Paul warned against using self-denial “Wherefore if you be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to ordinances, (touch not; taste not; handle not; which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? Let no one judge you Denken Sie daran, dass dieser Brief an griechische Konvertiten geschrieben wurde, die in Kolossern leben, Colasa ist über 800 Meilen von Jerusalem entfernt. Zu dieser Zeit lebten nur sehr wenige Juden in dieser Gegend. Die Freunde der griechischen Konvertiten machten es ihnen schwer, ihre neuen Lebensveränderungen zu beurteilen. Gottes Gebote halten. Here is a simple Yes or No Test based on the statement "Let no one judge you" (Colossians 2:16): Let No One Judge You — Yes or No Test 1.Do you believe God's commandments are good and should be obeyed? ___ 2.Do you allow others to shame or condemn you for following what you believe Scripture teaches? ___ 3.Do you seek to please God rather than men? ___ 4.If you choose to observe a Sabbath, feast day, or dietary practice, do you do so to honor God? ___ 5.Do you judge another person's salvation solely because they observe or do observe certain days or foods? ___ 6.Are your beliefs based on Scripture rather than human traditions? ___ 7.When criticized for your faith, do you remain faithful to your convictions? ___ 8.Do you examine teachings carefully before accepting them? ___ 9.Do you strive to obey God from the heart rather than for the approval of others? ___ 10.Do you remember that your ultimate Judge is God? ___ Conclusion Mostly Yes: You are seeking to stand firm in your convictions before God rather than being controlled by the opinions of others. Mostly No: Consider whether fear of people, traditions, or outside pressure is influencing your walk with God more than Scripture and your conscience before Him. Paulus warnte davor, Selbstverleugnung als Werkzeug zu benutzen, um sich auf seinen eigenen Willen zu verlassen. Er nannte es „wird anbeten“. „Darum, wenn ihr mit Christus tot seit den Anfängen der Welt seid, warum,als ob du in der Welt lebst, bist du den Geboten (nicht berühren; nicht schmecken; nicht anfassen; die alle mit dem Gebrauch zugrunde gehen sollen) nach den Geboten und Lehren der Menschen unterworfen? Welche Dinge haben wirklich einen Beweis von Weisheit in Wille, Anbetung und Demut und Vernachlässigung des Leibes, nicht in Ehre zur Sättigung des Fleisches“ (Kolosser 2:20-23). YEHOVAHs Volk demütigt sich durch Fasten, um Ihm näher zu kommen – damit sie lernen können, wie Er zu denken und zu handeln – damit sie in allen Dingen Seine Lebensweise leben können. Beachten Sie, was der Prophet Jeremia schrieb:„So spricht der HERR: Der Weise rühme sich nicht! in seiner Weisheit rühme sich nicht der Starke seiner Stärke, der Reiche rühme sich nicht seines Reichtums, sondern der sich rühme, der rühme sich dessen, dass er mich versteht und kennt, dass ich der HERR bin, der Güte übt , Gericht und Gerechtigkeit auf der Erde; denn an diesen Dingen habe ich Gefallen, spricht der HERR“ (9:23-24). Fasten (und Beten) hilft Christen, YEHOVAH Gott näher zu kommen. Als Christentum maskierte heidnische Abscheulichkeit! YEHOVAH Gott ist nicht der Urheber der Verwirrung (1. Korinther 14:33).Er hat nie die Fastenzeit, eine heidnische Befolgung, eingeführt Verbindung von Ausschweifung mit der angeblichen Auferstehung eines falschen Messias. (Fest von Tammuz) YEHOVAH Gott befiehlt Seinem Volk, Ihm zu folgen – nicht den Traditionen der Menschen. YEHOVAHs Wege sind höher, besser als die des Menschen (Jesaja 55:8-9).Menschen können nicht für sich richtig von falsch unterscheiden oder wie man YEHOVAH Gott richtig anbetet. Warum? Denn „das Herz [der Sinn] ist vor allem trügerisch und äußerst böse“ (Jeremia 17:9) und „der Weg des Menschen ist nicht in ihm selbst; es ist nicht im Menschen, der geht, um seine eigenen Schritte zu lenken“ (10:23). YEHOVAH Gott hat uns entworfen und uns das Leben geschenkt. Er weiß, wie wir ihn anbeten sollen. Um ein Christ zu sein und YEHOVAH Gott richtig zu dienen, müssen Sie „von jedem Wort leben, das aus dem Mund Gottes hervorgeht“ (Matthäus 4:4) und erkennen, dass Seine heiligen Schriften „nicht gebrochen werden können“ (Johannes 10:35). YEHOVAH Gott befiehlt den Christen, vor den heidnischen Traditionen und Bräuchen dieser Welt zu fliehen (Offenbarung 18:2-4), derzeit von Satan, dem Teufel, geführt und getäuscht (2. Korinther 4:4; Offenbarung 12:9). Die Fastenzeit mag wie eine aufrichtige, von Herzen kommende religiöse Befolgung erscheinen. Aber es ist tief verwurzelt in heidnischen Ideen, die YEHOVAHs Plan fälschen. YEHOVAH Gott hasst alle heidnischen Bräuche (Jeremia 10:2-3; 3. Mose 18:3, 30; 5. Mose 7:1-5, 16). Sie können nicht „christianisiert“ oder von Menschen rein gemacht werden. Dazu gehört die Fastenzeit. Wenn Sie ein wahrer Christ sind, würden Sie mit David sagen: „Durch deine Weisungen bekomme ich Einsicht: darum hasse ich jeden falschen Weg“! (Psalm 119:104). Lebendig mit Christus (Epheser 2:1–10 ) 6 Darum, so wie ihr Christus Jesus als Herrn angenommen habt, wandelt weiter in Ihm,7 verwurzelt und in Ihm aufgebaut, im Glauben gefestigt, wie es euch beigebracht wurde, und von Dankbarkeit überfließend. 8 Sieh zu, dass dich niemand durch Philosophie und leere Täuschung gefangen nimmt,die auf der menschlichen Tradition und den spirituellen Kräften beruhender Welt statt auf Christus. 9 Für in Christus wohnt die ganze Fülle der Gottheit in körperlicher Form.10 Und du bist in Christus vervollständigt worden, der das Haupt über jeden Herrscher und jede Autorität ist. 11 Zoll Ihm bist du auch beschnitten worden, indem du deine sündige Natur abgelegt hast, mit der Beschneidung, die von Christus und nicht von Menschenhand durchgeführt wurde.12 Und nachdem Sie mit Ihm in der Taufe begraben wurden, wurden Sie mit Ihm durch Ihren Glauben an die Macht Gottes, der Ihn von den Toten auferweckt hat, auferweckt. 13 Wann du warst tot in deinen Übertretungen und in der Unbeschnittenheit deiner sündigen Natur, Gott hat dich mit Christus lebendig gemacht. Er hat uns all unsere Schuld vergeben,14 haben erließ die Schulden, die uns in den gegen uns gerichteten Dekreten zugeschrieben wurden. Er nahm es weg und nagelte es ans Kreuz!15 Und Nachdem er die Mächte und Autoritäten entwaffnet hatte, machte er ein öffentliches Spektakel aus ihnen und triumphierte über sie durch das Kreuz. 16 Deshalb lass dich von niemandem nach dem beurteilen, was du isst oder trinkst, oder in Bezug auf ein Fest, einen Neumond oder einen Sabbat.17 Diese sind ein Schatten der kommenden Dinge, aber der Leib, der ihn wirft, gehört Christus. C 18 Mach Lassen Sie sich von niemandem, der sich an falscher Demut und der Anbetung von Engeln erfreut, durch Spekulationen über das, was er gesehen hat, disqualifizieren. Solch eine Person wird von ihrem ungeistlichen Geist ohne Grundlage aufgeblasen.19 Er hat die Verbindung zum Kopf verloren, von dem aus der ganze Körper, gestützt und verbunden durch seine Gelenke und Bänder, wächst, wie Gott ihn wachsen lässt. 20 Wenn du bist mit Christus den geistigen Mächten der Welt gestorben, warum fügst du dich, als gehörtest du noch zur Welt, ihren Ordnungen an: 21 „Nicht anfassen, nicht schmecken, nicht anfassen!“?22 Diese werden alle mit dem Gebrauch zugrunde gehen, weil sie auf menschlichen Befehlen und Lehren basieren.23 So restrictions haben in der Tat den Anschein von Weisheit, mit ihrer selbst vorgeschriebenen Anbetung, ihrer falschen Demut und ihrer harten Behandlung des Körpers; aber sie sind wertlos gegen die Nachgiebigkeit des Fleisches. 2 Ich möchte, dass du weißt, wie sehr ich für dich und für die in Laodizea und für alle, die mir noch nicht persönlich begegnet sind, kämpfe. 2 Mein Ziel ist, dass sie im Herzen ermutigt und in Liebe vereint werden, damit sie den vollen Reichtum des vollständigen Verständnisses haben, damit sie das Geheimnis Gottes erkennen, nämlich Christus, 3 in dem alle verborgen sind Schätze der Weisheit und des Wissens.4 Das sage ich dir, damit dich niemand mit wohlklingenden Argumenten täusche. 5 Denn obwohl ich leiblich von euch abwesend bin, bin ich im Geiste bei euch gegenwärtig und erfreut zu sehen, wie diszipliniert Sie sind und wie fest Ihr Glaube an Christus ist. Geistliche Fülle in Christus 6 So nun, wie ihr Christus Jesus als Herrn angenommen habt,lebt euer Leben weiter in ihm 7 verwurzelt und aufgebaut in ihm, gestärkt im Glauben, wie man ihn gelehrt hat, und überfließend von Dankbarkeit. 8Sorge dafür, dass dich niemand durch hohle und trügerische Philosophie gefangen nimmt, die von menschlicher Tradition und den elementaren spirituellen Kräften abhängig ist.A ] dieser Welt statt auf Christus. 9 Denn in Christus lebt die ganze Fülle der Gottheit leibhaftig, 10und in Christus seid ihr zur Fülle gebracht worden . Er ist das Haupt über jede Macht und Autorität. 11 In ihm wurdest du auch beschnitten mit einer Beschneidung, die nicht von Menschenhand durchgeführt wurde. Dein ganzes Selbst wird vom Fleisch regiert[B ] wurde vertröstet, als du beschnitten wurdest von[C ] Christus,12 mit ihm begraben worden zu sein in der Taufe, in der du auch mit ihm auferweckt wurdest durch deinen Glauben an das Wirken Gottes, der ihn von den Toten auferweckt hat. 13 Als du in deinen Sünden und in der Unbeschnittenheit deines Fleisches tot warst, hat Gott dich gemachtD ] lebendig mit Christus. Er hat uns alle unsere Sünden vergeben, 14nachdem wir die Anklage unserer gesetzlichen Schulden erlassen haben , die sich gegen uns gestellt und uns verurteilt hat; Er hat es weggenommen und es ans Kreuz genagelt. (Das Gesetz von Sünde und Tod Hdie Strafe für die Sünde) 1 5 Und nachdem er die Mächte und Gewalten entwaffnet hatte, machte er ein öffentliches Spektakel aus ihnen und triumphierte über sie durch das Kreuz.[e ] 1 6 Lass dich daher von niemandem nach dem beurteilen, was du isst oder trinkst, oder in Bezug auf ein religiöses Fest, eine Neumondfeier oder einen Sabbattag. 1 7 Dies ist ein Schatten dessen, was kommen sollte; die Realität jedoch findet sich in Christus. 18Lassen Sie sich von niemandem disqualifizieren, der sich an falscher Demut und der Anbetung von Engeln erfreut. Eine solche Person geht auch sehr detailliert auf das ein, was sie gesehen hat; sie werden von ihrem ungeistlichen Verstand mit eitlen Anschauungen aufgeblasen. 19 Sie haben die Verbindung zum Kopf verloren, aus dem der ganze Körper, gestützt und zusammengehalten durch seine Bänder und Sehnen, wächst, wie Gott ihn wachsen lässt. 20 Da du mit Christus den elementaren Geisteskräften dieser Welt gestorben bist, warum unterwirfst du dich, als gehörtest du noch zur Welt, ihren Regeln: 21 „Handle nicht! Schmecke nicht! Nicht Tasten!"? 22 Diese Regeln, die mit Dingen zu tun haben, die alle dazu bestimmt sind, durch den Gebrauch zugrunde zu gehen, basieren auf rein menschlichen Geboten und Lehren. 23 Solche Vorschriften haben mit ihrer selbst auferlegten Anbetung, ihrer falschen Demut und ihrer harten Behandlung des Körpers tatsächlich den Anschein von Weisheit, aber es fehlt ihnen jeglicher Wert, um sinnliche Nachsicht einzuschränken.

A letter from Yehovah My name is Yehovah, I am the creator of everything, and everything is mine, you and your children are mine. I am not human that I should lie, I am not human that I would change my mind. I choose who is saved and who is not. Letter from God HIS NAME IS YESHUA His name means Salvation His Father name is Yehovah His name means He saves His Name is Jesus it has no meaning it is 600 year old Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name or His Son's name? 6. Surely you know. Proverbs 30:4 How the Tabernacle of Moses Was Really Built — Every Detail Revealed A letter from Yehovah _cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Mein Name ist Yehovah, ich bin der Schöpfer von allem, und alles gehört mir, du und deine Kinder gehören mir. Ich bin kein Mensch, dass ich lügen sollte, ich bin kein Mensch, dass ich meine Meinung ändern würde. Ich spreche nicht und handle dann nicht? Ich halte und erfülle meine Versprechen. Numeri 23:19 Und ihr wisst, dass die Schrift nicht verändert werden kann. Johannes 10:35 Ignorante Menschen und Menschen, die sich nicht sicher sind, was sie glauben, verzerren wasPaulus sagt in seinen Briefen genauso verzerren sie den Rest der Heiligen Schrift. Diese Menschen werden vernichtet. 2 Petrus 3:16 Mein Name bedeutet „Er rettet“, ich entscheide, wer gerettet wird und wer nicht. Ich gebe meine Gnade als Geschenk an diejenigen, die gerettet werden. Epheser 2:8 Ich verlange von jedem, dass er alle meine Gebote und Satzungen hält. Das ist dein Lebenszweck. Prediger 12:13 Ich habe zuvor einen Bund mit einem halsstarrigen Volk geschlossen und sie haben ihn gebrochen und ein goldenes Kalb gebaut, um mich anzubeten. Exodus 32:34. Ich bin Spirit und ihr werdet mich in Spirit und Wahrheit anbeten. Johannes 4:24 Also schloss ich einen neuen Bund mit dem „Volk Israel und Juda, Epheser 2: 19, Epheser 3:6 Ich habe meine Gesetze in ihre Herzen gelegt und ich habe sie auf ihre geschrieben Verstand Jeremia 31:31 Du musst in Israel eingepfropft werden, denn ganz Israel wird gerettet werden Epheser 2:18-19 1 Petrus 2:10 Römer 11“23 & 26 Du sollst ein rechtschaffenes Leben ohne Sünde führen, 1 Johannes 3:10 Ihr sollt heilig sein, wie ich heilig bin.1 Petrus 1:16 Ich fordere jeden auf, meinen Sohn zu lieben und ihm zu gehorchen, jeder, der meinem Sohn nicht gehorcht und nicht so lebt wie er, wird niemals das ewige Leben erfahren, sondern bleibt unter Meinem zornigen Gericht. Johannes 3:36. Willst du ins Leben eingehen, so halte meine Gebote.“ Matthäus 19:17 Ich gebe die, die ich erwählt habe, meinem Sohn zur Errettung Epheser 1:4. Ich habe die Unwissenheit der Menschen über diese Dinge in früheren Zeiten übersehen, aber jetzt befehle Ich allen überall, ihre Sünden zu bereuen und sich Mir und Meiner Torah zuzuwenden. Meine Anweisungen. Denn ich habe einen Tag festgesetzt, um die Welt, dich und deine Kinder, mit Gerechtigkeit zu richten, durch meinen Sohn, Apostelgeschichte 17:30. Jeder von euch ist dazu bestimmt zu sterben, Hebräer 9:27, denn der Lohn der Sünde ist der Tod, ihr seid einen Atemzug entfernt, einen Herzschlag von meinem Gericht entfernt, Römer 6:23. BEREUE und lebe. Der Name meines Sohnes ist Yeshua, er ist ein hebräischer Jude aus der Linie Davids. Sein Name bedeutet Erlösung. Allein durch seinen Namen kannst du gerettet werden. Apostelgeschichte 4:12" Niemand kann zu ihm kommen, es sei denn, ich ziehe sie, Johannes 6:44Jeder muss wiedergeboren werden, um Mein Königreich hier auf Erden zu betreten Offenbarung 21:1;4:1 Timotheus 1:7. Johannes 3:3 Diejenigen, die in meine Familie hineingeboren wurden, sündigen nicht, weil mein Leben (Geist) in ihnen ist. Sie können also nicht weiter sündigen, denn sie sind meine Kinder. 1 Johannes 3:9 Sie müssen glauben, dass Yeshuas mein Sohn ist und dass er sein Leben für Ihre Sünden gegeben hat und dass ich ihn von den Toten auferweckt habe. Römer 10:9 Er gab seinen Geist auf und wurde für 3 Tage und 3 Nächte in den Bauch der Erde gesteckt. (72 Stunden) Matthäus 12:40 Dann habe ich ihn an meinem Sabbattag auferweckt. Sie müssen einen so starken Glauben haben, dass er Sie zum Handeln bewegt. Wenn dein Glaube keine Werke schafft, ist dein Glaube tot. Biblischer Glaube bedeutet, dass Sie Jeschua ergeben sind und Ihre Hingabe kann in Ihrem Leben gesehen werden. 2. Korinther 5:7 Ihr müsst ihm gehorchen, Johannes 3:36und lebe wie er, Er hielt die Speisegesetze von Leviticus, Meine Sabbate, Meine Festtage und alle Meine Gebote. Er war ohne Sünde. 1. Petrus 2:22 Du sollst mit deinem Mund bekennen, dass Jeschua HERR ist. Und schämt euch dessen nicht, Römer 10:9 Ihr sollt euch selbst verleugnen und euer Kreuz auf euch nehmen und ihm nachfolgen. Matthäus 16:24, Du musst glauben und getauft werden Apostelgeschichte 2:38 Markus 16:16 und wenn du meinen Geist empfangen hast, wirst du dich weigern zu sündigen 1Johannes 3:9., und du kannst nur durch das enge Tor eintreten, das einzige einige wenige finden es in Matthäus 7:13. Du musst bis zum Ende standhaft bleiben und du wirst gerettet werden. Matthäus 24:13 TUT Buße und lebt. Wenn ich dich anschaue, was werde ich sehen? und zu dir sagen? Gut gemacht, mein guter und treuer Diener? Matthäus 25:21 Oder will ich dir sagen. "Ich habe dich nie gekannt. Geh weg von mir, du, der meine Gesetze bricht. Matthäus 7:23“ Nun wirf diesen nutzlosen Diener in die äußerste Dunkelheit, wo Heulen und Zähneknirschen sein wird. Lukas 13:28' Yehovah REUE und lebe _cc781905-5cde-3194-cfd86-bad_bad3534-bad

Repentance is the key by which we can enter His Kingdom, the way by which we are cleansed to be like Him, and the way He heals a nation. Most of us feel pretty good about ourselves, we don't want anyone to point out anything that make us feel uncomfortable about anything, especially salvation. Reue-Video Reue ist der Schlüssel, durch den wir in sein Königreich eintreten können, der Weg, durch den wir gereinigt werden, um wie er zu sein, und der Weg, wie er eine Nation heilt. Die meisten von uns fühlen sich ziemlich gut, wir wollen nicht, dass irgendjemand auf etwas hinweist, was uns bei irgendetwas unwohl fühlen lässt, besonders bei der Errettung. Wenn Petrus in Ihre Kirche käme und die gleiche Botschaft wie an Pfingsten überbringen würde, würden die meisten Menschen ihn beschuldigen, wertend und spaltend zu sein. Jehova hat uns geboten, seine Gebote und Satzungen zu halten. Warum nicht? Ihr Pastor möchte nicht, dass Sie sich schuldig fühlen oder Ihre Gefühle verletzen. Wenn Sie Ihr Herz noch nie kritisch geprüft und sich an einem Punkt gefragt haben, was ich für die Errettung tun muss, dann haben Sie wahrscheinlich nie wirklich Buße getan. _cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ _cc781905-5cde- 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ _cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_ _cc781905-5c de-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ _cc781905-5cde- 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ _cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_ _cc781905- 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d__cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b -136bad5cf58d_ Leser aufgepasst _cc781905-5cbbde-3191905-5cbbde-3194-cfd58-bad_bad 4 Denn wie können diejenigen, die ihren Glauben aufgeben, wieder zur Umkehr gebracht werden? Sie waren einst in Gottes Licht; sie schmeckten das Geschenk des Himmels und empfingen ihren Anteil am Heiligen Geist; 5Sie wussten aus Erfahrung, dass Gottes Wort gut ist, und sie hatten die Kräfte der kommenden Zeit gespürt. 6Und dann verließen sie ihren Glauben! Es ist unmöglich, sie wieder zur Umkehr zu bringen, weil sie den Sohn Gottes wieder kreuzigen und ihn öffentlicher Schande aussetzen. Hebräer 6:4 Markus 3:29 „aber wer (Gegenwart) gegen den Heiligen Geist lästert, hat niemals Vergebung, sondern unterliegt der ewigen Verurteilung. „Es heißt nicht, dass derjenige, der den Geist „lästerte“ (Vergangenheit), niemals Vergebung hat. 5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Früher haben wir alle den Geist gelästert, weil wir alle das Wort Gottes gehasst haben ... bis wir zum Glauben kamen und anfingen, das Wort Gottes zu lieben. Sehen Sie den Unterschied? Es ist derjenige, der aktiv und gegenwärtig damit beschäftigt ist, dem Wort Gottes ungehorsam zu sein, gewohnheitsmäßig, ohne Sorge oder Sorge, ohne Liebe für das Wort, der keine Vergebung hat. Wenn Sie also das Wort Gottes lieben und den Wunsch haben, das Wort Gottes zu praktizieren, dann lästern oder verachten Sie den Geist Gottes nicht ... denn es ist der Geist Gottes, der das Verlangen in unserem Herzen ist gehe Seiner Tora nach. Es gibt einen Unterschied zwischen derzeit reuelos zu sein und den Geist zu lästern oder das Wort Gottes zu hassen .... diese Person hat niemals Vergebung .... und dann die Person, die den Geist gelästert und Buße getan hat und es liebt, gerecht in Seiner Tora zu wandeln wie unser Messias lehrte und praktizierte ... er ist es, der Vergebung hat. 119 Ministerien Markus 1:14 „Die Zeit ist erfüllt“, sagte er, „und das Reich Gottes ist nahe. Tut Buße und glaubt an das Evangelium!“ Lukas 3:8 Bringt Frucht hervor, die der Buße entspricht. Und fangt nicht an, euch zu sagen: ‚Wir haben Abraham zum Vater.' Denn ich sage euch, dass Gott aus diesen Steinen Abraham Kinder erwecken kann. Wenn Gottes Gesetze abgeschafft wurden, wie kannst du dann bereuen? Wovon bereuen? „Reue ist eine Voraussetzung für den Glauben. Was ist Buße? Seine grundlegende Bedeutung ist „sich ändern“ oder „umkehren“. Sobald jemand das Evangelium hört und davon überzeugt ist, dass seine Lebensweise falsch ist, muss er sein Verhalten ändern und sich wieder der Tora zuwenden. Jehova nennt die Torah seine Anweisungen für seine Kinder. Die Leute können Ihren Gehorsam beim Befolgen der Tora als eine Konvertierung zum Judentum identifizieren. Sie scheinen zu vergessen, dass unser Erlöser jüdisch ist und was er darüber gesagt hat, dass alle, die in Christus sind, eins sind? Wenn die Sünde die Tora bricht. Gehorsam wäre das Halten der Tora. Zu trauern; a ändern wollen; ein komplettes Umdenken. Ändern Sie Ihre Meinung in Richtung Sünde, eine Entscheidung, der Sünde zu entsagen und Gott zu gehorchen. (Sünde ist Gesetzesübertretung); Sich umdrehen; eine 180 machen; Wenn wir Buße tun, sehen wir diese drei Schritte? Wir fühlen uns unserer Sünde schuldig, die eine Übertretung der Tora ist. Wir hören auf, Sünde zu praktizieren. Wir wenden uns von der Sünde ab und beginnen mit Gott zu wandeln. Johannes 3:8 „Ihr Schlangenbrut, wer hat euch gewarnt, vor dem kommenden Zorn zu fliehen? Bringt Früchte hervor, die der Buße würdig sind. 1. Johannes 2:15-16 Liebt nicht die Welt oder die Dinge in der Welt. Wenn jemand die Welt liebt, ist die Liebe des Vaters nicht in ihm, denn alles, was in der Welt ist (die Begierde des Fleisches und die Begierde der Augen und die Arroganz, die durch materiellen Besitz erzeugt wird), ist nicht vom Vater, sondern ist aus der Welt. Reue bedeutet nicht nur, sich traurig oder reuig zu fühlen, sondern so sehr im Herzen getroffen zu sein, dass man die Reinigung durch die Taufe sucht und beginnt, nach Gottes Maßstäben zu leben – nach Gottes Gesetz. Reue ohne entsprechende Verhaltensänderung ist keine Reue! Die Früchte der Reue sind sichtbare Taten – oft „Werke“ genannt – die zeigen, dass sich eine Person tatsächlich verändert hat. Als Johannes der Täufer Buße predigte, um den Weg für Yeshuas Dienst vorzubereiten, fragten ihn seine Zuhörer, was sie tun sollten, um Buße zu tun. Er antwortet: Lukas 3:10-14 Die Nackten kleiden, die Hungrigen speisen, nicht stehlen, seine Autorität nicht zur Unterdrückung benutzen, nicht lügen oder falsch anklagen, und mit seinem Lohn zufrieden sein. ● Markus 1:15 Jeschua sagte: „Komm in Form eines dringenden Befehls: „Die Zeit ist erfüllt, und das Reich Gottes ist nahe. Tut Buße und glaubt an das Evangelium.“ Diese Handlungen bedeuten, Gottes Gesetzen zu gehorchen und Nächstenliebe zu zeigen. ● Matthäus 19:17 Jeschua sagte: „Wenn du ins ewige Leben eingehen willst, halte die Gebote.“ Johannes 12:49-50 Denn ich habe nicht aus eigener Vollmacht geredet, sondern der Vater, der mich gesandt hat, hat mir selbst ein Gebot gegeben – was ich sagen und was ich reden soll. 50 Und ich weiß, dass sein Gebot ewiges Leben ist. Was ich sage, sage ich also, wie es mir der Vater gesagt hat. Um Gottes Anweisungen zu befolgen, müssen Sie dorthin gehen, wo sie zum ersten Mal in der Bibel erwähnt werden. Folgen Sie den schriftlichen Anweisungen der Thora, den ersten fünf Büchern Ihrer Bibel, nicht Ihrem Pastor oder irgendeinem Mann. Psalm 146:2 Ich will den HERRN preisen solange ich lebe; Ich werde meinen Gott preisen, solange ich mein Sein habe. 3 Vertraue nicht auf Fürsten, auf Sterbliche, bei denen es keine Rettung gibt. 4 Sein Geist vergeht; er kehrt zur Erde zurück; An diesem Tag vergehen seine Gedanken. Hesekiel 22:26 „Ihre Priester (Hirten) haben meinem Gesetz Gewalt angetan und meine heiligen Dinge entweiht; sie haben nicht zwischen dem Heiligen und dem Profanen unterschieden, und sie haben nicht den Unterschied zwischen dem Unreinen und dem Reinen gelehrt; und sie verbergen ihre Augen vor meinen Sabbathen, und ich bin unter ihnen entweiht. 27 Ihre Fürsten in ihr sind wie Wölfe, die die Beute reißen, indem sie Blut vergießen und Leben zerstören, um unehrlichen Gewinn zu machen.… Matthäus 15:8 Diese Leute ehren mich mit ihren Lippen, aber ihre Herzen sind fern von mir. Sie beten Mich vergeblich an; sie lehren als Lehre die Gebote der Menschen.'“ Matthäus 15:14 Laß sie in Ruhe! Sie sind blinde Führer der Blinden. Und wenn der Blinde den Blinden führt, werden beide in die Grube fallen. 2. Korinther 13:15 Testet und bewertet euch selbst, um zu sehen, ob ihr im Glauben seid und euer Leben als [engagierte] Gläubige lebt. Prüft euch [nicht mich]! Oder erkennen Sie das bei sich selbst nicht [durch eine andauernde Erfahrung], dass Jeschua in Ihnen ist – es sei denn, Sie fallen tatsächlich durch den Test und werden als Fälschung zurückgewiesen?

God only gives His Spirit to those who keep His commandments Narrow way Living in the Spirit Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God. 9 You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. 10But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.… Romans 8:9 which states that God gives the Holy Spirit to those who obey Him. This principle emphasizes that a willing, obedient heart is a key condition for receiving and experiencing the empowering presence of the Spirit. Acts 5:32, But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." Here is a clear Yes/No self-assessment to help determine if you are currently walking in the Spirit (according to the Bible — Galatians 5:16-25, Romans 8:5-14). “Am I Walking in the Spirit?” Test Answer Yes or No honestly to each: create a test 1 John 3:4 (KJV), the verse reads: "Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law." Answer Yes or No honestly to each question to examine your heart. The "Walking in the Spirit" Deep Reflection Test Spiritual Deafness: When Scripture or a sermon convicts me of a specific change I need to make, do I listen and act immediately, rather than tuning it out or making excuses to justify myself? The Internal Battle: When I am tempted to break one of God’s commandments (in my thoughts, words, or actions), do I feel an immediate, sharp internal friction from the Holy Spirit urging me to stop? Worship in Spirit: Is my private devotion—when absolutely nobody else is looking or listening—just as earnest, real, and passionate as my public religious behavior? Spiritual Blindness : Am I quick to notice and convict myself of my own hidden sins (like pride, resentment, or greed), rather than just pointing out the obvious sins of the world around me? The Still, Small Voice: In the middle of a busy day or a stressful situation, am I quiet enough to hear and recognize the Holy Spirit's promptings regarding my attitude or speech? Keeping His Commandments: Do I view God's laws as a joyful path of protection and fellowship that I want to keep, rather than a heavy burden I have to drag around? The Internal Reality: When someone wrongs or provokes me, do I actively rely on the Spirit to change my internal feelings toward them, rather than just forcing a fake smile on the outside? Recognizing the Blindspot: Am I genuinely willing to ask God to show me the faults in my character that I am currently blind to, and am I ready to change if He reveals them? Ritual vs. Spirit: If all religious structure, services, and routines were stripped away today, would my personal, daily walk and communication with God remain completely intact? Hardening the Heart: Am I aware of any area where I have repeatedly ignored God's warnings to the point where my conscience no longer bothers me about it? "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion." — Hebrews 3:15 "Son of man, you are living among a rebellious people. They have eyes to see but do not see and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious people." — Ezekiel 12:2 "God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." — John 4:24 Reflecting on Your Answers Mostly "Yes": This indicates an active, living connection where your spiritual senses are sharp. Your ears are open to His voice, you are fighting the internal battle to keep His commandments, and you are operating from a place of true, spiritual reality. Several "No" Answers (especially on Questions 1, 5, and 10): This is a warning sign of spiritual deafness. When we repeatedly ignore the promptings of the Spirit or turn a deaf ear to God's laws, our hearts naturally begin to harden, and His voice becomes harder to discern. If you are struggling to hear Him, it is a direct call to clear away the noise, stop resisting, and pray: "Lord, take away my stubbornness, open my ears, and give me a heart that hears and obeys." Key Bible Truth: “Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh … Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” (Galatians 5:16, 25) True life in the Spirit is marked by freedom, fruit, and dependence on God — not perfection, but direction. A key verse is Romans 8:9: "But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." Other verses about having the Spirit of God: Other verses about having the Spirit of God: 2 Corinthians 13:5 "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith... Know ye not your own selves, how that Yeshua Messiah is in you, except ye be reprobates?" Galatians 4:6 "And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father." 1 Corinthians 3:16 "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?" 1 Corinthians 6:19 "What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you ...?" Ephesians 1:13 "After that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise." 1 John 3:24 "And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. " 1 John 4:13 "Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit." According to Scripture, the presence of God's Spirit is evidenced by faith in Messiah, obedience to God, and a transformed life: "And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments." (1 John 2:3) "If ye love me, keep my commandments." (John 14:15) "And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us." (1 John 3:24) 1 . The Mindset: What Governs Your Thoughts? The primary difference starts in the mind. Romans 8:5 states, "For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit." In the Flesh: A person is trapped in their own perspective. When a trial hits, their immediate reaction comes from human instinct—fear, anger, retaliation, or self-pity. In the Spirit: A person's mind is anchored in divine truth. When the same trial hits, they pause, lean on the Spirit, and recall the commandments of God, responding with humility, truth, and faith. "In the Spirit" vs. "In the Flesh" : This refers to a fundamental shift in a believer's identity. Being in the flesh represents our old, unredeemed nature, while being in the Spirit means our lives are governed and empowered by the Holy Spirit. [1, 2] T he Indwelling Spirit: The presence of the Holy Spirit inside a believer is the defining mark of true faith. Paul uses it as proof that an individual truly belongs to Christ. [1, 2, 3] The "Spirit of Christ": Paul interchangeably uses "Spirit of God" and "Spirit of Christ," emphasizing the divine nature of the Holy Spirit and the intimate connection between the believer and Yeshua Christ. [1, 2, 3] "In the Spirit" vs. "In the Flesh": This refers to a fundamental shift in a believer's identity. Being in the flesh represents our old, unredeemed nature, while being in the Spirit means our lives are governed and empowered by the Holy Spirit. The Indwelling Spirit: The presence of the Holy Spirit inside a believer is the defining mark of true faith. Paul uses it as proof that an individual truly belongs to Christ.The "Spirit of Christ" : Paul interchangeably uses "Spirit of God" and "Spirit of Christ," emphasizing the divine nature of the Holy Spirit and the intimate connection between the believer and Jesus Christ. 2. The Battle Over the Commandments Your response to God's instructions immediately reveals which realm you are operating in. "For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God." — Romans 8:7-8 The Flesh Rejects: Because the flesh wants to be its own god, it views the commandments as a restrictive burden. It rationalizes compromise, creates excuses, and ultimately rejects the truth. The Spirit Accepts: The Spirit gives us the supernatural ability to understand and love the commandments. It breaks the power of the flesh so that obedience isn't a legalistic chore, but a natural expression of our identity in Yeshua. The Sovereign Distinction: You cannot serve both. Walking in the flesh is relying on your own human strength and desires, which cuts a person off from salvation. Walking in the Spirit means surrendering your will to the truth of Yeshua, allowing His Spirit to produce real, righteous life within you. When Yeshua laid down this standard in John 4, He was radically redefining what it means to connect with the Almighty, breaking it down into two inseparable pillars. 1. Worshiping "In Spirit" (The Internal Reality) Worshiping "in spirit" means that your worship originates from the innermost core of your human spirit, energized and led by the Holy Spirit. Bypassing the Physical: Before Yeshua, people believed worship was tied to a physical location (like the Temple in Jerusalem or Mount Gerizim) or specific physical rituals (sacrifices, incense, holy garments). Yeshua explained that because God is Spirit, He cannot be confined to a building or moved by empty, outward motions. Heart Over Performance: It means your heart is actually in it. You can sing the songs, read the scriptures, and say the prayers, but if your mind is wandering or your heart is cold, it is just a fleshly performance. Worshipping in spirit means your inner being is actively alive and connected to God. 2. Worshiping "In Truth" (The Doctrinal Reality) Worshiping "in truth" means your worship is firmly anchored in God's absolute reality, His Word, and His commandments. Alinged with Reality: You cannot worship God based on a version of Him you made up in your own mind. It must be based on who He actually is as revealed in scripture . The Blueprint of Salvation: As noted previously, truth is non-negotiable—without truth, there is no salvation. Worshiping in truth means accepting God's standard of righteousness, acknowledging the reality of sin, and recognizing Yeshua as the only true way to the Father. It leaves no room for falsehood, self-delusion, or compromise. The Side-by-Side Balance Genuineness only happens when both elements are operating together perfectly. One without the other creates a dangerous imbalance. In Spirit (Without Truth)In Truth (Without Spirit)In Spirit AND In Truth Pure Emotion: Excitement, feelings, and high energy, but lacks a scriptural foundation. It easily drifts into false doctrine because it relies on "how I feel" rather than what is true.Dead Religion: Correct theology, strict rules, and flawless structure, but cold, rigid, and heartless. It results in a Pharisee-like walk that has the form of godliness but denies its power .True Worship: A vibrant, sincere heart that is deeply in love with God, backed by an uncompromising commitment to His absolute Word and commandments. Summary: To worship genuinely is to bring your whole heart (spirit) into perfect alignment with God's reality (truth). It is a walk where your inner thoughts, your public actions, and your obedience to the commandments all match up perfectly before the eyes of the Fathe r. Spiritual Blindness: Inability to See: Just as physical blindness prevents someone from seeing the physical world, spiritual blindness prevents individuals from "seeing" or discerning spiritual truths . This can manifest as: Lack of Understanding : Difficulty grasping theological concepts, biblical teachings, or the nature of God. Failure to Recognize God's Presence: Not perceiving God's activity in the world or in their own lives. Misinterpretation of Reality: Viewing life solely through a material or secular lens, without recognizing a spiritual dimension. Inability to See Their Own Sinfulness: Being unaware of their moral shortcomings or their need for redemption. R ejection of Spiritual Evidence: Dismissing or ignoring signs and experiences that might point towards a spiritual reality. Causes: Spiritual blindness can be attributed to various factors, including: Sin and Unbelief : A hardened heart due to persistent sin or a refusal to believe in God. Worldly Distractions: Being consumed by material possessions, worldly desires, and the cares of this life. Pride and Intellectual Obstacles: Relying solely on human reason and rejecting the need for divine revelation. Deception: Being misled by false teachings or ideologies. Spiritual Opposition : Some theological perspectives suggest that Satan or other spiritual forces actively work to blind people to the truth. (2 Corinthians 4:4) 2 Corinthians 4:4 states that the "god of this age" (Satan) has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel. This spiritual blindness keeps people from perceiving the glory of Christ, who is the exact image of God. Spiritual Deafness: Inability to Hear: Similar to physical deafness, spiritual deafness describes an inability or unwillingness to "hear" or heed spiritual messages. This can involve: Ignoring God's Word: Not paying attention to or disregarding scripture, sermons, or other forms of spiritual communication. Resisting the Holy Spirit's Promptings: Ignoring inner convictions or nudges towards righteousness. Being Unresponsive to God's Call: Not recognizing or heeding God's invitations to faith and relationship. Preferring Other Voices: Being more attuned to worldly opinions or desires than to spiritual guidance. Lack of Discernment : Difficulty distinguishing between true and false spiritual teachings. Causes: Similar to spiritual blindness, spiritual deafness can stem from: Sin and Rebellion: A stubborn and disobedient heart that refuses to listen to God. Preoccupation with the World: Being too busy or focused on worldly matters to hear God's voice. Skepticism and Doubt: A closed mind that is unwilling to accept spiritual truths. Hardened Heart: A heart that has become Calloused and resistant to God's influence. Spiritual Opposition: Again, some believe that external spiritual forces can hinder people from hearing God's voice. Interconnections: Spiritual blindness and deafness are often interconnected. If someone cannot "see" spiritual truth, they are less likely to "hear" and respond to it. Conversely, if someone refuses to "hear" spiritual messages, their understanding and "sight" can become clouded. Overcoming Spiritual Blindness and Deafness: Christian theology emphasizes that spiritual blindness and deafness can be overcome through: God's Grace: Ultimately, it is God's initiative and grace that opens eyes and ears to spiritual truth. Faith in Yeshua messiah: Believing in Yeshua and accepting his sacrifice is seen as the key to spiritual healing. The Work of the Holy Spirit: The Holy Spirit is believed to illuminate the mind and open the heart to understand spiritual realities. Prayer: Seeking God's help to see and hear. Study of Scripture: Engaging with the Bible to learn about God and his ways. Fellowship with Believers: Being part of a community of faith that can offer support and encouragement. Repentance and Obedience: Turning away from sin and living in accordance with God's will. Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us. In summary, spiritual blindness and deafness represent a significant barrier to experiencing and understanding the spiritual realm and one's relationship with God. They are conditions that, according to Christian belief, require divine intervention and a willing heart to overcome. To all who are weary of the heavy burdens of the world and the confusion of the Broad Way: You are cordially invited to enter the Kingdom of God. The King of the Universe, Yehovah, has not left you to wander without a map. He has provided His Torah—His perfect instruction—to act as the light for your feet and the guardrail for your life. While the world offers a wide road of "do as you please," the Father invites you to the Narrow Path, where true freedom and lasting peace are found. Romans 8:16 "The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God." The Meaning: God’s Holy Spirit connects directly with the human spirit to give internal assurance of salvation. 1 Corinthians 2:11 "For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God." The Meaning: Just as your own deep thoughts are only known by your personal consciousness (your spirit), the deep things of God can only be revealed by the Holy Spirit. Worshiping in Spirit and Truth This is one of the most famous statements made by Yeshua regarding the nature of true worship. John 4:24 "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." (NKJV) The Meaning: Because God is not a physical being confined to a physical temple, true worship must happen in the spiritual realm—sincerely from the human heart—rather than just through external rituals. Testing the Spirits In the Epistles, believers are warned that not everything claiming to be spiritual is from God. 1 John 4:1 "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world." (NKJV) The Meaning: A warning to evaluate the teaching, motive, and supernatural backing behind any spiritual message. Testing the Spirit: The Scriptural Protocol In the modern religious world, people confuse "the Spirit" with an emotional vibe, a subjective feeling, or a goosebump experience during a worship service. They hear someone speak with passion, perform a sign, or claim a direct revelation from God, and they automatically assume it is from the Almighty. But the Scripture issues a strict, legal mandate to audit and cross-examine every spiritual claim. The Apostle John gives a direct commanding order: "Test the spirits." The Confrontation: "You are completely unguarded if you swallow every teaching, every prophecy, and every emotional experience just because someone uses the name of Jesus. The spiritual realm is filled with counterfeits designed to mimic holiness while leading you straight into rebellion. The Creator did not leave you to judge by your intuition; He gave you a fixed legal protocol to test what is operating in front of you. Read 1 John 4:1." The Verse: "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world." The Shock: "The Greek word for 'test' is dokimazō—a legal and metallurgical term meaning to assay, analyze, or put to a rigorous trial to see if it is genuine or counterfeit. If a spirit, a teacher, or a movement cannot pass the scriptural audit, you are commanded to reject it entirely, no matter how good it feels or how many followers it has." The Three Infallible Scriptural Tests To determine if a spirit is the Ruach HaKodesh (the Holy Spirit of Truth) or a spirit of deception, you must apply the three-fold protocol laid out in the literal text: Test 1: The Torah and Light Test (The Baseline) A true spirit will never contradict, alter, or relax the permanent instructions and commandments given by the Father. The Protocol (Isaiah 8:20): "To the law (Torah) and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them." The Execution: If a spirit or a teacher tells you that the Sabbath is changed, that the dietary laws are done away with, or that the Moedim (Appointed Feasts) are replaced by pagan-rooted traditions under the guise of "grace," the verdict is instantaneous: There is no light in them. The Holy Spirit is the author of the Law; He will never lead a person to break it. Test 2: The True Identity and Identity of Yeshua Test The spirit must confess and align entirely with the true, uncompromised identity, flesh, and lineage of the Hebrew Messiah. The Protocol (1 John 4:2-3): "By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ (Yeshua HaMashiach) has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Yeshua HaMashiach) has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist..." The Execution: To confess Him "in the flesh" means acknowledging His literal, physical reality as the Hebrew Messiah who walked in perfect Torah obedience, kept the Sabbath, and embodied the Word. If a spirit presents a counterfeit, lawless, Hellenized "Jesus" who authorizes his followers to throw out the Father's commandments, that spirit is exposing itself as the spirit of the Antichrist (anomos—the lawless one). Test 3: The Fruit and Character Test You do not judge a spirit by its gifts, its signs, or its numbers; you judge it by the structural transformation it produces in a person's life. The Protocol (Matthew 7:20, Galatians 5:22-23): "Therefore by their fruits you will know them... But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law." The Execution: Look past the performance. Does the spirit produce a life of radical Teshuvah (repentance), deep humility, and a protective love for the brethren? Or does it manifest the hidden works of the flesh—pride, gossip, horizontal treason against brothers, and a stubborn heart of flint that refuses correction? The Verdict of the Audit The Spirit of DeceptionThe Ruach HaKodesh (Spirit of Truth) Promotes anomia (lawlessness) and excuses the violation of the Commandments.Writes the Torah directly onto the heart and causes you to walk in His statutes (Ezekiel 36:27). Relies on emotional highs, human traditions, and the approval of the majority.Anchors itself strictly to the literal text: "Thus saith the Lord." Breeds pride, defensiveness, and a carnal mind hostile to God's Law.Produces the visible, active fruit of righteousness and horizontal love. The Bottom Line: Stop being spiritually naive. Run every voice, every teacher, and your own internal thoughts through this exact scriptural protocol. If it fails to match the Torah and the testimony of Yeshua, hit the eject button immediately. Turn your ear back to the Law so your very prayers do not become an abomination (Proverbs 28:9). Living in the Spirit Romans 8:9 8 Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God . 9 You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. 10 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.… Jesus and the Samaritan Woman John 4:24 …23 But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us. 1 John 3:24

Is Easter pagan? The great Easter fraud Passover Passover (Pesach) is one of the most God mandated Jewish holidays, with several core observances explicitly required by God in the Torah (primarily in Exodus 12–13, Leviticus 23, Numbers 9, and Deuteronomy 16). These are considered divine commandments (mitzvot) rather than later rabbinic customs. Here are the main ones that are directly commanded in the Torah: Remove all leaven (chametz) from your home — On the first day (and for the full seven days), you must eliminate yeast/leavened products entirely. Eating leavened bread during the seven days is forbidden, with severe penalties mentioned (e.g., being "cut off" from the people). (Exodus 12:15–20; 13:7) Eat unleavened bread (matzah) — For seven days, eat only matzah. Specifically, there is a positive commandment to eat matzah on the first night of Passover. (Exodus 12:15, 18, 20; Deuteronomy 16:3, 8) Observe the festival for seven days — The first and seventh days (in the Diaspora, first, second, seventh, and eighth) are holy convocations with no work allowed (except food preparation). (Exodus 12:16; Leviticus 23:6–8) Tell the story of the Exodus — You must recount the events of the deliverance from Egypt to your children on that night. This is the basis for the Haggadah's storytelling. (Exodus 12:26–27; 13:8, 14; Deuteronomy 6:20–25) Eat bitter herbs (maror) — In the original biblical command, this was part of the Passover meal with the sacrificial lamb. (Exodus 12:8) The Passover sacrifice (Korban Pesach) — In Temple times, a lamb or goat was sacrificed on the 14th of Nisan at twilight, eaten roasted that night with matzah and bitter herbs, with strict rules (no bones broken, not taken outside the house, etc.). This is central in Exodus 12 but cannot be performed today without the Temple. (Exodus 12:3–11, 21–27; Numbers 9:1–14) Other elements like the four cups of wine, the Seder plate's full setup (karpas, charoset, etc.), reclining, or specific Haggadah readings are important Jewish customs (minhagim) developed over centuries in rabbinic tradition to fulfill or enhance the biblical commands—but they are not explicitly required in the Torah itself. The holiday commemorates the Exodus from Egypt, the "passing over" of Israelite homes during the tenth plague, and freedom from slavery. Observance is an eternal statute commanded by God (Exodus 12:14, 17, 24). In modern practice (without the Temple), the focus is on matzah, maror, removing chametz, the Seder retelling, and resting on the holy days. Many Jews today emphasize these biblical requirements while incorporating rich traditional customs. Must watch Monti Judah Passover The Passover Seder Passover (Pesach) is one of the most biblically mandated Jewish holidays, with several core observances explicitly required by God in the Torah (primarily in Exodus 12–13, Leviticus 23, Numbers 9, and Deuteronomy 16). These are considered divine commandments (mitzvot) rather than later rabbinic customs. Here are the main ones that are directly commanded in the Torah: 1. Remove all leaven (chametz) from your home —On the first day (and for the full seven days), you must eliminate yeast/leavened products entirely. Eating leavened bread during the seven days is forbidden, with severe penalties mentioned (e.g., being "cut off" from the people). (Exodus 12:15–20; 13:7) 2.Eat unleavened bread (matzah) — For seven days, eat only matzah. Specifically, there is a positive commandment to eat matzah on the first night of Passover. (Exodus 12:15, 18, 20; Deuteronomy 16:3, 8) 3.Observe the festival for seven days — The first and seventh days (in the Diaspora, first, second, seventh, and eighth) are holy convocations with no work allowed (except food preparation). (Exodus 12:16; Leviticus 23:6–8) 4.Tell the story of the Exodus — You must recount the events of the deliverance from Egypt to your children on that night. This is the basis for the Haggadah's storytelling. (Exodus 12:26–27; 13:8, 14; Deuteronomy 6:20–25) 5. Eat bitter herbs (maror) — In the original biblical command, this was part of the Passover meal with the sacrificial lamb. (Exodus 12:8) 6.The Passover sacrifice (Korban Pesach) — In Temple times, a lamb or goat was sacrificed on the 14th of Nisan at twilight, eaten roasted that night with matzah and bitter herbs, with strict rules (no bones broken, not taken outside the house, etc.). This is central in Exodus 12 but cannot be performed today without the Temple. (Exodus 12:3–11, 21–27; Numbers 9:1–14) Other elements like the four cups of wine, the Seder plate's full setup (karpas, charoset, etc.), reclining, or specific Haggadah readings are important Jewish customs (minhagim) developed over centuries in rabbinic tradition to fulfill or enhance the biblical commands —but they are not explicitly required in the Torah itself. The holiday commemorates the Exodus from Egypt, the "passing over" of Israelite homes during the tenth plague, and freedom from slavery. Observance is an eternal statute commanded by God (Exodus 12:14, 17, 24). In modern practice (without the Temple), the focus is on matzah, maror, removing chametz, the Seder retelling, and resting on the holy days. Many Jews today emphasize these biblical requirements while incorporating rich traditional customs. סֵדֶר, meaning "order" in Hebrew) is the central ritual of Passover (Pesach). It's a festive, interactive family meal held on the first night (or first two nights outside Israel) of the holiday. The purpose is to fulfill the biblical commandment to tell the story of the Exodus from Egypt to your children and household (Exodus 13:8), reliving the journey from slavery to freedom as if we ourselves were liberated. The Seder follows a structured order laid out in the Haggadah ( the special book used for the evening), which includes prayers, blessings, songs, symbolic foods, discussions, and the retelling of the Exodus story. It typically lasts 2–4 hours (or longer in some homes), blending serious reflection, joy, food, wine, and family participation. Key Elements on the Table Before diving into the steps, here's what you usually see: Seder plate (with symbolic items): Maror (bitter herbs, like horseradish) → bitterness of slavery Chazeret (another bitter vegetable, often romaine lettuce) Zeroa (shank bone or roasted chicken neck) → Passover sacrifice Beitzah (roasted egg) → mourning for the Temple / new life Karpas (green vegetable, like parsley or celery) → spring/renewal Charoset (sweet mixture of apples, nuts, wine) → mortar used by slaves Matzah (three or more unleavened breads, often in a cover) Salt water (for dipping karpas, symbolizing tears of slavery) Four cups of wine (or grape juice) → represent four expressions of redemption Exodus 21 Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin , and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you. 24 You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever. 25 And when you come to the land that the Lord will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this service. 26 And when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27 you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” And the people bowed their heads and worshiped. 28 Then the people of Israel went and did so; as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn 29 At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians. And there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where someone was not dead. 31 Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Up, go out from among my people, both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you have said. 32 Take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone, and bless me also!” The Exodus 33 The Egyptians were urgent with the people to send them out of the land in haste. For they said, “We shall all be dead.” 34 So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders. 35 The people of Israel had also done as Moses told them, for they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing. 36 And the Lord had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians. 37 And the people of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children. 38 A mixed multitude also went up with them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough that they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not wait, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves. 40 The time that the people of Israel lived in Egypt was 430 years. 41 At the end of 430 years, on that very day, all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It was a night of watching by the Lord, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night of watching kept to the Lord by all the people of Israel throughout their generations. Institution of the Passover 43 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it, 44 but every slave b that is bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him. 45 No foreigner or hired worker may eat of it. 46 It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones. 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. 49 There shall be one law for the native and for the stranger who sojourns among you.” 50 All the people of Israel did just as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron. 51 And on that very day the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.

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THE FINAL JUDGMENT "He that rejects Me and doesn't receive my words has one that judges him: the WORD THAT I HAVE SPOKEN, the same shall judge him in the last day." ETERNAL JUDGMENT The truth about hell False prophet Christus sagte: „Es gehen mehr Menschen in die Hölle als in den Himmel“ 1 John 3:4 in Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. All who indulge in a sinful life are dangerously lawless, for sin is a major disruption of God's order. The word eternal means constant or forever. The Bible refers to the final judgment that God will declare on individuals. This judgment will determine our state for eternity. It's important to realize that all judgment comes through Jesus, the Son of God. This diagnostic test brings the entire scriptural warning to its absolute climax: the Great White Throne Judgment. It forces the reader to stand before the opened books of record and the standard of the Spoken Word, confronting whether their lifestyle is being actively washed clean by the blood of the Lamb through a return to the Torah, or if they are coasting toward eternal destruction. 📋 The "Great White Throne & The Opened Books" Test Instructions: Answer these 4 final questions with absolute sobriety, evaluating your life against the infallible, courtroom evidence of the heavenly court. Question 1: The Standard of the Courtroom In John 12:48, the Judge declares the exact law book of the court: "He that rejects Me and doesn't receive my words has one that judges him: the WORD THAT I HAVE SPOKEN , the same shall judge him in the last day." When you stand before the throne, what standard will determine your destiny? A) The Spoken Word. You recognize that the unchanging Word of God—the Torah, the statutes, and the life-giving commands practiced by Yeshua—is the final law of the land. You are actively aligning your life, your diet, and your Sabbath with that standard today. B) Human Tradition . You believe that your modern church culture, personal opinions, or the consensus of the crowd will be accepted as a valid defense, assuming the Judge will overlook your disregard for His spoken commands. Question 2: The Evidence in the Books Revelation 20:12 states that the dead will be judged "according to their works, by the things that were written in the books." Knowing that 1 John 3:4 defines sin explicitly as the practice of lawlessness (anomia), what does the daily record of your actions look like right now? A) Cleaned and Transformed. The books record a life that stopped practicing lawlessness. Your past sins have been washed clean by the Blood of the Lamb, and your current record shows a dedicated pursuit of righteousness and obedience. B) Continuous Lawlessness . The books are actively recording a lifestyle that mimics the world. You routinely cross His boundaries, ignore His calendar, and live without regard for His laws, falsely hoping the record won't matter on that day. Question 3: The Severity of Willful Defiance The scripture asks a terrifying question in 1 Peter 4:17–18: If judgment begins at the house of God, "what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? " If the Father did not spare His own Son when He took on our sin, how do you view your personal accountability? A) Fearful Reverence. You realize that Yehovah is righteously incapable of overlooking unrepented sin. You treat His commands with the highest regard, knowing that the willful and rebellious will face retribution and total exclusion from the Kingdom. B) Presumptuous Security . You assume that because you made a verbal confession, you have a pass to remain willful and sloppy in your lifestyle, believing a loving God would never actually execute His written wrath on you. Question 4: The Sifting of the Book of Life At the final accounting, Daniel 7:10 and Revelation 20:12 show that the heavenly court will sit, and a meticulous search will be made through the Book of Life for the names of those standing there. What is the evidence today that a name is securely written in that book? A) You Listen and Respond . As John 8:47 states, because you belong to Yehovah, you actively listen to and physically obey His words. Your faith is visible, tangible, and set apart from the world. B) You Look and Walk Away. You talk about God, but your feet walk the broad highway to destruction (Matthew 7:13). Your life lacks the physical fruit of the New Covenant, proving that you are only fooling yourself. The Final Verdict: Look at where your checked boxes land. There is no appeal process at the Great White Throne, and there are no hidden motives that the light of His face will not expose. If your choices land squarely on B, the mirror delivers the ultimate, uncompromised truth: How you live your life is the only real evidence of what you believe internally. A major disruption of God's order cannot enter His future Kingdom. If you refuse to judge yourself by the Word today, you will be broken by that same Word on the last day. The books are being written every single hour you have breath. Turn away from the broad road of lawlessness, drop the traditions of men, and submit your walk completely to the King while the door of repentance is still open. EWIGE GERICHT DER GRUND DES URTEILS 1. Wegen der Sünde gegen Seine Gesetze. „So viele im Gesetz gesündigt [das Ziel verfehlt] haben, werden nach dem Gesetz gerichtet werden“ (Römer 2:12) „Die Seele, die sündigt, wird sterben“ (Hesekiel 18:4; auch Römer 3:23) 2 … Aufgrund von Ungehorsam – da Jehova gerecht ist und Sünde nicht übersehen kann, muss die Strafe für das gebrochene Gesetz erfüllt werden. Diejenigen, die Jehova nicht kennen, sowie diejenigen, die dem Evangelium nicht gehorchen, ziehen sich seinen Zorn zu. Es gibt zwei Kategorien, die in 2 Thessalonicher 1: 8 zitiert werden; Römer 2: 8, 9 Weil Gottlosigkeit und Ungerechtigkeit für Seine Heiligkeit nicht akzeptabel sind und Sünder nicht in Seine Gegenwart kommen können. Hebräer 7:26; 1 Petrus 1:15,16; 1. Timotheus 6:13-16; Offenbarung 15:4 Seine Gerechtigkeit fordert Vergeltung für diejenigen, die seine Gebote übertreten haben, und den Ausschluss aus seiner Gegenwart und seinem zukünftigen Königreich. 2 Thessalonicher 1: 9; Offenbarung 21:27, 8 5. Um die Auswirkungen individueller und kollektiver Sünde zu begrenzen, damit der Mensch zur Buße kommt und vor der ewigen Vernichtung gerettet wird. Wenn seine Gerichte angenommen werden, bewirken sie Erlösung Psalm 94:12-13; 2 Petrus 3: 9 „Ewiges“ Leben und „ewige“ Strafe müssten gleichgesetzt werden, wenn von gleicher Dauer oder auch gleicher Art gesprochen wird – also von Dauer. Das ewige Gericht erwartet jede menschliche Seele. Jeschua, unser Messias, wird zurückkehren, die Toten werden auferweckt, und sie werden von Ihm gerichtet und erhalten ihre ewige Bestimmung. Dies wird ein sichtbares öffentliches und universelles Urteil sein. Der Sieg des Lammes über Sünde, Tod und Satan wird vollständig manifestiert und ausgeführt werden. IDENTITÄT DES RICHTERS Der Vater ist der Anstifter des Gerichts, um seinen Plan für die Ewigkeit zu vollenden, indem er Sünde und Gesetzlosigkeit beendet und ewige Gerechtigkeit einführt. Siehe auch Daniel 12: 2, 3 Gott der Vater wird als der Richter aller angeführt – Hebräer 12:23; 1 Petrus 4: 5 Dem Sohn wurde die Vollmacht zu richten gegeben, weil er der Menschensohn ist. Johannes 5:27 „Er hat einen Tag festgesetzt, an dem er die Welt gerecht richten wird durch einen Mann, den er für diese Aufgabe bestimmt und bestimmt hat“ Römer 3: 6 Erweiterte Version – Siehe auch Apostelgeschichte 10:42 „Denn der Vater richtet niemand, sondern hat alles Gericht dem Sohn übertragen“, Johannes 5,22 DAS JÜNGSTE URTEIL "Wer Mich ablehnt und Meine Worte nicht annimmt, hat einen, der ihn richtet: das WORT, DAS ICH GESPRECHEN HABE, das gleiche wird ihn am letzten Tag richten." Johannes 12:48 Wenn Menschen sich weigern, Gottes Urteil über die Sünde auf Golgatha im Messias anzunehmen und sich selbst nach diesem Wort zu richten, das der einzige unfehlbare Maßstab ist, dann bleibt nur die Strafe für ihre Sünde, die das Gericht zur Zerstörung ist. Der ewige Tod ist die Folge der Sünde für den nicht wiedergeborenen Menschen. Wenn Jehova Seinen Zorn nicht auf Seinen eigenen Sohn verschonte, den Er für uns zur Sünde machte (um uns zu verschonen), wie wird dann der Zustand der Eigenwilligen, Gesetzlosen und Widerspenstigen sein? 1 Petrus 4:17-18; Johannes 3:36 Für jede Person, die dieses Leben verlässt, wird es eine Erwartung der Auferstehung sowie eine Erwartung des Gerichts geben. „Es ist den Menschen bestimmt, einmal zu sterben, danach aber das Gericht“ Hebräer 9:27 „Wir werden alle vor dem Richterstuhl (Thron) des Messias stehen. Denn es steht geschrieben: So wahr ich lebe, spricht Jehova, jedes Knie wird sich vor mir beugen, und jede Zunge wird Gott bekennen. Also, dann wird jeder von uns geben Rechenschaft vor Gott“ Römer 14:10-12; Jesaja 45:23 „Und ich sah einen großen weißen Thron und den, der darauf saß, vor dessen Angesicht die Erde und der Himmel flohen; und es wurde kein Platz für sie gefunden.“ „Und ich sah die Toten, klein und groß, vor Gott stehen ; und die Bücher wurden geöffnet; und ein anderes Buch wurde geöffnet, das ist das Buch des Lebens; und die Toten wurden gerichtet nach ihren Werken, nach dem, was in den Büchern geschrieben steht“ Offenbarung 20:11,12 Die "Bücher" werden geöffnet. Dies sind die Aufzeichnungen von allem, was jeder Mensch auf der Erde gedacht, gesagt und getan hat, was nicht herausgenommen und durch das Blut des Lammes reingewaschen wurde. Das „Buch des Lebens“ wird ebenfalls geöffnet, was uns zu verstehen gibt, dass darin nach einer Aufzeichnung der Namen derer gesucht wird, die bei dieser Gelegenheit vor dem Thron stehen. DIE GEÖFFNETEN BÜCHER Ein irdisches Gericht entscheidet über Beweise. Die Schriften sagen uns, dass das himmlische Gericht für die Weiterführung des Verfahrens bestimmt wird und alle Beweise vorgebracht werden. Das himmlische Gericht wird sitzen, und die Bücher werden geöffnet. Daniel 7:10 1. DIE SCHRIFTEN „Das Wort, das ich gesprochen habe, wird ihn richten am Jüngsten Tag“ Johannes 12:48 Er ist das ewige Wort, das zu Moses sprach und uns das Gesetz gab. Wir werden dafür verantwortlich gemacht, dass wir Seinem offenbarten Wort gehorcht haben. Hebräer 2: 1-4 2 DAS BUCH DES LEBENS Die Einträge im Buch des Lebens werden ein entscheidender Faktor für die ewigen Schicksale sein. Lukas 10:20; Phil. 4:3; Daniel 12:1 Aber Jehova sagte zu Moses, wer auch immer hatte Wer im Götzendienst gegen Ihn gesündigt hat, würde seinen Namen auslöschen lassen. Siehe Exodus 32:33 & Deuteronomium 9:14. Auch die Gottlosen - Psalm 69:28 (Weihnachten, Ostern) Auch wurde nochmals betont, dass wer sich abwendet und den Göttern der Welt folgt, dessen Name aus dem Buch des Lebens ausgelöscht wird. Deuteronomium 29:14, 18-20 Denjenigen von Sardes, die die Begierden des Fleisches überwunden haben, wurde garantiert, dass ihre Namen nicht ausgelöscht werden. Offenbarung 3:5 DAS BUCH DER ERINNERUNG „Dann sprachen die, die Jehova fürchteten, oft miteinander, und Jehova hörte zu und hörte ihnen zu. und das Versprechen - "Und sie werden sein Mein, sagt Jehova von Heerscharen, an dem Tag, an dem ich sie zu meinen Juwelen mache.“ (Maleachi 3:16) Anmerkung Offenbarung 21:19, 20 – die Edelsteine des Neuen Jerusalems GEBETSBUCH/ FÜRBITTE Die Gebete der Rechtschaffenen werden durch den Dienst der Engel aufgezeichnet. „Füge meine Tränen in deinen Krug, sind sie nicht in deinem Buch? Wenn ich zu dir rufe, werden meine Feinde zurückweichen.“ Psalm 56: 8, 9 „Mein Gesicht ist gerötet vom Weinen .... ..... und mein Gebet ist rein. Wahrlich, auch jetzt ist mein Zeuge [Aufzeichnung KJ] im Himmel, und mein Beweis ist hoch“ Hiob 16:16-19 'BUCH' DER VERWALTUNG Es wird Rechenschaft über die Treue eines jeden bei der Verwaltung der ihm anvertrauten Dinge gemacht. Yeshua erzählte ein Gleichnis von einem Adligen, der wegging und seinen Dienern anvertraute, sein Geschäft fortzusetzen, mit der Anweisung, „zu beschäftigen, bis ich komme“ (Lukas 19:12-27). deiner Haushalterschaft“ Lukas 16:2-13 AUFZEICHNUNGEN VON WORTEN UND RATSCHLÄGEN DES HERZENS Das Herz des Menschen wird gerichtet werden durch die Dinge, die er gesagt hat, „denn aus der Fülle des Herzens redet der Mund“ (Matthäus 12:34, 36-37). Für jedes unnütze, wertlose Wort wird Rechenschaft verlangt. „Denn es ist nichts Verborgenes, das nicht offenbart wird, noch Verborgenes, das nicht bekannt sein wird“ Lukas 12: 2 Er wird alle verborgenen, geheimen Ratschläge des Herzens und jedes geheime Werk ans Licht bringen. 1 Korinther 4:5; Römer 2:16; Lukas 8:17; Matthäus 6: 4-6, 17-18 AUFZEICHNUNGEN ALLER TATEN Alles bis hin zu einem Becher Wasser, das wir einem von Seinen geben (Matthäus 10:41-42) und freundliche Taten, die einem Kind in Seinem Namen angetan wurden (Matthäus 18:5), werden aufgezeichnet. Bedenken Sie, dass sogar die Haare unseres Kopfes gezählt sind und nicht ein Spatz zu Boden fällt, aber Er weiß es. Psalm 139:16 Unser Vater hat ein ausgezeichnetes Buchführungssystem. DAS URTEIL NACH ARBEITEN „Der Vater, der ohne Voreingenommenheit nach der Arbeit eines jeden urteilt, verhaltet euch während eures gesamten Aufenthalts hier in Angst; " 1 Petrus 1:17; 4: 1-5, 17-18 „Fürchte Gott und halte seine Gebote, denn das ist die ganze Pflicht des Menschen, denn Gott wird jedes Werk vor Gericht bringen, einschließlich aller geheimen Dinge, ob gut oder böse.“ Prediger 12:14 „Denn wir müssen alle vor dem Richterstuhl (Thron) des Messias erscheinen, damit jeder die Dinge empfangen kann, die im Körper getan wurden, gemäß dem, was er getan hat, sei es gut oder schlecht.“ 2 Korinther 5:10 „Ewiges Leben denen, die durch geduldiges Fortdauern im Tun des Guten Ruhm, Ehre und Unsterblichkeit suchen; aber denen, die selbstsüchtig sind und nicht der Wahrheit gehorchen, sondern der Ungerechtigkeit – Empörung und Zorn, Trübsal und Angst über jede Seele von Mann, der Böses tut, zuerst der Jude und auch der Grieche. Denn es gibt keine Parteilichkeit mit Gott.“ Römer 2:7-9, 11 (Anmerkung: Juden und Griechen (Nationen) decken alle Gläubigen ab – siehe Verse 1-6 desselben Kapitels) AUS DIESEM GRUND sagten die Apostel des Messias: „Ihn predigen wir, warnen jeden Menschen und lehren jeden Menschen in aller Weisheit, damit wir jeden Menschen in Jeschua, dem Messias, vollkommen darstellen können.“ Kolosser 1:28 „um euch heilig und untadelig darzustellen und über Schmach in seinen Augen“ Kolosser 1:22 „Damit ihr aufrichtig seid und ohne Anstoß bis zum Tag des Messias, erfüllt von den Früchten der Gerechtigkeit“ Philipper 1:10-11 "Wer wird dich bis zum Ende stärken, damit du am Tag unseres Herrn Yeshua, des Messias, untadelig sein kannst." 1 Korinther 1: 8 Yeshua sagte: „Und dieser Diener, der den Willen seines Herrn kannte und sich nicht vorbereitete oder nach seinem Willen handelte, wird mit vielen Schlägen geschlagen werden. Aber derjenige, der es nicht wusste und dennoch Dinge begangen hat, die Schläge verdienen, wird mit wenigen Schlägen geschlagen werden . Wem viel gegeben ist, dem wird viel abverlangt, und wem viel anvertraut ist, von dem werden sie umso mehr verlangen.“ Lukas 12:47-48 Das Maß der Rechenschaftspflicht wird dem Maß der Kenntnis des Willens unseres Vaters entsprechen, ebenso wie das Maß der Disziplinarstrafe. Dies deutet darauf hin, dass Yeshua hier von einer korrigierenden Bestrafung für diejenigen spricht, die „wenige Streifen“ erhalten. Jeschua sagt jedoch, dass Er für diejenigen, die ein ungerechtes Leben führen, „in zwei Teile geteilt wird und ihm seinen Teil mit den Ungläubigen zuteilt“ (Lukas 12:45-4). In Matthäus 24:51 wird Jeschua zitiert, wie er es auf Heuchler anwendet, und dass es eine angemessene Strafe für jemanden ist, der ein Doppelleben geführt hat, in zwei Teile geteilt zu werden. „Es wird Heulen und Heulen und Zähneknirschen sein“ – große Reue ist die Folge dessen, der so bestraft wird. Es ist offensichtlich, dass alle, die das Leben nicht leben, ihr Erbe im Reich Gottes verlieren zusammen mit den Heuchlern und erleiden das gleiche Gericht wie die Ungläubigen. Damit stimmt der Rest der Schrift überein. „Aber Hurerei und alle Unreinheit der Habgier soll man unter euch nicht einmal nennen, wie es den Heiligen gebührt; weder Unsauberkeit noch törichtes Reden noch grober Scherz, die sich nicht ziemen, sondern Danksagung. Dafür wisst ihr, dass kein Unzüchtiger, kein Unreiner, kein Habgier, der ein Götzendiener ist, ein Erbe im Reich des Messias und Gottes hat.Lass dich von niemandem mit leeren Worten täuschen, denn wegen dieser Dinge kommt der Zorn Gottes über die Söhne des Ungehorsams. Seid daher nicht Teilhaber an ihnen.“ Epheser 5: 3- 7 „Nun werden die Werke des Fleisches sichtbar, nämlich Ehebruch, Unzucht (außereheliche sexuelle Beziehungen), Unreinheit (moralische Unreinheit), Unzucht (Lustsucht, Ausschweifung, Ausschweifung), Götzendienst (Anbetung von Dingen oder Menschen (Weihnachten und Ostern) - Identitäten und Ideologien), Zauberei (jede Beteiligung an okkulten, psychischen oder Hexereipraktiken), Hass, Streitereien, Eifersucht, Wutausbrüche, selbstsüchtige Ambitionen, Meinungsverschiedenheiten (Spalten), Ketzereien (Doktrin, die den Grundprinzipien widerspricht), Neid (Begehren) , Morde, Trunkenheit, Ausschweifungen und dergleichen; davon sage ich Ihnen im Voraus, so wie ich Ihnen in vergangenen Zeiten gesagt habe, dass diejenigen, die solche Dinge treiben, das Reich Gottes nicht ererben werden. Galater 5:19-21 „Wisst ihr nicht, dass die Ungerechten das Reich Gottes nicht erben werden? Lasst euch nicht täuschen.“ (Lit. ‚verführt‘) Weder Unzüchtige, noch Götzendiener, noch Ehebrecher, noch Homosexuelle (sexuelle Missbraucher), noch Sodomiten, noch Diebe , noch Habsüchtige, Trunkenbolde, Lästerer, Erpresser werden das Reich Gottes ererben." 1 Korinther 6: 9-10 „Denn es ist unmöglich für diejenigen, die einmal erleuchtet waren und die himmlische Gabe (Erlösung) geschmeckt haben und Teilhaber des Roach HaKodesh (Heiligen Geistes) geworden sind und das gute Wort von Yehovah und die Mächte der kommenden Welt geschmeckt haben , wenn sie abfallen, um sie wieder zur Buße zu erneuern, da sie den Sohn Jehovas (Messias) erneut für sich selbst kreuzigen und Ihn offen beschämen.“ Hebräer 6: 4-6 Die Warnungen sollen uns warnen und uns davor bewahren, von den Täuschungen des Feindes überwältigt zu werden. "Aber Geliebte, wir vertrauen auf bessere Dinge in Bezug auf dich, ja Dinge, die die Erlösung betreffen, obwohl wir so sprechen." Hebräer 6:9 Das Gericht über alle Sünde ist gewiss: „Aber lasst uns, die wir des Tages sind, nüchtern sein und den Brustpanzer des Glaubens und der Liebe aufsetzen und die Hoffnung auf Erlösung als Helm. Denn Gott hat uns nicht zum Zorn bestimmt, sondern zum Erlangen der Errettung durch unseren Herrn Yeshua, den Messias." 1 Thessalonicher 5: 8, 9 „Deshalb sind uns außerordentlich große und kostbare Verheißungen gegeben worden, damit ihr durch diese Teilhaber der göttlichen Natur werdet, nachdem ihr der Verdorbenheit entronnen seid, die in der Welt durch Begierde herrscht.“ 2 Petrus 1: 4 "Seid fleißig, in ihm gefunden zu werden in Frieden, ohne Makel und ohne Tadel." 2 Petrus 3:14

The following prophetic Scriptures speak about a coming greater Exodus of the Children of Israel (all 12 tribes) from among all the nations of the Earth. God will gather all his children (Israel) from among all the nations where we have been scattered and will return us to the Land of Israel. Passover and The Second Exodus Der größere Exodus Teil 1-2-3 Video Greater exodus part 2 Eddie Chummney To the Church in Philadelphia 10 Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. To the Church in Laodicea, This church will go through the tribulation 14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. Prophetic Regathering of Israel (Biblical/Jewish perspective): Many biblical prophets, particularly in the Old Testament, speak of a future, even greater, regathering of the scattered people of Israel from "all nations" where they have been dispersed due to sin. This is distinct from the return from Babylonian exile, as the prophecies often refer to a worldwide dispersion. This "second exodus" or "greater exodus" involves the reunification of all twelve tribes, including the "lost" ten tribes of the northern kingdom, and their return to the land of Israel. This event is often tied to the coming of the Messiah and the establishment of God's kingdom on Earth. The Second Exodus This expansion weaves the foundational promise of the physical return to the Land (the gathering from the four corners of the earth) into the diagnostic structure. It contrasts the prophetic reality of a literal, physical return to the soil of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with the spiritualized, hands-off view that treats the Promised Land as a mere metaphor. 📋 The "Gathered from the Nations" Return Test Instructions: Answer these 4 simple questions to see if your vision of the final restoration matches the physical, literal return promised by the prophets, or if you are looking at the land through a filtered, allegorical lens. Question 1: The Literal Soil of the Promise In Amos 9:15, Yehovah makes an uncompromising declaration: "I will plant them in their land, and no longer shall they be pulled up from the land I have given them." When you read about the land given to Abraham's seed, what does that space mean to you? A) You see it as literal, physical soil—the specific geography on the mountains of Israel where the King will physically rule and where His gathered people will build houses and plant vineyards. B) You spiritualize the Land away, treating it as a metaphor for "heaven," an internal state of mind, or a generic religious concept that requires no physical connection to the Middle East. Question 2: The Purpose of the Exile's End When the Father promises to "bring back the captives of My people Israel" and gather them out of the nations where they were sifted (Amos 9:14, Jeremiah 31:33), what is the primary indicator that a person has been spiritually prepared for that physical return? A) They have already returned to the laws of the Land. Before their feet ever touch the dirt of Israel, their hearts have submitted to the King’s calendar, His diet, and His Seventh-Day Sabbath. B) They want the benefits of the inheritance without the rules of the household, assuming they can be gathered into the holy Land while stubbornly clinging to the pagan traditions and lawless lifestyles of the nations. Question 3: Building the Waste Cities vs. Modern Comfort The prophet states that when they return, "They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; they shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them" (Amos 9:14). How does this call to physical restoration intersect with your daily focus? A) You view your current life as a training ground, learning the agricultural, dietary, and covenant patterns of the Torah today so you are ready to be a productive citizen of the restored Kingdom tomorrow. B) You are fully invested in building and securing your own comfort within the modern Babylonian system, giving little thought to the literal restoration of the desolate places of Israel. Question 4: The Voice That Gathers The text concludes with the absolute authority of the Caller: "'Says the LORD your God'" (Amos 9:15). When the final trumpet sounds to gather the scattered remnants of Israel back to the borders of the Promise, what kind of flock will answer the call? A) A unified, clean flock that recognizes the voice of the One Shepherd because they have spent their lives practicing His walk (1 John 2:6) and obeying His statutes. B) A confused, mixed multitude that gets left behind because they spent their lives arguing that the Shepherd's voice, His Torah, and His physical Land were obsolete relics of the past. The Sovereign Verdict: Review your final selections. If your checkboxes continue to look for excuses (B), the mirror provides one last warning. Our Father is not looking for spiritual tourists to inhabit a metaphorical kingdom; He is gathering a physical, cleansed nation back to a literal, covenant Land. You cannot truly pray for the return of Israel if you are actively rejecting the very Torah, Sabbath, and identity that defines her. The "Throne of David & The Remnant" Test Instructions: Answer these 4 final questions to determine if your heart is truly prepared to submit to the literal, resurrected King David and the physical restoration of the Tribes of Israel, or if you are clinging to a sanitized, comfortable version of the future. Question 5: The Literal Prince Forever In Ezekiel 37:24–25, Yehovah makes a clear, physical promise: "David My servant shall be king over them... and My servant David shall be their prince forever." When you read this plain scriptural text, how do you handle the literal reality of David’s future resurrected authority? A) You take the Father at His Word. You accept that the historical King David will literally be resurrected to rule on this physical earth as the prince and under-shepherd beneath the Messiah, maintaining perfect order according to the Torah. B) You spiritualize or gloss over the passage because a literal, resurrected David ruling over a physical, Torah-keeping nation doesn't fit into your modern, hands-off view of "heaven in the clouds." Question 6: The Gathering of the Lost Identity The prophets declare that the Father will gather the outcasts of Israel and the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth (Amos 9:9, Ezekiel 37:22). When you look at your own ancestry and identity, where do you place your loyalty? A) You realize that through the blood of Christ, you have been brought near to the Commonwealth of Israel. Your primary identity is no longer your Gentile nationality or Western church culture; you are an incorporated citizen of the literal Tribes of Israel, bound to her laws. B) You view yourself proudly as a "Gentile Christian" who is separate from Israel, treating the gathering of the literal twelve tribes as a side-project that has nothing to do with your personal walk, lifestyle, or diet. Question 7: The Standard of the Royal Court King David wrote extensively in Psalm 119 about his deep, burning love for the Law: "Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day... Your word is a lamp to my feet." If you expect to dwell in a Kingdom where David is the Prince forever, how does your current view of the Torah compare to his? A) You share David's heart. You look at the Sabbaths, the clean dietary laws, and the statutes as a beautiful delight, actively practicing them now so you are in harmony with the royal court of the Kingdom. B) You view the very Law that David loved as a "dead burden" or "legalism," creating a bizarre scenario where you expect to inherit a Kingdom ruled by a Prince whose entire life, passion, and government are based on instructions you reject. Question 8: The Sieve of the Nations In Amos 9:9, the Father states that He will sift the house of Israel among all nations "as grain is sifted in a sieve; yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground." As the world plunges deeper into lawlessness, how is this sifting manifesting in your life today? A) You are being separated out of the world. The sifting is stripping away the pagan holidays, the lawless lifestyle, and the human traditions you inherited, leaving you as pure grain aligned with the Word of God. B) You are slipping straight through the mesh of the sieve, blending seamlessly into the culture around you because you look, eat, rest, and celebrate exactly like the rest of the world. The Sovereign Verdict: Look back over the entire diagnostic check. If your answers consistently chose B, the mirror has delivered its final, sobering reality check. Our Father is not staging a metaphorical rescue for a lukewarm, lawless church that ignores His instructions. He is executing an iron-clad covenant promise to gather a physical, cleansed, twelve-tribe nation back to literal soil—to be ruled by one Shepherd and governed by a resurrected King David who loves the Torah. You cannot truly say you love the King if you are actively spending your life resisting the very laws, the very King, and the very nation He is coming to establish forever. " Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, And I will destroy it from the face of the earth, yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob," Says the LORD. " For I will surely command, And will sift the house of Israel among all nations, As grain is sifted in a sieve; Yet not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground. Who Is Involved in the Greater Exodus? All of God’s people—both Jews and Gentiles who are grafted in through faith (see Romans 11)—are seen as participants. Many believe it includes a physical return to the Land of Israel and a spiritual return to God’s covenant ways. Der größere Exodus Die folgenden prophetischen Schriften sprechen von einem bevorstehenden größeren Exodus der Kinder Israels (alle 12 Stämme) aus allen Nationen der Erde. Gott wird alle seine Kinder (Israel) aus allen Nationen sammeln, in die wir zerstreut wurden, und wird uns in das Land Israel zurückbringen, wo wir unter seiner Herrschaft leben werden. Dieser Exodus ist der 2. Exodus und größer als der erste, da Sein Volk im 1. Exodus eine einzige Nation hinterließ, aber im 2. Exodus alle Nationen der Erde verlassen wird. Gott sagt uns sogar in Jeremia 16,14, dass der 2. Exodus den ersten überschatten wird. (Freude der Tora) (14) Darum siehe, Tage kommen, spricht der HERR, da man nicht mehr sagen wird: Der HERR lebt, der die Kinder Israel aus dem Land Ägypten heraufgeführt hat; (15) Sondern der HERR lebt, der die Kinder Israel heraufgeführt hat aus dem Land des Nordens und aus allen Ländern, wohin er sie vertrieben hatte, und ich werde sie wieder in ihr Land bringen, das ich ihren Vätern gegeben habe. Jeremia 16:11-21 (37) Siehe, ich will sie sammeln aus allen Ländern, wohin ich sie getrieben habe in meinem Zorn und in meinem Grimm und in großem Grimm; und ich werde sie wieder an diesen Ort bringen, und ich werde sie sicher wohnen lassen: Jeremia 32:37-42 (King James Version) (13) Und ich werde sie aus den Völkern herausführen und sie aus den Ländern sammeln und werde bringe sie in ihr eigenes Land, Hesekiel 34:1314 (KJV) Denn ich werde dich aus den Heiden nehmen und dich aus allen Ländern sammeln und dich in dein eigenes Land bringen. (Hesekiel 36:19-32 (King James Version)(24) (Seite 34) Siehe, ich werde die Kinder Israel aus den Heiden nehmen, wohin sie gegangen sind, und werde sie ringsum sammeln und sie in ihr eigenes Land bringen: Hesekiel 37:16-28 ( KJV) (12) Und er wird ein Panier für die Nationen aufstellen und die Verjagten Israels versammeln und die Zerstreuten Judas von den vier Enden der Erde zusammenbringen. Jesaja 11:11-12 Jeremia 31:7-11. Siehe, ich werde sie aus allen Ländern versammeln, in die ich sie in meinem Zorn und Zorn und in großer Empörung getrieben habe. Ich werde sie an diesen Ort zurückbringen und sie in Sicherheit wohnen lassen. Jeremia 32:37 Jesaja 11:11-12 An jenem Tag wird es geschehen dass der Herr zum zweiten Mal seine Hand ausstrecken wird, um den Rest seines Volkes, der übrig ist, zurückzuholen , von Assyrien und Ägypten, von Pathos und Kusch, von Elam und Shinar, von Hamath und den Inseln des Meeres. Er wird ein Banner für die Nationen aufstellen und die Verjagten Israels versammeln, Und sammle die Zerstreuten von Juda aus den vier Enden der Erde. Jesaja 2:2-4 Jeremia 30:7-11 Ach! Denn dieser Tag ist groß, so dass keiner wie er ist; Und es ist die Zeit der Drangsal Jakobs, aber er wird daraus gerettet werden. 'Denn an jenem Tag wird es geschehen' Spricht der HERR der Heerscharen: „Dass ich sein Joch von deinem Hals zerbreche und deine Fesseln sprenge; Ausländer sollen sie nicht mehr versklaven. Aber sie werden dem HERRN, ihrem Gott, und David, ihrem König, dienen, den ich ihnen erwecken werde. „Darum fürchte dich nicht, mein Knecht Jakob“, spricht der HERR, „und fürchte dich nicht, Israel; Denn siehe, ich werde dich aus der Ferne retten und deinen Samen aus dem Land ihrer Gefangenschaft. Jakob soll umkehren, sich ausruhen und schweigen, und niemand soll ihn erschrecken. Denn ich bin mit dir“, spricht der HERR, „um dich zu retten; Obwohl ich alle Nationen, wohin ich dich zerstreut habe, vollständig vernichten werde, werde ich dich nicht vollständig vernichten. Aber ich werde dir ein Unrecht berichtigen und dich nicht ganz ungestraft gehen lassen Hesekiel 36:24-29 Ich werde dich aus den Nationen holen, dich aus allen Ländern sammeln und dich in dein eigenes Land bringen. Dann werde ich reines Wasser auf dich sprengen, und du wirst rein sein; Ich werde dich von all deinem Schmutz und all deinen Götzen reinigen. Ich werde dir ein neues Herz geben und einen neuen Geist in dich legen; Ich werde das steinerne Herz aus deinem Fleisch nehmen und dir ein fleischernes Herz geben. Ich werde Meinen Geist in dich hineinlegen und dich veranlassen, in Meinen Satzungen zu wandeln, und du wirst Meine Urteile einhalten und sie befolgen. Dann werdet ihr in dem Land wohnen, das ich euren Vätern gegeben habe; ihr sollt mein Volk sein, und ich werde euer Gott sein. Ich werde dich von all deiner Unreinheit befreien. I will call for the grain and multiply it and bring no famine upon you. _cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ _cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Amos 9:11-15 „ An jenem Tag werde ich aufrichten die heruntergefallene Stiftshütte Davids und ihre Beschädigungen wiedergutmachen _cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Ich will seine Trümmer aufrichten und wieder aufbauen wie in alten Zeiten; Damit sie den Rest von Edom besitzen und alle Heiden, die nach meinem Namen genannt werden.“ spricht der Herr, der dies tut. Siehe, es kommen Tage“, spricht der Herr „Wenn der Pflüger den Schnitter einholen wird und der Traubenschnitter den Sämann; Die Berge werden von süßem Wein triefen, und alle Hügel werden davon fließen. Ich werde die Gefangenen meines Volkes Israel zurückbringen; Sie werden die verwüsteten Städte bauen und sie bewohnen; Sie werden Weinberge pflanzen und Wein daraus trinken; Sie sollen auch Gärten anlegen und Früchte daraus essen. Ich werde sie in ihr Land pflanzen, und sie sollen nicht mehr herausgerissen werden aus dem Land, das ich ihnen gegeben habe“, spricht der HERR, dein Gott. Jeremia 31:31-34 „Siehe, es kommt die Zeit, spricht der Herr, da ich mit dem Haus Israel und mit dem Haus Juda einen neuen Bund schließen will, nicht nach dem Bund den ich mit ihren Vätern gemacht habe an dem Tag, als ich sie bei der Hand nahm, um sie aus dem Land Ägypten herauszuführen, meinen Bund, den sie gebrochen haben, obwohl ich ihnen ein Ehemann war, spricht der HERR Nach jenen Tagen werde ich mit dem Haus Israel machen, spricht der HERR: Ich werde mein Gesetz in ihr Gedächtnis geben und es auf ihr Herz schreiben, und ich werde ihr Gott sein, und sie werden mein Volk sein Der Mensch lehre seinen Nächsten und ein jeder seinen Bruder und sprich: „Erkenne den HERRN!“ Denn sie alle werden mich kennen, vom Kleinsten bis zum Größten, spricht der HERR, denn ich werde ihre Missetat vergeben und ihre Sünde, an die ich mich nicht mehr erinnern werde." Jesaja 27:12-13 Und es wird geschehen an jenem Tag, da der Herr dreschen wird Vom Kanal des Flusses bis zum Bach von Ägypten; Und ihr werdet gesammelt, einer nach dem anderen, O ihr Kinder Israel. So wird es sein an jenem Tag: Die große Posaune wird geblasen werden; Sie werden kommen, die im Land Assyrien umkommen werden, und die Ausgestoßenen im Land Ägypten, und werden den HERRN anbeten auf dem heiligen Berg zu Jerusalem. Jeremiah 16:14-15 “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Herr, „dass nicht mehr gesagt werden soll: ‚Der Herr lebt, der die Kinder Israel aus dem Land Ägypten heraufgeführt hat‘, sondern: ‚Der Herr lebt, der die Kinder Israel heraufgeführt hat aus dem Land des Nordens und aus alle Länder, wohin er sie vertrieben hatte.' Denn ich werde sie in ihr Land zurückbringen, das ich ihren Vätern gegeben habe. Hesekiel 11:17-20 Darum sprich: „So spricht der HERR HERR: Ich werde dich aus den Völkern sammeln, dich versammeln aus den Ländern, in die du zerstreut worden bist, und ich werde dir das Land Israel geben.“ Und sie werden dorthin gehen, und sie werden es tun nimm all seine Abscheulichkeiten und alle seine Greuel von dort weg, und ich werde ihnen ein Herz geben und einen neuen Geist in ihr Inneres geben und das steinerne Herz aus ihrem Fleisch nehmen und ihnen ein fleischernes Herz geben sie mögen in meinen Satzungen wandeln und meine Urteile halten und sie tun; und sie werden mein Volk sein und ich werde ihr Gott sein (Seite 36) Hesekiel 37:22-28 und ich werde sie zu einem einzigen Volk machen im Land, auf den Bergen Israels; und ein König wird König über sie alle sein; Sie werden nicht länger zwei Nationen sein, noch werden sie jemals wieder in zwei Königreiche geteilt werden. Sie sollen sich nicht mehr mit ihren Idolen beschmutzen, noch mit ihren abscheulichen Dinge, noch mit irgendeiner ihrer Übertretungen, sondern ich werde sie aus allen ihren Wohnstätten erretten, in denen sie gesündigt haben, und werde sie reinigen. Dann werden sie mein Volk sein, und ich werde ihr Gott sein. „David, mein Diener, soll König über sie sein, und sie werden alle einen Hirten haben; sie werden auch in Meinen Urteilen wandeln und Meine Satzungen beachten und sie tun. Dann werden sie in dem Land wohnen, das ich meinem Knecht Jakob gegeben habe, wo eure Väter gewohnt haben; und sie werden wohnen dort, sie, ihre Kinder und Kindeskinder, für immer; und mein Knecht David soll sein ihr Prinz für immer. Außerdem werde ich einen Friedensbund mit ihnen schließen, und es soll sein ewiger Bund mit ihnen; Ich werde sie errichten und sie vermehren, und Ich werde Meine festlegen Heiligtum in ihrer Mitte für immer und ewig. Auch meine Hütte soll bei ihnen sein; wahrlich, Ich werde ihr Gott sein, und sie werden Mein Volk sein. Auch die Nationen werden erkennen, dass ich, der Herr, Israel heilige, wenn mein Heiligtum für immer und ewig in ihrer Mitte ist.“‘“ Amos 9:8-9 „Siehe, die Augen des HERRN GOTTES sind auf das sündige Reich gerichtet, und ich will es vom Antlitz der Erde vertilgen, aber das Haus Jakob will ich nicht ganz verderben“, spricht der HERR. „Denn ich werde gewiss befehlen und das Haus Israel unter allen Völkern sieben, wie das Korn in einem Sieb gesiebt wird; doch nicht das kleinste Korn soll auf die Erde fallen. _cc781905-5cde-3194 -bb3b-136bad5cf58d_

The Mark of the Beast The one who practices, sin is lawlessness, separating themselves from God, and offending God by action or neglect or by tolerating wrongdoing—being unrestrained by His commands and His will 1John 3:4. acts of disobedience, indifference, or rebellion they show they belong to the devil and take his inner character and moral values from him, not God] 1 John 3:8 (666) Gods excape plan for His children Trubulation 1. The Warning for Those Who Take the Mark Revelation 14:9–11 (ESV) "And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, 'If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink the wine of God's wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.'" 2. The Punishment of the Devil Revelation 20:10 (ESV) "And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever." 3. The Final Judgment of Both Revelation 20:15 (ESV) "And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire." Summary The Scripture makes a direct link between the fate of the devil, the beast, and those who take the mark: all are cast into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the torment is described as eternal ("day and night forever and ever"). In Jesus' words elsewhere in Scripture, this destination is explicitly described as being prepared for the devil and his angels: Matthew 25:41 "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.'" Christianity, the most lawless religion on earth You can be sure the False Prophet and the Man of Lawlessness will certainly come from the only religion that has promoted and pushed Lawlessness (not obeying God’s Laws) since the beginning. Keeping in mind that Christianity, the most lawless religion on earth since it actually forbids observing God’s Law, is over 30% of the world, so we got our first indication of what kind of percentage we might be looking at taking the mark. If you do the things God hates and refuse to keep His commandments and encourage others to do the same, they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment will rise forever and ever. There will be no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.” NOT THE MARK OF GOD “YEHOVAH” The Mark of the Beast 16 And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17 so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark— the name of the beast or the number of its name. 18 Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is 666. The Messages of the Three Angels 6 Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, with an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people. 7 And he said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.” 8 Another angel, a second, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passions of her sexual immorality.” 9 And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he also will drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.” Matthew 10:21-22 21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 22 You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. T his self-reflection test is designed to cut through the confusion and fear often surrounding this topic. In Scripture, the "marks" are not about hidden microchips or literal ink tattoos; they represent ownership, allegiance, and what rules your mind (the forehead) and your actions (the hand). Answer Yes or No honestly to each question to examine whose mark you bear in your daily life. The Allegiance & Identity Test The Ultimate Authority: When a choice comes down to following God’s explicit commandments versus following the crowd, the culture, or human convenience, do I choose God's way? The Mind (The Forehead): Is my mind primarily occupied with Scripture, truth, and how to honor God, rather than being consumed by the fears, anger, and philosophies of the world? The Actions (The Hand): Do the physical works of my hands—my labor, how I spend my money, and how I treat my family and neighbors—reflect God’s righteousness and justice? The Source of Security: In times of economic trouble or societal pressure, do I rely entirely on God to provide for and protect my household, rather than putting my ultimate trust in human systems? Open Allegiance: Am I willing to stand firmly for my faith and God's truth even if it means facing disapproval, loss, or being cut off by others? Worship in Truth: Is my worship rooted in an internal reality and a desire to keep His laws, rather than just an empty ritual or a standard routine to look good to others? Understanding the Biblical Meaning In the Bible, the concept of a "mark" is deeply symbolic of identity and ownership. It shows who has your allegiance. The Mark of God (The Seal) : In the Book of Revelation and Ezekiel, God places a seal or mark on the foreheads of those who belong to Him. This mirrors Deuteronomy 6:8, where God tells His people to bind His commandments as a sign on their hands and as frontlets between their eyes (their foreheads). It means your thoughts and your actions are dedicated to keeping His laws. The Mark of the Beast: This is the direct counterfeit. It represents a mind (forehead) and a lifestyle (hand) that has completely surrendered to the world's corrupt system, willful disobedience, and rebellion against God's commandments for the sake of survival, comfort, or fit-in convenience. "Bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates." — Deuteronomy 6:8-9 "Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads." — Revelation 14:1 Reflecting on Your Answers If your life aims toward "Yes": Take heart. If you are actively striving to keep God’s commandments, relying on His Spirit, and trusting Him for your security, you bear the identity of a child of God. Perfect performance isn't the metric—the direction of your allegiance is. If you see areas of "No": It is a clear reminder of where the world or the flesh is trying to press you into its mold. If fear of the future or the pressure of the culture is driving your choices rather than God’s word, it is an invitation to draw a line in the sand. Repent, refuse to bow to worldly compromise, and commit your mind and hands fresh to the Lord today. 14 Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived. 15 The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed. 16And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,… The Mark of the Beast seal is not a physical mark.The forehead represents the mind of those who make a consonance decision to disobeys God Commandments, and The mark on the hand represents worship on Sunday. forsaking Gods Sabbaath Saturday Something to think about Nebuchadnezzar's Dream Worship the beas t Daniel 3:9 They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “Long live the king! 10 You issued a decree requiring all the people to bow down and worship the gold statue when they hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and other musical instruments.the statue was made for a specific purpose. With it, the king would demand total obedience and humiliation from his governmental underlings. And Daniel warns the dream means that God's Kingdom is coming to crush all other kingdoms (Daniel 2:44). But Nebuchadnezzar ignores the warning and builds a 90-foot tall statue (or image) of himself. He demands that all his politicians bow down and worship his image (Daniel 3:1, 5). 4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him, there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. What Is the 'Mark of the Beast' and Who Has It? These 10 Biblical Clues Expose the Truth Dennis Lee The author has 794 answers and 1.4M answer views And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him - Revelation 12:9 Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that the sword had wounded and yet had lived. - Revelation 13:14 You can be sure if the whole world is deceived this will include Christians, Muslims, Jews, and Atheists alike. But what percentage takes the mark? It’s not hard to determine who will wield the mark if you eliminate doctrine and preconceived notions. The beast is that which “…will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.” This change of appointed times and Laws happened in 364CE when the Law was changed and the 4Th Commandment was replaced, moving the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday in the Council of Laodicea. The “saints” were also mandated to be oppressed by canon law in the very same council and have been at the mercy of the Beast ever since, until 1948 . The Beast, none other than the Roman Empire that “destroyed the holy city and the sanctuary”, then suffers a mortal head wound, Caesar, but does not die. Instead, it is reborn the Holy Roman Empire with a Pope at its head. Certainly not all of them, but if my guess is close, it will be many. Christianity is the only religion that accepts a “man” to be “God”, Judaism and Islam will never accept a human claiming to be God. This is the very “Man of Lawlessness” that will sit in the holy place and declare himself God—something the Romans have always enjoyed doing to their rulers.

False Salvation God cannot stand the prayers of anyone who disobeys his Law.Proverbs 28:9 Is Simple Salvation the Truth? False Salvation You were born into a ready made religion Can a Christian be Unconverted? Real Salvation 4 signs of a True Christian A true sign that Christians recognize Yeshua is our only Savior, therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of Yeshua will be saved.” True Christians keep the Law of God. True Christians walk as Yeshua walked and lived. True Christians must overcome sin. Spiritual Blindness The spiritually blind hear the truth, but they cannot see what it means. They cannot see the “big picture” of salvation, and they are unable to see how it applies to their own life. They have trouble confessing the truth because they have difficulty believing what they cannot see. For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God; What are the 18 steps to salvation? Hear the Gospel. (Matthew 4:17John 8:32) Believe the Gospel (Hebrews 11:6, John 20:31) Repent of past sins (Luke 13:3, Acts 17:30) Confess faith in Jesus Christ (Romans 10:10, Matthew 10:32) Be Baptized (Galatians 3:27, Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38) Be faithful unto death (Revelation 2:10) For all who obey him eternal salvation Hebrews 5:9 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.1 John 2:6 But don't just listen to God's word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. James 1:2 And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. Romans 8:1 We are witnesses of these things and so is the Holy Spirit, who is given by God to those who obey him.” Acts 5:32 “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.Romans 10:13-15 For But if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments. Matthew 19:16-26 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life…John 3:15,16 For we live by faith, not by sight. (Hebrews 11:6) And without faith it is impossible to please God because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.2 Corinthians 5:7 And anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.” John 3: Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”John 3:3 So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.James 2:17-23 Barns Group survey. "Believers don't care what the truth Is, or care what Yehovah desires from us. We are afraid of looking into, it because it will draw a line in the sand, we know we don't want to make those decisions because at the end of the day, we want what we want, we are comfortable with our lives we are comfortable out traditions that are man-made. But you have a thought that pops into your head that's not what it means to me. The issue is it doesn't matter to you it matters to Yehovah He is the one being worshiped." The problem facing the church is not that people lack a complete set of beliefs the problem is that have a full state of beliefs in mind, which they think are consistent with biblical teachings, and they are neither open to being proven wrong nor learning new insights. The bottom line is among both clergy and laity. Revelation 22:14 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. Acts 5:32 We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.” 3

Statics say 84% of Americans believe in the divinity of Christ and 74% profess commitment to him yet America continues downward spiritually to correction and morality why has Christianity not worked? Welcome, Fellow Truth Seekers: Start Your Journey Here Please keep in mind TEST EVERYTHING to scripture. If you have found your way to this page, it is highly likely that your spirit has begun to feel a quiet, persistent unsettling. Perhaps you have spent years—or even decades—sitting in mainstream church pews, loving God with all of your heart, yet sensing an invisible disconnect between the raw, unfiltered pages of your Bible and the traditions taught from the pulpit. You are not alone. Across the globe, the Father is whispering a call to return to His ancient paths, and your presence here is not an accident. This website is a sanctuary for those who are ready to lay down human dogmas, step out of traditional conditioning, and align their spiritual mirrors with the eternal, beautiful instructions of the Father—the $Torah$. Here is a map of what you will find on this platform and how to navigate your journey back to pure, uncompromised biblical truth. Step 1: Take the Self-Diagnostic Before you read a single article, we invite you to bypass the traditional defenses of your mind and take an honest, private look into the scriptural mirror. Take The Lawlessness (Anomia) Test App Our interactive, 10-question diagnostic tool is designed to evaluate your everyday theological beliefs and lifestyles against the objective standard of God's written Law. It is completely anonymous and acts as a powerful diagnostic tool to see if your spiritual "hardware" is tuned to the frequency of obedience or the frequency of traditional lawlessness ($anomia$). Step 2: Explore the Deep-Dive Studies Once you have taken the test, your heart may feel a bit unsettled by the gap between traditional church practices and the written Word. This is completely normal. To help you understand the mechanics of what you are experiencing, we have compiled a step-by-step library of theological and psychological resources: The Mirroring Principle of Idolatry: Understand the cosmic law of spiritual gravity: what you revere, you will resemble. Learn how choosing man-made systems over the Father's voice leads to a spiritual sensory shutdown (eyes that cannot see, ears that cannot hear). The Alignment of the Mirror: Discover why physical commandments like the Seventh-day Sabbath ($Shabbat$), biblical dietary boundaries ($Kashrut$), and even physical tassels ($Tzitzit$) are actually divine optical tools designed to keep your mirror pointed at the Creator. The Pauline Filter: Learn how to dismantle the highly selective, traditional lens used to twist the letters of the Apostle Paul into a shield against keeping the Father's commandments. The Mechanics of Conditioning : Are churchgoers "brainwashed"? Read a compassionate, psychological and sociological breakdown of why our loved ones experience intense cognitive dissonance and defensive reactions when confronted with the truth of the $Torah$. The Spirit of the Lawless One : Peer behind the physical world to understand the spiritual warfare of $anomia$, exploring how systematically bypassing the Creator's Law mirrors the original rebellion of the adversary. Step 3: Find a Soft Landing & Restoration Waking up to the reality of traditional conditioning can feel isolating and overwhelming. The social and emotional costs of walking differently than your family, friends, and church community can trigger immense fear. Read "A Loving Warning to a Churchgoer" If you are looking for a gentle, pastoral explanation of what is happening to your heart—or if you need a letter to share with a loved one that explains this spiritual transition without triggering immediate anger—this resource acts as a healing balm. It explains the mechanics of self-diagnosis, shows you the beautiful path of repentance, and lists clear scriptural proofs to help you take your next steps with confidence. A Note of Encouragement for the Road Beloved truth seeker, turning your mirror back toward the Creator's written instructions is a path of restoration, not bondage. Keeping the Father's commandments is how we physically express our love for Him (1 John 5:3). Take your time. Study the scriptures. Question the traditions you inherited. Ask the Father to remove the veil, polish your spiritual mirror, and restore your eyes to see and your ears to hear the glorious light of His eternal truth. Where to begin? We highly recommend taking The Lawlessness Test first, and letting the scriptures speak directly to you. A Loving Warning to a Churchgoer My friend, Scripture warns that the adversary’s primary goal is not to turn you into an atheist, but to subtly steer you onto his own path of anomia—the spirit of lawlessness that teaches God's instructions no longer have authority over your life (1 John 3:4). You can prove this spiritual blindness is operating in your own heart by looking at a simple, physical instruction like the Fourth Commandment: “But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work...” ($Exodus$ $20:10$). The Creator's written Word plainly designates Saturday as His holy day forever, yet when you look at this text, your eyes read "Saturday" while your traditional training forces you to see "Sunday" or to believe the commandment is abolished. This inability to simply accept and obey what is plainly written—substituting it instead with human church traditions—is the exact "sensory shutdown" warned about in the scriptures; it proves that while you may sincerely love God, you are unknowingly walking the path of the original rebel by treating His eternal $Torah$ as optional. This blindness is not an accident; it is the operation of a profound spiritual law: we spiritually conform to the nature of whatever we worship. When you place your ultimate trust and reverence in a church denomination, a human pastor, or a comfortable system of theology that explains away God's Torah, your soul begins to act as a mirror to that system. You inherit the exact sensory shutdown of the man-made traditions you revere—possessing a Bible you cannot see and a Creator's voice you cannot hear. By taking an honest look at your own daily practices versus the written Word, you are holding up a mirror to your soul and performing a vital self-diagnosis. Your own physical actions are proving that your spiritual hardware has been tuned to copy and reflect a lawless human system rather than the glorious, eternal image of the living God. Proof in the Scriptures: Look Up and Study These Verses If your heart is open to the raw, unfiltered truth of the written Word, please take a moment to look up these scriptures in your own Bible: Is the Sabbath truly done away with? $Exodus$ $31:16-17$: “Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever...” Question to ponder: If God declared the Sabbath an eternal sign and a perpetual covenant, by whose authority was it changed or abolished? Does God accept worship that is mixed with human traditions? Mark 7:7-9 (Yeshua's Warning): “Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men... Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.” Question to ponder: Are you honoring Sunday, Christmas, or Easter because the Bible commands them, or because church traditions tell you to? What does God think of prayers from those who reject His Law? Proverbs 28:9: “He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law ($Torah$), even his prayer shall be abomination.” Question to ponder: If we ignore His written instructions, can we truly say we are in deep communion with Him? How does the New Testament define our love for God? 1 John 5:3: “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.” Question to ponder: If loving God means keeping His physical commandments, why does modern theology teach that those commandments are a "burden" or "bondage"? This test is specifically designed to expose the subtle, traditional rationalizations that people in the church use to reject God's law. It uses the words of the Messiah Himself from Matthew 7:21-23—where He warns that many well-meaning, miracle-working churchgoers will be turned away because they "work lawlessness" (anomia). The 10-Question Diagnostic Review the statements below. Answer honestly based on your current personal beliefs, teachings, and church practices. 1. The Validity of the Law Do you believe or teach that the Law of Moses ($Torah$) has been "abolished," "nailed to the cross," or "done away with" for New Testament believers? [ ] YES [ ] NO 2. The Definition of Holiness Do you believe that under the New Covenant of "grace," physical obedience to the Creator's Old Testament commandments is completely optional or unnecessary? [ ] YES [ ] NO 3. The Sabbath Day Do you treat Sunday as the Sabbath, or believe the Seventh-day Sabbath (Saturday) was changed or abolished, despite God designating it as a "perpetual, everlasting covenant"? [ ] YES [ ] NO 4. Dietary Separation Do you believe that God's dietary boundaries (Leviticus 11) no longer apply, and that you are free to eat pig, shellfish, or other unclean things because "Jesus made all foods clean"? [ ] YES [ ] NO 5. Adopting Pagan Customs Do you celebrate holidays of pagan origin (like Christmas on December 25th or Easter Sunday) under the belief that "it's about the heart" and "God knows what it means to me"? [ ] YES [ ] NO 6. The Pauline Filter Do you use isolated, misunderstood verses from the Apostle Paul’s letters to argue against keeping the direct, physical commandments of the Father and the Messiah? [ ] YES [ ] NO 7. Labeling Obedience as "Legalism" Do you refer to, mock, or warn others against believers who strive to keep the Seventh-day Sabbath, eat clean, or wear $tzitzit$ (tassels) by calling them "legalists," "Pharisees," or "under bondage"? [ ] YES [ ] NO 8. Dismissing the Feast Days Do you believe that God’s annual Appointed Times ($Moedim$ in Leviticus 23) were "only for the Jews" and have no prophetic value or application for the Church today? [ ] YES [ ] NO 9. Cheap Grace Do you believe that as long as you "love God" and "love your neighbor," you are free to ignore the specific, physical instructions of how the Creator asked to be loved and worshiped? [ ] YES [ ] NO 10. Defensive Reaction to the Law Does hearing the term "Torah observance" or the suggestion that we must physically keep the commandments of God trigger immediate defensiveness, anger, or discomfort in your heart? [ ] YES [ ] NO Diagnosing the Results: What Does Your Score Mean? Count how many times you answered "YES" to the statements above. If You Answered "YES" 1 to 3 Times: Developing Contamination You have started to absorb some of the traditional, lawless dogmas of mainstream theology. While you may still revere the Old Testament, you are allowing human traditions to slowly blind your spiritual eyes to the plain instructions of the Creator. If You Answered "YES" 4 or More Times: The Spirit of Lawlessness ($Anomia$) A score of 4 or more "YES" answers indicates that your personal theology is operating directly under the spirit of $anomia$ (lawlessness). You are actively practicing a belief system that teaches that God's instructions have no authority over you. By defending these "YES" positions, you are using church traditions as a shield to bypass the written Word of God—which is the exact behavior the Messiah $Yeshua$ condemned in Matthew 7 and Mark 7. The Scriptural Reality Check If this test made you uncomfortable, look closely at what the Scriptures say about each "YES" answer: To Statement 1 & 2: $Yeshua$ said: “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets... whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:17-19) To Statement 3: God said: “Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath... throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.” (Exodus 31:16) To Statement 4: The Prophet Isaiah warns that those who consume swine's flesh and abominable things will be consumed together in end-times judgment. (Isaiah 66:17) To Statement 5: God said: “Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared... and enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God.” (Deuteronomy 12:30-31) To Statement 6 & 7: The Apostle Peter explicitly warned that those who are "unlearned and unstable" twist Paul's letters to their own destruction because they are led away by the "error of the lawless." (2 Peter 3:15-17) To Statement 8: The Apostle Paul instructed New Testament believers to keep the biblical feasts: “Purge out therefore the old leaven... For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast.” (1 Corinthians 5:7-8) To Statement 9 & 10 : The Apostle John wrote: “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.” (1 John 5:3) Conclusion Do not let traditional dogmas make the Word of God of "none effect" in your life. Repent of the spirit of lawlessness ($anomia$), point your spiritual mirror directly back to the Creator's written instructions, and let Him restore your eyes to see, your ears to hear, and your heart to obey! Spiritual Blindness and the Mirroring of Idolatry: Why the Church Cannot Comprehend the Torah A common question arises within the movement to return to God's commandments: Why is it that otherwise sincere, Bible-reading churchgoers cannot see, understand, or accept the perpetual validity of the Torah? Scripture reveals that this barrier is not merely intellectual; it is a profound, active spiritual state. When human traditions and man-made theology are elevated above the living instructions of the Creator , a specific spiritual mechanism is triggered: The Mirroring Principle of Idolatry. 1. The Powerless, Dead Idols Scripture is incredibly consistent in how it describes man-made idols. In the Psalms, we are given a vivid description of physical representations used in worship: "They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not..." — Psalm 115:5-6 "They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths." — Psalm 135:16-17 These idols are characterized by complete sensory shutdown. They possess the outward physical forms of sight, hearing, and speech, but they are utterly devoid of spiritual life, breath, and true perception. To bring this ancient biblical truth into the 21st century, we are going to use the example of a "Dummy" Display Smartphone. It looks perfect on the outside but lacks any internal life, illustrating exactly how a person can have all the outward tools of faith (Bibles, apps, church buildings) while remaining spiritually unresponsive to the actual commandments of God. Here is the updated article with this new modern analogy integrated as Section 3. 2. The Spiritual Mirror: Becoming What We Worship The crucial warning of these passages is not just about the statues themselves, but about the transformational impact they have on those who trust in them: "They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them." — Psalm 115:8 / Psalm 135:18 This is a spiritual law of the universe: We spiritually conform to the nature of the object of our devotion. When we place our trust in man-made theological structures, physical icons, or ecclesiastical traditions that substitute God's commandments, we begin to match their spiritual state. We develop spiritual eyes that cannot see and spiritual ears that cannot hear. 3. The Diagnosis of Spiritual Stubbornness Throughout the scriptures, when God's people fell into unbelief and stubbornness—trusting in their own traditions and rejecting the Torah—the prophets used this exact "idol-mirroring" language to diagnose their spiritual condition: Jeremiah 5:21: "Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not..." Ezekiel 12:2: "Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house." Mark 8:18: Yeshua Himself confronts His disciples with this same warning when they fall into fear and unbelief: "Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?" 4. The Root Cause: Hardening of the Heart Through Unbelief This sensory shutdown is fundamentally caused by a hardening of the heart. When a believer repeatedly encounters the plain text of God's Word but chooses to bypass it to preserve a comfortable, traditional doctrine, a calloused layer forms over their spiritual heart. According to Hebrew thought, the heart is the seat of the mind, will, and understanding. Unbelief acts as a barrier. It refuses to take God at His word. This persistent unbelief leads to a hardened heart (a spiritual thickening/callous). The result is a total inability to process spiritual truth that contradicts human traditions. 5. The Modern Application: The Veil Over the Church This spiritual mirroring explains why many modern churchgoers struggle to understand or accept the Torah. When presented with clear scriptures regarding the seventh-day Sabbath ($Shabbat$), dietary instructions ($Kashrut$), or the Feast Days ($Moedim$), they are often completely unable to comprehend or accept them. Even though the words are right there on the pages of their own Bibles, they cannot perceive them. Just as the dead, traditional systems they trust in are deaf to the living voice of God's law, they too experience a spiritual dullness. Until they repent of human traditions and surrender to the authority of the Creator's written Word, the veil remains over their eyes, keeping them spiritually blind to the beauty, light, and perpetual life of the Torah. This statement echoes 1 John 3:8, which says, "Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning" The Mirroring Principle of Idolatry: What You Revere, You Resemble One of the most profound, yet frequently overlooked, spiritual laws written across the pages of Scripture is what theologians call The Mirroring Principle of Idolatry. Simply put, the principle states: We spiritually conform to the nature of whatever we worship. In the words of biblical scholar G.K. Beale, "What people revere, they resemble, either for ruin or for restoration." When we give our ultimate devotion, trust, and obedience to something, we begin to mirror its characteristics. If we worship a dead, mute, and blind idol—whether a physical statue or a man-made theological tradition—we spiritually inherit its sensory shutdown. Conversely, if we worship the living, speaking Creator, we are restored to reflect His image. 1. The Divine Design: Created to Mirror the Creator To understand why false worship has such a devastating, blinding effect on human beings, we have to look back at our original blueprint. In Genesis, humanity was created with a specific structural purpose: "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." — Genesis 1:27 Humans were designed to be spiritual mirrors placed in the creation. Just as a physical mirror has no light of its own but is designed to perfectly reflect the sun, humanity was designed to face the Creator and reflect His character, holiness, light, and instruction ($Torah$) into the physical world. Worship is the act of pointing our "mirror" toward an object. Whatever sits at the center of our devotion is the exact image our souls will reflect. 2. The Golden Calf: The First Major Replication (Exodus 32) The mirroring principle is vividly demonstrated during Israel's infamous golden calf incident in the wilderness. When Moses delayed coming down from Mount Sinai, the people grew impatient and demanded a physical god they could see and control. They fashioned a golden calf out of their jewelry: "And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel. .." — Exodus 32:4 Immediately after they bowed down and sacrificed to this golden calf, God changed the vocabulary He used to describe Israel. He said to Moses: "Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves... I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people." — Exodus 32:7, 9 The Hebrew term for "stiff-necked" ($qasheh$ $oreph$) is agricultural vocabulary used to describe an obstinate, stubborn bull or heifer that refuses to bow its neck to the yoke of its master. By choosing to revere a young, stubborn bull (the calf) rather than the living God, Israel instantly began to resemble the physical characteristics of their idol. They became spiritually "stiff-necked"—unbending, stubborn, and completely unresponsive to the voice of their Master. 3. The Sensory Shutdown: Psalm 115 and 135 The Psalms lay down the explicit mechanical law of how this spiritual replication operates. They describe the physical nature of man-made idols: “They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.” — Psalm 115:5-7 Then comes the cosmic spiritual warning in verse 8: “They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.” — Psalm 115:8 This is not poetry; it is a spiritual diagnosis. Trusting in a powerless, inanimate representation of godhood causes a complete sensory shutdown in the worshiper: Mouths that speak not: The worshiper loses the ability to speak pure, uncompromised biblical truth. Eyes that see not: The worshiper can look directly at a clear commandment in Scripture (like the Sabbath or dietary laws) and be utterly unable to see or register it. Ears that hear not: The worshiper can hear the voice of the Creator calling them back to His instructions, but they are spiritually deaf to the call. 4. The Prophets' Diagnosis of Israel When Israel later fell into rebellion and rejected the Torah, God did not diagnose them as merely "uneducated." He diagnosed them as idol-mirrors. They had successfully taken on the traits of the blind and deaf Canaanite gods they trusted in: Isaiah 6:9-10: God commissions Isaiah to speak to a people who have spiritually conformed to idols: “Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart...” Jeremiah 5:21: “Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not...” Ezekiel 12:2: “Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.” By turning away from the Torah, they lost the spiritual hardware required to process spiritual truth. 5. The New Testament Reality: Tradition Over Commandments This is not an exclusively Old Testament phenomenon. Yeshua Himself confrontationaly applies this exact "idol-mirroring" diagnosis to the religious leaders of His day. When the Pharisees challenged Yeshua because His disciples did not follow the "traditions of the elders" (man-made religious rules that bypassed God's written law), Yeshua responded: “Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men... Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition...” — Mark 7:6-7, 13 Later, when His disciples failed to understand a basic spiritual concept, Yeshua turned to them and asked: “Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?” — Mark 8:18 The warning is clear: Any time we substitute God’s plain, written commandments with human dogmas, church traditions, or ecclesiastical systems, we trigger the Mirroring Principle. When we place our trust in a denomination, a popular pastor, or a comfortable system of theology that explains away God's law, we begin to resemble that dead system. We lose our ability to process the direct signal of the Scriptures. Our eyes read "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy" but our theological programming translates it to mean Sunday, or worse, that the Sabbath is abolished. The spiritual data is there on the page, but the "mirror" is pointing at human tradition, rendering us blind to the light of the Torah. 6. The Remedy: Restoration to His Image The Mirroring Principle is a law of spiritual gravity, but it works both for ruin or for restoration. If looking at and trusting in dead idols makes us dead, blind, and deaf, then turning our gaze to the living Messiah Yeshua and His perfect instructions has the exact opposite effect: “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass [mirror] the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” — 2 Corinthians 3:18 When we repent of man-made traditions, take the veil off our eyes, and submit directly to the written Word of the Creator, our spiritual senses are restored. We begin to reflect His character, His holiness, and His Torah. Our eyes see, our ears hear, and we are finally able to comprehend, accept, and walk in the beautiful light of His eternal truth. The Alignment of the Mirror: How the Commandments Counteract Idolatry When looking at the 20 specific practices in the Torah Observance Self-Assessment, it is easy for a modern reader to ask: “What does eating pork, wearing tassels, or keeping a Saturday Sabbath have to do with the heavy, spiritual reality of idolatry?” To the modern Western mind, "idolatry" is a mental or emotional state (putting your career or money before God), while the "Torah commandments" are seen as external, ritualistic rules. However, in Hebrew thought, the two are dynamically and structurally connected. Every single commandment ($mitzvah$) in the Torah acts as a physical alignment tool for your spiritual "mirror." When you reject these physical instructions in favor of human traditions, you actively turn your mirror away from the Creator, pointing it toward man-made systems. This triggers the Mirroring Principle of Idolatry—leading to the spiritual sensory shutdown described in the Psalms. Here is how specific commandments are directly connected to the mirroring of idolatry. 1. The Sabbath ($Shabbat$): Mirroring the Creator’s Rhythm vs. Human Authority To understand how the Sabbath connects to the mirror, look at the signature of the Creator. In the Fourth Commandment, God binds the Sabbath directly to His identity as the Maker of all things: “For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” — Exodus 20:11 The Connected Mirror: When you observe the seventh-day Sabbath, you physically conform your life, your time, and your weekly rhythm to the exact pattern of the Creator. You are pointing your mirror directly at His face, reflecting His rest, His sovereignty, and His creative authority into the physical world. The Idolatrous Substitution: When mainstream ecclesiastical systems shifted the day of worship to Sunday and claimed the authority to transfer the holiness of Shabbat, they created a man-made tradition. The Mirroring Result : By resting on Sunday based on human church dogmas rather than the written Word of the Creator, a believer's mirror is pointed at a human institution. Because they revere human authority over the Creator’s written Law, they begin to resemble that system—becoming deaf to the plain text of Scripture and blind to the literal Fourth Commandment. 2. Dietary Laws ($Kashrut$): Mirroring Divine Holiness vs. Pagan Syncretism In Leviticus 11, God outlines which animals are clean and unclean. At the very climax of these dietary instructions, He reveals why He gave them: “For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy... For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.” — Leviticus 11:44-45 The Connected Mirror: The word "holy" ($kadosh$) literally means set apart, separated, and distinct. God is distinct from the world. By putting a physical boundary on what enters our mouths, we mirror His holiness. We reflect His nature of distinction and order. Our daily eating habits become a physical mirror of His spiritual separation. The Idolatrous Substitution: Pagan idolatry is characterized by the breakdown of distinctions—mixing the holy with the profane, eating whatever the flesh desires, and absorbing the habits of the surrounding culture. The Mirroring Result: When the church teaches that "all things are clean to eat" (relying on misinterpretations of Mark 7 or Acts 10), they remove the boundary of distinction. By eating like the pagan nations, they begin to reflect the pagan worldview of spiritual mixture. They lose the ability to distinguish between what is clean and unclean in other areas of life, rendering them spiritually insensitive. 3. Tassels ($Tzitzit$): The Optical Shield Against Idolatry The commandment to wear fringes or tassels ($tzitzit$) on the corners of four-cornered garments is perhaps the most explicit "anti-idolatry mirror" in the entire Torah: “And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a-whoring [prostituting/worshipping idols]...” — Numbers 15:39 The Connected Mirror: The Torah acknowledges that the human eye is easily captivated by the physical world. Left to its own devices, the eye looks at the world, the heart desires what it sees, and the person conforms to that earthly image (idolatry). The $tzitzit$ serve as a physical, optical interruption. The Mirroring Result: Every time your eyes drift downward, they catch the sight of the blue thread in the tassels. This instantly redirects your focus back to the written commandments of God. It is a physical "guardrail" that forces your spiritual mirror to stay tilted upward toward the Creator rather than drifting down to copy the culture. 4. The Biblical Feasts ($Moedim$) vs. Christmas and Easter: Mirroring God’s Calendar vs. Pagan Cycles The annual Feasts (Leviticus 23) are designated as God's "appointed times." They are His prophetic schedule. Conversely, Deuteronomy 12:30-32 strictly warns: “Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them... and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.” The Connected Mirror: When you keep the Passover ($Pesach$), the Feast of Weeks ($Shavuot$), or the Feast of Tabernacles ($Sukkot$), you are mirroring the literal, prophetic timeline of Yeshua's redemption plan. Your mirror is reflecting the true light of the Messiah's first and second comings. The Idolatrous Substitution: Celebrating Christmas (December 25th) or Easter (with a Friday-to-Sunday timeline) is the exact definition of syncretism—taking the customs, dates, and rituals of pagan sun-god worship and renaming them to honor the Creator. The Mirroring Result: Because pagan customs are dead and have no spiritual breath, those who participate in them eventually inherit the sensory shutdown of those original pagan systems. Even when they are shown the plain scriptural timeline of three days and three nights (Matthew 12:40), or shown that Jeremiah 10 condemns decorated trees, they cannot see or comprehend it. Their theological mirror is reflecting the "dead light" of Christianized pagan traditions, leaving them blind to the brilliant light of God’s actual holy days. Summary: The Torah as the Blueprint of the Divine Image Human beings cannot avoid mirroring. We are created to be reflective surfaces. If we do not point our mirrors toward the written Torah—which is the perfect, physical expression of the Creator’s character—we will naturally point our mirrors toward: The Self (human desires and pride). The Culture (pagan traditions and holidays). Human Religious Systems (church doctrines that bypass God's Law). Every single commandment, from how we manage our finances (usury) to how we cut our hair or dress (mixed fabrics), is designed to shape our mirrors so that we perfectly conform to the image of the Messiah Yeshua. When we obey, our spiritual senses are restored. When we substitute His instructions with human traditions, our spiritual hardware shuts down, and we become just as deaf, dumb, and blind as the powerless idols of old. Identifying Modern-Day "Mirror Idolatry": Behavioral and Theological Signs If the Mirroring Principle of Idolatry is a spiritual reality, then the "sensory shutdown" described by the prophets (Psalms 115, Jeremiah 5, Mark 8) must be visible in the modern religious world. It cannot remain an abstract theological concept; it must manifest as recognizable behaviors and patterns of thought. How do you identify a modern-day believer whose spiritual "mirror" has been turned away from the Creator’s $Torah$ and pointed toward human tradition? The scriptures provide a clear diagnostic framework. When a person is reflecting a man-made religious system rather than the living Word, they exhibit specific, identifiable spiritual symptoms. 1. The "Translational Filter" (Eyes That See Not) The most prominent identifier of modern mirror idolatry is selective scriptural blindness. The Symptom: You can open a Bible, point directly to a plain, unambiguous commandment, and have them read it out loud. Yet, their mind is completely unable to process the plain meaning of the text. How to Identify It: You show them: “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy... the seventh day is the sabbath...” (Exodus 20:8-10). Their "filter" instantly translates this to mean: “Go to church on Sunday.” You show them: “These are the beasts which ye shall eat... whatsoever parteth the hoof... and cheweth the cud...” (Leviticus 11:2-3). Their filter instantly translates this to mean: “We can eat whatever we want because Jesus made all things clean.” The Spiritual Reality: The hardware of their physical eyes is working, but their theological mirror is pointed at a denominational creed. The text of Scripture hits their eyes, but the data is scrambled by their programming before it can reach their heart. They cannot see what is plainly written. 2. The Echo Chamber of Human Tradition (Mouths That Speak Not) In Psalm 115, idols are described as having mouths that cannot speak truth. In modern times, this manifests as an inability to speak pure, uncompromised biblical truth, replacing it instead with human catchphrases. The Symptom: When challenged on a matter of scripture or lifestyle, the person does not defend their position using the direct context of the Word. Instead, they regurgitate the pre-programmed talking points of their religious institution. How to Identify It: They rely heavily on clichés, theological jargon, and ecclesiastical soundbites to bypass obedience, such as: “That’s legalism.” “We are under grace, not the law.” “That was just for the Jews.” “That's a secondary issue.” The Spiritual Reality: They have lost their biblical voice. Instead of speaking the words of the Creator, their mouth has become a speaker grille for the human authorities they revere. They can only echo the soundbites of the system they mirror. 3. The "But God Knows My Heart" Defense (Deafness to Warning) When an idol-mirror is confronted with the pagan origins of their religious practices, their spiritual hearing shuts down, and they retreat into emotional self-defense. The Symptom: When you show them scriptural and historical proof that holidays like Christmas or Easter are rooted in pagan worship (contrary to Deuteronomy 12:30-32), they do not hear the warning. Instead, they redirect the conversation to their own personal intentions. How to Identify It: They will respond with statements like: “But that’s not what it means to me.” “God knows my heart, and I am doing this for Him.” “As long as we are focusing on Jesus, the details don't matter.” The Spiritual Reality: They are spiritually deaf to the warnings of the Torah. By prioritizing their internal emotional state (what it means to "me") over the external written instruction of God, they prove that their mirror is pointed inward at The Self—the ultimate form of modern idolatry. 4. The Collapse of Distinctions (No Spiritual Senses) Holiness ($kedushah$) requires the ability to distinguish, separate, and put a difference between things. When a believer’s spiritual senses are shut down, they lose the ability to make biblical distinctions. The Symptom: They cannot perceive any difference between what God has designated as "Holy" ($kadosh$) versus what man has designated as "Common" ($chol$). How to Identify It: They see no difference between Shabbat (the day God sanctified) and Sunday (the day Constantine and the Roman Church set apart). They see no difference between Passover (God’s prophetic feast) and Easter (a tradition named after a pagan goddess). They believe that because "God created everything," all foods, lifestyles, and worship methods are equally acceptable if done with "love." The Spiritual Reality: Because they worship within a system that has mixed pagan habits with biblical language, they have inherited the system's numbness. They are spiritually colorblind—unable to distinguish the bright line of God’s separation from the gray smear of religious syncretism. 5. Hostility Toward the Hebrew Roots of Faith Just as light hurts eyes that have been in the dark for too long, the true light of the Hebrew roots of the faith often provokes a defensive, agitated reaction from those in mirror idolatry. The Symptom: The mere mention of the name $Yeshua$ instead of Jesus, or the suggestion that a believer should strive to keep the commandments out of love, triggers an immediate defensive posture. How to Identify It: They will accuse those returning to the Torah of "falling from grace," being "Judaizers," or belonging to a "cult." They display a visceral discomfort with the physical signs of obedience (like $tzitzit$ or Sabbath rest). The Spiritual Reality: The physical reality of the Torah acts as a polishing cloth on their mirror. It threatens the comfortable, dusty film of human tradition they have lived under. Because they are not ready to turn their mirror away from their ecclesiastical system, they lash out at the light that is trying to break through their sensory shutdown. Summary: A Checklist of the Modern Idol-Mirror The Prophetic Diagnosis The Modern Behavior "Eyes that see not" Reading a clear commandment on the page but being utterly unable to process its plain, literal meaning. "Ears that hear not" Hearing the warning against syncretism (pagan mixing) but dismissing it because "God knows my heart." "Mouths that speak not" Relying on theological clichés ("not under the law," "legalism") instead of quoting direct Scripture in context. "No breath/distinction" Believing that there is no difference between what is clean and unclean, or what is holy and The "Pauline Filter": How a Misaligned Mirror Distorts the Apostle’s Words If a modern believer's theological mirror has been pointed at human tradition, they must find a way to reconcile the clear, eternal commandments of the Creator with their refusal to obey them. To resolve this cognitive dissonance, they construct what can be called "The Pauline Filter." This is the practice of running the entire Bible—including the plain words of the Creator at Mount Sinai and the direct instructions of the Messiah $Yeshua$—through a highly selective, misunderstood reading of the Apostle Paul’s letters. By doing so, they use Paul as a shield to protect their traditions and justify their transgression of the $Torah$. The Apostle Peter explicitly warned that this exact phenomenon would occur: “...even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest [twist], as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked [lawless], fall from your own stedfastness.” — 2 Peter 3:15-17 How do you identify a believer who is utilizing the "Pauline Filter" to maintain their spiritual sensory shutdown? Here are the behavioral and theological signs. 1. The "Paul Over Yeshua" Hierarchy The most glaring symptom of the Pauline Filter is an unconscious theological hierarchy where Paul's words carry more practical authority than the words of the Messiah Himself. The Symptom: When confronted with the direct, plain instructions of the Messiah, the person will immediately bypass them by quoting an isolated verse from Paul to argue that the Messiah's words no longer apply. How to Identify It: You show them where $Yeshua$ said: “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets... whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:17-19). Rather than accepting this, their mind immediately filters it out. They respond with: “Yes, but Paul says Christ is the end of the law for righteousness...” (Romans 10:4), interpreting "end" (telos) as "termination" rather than "goal/climax." The Spiritual Reality: Their theological mirror is pointed at a denominational construct that pits the Messiah against His own Apostle. Because they cannot process the reality that Paul was a Torah-observant Pharisee who defended the Law (Acts 25:8), they must make Paul the "new lawgiver" to justify ignoring the words of the Master. 2. The "Grace vs. Law" Dichotomy (The Divided Mind) Holiness ($kedushah$) requires unity and alignment. The Pauline Filter causes a severe mental split, forcing the believer to treat God's Grace and God's Law as opposing enemies rather than perfect partners. The Symptom: They operate under the assumption that if you love God’s commandments and seek to walk in them out of obedience, you are actively rejecting His grace. How to Identify It: Whenever you talk about keeping the Sabbath or clean eating, they will defensively respond with: “We are saved by grace, not by works!” (Ephesians 2:8-9). They are completely unable to comprehend that keeping the commandments is the fruit of salvation, not the root of it. They cannot reconcile Ephesians 2:8-9 with Ephesians 2:10 (“created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them”). The Spiritual Reality: They are spiritually colorblind to the purpose of the $Torah$. Because their ecclesiastical system teaches that the Law was a "burden" or a "curse" (misunderstanding Galatians 3:13), they view obedience as a threat to their faith. Their mirror reflects a cheapened grace that requires no physical surrender. 3. The "Colossians 2" Dismissal When confronted with the beautiful, prophetic reality of the Biblical Feasts ($Moedim$), those who use the Pauline Filter will instinctively retreat to a single, highly misunderstood passage in Colossians to shut down their hearing. The Symptom: They use Paul's warnings against pagan, ascetic philosophy in Colossae as a license to abandon God's designated Appointed Times. How to Identify It: You discuss the beauty of keeping Passover or Tabernacles ($Sukkot$). They will immediately quote Colossians 2:16: “Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days...” They stop reading there, believing Paul is saying these days are abolished. They are blind to the very next verse (Colossians 2:17), which states these days “are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.” (The Greek literally reads: "let no man judge you... but the body of Messiah," meaning only the local body of believers should judge their observance, not pagan outsiders). The Spiritual Reality: Their mirror is tilted toward a system of lawlessness. They use Paul to justify celebrating pagan-derived holidays (like Christmas) while simultaneously using Paul to condemn those who celebrate God's actual holy days. 4. Total Blindness to Paul’s Self-Defense Perhaps the most ironic sign of the Pauline Filter is a complete inability to see or register the multiple times Paul himself explicitly stated that he kept, loved, and taught the $Torah$. The Symptom: They believe and teach that Paul successfully did away with the Law, despite the overwhelming historical evidence in the book of Acts that Paul went out of his way to prove he kept the Law. How to Identify It: You point them to: Acts 21:24: Where the elders of Jerusalem had Paul perform a public vow to prove to everyone that he “walkest orderly, and keepest the law.” Acts 24:14: Where Paul states under oath: “...so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets.” Romans 7:12: Where Paul writes: “Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.” When shown these plain verses, the user of the Pauline Filter will experience a temporary "system freeze." They will stare at the text, bypass it, and immediately jump back to an isolated verse in Galatians to restore their comfortable programming. The Spiritual Reality: This is the "translational filter" in active operation. The historical reality of a Torah-observant Paul is a direct threat to the theological foundation of the mainstream church. Therefore, the spiritual hardware of the believer must completely block these passages from reaching their heart, preserving the illusion of a law-abolishing Apostle. Summary: Restoring the Mirror of Paul The Misunderstood Paul The Restored, Torah-Observant Paul "Christ is the end of the law..." (Rom 10:4) "Christ is the goal/target of the law..." The Greek word telos means the ultimate aim or completion, not termination. "Not under the law..." (Rom 6:14) "Not under the condemnation/penalty of the law..." Because grace has paid the price, we are now free to obey it. "Let no man judge you..." (Col 2:16) "Do not let pagan outsiders judge your biblical walk..." Keep celebrating the feasts ($Moedim$) which point directly to the Messiah. "The law was our schoolmaster..." (Gal 3:24) "The Torah guarded and trained us..." Leading us to maturity so we can walk in the Spirit of obedience, not lawlessness. common. "Stiff-necked" Refusing to bend the neck to the literal, physical instructions ($mitzvot$) of the Creator. This statement directly references the biblical verse 1 John 3:8 , which states: "The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning." [1 ] Meaning of "Practicing" Sin In Christian theology, "practicing" sin does not mean committing an occasional mistake or lapse in judgment. interpret "practice" as a habitual, deliberate, and unrepentant lifestyle of wrongdoing. According to 1 John 3:4, sin is explicitly defined as the transgression of the Law (Torah). Within a strict Torah-observant framework, all 9 practices listed fail the test and are classified as scriptural transgressions. 1. The Hebrew Name: Acts 4:12, Matthew 1:21 — Replacing the native Hebrew name strips away its prophetic structural meaning: "Yahweh is Salvation." 2. Working on Sabbath: Exodus 20:8-11, Deuteronomy 5:12-15 — The Fourth Commandment explicitly forbids regular vocational labor. 3. Keeping Sabbath Holy: Genesis 2:2-3, Exodus 31:16-17 — Set apart at Creation as a holy day and designated as a perpetual, everlasting covenant. 4. Commandments in General: Ecclesiastes 12:13, 1 John 3:4, Revelation 14:12 — Scripture defines the whole duty of man as keeping the commandments. 5. Unclean Foods: Leviticus 11, Deuteronomy 14, Isaiah 66:17 — Dietary boundaries separating clean from unclean are never repealed in prophecy or Torah. 6. Appointed Days (Moedim): Leviticus 23 — God explicitly calls these "My Feasts." They serve as prophetic dress rehearsals for His redemption plan. 7. Christmas Traditions: Deuteronomy 12:30-32, Jeremiah 10:2-4 — God strictly commands His followers not to learn or adopt the customs of pagan nations to worship Him, regardless of intent. 8. Easter Timing: Matthew 12:40 — A Friday-to-Sunday timeline fails the structural proof of the "Sign of Jonah"—which requires exactly 3 days and 3 nights. 9. Passover: Exodus 12:14, 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 — Commanded as an everlasting ordinance. Paul explicitly reinforces this to New Testament believers, writing: "Let us keep the feast." Title: Torah Observance vs. Church Tradition: A Biblical Study Guide & Self-Assessment Subject: Biblical Theology and Torah Law (Hebrew Roots Perspective) Topics: The Definition of Sin (The Transgression Test) The Seventh-Day Sabbath (Shabbat) vs. Sunday Tradition Dietary Instructions (Kashrut, Blood, and Fat) God's Appointed Times (Moedim & Passover) vs. Mainstream Holidays Sacred Names (Yeshua vs. Jesus) Daily Commandments (Tzitzit, Shaatnez, and Images) Grooming and Body Laws (Beards, Tattoos) Social and Financial Laws (Usury, Clothing) Summary: This study guide evaluates mainstream church traditions and modern dogmas against the perpetual commandments of the Torah. Drawing from both the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) and the Greek Scriptures (New Testament), it outlines how various modern ecclesiastical customs stand under the "Transgression Test." This test uses 1 John 3:4 to define sin strictly as the transgression of God's revealed law. Key Concepts: The Transgression Test: The process of using Biblical law as the objective measure of sin (1 John 3:4). The Perpetual Covenant of Shabbat: The seventh-day Sabbath (Saturday) was established at Creation and remains a sign between God and His people. The Sign of Jonah: Yeshua’s Messiahship is authenticated by spending exactly three days and three nights in the earth (Matthew 12:40), contradicting a Friday-to-Sunday timeline. Syncretism Warning: Deuteronomy 12:30-32 forbids using the methods of pagan nations to worship the Creator. Holiness Distinctions: Commandment laws regarding fabrics ($Shaatnez$), tassels ($Tzitzit$), and diet ($Kashrut$) serve to separate God's people from the world. Vocabulary List: Torah: "Instruction" or "Law" (the first five books of the Bible). Mitzvot: The individual commandments given by God. Shabbat: The seventh-day Sabbath (Friday sunset to Saturday sunset). Moedim: The Appointed Times/Holy Feasts (Leviticus 23). Yeshua: The Hebrew name of the Messiah ("Yahweh is Salvation"). Shaatnez: A fabric containing both wool and linen woven together. Tzitzit: Fringes/Tassels worn for remembrance (Numbers 15:38). Rosh Chodesh: The New Moon / Beginning of the Biblical month. The Spirit of the Lawless One: How Rejecting Torah Mirrors the Adversary's Rebellion When studying the Mirroring Principle of Idolatry and the profound spiritual sensory shutdown that affects the mainstream church, we must eventually confront the ultimate, sobering reality behind this blindness. Scripture does not treat "eyes that cannot see" and "ears that cannot hear" as mere intellectual deficits or passive, accidental misunderstandings. At its absolute root, persistent unbelief and systematic disobedience to the Creator’s $Torah$ are driven by an active, operational spiritual force. The Bible reveals a stark cosmic truth: those who belong to the adversary, or align with his systems of rebellion, carry and mirror his very spirit. 1. The Operational Spirit of Disobedience (Ephesians 2:2) The Apostle Paul explicitly identified the existence of an invisible, active spiritual current that influences those who walk in disobedience to God’s instructions: “Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience...” — Ephesians 2:2 Note Paul's precise vocabulary: "The spirit that now worketh..." The Greek word for "worketh" is energeo, meaning an active, operating energy. It is a spiritual frequency. "...in the children of disobedience." The Hebrew idiom "children of..." denotes a people who take on the exact characteristics, traits, and nature of their source. Just as the Holy Spirit ($Ruach$ $HaKodesh$) actively works inside believers to write the $Torah$ on their hearts and produce the fruit of obedience (Ezekiel 36:26-27) , the spirit of the adversary actively operates in those who reject God’s laws. They become spiritual receptors for the frequency of rebellion, mirroring the character of the "prince of the power of the air." 2. Defining the Adversary’s Character: Lawlessness ($Anomia$) To understand what it means to mirror the spirit of the devil, we must define his primary scriptural characteristics. From the beginning in the Garden of Eden, the adversary’s signature move was to challenge, twist, and undermine the literal commandments of God: “Yea, hath God said... ?” (Genesis 3:1). The Apostle John explains the spiritual lineage of those who make a practice of bypassing God’s written instructions: “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law [anomia]. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin... He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning.” — 1 John 3:4, 8 In Greek, the word for "transgression of the law" is $anomia$, which literally means lawlessness—specifically, living as though the $Torah$ (the Law of Moses) does not exist or has no authority over you. John makes a direct, black-and-white distinction: Those who practice righteousness (aligning with God's $Torah$) mirror the Messiah $Yeshua$. Those who practice lawlessness ($anomia$) mirror the devil, who has been a rebel from the very beginning. When the church teaches that "the Law has been done away with" or that "we do not need to keep the physical commandments," they are unknowingly operating in the spirit of $anomia$. By adopting a theology of lawlessness, they point their spiritual mirrors directly at the original rebel, taking on his spiritual nature. 3. "Ye Are of Your Father the Devil" (John 8:44) The Messiah $Yeshua$ did not shy away from this reality. When confronting the religious leaders of His day—who claimed to worship the God of Abraham but actively rejected the living Word and substituted God’s commandments with human, traditional loop-holes—He diagnosed them with this exact spiritual replication: “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” — John 8:44 How do we identify someone operating under this parental spiritual influence? They cannot abide in the truth: When shown the plain, unadulterated written Word of God, they experience immediate cognitive discomfort and seek to explain it away. They prefer traditional lies: They willingly defend man-made dogmas (like Sunday sacredness or pagan-derived holidays) over the literal commandments of the Creator. They harbor hostility toward obedience: Just as the devil hates those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of $Yeshua$ (Revelation 12:17), those carrying his spirit will exhibit anger, mockery, or defensive hostility toward Torah-observant believers. 4. The Prophetic Blueprint: Changing Times and Laws The spirit of the lawless one has a specific prophetic agenda. The prophet Daniel foresaw that a power would arise in the earth that would attempt to copy the adversary's ultimate desire—to completely sever humanity from the Creator’s covenant boundaries: “And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws...” — Daniel 7:25 The "times" here are the $Moedim$ (God's appointed calendar, Sabbaths, and feasts), and the "laws" are the $Torah$. When modern ecclesiastical systems changed the Sabbath to Sunday, replaced the Biblical Feasts with paganized holidays, and declared the food laws obsolete, they executed the exact agenda of the lawless one. Because churchgoers belong to and revere these traditional systems, they drink in the spirit that built them. They are not merely "uninformed"; they are influenced by a highly calculated, multi-generational spiritual current of $anomia$. This is why they cannot understand, comprehend, or accept the simple, beautiful instructions of the Father—their spiritual hardware is tuned to the frequency of the lawless one. Conclusion: A Battle of Spirits The scriptures leave us with no middle ground. We are spiritual mirrors, and we will inevitably reflect one of two spirits: The Spirit of God ($Ruach$ $HaKodesh$) The Spirit of the Lawless One ( $anomia$) Points the mirror toward the Creator. Points the mirror toward human systems & self. Writes the $Torah$ on the heart (Jer 31:33). Seeks to abolish or bypass the $Torah$. Leads to physical obedience and holiness. Leads to lawlessness disguised as "grace." Restores spiritual sight, hearing, and life. Triggers a complete sensory shutdown and blindness. If we want our family, friends, and churchgoers to escape this blindness, we must realize that we are not fighting against flesh and blood, but against spiritual wickedness in high places (Ephesians 6:12). Only the raw, piercing truth of God’s Word—combined with the power of the Holy Spirit—can break the hold of the lawless spirit, shatter the mirror of idolatry, and restore their eyes to see and their ears to hear. The decrees of Yehovah are trustworthy , making wise the simple. The commandments of Yehovah are right, bringing joy to the heart. The commands of Yehovah are clear, giving insight into living. Reverence for Yehovah is pure, lasting forever. The laws of Yehovah are true; each one is fair. They are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold. They are sweeter than honey, even honey dripping from the comb. They are a warning to your servant, a great reward for those who obey them. Psalm 19:7 The one who belongs listens and responds to Yehovah's words. If you don't listen and respond , it is because you don't belong to Yehovah." John 8:47 God's promises to those who obey him include: Being blessed Being saved Being watched over Being taken care of Being given what you ask for Being happy Living longer Lacking nothing good