While the chess pieces of the world stage are being moved into WW3 formation, there is a conflict of greater importance that we must remind ourselves of, and be equipped for. The struggle between good and evil, light and darkness, sweet and bitter, sheep and goats, wheat and tares; ultimately, life, or death. Make no mistake about it, the real war is the battle for souls, and the true enemy, the Devil, yes, the one who deceives the whole world is subtly furnished with his arsenal. Are you prepared for battle?
What side of this conflict will you be on?
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Revelation 12:9
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of Elohim, and have the testimony of Yahusha The Messiah”
Revelation 12:17
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour
1 Peter 5:8
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Revelation 12:4
No doubt, the adversary is after the children of Elohim. Those who have faith in Yahusha and keep the commandments of Elohim. Therefore, don’t be surprised at the intensity and craftiness of his approach. He has had thousands of years to perfect his role. Consider for a moment his two main objectives:
- Convincing us the commandments of YHWH do not need to be kept.
– Modern day Christianity fell into the same trap as the ancient Israelites (also Adam & Eve). - Uprooting the foundation of our salvation; belief in Messiah Yahusha. Sowing seeds of doubt of the legitimacy of the Son of The Most High’s testimony.
– To forget where you came from and who bought you with a heavy price.
Today, we will be defending the stance that our Heavenly Father has indeed sent His Son for the remission of sins, to set the captives free, to open the eyes of the blind, unstop the ears of the deaf and to be our perfect example, high priest, and king.
“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Yahusha Messiah”
1 Corinthians 3:11
Just as YHWH uses men to convey his messages and purpose, so does the devil.
“For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Messiah. No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds”
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
2 Peter 2:1-3, 19-22
“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who stealthily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Master that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their poisonous ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with false words exploit you: whose judgment now of a long time lingers not, and their damnation slumbers not”
2 Peter 2:19-22
“Promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what anyone is overcome, by this he is enslaved. For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Master and savior Yahusha, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them. It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “A dog returns to its own vomit,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire”
“Promising them freedom…”
“Then said Yahusha to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word,
then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth,
and the truth shall make you free”
John 8:31-32
I remember my former life. One of following my own rules, doing as I pleased. Though on the surface I appeared to have freedom, my being was in utter chaos. I wanted out, and he gave me freedom in my heart soul and mind through His Son. Yet, I’ve heard from some, that leaving Messiah gave them ‘freedom’. How can this be? We will attempt to answer this question in due time.
“And as He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” And Yahusha answered and said to them, “See to it that no one misleads you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will mislead many people. And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pains.”
Matthew 24:3-8
How could someone turn their backs on the one who freed them?
“Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. But ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know all things. I have not written unto you because ye know not the Truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the Truth. Who is a liar but he that denies that Yahusha is the Messiah? He is antichrist, that denies the Father and the Son. Whosoever denies the Son, the same has not the Father: he that acknowledges the Son has the Father also. Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. But the anointing which ye have received of him abides in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is Truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, ye shall abide in him. And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that does righteousness is born of him.”
1 John 2:18-29
Some have espoused a Jewish mindset that there’s one El, and no son.
“Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Yahusha answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone you not; but for blasphemy; and because that you, being a man, make yourself Elohim”
John 10:31-33
“After it is consummated, Beliar, the king of this world, will descend, who has ruled it since it came into being; yea, he will descent from his firmament in the likeness of a man, a lawless king, the slayer of his mother: who himself (even) this king and all that he has desired he will do in the world: he will do and speak like the Beloved and he will say: “I am Elohim and before me there has been none.” And all the people in the world will believe in him. And they will sacrifice to him and they will serve him saying: “This is Elohim and beside him there is no other.” And they greater number of those who shall have been associated together in order to receive the Beloved, he will turn aside after him. And there will be the power of his miracles in every city and region. And he will set up his image before him in every city.”
The Ascension of Isaiah 4:2,6-11
The devil will come and appear as ‘God’. He will proclaim he is El and there is no other. Yet, the scriptures instruct us time and time again, that there is a Father and his Son.
Who is the one who overcomes the world, but the one who believes that Yahusha is the Son of YHWH? This is the One who came by water and blood, Yahusha the Messiah; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. If we receive the testimony of people, the testimony of Elohim is greater; for the testimony of Elohim is this, that He has testified concerning His Son. The one who believes in the Son of YHWH has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe YHWH has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that YHWH has given concerning His Son. And the testimony is this, that YHWH has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. The one who has the Son has the life; the one who does not have the Son of YHWH does not have the life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of YHWH, so that you may know that you have eternal life”
1 John 5:5-13
Through the wiles of Rome & the papacy (the 4th beast), a false version of our Messiah has been created. A king who has ‘set free’ the people of YHWH from the law. You know, the ‘lawless’ one. A constructed straw-man.
Even though there was a ‘reformation’, or separation from Roman Catholicism, Protestantism has retained much of her doctrine, and her image, set up in every city.
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed
Revelation 13:15
Roman Catholicism has created it’s image.
A false second coming and revival is looming. Mandatory Sunday attendance? Sounds crazy? Anyone remember 2020-2022? Mandatory worship of this image? Make no mistake about it, the deception will fool the masses. You don’t think most would willingly flock to this ‘love all’, do as thou wilt ‘god’? Think Christians void of the knowledge of YHWH and his ways would follow him?
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall be no priest to me: seeing you have forgotten the law of your Elohim, I will also forget your children”
Hosea 4:6
“Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time”
1 John 2:18
For more on the anti-messiah who’s been around for a long time, please see this video:
So How Can We Be SURE The True Messiah Has Come?
“I will raise up to them a prophet of their brethren, like you (Moses); and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them as I shall command him. And whatever man shall not hearken to whatsoever words that prophet shall speak in my name, I will take vengeance on him”
Deuteronomy 18:18-19 Septuagint
Link to ‘Prophet Like Moshe’ article
NO OTHER ELOHIM ‘BESIDES’ HIM?
Earlier, we read a passage from John 10, where the pharisees were ready to stone Messiah, because he proclaimed he was the Son of Elohim. There’s a group of people who would be ready to do the same today. Why?
“For thus says YHWH that created the heavens; Elohim himself that formed the earth and made it; he has established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am YHWH; and there is none else”
Isaiah 45:18
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“Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who has declared this from ancient time? who has told it from that time? have not I YHWH? and there is no Elohim else beside me; a just Elohim and a Savior; there is none beside me”
Isaiah 45:21
Let’s take a look at the older, Aramaic text, but before we do, we must remind ourselves of something. One of Messiah’s titles is, “The Word of Elohim/YHWH”.
“His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of Elohim”
Revelation 19:12-13
Isaiah 45:17-25 Aramaic
“Yisrael shall be saved by the WORD of YHWH with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be ashamed nor confounded for ever, yea, for ages after ages. For thus says YHWH that created the heavens; He who laid the foundation of the earth and made it, is Elohim; He formed it. He created it not in vain; but He formed it, that the sons of man should multiply upon it. I am YHWH, and there is none else. I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of the house of Jacob, Seek Me reverently in vain: I YHWH speak the truth, declaring upright things. Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you that are escaped of the nations: they know nothing that carry about their wooden images, and who pray unto an elohim who shall not save (context). Tell you, and draw you near; yea, take counsel together: who has declared this from ancient time? Who has told it from that time? Have not I YHWH? And there is no Elohim whatever besides Me; a just Elohim and a Savior; there is none but I. Turn unto My WORD, and be you saved, all that are at the ends of the earth: for I am YHWH, and there is none else. I have sworn by My WORD, the WORD is gone forth in righteousness from My presence, and shall not fail, that before Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. Surely, He has promised to bring me righteousness and strength by the WORD of YHWH. In His WORD they shall offer praise, and all the nations that are incensed against His people shall be ashamed. In the WORD of YHWH all the seed of Yisrael shall be justified and glorified.”
The title, “The Word of YHWH” was used over 200 times in the Aramaic version of the Torah. In the Hebrew Masoretic, 11 times. Perhaps someone was trying to hide something?
We see the same echoed in the prayer Messiah offered to YHWH, in front of the disciples.
These words spake Yahusha, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify you: As you have given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as you have given him. And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true Elohim, and Yahusha Messiah, whom you have sent
John 17:1-3
Compare what Messiah taught, with what modern-day Christian theology teaches.
Likewise, we see something similar prophesied for the end times through Isaiah
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the YHWH‘s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of YHWH, to the house of the Elohim of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the Torah (law), and the Word of the YHWH from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people
Isaiah 2:2-4
Truth be told, motive exists for the jews to remove evidence of Messiah in the Tanakh. Nevertheless, even their man-made book of traditions tells of his existence & ministry.
“My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Yahusha answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that you, being a man, make thyself Elohim. Yahusha answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them elohim, unto whom the Word of Elohim came, and the scripture cannot be broken; do you say of him, whom the Father has sanctified, and sent into the world, you blasphemer; because I said, I am the Son of Elohim?
John 10:29-36
If he called them elohim, unto whom the Word of Elohim came…
Who is ‘them’? It’s not ‘us’, as modern-day theology teaches.
“And Elohim said to the seventy angels who stood foremost before him, to those who were near to him, saying, Come let us descend and confuse their tongues, that one man shall not understand the language of his neighbor, and they did so unto them”
Jasher 9:32 (Mentioned in Joshua 10:13 & 2 Sam 1:18)
“And The Master said to the seventy angels which stand before Him, come, we will descend and intermix their language, that a man will not understand the speed of his neighbor. And The WORD of YHWH was revealed against the city, and with Him seventy angels, having reference to seventy nations, each having its own language, and thence the writing of its own hand: and He dispersed them from then upon the face of all the earth into seventy languages.”
Genesis 11:7-8 Aramaic
These 70 angels were given dominion over the 70 nations; they were the rulers/principalities that were to rule in righteousness, but since they did not, will die like men.
Deuteronomy 32:8-18 Septuagint
“Israel was the line of his inheritance”, however they perpetually sinned against him, and he sent them away.
Enoch 89:51-59
And YHWH called those men the seven first white ones, and commanded that they should bring before Him, beginning with the first star which led the way, all the stars whose privy members were like those of horses, and they brought them all before Him. And He said to that man who wrote before Him, being one of those seven white ones, and said unto him: “Take those seventy shepherds to whom I delivered the sheep, and who taking them on their own authority slew more than I commanded them.” And behold they were all bound, I saw, and they all stood before Him. And the judgement was held first over the stars, and they were judged and found guilty, and went to the place of condemnation, and they were cast into an abyss, full of fire and flaming, and full of pillars of fire. And those seventy shepherds were judged and found guilty, and they were cast into that fiery abyss. And I saw at that time how a like abyss was opened in the midst of the earth, full of fire, and they brought those blinded sheep, and they were all judged and found guilty and cast into this fiery abyss, and they burned; now this abyss was to the right of that house”
Enoch 90:21-26
“I have said, Ye are elohim, and ye all are children of the most High. But ye shall die as a man, and ye princes shall fall like others”
(Psalm 82:6-7)
“Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that you did set your heart to understand, and to chasten yourself before your Elohim, your words were heard, and I am come for your words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. Then said he, do you know why I am come unto you? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come”
Daniel 10:12-13, 20
“For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit…”
Acts 23:8
Why would we want to follow in the footsteps of the Saducees?
WHO CREATED EVERYTHING? ONE OR TWO?
Let’s go back even further, to the creation account.
In the beginning Elohim created the heaven and the earth
Genesis 1:1
“And Elohim said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth”
Genesis 1:26
Tener – Tengo – Tenemos (Hebrew works like Spanish)
Only two options exist here. Either the Father looked to His Son and said “let us make man in our image”, or he turned to the angels and made the declaration. Ask yourself, are we made in the image of angels or Yahusha?
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and the Word was Elohim. The same was in the beginning with Elohim. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made”
John 1:1-3
“Thy throne, O Elohim, is for ever and ever: the scepter of thy kingdom is a right scepter. You love righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore Elohim, your Elohim, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”
Psalm 45:6-7
“Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against YHWH, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sits in the heavens shall laugh: YHWH shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. I will declare the decree: YHWH has said unto me, you are my Son; this day have I begotten you. Ask of me, and I shall give you the nations for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.”
Psalm 2:1-8
“YHWH said unto my Master, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. YHWH shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: you have the dew of your youth. YHWH has sworn, and will not repent, you are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. YHWH at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.”
Psalm 110:1-6
“While the Pharisees were gathered together, Yahusha asked them, Saying, What think ye of Messiah? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. He said unto them, How then does David in spirit call him Master, saying, YHWH said unto my Master, Sit you on my right hand, till I make thine enemies your footstool? If David then call him Master, how is he his son? And no man was able to answer him a word, neither did any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.”
Matthew 22:41-46
“for out of Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the Word of YHWH from Jerusalem, and he shall judge among the nations…” – Is 2:3-4
“Who has ascended up into heaven, or descended? who has gathered the wind in his fists? who has bound the waters in a garment? who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you can tell?”
Proverbs 30:4
ENOCH & OTHER TEXTS PROVING MESSIAH (THE SON)
TESTAMENT OF THE 12 PATRIARCHS
REUBEN 2:24-30
SIMEON 3:7-11
LEVI 3:23-27, 44-46, 4:27-28, 5:12-27
NAPHTALI 2:23-25
JOSEPH 2:72-78
BENJAMIN 1:18-22
Truth is, the Son has always been the one interacting with man on behalf of YHWH. It is the Son Israel was married to and later sent away. It is the Son who had to die, in order to take his bride back.
“The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then said he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.”
Matthew 22:2-9
Yahusha did not take his Father’s bride (a sin). The bride was, is, and will be his.
“And the Father himself, which has sent me, has borne witness of me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape”
John 5:37
“And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which YHWH has made with you concerning all these words. Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:And they saw the Elohim of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw Elohim, and did eat and drink”
Exodus 24:8-11
So who did they see?
“No man hath seen Elohim at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him”
John 1:18
“I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. Then said they unto him, Who are you? And Yahusha said unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.”
John 8:24-25
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Yahusha is not some foreign or concocted elohim. He is the true Son of YHWH, and the creator of heaven and earth.
“All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made”
(ABRAHAM & ISAAC) THE FATHER OFFERING UP HIS SON TYPOLOGY
The binding of Isaac has stirred up debate for many for centuries, but truly, the mystery of the gospel was hidden in this famous story.
“And the Angel of YHWH called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do you any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fear Elohim, seeing you have not withheld thy son, thine only son from ME. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.”
Genesis 22:11-13
“At that time The Master appeared unto Abraham, and called to him, from heaven, and said unto him, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do you any thing unto him, for now I know that you fear Elohim in performing this act, and in not withholding your son, your only son, from me. And Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, a ram was caught in a thicket by his horns; that was the ram which YHWH Elohim had created in the earth in the day that he made earth and heaven. For YHWH had prepared this ram from that day, to be a burnt offering instead of Isaac
Jasher 23:69-71
AS we approached the mountain, Isaac said unto me, My father, we have with us the fire and the wood, but we have no lamb to serve as a burnt offering unto YHWH. Explain now unto me the mystery hidden in this thing that I may be obedient unto all which the YHWH requires of me. Then I rejoiced, for I knew that YHWH had revealed in the heart of my son Isaac that which we must do. Therefore I said unto him, Isaac, my son, YHWH has chosen you to be a perfect burnt offering unto him instead of the lamb. And this thing is a type of YHWH Tsebaot who is our first Father and his Only Begotten Son who is the Lamb slain from before the foundation to the earth. For surely Elohim will offer his only son as a sacrifice upon the cross to atone for our sins and for the sins of all mankind, that all men might be redeemed front he power of death and be brought to stand before the judgement bar of the great YHWH to be judged according to their works, that every man might receive a righteous and just judgment and that mercy might have claim upon the penitent, the price of their sins having been paid by the Son of Elohim. Yea, surely, my son, we have been chosen to represent the Father and the Son in this thing, and though I grieve to think of losing you, my beloved, yet I rejoice that we are honored in this way to represent Elohim.
CHAPTER 144
AND Isaac said unto me, I will do all that YHWH has commanded you, my father, with joy in mine heart that I am chosen to represent the son of Elohim in this sacrifice, and I have this hope in me, that if we are faithful to all the commandments of the YHWH, I shall yet stand in the flesh with you and my mother before the throne of the Ancient of Days and receive from him the promise of exaltation and eternal lives. When I heard this answer, I rejoiced in my son Isaac whose heart was pure and upright before YHWH. But the Spirit of YHWH constrained me to test him further, and I said unto him, Have you any thoughts or feelings which would prevent you being offered as a perfect sacrifice before YHWH? For if you do in any way doubt the efficacy of this sacrifice, which is in the similitude of the sacrifice of the Only Begotten of the Father which is full of grace and truth, it is not meet that you should be offered as a sacrifice before our Elohim. But Isaac answered me saying, O my father, as YHWH lives and as you live as an holy man of Elohim, I know that you are a servant of the Most High Elohim and that you do hold the keys of the fathers. You have never asked me to do anything which was not of Elohim but you have taught me by precept and example to serve YHWH your Elohim in every act of my life. Shall I then shrink from being offered by you as a sacrifice unto YHWH your Elohim? Nay, but I shall rejoice forever to have been so honored. Blessed is YHWH your Elohim who has this day chosen me to be sacrificed as a burnt offering before him.”
The Writings of Abraham 143 & 144
If one were to discard the multiple witness accounts of the life, ministry and crucifixion of Yahusha, the Son of YHWH, where does that leave us with the ‘binding of Isaac’ story?
“Whosoever denies the Son, the same has not the Father: he that acknowledges the Son has the Father also”
1 John 2:23
WHY ARE SOME LEAVING FAITH IN MESSIAH?
Messiah Yahusha is no stranger to people turning their back on him.
#judas
We have seen lives transformed by those who come to the saving knowledge of Messiah. Those who were homeless, back on their feet. Families restored, the sick; healed, addictions, gone. The depressed restored to life, and of course countless more, and varied testimonies. Is it part of the human condition to receive what you want, need, pray for etc…, and then become complacent, or ungrateful? Perhaps forgetting where you came from? Forgetting the rock that saved you?
“But Yashurun waxed fat, and kicked: you are grown fat, you are grown thick, you are covered with fatness; then he forsook Elohim which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation”
Deuteronomy 32:15
“Hear you therefore the parable of the sower. When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, then comes the wicked one, and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
(Ignorance, following false teachers, allowing evil spirits to plant seeds of doubt)
But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that hears the word, and anon with joy receives it; Yet has he not root in himself, but endures for a while: for when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, by and by he is offended.
(not truly grounded/rooted in faith, offended when having to endure trials, weak)
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that hears the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
(esteeming the world and what it offers above the love of Yah and man)
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that hears the word, and understands it; which also bears fruit, and brings forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty”
Matthew 13:18-23
SOME COME AND TASTE THE TRUTH, BUT ARE FASCINATED WITH OTHER WELLS AND ARE DRAWN AWAY
“Ho, every one that is thirsty, come ye to the waters, and he that has no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.”
Isaiah 55:1-4
DAVID THE MESSIAH?
This is a good time to discuss a doctrine that has been resurfacing. Is David the promised one to come and rule, not Messiah Yahusha? Why are some being led to this?
“And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them”
Ezekiel 37:24
“But they shall serve YHWH their Elohim, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.”
Jeremiah 30:9
Do these verses specify that David himself will become the Messiah? Or is it referencing the house of David?
“And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.”
Zechariah 12:10
“And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, Elohim has fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he has raised up Yahusha again; as it is also written in the second psalm, You are my Son, this day have I begotten you. And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. Wherefore he says also in another psalm, You shall not suffer your Holy One to see corruption. For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of Elohim, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: But he, whom Elohim raised again, saw no corruption. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:”
Acts 13:32-38
Let’s consider one of the prophecies of The Messiah, who was to come from the lineage of Jesse (David’s father). Consider this was spoken well after David was deceased.
“And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of YHWH shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of YHWH. And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.”
Isaiah 11:1-3, 10
Consider that Israel is also called Jacob (called after their father in flesh).
“But you, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend”
Isaiah 41:8
“For YHWH’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance”
Deuteronomy 32:9
“Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob”
Deuteronomy 33:4
“Ye that fear YHWH, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel”
Psalm 22:23
Are these verses specifically talking about Jacob the great patriarch or his offspring?
“While the Pharisees were gathered together, Yahusha asked them, Saying, What think ye of Messiah? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. He said unto them, How then does David in spirit call him Master, saying, YHWH said unto my Master, Sit you on my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool? If David then calls him Master, how is he his son? And no man was able to answer him a word, neither did any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.”
Matthew 22:41-46
If you didn’t catch that, these words that came from the mouth of our Messiah around 2,000 years ago still echoes reproof to the naysayers today. David, prophecies in spirit; seeing The Master (Messiah, not himself) being spoken to by YHWH. David acknowledges him (The Messiah) as his Master. David therefore cannot be The Messiah.
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.”
John 15:1-6
ISAIAH 53
There is a doctrine that has been put forth that attempts to teach that Isaiah 53 is not pointing to a messianic suffering servant, but Israel as a whole, and if true, removes a major prophecy of the coming of Yahusha our Messiah. Isaiah 53:
“Who has believed our report? and to whom is the arm of YHWH revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he has no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of Elohim, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and YHWH has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opens not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased YHWH to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when you shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of YHWH shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he has poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”
Isaiah 53
Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonished at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider
Isaiah 52:13-15
The claim – Many verses point to Israel as a nation being the servant of YHWH, therefore the servant in Isaiah 52-53 must be Israel as a whole.
While many verses do pinpoint Israel as a nation to be the servant of YHWH, the same case can be made for Messiah Yahusha himself, as we will demonstrate in a moment. Let’s not forget that YHWH’s servant was also identified as:
Abraham (Gen 26:24)
Moses (Num 12:7)
Caleb (14:24)
David (2 Sam 3:18)
Job (Job 42:7)
Isaiah (Isaiah 20:3)
Here are some passages to consider:
Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you, and thy fellows that sit before you: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch. For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith Yahuah Tseva’oth, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day
Zechariah 3:8-9
Now leading up to Isaiah 52-53:
And now, saith Yahuah that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of Yahuah, and my Elohim shall be my strength. And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou may be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isaiah 49:5-6
As we can see, this servant (singular) brings back the tribes of Jacob (plural) — this servant cannot be Israel (Jacob) and have this passage make sense. If Israel was the suffering servant, then Yahuah would imply that Israel would save and bring back itself (this is not in Yahuah’s character – it is he who saves). This passage is undoubtedly a messianic prophecy. There is much more to discuss regarding Isaiah 53. If you have more questions, please see the video and/or article below.
Isaiah 53: The Suffering Servant (Article)
THE ‘CURSE’ OF JECONIAH
Some have stated that Yahusha cannot be the messiah because of the ‘curse of Jeconiah’.
“As I live, says YHWH, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; And I will give you into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face you fear, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. And I will cast you out, and your mother that bare you, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. But to the land whereunto they desire to return, there shall they not return. Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not? O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of YHWH. Thus says YHWH, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah”
Jeremiah 22:24-30
Jeconiah had 7 sons; none of them sat on the throne, thus the words of YHWH came true. However, with Zerubabel, the promise was restored!
“In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of YHWH by the prophet Haggai, saying, Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, says YHWH; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, says YHWH, and work: for I am with you, says Yahuah Tsebaot: According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remain among you: fear ye not. And again the word of YHWH came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother. In that day, says Yahuah Tsebaot, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, says YHWH, and will make you as a signet: for I have chosen you, says Yahuah Tsebaot”
Haggai 2:1-5, 20-23
Consider that YHWH visits the iniquity of the fathers to the 3rd and 4th generation of those who hate him.
“You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I YHWH your Elohim am a jealous Elohim, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me”
Exodus 20:5
“And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Shealtiel (2nd); and Shealtiel begat Zerubabbel (3rd);”
Matthew 1:11-12 (Lineage of Messiah)
The iniquity was visited and forgiven. That’s how our Abba rolls. He made a promise to David. Even though his lineage was punished and cursed for a time, he always makes a way for reconciliation. Here’s his promise to David:
“And it shall come to pass, when your days be expired that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after thee, which shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build me an house, and I will establish his throne for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore”
1st Chronicles 17:11-14
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty Elohim, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Yahuah Tsebaot will perform this”
Isaiah 9:6-7
The everlasting father….?
“And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father’s house. And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.”
Isaiah 22:21-24
Consider that the promise to David cannot be broken.
“and his throne shall be established for evermore…”
THE VIRGIN BIRTH
The claim – They say that the word ‘alma’ used in Isaiah 7:14 does not mean virgin; therefore the story of the virgin birth in the N.T. is invalid, or concocted.
It is true, in Isaiah 7:14 the word commonly translated as ‘virgin’ comes from the Hebrew word ‘alma‘, which can mean a young woman of marriageable age, and/or virgin.
“Therefore YHWH himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin (alma) shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel”
Isaiah 7:14
Another Hebrew word exists and is used for virgin; ‘bethula‘. Jewish scholars argue that because ‘bethula’ wasn’t used, the verse cannot be indicating a virgin, but a young woman. Interestingly enough, through the story of Rebecca, we can see these two Hebrew words used interchangeably to identify her as a virgin.
Alma does indeed overlap and can mean the same thing as betulah; a virgin. Even so, the Greek Septuagint (1100 years older than the Hebrew Masoretic text we have today) clears this up nicely for us. It is common knowledge that the predominant translation in circulation during the times of the apostles would have been the Greek Septuagint. The word used in Isaiah 7:14 in the Greek is parthenos. Parthenos means nothing other than a virgin.
Also, we have another version of scripture that is at least worthy of an honorable mention, the Aramaic. Let’s take a look:
“Therefore Yahuah 𐤄𐤅𐤄𐤉 Himself will give you a sign; Behold, a virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and she will call His Name Immanuel”
Isaiah 7:14 Aramaic
If the Greek was wrong, surely the Dead Sea Scroll copies would expose the issue. However, we see the same verbiage. It’s also worth mentioning that Messiah deniers believe that this prophecy was only limited to the 65 years given in Isaiah 7, not recognizing dual fulfillment is well within YHWH’s skill set.
ONE CANNOT DIE FOR THE SINS OF ANOTHER?
The claim — They say that a man cannot atone for the sins of another (Ezekiel 18), and therefore, Messiah cannot die for our sins.
The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Ezekiel 18:20
This verse makes it clear that the father does not die because of his son’s actions, nor the son for his father’s. Example; I live righteously, but my father does not — this does not impact my fate. What this passage does not say — A messiah cannot atone for your sins, they put that concept into the text inappropriately.
This is what Torah says about atonement:
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes an atonement for the soul
Leviticus 17:11
It’s all about the blood. Nevertheless, some may forget that Daniel specifically prophesied that messiah himself would atone for sins directly:
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Daniel 9:24-26
We can see a few things: Messiah would be cut off, not for himself and that through this, there would be and end of sins and reconciliation for iniquity. Let us reason with one another — this is about as plainly as Yahuah can speak to us about a coming messiah that would die for our sins. HalleluYah! Let’s not forget what we just read in Isaiah 53:
“Yet it pleased YHWH to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of YHWH shall prosper in his hand”
Isaiah 53:10
Why wasn’t Yahusha named “Immanuel” as the prophecy states? Don’t forget Isaiah 9 also:
“and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty Elohim, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace…”
“His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of YHWH”
Yahusha has many names. He was and is, Elohim with us (Immanuel).
YAHUSHA A COPY OF PAGAN DEITIES?
There’s much to love and boast about our Heavenly Father and His amazing Son. Yet, there’s one stand out trait that isn’t often spoken of. Freewill. Maybe it’s just me, but I cherish the fact that he gives us all a choice. The opportunity to love and follow Him, or not. If he wanted to, he could have created us like the animals, hardwired to do what they were intended to do, without deviation.
“And as often as I saw I blessed always YHWH of Glory, and I continued to bless YHWH of Glory who has wrought great and glorious wonders, to show the greatness of His work to the angels and to spirits and to men, that they might praise His work and all His creation: that they might see the work of His might and praise the great work of His hands and bless Him for ever”
Enoch 36:4
With man, he gives us the power of thought, creation, speech and so on. If our hearts wander away from him and believe fables of men over his word, he allows it. This is exactly what has happened to some. The devil, through men have fabricated many lies to divert souls from the truth. It is up to us to believe one or the other. Faulty men (and angels), or YHWH’s Word. The choice is ours.
The walk is hard, and it’s not for everyone.
Truth is, if your heart is looking for a way out, he will allow you to find one. If you want a release from the creator of the Heavens and Earth who commands us to walk according to his ways, to believe and follow His Son, he will allow it. Why would he want to spend eternity with those who don’t truly love or trust him?
Without Yahusha, you will not have eternal life, only the one already granted to you here. So why have some found ‘freedom’ walking away from Messiah? Perhaps walking in love while being obedient to YHWH is too much to ask. Perhaps sharing the good news is too burdensome. Perhaps picking up your cross and following him is too heavy a cost.
Facts:
It is harder to walk in love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, meekness, gentleness, and self control rather than anger, malice, wrath, envy, jealousy, hatred, sedition’s and other works of the flesh.
“You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Yahusha Messiah was publicly portrayed as crucified? This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? So then, does He who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
Galatians 3:1-5
YHWH Bless you and keep you
YHWH make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you
YHWH lift up his countenance upon you and give you SHALOM 🙂
Much love, shalom and blessings to you in the name of Yahusha Ha’Mashiach, our King, High Priest and amazing example! HalleluYah!
