252 How do we know that we are Elohim's

How do you know that you are Elohim’s people?

When our heavenly Father first called Israel out of Egypt, He wanted them to be a Set-apart people who will become a model nation to show the rest of mankind how He wants everyone to eventually obey Him for their good. At that time He used Moses to teach His then chosen people statutes and judgments that would astound the rest of mankind when they see the blessings and benefits to be had from obeying YHVH the Elohim of Israel. Even though we are aware that most of the Israelites that YHVH brought out of Egypt died in the wilderness because of unbelief, He ensured that Moses teach their children whom He allowed to enter the Promised Land the same statutes and judgements as witnessed in Deuteronomy 4: 5 – 9, as follows: “See I have taught you statutes and judgments just as YHVH my Elohim commanded me, that you should do thus in the land where you are entering to possess it. (6) So keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ (7) For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as is YHVH our Elohim whenever we call on Him? (8) Or what great nation is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today? (9) Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons.”

Let’s think about these words for a moment. We know that even though YHVH gave these commandments, statutes and judgments to all Israel, only the house of Judah remained loyal to YHVH for the past 3,500 years since He first gave it to us at Mount Sinai. As a result of many of them obeying YHVH over all these years He has certainly blessed them with wisdom and understanding which instead of making the rest of mankind following their example, they became jealous of them. Just like the recent spate of xenophobic attacks on other people of the same African race from other parts of Africa who migrated to South Africa, showing to be more business minded than themselves, so have many of the nations of the world shown anti-Semitic tendencies to the same extend as we’ve seen with the black on black violence and the murder of white farmers in South Africa. The point is, if only we, from the house of Israel taught our children to obey Torah the way our Jewish Brothers do, we would be similarly blessed with wisdom and knowledge to solve most of our problems as we read from Psalm 119: 97 – 104, ‘O how I love Thy law! It is my meditation all the day. (98) Thy commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever mine. (99) I have more insight than all my teachers, for Thy testimonies are my meditation. (100) I understand more than the aged, because I have observed Thy precepts. (101) I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Thy word. (102) I have not turned aside from Thine ordinances, for Thou Thyself hast taught me. (103) How sweet are Thy words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth! (104) From Thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.’ A second witness about the benefit that King David saw in obeying Elohim’s commandments come from Psalm 19: 7, in this way: ‘The law of YHVH is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of YHVH is sure, making wise the simple.’ Are you like King David able to see the many benefits to be had by obeying Elohim’s Torah teachings?

However, after the house of Israel were dispersed into mostly western Europe, they lived in and around Greece at the time Messiah lived in the Promised Land where they over time became Christianized and taken captive by Esau under the auspices of the Roman Catholic church, who deceived them to believe that Messiah whom they referred to as J*e*s*u*s* came to free His people from the bondage of Torah. Today after almost 2000 years of being taught falsehood, most of our people have been so bewitched that they do not even want to hear the word Torah any longer and most quote Galatians 5: 1 to substantiate this false believe, in this way: ‘It was for freedom that Messiah set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.’ Nevertheless, we understand from what Rav Shaul wrote in this verse, that Yahshua actually set us free from the slavery of sin not Torah, as Rav Shaul also confirmed in Romans 7: 7 saying: ‘What shall we say then? Is the Law (the Torah that YHVH gave Moses) sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, “YOU SHALL NOT COVET.”’ Sin is the transgression of the Law as Rav Yochanan witness in first John 3: 4 - 8, saying: ‘Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. (5) And you know that He (Messiah) appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin. (6) No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. (7) Little children, let no one deceive you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; (8) the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of Elohim appeared for this purpose, that He might destroy the works of the devil.’ In addition Yahshua our Messiah said to the Jews who had believed in Him in John 8: 31 & 32: “If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; (32) and you shall know the truth (Torah), and the truth shall make you free.”’ Rav Yaa’cov who was in full agreement that Torah is freedom wrote in James 1: 22 - 25, saying: ‘But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. (23) For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; (24) for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. (25) But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man shall be blessed in what he does.’ But, those who teach against Torah continue to teach that it is bondage and that Lawlessness is freedom. They are the ones that Rav Kepha mentions in 2 Peter 2: 18 - 21, saying: ‘For speaking out arrogant words of vanity they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error, (19) promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves to corruption; for by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved. (20) For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Master and Savior Yahshua Messiah, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. (21) For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment delivered to them.’

The prophet Jeremiah warned about what eventually happened to the Israelites who became Christianized in Jeremiah 8: 4 – 11, saying: ‘And you shall say to them, “Thus says YHVH,” “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not repent? (5) Why then has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in continual apostasy? They hold fast to deceit, they refuse to return. (6) I have listened and heard, they have spoken what is not right; no man repented of his wickedness, saying “What have I done?” Everyone turned to his course, like a horse charging into the battle. (7) Even the stork in the sky knows her seasons; and the turtledove and the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration; but My people do not know the ordinance of YHVH. (8) How can you say, “We are wise, and the law of YHVH is with us”? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie. (9) The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and caught; behold, they have rejected the word of YHVH, and what kind of wisdom do they have? (10) Therefore I will give their wives to others, their fields to new owners; because from the least even to the greatest everyone is greedy for gain; from the prophet even to the priest everyone practices deceit. (11) And they heal the broken-ness of the daughter of My people superficially, saying, “Peace, peace,” but there is no peace.’ The fact that our brethren and fellow Israelites in Churchianity have been deceived to come to believe that Elohim’s teachings are abolished is undeniable. The prophet Ezekiel also wrote about what happened to us today in Ezekiel 22: 24 – 31, saying: “Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.’ (25) There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her. (26) Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. (27) Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain. (28) And her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says YHVH Elohim,’ when YHVH has not spoken. (29) The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice. (30) And I searched for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one. (31) Thus I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their way I have brought upon their heads, declares YHVH Elohim.”

To top it all Yahshua our Messiah Himself witnessed to the fact that we cannot believe in Him unless we obey Torah in John 5: 43 – 47, saying: “I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another shall come in his own name, you will receive him. (44) How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another, and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only Elohim? (45) Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope. (46) For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote of Me. (47) But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?” It is for this reason that John 3: 36, is of greater importance to true believers than John 3: 16, in this way: “He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of Elohim abides on him.” Brethren it is high time that we make those of our brethren in Churchianity aware of these Scriptures, praying that they will start reading their own Scriptures to see these truths for themselves. YHVH our Elohim told the nation of Israel through Moses that He sets us apart as His people if they observe His Sabbaths, saying to him in Exodus 31: 13 & 14: “But as for you, speak to the sons (children) of Israel, saying, ‘You shall surely observe My Sabbaths (plural – meaning not only the weekly Sabbaths, but also the annual Sabbaths (or Feast Days of Elohim – already mentioned in Exodus 20: 11 & 23: 14 – 18) and land Sabbaths (also mentioned in Exodus 23: 10 & 11); for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am YHVH who sanctifies you. (14) Therefore you are to observe the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.’ In addition Rav Shaul showed that the Sabbath is still valid for us in Hebrews 4: 4 – 9, saying: ‘For He has thus said somewhere concerning the seventh day, “AND ELOHIM RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY FROM ALL HIS WORKS”; (5) and again in this passage, “THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.” (6) Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news preached to them failed to enter because of disobedience. (7) He again fixes a certain day, “Today,” saying through David after so long a time just as has been said before, “TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS.” (8) For if Joshua had given them rest (in the Promised Land), He would not have spoken of another day after that. (9) There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of Elohim.’ Ask yourself after reading this: ‘can you claim to be Elohim’s people?’

The weekly Sabbath is very important to Elohim as it points to the coming millennial rule of Yahshua the Messiah and His saints (first-fruit believers in Him who qualifies to rule under Him at His coming). However, the annual and land Sabbaths are equally important to Elohim, as witnessed in Exodus 13: 6 - 9, where He also speak to the children of Israel though Moses, saying: ‘For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to YHVH. (7) Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and nothing leavened shall be seen among you, nor shall any leaven be seen among you in all your borders. (8) And you shall tell (pesach) your son on that day, saying, ‘It is because of what YHVH did for me when I came out of Egypt (in our case, the false religions of the world).’ (9) And it shall serve as a sign to you on your hand, and as a reminder on your forehead, that the law of YHVH may be in your mouth; for with a powerful hand (Yahshua the right hand and Power of Elohim) YHVH brought you out of Egypt.’ YHVH execute his work on earth through His right hand; the head of His congregation of called out believers Yahshua the Messiah, as much as Satan is executing his work through the head of his church, the Pope, who calls himself the vicar (meaning ‘in place of’) of C*h*r*i*s*t* on earth. By keeping the Feast Days of Elohim, we show that we fear Elohim and want to obey His Torah teachings, but we also get to know His plan of salvation for all mankind. The Feast Days of Elohim is directly linked to the coming Kingdom of Elohim on earth, as it is now in heaven, as witnessed in Nahum 1: 15, as follows: ‘Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news (or the gospel), who announces peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; pay your vows. For never again will the wicked one pass through you; he is cut off completely.’ This is obviously a prophecy about the millennial rule of Messiah, when there will one day be peace to a level never experienced by mankind, except by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. In addition, the Jewish rabbis hold that if you believe in the coming kingdom of Elohim, you will already make Him King in your life and keep all the Torah teachings that will be applicable during Messiah’s millennial rule and beyond.

Continuing on in Exodus 31, we read from verses 15 – 18: ’“For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy (or set-apart) to YHVH; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death. (16) So the sons of Israel shall observe the Sabbath, to celebrate the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. (17) It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; for in six days YHVH made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed.” (18) And when He had finished speaking with him upon Mount Sinai, He gave Moses the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of Elohim.’ So we see that the Sabbaths of Elohim is a sign to other people, showing them who our Creator is, but also that we are His people, prepared to obey His every word. However, the Sabbaths of Elohim are not the only signs that we are His people and He is our Elohim. We read from the English version of the Shema: “Hear O Israel: the YHVH is our Elohim; YHVH is One. (Whisper: Worshipful is the Name of His Royal Majesty, forever and ever.) You shall love YHVH your Elohim with all your heart and with all your life and with all your resources. These matters that I command you this day shall be on your heart. You shall review and repeat them to your sons and shall speak about them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up. You shall bind them upon your arm as a sign and they shall be tefillin between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. And it shall be that if you earnestly hearken My commandments which I command you today, to love YHVH your Elohim and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil. And I will send grass in your fields for your livestock, that you may eat and be satisfied. Guard yourselves, lest your heart be seduced, and you turn aside and serve other gods and bow down to them, lest (YHVH)’s anger be aroused against you, and He shut up the heavens so that there be no rain, and the land yield no produce, and you perish quickly from the good land which YHVH is giving you. Therefore you shall place these words of mine upon your heart and in your life, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be tefillin between your eyes. You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which YHVH swore to your fathers to give them, like the days of the heavens above the earth. And YHVH spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel: Tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a techeleth blue thread in the tassels of the corners. And you shall have the tassels, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of YHVH and do them, and that you may not stray after your heart and your eyes after which you go whoring, and that you may remember and do all My commandments, and be holy for your Elohim. I am YHVH your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your Elohim: I am YHVH your Elohim.” How important is the Sh’ma in our lives? In the Shema YHVH tells us that He is only one, something which He confirmed earlier in Deuteronomy 4: 39, saying: “Know therefore today, and take it to heart, that YHVH, He is Elohim in heaven above and on earth below; there is no other.” How long are those who contradict YHVH continue in their misguided believe that He is a Trinity or that there are two (YHVH)’s? The reason why both the hand and forehead are mentioned in the quoted section from Exodus and Deuteronomy is because we use our hands and mind power to perform our daily work. Some people like builders and carpenters perform manual labor, whilst others like accountants, computer programmers and statisticians work with their minds. So, both these categories of work are included in the prohibition not to do any work on the Sabbath. Considering the command given in Deuteronomy 23: 20 (English Tanach), we see further how the ‘hand’ is used to work, but also refraining from work, as follows: ‘Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury (interest); but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that YHVH thy Elohim may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.’

Knowing what the sign of YHVH is, let’s also have a look at what the sign or mark is that identifies the Beast mentioned in a number of verses in the book of Revelation. Turning to Revelation 13 we read about the end time beast in verses 11 – 17, in this way: ‘And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon. (12) And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And he makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. (13) And he performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. (14) And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the wound of the sword and has come to life. (15) And there was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast might even speak and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast to be killed. (16) And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men, and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand, or on their forehead, (17) and he provides that no one should be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.’ We see that the mark of the beast will also be put on either the (right) hand or the forehead of its recipient. So it will also serve as an identifying sign to mark those who are allowed to work to earn a living. Similar to those who have the Sabbath and Elohim’s Torah as his sign or mark on their hands and their foreheads, will those who rest on the day dictated by the beast be marked with his sign on either their hands or foreheads, depending obviously on the profession in which they work.

We read further about the mark that the beast will use to identify his worshippers from Revelation 14: 9 & 10, as follows: ‘And another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or upon his hand, (10) he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of Elohim, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.” The warning for those of us called out of the biggest false religion of the world in Revelation 18: 4 – 6 is very clear, in this way: ‘And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you may not participate in her sins and that you may not receive of her plagues; (5) for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and Elohim has remembered her iniquities.” When YHVH unleashes His wrath on the beast one day in the near future she will be laid waste in one hour, as witnessed in verses 19 & 20 of Revelation 18, as follows: “And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!’ (20) Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because Elohim has pronounced judgment for you against her.” The type of plagues that will be unleashed upon those who receive the mark of the beast, is described in Revelation 16: 2, in this way: ‘And the first angel went and poured out his bowl into the earth; and it became a loathsome and malignant sore upon the men who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.’ We see the end result of those who had the chutzpah to reject receiving the mark of the beast, no matter the cost, in Revelation 20: 4, as follows: ‘And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony of Yahshua and because of the word of Elohim, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Messiah for a thousand years.’ Clearly whoever is marked with the sign of Elohim, wants to be ruled by YHVH the Elohim of Israel and those marked with the mark of the beast, by Satan and his false messiah the Pope.

The sign of Elohim is much like a deposit of eternal life to be inherited by those who finally qualify by remaining faithful to the end, as described in Ephesians 1: 13 & 14, in this way: ‘In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Set-apart Spirit of promise, (14) who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of Elohim’s own possession, to the praise of His glory.’ Elohim’s sign is clearly an indication similar to the tree of life, showing that those who have come out of Satan’s rule of the world, in which he ensured the abolition of Elohim’s Torah, including His Sabbaths, but also Torah observant Jews who never abandoned Elohim’s rule. The sign of Elohim is thinking (forehead) and doing (left hand) His will, the Sabbaths being the covenant sign. Rav Kepha warned about Satan being like a lion in first Peter 5: 8, saying: ‘Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.’ Therefore, if Satan is a roaring lion tearing the prey, then the teachers in Churchianity must be his agents helping him in his job to deceive the whole world. The mark of the beast is also in his follower’s foreheads, meaning what they believe the lies that he is perpetuating through their false ministers, namely that Torah is done away with and that Sabbath keeping (showing who Elohim is) is unimportant. The hand in this case represents work, whereby the Sabbath the test commandment is defiled. To see why Satan was thrown from the mountain (meaning the government) of Elohim, we turn to Ezekiel 28: 15 – 17 (English –Tanach) to read about the account, in this way: “Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. (16) By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of Elohim: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. (17) Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.” We see that Satan’s deceptive ways in conducting business was the initial transgression he committed. In so doing he encouraged mankind to defile Elohim’s Sabbath command by doing business on it. This is how he caused all, both great and small, rich and poor, free and bond to be marked in their right hand or forehead and that no one without the mark will be able to buy or sell anything. This shows that similar to the way that those who are called out from the religions of the world and are not doing business on Elohim’s Sabbath, so Satan’s followers will resist from doing business on Sundays and will also keep others from transgressing the Sunday law which will soon be enforced world-wide.

We need to understand that there are two identifying signs in the Scriptures, which either shows whether you will live or die. You will either obey YHVH or be an accomplice of Satan. To have the sign of Elohim, we need to obey His Torah which includes keeping His weekly, annual and land Sabbaths. The mark of the beast is simply Torahlessness and Satan’s spirit encouraging mankind through their human nature to sin by believing they are right in doing things their own way – as long as they feel right about it in their hearts. This despite Elohim’s warnings in Proverbs 14: 12 and 16: 25, as follows: ‘There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.” The prophet Jeremiah similarly warned in Jeremiah 17: 9, saying: “The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick (the KJV here reads: wicked); who can understand it? Yes, the last thing we should trust in is our hearts. Psalm 118 is nestled right in the center of the Scriptures, between the shortest Psalm (117) and the longest Psalm (119). Verse 8 of Psalm 118 is said to be the midpoint in the Scriptures, provides the following advice to those who believe the Scriptures to be the word of Elohim, stating: ‘It is better to take refuge in YHVH than to trust in man.’ It is for this very reason that YHVH warned us through Rav Shaul in 2 Corinthians 6: 17 & 18, saying: ‘“Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE,” says YHVH. “AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; and I will welcome you. (18) “And I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me,” says Adonai Almighty.’ We need to remember that Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden barring them from the tree of life, which is the Set-apart Spirit, because of disobeying a direct command of Elohim. YHVH specifically sent those of us from the lost sheep of the house of Israel who lost our identity, language and any knowledge of the original covenant that we made with Him, together with the house of Judah at Mount Sinai, Yahshua, Abraham’s one seed to bring us back to the covenant relationship with Elohim and to show us how we will be able to like Him, become born again children of Elohim, when we are resurrected at Messiah’s return, as is confirmed in Romans 8: 11, giving us the Key to Eternal live, provided we remain faithful to Elohim and His Torah, in this way: “But if the Spirit of Him who raised Yahshua from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Messiah Yahshua from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who indwells you.” Nevertheless, the choice remains ours – we can choose to live forever, by repenting and being immersed by a teaching elder in the congregation of Elohim’s called out believers and after immersion the Set-apart Spirit will be given to those on whom the teaching elder lays his hands as witnessed in 1 Timothy 4: 14, as follows: ‘Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was bestowed upon you through prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands by the presbytery.” However, we need to remain faithful to Elohim and His Torah until Messiah’s return or until we die, thereby ensuring eternal life in His soon coming Kingdom. Think about it!