How Are The Correct Dates For The Feasts of the LORD Determined?
If your Church does not keep the Feasts of the LORD, find a group to fellowship with at Feast time... http://www.feastgoer.org/index.html. You will discover that the dates for the Feasts vary from group to group, but at least they are trying to obey the LORD as best as they understand.
Mike's Annual Peace on Earth Message
To
all my Secular and Politically Correct Friends:
Please
accept with no obligation, expressed or implied, my best wishes for
an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice
holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the
religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your
choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or
traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or
secular traditions at all.
I also wish you a fiscally
successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated
recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year
2025, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of
other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make
America great.
This is, of course, neither to suggest nor
imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country;
also, this is not to imply that "America," as noted
herein, is the only America in the Western Hemisphere.
May
these heartfelt wishes be received with equal intensity regardless of
distribution of individual wealth, documented carbon footprint,
or perceived social privilege among the wishees addressed herein.
This wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age,
physical ability, religious faith, or sexual preference of the
wishee.
To
Everyone Else: Have
a Merry
Christmas
and a Happy, Healthy, Prosperous, New Year! Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace and good will toward men. ~ Luke 2:12
Lest we forget, or trivialize, why Jesus came, " I have come that they may have life" ~John 10:10
If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him. He who has seen Me has seen the Father. ~ John 14:7-11
Be an echo of God's love that is visible in deeds!
Throughout the scriptures, the Law is known by many names, which means multiple passages reference the Ten Commandments without using what we regard as its most recognizable term. It is amazing to see how much the content of scripture relies on the information given in this short passage of Exodus 20. It was given more than 3500 years ago and yet remains the most impactful document in the history of man.
Though human courts and self-proclaimed moralists disdain it and seek to remove it from every avenue of public life, it is the truth to which the Supreme Judge of the living and the dead will hold us accountable. It is established forever in the court that really counts—the court of Chief Justice, Jesus Christ.
The judge is identified as Yahshua (Yah's Salvation). His name is a description of His abilities and authority. His name gives authority to His Law; it is righteous and just by virtue of the character of the one who gave it. It is good and righteous because He is the ultimate good and righteousness. Every commandment we break is neither good nor helpful for man. It is not only a violation of God, but also a violation of man who is made in the image of God. This is why the Ten Commandments address our relationship to God and to each other.
The apostle Paul wrote that the Law was given to show us our offenses. Their magnitude is exceedingly great so that we are left helpless to defend ourselves against the Law’s relentless condemnation. We have no escape from its penalty and are offenders with nothing to shield us from its terrible consequences. In itself, the Law has no recourse for lawbreakers. It cannot fix any transgression. It is black and white with no ability to be anything other than what it is. It cannot be merciful—it is sterile, without personality or compassion. However, the judge who enforces it is personal, He is merciful, and He is compassionate. But, He does not clear the guilty by setting aside its punishment. Instead, He allows the penalty to be imposed on a substitute who stands good for the penalty on our behalf.
The Law is marvelous because it sets us up for the manifestation of God’s grace. We could never understand the merciful and gracious character of God without the Law to condemn us. God could have dealt with us on the basis of the Law alone and would have maintained His righteous character, but this would not teach us His whole character. God seeks to be glorified by everything that is inherent in the name Jesus (Yahshua). He shows us His justice by bringing us to the judgment seat of the Law, and then takes us around the bench to see the other side which is His mercy and grace. We learn to reverence, honor, respect, and glorify God the Father through the full revelation of His character.
When we study the names Yahweh and Yahshua, these amazing facts leap out at us. These holy names encompasse all these wonderful features—lawgiver, judge, sovereign, AND redeemer. Rejoice because God gave the Law. Obey it for His glory! The commandments are the beginning of the full revelation of Almighty God.
As it is written: Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may teach your children to obey carefully all the words of this law. ~ Deuteronomy 32:46
When we break
man's laws, we are a criminal. When we break God's Laws, we are a
sinner. Both sets of laws require a penalty. Under the Old Covenant, breaking any of the Ten Commandments required the death penalty.
Under the New Covenant, Jesus Christ (Yahshua the Messiah) paid the penalty for us. If we truly love Jesus the very least we can do for Him is to obey His righteous Law. ~ John 14:15
The purpose of this post is to get people to think about what they believe and why they believe it, not debate who's right or wrong.
To
learn the revealed truth of God we must know and understand the true
meaning of the words God inspired to be written. Use Strong's
Concordance to check the original word before it was translated. Do your own research, make up your own mind, rely on the Holy Spirit to guide you.
The purpose of this post is to get people to think about what they believe and why they believe it, not debate who's right or wrong. To learn the revealed truth of God we must know and understand the true meaning of the words God inspired to be written. Use Strong's Concordance to check the original word before it was translated. Do your own research, make up your own mind, rely on the Holy Spirit to guide you.
A One World Religion Headquarters opened in 2022. The headquarters is called The Abrahamic Family House and is built on an island in the middle eastern city of Abu Dhabi.
The headquarters is being done in collaboration with Pope Francis and Sunni Muslim leader, Sheikh Ahmen al-Tayeb, after they both signed a global peace covenant called the Document of Human Fraternity for World Peace.
According to the World Economic Forum Christianity is Fake News
“Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is 666.” ~ Revelation 13:18
This is one of the most debated verses in the entire Book of Revelation because of widespread disagreement over the identification and meaning of the number 666. The most common line of interpretation is that of gematria: in the ancient world, letters of the alphabet were often substituted for numerals (our numerical system derives from the later Arabic mathematicians). Hence, each letter stood for a number.
The prophecy of Daniel 11:30-39
already warned that apostates from the covenant community would be
allies of the ungodly state and infiltrate the believing community. If
John’s readers and believers today have spiritual perception, then they
will remain faithful and “come off victorious from the beast and from
his image and from the number of his name” (15:2). Revelation 13:18
is a warning against the activity of the satanic enemy in every
generation, not just his activity in the time immediately preceding
Christ’s return.
The Number is That of a Man; and His Number is 666
Concerning the term "antichrist", it has been used for many centuries. It's only Biblical use is in the first two epistles of John. In 1 John 2:18, the writer says: ..."as you have heard that Antichrist (the was added) is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour."
Where did anybody ever hear anything about any antichrist? Jesus never used the term. Neither did Paul, not even once. John also wrote the Book of Revelation, but we look in vain for the term in that Book. It is not there.
The concept seems to have originated in Zoroastrianism, the religion of Persia about the 6 century B.C. It is well known that the Roman Church applied their terminology to deep-rooted or long standing pagan beliefs.
The Catholic Church acknowledges that Jesus is the Messiah, but can only be accessed through "Mary, the Mother of God." So, let's paraphrase what John meant: You have heard about this antichrist business, but let me tell you something. They denied that Jesus is the Christ so that makes them "antichrists." ~ John 2:22
John was trying to dispel a popular myth by using "antichrists" to identify the numerous opposers to the true Gospel. The term is used again in 1 John 4:3 and 2 John 17, and nowhere else in the entire Bible!
The application of the term "the Antichrist" to Daniel's "Little Horn", Paul's "Man of Sin", or the 2nd beast of Revelation 13 is nothing more than conjecture or inference in the mind of the casual reader. However, the damage has been done, and the term has been used in all the centuries of Christian history with scarcely a challenge.
By the time of the reformation, 1400 years had passed since the end of the age of the Apostles. Wycliff, Luther, Knox and other reformers accused the Papacy of all the wrongs and excesses of the Man of Sin in 2 Thessalonians. John Foxe, who wrote the Book of Martyrs, applied the prophecy of the second beast of Revelation 13 to the Bishop of Rome.
The number 666 applies to the false prophet, "a man - the Papacy": "He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast (the one world government), that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship (serve) the image of the beast to be killed, and causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name."
The Good News is: Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!” ~ Revelation 11:15
The purpose of this post is to get people to think about what they believe and why they believe it, not debate who's right or wrong. To learn the revealed truth of God we must know and understand the true meaning of the words God inspired to be written. Use Strong's Concordance to check the original word before it was translated. Do your own research, make up your own mind, rely on the Holy Spirit to guide you.