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Mind control.

We live in an age where we are absolutely flooded with information on a daily basis. We receive information in the form of pictures, sounds, written and spoken words that become entirely too much for us to take in and process. We are overwhelmed by information from many different sources, all contending for our money, time, attention and to try influence what we believe and think. The battle to ultimately control our minds is as real as the noses on our faces, and should not be ignored. Ask yourself; who sets the standards in your life? Do you allow your friends or peers to decide by which standards you live? Or, does Satan’s influence on society influence your belief systems and values?

Our heavenly Father, who is the Creator of all that exists, made things like the Sabbath, His annual Set-apart Days and kosher foods for mankind and specifically for those who believe in Him. However, without considering the teachings of Elohim, mankind established their own standards and values according to which they operate. They changed the Sabbath to either Friday or Sunday, depending on which so-called god they worship. A case in point is a recent advertisement on the South African Broadcasting Corporation: They simply stated that healthy lean South African pork is very good for food. This despite what we read in Leviticus 11: 7 ‘and the pig, for though it divides the hoof, thus making a split hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you.’ What about us as Nazarene Israelites? Are we totally content to follow YHVH our Elohim and His word only? Or are we also making changes to reflect our superior intellect. Do we like the brethren from Berea during Rav Shaul‘s time, study the Scriptures to confirm our beliefs, or do we study the same, to see how we can contradict the word of Elohim? Why do people refuse to believe the word of Elohim? We read from Leviticus 23: 27, “On exactly the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your souls and present and offering by fire to YHVH.”

This tells us that the Day of Atonement can only be on one specific day of the year, and not when we want it to be. How many refuse to accept the Scriptural authority in both the Tanach and the Renewed Covenant that Judah is Elohim’s lawgiver (in Psalms 60: 7 and Romans 3: 1 – 4). Instead many choose to put their own thumb print on things. They want to specify when the Sabbath and Feast Days of Elohim start, despite Yahshua saying to us in John 5: 46 – 47 “For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote of Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?” Do we believe the word of Elohim, or are we contradicting our only Master, as we read in 2 Peter 2: 1, as follows: ‘But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.’ The word denying here is translated from the word ‘arneomai’ in Greek which also means ‘contradicting’.

We read Yahshua’s own words in this regard from Matthew 7: 21 – 24 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Master, Master,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. (22) Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Master, Master, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in your name perform many miracles? (23) And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; ‘DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’ (24) Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon them, may be compared to a wise man, who built his house on the rock.” The underlined section means that we should build our faith on Messiah, the Rock of our salvation, and not on Peter and the Apostles alone, like the Roman Catholics and some Assemblies/congregations of YHVH do. The battle to control our minds is real and we cannot afford to disregard it.

Whether you believe it or not, you are the focus of an ongoing effort to change your belief system, values and standards; and the skills aimed to shape the way in which you think and believe are extremely powerful and effective. We benefit enormously from the positive influences of fellow human beings. But not everyone who seeks to influence our actions are positive. It is like advertising; most of us are aware that without advertising, we will not be aware of all the products available on the market. However, most are also aware that not all advertising are always honest. In our society, with all the modern gadgets that we have available, we suffer from an information overload. It is true that we should base all our decisions on rational information, in order to make correct decisions most of the time. Ask yourself: Who or what has the greatest influence on the way you think and act? What external sources affect your thinking the most? Does the TV or internet influence what you think and do in your day to day life?

The television is a very powerful tool for transmitting information and new ideas to large numbers of viewers. Television is also very effective in helping to shape and drastically influencing the thinking and behavior of most of its viewers. The reason is that television and the movie industry, knowingly or unknowingly redefines what is considered normal behavior in our world. Movie stars and entertainers do not even begin to realize what influence they have on the average citizen of the world. Because people idolize entertainers and film stars, they help shaping the minds of many of their followers. The standards and views of society in general, are constantly changed by the entertainment media. But the results of the messages that we constantly hear in the media, will only come to roost in the future. Nevertheless, I for one am ever thankful for the internet, as it is one of the most important tools available to us to proclaim the kingdom of Elohim into the entire world. I have people on my list in New Zealand, the UK, the USA, Germany, Australia, Israel, South Africa and even the USSR. We reach almost all four corners of the world with the messages that we send out from time to time. The internet also allows people in countries where world news is suppressed, in order to air local views and politics, to get a better idea of what is really going on in the world. However, the internet could also affect our lives negatively, as there are also people who publish unconstructive information on it.

At this time most parents are totally unaware of the music that their children listen to. The catchy tunes combined with deliberately unsocial lyrics, exerts a devastating effect on some of the hearers of such music. Most young children are able to flawlessly recite the words of such songs, but cannot remember the important facts taught them in school. Music and the sound waves are the most effective tools for influencing the minds of young people, because it reaches both the emotions and though patterns of the hearer, thus ensuring its permanent impact. If you believe that, that is ridiculous, recall for a moment some of the negative rhymes and songs that you learnt, many years ago as a young child. In addition, not many parents are properly equipped to discern and explain right from wrong.

Those who are supposed to set the moral standards in society are simply not up to it any longer. There are no more heroes and even the elected leaders are criminals and or sex-offenders. The escapades of our ‘leaders’ have everything to do with the explosion of secondary school sexual adventures in the western world. The lying politicians, our school system and society are responsible for what is happening to our children. We are simply going from bad to worse. It reminds me of wise words written by a Greek slave and fable author Aesop who lived from 620 to 560 BCE, stating: “We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.” But, despite the fact that the learned Professors of the Universities of the world, tell us that human traditions are too contradictory to allow for the setting of uniform standards, according to which we should behave, there is a source for setting unconditional standards for human beings to live by, namely the Scriptures or Word of Elohim. Because Elohim has created us, He also set the standards for us to live by, if only we are prepared to follow Him and His ways. Our every thought is important to Elohim, even though our thinking is usually quite different from His, as we read from Isaiah 55: 8 & 9, in this way: ‘“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares YHVH. (9) For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.”’

Rav Shaul explained the reason for the gap between mankind’s standards and that of Elohim, in Romans 1: 18 – 23, as follows: ‘For the wrath of Elohim is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, (19) because that which is known about Elohim is evident within them[1]; for Elohim made it evident to them (mankind). (20) For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes[2], His eternal power[3] and divine nature[4], have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. (21) For even though they knew Elohim, they did not honor Him as Elohim, or give thanks; but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. (22) Professing to be wise, they became fools, (23) and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible Elohim for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures (i.e. created things).’ Even though we should know Elohim, by His principal creation, namely mankind, we became wise and instead of honoring the one and only Elohim and giving thanks to Him, we became foolish in our speculations about His being. Our heavenly Father wants us to accept Him as One, as He teaches throughout the Scriptures, but instead we came up with theories such as that of a so-called trinity; or two (YHVH)’s, Yahshua being the lesser YHVH; and some even believe that Yahshua was an angel before His human birth.

Humanity have been rejecting Elohim’s instructions ever since Adam and Eve’s fall in the Garden of Eden. Ever since that time Satan has been deceiving the whole world, as we are told in Revelation 12: 9. The second reason why we do not understand YHVH our Elohim is because there are those who refuse to Honor and use His true Names. We know from reading Acts 2: 38 and 8: 12 – 17 that we are given the Set-apart Spirit, if we are immersed into Yahshua’s saving name, and if the elders have subsequently laid hands upon us. It is only when we have the Set-apart Spirit of Elohim indwelling us, that we are able to discern Spiritual things, as explained by Rav Shaul in1 Corinthians 2: 11 – 14, as follows: ‘For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so the thoughts of Elohim no one knows except the Spirit of Elohim. (12) Now we have receive, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from Elohim, that we might know the things freely given to us by Elohim, (13) which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. (14) But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of Elohim; for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.’

From the very beginning our forefathers chose to disobey YHVH our Elohim. As a result they were driven from the Garden of Eden. Since then all have disobeyed Elohim and are swayed by the deceptive false religious, education, financial and other systems of the world, under influence of Satan. In South Africa our children are now taught about all the different religions of the world, including the theory of evolution. One such educational program about evolution, presented to scholars on TV, ridiculed Churchianity for teaching that the world is only about six thousand years old. Most in Churchianity are totally unaware of the fact that YHVH created the universe millions of years before He recreated the earth to be inhabited by a spirit bearing mankind, who would eventually become His children. They also do not know that after Satan’s rebellion,the universe became formless and void; the condition we found the earth in, in Genesis 1: 2.

We see in Job 38 in verse 7, after the initial creation, the angels (morning stars) sang together and shouted for joy. However their joy was followed by disappointment. In verse 8 we read about the control of violent waters; verse 9 talks about a dense cloud covering and darkness; and verse 13 talks about a shaking of the earth to deal with the wicked. In Psalm 18: 7 we read that the earth shook and quaked and went out of course and in Jeremiah 4: 23 we see that the earth became formless and void and the heavens had no light. In 2 Peter 3: 5 & 6 Rav Kepha (Peter) wrote: ‘For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of Elohim the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, (6) through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water.’ This all happened when Lucifer tried to elevate himself on a position equal to YHVH and to take over the government of the Universe. YHVH had to bring judgment upon Lucifer and as a result the contaminated earth perished. The earth’s axial position in reference to its journey around the sun shifted by more than 23 degrees and caused a pendulum effect to the waters of the earth, moving to and fro, until it eventually came to rest. Evidence of animal hordes and plant fragments destroyed by the swirling waters, inundated the continents with animal fossils and destroyed plant life, bearing witness to the earth’s shaking catastrophe. The world in Noah’s day did not perish and his ark drifted only a few hundred miles without sails. But the catastrophe caused by Lucifer’s rebellion carried masses of ice and rock for thousands of miles. The earth underwent a catastrophe, known by geologist as the ‘Ice Age’. All life forms perished and the earth became formless and void.

The result of war between the angels and demons spoken about in Isaiah 14; Ezekiel 28; and Jude 6 & 7 left the world formless and void; we read further how he and his angels were thrown down to earth in Revelation 12: 3 & 4 and Luke 10: 18. This is the condition we see the earth in when we open our Scriptures at Genesis 1: 2. At that point in time YHVH decided to recreate the heavens and the earth. He also at that point chose not to create his future children as spiritual beings. He decided to initially create human kind from physical matter, in His image with the mind power to think and plan and ‘create’. They too would have free moral agency to decide between good and evil. They had to prove throughout their lives that they would follow Elohim’s way of life and ultimately develop His perfect character. The original universe created in Genesis 1: 1 was perfect. When YHVH created the universe through his word, He did not create darkness. However, even in Lucifer’s rebellion when he caused the earth to be totally destroyed, the all-knowing Elohim used the darkness that resulted to provide night for physical man to rest in. In addition YHVH used the destruction that Satan caused to place fossilized fuels, such as oil and coal, at our disposal for use in the advanced technology that He inspired us to develop during the past hundred years or so, before Yahshua’s return to come and rule us, for a thousand years.

For those with access to the internet, kindly visit the webpage at www.nephos.com and read the book by R.I. Katter entitled: ‘A Paradisiacal Universe of Man’ published on this site. Even though we do not agree with all the information in this book, a great deal of what we believe regarding Satan’s rebellion is discussed here. Also be sure to visit the webpage of Gerald Schroeder, a Jewish scientist, trained at MIT in both physics and biology at www.geraldschroeder.com In an article entitled “The Age of the universe”published by Schroeder in the monthly magazine entitled; ‘Jewish Life’ in the September 2009 issue, he wrote: ‘Every scientist knows that when we say the universe is 15 billion years old, there’s another half of the sentence that we never say.’ The other half of the sentence is: ‘The universe is 15 billion years old as seen from the time-space coordinates that we exist in.’ According to Schroeder, ‘the key is that the Torah looks forward in time, from very different time-space coordinates, when the universe was small. But since then, the universe has expanded out. Space stretches, and that stretching of space totally changes the perception of time.’

In another article entitled “Evolution – Bible Style” Schroeder wrote: ‘The creation described in Genesis 1:1 implies that G-d withdrew part of G-d’s undifferentiated unity and allowed physical complexity to appear: time, space, matter, the laws of nature. The creation of animals (Gen 1:21) relates to the creation of the soul of animals, the nefesh in Hebrew, and gives animals the ability to choose, to learn how to manipulate a maze. The creation of Adam (Gen 1:27) grants a further Divine pull back, allowing us free will, the soul of humanity, that neshoma in Hebrew. G-d chose to give a leeway to the system. In this light, the rise and fall of the dinosaurs becomes understandable in the Divine scheme for life. Life, designed by Divine input, produced an array of animals, included therein were the dinosaurs. But, their dominance was off the Divine course. In a manner reminiscent of the flood destroying the 900-year longevity gene pool and replacing it with 90 year life spans, the destruction of the dinosaurs opened space for mammals, and eventually humans, to thrive. All of these examples are of micro (not macro-) evolution, small changes in existing body plans.

Was G-d bound to allow dinosaurs to appear? Certainly not, but G-d chose to limit overt control to key junctures. Similarly, G-d could control the beasts just as G-d controlled the hornets, but chose not to. The Divinely created laws of nature are adequate to set the path. Even when the path is being directed, usually the insertion of direct control is in a way that can be interpreted as natural. The option for free will is maintained. Neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory calls out for randomness to set the course of life’s development. Evolution, Bible style, also sees life develop from the simple (day three and day five) to the highly complex (humanity on day six), but realizes that in this world, random reactions are simply not up to accomplishing that task. Random reactions alone simply do not and cannot produce stable order. That is the lesson of the laws of thermodynamics.’

The hornets mentioned in the quoted section, has to do with the Israelites’ planned conquest of Canaan in Exodus 23: 28 & 29, where Elohim promised to send hornets to drive out the enemy before them. The souls of animals referred to as ‘nefesh’ in Hebrew is different from the souls of mankind, which is integrated with the spirit in man, referred to as the ‘neshoma’ in Hebrew. The spirit and soul in man is so closely integrated that it can only be separated by the Word of Elohim, as we read from Hebrews 4: 12, in this way: ‘For the word of Elohim is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of the soul and the spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.’ According to Job 32: 8, it is the spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty that gives them understanding. When YHVH breathed into man’s nostrils in Genesis 2: 7, He endowed mankind with a spirit, making them different from animals, as we read from Zechariah 12: 1, as follows: ‘The burden of the word of YHVH concerning Israel. Thus declares YHVH who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.’

Before Adam and Eve sinned, they had access to the tree of life, but were driven from the Garden of Eden, and as a result lost their access to eternal life. Even so, knowing that mankind would fail, YHVH had a contingency plan in place right from the start. It is by studying the annual Feast Days of YHVH our Elohim that we get to understand His plan of salvation for all mankind. The Feast days may be compared to the 7 branch menorah, which sheds light on the Torah. Yahshua being the center to the Feast Days of Elohim is also the center pillar of the 7 branch menorah. The Feast Days of Elohim given in Leviticus 23, Numbers 28 - 29, and Deut.16 are commanded to be kept by all Israel; and as summarized here below, provide the meaning of these days for the people of Elohim:

Passover:

We observe the Passover at twilight on the fourteenth day of the month of Aviv, as commanded in Leviticus 23: 5, in this way: "In the first month on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is (YHVH)’s Passover." We follow Yahshua, who kept the Passover 24 hours before the Jews of His day and as the Jews of today keep it. We read about this in 1 Corinthians 11: 23 – 26, “For I received from the Master that which I also delivered to you: that the Master Yahshua in the night in which He was delivered up took bread, and having given thanks, He broke it and said, ’Take eat, this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.’ In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, ’This cup is the renewed covenant in My blood, As often as you drink it, do this in remembrance of Me.’ For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Master until He comes.” We keep the Passover as a memorial to Yahshua’s death; one of the traditions in which we follow Rav. Shaul, as he followed Messiah – as we read from 1 Corinthians 11: 1, 2 and 23.

The Passover points toward Yahshua's sacrifice to pay the death penalty that we have incurred by our law-breaking (1 Corinthians. 5: 7 - 8). Yahshua reconciled us to the Father by His shed blood, making it possible for us to have direct access to the throne of Elohim. We believe that repentance, immersion in Yahshua’s saving name, accepting that His sacrifice constitutes a covenant with Elohim; the terms of which is sealed with the shed blood of Yahshua the Messiah (Hebrews 9: 11 - 12 & 15) and is renewed annually when we partake of the Passover.

Days of Unleavened Bread:

YHVH instructed the Israelites concerning this festival as they prepared to leave Egypt. They were required to eat unleavened bread for seven days. In addition they were required to remove all the leavening agents from their homes from the first day, on which they were also required to hold a Set-apart convocation. Then again on the seventh day, they were required to hold a Set-apart convocation. Both the first and seventh day are annual Sabbaths, during which no work should be done, except for the preparation of food to eat (as per Exodus 12:14 - 16).

The Israelites coming out of Egypt foreshadowed us coming out of a life of sin. Partaking of unleavened bread for seven days in our case means coming out of sin completely – as seven means complete. We gladly get rid of the leaven in our homes for seven days to remind us of cleansing ourselves of false doctrines, which leads to sin and slavery. Observing the days of unleavened bread helps us realize our need for Yahshua in overcoming our sins. Yahshua the lamb of Elohim was sacrificed for the forgiveness of our sins, thus de-leavening, or cleaning up our lives. Yahshua help us to live Torah obedient lives, through the Set-apart Spirit indwelling us after repentance and immersion into His saving name. This brings us to the next feast in the plan of salvation of YHVH our Elohim.

Pentecost or the Feast of Weeks:

The Feast of Weeks is counted from the day after the first annual Sabbath or as it is written in the JPS Jewish Bible published in 1917 – Start counting from the morrow after the first day of rest (which is the day after the 1st day of Unleavened Bread), from the day you brought the sheaf of waving. Seven complete weeks are counted; even unto the morrow after the seventh week shall you number fifty days. Even though each one of us is supposed to count fifty days, Pentecost always falls on the sixth day of the third month – according to the Hebrew calendar. As Rav Miller wrote in his article entitled ‘The 49 steps’, ‘Each step we take transforms us into a people who at Passover become physically free into a people who at Shavu’ot become spiritually free’.

Pentecost is the day on which YHVH declared His covenant which included the Ten Commandments to Israel at Mount Sinai (Exodus 19 and 20). It is also the day upon which the Set-apart Spirit was given, as recorded in Acts 2, so that we may keep the Law with a Spiritual intent. Pentecost also points to the initial harvest of souls, a kind of first fruits unto YHVH. Romans 8: 29 speak of Yahshua Messiah as being the "firstborn of many brethren". We who are called now are also considered to be a type of first fruits, as we read from James 1: 18, as follows: "Having purposed it, He brought us forth by the Word of truth, for us to be a kind of first fruits of His creatures."When first fruit believers die, our spirits return to the Father who gave it, during which time He perfects it in heaven as we read from Hebrews 12: 23. When Yahshua returns He will bring back our perfected spirits and will resurrect our bodies and souls (in that we will be alive once again – be it as Spirit Beings). Our perfected bodies (and souls) will merge with our perfected spirits from heaven, and we will become kings and priests under Yahshua's reign during His Millennial rule on earth.

Feast of Trumpets or Yom Teruah:

The Feast of Trumpets begins at the new moon on the seventh month and is a Set-apart convocation. It is the day that our Jewish brothers call the Head of the Year or Rosh Hashanah. This is the day from where the civil New Year is counted from. The ten days of awe begins at Yom Teruah and ends at Yom Kippur. Yom Teruah is the only Feast Day that falls on a Rosh Kodesh or new moon. The moon is renewed immediately after the shadow of the earth, between the sun and the moon, covers the moon and it commences its move towards renewal. The renewed moon cannot be seen by the ‘naked’ eye and only becomes visible as a crescent moon one and a half to two days after the concealment. Yes, the new moon is in concealment for plus/minus 2 days (See 1 Sam. 20:5, 27 & 34), and is only ‘watched’ to determine the date for Trumpets. If Atonement will be on a Friday or a Sunday, Trumpets is moved one day on, ensuring that Atonement is never on a Friday or a Sunday. Concealment takes up to two days, which ensures that even in the event of such a postponement, Trumpets will still occur during concealment of the moon. The Hebrew year 5771 (2011) is such a year. You will notice that because of the introduction of a postponement, the Hebrew calendar is very similar to the calendar of those obsessed to watch for the crescent moon. Yes, they are correct this year, but for the wrong reasons.

We look forward with eager anticipation to the return of Yahshua the Messiah, for he will return at the sound of the last trumpet and the shout of the archangel. The blowing of trumpets was also used to call Israel to assemble together to prepare for a journey or for war. When Yahshua our Messiah returns to the Mount of Olives, the nations of the earth will gather together to fight against Him. Satan has deceived the whole world (Revelation 12: 9) and they will try to destroy the Messiah at His return.

The feast of Trumpets also signals the resurrection of the dead in Messiah. Rav Shaul wrote about this in 1 Corinthians 15: 21 - 23: "For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Messiah all shall be made alive. But each one in his own order: Messiah the first fruits, afterward those who are Messiah's at His coming."Yahshua will resurrect the first fruits, those who are called now, to reign with Him for a thousand years.We need to pray that Yahshua will return soon, to this fast deteriorating world, ushering in the Kingdom of Elohim and bringing His perfect government on earth as it is now in heaven. This is what the feast of Trumpets depicts and what Yahshua taught us to pray for in Matthew 6: 10.

Atonement or Yom Kippur:

Atonement is the fifth annual feast day and is considered the most Set-apart day of all Elohim’s Feast Days. Atonement points to Yahshua who has made atonement for us; Through His death on the impalement stake, we can be reconciled back to our Father YHVH Elohim. We are reminded of our carnality and how we need the atoning sacrifice of Yahshua, when we partake of a fast that commences on the ninth day of the seventh month at sun set and ends the next day at sun set. We do not eat or drink anything during this period of 24 hours. Atonement looks forward to the day when Satan will be bound and thrown into the bottomless pit for the duration of a thousand years. It also pictures the marriage of the Lamb to His Bride, chosen by His Father, at which time we will become at one (atonement) with Elohim.

Tabernacles or Sukkoth:

Once Satan has been bound hand and foot and thrown into the bottomless pit, the thousand-year reign of Yahshua will commence from Jerusalem. During His thousand-year rule from Jerusalem, He will restore all things to their former glory. Those of us, who are first fruits and who will if we make it, be part of the first resurrection, will serve under Yahshua as kings and priests, assisting Him in the restoration of all things. With Satan out of the way things will go much better, as he will not be able to influence the minds of men to rebel against the laws that will be in force during Yahshua’s rule. These laws will be none other than the Torah commands that we are familiar with today. That is why we need to keep the Torah Commands fully in this age, so that we will be able to teach those people living during the millennial rule of Yahshua, to do the right thing. Whereas, the world will be on the brink of total disaster, just prior to Yahshua’s return, He will restore all things during His Millennial rule to what it was like in the Garden of Eden, before the fall of man.

Last Great Day:

On the "8th day of the Feast," the day following the Feast of Tabernacles, it is the last annual Set-apart Day of the year. It symbolizes the Great White Throne Judgment mentioned in Revelation 20. The Final Judgment is also part of the Latter Harvest. Judgment is now (during this age) upon the household of Elohim (1 Peter 4: 17). We who are called at this time are being judged now, but the great multitude not called at this time will be resurrected at the end of the Millennium, during which time they will be given a chance to repent and accept Elohim’s way of life (see Isaiah 25: 7 - 9). However, not all who are resurrected during that time will repent - we know also that they will not burn in hell for ever and ever, but will be burned up once for all and become ashes under the feet of the righteous, as per Malachi 4:1 - 3. At that point in time the New Jerusalem will come down from heaven, from Elohim, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband and as we read from Rev 21: 3, in this way: ‘And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “See the Booth of Elohim is with men and He shall dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and Elohim Himself shall be with them and be their Elohim.”’

IMPOSSIBLE as this may sound; this is the same vision that our Father Abraham had as explained in Hebrews 11: 10, as follows: “for he was looking for the city having foundations, whose builder and maker is Elohim.” Let’s get this same vision in our minds again – as that is the true Gospel.

Despite the many different opinions regarding religion out there, including the false theory of evolution, YHVH wants us to obey His teachings, since He is our Creator; He knows what is good for us. YHVH our Elohim is our heavenly Father (transliterated in Hebrew as ‘Avinu’) and only wants what is best for us, but as Satan somehow convinced Eve, to believe that YHVH lied to them, so we somehow, believe that we know better than Him. Those of us called out of the world by YHVH at this time, should know what is right and wrong for us, and are responsible to teach our children and new believers the truth. Instead our children are bombarded by false teachings, by TV shows, by computer games, movies and by friends in school. We similarly get bombarded at work, by TV shows, computer games, movies and the people we associate with after work. In addition the Scriptures reveal that Satan is going all out to influence our minds on an on-going basis, as we read from Ephesians 2: 1 – 3, as follows: ‘And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, (2) in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air(Satan), of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. (3) Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.’

The influence that Satan exerts upon unsuspecting mankind is so persistent and persuasive that it affects people in every area of society, as we read from Revelation 12: 9. Satan is according to 2 Corinthians 4: 4, the god of this world, who blinds the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the esteem of Messiah, who is the image of Elohim. In other words, because of Satan’s influence, people do not understand the gospel or good news about the coming kingdom of Elohim, as well as the identity of Yahshua our Messiah, the visible image of the invisible Elohim. It should therefore be clear why some are deceived to believe that they are going to heaven at death. We should also not be surprised that Satan has succeeded to influence most religious beliefs, including modern day Churchianity, as we read from 2 Corinthians 11: 3 & 4 and 13 – 15, as follows: ‘But I am afraid, lest the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Messiah. (4) For if one comes and preaches another Yahshua whom we have not preached (i.e. one who came to do away with His Father’s Torah), or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel (one about the person of Messiah, rather than the coming kingdom of Elohim) which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully. (13) For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Messiah. (14) And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. (15) Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their deeds.’

Satan has not only influenced the religions of the world, he is involved in business, education, politics as well as science. It is as we read from 1 John 5: 19, in this way: ‘We know that we are of Elohim, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.’ The result of Satan’s influence in the world may be seen throughout history. Millions of people died in wars inspired by Satan. Millions in Africa, India and South America are on the verge of starvation, because of greed inspired by Satan. Many people live under dictatorial regimes with little control over the decisions that affect their daily lives. Most are so absorbed in the self and they do not care about anyone else any longer. We read fittingly about our time, from 2 Timothy 3: 1 – 5, as follows: ‘But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. (Are there any amongst us who are prepared to say that we are not living during the last days, right now?) (2) For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, (3) unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, (4) treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of Elohim; (5) holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; and avoid such men as these.’ At this time we can but agree that Satan has truly succeeded in turning humankind away from YHVH our Elohim.

Our battle is definitely not against flesh and blood human beings, but as we read from Ephesians 6: 12, ‘For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in heavenly places.’ It is time that we realize what is happening to and in our world. Ask yourself once again: Who determines your standards? Who will intimately control your mind? Will it be Satan and his many spiritual and human agents? Or will it be YHVH through His Torah and Yahshua the living embodiment of that Torah? Like always YHVH will not force us to do things His way – the choice remain ours!

[1] According to Genesis 1: 27, ‘And Elohim created man in His own image, in the image of Elohim He created him; male and female He created them.’ Since we know from 1 Thessalonians 5: 23 that we are composed of body, soul and spirit, we with certainty believe that Elohim is also composed of three component parts.

[2] According to First Timothy 1: 17 & 6: 16 Elohim is the King eternal, immortal and invisible, whom no man has seen or can see.’

[3] According to First Corinthians 1: 24, Yahshua is the power (and the wisdom) of Elohim. This is confirmed in Jeremiah 32: 17, as follows: ‘Ah YHVH Elohim! Behold, Thou hast made the heavens and the earth by Thy great power and Thine outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for Thee.’

[4] The Set-apart Spirit is the Divine Nature of Elohim. It is by having the Set-apart Spirit that we display the fruits of the Set-apart Spirit mentioned in Galatians 5: 22 & 23. We may also become partakers of the Divine Nature as we read from 2 Peter 1: 4.