Merciful Servants of God

Is Christmas in the Bible? Was Christ born on December 25th? Is it okay to lie about Santa Claus to children?

Why is there disease and pestilence on the earth?  Why do humans get sick? What is the significance of COVID-19 in these endtimes?

How are you called of God?  What is the process?

What are the sins of Sodom? Why does Yeshua (Jesus) state the time of his 2nd coming is similar to the days of Lot? Are we living in the end-time days of Lot today?

Many people have tried to predict the second coming of Christ. Many people thought Christ would come back in their generation. What about this generation? Will Christ come back in this generation? Is this generation different than any other generation?  

Jeremiah 25:30-33; Hosea 4:1-6; 2 Timothy 3:1-5; Isaiah 59:1-4 Discover God's Fantastic Plan for Mankind. Get a FREE eBook by going to the following website: https://HowGodCalls.com Find out why God says the whole world is deceived and we have inherited lies from our past generations (Rev. 12:9; Jeremiah 16:19-21). This eBook is for those who believe Yeshua (Jesus) is the Messiah (Christ).  What Is God's Plan for Mankind?Why Does God State the Whole World Is Deceived and We Have Inherited Lies From Our Past Generations? (Rev. 12:9; Jeremiah 16:19-21)Why Are There 41,000 Different Christian Denominations and Organizations Around the World?How Does God Use the Holy Spirit to Help You Understand the Bible?What is the Difference Between the Spirit of Truth vs. the Spirit of Error?Who Are the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel?What is the TRUE and COMPLETE Gospel Message?      

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"And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world." (1 John 4:3 KJV)  "Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us." (1 John 2:18-19 KJV)  "I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds." (2 John 1:4-11 KJV)  Antiochus IV Epiphanes (“God Manifest”) - Daniel 8:9-14; 1 Ma 1:10; Daniel 11:21-34; 1 Ma 1 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12; 1 John 2:1-6; Daniel 7:25    

Does a righteous person have to perfect to be considered righteous? "And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us." (Deuteronomy 6:25 KJV)  "My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness." (Psalm 119:172 KJV)  "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away." (Isaiah 64:6 KJV)  "For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief." (Proverbs 24:16 KJV)  "For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not." (Ecclesiastes 7:20 KJV) "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us." (1 John 1:8-10 KJV)  "Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother." (1 John 3:7-10 KJV)  Ezekiel 18 and Proverbs 31:10-31; Titus 2:2-5      

Did you know Jesus offended people? "And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief." (Matthew 13:57-58 KJV)  "Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?" (John 6:60-61 KJV)  "And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him." (Luke 11:53-54)   "For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands." (Deuteronomy 31:29) "Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked." (Psalm 97:10 KJV)  "The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate." (Proverbs 8:13 KJV) "God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. (Psalm 7:11 KJV) "Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?" (Psalm 76:7 KJV)  The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul." (Proverbs 20:2 KJV)  "Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath." (Ephesians 4:26 KJV)   

Yeshua (Jesus) said the following about Himself in the 1st century: "The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil." (John 7:7) Why do some people hate Jews considering the fact Yeshua is a Jew?

According to the Holy Bible, there is one belief or faith: "One Lord, one faith, one baptism . . . " (Ephesians 4:5 KJV)  They why do we have many beliefs among 2.2 billion Christians worldwide? Is it because the whole world has been deceived? What is the TRUTH? "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." (Revelation 12:9 KJV)  "But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them." (2 Corinthians 4:3 KJV)  "And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many" (Matthew 24:4-5 KJV).  "For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him." (2 Corinthians 11:4 KJV) "Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin." (Isaiah 30:1 KJV) "And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it." (Isaiah 25:7-8 KJV)         

  Who is an unbeliever according to the Bible? "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty." (2 Cor. 6:14-18 KJV)          

"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. (Matthew 7:21-23 KJV) What does the word "iniquity" mean?   G458 - "Anomia" in Koine Greek Deut 31:29; Psalm 119:150; Ezekiel 18:20-22; Lamentations 4:6 "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?" (2 Corinthians 6:14 KJV)  "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law." (1 John 3:4 KJV)   

Can people keep the Torah (the law of God) without knowing the Torah?  Is the Torah naturally written on our hearts so we can keep it? "And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done." (Genesis 8:21)  "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me." (Psalm 51:5)  1 Tim 1:13; Luke 12:47; Luke 23:34; John 9:39-41; James 4:17; Jonah 4:11; Matthew 12:41-42; 11:23-24; 1 Timothy 2:4; Romans 11:32 "Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others." (Ephesians 2:2-3)  Ephesians 4:17-20; Psalm 82:3-5; Psalm 147:19-20; Romans 10:18 "We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles." (Gal 2:15) Romans 1:18-32 "For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another." (Romans 2:14-15)  "And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?" (Romans 2:27)  1 Corinthians 2:6-16  

There is a very serious false doctrine going around in some assemblies (churches) that believe Yeshua (Jesus) is the Messiah (Christ). Some teach that only the first five books of Moses are scripture and others teach only the Tanakh (the Old Testament) is scripture. Some of these assemblies (churches) believe that the Apostolic scriptures are not on the same level as Tanakh. Is this true? Yeshua confirmed that the writings and prophets sections of the Bible are scriptures (John 10:34-35; Psalm 82:6; Luke 24:27, 44-45). Yeshua also confirmed the words He spoke while He was a human being on the earth are the Father's words (John 7:16; John 8:26-28; John 12:49-50). He taught His students who became His apostles ALL the Father taught Him (John 15:15; 17:8, 18, 20). He commanded His Apostles to teach others what He taught them (Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 24:48). Since the 1st century, Yah (God) has been speaking through His Son (Hebrews 1:1-2). John the Baptist stated Yeshua's (Jesus') words are the words of God (John 3:34; 6:63). Paul the Apostle, as Yeshua's instrument or vessel (Acts 9:15), revealed his and the other new testament writings are the words of God (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 4:1-2). The Apostle Peter writes that the New Testament writings (the Father's words) are on the same level as the Old Testament writings (2 Peter 3:2) and reveals Paul's writings to be scripture (2 Peter 3:15-16). Paul was given knowledge through revelation by Messiah (Christ) - Galatians 1:11-12 Paul wrote his ways are the ways of the Messiah (1 Corinthians 4:17; 11:1).      

Jesus said the following in Mark 9:38-41: "And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. For he that is not against us is on our part. For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward." (Mark 9:38-41 KJV)  Does this mean that anyone that claims that "Jesus is Christ" and "I believe in Jesus" is not against Christ? What does it really mean to be "not against" Christ? Does obedience have anything to do with "not being against" Christ?      

Do all of the 2 billion Christians on the earth follow the Jesus of the Bible?   Jesus kept His Father's commandments while He was on the earth (John 15:10) The Bible commands us to walk in His footsteps (1 John 2:1-6).  What did Jesus do while He was on the earth? Was Jesus a Jew and did He live like a Jew? Did Jesus command His followers to follow Him (Matthew 10:38)?        

Most of Christianity thinks there will never be a need for sacrifices and offerings. Is this true? "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." (Matthew 5:17-18 KJV) "For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts." (Malach 1:11 KJV) "Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years." (Malachi 3:1-4 KJV) Isaiah 56:1-7; 66:23; Zechariah 14:16 Acts 2:1; Numbers 28:26-31; Acts 21:23-26; Numbers 6:1-21 If the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh . . . " (Hebrews 9:13 KJV) "For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins." (Hebrews 10:4 KJV) Hebrews 10:14-31 Revelation 21:1-4  

"And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel." (Mark 1:15 KJV)  "And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear." (Luke 19:11 KJV)  "When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?   And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. (Acts 1:6-7 KJV) "And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.  And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." (Isaiah 2:2-4 KJV) "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this." (Isaiah 9:6-7)  Deuteronomy 28:1-14  

"And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." (Revelation 12:9 KJV) Most people who claim to be Christians do not understand what Paul wrote about grace. "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world." (Titus 2:11-12 KJV)  "And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever Amen." (2 Peter 3:15-18 KJV)  "But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you." (1 Peter 5:10 KJV)  “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?” (Romans 6:1-2 KJV) “For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.” (Jude 1:4 KJV)  

The return of the Merciful Servants of God Biblical Instructional Program on BlogTalkRadio! Why is there suffering in the world? What will happen in the future? Will God Judge the World? If so, then WHY? "Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant." (Isaiah 24:1-5 KJV)     

I have heard people say, "Nobody can keep all of God's instructions (Torah)." Is this true? No (Deut. 30:11-20). "Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever." (1 Chronicles 28:8)  "And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant." (Leviticus 26:15) "O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!" (Deuteronomy 5:29) "Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God." (Numbers 15:38-40)   " And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless." (Luke 1:6) "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." (Philippians 4:13)  "For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous." (1 John 5:3)  Messiah (Christ) stated in Matthew 5:17-19, He did not come to destroy the Law of Moses which is the Law of God (1 Kings 2:3).  

"This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, that you should remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles. Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation." For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water. But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men." (2 Peter 3:1-7 NASB) "Do not despise prophetic utterances." (1 Thessalonians 5:20 NASB) "Without a prophetic vision, the people throw off all restraint; but he who keeps Torah is happy." (Proverbs 29:18 CJB) "Thus says the LORD, "Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from the LORD. "For he will be like a bush in the desert And will not see when prosperity comes, But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness, A land of salt without inhabitant. "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD And whose trust is the LORD. "For he will be like a tree planted by the water, That extends its roots by a stream And will not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a year of drought Nor cease to yield fruit." (Jeremiah 17:5-8 NASB)

We know mankind (Adam & Eve) sinned and was driven out of the Garden of Eden. Mankind's children have been cursed with problems and death ever since. However, there is hope. The Bible reveals there is another Adam-a last Adam.   "And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven." (1 Co 15:45-47 KJV)  The last Adam is the redeemer of mankind. "For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth." (Job 19:25 KJV)  "Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south." (Zechariah 14:3-4 KJV)  The redeemer is YHVH the Son-the Messiah of mankind Yeshua Messiah (Jesus Christ) (Isa 44:6). Who is the last Eve?  "Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." (2 Corinthians 11:1-3 KJV)  The last Eve is the Messiah's bride and His wife (Ephesians 5:25-32; Rev 19:7).    

Is Yeshua (Jesus) identified in the Old Testament? Judaism teaches the death of the righteous brings atonement to the world. According to the Zohar: "As long as Israel dwelt in the Holy Land, the rituals and the sacrifices they performed [in the Temple] removed all those diseases from the world; now the Messiah removes them form the children of the world (2:212a). "Rabbi Hiyya Bar Abba said: "The sons Aaron [Nadab and Abihu] died the first day of Nisan.  Why then does the Torah mention their death in conjunction with the Day of Atonement? . . . it is to teach that just as the Day of Atonement atones, so also the death of the righteous atones." (Leviticus Rabbah 20:12) Scriptures from Tanakh (the Old Testament) that reveal the death of the righteous atones: 2 Samuel 21:1-14; Numbers 8:19; Deut 24:16 (AJOJ - MB p. 295); 25:1-13; Numbers 35:25-28; Isaiah 53:4-6, 12 ‘On this day (i.e., Yom Kippur, Leviticus 16:30) on the mountain of the Lord, Isaac’s ashes shall be seen, heaped up and standing for atonement (Rashi, on Genesis 22:14)The Rabbis said:  His name (Messiah’s name based on the context-emphasis mine) is the leper scholar as it is written, Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him a leper, smitten of God and afflicted (b. Sandhedrin 98b - refer to Isaiah 53:4 as talking about the Messiah) Scriptures from the Tanakh that prove the divinity of the Messiah: Genesis 3:15, 22; Genesis 11:6-7; Joshua 5:13-15; Exodus 3:2-6; Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; 11:1-3; 44:6; 48:16-17; Psalm 45:1-7; 110:1-4; Daniel 7:13-22; Proverbs 30:4; Zechariah 14:1-4 The Hebrew word used for "one" in Deuteronomy 6:4 is echad which means a composite unity. Rambam used yachid or yahid which means only one.  

Is obeying His commandments & instructions not required because of Jesus' Blood? What must we do to practice Pure Worship before the Master (James 1:27)? "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an high priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries." He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. (Hebrews 10:19-30 KJV) Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied." (1 Peter 1:2 KJV)        

The Holy Spirit consists of the truth. "Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice." (John 18:36-37 KJV)  "Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all." (John 18:38 KJV) "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (John 14:6 KJV) "You are near, O Lord [nearer to me than my foes], and all Your commandments are truth." (Psalm 119:151 AMP)  "Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth." (Psalm 119:142 KJV)  "Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you." (John 14:17 KJV)  "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come." (John 16:13 KJV)  "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth." (John 17:17 KJV) "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently." (1 Peter 1:22 KJV)    

"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:  And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error." (1 John 4:1-6 KJV)  What does it mean to confess Jesus Christ has come in the flesh? All we have to do is simply acknowledge Jesus is our Master and savior and we are saved; we don't have to do anything else? "And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. Look to ourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. (2 John 1:6-11 KJV)          

And if those days had not been shortened, no human being would endure and survive, but for the sake of the elect (God's chosen ones) those days will be shortened." (Matthew 24:22 AMP)  What days are Yeshua (Jesus) talking about? And, who are the elect (God's chosen ones)? "At one time I will suddenly speak concerning a nation or kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it; And if [the people of] that nation concerning which I have spoken turn from their evil, I will relent and reverse My decision concerning the evil that I thought to do to them." (Jeremiah 18:7-8 AMP)  We must learn how to love each other and start to obey the TRUE doctrines of God or there will be worldwide devasting destruction which will result in the following: "The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left." (Isa 24:5-6)  "2 minutes to midnight lyric video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD5OuQ-1LxM It is now 2 minutes to midnight press release: https://thebulletin.org/press-release/it-now-2-minutes-midnight11464

The Master stated the following while He was on the earth in the 1st century: "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. "Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.' " (Matthew 7:21-23 NASB) "And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father's house--for I have five brothers--in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.' "But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' "But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!' "But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'" (Luke 16:27-31 NASB) The Apostle Paul, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, wrote the following: "For the secret of lawlessness is already at work – only until he who now restrains comes out of the midst. And then the lawless one shall be revealed, whom the Master shall consume with the Spirit of His mouth and bring to naught with the manifestation of His coming. The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power and signs and wonders of falsehood, and with all deceit of unrighteousness in those perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth, in order for them to be saved." (2 Thessalonians 2:7-11 The Scriptures) Interestingly, John the Baptist (the 2nd Elijah to come) did no miracles (John 10:41)? Why?

Who are God's people? The Jews? Or, do they include more people?   "But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments." (Exodus 7:4 KJV) "Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!" (Psalm 81:13 KJV) "Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth." (Psalm 78:1 KJV) "Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people." (Isaiah 51:4 KJV) Who is a TRUE believer of Yah? Yeshua's (Jesus') explanation of a TRUE believer: John 5:46-47; 15:14-15 1 Thessalonians 2:13; John 3:16-21; 1 Peter 2:7; 1 Timothy 4:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:11-13; Matthew 21:32; 2 Cor. 6:14-18 Do people naturally obey the law (Torah of God-His instructions and His way of life) as Romans 2:14-15 seems to indicate? Or, are we lacking other scriptures to help us properly interpret Romans 2:14-15? "Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His." (Romans 8:7-9) What does it mean to have a carnal mind? Jesus stated, ". . . he that is not against us is for us."  (Luke 9:50) What did Jesus mean considering the historical context of the 1st century? How is one "not against" Jesus? What is the signifcance of John the Baptist doing no miracles (John 10:41)? Do miracles prove obedience?

Is love only about feeling good and having emotions? Is love just giving to the poor and helping the needy? Or, does it involve more? ’ahab_a¯h (ahavah): A feminine noun meaning love. The word often signifies a powerful, intimate love between a man and a woman (Gen_29:20; Son_2:4-5, Son_2:7); love between friends (2Sa_1:26); God's love for His people (Isa_63:9; Hos_3:1). Frequently, it is associated with forming a covenant, which enjoins loyalty (Deu_7:8). When used in an abstract way, the word designates a desirable personal quality, which connotes affection and faithfulness (Pro_15:17; Pro_17:9). (The Complete Word Study Dictionary) In this episode, in addition to explaining what Bible reveals about love, I will explain why it has been so long since I broadcasted and why I will do the best I can to give you a weekly broadcast for now on.    

"Rain clouds filled with lightning appear at God's command, traveling across the sky to release their cargo-- sometimes as punishment for sin, sometimes as kindness. (Job 37:11-13 - CEV) "Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His pavilion?  Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him, And He covers the depths of the sea. For by these He judges peoples; He gives food in abundance.  He covers His hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark. (Job 36:29-32 - NASB) "But in all your towns I have kept food from your teeth, and in all your places there has been need of bread: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.  And I have kept back the rain from you, when it was still three months before the grain-cutting: I sent rain on one town and kept it back from another: one part was rained on, and the part where there was no rain became a waste.  So two or three towns went wandering to one town looking for water, and did not get enough: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.  I have sent destruction on your fields by burning and disease: the increase of your gardens and your vine-gardens, your fig-trees and your olive-trees, has been food for worms: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.  I have sent disease among you, as it was in Egypt: I have put your young men to the sword, and have taken away your horses; I have made the evil smell from your tents come up to your noses: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord. And I have sent destruction among you, as when God sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick pulled out of the fire: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord." (Amos 4:6-11 KJV)

Why does God allow a believer to suffer? "Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelation of His glory you may rejoice with exultation. If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler; but if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name.   For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? AND IF IT IS WITH DIFFICULTY THAT THE RIGHTEOUS IS SAVED, WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE GODLESS MAN AND THE SINNER? Therefore, those also who suffer according to the will of God shall entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right." (1 Peter 4:12-19 NASB) "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." (John 16:33 KJV)  "If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also." (John 15:18-20 KJV)         

Is this the century that Jesus will come back?   "And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand." (Daniel 8:23-25 KJV)  "But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy," (2 Timothy 3:1-2 ESV) "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened." (Matthew 24:15-22 KJV)   

Are we living in the Last Days?  What are the characteristics of the Last Days?  What should we watch for? Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. Watch Yourselves Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap; for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth. But keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man. (Luke 21:32-36) What generation is Yeshua (Jesus) talking about? What is a generation? But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. (1 Thessalonians 5:1-6)  Without a prophetic vision, the people throw off all restraint; but he who keeps Torah is happy. (Proverbs 29:18 CJB)  Despise not prophesyings. (1 Thessalonians 5:20)  Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation. (2 Peter 3:3-4 NASB)

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you — a wild olive — were grafted in among them and have become equal sharers in the rich root of the olive tree, then don't boast as if you were better than the branches! However, if you do boast, remember that you are not supporting the root, the root is supporting you. So you will say Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in. True, but so what? They were broken off because of their lack of trust. However, you keep your place only because of your trust. So don't be arrogant; on the contrary, be terrified! For if God did not spare the natural branches, he certainly won't spare you! So take a good look at God's kindness and his severity: on the one hand, severity toward those who fell off; but, on the other hand, God's kindness toward you — provided you maintain yourself in that kindness! Otherwise, you too will be cut off! Moreover, the others, if they do not persist in their lack of trust, will be grafted in; because God is able to graft them back in. For if you were cut out of what is by nature a wild olive tree and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree! (Romans 11:17-24 CJB) But if you call yourself a Jew and rest on Torah and boast about God and know his will and give your approval to what is right, because you have been instructed from the Torah; and if you have persuaded yourself that you are a guide to the blind, a light in the darkness, an instructor for the spiritually unaware and a teacher of children, since in the Torah you have the embodiment of knowledge and truth. (Romans 2:17-20 CJB)    

Hebraically, neighbor means your friend or someone living near you. However, Yeshua helped us to understand we must learn how to love everyone like we love our friends and people near us. Yeshua died for everyone not just for those who keep Torah. For Elohim so loved the world that He gave His only brought-forth Son, so that everyone who believes in Him should not perish but possess everlasting life. For Elohim did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. (John 3:16-17 The Scriptures) And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 John 2:2 KJV) Additionally, we must learn how to love the person who is different from us (Luke 10:29-37 The Scriptures). When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God. (Leviticus 19:33-34 NASB) The Golden Rule: Therefore, whatever you wish men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Torah and the Prophets. (Matthew 7:12 The Scriptures) And Yeshua said to him, You shall love God your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your mind. This is the first and great command. And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commands hang all the Torah and the Prophets.(Matthew 22:37-40 The Scriptures) Are these the only commandments we must keep?

"Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him." (Daniel 2:20-22 KJV)  Ultimately, it is God who decides the rulers of countries.  Obviously, God chose Donald Trump to win the 2016 election.  We need to do the following: "I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour"  "Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth." (1 Timothy 2:1-4 KJV)  We need to pray that Donald Trump and this entire nation (all of us) will repent and turn back to the perfect moral principles of the Bible.  It is not enough to just talk about the Bible and quote verses.  Collectively, as a nation, we must start putting into practice what the Bible says. The Book of Jonah is certainly about the tremendous mercy of Yah (God).  We, as a nation, must fast and ask Yah to continue to be merciful to us and to show us the right way to live.  

What is Yom Teruah and why should we observe this day? "Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation." (Leviticus 23:24)  "After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.  "While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts. "I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His vesture was like white snow And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire. "A river of fire was flowing And coming out from before Him; Thousands upon thousands were attending Him, And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him; The court sat, And the books were opened." (Daniel 7:7-10)  "Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations." (Joel 2:1-2)       

America. The greatest nation in the history of the world. What does the Bible say about America? And, what is America's future? "Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment." (Isaiah 1:2-6 KJV) "O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots: Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty." (Isaiah 2:5-10 KJV) To find out more about who the 12 tribes of Israel are in the 21st century, click the following link:  Britam.org  

"And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:  Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD. Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.  And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD. Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.  And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God." (Lev. 23:15-22) "Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work." (Numbers 28:26)  

"Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord." (Colossians 3:20) "Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." (Ephesians 6:1-4) "And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever." (Jer 35:18-19) "Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children." (2 Cor 12:14) "But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite (reh kwhite - emphasis) their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God." (1 Timothy 5:4) "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love." (John 15:10) "Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel." (John 5:19-20)  

What does the Passover represent? "Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there. Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein." (Deuteronomy 16:1-8) "Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?  Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth." (1 Corinthians 5:6-8)    

What is the Hebrew Roots Movement? It is very important to understand the history behind the Hebrews Roots movement. The following is a quote from Wikipedia's article "Hebrew Roots." "Since the early 20th century, different religious organizations have been teaching a belief in Yeshua as mankind's redeemer and savior from man's own sinful nature and a lifestyle in keeping with the Torah, the Sabbath and the annual Feasts (or moedim, Holy Days). These include Messianic Judaism (to a very limited degree) in 1916, the Sacred Name Movement (SNM) in 1937, and the Worldwide Church of God (WCG) in the 1930s, and, later, the Hebrew Roots Movement. Thus far, the WCG has had the greatest impact on all organizations which teach these beliefs, including obedience to much of the Old Testament law, both nationally and internationally until about 1994-95. Within a few years after the death of its founder, Herbert W Armstrong, in 1986, the succeeding church administration modified the denomination's doctrines and teachings in order to be compatible with mainstream evangelical Christianity, while many members and ministers left and formed other churches that conformed to many, but, not all, of Armstrong's teachings. "Consequently, the WCG spawned numerous splinter groups, with most of these new churches adopting names bearing the term "Church of God" (COG) and retaining the belief system developed by Armstrong.  In contrast, Hebrew Roots (or sometimes, Hebraic Roots) is a grassroots movement without an ecclesiastical superstructure and it does not adhere to the COG belief system, nor does it adhere to Messianic Judaism, or to the SNM, although there are commonalities." Herbert taught, and many Hebrew Roots teachers teach, that all of Mankind should keep the Shabbat and the Holy Days of Yah.

Yah (God) states in His word that people who do not love His TRUTH will receive STRONG delusion from Him. "For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth." (2 Thessalonians 2:7-13 KJV)  So, Yah is saying that if a person does not love (Greek - agape: affection regarding) the truth, then he or she will be deceived. The TRUTH is the instructions of Yah-the Torah and the Words of Yah (Psalm 119:142; John 17:17). "More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb." (Psalm 19:10) "If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth." (Colossians 3:1-2)  A believer must learn to TREMBLE before Yah's words (Isaiah 66:2).  

Observing the Shabbat is one of the major signs that identify an individual as one of the children of Yah and of Israel (Exodus 31:13-18). People, who are not part of the 12 tribes of Israel (britam.org), become part of Israel by accepting the King of Israel (the Messiah - John 1:49) as their Master and Savior. If someone is your Master, then you obey him (Ephesians 2:11-12). The Messiah is the King of Israel and any King has laws or instructions for his subjects to follow (Deuteronomy 17:18-20). The children of Israel follow the Messiah and obey the commandments just like He did when He was on the earth (1 John 2:3-6; John 14:6; Luke 4:16; John 15:10). The Bible gives us an idea on how to observe the Shabbat. "If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it." (Isaiah 58:13-14 KJV)  “Speak to the children of Yisra’el, and say to them, ‘The appointed times of Yah, which you are to proclaim as set-apart gatherings, My appointed times, are these: ‘Six days work is done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of rest, a set-apart gathering. You do no work, it is a Sabbath to Yah in all your dwellings.”  (Leviticus 23:2-3 The Scriptures) You should not buy or sell on the Shabbat (Nehemiah 10:31; 13:15-21) and you should do good on Shabbat (Matthew 12:1-12).    

Since all the nations have drunk of the wine of Babylon (confusion), should we stop being citizens of the nations we live in (Revelation 17:1-2)? What does coming out of Babylon really mean? (Revelation 18:4) Did you know that Paul was a citizen of Rome and he used his citizenship to get himself out of trouble (Acts 22:23-30)? Remember, Paul, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, commanded us to follow his example because he is following Messiah's (Christ's) ways. (1 Corinthians 11:1; 1 Corinthians 4:17). As a matter of fact, the Apostles are part of the foundation of the assembly (church) - Ephesians 2:20. "Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God." (1 Peter 2:13-16)  Joseph was an Egytpian ruler (Genesis 41:41-45).Daniel was one the presidents of the Kingdom of Persia (Daniel 6:1-3). However, what do you do when the government's laws go against God's laws? "Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men." (Acts 5:28-29)  Well, Daniel 3 and 6 reveals what to do based on the situation revealed in Acts 5:28-29 and Acts 5:30-35 reveals how the apostles handled the conflict and what they experienced.    

Should we respect all of Mankind? Did King Saul deserve David's respect (1 Samuel 24)? Do we continue to respect our parents even if they treat us bad? What about our bosses at work? Do we treat our bosses with respect if they treat us bad (1 Peter 2:18-21; 1 Timothy 6:1)? What about congregational leaders or elders? Should we treat them with respect if they treat us bad? Do we have a right to execute vengeance upon someone else or is that God's responsibility (Romans 12:19-21)? "Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king." (1 Peter 2:17 KJV)  "Honour" is translated "Respect" in other translations of the Bible. "Show respect for all men [treat them honorably]. Love the brotherhood (the Christian fraternity of which Christ is the Head). Reverence God. Honor the emperor." (1 Peter 2:17 AMP)    Honour - Strongs No:  G5091 "(I) To esteem (value or worth - emphasis mine), honor, reverence, with the acc. (A) Generally (1Ti_5:3); especially of parents (Mat_15:4, Mat_15:6; Mat_19:19; Mar_7:10; Mar_10:19; Luk_18:20; Eph_6:2; Sept.: Exo_20:12; Deu_5:16); everyone, kings (1Pe_2:17); God and Christ (Joh_5:23; Joh_8:49); of feigned piety toward God and Christ (Mat_15:8; Mar_7:6 quoted from Isa_29:13; Pro_3:9). (B) To treat with honor, to bestow special marks of honor and favor upon someone, with the acc. (Joh_12:26; Act_28:10)." (The Complete WordStudy Dictionary)  

The Syrian Civil War "In March 2011 Syria’s government, led by Pres. Bashar al-Assad, faced an unprecedented challenge to its authority when pro-democracy protests erupted throughout the country. Protesters demanded an end to the authoritarian practices of the Assad regime, in place since Assad’s father became president in 1971. The Syrian government used violence to suppress demonstrations, making extensive use of police, military, and paramilitary forces. Amateur footage and eyewitness accounts, the primary sources of information in a country largely closed to foreign journalists, showed the Syrian security forces beating and killing protesters and firing indiscriminately into crowds. Opposition militias began to form in 2011, and by 2012 the conflict had expanded into a full-fledged civil war." (Encylopedia Britannica Online)  Since March 2011, Damascus has been going through a gradual destruction. Major news media are not reporting this. However, it appears that the Biblie prophecy about Damascus no longer being a city is in the process of being fulfullied. Yeshua (Jesus) told His believers to watch events so that we will not be caught off guard and to make sure we are obeying His commandments and instructions so we can be worthy to escape the horrible events that will occur in these end times (Luke 21:34-36; Mark 13:33-37). Footage of Damascus' gradual destruction from the Associated Press (AP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLYl2jap2mY