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Be Encouraged Mishpachah… this is Only Temporary

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 17:01:59 +0000

During our fall feast of Sukkot. There is so much to be grateful for:
• The return of our bridegroom Yahshua the Messiah
• The reminder of how our ancestors dwelled in booths after leaving Mitzrayim
• Knowing our tent dwelling along with this captivity is only temporary

As the world goes more and more into chaos, I am encouraged by the word of Yah:

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also (John 14:3)

4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
(Rev. 18:4)

Behold, I will gather them from all the countries to which I drove them in my anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, and I will make them dwell in safety. (Jer. 32:37)

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True Israel and Comparing Condition vs. Color

Sun, 06 Aug 2023 16:58:10 +0000

Growing up are used to watch a show called “Good Times”. During one episode it related the black people in the United States to the lost tribes of Israel (watch here). To make this comparison is often called racist an anti-sematic. However not to address this biblically would be shameful and a contradiction of 2Timothy 2:15:

15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Unfortunately, instead of having confidence in what truth reveals, many of those who do decide to dig deeper are punished; to the point where we must ask the question Paul asked the Galatians…
“16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” (Galatians 4:16)

Color:

When I read the Bible many questions the rise especially concerning the color of the Israelites. Although this blog post is focused on the condition of Israelites, color is still worth mentioning. Below are a few questions and Bible verses you may want to study on your own:

If Jewish people today are from the line of Shem… why do they resemble those from the line of Japheth in Europe and why do many of them claim to be Ashkenazi Jews when “Ashkenaz” is a descendent of Japheth according to Gen. 1:1-3?
How did fair skinned Jewish people survive the heat? Per the book of Exodus, we know Israelites were in captivity to the Egyptians. We also know that there was no sunscreen, and the Israelites are forced to make bricks. That would not farewell for a non-melanated Jewish person today. History has proven that the Egyptian’s during this time were a dark skin group of people. So much so that Joseph’s brothers (Israelites) did not recognize him when they came to get green during a famine. (Gen. 42:6-8)

What color were Moses and his sister before the most high made them leprous? Then the LORD said, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So Moses put his hand into his cloak, and when he took it out, the skin was leprous—it had become as white as snow. Exodus 4:6-7
9 The anger of the LORD burned against them, and he left them.
10 When the cloud lifted from above the tent, Miriam’s skin was leprous[a]—it became as white as snow. Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had a defiling skin disease

Condition:

Greater than skin color, I would like us focus on the condition of Israelites as described in the bible. Although this more be difficult for those who are not familiar with, the transatlantic slave trade and the Arabic Slave trade reading the follow passages slowly could help.

Passage you must reconcile within yourself. What group of people fit these verses today?

o Deuteronomy 28:25-28
o Leviticus 26:14-46

Which group of children have the greatest change of surviving the building of Pyramids?

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Yes… You must keep the laws given to the Israelites to follow the God of the Bible.

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 16:43:55 +0000

I am always surprised when someone says, “We don’t have to do that because those laws, they are for the Jews”. While in Christianity, I often struggled with why Jewish people were punished for not obeying the law but everyone else could be saved by the same God but be covered by grace alone.

I had always been taught the God of the bible was just, but changing the rules for non-Israelites seems extremely unjust.

Good News the Most High Yah (the true God of the Bible) is just. He does not have different laws for strangers versus Israelites. Understanding this fact will have direct impact on whether or not you can come into the Father’s kingdom.

Biblical References:
Be you an Israelite or a stranger there is one law for both is according to Exodus 12.

Exodus 12:48
48 “A foreigner residing among you who wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land. No uncircumcised male may eat it. 49 The same law applies both to the native-born and to the foreigner residing among you.”

Yah is just. He would not hold 1 group to a standard and change it up for another. Proverbs 11:1 reminds us “A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight”. Numbers 15 is a witness to this proverb.

Number 15:14-16
14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
15 One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
16 One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
One Law… Israel… and the Kingdom

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