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Agents of Satan.

When some read the heading of this week’s teaching, they immediately think it is about people who can be easily identified as ‘evil’ people in society, who’s main aim is to deceive ‘true believers’ to lose their faith. However, just the opposite is true, since it is fairly easy for a true believer to identify people who go all out to get others to join them in their worldly pursuits of ‘pleasure’, but it is more difficult to identify those who come to us as teachers of righteousness, but who are out to deceive us, as Yahshua warned His followers in Matthew 7: 15, saying: “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.” But, do not be mistaken, there are people in society who do not like others who show by their lifestyles that they want to be ‘better’ people, because such people have been ‘trained’ to rebel against all rules and regulations. However, Yahshua further warned His disciples (but also us His modern day disciple) in Matthew 24: 4 & 5, saying: “See to it that no one misleads you. (5) For many will come in My (true) name, saying, “I am the Messiah,’ and will mislead many.”

Yahshua was not talking here about those who will try and convince true believers in Yahshua the Messiah, that He is in fact ‘J*e*s*u*s* the C*h*r*i*s*t*, but He was talking about those who would use His correct Jewish name ‘Yahshua’, but will deceive them in other ways, such as for example about either the timing of the Feast Days of Elohim, or the correct pronunciation of the Father’s true name, since both these matters are vital for salvation, as attested in Joel 2: 32[1] and by reading 1 Thessalonians 4: 14 - 16[2] with Matthew 25: 5 – 13[3]. Despite the fact that the world has made enormous advances in the field of medicine, science and technology, there are probably fewer true believers in this age of enlightenment, than what there were 2000 years ago. This despite the fact that Elohim told Daniel that knowledge will increase at the time of the end, in Daniel 12: 4, saying: ‘But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.’ In addition we read from Acts 3: 21 about a time immediately prior to Messiah’s return, when there will be a restoration of all things, which no doubt includes a restoration of the original covenant, that most of the house of Israel has forgotten because of neglect through the centuries. The reason for there being fewer true believers today is the fact that Satan and his many spiritual and human agents are doing everything in their power to hide the truth from us. Even though the true gospel has been proclaimed for a number of years, only a few remain in the truth. The reason being as explained in 2 Corinthians 4: 3 & 4, as follows: ‘And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, (4) in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Messiah, who is the image of Elohim.’ As a second witness to this is found in Matthew 13: 11, where Yahshua when asked the reason for Him speaking in parables, said: “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.”

The purpose of this teaching is to assist seekers of truth to identify as far as possible the many counterfeit teachings in the world, specifically designed to mislead true believers. Most of Churchianity has been ‘disciplined’ to get all their spiritual knowledge and understanding from preachers who have been trained in the doctrines that they inherited from the Roman Catholic Church and those unique to their specific group (sect), only (such as immersion). These preachers have been deceived by false doctrines, which they learned from seminaries that came through many centuries of false teachings and being deceived themselves; they continue to deceive thousands of their congregants to believe these non-scriptural doctrines. Even so, we need to understand how and why it was possible to deceive more than a billion Christians, who were in the most, descended from the lost ten tribes of Israel and used to worship YHVH the Elohim of Israel, together with the house of Judah according to the covenant He made with them at Mount Sinai. After the reign of King Solomon the two houses of Israel were split in two, because of the idolatrous practices that king Solomon started after marrying his many wives, against Elohim’s command for kings to the contrary. Soon after the house of Israel was scattered into the nations of the world because of idolatry, they were taken captive by Esau or more correctly the Roman Catholic Church and even though some protested bitterly since they did not agree with all the doctrines of the Roman Church, they tacitly accepted control of the Christian Church by Rome, by agreeing on having worship services on Sundays, Xmas and Easter with most also accepting the rite or tradition of ‘christening’ babies. Ever since Satan deceived Eve and got Adam to sin, he is perpetuating his lie through the traditions of men, today. We read Yahshua’s own words in this regard in Matthew 15: 1 – 9, as follows: ‘Then some Pharisees and scribes came to Yahshua from Jerusalem, saying, (2) “Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.” (3) And He answered and said to them, “And why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of Elohim for the sake of your tradition? (4) For Elohim said, ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,’ and, ‘HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER, LET HIM BE PUT TO DEATH.’ (5) “But you say, ‘Whoever shall say to his father or mother, “Anything of mine you might have been helped by has been given to Elohim,” (6) he is not to honor his father or his mother.’ And thus you invalidated the word of Elohim for the sake of your tradition. (7) You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, (8) ‘THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME. (9) BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.’”

Like with the Pharisees, many traditions of men are on-going in the lives of many ‘so-called’ believers in Messiah, who have been deceived into thinking that they are living their lives according to the Scriptures (or the Bible as they refer to it). Even though the Scriptures have never changed, the desires of man to do things his own way are even today making the Torah of Elohim of no effect in the lives of many believers. Many Christians and even Messianic/Nazarene Jews/Israelite believers hold to erroneous beliefs about certain important sections of the Scriptures. Even though these Messianic/Nazarene believers have learned many basic truths and their Scriptural knowledge provides them with an enormous advantage, it would have been even more beneficial if they practiced what they learned. Such believers have an advantage in that they have a firm foundation, whereas Churchianity who have no knowledge of the true Elohim and His ways, have no such foundation. But, the principle applies – those Christians and Nazarene Israelites/Jews who believe the Scriptures to be the word of Elohim, but think they are allowed to pick and choose which Scriptural teachings they wish to apply to their own lives, are equally mistaken. Many of them have been taught falsely to ignore some commandments of Elohim in place of the traditions of men. The fact that many of them are familiar with the Scriptures is like in the case with our Jewish brothers of great value. However, knowledge even though of great value is not enough. They must learn to interpret and understand the Scriptures correctly, and to use it to guide them in practicing righteousness. But, Christianity and even so-called Messianic/Nazarene Jews/Israelites under the influence of Satan have been misled to follow the traditions and in some cases the desires and lusts of men. Because of the traditions of men Elohim’s commandment to keep the seventh day Sabbath, has become of no effect, by man’s desire to do things his own way. Likewise, because of the traditions of men, Elohim’s appointed Feast Days, are of no effect. Christianity keeps Sunday, X-mass and Easter instead and many in Nazarene/Messianic Israel follow calendars of their own making, rather than the calendar that YHVH ordained through the Levites amongst the Jews. Some in Nazarene Israel even call the calendar which they ‘fathomed out’, the ‘Biblically ordained calendar’, thus contradicting and making the Scriptures of no effect. The Feast Days of YHVH gave all believers the blessing of getting to know Elohim’s plan of Salvation for all mankind, but man is not interested in doing things according to the way of Elohim. YHVH says through the prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 1: 14, “I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts, they have become a burden to Me. I am weary of them.” But He says in Nahum 1: 15 ‘Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, 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.’

It is the same with true immersion. The traditions of men have made water baptism of no effect, by sprinkling or pouring water onto the heads of small babies. True immersion is for a repentant adult believer – Yahshua being our prime example. Immersion is a symbol of being buried with Yahshua into death; to be raised with Him from the dead and to walk in newness of life (as per Romans 6: 1 – 6). Likewise because of the traditions of men, the Set-apart Names of YHVH and Yahshua are being made void by the use of titles like G-D and L-RD. In the preface of a number of modern translations of the Bible, as is the case with the New American Standard Bible, the Editorial Board THE LOCKMAN FOUNDATION, openly tells the reader that the word G-D is translated from the Hebrew word Elohim and the word L-RD is translated from the word YHVH. The word Lord (lower case letters) is translated from the word Adonai. Yes the traditions of men have made the Word of YHVH to no effect, in respect of many Scriptural subjects. YHVH gave us (the Scriptures) His manual, to show us what is clean to eat and what is not. YHVH our Creator knows what will keep our bodies healthy, or not. However, many so-called Bible believers have also made this manual to no effect, because of a misunderstanding of some New Covenant Scriptures. All those who are eating unclean meats are trying to prove that they are in control of their own lives. They arrogantly think and say to themselves: ‘Nobody tells me what to do!’ Without realizing it, they are making gods out of themselves. Are they also forgetting the very first command in Exodus 20: 3, YHVH saying: “You shall have no other gods before (or besides) Me.” By knowing the Scriptures we have a distinct advantage. However, we need to continue to study, diligently adding to what we know, as well as correcting what we misunderstood. We need to understand that it is vitally important for us to study the Scriptures daily, as it is through the Scriptures that YHVH corrects us. We need to develop David’s attitude asking like he did in Psalm 139: 23 & 24, saying: ‘Search me, O Elohim, and know my heart; try me and know my anxious thoughts; (24) and see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.’

To find out who Elohim’s true people are, Yahshua gave us a foolproof test in Matthew 7: 20 & 21, as follows: “So then, you will know them by their fruits. (21) 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.” In addition Yahshua gave a second method to find them in John 13: 35, saying: “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” Love and obedience are according to the word of YHVH inseparable, as we read in 1 John 5: 3, ‘For this is the love of Elohim, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.’ We are further told in Romans 13: 10, that: ‘Love does no wrong to a neighbor; love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.’ The relationship between love and obedience is the key that distinguishes the true people of Elohim from those who are deceived by Satan, as witnessed in 1 John 3: 10, as follows: ‘By this the children of Elohim and the children of the devil are obvious; anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of Elohim, nor the one who does not love his brother.’ YHVH wants us to prove our love for Him by our works, as we read in James 1: 22 – 25: ‘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.’ The point is that YHVH does not accept lip service. Yahshua quoted the prophet Isaiah in Matthew 15: 8, saying: ‘THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR WAY FROM ME.’ The fruits of obedience should be evident in the lives of those who truly serve Elohim.

Everything that YHVH requires of us and every principle of right living given in the Scriptures is based on the two commandments described by Yahshua as the foremost in Matthew 22: 37 – 40, saying: “’YOU SHALL LOVE YHVH YOUR ELOHIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’ (38) “This is the great and foremost commandment. (39) The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ (40) On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.” At immersion into Yahshua’s saving Name, we are given a portion of the Set-apart Spirit of Elohim. However to retain the Set-apart Spirit we need to grow in grace and knowledge to guard us from being carried away by false prophets as we are warned in 2 Peter 3: 17 & 18, as follows: ‘You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard lest, being carried away by the error of unprincipled men, you fall from your own steadfastness, (18) but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Master and Savior Yahshua Messiah. To Him be the esteem, both now and to the day of eternity. Amein.’ The true obedient and converted servants of YHVH are pictured in Revelation 12: 17 as the woman under attack by Satan, just prior to Yahshua’s return, in this way: ‘And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of Elohim and hold to the testimony of Yahshua.’ Note that the servants of Elohim from the house of Israel are described as both keeping the commandments of Elohim and the things taught them by Yahshua. It is therefore impossible for true believers to claim to know Elohim, without obeying His Torah, as is confirmed in 1 John 2: 3 – 6, as follows: ‘And by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. (4) The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; (5) but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of Elohim has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: (6) the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.’ Yahshua Messiah is our perfect example and the standard against which we should measure ourselves. Many who claim faith in the Messiah (or Christ as they refer to Him) have no idea what sin is. They do not even know what to repent from and as a result Satan has deceived many in to a so-called false conversion/salvation. These deceived people believe in Messiah, without understanding any of His teachings. They believe that they will one day be ‘saved’, without repenting of disobeying any of Elohim’s Torah and it is clear to see how Satan has indeed deceived the whole world.

Because of Satan’s influence and the traditions (and appetites) of men, many people live in unbelief. Satan has through the religions of the world invented a counterfeit for every doctrine found and taught in the Scriptures. We need to humbly ask ourselves: ‘Who do I obey?’ If we truly serve and obey YHVH our Elohim, we need to start studying the Scriptures for ourselves, to see whether the doctrines that we are being taught are indeed so, or not. In addition, we need to pray and ask YHVH to guide us in our studies and to lead us into all truth through His Set-apart Spirit. Let’s make certain that we are known by the fruits of the Spirit of Elohim and not by the insincere fruits of the traditions and lusts of men. Yahshua told the woman at the well, in John 4: 22, saying: “You worship that which you do not know; we worship that which we know, for salvation is from the Jews.” The average churchgoer has no idea that Messiah’s name was in fact Yahshua. The name Yahshua means the salvation of YHVH (In Hebrew), which is alluded to in Matthew 1: 21, as follows: “And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Yahshua, for it is He who will save His people from their sins.” Yahshua’s mother was Jewish and they lived in Israel, which was even at that time populated by mostly Jewish citizens; so why would His mother give Him a hybrid Latin-Greek name like J*e*s*u*s*, which carries no meaning at all. In addition why will a Jewish Savior, speaking Hebrew be given the Greek title of ‘Christ’. His correct Jewish title, is as we read in Daniel 9: 26, as follows: “Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.”

Even though we should by now be familiar with the way of Elohim, let’s consider the many counterfeit doctrines that Satan introduced through the church system. The problem with mankind is that of human nature and lawlessness. Most of Christianity have been duped to believe that J*e*s*u*s*[4] came to abolish the strict laws introduced by His Father. Yet we read Yahshua’s own words in Matthew 5: 17 & 18, like this: “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 away from the Law, until all is accomplished.” If you think or believe that Yahshua accomplished all, when He died and was resurrected, you are wrong. Let’s read the next verse of Matthew 5 to prove just the opposite, as follows: (19) “Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and so teaches others, 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.” We read further in this regard from 1 John 3: 4: ‘Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.’ Do you practice righteousness, by obeying the Sabbath commandment? Do you practice righteousness by eating only clean meats? In addition, do you practice righteousness by sometimes sharing your blessings with a brother, even if he is not less fortunate than yourself? Do you love your neighbor enough to share the good news about the coming kingdom of Elohim with him? Religious confusion and error is evident everywhere, but the majority of those attending church services are ignorant of the subtle influence of pagan customs. YHVH made a covenant with Israel that they will follow the teachings from His mouth, by the hand of Moses, in order to be a light to the nations around them. They were to become a model nation that would lead other nations to worship Him. However we read what happened to them from Psalm 81: 10 & 11, as follows: “I, YHVH, am your Elohim, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide and I will fill it. (11) But My people did not listen to My voice; and Israel did not obey Me.” The house of Israel became entangled in the worship practices of the pagan nations around them, instead of influencing these nations for the better. This is why YHVH made them wander in the wilderness for 40 years, where most of the older generation died out. When they finally entered the Promised Land it was a new generation, but people who also witnessed the miracle of the manna provided during their years in the wilderness, as well as the presence of YHVH in the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night. This new generation should have forgotten the pagan gods of Egypt, since they had a functioning priesthood to keep them mindful of the good things that YHVH provided for them, but to no avail. After Moses died, instead of driving out the pagan nations among them in the Promised Land, they absorbed the heathen customs and worship practices from their neighbors. Even after the nation split into two separate nations, they did not obey YHVH as we read from 2 Kings 17: 22 & 23: ‘And the sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam (the Israelite king who kept a feast like the Feast of Tabernacles in the eighth month instead as in the seventh month, as ordained by YHVH and lead the nation into idolatry) which he did; they did not depart from them, (23) until YHVH removed Israel from His sight, as He spoke through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away into exile from their own land to Assyria until this day.’

History being something that repeats itself shows that after Yahshua Messiah’s resurrection and ascension to heaven, only a few hundred years elapsed when the congregation was no longer Hebrew in character. Christianity simply rejected the Hebrew religion, leading them to despise the Mosaic Law given to man by YHVH Himself. Even though Christianity claims to follow Messiah (the one they call C*h*r*i*s*t), it has absorbed many strange doctrines without any Scriptural basis. In the beginning the Church was pure, but because they rejected the so-called ‘Old Testament’ they lost a great deal of the blessings to be had, by keeping the commandments. They also lost the knowledge about the true Sabbath and Feast Days of Elohim, and as a result accepted Satan’s false doctrine that mankind is immortal and upon death the soul of a good person goes to heaven, whereas the soul of an evil person goes to hell. It is because of this that many believe, since they are going to hell, because of their past sins, they might as well carry on sinning anyway. Yahshua often referred to the Torah the Prophets and the writings (the Tanach), even saying to Satan when he tempted Yahshua in Matthew 4: 4, as follows: ‘But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF ELOHIM.’” The Scriptures as originally given by Elohim, to those inspired to pen the same, was indeed the pure word of Elohim. But since then, the Scriptures were translated into other languages and many errors slipped in. This is all Satan’s doing, as we read in Revelation 12: 9, as follows: ‘And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.’ We also read from Genesis 3: 4, how Satan started deceiving mankind. He told Eve that she would live forever and that she has an immortal soul. Since then Christianity as well as most other religions believe this lie. Even though Satan does not speak to us directly any longer, he controls the minds of many human agents, whom he inspires to introduce false doctrines and lies to dissuade people from believing in YHVH. It is as we read from 1 Peter 5: 8, ‘Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.’ It is important that we understand the main source of all the error and false doctrines that even some amongst us come up with from time to time. Even though the Scriptures which YHVH gave to us originally were undefiled, problems began when translations were made from one language to another. Portions were added in and others left out, making it easier to deceive the uninformed.

It was originally the purpose of Churchianity to convert pagans and bring them into their fold. But it worked just the other way round: Churchianity absorbed and retained most of the pagan practices, symbols and holidays to help the pagans understand their religion better. The battle between light and darkness is not new. In fact it came from before the fall of man, when Satan rebelled against Elohim’s government and he wanted to take over the throne of YHVH, as we read in Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28. This resulted in YHVH throwing Satan and his angels down to the earth, as we read previously in Revelation 12. Many of the religious ideas, festivals and practices such as Easter, Christmas and Sunday worship services, may be traced back to our pagan forebears. If Israel did not persist in corrupting the truth, Churchianity might have had a chance. However, because of the failings of Israel, Churchianity reads the Scriptures without seeing a connection between them and ancient Israel. As a result they cannot even learn from the mistakes that our forebears made. The point is that as human beings, we cannot do what Elohim requires of us, as we are reminded in Romans 8: 7 & 8, in this way: ‘Because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward Elohim; for it does not subject itself to the law of Elohim, for it is not even able to do so; (8) and those who are in the flesh cannot please Elohim.’ We read Elohim’s condemnation of Israel for their wickedness and idolatry in Isaiah 29: 13, as follows: ‘Then YHVH said, “Because this people draw near with their words and honor Me with their lip service, but they remove their hearts far from Me, and their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote.”’ In fact the very same may be said about Churchianity today, since they are very sincere in their worship, but they are sincerely wrong! We have been warned about mixing pagan customs with the way people worship in Leviticus 18: 3, as well as in Jeremiah 10: 1 – 5, as follows: ‘Hear the word which YHVH speaks to you, O house of Israel (note not Judah). (2) Thus says YHVH, “Do not learn the way of the nations, and do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens although the nations are terrified by them; (3) for the customs of the peoples are delusion; because it is wood cut from the forest, the work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool. (4) They decorate it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers so that it will not totter. (5) Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they, and they cannot speak; they must be carried, because they cannot walk! Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, nor can they do any good.’

Christianity believes that Yahshua was resurrected on Sunday and as a result they hold that He changed the Sabbath to Sunday. They are also totally oblivious of the fact that by keeping to the Friday impalement and Sunday resurrection account, they are denying that Yahshua is the Messiah. Recall for the moment the account in Matthew where the Scribes and the Pharisees asked Yahshua to give them a sign that He is indeed the Messiah. We read this and His answer in Matthew 12: 38 – 40, as follows: ‘Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered Him, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” (39) But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign shall be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet; (40) for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” This is twice as long as the Christian church believes he spent in the grave. The main reason why they misinterpret these Scriptures is the fact that they keep strictly to the Gregorian calendar as well as the Roman method of determining a day, i.e. from midnight to midnight. They also do not keep the Feast Days of Elohim like Yahshua and his followers did, given in Leviticus 23, as they consider these to be for the Jews only. If they were familiar with these Feast Days of Elohim, they would have realized that these Feast Days are also known as annual or High Day Sabbaths. Yahshua was impaled on a Wednesday, which was the day of preparation for the Feast of Unleavened Bread kept annually from the 15th to the 21st of Aviv. This is confirmed in John 19: 31 as follows: ‘The Jews therefore, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.’ This was not a regular Sabbath, spoken about here but the First Day of Unleavened Bread. Our Savior was put to death on a Wednesday, the day of Passover. He was placed in the tomb just before sunset when Wednesday ended and Thursday started. The woman had no time to wrap His body with spices, due to the High Day Sabbath. They kept the 1st Day of Unleavened Bread which started on Wednesday after sunset (the 15th of Aviv). They bought spices on Friday after the Set-apart day for embalming Messiah’s body. They rested the next day on the weekly Sabbath and prior to sun-set on the Sabbath (or Saturday evening), came to see the tomb. This was when as described in Matthew 28; they found that Yahshua was already risen at the end of the weekly Sabbath, not on Sunday morning as Churchianity falsely came to believe.

By twisting the meaning of the Scriptures to highlight certain portions over others, preachers try hard to do away with Torah. They absolutely hate two of the Ten Commandments; the commandment they detest the most is the fact that the Sabbath is on the seventh day of the week, namely Saturday – this is the fourth commandment. In fact in collaboration with business and industry, they have changed the calendar used in Europe to show Monday as the beginning of the week and Sunday as the seventh day of the week. The third commandment is the second most hated commandment by Churchianity. It is the third command that tells us to honor the name of our Creator. Even though we know the name of our Creator, we need to be careful how and when we use His name. We should use the name of YHVH only during teachings, worship services and prayer. When we use the name of YHVH during such occasions, we need to ensure that we do not bring it to naught, by purposely misspelling it, using it in prayer over un-kosher food, (believing that the prayer will somehow render the food clean); or linking it to worship services not ordained by Him. We should not teach outsiders His name, as they might blaspheme His name in everyday use like some do, exclaiming the title G-d when they win a game or contest in TV programs. We should not forget that according to the Scriptures, if we break one commandment, we have broken them all. Churchianity continues to preach falsehood, saying like Martin Luther used to, that ‘faith alone saves us.’ Similar to Luther, they would like to remove the book of James (Yaa’cov) from the Scriptures, where we read in James 2: 24 – 26: ‘You see that a man is justified by works, and not by faith alone. (25) And in the same way was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works, when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? (26) For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.’ We know that we are not justified by works, but that salvation is a free gift of Elohim to those who love Him. We read accordingly in 1 John 5: 3, ‘For this is the love of Elohim, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.’ Those who say that Messiah came to bring a new religion are agents of Satan, since He himself said just the opposite as is recorded in John 7: 16, as follows: ‘My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.’ Yahshua was born a Jew, and there is no record anywhere in the Scriptures that He became a Christian. His main purpose was to bring the lost sheep of the house of Israel back to the covenant we made together with the House of Judah at Mount Sinai, as He told the Canaanite woman who asked Him to heal her demon-possessed daughter in Matthew 15: 24, saying: “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” How much clearer would you like it stated!

The reason why so many follow pagan doctrines is because they have been deceived to follow the anti-Messiah. Those from the house of Israel called at this time are a small group, making up the remnant that will be saved with our Torah observant Jewish Brothers, if we overcome Satan, the self and the world. We need to heed the message of Revelation 14: 12, as follows: ‘Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of Elohim and their faith in (the true) Yahshua.’ Yes, we need teachers, but such teachers should teach only Scriptural truths. In addition, we need to know that they come in the name of YHVH and practice Torah: besides, they should come through Yahshua’s discipleship program, teaching us what He, or those who followed after Him taught them. Think about it!

[1] Joel 2: 32,”And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of YHVH will be delivered.”

[2] 1 Thessalonians 4: 14 - 16 :’For if we believe that Yahshua died and rose again, even so Elohim will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Yahshua. For this we say to you by the word of the Master, that we who are alive, and remain until the coming of the Master, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Master Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of Elohim; and the dead in Messiah shall rise first.’

[3] Matthew 25: 5 – 13: “Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep. But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the prudent, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the prudent answered, saying, ‘No, there will not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’ And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut. And later the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Master, master, open up for us.’ But he answered and said, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’”

[4] We insert the asterisks in this name, as we are admonished in Exodus 23 verse 13: “Now concerning everything which I have said to you, be on your guard; and do not mention the name of other gods, nor let them be heard from your mouth.”