, it's coming and it's coming soon.

BUT..there is hope. Hope for those who put their full faith and trust in Yahweh and His Son Yahshua. Trust and Obey. Trust Him no matter what you see, no matter what you hear, no matter what is going on around you. Obey His Commands. Read through Exodus to see what He expects of His set-apart people. How He wants us to live our lives. We can only get through this by trusting and obeying Him, no matter what. Live what is left of your life by living for Him 100%. Put Him first in all things. Above all material things.

I leave you with Psalm 91. A prayer for all Israelite Christians in these last days.

Psa 91:1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psa 91:2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Psa 91:3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
Psa 91:4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Psa 91:5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Psa 91:6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Psa 91:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Psa 91:8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Psa 91:9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
Psa 91:10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Psa 91:11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Psa 91:12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Psa 91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Psa 91:14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Psa 91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Psa 91:16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

Repent, for the end is here. Repent, then trust and obey.

The Feast Days of Yahweh - Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread

2011-04-06T12:58:00.000-04:00

It is the 6th of April, 2011 as I write this. On the 17th will be Passover. We have already begun planning for this special day and we are so excited for it. Passover is the 14th of Aviv. The month of Aviv is the first month of Yahweh's calendar.

Passover is the beginning of the 7 Set-Apart Feast Days/Times required by Yahweh for His Set-Apart believers to remember and to keep. The 7 Feasts, when put together, tell the story of His redemptive plan for His people, Israel.

We are told by Him to keep the Passover and teach why we keep it to our children. Most Christians today don't keep it and even shy away from those of us who do keep it. We make a point to invite other Christians to the Passover dinner and it always surprises me when they decline. (However these are the same people who if we were having a Halloween costume party would be there in a heartbeat). :(

Passover tells the amazing story of believers in Israel being saved from death - being redeemed. They were told by Yahweh that He was going to go through Egypt and kill all of the firstborn sons. The firstborn sons of the humans and of the animals. Not one would be spared except those who obeyed Him by painting the blood of a lamb on their doorpost. (There is that word "Obey" again)! They couldn't just believe Him, they had to show their belief by the blood. And those that obeyed were spared the agony of death in their household.

Passover also tells the amazing story of our redemption as Israel today. A lamb is not enough to save us; we had to have THE LAMB as a sacrifice. Passover tells us the story of Yahshua, the Messiah. Yahweh, God in the flesh who came to earth as a human to live and then to die for our sins.

When we keep the Passover and eat the meal we talk about these two Passovers and how much they mean to us as believers. We pray that in the final time of trial coming to us that we once again will be "passed over" by our God, Yahweh.

Beginning at sun down at Passover will be the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. This is a 7-day feast to Yahweh signifying the Israelites time spent in the desert, wandering because of their sin against Yahweh. What was their sin? Unbelief in Him and His plan for them. He told them to go into Canaan - the promised land - and take it for themselves. They were afraid of the Canaanites and doubted Yahweh. He punished them by keeping them wandering about in the desert until all of the adults had died. Those adults never saw the promised land. All because they did not trust and obey Yahweh. How many Christians today are not going to see the promised land because they don't trust and obey Him?

During Unleavened Bread our family abstains from eating any food with leavening in it. No yeast, baking soda or baking powder. We eat flat breads and refrain from cakes and cookies and pancakes. We do this in remembrance of our ancestors who wandered that desert because of their unbelief and use it to remind ourselves to always trust and obey Him - no matter what.

To be continued.......

Taking a New Look at Ezekiel 38 & 39 - Part I

2011-04-06T08:20:00.000-04:00

In the 80's a man named Col. Jack Mohr (deceased) wrote an article about Ezekiel 38 & 39. This blog posting is going to liberally take from his article and update it with current events and my thoughts. As I read through Col. Mohr's work I wonder what he would be thinking living in America today with the leadership that we currently have. Actually I'm pretty sure that he would know that we only have a short time left as the Watchmen.

A Bible student does more than just read through the Bible. A true Bible student will "Study to show yourself approved unto Yahweh, a workman that need not to be ashamed; rightly dividing the word of Truth" (2 Timothy 2:5). What I am going to attempt to do in this post is to begin to study out these two very important chapters which tell about the end of this age. We will use the Word to answer questions about the Word rather than going to our dispensational/doctrinal handbook. I'm asking you to put aside the current teaching on end times and open your mind to the what the Bible truly says.

Ezekiel himself wrote the following, which is why I'm writing out these posts to you now.

Ezekiel 3:18-21 - When I say to the wicked, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 Yet if you have warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered yourself. 20 Again, when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I place an obstacle before him, he will die; since you have not warned him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand. 21 However, if you have warned the righteous many that the righteous should not sin and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; and you have delivered yourself.

So let's begin.....

Let us first take a look at II Samuel 7:10 as this is the basis to show us where Ezekiel 38 & 39 is going to be played out.

This was a vision given to King David while he was in Jerusalem as King over Israel. At this time in history the Kingdom was all Twelve Tribes. The Kingdom was not separated and it was for the most part at peace. Previous to verse 10 Yahweh is telling David all that He, Yahweh had done for him in setting up this Kingdom and what He is going to do for David in the future.

II Samuel 7:10 I will also appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, nor will the wicked afflict them any more as formerly,

It goes on from there to elaborate more on this future for David's descendents. Yahweh is telling David of a NEW place that is obviously not where David is currently living in Jerusalem in Palestine. A place where they have their own place and will not be disturbed by their enemies.

The next thing we must be clear on is who is currently living in the Israeli state in Palestine. Our pastors and end times teachers are pretty clear that the Jews are end time Israel and they quote the Fig tree passage from Matthew and use that as a timeline start for the end of all things. What a joke! I mean seriously. First they used 40 years from 1948 and the dates and times of a generation have changed several times since. There is prophecy to be fulfilled about the tiny Israeli state but it is not what we hear from our churches.

The people living in Israel today are not who we have been taught. Historical evidence shows that most Jews today are Ashkenazi Jews who originate from the ancient Khazar region of Russia and have no Abrahamic blood in them at all. In fact they are from the line of Japeth. The other 10% of Jews today are Shephardic Jews who are from the line of Esau or as our Bibles talk Edom. This is all historical fact and you can research it out for yourself. There is an excellent online book by Arthur Koestler (a Jew himself) called "The Thirteenth Tribe" which gives historical documentation on these issues.

Current day Jews are not the "Chosen People" of Yahweh and in fact hate Him and hate His Son, Yahshua and hate their people, Christians. There is much published material by Jews themselves, including the Babylonian Talmud and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion along with many articles and quotes from Jewish leaders that will show you the truth of this matter if you want to search it out for yourself. The fact that these people hate the Messiah is contrary to Scripture that talks about Yahweh's chosen people. Yahweh's chosen people do not hate their Messiah. Yahweh's chosen people love and adore and trust and obey their Messiah because they know that their Messiah, Yahshua (Jesus Christ) is Yahweh in the flesh.

There is a plan in place by these Jews (also called Zionists) to build a One World Government and destroy true Israel. This plan has been in place for over 2500 years. This plan can be traced back in its infancy to ancient Babylon and put into place when Jerusalem and the tribes of Judah and Benjamin were taken into captivity to Babylon about 500 years before Messiah came. In order for their plan to work they must take on the role of Yahweh's chosen and destroy the true chosen ones. (If you want more information on this you can easily research it yourself. Read "The International Jew" by Henry Ford, Sr. and "The Exclusiveness of Israel" by Arnold Kennedy. Both of these can be found as free online books. Also search out what our founding fathers had to say about these people who call themselves Jews. People like George Washington and Benjamin Franklin).

There is a prophecy about these Jews in Malachi 1:2-4. They will get their just rewards for the millions of true Israelites they have murdered. Yahshua Himself warns them in Matthew 23:35 That on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom you slew between the temple and the altar.

I urge you to read the entire chapter of Matthew 23 and see who the Jews truly are. Yahshua called them vipers. He said that they were of their father the devil. In John 8:33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how say you, You shall be made free? This is very telling. ALL Israelites were in bondage in Egypt. They were admitting to Him that they knew they were not from the line of Jacob, the Twelve Tribes. Read the four Gospels and read His own words to them. Read Revelation 2:9 and 3:9 about the pseudo Jews Yahshua spoke about who have infiltrated the Christian church to deceive Christians. Read Titus 1:10, 11 and see what Paul wrote. On and on. It's all there if you only open your mind to it. I fear that thousands of Christians have become the blind, dumb watchmen of Isaiah 56:10,11. The wolves are well into the sheep pasture and stealing away all of the sheep.

By the way the word anti-Semite was made up by the Zionists to protect themselves from people who find out the truth about them. In fact, Christians who are true Israel are the true Semites and the Jews, for the most part, have no Semite blood in them at all. (Semite meaning from the line of Shem, son of Noah). Ashkenazi Jews are from the line of Japeth, not Shem.

NOTE: A small minority of Jews will also be true Israel. Just as the Apostle Paul was called a Jew when he was really from the tribe of Benjamin and was a Benjamite. He was called a Jew because he practiced the Jewish religion. He came out of that religion on the road to Damascus and I urge anyone who is a true Christian, true Israel, to also "Come Out Of Her" (Revelation 18:2-4). This mystery religion which came from Babylon.

Now it is time to explore Ezekiel 38 & 39 for the truth of the matter. I pray that Yahweh opens your mind to the truth instead of the lies that we have been told. Bottom line is that North America is in for the mother of all wars - Armageddon. North America is where the majority of Israel has been planted by Yahweh, in safety and security all these years. North America is the target of destruction by the New World Order (in the above documents you'll find out just who is behind this NWO).

In 1857 Reverand F.E. Pitts spoke twice before a joint session of Congress, and in each message he identified this enemy of the U.S. as Russia.

In the mid 1800's Commodore Perry of the U.S. Navy read a paper before the American Geographical and Statistics committee in which he predicted that sometime in the future, a deadly war would take place between Russia and the U.S.

George Washington had a vision of 3 wars on American soil. The first was the one he was currently in (Revolutionary War), the second at the turn of the century would be the Civil War and the final sometime in the future which would be the worst of all of them. You can do an online search for his vision.

There is no explanation necessary for Ezekiel 38:1 so onto verse 2. Ezekiel is ordered to "set your face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophecy against him,"

We can go straight to the historical record to identify Gog and Magog and discover who Meshech and Tubal are. Most Bible scholars agree that these people come from the geographical area we now know as Russia and Siberia. These are fairly easy names to identify and Tubal was the grandson of Noah (his father was Japeth) and according to historical sources Japeth settled in Central Asia on the vast tundra of Siberia.

Verse 3 indicated that Yahweh is against and hates Gog, the Chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. No reason is given here for this hatred but in Ezekiel's lament over the destruction of Egypt by Babylon he speaks about those who will be destroyed along with her. A partial text from Nebuchadnezzar's archives indicates that Babylon invaded Egypt in 568/567 B.C. and those who helped Egypt were identified as Asshur (Assyria), Elam (Persia), Meschech the son of Javan, Tubal the son of Japeth (these two were mentioned in Ez. 27:13 as merchants of Tarshish) and Edom/Esau/Idumead (Esau as in Jacob's brother). Because they went against Yahweh's will for Babylon and Egypt they were to be punished.

I also believe that Yahweh has bitter hatred against Gog because of what they did to His Christian people in Russia in 1917 during the Bolshevik Revolution. Surely He will not allow the murder of countless millions who believed on and in Him to go unpunished. (BTW why do we never hear about these murders which are far more grotesque than the overblown and mostly made up Jewish Holocaust?) (Yes! Do your own due diligence here people and see the lies we have been told. Many Jews themselves tell of the lie of the Holocaust - the lie generated by them in order to bilk Christians and their nations of billions of dollars and lay upon us a guilt trip of their own making).

Yahweh's Word tell us that in the end of this Age the Gog confederation will start out on a great military adventure. Her allies are mentioned; Persia (Iran), Ethiopia, Libya, Gomer and his band (a son of Japeth), and the house of Togarmah.

Verse 4: Indicates that Yahweh will forcibly turn them from their objective, which could possibly be in Palestine, as they would like to have control of that crossroads of the world.

Many end times prophecy teachers say that Yahweh will turn Russia away from their plan of world conquest to attack the little Israeli nation in Palestine. Their plan for Yahshua's return hinges on the Jews (not true Israel) to be in Palestine and be recipients of this attack. They claim that Yahshua will not return until this happens. That when the Jewish nation is under attack that He will come back to save them and they will then recognize Him as their Messiah and be saved.

They point to the verses Zechariah 12:9,10 and point to where is says, And they (the Jews) will look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness as for his firstborn". It says nothing about them repenting and turning to Him. They will be like a murderer, who stand before the judge and hears him pronounce the death penalty. He may begin to weep and ask for mercy, and he mourns all right, not because of his crime, but because he finally has to pay the penalty for it.

In that day the Jewish people will be reminded of the request they made to Pilate at Messiah's trial. Matthew 27:24, 25 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see you to it. 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

The time for payment of their blood debt comes in Zechariah 12.

End of Part I

And the Truth Shall Set You Free! Study of Ezekiel 38 & 39 Introduction!

2011-04-05T16:56:00.000-04:00

I had no idea of the power of these words that our Messiah said in the book of John.

John 8:31, 32 - So Yahshua said to those Judahites who believed Him, “If you stay in My Word, you are truly My taught ones, and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

I have spent the last few months studying the Scriptures for the Truth of a matter that came to my attention at the end of last year. Someone sent me some information concerning who the twelve tribes of Israel are today. The information made the claim that because the Bible is a book of Israel that it was important information to know.

I had heard a few times in the past of the lost tribes and where they might be but never put much stock in it figuring that Yahweh would sort it all out when He came back and that there were more important things to work on right now. This new information was given to me in such a way that I knew it was something that was to be looked at now as it has much bearing on end times and who is who in today's world and what that means to a follower of Yahweh.

So I have spent the last months opening up my mind to something I previously thought unimportant. Not anymore. I am now convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that this information is critical to all believers and that with this information the Holy Scriptures are unlocked to reveal truths that were never seen before.

I have read the Bible cover to cover many times. Now I read it with new eyes. It is unbelievable to me the things I missed before. With this new information it is clear. I am seeing things I never saw before. It has given me true freedom and peace and I hope to show you that you can have that same peace.

Our world today is in turmoil. The powers that run this world are running amok and taking more and more control. I was talking with someone the other day who came here years ago from Poland. They lived there under the communist regime. He said that they had more freedom there than we do in America today. And he is right. Every day you read news of more liberty and freedoms being stolen from us.

What you might not know is that this has been planned for centuries and it is now coming to fruition. This is an idea that was hatched in ancient Babylon and the final battleground is North America. The wilderness that is spoken of in the book of Isaiah is now full of Yahweh's people living in unwalled villages.

Armageddon is coming to North America. Ezekiel 38 & 39 is going to be fulfilled, not as the Christiandom End-Time preachers say it's going to be, but like the Bible says it will be. It's time to take off the dispensational hats and the blinders that we've been wearing and read the truth of the Word of Yahweh.

The Truth will set you free.

This is part one of a series on this issue. The beginning, the introduction if you like. In the coming blogs, I will be showing who true Israel is, who is living in the Israeli state of Palestine and what this all means.

One last note for today. Please prepare for what is coming.
I Timothy 5:8 And if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the belief and is worse than an unbeliever.

Just as Joseph prepared for his family to survive the 7 years of famine, we need to prepare to go through the terrible time of trial about to come upon us.

The Law and the Prophets!

2011-03-13T17:48:00.000-04:00

The Law

It seems that many Christian today are against Christians obeying the Commandments of Yahweh. I find this disturbing since Yahshua kept the Commandments perfectly and if He hadn't then He would not have been our perfect sacrifice and none of us would have a chance in hell of making it into the Kingdom.

There are two parts to the Torah. One is the Commandments and the other is the Sacrificial system. Yahshua became the perfect sacrifice which supersedes the entire sacrificial system and made it redundant. He, in His own words in Matthew, said that the Law and the Prophets will stand until His return.

Many say, "well that was Yahshua but after His death and resurrection that all changed". Well I say, "then He was a liar because of His words in Matthew". And if that is true then why did Paul and the Apostles and the early church for 300 years keep the Sabbath, keep the Feast times and keep the Commandments?

It wasn't until the time of Constantine that most of the church folded under pressure from the church in Rome that they converted to Sunday worship (the Lords Day). At that time also adopted the pagan festivals which were re-named to pacify the growing Christian church.

Those who keep the Commands of Yahweh are not doing it to be saved. At least the many that keep them that I know. We keep them because we absolutely love Yahweh and His Son Yahshua and we are being obedient because we love Him.

We do not keep the sacrificial system because we are trying to save ourselves, we do it because we are honoring Him and we are so grateful to Him. By keeping the Commandments and not being able to keep them perfectly, we understand the magnitude of what He did for us. Without the Law there is no sin. Without sin, there is no need of a sacrifice. When I fail to keep the law, when I mess up, and I do, I have Him. I don't need to kill a goat. He is our ultimate and much needed sacrifice.

Every day that I go to bed knowing that I wasn't perfect in keeping His law that day I thank Him for what He did for me. It was an ENORMOUS gift that He did not have to give to me. Without the Law what do I need Him for?

So I will live my life honoring Him by obeying and trusting Him. There is no more to it than that.

To those of you who constantly are saying that we are trying to "earn" our way into the Kingdom that is a lie. Earning it is impossible. You cannot even begin to earn your way. Just because we keep the Commandments doesn't mean we are trying to earn our way. Our way into the Kingdom is a gift, pure and simple.

The Prophets

In Matthew 5:17 - 19 Yahshua also tells us to listen to the Prophets. Those prophetical books are there for us to learn. They tell us what is going to happen and how it is going to happen and who are enemy is. Without those books we are in the dark.

Many Christians today do not read the prophets or when they do, because our Bibles have been severely redacted by publishers and because the average person doesn't bother to look further into history, we are deceived at just who our enemy is today. In fact, most Christians would be shocked if they realized that the people they support most are in fact, their enemy of over 3,000 years.

Yahshua and John the Baptist knew who they were and constantly called them out on it. The people of Yahshua's time knew who they were and were afraid of them. Down through the centuries they have behind every single one of the wars we have fought and the crimes against the Christian church. They have murdered hundreds of millions of Christians. And they have brainwashed the current Christian community that they are Yahweh's chosen people and throw the "I will bless them that bless you and curse those that curse you" verse around as a mantra. Knowing full well that the blessing and cursing is meant for Israel, not them. And they laugh about it behind closed doors (and sometimes not so closed doors).

Read through the Gospels and read the words of Yahshua when He spoke to them. Never, not once, did He acknowledge that they were of His sheep. In fact He said exactly the opposite and said they were of their father the devil.

In John chapter 8 they admitted that they were of Abraham but not of Jacob. (read now they say that they were never enslaved and remember Israel/Jacob/12 tribes were enslaved in Egypt). Both Yahshua and they knew that they were of Esau, not Jacob. They knew that He knew and that is why He was murdered. They were afraid that He would rise up according to the Scriptures and finally get rid of them. (It was not the time then but that time is coming).

Then research and find out who owns Wall Street and the Banks. Who owns the Federal Reserve. Who owns Hollywood and all major media including TV, Radio and all major publishing houses including those that publish the majority of Bibles and Christian books today. Find out who is behind the scenes controlling our government including the white house, the senate, the congress and the judicial system. What about our food sources? Who is really behind of taking God out of schools and government? Who are the highest Masons? Who are the Rothchild's? Who are the CFR? They won't be Christians. Who is running our educational system? Who are at the head of most major universities? Who controls the money system for the world? Who makes a profit no matter which way the political system in America goes? A little bit of time researching will give you the answers.

Then look at the prophecies concerning Israel and honestly ask yourself have the people we call Jews really fulfilled these amazing prophecies? No way. They haven't even come close to it. Most of them are atheists and have not done anything to help spread the Gospel of Yahshua. Most of them hate Him.

Then get yourself a copy of the Babylonian Talmud. This is their most holy book and what they live by. You think the Koran is bad? The Koran was modeled after the Babylonian Talmud.

Israel was chosen by Yahweh to be a servant leader to the world. To lead the world through service into worshiping Yahweh. Have the Jews done that? Who has?

Read the Talmud and it says the opposite of serving. It says that every Jew will have 1,000 slaves from the Christians. This is the book that every Jew is well read by their adulthood. Then look about the world today and see who is really in control?

There is documented proof of high-ranking Jews saying things like the following: Anyone who is not a Jew is a dog; that the life of 1,000 non-Jews is not even worth a fingernail of a Jew; that anyone who is not a Jew is meant to be a slave of a Jew. This is only a bit of what is out there if you search for it.

Please wake up to the truth before it's too late. We cannot continue to support the very people who are trying to destroy us. One Jew made the comment in the 80's that they hoped to have all Christians destroyed by the year 2000. Thank Yahweh they are behind schedule. And He promises in His Word that He will come back before we are all destroyed.

He also says that we will be destroyed through out lack of understanding. Understand who the enemy is. Did you know that 90% of Jews in America are not even from Palestine and not from the line of Shem. They are not even Semitic peoples. They can be traced historically as going back to the line of Japeth. Many others trace their line to Esau. This is another thing they have turned against us. Antisemitism is a word introduced by the Zionists to protect themselves against Christians knowing the truth about them. When in fact it should truly be the other way around.

Yahweh warns us against colluding with the enemy. His enemy. When we support them we are against Yahweh and we will be judged by Him for that.

Do NOT take my word for it. Research it yourself. I'm just a mom, a grandmom, a wife that stumbled across the truth and was at first astonished, then sick to my stomach, then just plain mad that I had been deceived for so long. How much money I had sent to the enemy. How many times I prayed for their salvation and safety. I was sick. I prayed for the truth to be given to me from His Word and He delivered. He is amazing!!

The Prophets knew. Read the prophets. Read the Gospels. Ask Yahweh to open your mind to the truth and to show you the way. Don't take the word of this woman you don't know.

I'm not here to convince you or argue with you. The truth is out there if you search for it. I pray that you get out of the doctrine we have all been indoctrinated with and ask Him for clarity and wisdom and discernment and knowledge to know the truth. I'm no expert and still learning myself. I just had to share my heart with you all today.

Coming Out of Organized Religion

2010-12-17T12:09:00.000-05:00

An acquaintance of mine just announced that she was proud to have come out of the Protestant religion and joined Catholicism instead. She said that she is much happier now. I asked her if she had ever read the book by Dr. Alexander Hislop called "The Two Babylons". She wasn't interested in hearing about it at all. She was perfectly happy in her new religion.

For anyone who has not read The Two Babylons I highly recommend it. In it he shows the roots of religion today; where it came from and how it was developed. How so many of the traditions that we hold near and dear in our religious life stem from ancient Babylon under Nimrod. That today must of the "church" is following the traditions, not of Yahweh/God of the Bible, but of Satan and his followers.

Religion today is man made and Satan based. When a religion that we choose to belong keeps pagan festivals, refuses to keep Yahweh's set apart Feast times and Sabbaths, then we can only conclude that the evil one is the one truly being worshiped.

I was at a gathering yesterday and someone asked me how I was doing getting ready for christmas. I simply said, we don't keep christmas in our house. She looked at me with wide eyes and said, oh I didn't know you were Jewish. No, I replied. I'm not Jewish. I just follow the Bible and what it says about it. Subject dropped.

In my experience, people just do not want to know the truth. I don't understand that way of thinking. I want to know the truth more than anything. The bible says in John 8:32 "and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

The problem with knowing the truth is that once you know the truth you now have to act. You have the choice to either obey or disobey. It seems that most people just want to hide their heads in the sand and not know, thinking that not knowing they can just keep doing what they are doing with no consequence. Problem is with that thinking is that they will be held accountable anyway. We are expected to read His Word and know what He wants from us and to obey. Saying we didn't know is just not going to work with the Almighty Creator.

Organized religion is Satan's way of deceiving the masses. They are drugged by church services into thinking they are saved and going to heaven. My heart aches knowing that the Day is coming where those thousands and millions are going to finally know the truth and the truth, rather than setting them free, will no longer do that, but will commit them to an eternity without Yahweh. I just want people to wake up and know the truth of His Word. Read it. Over and over again. And if the church that you attend practices any of the pagan traditions that Yahweh states in His Word that He hates, get out of there as fast as you can.

Please wake up. We are in the final time of this earth and time is short. Your time to start obeying Him is almost past. Wake up and look at the world around you. See what is going on. The Bible commands us to "Watch". Many times when referring to the end of days it commands us to watch. When you watch, you know the time you are in.

If you want some good Bible reading here is a list to start you off:

Matthew 24 and 25
Jeremiah
All of the minor prophets

Read those and then tell me you don't think you need to obey Yahweh right now - today! One day it will be too late. I pray that you have ears to hear before that day comes.

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Dear Family and Friends....

2010-11-27T12:40:00.001-05:00

http://www.watchmanscry.com/audio/Nathan_112310.mp3

Some of you will already know of this, some won't. Some I have been trying to warn for awhile about this stuff. The most important thing for all of us is our eternity with Yahweh. Nothing on this earth compares to that. If we are true believers of Yahweh's (God's) Word - the Bible - then we must believe ALL of it. Not just pick and choose what we want out of it, but the WHOLE Word of God.

When you read the Bible beginning to end you get a pretty clear picture of Yahweh's plan. In Matthew 5:17 - 19 Yahshua/Jesus tells that until all is finished and the heaven and earth pass away we are to keep/learn/listen to the Torah and the Prophets. Why? Because it will save our lives in the end. The prophets all speak of The Day of Yahweh/Day of the Lord or Adonai. I just read Joel last night and the entire book speaks of that great and terrible day at the end of time on earth. It also gives hope for those who are true believers in Him. Joel 2:32 At that time, whoever calls on the Name of Yahweh will be saved.

All of the prophets speak of the Acharit-hayamin - the time of the end or the end days. This is the time we are in right now.

I have a big problem with most churches these days and so does Yahweh. How do I know that? Because He says so. Jeremiah when writing about the end days speaks to how Yahweh is angry with the shepherds because the sheep are lost. The shepherds are not teaching the flocks how to get through these great and terrible days. They are ignoring it. And the sheep are just going along with it. Many, many are going to be lost in these times because they don't even know how to call on the Name. They don't even KNOW the NAME! The Name is not God, or Lord, or Savior, or even Father - those are all titles. His Name is Yahweh. The most amazing Creator God! Yahweh - the Name by which we are saved. When we trust and obey Him - that is our ONLY hope!

I don't know how to get people to wake up to the truth that it is over - the world as we know it. Most times I feel as if I am talking to a wall. My heart is breaking because the people that I love the most just aren't hearing and I'm sure just think I'm going or have gone wacko! Will Yahweh protect you just because I beg Him?

The bible speaks of a time where we will no longer be able - as followers of Yahweh - to work or to do much of anything. Listen to this audio and see if that time is not quickly approaching. As a woman who follows Yahweh's Word and be pure to Him and my husband - how can I possibly fly anymore? I cannot. I cannot go through a body scanner that shows a complete stranger my naked body - a body that only my husband is allowed to see. I cannot possibly go through an invasive body pat down and let a complete and total stranger touch areas on my body that in any other case would be called molestation. That is against Yahweh's commands. So I now have the choice to either drive (for the time being) or not go anywhere. My freedom is being curtailed. All in the name of safety. Peace and safety - security.

The bible in 1Thessalonians 5:3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then suddenly destruction comes upon them, as labour pains upon a pregnant woman, and they shall not escape. This is exactly what is being said all over the world right now.

Please listen to the video link at the top of the page. This man has been sounding the warning for awhile now.

Jeremiah 6:17 “And I raised up watchmen over you, and said, ‘Listen to the sound of the ramʼs horn!ʼ But they said, ‘We do not listen.ʼ

Revelation 1:3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and guard what is written in it, for the time is near.

Revelation 2:7 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I shall give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of Yahweh.”

Revelation 2:17 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I shall give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I shall give him a white stone, and on the stone a renewed Name written which no one knows except him who receives it.”

There are some who are watchmen on the wall warning in these final days. Will you have an ear to hear? Will you stand up and be a watchmen for Yahweh? Will you simply stand up for the truth. It is not easy to follow Him and do His Will. In fact it is VERY hard just as He tells us it is.

Matthew 7:14 “Because the gate is narrow and the way is hard pressed which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

The Bible is not just words in a book. It is the way to eternal life. It has great wisdom for those who will ask for it.

Jeremiah 33:3 Call out to me, and I will answer you - I will tell you great things. Hidden things of which you are unaware.

Almost daily for the past 5 years Tom and I have asked Yahweh for wisdom, discernment, understanding and knowledge. He has truly blessed us with those things. It has truly narrowed our path though. Our friends are very few anymore and the material things of this world have been taken away. This way truly is hard pressed. It's more difficult than I ever thought it would be. I now know why most people do not choose to be on it. It is hard to give up material wealth and things. Hard to lose friends and family. Hard to struggle every day to get by. However, and this is big - we have a peace that does surpass all understanding. We know without a shadow of a doubt that we are in His will. Nothing compares to that.

This world is quickly passing away and the new one about to begin. Are you holding on so hard to this fading world that you won't be a part of the new one? Are you ready to lose your very life to Him? Are you ready to stand strong against the enemy and stand up for the truth of Yahweh - no matter what?

If you've never read Foxe's Book of Martyr's I strongly suggest it. You can just search for it online and download it free from several sources. Let it give you courage to stand up for the Truth no matter what. To trust and obey Him no matter what it costs you - even it that is your life.

As the apostle Paul said - Philippians 1:21 For to me, to live is Yahweh, and to die is gain. Either way it was for Yahweh.

I pray that this letter and audio open your ears to hear. I pray that you and your family be safe with Yahweh through the coming storm. I pray that you turn to Him and turn your life completely over to Him even if that costs you everything you have today. Nothing, nothing, that we have in this life is worth it compared to eternity with Yahweh. Turn away from paganism (most churches practice it) in regards to christmas, easter and the other pagan festivals. Yahweh hates pagan festivals. Turn towards Him and His set apart feast days instead. Follow Him instead of doing what you want to do. It's the hard pressed way.

Praying for you to know the truth. And to stand up for it - no matter what.

Shalom

Well It's That Time Of Year Again

2010-10-29T09:26:00.001-04:00

So begins the time of year that I detest! October begins the pagan festival hoopla. Can we just skp forward to January? No, probably not.

Let me say that if you are not a follower of Yahweh, God of the Bible, then I don't care what festival you celebrate. This is only aimed at those who say they are Christians, or followers of the Almighty God.

Some friends of ours recently were convicted to stop celebrating pagan festivals such as halloween and christmas. They posted on facebook to that effect. The backlash against them from their family and friends was to them horrendous. To me, it was expected. People of faith don't like their cherished traditions messed with and if one of their friends isn't doing it anymore that automatically challenges them. My friend didn't even say that his family and friends shouldn't do it either, he just simply said that they were not doing it anymore. That in itself was the challenge.

When I am challenged on something like this I automatically go into inspection mode. I go to the Word of Yahweh and see if the person is onto something that I should know about. I want to be right with Yahweh. I don't want to be following my own path. Sadly, I've found that most people are not like that. When you challenge their traditions they get defensive and very mean.

I posted on my friends post to encourage them and was attacked myself. That's OK I told them because I have thick skin when it comes to this stuff. You get attacked enough for the same stuff over and over and pretty soon it doesn't much matter anymore what someone says to you.

Halloween is a pagan festival. It may be cute little princess costumes today but it is steeped in evil. Human sacrifices to pagan gods and much more. Even the words "trick or treat" have a much deeper meaning. Do you really want to open the door to evil? Even a tiny crack?

Many say that it's not the same festival that it used to be. Hmmmm.....it's roots are pure evil from satan. How is it that we can take something so evil and turn it into anything good? We can't. In His Word Yahweh warns us over and over and over again to be set apart. To live our lives in a godly manner, staying away from all evil.

Here is an interesting read about this pagan festival: http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/hallow/part.htm

I pray that Yahweh convicts you and gives you the courage to stand firm in His Word against all of the evils of this world. It is definitely not an easy road but worthwhile.

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Walking Away From Paganism

2010-10-19T16:51:00.000-04:00

We humans are interesting creatures. When faced with something that has to be changed and we don't want to change, we will do and say just about anything to avoid the change. We will convince ourselves and attempt to convince others that the change is unnecessary. We will justify with our reasoning why we don't have to change. Or if backed into a corner, we will try to change only some parts and not the whole thing.

Example: I have several friends who know that we don't take part in typical holidays such as Halloween, Christmas and Easter. We don't take part in them because they are pagan festivals going back thousands of years. We don't have anything to do with them because Yahweh says that we should not. The book of Jeremiah in the Bible is full of warnings to the Israelites' not to celebrate pagan festivals.

I have had conversations with these friends, explaining the info above and there begins a debate on just how far do you have to go to be obedient to Yahweh. To me, it is black or white, obey or disobey, no middle ground. To others it is what can I do to still partake without being in disobedience. Hence you will see churches with their fall festivals instead of Halloween. They have taken the pagan Halloween and turned it into something else, something they hope that Yahweh will approve of. Problem is they don't read their Bibles enough to see that Yahweh already said that He disapproves of this type of stuff. The Israelites learned that the hard way.

Not only that it is not up to us humans to turn something pagan into something Godly. That is Yahweh's prerogative only. We just do not have that right. Pagan is pagan and we are to stay far away from it.

Believers are supposed to be set-apart from the world. We are to be looked upon as different from everyone else. If we do the same things, celebrate the same pagan festivals, eat the same foods then are we really set-apart? I think not.

Yahshua (Jesus) said in Matthew that many would come who did works in His Name and He would send them away saying that He didn't know them. It seems that no one in the church is taking that seriously.

In the Bible Yahweh means what He says. When He says to keep His commands He means the Torah instruction. When He says to keeps His festivals and feasts, His set-apart Holy days, He means it. When He says to keep the Sabbath, He means it. When He says to stay away from anything and everything that has paganism He means it.

It is not OK to call it something else. It is not OK to change it into something that a person thinks is better or more Godly. It is not OK to take the bits and pieces that you want to hold onto and keep them in your life.

Either you are going to obey or disobey. There is no middle road. To try to ride down the middle is choosing to disobey.

And for anyone with children, please remember the Proverb (Prov 22:6) to bring them up the way they should go. The way they should go is the way of Yahweh, not the way of s.a.tan and paganism. As parents we will be held accountable to Yahweh for what we teach our children.

I leave you today with one of my favorite scriptures from Joshua. The Israelites had entered into the promise land, a land filled with a culture steeped in paganism. Although Yahweh told them to rid the land of these people and their pagan practices, the Israelites had not done so. At this point many of the Israelites had adopted the pagan practices and combined them with their Torah instruction and how they obeyed Yahweh. This was an abomination to Yahweh. This is what Joshua, a very Godly man, had to say on the issue:

Jos 24:14 “And now, fear Yahweh, serve Him in perfection and in truth, and put away the mighty ones (pagan gods) which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve Yahweh!

Jos 24:15 “And if it seems evil in your eyes to serve Yahweh, choose for yourselves this day whom you are going to serve, whether the mighty ones which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the mighty ones of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But I and my house, we serve Yahweh.”

Jos 24:16 And the people answered and said, “Far be it from us to forsake Yahweh, to serve other mighty ones,

Jos 24:17 for Yahweh our Elohim is He who has brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, who did those great signs before our eyes, and has guarded us in all the way that we went and among all the people through whom we passed.

Jos 24:18 “And Yahweh drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites who dwelt in the land. We too serve Yahweh, for He is our Elohim.”

Jos 24:19 Then Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve Yahweh, for He is a set-apart Elohim, a jealous God is He. He does not bear with your transgression and with your sins,

Jos 24:20 if you forsake Yahweh and shall serve mighty ones of a stranger. Then He shall turn back and do you evil and consume you, after He has been good to you.”

Jos 24:21 And the people said to Joshua, “No, but we do serve Yahweh!”

Jos 24:22 Then Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Yahweh for yourselves, to serve Him.” And they said, “Witnesses!”

Jos 24:23 “And now, put away the mighty ones of the stranger which are in your midst, and incline your heart to Yahweh Elohim of Yisraʼĕl.”

Jos 24:24 And the people said to Joshua, “Yahweh our Elohim we serve, and His voice we obey.”

Jos 24:25 And Joshau made a covenant with the people that day, and laid on them a law and a right-ruling in Sheḵem.

Jos 24:26 Then Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Torah of Elohim. And he took a large stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the set-apart place of Yahweh.

Jos 24:27 And Joshua said to all the people, “See, this stone is a witness to us, for it has heard all the words of Yahweh which He spoke to us. And it shall be a witness against you, lest you lie against your Elohim.”

As for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh. We have put away the false gods and idols and we have turned away from the pagan celebrations. Will you? It's not easy. Family and friends will turn against you. But that is the way of the narrow path that leads to eternal salvation with the Father, Yahweh. Will you do the hard stuff that it takes?

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Am I a True Witness for Yahweh?

2010-10-13T16:18:00.000-04:00

It is a question I ask myself a lot. Am I a true witness for Yahweh? What am I willing, or not willing, to sacrifice to be in His Will? Would I give up income, friends, family to stand for the truth of Yahweh?

I am a network marketer. I run a business based on networking and selling products. In the past I have kept the two sides of me quite distanced. I am Kathe the network marketer and I'm Kathe the servant of Yahweh. I've realized lately that I cannot keep those two parts of me separate any longer. I am not being true to Yahweh when I do that. He has got to have ALL of me, not just some parts, the parts I'm willing to give to Him.

In the past I've hesitated to put a link to my blog and website on Facebook fearing that it might cause my business to suffer. UGH - what was I thinking? I was thinking only about myself and not about Yahweh, that's for sure. I was not putting Him or His truth first and foremost.

I am not going to hide the truth any longer. People around me will know who and what I stand for. If I lose friends, income, whatever - so what. Without Yahweh I have nothing anyway.

Yahweh has given me so much knowledge and it is my responsibility to share it. His Name, His Ways, His Word. I cannot hold back and be responsible for someone else. I will speak, or write, and then they will be responsible for their actions. Like the post from the other day about Ezekiel that got me thinking about this.

From now on I will be a true witness for Yahweh. If you read my blog and are offended, well, all I have to say is that I will answer to Yahweh and only Yahweh. No matter what!

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A WARNING!

2010-10-08T16:17:00.000-04:00

First some scripture from the prophet Ezekiel.

Ez 3:11 Then go to the exiles, to your countrymen; and speak to them. Tell them, 'Here is what Yahweh Elohim, says,' whether they listen or not"

Ez 3: 17 "Human being, I have appointed you to be a watchman for the house of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, you are to warn them for me.

Ez 3:18 If I say to a wicked person, 'You will certainly die'; and you fail to warn him, to speak and warn the wicked person to leaved his wicked way and save his life; then that wicked person will die guilty; and I will hold you responsible for his death.

Ez. 3:19 On the other hand, if you warn the wicked person, and he doesn't turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, then he will still die guilty; but you will have saved your own life.

Ez. 3:20 Similarly, when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and commits wickedness, I will place a stumbling block before him - he will die; because you failed to warn him, he will die in his sin; his righteous acts which he did will not be remembered; and I will hold you responsible for his death.

Ez. 3:21 But if you warn the righteous person that a righteous person should not sin, and he doesn't sin; then he will certainly live, because he took the warning; and you too will have saved your life."

I am sounding this warning because I believe Yahweh. I hope you take note of the warning but if not, then at the very least I have told you what I know and it is up to you whether to act on it or now.

According to the lunar new moon calendar today is Rosh Hashana or Feast of Trumpets or Feast of Shofar. This is a high Holy day according to Yahweh's calendar - one of His set apart Holy days. A day of sabbath rest and remembering all that He has and is going to do. Remembering how amazing He is!

It is also a wakeup call to His plan for the end of all days. The 4 spring and summer feast days were fulfilled with Messiah's first coming and the final 3 fall feasts will be fulfilled when He returns at the Day of Yahweh, that Day that is foretold all throughout scripture.

The signs are all there that the world is about ready to experience something major. It doesn't matter what type of website you go to they are all full of talk that something BIG is about to happen. Some sites have even targeted a specific time frame (the first two weeks in November). Secular (non-believer) sites, UFO sites, Christian sites - all are breathlessly waiting. Dreams and visions are occurring just as the bible says they would in the final days. Warnings are being shouted.

BUT most aren't paying attention. Just as in the Days of Noah people are going about business as usual. Working, playing, etc. And when you bring up that something is about to happen you usually get a weird look and a pooh..pooh. Yes, they say, talk like this has happened before and it will happen again. Then they just go on with whatever else they were doing. You are the crazy lady.

I don't know exactly when this is going to happen and I don't know exactly what is going to happen. I just know that something is going to happen. The ONLY thing you can do is prepare your mind and your heart. Prepare that NO MATTER WHAT you are going to hold onto Yahweh as if your life depends on it - and it will. Know that HE is in control and HIS WILL will be done in all matters. Remember Psalm 91. That no matter what you see going on around you, even if thousands and tens of thousands perish, that it is HIS plan. And that if you hold onto Him, even if you lose your earthly life, your eternal life will be there.

This is the time to be in Yahweh's Word - the Bible. Every moment you can, every day! Believe Him, believe His Words. Don't lose hope in Him no matter what happens.

The war between Yahweh and the evil one is coming to an end and the evil one is stepping up his end game. Demons are loose upon this world (just look at the number of UFO sightings lately) and those demons are preying upon believers. Remember they don't care about unbelievers - they already belong to evil. They want believers. They want believers to stumble and fall away. They want believers so devastated that they will turn away from the One True Savior. They want believers to lose hope. They know that persecution will turn many away from Yahweh. That cruel devastation will turn many away. Your only hope is to stand strong on the Word of Yahweh. NO MATTER WHAT!!

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His Name!

2010-09-20T08:25:00.000-04:00

Why is it that we serve the Creator Elohim/God who is the Only real God yet Jews and Christians are the only religions who do not use His Name? All other religions use the name of their god to differentiate between their god and other gods. Instead we use a title. God, Lord, Savior, etc. These are all titles. That would be like me always being called mom, wife, sister, daughter but never by my name, Kathe. I could be anyone's mom, or wife, or sister or daughter. The title does not make me different, my name does.

In the original Holy Scriptures our Creator's Name was written over 6,000 times. Because of Jewish tradition those writings were changed to a title instead. (Remember the verses where the Bible tells us what is going to happen to those who change His Word?) Going through those Holy Scriptures and replacing His Name everywhere the Bible says GOD, LORD, Adonai, Elohim, etc. makes you realize that His Name was EVERYWHERE in Scripture. It also makes you realize the importance that He puts upon His Name and that it is very important to use His Name, both in reading His Word and in conversation with others. In fact we are told in His Word that those of us who use His Name in conversation will be blessed.

Yet most don't even know His Name. A few weeks ago I had a conversation with a believer. I said Yahweh and she looked at me funny. I told her that Yahweh is the Name of God and she was confused. She thought His Name was God. When I told her the bit about it being a title like her title was mom she was floored. She had been to church for years and was never told that.

This is a huge disservice to Yahweh. And to believers as well. His Word tells us that by His Name we are saved. It does not say by His title we are saved. Think about that one for a moment. You can argue all you want against it, I'm just saying what He is saying. Take it for what it's worth.

Also, when we are in conversation with someone and we say the word "god" it can mean any god. This is how this idea of all gods are the same god came about. Without using a name it can mean any god out there. It can be very confusing in conversation with someone of another faith. Exactly which god are we talking about? But if you use names there is absolutely no confusion.

There are two ways to determine what god you are speaking about. Names and characteristics. If we look at some of the different gods out there we can see that they all have different names and different characteristics. The God of the Bible, Yahweh, has a completely different name than the name of the god of Islam, Allah. They also have completely different characteristics. All gods are not the same.

If you would like more information on the Name - Yahweh - there is a very good free download PDF by Neil Snyder at www.hisnameisyahweh.org There are also some MP3 downloads.

I urge you to start using Yahweh's name instead of His various titles. As He says, you will be blessed for it. It will sound funny on your tongue for a bit but after a little while it will seem as natural as anything else you do. And you will show others the truth about His Name when you speak it aloud to them.

The amazing thing that I've found is that when I read His Word and replace the title in my head with His Name I get a much deeper meaning to Scripture than I ever have before and when I talk to Him it is much more personal. I love using His Name! I hope you do, too!

Am I Walking a Righteous Walk?

2010-09-15T12:13:00.000-04:00

I saw someone wearing a WWJD bracelet. What Would Jesus Do?

Thinking about it made me watch the person to see just what they were doing and if they lived up to what the bracelet meant. It's kind of like seeing someone with a fish symbol on their car who runs a red light or cuts me off in traffic. The symbol or motto they chose doesn't match up with their actions.

For those of you who have read my blog and website for any length of time you know what I think about symbols and cute sayings so I won't belabor that point here. My point to this is am I walking the walk. Am I authentic in my faith?

You hear that word bandied about a lot in churches these days. Authentic. As if there is any other way to be when it comes to living a righteous life for Yahweh. It's like the song I heard the other day; Cross of Gold by Michael W. Smith. He asks if you're wearing it just for jewelry or is there real meaning behind it. Now I don't wear crosses because #1 a cross is an idol which is prohibited by the Torah and #2 I don't know that Yahshua was on a cross or a tree or a stake. And the point of Him dying was not so much His death but His resurrection.

Anyway, I've been thinking a lot lately about being authentic. Watching people around me there seems to be a lot of do what I say, not what I do type of behavior. I want to be the person that sets the example, the role model. What I say, I do. The things that I do match up with my thoughts and my words.

It isn't easy to be authentic and walk a righteous walk. Righteousness first means that you need to know what being righteous in Yahweh means. That means reading what Yahweh said in His Word. That takes time and effort. It also takes a lot of self control to walk a righteous walk. You have to say no to many things that you previously said yes. You have to give up things that don't line up with Yahweh's Word. Most won't do either of those things. It takes time and work and we just have other priorities in our daily lives. And we don't want to give up those things that we love to do.

I'll give you a hint. Living a righteous life is not about going to church every week and helping out in this ministry or that ministry. Yahweh clearly outlines in His Word what it takes to live a righteous life. It's there for all to see. There is no "Easy Button" to get us there. It's not just saying a simple "sinner's prayer" and voila, you are righteous.

I recommend that you take Yahweh seriously and put Him as the #1 priority in your life TODAY! Do not put this off - it is the most important thing you should do. Start reading His Word and put Him first in your day and in your life. When you put Him first and ask Him for guidance He will give it to you. Of that I have no doubt.

Be blessed in your study.

Yahweh's Sabbath or Sun Day?

2010-09-05T08:45:00.000-04:00

Today is the day of the sun - Sunday. This was named a couple of thousand years ago to honor the sun, which was thought to be the god that created our earth, the universe and life itself. Most pagan religions honored the sun with god status. For example, the ancient Egyptians had RA, who was the sun god. The Romans around the turn of the world from B.C. to A.D. at the time of the Messiah honored the sun god.

Between the years of Messiah's death and about 325 A.D. the Jews and the followers of Messiah kept Yahweh's (God's) Sabbath and Feast Days found in the Bible, mainly Leviticus. Messiah and His apostles kept them as well and you can find evidence of that in the Bible. Around 325 A.D. the Roman emperor Constantine had much chaos in his kingdom. There were so many people who believed so many different things and there was constant friction. The new religion of Christianity, the following of the Messiah would not go away despite the mass killing of its followers. Something had to be done before the kingdom fell apart. The Jews were under severe persecution and anything that seemed Jewish and anyone practicing anything Jewish was persecuted heavily.

Constantine formed the Council of Nicea where he and many leaders of the different religious factions got together to hammer out the new state religion. They called it Christianity and then brought in different parts of different pagan religions to satisfy those leaders. On my website: www.infiniteabundance.us I go into more detail on these pagan religions being absorbed into Christianity.

Two factors: (1) the absorption of all different pagan religions into the new religion of Christianity and (2) the persecution and wiping out of anything that seemed Jewish came together and essentially caused people to stop following Yahweh's Sabbath law. They now worshipped and rested on the sun day instead of the Sabbath.

One thing has not changed. Yahweh set down the 7th day as the Sabbath. He never, ever changed that to worshipping Him and resting on the same day as the pagan sun god. Man did that and now justifies it that it's OK because you are still worshipping Yahweh. How is it that we are allowed to make that decision? I think that is far above my pay grade to do anything like that.

By the way, an added wrinkle to the problem is that when the Romans were in charge they changed the entire way the calendar is set up. Now instead of using the new moon to determine when the Sabbath is, as well as the Feast days, most people just say that the Sabbath is on Saturday or Saturn's day. Another Roman name for a day of the week. This is incorrect. And even the Jew's of today still use the Roman calendar instead of Yahweh's set down way of determining the right day to set aside for rest.

I urge you, in these last days, to get right with Yahweh. To learn the truth about Him, about His set-apart days, about His Sabbath. He will show you the truth if you ask for it.

To learn more about the true Sabbath according to the new moon go to http://www.yhrim.com/index.html and click on the teaching link in the left column.

Shalom

Christians and the Occult

2010-08-08T12:00:00.000-04:00

The occult is all over the internet and amazingly it is also all over so-called Christian forums. I think people need to be very, very careful with this type of thing. There are many, many spirits about in these last days. s.a.tan has indeed stepped up his game and he is about the earth seeking those to destroy. He does NOT need to go after the world as they already belong to him. He is going after believers. You, me and everyone we know who believes in Yahweh.

This is not to say that some will not dream dreams or have visions. That IS foretold in the Word. But there is an enormous amount of talk on Christian forums these days about the occult. Cards, bots, UFO's, crop circles and the like. The evil one is creeping in little by little. Seemingly innocent at first but what is it going to take to get a hold of you? Or someone else that is struggling in their faith. Will something they see lead them down a dark path and away from Yahweh? Not many are strong enough to say no to that lure.

We all want to know when this is all going to be over. I am no different. Every day I want His return. This world seems so heavy and there is no good to be found. BUT relying on occult forms of divination is wrong and is likely to show us as no different than the world at best and at worst may cause a baby believer to stumble and be swept away by the evil one.

We need to trust Him and be in His Word and rely on no occult forms of divination. It would be wise to remember the perils of King Saul.

Tribulation!

2010-08-08T11:36:00.000-04:00

We have been in tribulation since the apostles time. 250,000+ are martyred every year. Just a few weeks ago I wrote about the 500 believers were martyred in Africa just for believing in Messiah. As one of the only countries in the world who has not lived through a physical war on their territory, Americans have a strange way of looking at the bible and the tribulation it speaks of. Believers elsewhere around the world know that we have been, as John said, Rev 1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Messiah Yahshua, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of Yahweh, and for the testimony of Messiah Yahshua.

Messiah talks in Matthew about the birth pangs. As most women know birth pangs continually get closer together and more intense. This has been happening the past 2000 years and will continue until He returns. We are at the point now that where those birth pangs are right on top of each other. We are there, very close. Millions upon millions have been killed in these past 2000 years, starting with Yahshua and Stephen. Those are the ones in Revelation crying out to Yahweh, when will justice be done? Revelation is the key to understanding the entire Bible. It helps us to understand what was going to happen in the last 2000 years of this time of s.a.tan. We find out what the evil one was going to do to Yahweh's people. It was a warning of what all of us were going to have to live through and how we would get through it or maybe even be martyred.

That time is almost over. We are at the end. The walls are closing in on believers everywhere and should He not return soon there will be none left that know His Name. Even now there is only a small remnant as most of the world is after worldly things; money, career, other religions, fame and fortune, selves, UFO's and the like. There are not many that spend their time chewing on Yahweh's Word and living their lives for Him. Churches all over the world are being used for other things, even other religions. Most of the so-called Christian world, in a poll by Barna, does not believe that the Bible is 100% correct. Much of the so-called Christian world believes in evolution and questions the truth of the Messiah and His resurrection.

So how many true believers are there? I have no clue. But He does. He knows those who as in John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

I do know though that things are getting closer than ever before. As He said, we will know the signs of His coming. They are all around us. Israel is a nation and surrounded by enemies who want her gone. Jews are looking for their Messiah and, praise Him, many of those Jews are now believing that Messiah has come in the Name of Yahshua. It is almost time for Him to return and for them to see who it is they pierced. The Jews Day of Atonement is not far away and they will mourn over their great mistake.

There are 3 of Yahweh's set-apart feast days to yet happen. They all fore-tell of the end of the end.

Feast of Trumpets - that last great Trump will sound and Yahshua will come for the Day of Yahweh! This is a great and terrible day for the whole world. Many will try to hide as the wrath of Yahweh is poured upon the earth and true believers will be protected by the Messiah that they loved and obeyed.

Day of Atonement - the scales will come off of the Jews whose eyes have been sealed by Yahweh in order for the news of Messiah to go out to the gentile world. They will see the one they pierced and go into deep mourning and sorrow.

Feast of Tabernacles - Shalom and the true peace of Yahweh will be with us in our rest for all eternity. We will make our tents and be with Him. HalleluYAH!

Will it be this year during the feasts, next or the next I don't know but Yahweh goes on His time, not the worlds. It will be according to His set-apart Feasts that He finishes His great work!

Are you ready? Are you immersed in Him? Are you set-apart? I pray you are. If not, the time is almost gone for you to belong to Him. The road is narrow, and hard, for those that follow Him. I hope you are on that road before it's too late.

When is it time to get out of your church?

2010-07-12T11:41:00.001-04:00

According to the Word of YHWH we are held accountable for whatever the leadership does that we have put ourselves under. All through biblical history this has been the case.

Here is just one example. Prior to Judah being taken into captivity to Babylon they were warned by the prophets sent by YHWH to give up their paganism and false idols. The leadership refused to rid the land of paganism and they were conquered by Babylon and taken out of their land. Not everyone who was taken was practicing paganism. We have the biblical stories of people such as Ezekiel, Daniel and then the famous story of the fiery furnace of Shadrack, Mesheck and Abendigo. Those men (and many others) were great, godly men who followed YHWH and His laws and commands. Since they were under the leadership of ungodly men who practiced paganism and who refused to remove it from the land, they were punished right along with the rest of them.

People who are in churches today are held to that same accountability. Are you in a church that:

Believes in and keeps Christmas
Believes in and keeps Easter
Believes in and keeps saints days
Has a Halloween or Harvest festival celebration
Has a Nicolatian hierarchy for the church leadership
Sunrise services
Meets on sun-days instead of keeping YHWH's set-apart Sabbath
Does not keep YHWH's set-apart Feast Days

If so, I would strongly suggest that you end your membership with them. If you would like a deeper understand of all of these things listed above please visit www.infiniteabundance.us It is imperative that you find out the truth about all of these things and start living your life according to YHWH's Word rather than the word of men and their doctrine.

Praying that you search out the truth of His Word and make the choice to follow Him no matter what. Remember even Yahshua said that it wouldn't be easy. That following Him meant trials and persecution. Most people think I'm strange or weird. I don't want to be like the majority. I want to be set-apart for Him. I'm willing to stand up for the truth no matter what that means. I hope you are as well.

Wake Up Church!!! Before It's Too Late!!

2010-07-12T11:02:00.000-04:00

In Matthew 7 Yahshua speaks about the straight gate and the narrow path. Most people who go to church know about this verse. They all believe that they are on that narrow path and will go through the straight gate. How is that remotely possible? If the path is narrow and few are on it how can everyone be on it? Answer is that they can't.

It's time to wake up church. If you don't wake up now the thief in the night is going to break in and steal everything that you hold precious (your eternal salvation). You are sleeping because you don't think things are quite bad enough yet or you would have been calgoned (raptured) away.

The great deception is upon the church. The evil one has manipulated things so much that much of the Western church is living in left behind la la land. They really believe that we are not in tribulation, that things are "not that bad yet" (what they all say when asked about it). They don't see a visible 3rd temple, antichrist, mark of the beast, etc. They are asleep and don't realize that the end is as near as it is.

I have so many friends locked into that thinking. I pray that they wake up before it's too late. When Yahshua spoke about the narrow path it wasn't to the gentiles/unbelievers. It was to believers. When He spoke about the many that would come to Him saying, "Master, Master we have done all of these things in Your name" and He says, "Go away I don't know you" it was to believers.

Believers today think they've got their "get out of jail free card" because they've sat in church and said the sinners prayer and they believe the lie that they've been told about OSAS (once saved, always saved). The evil one - Lucifer - is the father of all lies. Just compare the lie of OSAS to the lie he told to Eve in the garden. See the similarity? It seems just enough truth to seem like the truth. But close enough is not good enough for YHWH.

I read something last night that I'm adopting for myself. We either follow the truth or our opinion of the truth. Truth is all that matters. The Truth can only be found in the Word. Don't depend on me or anyone else. Do you own reading in the Word to find the Truth.

I spoke to a friend last night about religion and the truth. People want to rely on church or religion for their truth. I said the only truth that you can truly stand on is the truth of the Word.

Too many people don't read the Word or when they do they pick and choose. The Word needs to be read from start to finish, over and over again. Only that way will you get the fullness of that Word and be able to be strong in it.

Church wake up before it's too late! We are close to the end time Hour of Trouble. If you think you are going to be raptured out before this terrible time you are deceived. Why are we in the Western church more worthy than those 500 Nigerian women and children I wrote about on Friday? Why are we more worthy than the 250,000 that were martyred last year? Why are we more worthy than Paul and Peter and the rest of the disciples?

Please read your Bible. Read the Word of YHWH. Nothing in this left behind theology stands up to His Word when you read it from start to finish. It just doesn't smell right. It doesn't fit. It doesn't make any sense. Please, it's almost too late. Don't let the thief come in and steal what is most precious. Your eternal salvation. Please. I'm praying for you.

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Age of Grace??? What????

2010-07-09T14:51:00.000-04:00

[27] No Speculations on the Causes of Natural Disasters onto people or cities as being Judgments from God - We are still living in the Age of Grace. God deals with individuals on a personal salvation basis and speculations of natural disasters and the timings of isolated or random natural disasters upon others due to political, economic, or religious actions taken by governments, societies, or individuals does not warrant a direct judgment from God. Luke 13:2-5 II Peter 3:7-13

The above was copied as rule #27 on a so called Christian forum or message board. It was posted on a thread in response to another poster who wrote that perhaps the Gulf Oil disaster might just be the judgment of God/YHWH since it happened the day after our president made a statement that the US would not longer automatically side with Israel in conflicts but would look at each separate incident.

I, for one, believe that YHWH does judge us both as individuals and as a nation and as a world. Where in the Word did this "age of grace" junk come from? That basically says we can do nothing to incur His judgment upon us because we are in some "age"? Hogwash.

We are in the time of the end. This time of grace has no biblical support and is a man made doctrine out of dispensationalism. Saying that YHWH does not judge is taking away His power and is changing Him and His ways. He NEVER changes. He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. In fact, time has no meaning for Him so He is the same always. If He judged in the first 4000 years, He is judging today.

I want a powerful, almighty God as my God. I want a God that is going to right wrongs and set things the way they should be. If He says, I will bless them that bless you and curse those that curse you I want to be blessed for blessing and I want to see people cursed for going up against Israel, or myself for that matter.

I don't want a God with both hands tied behind His back who stands back waiting for it all to be over to finally judge. I want to see His power and glory in my days. I want to know He is on the job doing what He has always done according to His Word.

Why do Christians continually demean and belittle YHWH with things like this? Do they not want to see His power over all creation? How is the world to see His power if He doesn't use it to judge the world? UGH!

I am so angry at the way they make Him so little and so unworthy of our worship and love and obedience. It's no wonder the world does not obey Him. The church has taken away the healthy Fear of YHWH that we should have and turned Him into a soft mushy pillow who wouldn't hurt a fly.

Why should we fear Him when He has no power to judge us? Why should the world fear Him when we, His people, don't? We should be the light, showing the way and we are not.

I'm sad, sick, upset and angry at the church and their foolishness. They act righteous just like the Pharisee's in Yahshua's day. Woe to you churches! Woe to you! Woe to you who run these message boards that are just like the church today. Woe to your man's doctrines that mislead the sheep and lead them into darkness.

YHWH does judge. YHWH uses His creation to judge. Watch His power and His glory and His strength. Watch and be amazed!!

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500 Christians Killed in Nigeria

2010-07-09T14:00:00.001-04:00

These are just some of those who are before YHWH's throne waiting for the end.

Revelation 7:9-17

Rev 7:9 After this I looked and saw a great crowd which no one was able to count, out of all nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, and palm branches in their hands,

Rev 7:10 and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Deliverance belongs to our Elohim who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

Rev 7:11 And all the messengers stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped Elohim,

Rev 7:12 saying, “Amĕn! The blessing, and the esteem, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the respect, and the power, and the might, to our Elohim forever and ever. Amĕn.”

Rev 7:13 And one of the elders responded, saying to me, “Who are these dressed in white robes, and where did they come from?”

Rev 7:14 And I said to him, “Master, you know.” And he said to me, “These are those coming out of the great distress, having washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Rev 7:15 “Because of this they are before the throne of Elohim, and serve Him day and night in His Dwelling Place. And He who sits on the throne shall spread His Tent over them.

Rev 7:16 “They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sun strike them, nor any heat,

Rev 7:17 because the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shall shepherd them and lead them to fountains of waters of life. And Elohim shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

All of the millions upon millions of Jews and Christians who have been martyred since Yahshua died are all waiting. Did you know that more than 250,000 people are martyred every year? We who live in the Western world rarely hear of these killings. Killings of innocent people just living and working and serving YHWH who are killed just because they are Christian. Many of them are killed by Muslims, like these 500 in Nigeria. Mostly women and children. Defenseless against the onslaught of murder.

To me this is the most damning evidence against a pre-tribulational rapture that is taught by Western churches. Just because this didn't happen in America most think that we are not in tribulation yet. Wonder what these people thought? Location means everything I think. The thing I hear most from pre-tribbers is that it's not bad enough yet or Yahshua (Jesus) would have taken us out. Well just how bad does it have to be before you give up your theology?

We have been in tribulation since Yahshua died. Matthew 24 is Him speaking to the apostles about what life would be like from then until He returns. It is not some 7 year period which has no basis whatsoever in scripture.

It's almost over people. We have been in tribulation and it's getting worse. It will continue to get worse until His return. It will get so bad that unless He returns there will be no one left.

This heaviness is upon us and I'm sure it won't leave us until it is all over. Insane things are about to happen that have grown men crying out for mercy. It is the time that we who are in Him trust Him no matter what.

There is a Heaviness in the Air

2010-07-09T13:41:00.000-04:00

I'm not talking about humidity. I'm talking about a heaviness that you can't explain. Websites abound with a "something is about to happen but we don't know what" sense. People are throwing out all kinds of ideas but no one knows for sure.

People who believe in the Word of YHWH (the Bible) know it has something to do with the end of all things. Secular people and sites are putting their own spin on it. It's interesting to me that most everyone is feeling like something is about to happen.

July 11th seems to be the start of something big. Something that is either going to happen or it's going to be the start of something happening that will continue to gain momentum into the fall.

For those of you who read my site you know already what I believe. I believe that in the end even those who don't believe in Him or that He is coming back will know that something is different. They will just attempt to put other reasons in His place.

There are so many things lining up to dismiss it all. The Gulf Oil disaster, the venom between Israel and Iran and so many in the world siding against Israel in their handling of every thing they do, the fact that our current leadership in the U.S.A. is turning against Israel and turning more towards pleasing the Muslim nations in the Middle East and so much more.

I am reminded that no matter what to keep these two things in mind at all times. Trust Him and Obey Him. Stay in His Word and Trust that no matter what is happening that He is in control and there is nothing for me to worry about. That even should I die, I shall end up in the right place. With Him. Nothing else matters.

I will obey His commands and trust Him through this time of trouble ahead. I don't know what He has in store for me but it doesn't matter. Only His will be done.

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Money or the Kingdom?

2010-07-08T15:03:00.000-04:00

I once had a pastor tell me that perhaps we should look for another church to attend. That was right after he told me that Yahshua/Jesus spoke more about money than He ever did about the Kingdom.

Honestly once he said that he really didn't need to follow it with finding another church. We were out of there pretty fast.

Maybe Yahshua did speak about money quite a bit. Things like it's easier for a rich man to get through the eye of the camel (which is a tiny gate in Jerusalem) than into the Kingdom. And telling the disciple to go to the fish and get the coins to pay the tax. And the debate with the Pharisee's about giving what is Caesar to Caesar and what is God's to God.

What was this pastor thinking? I don't see anywhere in the Word where it says money is more important than the Kingdom or more important than YHWH or anything like that.

No man can serve both money and YHWH. Either one or the other. This doesn't mean you shouldn't have a job, earn an income to support your family and such. This does mean that money should not be more important than the things YHWH says is important such as the Kingdom, serving Him, etc.

Most pastors are just the Pharisee's of today. Mixed up priorities. It makes me so angry.

We are at the end of all things. The end of the end. Instead of getting the flocks ready for the Day of YHWH and to enter the Kingdom instead they are planning their next church expansion and building fund drive.

PEOPLE WAKE UP!!!! Get into the Word and understand the time we live in right now. Soon it will be too late. Do not rely on your preacher, teacher or pastor to lead you in the right direction. He who is lost cannot lead.

Many of you will say, well it can't be that close to the end because we aren't under a one world government and there is no anti-christ and no 2 witnesses and no abomination that causes desolation and certainly since there was no rapture of the church the tribulation hasn't even started yet. And really, we don't even have to worry because we're all going to be zapped up into heaven anyway. UGH!!!

Please for a moment get your mind out of the Dispensationalist theology created in the 1600's by the Jesuit priests trying to discredit the Reformation and look at the WHOLE WORD OF YHWH. Read Daniel with the idea that it was sealed until the time of the end, which by the way started in June 1967 when for the first time in thousands of years Israel was now in control of Jerusalem and the time of the Gentiles was over!!! Understand Daniel as it was meant from our standpoint in the time of the end and see that Revelation is not a new book but a magnifying glass to understand the time from Yahshua's death to His triumphant return.

That moment is close at hand. YHWH is bringing about the events that will bring Yahshua back! The Day is close. So close!

Are you ready? If not, I beg you, get ready now. Do not wait. Get on your knees and ask YHWH to forgive you for living in the world. Turn away from the world and all of the paganism that is in it. Give up your idols and repent of having them. Put YHWH first in your life in every way. Ask Him how He wants you to live out these last and finals days and weeks. Nothing else matters.

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Come to Church and Get in the Drawing for a Free IPAD! Really???

2010-07-06T15:31:00.000-04:00

Oh dear! When I heard this I said, no way and when it was confirmed to me that it was true I was just astounded. As far as the church has fallen away from the Truth I was sickened when I heard this latest "come to our church" incentive.

Now I'm a part of a network marketing company. It pays our bills and allows me to do things like write this blog. I run incentives like this one all of the time for my "team". It's business and quite a good thing to do in business.

However church is NOT a business. There are many things I do to run my business that have no part of in a church. What in the world are these church leaders thinking? Oh right - they are in the world and they are not thinking like a believer should.

I mean, really. Should someone need an incentive like winning a free IPAD to get them in the seats? Are the teachings that bad? Here is a suggestion for you preachers out there. Perhaps if you actually taught from the Word without putting your own spin on it people would be in the seats without you bribing them. Perhaps if you filled your services with true learning about the Word and left out all of the paganism your seats would be filled with hungry minds and ears.

But you can't. I know. You're too far into it to get out now. Your dreams are filled with huge buildings filled with thousands who hang onto your every word about how they, too, can live a life of prosperity. Yes you say it's about making a difference but I ask, a difference to whom? And a difference about what?

To me, it's all about eternity and that wonderful Kingdom. If you aren't making a difference to the Kingdom then it's all going to be burned up - useless. I'm thinking that there probably isn't much use for an IPAD in the Kingdom.

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Heating Up!

2010-07-06T15:06:00.000-04:00

Things are heating up - in more ways than one! Temperatures are the highest they've been all summer and there is no sign that it's going to get cooler any time soon. That isn't the subject of this post though.

Since my dream of a week or so ago the end has been on my mind a lot. Things are coming into perspective and although I already knew we were close I didn't realize just how close we are to the end of it all. I've thought a lot about Noah. Yes, the Noah of Noah's Ark renown. I'm beginning to understand what it was like for him and his family during the time just before the flood. Heartbreaking is the word that keeps coming to my mind.

Why heartbreaking? Well. Think about it. Noah was hundreds of years old during that time. He had many children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, brothers, sisters, friends, neighbors, etc. Here he was being obedient to YHWH and building this huge boat where there was no water, no lakes, no ocean. All of the people around him must have thought him absolutely crazy.

I'm sure he told them to repent and follow YHWH and they would be saved from the coming destruction. Just like some of us tell others today. No one listened. Just as no one is listening today. I'm sure he felt many emotions just like we do today. Frustration, sadness, anger and more. Why wouldn't they listen? Why aren't they listening today?

Then they entered the Ark. There was no rain in sight. No water. I'm sure he was called crazy and worse. I expect there as much laughter at their expense.

Then the rains started and the water gushing from the earth. Now instead of laughter and jeering there were cries for help. Cries from people they knew and loved. People they tried to warn but who wouldn't listen. I expect that inside that ark the tears were flowing.

Today there is once again a coming destruction. The Word tells us that it will be like as in the days of Noah. Today it has come. No one listens to the words of those saying repent and walk in YHWH's ways before it's too late. Today we are at that moment that the ark has been built and now we are just waiting for YHWH to tell us to get on and He will shut the door. The door protecting us from His wrath upon the earth and the people who did not repent and who did not follow Him and His ways.

If you are not following YHWH and His ways I beg you to reconsider one more time. Please heed this warning that the time is come and to wait any longer is to wait too long. I'm sure in Noah's time many repented after the doors were closed and the rains came but it was too late to save them. They perished in those rising waters.

I don't want even one of you to perish. Not one. I pray that you heed this message. There is great evil to come upon this earth a very short time from now. It is greater than you can even imagine. Unless Messiah comes back all will perish.

Please repent and come onto the ark of His Word. Embrace His ways and live for Him.

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Come Out of Her My People!

2010-06-30T11:01:00.000-04:00

Rev 18:4 And I heard another voice from the heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.

There is much speculation as to the "her" is in this scripture. Just who is Mystery Babylon? Is is re-built Babylon which today is in Iraq? Is it the U.S.A.? Some even say it is a particular city or the entire world.

I believe that to understand who Mystery Babylon is you need to understand history.

Once upon a time in an ancient land far far away there lived a people that were descended from Noah. Yes the very same Noah that built the Ark and went through the flood. As you will recall Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham and Japeth or as they are known in Hebrew; Shem, Ham and Yefet. (Note: until about 1300 AD there was no such letter as "J").

After the flood Noah's three sons had many children and after about 500 years there were many people populating the area of the Middle East. In the area that today is called Iraq but in ancient times called Shinar (Genesis 11:2) there lived many of the descendants of Ham, one of them being quite well known whose name was Nimrod. (Genesis 10:8) Nimrod was the first mighty ruler and builder of many cities. Two of his well known cities were Babylon and Ninevah. He was married to Semiramis and they had a son Tammuz.

When Nimrod was killed (some historical accounts say by Shem, who was still alive at the time and who was keeping covenant with YHWH) Semiramis knew that she had to do something to stay in power. She convinced the people that Nimrod had been a supernatural being; a god, and that he was reborn/reincarnated into their son, Tammuz.

The people wanted to believe in a god and had forgotten the Creator God, YHWH, so they became followers of Tammuz. Down through the centuries Tammuz became known as many different names, including Ba'al, the god whom the Israelites often worshiped against YHWH's warnings. All pagan gods are descended from Tammuz including all of the Greek, Indian, Chinese and Roman gods. All pagan goddesses are descended from Semiramis who declared herself a god since she was the mother of a god.

Every pagan religion on the earth today has at its beginning the story of Nimrod, Semiramis and Tammuz. Semiramis started the Mystery Babylon religion and created many, if not all of the traditions, celebrations and idols that we see around us today.

Religion as we see it today is man made and much of it comes from the original Mystery Babylon religion. Made in the image of what man wants it to be and it is far from what YHWH set down in His Word. It behooves us all to search for the truth.

So if Mystery Babylon is the name of the religion that was started all of those centuries ago and true men of YHWH spoke against it all through the Holy Scriptures and those very same men wrote the Word of YHWH why are we looking trying to change what it is?

If Mystery Babylon was religion then, it is religion now. Religion with the trappings of paganism. Just ask yourself. What business does a church have with celebrating pagan festivals of the sun god like christmas and easter and more?

Israel was warned by YHWH through her prophets to come out of that religion or else. The "or else" being punishment by YHWH. They didn't listen. He was true to His Word and He punished them. Many died, they were taken into captivity and many are still lost in the world today. The ten northern tribes are still scattered about.

In this time of the end (and we are very, very close to His return) now is the time to act. If you are still in an organized church that practices even a hint of paganism then you need to get out NOW! Leave it and dive into YHWH's word. You do not need a pastor or teacher. You do not need a congregation of other pagan believers to understand Him and His Ways.

Come out of her my people. Or else.

If you would like to learn more about paganism in the church please visit: www.infiniteabundance.us

End Times Dreams....

2010-06-30T10:58:00.000-04:00

Last week I had a dream. Now I'm not normally someone who dreams a lot. And usually when I do they revolve around my day, are realistic and soon forgotten. If I wake up from a dream I go back to sleep and usually don't remember it the next day. The dream last week was different.

I was in a small city and people were doing their day as usual. There was a woman however that was warning people that something really bad was about to happen. Most were not listening to her but some were. I stopped to listen to her and she said that she had an underground bunker with food and was willing to take in a few people but they would have to pay $40 per day per person for expenses. (When I normally dream it is not very specific like this one was).

I knew there were four of us that would need protection so as I was adding this all up in my head I realized that we didn't have very much money and certainly not enough to cover us for more than a few days. I was torn - what should we do.

So I looked up into the sky and just said, YHWH what should we do. Is it true that it is going to happen soon or not. At that very moment the sky pulled back like a curtain and all I could see was that just above my head - no more than about 10 feet up - was a swirling mess of creatures. Awful, ugly, evil all swirling around in a greenish haze. Then my 9 year old daughter appeared standing on the roof of a car next to me. She started singing opera and I knew that was a bad thing. That perhaps some of the evil was in her. I yelled loudly Katherine! Then pulled her by the hand and she stopped singing.

I knew in that instant that (1) it was going to happen very soon and (2) I had nothing to worry about. He was going to protect us. I had no fear of anything I saw even though it was terrible and evil. I had such a peace about me.

Then I woke up.

A couple of days after that my husband had a very short dream. He dreamed that a voice just simply said the Capstone is in charge and the Capstone will take care of it. That was it.

Matthew 21:42 Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: " 'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone ; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes' ?

This was a direct quote from Psalm 118:22 The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone;

He is coming and coming very soon! The tribulation is almost over and the time of trouble is almost upon us. The coming weeks are going to get far worse very quickly as the evil one is stepping up his game as he knows it is almost over. Just a few days ago he/Muslims murdered/tortured over 500 Christian women and children in raids on a village. He is angry that his rule is coming to an end.

Stay in the Word and in prayer. Get out of any church that is not true to YHWH's word. If your church practices paganism you must come out of her now.

Know without a doubt that He is all powerful. His will be done. Some of us will not make it through alive but we will all live in the Kingdom. The time is very, very short.

Dear Church,

2010-06-27T12:13:00.000-04:00

My husband and I received a letter a few days ago from a church we have not attended in almost 3 years. It was a form letter that basically said that since we were no longer attending that they had no choice but to remove us from their membership. They added that every time they thought of us they prayed for us and hoped that we were doing well on our spiritual journey. It was not hand signed but typed signed "The Elder Board".

Many thoughts have gone through my head since reading it. My first response was laughter. Then I shook my head at the weirdness of it and how they really don't get it at all. No wonder our churches are in such bad shape.

So this is my letter to them. I'm not really sending it to them because there is no point. This letter is to all churches out there who are doing things like this letter.

Dear Elder Board,

First of all we would like to thank you for your very "personal" letter (sarcasm). Since it was from the Elder Board we don't even know who actually sent this. Who is on the Elder Board and do you really know us at all? Do we know you?

Second, if you were so concerned about us and our spiritual journey then why did you wait almost 3 years to contact us? This is the first contact you've attempted with us since we stopped attending. You have no idea why we even stopped attending. You didn't care enough to ask.

We wonder what the real agenda is of the letter. If we haven't attended in almost three years do you think we care that we are being taken off of the membership? Why waste the time to print the letter and the cost of the mailing?

Might it possibly be that you thought we would receive the letter and say Oh No! They are taking us off of membership. Let's start going again this Sunday so they won't take us off.

Somewhere in the back of my mind I see this faceless group of men (no women of course) sitting around a table trying to think up ways to build up the people in the seats and someone saying, "Hey let's send out a letter to people who used to attend but don't anymore and see if we can get them to start coming again".

Whatever the motivation for sending this letter it completely astounds me that it was sent at all. It was definitely a waste of time and money on your part. There was nothing personal in it and was not signed by a person; not even the secretary of the church.

There is no point in getting into why we left because you don't care anyway. (For those of you who would like to know I will write that in another blog posting).

In conclusion, thank you for removing us from your membership files. We do not care to be associated with a leadership such as yours. The Word is very clear that we are judged based on what the leadership that we have put ourselves under does. We have not agreed with your decision making for a long time so we are relieved that we are no longer under it. We actually thought that you removed us long ago so this was good confirmation for us.

Again, we are not actually planning to send the letter because it would make no difference. We would be wasting the stamp just like they did.

Someday these churches will wake up and realize that they are not a business. This is not about getting people in the seats to donate more money to build a bigger building with a bigger infrastructure just to teach those people a simple sinners prayer, which does nothing to get them into the Kingdom. Then after teaching them that once they say that prayer they get their "get out of jail free card", they then act just like the world with their sunrise celebrations at Easter and Christmas, trees and gifts and cards and all of the paganism that YHWH hates.

Someday, some are going to pay a heavy price for all of this. It makes me so sad that they are so caught up in their "man" doctrine that they don't see that they are doing the very thing that caused YHWH to punish Israel.

So church, next time just save your time and your stamp. Your unsigned form letter is not going to get me back into the "fold". You wouldn't want me anyway. I would be a lot more trouble than I'm worth in gold to you.

Comments must be in English to be published

2010-06-15T07:40:00.000-04:00

Just letting everyone know that if you post a comment and I can't read it because it is in another language other than English I will have to delete it and it will not be published. I can't take the risk that it is spam or something worse. If you can read what I write in English then you should write your response in English. Thanks.

Additions Made to Website!

2010-06-06T15:44:00.000-04:00

I've recently made some additions to my website. Please check it out at

www.infiniteabundance.us

What If We Are At The End?

2010-06-06T15:25:00.000-04:00

I get a lot of emails from those who believe we are in the last days. Some are pre-trib who think that we are very close to being raptured out and the beginning of the 7 year tribulation. Some who believe there is no such thing as a pre-trib rapture and tribulation but still believe we are pretty much at the end. Then there are those who aren't even thinking theologically but know that things are going downhill at a very rapid rate and they don't see how anything is going to turn things around.

My husband and I talk about the things we see going on in the world on a daily basis. I told him recently that there is so much coming at us so fast that you can hardly take it all in. You just want to stop up your ears and yell ENOUGH ALREADY! It's like that old game at the arcade with the gophers and the club. Every time you hit one gopher with a club another one pops up in a different spot. Problem with our world is that we have a whole lot of gophers popping up all at the same time and no one has any clubs at all.

On Friday the stock market tanked over 300 points due to the unemployment numbers. Our economy, while our government keeps telling us things are getting better, is not if you talk to the average person on the street. Everyone knows someone or many someones that don't have a job. People are filing bankruptcy at staggering numbers and foreclosures are still happening.

Then you have the world scene. Just this past week and weekend you have, once again, Israel and Iran in the news. I just heard that Iran is offering their military for any ships trying to break the Gaza blockade. I turned to my husband and said well if that isn't a declaration of war against the Israeli's I don't know what it could be. The middle east is preparing for war.

For the first time in my life I am unsure of how our government stands with regards to Israel. We have always been her staunchest supporter and the land where her people, the Jews, have found rest from their persecution. That is not the case anymore. Protests are happening around this country against the Israeli's and the blockade. When we don't stand strong for Israel then there is no reason for YHWH's hand of protection to be on our country any longer.

The number of natural and not-so-natural disasters that have come upon this country in the last 10 years is quite alarming. Tornado's, floods, hurricane's, number of earthquakes and more. If we don't stand strong with Israel in both our actions and our words then I expect we'll see more of these things as well as an increase in intensity.

So what if we are at the end? The time of the end as Daniel the prophet speaks? What if we are so close that unless an accident befalls us, we will be alive to see the coming of the Messiah? Something to think about.

If we truly are in the time of the end how does that change what you are doing with your time? Does it change your priorities?

I know for me I'm afraid. Not of what is to come because I trust YHWH. Afraid for the people who don't know Him and don't have relationship with Him. I don't want any to perish. He doesn't either. He wants relationship with everyone.

I remember the story of Messiah Yahshua leaving the ninety-nine sheep to go after the one lost. That tells me that He doesn't want anyone to be lost. That is not His choice though. It is up to each of us to make the decision whether we are going to follow Him or follow our own self-interest.

I pray that each person reading this will make the decision to follow, trust and obey YHWH. Doing that will guarantee your destination no matter what happens in the coming weeks and months.

IDOLS....What Are You Holding Onto?

2010-06-06T08:58:00.000-04:00

When reading through the Holy Scriptures (and by that I mean the "old" Testament - remember that the Messiah, His disciples and the early church did not have anything else except the "old" Holy Scriptures) it is easy to realize that YHWH hates idols of any sort.

This is what He said to the Hebrews at Mt. Sinai when giving them the commandments.

Exodus 20:3 “You have no other mighty ones against My face.
Exodus 20:4 “You do not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of that which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth,
Exodus 20:5 you do not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, יהוה your Elohim am a jealous Ěl, visiting the crookedness of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Exodus 20:6 but showing kindness to thousands, to those who love Me and guard My commands.

So the first command, out of the approximately 600 commands, is one about idol worship. About putting YHWH first and not having anyone or anything else that would come before Him in our lives.

So to me that says it must be pretty important to Him. Reading further into the Holy Scriptures, and remembering what He did to those who ignored this command, makes me realize that this is something that I need to be constantly on watch for in my own life.

As I lay awake this morning I reflected on those things I hold dear in my life. Was I holding them higher than my Elohim? I went down the list and one by one made a mental note that (1) I only had that person or thing because of His blessing and that I would not have it if it were not for Him blessing me with it, (2) that I could never put it as more important than He is to me and (3) was anything I had in my life contrary to His Word?

What are the things that we tend to make idols out of? Well, of course it varies from person to person, and each person is going to have their own "statues". Whether it is a car, or love of watching sports, or collecting things, or food, or money, or being on the computer or whatever. Where is s.a.tan tempting you to put something or someone in front of YHWH?

I recently read in the book of Jasher (one of the books of the apocyrpha) the detailed account of Abraham and Issac on Mt. Moriah (which is also told in Genesis). As much as Abraham loved Issac and as long as he waited for him to be born he was still willing to obey YHWH and put YHWH's wishes first over Abraham's love for his son. Issac was not an idol even though Abraham loved him very much.

I believe that is a good test to use for anything that we hold dear or that we spend time with. Would we give it up if He asked us? OK, so you say yes of course I would but He has never come to me like he went to Abraham to tell me to stop.

Yes that is the tough thing in these days. We don't get that personal one on one chat time with YHWH. However He did leave us His Word and His Word is filled with examples and explanations of things just like this. Problem is that most people don't read His Word. They just get snippets from the pulput on those days they decided to attend the weekly service.

This is my third point. Am I doing anything that goes against His Word?

Just yesterday there was a conversation about Christmas and it being an idol for people. The people in the group were offended that they should give up their Christmas. When told that everything about it was pagan in origin, they still clung to their traditions. Christmas had become an idol to them (and a very pagan one at that) and even though all through the Word YHWH says to put it away they refuse to see and obey. The excuses are the same old ones. We have changed it to worship Jesus. (They don't even use His true Hebrew name but the pagan one given to Him by the Greeks to match their god's name). As I have said in this blog before, no man can take something and make it holy or use it for worship unless YHWH has done it first. It is not our right to do that.

Moreover, when He specifically says that something is pagan and not to do it, we have no right to try and make it into something godly and good and holy and righteous.

It is not easy to go against the world and all of the paganism in it. It's much easier to go with the flow. That flow is called the wide path in the Word. And those that are on it are destined to end up in a place where they truly don't want to go.

It is a lonely place to be, on the narrow path. No one arounds you understands and even worse, they will say mean and horrible things to you for walking away from those things they keep as idols. Remember it is human nature to keep others in the same place we are to make ourselves feel better about what we are doing. You see this with food, sports, money and many other things.

What keeps me going is staying in His Word. Every day, several times a day and especially before I go to sleep. I read and then meditate on what I read and fall asleep with His Word on my mind and in my heart. It gives me peace about the things that are going on around me. It gives me peace about being lonely. I'm not really alone. I have Him.

In conclusion please look at your life through the eyes of YHWH and His Holy Scripture and ask yourself if there is any idol worship in your life. If there is, no matter what it costs you, pluck it out and throw it away. I promise you that it will be worth it in the end to obey Him no matter what.

P.S. If you would like more information on the lost books of the bible and the apocrypha please visit www.thelostbooks.com

Did Yahshua teach material prosperity?

2010-05-28T10:41:00.000-04:00

I often wonder why so many of our churches teach a material prosperity gospel and wonder where in the Word of YHWH they get it?

I asked a pastor once a time ago why he was teaching so much about money and not very much about the Kingdom of God and he replied to me that "Jesus talked more about money than anything else" and "perhaps you should find another church". Hmmm....

I have a rule in life to never argue with anyone dumber than myself so when he said that I understood that this rule fit and left that church immediately.

If churches have a bunch of poor people in them how will they be supported? How will these big mega churches survive without prosperous people in them to pay for the infrastructure of the church? Are the poor really welcome in these churches? I think not. Do they have a vested interest in having rich prosperous people in the seats?

Don't get me wrong. There is nothing wrong with wealth. If YHWH in His wisdom has blessed someone with wealth then that is great. There is nothing inherently evil about money. Remember the Word says that the LOVE of money is evil, not the money itself.

I do, however, think that money is something that is easily turned into an idol - something we think about more than we think about YHWH.

So did Yahshua teach material prosperity? In everything that I have read in His Word I think not. I think He taught that money should be used wisely as any other tool or blessing that He has given to us. Whether the gift is money, or land or some other gift, it should be used for His purposes and to live our lives according to His Word.

So churches will say, well, be wealthy and give it to us - that is doing the will of God. Well, being a good steward of our money is a big responsibility. (Remember that everything we have comes from Him anyway). If we give that money to a church that is squandering it then we are held accountable. Is that ultra big screen TV really necessary when there are poor going hungry? What about the props for every weekly service? What about the immense sound and light systems?

We can't just tithe or donate and then say, well that's done. I did my part. No - our part comes before the donation. It comes from being wise in who we give it to. Wise in asking how the donation is being spent. Is it just to get more people in the seats to give more money to buy more stuff to accommodate more people? An endless cycle of people saying the sinners prayer (another sore subject) thinking they are "saved" and now just sit there week after week giving to the business of the church?

This is what I believe:

1. Yahshua taught more about being prepared for the Kingdom of YHWH than He did about any other thing including money. This is a good thing to be knowledgeable about wouldn't you think?

2. When He talked about money He talked about responsibility and it can get in the way of entering the Kingdom.

3. Be careful who you give your money to as you will be held responsible for the spending of it. If it is not spent wisely you will be judged accordingly.

4. Money is not inherently evil, but the misuse of it is. Putting it as more important than YHWH is definitely evil.

5. If YHWH has blessed you with wealth then you also have the responsibility to use it wisely and for His purposes, which include taking care of your family and those around you that He loves who are hurting.

6. When we look at donating money we look for these criteria: Israel, widows, orphans and the truly poor. We do not donate to churches.

Choose wisely how you spend your money. Choose wisely what you think about. Choose wisely which charities you donate to.

What Has Happened To Our Churches?

2010-05-13T14:18:00.000-04:00

Last night my husband and I attended a church service because a friend of ours was getting baptized. After about two minutes into it I was upset and appalled at what I was seeing and hearing.

In my early 20's I attended many rock concerts. I saw REO Speedwagon, Pink Floyd and others. They were loud and even then I knew they were too loud for my ears. Last night in church the music was so loud that I, and several people around me, covered our ears. It was louder than those rock concerts of my past.

Not only that they played the music the entire time people were being baptized. There was no way to hear the public pronouncement of their faith in Messiah or the Father. We could see their lips move and that's it. It was all about the music, not about the acts of baptism that were happening.

Once our friend went through the ritual we left. Our ears were ringing two hours after we got home. I wonder do they really believe that YHWH was honored and worshiped through that noise? I was so distressed by it all that I wanted to cry.

The way to worship YHWH is through obedience to Him and His Torah. We can't change how He wants to be worshiped, we need to worship Him how he wants. That isn't through music so loud that people there have to hold their hands over their ears because it hurts so badly. There is no where in the Word that says to sing that loudly and play music that loudly. Do they really think they are singing and playing to Him?

I wrote a letter to the pastors of the church this morning. At the end of the letter I wrote that they would just throw the letter away and nothing would come of it. They are in the world, not in the Word. The sad part is that they are leading a whole bunch of sheep down the wrong path.

Matthew 7:21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Master, Master!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, only those who do what my Father in heaven wants. 22 On that Day, many will say to me, 'Master, Master!' Didn't we prophesy in your name? Didn't we expel demons in your name? Didn't we perform many miracles in your name? 23 Then I will tell them to their faces, 'I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness!'

Is Your Life Worthy of Spiritual Attack?

2010-04-29T09:27:00.000-04:00

Spiritual attack is something that is a part of the life of all true believers. Someone once said that if you are not being attacked then you should take a good hard look at your life and ask yourself why.

Our material self wants to live an easy life. It wants a life free of stress, hurt, pain, financial difficulties, etc. It feels relief when the attack ends.

However if this time of peace goes on too long we should question why. What are we doing, or not doing, that is causing the evil one to take his roaming eye off of us. Does he already have us? Are we not worthy of his attention?

Yahshua tells us that He was persecuted and attacked and that as His followers we should expect the same. So rather than be angry or surprised by attacks we should understand that it goes with the territory. It also gives us a sure sign that we are standing strong in YHWH. That the evil one is trying to bring us down so we no longer stand strong and do the work of YHWH. He wants us out of the game.

These days my husband and I are taking many deep sighs. Just getting through. Hanging on the words in the Word and trusting Him with all of our being. It's the only thing we have right now. Sometimes the attacks are so vicious and strong that it seems we can't even breathe. We certainly can't sleep. One thing that's keeping us strong is knowing that the evil one only attacks like this when the people he is attacking are causing him trouble.

So, knowing that, we will keep doing what we are doing and trust YHWH that He will make all things turn for good and will right all wrongs. We will continue to trust and obey, through all of the storms that come our way.

Thank You YHWH for protection and your amazing work in our lives. Thank You for keeping us strong in You. Thank You for showing us Your will so we have a path to follow, no matter how many stones are in our way.

Please bless our work for You. Let us continue to show the true path to others. Let us continue to show Your light to expose the evil of paganism in the church and help true believers turn away from that paganism.

Helping others see the truth makes all of "this" worthwhile. Thank You!

Are You Believer Enough To Be Persecuted?

2009-10-26T13:10:00.000-04:00

I ask myself that question? Do I stand out enough from the world for the world to persecute me for who I am – a follower of Messiah Yeshua? If someone were to look at how I spend my days, how I live my life would they see me any different than everyone else around me?

I read a passage by someone who was into Satanism and the occult recently. They related that they all looked at Christians strangely because they keep the same pagan holidays, celebrate the pagan sun god day (Sunday), live their lives the same exact way the Satanists do with one exception, they’ve said a little prayer. Is that difference enough to change their eternal destination?

The Word of Yehoveh tells us that there will be a great deception put upon the congregation in the last days. Those last days, the days of the gentiles, have been the last 2000 years since Yeshua was crucified. That great deception is growing darker by the day. That deception is that the Torah is no longer valid for us, that since Yeshua died He took that so-called burden away from us and that to keep it makes us “legalistic”. That deception is that all someone has to do these days to get into heaven is “say a little prayer and believe in Jesus”.

Well congregation of believers that is false teaching. Yeshua Himself taught right in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:17, 18 “Don’t think that I have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete. Yes indeed! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud or a stroke will pass from the Torah – not until everything that must happen has happened.” And in Romans 3:31 we read “Does it follow that we abolish Torah by this trusting? Heaven forbid! On the contrary, we confirm Torah.”

Torah is what shows the world how we are set-apart for Yehoveh. How we are different. How we are NOT like the world. That we keep the Sabbath Holy for Him, that we don’t celebrate pagan holidays and how we eat and drink differently. If we do everything the same way that unbelievers do then why in the world would Messiah have died for us? What are we doing that is so different?

Legalism is a word that came to the church early on when they wanted to distance themselves from the Jews. Keeping Torah is not legalistic. It wasn’t legalistic for the Israelites. What became legalistic were the hundreds of extra laws that the Pharisees added to the Torah. These were not set down by Yehoveh and they became a heavy burden to the people. Keeping the Torah is being obedient to our Creator who gave them to us as a gift to separate us from the rest of the world. When we throw them out then we throw out any chance of being different.

The pagan holidays all have their roots in Satanism. Satan is the father of them all. He is the master deceiver and the father of lies. He has convinced the world that evil is good and that good is evil and the church has gone right along with him.

In Joshua chapter 24 Joshua asks the people whom they will serve. The gods of the world or Almighty Yehoveh who brought them out of captivity and gave them their own land. We have that same choice put before us. Will we continue to serve the gods of this world or will we choose Yehoveh? As for me and my house, we will choose to serve Yehoveh. No matter what!

So to get back to my original question, am I enough of a follower of Messiah to invite persecution? That is a question every believer should ask themselves? If I keep the same holidays, go to church on the sun day, don’t keep Torah, don’t even know what a feast day is, etc. there is no reason for anyone to persecute me because I am the same as they are.

Here is a test. Tell someone that you have decided to keep Torah and to stop celebrating the pagan holiday of christmas (not capitalized on purpose) and see what the response is. If you find that they look at your strangely and tell you that you are crazy or worse then you’ll know that you are on the right path. It won’t be easy and that in itself is a sign that you are doing the right thing.

He is coming back soon. The signs are all around us. He will be looking for His set-apart people, His sheep. Are you different than the world? Different enough to be persecuted like He was?

Why Do Believers Celebrate Pagan Holidays?

2009-10-23T10:30:00.000-04:00

Our family used to say that Halloween was our favorite holiday. We worked for a month to decorate our yard with homemade tombstones and even a homemade coffin. We had spooky sounds, lights, skulls and blood everywhere. We won the neighborhood award for the best decorations. People would come from other neighborhoods to see our yard every night. We dressed up and gave out loads of candy.

Then something happened. We accepted Yeshua/Jesus as our Savior and over some time He convicted us that we should not have anything to do with Halloween any more.

Halloween, all hallows eve, ghosts, goblins, witches, werewolves, blood, skulls, skeletons, death, evil, fear and more. Just looking at these things in the light of Yeshua Messiah’s Holy Light, and comparing these things to Him, made us realize that there is nothing in this so called celebration that we should have anything to do with.

I have written several posts about how the Church in general has adopted so many pagan celebrations. I’ve heard it said by other believers that we’ve turned them into something good so they are OK now. Halloween is fun, the children dress up and get candy and it’s just a good time. Even churches have gotten in on it with fall celebrations and selling pumpkins to be made into jack-o-lanterns as a fundraiser. Some even say that with candy they give out tracts and so they are using it to witness to others.

We used to do the same – doing our own version of turning something evil into something Holy. Problem is only He can make something Holy – we can’t. We were not being a good witness by keeping the same holiday that unbelievers were keeping. We were doing exactly what the world was doing. Exactly what He tells us not to do. We are to be in the world but not of the world. If we are doing what everyone else does then how are we His set-apart people?

As I’ve said so many times before, this is exactly what the Israelites used to do before Messiah came. They used to take pagan Ba’al celebrations and put a godly spin on them and still worship Yehoveh through these celebrations. He did not accept that and when they didn’t stop He judged them and sent them into captivity. It is not that they stopped worshiping Him it is that they were using pagan celebrations to do so. It was unacceptable to Him.

We are doing the same thing when we take on pagan holidays and attempt to turn them into something fun and good and we call them all sorts of things to make us feel better about doing it.

Take a moment and Google the origin of Halloween. It dates back over 2000 years to the Celts bringing back ghosts and spirits of the dead. They would contact them to get predictions on what the next year would be like. November 1st was their new year and they believed that the night before the boundary between the worlds of the living and dead were blurred so that the Druids, the Celtic priests, could more easily be in contact with these sprirts.

The Word of Yehoveh tells us that to try and contact the dead is against His Word. Ghosts and spirits are Satan’s evil demons. He is constantly working to pull us his way and away from Yehoveh God. He does it through seemingly innocent ways. He doesn’t stand there and say, hey I’m Satan and I want you to come and follow me and leave God. He says, oh isn’t that a cute little princess costume. Let’s do Halloween and go trick or treating. One more step in his direction. A slippery slope.

To even try to mix what is Holy and Righteous with this evil and call it fun and harmless is just plain deceptive. Whatever name is put on it, however it is described, its roots are evil and that evil cannot be changed into good. There is no place in His Word where His people have been able to do that. Holy is Holy and evil is evil and they cannot mix.

In these end of days just before He returns to earth to claim His own it is critical that believers live their day to day lives in a Holy manner in all things. He was very clear that many who think they are His will be told “I don’t know you” when He comes back. When we constantly do what is right in our own sight instead of following what is in His Word then why would He choose us to be with Him for all eternity? He wants true followers, not just those who mouth the right words. As His Word says, we shall know them by their fruit.

He is coming back. He is coming back soon. We are in the end of the end of days. The world as it has been is crumbling apart. Are you ready? Are you living your life as if He is soon to be here? Are you showing others around you that you are just the same as they are or are you different? Are you different enough to be noticed? Perhaps different enough to be persecuted for how you are living your life? If you aren’t, then perhaps now is the time to make some changes. Repent of the pagan ways you have adopted into your life and ask Him to forgive you. Start living your life Holy for Him. It will mean a difference for all eternity.

How Much Time Do You Spend?

2009-10-02T09:42:00.001-04:00

A few years ago I had the opportunity to spend some time in Australia attending the wedding of my son and daughter-in-law. I stayed at an amazing bed and breakfast just off of Bondi beach just outside of Sydney. There is an indescribable coastal walk that goes from Bondi beach to Maroubra beach. It is 7.4 miles one way hopping from one gorgeous beach to the next with wild and wonderful coastline in between. It takes about 4 hours to walk each way so there is plenty of time to enjoy Yehoveh’s amazing creation and do a lot of thinking as well.

One day as I was walking along I started thinking about Yehoveh’s Word – commonly called the Bible. I had read bits and pieces, even whole chapters but had never read it through entirely. Something spoke to me while I was staring out at His enormous ocean, waves crashing on the cliffs below me, that one day I would be standing in front of Him, the author of this incredible book and what would I say if He asked me, “Have you ever read my book through start to finish?” It hit me that I would be so ashamed at that moment. Everything that He did to give it to me and I didn’t care enough to even read it.

That moment I made the decision that no matter what I was going to start at the beginning and read it straight through. Every single word, name, number, no matter how confusing or boring it might be in places. As soon as I got back to my room that day I opened it up to Genesis 1:1 and started reading. No studying it, just reading, like I would any other novel or book. It took me 4 months and I finished up at Revelation 22:21.

WOW! The picture became very clear. I could see Yehoveh’s plan completely laid out from the very beginning. It all came together so perfectly. It strengthened my faith in ways I cannot even count. To read story after story of how He protected, saved and rescued person and nation time and after time when none of them deserved it was so inspiring.

I could see His plan for the nation of Israel and how He so perfectly opened the door to gentiles to become a part of it and how it was His plan all along. That from the first moment He prepared to send His Son, Yeshua Messiah, to complete the sacrificial system that He began at Mt. Sinai. WOW! That piece by piece He put the puzzle together, bringing mankind along the journey of knowing Him.

Since then reading the bible through has become a normal habit to me. I finish up with Revelation and start right again with Genesis. As many times as I have done it over the past few years there is always something that I read that jumps out at me as if I had never read it before. The picture becomes clearer every time.

For those of you who have never read the Word of Yehoveh through I encourage it. It will bring you so much peace and understanding. A while ago I came across a webpage about reading the bible through. It had an online booklet written by Phillip Green. http://www.kjv-asia.com/read_your_bible_.htm

This is how I have broken down my time in His Word:

1. Spending time daily just reading through the bible.

2. Spending time daily doing a specific bible study – currently I am working through the Torah and Old Testament doing a free online study at www.torahclass.com

Now I can stand before Him and at least I can say yes I have read your book. And I cannot wait to spend time with Him discussing the things I have read.

To Obey or to Disobey - That is the Question!

2009-09-28T09:06:00.000-04:00

Mark 7:6-13

6 And He said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocites, as it is written, “This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
7 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
8 You leave the commandment of Yehoveh and hold to the tradition of men.”
9And He said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of Yehoveh in order to establish your tradition!
10 For Moses said, “Honor your father and mother; and, Whoever reviles father and mother must surely die.’
11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban” (that is, given to Yehoveh) –
12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother,
13 thus making void the Word of Yehoveh by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”

I was having a conversation the other day with another Christian. We were discussing Christians celebrating the traditions of christmas and easter. (Not capitalized on purpose). Her stance was that it was OK to have those traditions because Christians took those pagan holidays and turned them into something good for God. I disagree on several points.

1. Only Yehoveh can turn something made for evil into something for good and only if He chooses to do so. We do not have the right to do anything of the sort. Humans cannot make something Holy – only Yehoveh can do that.

2. The Torah gives us the proper way to worship Yehoveh in His own words. There is no adding to or subtracting from that. Many Christians have been taught that the Torah has no use for us because Yeshua came. Even He said this about Torah:

Matthew 5:17 - 18:
17 Don’t think that I have come to abolish the Torah and the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete. (Your Bible may say fulfill).
18 Yes indeed! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud or a stroke will pass from the Torah – not until everything that must happen has happened.

Does that sound to you that we should abolish the Torah? What it means is that Messiah Yeshua fulfilled the ultimate sacrifice to atone for sin and that there is no need for the sacrificial system. But how do we even know what sin is without Torah to tell us. We honor the Ten Commandments but those are just the basis for the 613 Torah laws. How can we do some without doing all and especially when Yeshua tells us that until He returns it will all still be valid?

3. This is what we (Israelites and Christians) have done since the beginning. Take pagan worship rituals and use them to worship the Almighty Yehoveh. He didn't like it when the Israelites did it and He doesn't like it when we do it today.

The bible is filled with testimony from the prophets warning Israel to give up the traditions of worshiping using pagan rituals. Most think that the Israelites got into trouble from Yehoveh because they were worshiping false idols. That is false for the most part. They were using the Ashteroth pole and other things to worship Yehoveh. They mixed it all up.

Read through Isaiah, Hosea and the other prophets. Warning Israel and Judah to give up those worship practices or else. The "Or Else" happened, first to the Northern Kingdom of Israel and then to the Southern Kingdom of Judah. Even after Judah came back from Babylon it happened again and as you can see by the opening verse in Mark, it was happening in Yeshua's time. Traditions of man had replaced Torah and the Bible.

We, as Christians, have the choice to obey or disobey Yehoveh. His Word clearly speaks the truth of what He wants from us. The Torah was written to believers. It was a message on how a believer should live their life in worship to Him who created us.

We can choose to learn what He wants from us and obey - by the way this is the hard choice. It may mean giving up things you love, distancing yourself from people you care about and even being persecuted. (hmmmm...didn't Yeshua say that if you follow Him to expect that?) Or you can choose to keep your traditions. Most will choose this path because it is easy and you can justify it through many means. (One person recently said, well we have to keep our ham easter dinner because we need to be a good witness for our unsaved son. UGH! How in the world is keeping a pagan ritual and eating unclean food that Yeshua wouldn't ever touch a witness for Him?)

Justify it all you want. There is Yehoveh's truth and there is your justification for disobeying it. Yehoveh's Word constantly talks about the remnant and the narrow path. How many pagan rituals can you still keep and be on that narrow path?

If you would like to learn more about Torah and what it means to Christians today please visit www.torahclass.com and click on Old Testament studies. You can do free studies starting in Genesis all the way through Torah (Genesis through Deuteronomy).

As Joshua said, “As for me and my house we will choose to serve Yehoveh”.

No Matter What!!

2009-09-20T13:01:00.000-04:00

I'm a little riled up today. OK, OK so that is normal for me. You can laugh. Go ahead. I get riled up when church doctrine gets thrown in my face and made out to be more important than the Word of Yehoveh. Yes, that's right. Man vs. God and I'm supposed to just be quiet and do what I'm told. Sorry, you picked the wrong person. I've committed to standing up for the truth of His Word no matter what. I don't care who you are, what church you are, how long you have been in ministry, that you went to seminary, what kind of ministry you have, how long you've been a Christian, or whatever. If you want me to bow down to church doctrine and it goes against His Word then a big NO to you! And I don't care what it costs me. Ban me, kick me out, ask me to leave, ignore me, delete me from being your "friend", whatever.

You say, well what could be upsetting you so? The fact is that the church who is supposed to worship our Savior, Messiah Yeshua/Jesus Christ, is so attached to their doctrines and their celebrations and their holidays that they can't stand for someone to tell them that what they are doing is against God's Will. I've written about this before and I'm sure I will again. The festivals that Christians love so much, christmas and easter, are NOT in the bible. Jesus did not celebrate them. The apostles did not celebrate them. In fact, do a google search on the history of them. The history is that they are celebrations of false gods since the time of the Tower of Babel with Nimrod. Just handed down century after century and given new names depending on the culture of the time. Satan is very subtle and doesn't change his mode of operation. He just gives it new names.

And to go it one further, when reading the bible you come to understand very quickly that Yehoveh HATED these false gods and celebrations, and hated how the Israelites adopted so many of them into their worship of Him, that He exiled them. First the Northern Kingdom of the ten tribes and then the Southern Kingdom into Babylon.

He has NOT changed. He is the same God today that He was then. He has NOT changed His mind on how to worship Him. He does NOT want pagan celebrations attached to His Name.

Do what you want to me. I will continue to stand up for the truth of His Word no matter what. If you don't like what I'm saying then take it up with Him. Ask Him what He thinks and then read His Word about it. It is very clear.

Read my blog post about Syncretism. It is that very thing that has crept into the church and muddied it all up. The blending together of Christianity and paganism. We cannot just put a new name on something and it becomes Holy. Only Yehoveh can deem something Holy. And He never did that with christmas or easter.

Church we are in the last days according to the prophet Daniel. We are in the "time of the end". This is not the time to be playing around with pagan celebrations. Please open the Bible and read how He wants us to worship Him. Get prepared. The Kingdom of God is at hand.

When Do You Call on the Lord?

2009-09-02T09:42:00.000-04:00

I was listening to a teaching on Zechariah this morning on my walk. The teacher asked a question. "Do you call on the Lord only in times of trouble?" What he meant by that is, what kind of relationship do you have with Him? Is it only when you need Him or is it an every day relationship?

Even pagans - those without God - will call on Him when they think it is their last resort. We've all heard stories of even atheists calling out to God when death is certain or a loved one is in serious condition. That isn't relationship, that is idol worship. Yehoveh wants more than that from us, His chosen people. He has mercy on us not just because He can give that to us, but because He wants to be in relationship with us. That is called grace. Grace is mercy given for a reason and His reason is relationship.

In many cultures it is common that in times of trouble, the family idols are brought out, prayed to and asked for help. If we only talk to Yehoveh in challenging times how is that any different?

I always like to compare it to the relationship that I have with my husband. I love him and love being in relationship with him. Because of that I like talking to him, being with him and all that goes with being in a relationship. What kind of relationship would it be if I saw him only when I was in trouble and needed him? Or said the same words to him every day at the same time and without really feeling anything? More duty than love? It's obvious that we wouldn't have much of a relationship at all. In fact, it is a relationship like this that often leads to divorce.

What kind of relationship do I have with Yehoveh? Is it the same boring stuff day after day, or even going days without speaking to Him or reading His Word? How long would my marriage last if I went days without speaking to my husband or listening to him speak to me? Not long I would think. How long will my relationship last with my Lord if I rarely speak to Him, think about Him or read His words to me? Not long I would think. That is called walking away from Him.

The time is short in this world. The times He tells us about in His Word are upon us. The time to spend building a relationship with Him is almost over. Please don't waste one more minute living for this world. Lift your eyes up to Him and tell Him that more than anything else you want to be in a fantastic relationship with Him for now and for all eternity. Talk to Him and read His Word.

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Looby Loo!

2009-08-14T08:05:00.000-04:00

Remember the game we used to play as children called Looby Loo? Put your left foot in, take your left foot out, put your whole self in, take your whole self out, etc. I believe that many Christians play this game with their faith. These past few days I've been re-evaluating my walk and realized that it is so easy to have one foot in and one foot out at the same time. This world is so challenging right now that we have our hands full just trying to manage and get through our days.

You want to please those around you; your family, your boss, your friends, your co-workers, etc. The question we rarely ask ourselves is are we pleasing Yehoveh God? Are we putting the way people think about us above what He thinks about us.

Over and over the past few days Yehoveh has put His Word in front of me with the answer. He has put people in my path with the answer. The answer is that I have been more concerned with what others think of me than I have with being obedient to Him. I have thought about and worried what they might think of me, how they might treat me, if they would like me anymore or even walk away from me if I stood up for truth. Would I lose business? Would I lose a friendship? Would I lose a close family member? Would I get ridiculed, laughed at, ignored, hated, called names, rejected? Would they remove me as a friend from Facebook - sad, but true.

I had one foot in with Yehoveh and the other one firmly in the world. This morning He led me to the first three chapters in Revelation. He made me realize that living that way leads to destruction. Those three chapters are written to His believing church. They were not written to the unbelievers of the world or even seekers. He was admonishing His people to step up and do right by Him, not right by the world. He also let them know quite frankly that if they didn't, the consequences would be severe. Eternity without Him.

Gasp! Yes - contrary to the popular belief that is taught in today's churches, you can walk away from Him. You have free will and can choose your eternity. Messiah Yeshua spoke about this very issue in Matthew 7:21-23 "Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord! will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, only those who do what my Father in Heaven wants. 22 On that Day, many will say to me, Lord, Lord! Didn't we prophesy in your name? Didn't we expel demons in your name? Didn't we perform many miracles in your name? 23 Then I will tell them to their faces, I never knew you! Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness!"

He was not talking to unbelievers. Unbelievers don't do these things. He was talking to people who were doing things in His Holy name. Believers.

Revelation 1:3 Blessed are the reader and hearers of the words of this prophecy, provided they obey the things written in it! For the time is near!

In the time of John the word hear did not just mean to hear something, it was an action word. It meant that you had to DO something to show that you heard and understood. If you trust Yeshua/Jesus then hear and obey! If you have a foot in the world NOW is the time to pull it out and firmly stand on the Rock of Salvation. It's all or nothing - you can't have it both ways.

Joshua 24: 14-15 Therefore fear Yehoveh, and serve Him truly and sincerely. Put away the gods your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve Yehoveh! 15 If it seems bad to you to serve Yehoveh, then choose today whom you are going to serve! Will it be the gods your ancestors served beyond the River? or the gods of the Emori, in whose land you are living?

As for me and my household, we will serve Yehoveh!

What's in a Word? - SYNCRETISM

2009-08-04T15:12:00.000-04:00

According to the American Heritage Dictionary the definition of syncretism is "Reconciliation or fusion of differing systems of belief, as in philosophy or religion, especially when success is partial or the result is heterogeneous".

I recently finished a study on the book of Judges. It is a good example of syncretism. Yehovah instructed Joshua to enter Canaan and give the people living there a choice. Either pack up and leave or die. There was no middle ground. He did not want His chosen people to live with people who held other beliefs and other gods. Syncretism happened because Israel did not obey God. Instead they decided to tolerate the Canaanites and allowed them to live along side of the Hebrews. They tolerated the many gods including Baal and Ashteroth.

It didn't take long for syncretism to rear its ugly head. It happened very quickly and before the Israelites knew what happened to them they were worshiping not only Yehovah but the gods of the Canaanites as well. They worked together, worshiped together, married each other and so on. The Torah was not being followed and the priesthood and sacrificial system set up by Yehovah at Mt. Sinai was completely watered down.

Today we are seeing the same thing happen to both the Jews and the Christian church. Instead of following Yehovah's Word, we are building churches based on doctrine. Doctrine that in many cases has no real basis in the Bible. Doctrine that is falling short of readying the church for the fast approaching Kingdom of Yehovah.

The church has adopted the ways of the world to such an extent that it's hard to tell the difference between the two. When a person listens to the same music, watches the same movies and television shows, reads the same books, talks the same talk and basically lives the same life as someone who doesn't know Messiah Yeshua, how are they living the life of a set-apart people?

One reason Yehovah set down the Torah laws was to show how His people were different from all other peoples of the world. We are not supposed to be the same. We are different; set apart for a Holy God. That God expects His people to be different than the rest of the world.

I ask myself daily if someone was watching me could they tell by my actions that I am a follower of Messiah Yeshua. Am I keeping both feet where they belong or do I have one foot in this world?

Many Christians today are living a life of syncretism. They don't even realize that they have combined the world and their faith. I pray that you are keeping yourself set apart for Him.

What in the world are they thinking?

2009-07-20T12:34:00.000-04:00

As I drove into work this morning the news played a clip from the new Harry Potter movie that is all the rage and breaking box office records. I switched channels. When I opened my Facebook page this morning a post jumped out at me from a Christian who went to church then to see the HP movie, which they said was very good. A heaviness came down upon me so great that I cried out to Almighty Yehovah to please come back and come back soon as I didn't know how much more of this I could take. When Christians embrace a movie so steeped in the occult for entertainment, surely He isn't long in His return.

Is it that they just do not know how Yehovah God feels about this subject? Or do they know and they don't care? I am no biblical expert but I do spend time reading the Word daily and even I have read the passages about the occult and what God did to even His own people Israel because they dabbled in it. The most famous account is of King Saul speaking with a medium and what the repurcussions of that encounter brought to him.

Are we obeying our Savior King when we do exactly the opposite of what He commands us to do when it comes to witchcraft and the occult? Many will say "I love Jesus". But what good is that when you don't do as He says? That would be like my child saying I love my mom and dad but goes on to defy what we say. All words and no obedience. As James states in his letter, faith without works is dead. When we profess that we are followers of Messiah Yeshua but then fail to follow His commands we are having faith without works, which isn't really faith at all.

I've heard all of the excuses for seeing movies like HP. "I can handle it". "I know it's fiction:. "It's just a movie". "It's not really that bad". Etc. If Messiah Yeshua were going to the movie with you, would you take Him to HP? I highly doubt it.

Not to mention what kind of example are they setting for those non-Christians who are watching them? When a Christian acts just like a non-Christian there really is no difference between them.

The apostacy is full upon the church these days.

Nearing the End?

2008-11-12T10:43:00.000-05:00

What a roller coaster ride we are on right now. A new president, the financial crisis, rumors of wars in the middle east, Israel surrounded by enemies and wondering if America is still her friend and more. I read someone today on the internet who said that we could still be a thousand years or more until Christ returns. That is the response of many today, many who profess a love of Jesus and want to spend their eternity in heaven. Yet they don't believe that He is really coming soon. Or maybe they don't really believe He is coming at all. After all it has been 2000 years since He was killed. That's a long time in anyone's calendar.

The length of time is causing many to wonder "is He really coming"? That is when atheists chime in and say, yeah, Christians have been saying that for 2000 years and He's not here yet. Like Jesus is on their time frame or something. Remember for God, time has no meaning. Time does not exist except for us here on earth and only until He returns.

The church is being dulled into sleep by the length of time yet with everything happening around us we should be shouting in the streets, Repent, be saved and get ready for the Kingdom is near. Christ is coming - SOON! I don't hear many Christians saying that though. Most are embroiled in wondering how they are going to cope without a job, without their retirement savings, without their nest eggs. We are focused on the things of this world, exactly where satan wants us to have our thoughts. The church has become apathetic towards the return of Jesus Christ. It is more interested in enough money to build that new wing on the church.

It kind of gets me back to one of my first postings. Does the church really believe the bible? Is it true? When Jesus said He is coming back did He really mean it or was He just pulling our strings? Belief is an action and there isn't much action for the Kingdom in the church today.

You know what I find interesting? That God in His infinite wisdom told us down to the very day when to expect His Son the first time. He told us over 100 prophecies concerning His son so that people would know what to look for and what to expect. Some people were looking for Him and those that were looking found Him. There were many, many more however who were not looking and they did not see Him and in fact even took part in fulfilling the prophecies about His death. They were so wrapped up in their doctrines and their lives that they completely missed the first coming of Jesus Christ.

I find it ironic that today we are in the same position. Aren't we supposed to be so much smarter than they were back then? There are those who are looking, watching for the return of Christ. They know they are very close and the time is here that God wrote about in His Word. They are waiting with expectant hearts and wide open arms. But most aren't. Most are apathetic at best. Most don't even want to talk about it. They aren't interested. Most say, well even Jesus doesn't know the hour or the day line of scripture. Or He will come as a thief in the night. Problem is they are taking verses out of context and time.

Jesus did not know when He left this earth but as soon as He ascended He knew. He knows exactly when He's coming back. And He told us in His Revelation to the apostle John when to expect Him to come back. The thief in the night is for those of the world who do not know Christ and are not looking for Him at all. For those of us watching we do know.

I spoke with an 81 year old bible prophecy teacher the other day. He has been studying Daniel and Revelation for almost 30 years. He said that he fully expects to be alive when Jesus returns; that we are so very close to that time. We are at door step of eternity right now.

Acts 1:9-11
9 And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
10 And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them.
11 They also said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.

Revelation 19:11-13
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.
12 His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself.
13 He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called the Word of God.

Jesus Christ, the King of all, is coming - SOON! Please get your priorities in order and get ready to receive your King. Money, stuff, job doesn't matter. Relationship with Him does. Pray for your loved ones to accept Christ as their Savior and put away the world. Be a light to those around you who don't know Him yet. The time is almost done for them to repent and accept Him. Soon it will be too late. This is not the time to be complacent and spend our time worrying about what is going on around us. This is the time to be in our Lord Jesus Christ because He truly is our only hope.

Ellis Skolfield - End of Days, Islam, and what about the Tribulation???

2008-10-27T11:39:00.000-04:00

I just have to recommend another excellent read for those of you who love end times and prophecy. This is another entirely new thought process and you will need to go into it very open minded. I first read some of Ellis Skolfields work a few years ago when I was a firm believer in a pretribulation rapture according to the Left Behind series of books. I read a bit and put it down thinking man he is way out in left field and I don't want to read another thing. So I didn't. Until last week.

Funny the path that God puts us on. I'm convinced that our journey will take us as far as our obedience to God will. The minute the obedience stops, so does the knowledge, widsom and understanding. Every day I ask God for those three things and I work to be obedient to His Word, the Bible. And He continues to reward me by leading me on a path of more and more knowledge of Him and His ways.

Matthew 7:8 "For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

Many people are taught this verse in relation to their physical life. A nice house, car, bank account, etc. I believe this verse means to ask for spiritual gifts and they will be given to you. Gifts of understanding, knowledge and wisdom are gifts that I desire from my God and I believe He is and has given them to me.

So back to the topic at hand. Mr. Ellis Skolfield. Last week I happened across his work again. In fact twice it was shown to me in different ways. This is where the obedience kicks in. I try not to make God show me too many times or I think He just might stop showing me. So I looked Mr. Skolfield up again. I read through his website. http://www.ellisskolfield.com/

Mr. Skolfield has many letters, articles and books free online just for the time to download them. This is a big thing to me. That this information is out there at no charge shows a giving heart by Mr. Skolfield.

I downloaded and printed off the book, The Last Prophet. Approximately 190 pages and read it, finishing it over the weekend. Get ready for a major paradigm shift in your end times thinking. You may be like me a few years ago and throw it to the ground saying, that's absurd. Or you may be like me now, going hmmmmmm...let's see what the bible says about this.....oh my well this is starting to make a lot of good sense.

We've all heard of the 7-year tribulation, 3.5 year great tribulation, antichrist, mark of the beast, false prophet, and all the rest of the end times verbiage. Prophecies in Daniel, Matthew, Ezekiel and of course Revelation have peaked curiosities for centuries. Problem is, according to Mr. Skolfield, none of those prophecies could possibly make sense until 1948 and 1967. Why? Two reasons: Israel and Jerusalem.

Want to know more? Go to http://www.ellisskolfield.com/ and click on books & essays. On that page you will see a free download for chapters 1 - 9 and 10 -17 of the False Prophet. You will also see several other free downloads for your reading pleasure.

Enjoy and let me know what you think. I'd love to hear your opinion.

God's War on Terror by Walid Shoebat

2008-09-04T09:49:00.000-04:00

Are you interested in End Times prophecy? Do you want to know if what is happening in the middle east right now will affect America? Do you wonder if the bible is really true and the things it says really will happen? Then this is one book you will want to add to the top of your reading list.

After finishing this book I truly believe this man was saved out of a life of terrorism for the purpose of alerting God's people to what is coming our way. I won't go into the entire history of Walid as you can go to his site to read his amazing story of salvation. http://www.shoebat.com/

I will briefly tell you that he was born in Israel to an Arab father and Christian mother. Walid grew up as a PLO terrorist and then became a Christian and changed his life. He spends his life teaching people about the dangers of Islam and this book shows God's prophecies from the bible and how Islam plays a major role in the end times.

As a watcher I read everything I can get my hands on. Then I put it up against scripture. Most don't hold up. I don't think anyone is going to have it 100% correct until it's over but there are some very discerning authors out there that I believe God is using.

The point is that we've been listening to prophecy teachers teach the same old thing for a long time. They keep passing it down and we all just believe it. God took this man who was an avowed PLO terrorist and hated Jews and Christians and God saved him. Why? Maybe, just maybe, it is a part of God's plan to warn His people. The bible states time after time that God gives His people warning before things happen. I believe that God is the same today as He was in the bible. He hasn't changed. He is still going to send messengers with warnings. And there are going to be many who just disregard it because it doesn't fit their picture of who, what, where and how. Or it's going to come from someone that doesn't fit their image of a messenger from God. Which are you?

I've done my due diligence on this and I am confident that there is a lot of truth in what he wrote and I am blessed to have the knowledge. I have a peace that does surpass all understanding that wasn't as present before as it is now.

This is a link for a 6-minute video introducing the book. http://www.joelstrumpet.com/?p=1339

Be sure to post your thoughts after you've read the book. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Kathe

Where have I been? And today's churches...

2008-04-07T11:12:00.000-04:00

I haven't written since mid-January. I really haven't had much to say lately. Busy taking it all in I guess. Today I have some things on my heart. I'm sad. Very sad. At the state of our churches today.

Where did it all go? I'm talking about talking about the Kingdom of God and the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Why don't churches talk about it anymore?

When you read the apostles in the bible that's pretty much all they talk about. They were so excited about Jesus coming back. After all they knew Him in person and they loved Him and they couldn't wait to see Him again. Even the early church fathers taught that Jesus could come back anytime and that we as Christians needed to be ready.

Seems we have lost that these days. Churches now talk about how to handle finances, how to have a good marriage, how to be a good parent, etc. There is little or no talk about getting ready to face the coming tribulation and how to hold out until the end. The end is when Jesus comes back. Maybe our church leaders don't really believe that it's going to happen and that's why they don't teach it? Maybe they are too wrapped up in getting more people in the seats to pay for their buildings? I don't know. I really don't.

I really don't understand it either. The bible says that pastors and teachers will be held to a higher accountability than the average person. Why? Because they are responsible in part, for their flocks. So you would think that they would feel an added burden to make sure their flock was totally prepared to go through tribulation.

So I can only conclude that either (a) pastors don't really believe the bible or (b) they really don't think these things are going to happen in our lifetime so it doesn't really matter right now.

I don't know what else to think. I believe God says what He means and He means what He says. When He says we must endure to the end I believe Him. When He says that if I read the book of Revelation I will be blessed I believe Him. I believe that by reading it, and the rest of His word, that I will be prepared to endure to the end. Whether that means making it all the way to Christs return at the end of tribulation or a martyrs death, I will endure for Christ. No matter what.

Are you ready?

Kathe

Just say this little prayer.....

2008-01-22T14:20:00.000-05:00

Is it really that easy? Just say this little prayer, called the sinner's prayer, and you get your ticket into eternity with God. Is that really all it takes? And once you say that little prayer and you have your ticket, can you live your life pretty much how you please without worrying about losing it? That is what I hear from most preachers today. It's called the OSAS or Once Saved Always Saved doctrine. Basically once you say that prayer and accept Jesus as your Savior, you are always saved and nothing can take that away from you.

My husband and I are reading through Revelation right now, doing a little bible study on our own. As we were reading this past week we came across some verses which caused us to pause and talk about the OSAS doctrine.

Revelation 2:25 - 28 (25) Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I come. (26) He who overcomes and he who keeps My deeds until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations; (27) and he shall rule them with a rod of iron, as the vessels of the potter are broken to pieces, as I also have received authority from My Father; (28) and I will give him the morning star.

To be given all of these things a person needs to hold fast until Jesus comes. He needs to overcome and keep "MY" deeds. Since this is Jesus speaking, He is the "MY" here. He also says that this person who does these things will be given the morning star. If you look in the bible for references to the morning star (Revelation 22:16) you will find that the morning star is another name for Jesus Christ. So in order to have Christ, we must overcome and hold fast until He comes back for us. To me this says you need to do more than just say a simple prayer.

Revelation 3:5 states: He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

OK........so if Jesus says He will not erase a name that must mean that some names are going to be erased. And if a name is erased doesn't that mean that in order to be truly saved and spend eternity with Jesus that you have to do more than just say a simple prayer?

I am reading James right now. I read it through last week and realized that there is so much amazing information in it that I decided to read it again, and again. Then I decided that I'm going to read it every day for at least a month. Every time I read it I get something else from it.

Some things are jumping out at me. In James 2 he talks about Faith and Works. James 2:17 states, Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself. Will dead faith get you into eternity with the Father? I don't think so.

James goes on to talk about Abraham and how Abraham showed his great faith by his works when he believed God and did what he was told to do with his son Isaac. James 2:24 states, You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. It seems pretty clear to me that to just say a simple sinners prayer is just not enough. There has to be something else.

The book of James is full of wisdom on how to live life according to God's will so that your deeds will be an outward showing of your faith. Faith is not a religious act of going to church and praying at the dinner table. Faith is living your life for Christ, not yourself.

Kathe

The Narrow Gate

2007-12-17T10:35:00.000-05:00

Matthew 7:13 Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. (14) For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. What does that mean? As I have stated before I believe the bible literally. That means if it says something I take it at face value unless something tells me otherwise. So when Jesus says that the gate is narrow I have to believe what He is telling me.

A narrow gate means to me that you can't be loaded down with a bunch of stuff and still get through the gate. It's pretty much you and the clothes on your back.
Stuff. We accumulate a lot of stuff going through this life, especially when you live in a western country like the USA. Stuff seems to be the central focus of our lives. Buying stuff, especially the latest stuff. Then once you buy stuff you have to take care of stuff. How much time do we spend just taking care of the stuff we have?

We moved into our home almost 14 years ago. We moved from a 2 bedroom apartment into a 4 bedroom, 2800 sq foot home with a 1/2 finished basement. When we moved into it we didn't have very much stuff. Now it seems that every nook and cranny is filled with stuff. Where did it all come from? Much of it came from having 6 children. We have our stuff and their stuff. We have stuff from every year they went to school. We have trophies and school papers, old sporting goods that might be passed onto a little brother or sister, and all kinds of stuff. We have Christmas cards from years past and reports from 4th grade. We have photo's and videos and tons of memories in boxes. We have a pool table that we can't play pool on because it has stuff stacked on it. Same for the ping pong table.

Stuff, stuff and more stuff. And now it's Christmas and we are out buying more stuff. More comes in and nothing goes out. How did it get this way? Neither myself or my husband grew up this way.

We have decided to get rid of stuff. It is going bye-bye. We have decided we want to live simpler with less stuff. We are finding new homes for lots of stuff or it's going in the trash. We started a few months ago and it seems we have hardly made a dent. We are determined though and will keep it up.

The point is that when you follow Jesus Christ it is more important to have Him than stuff. I don't need stuff, I need Him. The more stuff I get rid of, the more room I will have for Him.

I believe Him when He talks about the narrow gate. I can't expect to live my life for stuff and still get through the narrow gate. It's just not possible and eternity is much too long to get this wrong. I don't need the latest gadget, I need more time with Him and His word. I don't need to fill my house, my head or my time with stuff, I need to fill myself with Him.

How much stuff do you have? If something happened to you today would you fit through that narrow gate into eternity with Jesus Christ?

In my read through the bible I am currently in Ecclesiastes. King Solomon, who was the richest man in history, talks about stuff and how it is all vanity. It is for nothing. He says the only thing that matters is God. This is a man who had everything. Anything he wanted he had at the snap of his fingers. And all for nothing. It was just stuff.

Picture one of those old fashioned weight scales. The ones with 2 dishes that are supposed to balance when the 2 weights match. Put your stuff on one side and your relationship (time spent) with Jesus on the other side. Which one is the heaviest? Will you get through that narrow gate?

Kathe

Standing up for the little things

2007-12-13T08:53:00.000-05:00

I had a conversation with my husband last night as we were walking through the mall about standing up for the little things. We had gone there to get a walk in after dinner as it is freezing cold outside.

One thing I am standing up for this year is Christmas. Now most of us know that Christ really wasn't born in December, more likely September, and most of us know that December 25th was originally a pagan holiday for the Romans and that Christians took it over in the name of Christ somewhere around the 3rd or 4th century, but from then on it was a Christian day to remember the day our Savior came to this earth for us. That is how we celebrate it in our family.

In recent years this celebration of the Saviors birth has evolved into something that doesn't even look like a distant relation. It is now a holiday celebration (what holiday I have no idea) and is all about buying and getting instead of remembering the greatest gift ever given. In case you don't know what that gift is it is the gift of eternal salvation. Christ gave up His amazing throne in heaven (we can't even imagine what that is like) to come to earth and live like a man. He was ridiculed, beaten, whipped and put on a cross to die like a common thief. Then, 3 days later, He rose from the grave and in doing all of this He gave us the choice to live eternally with Him instead of the Lake of Fire. Amazing.

And we have turned that gift into the most self-centered time of year possible. It's all about getting the latest gadget and how much am I getting and I didn't get what I wanted. Me, me, me! I guess we weren't happy with the original gift that was given???

Anyway, this year I am getting emails from different retailers wishing me happy holidays and to please come into their store and buy my holiday gifts. Well, instead of doing what they want I just send an email back and let them know that I celebrate the real reason for this time of year, Christmas, and that I will be doing my Christmas shopping at stores that feel the same way I do and that aren't so PC correct that they can't use the word Christmas. I tell them why there is a Christmas to begin with, Christ, and that is what I celebrate.

Most I don't hear back from. Some I do. Most I hear back from are very defensive and basically say they go with the majority. To that I say no, you are going with the very loud minority. Along with most others who don't care one way or the other, which is even more sad. (Jesus talks about this group in Revelation when He speaks of the lukewarm church that He spits out of His mouth).

I did get one back that thanked me because from my email he was convicted to start treating this season for what it really is and to stand stronger in those convictions rather than bend to being PC just to make more money. Yay!

So how about it. How about we all take the time to write a little note. Be nice about it, but state the truth. We can make a difference, one person at a time.

Next time I want to talk about how standing up for the little things lead to standing up for the big ones and how important that is going to be to you one of these days.

Through His Grace I am saved.

Kathe

Do you REALLY believe the bible?

2007-12-11T10:06:00.001-05:00

I mean REALLY believe it? This thought has been on my mind for the past few weeks as I watch Christians that I know and Christians in the news make some really dumb decisions. I have to wonder, do they really believe the bible.

I do. I really do. I believe every single word is there because God wants it there. Yes there are different translations and versions and everyone and their brother has their favorite and will debate to death which is the right one. I don't want to hijack my own blog and turn this into a debate on which one is the right one. My point is, I believe God is in control. Period. And the Holy Spirit lives inside of me so when I pick up a bible, no matter what version or translation it might be, the Holy Spirit is going to teach me what God wants me to know.

So I believe God. I believe that what He says, He means. That when He says He is going to do something, that it will be done. It might not be in the time frame that I think it should be, but it will be done. And when you read God's word, the bible, there is some pretty nasty stuff coming our way at some point in the future. Many people say we are on the cusp of it right now.

So my question is, if you REALLY believe the bible, meaning you REALLY believe God, would you live your life the way you are living it right now? Would these Christians we watch on TV with their big fancy homes, cars and airplanes really live like that if they REALLY believed the bible? In my humble opinion, no. Not a chance. Not for one second.

If I truly believed that Jesus, the Lord and Savior of this world, was coming back one day soon to judge the living and the dead I would live my life according to His standards, not the standards of this world. Remember who is in charge of this world right now - the evil one - satan. What I see is most people, and that includes a lot of Christians, living by the standards of the enemy rather than the Lord Jesus Christ.

This is serious folks. Really serious. This is not a joke. One day each of us will have our time standing in front of the Lord who created the universe and everything in it. I mean, just think about it. He created everything you see. He made everything work just right, perfectly to sustain your life. And it will be just you standing there with Him. The two of you. No lawyers, no pastors, no authors, no "experts". Nobody but you and Christ. WOW! The God, the One! And decisions will be made which will affect your entire eternity. (That is a long, long time)!

The thing is, He is only going to make known the decision that you are making today. How are you living your day? Your week? Your month? Who are you spending your time with? How are you spending it? What do you spend your money on? How much time do you spend building your relationship with Christ? Is it a priority or do you never really get around to it? Do you go to church on Sunday and do all the right things in the eyes of the people around you? Is there a personal relationship between you and Christ? How many times a day do you talk to Him? Think about Him? What type of decisons do you make in your business? How much are you compromising your faith in order to make more money, have the friends you have, live in the right neighborhood, etc? Maybe you don't make a big deal about your relationship with Christ because you don't want people to think you are weird or "one of those crazy Christians". Maybe you don't want to offend anyone. (This offend thing is another post for another day).

Do you get up every morning and give your day to God? Will His will be done "no matter what" in your life and your day? Is it more important to impress your friends and co-workers or impress Christ? Where does your money go? New stuff and the latest gadget or a food pantry, orphanage and soup kitchen?

I'm not here to judge you. That's not my job. Someday we will all stand in the same spot with the same judge and He is not like the judges on this earth. He is perfect and He will judge perfectly. Will you be judged worthy to live in His kingdom or be sent to a living hell for eternity, burning up in the Lake of Fire in agony for all time? And if you get a decision that you don't want there is no appeal. None.

If you are blessed and judged worthy to live in the Kingdom, will you be one of those who fruit on earth brings you many blessings in the Kingdom or will you be left wishing you had done more for Him while on earth? Your deeds will be put upon the fire to see if they burn up or not. You will be blessed by any that do not burn up. You will spend eternity being compensated fairly for the way you live your life TODAY. Every day makes a difference.

Maybe you don't believe in all of this stuff. That is your choice, your decision. God gave us all free will to believe in Him or not. He would like you to believe in Him but He is not going to force you. And that fact will be made known to you during that time you have alone with Him. This is your decision. It will be made whether you believe it will or not. I'm not going to try to convince you. I would tell you that maybe, just maybe, you should spend some time asking God if He is real. You will be surprised at what you find out.

Sooooo.......Where does Christ fit on your "TO DO" list today?

Praying that you serve God well today and every day for the rest of your life.

Kathe

Bible verses that tell a story

2007-12-08T13:09:00.000-05:00

1 Corinthians 15 (51) Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, (52) in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the LAST TRUMPET; for the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

1 Thessalonians 4 (16) For the Lord Himself will descent from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. (17) Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.

Revelation 11 (15) The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and He will reign for ever and ever." (16) And the twenty-four elders, who were seated on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshipped God, (17) saying: "We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign. (18) The nations were angry; and your wrath has come. The time has come for judging the dead, and for rewarding your servants the prophets and your saints and those who reverence your name, both small and great - and for destroying those who destroy the earth." (19) Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and within His temple was seen the ark of His covenant. And there came flashes of lightening, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a great hailstorm.

These are just some of the verses that came to my attention when I started questioning a pre-tribulation rapture of the saints. Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world, is returning to the earth to vanquish the enemy, satan, and will then rule. He is returning at the LAST TRUMPET. Also, according to scripture itself, the resurrection of the dead happens at that same time. And according to scripture from the apostle Paul, we who are alive should have hope for our dead in Christ because they will rise before anyone who is alive. So, when you put all of those scripture together you have the complete story.

Jesus is returning at the last trumpet at which time the resurrection of the dead will take place and then the rapture of the church. Since Jesus doesn't return until the last trumpet, and at that time He takes over rulership of the earth, this is at the end of the Great Tribulation period.

This means that the writers from the early church all the way down through the church age until the early 1800's were correct in their belief that the church will be going through the Great Tribulation.

Right now the church, for the most part, believes that it is going to be taken out prior to the Great Tribulation. You might ask, what is the harm of believing that? There is great harm in believing that. It leads to a false sense of security. Why in the world would someone spend time getting ready for something that they are never going to experience? They won't.

I like to use the example of a marathon runner. Any serious runner knows that you don't just wake up one morning, decide to run a marathon, put on some brand new shoes and head out the door. That is ridiculous and anyone would laugh at you for even thinking you could do that. No training and your shoes are not even broken in.

No, a serious runner trains for months before running a marathon. They go out almost every day and run for practice, running longer and longer as they build up their stamina. They might even run some smaller races to get ready for the adrenaline rush the marathon will bring. They will start eating right, they will get enough sleep. They will understand that there is a link between running and the mind. They will train their mind to overcome that voice that tells them they can't do it. They will get through injuries and they will go to the gym for weight training. They will understand that they'll hit a wall and train themselves on how to break through it to their goal.

This is what the serious Christian needs to do to get ready for the Great Tribulation. We need to be in serious training. Our training consists of daily reading of God's word, daily prayer and communication with God and walking our daily life imitating our Lord Jesus Christ. When we have obstacles to overcome in our walk, we go to the Lord and overcome the way He would. This gives us strength, through Him, to get through. Each time we do that we build up our strength in Him. Depend on Him for strength to get through tough times. The tough times that we have now are there to help us build up strength for the really tough times ahead. We shouldn't look at them as trials, but as opportunities to grow in Christ so we are more able to handle things as they get worse. We are training for the hardest marathon ever to take place. It's going to be 7 years of going through the hardest thing imaginable. Are you ready?

This morning I was reading through my latest copy of the Voice of the Martyrs magazine. I strongly recommend every serious Christian to get on their mailing list and study that magazine every month. These are Christians on the front line right now, things we will all be faced with in the future. Reading their stories will help you build up your faith and your strength in our Lord Jesus Christ. You can find out more at http://www.persecution.com/. And please do not make the mistake thinking that just because you might live in the U.S.A. that you will be safe from things like this because you will certainly not. In fact, in future blogs we will be talking about the future of the U.S.A. and it's place in biblical prophecy.

I truly pray that these words will give you some things to think about, pray about and study about. Get into God's word and find the truth for yourself. Do not take my word for it - I am only a student such as yourself. I am no bible expert. I am only sharing my thoughts in hopes that it might cause you to dig more deeply into this for yourself. Don't listen to any man, or woman for that matter. Listen only to God. Pray for wisdom and discernment. Pray for strength from Jesus Christ. He is our only hope.

For His glory, Kathe

The deception of a pre-tribulation rapture

2007-12-08T07:39:00.000-05:00

For many years I didn't even know of such a thing as the rapture. I wasn't a Christian and therefore wasn't exposed to this teaching. Once I became a Christian and starting going to church I would hear people refer to this rapture and wondered what it was. They would say things like, "I can't wait for the rapture to take us away" or "I hope the rapture happens before (fill in the blank with just about anything you can think of such as; the new year, my birthday, before I have to get a new job, etc)".

So I googled this term, rapture and it came up with a lot of hits. So this was something pretty big then. I clicked on one of the links and came to a site called Rapture Ready. Hmmm.....there were a lot of people ready for this rapture thing, whatever it was. So I started reading and learned that many Christians (in fact most of the church today) believes that at some point, could be any time, any moment, Jesus Christ would come in the clouds and call up His people to join Him. This would include any people who died as Christians and anyone who was currently living as a Christian. While on their way up, they would be transformed into their new bodies and spend the next 7 or so years in heaven with Jesus, having a banquet or marriage supper, while down on earth the Great Tribulation was taking place. So, these Christians would miss this most horrible time the earth had ever experienced. WOW! This sounded really good so I jumped on the bandwagon.

For several years I was part of the pre-trib (as they are called) crowd. I joined in the message boards, even posting some compelling posts on why the rapture would be pre-trib. I was excited to know that any moment Jesus would be coming to snatch us all away before anything terrible happened.

Then one day I was reading about some Christians in the middle east and in china who had been killed for just being Christian. Then I read that over 150,000 Christians every year die just for being a Christian. Hmmmm.....so I started wondering. Then I read that millions and millions of Christians and Jews have been killed in the past 2000 years just because of their beliefs. Suddenly this idea of Jesus plucking us out of here before anything bad happened wasn't making sense to me. So I prayed. I prayed for understanding on this issue. I prayed for knowledge and discernment to know the truth. The real truth of Jesus, not from some man, no matter who he was.

I started researching where all of this came from. Did the early church fathers, the men who were taught directly by the apostles teach this? No, not one of them. They were all quite clear that the church would be going through the Great Tribulation. I kept reading. More and more I read down through the centuries that biblical scholars taught that the church would need to stand strong through this most trying time in the future. It wasn't until about 200 years ago that it changed.

I'm not going into all of the details on Margaret MacDonald and John Darby and the beginnings of this teaching from the early 1800's as there is loads of information on the net and in books on it. Suffice to say that to the best of my research, this is where is began to take hold. And take hold it did. It has become one of the strongest doctrines of the church today. Most bible believing churches and church goers believe that one day soon they are going to be snatched right out of whatever they are doing and taken up to meet the Lord in the air. Whole websites are dedicated to watching the signs of the times to see how close we are getting, but at the same time they claim that nothing really needs to happen prophetically before that happens.

Reading some of those sites and especially the message boards is quite revealing. The message board that I used to frequent as a pre-tribber is now someplace that saddens me to the core. So many are deceived and will not be ready for the Great Tribulation that all of our early church fathers were convinced that the church would be going through. They are not getting themselves ready spiritually for that time. Recently I read a heartbreaking letter by Corrie Ten Boom who spoke of Chinese pastors regretting their teaching of a pre-tribulation rapture because their churches were not prepared to go through persecution and many fell away from their faith. (Read her letter here - http://endtimepilgrim.org/corrie.htm).

I read some of the posts and they seem almost desperate for Jesus to come back soon. I've heard people in my church say things like, "I'm so happy that we won't have to go through that because I just couldn't do it". That is frightening to me. How many Christians today will not have the faith to make it through this worst time in human history because they have the "Calgon, take me away" mentality. "Jesus, take me away".

I'm afraid for the Christian church today. I'm afraid of what they are going to have to go through and for the many that will fall away. I'm angry at the many men and women who are teaching this lie and who are leading the sheep astray. And making millions doing it. I remember that Jesus will be the judge and that these teachers will be judged more harshly than the rest because of what they have done to millions of people. I pray for them to start teaching the truth. I pray for the pastors to start teaching the truth. If they, who are standing in the pulpit every week, do not stand up and start getting the church ready, there is literally going to be hell to pay.

In the beginning of Hebrews chapter 6 it talks about the "milk" that a believer should know. There are six things on this list. One of these is the resurrection. Every single Christian is to understand what that means and be ready for it. My heart is heavy because there are so many that do not understand the truth and will not be ready and will be lost.

Don't rely on me. Get in your bible and see for yourself. Ask God to help you read those passages with fresh eyes instead of the pre-programming that you have had. Read for yourself what the early church fathers had to say about the end times and the resurrection of the dead. Do your own due diligence.

Remember, when you are standing before your judge - Jesus Christ - you will be alone. You won't have your pastor, your Sunday school teacher, or the authors of the Left Behind series there to blame anything on. We are each responsible for our own decisions.

Get ready, the time is coming soon.

Kathe

What does it mean to me to be a Christian?

2007-12-07T19:52:00.000-05:00

It used to be when you said you were a Christian that it meant one thing, that you were a follower of Jesus Christ, Savior of the world. Now there are so many people out there who claim to be Christian but when you look at how they live their lives you really have to wonder what definition of being a Christian they are talking about. I keep trying to come up with another name for what I am because I really don't want anyone to confuse me with one of those other types of "Christians". In fact, I really should write it as christian with a small "c" because the reason for being Christian is being a follower of "Christ" and that is not how it seems with some.

The bible says that we will know them by their fruits. What is a fruit. Not an apple or pear or mango. Biblical fruit is quite a bit more meaty. Biblical fruit is an outward appearance of a changed life. Does that mean that Christians don't mess up? No way, we are still human and will make mistakes. I know I make plenty. The thing is, there is a difference between making a mistake and doing things on purpose because you think you have your ticket into heaven anyway so what does it matter?

Biblical fruit is someone who accepts Christ as their Savior and you see real changes in their life such as they give up hanging out in bars every weekend getting smashed. They just don't want to do that anymore. They would rather spend time talking about the bible and Jesus than they would watching a trashy movie with bad language. You get what I'm saying. Things they used to do all of the time, they just don't want to do anymore.

When you see someone who is "christian" and they are still the same old person you've known all along, maybe it's just for show on the outside and no real changes made it to the inside. Now many might say, well Kathe, only God can see a persons heart and know for sure. Yes, that is true, but the bible still says we will know them by their fruit and it talks about not getting good fruit from a bad tree and visa versa. So you know if the tree is spouting garbage, it's a pretty good indication that the entire tree is pretty rotten.

For me, becoming a born again Christian means just that. I was born again. I am no longer the person I used to be. Materialistic, self-centered, angry, etc. That person is gone. Money and things have no interest to me any longer. I have nothing to be angry about anymore. I could care less about self because there is so much more to care about, especially about my God who came to this earth and died for me. And it shows in my life. Again, I am not perfect. But I do my best to be and act like Christ every day of my life. I try to show Him in my actions to others. I can feel the Holy Spirit showing me right vs. wrong in how I should act in situations.

I'm just a person, a mom, a wife, a business owner. Someone who has more sin in their past than most. What I do have forgiveness and a changed life and changed perspective. I now look at everything in the eternal perspective rather than the here and now.

So that's my thoughts for today.

Kathe