PURIM, TO KEEP OR NOT TO KEEP, “BY THOSE WHO ARE IN THE WAY”?
There are several major components of the Purim holiday, including public readings of the Book of Esther (k'riat megillah), giving charity to the poor (matanot la'evyonim) and delivering gifts to friends (mishloach manot). But Purim is most obviously characterized by a boisterous feast (se'udah) during which participants dress in costumes and drink to excess. Jewish people are instructed to revel in alcoholic drinks until they cannot tell the difference between Mordecai and Haman.
In the Book of Esther, Mordecai and Haman are portrayed as the embodiments of good and evil, respectively. In the story, Haman, the right-hand man of the Persian king, feels personally insulted when Mordecai will not bow to him.
During the reading of the Book of Esther, every mention of Haman's name is drowned out by festive noisemakers (called groggers), shouting, stamping and every manner of booing. Mordecai's name is cheered. But by night's end, the difference between Haman and Mordecai, between good and evil, becomes nonexistent. Participants wear masks to acknowledge that goodness, being Set-Apart and Father Yah’s truth to them are most often hidden.
Does this sound like something that those who are keeping the commands of scripture should be keeping, those that are really seeking Father Yah, and those that are seeking to develop the mind of Messiah? This is a Jewish festival that we are not told to keep in anyplace in scripture. This is no different than a mix of Halloween and Christmas. In many ways this is worse, because the people are told to drink so much, to become obliterated that they can’t tell the difference between “Mordecai and Haman”. Where in scripture are we told to do anything like this? We are not! Please do not think, because you keep the commands of Father Yah that this is a day you are to keep, because other Jewish people keep it!
Hab_2:15 “Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbour, pouring out your wineskin, and also making him drunk – in order to look on their nakedness!
Eph_5:18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is loose behaviour, but be filled with the Spirit,
Pro_31:6 Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to those embittered in being.
Isa_5:11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning pursuing strong drink, who stay up late at night – wine inflames them!
Isa_28:7 And these too have gone astray through wine, and through strong drink wandered about. Priest and prophet have gone astray through strong drink, they are swallowed up by wine, they wander about through strong drink, they go astray in vision, they stumble in right-ruling.
I hope this was a blessing to you all!
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Sunday, March 9, 2014
A Simple Question
Contributed by Jay Scher
Jas 2:14 My brothers, what use is it for anyone to say he has belief but does not have works? This belief is unable to save him.
Jas 2:15 And if a brother or sister is naked and in need of daily food,
Jas 2:16 but one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” but you do not give them the bodily needs, what use is it?
Jas 2:17 So also belief, if it does not have works, is in itself dead.
Jas 2:18 But someone might say, “You have belief, and I have works.” Show me your belief without your works, and I shall show you my belief by my works.
Jas 2:19 You believe that Elohim is one. You do well. The demons also believe – and shudder!
Jas 2:20 But do you wish to know, O foolish man, that the belief without the works is dead?
Jas 2:21 Was not Aḇraham our father declared right by works when he offered Yitsḥaq his son on the altar?
Jas 2:22 Do you see that the belief was working with his works, and by the works the belief was perfected?
Jas 2:23 And the Scripture was filled which says, “Aḇraham believed Elohim, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.” And he was called, “Elohim’s friend.”
Jas 2:24 You see, then, that a man is declared right by works, and not by belief alone.
Jas 2:25 In the same way, was not Raḥaḇ the whore also declared right by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
Jas 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also the belief is dead without the works.
What are we doing?
Jas 2:14 My brothers, what use is it for anyone to say he has belief but does not have works? This belief is unable to save him.
Jas 2:15 And if a brother or sister is naked and in need of daily food,
Jas 2:16 but one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” but you do not give them the bodily needs, what use is it?
Jas 2:17 So also belief, if it does not have works, is in itself dead.
Jas 2:18 But someone might say, “You have belief, and I have works.” Show me your belief without your works, and I shall show you my belief by my works.
Jas 2:19 You believe that Elohim is one. You do well. The demons also believe – and shudder!
Jas 2:20 But do you wish to know, O foolish man, that the belief without the works is dead?
Jas 2:21 Was not Aḇraham our father declared right by works when he offered Yitsḥaq his son on the altar?
Jas 2:22 Do you see that the belief was working with his works, and by the works the belief was perfected?
Jas 2:23 And the Scripture was filled which says, “Aḇraham believed Elohim, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.” And he was called, “Elohim’s friend.”
Jas 2:24 You see, then, that a man is declared right by works, and not by belief alone.
Jas 2:25 In the same way, was not Raḥaḇ the whore also declared right by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
Jas 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so also the belief is dead without the works.
What are we doing?
It's Not About . . .
by Jay Scher
It is not about justification, legalism, and Jewish law, Mosaic Law, falling from grace or any of the other names you want to give it.
It is about obedience to the living words of Messiah throughout scripture!
Obedience to Scripture is something so many people don’t understand and or just flat out don’t want to do!
The food laws are just one small part of it.
Some people just really don't understand what happened when Messiah died for us.
Are we under Faith or Grace?
We are under Both!
Faith/Beliefs = Works
Works = Obeying the commands in scripture.
Obeying the commands in scripture = Grace/Favor
Any Questions ?
Much Love and Shalom to you all
It is not about justification, legalism, and Jewish law, Mosaic Law, falling from grace or any of the other names you want to give it.
It is about obedience to the living words of Messiah throughout scripture!
Obedience to Scripture is something so many people don’t understand and or just flat out don’t want to do!
The food laws are just one small part of it.
Some people just really don't understand what happened when Messiah died for us.
Are we under Faith or Grace?
We are under Both!
Faith/Beliefs = Works
Works = Obeying the commands in scripture.
Obeying the commands in scripture = Grace/Favor
Any Questions ?
Much Love and Shalom to you all
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Images
by Jay Scher
Pope Alexander lV then ordered the destruction of all art depicting a Semitic Messiah and commissioned a number of paintings depicting a Caucasian יהושע Messiah, Son of Dawiḏ, Son of Aḇraham. His son, Cardinal Cesare Borgia, was the model for these paintings. Thus, the nastiest of all the Borgias, became the iconic Caucasian Messiah so loved as an Idol and worshipped like Pagans by Christians, along with so many others around the world today.
Exo 20:4 “You do not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of that which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth,
Exo 20:5 you do not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, יהוה your Elohim am a jealous Ěl, visiting the crookedness of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Exo 20:6 but showing kindness to thousands, to those who love Me and guard My commands.
For those that want the truth "here it is". Many will reject it and get mad at this post. I am not here to tickle your ears or entertain you, sorry that is not me. I am no mega church, just a true servant of Father Yah in the Way and trying to be the best servant to you that I can be!!!
Pope Alexander lV then ordered the destruction of all art depicting a Semitic Messiah and commissioned a number of paintings depicting a Caucasian יהושע Messiah, Son of Dawiḏ, Son of Aḇraham. His son, Cardinal Cesare Borgia, was the model for these paintings. Thus, the nastiest of all the Borgias, became the iconic Caucasian Messiah so loved as an Idol and worshipped like Pagans by Christians, along with so many others around the world today.
Exo 20:4 “You do not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of that which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth,
Exo 20:5 you do not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, יהוה your Elohim am a jealous Ěl, visiting the crookedness of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Exo 20:6 but showing kindness to thousands, to those who love Me and guard My commands.
For those that want the truth "here it is". Many will reject it and get mad at this post. I am not here to tickle your ears or entertain you, sorry that is not me. I am no mega church, just a true servant of Father Yah in the Way and trying to be the best servant to you that I can be!!!
Sunday, February 9, 2014
The Son of a Pope?
Pope Alexander lV then ordered the destruction of all art depicting a Semitic Messiah and commissioned a number of paintings depicting a Caucasian יהושע Messiah, Son of Dawiḏ, Son of Aḇraham. His son, Cardinal Cesare Borgia, was the model for these paintings. Thus, the nastiest of all the Borgias, became the iconic Caucasian Messiah so loved by Christians today. For those that want the truth "here it is". Many will reject it and get mad at this post. I am not here to tickle your ears or entertain you, sorry that is not me. I am no mega church, just a true servant of Father Yah in the Way.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
The Mark
Contributed by Jay Scher
Think about it! We learn by reading the scriptures that…. The Mark of The Beast and The Mark of YAHUAH have to do with The Commandments. The hand symbolizes work, and the forehead represents the mind. YAHUAH tells us to 'do' his commandments. (Hand) And think on them constantly. (Forehead). The Mark (Seal) of YAHUAH has to do with acceptance of The his Commandments, and likewise, The Mark of The Beast has to do with their rejection. Revelation 9:4 And it was said to them that they shall not harm the grass of the earth, or any green matter, or any tree, but only those men who do not HAVE THE SEAL OF ALAHYM UPON THEIR FOREHEADS. Revelation 14:1 And I looked and saw a Lamb standing on Mount Tsiyon, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, HAVING HIS FATHER’S NAME WRITTEN UPON THEIR FOREHEADS. Revelation 22:3-4 And no longer shall there be any curse, and the throne of Alahym and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. (4) And they shall see His face, and HIS NAME SHALL BE UPON THEIR FOREHEADS. Deuteronomy 6:6-8 “And these Words which I am commanding you today shall be in your heart, (7) and you shall impress them upon your children, and shall speak of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up, (8) and shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and THEY SHALL BE AS FRONTLETS BETWEEN YOUR EYES. Ezekiel 9:4 and יהוה said to him, “Pass on into the midst of the city, into the midst of Yarushalaym, and you shall PUT A MARK ON THE FOREHEADS of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.” WAKE UP! Be Obedient Joshua 24:15 “And if it seems evil in your eyes to serve יהוה, CHOOSE FOR YOURSELVES THIS DAY WHOM YOU ARE GOING TO SERVE, whether the mighty ones which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the mighty ones of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But I and my house, we serve יהוה.”
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Precept upon Precept
Too many people try and hang all that they believe in on just one or two scriptures. This is not what scripture tells us to do. All the scriptures build upon each other to give us the bigger picture. When you don't do this you are lost. Stop trying to give people one scripture and say this is it, this is all I have to do when the scriptures are full of so much more to guide us and protect us. Everything in there is a help mate!!
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