Sabbath Thoughts 5–Standing up to the Christian Bullies Part 1

by | Mar 9, 2015 | Podcasts

  • Calendar–March 8, 2015–16th Day of the 12th Biblical Month 6014 (aka: Shevat 5775)
    • This past week, according to Rood’s “The Chronological Gospels–The Life and 70-Week Ministry of Yeshua Messiah,” Lazarus is raised from the dead on Purim. Recorded in John 11:17-53
    • This past week we also celebrated Purim and revisited the story of Esther. Please see my blog post expounding upon 2 of Purim greatest secrets
  • Upcoming Feasts and Messianic Celebrations
    • Biblical Rosh HaShanah or Head of the Biblical Year–Est. 03/22/2015 or 1st Day of 1st Biblical Month of the Aviv 6015
    • Passover–Est. 04/04/2015 or 14th Day of the 1st Biblical Month
  • Feast of Unleavened Bread–Est. 04/05-12/2015, or 15th through 21st day of 1st Biblical Month
  • Firstfruits–Est. 04/12/2015, or 22nd Day of the 1st Biblical Month of Aviv
  • Astronomically & Agriculturally Corrected Biblical Hebrew Calendar–Michael Rood


    • Messianic Happenings
      • A Rood Awakening–Michael Rood 
        Shabbat Night Live

        Shabbat Night Live

        • Michael’s heart surgery was successful. Michael is now in recovery
        • Shabbat  Night Live down to just 1-hour each Friday at 8 P.M. Est
        • 4/3-5/15-Rood Awakening Passover celebration in Charlotte North Carolina
        • 4/19-5/1/15-Rood Tour of Israel
      • Arthur Bailey Ministries and House of Israel  Arthur Bailey
        • Sabbath Services HOI (every Sabbath morning at 11 A.M. EST)
        • Discipleship Training 101
        • Arthur on Evangelistic Tour of Israel (2/26-3/11/2015)
      • WildBranch Ministry–Brad Scott  Brad Scott
        • Fort Walton Beach, FL (March 7, 2015)
        • Amarillo, TX (March 14 & 15, 2015)
        • Abilene, TX (March 19, 2015)
        • Midland, TX (March 20-22, 2015)
        • Georgetown, TX (March 27, 2015)
        • Jerrell, TX (March 28, 2015)
        • League City, TX (March 29, 2015)
        • Hebraic Roots Network–each Friday 7-8 P.M. (CST)
      • Founded in Truth–Matthew Vander Els Matthew Vander Els
        • New DVD teachings include “The Church’s Curse,” “Holy War,” “Being the Image of God,” “Way of the King”
        • Sabbath Services each Sabbath at Fort Mill Church of the Nazarene in Fort Mill S.C.
      • Bulldozer Faith–Kenny Russell 
        • 2-months into his evangelical tour of the US
      • Biblical Foundations Academy International–Keith Johnson
        • Inspiring people around the world to build a biblical foundation for their faith.

Standing up to the Christian Bullies

Commentary on Hebrew Roots Heresy Facebook Page

ICONOCLASTS and GOD’S LAW AN IDOL is specifically a representation of “of a god or of God” The Muslims smash idols, and just statues that really are not. So what do the Muslims say about the Ark of the Covenant? And the embellishments ordered by God in the temple? In the old covenant law smashing an idol might have been seen as acceptable, but in the new covenant law there would be (I believe) a question of OWNERSHIP. If that is so, is it yet another CHANGE in the law by Jesus? How do you get to “own” an idol without breaking the law of God, in order to smash it? I guess buying it by accident? So what do the Hebrew Roots movement say? Is this yet another example of how some of them have beliefs similar to Sharia Law? They seem to split into two camps, similar to the Muslims, or people who openly post idols themselves! See More

THE SPIRIT OF SATANIC LIES OF HEBREW ROOTS “You see what Christians don’t understand is Jesus was a Jewish Messiah.” When I was converted from atheist to Christian, I knew Jesus was a Jewish Messiah from Matthew chapter 1, and of course before that anyway. They are so patronising and such total LIARS. What do they think Handel’s Messiah says? The Hebrew Roots halfwits are the ones who do not understand the significance of Jesus being from the Tribe of Judah, in MATTHEW CHAPTER ! they go wrong! Because the priesthood after Aaron and the tribe of LEVI is replaced by an high priest from JUDAH. And this proves the old law has now gone, and is not “jot and tittle” the same. So their demonic cult cannot get past the first chapter of the NT bible without going wrong! See More

LETTING IN ISLAM……. YET AGAIN By Hebrewizing, Judaizing and Yiddishizing the English language, the Hebrew Roots Heretics and the Messianic Jews are making the way (yet again) for the Islamification of English. GOD’S PLAN was and is to simply write the word God in our OWN language and tongue, so he used the words Theos and Kurios. THE HEBREW ROOTS AND MUSLIM PLAN is to try to force everyone to say the words for God from THEIR language only, thus the Muslims are desperately trying to get everyone to say Allah instead of God, and the HRM want everyone to say YHWH (when they dont even agree on how to pronounce it!) See More

One of the posts on this site rails upon Hebraic Roots advocating Christian believers being Torah Observant. This post went out of its way to insist that the New Testament commands that Christians NOT observe Torah, which they site Col. 2:16-17:

 
16 ¶ So don’t let anyone pass judgment on you in connection with eating and drinking, or in regard to a Jewish festival or Rosh–Hodesh or Shabbat. 17 These are a shadow of things that are coming, but the body is of the Messiah. (Col 2:16-17 CJB)

Sabbath Thoughts & Reflections 4–7 Reasons Why Hebraic Roots Over Mainstream Christianity

by | Mar 2, 2015 | Podcasts

  • Calendar–March 1, 2015
    • This past week, according to Rood’s “The Chronological Gospels–The Life and 70-Week Ministry of Yeshua Messiah,” Miriam and Martha sent emissaries to Yeshua to report on the dire situation of their brother Lazarus. Passage found in John 11:1-16
    • 9th Day of the 12th Biblical Month 6014 (aka: Shevat 5775)
    • Upcoming Feasts and Messianic Celebrations
      • Purim–Friday 03/06/2015 or 14th day of the 12th Biblical Month–significance of Purim is that it paints a prophetic shadow picture of of the bride of the King (aka: Messiah). Embodied in the story of Esther. Purim means the casting of lots. It was to represent a day in history whereby all of God’s people would be exterminated, all in one day
      • Biblical Rosh HaShanah or Head of the Biblical Year–Est. 03/22/2015 or 1st Day of 1st Biblical Month of the Aviv 6015
      • Passover–Est. 04/04/2015 or 14th Day of the 1st Biblical Month
      • Feast of Unleavened Bread–Est. 04/05-12/2015, or 15th through 21st day of 1st Biblical Month
      • Firstfruits–Est. 04/12/2015, or 22nd Day of the 1st Biblical Month of Aviv
      • Astronomically & Agriculturally Corrected Biblical Hebrew Calendar–Michael Rood

 

  • Messianic Happenings & Ministries

 

  • A Rood Awakening–Michael Rood
    Shabbat Night Live

    Shabbat Night Live

    • Michael’s heart surgery is scheduled for Tuesday, March 3rd
    • Michael announced on this most recent Shabbat  Night Live (obviously recorded prior to Michael’s admission into the hospital) that Shabbat Night Live would no longer occur in its 2-hour format, but hinted that it would be dialed down to just 1-hour Sabbath
    • 4/3-5/15-Rood Awakening Passover celebration in Charlotte North Carolina
    • 4/19-5/1/15-Rood Tour of Israel
  • Arthur Bailey Ministries and House of Israel  Arthur Bailey
    • Sabbath Services HOI (every Sabbath morning at 11 A.M. EST)
    • Discipleship Training 101
    • Arthur on Evangelistic Tour of Israel (2/26-3/11/2015)
  • WildBranch Ministry–Brad Scott
    • Fort Walton Beach, FL (March 7, 2015)
    • Amarillo, TX (March 14 & 15, 2015)
    • Abilene, TX (March 19, 2015)
    • Midland, TX (March 20-22, 2015)
    • Georgetown, TX (March 27, 2015)
    • Jerrell, TX (March 28, 2015)
    • League City, TX (March 29, 2015)
    • Hebraic Roots Network–each Friday 7-8 P.M. (CST)
  • Founded in Truth–Matthew Vander Els
    • New DVD teachings include “The Church’s Curse,” “Holy War,” “Being the Image of God,” “Way of the King”
    • Sabbath Services each Sabbath at Fort Mill Church of the Nazarene in Fort Mill S.C.
  • Bulldozer Faith–Kenny Russell
    • 2-months into his evangelical tour of the US

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7-Reasons Why Hebraic Roots Over Mainstream Christianity

  1. Our Faith is unique and incomparable to traditional Christianity–traditional Christianity envelops some 41,000 denominations, all vying and contending for members and all claim to the truth as given by Jesus Christ (aka Yeshua Hamaschiyach) and the path to eternal life.
  2. Our Faith takes into account the unique socio-economic characteristics of the region and peoples of the first century and not infuse Western culture into the fray.
  3. The Messianic/Hebraic Roots of the Christian Faith focuses on what the Father truly has to say to us.
  4. My Faith is not dependent upon any one or set of ministers, pastors, preachers or teachers.
  5. Hebraic Roots provides a firm understanding of our heritage which is vital in ensuring we hit the mark and we don’t keep repeating the mistakes of those who preceded us.
  6. Hebraic Roots provides a solid lifestyle infrastructure that came directly from the Creator to man.
  7.  Hebraic Roots directly addresses the problem that has plagued man since the fall: sin; focuses on seeking the Kingdom of Yehovah; and establishing the relationship with the Creator that was desired originally by the Father

Sabbath Thoughts & Reflections 3–Dealing with Naysayers

by | Feb 21, 2015 | Podcasts

  •  Calendar–February 21, 2015
The Renewed Moon signals the start of the 12th Biblical Month

This photo of the renewed moon was taken on 2/20/2015 in the land of Israel.

    • Renewed moon was sighted over Israel–New moon sighted from Jerusalem on Feb 20, 2015 by Gil Ashendorf at 5:54pm and Devorah Levine at 5:57pm. The photo at the top of this message was taken by Devorah Levine from Jerusalem.We will be carrying out this year’s Aviv Search on March 19-20, at the end of the 12th Hebrew month. The new moon should be visible (barring clouds) on Shabbat March 21, 2015. If the barley is Aviv, then Chag HaMatzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread) will begin on Saturday night, April 4 and Shavuot will fall out 50 days later onSunday May 24, 2015. This will result in a rare convergence in which the Biblical Shavuot will coincide with the Rabbinical Shavuot and the Christian Pentecost. Of course, if we don’t find the Aviv by March 21, the Biblical dates will all be a month later.
    • 1st Day of the 12th Biblical Month 6014 (aka: Shevat 5775)
    • Upcoming Feasts and Messianic Celebrations
      • Purim–Est. 03/06/2015 or 14th day of the 12th Biblical Month
      • Biblical Rosh HaShanah or Head of the Biblical Year–Est. 03/22/2015 or 1st Day of 1st Biblical Month of the Aviv 6015
      • Passover–Est. 04/04/2015 or 14th Day of the 1st Biblical Month
      • Feast of Unleavened Bread–Est. 04/05-21/2015, or 15th through 21st day of 1st Biblical Month
      • Firstfruits–Est. 04/12/2015, or 22nd Day of the 1st Biblical Month of Aviv
      • Astronomically & Agriculturally Corrected Biblical Hebrew Calendar–Michael Rood
    • Messianic Happenings
      • A Rood Awakening–Michael Rood
        • Michael requires bypass surgery. Surgery scheduled for Tuesday, 2/24/2015 in Charlotte
        • 4/3-5/15-Rood Awakening Passover celebration in Charlotte North Carolina
        • 4/19-5/1/15-Rood Tour of Israel
      • Arthur Bailey Ministries and House of Israel
        • Sabbath Services HOI (every Sabbath morning at 11 A.M. EST)
        • Discipleship Training 101
        • Arthur on Evangelistic Tour of Israel (2/26-3/11/2015)
      • WildBranch Ministry–Brad Scott
        • Fort Walton Beach, FL (March 7, 2015)
        • Amarillo, TX (March 14 & 15, 2015)
        • Abilene, TX (March 19, 2015)
        • Midland, TX (March 20-22, 2015)
        • Georgetown, TX (March 27, 2015)
        • Jerrell, TX (March 28, 2015)
        • League City, TX (March 29, 2015)
        • Hebraic Roots Network–each Friday 7-8 P.M. (CST)
      • Founded in Truth–Matthew Vander Els
        • New DVD teachings include “The Church’s Curse,” “Holy War,” “Being the Image of God,” “Way of the King”
        • Sabbath Services each Sabbath at Fort Mill Church of the Nazarene in Fort Mill S.C.
      • Bulldozer Faith–Kenny Russell
        • Speaking in California (February 21-23, 2015)

Dealing with Naysayers

Webster’s Dictionary:

one who denies, refuses, opposes, or is skeptical or cynical about something

 
  • These individuals can bring about frustration, doubt, anger, unwarranted arguments, chaos,…..
  • These individuals bring to our lives refinement whereby we learn patience, affirmation and understanding (i.e., why we believe the very thing we believe), the ability to love in the midst of adversity and opposition, reliance upon the Source of our being
  • 2 Cor. 6:14–NAS  2 Corinthians 6:14 ¶ aDo not be 1bound together with bunbelievers; for what cpartnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? (2Co 6:14 NAS)
  • What about those of us who are bound to naysayers: siblings, spouses, children and other relatives. Such dynamics can suck the wind out of one’s spiritual sails so to speak. How does on walk in accordance with his or her calling, yet deal with the distractions?
  • The Holy Writ gives us clues on how to live righteously in the midst of naysayers in our families.
  • Ephesians 4:25-6:9 seems to provide the believer in Yeshua Messiah with a prescription for righteous living, unparalleled in the rest of the Brit HaDashah
    • We are encouraged to avoid entering into discussions and debates that may foster lies, but always speak truth (4:25)
    • We will naturally be angry from time to time and that’s expected, but we must not sin. Shaul does not provide specifics on what he means, but directs that we do the right thing each and every time. Furthermore, we are to deal with the source of the anger promptly (4:26). Shaul specifically suggests taking care of the matter by sundown–in other words, don’t go into another day angry over the same lingering issue
    • The enemy is constantly looking for opportunities to get into our situations and wreak havoc. Thus Shaul warns that we must not provide the opportunity to the Adversary (4:27)
    • (4:29) This is probably the most compelling aspect of the whole “how to deal with naysayers” discussion: not allowing “unwholesome” (NAS/NIV), “harmful” (CJB), “corrupt” (DBY/KJV/YLT), “evil” (RSV), “foul” (NAB) language/or talk come from our mouths; only those words that “are helpful in meeting the need, words that will benefit those who hear them.” (CJB)
    • Shaul instructs that we must not “grieve” the Ruach Kodesh (4:30)
      • grieve=lupeo–meaning to pain, make sad; to cause someone to be sad, sorrowful or distressed; to make sad or sadden. As it relates to this passage, one is not to make Yehovah’s Ruach Kodesh sad; also means to irritate or offen, insult
      • There is a Hebrew parallel for the term grieve–“Piel” used in Isa. 63:10 where it reads–“But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit; therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy. He fought against them.
      • Psm 78:40–speaks of the Children of Promise provoking the Father in the wilderness and thus grieving Yehovah. Luke speaks of the Jews being a stiffnecked and uncircumcised of heart and ears people who resist the Ruach Kodesh, as did their fathers in the desert. The Ruach Kodesh is placed in our lives for a reason–to direct our steps. When we ignore the Spirit’s direction, it only frustrates the Father. How often have we wanted a certain thing be done a certain way in our day-to-day lives, only to observe or learn that it was done in opposition to the instructions that we provided. It serves only to cause us sadness, frustration and even anger. It’s a form of idolatry to turn away from the leading of the Ruach towards our own way of handling things. It can only turn out bad
      • Commentator Matthew Henry suggests that by our giving in to carnal behavior in response to such individuals who get our gourd, we stand the chance of that Spirit leaving us–not so much departing from our souls when we give in to the base, but the Spirit’s influence over our lives diminishing 
      • Shaul teaches these same Ephesian Saints that it is this same Ruach Kodesh that seals us and is the earnest or guarantee of our inheritance until we come into possession of it (Eph. 1:13, 14)
      • It comes down to us simply giving in to the leading of the Ruach Kodesh in every aspect of our lives. Things are not always going to go our way and frankly, things shouldn’t necessarily always go our way. Our way is often self-serving and ill-advised. The Ruach’s influence in our lives will always lead us in the proper direction. When we ignore that direction, we frustrate that Spirit and after a time, we degrade that influence in our lives simply because we have taken control or taken over the driver’s seat and are now steering the bus. Isaiah recorded the fact that our example, the nation of Israel, vexed Yehovah’s Spirit on one too many occasions and it reached to such extents that Yehovah fought against them (Isaiah 63:10). I don’t interpret that Yehovah physically fought against His children, but fought against them in the sense that Yehovah lifted His eternal protection from them and withdrew the blessings that were inherent to Israel’s obedience of Torah (Deut. 28). What makes us think that we are any different? When we find ourselves in frustrating situations and we choose to handle them our own way, failing in the process to following the direction and leading of Ruach Hakodesh, we stand to lose the Ruach’s precious influence over our lives and the inherent blessings that come with having the Father’s Spirit in our lives. Oh how often I default to my own carnal nature to address the issues that crop up in my life, only to come to the end of the day realizing that I’ve frustrated the Spirit. I feel a let-down within my own spirit to such a degree that I’m embarrassed to acknowledge my stupidity before the Father. But our Father is long-suffering and our Mediator continues to advocate on our behalf. Thus, we pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and start this walk all over again. But this time, a bit more wiser and hopefully a bit more cognizant that it’s His Ruach that must steer our life’s bus
    • Shaul instructs that bitterness, bad tempers, angry dispositions, the propensity to shout and the tendency to use injurious language and spite be removed from our social make-up (4:31) as these appear to be common dispositions that we employ in response to those who frustrate and hinder us in our walk. For me, I struggle with anger and bitterness when it comes to those individuals in my life that seem to consistently cause me grief. These characteristics and behaviors are certainly not trademarks of the Ruach Kodesh and defaulting to these would clearly frustrate the working of the Ruach in our individual lives. We can not expect the Ruach to co-exist with elements that are contrary to its nature. It’s like oil and water–one must displace the other and vie for existence over the other. I struggle with individuals in my life who have history of Yehovah in their lives, yet they always default to these sorts of behavior whenever an issue erupts, especially when there is a disagreement over elements of our Faith. I’m not sure why we get angry when someone opposes us on issues of our Faith. We take things very personal and I certainly understand that our Faith is a very personal thing. But at the end of the day, it’s not about us individually is it? It’s about Him and how we can glorify Him in our lives, especially how we can glorify Him before others. When these negative emotional displays manifest, the witness we are supposed to have must vanish and we become no different than the world. These negative emotional displays are common traits of the world. Clearly these are issues that Shaul was being forced to deal with related to the Assembly in Ephesus. Theologians contend that Shaul spent a great deal of time in Ephesus, upwards of 3-years on his second visit (reference JFB–Acts 19:10; 20:31). Thus, Shaul was quite familiar with the make-up of the Ephesian Assembly to say the least. Thus Shaul’s admonishments here are pretty explicit and leave little room for conjecture. As with other regional assemblies, the Ephesus assembly was of heterogeneous make-up–Jew and Gentile (Acts 19:8-10). Ephesus was famed for being the primary locale for the temple of Artemis (aka: Diana). Thus there were idolatrous elements in the adherents’ lives that Shaul clearly realized must be purged if the Ephesian Church were to flourish and compete with the pagan-based make up of the region’s citizenry. This epistle was written to Ephesian adherents, addressing specific Ephesian assembly issues. It wasn’t written to us here in “Every Place” USA. Yet, the principles provided to the Ephesians are absolutely applicable to us today. These same issues are issues that I, in part, struggle with controlling, when dealing with the naysayers in my life. And I know there are others of you out there that struggle with the same Ephesian issues. It is so easy to default to these carnal behaviors when challenged and frustrated. It is indeed a challenge to override these default behaviors and employ the behaviors that Shaul suggests in the next verse (32): kindness, compassion, forgiveness–adopting the nature of Yehovah (5:1) and His Son Yeshua Hamaschiach (5:2). This will become my goal for today and the rest of my natural life. It won’t be easy. I’ll certainly have that tug within me to default to my old ways when challenged and frustrated by the naysayers in my life. But operating in the true Faith once delivered requires one to maintain at the forefront of their minds and heart that nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37). We can do this and do it well. It will only require that we surrender our spirit to the leading of His Ruach Kodesh. This is certainly something to strive for at all times and this is accomplished by taking every thought captive and making it obedient to Messiah (2 Corinthians 10:5). Thus, it may require us to simply shut the heck up and not respond or wait for the Ruach to direct our responses. Then and only then will we have accomplished the grand goal of being under the leading and direction of the Rauch Kodesh.
    • Thus we must avoid giving in to the works of the flesh when dealing with naysayers (reference Galatians 5:19-21). The works of the flesh are manifested as:
      • adultery
      • fornication
      • uncleanness
      • lasciviousness
      • idolatry
      • witchcraft
      • hatred
      • variance (strife; contention)
      • emulations (jealousy)
      • wrath
      • strife
      • seditions (dissensions, division)
      • heresies (sects, factions)
      • envyings
      • murders
      • drunkeness
      • revellings (orgies)
        • These will not inherit the Kingdom of Yehovah (vs. 21)
        • We must realize that giving in to these works of the flesh lead to a price that must be paid and that price is being denied admission into the Kingdom
        • Unfortunately many erroneously believe that a loving God will accept them regardless of their shortcomings (Stern)
        • Cf. 3:29-4:7
    • The prescription for dealing with naysayers and the like:
      • put away lying, but speak only truth (4:25)
      • speak only those things that edify (4:29)
      • listen to and follow the Ruach Kodesh (4:30)
      • don’t give into bitterness, wrath, anger, clamour (aka-violent assertiveness), evil speaking or malice (4:31)
      • be kind, tenderhearted and forgiving (4:32)
      • walk in love using Yeshua as our example (5:2)
      • be alight to the naysayers of this world (5:8)
    • Shaul instructs that we not be pulled down into the “unfruitful works of darkness, but reprove them” (5:11)–Stern
      • it’s so easy to simply give into the naysayer after a while or worse, sink down to their level
      • we have been elevated to the status of light-bearers before the naysayers of this world (5:13, 14)
    • Shaul instructs that we always walk circumspectly, always cognizant of the limited time we have in this life to make an impact on the naysayers of this world (5:15)
    • 5:21-6:4 Shaul discusses the responsibilities of the family unit members. Individual family members can present for us the greatest bastion of naysayers on the planet
      • wives are advised to submit themselves to their husbands; to reverence them
      • husbands are instructed to love their wives
      • children are instructed to obey their parents as well as honor them (cf. Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 27:16)
      • parents are warned not to provoke their children to wrath, but instead to nurture and raise them in the admonition of the Lord
    • Lastly, Shaul encourages us to put on the amour of God in order that we may endure the world (6:10-20)
    • In 2 Corinthians 6:14, Shaul instructs us to not be unequally yoked with other believers
      • Christianity has applied this instruction to marriages. There is certainly merit in this such that marriages that exists in the midst of variances in Faith amongst the couple can create tremendous upheaval. Certainly, when only one of the two in the marriage comes to the true Faith once delivered (i.e., Hebraic Roots/Messianic Faith), there emerges a strain in the relationship that can often lead to irreparable damage to the marriage. Stern in his commentary asserts that Shaul was not speaking to marriage when he instructs believers to not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. But I believe we should keep in mind that in Shaul’s day, which ever way the head of the household goes regarding a religion or faith, it is that direction in which the whole family goes without question. It is only in our western culture that families go separate ways depending upon individual preferences and convictions. So Shaul’s admonishment that individuals not be unequally yoked with unbelievers certainly applied more so to potential relationships outside the realm of marriage. However, Shaul did enjoin widows not to marry an unbeliever (I Corinthians 7:39)–Stern
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Sabbath Thoughts #2

by | Feb 15, 2015 | Podcasts

Sabbath Thoughts #2–Baptism and Teachers

  • Calendar–February 14, 2015–the West is celebrating St. Valentine’s Day
  • News Relevant to the Messianic/Hebraic Roots Community
    • Pray for the Safety, Protection and Peace of the State of Israel
      • In an article written in the Washington Post by William Booth dated today, by all indications, Hamas appears to be gearing up for war against the state of Israel. This comes barely 6-months after the cease fire began between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip
      • What remains from last summer’s conflict between Hamas and Israel is utter devastation, poverty, lack of financial and humanitarian assistance for the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. Some have dubbed this as a humanitarian crisis that may lead to the social collapse of Gaza
      • 100K Palestinians were displaced by last year’s conflict. People in the affected region continue to sleep in the open air because their home had been destroyed and there has been no compensation and repairs
      • Hamas controls the Gaza Strip
      • It has been estimated that some 2,100 Palestinians (Israel contends these to be Hamas militants) died in the conflict and 72 Israeli’s (mostly members of the IDF) had been killed
      • Last month Hamas held a training camp for some 17K Palestinian youths in preparation for an upcoming conflict with Israel
      • Israeli intelligence contends that Hamas is manufacturing rockets as fast as they can. The Israeli Navy intercepted 3-Hamas affiliates trying to smuggle rocket-making materials from Egypt by sea just this week
      • A couple weeks ago, Messianic Evangelist Kenny Russell warned of an coming upheaval in the land of Israel (although he failed to provide specifics or any discernible hint as to what this upheaval may be or what may cause the upheaval)
    • Pray for the residents of New England as they brace for a dangerous winter blizzard promising to dump an additional 2′ of snow to the already snow laden region, damaging snow-gusts and sub-zero temperatures. As of this post, a storm is rapidly forming and intensifying off the New England coast, heading toward the equivalent of a category-2 hurricane

  • Main Content–Baptism and Teachers

    Baptisms on the Jordan River

    Baptisms on the Jordan River

    Baptism or as Michael Rood has coined, the Mikveh. Based upon events 31-33 in the Chronological Gospels, corresponding to February 10, 2015 or Sunday, February 16, 27 CE (Note: you can purchase the Kindle Edition of The Chronological Gospels by using our Amazon Affiliate Link found on this website.)

    • Why did the master humble Himself to be baptized?
      • Yochanan adopts an old practice of immersion for purity, now used in a new context for purposes of cleansing one from a life-pattern of sin as so aptly stated by Mr. Stern
      • Yeshua countered Yochanan’s hesitancy to baptize Him by stating that they, in particular Yeshua, should do everything that righteousness requires
    • What does His example mean for us today?
      • Mustn’t we do everything that righteousness requires–of us as individuals and of the Faith?
      • Mustn’t we imitate Yeshua?
    • What are the Hebraic Roots of baptism
      • Torah provides a number of passages where Father directed individuals who for whatever reason enters into impure states to bathe, wash, be restored back to a pure state
        • Exo. 19:10; 29:4; 30; Lev. 14:1-8; 15; 16; 17; Num. 19
        • Heb. 10: 22

19 ¶ Since therefore, brethren, we ahave confidence to benter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
 20 by aa new and living way which He inaugurated for us through bthe veil, that is, His flesh,
 21 and since we have aa great priest bover the house of God,
 22 let us adraw near with a 1sincere heart in bfull assurance of faith, having our hearts c sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies dwashed with pure water.
 23 Let us hold fast the aconfession of our bhope without wavering, for cHe who promised is faithful;
 24 and let us consider how a to stimulate one another to love and bgood deeds,
 25 not forsaking our own aassembling together, as is the habit of some, but bencouraging one another; and all the more, as you see c the day drawing near. (Heb 10:19-25 NAS)
 
This sort of takes the wind out of the old Christian song “Just As I Am.”
 
      • From Torah, like very thing else, during the 2nd Temple period, Rabbinic Judaism appears to have taken over and put a number of rules around the practice of baptism or immersion (aka Tavila). Mikvaot had to be constructed and be made to hold certain amounts of water and be connected to a living source of water
      • There were 100’s of mikvaot in and around the Temple Mount that served the purity needs of the thousands of Jewish residents and pilgrims coming to worship at the Temple
      • Mikvaot have also been discovered in remains of private residents and on Masada
      • Repentance–the baptism performed by Yochanan and Yeshua’s disciples during Yeshua’s ministry
      • Identification--various incidents of baptisms accomplished in the name of Yeshua by the Apostles (Act. 2:38; 8:16, 26-40; 10; 16:6-13, 16-34; 19:5). These examples were immersions in conjunction with immersions for repentance
        • The story of Cornelius is a monumental example of the promise being passed on to the Gentile where Cornelius and family received the baptism of not only identification but also the Ruach Kodesh
      • Purification–Sha’ul shows his devotion to Torah by participating in a purification rite on the Temple Mount, as urged and suggested by James (Act. 21:17-26)

      • Suffering–those who would be baptized in repentance and identification with Yeshua Messiah and in Ruach Hakodesh would suffer for their Faith–Fox’s Book of Martyrs (Note: You can purchase Fox’s Book of Martyrs using our Amazon Affiliate Link found on this website)

NAS  Romans 12:1 ¶ aI urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to bpresent your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, 1acceptable to God, which is your 2 spiritual service of worship.
 2 And do not abe conformed to bthis 1 world, but be transformed by the crenewing of your mind, that you may dprove what the will of God is, that which is good and 2acceptable and perfect. (Rom 12:1-2 NAS)
      • Ruach Hakodesh–Act 2–Pentecost and in most cases of Gentile converts being baptized in identification with Yeshua Messiah
      • Fire
 15 ¶ “Beware of the a false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are bravenous wolves.
 16 “You will 1aknow them by their fruits. 2Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor figs from thistles, are they?
 17 “Even so, aevery good tree bears good fruit; but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
 18 “A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.
 19 a“Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
 20 “So then, you will 1 know them aby their fruits. (Mat 7:15-20 NAS)
  • Personal experiences with baptism. Thoughts and reflections
    • Christians see baptism as a one time deal–as part of their initiation into the Christian Faith
    • Adherents are baptized into denominations
    • Infusion of Greek philosophy into the doctrine of baptisms
    • My experiences with baptism
  • Should we rely solely upon Yehovah’s anointed teachers or conduct our own research? Are we qualified to conduct our own research?
    • We may occasionally come across errors in the teachings of some of Yehovah’ s annointed teachers. What should we do?
    • Should we conduct our own studies on topics or simply take in and trust Yah’s anointed to pass on His truth error free?
    • What then is our responsibility when we come across an error in one’s teachings?
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TL-46-Sabbath Thoughts & Reflections–Who’s Your Daddy?

by | Feb 8, 2015 | Podcasts

Sabbath Thoughts & Reflections for February 7, 2015

Calendar

  • 11th Biblical Month 6014, 17th day
  • Upcoming Feasts and Messianic Celebrations
  • Astronomically & Agriculturally Corrected Biblical Hebrew Calendar–Michael Rood
  • Firstfruits–Est. 04/12/2015, or 22nd Day of the 1st Biblical Month of Aviv
  • Feast of Unleavened Bread–Est. 04/05-21/2015, or 15th through 21st day of 1st Biblical Month
  • Passover–Est. 04/04/2015 or 1st Biblical Month, 14th Day
  • Biblical Rosh HaShanah or Head of the Biblical Year–Est. 03/22/2015 or 1st Day of 1st Biblical Month of the Aviv 6015
  • Purim–Est. 03/06/2015 or 12th Biblical Month, 14th day
Who's Your Daddy?

Torah Living 46-Sabbath Thoughts

Sabbath Thoughts on “Whose your Daddy?”

  • John 8:31-59–Those who believed in Yeshua challenge some of His teaching
Mat 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
  • We tend to behave in accordance with established mindsets, worldviews, perspectives and the like–These are forms of strongholds
  • Those mindsets, worldviews and perspectives are hardened and virtually impossible to break without the use of spiritual warfare and the intervention of the Ruach Kodesh
  • The Jews of Yeshua’s day were prideful of their Abrahamic heritage and placed a lot of stock on that simple fact, to the point of placing their future in the hands of that heritage; justifying their behaviors and actions and belief systems on that fact without examining what it actually meant to be of Abrahamic seed
  • The problem with such a staunch worldview and perspective, they were blinded to the fact that The Prophet was among them
    • If they had been in sync with their Father (i.e., the Spirit of Yehovah in them), understood Torah and the Prophets, and had the true spirit of Abraham they wouldn’t have taken the stance they were taking against Yeshua
  • Traditional Christianity tends to lend herself to heritage and tradition
    • This is why the Hebraic Roots of the Faith is so foreign and to some so abhorrent to our cousins in Christianity
    • If they were of the correct spirit and had the correct Father, the Hebraic Roots of the Faith and Torah Living would shine so bright on them and through them and they would be so sorry for all the years they lost following after a pagan Messiah and a mythologized Creator
  • The covenant that Yehovah established with man had its origin with Abraham
    • Gen 15:7-18–Yehovah certified that covenant with the blood of a heifer, a goat, a ram, a turtledove and a pigeon (vs 9)
    • Gen. 15:18–giving the land to Abraham and his seed
    • Gen. 17:2, 4–multiplying his seed exceedingly and making Abraham the father of many nations
    • Gen. 17:7–Yehovah will be a God unto Abraham and his seed throughout their generations
  • The relationship we have with the Father is based upon covenant. The Pharisess and scribes of old, although they were likely ignorant of this fact, were not in a covenant relationship with Yehovah and thus they were not true children of the Most High.
  • Yeshua brought about a new (kainos or fresh) covenant through His blood (Mat. 26:28; Mar. 14:24; Luk 22:20)
    • Every covenant that Yehovah has made He certified through blood (Exo. 24:8; 1 Cor. 11:25)
    • The covenant that Yehovah made with Abraham and his descendants has resulted in our adoption and sonship with the Father:
    • The fresh covenant through Yeshua’s blood is not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life–2 Cor. 3:6
    • Torah was not the covenant per se, but according to Shaul, it was added by Yehovah because of transgressions until the “seed” (Yeshua) should come to whom the promise had been made (Gal. 3:15-21)
  • The covenant that seals our relationship with Yehovah is thus:
  • I had to take assessment and answer the question in my life as to who my daddy was? Am I behaving and believing as one whose daddy is Yehovah? Or am I believing and behaving as one whose father is hasatan?