Curses,
Covenants of Death &
Wicked Soul-Ties
Wicked Soul-Ties
(Part 2 of 3 – covenants of death)
A
GENTLE REMINDER:
(Introduction is repeated from part
1 ~ Curses. In case you missed it here
is the link.
Skip down to, SO WHAT IS A COVENANT OF
DEATH EXACTLY, if you do not
care to read this introduction again.)
Dearest
beloved and esteemed of the most high Elohim, Shalom Aleichem! (Peace be upon
you!) Once again I find that I am greatly burdened in my heart for the
body of Messiah. This burden is born out of recent events, and
circumstances, that have caused me to realize anew just how unprepared /
underprepared we are for the days directly ahead. Why is this? It
is mostly due to our vast ignorance of eternal spiritual principles and
precepts, from “The Scriptures”, concerning covenant. This is nothing
new!
“My
people have perished for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected
knowledge, I reject you from being priest for Me. Since you have
forgotten “The Torah” (The Instructions) of your Elohim, I also forget your
children.” ~ Hoshea 4:6
My
primary motivation for writing this is because I have many friends, and family
members, in Messiah who are needlessly suffering in their finances and
in their life circumstances. Many compound their present affliction by
openly impugning the character of their Groom because they do not understand
the spiritual nature of the provision, and protection, we have been guaranteed
as partakers of His covenant of betrothal.
Hebrews
13:5-6 ~ Amplified Bible (AMP)
5 Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [Elohim] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!] v.
6 So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Master is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm [I will not fear or dread or be terrified]. What can man do to me?
I have previously written about this covenant on this very blog site.
While it is absolutely true that we live in a world filled with every evil and great suffering, because of the curse of sin and death, which does not automatically preclude that, that is the reason we are presently suffering in our lives. Most often it is our pride that would much rather point the finger at the devil, this world, or even Yahweh Himself, rather than accept the personal responsibility of our present suffering. We do not want to readily accept the possibility that it very well might have been something we have done, or even something we haven’t done, which was the very catalyst of our present circumstance.
Unfortunately, pride will even lead us to the delusional belief that which we are suffering, as a result of our own sinful choices, is actually because of worldly or devilish persecution, due to our faith in Messiah. The greater majority of us are not suffering a “Job” like trial of our faith. Once again, it is absolutely true we will suffer abandonment, loneliness, persecutions, loss, pain, hardship, tribulations of every kind, and even death for the Messiah’s sake. (Matt 10:17-22, Acts 14:22 & 2Tim 3:12) However, more often than not, this is not the primary reason most of us suffer in our present life circumstance. This is especially true for those believers who live in the western world and developing nations.
In case you did not know it, we are
in a war! (Shemoth / Ex 15:3, Eph 6:10-18 & 2Cor 10:3-6) This
war is an all out, no holds barred, battle between the Heavenly host and
haSatan and his host and they are fighting over us! (The whole human race
and believers in the Messiah in particular.) Our adversary is over 6,000
years old and does not sleep. Just how formidable an enemy do you think
they are? I would like to submit to you, if it was not for the mercies of
Heaven mankind would have ceased to exist long ago and the community of
Messianic believers would have ceased to exist, right along, with the rest of
humanity. It is important to be cognizant of this reality because a
certain degree of strategy is needed to wage war effectually and keep our
losses to a minimum. These strategies are taught in our field manual,
“The Scriptures”.
Our enemy knows that we cannot be defeated as a result of any direct assault. (Phil 1:21) This has been proven repeatedly throughout the ages and is recorded in the pages of “The Scriptures” as well as the annals of history. This only leaves the enemy with one other option; subtly deceiving us, through the prideful wickedness of our own hearts, to inflict / afflict ourselves. The remainder of this teaching is meant to teach us three of the most effective ways they have done this over the ages.
Yahoshua made, a very specific, promise to us almost 2,000 years ago,
“I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it [a]overflows).”
Is this promise being fulfilled in your daily walk with the Messiah? There was a time in my life I did not know the fullness of this promise either. However, today, my wife and I know this promise is true, and we experience the fullness of it, every day of our lives. This is my / our hope and prayer for you too!
Question:
SO WHAT IS A COVENANT OF DEATH EXACTLY?
Answer:
A covenant of death is a legal contract, enforced in the Heavenlies, due to an
enactment here on earth.
In
varying degrees, Heaven holds each one of us legally responsible and morally
accountable, every time we are personally confronted with the sin of another
human being and we do not speak out against it.
What
is true in the spiritual realm is also true in the natural. Here are some examples of covenants of death
in the natural realm.
1) If we possess critical information concerning
the criminal activity of another person, and law enforcement discovers that we
withheld that information, we can be charged with “accessory to a crime” which we
did not even commit.
2) If we harbor a criminally charged fugitive,
and tend to their welfare, we can also be charged with a felony crime.
3) If we witness a crime being committed and we
take no responsible action, e.g. like calling for help if you have a cell
phone, and later it is found out you could have done something, but instead
chose to nothing, then we can possibly be charged with a crime. (This is the so called “Good Samaritan Laws”
that have been passed far and wide around the world.)
Here
is what “The Scriptures” have to say about covenants of death.
Yehezkel / Ezek
3:17-21 ~ "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Yisrael. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, you
shall give them warning from Me. v.18 If
I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor
speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that
wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your
hand. v.19 But if you warn the
wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he
shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul. v.20 Again, if a righteous person turns from his
righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he
shall die. Because you have not warned
him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall
not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand. v.21 But if you warn the righteous person not to
sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning, and
you will have delivered your soul."
From this passage
of “Scripture” we can discern the spiritual principle if we do not warn the
sinner, who is personally known to us, of the consequences of their sin, then
we will be held accountable for not speaking out against their sin. It is imperative to remember we are to speak
against the sinfulness, of the sin itself, not the person who sinned. Our Father’s heart is merciful toward the
sinner and we must have His merciful heart also when confronting sin. We must confront the sinner in the broken
humility of our Messiah or we too are liable to fall into sin!
“Brothers, if a man is overtaken in some
trespass, you the spiritual ones, set such a one straight in a spirit of
meekness, looking at yourself lest you be tried too. v.2 Bear one another’s
burdens, and so complete the Torah of Messiah.” ~ Gal 6:1-2
In another
passage of Yehezkel the prophet is similarly warned.
Yehezkel / Ezek
33:2-9 ~ "Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the
sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and
make him their watchman, v.3 and if he sees the sword coming upon the land and
blows the trumpet and warns the people, v.4 then if anyone who hears the sound
of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away,
his blood shall be upon his own head. v.5 He heard the sound of the trumpet and
did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But if he had taken
warning, he would have saved his life. v.6 But if the watchman sees the
sword coming and does not blow the trumpet, so that the people are not warned,
and the sword comes and takes any one of them, that person is taken away in his
iniquity, but his blood I will require at the watchman's hand. v.7 "So
you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Yisrael. Whenever you
hear a word from My mouth, you shall give them warning from Me. v.8 If I say
to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn
the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity,
but his blood I will require at your hand. v.9 But if you warn the wicked
to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, that person shall die
in his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.”
There is no
greater approaching danger, to the soul of another person, than the consequence
of their sin. The spiritual principle
discerned from this passage is profoundly simple. If someone we know tells us they are going to
commit a certain sin(s), before they actually commit the sin(s), then we must
warn them, in the fullest measure, of the consequences of their sinful choice(s). In addition, if someone confesses to us they
have sinned against Yahweh, after the fact, then we must warn them of the
spiritual consequences of their sin and we must lead them to confession and
repentance at the cross of our Messiah, by the power of Ruach ha Chodesh (The
Set-apart Spirit).
Let’s take a
look at one more example, of a covenant of death, from the following passage in
Romans.
“And since they
did not see fit to acknowledge Elohim, Elohim gave them up to a debased mind to
do what ought not to be done. v.29 They were filled with all manner of
unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder,
strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, v.30 slanderers, haters of
Elohim, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
v.31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. v.32 Though they know Elohim's
decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do
them but give approval to those who practice them. 2:1 Therefore you have
no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on
another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same
things. v.2 We know that the judgment of Elohim rightly falls on those who
practice such things. v.3 Do you suppose, O man--you who judge those who
practice such things and yet do them yourself--that you will escape the
judgment of Elohim? v.4 Or do you presume on the riches of His kindness and
forbearance and patience, not knowing that Elohim's kindness is meant to lead
you to repentance? v.5 But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are
storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when Elohim's righteous
judgment will be revealed. v.6 He will render to each one according to his
works:
There is a
principle in the natural which is just as applicable in the spiritual, “Your
silence is your acquiescence or agreement.”
When anyone falsely charges us directly, with any matter whatsoever, we
have the moral obligation to set the record straight, in humility and in
love. If we do not speak out then we are
agreeing to the charges as a principle of natural, common, and contract law.
This principle
is exemplified and amplified in the greatest example of all time, set before us
in “The Scriptures”, at the trial of Yahoshua.
“And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council were seeking false witness against יהושע to put Him to death, v.60 but found none. Although many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward, v.61 and said, “This one said, ‘I am able to destroy the Dwelling Place of Elohim and to build it in three days.’ ” v.62 And the high priest stood up and said to Him, “Have You no answer to make? What do these witness against You?” v.63 But יהושע remained silent.” ~ MattithYahu 26:59-63a
“And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council were seeking false witness against יהושע to put Him to death, v.60 but found none. Although many false witnesses came forward, they found none. But at last two false witnesses came forward, v.61 and said, “This one said, ‘I am able to destroy the Dwelling Place of Elohim and to build it in three days.’ ” v.62 And the high priest stood up and said to Him, “Have You no answer to make? What do these witness against You?” v.63 But יהושע remained silent.” ~ MattithYahu 26:59-63a
Because
Yahoshua did not speak up, to defend Himself, before the high priest, when He
was accused falsely, they were then able to find Him guilty of the crimes they
accused Him of. Thus He was able to bear
our sins upon Himself when He died upon that tree almost 2,000 years ago.
We
must speak up, in love and in humility, for the Truth’s sake. Many times our
silence is not “golden”, rather our silence is sin. We
cannot compromise Truth for peace!
This is the easiest way to entangle ourselves into a covenant of death.
The
greatest covenant of death ever recorded in history is when Rome and Yahudah
agreed to crucify the Savior and King of Heaven and earth. Even though the Roman official washed his
hands clean he is still just as guilty of the murder of an innocent man. Up to this very day the Roman Catholic Church
and the Yahudim have a very close alliance at the very highest levels of power
and influence. Why is this? They are seemingly two very much opposed
religions.
The
answer lies in the covenant of death established in Yahrushalayim almost 2,000
years ago. Until Yahudah and Rome separately,
corporately confess this sin and renounce this covenant of death it will
continue on, legally binding, to each subsequent generation! Without audible confession (renouncement) and
repentance, there is no restoration! This
principle is firmly established in Bemidbar / Numbers 30 and again in Romans
10.
Bemidbar 30:3-16 “Or if a woman vows a vow to יהוה, and
binds herself by some agreement while in her father’s house in her youth, v.4
and her father hears her vow and the agreement by which she has bound herself,
and her father has kept silent towards her, then all her vows shall stand, and
every agreement with which she has bound herself stands. v.5 “But if her father
forbids her on the day that he hears, then none of her vows nor her agreements
by which she has bound herself stand. And יהוה pardons
her, because her father has forbidden her. v.6 “But if she at all belongs to a
husband, while bound by her vows or by a rash utterance from her lips by which
she bound herself, v.7 and her husband hears it, and he has kept silent towards
her on the day that he hears, then her vows shall stand, and her agreements by
which she bound herself do stand. v.8 “But if her husband forbids her on the
day that he hears it, then he has nullified her vow which she vowed, and the
rash utterance of her lips by which she bound herself, and יהוה pardons
her. v.9 “But any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound
herself, stands against her. v.10 “And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or
bound herself by an agreement with an oath, v.11 and her husband heard it, and
has kept silent towards her and did not forbid her, then all her vows shall
stand, and every agreement by which she bound herself stands. v.12 “But if
her husband clearly nullified them on the day he heard them, then whatever came
from her lips concerning her vows or concerning the agreement binding her, it
does not stand – her husband has nullified them, and יהוה
pardons her. v.13 “Every vow and every binding oath to afflict her being, let
her husband confirm it, or let her husband nullify it. v.14 “But if her husband
is altogether silent at her from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or
all the agreements that bind her – he confirms them, because he kept silent
towards her on the day that he heard. v.15 “But if he nullifies them after he
has heard, then he shall bear her crookedness.” v.16 These are the laws which יהוה commanded
Mosheh, between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter in
her youth in her father’s house.”
Romans 10:9-10 “That
if you confess with your mouth the Master יהושע and
believe in your heart that Elohim has raised Him from the dead, you shall be
saved. v.10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and one
confesses with the mouth, and so is saved.”
Again,
at the time Yahudah made their covenant with death their Groom, of betrothal, remained
completely silent!
“And all the people answering, said,
“His blood be on us and on our children.” Matt 27:25
Yahoshua’s
silence is why their curse came to pass in exact detailed fulfillment! All of Yahudah and their children were
completely destroyed and “the sign of Yonah” was wondrously fulfilled when the
temple, Yahrushalayim and over 1,000,000 Yahudim were brutally and mercilessly slaughtered. If Yahoshua had opened His mouth and
nullified this vow in “the day that He heard it” then “the sign of Yonah” (Matt
12:39) to a wicked and adulterous generation would have never come to pass and
the prophecy would have failed. This
sign is still extant today at the Drash (hidden) level of fulfillment which
will conclude in the Shabbat year of 2026 / 27.
For
a detailed understanding of “the sign of Yonah” check out the study linked
below. Since I originally posted this
study much more revelation has been received and has been added. Do not forget to check out the comment
section for very informative objections and answers.
The
reason we must specifically confess every sin OUT LOUD is because in the very day
we confess and forsake every covenant of death made in our ignorance, willful
disobedience, and / or presumptuously our Groom can then legally take our
crookedness upon Himself and nullify every covenant of death, “IN THE DAY HE HEARS
OF IT”! This is exactly what “The Torah”
teaches us! (Bemidbar 30:3-16)
In
Summary: WE COVENANT WITH DEATH WHEN…
1) We keep silent when personally confronted
with the sin of another.
2) We do not warn the sinner of the consequences
of their current course of action.
3) We mutually agree with another party to
transgress Yahweh’s Torah or when we enable / support another’s transgression
by our words or actions.
EXAMPLES
OF COVENANTS OF DEATH
We
covenant with death when another person tells us they are going to…
Have
an abortion…
Divorce
their spouse…
Commit
fornication / adultery or are committing fornication / adultery…
Commit
murder or have already committed murder…
Lie
/ bear false witness or have previously lied or are currently bearing false
witness…
(The
above would include gossip, slander, libel & unsubstantiated rumors.)
etc,
etc, etc…
…and
we say or do nothing to bring about correction.
Is
there forgiveness for all of these transgressions? Absolutely, Yes! However, forgiveness is contingent on
confessing our sin, OUT LOUD, and forsaking it.
Our authority for determining what is sin and what is not sin is the
Word of Elohim. Specifically, the first
five books called “The Torah”. Even Brit
ha Dashah, (Erroneously called the New Testament), testifies to this authority.
“Everyone doing
sin also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness, i.e. without or against “The
Torah”.” ~ 1Yahonan 3:4
Anything
that we do that goes against the authority Yahweh has placed in His Torah is
sin! Much of the time our emotions will
get in the way of making the right (righteous) decision, especially, when it
comes to speaking absolute Truth into the lives of our closest relatives and
friendships. Our emotions can deceive us
and they can lead us straight into the pit of hell if we are not careful.
To
make sure we do not fall into this trap a good question to always ask is… “By
what authority are you… (Insert whatever sinful course they are engaging on
/ in here, e.g. divorcing your spouse for instance)? If the person we are engaging with cannot
give us an answer by the authority of “The Scriptures” then it is sin! If “The Scriptures” are our final authority
for absolute Truth then we will keep ourselves from engaging in a “covenant of
death”.
Once
again, if we do not speak absolute Truth when confronted by another person,
with their sin, then we have entered into a covenant of death. By our silence we have agreed to their
rebellion before Yahweh. Our hearts are
wicked and deceitful and can easily deceive us into cursing ourselves by
ignorantly establishing covenants of death.
“The heart is
crooked above all, and desperately sick – who shall know it?” ~ YirmeYahu
/ Jeremiah 17:9
We
must guard our hearts at all cost, especially, when it comes to our closest
relationships. i.e. best friends, our spouse, our children.
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are
the issues of life.” ~ Mishle (Proverbs) 4:23
Real
love for another, and thus true friendship, will confront any known sin in the
life of their friend and they will not hesitate to ask the question, “By what
authority?”
“Open reproof is
better than hidden love. v.6 The
wounds of a friend are true, But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.” ~ Mishle
27:5-6
WE
COVENANT WITH DEATH WHEN WE COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER PERSON(S) TO
TRANSGRESS THE TORAH OF YAHWEH
MORE
EXAMPLES OF COVENANTS OF DEATH
We
covenant with death when we…
mutually
agree to murder the baby Yahweh has blessed us with, i.e. abortion.
mutually
agree to divorce one another.
mutually
agree to deceive another / others,
mutually
agree to lie to another / others.
mutually
agree to steal from another / others.
mutually
agree to defraud another / others.
I personally fell into the trap of this last one starting in
2002. I
had entered into this “covenant of death”, due to the direct influence and
counsel of my ex-wife. My good friend
Richard and I had worked together, starting in 2001 through 2002, developing an
original marketing and fund raising business, “Groceries Free” TM. While working on this venture together we
successfully established two key accounts both of which, unlawfully, terminated
their contractual agreement with us. In
both instances Richard decided to refrain from responding in any manner except
trusting, through prayer, in Heaven’s Providential Sovereignty and releasing
every offense to the finished work of the cross. For Richard there really wasn’t any other
option. He was an excellent example to
me as I watched him live out his faith as instructed in Romans 12.
v.17 “Repay no
one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of
all. v.18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.
v.19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of Elohim, for
it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says Yahweh." v.20
To the contrary, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give
him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his
head." v.21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
Because we had
two, seemingly solid, contracts in place Richard had agreed to advance me
several thousands of dollars, which was to be but a small fraction of future
commissions expected. However, when
those two contracts fizzled out I was left with no practical means of returning
the money I owed to Richard. From late
2002 through late 2005 I made above average income and I could have easily
repaid the money I owed to Richard. Each
time I suggested doing this my ex-wife would talk me out of it. She insisted because Richard didn’t want to
pursue the breach of contracts he should be held liable for the loss of paid
commissions to me.
In my heart I
knew this was wrong, however, I did not aggressively pursue the matter as I did
not want to stand for truth when I knew it would just create further strife
with my ex. In late 2006 I was talking
to Richard and he asked me if I had considered the possibility that I had
created a covenant of death, and thereby cursed myself, by agreeing with Jolene
to not repay him the money I owed him. I
prayed about this insight, and by the Spirit, I knew Richard was right. I had established a covenant of death with
Jolene and I had thereby cursed myself, and my financial provision from Heaven,
even further.
Once again, I
humbled myself and prayed for forgiveness for this transgression of His
righteousness and I asked Yahweh to please forgive me. Through further prayer I realized I must
start repaying the money I owed Richard, immediately. Although all I had to my name was $25.00 (US)
I knew, by faith, I must send it all for the power of the curse / covenant of
death to be broken through this act of repentance. From the time I first sent out this first
payment I was not able to send Richard even one dollar more over the next two
years.
In late 2008
Richard called me up to tell me the Spirit of Yahweh had spoken to him and told
him to tell me the debt was forgiven in full and no more needed to be
repaid. Only later would we both realize
from “The Scriptures” this was actually a command to the children of Yisrael. In the end of the seventh year every debt
left unpaid, to another member of the house Yisrael, was to be canceled in
full. (Deuteronomy 15:1)
I bless Yahweh
that by His mercy He revealed these “covenants of death” to my heart that I
might confess them, forsake them, and repent of them and thus be set free from
their powerful strongholds over my life.
I never want to be held captive or restrained by any curse, “covenant of
death”, or wicked soul tie ever again.
By Heaven’s favour I want to work out / walk out the “Power of
Deliverance” all the rest of my days or until Yahoshua returns. (Phil
2:12)
EVERY DECISION WE MAKE WE CHOOSE TO SERVE YAHWEH OR THE ELOHIM OF
SELF! CAREFULLY CHOOSE WHOM YOU SHALL
SERVE!
In Acts 5:1-11 is recorded the true account of Ḥananyah and Shappirah. They mutually agreed to lie to Shimon Kepha
(Simon Peter) and keep back part of the money they had sold their property
for. As a direct result of this covenant
of death both Hananyah and Shappirah were struck dead immediately and the fear
of Yahweh fell on the entire assembly at Yahrushalayim.
Fortunately,
none of my own covenants of death have cost me as much as it cost these
two. Never the less, do not think for a
moment, in the deceitfulness of your heart, that our covenants of death do not
cost us dearly and do not in fact bring varying degrees of death to every area
of our lives.
“Be
not deceived; Elohim is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he
also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap
corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life
everlasting.” ~ Galatians 6:7-8
WE
COVENANT WITH DEATH WHEN WE…
enable
those we love to continue on with their destructive behavior, including, but
not limited to…
drug
addiction, alcoholism, pornographic addiction, sexual addiction, relationship
addiction, emotional abuse, physical abuse, verbal abuse, sexual abuse, etc, etc.
Some
of the varying ways we do this are by…
condoning
wrong behavior.
refusing
to bring wrong behavior into the light for it to be exposed and corrected
before two or three witnesses.
financially
providing for the wickedness to continue on.
refusing
to contact law
enforcement authorities to request the removal of the abusive party.
refusing
to physically
remove ourselves from the presently dangerous and harmful environment if law enforcement
authorities will not provide the protection requested.
Even
though there are hardly any grounds for a believer to divorce their spouse,
found anywhere in “The Scriptures”, this does not mean there is any expectation
we subject ourselves to continual abuse.
By all means if your marriage is not one of safety, protection and
provision, according to “The Scriptures”, then remove yourself and wait on
Yahweh for further direction. Every wise
counsel we need is found in His Torah. (Mishle / Proverbs 3:5-6 & James /
Ya ‘acob 1:5-6)
A
good question to ask myself is, “If Heaven cannot bless or reward sinful
behavior, what makes me think that I can?”
“How can I go against the will of Heaven, for another person to receive
correction, according to what they have been sowing, without turning Heaven
against me and my promised covenant protection and provision?” I know firsthand this is impossible. When we enable another person financially,
who is currently living in open rebellion, unconfessed / unforsaken sin,
against Yahweh and His Torah, then we must be sure Heaven’s favor will turn
away from us.
I
myself have made this terrible mistake and I have paid very dearly for it. I let my wicked heart deceive me and although
my intentions were very good my actions were evil in the eyes of Heaven.
I did this by
agreeing to support my ex-wife financially even though she was living a life of
unconfessed, unrepented rebellion against Heaven. I knew she was in a state of unconfessed,
unrepented rebellion against Heaven, (even though I was not aware of the full
extent of her rebellion at the time), and yet I still elected to commit full
financial support for her, for the sake of our children.
At that time,
Heaven was busy dealing with my ex and she was beginning to suffer severely for
the consequences of her wickedness. I
did not even pray about the decision to support her financially and I let my
heart deceive me to interfere with Heaven’s discipline in her life. In a way I seized the opportunity to be
sovereign in her life rather than let Elohim’s Sovereignty work itself out in
her life and the life of our children.
If I had not done this I would have been a lot wealthier financially, I
would not have been disciplined by Heaven, and I probably would have received
custody of my children.
Sin will always
take us further than we wanted to go, cost us more than we wanted to pay, and
make us stay longer than we wanted to stay.
It is so very important that we pray before we make any financial
decisions. Too many times we make
decisions regarding our finances based on our temporal emotions and not the
eternal Truth of “The Scriptures”.
Since I received this revelation, in
August 2008, there have been several occasions when the Set-apart Spirit has
spoken to my heart and told me not to give, even though I knew of the need
first hand. Believe me when I say, it is much harder for me to be
obedient to the Set-apart Spirit when He tells me not to give than when He
tells me to give. However, because I understand covenant in the picture
of marriage I know I do not have any choice but to obey.
Furthermore, I
was not the faithful steward I should have been of Yahweh’s resources. Back when I was a “Christian”, I was never
really taught the doctrine of covenant as it relates to marriage. “Christendom” taught me to pay my 10%
religious tax, give an occasional offering, and whatever was left over I could
pretty much do with as I wished, within certain prescribed parameters.
While it is true
that every believer in Messiah should give their primary tithe to support the
ministry that teaches them “The Scriptures”, through the lens of the Torah,
tithing by itself does not fulfill the picture of covenant. The doctrine of covenant is best understood
in the picture of marriage.
When you enter into the covenant
relationship of marriage you lose all personal ownership of everything;
Period! Your money is no longer yours, your time is no longer yours and
everything you possess is no longer yours. Even your very life and body
no longer belong to you. (1Corinthians 7:4)
The bride
belongs to her Father’s house first and then her Husband’s house second. The bride NEVER belongs to herself over her
entire lifetime. Whether she is living
in her Father’s house during her betrothal or her husband’s house from the time
of the wedding feast, either way, everything the bride has is NEVER hers; it
all belongs to her Father or her Groom.
The Father and the Groom have both sworn to always provide for and
protect the bride of covenant.
Everything they have, they have given to us as well. Since they have everything and we have nothing
don’t you think this is a wonderful arrangement? I know I sure do!
Religion has taught believers that the tithe and maybe an occasional offering belong to the Groom, but all the rest belongs to the bride to do with as she pleases. Does this accurately reflect the picture of a marriage covenant? Everything we have belongs to the Groom. We are called to be responsible stewards of everything He has blessed us with for the sake of the covenant. (1Corinthinas 4:2)
To more fully understand the marriage covenant and what the first marriage (Adam and Hawwah / Eve) is supposed to teach us please visit me on my blog site.
When Yahweh
revealed to my heart that I had entered into a covenant of death with my
ex-wife I responded with joyous confession of my sin and repentance. (I have learned to define repentance as fully
agreeing with the Elohim of the universe.)
Why would anyone want to argue with the supreme authority of the
universe? How could I possibly win such
an argument? Everything He declares is
sin in my life is what sin really is. In
addition, I do not have to guess what He defines as sin because He has already
told me what sin is by His Word! Sin is
Torah-less-ness!
“Whosoever
committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the
law.” (1 Yahonan / John 3:4)
My heart filled
with laughter to overflowing as I was praying, confessing my sin. I could almost hardly believe I had committed
this particular sin. My love for my
children and my ex-wife blinded me to the reality that I was establishing a
covenant with death back in the summer of 2006.
It was even harder for me to believe that I had been so blinded from
seeing the obvious consequence of my sin.
The reason why I was joyously laughing with such disbelief, when this
revelation came to my heart, is because I knew what a covenant of death was. I had taught this very lesson on “Curses,
Covenants of Death and Wicked Soul-Ties”, from “The Scriptures”, at least a
half dozen times over the previous 18 months.
How could I be so blind as not to see the wickedness of my own sinful
covenant of death and not know I needed to confess it as sin for over two
years?
One
of the most prominent ways we covenant with death is in the areas of our
financial matters. More often than not
people, especially married couples, come into agreement concerning financial
matters that are completely contrary to “The Torah”.
Shalom, shalom, In Sincerity and Truth,
EXAMPLES
OF COVENANTS OF DEATH IN OUR FINANCIAL DEALINGS
Did
you know that as followers of Yahoshua and His doctrine, “The Torah”, the
following holds true for our stewardship of His kingdom.
1)
We are not to enter into any debt contracts lasting longer than seven years.
When
we enter into any debt obligation(s), without first praying for direction and
hearing from Yahweh to proceed, we are presuming on His future
provision(s). Presumption is the
anti-thesis of faith. It is actually a
very clever counterfeit of genuine faith.
Faith is of Heaven. Presumption
is from hell. When two or more people
agree to indebtedness, without hearing from Heaven, they have established a
covenant of death.
To
clearly illustrate the difference between faith and presumption permit me to
share the following anecdote. I invite
you over for dinner and you accept my invitation. Faith is, I go ahead and make all the
preparations necessary for your expected arrival at the previously agreed date
and time. Presumption is, you show up at
my door at the time expected and I inquire of you, “Where is the meal, the
wine, the bread and the dessert.”, and I had never informed you I expected you
to bring any of these with you when you came.
I
hope this illustration has helped you to see how close and yet how very far
away the concepts of faith and presumption truly are. I would humbly submit to you that most believers
I know operate mostly in presumption and do not know genuine, “Scripturally”,
defined faith.
2)
We are commanded not to charge fellow believers interest.
I
can’t help but wonder how Elohim feels about how much interest is paid out
annually by His trusted stewards to the financial institutions of this
world? I wonder, just how much kingdom
work goes left undone each year, which could be readily financed on just the
interest that is squandered, by His covenant partners? Do we really think there will not be an
accounting one day?
3)
Tithing is an integral part of our covenant relationship with Yahweh.
When
a husband and wife mutually agree not to tithe they essentially curse themselves. The tithe belongs to Yahweh and is set-apart unto
Him from the first fruits of our labour.
When we do not tithe we are essentially stealing from Yahweh. In
addition, we are proclaiming our distrust of His provision and His
protection. My wife Jenn and I have
always tithed, from the very beginning of our marriage, because we understand
this principle.
The
first tithe ever recorded is when Abraham gave a tenth of all of his wealth (silver
money) to his Torah teacher Shem. (As recorded in Bereshith / Genesis 14 and
“The Book of Yasher.) Follow his example
and give your first fruits to your Torah teacher as unto Yahweh. If you can trust him to feed your soul then
you can trust him with your tithe. If
you cannot trust your Torah teacher with the tithe of Yahweh that person has no
business teaching you the Torah. If you
live in a remote area and / or you are receiving your Torah instructions from
several Torah teachers via the internet, television, radio, etc. then make sure
to pray and give your tithe to all those whom the Father directs you to.
Regularly
giving out of our tithes and offerings to the poor, widows, orphans, and
believers who are visiting from a foreign land are also integral to our
covenant relationship with Yahweh.
Prayerfully consider the following “Scriptures”. Pray how Yahweh had would have you give in
these areas and then be swiftly obedient to His voice. (Mishle / Proverbs
3:27-28) Remember, to agree to delay or
not to obey in this area of your stewardship is also establishing a covenant of
death.
Mishle /
Proverbs 19:17 “He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Yahweh; and that
which he hath given will He pay him again.”
Mishle 21:13 “Whoso
stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall
not be heard.”
Mishle 22:9 “He
that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the
poor.”
Mishle 28:27 “He
that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall
have many a curse.”
Ya ‘acob / James
1:27 “Clean and undefiled religion before the Elohim and Father is this: to
visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself
unstained from the world.”
Ibrim / Hebrews
13:2 “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have
entertained angels unawares.”
1Kepha / Peter
2:11 “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain
from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Our daily choices in
obedience vs. disobedience to the Torah will determine if we shall walk in a
Covenant of Life or a Covenant of Death!
IN CONCLUSION: Every covenant of death we have entered into
must be confessed as sin and renounced.
If we have entered into a covenant of death in mutual agreement with
another party, e.g. a spouse, close friend, other family member, etc, then this
covenant of death should be confessed as sin and renounced by both parties, in
mutual agreement, if at all possible.
Prayer: Heavenly
Father, I ask You to reveal to me every covenant of death that I have entered
into and have thereby empowered to take legal, spiritual authority over any
area of my life. I am asking You to help me to identify each covenant of
death I have agreed to, specifically, and particularly, so I can confess it OUT
LOUD and forsake it, so I can be healed, delivered, and made whole, by the
power of Your Set-apart Spirit. Thank You Yahweh Elohim for revealing
everything I have asked You to, so I may be whole and free from the power of
any covenant of death I have previously agree to in my ignorance, wilfully, and
/ or presumptuously. In Yahoshua’s name I pray, Amein!
Shalom, shalom, In Sincerity and Truth,
Robert
McDuffie ~ YeshaYahu 1:19-20
7rapturesrobert@gmail.com
7rapturesrobert@gmail.com
Continued in Part 3 ~ Wicked
Soul Ties
http://www.robertarthurmcduffie.blogspot.com/2012/08/curses-covenants-of-death-wicked-soul.html
http://www.robertarthurmcduffie.blogspot.com/2012/08/curses-covenants-of-death-wicked-soul.html
Unfortunately, due to the length of the comment and the length of my reply I have had to break up both into several sequential parts.
ReplyDeleteDear Robert, now that I have repeat everything, I’m a bit hesitant! But, I’ll go ahead anyway.
(Thanks for sharing. Feedback is always welcome, whether I agree or not. All my replies are in (parentheses).
So there is absolutely no misunderstanding of this communication or its motivation,
I Robert Arthur McDuffie, do solemnly swear, as Yahweh Elohim lives, that all of my communication, contained in this e-mail, is in Truth, complete, and motivated solely by my love for Messiah Yahoshua of Nazareth, our Heavenly Abba and for my dear sister Danielle Stori. If I am not swearing truthfully then may Yahweh Elohim of Hosts strike me dead immediately that all may learn to fear who would falsely swear by His set-apart name.)
Firstly, I was shocked at how you are maligning your ex-wife. Even if she did some things wrong in your eyes, you are not showing love. I can imagine how she would feel if she read it!
(I agree and I disagree. I did go back and edit out the specifics of my ex-wife's transgressions as they were unnecessary. However, both the Old and New Testament name, names and list specific offenses. By the same standard you have set in your accusation YHWH Himself is not loving. How many repentant sinners transgressions are listed in the cannon of "The Scriptures" which will never pass away according to the Messiah's own testimony? (Matt 24:35) Are the apostles Yahonan or Shaul not loving because they listed offenders and their offenses in their letters to the first century assemblies? As far as I know, until this very day my ex-wife is in defiant rebellion against YHWH of Host and His Word. My wife Jenn and I both have selflessly ministered to her on countless occasions, since our divorce, and every time I / we have been rewarded with more wickedness in the end.)
You could have used your experience as an example without mentioning it was you. The book and Bible you sent me helped to clarify some things, but , although I don’t think like the majority of believers, I see it differently from you. I always tell these Pastors that I’m not a Jew!
(Has your heart been circumcised? Rom 2:29)
They can’t tell us to bring the first fruit offering to their homes, because they are priests.
(I agree and I disagree. You are correct no one can tell you where to tithe as the principle of tithing is established by "The Scriptures" as an integral part of a covenant relationship with YHWH before the Torah was given to Mosheh. The Spirit must lead you to whom your earthly Torah teacher is and he is the one to whom you should tithe to first.
As far as the part about being priests, you and I both know that all whom have been circumcised of the heart are first-born, royal-priests, as were all the Melek-Zedek order up until and including Ya 'acob the son of Yitshaq. This order was split into three parts because of the sin of Reuben defiling his father's bed. The first-born line went to Ephraim, the priesthood went to Lewi and the royalty went to Yahudah. The tri-unity of the Melek-Zedek order was restored in our Messiah and we are ALL Melek-Zedek priests. Even thought Abraham himself was a Melek-Zedek he still tithed to his Melek-Zedek. Whether you accept this or not does not invalidate the truthfulness of it.)
Part 2
ReplyDeleteWell, he’s not a priest and I’m not a Jew. The priestly system doesn’t exist anymore. The Jews today do not know who the priests or Levites are, because the records were destroyed with the Temple in 70AD. You want us to live like Israel and Judah did. How can we mix law and grace? Jesus came to reconcile us back to God. He’s the High priest! The ultimate sacrifice!
(At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I agree and I disagree. Yes, Yahoshua is our Melek-Zedek HighPriest. Yes, He is the atoning propitiation for all our sin. Yes, He did come to reconcile us back to our Father in Heaven.
However, now that we have been reconciled by His favour alone, through faith alone how then are we to live? Shall we live lawlessly that favour may abound of shall we live righteously? See Romans 6:11-23 and 3:31)
How can we now back to the Old Covenant?
(I have had a long standing offer of R1000 for anyone who can show me one "Scripture" which teaches there is a new covenant for the gentiles. Please read YirmeYahu 31:31-34 and Hebrews 8:8-12 & 10:15-17 and tell me just who is the "New Covenant" for? Nowhere, from Gen - Rev does it say anything about Heaven establishing a new covenant for the gentiles.)
Now about the Sabbath. God said in Exodus 31:16+17, “Therefore the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel forever; (AND NO ONE ELSE!) for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.”
(Is there a covenant for the gentiles? Where in Scripture is this covenant written down that I might know it and guard it? Whose Sabbath are we commanded to keep? Is the Sabbath the Sabbath of the Yahudim, the Sabbath of Yisrael or is it the Sabbath of Yahweh? Is the Sabbath for man as Yahoshua taught us? (Mark 2:27) Then why would Heaven take away that which was for man's benefit? Yahoshua said He did not come to speak His own Word, but only what the Father gave Him to speak. (John 12:49)
Where in "The Scripture" did the Father speak for man to reverence Sunday and leave the Sabbath desolate? I have a long standing offer of R1000 for anyone who can show me one Scripture which tells us to abandon the Sabbath and / or replace it with Sunday. Did you know that First Fruits Sunday and Pentecost Sunday were both observed for over 1500 years, by the people of Yisrael, because it was commended in Way yiqra / Leviticus 23 to do so!)
Deut 11:26-28, God is telling them if they obey the commandments they will be blessed or cursed for being disobedient. This curse? Didn’t Jesus do away with it?
(So are you saying, that you believe, we will be blessed if we disobey Yahweh and we will be cursed if we obey Him? Does Heaven now bless our disobedience because the Messiah died for our sins?)
Gal 3:13, 14, “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “cursed is anyone who hangs on a tree”) that the promise of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.”
(Did the Messiah come to redeem us from the law or did He come to redeem us from the curse of the law as the Pharisee (Acts 23:6) actually said?
Q. What is the curse the Torah pronounces upon those who transgress it?
A. Sin and death!
Do you believe our Heavenly Father and our Messiah to be so double-minded and cruel as to curse His chosen people with the Torah and then to bless us by taking the Torah away from us?)
Our Sabbath is resting in the finished work of Jesus Christ. I am a Gentile. Grafted in! What does Ephesians 2:11-22? He has broken down the wall of separation, abolished the law of commandments and made one body.
Part 3
ReplyDeleteOur Sabbath is resting in the finished work of Jesus Christ. I am a Gentile. Grafted in! What does Ephesians 2:11-22? He has broken down the wall of separation, abolished the law of commandments and made one body.
(You are correct you are grafted in. But what are you grafted in to? A. An olive tree?
Q. Who is the olive tree according to "The Scriptures"?
A. Hoshea 14:5-6 (The wild tree see all of Hoshea 1 & 2) & Yirmeyahu 11:15-16 (The natural olive tree.)
Again, nowhere in "The Scriptures" are any gentile nations referred to as olive trees. The Pharisee didn't just make this up. He was a doctorate in the Old Testament. By the Spirit he was lead to write all that he wrote. None of which makes any sense without a solid foundation in the Old Testament. The taught one Shimon Kepha warned against this fallacy at the end of his second letter.
"and reckon the patience of our Master as deliverance, as also our beloved brother Sha’ul wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him, as also in all his letters, speaking in them concerning these matters, in which some are hard to understand,1 which those who are untaught and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do also the other Scriptures. Footnote: 1See 1 Cor. 11:6. You, then, beloved ones, being forewarned, watch, lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the delusion of the lawless," 2Peter 3:15-17)
about tithing. Again, I understand that the tithe was to be given only to the Levites who then gave to the priests. Now, today, where are the Levites and who are the priests? It was part their law! I was told that the Jews today don’t tithe because it had to go to the Levites. They might give, but not tithing. Pastors today love to read from Malachi and tell us that we are cursed!
(I agree with you 100% on this point. Pastors have no legal claim to the Levitical tithe. Most pastors I know wouldn't want ti anyway because it was mostly agriculturally based and not money. Tithing is not mentioned hardly at all in the New Testament because the temple was still standing and none of the taught ones of Yahoshua, except Yahudah who betrayed him, were of the LeviticaI clan. If Shaul would have instructed the people to give him their tithes then they would have known he was a false shepherd. It is amazing to think that the gospel went out into all the known world, in the first century, on just the free will offerings alone, above and beyond the tithes they sent to Yahrushalayim.)
I am not Israel or Judah! I am a Gentile,
(Part of the problem is with our understanding of the meaning of words. From the full counsel of "The Scriptures" the gentiles are all the nations who are outside of the covenant Heaven made with the patriarchs and later Yisrael. From the beginning Heaven made it clear this covenant was for anyone and everyone who would leave their own people and enjoin themselves to Yisrael. However, Yisrael broke this covenant repeatedly and therefore Yahweh divorced them and sent them out of the land forcing them to become gentiles. (YirmeYahu 3:1-8) Josephus testified to this in his writings. Here is the exact quote,
Part 4
ReplyDeleteAntiquities of the Jews - Book XI (Ch. 5) Section 2
“When Esdras (Ezra) had received this epistle, he was very joyful, and began to worship God, and confessed that he had been the cause of the king's great favor to him, and that for the same reason he gave all the thanks to God. So he read the epistle at Babylon to those Jews that were there; but he kept the epistle itself, and sent a copy of it to all those of his own nation that were in Media. And when these Jews had understood what piety the king had towards God, and what kindness he had for Esdras, they were all greatly pleased; nay, many of them took their effects with them, and came to Babylon, as very desirous of going down to Jerusalem; but then the entire body of the people of Israel remained in that country; wherefore there are but two tribes in Asia and Europe subject to the Romans, while the ten tribes are beyond Euphrates till now, and are an immense multitude, and not to be estimated by numbers. Now there came a great number of priests, and Levites, and porters, and sacred singers, and sacred servants to Esdras. So he gathered those that were in the captivity together beyond Euphrates, and stayed there three days, and ordained a fast for them, that they might make their prayers to God for their preservation, that they might suffer no misfortunes by the way, either from their enemies, or from any other ill accident; for Esdras had said beforehand that he had told the king how God would preserve them, and so he had not thought fit to request that he would send horsemen to conduct them.”
Later Yosephus rightfully calls these same Yisraelites gentiles? Why? Because they lived as gentiles, outside of the covenant of Yisrael, and they did not practice the religion of their fathers.
A careful examination of the first century writings will testify to us that the taught ones agreed with this understanding 100%.
In his letter to the assemblies at Rome Rav Shaul quotes the prophet Hoshea whose prophecy concerns the ten northern tribes of Yisrael exclusively, not the gentiles, not the Yahudim. Now either Rav Shaul, correctly understands the gentile converts are in fact the descendants of ancient Yisrael or he is guilty of being a false apostle.
“As He says in Hoshĕa too, “I shall call them My people, who were not My people, and her beloved, who was not beloved.” V.26 “And it shall be in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ there they shall be called sons of the living Elohim.”” Romans 9:25-26
The apostle Kepha (Peter) had this exact same understanding and he too quotes the prophet Hoshea.
“Kĕpha, an emissary of יהושע Messiah, to the chosen, strangers of the dispersion in Pontos, Galatia, Kappadokia, Asia, and Bithunia, v.2 chosen according to the foreknowledge of Elohim the Father, set apart by the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of יהושע Messiah: Favour and peace be increased to you.”
1Kepha 1:1-2 “Who once were not a people, but now the people of Elohim; who had not obtained compassion, but now obtained compassion.”
1Kepha 2:10 Ya ‘acob the half brother of Yahoshua also held to this exact same belief.
“Yaʽaqoḇ, a servant of Elohim and of the Master יהושע Messiah, to the twelve tribes who are in the dispersion:” Greetings. Ya ‘acob 1:1
As a matter fact the only people who do not seem to know they are in fact Yisrael, are the people of Yisrael who erroneously, ignorantly claim to be “gentile-Christians”.
Part 5
ReplyDeleteThe Yahudim living during the time of Yahoshua’s ministry understood this to be true.
"The Yahuḏim, therefore, said to themselves, “Where is He about to go that we shall not find Him? Is He about to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and to teach the Greeks?” Yahonan 7:35
The high priest of the Yahrushalayim temple, Qayapha also understood this to be 100% true.
“And one of them, Qayapha, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know naught, v.50 neither do you consider that it is better for us that one man die for the people than that the entire nation should perish.” v.51 But he did not say this from himself, but being high priest that year he prophesied that יהושע was about to die for the nation, v.52 and not for the nation only, but to gather together into one the children of Elohim who were scattered abroad.” Yahonan 11:49-52
Now hear the word of Yahweh! "Thus said יהוה, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the laws of the moon and the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, and its waves roar – יהוה of hosts is His Name: “If these laws vanish from before Me,” declares יהוה, “then the seed of Yisra’ĕl shall also cease from being a nation before Me forever.” Thus said יהוה, “If the heavens above could be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I would also cast off all the seed of Yisra’ĕl for all that they have done,” declares יהוה. YirmeYahu 31:35-37
The taught ones wanted to know if Yahoshua was going to restore the kingdom to Yisrael. (Acts 1:6-7) Yahoshua did not say they were incorrect in their understanding, He simply said it was not for them to know the time of the restoration. Acts 3:21 tells us the Messiah will not return until the time all things are going to be restored.
Q. What needed to be restored in Yahoshua's days?
A. The 10 tribes dispersed to the nations.
Q. What needs to be restored in our day for our Messiah to return?
A. The tribes of Yahudah, Benyamin and Lewi, rightly called Yahudah and falsely called the STATE of Yisrael. The Pharisee told us they were broken off for their unbelief in Yahoshua ha MaShiach and they will be grafted back in when they believe in their Messiah, by favour, through faith! (Romans 11:17-20 & 23-24))
who gives abundantly as God has called my husband and I to do! So, I’m not against giving. I told pastors here, if they want to follow the law when it suits them, why don’t they tell parents to bring their disobedient children and have them stoned in the car park? And next week, get all the adulterers stoned!
(Of course, I have to disagree with this statement 100%. The problem here is an over all lack of understanding how to rightly divide "The Scriptures". When people ask me if I keep all 613 commands of the Torah I laugh out loud and then I say, "not even the Messiah Yahoshua kept all 613 commandments!" Of course at this point every one invariably looks at me like I am blaspheming "The Scriptures". However, immediately their countenance changes when I explain, Yahoshua was not a woman so how could He keep the commandments which are exclusive to women? He was not a lewi so how could He keep the commandments exclusive to the Lewites? Therefore, He could not keep the commandments pertaining to the priesthood, the temple service, or the high priest in the temple service! Likewise, the commandments you cite only pertain to Yisrael living in the land and governing themselves according to the Torah. In Yahoshua day only Yahudah, Benyamin and Lewi were living in the land with a very few remnant of the house of Yisrael. Rome ruled over them and even though they allowed them to continue on with their religion they took away their right to exercise capital punishment. The Sanhedrin could not carry out the death penalty, only Rome. (Yahonan 19:6-7 )
Part 6
ReplyDeleteThe Roman Catholic Church has been taught and has taught for years that the law was done away with at the cross of the Master Yahoshua ha MaShiach. The proof text for this claim is Colossians 2:14.
“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to His cross;”
For more than a 1,000 years the word definition for “the handwriting” was lost, buried and unknown. Only in recent history has the definition been rediscovered through archeological findings. The word is only used once in all of “The Scriptures”.
Strong’s 5498 Cheirographon - a note of hand or writing in which one acknowledges that money has either been deposited with him or lent to him by another, to be returned at the appointed time.
So, the cheirographan is the original note of indebtedness that is individually owed and obligated by the debtor! According to this verse it was the debt that I personally owed Heaven, for all of my sin against Elohim, that was nailed to the cross of Calvary! This corrected understanding is 100% in agreement with the whole counsel of “The Scriptures”!
Question: Which law(s) was / were done away with at the cross? Was it… 1.) The Ten Words of the Covenant (commonly called the Ten Commandments)? 2.) The Ceremonial Laws? 3.) The Civil Laws? 4.) The Food Laws? Let’s look at each one individually & separately.
1.) The Ten Words of The Covenant (The Ten Commandments) - You may search high and low and you cannot find a single instance where one denominational or organizational structure of "the assemblies of His favor by faith" that will testify “The Ten Commandments” have been done away with or “nailed to the cross”.
2.) The Ceremonial Laws - Yahoshua did not come to do away with the priestly ceremonial and sacrificial laws of the Tabernacle and the Dwelling Place as found in the books of Bereshith (Genesis), Shemoth (Exodus), Wayyiqra (Leviticus), Bemidbar (Numbers) and Debarim (Deuteronomy). Yahoshua ha MaShiach came to fulfill “The Torah” (law)! (Mattithyahu (Matthew) 5:17) Yahoshua fulfilled all the provisions of the ceremonial law in and through His death, burial, resurrection and ascension back to Heaven. For further understanding of this glorious Truth I refer you to the excellent resource, “The Secrets of Golgotha”, by Earnest L. Martin
3.) The Civil Laws - The civil laws found in the books of the law from Bereshith (Genesis) to Debarim (Deuteronomy) pertain to the governing of damages, reparations, restitution, and restoration between family, neighbors and community. I do not think anyone in their right mind would argue that Yahoshua died that we may live our lives without governing civility in our communities. Every civilization throughout the world has laws that govern damages, reparations, restitution and restoration. This is just common sense. Question: Does anyone believe that Yahoshua came to die on the cross in order to do away with civil law?
4.) The Food Laws - The dietary provisions were given to the people of Elohim in Way yiqra (Leviticus) 11 as a reminder of the dietary provisions already sanctioned by Elohim in Bereshith (Genesis) 6-9. Elohim commanded His people Yisrael to eat clean foods and not to eat unclean foods. All of the “church” has traditionally taught that since the Brit ha Dashah (NT) assemblies of Acts we are free to eat whatever we please. This doctrine comes primarily from the perverse interpretation of Acts 10. For more than a 1,000 years the church has taught this figurative literal teaching by prophetic vision / revelation to the apostle Kepha (Peter) was / is also meant to be understood as a plain literal teaching.
Part 7
ReplyDeleteThere is not one other instance in all of “The Scriptures” where the “church” claims a figurative = a literal interpretation of a prophetic vision / dream / revelation and a literal = a literal interpretation! e.g, a literal lion with wings, a literal four headed leopard with four wings, etc.
In the 21st century we finally have the micro science technologies to know what is healthy to eat and what is not. In addition we now have multiple controlled scientific 20 year studies of groups of people eating differing diets, including, vegetarian diet, traditional western diet, (where you can eat anything at all that is labeled a food), and finally, the Scriptural diet. For the inquiring, open mind it is absolutely undisputed and irrefutable that the Scriptural diet, (as given by Elohim) is the superior diet in this sin cursed, sin filled and fallen world. It is the only diet without any naturally occurring long term side effects.
Question: Why did Elohim give His people the dietary provisions of “The Torah”?
Answer: Because of His favor!
His benevolent Fatherly heart loves us and wants the very best for His children. He knew everything, pertaining to dietary health sciences, 3,500 years ago at Mt. Sinai and 4,500 years ago, after the world-wide flood, which our modern science is just now beginning to discover. Our Heavenly Father always knew which foods were the most beneficial for our bodies and which ones were poisonous.
Does it make any sense at all to the intellectual thought that Yahoshua came to suffer and die so that we could put food in our bodies that was completely adverse to our health and well being? Is that love? Is that the nature of a benevolent Heavenly Father toward His children?
Without fear of any contradiction I can say unequivocally the reason many in the “church” today consume every deadly, toxic, poisonous and unclean thing in their diet is because of the direct and indirect influence of thus saith the pope(s) over the last 1500 + years of history and not thus saith the Master Yahoshua ha MaShiach of “The Scriptures”!
All of the first century wittings (NT) were written by “Torah” observant men, who feared Elohim and believed in Yahoshua as ha MaShiach (the Messiah). To their minds anything labeled unclean by the authority of “The Scriptures” would have never been considered food. Rav Shaul (the apostle Paul) reiterated this with all clarity when he wrote to Timothy.
“Because every creature of Elohim is good, and none is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is set apart by the Word of Elohim and prayer.” 1Timothy 4:4-5
Q: Where, in the full counsel of the writ of “The Set-apart Scriptures”, is meat set apart for man’s consumption?
A: In Yahweh’s Torah! Bereshith (Genesis) 6-9 and Way yiqra (Leviticus 11)
Most believers never stop and consider that Noah knew what animals were for meat and which animals were not for meat because of how many of them he brought upon the ark. Yahweh told him to only bring two of each of the unclean animals, a male and a female, and fourteen of each of the clean ones, seven pairs of males and females. Bereshith (Genesis) 7:2 If Noah or his family had eaten a pig, a dog or a cat when they came down off the ark there would be no pigs, dogs or cats in the world today!
If you will take the time to read the context of 1 Timothy 4:4-5 you will readily see the apostle was refuting the devilish doctrines of Gnostic vegetarianism and not making a halachic ruling that any and all meat was now considered acceptable for dietary consumption.
A very good rule of thumb for studying and understanding the Brit ha Dashah (NTestament) is, “There is nothing new, only True”! If you disagree with this statement then please let me know in specific communication and I will be glad to further explore this with you.
If Yahoshua came to pay the debt I owe for my sin and not to do away with the law, then how come the law has been done away with?
Part 8
ReplyDeleteIf you will turn to any catechism published by the church of Rome, you will discover that the Ten Point of the Covenant (the Ten Commandments) have been changed. The second commandment is completely left out. This is the commandment that states, "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image." But you will also quickly note that they do have ten commandments. This was accomplished by dividing the last commandment and making two out of it. Again we see that the predictions of Elohim are fulfilled in this little horn. This is true of the Lutheran Catechism also, which was passed down directly from the papacy! Now why in the world would the papacy want to do away with the second command?
I appreciate the candid admission of Cardinal Newman in his book “Development of Christian Doctrine” in which he notes the origin of the doctrines of the Catholic Church by saying: "Confiding then in the power of Christianity to resist the infection of evil, and to transmute the very instruments and appendages of demon-worship to an evangelical use .... the rulers of the Church ... were prepared ... to adopt, or imitate, or sanction the existing rites and customs of the populace, as well as the philosophy of the educated class.”
We are told ... by Eusebius, that Constantine, in order to recommend the new religion to the heathen, transferred into it the outward ornaments to which they had been accustomed in their own. ... The use of temples, and these dedicated to particular saints, and ornamented on occasions with branches of trees; incense, lamps and candles; votive offerings on recovery from illness; holy water; asylums; holy days and seasons, use of calendars, processions, blessings on the fields; sacerdotal vestments, the tonsure (shaving of the head), the ring in marriage, turning to the East, images at a later date, perhaps the ecclesiastical chant ... are all of pagan origin, and sanctified by their adoption into the Church." - Pages 371-373.
Time and time again I have met a variety of pagans in their different guises of witchcraft, wicca, sorcery, etc. I have asked many of them if it was their belief that Christianity had adopted pagan beliefs, traditions and holidays to make it easier for the pagan world to make the conversion to the Christian religion. Invariably, they enthusiastically agree that this is what they believe to be true.
Next I ask, if they have ever considered that just maybe “Christianity” was the true faith of the living Elohim of heaven and earth. Therefore, ha Satan and the demons of hell used the Roman emperors to try to destroy the assemblies by issuing an edict of death to all followers of Yahoshua ha MaShiach 10 different times in the first 300 years of the history of the assemblies of Yahweh’s favor.
Ha Satan and his host soon found out they could not destroy the assemblies of His favor by direct assault and that it was also the case that the more the assemblies were persecuted the more they multiplied like rabbits! They had to try another approach to destroy Elohim’s called out one’s! In a stroke of genius they gave a demonic vision to Constantine who through the course of time successfully married paganism and the Messianic belief more than any other person before him.
Constantine made his pagan brand of “Christianity” the official religion of Rome and gave Messianic believers a much desired reprieve from persecution unto death. Thus, paganism came in like a flood and greatly diluted the true faith and power of the assemblies of the Elohim of heaven and earth.
Next I ask the pagan if they ever considered this as a possibility for the real reason “Christians” are so pagan. Of course the answer is always, no! I then assure them that this is because they are pagan. “The Scripture” teaches that the pagan mind cannot know the truth!
Part 9
ReplyDelete1Corinthian 2:14 “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of Elohim: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.”
Consider the following quote from a very well known authority on the Wiccan (pagan) religion.
“As we grew up we questioned the religious beliefs of our parents and eventually many of us found our way back to the old gods and the old religion. Some of the most wonderful traditions practiced by our parents and grandparents are purely Pagan in origin. So go ahead and celebrate the customs of your childhood. Send Valentines, dye Eostre’s (Easter) eggs, bring a fir tree into your house and decorate it with ornaments that came down in the family, and know that in your Pagan heart that what you do is a traditional way of honoring the Old Pagan gods. And when someone says to you, “I thought you were a Pagan. Why do you have a Christmas tree in your house?” You can look them straight in the face and say, “Because it’s a Pagan tradition – WHY DO YOU?” – Ancient Ways: Reclaiming Pagan Traditions (pg 220) By Pauline Campanelli )
When I read in the book explaining the names of the Lord, the first thing that came to my mind was this: Paul wrote to the Romans and Corinthians, who were steeped in pagan worship. Why didn’t he warn them not to change the name of God? It’s never mentioned! Why didn’t he tell them not to change it to Latin or Greek, but keep it in the original Hebrew language?
(This is extremely presumptuous on your part. However, this presumption is quite understandable and even excusable, because it pervades of all modern Christendom today. Shaul specifically told the Romans he expected them to know the Torah and if they did not know the Torah he was not speaking to them. (Romans 7:1) Everything Shaul says from Romans 7:2 - the end of chapter 11 is Torah based commentary. Apart from the Torah and the Prophets his words are utter non-sense. In addition, Shaul always addressed his letters to the assemblies and expected them to be read in the congregation. (Col 4:16, 1Thes 5:27) Up until the beginning of the second century the believers in Yahoshua always gathered at the local Synagogue on the Shabbat and throughout the week. (Acts 15:21, James 2:2, Acts 17:10-12) The only language "Scripture" was written in and spoken in, inside the Synagogues, was the set-apart Hebrew language.
After the Torah and the prophets was read then it was later explained in the native tongue. Both Shaul and Kepha claimed Shaul's writings had doctrinal authority in the assemblies, (1Cor 14:37 & 2Pet 3:15-17), i.e. "Scripture". You presume that the first century believers did not have the Old Testament Scriptures and even if they had them that they were grossly ignorant to what they said.)
The nation of Israel was set apart by God to reveal Him to the nations. There were covenants and rules only for them.
(Has Elohim's plan changed? What does Romans 11:29 say about this in the context of all of Romans chapters 9-11)
Part 10
ReplyDeleteWe benefit from the promise of Abraham because of our faith in Jesus Christ, the promise of the Spirit.
(I agree!)
Thank God for the Holy Spirit who guides us.
(Yes, but He guides us in all Truth in agreement with His Word, never contrary to His Word!)
Thank God for Jesus Christ who told us that the greatest commandment was to love the Lord God with all our heart, with all our soul and with all our mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: you shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the law and prophets!
(The key word that is over looked here is the word hang, as in a closet hanger.
Q. What do you hang upon a hanger?
A. Garments.
According to "The Scriptures" what are the garments the church is missing in the last days and thus left desolate and naked? (Revelation 3:17)
How do we define love? What is love for Elohim? what is love for my neighbour? Are these just abstract feelings and concepts is there something more concretely implied here?
Well, considering Yahoshua was quoting from the Torah verbatim (Deuteronomy 6:4-5 & Leviticus 19:18) I would expect He is saying we need to learn how to love Elohim and to love one another from His Torah which always means instructions, never the law.)
Dear Robert, you don’t have to post this, unless you want to. It’s not in my interest, really. It’s up to you! With the love of the Lord, Danielle
(Thanks for taking the time to write Danielle. Remember it is not who is right or wrong, it is what is right or wrong. In other words, "What is absolute Truth according to the Scriptures?" I have linked some studies below if you are interested in further pursuing any of the topics approached within my reply. Shalom Aleichem, Sincerely, in Love and In Truth, Robert )
http://www.robertarthurmcduffie.blogspot.com/2010/06/daniel-7-anti-christ-unmasked-part-1.html
http://www.robertarthurmcduffie.blogspot.com/2011/12/your-talk-talks-and-your-walk-talks.html
http://robertarthurmcduffie.blogspot.com/2011/06/from-sabbath-to-sunday.html
http://robertarthurmcduffie.blogspot.com/2011/08/most-important-blog-i-have-ever-posted.html
http://nazarenespace.com/profiles/blogs/the-tithe-of-yhwh-the-cost-of-the-covenant
ReplyDeleteAbove is a link to James Trimm's article "THE TITHE OF YAHWEH. An excellent article that I highly recommend.