The Words of Yahweh
Deuteronomy 13
…for Yahweh your Elohim is testing you to know whether you love Yahweh your Elohim with all your heart and with all your soul. ⁴ You shall walk after the Yahweh your Elohim and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him.

The Words of Yeshua
John 10:27-28
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. ²⁸ And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.

What does it mean to know His voice?
What happens if we don’t know His voice?
What if we use the voices of others to create doctrine in conflict with the Voices of Yahweh and Yeshua?

I write this blog to encourage others to follow Yahweh wholly and completely.
This is the standard that both Yahweh and Yeshua have established for us.

The Words of Yahweh
Deuteronomy 12:28
²⁸ Take care and listen to ALL THESE WORDS that I am commanding you, so that it may go well with you and your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the eyes of Yahweh your Elohim.

The Words of Yeshua
Matthew 28:19
¹⁹ Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, immersing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Ruach ha-Kodesh, ²⁰ teaching them to observe ALL I HAVE COMMANDED YOU.

How can we follow Yahweh wholly and completely if we do not know the things They said?
This is how I approach it:
1. Study the direct quotes of Yahweh in scripture.  I accept the idea that His words are 100% truth and are truth forever.
2. Study the direct quotes of Yeshua in scripture.  I accept the idea that His words are 100% truth and are truth forever.
3. If my understanding of other scriptures causes me to let go of anything Yahweh or Yeshua have said, then I have to pray and study more for the proper understanding of those other scriptures.
Am I saying those other scriptures are incorrect, or in conflict with Yahweh?
No, I’m saying it is not possible for me to understand those words in such a way that they invalidate the words of Yahweh or Yeshua.

Let the Words of the Father and the Son establish your faith, your beliefs, and your doctrine.
Use the remainder of scripture to help guide your way IN THE THINGS THEY SAID, not INSTEAD OF THE THINGS THEY SAID.

If you respond to the words of Yahweh or the words of Yeshua with, “Yeah, but…”
then I believe you are doing it wrong.
Let the Creator of all that there is, the author of life, establish your beliefs.
Do not depart from His words, “for Yahweh your Elohim is testing you…”

 

My blog topics are difficult because they do not line up with what most people have been taught, with the ideas that are understood and taught by mainstream Christianity going back many generations, over the course of many centuries.
This is what the bible says about it:
Jeremiah 16:19-20
¹⁹ O Lord, my strength and my fortress,
My refuge in the day of affliction,
The Gentiles shall come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,
“Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
Worthlessness and unprofitable things.”
²⁰ Will a man make gods for himself,
Which are not gods?

My message is a hard pill to swallow.
I get it.
I participated in mainstream Christianity for over 30 years.
I was in the same buildings and congregations, doing and saying and believing the very same things that our churches teach.

But then…  I read my bible.
I started on page one and continued on from there, believing each and every word that I read.
It required me to let go of many ideas I’d been taught in church.
Why?
Because the Creator of all things, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob made some statements that He said are forever, for all generations, never ending, and a perpetual covenant.
If I begin with believing what He said and not letting go of what He said, then it forces me to purge much of what the church teaches.

And that is the gist of this blog.
It is difficult.
It is hard.
But it is based on believing what Yahweh [God] said, and later what Yeshua Messiah [Jesus] said.

And my blog makes some people angry.
Some of you may already know this about me, but I’ll try to explain in detail so you know where I am coming from with this blog…

I study the direct quotes of Yahweh [God] and Yeshua [Jesus].
They are my main authority. I build my foundation of knowledge, understanding, doctrine, beliefs, etc upon Their words.
If I read other scriptures that seem to be in conflict with Their words, I do the following:

#1
I keep my foundation built on the words of Yahweh and Yeshua and I do not change it. This is non-negotiable.

#2
I’ll evaluate the other scriptures and figure out why they “seem” to be in conflict.
I must understand the words of others within the boundaries set by the words of Yah and Yeshua. [never the other way around]

#3
If I can’t sort it out just yet, I’ll keep Yah’s and Yeshua’s words as my foundation and I’ll set aside the words of others that I am struggling with, and come back to them later after prayer and more study.

I do not believe we can EVER use the scriptures authored by people [prophets, apostles, etc] to render the words of Yahweh and Yeshua as empty, obsolete, or not true.
In my opinion, this is dangerous to create knowledge, understanding, doctrine, and beliefs by prioritizing the words of others over the words of Yah and Yeshua.
This was actually a problem in the first century church, and Peter warned us about it, especially with regard to the writings of Paul:

2Peter 3:14-17
^{14 “}Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; ¹⁵ and consider thatthe longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, ¹⁶ as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.
¹⁷ You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked…”

 

A friend asked me two serious questions…
They were:
Do you believe that Yeshua is Yah in the flesh?
What do you believe about Salvation?

These are great questions.
We live in a time where Yahweh is restoring His Torah to the scattered ten tribes of the House of Israel after 2730 years of exile.
Spend even a few minutes in any Torah related social media and you’ll quickly see much discussion and debate, and not always healthy versions!
The unhealthy variety of interaction leads to arguments and division.

But do not be discouraged!!
There are people out there who will have real dialogue.
They will engage in discussion that is respectful and productive, even if they disagree with you.
One such person (who probably disagrees with me in many things) asked these two very good questions.

Here are my answers:

Do you believe that Yeshua is Yah in the flesh?
Yes, I believe that Yeshua Messiah is Yah in the flesh, and that He was not “just a man” used by Yahweh.
We are told exactly this in John 1—
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Yahweh, and the Word was Yahweh. 2 He was in the beginning with Yahweh. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ”

What do you believe about Salvation?
This is a complicated question!!!
I spent over 30 years in mainstream Christianity, believing what they told me.
I believed that “accepting Jesus into my heart” meant I was saved.
In being “saved” I was taught this guaranteed my place in heaven, and that I would receive eternal life with Jesus.

When I submitted my will to the Father because of a tragedy in 2014, my veil was lifted, just as we are told will happen in 2Corinthians 3:14-16
14 But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Messiah. 15 But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. 16 Nevertheless when one turns to Yahweh, the veil is taken away.

Yeshua said this in John 14
Yeshua said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”
Up to that point in my life [even though I was a ‘Christian’ for 30 years] I had never “come to the Father” as Messiah instructs us to do above…
I did what the church teaches, which is to come to Jesus.
We are taught to sit down at the foot of the cross and stay there.
That is not what Yeshua tells us.
He says we must go on to the Father, and churches do not teach this.
But through a tragedy, in the depth of my soul, I realized I had to go to the Father and stop sitting at the cross.
And I did.
And I submitted my will to His will.
Here is another quote of Messiah, whose example we are to follow:
Matthew 26:39
³⁹ He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”

And as a result of submitting to the Father, my veil was lifted [again, see 2Cor 3:14-16 above] and I began to understand the scriptures ‘for real’.
I began to study the scriptures intently, countless hours spent doing so.
By studying the very words of Yahweh and Yeshua, I had questions that I could not answer.
For example, we are told this in Romans—
Romans 10:3
13 For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

But Yeshua says this:
Matthew 7
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.”

We see this in Mark 16
“He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.”

But we see this in 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.”

We are told this in Ephesians 2
 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

The rich young ruler asked this question in Matthew 19
16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”

And Yeshua said…
“But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

I began to realize that the criteria for “being saved” is different than the criteria for being “granted eternal life and a place in the kingdom.”
I realized that if “being saved” and “being in the kingdom” are one and the same, then many verses in scripture cannot be reconciled.
They are in conflict.
These ‘conflicts’ caused many, many hours of discussion and debate.
People want to stick with the idea that we are saved by belief/faith/grace without doing anything of our own accord.
But at the same time, Yeshua Messiah (and others in scripture) clearly point out that we “must do something” in order to be in the kingdom.

I prayed about it and asked for His understanding in this.
And this is where I am today, with regard to “being saved” and “being granted salvation” or “being in the kingdom”:

In my humble opinion, they are two separate events, with two different sets of criteria to be achieved.
This is not a popular idea, even in Torah community.
I have only heard of two other people who have studied this out and found the same conclusion in the scriptures.

But here’s the thing…
Either “being saved” and “salvation” are two separate things, or Yahweh and Yeshua are liars, and I know that is not the case.
I am still digging deeper into this topic, moving on to the original Greek language.
I’m finding that our English translations sometimes use “saved” and “salvation” interchangeably, even though there are specific words in the Greek for each concept, and they are sometimes mistranslated.

I currently believe that turning to Yeshua, repenting of our sin, being baptized – the typical concepts of the gospel —- result in us being “saved”. 
Saved from what?
I believe we are saved from our sins up to that point in our lives.
We are saved from living in the flesh, and are now baptized, having died to self – we come out of the baptism water as a new creation.  We are given the Ruach, with the idea that we live by the spirit and not by the flesh. Paul speaks of this a great deal.
Here is one example:
Romans 8
Life in the Spirit
8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Messiah Yeshua. ² For the law of the Spirit of life in Messiah Yeshua has set you free from the law of sin and death. ³ For what was impossible for the Torah—since it was weakened on account of the flesh—God has done. Sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as a sin offering, He condemned sin in the flesh— ⁴ so that the requirement of the Torah might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Ruach.
⁵ For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Ruach set their minds on the things of the Ruach. ⁶ For the mindset of the flesh is death, but the mindset of the Ruach is life and shalom. ⁷ For the mindset of the flesh is hostile toward God, for it does not submit itself to the law of God—for it cannot. ⁸ So those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
⁹ However, you are not in the flesh but in the Ruach—if indeed the Ruach Elohim dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Ruach of Messiah, he does not belong to Him. ¹⁰ But if Messiah is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the Spirit is alive because of righteousness. ¹¹ And if the Ruach of the One who raised Yeshua from the dead dwells in you, the One who raised Messiah Yeshuafrom the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Ruach who dwells in you.
¹² So then, brothers and sisters, we do not owe anything to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. ¹³ For if you live according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Ruach you put to death the deeds of the body, you shall live. ¹⁴ For all who are led by the Ruach Elohim, these are sons of God. ¹⁵ For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall again into fear; rather, you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” ¹⁶ The Ruach Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. ^[a] 17 And if children, also heirs—heirs of God and joint-heirs with Messiah—if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

I do not believe we are capable of obeying the Torah, His instructions, His commands, if we are walking in the flesh. But if we walk in the Spirit, we are empowered by the Spirit to walk in His ways, and to obey.
Just as Yah said, His commands are not too hard for us.
Just as Yeshau said, His yoke is light.

We can do this, in the Ruach!! 
And I have experienced exactly that!!
I can overcome sin and no longer commit sin if I yield to the Spirit.
If I indulge the flesh, I fail, just as Paul describes.

I believe that being saved is our transformation from walking in the flesh to walking in the spirit.
We are saved from the wages of sin, which are death.
We are saved from the law of sin and death.

But then what?
Again, Paul speaks greatly of what comes next.
Paul tells us that athletes train to compete and win.
They do not train to come in second.
They do not train to come in last.
Athletes train to win, to be victorious.
And Paul tells us to run our race and to finish our race, as if to win.
1Corinthians 9
²⁴ Don’t you know that in a stadium the runners all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win! ²⁵ Every competitor exercises self-control in all respects. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we do it to receive an imperishable one. ²⁶ So I run in this way—not aimlessly. So I box in this way—not beating the air. ²⁷ Rather, I punish my body and bring it into submission, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

Paul tells us to work out our salvation with fear and trembling.
Philippians 2:12
Therefore, my loved ones, just as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence—work out your salvation with fear and trembling. 
We have a part in our salvation. We have a responsibility; there are things we must do. Once we are “saved” by Yeshua’s works and not our own,  we must then walk on the narrow path and not on the broad path.
Words of Yeshua Messiah in Matthew 7
¹³ “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. ¹⁴ How narrow is the gate and difficult the way that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”

Again – let’s look at this direct quote of Messiah in Matthew 7:21-23
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

Yeshua is not speaking to atheists, agnostics, or even Satanists.
He is speaking to people who thought they served Him.
He is speaking to people who “think they are going to heaven”.
But look closely at what He says:
They will not be in the “kingdom of heaven.”
Why?
Because they did not do the will of the Father.
What was the disqualifier?
They practice lawlessness.

Were these people “Christians”?
Sure.
Of course.
Were these people “saved”?
Yes, I believe they were saved.
Will they be granted “salvation” and a “place in the kingdom”?
Nope, not according to Yeshua.

Look at the parable of the ten virgins.
Again, these are not five believers and five non-believers.
All ten are competing for the same prize – to be the bride.
5 were wise and prepared themselves well.
They ran their race.
They finished their race.
They walked the narrow path.
They worked out their salvation with fear and trembling.

What about the other five believers?
They were unprepared.
They did not run their race.
They did not finish their race.
They walked the broad path that leads to destruction.
They did not work out their salvation with fear and trembling.

The only way for Yeshua to NOT be a liar is if “being saved” and “salvation” are separate concepts and separate events.

 

These are direct quotes of Yeshua Messiah (Jesus).
Can you hear Him?
John 14:15
“If you love Me, keep My commandments.”
John 14:21
He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me.”
John 15:10
“If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.”
Luke 6:46
“Why do you call Me ‘Master, Master’ and do not do what I say?”

Do you think we should keep the commandments?
Do you know the voice of your Messiah?
These are the things that He said. He wants us to keep the commandments.

John 10:27-28
“My sheep hear My voice. I know them, and they follow Me. 28 I give them eternal life! They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of My hand.”
Are you His sheep?
Do you know His voice?

He said this:
Matthew 7:21-23
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’”

Do you think Messiah did away with the law, as typical mainstream Christian doctrine teaches? What did Yeshua Messiah say about it?
Matthew 5:17-18
“Do not think that I came to abolish the Torah or the Prophets! I did not come to abolish, but to fully preach. 18 Amen, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or serif shall ever pass away from the Torah until all things come to pass.”

Let’s circle back and take a look at these direct quotes of Messiah:
“If you love Me, keep My commandments.”
“He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me.”
“If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.”

Messiah will judge every single man and woman who has ever lived, and He [and only He] will decide the eternal fate of each.
What is the end result for those who are granted eternal life?
They will live in the kingdom of heaven with Messiah F-O-R-E-V-E-R.
Let me ask you this:
Do you believe Yeshua Messiah will allow people into His kingdom, to spend eternity with Him, if these people do not love Him?
Let that sink in for a second…
John 14:15
“If you love Me, keep My commandments.”

Will people who do not love Him be allowed into His presence for all eternity?
Messiah tells us in the last few sentences of the entire bible who will be allowed in:
Revelation 22:14
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.

Messiah tells us again who will be allowed into the kingdom:
Matthew 19:16-17
16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?” 17 So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

Do you know His voice?
Do you believe what He says?
Are you willing to do what He says?

John 14:15
“If you love Me, keep My commandments.”
Do you love Yeshua Messiah, on His terms?

 

If Yahweh/Yehovah, Yahuah, God — the Creator of all that there is — were speaking, would you interrupt and say, “Yeah but…”?

No???

If you wouldn’t do it live and in-person before His presence, do you find yourself doing it now?
Is there a difference?
If He said something difficult in scripture, do you believe it, or do you [insert other idea here]?

This is what I’ve been studying the last couple years.
There are lots of statements/verses in scripture that might make you want to say, “Yeah but…” to God or to His Son our Messiah.

If that is the case, I’d take a really deep look at those other verses. [Start with 2Peter 3:14-17].
Pray for His understanding in all things!!

Did you know there are some extremely difficult concepts to consider with regard to the biblical Sabbath?  I am not talking about mildly difficult here…
I’m going to show you some words of יהוה and then ask some very difficult questions.

Let’s take a look at the Sabbath in Exodus 20 and Exodus 31.
EXODUS 20
1 And Elohim spoke all these Words, saying,
2 “I am יהוה your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, out of the house of slavery…
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to set it apart.
9 “Six days you labour, and shall do all your work,
10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath of יהוה your Elohim. You do not do any work – you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.
11 “For in six days יהוה made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore יהוה blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart.

EXODUS 31
12 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
13 And you, speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘My Sabbaths you are to guard, by all means, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, to know that I, יהוה, am setting you apart.
14 ‘And you shall guard the Sabbath, for it is set-apart to you. Everyone who profanes it shall certainly be put to death, for anyone who does work on it, that being shall be cut off from among his people.
15 ‘Six days work is done, and on the seventh is a Sabbath of rest, set-apart to יהוה. Everyone doing work on the Sabbath day shall certainly be put to death.
16 ‘And the children of Yisra’ĕl shall guard the Sabbath, to perform the Sabbath throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant.
17 ‘Between Me and the children of Yisra’ĕl it is a sign forever. For in six days יהוה made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.’ ”
18 And when He had ended speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Mosheh two tablets of the Witness, tablets of stone, written with the finger of Elohim.

First of all, let’s establish some basic facts.
Whose words are these? Are these statements made by a man, that we should question or doubt them?
No, we see in both passages that these are the very words of יהוה.
Shall we believe these words?
I for one accept and believe these words of my Creator, down to the very last letter and pen stroke.
I believe these words to be infallible.

With this idea in mind, that these are the words of יהוה and they are true and trustworthy, let’s ask some very difficult questions.

1.  Were these words temporary?  Were these words spoken with the intent that one day they would no longer be applicable?  Would He care about His Sabbath in ancient times, but not be concerned about it today?
What does יהוה say about it?
…throughout your generations
and again
…throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant.

Well, that settles it.
Everlasting covenant, and for all generations.
I think it is safe to say His words are as serious today as they were in the time of Mosheh.

2. How important is the biblical Sabbath to יהוה?
“Remember the Sabbath day, to set it apart.”
He tells us to remember, don’t forget.
Most of humanity has forgotten, sadly.
He tells us to “set it apart”.
What does that mean? To be set apart?
קָדַשׁ qâdash, kaw-dash’; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally):—appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), wholly.

The biblical Sabbath is to be kept clean, holy, appointed, sanctified or sacred.
How do we keep it that way?
In my opinion, we keep it set apart by reading His words that describe the Sabbath.
We must keep it exactly as He has presented it to us.
That means we cannot change it.
We cannot decide for ourselves what it is, when it is, or how we observe it (if at all). We cannot decide if we are going to observe it sometimes, but not all the time.
If “our idea of Sabbath” does not match the Sabbath of יהוה exactly as He described it, then we have not kept it set apart.  We have changed it and defiled it. This is not a good thing…

3. How else is the Sabbath important to יהוה ?
Check out this very amazing blessing:
“…for it is a sign between Me and you”
And He clarifies this a second time:
“‘Between Me and the children of Yisra’ĕl it is a sign forever.”
Do you understand what is happening here?
יהוה is literally labeling us as His people.
We get to wear His mark of authenticity!!
Do you know why this is such a big deal?
It is because without this mark or sign, we are NOT His people.
יהוה establishes the definition that His people have this sign, so it makes sense that people WITHOUT this sign are not His people.
Am I wrong about this?
Am I stretching things that should not be stretched?
Am I making this more complicated than it really is?

Let’s have יהוה answer this question for us:
He says this:
“Everyone who profanes it shall certainly be put to death, for anyone who does work on it, that being shall be cut off from among his people.”
And this…
“Everyone doing work on the Sabbath day shall certainly be put to death.”
Does יהוה seem serious about this?
Or is He playing games?
Does He think “close enough is good enough”?
Or has He given us life-altering instructions here (literally, life altering!!)?

יהוה is so very serious about this that it will cost us our lives if we ignore His instructions.
During the time of a Torah covenant nation, it would actually cost your life to disobey:
Numbers 15
32 And while the children of Yisra’ĕl were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. 33 And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Mosheh and to Aharon, and to all the congregation. 34 And they put him in under guard, because it had not been declared what should be done to him. 35 And יהוה said to Mosheh, “The man shall certainly be put to death, all the congregation stoning him with stones outside the camp.” 36 And all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones, as יהוה commanded Mosheh, and he died.

We do not live in a Torah governed covenant nation today, so being stoned to death for violating the Sabbath is not something we’ve had to worry about.
Nobody slinks around at the Mall on Sabbath, looking over their shoulder for an ancient-looking guy with a bunch of rocks.
Nobody goes to work on Sabbath, watching out for an angry Hebrew mob.
But יהוה says that we will die.
Did He tell anyone else this very same thing?
Genesis 2
16And יהוה Elohim commanded the man, saying, “Eat of every tree of the garden, 17but do not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for in the day that you eat of it you shall certainly die.”

Well, we all know how this turned out for Adam and Eve, right?
They went from being immortal to mortal.
They went from living with יהוה in His perfect Garden, to being banned to the cursed earth.
They went from bliss and perfection to knowing about sin and evil.
Then they died, many centuries later.
If we violate the Sabbath, not remembering it and not keeping it set apart, we will certainly die, just as יהוה says.
Will this death be physical in nature, or will it be a spiritual death as well, preventing us from being in the Kingdom of Heaven?
That is a good question, but I think יהוה has already answered this question.
“that being shall be cut off from among his people”
Being “cut off” from יהוהs chosen people does not sound like a good thing to experience.

Now, I’m going to ask even more difficult questions.
4.  What does this mean for people who have the scriptures and know about the ten commandments (which include the Sabbath) and choose not to remember it or keep it set apart?
Do we remember what יהוה said about His Sabbath?
Perpetual covenant.
For all generations.
That includes past generations.
That means people today.
That means future generations.
Every single generation is given this instruction and expectation.
יהוה makes His intentions known.  Very clearly.
How many countless millions or billions of people have come and gone from this earth without remembering the Sabbath and without keeping it set apart?
How many have worked, or made others work?
How many countless numbers of people all throughout humanity have not esteemed יהוהs instructions regarding the Sabbath?
What will be their fate?
According to יהוה, they are not His people, as they do not have the sign to identify them as such.
According to יהוה, they are cut off and not included among His chosen.
This is a big deal.

But it gets worse, even in Torah community.
How many folks do we know in Torah community who work on the Sabbath?
Or will go out to eat on the Sabbath, or go see a movie?
These sound like simple things, right?
No big deal, right?
If you or someone you know is nonchalant about the Sabbath, go back to the start of this study and begin again.
Go back and review what יהוה says about His Sabbath.
Go back and review what יהוה says will be the result of profaning His Sabbath.
Do you still want to work on the Sabbath?
Do you still want to go out to eat, or to the movies, or to the grocery store?
Do you still want to violate His Sabbath, and think it is not a big deal?
It is a huge deal!!

There is a way out, though.
The good news of the gospel tells us how to repent and be forgiven by Yeshua Messiah, the Son of the Living Elohim!!
So that’s how it works, right?
Keep the Sabbath when convenient, and violate it when it is not convenient or desired.
And then just repent, right?
No, that is not how it works.
Yes, we are forgiven our sins when we repent and come to Yeshua.
But then we are expected to become a new creation, living not for ourselves, but for Him.
We are to separate ourselves from the World, because we are no longer of the world.
Do the scriptures tell us what will happen if we do not hold the Sabbath in high esteem, choosing to remember and honor it and keep it set apart?
Yes, we are told.
Numbers 15:30-31
30 But the being who does whatever defiantly, whether he is native or a stranger, he reviles יהוה, and that being shall be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he has despised the word of יהוה, and has broken His command, that being shall certainly be cut off, his crookedness is upon him.’ ”

If we know about the Sabbath and choose to defile it, because it is not convenient, or because we think it won’t matter once in awhile, consider these words of יהוה. If we choose to disobey intentionally, יהוה says that we revile Him.  That is how He views our disobedience.
What else does יהוה say?
“he has despised the word of יהוה, and has broken His command, that being shall certainly be cut off, his crookedness is upon him.”
יהוה says we despise His word if we break it on purpose.
He again says that being will be “cut off” which is bad.
And his sin remains upon Him.
Obviously I’m simply misunderstanding, right?
Obviously I’m making a bigger deal out of this than I should, right?
We are told how this is going to work yet again in the New Testament:
Hebrews 10:26-31
26 For if we sin purposely after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a slaughter offering for sins, 27 but some fearsome anticipation of judgment, and a fierce fire which is about to consume the opponents. 28 Anyone who has disregarded the Torah of Mosheh dies without compassion on the witness of two or three witnesses. 29 How much worse punishment do you think shall he deserve who has trampled the Son of Elohim underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was set apart as common, and insulted the Spirit of favour? 30 For we know Him who has said, “Vengeance is Mine, I shall repay, says יהוה.” And again, “יהוה shall judge His people.” 31 It is fearsome to fall into the hands of the living Elohim.

This is a HUGE deal.
If we have the knowledge of the truth (in this case, an understanding of Sabbath) and choose to disobey the Sabbath instructions, then there no longer remains a sacrifice for us?
What sacrifice is this?
The price that Yeshua Messiah paid for our sins!!
That sacrifice no longer pertains to us, if we are nonchalant about the truth, about the instructions, about keeping the Sabbath (among other things).
Knowing the truth and choosing to disobey it is likened to trampling Yeshua underfoot!!
Are you seeing the strong nature of this language in the scriptures?
This is no small matter.
This is as serious as it gets!!!
If you know people who reject and disobey the Sabbath instructions, the 4^th of the 10 commandments, they need to know these things.
They need to have this spelled out for them.
This applies to the Christian church.
This applies to folks within our Torah fellowships and communities.
This applies to all.
For all generations.
A perpetual covenant.

Some people think I share these types of articles because I have no love for others.
That assessment could not be further from the truth.
I read the words of יהוה and believe them.
This causes me to have great concern for others, and out of love, I try to share this information with them.
They need to know.
They must know.
The harsh things I’ve shared in this article are not my own thoughts.
They are the words of the Creator of all things.
I’m not concerned with what you call Him:  God, Lord, Yehova, Yahweh, Yahuah, Elohim, Adonia, יהוה…
Pick any name that works for you.
These words I’ve shared are His words.
Do you believe Him?
If you do believe Him, do you need to repent and make any changes?
Do you need to encourage others to learn these things, or to take them seriously if they already know about them?
If so, share this because you love them, not because you want to criticize them.
That is where my heart is.

Please know that this article does not mean that I am trying to decide the eternal fate of others.
Yeshua Messiah, and only Him, has the authority to make such a decision.
I am simply reading the instructions of יהוה and sharing them with anyone who is willing to listen.  What happens between you and Yeshua Messiah and the Father is up to you, and not up to me.
I”m just here to encourage you to know these difficult things.
If you do not have the sign of belonging to God, Lord, Yehova, Yahweh, Yahuah, Elohim, Adonia, יהוה, then repent and go get it.
Let Him place His sign upon you, and wear it proudly and with confidence!
Protect it.
Remember it.
Keep it holy and set apart.
Just as יהוה tells us:  “…by all means.”

 

According to Jeremiah, pretty much everything we’ve been taught by our churches has been false, and results in people following false, made-up gods.