There are numerous references to Torah commands throughout Genesis that were supposedly first give at Mt. Sinai. How did they know?
Either, Abel was just lucky, OR the full Torah was given to all mankind in Eden and pre-existed the Fall?
Category: Visual Scripture
Sowing and reaping….
I have just started reading Angus Wooten’s Restoring Israel’s Kingdom, a book that promises to deepen my understanding of who I am and what my Father’s business is.
In the comments on the cover credit (artwork of the two sticks being made one, Ez. 37:15ff), I saw a neat paradigm shifting idea: the house of Israel was scattered into the nations for disobedience. If they were sown as Israelites, what makes us think they’ll be harvested as anything other than Israelites?
In fact, the Scriptures attest, over and over, that God’s intent is to restore the whole house of Israel. See Acts 1:8; Ez. 37:24ff; Deu. 30; Is. 2:1-5; Eph. 2:12, etc…
If God will harvest Israelites, what might they look like?? Hmmmm…
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Stunning rainbow…
Two days ago, I witnessed what was easily the most stunning rainbow I have ever seen. My camera phone does not do it justice. It was so close and so vivid the tree it appears to come from literally looked like it was on fire. Amazing!!
I cannot look at a rainbow, though, without remembering the Sabbath. God uses EXACTLY the same terminology when He gives the Covenant of the Sabbath as He does with the Covenant of the Rainbow.
Each of those covenants promise that He will DO something. Rainbow = no flood, Sabbath = sanctify the keeper. Both are FOREVER. The Rainbow nor the Sabbath ever change. (In fact, a great study is the word ‘olam’ meaning ‘forever’ and where God uses it…. You may be surprised that Passover and the Feasts are… forever, regardless of doctrine or theology to the contrary.
Saints, according to Scripture…
Here is a YouVersion image from good friend, Steve King. How do the Scriptures define ‘saint?’ You may have the testimony of Yeshua, but do you keep the commandments of God?
Malachi 4 says the generation in the days of Elijah will keep the Law of Moses… EVEN the statutes and ordinances!!
Got Torah? Might be a good time to investigate…
Can Pastors preach lies?
I have been reading the Book of Jeremiah again and continually grapple with the blindness of Christendom and their/our rejection of the Torah as God’s everlasting standard of righteousness. It is the partial blindness of Israel that Paul spoke of in Romans 9-11.
It does not take a rocket scientist to see that on every page of the Bible is a pointer back to the ancient paths, the Torah!! Why then do we listen to preachers who state otherwise? Isaiah says of them, Continue reading “Can Pastors preach lies?”
The ‘rapture’ is TO Israel!!
The Gospel of the Kingdom is about RESTORATION and a return to EDEN.
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My yoke is easy..
I have noticed before the direct connection of Yeshua’s famous quote, “Come unto Me, all who labor….” and Jeremiah 6:16’s ‘..you shall find rest for your souls,’ but this morning I saw another close connection in Jeremiah 5:5. Here, ‘the way of the Lord’ and ‘ordinances,’ clearly meaning Torah, are described as a ‘yoke’ the people refused.
There is little difference today as the Word of the Lord calls out for obedience to the everlasting Covenant, but people refused, preferring the traditions of men.
Dear followers of Jesus, soften your hearts and cry out for the Living Waters of righteousness, the good way, and walk in it!!!
The Good Samaritan: Another Perspective
Once in a while I will be reading Scripture and suddenly a whole new picture will spring from the page and I will have a paradigm shift in perspective. Remez is a particular favorite shift where one story tells another story. One example I have written about and recently been reminded of is David and Goliath and their connection with the Book of Revelation!!
Well, a couple days ago, while searching for a Scripture verse that had the word ‘journey’ in it I stumbled on Luke 10:33, a verse I have read many times, but suddenly it jumped off of the page in a whole new way.
33Â But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion,
I couple questions popped into my head and in just a matter of seconds I knew the name of the Samaritan!! Seriously! And, the name of the man who had been beaten and robbed!
Let me explain.
We can often get locked into a specific or dictated view of Scripture that may or may not be right. What we do know is that there are great depths to the Word of our King, some of which are only being revealed in our day… Continue reading “The Good Samaritan: Another Perspective”
Speaking of the End Times….
Have you ever noticed that at least five times in the Book of Revelation we are told that those who persevere have TWO marks?
Look it up! (12:11; 17; 14:12; 15:3; 20:4)
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Recognizing the anti-messiah…
Most think the man of lawLESSness will come in Hitleresque appearance, as some monster. Scripture indicates he’ll be a smooth talking, well loved individual that few recognize.
Paul gives a hint in 2 Thessalonians as to how we can recognize him…. He will be lawLESS. In Paul’s day, what did that mean? (Hint: Torah = law.)
Therefore, the man of lawLESSness could well worship on Sunday, eat ham sandwiches, and celebrate pagan holidays, being absolutely lawLESS and few would even bat an eye.
If you do not know what lawFULL looks like, how will you recognize lawLESS?
Got Torah? (God’s everlasting instructions for righteous living…)
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