1 Kings 8:2 " and all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto King Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark."

Solomon had labored on the building of the temple of Yahweh for years, raising it up, then filling it with all the furnishings. At last it was completed, and the ark of the testimony was taken up and brought in. But it wasn't just any time of the year. Solomon did not just start using the Temple as soon as it was finished. Yahweh is a God of order, and there is always the proper time for everything which He does.

The temple would represent The One True God of Israel dwelling with Israel. Here the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob could come before the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Only the Feast of Tabernacles would suffice.

" and it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord (Yahweh). So the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord. " :10

The literal presence of Yahweh God was with them, His Glory evident unto all to behold. All that would make Israel great was there in their midst. If Israel of old could be so blessed under the old covenant, how truly awesome might the Presence of the Ever Living God be with us now that we have entered into the covenant through the blood of Yahweh /Yahoshua Himself.

Let us celebrate the feast. Let us celebrate Yahweh our God, Yahoshua our Messiah. Let us celebrate the Kingdom of Yahweh at our doorstep.

HalleluYah!

Revelation 21:1-3 " And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband, And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their god. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, either sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."

Here is the culmination of all things. This is what all our lives have headed toward. Here is the reward and the desire of the saints. Whatever suffering we have endured here on this world as we have made our pilgrimage, they are absolutely swallowed up in the glory of the day when we shall stand and dwell in the literal Presence of Yahweh our God, our Father, our King, our Everything.

This is why Paul could suffer the loss of all things. Why Peter could abandon his livelihood, why the martyrs could face the persecutions and deaths dealt to them for standing true to their faith; why we in these final days of this age stand against the wrath of satan and cling to the commandments of Yahweh and the testimony of Yahoshua the Messiah.

As we celebrate the feast of Tabernacles, let us look toward that blessed hope, to the Day when we come into our Father's Presence, behold our Father's Face, and are never, ever separated from Him.

Zechariah 14:16 " And it shall come to pass, that everyone that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to keep the feast of Tabernacles."

Is it surprising , that in celebrating the Feasts of Yahweh, we are actually practicing for eternity? When Yahweh spoke through Moses to the children of Israel, saying that these things were a memorial forever, it should never be assumed that "forever" meant anything other than "forever." We have an eternal God, without beginning and without end. His Word is eternal and without end.

Also we cannot simply pick and choose what we will obey from His word and what we will not. His word is Everlasting, His Law without end. How many there are who have dared to think that when our Father in heaven says "forever", He actually means "something else".

" For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord." Isaiah 66:22

Let us rejoice and give thanks, and celebrate the Feasts of Yahweh our God with pure hearts, lifting up holy hands unto our God; rejoicing in all that lies before us, forever.

Ezra 3:1 " And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem."

Nehemiah 8:14 " And they found written in the law which the Lord commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month... "

Seventy years Judah, Benjamin and Levi had been imprisoned in a foreign land, a land filled with abominations and demonic worship. Seventy years, one year for each jubilee year that their forefathers had failed to observe in the past. Failure to observe Yahweh's law had resulted in destruction and captivity. But now the time of punishment was at an end. A remnant returned to Judah to rebuild, and after such a season of humiliation and punishment, with enemies all around them, these three tribes left of the children of Israel were becoming zealous for a law which had passed out of memory.

"... the people gathered themselves together as one man..." Now there was unity and singleness of purpose. A people scorned and beaten, granted mercy to return to their homeland. Now they were eager to hear the words of the law, the law that their ancestors had shunned and mixed with other religions. Now they were eager to worship Yahweh, the One True God, whom their forefathers had blasphemed by worshiping other gods.

Nothing brings Yahweh's people together more profoundly than suffering and shame. We have a shameful tendency to ignore our Father Yahweh when we are enjoying His many benefits. That is why our history reads like a roller coaster of up and down experiences and broken worship.

Let us not be so, but let go of this pale world that we might be true in the best of times as well as the worst.

Nehemiah 8:14 " And they found written in the law which the Lord commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month... "

The first act of revival is a return to the law-word of Yahweh God. This remnant of Judah, Benjamin and Levi were coming out of a land of abominations. Much that was not of their Father Yahweh clung to them as they reentered the land of promise. Many had not kept themselves separate and had brought with them children which had no inheritance with the chosen of Yahweh.

As in every other instance throughout Israel's history we find them at their lowest ebbs without the commandments of Yahweh God. When at long last, a spark of righteousness is rekindled, " is found and brought forth." Yahweh's law, long forgotten and fallen into disuse, is rediscovered, and as the eternal words of life are brought forth, a renewal, a revival takes root and our Israel people once again look up to whence our deliverance comes.

The revival showed itself in the home, in the general public and in the house of Yahweh. Too many times " revivals", especially in the modern sense, are church affairs only. A great spectacle may take place at the church, during the meetings; but once outside the sancutary the old habits and sins are picked back up without a moments thought. A True revival, as only Yahweh's Holy Spirit can bring, is seen in the home, in the general public where we work and shop as well as the church.

"... in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim... " When once revival brings us back to Yahweh's righteousness so thoroughly that even our homes and everyday affairs bear the mark of His Holiness, then and only then will we see revival pour out across a nation and even to it's government. People want a christian nation with christian government, but it can only happen when the Law-Word of Yahweh God rules the home and lives of the people.

Nehemiah 8:18 " also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God..."

True revivals come only by the law of Yahweh God. Charles Spurgeon testifies that it was the preaching of the law that drove him to salvation. The law reveals to us our true sinfulness, the Holy Spirit shines the spotlight upon our hearts and we are driven to the Messiah for forgiveness. This is not a sentimental response to good preaching.

Psychology will not bring about revival. Clever stories and self-help lectures will not bring about revival. Only the proclaiming of the law of Yahweh will bring about that which is so sorely needed.

" Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month, the children of Israel were assembled with fasting and with sack-cloth and earth upon them. And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord (Yahweh) their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshiped the Lord (Yahweh) their God. " Nehemiah 9:1

Revival is about repentance and renewing one's relationship with the One True God. In the law, this seed of Israel saw not only their sins, but the sins of their fathers. They renounced publicly before Yahweh, not only their own sins, but the sins of their parents and all before them. One fourth part of the day was spent reading the law and thus seeing the sins they were all guilty of. The law brought them to the repentance of the other fourth part of the day.

Revival does not bring about programs and outreaches. Revival does not bring about renewed interest in social issues. Revival brings about repentance, separation, confession and worship.

Why do we not see revival? Because the church has abolished the law of Yahweh, and no longer sees it's own sin; thus the pews may be full, but the hearts are empty and no one sees his own need.

There will be no revival without a return to Yahweh's Commandments.

1 Kings 12:31 " And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of people, which were not of the sons of Levi. And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah... So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised in his own heart: and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel :..."

Jeroboam had been called and ordained of Yahweh to rebel and separate from the kingdom of Rehoboam, Solomon's son, as a judgment against the sin and idolatry brought into Israel by Solomon. But once established as king of the northern ten tribes, Jeroboam himself became a corrupter of the people. Jeroboam's sin was so grievous, that he would be forever remembered by the phrase, "the sin of Jeroboam."

Setting up two golden calves as gods, installing non-levites of the basest sort, Jeroboam corrupted the worship of Yahweh God. Ordaining his own "Feast" in the eighth month instead of the seventh month as commanded in the law, he sought to counterfeit the worship of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; but instead he created only an abomination, a pitiful mockery of the worship of Yahweh.

Many would be tempted to ask, " what does it matter, if it's in the seventh month or the eighth?" What did it matter to Nadab and Abihu as they offered strange fire upon the altar? What did it matter to Uzzah to reach up and steady the ark of the covenant as it road on an unscriptural oxcart? It mattered a great deal, for it cost each his own life.

Jeroboam's false worship brought the judgment of Yahweh upon his house and ultimately against all the kingdom of Israel. There would be no glorious Presence of Yahweh over Jeroboam's altars, only condemnation. Yahweh is infinitely more discriminating than we like to believe.

1 Kings 12:32 " And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah."

There is a belief that runs rampant throughout churchianity that we can take any practice, any custom, any music, and any lifestyle and make it "christian". Such people celebrate the Roman/Pagan Holidays (or holy days) just as their fathers before them and their fathers before them. While it may be true there is much that they didn't know, that is not the case in our modern, "enlightened" day. Knowledge of the pagan roots of Christmas, easter, etc. and etc. is widespread, but when confronted today's "liberated" christian will respond with, "well that's not what it means to me." Well, Yahweh is unconcerned with what it means to you. He knows what it means to Him,

Just like the pharisees and sadducees, who sought to kill Yahweh in the flesh, Yahoshua the Messiah, because He was not the Messiah that hey were wanting; even though they supposedly worshipped Yahweh and were the interpreter's of the law.. Today's Christians have sought to slay the " God of the Old Testament " by reinterpreting His word and abolishing His law. Instead they would have an easy going, non-judgmental, "hippie" god; a god in which anything goes and the only rule is to love one another (and perhaps pay your tithes). Anything is allowable if you just love Jesus and believe. These words have no basis in scripture, but rather sound ominously like the words of satanist Aleister Crowley, "do what thou will."

These Christians would condemn Yahweh for slaying Nadab and Abihu over their strange fire, they would protest the slaying of Uzzah for absent mindedly touching the Ark as it bounced in an oxcart. They would cringe at the slaying of Ananias and Sapphira for lying to the Holy Spirit of Yahweh.

Jeroboam had set up new gods, the golden calves. New gods required new holy days. By refusing to celebrate the Holy Days of scripture and replacing them with the "christianized" Holiday of the pagan, today's churchianity witnesses against itself that it is not Yahweh they worship but rather "new gods".

Lamentations 1:4 " The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness. His adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy."

If this had been a single instance in the history of Jacob Israel it would have been bad enough, but unfortunately our past is filled with times of chastisement and punishment. The tribes of Israel had fancied that having a mortal king would put an end to all their times of languishing at the hands of others, but the problem was within their own hearts. Obedience and blessing would flourish for a generation, but then rebellion and idolatry would once again rear their heads and Yahweh's wall of protection around His chosen would be lifted and they would suffer at the hands of their enemies. They looked to the arm of flesh to save them by rejecting Yahweh as their King and setting up an earthly dynasty. They failed.

The cycle continued until we find Jeremiah heart broken at the sight of Judah desolate and ravaged. The ten tribes of Israel were only a story to Jeremiah, for they had been carried away a century earlier, and now Judah, Benjamin and Levi had been uprooted and driven to Babylon, leaving only a broken remnant behind. For seventy years the Judahites would be held captive while the land of Judah lay forlorn and desolate. Seventy years the land would go untilled and unworked to make up for the generations of failure to celebrate the seventh year land sabbath. The land itself was to enjoy a sabbath year every seventh year but it had been ignored.

Leviticus 26:14 " But if you will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments... :33 And I will scatter you among the heathen and will draw out the sword after you: and your land will be desolate, and your cities wasted. Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies land, even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths... "

2 Chronicles 36:20 " And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfill threescore and ten years. "

In failing to keep Yahweh's commandments, we have lost a great deal. Much has been through ignorance, but now our people rebel more and more seriously against our Father's law and as they do, we will only reap worse and worse consequences. It is up to us individual believers to keep the standard so that as the storm rages around us, we might dwell safely under Yahweh's protection.

Daniel 9:16 " O Lord, according to all Thy righteousness, I beseech Thee, let Thine anger and Thy fury be turned away from Thy city Jerusalem, Thy holy mountain: because of our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers..."

Many of us often realize that we are suffering the chastisement of our Heavenly Father and will begin to repent of our sins (as far as we understand them at the time) and renew our dedication and our obedience to our Father, Yahweh, and His law-word. We humble ourselves and apologize to Him for our waywardness and pray for His forgiveness, fully expecting to receive it.

And why are we so confident in His forgiveness? His word tells us that He loves us and that His mercy endures forever. He is our Father and it is in a Father's compassion for a child that we look to, eagerly expecting the forgiveness of a Father for His child. But I wonder, have we ever apologized for putting Him in that position of "chastiser" to begin with?

Do not think that it brings Yahweh pleasure to bring the harsh stripes of discipline down upon us. No. In truth it grieves Him beyond our ability to understand, to be brought to such a point. If it grieves the heart and spirit of an earthly father or mother to wield the rod of correction against their children, sparing not for their crying, how much more, does it grieve the Holy Spirit of Yahweh, to bring pain, suffering and chastisement to one of His own children. Yet, He does not shrink from His divine duty.

In all our repentance and asking for forgiveness, let us not forget the grief that we have caused our Heavenly Father, and in considering His pain, perhaps we will be less prone to cause more.

Joshua 24:14 " Now therefore, fear the Lord (Yahweh), and serve Him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt, and serve ye the Lord. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord (Yahweh), choose ye this day whom ye will serve..."

Joshua made it clear, that to serve Yahweh meant severing oneself not only from the sinfulness of the nations round about them, but also severing oneself from the sins of our ancestors, our families, our grandparents and even our parents. True discipleship is seen in the forsaking of all this life. Too many times we look back at our family line and recall with rank sentiment the traditions, the errors and the quirks of our ancestors, and dismiss them or cover over their sinfulness with a sentimental fondness. The danger is, that while excusing their sins, we may come to excuse sin in our own lives.

If we are to love Yahweh, we must hate and despise sin. If we are to know the blessings of Yahweh, we must never excuse or condone sin: not in ourselves, our children , our fathers or grandfathers. We must love our Heavenly Father more than all of these and hunger for the fellowship of His Holy Spirit more than fellowship of earthly relations. We must never allow sentimentality to blind us to the mistakes and failings of those who came before us, lest we follow in their footsteps and repeat their errors.

We come to You to praise Your Holy Name Yahweh and to give You thanks for Your tender mercies and Your wonderful blessings in our lives. Keep us on Your path of righteousness all our days Yahweh/Yahshua, Walk with us all the way throughout our pilgrimage here on this earth, for without You... we have nothing. Praise Your Holy Name.

HalleluYah!

Joshua 24:14 " Now therefore, fear the Lord (Yahweh), and serve Him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt, and serve ye the Lord. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord (Yahweh), choose ye this day whom ye will serve..."

Joshua exposes that the children of Israel had been blinded by the gods of Egypt where they were enslaved. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob had to re-reveal Himself unto them as He showed His contempt for the demonic false gods of Egypt in the plagues which He unleashed. But even after such awesome displays of power, the children of Israel were unstable. As Moses tarried on the holy mountain with Yahweh, the Israelites forged two golden calves and worshiped in a frenzy. Again at Shittim, they adulterated themselves with the Moabites. With the pillar of cloud by day and the fire by night right there before them, they sinned against Yahweh without shame.

Centuries later, the idolatry of Solomon resulted in the dividing of the kingdom into the House of Israel and the House of Judah. There in the Northern kingdom of Israel, as the prophet Elijah challenged the prophets of the demon god Baal, the words of Joshua echoed once again, "How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord (Yahweh) be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him." 1 Kings 18:21.

it is of the utmost importance that we make our choice completely. Even Yahshua the Messiah's message to the last day church age of Laodicea makes it clear,"... I would thou were cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew (vomit) thee out of my mouth."

Yahweh will not abide half hearted Christianity. Let us examine ourselves by His Standards, and wherever we see compromise or half heartedness, let us choose Yahweh, and fear not to become "peculiar" people.

Joshua 24:15 "... choose you this day, whom ye will serve,..."

What if , we lived this day truly unto our Father Yahweh, taking no thought for tomorrow? What if we set out this day, as if it were truly the only day that lay before us and that at the close of this day, we would stand before Yahweh our God?

What would you choose? What would you cling to? What would you throw away ? If you knew that today was the day of judgment, how would you live?

Well, none of us knows what a day will hold. But we are told in no uncertain terms that we are to live each day as if it were the day of judgment , if only our own.

Luke 9:23, "And he said to them all, any man will come, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily , and follow me."

Ours is a daily pilgrimage. Each and every day beginning anew in the Holy Spirit of the One True God, Yahweh. Each day brings new challenges, new glory, new evil. Daily, we must choose to deny ourselves, daily we must take up our cross, daily we must follow the Messiah, where ever He may lead.

As each new day arrives, we must choose this day, whom we will serve.

Have mercy on me O Yahweh, You are The One True Living God and above You there is no other.

I need Your Presence in my life, I trust in Your guidance and love. This day I choose You Yahweh, Heavenly Father. Write your laws upon my heart, renew my spirit everyday to always walk in Your light of truth.

HalleluYah!

Nehemiah 9:2 " And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers."

While it may be true that each man is found liable for his own sins only and not the sins of others, is it not obvious that the sinfulness of others is felt by all? You may be a blood bought child of Yahweh, seeking to love Him in obedience to His commandments; but still the sins of a generation will vex you and cause you grief and sorrow. You may truly love your Heavenly Father, but if your earthly father failed in his duty, the emotional strain of this relationship can seep into the other.

One of the tasks of this generation's remnant is to separate ourselves from the sins of our parents. As we come out of Babylon, we must confess that our ancestors were very much a part of Babylon. As we grow and mature in the law-word of Yahweh and His Holy Spirit, we will see not only our own failings, but the failings of an entire generation, and before that, the failings of another generation. Truly, our world has not reached such a horrible point overnight, but it took the failings of several generations to maintain a righteous standard to bring us to the edge of this abyss.

We are not looking for someone to blame or to point fingers, for we are as guilty in our own time as they were in theirs. But if we are to "choose this day, whom we will serve," we must choose wisely. We must be able to look at all of our ways honestly and confess not only our sins, but the generations of sins that lay behind us.

Then and only then, might we break free from the curses of one generation to another.

Nehemiah 9:2 " And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers."

Sin creates a momentum all it's own. So much so that it soon creates a snowball effect, gaining size and speed until it smashes it's way from one generation to another and another. Uninterrupted, it can change the course of entire families, generations, even whole nations.

Given enough time, sin became looked upon as a virtue and holiness and sanctification became considered a handicap, something to be avoided and shunned. If unchecked by Divine Intervention, it becomes a great juggernaut, carrying curses, afflictions and oppression as it crashes through one generation to another, all the while being pushed on to greater speed by all the demonic hosts of hell, leaving a wasteland of damnation and suffering in it's wake. In the end there is only bondage, suffering and ignorance; a people who would foolishly call evil good and good evil, a people utterly in darkness.

Such is the legacy of lawlessness and the inheritance of the sins of our fathers. Would you break free? Would you lift your head above the layers of darkness and see the glorious light of Yahweh? Let not vain sentiment cover over the sins of our fathers and grandfathers, but rather renounce the traditions, the superstitions, and all that would hinder you, all that would oppress and hound you. Look to the Blood of the Lamb to cleanse you, to deliver you, and to set you free. Return to the law of Yahweh and in obedience know the freedom of holiness, true holiness.

Let go of all this world, and you can better grasp the world to come.

I praise Your Holy Name Yahweh, for you are my Rock and my salvation Yahweh/Yahoshua.

It is Your laws and commandments that I want written on my heart, Yahweh' Grant me the discernment to know right from wrong and good from evil. Dispel the darkness with Your light of truth. Let me be a witness to Your glory and known by my fruits. Let your light shine through me.

HalleluYah!

Ezra 9:5 " And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my hands unto the Lord (Yahweh) my God, and said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day..."

Ezra's prayer was not just an evening devotional. He was undone at the sins of the people, but even more, he was ashamed not just of his own generation but the generations that came before them. It was their father's departure from obedience to Yahweh that had paved the way for the sinfulness of Ezra's present generation.

Take as an example from our own modern era, profanity in movies. There was a time none would be allowed. Not that movies were ever holy or righteous, for they were not, but still, by our modern standards, these movies seem almost puritan. But then in the film "Gone with the Wind", one word of profanity was used. The filmmakers fought for their right to use it, the actors were giddy at using it, and in the end it was used. Now the floodgates of filth and pornographic images have washed across our land like a demonic tidal wave. There is no sin too harsh, no blasphemy too strong; and no one even blushes nor blinks an eye. The language of the jungle and the gutter is now the accepted language of all.

All that was required, was the permission of a past generation to unleash a flood of filth upon the generations to come. The sins of our father's have opened the floodgates and now the pure is mocked and the profane celebrated. Will we, like Ezra, separate ourselves from the sins of our fathers?

Most High Lord Yahweh

Come and cleanse your holy people, that we may see what is not of you. Help us us to see and to hear that we may not be deceived any longer. HalleluYah!

1469 - Ferdinand of Aragon married Isabella of Castile. The marriage united all the dominions of Spain.
1685 - King Louis XIV of France revoked the Edict of Nantes, which had established the legal toleration of the Protestant population.
1767 - The Mason-Dixon line was agreed upon. It was the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania.
1867 - The U.S. took formal possession of Alaska from Russia. The land was purchased of a total of $7 million dollars (2 cents per acre).
1929 - The Judicial Committee of England�fs Privy Council ruled that women were to be considered as persons in Canada.
1931 - Inventor Thomas Alva Edison died at the age of 84.
1968 - Two black athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, were suspended by the U.S. Olympic Committee for giving a "black power" salute during a ceremony in Mexico City.
1969 - The U.S. government banned artificial sweeteners due to evidence that they caused cancer.
1970 - Quebec's minister of labor was found strangled to death after eight days of being held captive by the Quebec Liberation Front (FLQ).
1977 - A German special forces team stormed a hijacked Lufthansa airliner and killed all four hijackers and freed 86 hostages. The Palestinian hijackers had demanded the release of members of the Red Army Faction.
1983 - General Motors agreed to hire more women and minorities for five years as part of a settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
1985 - South African authorities hanged black activist Benjamin Moloise. Moloise had been convicted of murdering a police officer.
1990 - Iraq made an offer to the world that it would sell oil for $21 a barrel. The price level was the same as it had been before the invasion of Kuwait.
1997 - A monument honoring U.S. servicewomen, past and present, was dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery.
2001 - In New York, four defendants were convicted for the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.
2001 - It was announced that a New Jersey letter carrier and an employee in the office of CBS news anchorman Dan Rather's office had tested positive for skin anthrax.

Job 41

Isaiah 3:8 " For Jerusalem is ruined and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord (Yahweh), to provoke the eyes of his glory. The shew of their countenance doth witness against them;..."

In the previous chapter, Isaiah stated, " Therefore thou hast forsaken Thy people the house of Jacob, because thy be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers (2:6)." The Septuaguint version makes it even plainer: " Because the land is filled with divination as at the beginning, as the land of the Philistines and many strange children were born to them."

Yahweh had placed within His week of creation the law of "kind after kind", and then had Moses place great emphasis on this as he recorded it. Yahweh has created all the races and established the "boundaries of their habitations" and called them good. But when man interferes with Yahweh's natural design, chaos erupts and rebellion thrives.

"A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord: even to his tenth generation shall they not enter... "Deuteronomy 23:2 The mistranslation of the Hebrew word mamzer as "bastard" has been a tragedy, for if it's actual meaning of "hybrid or halfbreed" had been rendered, the truth of scripture would not have been hidden.

Each race was created by Yahweh and called good as long as that race remains true to itself. But when the grand design is corrupted, mixture takes place and men seek after "strange flesh". From the sin of Israel in numbers 25, Esau marrying canaanite wives and becoming Israel's arch enemy of Edom to Ezra having to purge the Judahites returning from Babylonian exile, the purity of Israel's seed (and any other people's seed as well) is of great importance to our Heavenly Father. But when we go after that which is not of our own, it is the whole people who suffer.

Our fathers and forefathers threw such wisdom aside, as they were led into apostasy and racial suicide by the demonic powers that had infiltrated both government and church. Now, as in the days of Isaiah, "Jerusalem" is ruined and "Judah" is fallen, and our only hope, shall come in clouds with glory as the King, Yahoshua, returns to establish His Throne. But may His holy remnant which awaits Him reject the sins of our fathers and separate ourselves in anticipation of His arrival.

Dear Heavenly Father, Glory be Thy Name.

Open our eyes to Your truth. Help us to see the true meaning of Your holy word. Let us be a witness unto Your glory, to be known by our fruits and not those of the ones that had gone before. We offer our lives up to You this day Yahweh... may Your will be done.

HalleluYah!

Isaiah 3:9 "... they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! For they have rewarded evil into themselves."

It is popular, and perhaps even fashionable these days to argue with the word and the law of Yahweh. But does it ever occur to such people that in so doing, they are actually arguing with Yahoshua the Messiah Himself, for He is the Word made flesh.

The only sin ever mentioned outright regarding Sodom was the sin of homosexuality, however, we can tell by other verses that Sodom (and Gomorrah) had become abominations unto Yahweh all together. The absolute arrogance of the Sodomites in not only brazenly "coming out" into the open would be tyranny in and of itself. So corrupted, so degenerate were they that they sought to be intimate with the very angels of Yahweh God.

Wherever we see this abomination become so fashionable, we can be assured that destruction and the judgment of the Ever Living God are on the doorstep. Now we see it not only parading in our streets but also preaching from the pulpits of churchianity. Destruction comes as surly as the midnight hour, for we have mocked Yahweh, abolished His law and declared ourselves wiser than He.

But Father Yahweh will have the last word. He will not suffer His word to be abused nor His honor stained. Let the people clamor for the "rights" of the abominable, Yahweh will bring them all to ruin. But how, we may ask did we come to this? Simple. Our televisions and our movies. A trend began in the 70's of placing homosexual characters in movies and television shows, primarily as comical characters. The effect was that little by little, society's natural revulsion to this practice was softened as people laughed at these characters, then began to sympathize with them. After that it was a downhill slide into today's cultural nightmare.

Isaiah 3:12 " As for my people, children are their oppressors..."

How do children become oppressors? Give them everything. In previous generations children were not so coddled as now. They were given tasks to complete and chores to do. They were taught responsibility and duty. They were not allowed to enforce their will, in fact they weren't given a say at all, but the parents led the home and made the decisions for the family as a whole.Children were exposed to toil, and they were not shielded form the harsh realities of life and death. They learned that life did not just give them all their heart's desire.

It was from lives such as these that the greatest men and leaders emerged. Men that would become leaders, men of ingenuity and moral strength. But each generation hopes to give their children more that they had possessed and this is fine as long as there is balance. But as Yahweh's word was no longer revered, the anchor that would keep children from going adrift was lost and generations grew up surrounded by comforts and ease, but with no spiritual compass. Children were shielded from the harsh realities of life and death and slowly lost their understanding of nature. Hours were spent in front of the demonic idol of television, their young minds being prepared for even more ungodliness. Soon a life of sloth and amusement became regarded as a fundamental right, and governments began the work of making the lives of children a matter of legal priority.

Now we live in a time where madness prevails because the family unit has been corrupted. The parents run themselves ragged to ensure their little ones have all the "opportunities" that they are told they must have. Children have become the oppressors.

The sins of our fathers have caught up with us and the law-word of Yahweh is barely even remembered.

Praise your Holy Name Yahweh/ Yahshua. Glory be to Thy Name.

Help me to be a light unto you, O Yahweh. Grant me the discernment to teach my children Your laws and statutes and to write them not only on my heart but also the hearts of my children and for each of the generations not yet born. We need Your Presence in our lives Yahweh, let your light shine upon your humble servant.

HalleluYah!

1797 - "Old Ironsides," the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, was launched in Boston's harbor.
1805 - The Battle of Trafalgar occurred off the coast of Spain. The British defeated the French and Spanish fleet.
1849 - The first tattooed man, James F. O�fConnell, was put on exhibition at the Franklin Theatre in New York City, NY.
1918 - Margaret Owen set a typing speed record of 170 words per minute on a manual typewriter.
1925 - The photoelectric cell was first demonstrated at the Electric Show in New York City, NY.
1945 - Women in France were allowed to vote for the first time.
1966 - In south Wales, 140 people were killed by a coal waste landslide engulfed a school and several houses.
1967 - Thousands of demonstrators marched in Washington, DC, in opposition to the Vietnam War.
1983 - The Pentagon reported that 2,000 Marines were headed to Grenada to protect and evacuate Americans living there.
1986 - The U.S. ordered 55 Soviet diplomats to leave. The action was in reaction to the Soviet Union expelling five American diplomats.
1994 - North Korea and the U.S. signed an agreement requiring North Korea to halt its nuclear program and agree to inspections.
2003 - The U.S. Senate voted to ban what was known as partial birth abortions.
2003 - North Korea rejected U.S. President George W. Bush's offer of a written pledge not to attack in exchange for the communist nation agreeing to end its nuclear weapons program.

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Nehemiah 9

Isaiah 3:12 "... and women rule over them."

There is a design and a plan to all of Yahweh's creation. The very heart of a godly society is the family. Within this structure is a pattern according to Yahweh's perfect plan of redemption. Within this structure the husband and father is the head, while the wife is in submission. This is Yahweh's plan, and there is no other given.

But at some point, women decided that this wasn't good enough. They began, like Eve, to desire more. The precious gift of motherhood and the heavenly calling to be keepers at home became despised in their eyes. Women in the U.S. were given the right to vote and a season of sexual depravity began known as the "roaring 20's". Modesty, purity were abandoned and godliness was mocked. All this culminated in the judgment of " the great depression".

However, no lasting revival has come ever since those days. Each generation has cast off more and more biblical restraints and they lust for an unobtainable equality. All that they will ever achieve, stands against the word of Yahweh. Churchianity stands at the forefront cheering them on, making them pastors and ministers while Paul's words are cast aside, "I suffer not a woman to teach."

All the guidelines of godly womanhood, even those of their beloved "New Testament" are cast aside as legalistic and not for today. Their shame will be uncovered in the end.

The sins of our fathers (and our mothers) has destroyed the virtue of the home and undermined our society as a whole. Let us renounce the sins of our fathers and let men be men once again and women receive the most honored position they could have as mothers and wives.

Isaiah 3:12 " O my people, they which lead thee, cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths."

Isaiah's message of judgment came to Judah during a time of plenty. "Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures." But their land was also filled with other things. "Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands... " This economic success was all that they were concerned with. They cared not about such things as righteousness and holiness, Only the state of their economy, thus Yahweh gave them their season of success, but it was to come to an unimaginably bad end.

Our forefathers have cared more about Wall St. than the narrow path. Each generation became more and more consumed with self than with the things of Yahweh God. The Puritan founders of America, made a covenant with each other and with the One True God, and they were blessed. Now the covenant is broken and it is every man for himself. People sought leaders that would guarantee economic success and matters of morals and righteousness sank into obscurity.

As each generation became more selfish, the desire for more freedom to be selfish increased as well. The civil rights of the blacks led to the civil rights of the women. That was followed by the "civil rights" for the homosexual as they marched into full display. More and more we can see that "civil rights" are but another term for "abominations rights".

Like Judah and Israel of old, the sins of our fathers has brought us to the moment of judgment. Let us repent, renounce the sins that have brought us to such a place, that we might find shelter in Yahweh as the storm descends.

We worship You and You alone O Yahweh, Creator of heaven and earth. For You alone are the One True Living God and we give you thanks and praise.

Keep us from the sins of our forefathers, let us learn from those who have gone before and make the wise choice to follow Your laws and commandments.

HalleluYah!

Isaiah 3:14 " The Lord (Yahweh) will enter into judgment with the ancients (elders) of His people, and the princes thereof..."

The sins of today seem monumental when compared to those of generations past; and yet if it had not been for the backsliding of our forefathers, the apostasy of our day would not have been possible. A little compromise here, a little doubt and unbelief there and sin snowballs, gaining size and momentum until it becomes a judgment crushing all before it.

Two hundred years is a very short time in terms of national age. And yet that is all it took for America to go from the righteousness of the Puritan founders to becoming a land overflowing with idols and false gods, atheists and apostates. A land where even the so called "Church" ridicules holiness and righteousness and the law of Yahweh is regarded as a "relic of the past".

Our fathers, our grandfathers, even our great grandfathers did not zealously contend for the faith once delivered to the saints. The Return of Yahoshua the Messiah is all the hope that is left to us, and even this, the true fulfillment of all that Christianity should look forward to, has fallen into disuse.

"The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients his people..." Looking back, our parents and grandparents might seem like holy and virtuous people, but our vision is clouded by the sin drenched age in which we stand. We have but One Standard that is true, that is never changing: Yahweh's commandments, His statutes and His judgments. Let us judge all things by Yahweh's Standard, especially our own selves. If we will, we will see more clearly, and while we may love our forefathers and their memory, we can better honor them and their memory by renouncing their sins and holding to the Coming Kingdom of the Messiah.

Matthew 10:37 " He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me..."

IT might come as a surprise to realize how many have started on the way of holiness, but turned back because the way seemed unfamiliar. They were raised in many traditions and customs, and the turning away from such things fills them with terror. The excuses are almost endless: "Well I was raised celebrating Christmas", "Your father never used the name Yahoshua", " your grandmother didn't wear dresses". On and on the rebukes may come, but it is our part to uphold the Standard that is given to us.

Whatever the Holy Spirit has revealed to you, whatever Yahweh has made you to understand, It is now yours to uphold and you are responsible for it. You will be held accountable before His throne of Judgment for all that was revealed to you. We must never curse our forefathers, but we do not honor them by repeating their mistakes or sharing in their sins. Often times the only honor some ancestors ever have is the righteousness of their descendants. We can only honor our father's and mother's by walking in the paths of righteousness, sometimes more devoutly than they did.

The bottom line is that we must love Yahweh our God and Yahoshua our Messiah more than all our ancestors; and we must love His ways, His law, His holiness more than any and all of the traditions or superstitions of our forefathers.

For they cannot save us, it is only the relationship which we establish with Yahweh that can avail us.

Blessed be Thy Name O Most High, Yahweh, for You and You alone are the One True Living God.

Shield me Yahweh, protect me from the curses and iniquities of my forefathers. Reveal to me Your will so that I may walk in your Light of Truth. I am Yours to do with as You will Yahweh, You've known me from the beginning, You know what is in my heart, heal me.

HalleluYah!

Matthew 10:37 " and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me."

There arose in time, those who taught that children must be left to themselves, that they must not be corrected or disciplined, so that they might experience their greatest potential. The teaching spread like wildfire, but what was the result? An entire generation of spoiled brats, who then set out to raise another generation even more decadent than itself.

But scripture tells us that foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child and that only the rod of correction (wielded in love, not malice) could drive it out. Parents have come under the false impression that they should be friends and buddies to their children. At one time it was taught that to be a parent was to be a steward over the next generation and that children had to be taught right and wrong. But now such concepts no longer exist.

Parents universally long to be loved by their little ones, so often the trap is sprung which entraps the family in a vicious cycle of trying to keep the child happy and entertained rather than making them contribute to the good of the family through obedience and work. Children raised being constantly pampered and entertained grow up to be adults who seek to be pampered and entertained. Children who are raised without the knowledge of Yahweh and His law and a sense of eternity, will grow up to serve whatever idol offers them the greatest enticements.

If we as parents hold back the teaching of Yahweh/Yahoshua and His Eternal law, trying to be cool in the eyes of our children, or hoping to win their love, rob their children of eternity in the Kingdom of Yahweh/Yahoshua, rob themselves of a home that flourishes in the peace of the Holy Spirit, and put themselves in danger of the day of Judgment, for no matter who we are, our first ministry is in our very homes.

Jeremiah 2:7 " And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof, but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination."

Yahweh has always tried to lead His Israel people into good things, into wholesome things. From Abraham into Canaan, and then the tribes of Israel back into Canaan's land; across the width and length of Europe and the British Isles and the wealth of the North American continent, our Heavenly Father Yahweh has tried generation after generation to bless His Israel people. But in every instance, we would forget where our many blessings come from and walk in our own paths.

What a terrible verdict to be laid upon us. To realize that a people chosen of Yahweh God to represent Him and witness to Him in all the earth would be so guilty, so ungrateful, so uncaring, that we would end up defiling the good things that He has tried to give to us. That we could make (and have made) His Holy Heritage an abomination before Him should break our hearts within us.

O, the lives that we might have enjoyed, the wholesome goodness which had been offered to us, all the joy that could have been ours. All we had to do was obey. His perfect law would have directed us into untold prosperity and blessings, His protection would have been spread over us like a great shelter, and the Glory of His Presence would have been in our midst. If only we would obey.

What of our own individual lives? What goodness has Yahweh offered unto you and I personally? Let us be truly grateful and fear to offend our Heavenly Father by not returning unto Him all the worship, love and obedience that He alone deserves.

Most precious Father Yahweh

I am a foolish child. Throughout my life, out of ignorance and "lack of knowledge" I have sinned against You. I have allowed Satan to influence my life in little ways. "NO MORE"! I humbly place my life in the loving hands of You, Yahweh... for You are the One True Living God, maker of heaven and earth, above you there is no other. Help me now, I pray. Today I give my life to You, Yahweh. Praise Your Holy Name.

HalleluYah!

1659 - William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson became the first Quakers to be executed in America.
1787 - The first of the Federalist Papers were published in the New York Independent. The series of 85 essays, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, were published under the pen name "Publius."
1795 - The United States and Spain signed the Treaty of San Lorenzo. The treaty is also known as "Pinckney's Treaty."
1938 - Du Pont announced "nylon" as the new name for its new synthetic yarn.
1962 - The Soviet Union adds to the Cuban Missile Crisis by calling for the dismantling of U.S. missile basis in Turkey. U.S. President Kennedy agreed to the new aspect of the agreement.
1978 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their progress toward achieving a Middle East accord.
1994 - The U.S. Justice Department announced that the U.S. prison population had exceeded one million for the first time in American history.
1999 - Armenia's Prime Minister and seven other government officials were killed during a parliamentary session. It was the believed that the gunmen were staging a coup.

Deuteronomy 5

Jeremiah 2:8 " The priests said not, where is the Lord (Yahweh)? And they that handle the law knew me not;: the pastors also transgressed against me, and prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit"

The governments of Israel do not fail, until the worship of Yahweh fails. People waste a great deal of time trying to vote out terrible leaders. They rally around the lesser of two evils, never stopping to consider that a lesser evil is still evil.

The problem is not in the capitals but in the churches. If the faith once delivered to the saints was still the faith proclaimed in modern pulpits, righteousness would rule the land and righteous leaders would be our trademark. But sin and apostasy have filled the churches. Lawlessness is now considered to be a part of the gospel, so lawlessness cripples our land even while politicians pass thousands of laws each year. If we refuse the simple laws of Yahweh, we will be buried under an avalanche of man made statutes and laws that have no end.

"... and they that handle the law knew me not:" How much more true is this in an age when the law has been declared abolished? The more we understand Yahweh's law-word, the more we understand the Messiah, for He is the law-word made flesh. But supposed "Christian leaders" do not know Yahweh nor His Messiah, and so " another gospel" is preached, proclaiming "another Christ".

If we are to walk in all the glorious victory provided for us in our covenant with the Father, we must break away from the crowds which rush down the broad path toward oblivion, and dare to take a different path, a narrower path, a lonelier path. But this little path leads to glory everlasting, and is filled with the Presence of Yahweh.

Matthew 7:13 " Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."

The word "strait" means much more than just narrow. In the original Aramaic it means "constricting". Pause and consider the implication here. "Because constricting is the gate and narrow is the way."

" Strive to enter in at the strait (constricting) gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." Luke 13:24. Suddenly the image is no longer simply passing blissfully through a narrow gate where only one person may pass at a time. No, instead the image becomes one of trying to squeeze through an opening so tight, that it scrapes and scratches and rubs abrasively against our flesh. Not only can but one person at a time pass through, but you cannot bring any burdens through with you. There will be no "extra baggage" entering through this gate. It will not be leisurely or comfortable. Oh, how many have started to try and pass through but could not. They could not let go their burdens, could not turn loose all the "baggage" that held them back.

They could not bear the horrible constricting, squeezing of their flesh. Surly, they thought, we were never meant to pass through this way. Yahweh God would never have intended us to have to endure such travail to enter into His Kingdom, they supposed. But they were all mistaken; and as they abandoned the One Gate to go and seek an easier way, some other would come upon it, letting go of all burdens, and would force their way through, not daring to give heed to the suffering of the passage, focused only on the glory that awaited them on the other side. To those that have caught a vision of Yahweh/Yahoshua and His Holiness and His Glory, there is no way too harsh.

Glory be to Yahweh, the Most High.

This day I let go of my burdens, I turn over to You Yahweh my life, lead me in the path of righteousness for I seek the narrow gate of truth and the Light of Your Holy word and salvation, Yahweh/Yahoshua.

HalleluYah!

Luke 13:24 " Strive to enter in at the strait (constricting) gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able."

Do not assume that when Yahoshua the Messiah says "strive" He means merely to put a little effort into it. The word "strive" implies a great struggle, a battle is taking place. There are enemies all about with which we must contend. There is combat to be had if we are to enter the "strait" gate

The modern message deceptively says, just believe. But belief is not a warm and sentimental feeling of the heart. Many whose lives are defined by the Word of Yahweh as an abomination proclaim that they believe, but their lives are unaffected by this so called " belief", they are unrepentant. They live lives that only a generation or two before would have been condemned as ungodly.

If we believe, actually and truly believe in Yahoshua's atonement for sin, we will not defile that precious blood by continuing to practice sin. If we truly believe in the One True and Living God Yahweh, then we will obey Him or become rebels. We can walk in life changing power, we are not doomed to be always bound by chains. There is deliverance for the captive, but if the captive doesn't realize he is bound, how shall he be delivered?

By the law of Yahweh. Here the captive may see the chains that hold him and see the awful condition of his soul; but also the glory of holiness and the privilege of sanctification. Here in the eternal beauty of the law we see our need for a redeemer, a savior, a sacrifice for our sins.

To be delivered means you must first realize you are in chains. Yahoshua, the Messiah said that many would appear before Him calling Him Master, even after having performed miracles in His Name, but He would declare that He had never known them and call them workers of iniquity or lawlessness. Many will try to enter the Kingdom but they will be unable. For their chains and their burdens will not squeeze through the "strait" or constricting gate. We must be prepared to loose all our chains, all our burdens and give no heed to those who not only will not enter in themselves, but would block the way for all others as well.