REPENT TO THE COVENANT OF LOVE (SEMINAR NOTES)
DO
WE "REPENT"
OF
OBEYING
THE TORAH,
OR
"REPENT" OF
DISOBEYING
THE TORAH?
WHAT
WOULD YAHUSHA TELL
YOU?
MANY BELIEVE THE COVENANT GIVEN TO ISRAEL HAS BEEN DONE AWAY WITH.
"No
one who lives in Him
keeps on
sinning
(against
His Torah)."
(see
1 John/Yahukanon 3:4-6)
Another
way of putting that
is,
"No
one who lives in Him
keeps on disobeying
His
Torah."
The core message of the Mashiak of Israel
is:
REPENT
is English for the Hebrew
word “SHUB” or
SHUBAH”,
Often
written “TESHUVAH”
and means:
turn
back, turn around,
return --
referring to
one returning to the Covenant.
The Covenant (TORAH, teaching) CONVICTS us of our sin, defining how we have transgressed the will of Yahuah.
Entering
the Covenant makes us
fellow citizens of
ISRAEL (Eph.
2:8-13).
1
Yn. 3:4 gives us a
brief definition of
what “sin” is:
Examining the core
meaning of this sentence, it resides in only three of the words:
“Sin is anomia”, or
transgression is
lawlessness.
KJV:
1Jn 3:4
Whosoever3956
committeth4160
sin266
transgresseth also the
law:4160,
2532, 458 for2532
sin266 is2076
the3588
transgression of the
law.458
The Scriptures (ISR):
1Jn 3:4
Everyone doing sin also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
NIV:
1
The Greek word (G#4160) POIEO is
translated in the KJV “committeth”; and in the ISR version, “doing”.
The NIV renders this word as “breaks”,
based upon the concept of casting off, purging,
exercising
or ordaining “ANOMIA” (lawlessness).
From a close study of the text, it should
read,
1 Yahuchanon 3:4: “Everyone exercising sin exercises lawlessness (anomia); sin is lawlessness (anomia)."
The Greek word “POIEO” is used twice in
the sentence, yet is rendered “doing” (ISR) or “committeth” (KJV); while a clearer way of
saying it is with the word
“exercises”.
By saying
“Everyone who sins breaks the Torah”, we are really
paraphrasing.
The word “ANOMIA” is
the word NOMIA (law, Torah), with the prefix “A”, meaning “against” or
“without”.
The meaning is still the
same, however it is always best to keep the text as pure and clear as we can
possibly keep it. The next part of the text
follows here:
1 Yn. 3:5,6:
"But
you know that He
appeared so that He
might take away our
sins. And in Him is no
sin.
No
one who lives in Him
keeps on sinning.
No
one who continues to
sin has either seen
Him or known Him.”
Note: False teachers don't want you to observe the original Sabbath day, but they insist on you "tithing" 10% to them, observing what they call "an old testament law". They claim the Sabbath is just "OLD TESTAMENT" -- but they miraculously spare and endorse tithing, leaving the sign of the eternal Covenant behind! (Sabbath is the sign of the eternal Covenant, yet it must be lower in importance than tithing). When they claim the Sabbath is not binding, ask them why tithing is still expected and the Sabbath-rest is not. (Hebrews 4 states that the Sabbath-rest remains for Yahuah's people).
Every
time we meet together,
come in, go out, rise
up, lie down, sit in
our home, or walk
along the way, we are
told to speak of
Yahuah’s Torah, and
write them on our
doorposts and our
gates:
THIS
IS THE “WAY”:
NOTE: The Catholic format alters these 10.
They
eliminated
the 2nd
Commandment, and made
the 10th
Commandment into two!
The
Covenant
/Marriage Contract
(BRITH)
Ex
20:1-17
ASERETH
HA’DABARIM (10
WORDS) Yahuah’s
Covenant, our wedding
vows:
LITERAL
TRANSLATION:
“And Alahim
spoke all these Words:
1.
‘I
am
Yahuah
your Alahim, who
brought you out of
Egypt, out of the land
of slavery.
You shall have
no other alahim before
My face.
2.
You shall not
make for yourself an
idol in the form of
anything in heaven
above or on the Earth
beneath or in the
waters below.
You shall not
bow down to them or
worship them;
for I,
Yahuah
your Alahim, am a
jealous Alahim,
punishing the children
for the sin of the
fathers to the third
and fourth generation
of those who hate me,
but showing love to a
thousand generations of those
who
love
Me
and keep [shamar, guard]
My commandments.
3. You shall not cast
the Name of
Yahuah your
Alahim to ruin, for
Yahuah
will not hold anyone guiltless who casts His Name
to ruin.
4.
Remember the
Shabath day by keeping
it qodesh.
Six days you
shall labor and do all
your work,
but the seventh
day is a Shabath to
Yahuah
your Alahim.
On it you
shall not do any work,
neither you, nor your
son or daughter, nor
your manservant or
maidservant, nor your
animals, nor the alien
within your gates.
For in six days
Yahuah
made the heavens and
the earth, the sea,
and all that is in
them, and He rested on
the seventh day.
Therefore
Yahuah
blessed
the Sabbath day and
made it qodesh.
5.
Honor your
father and your
mother, so that you
may live long in the
land
Yahuah
your Alahim is giving
you.
6.
You shall not
murder.
7.
You shall not
adulterate.
8.
You shall not
steal.
9.
You shall not
give false testimony
against your neighbor.
10.
You shall not
covet your neighbor's
house. You shall not
covet your neighbor's
wife, or his
manservant or
maidservant, his ox or
donkey, or anything
that belongs to your
neighbor.”
A QUESTION: “I've been wondering, why in the world do Christians have such animosity towards Torah-seeking believers? Sometimes I feel extremely left in the cold around Christians, as I used to attend a Foursquare Church when I was younger. It seems like if you mention anything Torah-related, such as "I can't eat that" or "I can't go shopping today, it's Shabbat," they give you such a dirty look and sometimes throw a small fit. I've noticed it even more with my mother, who is a Mormon, as she has an even worse attitude regarding Torah.”
To have the Spirit of Yahuah living in you, you must first OBEY:
Acts 5:32
We are witnesses of these things, and so is the
(set-apart)
Spirit, whom (Alahim)
has given to those who
obey
Him."
Repenting
(returning) -
or not
repenting to the Torah
will
determine everyone’s
eternity.
We
will either be redeemed,
or we will literally burst
into flames
on the last day.
The
coming of Yahusha at
the end of the
“Great
Tribulation” or
“Great Distress”
is the day
of our redemption,
but the day
of burning for the
lost.
Yahusha
will only redeem those
in His Covenant,
~
and lay-waste those
not
in His Covenant
with consuming fire.
As Kepha/Peter tells us, the ELEMENTS will burn:
2
Peter 3:9-17:
“Yahuah is not slow in keeping His promise, as some understand slowness.
He
is patient with you,
not wanting anyone to
perish, but everyone
to come to repentance.
But
the day of Yahuah will
come like a thief.
The heavens
will disappear with a
roar; the elements
will be destroyed by
fire, and the earth
and everything in it
will be laid bare.
Since
everything will be
destroyed in this way,
what kind of people
ought you to be?
You ought to
live qodesh and pious
lives as you look
forward to the day of
Yahuah and speed its
coming.
That day will
bring about the
destruction of the
heavens by fire, and
the elements will melt
in the heat.
But in keeping
with His promise we
are looking forward to
a renewed heaven and a
renewed Earth, the
home of righteousness.
So
then, dear friends,
since you are looking
forward to this, make
every effort to be
found spotless,
blameless and at peace
with Him. Bear
in mind that our
Master’s patience
means salvation,
just as our
dear brother Paul also
wrote you with the
wisdom that Yahuah
gave him.
He writes the
same way in all his
letters, speaking in
them of these matters.
His letters
contain some things
that are hard to
understand, which
ignorant and unstable
people distort, as
they do the other
Scriptures, to their
own destruction.
Therefore,
dear friends, since
you already know this,
be on your guard so
that you may not be
carried away by the
error of lawless men and
fall from your secure
position.”
It
is coming soon, and is
also known as “the
day of the LORD”
among Christians who
study prophecy.
How
does Yahusha direct
us to prepare for this
“day”, foretold
to be the “end of
the times of the
Gentiles”?
Matt
28:19-20:
“Therefore
go and make disciples
of all nations,
immersing them in the Name
of the Father and of
the Son and of the
Ruach haQodesh,
and
teaching
them to obey
everything I have
commanded you.”
Our deeds (behavior, acts) display whether or not we are repentant.
John
3:16-21
"For
Yahuah so loved the
world that He gave His
one and only Son, that
whoever believes in
Him shall not perish
but have eternal life.
For Yahuah did
not send His Son into
the world to condemn
the world, but to save
the world through Him.
Whoever
believes in Him is not
condemned, but whoever
does not believe
stands condemned
already because he has
not believed in the Name
of Yahuah’s one and
only Son.
This is the
verdict: Light
has come into the
world, but men loved
darkness instead of
light because their
deeds were evil.
Everyone who
does evil hates the
light, and will not
come into the light
for fear that his
deeds will be exposed.
But whoever
lives
by
the truth comes into
the light, so that it
may be seen plainly
that what he has done
has been done through
Yahuah.”
“Light” and “truth” refer to the TORAH.
The
call to
repent is the
consistent message of
all Scripture:
To
the House of Israel,
the Samaritans:
Ezek (Yehezqel) 18:30-32
"Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each one according to his ways, declares the Sovereign Yahuah. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall. Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit.
Why will you die, O house of Israel? For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Yahuah. Repent and live!”
Hos 11:5
"Will they not return to Egypt and will not Assyria rule over them
because they refuse to repent?”
Jer (YermeYahu)
15:19
"If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve Me;
if
you utter worthy, not
worthless, words, you
will be My
spokesman.”
Job (Iyyob)
36:10
“He makes them listen to correction
and
commands them to repent
of their evil.”
Isa
(YashaYahu) 59:20
"The
Redeemer will come to
Zion, to those in
YaAqob who repent
of their sins,"
declares Yahuah.”
Matt
3:1-2
“In
those days John the
Baptist came,
preaching in the
Desert of Judea 2 and
saying, "Repent,
for the kingdom of
heaven is near."
Matt
4:17
“From
that time on Yahusha
began to preach,
"Repent,
for the kingdom of
Yahuah is near."
Mark
1:14-15
“After Yahuchanon was put in prison, Yahusha went into Galilee, proclaiming the besorah of Alahim. ‘The time has come,’ He said.
‘The
kingdom of Yahuah is
near.
Repent
and believe the
besorah!’"
Luke
13:5-9
“But
unless you repent,
you too will all
perish."
“Then He told this parable: "A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, 'For three years now I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down!
Why
should it use up the
soil?'
"'Sir,' the man replied, 'leave it alone for one more year, and I'll dig around it and fertilize it. If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.'"
("FRUIT"
in the above parable
represents obedience).
Acts
2:36-39
"Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: Alahim has made this Yahusha, whom you exterminated, both Sovereign and Mashiach."
When
the people heard this,
they were cut to the
heart and said to
Peter and the other
apostles,
"Brothers, what
shall we do?"
Peter
replied, "Repent
and
be baptized, every one
of you, in the Name of
Yahusha ha’Mashiach
for the forgiveness of
your sins, and you
will receive the gift
of the Ruak
ha’Qodesh.
The
promise is for you and
your children and for
all who are far
off-for all whom
Yahuah our Alahim will
call."
Acts
17:30-31
“In
the past Alahim
overlooked such
ignorance, but now He
commands all people
everywhere to repent.
For He has set
a day when He will
judge the world with
justice by the Man He
has appointed.
He
has given proof of
this to all men by
raising Him from the
dead."
Rev
2:4-6
“Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.”
THE RENEWED
COVENANT
WITH THE HOUSE OF
ISRAEL
-
The work of
Mashiach Yahusha:
Jer (YermeYahu) 31:31-33:
“’The time is coming,’ declares Yahuah, ‘when I will make a new Covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Yahudah. It will not be like the Covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke My Covenant, though I was a husband to them,’ declares Yahuah. ‘This is the Covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time,’ declares Yahuah.
‘I will put My law (TORAH) in their minds and write it on their hearts.
I
will be their Alahim,
and they will be My
people.'”
IMAGINE
Yahusha standing up
in a fishing boat, and
delivering a message
to a congregation of
His followers.
Ask
yourself these
questions:
1.
Would He endorse the
existence of
“denominations” or
schisms among His
followers?
2.
Would He tell His
followers that obeying
the 10 Commandments,
eating clean animals,
and observing the
festivals of Yahuah
are “LEGALISM”,
and should be avoided
because they seem far
too “Jewish”, or
they are “OLD
TESTAMENT?”
3.
Would He promote the
man-made
“sacraments”,
rosaries, processions
with statues, and have
everyone receive an
ash cross placed on
their forehead on the
first day of
“Lent”?
4.
Would He teach us to
blow out the candles
on our birthday cake
and make a wish, and
eat more ham
sandwiches because He
declared the meat
“clean”?
5.
Would Yahusha promote
a man claiming
“apostolic
succession” to teach
the world to receive
His “grace”
through
7
sacraments?
6.
Would He allow any man
to be honored to be in
His place (VICAR), to
speak for Him, and
rule over the kings of
the Earth with the title "Holy Father"
--
or is this more
like the beast we read
about at Rev. 14?
(quoted below)
7.
Would Yahusha wear
either of these two
item
MITRE:
Perfect for
pontificating!
Yarmulke / Kipa
8. Would Yahusha, while standing in the boat addressing the crowds, explain the deeper meaning of His Torah by comparing the gematria (mathematic equivalence) of certain Hebrew words with other Hebrew words?
9. Would Yahusha tell you that "Sun-day" is fine to think of as the 7th day of the week, and that the blessing placed upon the 7th day was now moved to a day previously honored by sun worshippers?
10. Do you detect any "misdirection" coming from those who have taught you lies in the past?
Has
the world been led
astray?
Identity
of the beast
(by a number), and the
MARK
of the beast:
The 4th beast is Rome, and previous to the second century CE it had six numerals. When added together, the sum produced a number which identifies it as the beast: D = 500; C = 100; L = 50; X = 10; V = 5; I = 1
Rev
14:6-12
“Then
I saw another
messenger flying in
midair, and he had the
eternal besorah to
proclaim to those who
live on the Earth-
to every
nation, tribe,
language and people.
He said in a
loud voice,
‘Fear
Yahuah and give Him
esteem, because the
hour of His judgment
has come.
Worship Him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.’
(How
does He say we are to worship Him?
By obeying His
Commandments.)
A
second messenger
followed and said,
‘Fallen!
Fallen is Babylon the
Great, which made all
the nations drink the
maddening wine of her
adulteries.’
A
third messenger
followed them and said
in a loud voice:
‘If
anyone worships (obeys)
the beast and his
image and receives his
mark on
the forehead or on the
hand,
he, too, will
drink of the wine of
Yahuah’s fury, which
has been poured full
strength into the cup
of His wrath.
He will be
tormented with burning
sulfur in the presence
of the qodesh
messengers and of the
Lamb.
And
the smoke of their
torment rises forever
and ever.
There
is
no
rest
day or night for those
who worship the beast
and his image, or for
anyone who receives
the mark of
his name.’
This
calls for patient
endurance on the part
of the saints who obey
Yahuah’s
Commandments and
remain faithful to
Yahusha.”
The
Mark
of Papal Authority:
“Sunday
is our mark
of authority.…The
church is above the
Bible, and this
transference of
Sabbath observance is
proof of that fact.”
Source:
The Catholic
Record, London,
Ontario, September 1,
1923.
The
Catholic Catechism
“Question:
Which day is the
Sabbath?”
“Answer:
Saturday is the
Sabbath.”
Question:
Why do we observe
Sunday instead of
Saturday?”
“Answer:
We observe
Sunday instead of
Saturday because the
Catholic Church in the
Council of Laodicea
(A.D. 336) transferred
the solemnity from
Saturday to Sunday.”
Source:
The
Convert’s Catechism
of Catholic Doctrine,
by Peter Geiermann,
50.
“Of
course the Catholic
Church claims that the
change [from Saturday
to Sunday] was her
act. And the act is a MARK
of her ecclesiastical
power and authority in
religious matters.”
—
C. F. Thomas,
Chancellor of Cardinal
Gibbons.
“Prove
to me from the Bible
alone that I am bound
to keep Sunday holy.
There is no such law
in the Bible. It is a
law of the holy
Catholic Church alone.
The Bible says
‘Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it
holy.’ The Catholic
Church says, No. By my
divine power I abolish
the Sabbath day and
command you to keep
holy the first day of
the week. And lo! The
entire civilized world
bows down in reverent obedience
to the command of the
Holy Catholic
Church.”
—
Thomas Enright, CSSR,
President,
Redemptorist College
(Roman Catholic),
Kansas City, MO.,
February 18, 1884.
“The
observance of Sunday
by the Protestants is
an homage
they pay, in spite of
themselves, to the authority
of the [Catholic]
church.”
—
Monsignor Louis Segur,
Plain Talk About the
Protestantism of Today
(1868), p. 213.
“If
Protestants would
follow the Bible, they
should worship God on
the Sabbath Day
[Saturday]. In keeping
the Sunday they are
following a law of the
Catholic church.”
—
Albert Smith,
Chancellor of the
Archdiocese of
Baltimore, replying
for the Cardinal in a
letter of February 10,
1920.
“The State, in passing laws for the due sanctification of Sunday, is unwittingly acknowledging the authority of the Catholic Church, and carrying out more or less faithfully its prescriptions.
The
Sunday,
as a day of the week
set apart for the
obligatory public
worship of Almighty
God, to be sanctified
by a suspension of all
servile labor, trade,
and worldly avocations
and by exercises of
devotion, is purely a
creation of the
Catholic Church.”
—
The American Catholic
Quarterly Review,
January, 1883, pp.
152, 139.
“Protestants... accept Sunday rather than Saturday as the day for public worship after the Catholic Church made the change.... But the Protestant mind does not seem to realize that...in observing the Sunday, they are accepting the authority of the spokesman for the church, the Pope.” — Our Sunday Visitor, February 5, 1950.
“It is well to remind the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, and all other Christians, that the Bible does not support them anywhere in their observance of Sunday. Sunday is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church, and those who observe the day observe a commandment of the Catholic Church.” — Priest Brady, in an address, reported in the Elizabeth, N.J. “News,” March 18, 1903.
Obeying and "lifting up" Yahusha is done by obeying His Commandments.
Now, let's look at this Hebrew word:
NASA - Hebrew word, lift up, arise, raise: word #5375, spelled nun-shin-ayin
NASA Yahusha
literally means
“lift up Yahusha”.
NASA AYIN (lift up your eyes)
NASA ROSH (lift up your head)
1Co 1:4
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2
Cor 2:14-3:1
“But
thanks be to Yahuah,
Who always leads us in
triumphal procession
in Mashiach and
through us spreads
everywhere the
fragrance of the
knowledge of Him.
For
we are to Yahuah the
aroma of Mashiach
among those who are
being saved and those
who are perishing.
To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life. And who is equal to such a task? Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of Yahuah for profit. On the contrary, in Mashiach we speak before Yahuah with sincerity, like men sent from Yahuah.”
HOW
LONG IS THAT, and WHAT
IS TO LAST THAT LONG?
How
long is one thousand
generations?
#505
ALEPH, ELEPH:
ONE THOUSAND
(ECHAD IS
“ONE”).
#1755
DORE:
GENERATION,
CYCLE, AGE
In
each case of the word
“DORE”, it refers
to the progeny that
follows.
A
single generation is
described as a father
begetting a son, and
that son is referred
to as the “next”
DORE, or generation.
A
“LIFETIME” is also
a cycle of time, but a
“DORE” is
associated with
progeny.
20
years of age – a
male is required to
observe the festivals.
Assuming
the age of 20 to be
potentially the minimum average
“cycle” or
“DORE” for the
next “generation”
to be begotten:
1000
x 20 = 20,000
. . . . . if we
take the phrase above
literally.
20,000
years
becomes our minimum
timeframe for
Yahuah’s promise.
“Covenant
of love”
and a “thousand
generations” is
found in the Covenant
itself:
Exodus
(Shemoth) 20:6, and Dt.
(Debarim) 5:10
WHAT
IS TO LAST 1000
GENERATIONS:
The
Covenant
of Love
(TORAH)
Deut
7:6-13
Yahuah Elohenu has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be His people, His treasured possession.
Yahuah
did not set His
affection on you and
choose you because you
were more numerous
than other peoples,
for you were the
fewest of all peoples.
But it was
because Yahuah loved
you and kept the oath
He swore to your
forefathers that He
brought you out with a
mighty hand and
redeemed you from the
land of slavery, from
the power of Pharaoh
king of Egypt.
Know therefore
that Yahuah Elohenu is
Alahim; He is the
faithful Alahim,
keeping His covenant
of love
to a
thousand generations
of those who love Him
and keep His commands.
But
those who hate Him He
will repay to their
face by destruction;
He will not be slow to
repay to their face
those who hate Him.
Therefore,
take care to follow
the commands, decrees
and laws I give you
today.
If
you pay attention to
these laws and are
careful to follow
them, then the Yahuah
Elohenu will keep His covenant
of love
with you, as He swore
to your forefathers.
He will love
you and bless you and
increase your
numbers.”
A
question:
Since
i have been Messianic
i have learned so much
truth that i am very
thankful for, however
i have been hearing
some things that sound
strange to me. Please
correct me if i'm
wrong. I have been
told by some
Messianics that the
"christians"
are saved, they will
be at the wedding
feast but not the
bride. They believe
they are saved because
they believe in "jesus".
They say the jesus
they believe in is the
same Yahshua that we
believe in. I brought
up 2 Cor. 11:4. Paul
warns about a
different Yahshua. How
can people be saved
when they are still in
the Babylonian
religion? In 1John it
says those who love Me
keep my commandments.
They said they are
keeping the
commandments to the
best of their
understanding. I know
that Yah is merciful
but I can't accept
what i am being told
by other Messianics
about these things.
The Savior that I know
now is totally
different than the
savior that i believed
in when i was keeping
sunday, christmas,
easter etc.... the
jesus that is being
taught to the world is
lawless and practices
pagan celebrations.
This is not the
Yahshua of the
Scriptures.
What
Scripture tells us:
Yahusha
confirmed and
thoroughly expanded
the idea of sin,
exposed by the Torah.
He said, at
Matt
5:21-22: "You
have heard that it was
said to the people
long ago, 'Do not
murder, and anyone who
murders will be
subject to judgment .'
But I tell you that
anyone who is angry
with his brother will
be subject to
judgment. Again,
anyone who says to his
brother, 'Raca,' is
answerable to the
Sanhedrin. But
anyone who says, 'You
fool!' will be in
danger of the fire of
hell."
Yahusha
emphasizes the need
for repentance
from
sin:
Matt
12:41: "The
men of Nineveh will
stand up at the
judgment with this
generation and condemn
it; for they repented at
the preaching of
Jonah, and now one
greater than Jonah is
here."
John
9:39: (Yahusha) said,
"For judgment I
have come into this
world, so that the
blind will see and
those who see will
become blind."
Even
the civil authorities
are to be obeyed:
Rom
13:1-5: "The
authorities that exist
have been established
by (Alahim).
Consequently, he
who rebels against the
authority is rebelling
against what (Alahim)
has instituted, and
those who do so will
bring judgment on
themselves. For
rulers hold no terror
for those who do
right, but for those
who do wrong. Do
you want to be free
from fear of the one
in authority?
Then do what is right
and he will commend
you. For he is (Alahim's)
servant to do you
good. But if you
do wrong, be afraid,
for he does not bear
the sword for nothing.
He is (Alahim's)
servant, an agent of
wrath to bring
punishment on the
wrongdoer.
Therefore, it is
necessary to submit to
the authorities, not
only because of
possible punishment
but also because of
conscience."
2
Cor 5:8-10:
"So we make it
our goal to please
Him, whether we are at
home in the body or
away from it.
For we must all appear
before the judgment
seat of (Mashiach),
that each one may
receive what is due
him for the things
done while in the
body, whether good or
bad."
Even
the demons believe in
Yahusha; but
they will not obey
Him:
James
(Ya'aqob) 2:19:
"Show me your
faith without deeds,
and I will show you my
faith by what I do.
You believe that there
is one (Alahim).
Good! Even the
demons believe that-
and shudder."
James
2:12-14: "Speak
and act as those who
are going to be judged
by the law that gives
freedom, because
judgment without mercy
will be shown to
anyone who has not
been merciful.
Mercy triumphs over
judgment! What
good is it, my
brothers, if a man
claims to have faith
but has no deeds?
Can such faith save
him?"
1
Peter 4:17-18: "For
it is time for
judgment to begin with
the family of (Alahim);
and if it begins with
us, what will the
outcome be for those
who do not obey the (Besorah)
of (Alahim)?
And, 'If it is hard
for the righteous to
be saved, what will
become of the (impious)
and the sinner?'"
We
are not to judge, but
show love and
compassion toward
those who struggle
with accepting the
true Besorah;
patiently enduring all
things as they wrestle
with the conflicts
created by the false
teachings. We
are not told to
"try" to
obey, we MUST obey.
We are also to warn
our neighbors that
they are not doing the
will of Yahuah,
otherwise we share in
the acts committed by
them. Again,
repentance is the key:
Ezek
3:17-21: "Son
of man, I have made
you a watchman for the
house of Israel; so
hear the word I speak
and give them warning
from me. When I
say to a wicked man,
'You will surely die,'
and you do not warn
him or speak out to
dissuade him from his
evil ways in order to
save his life, that
wicked man will die
for his sin, and I
will hold you
accountable for his
blood. But if
you do warn the wicked
man and he does not
turn from his
wickedness or from his
evil ways, he will die
for his sin; but you
will have saved
yourself.
"Again,
when a righteous man
turns from his
righteousness and does
evil, and I put a
stumbling block before
him, he will die.
Since you did not warn
him, he will die for
his sin. The righteous
things he did will not
be remembered, and I
will hold you
accountable for his
blood. But if
you do warn the
righteous man not to
sin and he does not
sin, he will surely
live because he took
warning, and you will
have saved
yourself."
We
cannot assume that
those outside the
Covenant have any hope
in the world-to-come,
so we must speak
without guile to
everyone who will
listen. It is
out of love, not
judgment, that we
speak to them.
They will know what is
in our hearts as we
warn them, so the
motivation must not be
based on our own
judgments, but on the
Word of Yahuah.
We
must speak clearly,
explaining that the
only people on Earth
who obey Torah are
Israel, and wrath is
upon all other's heads
because they have
rejected Torah.
The bride is Israel,
and those outside the
Covenant MUST engraft
through the Covenant
and BECOME Israel
(Eph. 2:8-13, Rom.
11). The
Mediator of the
Renewed Covenant is
our Husband, who
becomes our Kinsman
Redeemer. We
have to
"marry" Him,
by joining in the only
Covenant He has freely
offered to all
mankind. We are
commissioned to teach
all nations everything
Israel is commanded to
obey:
Matt
28:18-20: "Therefore
go and make disciples
of all nations,
baptizing them in the Name of
the Father and of the
Son and of the (Ruach
ha'Qodesh), and
teaching them to obey
everything I have
commanded you.
And surely I am with
you always, to the
very end of the
age."
Abraham's
faithfulness has
become the blessing to
all nations as Yahuah
promised. The
disconnection to the
Hebraic roots of the
faith has been the
central problem with
Christianity, in spite
of their trust in
their sin-eating false
messiah. He who obeys
Torah is righteous,
enabled by the living
Spirit of Yahusha
within them:
1
John 3:7-10: "Dear
children, do not let
anyone lead you
astray. He who
does what is right is
righteous, just as He
is righteous .
He who does what is
sinful is of the
devil, because the
devil has been sinning
from the beginning.
The reason the Son of (Alahim)
appeared was to
destroy the devil's
work. No one who
is born of (Alahim)
will continue to sin,
because (Alahim's)
seed remains in him;
he cannot go on
sinning, because he
has been born of (Alahim).
This is how we know
who the children of (Alahim)
are and who the
children of the devil
are: Anyone who
does not do what is
right is not a child
of (Alahim); nor is
anyone who does not
love his
brother."
Repent
~ and take care
to follow the Covenant
of love.
Response to these seminar notes on repentance:
Lew responds: Ideally, this is also my hope, that Yahusha will have the chasid (loving kindness) you describe. But to not take His words seriously is the primary trait of the current description of believers today, and the last assembly before His return. He said, "But unless you repent, you too will all perish." Luke 13:5
Laodicea
is neither cold nor
hot, so He tells them
they must
"repent";
He also uses the
phrases "hears My
Voice" and
"opens the
door".
Hearing His Voice is
hearing His Torah, the
Words that boomed so
loud that Israel stood
at a distance and were
afraid of being killed
from the sound
alone. "Opens the
door" means they
allow Him to come into
them, bringing a love
for His Torah with Him
to live in them.
Repentance is the heart of
Laodicea's (the last
assemby's) hope:
"Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.
So be earnest, and repent.
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears
My Voice and opens the
door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with
Me."
Rev 3:19-20
But we must also remember, many will come to Him and declare their stunned surprise:
"Many will say to me in that day,
Adonai, Adonai, have we not prophesied in
Your Name? and in
Your Name have cast out devils?
and in Your Name done many wonderful works?
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work
iniquity.
(LAWLESSNESS,
ANOMIA)
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:
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."
Matt 7:22-25
This is what makes this assembly in which we live "lukewarm". Apathy defines it. Some of us that are "hot" are being singled out as not being more "moderate", and "even" with the rest. Neither cold, nor hot, is the goal of this assembly - but Yahusha has made some of us "hot" for His Torah, so we may do as He said, "be earnest, and repent."
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