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RUN THE RACE AND NEVER LOOK BACK - back to the top
Yahveh, we praise and thank you that you have spiritually defined the “Highway,” for your separated ones to make exit out of this doomed world; this world that is in rebellion against You. This highway is for those who have died to the flesh, who have counted the cost over and over again to follow You, and who have cast aside every single sin that Your Ruach HaKodesh has brought up to the surface; the fire of Your presence reveals all our sins that so easily beset us, or we could not ru... [ more ]
Yahveh, we praise and thank you that you have spiritually defined the “Highway,” for your separated ones to make exit out of this doomed world; this world that is in rebellion against You. This highway is for those who have died to the flesh, who have counted the cost over and over again to follow You, and who have cast aside every single sin that Your Ruach HaKodesh has brought up to the surface; the fire of Your presence reveals all our sins that so easily beset us, or we could not run this race. (Hebrews 12:1)
If we run the race in the flesh we will end up in eternal darkness; that path is of the earth. If we run the race on the “Highway of Holiness” (Isaiah 35:8), it leads into Yahveh’s eternal kingdom. This is where He dwells, the Formless One, who is spirit and the Creator of heaven and earth. Only the righteous who have come out of the world, and live, breath, move, and have their being in the Spirit of Yahshua, will enter into the kingdom of Yahveh.
So, we thank you Yahveh that this “Highway” is there. The issue is to get all of our feet established on this “Highway of Holiness”, so when we move forward quickly, as we must do, in these last hours, we are not self deceived to think we are on that “Highway” going into Your kingdom, while we are still in the flesh, still in self justification, still in pride, still in stubbornness, still in the ways of the world. Although we will run, we will not end up in Your kingdom, because we transcend on a “highway” of EARTHLINESS instead of HOLINESS.
Father in heaven, You are working diligently to separate us. It is Your loving mercy upon each one of us, to allow us to hear Your words from Yahshua, our commander in chief. He is calling us out of this world to be in His army, never to return to civilian affairs, but to fight the good fight of faith and to run the race never looking back. There is nothing in this world, that is not going to be ultimately destroyed, one way or another, sooner or later. The only thing that will remain are the souls of those who have been sanctified by the blood, and who have left the flesh impaled, crucified on the tree with Messiah. They move agilely in the spirit of Yahshua and can run with the wind of the spirit, because they are not encumbered by the pull that holds their flesh interested in this world. There is only one interest we should have in this world and that is to get out of it; to pull out of all investments, and all of our interests, seeking Yahveh for the souls of men, if possible, to snatch them out of the fire. (Jude 23)
All of us at times justify why we hold on to preoccupations of this worldly, earthly realm that is under the judgment of the Righteous One, who sees nothing redeemable about it. He has proclaimed over and over again through His prophets, and is making it clear, even through His newscasters, that this world will be destroyed and everything in it will be laid bare, it is just a matter of time. “The earth is defiled by its people, they have disobeyed the Laws and broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore a curse consumes the earth, its people must bear their guilt. Therefore the earth’s inhabitants are burned up and very few are left.” (Isaiah 24:5-6)
But for us there is a provision, it is a MIGHTY provision, it is a “Highway,” a thoroughfare that only the righteous will enter in. "Do not be deceived; Yahveh says over and over again, He will not be mocked" (Galatians 6:7). If you are doing things that are against His righteousness, it is building up flesh and it is a stench in His nostrils. Yahveh says, “Come out of this world and be Kadosh, be separate, be holy, for without holiness (Hebrews 12:14) no one will enter into My presence and see My face eternally.”
If He came today, how many of us think we would hear Him say, “Well done good and faithful servant,” not based on our own understanding and self-righteous pomposity of who we think we are, but according to His holiness? How many of us think we could stand in His presence, which is a consuming fire, and not be ashamed when we see the reality of His whole Word before us, because He is the Living Word, and we see how far short we have fallen from every jot and Tittle of it.
Regardless of how you might boast, you have something down there in your heart that has offended Yahveh. The sin that is the subtlest is pride, it is at the top of Yahveh’s list that He hates the most. We can cloak it, we can masquerade the pride with a false humility, but "Yahveh’s eyes, search to and fro to see whose hearts are wholeheartedly set on Him (2 Chronicles 16:9). How many fractions is your heart divided into? Do you have unconfessed sin, are you are still tied up in yourself-SELF that wants what SELF wants, you need to know that where there is self, there is no Yahshua; self is an enemy to Yahshua.
What is it going to take for Yahveh to get us ready? I THINK IT IS JUDGMENT. He said, “In a time of peace and favor the people do not learn righteousness” (see Isaiah 26:10). (But we are still to pray that we can “escape the judgments that are coming” Luke 21:36). Yahveh knows what it is going to take to get each and everyone of us, who really want Him, into His kingdom. We are all sinners and we all have a lot to workout, but if you don’t start NOW, and you don’t stop deceiving yourselves and mocking Yahveh, then the consequences are going to be more severe.
“Go my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while, separate yourself from this world, until His wrath has passed by…Yahveh is coming to punish the inhabitants of the earth.” (Isaiah 26:20-21) We need to be so separate, with the door to the world closed behind us, not making plans for the future on this earth. Yahveh says, “He is coming for a people that are eagerly waiting for Him.” We are not waiting for something else in life, there is not going to be anything, we are deceived if we think there is. We are to occupy but we are to have our hearts and minds stayed on Him.
If you do not fully obey Him and keep His commandments you will not go into the “promised land.” From the book of Isaiah we read, “These are rebellious people they are deceitful children, and they are children unwilling to listen to Yahveh’s instructions. They say to the prophets give us no more visions of teachings of what is right, tell us pleasant things. Prophesy illusions, delusions, deceptions, this is what we want to hear; it makes our flesh feel good if it’s not confronted. Leave this way, get off this path, and stop confronting us with the Holy One of Israel and His holy commandments and precepts that lead to eternal life.
Yahveh says, because you have rejected this message and depended on deceit; meaning you prefer to stay in the delusion that everything is fine with you and you are right with Yahveh. This sin will become for you like a high wall cracked and bulging that collapses suddenly in an instant. Shattered so mercilessly that among its pieces not a fragment will be found.” Yahveh is saying this shattering will come against all the pride of man, all the pride of the religious, all who did not want to hear these words of judgment because it cramped their style, and put an obstacle to their ideals, hopes, and plans, when Yahveh who was to be their “exceedingly great reward,” was not the reward they sought at all.
He goes on to say, “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but in spite of this you would have nothing to do with it. You don’t want to repent completely, to rest in Yahveh and stop trying to be something when you are to be nothing. Yahveh is to be everything in you, through Yahshua. He is the One who is to be seen and heard, not the pomposity of you.
Yet, Yahveh longs to be gracious to you, He rises to show you compassion. For Yahveh is an Elohim (God) of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him! (See Isaiah 30:9-18)
Yahveh is humbling our souls; He is bringing us down so He can lift us up. “Out of the depths, we cry to You, O Yahveh, hear our voice! Let Your ears be attentive to our cry for mercy. If You, O Yahveh, kept a record of sins, O Adonai, who could stand? But with You there is forgiveness; therefore You are feared, I wait for Yahveh, my soul waits and in His word I put my hope. My soul waits for Yahveh more than watchman wait for the morning, more than watchman wait for the morning, twice He repeats it, my soul longs for You, waits for You. Oh Israel, (Oh “one new man”) put your hope in Yahveh for with Him is unfailing love and with Him is full redemption. He Himself will redeem Israel (and those joined with her); He Himself will redeem them from all their sins. HalleluYAH! (Psalm 130)
DIE TO SELF AND LIVE TO LOVE
You are My chosen. Called out for My good pleasure. I bestow upon you the riches of My glory, that they be spent for My Father’s name’s sake, that they not be squandered, but spent for My Father’s name’s sake.
Set your eyes upon Me. I will reveal more of Myself to you. If you set your heart upon Me, I will fill your heart with love, joy, and peace. If you set your mind on the things above and not things below, you will be content, for I will never leave you or forsake you. I will always give you the riches of My glory, a treasure beyond human comprehension.
Truly I say unto you, I have given My life to you that you might have life in abundance. Walk in that light and that life in prosperity of soul, that will cause you to flourish in My spirit of truth; and bring forth a harvest of righteousness for My name’s sake.
I have planted in the depth of rich soil that I have prepared in each one of your hearts. Many weeds have been sown but I have tended to My harvest field. The harvest is going to come forth for the Father’s glory.
Be careful! Be careful of the evil one who comes to sow tares and to choke out and destroy the beauty of that which I have sown. You belong to Me! I have redeemed you for My purposes, to do work that will produce glory for My name’s sake. I have redeemed you with My poured out life that others might live because of My life in and through you.
Do not quench the spirit of the living Elohim, Who has redeemed you as His dwelling place, to draw others into His kingdom. Allow My love of which I am the fullness therein, allow My love to motivate you, in word and deed that others might know the One who is love. HalleluYAH!
DIE TO SELF AND LIVE TO LOVE - back to the top
You are My chosen. Called out for My good pleasure. I bestow upon you the riches of My glory, that they be spent for My Father’s name’s sake, that they not be squandered, but spent for My Father’s name’s sake.
Set your eyes upon Me. I will reveal more of Myself to you. If you set your heart upon Me, I will fill your heart with love, joy, and peace. If you set your mind on the things above and not things below, you will be content, for I will never leave you or forsake you... [ more ]
You are My chosen. Called out for My good pleasure. I bestow upon you the riches of My glory, that they be spent for My Father’s name’s sake, that they not be squandered, but spent for My Father’s name’s sake.
Set your eyes upon Me. I will reveal more of Myself to you. If you set your heart upon Me, I will fill your heart with love, joy, and peace. If you set your mind on the things above and not things below, you will be content, for I will never leave you or forsake you. I will always give you the riches of My glory, a treasure beyond human comprehension.
Truly I say unto you, I have given My life to you that you might have life in abundance. Walk in that light and that life in prosperity of soul, that will cause you to flourish in My spirit of truth; and bring forth a harvest of righteousness for My name’s sake.
I have planted in the depth of rich soil that I have prepared in each one of your hearts. Many weeds have been sown but I have tended to My harvest field. The harvest is going to come forth for the Father’s glory.
Be careful! Be careful of the evil one who comes to sow tares and to choke out and destroy the beauty of that which I have sown. You belong to Me! I have redeemed you for My purposes, to do work that will produce glory for My name’s sake. I have redeemed you with My poured out life that others might live because of My life in and through you.
Do not quench the spirit of the living Elohim, Who has redeemed you as His dwelling place, to draw others into His kingdom. Allow My love of which I am the fullness therein, allow My love to motivate you, in word and deed that others might know the One who is love. HalleluYAH!
CALL UPON THE NAME OF YAHVEH - back to the top
Yahveh commissioned Moses at the burning bush saying, “You are to go, I hear My people crying as one man for deliverance.” Moses who had been humbled and tempered for forty years and had a spirit of timidity on him said, “Behold I am going to the sons of Israel, and I shall say to them, ‘the Elohim (God) of your fathers has sent me to you.’ Now they may say to me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?” Elohim said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you sh... [ more ]
Yahveh commissioned Moses at the burning bush saying, “You are to go, I hear My people crying as one man for deliverance.” Moses who had been humbled and tempered for forty years and had a spirit of timidity on him said, “Behold I am going to the sons of Israel, and I shall say to them, ‘the Elohim (God) of your fathers has sent me to you.’ Now they may say to me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?” Elohim said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” Elohim, furthermore, said to Moses, “Thus shall you say to the sons of Israel, ‘YAHVEH, the Elohim of your fathers, the Elohim of Abraham, the Elohim of Isaac, the Elohim of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations.” Exodus 3:13-15
This very important scripture is the first proclamation to Moses to go to Israel and for her to proclaim to the whole world that Yahveh, the Holy One of Israel, is the One and only Creator, the living Elohim, the living God. Yahveh said, “Let every man be found a liar but He will be found true.” He spoke these words, but they have been changed by men’s doctrines beginning with the children of Israel saying that Yahveh’s name was too holy to speak.
Traditional biblical scholarship acknowledges that Yahveh (YHVH) is the memorial-name of the almighty Creator. Through much prayer, study and research, it appears that Yahveh is as close to the original as can be ascertained at this time. When we say HalleluYAH, universally proclaimed, we are praising Yahveh. HALLELU the Hebrew for “praise be to”; PRAISE BE TO - YAHVEH - HALLELUYAH! In Exodus 20:4 He says, “In every place where I cause My name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.”
Yahshua means: Yahveh Saves. YAH is the shortened form of Yahveh and SHUA in Hebrew means saves or salvation. Yahveh came to earth and dwelled among men in the person of Yahshua. His name is Yahveh and Savior; He is Yahshua. Praise His name, “Let everything that has breath of life praise Yahveh.”
All through the Old Testament, almost 7,000 times, Yahveh’s name is mentioned with highest esteem and regard. Almost 7,000 times, the enemy, though man’s ignorance of the enemy’s schemes, has substituted it with a generic title that is commonly shared with even those who worship pagan deities. To briefly summarize, the word LORD when you see it throughout scripture, is the substitute that has been accepted. Man’s doctrines that appalled Yahshua so much that He said, “You hypocrites, Isaiah was right, you confess Me with your lips but your hearts are far from Me because your doctrines and traditions are made by man.” “You nullify the words of My Father.” He said, “This is My name forever, don’t worship me the way the pagans do.” Lord even means Baal. For many years it was just interchangeable for the Hebrew nation to call Yahveh Baal; which is Lord. Jeremiah said “Woe to your prophets who have caused you to forget My name Yahveh, for the name Baal.”
The words of Yahveh have been nullified for man’s traditions. He will not accept this. The religious system accepts it, because the spirit behind the religious system instituted these types of changes and other changes that have riddled their way through the last millennia, through my brethren the Jews and my brethren in the body. Yahshua wants a purified remnant that worships Him in spirit and uncompromised, untainted truth. HE WILL HAVE THAT. HE MUST HAVE THAT, anything short of that is a grief to Him.
When Yahshua’s disciples asked Him, “Will many enter the kingdom of Yahveh?” He said, “No, many will try but few will be able to.” Many will try, their hearts will actually want to, but they just will not pay the price to walk in biblical purity and truth. They will not come out of this world and be separate and obey Yahveh and His commandments and be holy to Him.
Yahshua is soon going to return for His redeemed elect, He said, “Many are called but few are chosen.” Few are chosen. Few will count the cost and go through that narrow gate to do His will regardless of the persecution, the alienation, and the loneliness. Yahshua walked a lonely walk and the word says, “This is how you know if you belong to Him, if you walk like Yahshua walked.” He came to make the crooked places straight in the hearts of a people redeemed by His blood; so they would be presented pure and spotless and blameless and holy before His Father. Not wrinkled up, crumpled, crooked, irregular and malformed.
How does our Father feel about His Son’s bride? He paid a BIG PRICE to bring a bride into the eternal habitat to be with His Son forever, and He will accept nothing less than that for which He paid for. Yahveh will not accept inferior worship, inferior words that come from a divided heart, and He will not accept a bride that has spots and wrinkles and blemishes. There is no excuse because the blood of His Son not only purchased us but it is on the altar to make sure that we stay pure and spotless and cleansed and walking in fine white linen, waiting, and ready for His return. No excuses.
Religiosity is an excuse. IT IS A BIG EXCUSE, it is a license to veer from truth, it is an invitation to join the crowd, join the club, but Yahshua said, “Come out of her My people and be ye separate, be ye holy, and touch no unclean thing and do not worship Me the way the others do for I am to be worshiped in purity of spirit according to My plumb line of biblical truth.”
We are at the countdown of the return of the King of Glory who is coming for His redeemed purchased bride and the bride is making herself ready, HalleluYAH! If she is not making herself ready, she will be sound asleep, with no oil in her lamp, her wick will not be trimmed, and Yahshua will say, “I do not know you, My Father did not purchase this, He had better things in mind for Me.” Time to sober up, “Awake O sleeper,” Wake up O sleeper, the time is short, the time is late, the bridegroom is going to come as a thief in the night. He will let out a loud
shout and there will be five, symbolic of a remnant of those who are ready and waiting; He is coming for those who are waiting for Him. We have got to be waiting, we can’t be out frittering our time and energy and life away, forgetting about Him except for the few moments we give Him each day.
“Thou shall love Yahveh will all your heart, with all your mind, with all your soul, with all your might,” nothing less will do. He paid a steep price for you that you would have eternal life, all He wants is all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, all your strength, that is what He requires, that is what He paid for, and that is why He sent His Spirit so that you could walk like this.
The bride is in a state of readiness. She is bedecked in righteousness, she stays clean and pure and holy. She is quick to repent, quick to see what pleases Yahveh. Apostle Paul said, “Find out what pleases Yahveh and do it.” And when you find out what pleases Him you are going to be amazed at how many things the church system has taught us, including the forgetting of His name, that do not please Him, that grieve Him, that are an abomination in His sight, and cause His presence to depart.
The forgetting of His name is a grief, but He says, “I am going to wash those titles off your lips, I am going to give you purified lips, I am going to purify your lips if you will let Me.” He says, “If you will yield to My spirit and you will not stiffen your neck and harden your heart to man-made traditions, if you will let Me, I will purify your lips.”
All over this world He is doing this and He is bringing forth a remnant that Zephaniah saw that “will stand shoulder to shoulder in the last days and call upon the name of Yahveh, the name of Yahveh.”
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - back to the top
We cannot have an intimate, personal relationship with the Most High, in an unconsecrated, sin-ridden form. Religiosity is not righteousness, so Yahveh is crying out, as He did to Israel, “Consecrate yourselves, make ready for that third day.” (Ex 19:10-11) Soon the shofar (trumpet) will sound and the redeemed righteous remnant will be resurrected to be with Yahshua.
As the Most High descended on Mt Sinai, the shofar grew louder and louder. Yahveh’s presence appeare... [ more ]
We cannot have an intimate, personal relationship with the Most High, in an unconsecrated, sin-ridden form. Religiosity is not righteousness, so Yahveh is crying out, as He did to Israel, “Consecrate yourselves, make ready for that third day.” (Ex 19:10-11) Soon the shofar (trumpet) will sound and the redeemed righteous remnant will be resurrected to be with Yahshua.
As the Most High descended on Mt Sinai, the shofar grew louder and louder. Yahveh’s presence appeared as a consuming fire. Yahveh announced His words and inscribed them on stone tablets. The Ten Commandments were given to Moses first for Israel and then to all Gentiles who would believe in Israel’s God. Grievously, these commandments have been distorted, partially removed, or even eradicated from the hearts of many professing believers. Many do not even know the Ten Commandments much less keep all of them. However they are the standards by which many judgments are going to come upon this earth, first to the household of faith, (see 1Pe 4:17)
Yahveh in mercy came to Mount Sinai, calling His people to be consecrated and ready to ascend into His holy presence. He says, “Among those who approach Me. I will show Myself as holy, among the people I will be honored.” (Lev 10:3) We cannot approach the Holy Creator of heaven and earth with spiritual stains, spots, or blemishes. We can fool ourselves, we can fool others, but He says, “Do not be deceived, Yahveh is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.” (Gal 6:7-8) If we sow in any way that veers from truth, we are sowing according to man’s understanding, which leads to error and death. (see Pr 16:25)
Yahveh is calling us to wholehearted repentance to avert His judgment for breaking His commandments and transgressing His statues of righteousness. He’s beseeching us with the piercing sound of heaven’s shofar (trumpet) to listen to and to obey the Ten Commandments.
1st “You shall have no other gods, no other elohims before you.” It is not just some heathen god, it can be anything that you love and put before Yahveh, whether it be a family member, an inanimate object, the work of your hands, or even your own self will. Yahveh said, “He alone is to be our exceedingly great reward.” (Nu 18:20) Our love and focus is to be totally upon Him, and that will cause us to leave all other gods behind.
2nd “You shall not make for yourself an idol.” You shall not in any way form or conjure up anything on this earth that captures your affection so much that your affection is divided and you are double minded. "You confess Yahveh with your lips but your hearts are far from Him" (Mt 15:8) because you have made some idol and He sees it in your heart. Man made religious traditions often become idols!
3rd “You shall not take the name of Yahveh your Elohim lightly (original Hebrew says, to bring to naught).” This commandment has been changed by man. Yahveh proclaimed His name to Moses at the burning bush saying, “This is My name forever, and this is My memorial name to all generations.” (Ex 3:15) “Wherever I cause My name to be remembered I will come to you and bless you.” (Ex 20:24) A substitution of Yahveh’s true name was made long ago, first by the priests of Israel saying, “Yahveh’s name was too holy for the people, especially for the Gentiles to speak,” thus transgressing this commandment. Gentile translators continued the substitution by replacing Yahveh’s name with LORD approximately 7,000 times in the Old Testament and many times in the New Testament. So, we must repent for the breaking of this commandment.
4th “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.” The Sabbath day was changed long ago; it was obliterated and replaced with Sunday, (a day exalted by heathen sun worshippers). Anti Semitic pagan leaders such as Emperor Constantine of Rome in the 4th Century A.D., helped to institute this unholy change, when he made Christianity a man tainted religious system. The holy and Biblical Sabbath begins at sundown Friday and ends sundown Saturday.
Righteousness is going to judge unrighteousness. We must repent for having other gods before us, for having idols, for substituting His holy memorial-name, for breaking the Sabbath. Do you hear the loud voice! Do you hear the sound of the shofar! The King of Righteousness is going to pour out His judgments on everyone who transgresses His commandments. They were given as a standard to live a life of obedience that is holy and pleasing in His sight. Let us beware of self- righteousness and self justification, spurred by religious error, that causes us to nullify Yahveh’s truths for man’s traditions and doctrines. “There is a way that seems right to a man, but the way therein leads to death.” (Pr 16:25)
5th The next commandment says, “Honor your Father and your Mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise. (See Exodus 20:12 and Ephesians 6:2)
6th “You shall not murder.” The Savior expounded that even unrepented harbored anger can be as the sin of murder. (Matthew 5:22)
Yahshua did not come to nullify the commandments but to fulfill them. “For truly I (Yahshua) say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass away from the Law, until all is accomplished. Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments and so teaches others, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:17-18) Man and his religious interpretations and traditions have distorted, eradicated, and broken His holy commandments, making us subject to judgment. “Without holiness no one will ever see Yahveh.”
These are the days of the Loud Shout! Repent! Repent! Repent! For the day of Yahveh is at hand!
7th “You shall not commit adultery.” Adultery is more than flirting and fooling around with somebody else’s mate or forsaking your own for another. It is forsaking Yahshua, our soon coming bridegroom. It is lusting for the things of this world because He alone is not enough for you, because you do not “love Him with all your heart, soul, spirit, and mind.” (Mk 12:30) This is an adulterer and you are an adulterer if you do not have wholehearted love, devotion, and obedience to the Most High, Who gave His righteous commandments by which we are to live and Who will pour out His judgments on all transgressors of His righteous commandments. Hear what the Spirit is saying! Repent and flee from the judgments that are coming!
8th “You shall not steal.” You shall not take that which does not belong to you. You shall not take from or steal Yahveh’s glory, He is to receive all the glory. You are not to glorify and exalt yourself, you are not to be prideful, you are to be humble and grateful, giving Yahveh all the praise, honor and glory, which is His due.
9th “You shall not bear false witness.” Most of you do not know the Scriptures well enough therefore you are giving false witness as to what His word truly says. “The lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely…” (Jer 8:8) Regarding the last days, the prophet Jeremiah proclaimed, “To Thee the nations will come from the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers have inherited…falsehood” (Jer 16:19) It is time to seek uncompromised truth, a time for true repentance to avert the prophesied coming judgments.
10th “You shall not covet.” What do you crave? Do you want Yahveh? He said, “I give you Myself and that is your reward, you will have no inheritance in this land.” (Nu 18:20) If you long for an inheritance in this world, then you have friendship with this world making you an enemy of Yahveh the Almighty Creator. (Jas 4:4) This selfishness will cause you to covet the things in this world rather than being totally satisfied and passionately in love with Yahshua, your Messiah, your soon coming bridegroom. This is not about religion this is about relationship. This is about a love affair and all these commandments are for those who are passionately in love with their Creator and will obey whatever He says. “This is the love of Yahveh, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.” (1Jn 5:3)
Blessed be the sound of the shofar that went forth right after these proclamations of the Ten Commandments. Let them pierce your heart and bring you to repentance, “for we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of Yahveh.” (Ro 3:23) Repent and be cleansed in the atoning blood of Yahshua the Messiah and make ready for the coming of the King of Glory.
FLEE THE WORLD AND GO INTO THE SPIRIT - back to the top
Yahshua spoke to my heart, “You are to look up, you are to see what is going on. You see the signs of the times and you are to get your focus off of this earth because it will rob you of the spiritual stamina and wisdom with which you will need to stand firm to the end.” He says, “I have provisions for you that I will reveal and provide you with, if you look up. If you look to the right or left, or to the earth or man, or to your own strength, you will be under a curse (Jeremia... [ more ]
Yahshua spoke to my heart, “You are to look up, you are to see what is going on. You see the signs of the times and you are to get your focus off of this earth because it will rob you of the spiritual stamina and wisdom with which you will need to stand firm to the end.” He says, “I have provisions for you that I will reveal and provide you with, if you look up. If you look to the right or left, or to the earth or man, or to your own strength, you will be under a curse (Jeremiah 17:5) and that curse is; you will not have the provision to endure to the end.”
So we are to look up, up, up, not to the world, not to the things that use to satisfy each one of our flesh, but to the One that has called us to look to Him to provide all our needs through His riches in glory through Yahshua. He wants our attention and treasures completely severed from this earth. If our treasures are here we are going to be like Lot’s wife, we are going to be looking at what we left behind and we are not going to make it. Yahveh wants a people who can run from the judgments that are coming; not to become a pillar of salt and stand still because they rebelled and did not receive His provision.
If somebody says, “I am giving you a life preserver but it is coming from a helicopter, be looking for the helicopter,” and if you say, “Well, I really do not like looking up, I am going to see if I can find a ship over there or see if I can find somebody on the seashore.” Yahveh says, “No, I’m bringing you help from above. Look up for it! There is nothing on this earth that is going to give you what you need to endure to the end. Contrarily it is going to bring you down. It is going to ensnare you even more to this earth so that you are unprepared and unable to flee and run from the judgments that are coming.” We have to look up not because it is a prophetic metaphor but because it is an avenue by which we can receive our provision and life jackets. Do you understand?
As the day is approaching His word is opening up to become more manna, more rhema, equipping us with the help we need to endure. We are to encourage one another to look up, we are not to indulge one another in the sensualities of this earth because that is looking to the right and to the left. If our brother or sister is in a fowler’s snare, a preoccupation on this earth, when Yahshua said, “To look up for your redemption draweth nigh,” what kind of a brother or sister are we if we indulge in that fanciful frivolous talk which Yahshua said is a spirit of dissipation. He says, “No!” When you see that your brother is in sin, set him free by saying, “Brother, sister forget it, we don’t have time for that, it is a sin of dissipation, it is going to be judged, it is going to be burned, don’t touch it, it is time to look up. You must be on your guard against expenditures of energies that take you away from the main call of your life. Beware of them!”
It is time to strengthen one another’s hand for battle, it is time to strengthen one another in righteous works and deeds which will be our fine white linen garments in the sight of Yahveh who is coming for a pure and spotless bride. We cannot indulge ourselves or indulge one another in that which is not up and heavenward. We cannot do it. It will be sin. And woe is be to anyone who causes any of His little ones to stumble by indulging one another in that which is on this earthly level and not from above and of eternal value. WOE! WOE! WOE! We have a little time left and we need all the help we can get, being the spoiled indulgent people that we are, and it is going to come from Yahshua in each one of us. We are responsible to help one another.
“Let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and soul, out of reverence for Yahveh.” (2 Cor 7:1) Does Yahveh have to imprison us in real bars of iron for us to stop touching an enticing world? Does He have to do that for us? If we don’t have enough self-control and we don’t have enough love for Yahshua that we want to walk in His ways and be ready and acceptable for His return and for His kingdom …may He put us in prison, if that is the only way He can wean us from the things that are contrary to our looking up and building all of our treasures in heaven.
With all that we see happening it is a time to be sober like never before. We all have our little childish toys and Yahveh is saying, “Throw away your childish things and deal with reality and with where we are, so that you can deal with Me without shame and condemnation when I come for a people to see if you are standing by faith.” Do you hear what His spirit is saying, beseeching, imploring, and compelling you to do?
This is not a Bible study, this is a warning, the sirens are going off, the shofars are blowing and Yahveh is beseeching His people to run for their eternal lives. ANY MESSAGE that falls shorts of this is dulling and lulling people to sleep and is not coming by the spirit of truth. It may be coming from good bible teaching from the Scripture but it is not pertinent for the time we are in. A mother and father love to hug their little children and rock them in their lap. It is a wonderful thing to do but when the house is on fire you put that child on his feet saying, “Get your coat and run, we have got to go!” There is a time and a place for everything and this is the time to be ready to move.
The glory cloud is moving a people for deliverance; we have got to pull up our tent pegs in this world. I am not talking about physical moving I am talking about spiritual moving. Not horizontal but vertical so that we can look up and put all of our investment up there. If you don’t have the faith to do that then you are double minded and Yahveh says you are not going to receive anything.
“Go My people enter into your rooms,” go into your prayer closets. Time is so finite now the days of glorifying Him in word and deed are soon going to come to an end. When Yahshua talked about the end days He said, “To pray that you are worthy to escape the judgments that are coming.” Right now the issue for all of us is; we need a deeper intimacy and a more powerful daily connection with Yahveh though Yahshua. We must have it. We have to leave the things that are calling us to the preoccupations of this world, that is doomed to destruction, and go into prayer. There is no way around it. The intimacy we will have in prayer will allow Him to speak clearly and definitive words of instruction, guidance and direction that we will need for our faith to be strong enough and for us to be able to escape what is coming.
We are to be a people that are in constant fellowship with our commander in chief because we have been redeemed for many purposes and one of them is to be in His army, His battalion. We need to be in prayer to get our instructions from Him. He says “Go in your room shut the door until my destruction passes by.” If we really believe destruction is coming we are going to keep the blood of Yahshua over our hearts by confessing our sins, and we are going to beat back our flesh and say NO! NO! NO! I am not going to get involved in the world, I am not going to let my flesh lead and guide me. I am not going to pamper and coddle the lust of my flesh and the pride of life. I am going to go into my prayer closet with my family and my fellow believers and I am going to stay there seeking the face of Yahveh, seeking His instructions, seeking His refuge, seeking His protection, seeking His blessings, seeking His presence as never before.
“Yahveh spoke to me (Jeremiah) with a strong hand on me warning me not to follow the way of the people out there.” He is taking us by the nape of the neck and He is saying, “Listen to Me, My hand is on you for good and not for evil. But if you continue in your ways, in going about your business when it is at the close of the age and darkness is falling and destruction is coming, there is nothing I can do, for you will be under judgment with the rest who refuse to harken to My voice.”
Prayer is the call of the hour or we will not be wise, but foolish, like the foolish virgins we will not have what it takes when Yahshua comes. Our lamps will not be full, our wicks will not be trimmed; we will be unprepared. The five foolish virgins were not atheists, they loved Yahshua, they just did not count the cost to be ready and waiting for their bridegroom’s call. When He came, it was too late, they wanted to go in, but they could not. He is giving us warning; you can still get oil for your lamps, you can still trim back the sin out of your life, you can still extricate yourself from every enticing element of this world and keep your ear pinned for your Bridegroom’s voice, so that you are ready. Now is the time. HalleluYAH!
MAKE EVERY EFFORT - back to the top
“Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them to stimulate you to wholesome thinking (to wake you up from your complacency).” (2 Peter 3:1) Peter is talking about the judgments of the past in order to remind us that they are going to happen again. He also said, “You would do well to pay attention to the words of the prophets, they are as a light shining in a dark place.” (2 Peter 1:19)
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“Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them to stimulate you to wholesome thinking (to wake you up from your complacency).” (2 Peter 3:1) Peter is talking about the judgments of the past in order to remind us that they are going to happen again. He also said, “You would do well to pay attention to the words of the prophets, they are as a light shining in a dark place.” (2 Peter 1:19)
“First of all you must understand in the last days, which we are in, scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.” (2 Peter 3:3) If we continue to act in a worldly way, putting our treasures, hopes and cravings in this world, we are going to end up BEING SCOFFERS. We are going to basically say, “We don’t believe He is coming soon, we don’t really have the fear of Yahveh on us that is sobering us up, to be alert, vigilant and watchful and we’ll sound just like the scoffers Peter wrote about who said, “Where is this coming He promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation. But they deliberately forget that long ago by Yahveh’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. BY water also the world at that time was deluged and destroyed. By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.” (2 Peter 3:4-7)
We don’t want to be scoffers, we don’t want to think that we have time left. Remember, “the end of all things is near, be sober minded, self controlled that you might pray” (1 Peter 4:7) and wail over what is coming. We are not to deliberately forget. We deliberately forget for one reason, we do not like the discomfort of living on the brink of destruction. We do not like the discomfort of denying our flesh. Scoffers will live and make merry saying, “Who knows when Yahshua and all these judgments are coming.”
Our redemption will draw near through Yahveh’s judgments on unrighteousness and we are the blessed generation to see that judgments have already started like birth pangs. We are blessed in that they keep us sober, but now our accountability before Yahveh is very great. “But the day of Yahveh 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.” (2 Peter 3:10) Fire is going to destroy this nation.
“Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of Yahveh and speed its coming” looking forward to what Yahveh is going to be doing. (2Peter 3:11-12) It is going to be the beginning of a home of righteousness, welcoming the holy, righteous, redeemed elect that are cleansed in the blood of Yahshua. The day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire and the elements will melt in the heat, but in keeping with Yahveh’s promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth; the home of righteousness. (See 2 Peter 12-13) This is the badge of a real believer; it is nothing else. Real faith filled, redeemed believers of the Most High live with this hope, living righteously before Yahveh and leading others to do the same.
So then, dear friends since you are looking forward to this, make every effort; every one of your efforts has to be in the direction of being found spotless, blameless and at peace with Yahveh. Our efforts are not to go to the world, our efforts are not to go to ourselves, our efforts ARE to go toward being spotless and blameless so that we are at peace with Yahveh.
Make every effort, in whatever you do, in word and deed. Make every effort to speak; do it for the glory of Yahveh, do it for the advancement of His kingdom, for the salvation of other souls, do it so that when He comes He will say, “Well done good and faithful servant.”
If you are confessing Him with your lips while your life is fulfilling its cravings for the world and the things of the world, you will reap destruction. Every effort, every inclination of our hearts has to be in the direction of holiness; blamelessness. Yahveh destroyed Noah’s generation because every inclination of their heart was evil. Yahshua says, “When you know what to do and don’t do it, it is sin” (James 4:17)and how we self justify our sinful nature. Make Every Effort, Every Effort, EVERY EFFORT, in word and deed to the glory of Yahveh. This eradicates the flesh.
Yahshua said, “STRIVE to enter that narrow gate” so that you will make every effort to do so and to stay on the path of righteousness for His name’s sake. We need to be an effortful people that are making our efforts in agreement with Yahshua Who said, ”If you and I are not in agreement, you can not walk with Me.” He is making >i>every effort to beseech people to be reconciled to His Father Yahveh, the Holy One of Israel, the Creator of heaven and earth. By the unction of the Ruach HaKodesh, the Spirit Who lives in us, we are to make every effort to please the Father, to find out what pleases Yahveh and do it!
“Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good?” Who is going to harm you if you make every effort to be pure and spotless and blameless. “But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear; do not be frightened. But in your hearts set apart Messiah as Master of your life. Always be prepared (to make effort) to give an answer to everyone who asked you to give the reason for the hope that you have.” (1 Peter 3:13-15)
“Therefore, since Messiah suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same attitude, because He who has suffered in his body is done with sin. As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather he lives for the will of Yahveh.” (1 Peter 4:1)
Make every effort to live for the will of Yahveh and in doing so you will crucify, impale and demolish your flesh and all its desires. Let us make every effort to be found pleasing in His sight.
RELIGIOUS MASSES OR RIGHTEOUS REMNANT - back to the top
Through the sacrificial blood of the Lamb, men were purchased for YAHveh from every tribe of Israel and every Gentile nation. YAHshua has “made them to be A KINGDOM AND PRIESTS to our God.” (Rev 5:10)
The priests of the Old Testament were chosen “to stand and serve IN THE NAME OF YAHveh forever.” (Dt 18:5) When YAHveh called Israel to be His people, they were to be a forerunner and example of His modern-day priesthood, the redeemed as one n... [ more ]
Through the sacrificial blood of the Lamb, men were purchased for YAHveh from every tribe of Israel and every Gentile nation. YAHshua has “made them to be A KINGDOM AND PRIESTS to our God.” (Rev 5:10)
The priests of the Old Testament were chosen “to stand and serve IN THE NAME OF YAHveh forever.” (Dt 18:5) When YAHveh called Israel to be His people, they were to be a forerunner and example of His modern-day priesthood, the redeemed as one new man. Through the New Testament, YAHshua commissioned the righteous remnant of both Jews and Gentiles to become priests in the service of the Most High.
“And coming to Him … you also … are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices [of your pure and spotless lives] acceptable to YAHveh through YAHshua Messiah. … But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION …that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light …(1Pe 2:4-5, 9)
In the final book of the Old Testament, the prophet Malachi addressed a religious community whose worship had degenerated into a lifeless perpetuation of empty forms and traditions. The name Malachi means “messenger of YAHveh.” It was through this prophet that YAHveh issued a message of rebuke to His faithless priesthood. The prophet exhorted the people to repent and reform their ways in order to regain YAHveh’s blessings rather than the prophesied judgments to come.
YAHveh’s heart grieves over the compromised priesthood of today’s religious masses. Listen to the heavenly Father’s cry as recorded in the book of Malachi: “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, WHERE IS MY REPECT?’ says YAHveh of hosts to you, O priests who despise MY NAME. … You are presenting defiled food [hypocritical sacrifices] upon My altar. …” (Mal 1:6-7) Cursed is the cheat, cursed is the thief, cursed is the robber who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it but then sacrifices a blemished animal. You have a life to give Him and He says you are cursed if you don’t give it to Him and you bring Him some cheap sacrifice of lip service, a little religiosity.
I beseech you brethren, by the mercies of YAHveh, that has shown mercy to you, to pour out His Son’s blood to redeem you to Himself as a pure and righteous people, to bring Him praise, honor and glory. I beseech you, to offer yourselves, EVERYTHING, body, soul, spirit and mind upon His holy altar, an acceptable sacrifice made holy through repentant hearts that are covered in the blood of YAHshua, which is your due and reasonable service. And it is His due!
A holy sacrifice of your lives, because He says, “Be holy for I, YAHveh am holy.” There is no in between. Do you understand that? YAHveh is going to judge the world in righteousness and the enemy has deceived the whole world. There is a broad path that the multitudes in religion go down and they think its ok, they are going to be just fine. He says, “No!” The door is going to close and many are going to stand there saying, “Lord, Lord, I cast out demons in your name, I prophesied in your name…” He will say, “Get away from Me you hypocrite. You hypocrite! You confess Me with your lips but your heart is far from Me and I don’t know you. You do not do the will of My Father and you are going to be cast out with those who never professed to know Me.” These are His words.
In the book of Zechariah we are told about a scroll that would be magnified 15 X 30 feet. He said, “in a day of darkness and gloom the scroll would be opened and people would begin to understand.” They wouldn’t complain anymore because the darkness on the earth is going to become so dreadful that all of a sudden they are going to realize I’ve got to give Him everything. But why wait that long? Open your eyes, it is at the door, judgment is at the door, it is in the door! Now is the day of salvation.
People want peace, peace, sweet, soft, cuddly love, grace messages. The grace is, the blood of the Lamb is on the altar and when you repent of your transgressions of His righteousness your sins will be forgiven. That is grace! It is not to keep on sinning and in the process trample the blood of the Lamb under your feet and treat as an unholy thing the blood that sanctifies. What a salvation! What a high price beyond compare has been poured out on our behalf. Should we give Him anything less than our whole lives, body, soul, spirit, mind, all of our gifts, all of our talents, all of our energies, all of our strength, all of our might, to serve Him, to honor Him, to glorify Him? We do this because we fear His name and want to, out of love and wholeheartedness.
The Holy One abhors half-hearted, compromised religious sacrifices and says to His priesthood: “Oh that there were one among you who would SHUT THE GATES, that you might not USELESSLY KINDLE FIRE [the fiery fervor of religious rituals and traditions] on MY ALTAR! I am not pleased with you,” says YAHveh of hosts, “nor will I accept an offering from you.” (Mal 1:10)
Going through rituals and motions, sitting on pews, “useless fires,” because you have no intention of obeying Him fully. You are going to give Him some half hearted maimed sacrifice. He is not going to accept your lip service, you can cry out to Him all day and all night, but a humble and a contrite heart that trembles at His word and obeys it, these are the hearts He will listen to. If you don’t have any intention to love Him with all your heart and because of that love obey Him - HAVE A GOOD TIME! Go and be cold, go and join the world because this is going to be the end of all of your joy and fun.
Let your yes be yes and your no be no. Either you want to serve Him wholeheartedly, in complete obedience and find out what pleases Him and do it or you are just a hypocrite. He says, “Beware of that yeast.” It puffs you up with religious pride and you think you are fine before Him, and He says, “a useless fire you have lit.” You brought Me an unacceptable sacrifice. Close the door I don’t even want to see or hear from you. Yet, you go about in deception thinking, I’m fine, I’m a Christian, I pray. These prayers are not heard because sin has locked the path.
YAHveh’s name is to be great. He is going to have a remnant who glorifies and honors His name because they fear Him, love Him, and they do His will at any cost. They will be rejected and despised because of it, for the world hated Him first and they are going to hate them. It is going to be very difficult for the righteous but He will protect them. They will have all the eternal promises that are for His righteous remnant.
YAHveh sees what is going on in our hearts. There are people who are going to say and have said, “I’m going to a traditional church and I do not want to hear all of this stuff," just like Israel said, “tell us sweet messages, tell us messages of peace, peace. Do not keep giving us these hard messages. Stop confronting us with the Holy One of Israel.” But YAHveh said this sin of rejecting My word is going to become for you a cracked wall and it is going to fall and you will be under the rubble because you did not want to hear from Me, much less obey Me. You would prefer deceit, it is much more comfortable and think, “What a burden, I don’t like YAHveh’s holy requirements.”
YAHveh said to exhort and admonish the people. Most people don’t like that. Give me peace. Stop confronting me with all this holiness. I don’t like this table, I don’t like the food on it. I’m going somewhere else where I can get just pie and deserts and everything that is sweet and nice and appeals to me. He will spew you out of His mouth just as you spew out of your mouth, turn up your nose and say, "I don’t like this holy banqueting table. I don’t like going around being separate and peculiar while the rest of the people I hang around with have a life of fun, and this and that. I can go to church, I can go to Bible studies, I can do this," but He says, “No!” “Separate yourselves, touch no unclean thing, come out of this world and be separate and then I will accept you unto Myself and I will be your God and you will be My people.” Could it be clearer?
YAHshua said, “My food is to do the will of My Father." That is to be our food and if you do not like that particular banqueting table and all its ingredients - DINE OUT! Because He doesn’t want to see you anyway until you repent and call His banquet pure and holy and satisfying beyond all else.
“For from the rising of the sun, even to its setting, MY NAME WILL BE GREAT AMONG THE NATIONS, and in every place INCENSE [holy prayer] is going to be OFFERRED TO MY NAME, …FOR MY NAME WILL BE GREAT AMONG THE NATIONS [Gentiles],” says YAHveh of hosts. “But you are profaning it, in that you say, ‘The table of YAHveh is defiled, and as for it’s fruit, its food is to be despised.’ You also say, ‘My how tiresome it is!’ And you disdainfully sniff at it,” says YAHveh of hosts …” (Mal 1:11-13)
The Almighty’s full counsel, including the Old and New Testaments, is also a banquet table. YAHveh desires to take a righteous remnant up to the mountain of His glorious presence. There, in the midst of His Shekinah glory, He has prepared many delicacies of truth reserved for this last great hour. The redeemed remnant will rejoice as they feast at His table, but the religious masses will turn up their haughty noses as they “sniff” at His feast with contempt.
“And YAHveh of hosts will prepare a lavish banquet [great spiritual blessings] for all peoples on this mountain; A banquet of aged wine [He has saved the best wine for last], choice pieces with marrow [spiritual nourishment], …And on this mountain He will swallow up the covering [of deception including religious apostasy] which is over all peoples, Even the veil which is stretched over all nations. He will swallow up death for all time… (Isa 25:6-8)
He is inviting the humble and spiritually hungry to be blessed as they partake of this holy banquet. In Messiah’s words: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied” (Mt 5:6).
MERCIFUL GRACE TO RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT - back to the top
JUDGMENTS FROM THE THRONE ROOM
His memorial-name is no longer to be hidden, for Yahveh will soon arise from His heavenly throne room and make His name known in power, glory, and awesome judgments. Isaiah foresaw this day and said, “BEHOLD THE NAME OF YAHVEH COMES FROM A REMOTE PLACE. [from afar]; BURNING IS HIS ANGER …” (Isa 30:27).
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JUDGMENTS FROM THE THRONE ROOM
His memorial-name is no longer to be hidden, for Yahveh will soon arise from His heavenly throne room and make His name known in power, glory, and awesome judgments. Isaiah foresaw this day and said, “BEHOLD THE NAME OF YAHVEH COMES FROM A REMOTE PLACE. [from afar]; BURNING IS HIS ANGER …” (Isa 30:27).
”…Yahveh abides forever; He established His throne for judgment, and He will judge the world in righteousness; … THOSE WHO KNOW THY NAME WILL PUT THEIR TRUST IN THEE; For Thou, O Yahveh, has not forsaken those who seek Thee” (Ps 9:7-10). – “The voice of Yahveh will call … AND IT IS SOUND WISDOM TO FEAR THY NAME: …”(Mic 6:9). – “And it will come about that WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME OF YAHVEH WILL BE DELIEVERED: …” ,(Joel 2:32)
All His name embodies will be magnified in His vengeance against those who have transgressed His righteous commandments and violated His statutes.
MERCIFUL GRACE TO RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT
John the revelator, who had witnessed the onset of the age of grace , was given a panoramic vision of its cataclysmic end. He was shown the heavens opening up, revealing the tabernacle with Yahveh’s ark. The ark, Yahveh’s throne and mercy seat, had now become a place of judgment.
AND THE TEMPLE OF YAHVEH WHICH IS IN HEAVEN WAS OPENED; AND THE ARK OF HIS COVENENT APPEARED IN HIS TEMPLE, and their were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a great hailstorm (Rev 11:19)…the temple of the tabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened, and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, … one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of Yahveh, … and no one was able to enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.
The age of grace and mercy, through which the Jews and Gentiles could approach the throne of Yahveh, had come to an end. The dramatic display at the giving of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai was now surpassed by the awesome display of Yahveh’s forthcoming wrath from His ark. His commandments within the ark, His plumb line of truth, would now become a plumb line of flashing judgments stretched out over the defiled earth and the disobedient hearts of men.
The righteousness of His name, which brought mercy and deliverance, will bring the power of His righteous indignation and divine judgments. At this time, no one will be able to approach Yahveh’s mercy seat, the ark, for in His sovereignty, He will cleanse the earth of all defilement in order to establish His eternal, righteous kingdom. This is the hope of those who faithfully obey Yahveh’s commandments and hold fast to the testimony of Yahshua. Isaiah prophesied of this most sorrowful day:
The earth is also polluted by its inhabitants, FOR THEY TRANSGRESSED LAWS, VIOLATED STATUTES, BROKE THE EVERLASTING COVENANT… . Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left. (Isa 24:5-6)
Yahveh’s mercy will find ultimate fulfillment in cleansing the earth of everyone who has trampled the Lamb’s blood underfoot. The ark, which had been the seat of the Lamb’s mercy and forgiveness, will become the seat of the Lion of the tribe of Judah’s vengeance and wrath.
Yahveh’s sovereign judgments will pour out upon the whole earth, including the outer court of man’s tainted religious systems. Many professing, yet lukewarm believers in the Almighty, will encounter the “Wrathful Lion” and not the “Loving Lamb,” as He comes forth in fury to uphold the glory and honor of Yahveh’s memorial-name and righteous commandments.
For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of Yahveh? AND IF IT IS WITH DIFFICULTY THAT THE RIGHTEOUS IS SAVED, WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE GODLESS MAN AND THE SINNER? Therefore, let those who suffer according to the will of Yahveh entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right. (1Pe 4:17-19)
It is time to avenge; He will repay.
”THEREFORE HAVING OVERLOOKED THE TIMES OF IGNORANCE, YAHVEH IS NOW DECLARING TO MEN THAT ALL EVERYWHERE SHOULD REPENT, because He has fixed a day in which HE WILL JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS through a Man [Yahshua] whom He has appointed, …”(Ac 17:30-31)
THE HOUR IS LATE WHICH PATH ARE YOU ON - back to the top
“To whom shall I speak and give warning.
That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed, And they cannot listen.
Behold the word of Yahveh
Has become a reproach to them;
They have no delight in it…”
“Stand at the crossroads and look;
Ask for the ancient paths, Ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.”
(Jeremiah 6:10, 16)
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“To whom shall I speak and give warning.
That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed, And they cannot listen.
Behold the word of Yahveh
Has become a reproach to them;
They have no delight in it…”
“Stand at the crossroads and look;
Ask for the ancient paths, Ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.”
(Jeremiah 6:10, 16)
Dear ones, Yahshua our Messiah wants to speak many things to you, “He who has an ear let Him hear what the spirit is saying.” (Revelation 3:22) My prayerful beseeching heart desires the same thing that Yahveh desires - that you hear directly from Him by His Spirit. May His voice and words pierce your heart, compelling you to obey and line your life up to His plumb line of biblical truth. He is coming for a circumcised in heart, obedient, and set apart people. Apostle Shaul (Paul) reminds us, “That Yahshua died for all, so that they who live might NO LONGER LIVE FOR THEMSELVES, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.” (2 Corinthians 5:15) Are you ready and waiting for your glorious soon coming Savior? He alone is to be your exceedingly great reward.
Truly we are a people who have more than enough signs and indications that these are the last days, the last hours, maybe even the last moments on Yahveh’s timetable and countdown. Time is rolling up like a scroll and Yahveh’s sovereign proclamation to judge the world in righteousness and truth is an impending reality, as trustworthy as labor pains that come upon
a pregnant woman. “Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice… before Yahveh… for He is coming, to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.” (Psalm 96:11,13)
This is a most sobering time. In divine mercy He has prepared a refuge and a place of protection found outside of this world’s arena, in the presence of our great King and Messiah. Only in the spirit of Yahshua can our lives be hidden and flourish in the midst of these perilous times. He warns us not to be unwise but to be wise as we walk in obedience and service to Him, bringing Him praise, honor, and glory through our words and deeds.
Regarding the last days, Yahshua said in Luke Chapter 21, “BE CAREFUL, or your hearts will be weighed down with DISSIPATION, DRUNKENNESS (which includes the intoxicants of prosperity and materialism) and the ANXIETIES OF LIFE, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap… BE ALWAYS ON THE WATCH, and PRAY THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ESCAPE all that is about to happen, and that you may be ABLE TO STAND BEFORE THE SON OF MAN.” (Luke 21:34,36)
We must pay attention to Yahshua’s warning against “dissipation” which is the squandering and wasting of our time, energy, and resources. Dissipation is also defined as selfish indulgence and the extravagant pursuit of pleasure. It denotes any diversion that entices us and draws us away from Yahshua and our high and holy calling as His redeemed remnant.
Most of us, in one area of our lives or another, are experiencing anxiety over adverse circumstances. We are to be on guard against this epidemic of anxiety that is affecting masses of humanity. We are to be working out our salvation continually building an unwavering faith in Yahveh as we read His word,
obeying and praying fervently by His spirit. Yahveh keeps in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast and stayed on Him. (see Isaiah 26:3) Apostle Shaul (Paul) says. “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to Yahveh. And the peace of Yahveh, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Messiah Yahshua. (Philippians 4:6-7) Let us heed Messiah’s instructions for they are safeguards against our enemy who comes to rob and destroy our faith and peace.
The clock is ticking, the grains of sand are falling in the hourglass; time is finite, so little time is left, we are exhorted “to redeem the time for the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:16) Most of you receiving this message could possibly see the end time fulfillment of the prophet’s words and Yahveh’s promised judgments which will destroy this earth as we know it. In judgment we see Yahveh’s infinite mercies and loving eternal plan, “for when the earth experiences your judgments the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.” (Isaiah 26:9) “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 NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH, THE HOME OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless.” (2 Peter 3:12-14)
The important question is –
WHAT ARE YOU DOING OF ETERNAL VALUE AT THIS MOST CRITICAL JUNCTURE IN WORLD HISTORY AND IT'S THRESHOLD INTO ETERNITY?
I fear that many of you are dulled and lulled into a stupor because of the varied enticements and preoccupations of this perishing world, including man-made religious agendas, which can deceive, if possible, even the elect. (see Matthew 24:24)
Yahveh is continually crying out, “COME OUT OF THE WORLD AND BE SEPARATE AND HOLY.” (see 2Corinthians 6:17) He gave His Son to redeem and purchase you with His precious blood, to deliver you from the powers of darkness and deception that rule this world system. As true believers in Yahshua, we can no longer be half-hearted lip servers, who cater to the flesh’s craving and longings for the things of this condemned world. Apostle James says, “You adulteresses, DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT FRIENDSHIP
WITH THE WORLD IS HOSTILITY TOWARD YAHVEH? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of Yahveh.” (James 4:4) “Do not love the world nor the things in the world… for all that is in the world… the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but it is from the world. The world is passing away, and also its lusts; BUT THE ONE WHO DOES THE WILL OF YAHVEH LIVES FOREVER.” (1John 2:15-17)
“THE ENEMY COMES TO DECEIVE THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH.” (Revelation 13:14) Yahveh loves you and is trying to get your undivided attention, wholehearted devotion, and love filled obedience, lest you be ensnared in the world and suffer its coming judgments. Hear His heartbeat, “Open your ears, wake up, O sleeper, “DO NOT BE DECEIVED, Yahveh is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption, but THE ONE WHO SOWS TO THE SPIRIT SHALL FROM THE SPIRIT REAP ETERNAL LIFE.” (Galatians 6:7-8)
“Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living Elohim (God). But encourage one another… as long as it is still called. “Today,” so that none of you will be HARDENED BY THE DECEITFULNESS OF SIN… and not enter His rest, (His eternal kingdom) because of disobedience.” (see Hebrews 3:12-13 and 4:5-6)
“For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers… all ate the same spiritual food; and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock… and the rock was Messiah. NEVERTHELESS, WITH MOST OF THEM YAHVEH WAS NOT WELL-PLEASED; for they were laid low in the wilderness. NOW THESE THINGS HAPPENED AS EXAMPLES FOR US, SO THAT WE WOULD NOT CRAVE EVIL THINGS AS THEY ALSO CRAVED. Do not be idolaters, as some of them were… “Nor let us act immorally… Nor let us try Yahveh… Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer. Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. THEREFORE LET HIM WHO THINKS HE STANDS TAKE HEED THAT HE DOES NOT FALL.” (1Corinthians 10:1-12)
“We urge you not to receive the grace of Yahveh in vain-…Behold…NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION.” “TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME (in the wilderness journey).” (2Corinthians 6:1,2) (Hebrews 3:15).
May the power of His Ruach HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit) invigorate you today, even now, and raise you up high above the heads of your enemies (your flesh, the world system, and the Evil One). May He pour out His Spirit afresh upon you, empowering you to run and complete this race and to “fight the good fight of faith.” (1 Timothy 6:12) This cannot be accomplished by your might or power but only by His Spirit. (Zechariah 4:6)
“Humble yourselves in the presence of Yahveh” that He might lift you up and “exalt you” in due time. (James 4:10) Our righteous King longs to bring you to a place of “godly sorrow that leads to true repentance.” (2 Corinthians 7:10) He is faithful and just to cleanse and consecrate your repentant hearts with the precious blood of Yahshua our Lamb. He wants to open the eyes of your understanding that you might behold Yahveh and His holiness, understanding that judgment is due and eminent to all who walk according to the flesh and live to satisfy their selfish desires. “FOR IT IS TIME FOR JUDGMENT TO BEGIN WITH THE HOUSEHOLD OF YAHVEH (GOD); and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome of those who do not obey the gospel of Yahveh? And if it is with difficulty that the righteous is saved, what will become of the godless man and the sinner? Therefore, let those who suffer according to the will of Yahveh entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right.” (1 Peter 4:17-19)
We must “FIND OUT WHAT PLEASES YAHVEH AND DO IT.” (Ephesians 5:10) “Therefore BE IMITATORS OF YAHVEH, as beloved children… For this you know with certainty, no immoral, or impure person, or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Messiah and Yahveh Elohim (God).” LET NO ONE DECEIVE YOU with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of Yahveh comes upon the sons of disobedience…walk as children of Light (for the fruit of the light consists in all GOODNESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH).” (Ephesians 5:1-8)
THE LOVE AND INDULGENCE OF SELF IS AN ENEMY TO THE LOVE AND SERVICE OF YAHVEH.
Yahshua said in Matthew Chapter 22, “The greatest commandment is, YOU SHALL LOVE YAHVEH YOUR ELOHIM (GOD) WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.” And the second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’ (Matthew 22:37-39) Falling short of these commandments is a result of half - heartedness, double-mindedness, and spiritual compromise that leads to hypocritical lip service, which is a deceptive trap and looming sin for many professing believers. Yahshua said, “THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME.” (Matthew 15:8) Be on guard against such sin leading to “lukewarmness.” “He is not a man that He should lie”, Yahshua warned in Revelation 3:16 that He would “spew out” any lukewarm professing believer. Be hot not cold or lukewarm!
May the fire of His presence bring conviction, compelling you to “CAST ASIDE EVERY SIN THAT SO EASILY BESETS YOU.” (Hebrews 12:1) In order to be obedient and pleasing to our righteous King, we must stop wavering between the flesh and the spirit, “WITHOUT HOLINESS NO ONE WILL EVER SEE YAHVEH.” (Heb 12:14) He is preparing a remnant, His beloved bride, to be pure, spotless, and blameless - a sheer and holy delight to our soon coming Bridegroom. (see John 3:29 and Revelation 19:7)
Are you eagerly waiting for Yahshua’s return with your ears pinned to your Bridegroom’s voice? Is your heart filled with hope and joyful anticipation for His return? Are you getting to know your precious Messiah more intimately in the spirit, adoring Him with an ever- increasing passion, because He alone is your heart’s desire? Are the desires of His heart your interests? Apostle Shaul said, “MANY SEEK AFTER THEIR OWN INTERESTS, NOT THOSE OF MESSIAH YAHSHUA.” (Philippians 2:21) Are you struggling with a conflict of interest? What is competing for your attention and affection? Are there carnal cravings for other things that make you like an “adulterer” because He is not enough for you? Are the cares and preoccupations of daily life hindering your faith, love, and service to Yahveh? Are you grieving the heart of the Father who gave His Son and grieving the heart of the Son who gave His life to purchase you to be a holy bride waiting and preparing for your eternal life together in His righteous kingdom?
“Yahveh, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever” has drawn a line that has not changed. In sovereignty He described TWO PATHWAYS - THE “BROAD PATH” that leads to eternal death and THE “NARROW PATH” that leads to eternal life. He said, "Make every effort (Strive with all your being) to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO." (Luke 13:24-28)
True disciples must “count the cost” to forsake everything to follow Messiah on that narrow path that leads into His eternal righteous kingdom. He continually cautions His disciples, “BE ON GUARD” AGAINST THE DECEPTIVE PULL OF THIS WORLD, including its man - tainted religious systems that compromise and often nullify the very words of Yahveh His Father. (see Matthew 24:4 and Matthew 15:6)
Yahshua said, “If you love Me you will keep My commandments.” (John 14:15) He made it clear that only a remnant a “FEW WOULD ENTER THAT NARROW GATE AND THAT NARROW PATH THAT LEADS TO ETERNAL LIFE.” (Matthew 7:13-14) Messiah elaborates, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Master, Master,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but HE WHO DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER who is in heaven will enter. “MANY would say to Me on that day, ‘Master, Master, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ “And then I (Yahshua) will declare to them, ‘I NEVER KNEW YOU; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS (the breaking of Yahveh’s commandments).’ (Matthew 7:21-23)
Yahshua described the tragic reality of so MANY religious people who thought their destiny was sealed in the eternal promised land, but instead they were assigned a place with the hypocrites where there would be everlasting “weeping and gnashing of teeth.” “MANY are called but FEW are chosen.” (Luke 13:28 and Matthew 22:14)
Yahshua is amplifying TWO PATHWAYS and TWO GROUPS of people: the “BROAD PATH” verses the “NARROW PATH” and the “MANY PEOPLE” verses the “FEW PEOPLE.” The question posed at this late hour to each of us is simple, but deserves a very prayerful evaluation and honest answer. Are you willing to “count the cost” and be part of the ranks of the “FEW,” the redeemed righteous remnant, who ascend on the “NARROW PATH”? The prophet Isaiah spoke of this narrow path: “And a highway will be there; and it will be called the HIGHWAY OF HOLINESS. The unclean (the disobedient and compromised) will not travel on it, but it will be for those who walk in that way, (the full counsel of Yahveh including the holy Hebraic roots.) (Isaiah 35:8)
Yahshua, our precious Passover Lamb, has poured out His atoning blood, to redeem you to be His very own, now and forever. He says, “Behold, I am coming soon and My rewards are with Me. I WILL GIVE TO EVERYONE ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY HAVE DONE;” (Revelation 22:12) whether by the Spirit, which brings eternal dividends or by man’s temporal vain efforts. “There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end
is the way to death.” (Proverbs 14:12)
Precious ones take your eyes off this dying world! Our Savior is crying out, “Look up, lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.” (Luke 21:28) You can depend on Yahveh your heavenly Father, Who has every provision you need to overcome any obstacle and adversity of the flesh, the world, and Satan. His extended love, mercy, and grace will ensure that you endure victoriously to the end. “FOR THE EYES OF YAHVEH MOVE TO AND FRO THROUGHOUT THE EARTH THAT HE MAY STRONGLY SUPPORT THOSE WHOSE HEART IS COMPLETELY HIS.” (2 Chronicles 16:9) Every provision you need to be “more than a conqueror,” faithful, ready, set apart, and wise is available upon wholehearted prayerful request. “Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, so Messiah also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many shall appear a second time FOR SALVATION WITHOUT REFERENCE TO SIN, TO THOSE WHO EAGERLY AWAIT HIM.” (Hebrews 9:27-28) DON’T DELAY, MAKE READY, BE WAITING, REJOICE, HE IS COMING SOON!
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I humble myself in prayer before You, Yahveh my heavenly Father and Yahshua my Messiah,
I thank You for bringing me to a place of godly sorrow, leading me to true repentance. I confess that I have been compromised and deceived in many areas of my spiritual walk. Forgive me for the times I live for myself, catering to my flesh and its disobedient desires. Please cleanse me with the blood of Yahshua my Lamb. I beseech You, to rid me of any love and friendship I have with this dying world. Empower me to make every effort to ascend on that narrow path, “the Highway of Holiness.” I want to be part of the FEW, the redeemed righteous remnant, who seek and do Your will.
Yahshua, forgive me for dissipating my energies on selfish and futile indulgences. Help me not to be anxious in the midst of these perilous times and to have a growing faith that will help me to endure to the end; a faith that will be pleasing in Your sight. Please, strengthen me with Your spirit to be pure, spotless, and blameless, waiting eagerly for Your return. May I walk in obedience to the Holy Scriptures and bring You praise, honor, and glory, in my words and in my deeds. Apart from You I can do nothing. I thank you with all my heart, for helping me to overcome by the blood of the Lamb, by the power and authority of your name and your word, and by the power of Your Spirit of truth. May Your will not mine be done, in Yahshua’s name I pray.
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