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NEW DEVELOPMENT CONCERNING OUR USUAL MONTHLY MEETINGS
SPECIAL REPORT FROM LEW WHTE
As many of you know, support has been steadily waning due to slander (trolling attacks) against me personally.
In all things, rejoice, even when things may appear to be sliding backwards.
Yahusha has new wonders in store for us around the corner,
coming from where we cannot see them.

Due to a steadily-declining number of supporters and orders,
our expenses have rapidly overtaken us here at Torah Institute.

This is a paraphrase of what I wrote to Mark Davidson on 6-18-2013:

"Over the last several weeks, we have had to make
some really hard decisions concerning our financial obligations.
The shamers who have been working diligently at destroying my reputation
(may Yahusha be kind to them, and forgive them)
have eroded both old and new people from ordering from us, so we kept cutting down our ordering of books and other items, and slowly shrinking in every way.
A couple and their young son have been helping full-time with the work here at Torah Institute, and we were
able to provide them living space at no expense on the second floor of the facility, and paying them enough for food each week from the sales - this went on for about 4 years.
The sales have declined to such an extent that we kept having to reduce what we paid them, so that the building's expenses would be covered.

We decided to put the whole first level up for rent about 3 to 4 weeks ago, and planned to move the book processing to our home as we had it there years ago.
Now, renters have come forward who want the space on the first level, and also the second level of the facility.
We were faced with telling this beloved family they need to vacate by July 1st, 2013.
This is heartbreaking, but if we were to lose the whole building anyway, they would be in the same boat.
They are now preparing to move back up north with their family.
All of this is the result of the "lovers" who, in their misdirected efforts have caused so much economic damage to us it is impossible to keep the building expenses paid, unless it is rented-out.
It seems there's a competitive spirit in some of the Natsarim.
There's so much drama, strife, and outright hate, that our son Adam's heart has been grieving for some time, and he avoids contact with "on-line" Natsarim rather than face all the pain and hate.
Yahusha keeps me from getting depressed, but I'm crushed over all the slandering hatefulness.
It's not just me I'm referring to; elders were striving among themselves long before I also became a target. The gangrene is spreading faster, that's all, and most everyone can perceive the how badly the body needs love."
People will hate you even for the way you spell words, or because you have a speech impediment.

"But keep away from profane empty babblings, for they go on to more wickedness, and their word shall eat its way like gangrene. Humenaios and Philetos are of this sort, who have missed the goal concerning the Truth, saying the resurrection has already taken place, and overthrown the belief of some. However the solid foundation of Alahim stands firm, having this seal; Yahuah knows those who are His." - 2Tim. 2:16-19

NUMBER NINE UNPACKED:

“You do not bear false witness against your neighbor.”

You do not (LO H3808, no, never, not) bear (ANAH H6030, testify, announce, utter) false (SHOA H7722, devastating, desolating, deceptive, destructive) witness (ED H5707, testify, record) against your neighbor (REYA H7453, associate, fellow, companion).

The principle behind this and other Commandments is the Golden Rule. This is training in how to love our neighbor, even our enemies.

“Therefore, whatever you wish men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Torah and the Prophets.” Mt. 7:12

In either side of a matter, a "spin" can be formed to justify one's perspective. It helps to play scary music and conceal one's identity as the one side projects their perspective, but then Proverbs 18:17 shows us this:

"The first to state his own case seems right, until another comes and examines him."

The bearer of an evil report, or one trying to make someone else look bad (as we see in politics constantly) transmits words of death that are intended to destroy the reputation of another person.

Destroying the reputation of another person is known as trolling when the Internet is used, but in general we never make ourselves look good when we try to make someone else look bad. Hiding our identity as we attack someone's reputation shows everyone how dark our heart really is.

Proverbs 18:17:

“The first to state his own case seems right until another comes and examines him.”

If we keep Php. 4, Eph. 4, and Romans 12 in mind at all times, we can identify the fruit of any tree, including the fruit we are bearing in ourselves. The Torah is a mirror that shows us what we look like as we behave in the world. May we all reflect Yahusha's essence always. Forgive as you have been forgiven.

When we see Yahusha’s wounds, we will feel in our heart how much He loves us. By His wounds we are healed. (YashaYahu 53:5)

We are finished moving the shelving, packing tables, stock, and all the processing equipment from the building to our home, and have had to rent the entire facility to renters, in order to keep the mortgage paid.
It reached the point where maintaining things as they were became impossible because so many have turned away from us.
This is very good, since this means Yahusha is planning something marvelous.
We must rejoice in all things.
Phyllis and I painfully realize how this slander has impacted the family that helped us for years, as well as how it damages Yahusha's body.
Please pray about all that is going on, perhaps He will see His Natsarim caring and loving one another, and working together toward His purposes, in spite of all our great differences.
The technique to rescue the lost may look strange as we see one another's mission, but we must never judge because Yahusha sees what's in the heart of each one.
It looked bad to Yusef as his brothers had him in a pit and contemplated his demise, but all things work together for good for those who love Yahuah, and are called according to His purpose.
We are all in good hands, we simply have to trust Yahusha with every detail of our lives.
This is wonderful, so let's watch and see what He will do.

love & peace, brother Lew
Post no evil, love one another

We recommend that YOU begin study sessions in your location so that others may come and learn together.

Primary Torah study should be parents teaching their own children, but we can also come together to learn as a community as much as possible, and much more so as we see the DAY OF YAHUAH (link) approaching (see Hebrews 10:25).

Trust and obey; help others become obedient followers of Yahusha.

We are not 501c3, so this means we are not an agency of the U.S. Government (as all those who are 501c3), and therefore we are not under governmental control.

brother Lew White

On one of the previous seminars we studied the following topic:

THE TWO RESURRECTIONS

Most people hear of “the resurrection” and think of the popularized, cuddly version where all that “believe” in their “personal savior” called JESUS will be raptured-away to “heaven” before anything ugly happens to them, and then their JESUS will punish all who are “left behind” for not believing in Him. After that, there is little else for them to be concerned about, so they listen to a couple of verses on the subject and go on tithing to their false teachers, feeling quite comfortable and safe from harm. Little do they know, there will be two resurrections, and the first one will be exclusively for Yahuah’s “treasured possession”, also known as His “chosen ones”. This is the “first-fruits” group identified at Revelation chapter 12, and also mentioned in chapters 7 and 14. Paul was not sure that he had attained this “high-calling”:

Php 3:8-15: “What is more, I even count all to be loss because of the excellence of the knowledge of Mashiak Yahusha my Master, for whom I have suffered the loss of all, and count them as refuse, in order to gain Mashiak, and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through belief in Mashiak, the righteousness which is from Alahim on the basis of belief, to know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if somehow I might attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Not that I have already received, or already been perfected, but I press on, to lay hold of that for which Mashiak Yahusha has also laid hold of me.

Brothers, I do not count myself to have laid hold of it yet, but only this: forgetting what is behind and reaching out for what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of Alahim in Mashiak Yahusha.

As many, then, as are perfect, should have this mind. And if you think differently in any respect, Alahim shall also reveal this to you.”

When we had a seminar on the FIRST RESURRECTION, it was apparent from the responses that many were infected with false understandings, and had combined elements of the two resurrections into one, blurring the concepts of who would be raised at Yahusha’s second coming to reign with Him. So, I’m combining the two resurrections into a single study, and hopefully illustrate how the confusion began.

It should be very interesting for everyone, and they will have to clear out some very old cobwebs from their minds to get a grasp on what is about to unfold. The picture below helps describe some of the confusion about the second coming of Yahusha, with the most accurate portrayal at the top, followed by the other views in order of their magnitude of error.

The Catholic view is the fourth panel, and although it is the most simple one, it also is the furthest from the Truth.