Basic Scripture Study 101 by Michael Klopp
(POSTED WITH PERMISSION FROM THE AUTHOR)
We must check out what we are told Scripture says, for haSatan is a deceiver subtly twisting the Word of YHVH. Be like the noble Bereans and check the Scriptures to see if what you are told is so! Do not take my word as the truth without checking it out against Scripture! This will result in showing yourself approved unto Elohim.
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to show yourself approved unto Elohim, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.
There are basic precepts in the Scriptures that CANNOT be changed; I am going to cover seven of them here. They will serve as a foundation that each chapter will build on. If your foundation is not built on ‘our Rock’ your house will not stand when the winds and rain (storms) come!
Matthew 7:24-27 Therefore whosoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26. And every one that hears these sayings of Mine, and does them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
These are Yahshua’s words, very plain and simple. To become a disciple of His we need to DO what He says; NOT what others tell us their ‘interpretations’ of what Yahshua said. We are told “we should ‘walk’ as He walked”, 1John 2:6.
It is recorded in the ‘New Testament’ that Yahshua taught others to keep the Ten Commandments, yet there are many Christians who claim ‘the Torah is done away with’, or ‘it’s for the Jews’ and that they are ‘not ‘under’ the law’. Which would you believe and listen to?
The purpose of this study is to establish basic precepts laid down for us in the Scriptures; so you can see for yourself major flaws that are prevalent in many doctrines that cannot stand close scrutiny of what the Scriptures actually say. Anti-nomian doctrines are from haSatan himself and blatantly contradict Scriptures!
The choice is yours alone, you must choose the ‘road’ you want to travel and I pray that you will have ‘eyes to see’. Yahshua tells of the two roads in Matthew 7:13-14:
Matthew 7:13 "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
With that said let’s proceed to study these basic precepts:
Isaiah 28:9-10 "Who is it he is trying to teach? To whom is he explaining his message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the breast? 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.
10 For precept must be upon precept.
All precepts in this study are based on precept # 6, that there must be at least two or three witnesses to establish any matter.
PRECEPT # 1 YHVH CANNOT/ WILL NOT Change. Seven Witnesses
Malachi 3:6 For I am YHVH, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Psalms 33:11 But the plans of YHVH stand firm forever, the purposes of His heart through all generations.
Psalms 89:34 My covenant I will not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of My lips.
Psalms 102:27 But You are the same, and Your years shall have no end.
Psalms 111:9 He sent redemption unto His people: He has commanded His covenant for ever: holy and awesome is His Name.
Hebrews 1:12 And as a vesture shall You fold them up, and they shall be changed: but You are the same, and Your years shall not fail.
Hebrews 13:8 Yahshua the Messiah is the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
This first precept is of the utmost importance and needs to be comprehended in its fullness! Anything that may ‘seem’ to be a ‘change’ was a part of YHVH’s plans from the beginning and was foretold by YHVH to His prophets first, see precept # 3.
PRECEPT # 2 YHVH does not/cannot lie. (This is actually a continuation of precept #1) Five witnesses:
1 Samuel 15:29 And also the Strength of Yisrael will not lie nor turn back: for He is not a man that He should repent.
Numbers 23:19 Elohim is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent (change) : has He said, and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken, and shall He not make it good?
Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which Elohim, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Malachi 3:6 For I am YHVH, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Ezekiel 24:14 I YHVH have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent (change); according to your ways, and according to your doings, shall they judge you, says YHVH Elohim.
PRECEPT # 3 YHVH has told us the end from the beginning.
Seven witnesses
Amos 3:7 Surely YHVH Elohim will do nothing, but He reveals His secret unto His servants the prophets.
Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure.
Isaiah 42:9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Isaiah 44:7-8 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for Me, since I appointed the ancient people? And the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show unto them. 8. Fear you not, neither be afraid: have I not told you from that time, and have declared it? You are even My witnesses. Is there an Elohim beside Me? yea, there is no Elohim; I know not any.
Psalms 25:14 The secret of YHVH is with them that fear him; and He will show them His covenant.
The following two verses are examples of YHVH telling ones who feared Him and loved Him what He was going to do before He did it:
Genesis 6:13 And Elohim said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Genesis 18:17 And YHVH said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
Because of precept #3 we can find the Renewed Covenant is hidden in the writings of the Prophets. (Because it was a secret or mystery, Amos 3:7 above)
What exactly is the ‘New Covenant’?
Jeremiah 33:14 Behold, the days come, says YHVH, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Yisrael and to the house of Judah.
Jeremiah 31:31 Behold, the days come, says YHVH, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Yisrael, and with the house of Judah.
Jeremiah 32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from Me.
Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Yisrael; After those days, says YHVH, I will put My Torah in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.
Jeremiah 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know YHVH’: for they shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, says YHVH: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Ezekiel 11:19-20 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh: 20. That they may walk in My statutes, and keep My ordinances, and do them: and they shall be My people, and I will be their Elohim.
Ezekiel 36:26-29 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 27. And I will put My spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall keep My judgments, and do them.
The Renewed Covenant is getting a new circumcised heart and having the Torah written on it, receiving a new spirit that empowers us to DO IT. Read carefully verse 11 below and remember what Christianity used to tell us about “The Law” being impossible to keep. Another of the lies we inherited from our fathers. The key is ‘love YHVH with all your heart and all your soul’.
Deuteronomy 30:10 If you obey YHVH your Elohim and keep His commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Torah and turn to YHVH your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul.
11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.
PRECEPT # 4 There will be a re-gathering of both houses of Yisrael back to the land promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
There are many, many ‘witnesses’ to this fact, which is a whole study in itself. (See the Chapter on The Re-gathering).
Ezekiel 36:28-29 28. And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be My people, and I will be your Elohim. 29. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses (defilements)
Do you know how you become defiled or ‘unclean’? Or that coming near to YHVH in an unclean state is an abomination? Yisrael was thrown out of the land for things like this. If we hope to be regathered to eretz Yisrael we better know before hand what YHVH expects of us. (See chapter on Holy or Set-apart)
Ezekiel 11:21 But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, says YHVH Elohim.
What is detestable or an abomination to YHVH? These are foundational teachings laid out for us long ago in the Torah to show us what is acceptable and proper to YHVH and what is not! What foundation have you built upon? One that says ‘the ‘law’ is done away with’, that Christians don’t have to do these things? You just read what YHVH’s Word says the New Covenant is, are you going to obey men or Elohim YHVH? (Acts 5:29)
Luke 6:48 He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well built. 49 But the one who hears My words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete."
"He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
As YHVH is bound to His Word, He cannot lie, He is the same yesterday, today, tomorrow and forever, He does NOT CHANGE, so His commands (Word) reveal His character to us: Righteous, Merciful and Just. “Just” implies judgment!
PRECEPT # 5 There will be a judgment and you will be judged Eighteen plus witnesses!
Ezekiel 24:14 ff according to your ways, and according to your doings, shall they judge you, says YHVH Elohim.
Ezekiel 33:20 Yet, O house of Yisrael, you say, `The way of YHVH is not just.' But I will judge each of you according to his own ways."
Exodus 34:7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet He does not leave the guilty unpunished; He punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation."
I have 15 more ‘witnesses’: Isaiah 2:4, 3:13, 11:4, 33:22, 51:5, Ezk. 7:3,4 8,9 & 27, 8:18, 9:10, 11:10ff, 18:30, Joel 3:12, Micah 4:3. I am sure there are many more also! Read alouds #1-6. (The read alouds are intended for group participation and can be cut out to give to the group before hand to read out loud at the appropriate time they are called for, to reinforce the precepts. They are listed at the end of this study)
Who is Yahshua?
John 1:1-2 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim.
2. The same was in the beginning with Elohim.
John 1: 14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
The word of YHVH had been so messed up, perverted and twisted by man that The Word had to come to show us the spirit of the law (Torah); for the letter of the law without the spirit of the law can truly ‘kill’.
Mark 7:7 But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.
Read Jerm. 16:19! This pertains to both houses! For without the spirit of Torah Yisrael cannot walk in Torah as YHVH wants us to. Torah IS The Word of YHVH and The Word is Yahshua!
PRECEPT # 6 All things are to be established by two or three witnesses. Four witnesses.
As we are not to put to death anyone except by the word of two or three witnesses for their wrong doing, the same principle applies to what Scripture says about our eternal life i.e. ‘any doctrine that is a salvational issue (concerning your eternal life or death) will have at least two or three witnesses in Scripture.’ I believe that the more times a subject is mentioned the more importance YHVH attaches to it. Yahshua testifies to this precept in Matthew 18:16 and John 8:17. Read aloud #7 & 8.
Deuteronomy 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
Numbers 35:30 Whoso kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Deuteronomy 17:6-7 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. 7. The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you.
Matthew 18:16 But if he will not hear you, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
I feel very strongly that this precept, as we do it or ‘practice’ it, is a ‘shadow picture’ for our eternal life as well. If one wants to build sound doctrines (2 Timothy 3:16) anything in that doctrine must needs have two or more witnesses to be a salvational issue!
2 Timothy 3:16 Every scripture inspired of Elohim is also profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness.
1 Timothy 4:16 Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.
PRECEPT # 7 Judgment will result in living with YHVH or separation from Him (eternal death)
Ezekiel 33:18 If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, he will die for it.
Ezekiel 33:19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live for doing it.
Ezekiel 18:5-9 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, 6. And has not eaten upon the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Yisrael, neither has defiled his neighbor’s wife, neither has come near to a menstruous woman, 7. And has not oppressed any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has spoiled none by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment; 8. He that has not given lent at interest, neither has taken any increase, that has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true judgment between man and man, 9. Has walked in My statutes, and has kept My judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says YHVH Elohim.
The ‘living’ and ‘dying’ spoken of in these verses is your eternal life. We all die physically sooner or later, but anyone can be as a spiritually dead person before YHVH. We all know of righteous people who die early deaths and evil unrighteous ones that live very long lives. If you die physically while spiritually dead you are S.O.L.!!!
The Watchman’s Warning
Ezekiel 3:18-21 When I say unto the wicked, you shall surely die; and you give him not warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand. 19. Yet if you warn the wicked and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul. 20. Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand. 21. Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also you have delivered your soul.
Ezekiel 33:20 Yet you say, the way of YHVH is not equal. O ye house of Yisrael, I will judge you every one after his ways.
Jeremiah 16:19 O YHVH, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto You from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Jeremiah 16:11-12 Then shall you say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken Me, says YHVH, and have walked after other elohim, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken Me, and have not kept My Torah; 12. And you have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto Me
Jeremiah 16:21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know My hand and My might; and they shall know that My Name is YHVH.
Jeremiah 16:21 I will this once cause them to know
Jeremiah 16:21 this once
Jeremiah 16:21 and they shall know that My Name is YHVH.
Jeremiah 29:13-14 And you shall seek Me, and find Me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.
14. And I will be found of you, says YHVH: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says YHVH; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Jeremiah 24:7 And I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am YHVH: and they shall be My people, and I will be their Elohim: for they shall return unto Me with their whole heart.
Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you know not.
Psalms 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Hosea 14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? Prudent and he shall know them? For ‘the way’ of YHVH is right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Matthew 11:15 He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear Elohim, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14. For Elohim shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it is good or whether it is evil.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love Elohim, to them who are the called according to His purpose.
Hosea 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek YHVH, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Joshua 24:15 But if serving YHVH seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the elohim your forefathers served beyond the River, or the elohim of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve:
Read aloud verses for Basic Scripture Study 101
# 1 Isaiah 2:4 He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.
# 2 Isaiah 3:13 YHVH takes His place in court; He rises to judge the people.
Isaiah 11:4 But with righteousness shall He judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips shall he slay the wicked.
# 3 Isaiah 33:22 For YHVH is our judge, YHVH is our lawgiver, YHVH is our King; it is He who will save us.
# 4 Isaiah 51:5 My righteousness is near, My salvation is gone forth, and My arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for Me, and on My arm shall they trust.
# 5 Ezekiel 7:3 The end is now upon you and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your conduct and repay you for all your detestable practices. 4 I will not look on you with pity or spare you; I will surely repay you for your conduct and the detestable practices among you. Then you will know that I am YHVH.
8 I am about to pour out My wrath on you and spend My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your detestable practices. 9 I will not look on you with pity or spare you; I will repay you in accordance with your conduct and the detestable practices among you. Then you will know that it is I YHVH who strikes the blow.
27 The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and by their own standards I will judge them. Then they will know that I am YHVH."
(You really need to read the previous verses to put this one in context!!!)
Ezekiel 8:18 Therefore will I also deal in wrath; My eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
# 6 Ezekiel 11:10 You will fall by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Yisrael. Then you will know that I am YHVH.
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Ezekiel 18:30 "Therefore, O house of Yisrael, I will judge you, each one according to his ways, declares the Sovereign YHVH. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.
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Joel 3:12 `Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side.
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Micah 4:3 and He will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
# 7 Matthew 18:16 But if he hear you not, take with you one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.
# 8 John 8:17 In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
(POSTED WITH PERMISSION FROM THE AUTHOR)
We must check out what we are told Scripture says, for haSatan is a deceiver subtly twisting the Word of YHVH. Be like the noble Bereans and check the Scriptures to see if what you are told is so! Do not take my word as the truth without checking it out against Scripture! This will result in showing yourself approved unto Elohim.
2 Timothy 2:15 Study to show yourself approved unto Elohim, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.
There are basic precepts in the Scriptures that CANNOT be changed; I am going to cover seven of them here. They will serve as a foundation that each chapter will build on. If your foundation is not built on ‘our Rock’ your house will not stand when the winds and rain (storms) come!
Matthew 7:24-27 Therefore whosoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26. And every one that hears these sayings of Mine, and does them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
These are Yahshua’s words, very plain and simple. To become a disciple of His we need to DO what He says; NOT what others tell us their ‘interpretations’ of what Yahshua said. We are told “we should ‘walk’ as He walked”, 1John 2:6.
It is recorded in the ‘New Testament’ that Yahshua taught others to keep the Ten Commandments, yet there are many Christians who claim ‘the Torah is done away with’, or ‘it’s for the Jews’ and that they are ‘not ‘under’ the law’. Which would you believe and listen to?
The purpose of this study is to establish basic precepts laid down for us in the Scriptures; so you can see for yourself major flaws that are prevalent in many doctrines that cannot stand close scrutiny of what the Scriptures actually say. Anti-nomian doctrines are from haSatan himself and blatantly contradict Scriptures!
The choice is yours alone, you must choose the ‘road’ you want to travel and I pray that you will have ‘eyes to see’. Yahshua tells of the two roads in Matthew 7:13-14:
Matthew 7:13 "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
With that said let’s proceed to study these basic precepts:
Isaiah 28:9-10 "Who is it he is trying to teach? To whom is he explaining his message? To children weaned from their milk, to those just taken from the breast? 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.
10 For precept must be upon precept.
All precepts in this study are based on precept # 6, that there must be at least two or three witnesses to establish any matter.
PRECEPT # 1 YHVH CANNOT/ WILL NOT Change. Seven Witnesses
Malachi 3:6 For I am YHVH, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Psalms 33:11 But the plans of YHVH stand firm forever, the purposes of His heart through all generations.
Psalms 89:34 My covenant I will not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of My lips.
Psalms 102:27 But You are the same, and Your years shall have no end.
Psalms 111:9 He sent redemption unto His people: He has commanded His covenant for ever: holy and awesome is His Name.
Hebrews 1:12 And as a vesture shall You fold them up, and they shall be changed: but You are the same, and Your years shall not fail.
Hebrews 13:8 Yahshua the Messiah is the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
This first precept is of the utmost importance and needs to be comprehended in its fullness! Anything that may ‘seem’ to be a ‘change’ was a part of YHVH’s plans from the beginning and was foretold by YHVH to His prophets first, see precept # 3.
PRECEPT # 2 YHVH does not/cannot lie. (This is actually a continuation of precept #1) Five witnesses:
1 Samuel 15:29 And also the Strength of Yisrael will not lie nor turn back: for He is not a man that He should repent.
Numbers 23:19 Elohim is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent (change) : has He said, and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken, and shall He not make it good?
Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which Elohim, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Malachi 3:6 For I am YHVH, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Ezekiel 24:14 I YHVH have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent (change); according to your ways, and according to your doings, shall they judge you, says YHVH Elohim.
PRECEPT # 3 YHVH has told us the end from the beginning.
Seven witnesses
Amos 3:7 Surely YHVH Elohim will do nothing, but He reveals His secret unto His servants the prophets.
Isaiah 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure.
Isaiah 42:9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
Isaiah 44:7-8 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for Me, since I appointed the ancient people? And the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show unto them. 8. Fear you not, neither be afraid: have I not told you from that time, and have declared it? You are even My witnesses. Is there an Elohim beside Me? yea, there is no Elohim; I know not any.
Psalms 25:14 The secret of YHVH is with them that fear him; and He will show them His covenant.
The following two verses are examples of YHVH telling ones who feared Him and loved Him what He was going to do before He did it:
Genesis 6:13 And Elohim said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Genesis 18:17 And YHVH said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
Because of precept #3 we can find the Renewed Covenant is hidden in the writings of the Prophets. (Because it was a secret or mystery, Amos 3:7 above)
What exactly is the ‘New Covenant’?
Jeremiah 33:14 Behold, the days come, says YHVH, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Yisrael and to the house of Judah.
Jeremiah 31:31 Behold, the days come, says YHVH, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Yisrael, and with the house of Judah.
Jeremiah 32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from Me.
Jeremiah 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Yisrael; After those days, says YHVH, I will put My Torah in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.
Jeremiah 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know YHVH’: for they shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, says YHVH: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Ezekiel 11:19-20 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh: 20. That they may walk in My statutes, and keep My ordinances, and do them: and they shall be My people, and I will be their Elohim.
Ezekiel 36:26-29 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 27. And I will put My spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall keep My judgments, and do them.
The Renewed Covenant is getting a new circumcised heart and having the Torah written on it, receiving a new spirit that empowers us to DO IT. Read carefully verse 11 below and remember what Christianity used to tell us about “The Law” being impossible to keep. Another of the lies we inherited from our fathers. The key is ‘love YHVH with all your heart and all your soul’.
Deuteronomy 30:10 If you obey YHVH your Elohim and keep His commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Torah and turn to YHVH your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul.
11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.
PRECEPT # 4 There will be a re-gathering of both houses of Yisrael back to the land promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
There are many, many ‘witnesses’ to this fact, which is a whole study in itself. (See the Chapter on The Re-gathering).
Ezekiel 36:28-29 28. And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be My people, and I will be your Elohim. 29. I will also save you from all your uncleannesses (defilements)
Do you know how you become defiled or ‘unclean’? Or that coming near to YHVH in an unclean state is an abomination? Yisrael was thrown out of the land for things like this. If we hope to be regathered to eretz Yisrael we better know before hand what YHVH expects of us. (See chapter on Holy or Set-apart)
Ezekiel 11:21 But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, says YHVH Elohim.
What is detestable or an abomination to YHVH? These are foundational teachings laid out for us long ago in the Torah to show us what is acceptable and proper to YHVH and what is not! What foundation have you built upon? One that says ‘the ‘law’ is done away with’, that Christians don’t have to do these things? You just read what YHVH’s Word says the New Covenant is, are you going to obey men or Elohim YHVH? (Acts 5:29)
Luke 6:48 He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well built. 49 But the one who hears My words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete."
"He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
As YHVH is bound to His Word, He cannot lie, He is the same yesterday, today, tomorrow and forever, He does NOT CHANGE, so His commands (Word) reveal His character to us: Righteous, Merciful and Just. “Just” implies judgment!
PRECEPT # 5 There will be a judgment and you will be judged Eighteen plus witnesses!
Ezekiel 24:14 ff according to your ways, and according to your doings, shall they judge you, says YHVH Elohim.
Ezekiel 33:20 Yet, O house of Yisrael, you say, `The way of YHVH is not just.' But I will judge each of you according to his own ways."
Exodus 34:7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet He does not leave the guilty unpunished; He punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation."
I have 15 more ‘witnesses’: Isaiah 2:4, 3:13, 11:4, 33:22, 51:5, Ezk. 7:3,4 8,9 & 27, 8:18, 9:10, 11:10ff, 18:30, Joel 3:12, Micah 4:3. I am sure there are many more also! Read alouds #1-6. (The read alouds are intended for group participation and can be cut out to give to the group before hand to read out loud at the appropriate time they are called for, to reinforce the precepts. They are listed at the end of this study)
Who is Yahshua?
John 1:1-2 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim.
2. The same was in the beginning with Elohim.
John 1: 14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
The word of YHVH had been so messed up, perverted and twisted by man that The Word had to come to show us the spirit of the law (Torah); for the letter of the law without the spirit of the law can truly ‘kill’.
Mark 7:7 But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men.
Read Jerm. 16:19! This pertains to both houses! For without the spirit of Torah Yisrael cannot walk in Torah as YHVH wants us to. Torah IS The Word of YHVH and The Word is Yahshua!
PRECEPT # 6 All things are to be established by two or three witnesses. Four witnesses.
As we are not to put to death anyone except by the word of two or three witnesses for their wrong doing, the same principle applies to what Scripture says about our eternal life i.e. ‘any doctrine that is a salvational issue (concerning your eternal life or death) will have at least two or three witnesses in Scripture.’ I believe that the more times a subject is mentioned the more importance YHVH attaches to it. Yahshua testifies to this precept in Matthew 18:16 and John 8:17. Read aloud #7 & 8.
Deuteronomy 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
Numbers 35:30 Whoso kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
Deuteronomy 17:6-7 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. 7. The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you.
Matthew 18:16 But if he will not hear you, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
I feel very strongly that this precept, as we do it or ‘practice’ it, is a ‘shadow picture’ for our eternal life as well. If one wants to build sound doctrines (2 Timothy 3:16) anything in that doctrine must needs have two or more witnesses to be a salvational issue!
2 Timothy 3:16 Every scripture inspired of Elohim is also profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness.
1 Timothy 4:16 Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.
PRECEPT # 7 Judgment will result in living with YHVH or separation from Him (eternal death)
Ezekiel 33:18 If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and does evil, he will die for it.
Ezekiel 33:19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live for doing it.
Ezekiel 18:5-9 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, 6. And has not eaten upon the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Yisrael, neither has defiled his neighbor’s wife, neither has come near to a menstruous woman, 7. And has not oppressed any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has spoiled none by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment; 8. He that has not given lent at interest, neither has taken any increase, that has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true judgment between man and man, 9. Has walked in My statutes, and has kept My judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says YHVH Elohim.
The ‘living’ and ‘dying’ spoken of in these verses is your eternal life. We all die physically sooner or later, but anyone can be as a spiritually dead person before YHVH. We all know of righteous people who die early deaths and evil unrighteous ones that live very long lives. If you die physically while spiritually dead you are S.O.L.!!!
The Watchman’s Warning
Ezekiel 3:18-21 When I say unto the wicked, you shall surely die; and you give him not warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand. 19. Yet if you warn the wicked and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul. 20. Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand. 21. Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also you have delivered your soul.
Ezekiel 33:20 Yet you say, the way of YHVH is not equal. O ye house of Yisrael, I will judge you every one after his ways.
Jeremiah 16:19 O YHVH, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto You from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.
Jeremiah 16:11-12 Then shall you say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken Me, says YHVH, and have walked after other elohim, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken Me, and have not kept My Torah; 12. And you have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto Me
Jeremiah 16:21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know My hand and My might; and they shall know that My Name is YHVH.
Jeremiah 16:21 I will this once cause them to know
Jeremiah 16:21 this once
Jeremiah 16:21 and they shall know that My Name is YHVH.
Jeremiah 29:13-14 And you shall seek Me, and find Me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.
14. And I will be found of you, says YHVH: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says YHVH; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Jeremiah 24:7 And I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am YHVH: and they shall be My people, and I will be their Elohim: for they shall return unto Me with their whole heart.
Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you know not.
Psalms 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Hosea 14:9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? Prudent and he shall know them? For ‘the way’ of YHVH is right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
Matthew 11:15 He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear Elohim, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14. For Elohim shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it is good or whether it is evil.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love Elohim, to them who are the called according to His purpose.
Hosea 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek YHVH, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Joshua 24:15 But if serving YHVH seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the elohim your forefathers served beyond the River, or the elohim of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve:
Read aloud verses for Basic Scripture Study 101
# 1 Isaiah 2:4 He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.
# 2 Isaiah 3:13 YHVH takes His place in court; He rises to judge the people.
Isaiah 11:4 But with righteousness shall He judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips shall he slay the wicked.
# 3 Isaiah 33:22 For YHVH is our judge, YHVH is our lawgiver, YHVH is our King; it is He who will save us.
# 4 Isaiah 51:5 My righteousness is near, My salvation is gone forth, and My arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for Me, and on My arm shall they trust.
# 5 Ezekiel 7:3 The end is now upon you and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your conduct and repay you for all your detestable practices. 4 I will not look on you with pity or spare you; I will surely repay you for your conduct and the detestable practices among you. Then you will know that I am YHVH.
8 I am about to pour out My wrath on you and spend My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your detestable practices. 9 I will not look on you with pity or spare you; I will repay you in accordance with your conduct and the detestable practices among you. Then you will know that it is I YHVH who strikes the blow.
27 The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and by their own standards I will judge them. Then they will know that I am YHVH."
(You really need to read the previous verses to put this one in context!!!)
Ezekiel 8:18 Therefore will I also deal in wrath; My eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
# 6 Ezekiel 11:10 You will fall by the sword, and I will execute judgment on you at the borders of Yisrael. Then you will know that I am YHVH.
and
Ezekiel 18:30 "Therefore, O house of Yisrael, I will judge you, each one according to his ways, declares the Sovereign YHVH. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.
and
Joel 3:12 `Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side.
and
Micah 4:3 and He will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
# 7 Matthew 18:16 But if he hear you not, take with you one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.
# 8 John 8:17 In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.
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