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Questions: By What Spirit Did These Speak? And Would the Holy Spirit Say Obey the Moral Law? 1John 2:3 -
Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 1John 2:4 -
He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 1John 3:22 -
And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. 1John 3:24 -
Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. 1John 5:2 -
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. 1John 5:3 -
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. 2John 1:6 -
This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it. Revelation 12:17 -
And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 14:12 -
Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. Revelation 22:14 -
Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. Romans 7:12 -
Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.
Romans 3:31
Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.
Romans 8:4 -
that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Answer: It is clear that all these above spoke by the Holy Spirit and that the Holy Spirit clearly would tell us to obey the Moral Law of the Ten Commandments. And that the saints are recognized by this and by having TRULY received of Christ and the Spirit whereby they obey the Law, also Testifying of Jesus Christ and of His saving Grace. (Rev.14:12) THEREFORE, THUS SAYS THE LORD: Thus Says the Lord, by the Spirit of Truth: Obey the Commandments!
From Letters From God and His Christ 3/22/08 From God the Father and Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ - A Letter Given to Timothy, For All Those Who Have Ears to Hear Regarding those who say the Holy Spirit would never tell you to obey the Moral Law (The Ten Commandments). [Jesus Christ] Timothy, concerning these perverse disputings which plague your mind, why do you let it be so?... I shall speak for the sake of My elect, tamed and untamed, humble and unrefined, of which both shall enter into My rest at the Last Day. Timothy, this sin is grievous, and should not be spoken, nor uttered, in such a manner. Yet they have proclaimed it, even with complete ignorance of the Truth; neither seeing the folly of their speech. You shall not blaspheme the Holy Spirit! Neither shall anyone who claims My name,
taking to themselves My name and the Free Gift,
then in turn, go and pervert it before many witnesses as a show,
even proclaiming their own righteousness before men.
FOR I, ALONE, AM THE LORD!
I am the Lord YOUR Righteousness!
How is it, then, that all these come before Me, saying aloud, that I, even I, who they say dwells in them by My own Spirit, the Spirit of God, of whom they also say they walk in, then turn and blaspheme... even on the highest order, saying and standing by that which I abhor, asserting that the Spirit of the Most Holy would never say to obey the Moral Law of the Father, which is also holy, just and good... even speaking against that which is fulfilled and upheld in Myself, even against that which I have magnified in Myself, even in all those in which I dwell and live?... Blasphemy! Desecration! Great folly! Shall the Father of Lights send that Spirit of Himself, even to the great outpouring on all flesh, only to have it then stand against Him?... The Lord can not, nor ever shall, stand divided against Himself! Therefore, Timothy, and all who have received ears that hear, you already know to which spirit they speak of, for it is already named, and remains present in the world, even now... It is written, even as I had spoken it through My servant, brought forth by the Holy Spirit,
"Now the Spirit expressly says, that in the latter days, some will depart from the faith,
giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons"...
of which the spirits are called and named, even the spirit of antichrist.
Shall I not give correction?! ... Shall I not discipline?!
Shall I, even I, reward any who speak such things?! Do not these speak lies in hypocrisy, having their consciences seared, with, as it were, an hot iron? For they, in vain, seek to honor Me with their lips, while at the same time keeping their hearts far from Me... they do dishonor Me, even that part of Myself of which I have poured out, which they have yet to receive. Beloved, who call yourselves by My own name... receive of Me! Know you not, the Holy Spirit is of Me, also causing you to remember even all I have taught you? How, then, can the Spirit speak contrary to Me?! Get wisdom, seek understanding, and cease from these blasphemies against God and the Spirit, which is Holy and received in Me. Repent in all humility, rededicating yourselves to Me by means of the Truth, and not according to all these perverse doctrines of men taught amongst the churches. Return unto Me, even as a child, and assuredly I say to you, you will enter into My week of rest and escape all these things, which are coming upon the earth. Forebear, and stand tall with a stretched out neck, and you shall be abased... even a great humbling in the Day of the Lord. Thus says the Lord God: For this is how you shall know the children of God: They keep the Commandments and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. For if one comes and has the Testimony, yet seeks not to keep the Commandments of God, he is a liar and has not received. And if one comes saying, keep the Commandments, yet has not the testimony of Jesus Christ, this one also shall be found a liar. For both neither know the Son, nor their God; neither do they have any love for God in their hearts. For these are unprofitable servants, lacking wisdom; neither do they abide in faith. For the knowledge of God has departed from them, whereby they have come to feast upon all these bitter and perverse doctrines of men in authority... refusing the true bread, even the Word of My mouth, which all shall live by. These shall be taken and cast into darkness, wherein the time will pass and the door is shut, leaving them outside... where they shall behold all they have built, and whereupon they sat with pride and haughtiness, crumble and burn, even before their own eyes. Yet the Lord is not without mercy...
They shall keep their lives,
but will escape as one escaping through flames...
the Refiner’s fire which shall rage even seven times...
There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth! And all, who call on the name of the Lord in that Day,
even according to the great remnant, of which the Lord shall call,
these shall see the angels of Heaven going up and coming down
on the Son of Man in those days. Therefore, repent and turn,
and then prove that you have truly received, by new works and pure testimony... Even as an example of Christ in you... Becoming a lampstand, a beacon of hope amongst all this darkness... A renewed and refined people for My name,
of My name, the name of My Son. So as it is written, let it be done, says the Lord.
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Enter Into My Fullness and Receive of Me 3/20/08 From Jesus Christ Our Lord - A Letter Given to Timothy, For All Those Who Have Ears to Hear
Enter Into My Fullness and Receive of Me
My children, I have always been and will always be your Father, your brother, your closest friend, from now and forever, until even time passes away...
No more counting of days, forever in My presence...
My own beloved...
Remade and refashioned, of such a kind that will never fade,
nor see corruption ever again. Beloved, know you not that I am with you? How is it, then, that you come before Me, asking of that which is already fulfilled in you? Beloved, you seek Me and this is very good. Yet you resist Me in the asking; neither embracing, nor believing, that which is in you. Beloved, you are already delivered from all your infirmities... seek Me, and ask, and believe, and it shall be done in you. And that, which is worked through Timothy, is done in all My body... human power is of no use at all, beloved. All, that is done, is done through Me and given to you. How, then, do you not believe? It is even for this reason and according to that, given you, which you have yet to walk in. Therefore, walk in Me and receive of Me, and all that you desire, according to Me and My will, shall be manifest. For where I am, there can be no darkness.
Where I am, all evil flees away.
And where I am, healing abides and is enabled by your faith.
Trust, of such a kind, never looking back
or to the left hand or to the right hand,
but straight forward... eyes fixed upon Me. For that, in which you have become fixated, is that which you shall receive. This is why I said, "Those in Me are no longer in the world, though they remain in it." For I am not of the world, it is My footstool. Therefore, beloved, remain in My love, and that is what you shall receive... even an abundance, bursting forth in rivers of running waters, healing all things which have become burdensome to you. My yoke is easy, and My burden is light, for all those who live in Me. Therefore, beloved, this is My commandment to you: As you love Me, even so shall you love one another, until which time I come and gather you. Wait, wait in all patience and faith, trusting in God, even the Father, knowing He is of Me and Me of He... the Father and the Son are One. Wait, beloved, with all long-suffering, and take and eat of all this bread I have given you, and drink deeply of My Spirit poured out. Beloved, consume My Word, even daily, and at every opportunity, both in that written in the Scriptures of Truth, even all of it, and also take of this present bread given you, and eat and digest it fully, even of all these Letters... they are My gift to you, that love letter written to My beloved saints of the end of this age, and left for those who are yet untamed. Beloved, you remain in My love... walk in Me. And watch now how many I shall bring, yea, a great multitude that no man can number!... For lo, the first harvest shall be lowly, of the lowly, and the second plenteous, says the Lord.
Trust in Me, for nothing remains outside My will.
Therefore, rest in the hope and the blessing,
understanding that the Father knows all things,
even from the beginning... nothing has escaped His eye.
For all the works, prepared of the Father,
were known to Him before the foundation of the world,
and have been prepared and set up for all those, foreordained,
who will come to Him and have already.
For the Day appointed has come, and will progress quickly,
until the fullness of all those, who were also appointed,
come into salvation...
even until the time of all those, appointed unto wrath, is fulfilled.
Behold a new day, even one thousand years...
Rest.
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A question was asked of me at HisSpace.com (Messianic Jew site) regarding the proper name of Jesus and God:Question #1: "Why the Prophetic Word Given Me Does NOT Use PROPER Hebrew Names for Yahweh and Yahshua(Yeshua)"Here are my responses:Response #1:I am well aware of these things, for Yahweh has made these things known to me, and I do pray to Yahweh in Yeshua's/Yahshua's name. Yet to most Americans (and the English-speaking countries) this is not known; and so all that I write from Him is spoken and written in such a manner that these who only know Him as "Lord", Jesus, Christ and God & Father will receive His word and understand. Therefore, they are given the Word in the only way they know it, even as the sincere milk of the Word...the meat of the Word will come later, only after which time they are fully converted in their hearts. Then can they receive of that which was first and without corruption. But understand this: Yahshua knows His audience and the hearts and minds of men & women, and if such an one calls on His name, by the only name of Mashiach that he knows, which is Jesus Christ, then the Lord knows this and will receive them, knowing that which is in their heart and to Whom they were calling. In other languages, the Mashiach is called by other names also, each name meaning the same thing (as long as these names are referring to the true Mashiach, Yahshua, and not to false gods, etc.). And because of this, Yahweh puts no difference between a person calling on His name in English or Hebrew, or in any other language, for the Lord judges according to the heart and not according one's ignorance. And so, if those, who endeavored to change Yahweh's and Yahshua's name for the purpose of deception, they have accomplished nothing, neither has Yahweh given satan any power in this matter. The Lord is a respecter of no persons, nor of the languages they speak. If this were so, then only the Hebrews would be saved and the Gentiles would be lost, because of their ignorance of the Hebrew language. Yet the Gentiles who believe, and are truly converted in their hearts, are saved because of their belief and knowledge of Yahshua, and not according to their knowledge of His name in Hebrew. For Mashiach was lifted up from the earth, so He might draw ALL men to Himself. Amen. Therefore, as Paul was sent out, likewise am I sent: To the Jews, I speak as a Jew...to the Gentiles, I speak as a Gentile. And the same for the United States; and the same will I do when I go to Africa, as Yahweh commands. Blessings to you, in Yahshua, the Mashiach, Timothy Question #2: "If you know all these things why use the [incorrect] name here?"Response#2:Yahshua has said, 'none can come to Me unless the Father first draws them to me.'And if this same one drawn of Yahweh comes to me with questions concerning these things, I will teach them the same as you have shown me. For these things have indeed become an offense, yea, even a blasphemy, to certain peoples with knowledge of them...the Lord judge, not I. And so, we should speak and so do, each according to their faith and understanding. But of these without knowledge it is not an offense for they haven't any knowledge. To the one who knows it is sin to that same one it is sin. Therefore, be careful not to feed the meat or solid food to the babes when it is only milk they can digest, lest they stumble and the devil come and take that which was sown in their hearts. For as yet, they have no root. When they have grown in the true Vine and have been pruned by the Father, then beginning to bear fruit, then we can teach them so the may grow up in faith in a more perfect way. Yet remember, at ignorance Yahweh does wink (Acts 17:30). And those who do not speak Hebrew will hear His name in their own language, even according to how and where they grew up... Also during the 'Last Week', once again, will many, by the power of the Holy Spirit, come to hear the Truth in their own languages just as it was in the Apostle's day, according to God's will and perfect timing. Acts 2:6 "When they heard this sound, a crowd gathered; they were confused, because each one heard the believers speaking in his own language. 7 Totally amazed, they asked, "How is this possible? Aren't all these people who are speaking from the Galil? 8 How is it that we hear them speaking in our native languages? 9 We are Parthians, Medes, Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Y'hudah, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia, 10 Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome; 11 Jews by birth and proselytes; Jews from Crete and from Arabia. . . ! How is it that we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great things God has done?" Yet brother, do not be confused by my speech and know, I am not surprised in the least at the deceptions of men and satan. For the history Yahweh's and Yahshua's Holy names being replaced with pagan names or derivatives of such is no accident. This is similar to how the Holy Days have been replaced with and some corrupted with pagan names and practices. i.e. Easter (pagan name and practices) replacing First Fruits and Passover. And Christmas being filled with all kinds of paganism...all in all taking that which is Holy and mixing it with that which is an abomination, breaking the first 3 and 4 and sometimes all the Commandments. Of the Holy Days I am also to teach and call into remembrance in the honoring of Yahweh and Yahshua's fulfillment of them, even unto the preaching against the modern "holidays" of men. To Yahweh be all the glory and to the Lamb. Blessings to you and all your beloved in Yahshua, Timothy Friends: I have also had this issued from the flip-side come up also in exactly the same way, where a Christian said that you cannot be saved if you use the name, Yeshua or Yahshua. Only the name, Jesus, is the name by which we must be saved....according to the Bible. I responded that Jesus' name in the original Hebrew was not Jesus, but Yeshua/Yahshua. And that these text came first then the Greek, which translates it "Ioesus" and then later the English, Jesus. However he became very upset and went on to tell me that Yahshua means "hell". Which is very disturbing...hearing that some people out there actually teach this. We know this: "...I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and that I will give to each of you what your deeds deserve." ~ Rev. 2:23
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PLEASE, do not call the Resurrection Day of Christ, "easter", as this is a pagan goddess name. Rather, call it what it is, or even as Paul referred to it, which is also the Holy Day Jesus fulfilled -- "FIRST FRUITS" 1Co 15:20 -
But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.Blessings in Christ’s great love, Timothy P.S. Please see my blog on easter. 
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God’s Will 3/7/08 From God the Father - A Letter Given to Timothy, For All Those Who Have Ears to Hear Thus says the Lord to the United States: Obama shall lead you, and by him shall My will and judgment against your nation be fulfilled, for all its forsaking of Me and My Israel. And so I have brought from among your enemy, even one from Ishmael, to rule over you for a time and a season, foreordained, until that foretold is accomplished, and the king of fierce countenance shall rule. Then, by that deception conceived of by your enemy and this transgressor, him being full of lofty and elevated words, lies, and dark speeches sold as hope, will it return against him ten-fold of the same, by him called "perdition".
Yet remember this: Nothing exists outside of Me, says the Lord...
neither does anything continue outside My will.
For even the evil of this present world is set within the confines of My will. Evil acts and brings forth of its own, yet is unaware that nothing is hidden before Me. Neither has anything come to pass, nor will be, that I have not already beheld.
And this, oh arrogant and deceived generation, is why I said all was written and completed, even before the foundation of the world...
For I am God!... THE GOD!...
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob....
The God of all, even of all that is known and unknown,
the Creator of all things...
The Everlasting, who is from everlasting to everlasting...
I AM.
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From our Brother, in Christ, Trent, at: www.GraceHead.com LAWLESSNESS is not found in those that the Lord redeems Mt 7:23
"And then I will declare to them, `I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.'
Mt 13:41
"The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit LAWLESSNESS,
Mt 23:28
"So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and LAWLESSNESS.
Mt 24:12
"Because LAWLESSNESSis increased, most people's love will grow cold.
Ro 6:19
I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to LAWLESSNESS, resulting in further LAWLESSNESS, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification
2Co 6:14
Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and LAWLESSNESS, or what fellowship has light with darkness?
2Th 2:3
Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of LAWLESSNESSis revealed, the son of destruction,
2Th 2:7
For the mystery of LAWLESSNESSis already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way.
Heb 1:9
"YOU HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS; THEREFORE GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS."
1Jo 3:4
Everyone who practices sin also practices LAWLESSNESS; and sin is LAWLESSNESS.
Please listen closely, because it is important that you understand me. The ONE and ONLY ONE that fulfilled the Law, did so in obedience to the Father ... "I always do that which pleases the Father." - the Lord Jesus. If that same Person came to reside in you by the Spirit, what would you expect Him to cause in you? Would you expect Him to cause Lawlessness? If someone remains in lawlessness, has the fulfiller of the Law come to reside within them? Think about it. 1Jo 3:4 Everyone who practices sin also practices LAWLESSNESS; and sin is LAWLESSNESS. 5 You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. 7 Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; 8 the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.
I am an outcast among my peers and even an outcast of my own home, because I see what is plain, and what Truth never departed me since I first came to God, believing on Jesus. Specifically, that the One that saved me from the consequence of my sins, is active within me ... saving me from ever partaking of these same sins. ... not to perfection, but to a measure for which I will be forever grateful. And an increasing measure as I mature.  - Jesus obeyed the moral law (not the silly hedge laws of the Pharisees.)
- Jesus lives in me by the Spirit of God.
- Jesus now leads me by the Spirit to do in my body today, as He did in His own body 2000 years ago.
- That certainly means, without any doubt, He leads me to do that which is consistent with the moral law given to Moses .. and indeed often surpassing it.
Someone told me over 15 times last night these very words: "The Holy Spirit would NEVER lead you to obey the Law."
... and I am the scandal. Well, so be it ... for it is written: Re 12:17
So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
Re 14:12
Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.
Note: there are 2 definitions given for God's saints ... please don't fulfill one of the definitions and not the other and still call yourself a "saint." Comments, Pingbacks: Amen!...and amen. 1 John 2:3-6
(How do we know Him?)
3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.
(Who is a liar?)
4 He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
(perfected and in Him)
5 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.
(In Him, walking as He walked)
6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
(pleasing the Father)
1John 3:22 -
And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. ... Grace AND the Law Ro 3:31 -
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
... Faith AND the Law Ro 7:12 -
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
PART 4: EASTERThe modern-day Easter is supposed to be a celebration of [*Christ's resurrection], yet we incorporate such things as bunnies, and colored eggs, etc. Once again, the origin of Easter, and these peculiar symbols, is rooted in paganism. Like Halloween and Christmas, the origins of this day included idol-worship, worshiping other gods, sexual perversion, etc. We are told many times in the Bible to abstain from such behaviors.*Note: Jesus did not rise on "Easter Sunday". Click here for "The Biblical Chronology of Jesus Christ's Crucifixion and Resurrection" MODERN-DAY "HOLIDAYS" Page 9 of 12PART 4: EASTER (continued)Easter's Pagan Origins:Easter's origins are connected to Spring fertility rites. The term "Easter" is not of Christian origin. It is another form of Astarte, one of the titles of the Chaldean goddess, the queen of heaven, who is the goddess of spring and fertility. Many pagan cultures believed that the god of fertility died each year during the winter but was reborn each year in the spring. Ancient fertility rites revolved around gross sexual immorality and perversion. The Babylonian and Assyrian fertility goddess was Ishtar, whose name may well have been the origin of the word Easter. To the pagans, Ishtar symbolized "mother earth" in the natural cycles of fertility on earth. She was the goddess of love, and the practice of ritual prostitution became widespread, both men and women. Temples to Ishtar had many priestesses, or sacred prostitutes, who symbolically acted out the fertility rites of the cycle of nature. Other cultures had their various forms of Ishtar: the Phoenician Astarte, the Semitic Ashtoresh, and the Sumerian Inanna. There are also strong similarities between Ishtar and the Egyptian Isis, the Greek Aphrodite and the Roman Venue. Associated with Ishtar, was the young god Tammuz, considered both divine and mortal. In Babylonian mythology Tammuz died annually and was reborn year after year, representing the yearly cycle of the seasons and the crops. The pagan belief later was identified with the pagan gods Baal and Anat. The pair of Ishtar and Tammuz were later recognized in the Mediterranean region, including Israel, under other names: Baal and Astarte (Ashtoreth), Attis and Cybele, and Adonis and Aphrodite. Early Christians had nothing to do with Easter. Instead they kept Passover, instituted by God centuries earlier at the time of the Exodus. Later Jesus Christ and His apostles introduced the added meanings regarding Jesus, the Lamb of God, offered as the true Passover sacrifice for the sins of the world. (John 1:29; 1 Corinthians 5:7). Even in the second century, Christians were still following the examples of Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 11:1; 1 Peter 2:21; 1 John 2:6) in observing the Passover. The universal theme of death and resurrection in the pagan rituals makes them the forerunner of the modern-day Easter. How did these pagan rituals become our modern-day Easter?As Christianity spread through the Roman empire, religious leaders apparently merged customs and practices associated with this earlier mythological "resurrected" god (Tammuz, Attis, etc.) and applied them to the Son of God. In this respect Easter followed the pattern of Christmas, being officially sanctioned and welcomed into the church. Once again, the leaders of the Roman church, at that time, felt it better to co-mingle the two events, allowing the converts to keep some or all of their pagan traditions. The pagan traditions eventually overshadowed the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. From the following verses you will be able to see how much the Lord detested the sensual and perverted worship of these false gods. The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord; they forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and Asherahs. The anger of the Lord burned against Israel so that he sold them into the hands of Cush-Rishathaim, king of Aram Naharaim, to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.
Judges 3:7-8 NIVMODERN-DAY "HOLIDAYS" Page 10 of 12
PART 4: EASTER (continued)Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord. They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites and the gods of the Philistines. And because the Israelites forsook the Lord and no longer served Him, He became angry with them. He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites...
Judges 10:6-7 NIVAdditional verses: Judges 2:11-15; 1 Kings 11:4-6, 31, 33; 1 Kings 16:30-33; 1 Kings 22: 51-53 Letters from God and His Christ • Personal Letters Regarding the Celebration of EasterTimothy, go and honor your family, for as I have said regarding the December holiday, do likewise to this holiday called Easter, for they are the same in My eyes. Love the Lord, also love your family. Let My light shine in your eyes. Embrace those with whom you disagree. By your example will they see Me in you. Worry not, nor judge not, only educate your own children. And if asked, answer with love, saying you do not celebrate in your own house those things of the world and those things rooted in paganism, but strive each day to please your God, love your neighbor, and rejoice in your Savior, Christ Jesus. Keep the peace, and they will listen. Do not yet serve food for adults to the infants. The babes will not eat it, nor can they yet digest it. It must be given in small portions, and softened with the Water*, before accepted. Trust in Me. *Water is belief, faith, the Bible and Christ who softens the hard-hearted.PART 5: SUMMARYWe know that the instruction and examples given in the Bible were recorded for our spiritual instruction and benefit (Romans 15:4). From the verses listed in this study and the Letters from God and His Christ, we see that God abhors His people following the customs of the pagan cultures. We also know that He finds idol-worshiping and false gods detestable. To honor any of these pagan rituals, symbols or characteristics in our own life, would be to dishonor the Lord. Once we know the truth about how God feels about these practices, we must remove them from our lives. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. ~ John 4:24 NIV(We cannot worship God in truth and spirit with false practices adopted from the worship of nonexistent gods, originating from those who reveled in sins of the flesh, acting in the manner of demons.) MODERN-DAY "HOLIDAYS" Page 11 of 12
PART 5: SUMMARY (continued) This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. ~ Mark 7:6-7 NIV
Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. ~ Colossians 2:8 NIV
Other verses regarding walking in the truth of the Lord:
2 Timothy 3:16; Matthew 15:6-9; 2 Corinthians 6:14-17; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Mark 7:13
1 Peter 2:9, 1 Corinthians 13:11, 1 John 2:6; 1 Corinthians 11:1From God the Father, given to Timothy:
He who has received of the Truth, and accepted, must walk in its ways. For he shall be judged by the way he has taken and walked...this is the narrow path. For those, who know the path and stray far from it, shall be condemned...this is the wide path that leads to destruction. So then, should we keep the Holidays or God's Holy Days?Answer: We should keep what God has set aside for us, the Holy Days, for in these is their a greater joy and understanding in the knowing that Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of all things! And nothing that man has made can come close to the glory of what God has planned for those who love Him, forshadowed and revealed in the 7 Holy Days of God. God has given us seven annual festivals, or feast days, on which to worship and honor Him. By observing them according to His Word and Christ, we can understand His ultimate plan for humanity. These holy days include Passover, the Feast of the Unleavened Bread, First Fruits, the Feast of Pentecost, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles(the Last Great Day which is part of F.O.T.), of which ALL FIND THEIR FULFILLMENT IN CHRIST. Mention of all seven holy days are found in both the Old Testament (Leviticus) and the New Testament (throughout). From God the Father, given to Timothy:
[God] The seven are the Plan of the Ages, and are all in all manifest through Christ who shall bring them to actualization...three have passed, one is, and three are to come.
Final note from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, given to Timothy:
[Jesus] So then My children, seek to please My Father in all your ways. For He is also your Father, as I am your Father. He who obeys the Father comes to Me and I show him the way. I am the Good Shepherd. I separate My sheep from evil and shelter them in My Father..s barn. So then, so shall you separate yourself from all things of evil and this world. Fall not into temptation, call on My name and I shall set a hedge about you and hide you and keep you until I come and deliver you from these evils.
The Lord takes away and that left open to Him is filled with living water.
I am He who takes away your burden which is sin,
and lightens that within you through My Spirit and Truth.
You wish for holy days (holidays) to honor Me...
I have given seven, plus one which falls on Saturday of each week, which is the seventh day.
Remember My children, those who have planted their feet in uprightness before the Lord, testifying on My behalf, may no longer walk where others walk. This is where iniquity and hypocrisy abounds. *To read this entire study and more Biblical and historical evidence regarding these MODERN HOLIDAYS and their origins click here --- TrumpetCallofGod.com and then click on the "Bible/Letter Study" icon on the website.
Chronology of Jesus' Crucifixion
The chronology of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection is critically important because the first three Holy Days, commanded by God that we keep forever, are fulfilled through these events. He was crucified on Passover, "slept" in His tomb during the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and was resurrected on First Fruits.
Jesus "slept" in His tomb three days and three nights as He, Himself, spoke of in Matthew 12:40, saying,..."the Son of man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth". The "heart of the earth" refers to His tomb, or grave, not the man-made "hell" most churches proclaim. To say that One such as Jesus, being completely sinless and pure, being the Son of God, would descend into the lake of fire, which is saved for the wicked, or worse yet, He somehow descended into a fictitious pit of torment*...this is blasphemy! "Hell" is the grave. Jesus descended into His grave for three nights and three days. (*To better understand the truth about "hell" click here-- Regarding the FALSE Teaching of "Hell").
The crucifixion transpired on Passover.
Scripture, very clearly, shows that Jesus Christ was crucified on Passover. This is especially important to note because Jesus is our Passover, solidifying further that He is, indeed, our Messiah.
Now the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto Him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the Passover? And He said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto Him, The Master saith, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at thy house with My disciples. And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the Passover. ~ Matthew 26:17-19
But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the Passover. Will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? ~ John 18:39 Chronology of Jesus' CrucifixionPlease note:The Hebrew calendar observes Holy days from the evening of one day to the evening of the next. Therefore, Passover occurred from sundown on Nisan 14 to sundown on Nisan 15, and so on. The Feast of Unleavened Bread began at sundown on Nisan 15 and lasted seven days, ending at sundown on Nisan 22. Evening of Nisan 14 (Tuesday evening): Jesus ate an evening Passover meal with His disciples and instituted the New Covenant symbols... "And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat. This is My body. And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is My blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins" (Matthew 26:26-28). Tuesday night, after their meal, Jesus was betrayed by Judas, and arrested in the Garden of Gethsamane. During the night, Jesus was brought before the high priest (John 18, Luke 22, Matthew 26, Mark 14) Early Morning of Nisan 15 to evening of Nisan 16 (Wednesday morning to Thursday evening): Jesus was brought before Pilate early in the morning on Wednesday (Mark 14:2 & 15:1). After enduring scourging, mocking and severe beatings during the day on Wednesday, Jesus was crucified and died around 3 p.m... "And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani? That is to say, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave Him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save Him. Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost" (Matthew 27:46-50). This was the preparation day for the annual Sabbath, not the weekly Sabbath...(Mark 15:42, Luke 23:54). The bodies could not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day... "for that sabbath day was a high day" (John 19:31), so Pilate besought that their legs be broken. The legs of the two criminals, crucified with Jesus, were broken, but Jesus' legs were not broken because He was already dead (John 19:31-33). Jesus' body was then placed in the tomb just before sunset... "When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple. He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out of the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed" (Matthew 27:57-60). In Matthew 12:40, Jesus tells us... "As Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth". Wednesday night was the first night and Thursday was the first day that Jesus slept in the tomb.Evening of Nisan 16 to evening of Nisan 17 (Thursday evening to Friday evening): This was the "high day" Sabbath, the first day of Unleavened Bread (John 19:31 & Leviticus 23:4-7). (The Feast of Unleavened Bread began the night before at sundown). It is described as the day after the "Day of Preparation"... "Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate" (Matthew 27:62). Thursday night was the second night and Friday was the second day that Jesus slept in the tomb.Evening of Nisan 17 to evening of Nisan 18 (Friday evening to Saturday evening): The high-day Sabbath now past, the women bought and prepared spices for anointing Jesus' body before resting on the weekly Sabbath day, which began at sunset on Friday..."And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him" (Mark 16:1)...and "And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the Sabbath day according to the commandment" (Luke 23:56). Friday night was the third night and Saturday was the third day that Jesus slept in the tomb. He arose at the end of the Sabbath, on Saturday, at sunset.Evening of Nisan 18 (Saturday evening): The women rested on the weekly Sabbath (Luke 23:56), according to the Fourth Commandment (Exodus 20:8-11). Jesus rose at the end of the Sabbath, exactly three days and three nights after His burial... "Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from Thee. But He answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth" (Matthew 12:38-40). This day was the Feast of First Fruits, which was observed on the day after the weekly Sabbath following Passover (Leviticus 23). Jesus arose Saturday evening, at sunset, this being the beginning of First Fruits. This is why Jesus is called the "first fruits" of those that slept... "But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept" (1 Corinthians 15:20).Nisan 19 day (Sunday): The women brought the prepared spices early in the morning, and at that time Jesus had already left His tomb.. ."Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them" (Luke 24:1 & John 20:1), finding that Jesus had already risen... "And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus" (Luke 24:2-3, also Matthew 28:1-6, Mark 16:2-6 & John 20:1). He did not rise Sunday morning, but at sunset the day before. Why is this so important?: This does away with "Good Friday", *"Easter Sunday" and one of the false reasons the churches use to justify changing the Sabbath to Sunday. *Actually Easter is a pagan word derived from the name of a pagan goddess. The correct name for Easter is First Fruits, which begins at sundown on Saturday (the exact time of Jesus' resurrection) and ends at sundown Sunday. By rightly dividing the Word in the Bible, God's glory is revealed! Showing that all God does is very purposeful, precise and always points to Jesus, for He is the fulfillment of all things! Amen.
Tags: Easter Sunday First Fruits Resurrection Jesus Crucifixion
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