IS ALL MEAT MEET TO EAT?

Putting a Difference
Between the Clean and the Unclean
Fourth Edition

by Craig Wm. Peters

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 Dedication
This manuscript is gratefully dedicated to:

Mr. and Mrs. Placido Roquiz, Sr. and Family

Placido Roquiz, Jr., M.D. and Family
Eliseo Roquiz, M.D. and Family

Your love, hospitality, and friendship have

provided many great blessings from above …

You have shared your lives

and have borne my burdens …

You have become my family and

a blessed part of my life forever …

And your lovingkindness shall always be

remembered before the throne of the Most High.

Much gratitude is offered to hwhy El Shaddai for your

love and zeal and for your worldwide service to so many followers
of the Messiah. Thanks be to hwhy for all you have done to further His
eternal purposes by proclaiming His great Name and by making
His marvelous ways known among all nations.
Psalm 67, 98:1-3, Isaiah 49:6, 52:6-10, Malachi 1:11, Acts 13:47

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 With Much Love and Gratitude …

To my precious wife, Cecilia,

along with many other believers whose prayers, counsel,
and encouragement gave the supply of the Spirit which made such an
immense and immeasurable contribution to this book.

It is a great blessing to be able to say over your lives,

“hwhy is with them that uphold my soul!”
Psalm 54:4

May hwhy water you abundantly even

as you have watered others.
Proverbs 11:25, Luke 6:38

Thanks be to hwhy for your love, prayers, service,

and friendship which provided such a valuable
contribution in the time of greatest need.

With special thanks to Charles and Charlotte Friedrich –

a very blessed editing team chosen by hwhy to provide such excellent
support and unparalleled assistance in their numerous reviews of the
manuscript. The Spirit has blessed and multiplied your many
prayers and your continual counsel in support of
this effort. And hwhy has greatly blessed my
life by your wisdom from above.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE……………………………………………………………………………………………… 6
INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………………………………… 11
Conventions ……………………………………………………………………………………… 13
Name Transliteration Chart …………………………………………………………………… 15

IS ALL MEAT MEET TO EAT? ……………………………………………………………………… 17

CHAPTER 1: Murder and Blood ………………………………………………………………… 18
CHAPTER 2: Details From Leviticus …………………………………………………………… 24
CHAPTER 3: The Offerings of hwhy Made by Fire …………………………………………… 29
CHAPTER 4: Ladies! Want to Have a Samson? ……………………………………………… 34
CHAPTER 5: Strong Words! Ever Retracted? ………………………………………………… 36
CHAPTER 6: Baalzebub: the Lord of the Fly ………………………………………………… 38
CHAPTER 7: Gnaturally Good? ………………………………………………………………… 42
CHAPTER 8: Wasting Food? …………………………………………………………………… 45
CHAPTER 9: Did They Eat “Anything?” ……………………………………………………… 46
CHAPTER 10: The Apostle Kepha’s Vision ……………………………………………………… 48
CHAPTER 11: The Jerusalem Council …………………………………………………………… 51
CHAPTER 12: The Strong in Faith vs. the Weak ……………………………………………… 55
CHAPTER 13: The Good News in the Torah … the Torah in the Good News! …………… 62
CHAPTER 14: Can Prayer Set Apart What Scripture Does Not? …………………………… 66
CHAPTER 15: A Heart Strengthened by Favor ………………………………………………… 68
CHAPTER 16: The End From the Beginning …………………………………………………… 70
CHAPTER 17: Forbidden Food …………………………………………………………………… 76
CHAPTER 18: Where There is No Vision ………………………………………………………… 77

APPENDIX …………………………………………………………………………………………… 82
PART 1: Law vs. Grace …………………………………………………………………………… 84
PART 2: Romans 14 Revisited …………………………………………………………………… 94
PART 3: Additional Thoughts on Gluttony ……………………………………………………… 98
PART 4: Doth Not Even Nature Itself Teach You? …………………………………………… 101
PART 5: True Revival: the Restoration of All Things ………………………………………… 102
PART 6: The Sermon on the Mount and the Book of James (Ya’acob) ……………………… 111
PART 7: The Feasts of hwhy ……………………………………………………………………… 116

REFERENCE HELPS ………………………………………………………………………………… 155

Alternative Health Information …………………………………………………………………… 155
Profound Scripture Translations ………………………………………………………………… 156
Significant Books …………………………………………………………………………………… 156
A Listing of Informative Website Articles and Other References …………………………… 157
Other Works by the Author ……………………………………………………………………… 157

IS ALL MEAT MEET TO EAT? ……………………………………………… (back cover book review)

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 PREFACE
This manuscript was borne out of many years
of prayer and meditation. It is the product of To-
rah meditations by which the mind is renewed
and transformed according to the eternal word
and Spirit of hwhy. When instructing the Roman
believers not to be conformed to this world, but
rather, to be transformed by the renewing of their
minds, the apostle Shaul was making reference
to the principle set forth in Psalm One. And
from all evidence, he was referring to those very
words of David with which so many are well-
versed: How blessed is the man that does not
walk in the counsel of the lawless ones, and in
the way of sinners does not stand, and in the seat
of scoffers does not sit. Psalm 1:1
Regarding this very same principle of noncon-
formity, Shaul wrote: “And be not conformed to
this world”… Romans 12:2
Continually turning from the lawlessness of this
world (Iyob/Job 1:1,8) provides one the daily
opportunity to become a “living sacrifice.” And
as David wrote in the Spirit, it is very clear one
who walks in such a manner is consciously
choosing not to be conformed to the world’s way
of thinking and living: we are not to heed the ad-
vice of those who would counsel us with lawless
opposition to the Torah; we are not to imitate the
lifestyle of sinners who live in disregard of hwhy;
and we should not keep company with proud
scoffers whose conduct is shamelessly lewd and
lawless, 1Corinthians 15:33 (NASB). Yet the
psalm continues: But in the Torah of hwhy is his
delight, and in His Torah he meditates by day
and night. Psalm 1:2
In precise accordance with the thoughts of Psalm
One, Shaul’s words then show both the goal and
the result of nonconformity to this world for the
purpose of seeking hwhy by continual meditation
in the Torah: … “but be you transformed by the
renewing of your mind.” Romans 12:2
Even as David spoke of the one who meditates
upon the Law by day and night, Shaul was/is
also instructing believers to be transformed by
the renewing of their minds through Torah medi-
tations! For it is only as one meditates on the
Torah that the mind is transformed by the Spirit
into the nature and character of the Author Him-
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self. The apostle had stated earlier in the same
letter his delight was in the Torah of hwhy, Ro-
mans 7:22, Psalm 1:2. Consequently, he taught
that delight to other believers being assured the
Scriptures would make them “wise unto salva-
tion” (2Timothy 3:15) as the word of hwhy con-
tinually renewed their minds by the transforming
power of the Spirit.
All of these thoughts bear on our present
topic as the wisdom of the Torah regarding clean
and unclean flesh is much more urgent and far
more relevant than some readers will initially
realize. And those who persevere will soon see
our subject deserves the full attention it has been
given. For although it may not be immediately
apparent to some, the implications of the issue
have profound reverberations which are immedi-
ate, long-term, and even eternal. References to
clean and unclean animal flesh are first seen in
the Torah and they extend all the way to the
prophecies of Revelation! So while it is easy to
come by a superficial interpretation of Scripture
which comfortably fits the currently prevailing,
erroneous viewpoint, true wisdom and under-
standing are treasures which, if not sought, can-
not be found.1 The secret counsel of hwhy and
the truths of His word can never be fully under-
stood or appropriated by the casual passer-by,
Psalm 25:14, 63:1,2. And to complicate matters,
there are a number of Scriptures which initially
appear to be contradictory over the matter. This
leads us to the following question:
“What shall be the basis of our method for re-
solving the contradictions which so many have
introduced via false doctrines based on un-
founded, man-made premises?”
The present manuscript is intended to explain the
Scriptures which seem contradictory by showing
the Word of hwhy is one. The Scriptures are
found to be absolutely consistent over the truth
of clean and unclean animal flesh. We will ob-
tain clarity and will see many false notions
quickly fade in light of the Messiah’s teachings
regarding this subject; for both before and after
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Proverbs 8:1-17, 1Chronicles 28:8, 2 Chronicles 12:14,
31:21, Ezra 7:10, 8:22, Psalm 63:1,2, 105:4, 119:2,155,
Hoshea (Hosea) 10:12, Amos 5:4, Mattithyahu (Matthew)
6:33, 7:7,8, Yochanan (John) 5:30, Colossians 3:1
His death and resurrection, eswhy Himself
taught there was a clear difference between the
clean and the unclean!
All dear readers should know from the outset
the author regards any who are trusting in the
shed blood of eswhy the Messiah for their salva-
tion as fellow believers in the faith. Irrespective
of one’s denomination or church affiliation, the
most important thing is placing our faith in the
One who “through the eternal Spirit offered
Himself without blemish to Elohim.” Hebrews
9:14 The intention of this book is to more fully
educate all believers in very significant matters
of faith which are being largely rejected by the
current leadership of Christendom; like the lead-
ership in the days of the Messiah, many of these
men are largely unteachable, John 9:34, 1Corin-
thians 8:2. Yet regardless of one’s denomina-
tion, each person is individually responsible for
seeking hwhy and walking in His ways. If we
look to man for salvation, we may easily be led
astray. Many will soon see evidence that even
well-meaning, but misled pastors and church
leaders typically do not possess enough humility
to see and agree with the truth of the Word.
Authentic, fasting-derived humility is greatly
lacking among the people of the Most High; and
such humility is something which must be culti-
vated over time:
More than anything else, it is the lack of fasting-
derived humility which hinders our vision into
the spiritual things revealed in the Scriptures.
The author also believes it is possible to op-
pose a person’s belief system – which, based on
the Scriptures, can be clearly proven erroneous –
without in any way opposing, hating or even dis-
liking the person holding such tenets. Some of
my relatives and even some of my very best
friends are Catholic. I love them all dearly. And
they are all loved dearly even though I do not
concur with certain aspects of their faith. Peo-
ple, like sheep, often blindly follow those who
went before them, and most will readily accept
the belief system of their church or family with-
out questioning the origins or fully understand-
ing the history of many, long-established, yet
false, man-made creeds. We encourage all to
read, to fast, to pray, and to study. It is interest-
ing to note the most miraculous healing I have
ever witnessed came upon a close friend (now
also a relative) whose entire family is Catholic.
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He had a massive stroke and the doctor informed
the family he only had a 50-50 chance of living.
Were he to live, Tony was never supposed to
walk again. But after being prayed for with fast-
ing and tears on the first night following his
tragedy, he was healed and began an immediate
turn around showing remarkable recovery the
very next morning. And throughout that next
morning one piece of good news after another
was received from the ICU nurses’ station. Hav-
ing seen his wife’s hysteria the previous day and
having witnessed her sorrow turned to joy was
absolutely overwhelming. The entire morning I
sat in the ICU waiting room with head bowed in
gratitude, quietly crying tears of unspeakable
joy. Heaven touched earth on that history-
making day. When praying for this man did I
care that he and his wife were Catholic? Not at
all; their religion was the farthest thing from my
mind; they were (and are) close friends; I loved
them, and that is all that mattered. So readers
should not interpret the writer’s dissent over the
prevailing falsehood in our day as a personal at-
tack of any kind; nor should the need to expose
religious fallacies be misconstrued as hatred or
dislike for any group, especially since just the
opposite is the case: serving others by helping
them to better understand the word of hwhy may
be one of the highest forms of love a person can
express. The author feels everyone can poten-
tially understand the Scriptures since eswhy says
the major requirement for entering the Kingdom
is to humble ourselves and become like little
children, Matthew 18:1-4. We must all be open-
minded and teachable, yet without being naïve.
One of the many ironies in the spiritual realm is
that, as deeply profound as the Scriptures are, it
takes childlike simplicity to grasp the clear truths
which are set before us on the written page.
Mark 10:14,15 Children are teachable; they are
malleable; and we must all remain as workable
clay in the hands of the Potter if we desire to ful-
fill His heavenly-ordained purposes for our lives.
Isaiah 64:8, Jeremiah 18:6 In summary, those
who interpret the author’s dissent over their be-
liefs as a personal attack are simply failing to
approach the matter with the necessary, childlike
perspective.
The above paragraphs are offered to preface
the following and to adequately temper what
must now necessarily be conveyed: while striv-
ing to feed all the sheep of eswhy (regardless of
their affiliations and denominational ties), it is
also the author’s responsibility to “contend for
the faith” by reproving and exposing the false
teachings which have been sown in our midst by
the hand of an Enemy, Matthew 13:27,28, Jude
1:3,4. Regardless of who perpetuates those false
teachings, lawlessness must be opposed. Re-
gardless of which branches of Christianity advo-
cate error (or which denominations within one or
more of those branches err), if teaching stands in
opposition to the Scriptures, it must be cast aside
as a thing of naught. For many teachers today
cite “grace” as a reason for relaxing the immuta-
ble Law of hwhy and allowing for sin and de-
filement. Yet the favor (commonly translated,
“grace”) of our Sovereign eswhy was never in-
tended to give us a license to disobey His Torah
and to, thereby, deny Him, Titus 1:16, Jude 1:4,
1Yochanan 3:4, 2Yochanan 1:9. Because false
teaching over the matter in question is destroying
the flock (Yechezkel 34:1-8, Hoshea 4:6), the
zeal of hwhy El Shaddai burns to restore the truth
along with the life and health of His people,
Yechezkel 34:15,16. His jealousy has been
stirred over His land and His inheritance,
Yoel/Joel 2:18, Ephesians 1:18. Hence, it is nec-
essary to set forth the scriptural facts of the mat-
ter in question without apology and, yet, without
passing judgment upon any – including many
dear souls who would have already accepted the
truth had it been presented to them according to
the word of hwhy. The author is not against the
individual members of any religious persuasion,
although he certainly disagrees with many Chris-
tian doctrines which have their origins in pagan-
ism and falsehood and which are perpetuated by
the commandment-nullifying traditions of men,
Mark 7:9. We will visit and identify some of
those traditions and we will prove why they were
never intended to be elements of True Worship.
The particular branch of a religious leader is
quite irrelevant to the author. Whether leaders
are Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, or even Muslim,
those who unwittingly or willfully lead others
astray must be openly opposed. For many of to-
day’s religious leaders advocate lawlessness via
their man-made teachings – teachings which are
taught and perpetuated contrary to the Word of
hwhy. As we learn to value the word of hwhy
above the word of man, opposition to false
teaching is kept in its proper balance; this oppo-
sition is derived from love for hwhy and not from
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hatred of man. Further, all readers must realize
eswhy the Messiah is the splendor of His people,
Yisrael. Luke 2:32 He is the Epitome of a true
Yisraelite – a Light to lighten the Gentiles that
they might turn from the lawlessness of pagan-
ism and walk in the light of the Torah! Luke
2:32, Ephesians 4:17, Zecharyah 8:23, Yesha-
yahu 2:1-5, 42:1,4, Yochanan 12:35,36, 1Yo-
chanan 1:7 Every year at this time millions of
people worldwide sing the famous song, “The
First Noel;” and in this song they aptly testify of
the Messiah with these words: “… born is the
King of Israel.” The saying is true. eswhy the
Messiah is, indeed, the King of Yisrael,
Yochanan 1:49, Mattithyahu 25:31-40. And not
only so, He is the Ultimate, Eternal King of Yis-
rael, Psalm 24:7-10, Yeshayahu 6:1-5, Yochanan
12:37-41. And no king of Yisrael would ever
teach His subjects to walk in violation of the
Law of the Nation! Deuteronomy 17:18-20
eswhy was very clear when making His point:
what we do and what we do not do with the To-
rah will determine the greatness of our reward
and position in the eternal Kingdom of hwhy,
Mattithyahu 5:17-20. Since only the Lawgiver
can be the Ultimate Judge of each person, it is
the author’s pleasure to leave those issues with
Him, Yeshayahu 33:22, Ya’acob/James 4:11,12.
However, without making ourselves the jury or
the judge, we can employ His word to delineate
between: right and wrong … righteousness and
sin … good and evil … uprightness and perver-
sity … law and lawlessness. Since His eternal
word will judge each one in that Day, we must
seek to be in agreement with the clear teachings
of the Messiah, Yochanan 12:48, Romans 2:16.
As incredible as the statement may presently
seem to many of our readers, all Scripture from
Genesis to Revelation supports the view set forth
in this document! The millions who sing of the
Messiah’s Kingship over Yisrael each Christmas
season have, as of yet, to realize the true, pro-
found, and far-reaching implications of their
song!
Should one mistakenly look to his or her own
denomination for answers, there will be an im-
mediate derailment from the tracks of truth. For
the answer does not lie in seminary degrees or in
denominational dogmas; only the Spirit of the
Almighty can imbue the proper understanding of
His word, Iyob/Job 32:7,8. And hwhy is pleased
to impart such understanding to all who whole-
heartedly seek Him, Proverbs 28:5, Yirmeyahu
(Jeremiah) 29:13. But too many today are trust-
ing in the interpretations and teachings of pastors
who have been schooled in their particular de-
nomination’s seminaries and doctrines. Yet
most of those well-meaning leaders have rejected
the word of hwhy given in His Law (Yirmeyahu
8:9, 2Timothy 4:3); hence, they unwittingly
abuse the unmerited favor displayed by our Sav-
ior. Jude 1:4 Consequently, the zeal of hwhy
now burns over His inheritance as He seeks to
restore His house and His people. Through the
burning zeal of hwhy, this manuscript is set forth
as clear evidence His Kingdom is founded upon
His eternal Law, the Torah. And herein we exalt
the King of Yisrael, ewsy-hwhy the Messiah!
If proof can be offered which shows men of
true faith have always recognized a clear distinc-
tion between clean and unclean flesh, perhaps
the Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical, Fundamen-
talist, and even the Jewish masses will be awak-
ened to realize there are actually a number of
things regarding True Worship to which they
have simply been oblivious; there are neglected,
forgotten truths in Scripture which were never
fully restored during the partially effective, Prot-
estant Reformation. We speak of eternal truths
which the apostasy could not forever hide (Mat-
tithyahu 16:18) and from which all mankind can
and will deeply benefit – physically, emotionally
and spiritually. Religion can be a conscious
salve which tricks its adherents into oblivion and
complacency; such is the case today where so
many have come to an initial faith in the Messiah
and yet fail to fully repent of lawlessness. Multi-
tudes further fail to see the need to “press on”
and to seek Him with all their hearts, Hoshea
6:3, Mattithyahu 6:33, Philippians 3:7-15, 2Peter
1:5-10. Faith in the Messiah was never intended
to breed the complacency which led the prophet
Amos to declare in the Spirit over the sleeping,
morally corrupt nation of Yisrael: Woe to them
that are ease in Tziyon. Amos 6:1, Yechezkel
16:49 It is a sad day when so many who strive to
emulate the Messiah yet fail to follow His exam-
ple in regard to something as simple, as sound,
and as significant as diet, 1Yochanan 2:6,
2Corinthians 7:1. For the eating of unclean flesh
is traceable to the idolatry and paganism of the
false worship and immorality which transpired
on the high places of old. Every aspect of this
harmful, apostate worship was an affront to the
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will and ways of hwhy. Those deeds of false-
hood which were exalted within Baal worship
perpetuated paganism in Yisrael of old! These
lawless practices were spawned by heathen na-
tions who were far from hwhy and their evils pre-
sented numerous temptations which caused
many to turn aside from the commonwealth of
Yisrael, Psalm 101:3, 125:4,5. A number of
kings were indicted for their failure to remove
these sites of false worship and, so, end the de-
testable, lawless deeds on the high places of Yis-
rael. 1Kings 13:33,34, 15:14, 22:43, 2Kings
12:3, 14:4, 15:4, 35, 17:9. This author stands in
opposition to any lofty thing exalted against the
knowledge of hwhy (2 Corinthians 10:4,5), in-
cluding the partaking of unclean animal flesh
which the Creator has so clearly forbidden
throughout His word. We will surely see He has
done this for our own health and well-being.
May the very Spirit of hwhy cast down any high
places which yet remain in the hearts and wor-
ship centers of His people. For the food eaten by
Yisrael on the high places of old was often un-
clean and abominable;2 the deeds on the high
places were lewd, immoral, and murderous;3 and
the deities worshipped on the high places were
false and demonic.4 Leviticus 20:1-27 connects
the eating of unclean flesh with rampant sexual
immorality and unclean, demonic activities of
every sort. Simply put, the eating of unclean
flesh and blood fuels false worship. Evangelical
leaders and preachers calling for revival today
should take note:
True revival cannot come until the high places
are removed from among the people of the
Most High. For the hearts of the people are not
fully prepared to seek hwhy as long as
any of the high places remain.
2Chronicles 20:31-33, 12:14
Widespread though it is, the Evangelical talk of
revival will only be talk until the high places of
false worship are removed. Many today are
making what is commonly called “a decision for
Christ,” yet this is typically and erroneously
done without full repentance from lawlessness,
Yirmeyahu 6:27-30, 23:22, Luke 13:3,5, 16:31.
Since there are attempts at false, lawless revival
2
Yeshayahu/Isaiah 65:2-7, 66:17
3
Hoshea 4:12-14, 2Kings 17:17, Yirmeyahu 32:35
4
Leviticus 26:30, Deuteronomy 12:2,3, 2Kings 17:7-17
prophesied in Scripture, we will briefly look at
the elements of True Revival in the APPENDIX.
Many who visit the United States from other
countries report a strong sense of demonic op-
pression throughout the land. This oppression
and bondage have demoralized the nation which
is now disintegrating on every level: judicially,
legislatively, socially (including family-related
issues), financially, and spiritually. Such de-
monic dominance has occurred due to the results
of eating blood and unclean flesh along with the
curse of nakedness and its sister in crime: im-
modesty of dress, Genesis 9:22-25, Revelation
3:17,18; 16:15. Not only are these evils wide-
spread, they continue to be greatly proliferated
throughout the population as our society crum-
bles more and more under the unbearable weight
of sexual immorality of every kind on every
front.
A few thoughts are in order regarding the his-
tory of the present book’s development. This
manuscript was written mentally as the truth of
the concepts it contains was revealed in the
Spirit over a period of many years; that all began
around 1983 after the author had been given to
realize the tares of lawlessness sown in our midst
had been scattered by the hand of the Adversary;
as the word testifies, “An Enemy has done this.”
Mattithyahu 13:24-28, 2Thessalonians 2:7 But
the writing was begun in earnest after I heard a
medical doctor speaking on TBN’s “Praise the
Lord” broadcast in the late spring of 2002. This
man was Dr. Enriquez of the Rapha Health Insti-
tute.5 He and his wife were guests on the air that
evening, and they rightly testified concerning the
truth of clean and unclean animal flesh. Refer-
ring to Shaul’s opening words in Romans 12, Dr.
Enriquez shared we must transform our minds to
line up with the word of the Most High. Twenty
years ago the majority of Evangelicals would
have never endured such sound teaching from
the Torah, 2 Timothy 4:3,4. But the Spirit of
hwhy is now being poured out upon all flesh,
(Yoel/Joel 2:28,29, Acts 2:17,18); as one con-
temporary song for revival indicates, these are
the days of Moses, the servant of hwhy, and
righteousness is being restored, (see Malachi
4:4-6). So as Dr. and Mrs. Enriquez spoke, the
zeal of the Spirit was stirred in my heart and
hwhy said in His still, small voice: “Now is the
5
Dr. Enriquez’s website is: www. raphahealth.com
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time.” Hence, after many years of waiting, it
was time to bring forth the fruit seen in this pre-
sent work. Consequently, if there is benefit and
edification in the following pages, thanks can
only be given to eswhy the Messiah; for it is He
who has herein multiplied the few fish and
loaves offered to hwhy via prayer and meditation
across the years. For when, at long last, the cur-
rent document began to emerge, His provision in
the Spirit was far beyond anything ever asked or
expected, Ephesians 3:20. And over the past
twelve months of writing, many small gems of
truth were provided which augmented the origi-
nal arguments. For this great blessing much
thanksgiving is offered to hwhy, the Father, and
eswhy, His Son, the Living Word. For it is the
Messiah who ever breaks to His people the writ-
ten word in multiplied abundance, Yeshayahu
55:10,11, Yochanan 6:9-14, 2Corinthians 9:10.
May the risen Savior, the Bread of Heaven, be
revealed and exalted through the bread which He
has broken to His people by the written word
provided in this manuscript, Luke 24:35. And
while there is wisdom in brevity, the length of
this discourse has been deemed necessary for
peeling away the many layers of false, prevailing
notions surrounding the numerous, relevant
Scripture texts which bear on the topic.
It is my fervent prayer all dear readers will be
edified, blessed, and spurred to greater love for
their Creator – who has lovingly revealed
through His Word what is the best for His chil-
dren’s health and well-being. Our obedience is
promised to bring abundant blessings – physi-
cally, emotionally, and spiritually. May the truth
of this work sound forth abroad and bless many
to join with the psalmist, who said this when
writing of hwhy and His eternal Torah: “Your
word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my
path.” Psalm 119:89,105 May His great Name
be magnified who continues to lead us towards
the increasing light of the noonday sun. Proverbs
4:18
C.P.
12/24/2002
Northridge, California
 INTRODUCTION
This work proclaims the Good News of the
Kingdom to all nations: “hwhy reigns!”
1Chronicles 16:31, Psalm 29:10, 96:10, 97:1,
Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 52:7, Nachum (Nahum) 1:15
The eternal, sovereign Kingship of hwhy El
Shaddai, and all the implications thereof, com-
prise the full embodiment of His nature, charac-
ter and love to all people, of all tribes, of all
tongues, and of all nations. One way which
hwhy has shown His great love is in the giving of
the Torah to Yisrael, His firstborn, Exodus
4:22,23. Much like the oldest brother of any
family, the nation of Yisrael was originally in-
tended to be an example for all other nations of
the earth to follow. Yisrael was intended to ex-
emplify the abundant life which flows from the
blessings of grace-derived obedience to the To-
rah of hwhy,6 so that all nations would learn His
ways and themselves be blessed in every way by
walking in the ancient paths of the eternal Law.7
Those who submit to His reign in their lives are
those who submit to His Law – the revelation of
His will, His ways, and His righteousness. Psalm
40:8, 103:7, Yeshayahu 51:7 Walking in the an-
cient paths is the key for finding true rest, joy
and peace, Yirmeyahu/Jeremiah 6:16, Mat-
tithyahu/ Matthew 11:28-30. These are the an-
cient ways which hwhy established from eternity
(Psalm 119:89,) and confirmed in eswhy the
Messiah, Yeshayahu/Isaiah 42:21, Mat-
tithyahu/Matthew 5:17-20. Those who refuse to
submit to the Law of His Kingdom effectively
say of eswhy, “We would not that this man
should reign over us.” Luke 19:12-14
This book’s title – Is All Meat Meet to Eat? –
uses the old, English word, “meet” (meaning
“fit” or “suitable”), to catch the attention of dear
readers and to emphasize from the outset: all
meat is not meet to eat.8 Anyone who desires to
let the word of hwhy stand as their only guide in
every matter of life and conduct will do well to
6
Romans 2:13, 3:31, 6:1,14,15, 8:4,7-9, Titus 2:11,12
7
Genesis 17:4-6,16, 15:5, 18:17,18, 22:16-18, Deuteron-
omy 4:5-8, Zechariah 2:10,11, 8:20-23, Luke 2:32, Ephe-
sians 4:17, Revelation 7:9,10
8
For other places where the King James Version uses the
word, “meet,” see: Genesis 2:18,20, Yirmeyahu 27:5,
Yechezkel 15:4,5, Mattithyahu 15:26, Luke 15:32
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ponder the many points herein presented. The
author believes the scriptural evidence which
readers are given to prove the truth of this issue
is immediately rather weighty; then, as we pro-
gress to the end of our discourse, its sum total
mounts to a level which makes the viewpoint
quite irrefutable. May His Spirit of favor and
supplication be poured out upon all who are led
to these pages. Zecharyah 12:10 This document
was written especially, though not exclusively,
for those who already believe in the Messiah of
Yisrael: eswhy of Nazareth, the King of kings.
From this presentation, it should become rather
clear that no believer in eswhy the Messiah was
ever intended to partake of unclean animal flesh
or abominable creeping, crawling things. And
the more fully we embrace and obey His word,
the more fully we shall “know Him and the
power of His resurrection.” Philippians 3:10 We
are rewarded according to our faith which must
be based solely on the word of hwhy, Romans
10:17. Thus, the degree to which a person fully
embraces the written and Living Word will also
determine the degree to which that one can pro-
gress in a faith which is well-pleasing to the
Most High, Hebrews 11:6. If we are wise to
heed His Law and to do it, we are promised great
blessings in new-found liberty, Psalm 119:45,
Yochanan 8:31,32, James 1:25. Yet if we scoff
at His word, it is we ourselves who shall suffer,
Proverbs 9:12. The hospitals and doctors’ of-
fices of the world (and especially those in the
U.S.A.) are filled with people who do not know
why they are unhealthy, sick, or dying. In many
cases, the medical doctors themselves are baffled
as to the cause of sickness (and so the cure also
remains quite a distance beyond their reach or
their ability). This book reveals no small portion
of the cause of ill health among Americans. At
the same time, it is not intended to pass the ulti-
mate judgment upon anyone who has died or
who is dying in sickness and disease. Even the
prophet Elisha remained faithful to the end as he
died on his sickbed and prophesied to the very
last, 2 Kings 13:14-21. (And later contact with
Elisha’s dead body even resulted in someone be-
ing raised from the dead!) The reality spoken by
Solomon, “Time and chance happeneth to all
men,” (Ecclesiastes 9:11), certainly applies to
areas of health and well-being as there are so
many man-made chemicals and toxins in our
day; almost everyone is exposed to these pollut-
ants on some level at all times. Foods that are
health-depleting and even deadly are accepted
and eaten as the norm nationwide.9 The situation
is grave, indeed. Thus, an even greater need is
before us to partake of the purest of foods.
Death is an ongoing tragedy which causes pro-
longed sorrow and emotional pain to those who
lose a special loved one; every person is so
unique and so valuable; no one can ever be re-
placed; death is an enemy, 1 Corinthians 15:26.
So let us not speak lightly of or condemn those
who have suffered or who are suffering sickness
unto death; only hwhy knows all things and we
do best to leave judgment with Him. The main
effort for each person in this life should be in
9
Citing just three examples among so many: 1.) In igno-
rance, multitudes eat baking powder which is not alumi-
num-free and so subject themselves to the possibility of
Alzheimer’s and other ailments caused by ingesting heavy
metals. 2.) Refined products such as white flour, white
rice, white sugar, and other highly processed sugars abso-
lutely drain the body’s vitality. These starch and glucose
disasters become thieves and rapists upon entering the
digestive system as they force the body itself to provide
necessary nutrients for the assimilation processes. To di-
gest and metabolize these globs of glucose, calcium, iron,
magnesium and other trace minerals are stolen from the
body’s vital reserves (teeth, bones and organ tissues). As a
result, the body is daily weakened and slowly loses its
inherent health and vitality. Yet these “foods” are eaten as
the norm nationwide. The author recently spoke with a
woman whose relative attends a private school in Califor-
nia which is designed to assist students with ailments like
ADD and ADHD. The boarding school runs its own die-
tary program and only allows students to eat sugary
“treats” once a week. Nearly all their students have left
off taking medication for attention deficit disorders! Our
modern-day plagues are self-imposed through spiritual and
dietary ignorance, Hoshea 4:6. 3.) Municipal water across
the nation is both chlorinated and fluoridated. These al-
ready-toxic elements further weaken the body by lowering
the immune system as they displace iodine from the thy-
roid gland due to their atomic weights! In addition to
these abominations, there may be as many as four different
compounds of aluminum (which many believe to be linked
to Alzheimer’s disease) added to water for improving its
“appearance.” More than one source informs us the Nazis
fluoridated the water as part of their initial scheme to
numb the minds of the people and to take over the nation
of Germany. It would seem a similar thing is occurring in
the USA. It may well be the communists shall take over
the United States without firing a shot!
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expending effort towards working out his or her
own, individual salvation. Philippians 2:12
Some may wrongly regard this to be a selfish
pursuit, but seeking after one’s Creator is far
from selfish; it is, rather, the purpose for which
we were created! Besides, unless we are seeking
hwhy and are in the process of entering His
Kingdom, we cannot truly help others to do
likewise, 1Timothy 4:16.
With the above as a preface, it can now be
said this manuscript is offered because thousands
of believers pray and are not healed; they die and
leave behind precious loved ones – who are often
sorrowing over a death which, in the writer’s
view, need not necessarily have been. They may
even think they are suffering according to the
will of hwhy, yet it is believed many shall hear
the words of the prophet Hoshea spoken over
their lives in the resurrection and finally realize
their ignorance in this life was not bliss, but de-
mise:
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge;
because you have rejected knowledge, I will also
reject thee that you shall be no priest to Me; see-
ing you have forgotten the Law of thy Elohim, I
will also forget thy children. Hoshea 4:6
If we forget the Law10 – which was given in love
for our own health and well-being – whose fault
is it if sickness and debilitation begin to consume
us? Proverbs 9:11,12 The above text from the
prophet Hoshea also mentions children; and
when parents forget the Law of hwhy, they pass
on genetic weaknesses to their children along
with a lifestyle (including diet) which often re-
sults in disaster. Parents! We appeal to those of
you who may just now be considering (or recon-
sidering!) the truth of the Scriptures over clean
and unclean animal flesh: your children need
you to make the right decisions! Sin seeks every
opportunity to rule over and enslave us in its
cords of bondage (Genesis 4:7, Proverbs
5:22,23): physically through sickness (Psalm
107:17-20, Psalm 41:4-8), emotionally through
improper thought patterns (Psalm 10:4, Proverbs
4:19, 5:22,23, Ephesians 2:3), and spiritually
through false worship and bodily lusts not in
alignment with the Creator’s word (Deuteron-
omy 17:7, 1Kings 11:3,4, 2Kings 17:29, Gala-
10
James 1:23-25, 4:11
tians 4:8). Note: not all sickness is the result of
sin (Yochanan 9:1-3), but many maladies (and
most likely, the majority) are caused thereby
since sin eventuates in death and since, beyond
accidents and murder, sickness is, unquestiona-
bly, the usual step between life and premature
death, Psalm 55:23, Yechezkel 18:4,20, Romans
6:23, 1 Corinthians 11:29,30. Again, while thou-
sands appear to die due to self-inflicted ills, we
leave the ultimate judgment for each person and
for every situation with the Most High. This
manuscript is offered to help those who still live
and who still have “ears to hear.” For those will-
ing to submit to the word of hwhy, there may still
be time for healing and restoration. It is believed
many of our readers will accept the simple truth
of the matter as they have the opportunity to con-
sider the far-reaching and clear evidence given to
all through the word of hwhy. It is this evidence
over which we have labored extensively to pre-
sent to all those who are sincerely seeking truth
of hwhy over this matter, Psalm 22:26, 69:32,
105:4.
What most fail to realize is hwhy means busi-
ness; His word is immutable and transgressing it
(even in ignorance) does not place the lawless in
an enviable position. Simply put, the Creator
knows what is best for His creation. We would
expect unbelievers to reject the Law of hwhy as
the carnal mind refuses to submit to the Torah,
Romans 8:7. This is because the carnal mind
regards the commandments of hwhy to be cords
and fetters of bondage, Psalm 2:1-3. But that so
many believers are casting aside His command-
ments in the name of following the Messiah and
living “under grace” is a tragic irony, indeed.
Jude 1:4 hwhy loves His people and wants only
the best blessings for each one of us. And eating
the flesh of unclean, abominable animals does
not allow Him to either put or, ultimately, keep
us on the list of those who can be blessed the
most fully. Unless the Bible contradicts itself
(and it doesn’t!), no Scripture from Genesis to
Revelation will be found which justifies the eat-
ing of toxic, parasitic, blood-laden, unclean ani-
mal flesh. No believer in the Messiah was ever
intended to partake of foods which defile the
flesh (i.e., the body) and pollute the Dwelling
Place of His Spirit:
Having, therefore, these promises beloved, let us
cleanse ourselves from every defilement of the
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flesh and spirit, perfecting purity in the fear of
Elohim. 2Corinthians 7:1
May all readers join our study with prayer and
openness to receive words of life and renewal
from the written and Living word. May the word
of hwhy restore and purify each soul.
Conventions
Below is a list of words commonly used in Bible
translations along with the corresponding He-
brew word, English meaning, or English translit-
eration which this manuscript incorporates –
sometimes for clarity and understanding, but of-
tentimes due to the pagan origins or inherent
falsehood in the common word or phrase. Part of
the opposition to many common words is that, at
least in some cases, they defiantly take away
from the eternal word of hwhy, Deuteronomy 4:2,
12:32. In other cases, the common word or
phrase finds it origin in and gives honor to the
name of a pagan deity, Exodus 23:13. Because
lawlessness has slowly crept into the True Faith
over the centuries, it now often stands disguised
as unchallenged, inviolable truth being tena-
ciously defended by the majority as established
fact even though it is covered with the filth and
mire of apostasy. The times prophesied by the
apostle Shaul are upon us, 2Timothy 4:3. Those
who bear with the word of exhortation which this
manuscript offers will realize many of today’s
prevalent doctrines are nothing more than elabo-
rate, expensive homes built in vain with substan-
dard, temporal materials on the sands of lawless-
ness, Psalm 127:1, Mattithyahu 7:21-27,
1Corinthians 3:12.
Our listings are given in the following format:
Common Word: Hebrew word, English mean-
ing and/or transliteration used in this manu-
script.
The LORD: hwhy, the Eternal Name of the
Creator which our Messiah teaches we must
honor above all, Mattithyahu 6:9-10,33, Zecha-
riah 14:6. As for the importance of the Name of
hwhy, we have His sure promise through the
prophet Micah:
“The man of wisdom shall see Your Name.”
Micah 6:9
The Name of hwhy is always given in Hebrew
leaving issues regarding its proper pronunciation
with the reader. It is this Name above all names
which has been lost in Scripture translations due
to ignorant and/or superstitious translators. For
the majority of those modern, erroneous transla-
tions failed to transliterate proper names and,
thus, they have also failed to give honor to His
memorial Name – the Name (singular!) which
hwhy commanded to all generations, Exodus
3:14,15, Revelation 14:1, 15:4, 22:4. For some
of the available, Scripture translations which
seek to honor the Name of hwhy, readers may
refer to the APPENDIX subsection, “Profound
Scripture Translations.” (page 152)
Jesus Christ: eswhy the Messiah (in Hebrew,
“eswhy,” means “hwhy is Salvation,” Psalm
118:14, Yeshayahu 12:2, Mattithyahu 1:21).
God: Elohim … the Hebrew word typically
translated “God” and which contains what some
scholars term, “the plural of majesty,” thus
showing power which is extremely great, (cf.
Ephesians 3:20). The short form of “Elohim” is
“El” and this word appears in many names
common even today: Ari-El, Dani-El, Gabri-El,
Jo-El, Micha-El, Nathani-El, Samu-El, etc.
The Holy Spirit: Ruach haQodesh, the Pure
Spirit, the Set Apart Spirit.
Egypt: Mitsrayim, the Hebrew word for
“Egypt.” (see Genesis 10:6,13 where this word is
more accurately rendered “Mizraim” in the KJV;
in Genesis 50:11, “Abel-Mizraim” meant
“mourning of the Egyptians.”).
Glory: Splendor
Holy, sanctified: Qodesh, Qadosh, set apart,
separate, pure, purity, purified, specially desig-
nated.
Israel: Yisrael
Israeli: Yisraeli, Yisraelite
Jew: Yehudi (derived from the Hebrew word
for the tribe of Judah, “Yehudah”).
Jews: Yahudim (the plural form of “Yehudi;”
derived from the Hebrew word for the tribe of
Judah, “Yehudah”).
Judah: Yehudah (Hebrew word for the tribe of
Judah)
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The Law (of hwhy): The Torah (Genesis
through Deuteronomy); the Law; the teaching;
the word of hwhy.
Mercy: Kindness, lovingkindness (cf.
1Corinthians 16:14 and Psalm 136).
The Old Testament: “The Scriptures,” or “the
Law and the Prophets,” or “the word of hwhy.”
Mattithyahu 21:42, 22:29, Luke 24:27,
Yochanan 10:34-36, Acts 17:2,11, Romans 1:2,
15:4, 1Corinthians 15:4, 2Timothy 3:16-18.
The New Testament: The Messianic writings,
the Scriptures, 2Kepha/Peter 3:15,16.
Bible: The Scriptures (Genesis – Revelation)
Gospel: Good News or Glad Tidings of the
Kingdom.
Gospel (one of the Four Books): The Evangel
… of Matthew/Mattithyahu, Mark, Luke, and
John/Yochanan.
Saints: Chasidim, set apart ones
Sabbath: Shabbat (the actual Hebrew word for
the Seventh Day); both terms are used through-
out the manuscript.
Additional Notes
• As can be seen from the numerous citations
given above regarding the commonplace phrase,
“The Old Testament,” the distinction which we
make today between the “Old Testament” and
the “New Testament” is simply not a distinction
which was made by eswhy the Messiah or by
any of His apostles; they regarded the Torah to
be yet binding and authoritative. The Law and
the Prophets were held forth as inspired, current,
valid, beneficial, and authoritative for teaching
and doctrine long after the Messiah rose from the
grave and ascended into Heaven, 2Timothy
3:16,17, Acts 24:14, Romans 3:31, 1Yochanan
5:3-5.
• In the original Scriptures, the numbers refer-
ring to chapters and verses were not seen, ex-
cepting the Psalms (which were inspired by their
number/sequence and sometimes by verse) and a
few others (such as the first three chapters of
Lamentations which are acrostic). While the au-
thor uses the standard “chapter and verse” for
Scripture references, it is important to point out
these chapter and verse breaks may cause a dis-
connect in the mind of readers; this may poten-
tially lead to a disconnect from the context. But
removal from the context can easily lead to mis-
understandings and misinterpretations. In this
matter, all who study Scripture must beware.
For example, there were no “chapters” in the
numerous letters which the apostle Shaul wrote
to the various congregations in the Messiah; each
one was an entire letter written to a group of be-
lievers.
We will now move on to our name transliteration
chart.
Name Transliteration Chart
Below are the Hebrew names/places used in this
book. In each case, the “Common Name” will
\
be the name used in many, modern translations
of Scripture and the one with which most readers
will already be familiar. The best rendering of
Hebrew names and places is provided through an
effort in accuracy known as “transliteration”
wherein the sounds from one language are car-
ried across to another. Initially, this may be a
nuisance to those unfamiliar with the original
names; but those who study the topic will realize
names have the greatest importance in the spiri-
tual realm and in the courts of Heaven. Thus,
those who are wise will take the opportunity to
learn anew, Proverbs 1:5, 9:9, 16:23. It is in-
tended that the chart provides a complete listing
of the proper names which have been transliter-
ated throughout the book:

Common Name – Hebrew Name

Aaron ……………………… Aharon Jude ……………………… Yehudah
Babylon …………………… Babel Mary……………………… Miriam
Egypt ……………………… Mitsrayim Matthew…………………… Mattithyahu
Elijah……………………… Eliyah Manasseh………………… Menashsheh
Eve ………………………… Chavvah Melchizedek……………… Melchi-tsedek
Ezekiel……………………... Yechezkel Moses ……………………… Mosheh
Haggai……………………… Chaggai Nahum…………………… Nachum
Hezekiah ……………………Chezkiyahu Noah……………………… Noach
Hophni …………………… Chophni Nehemiah ………………… Nechemyah
Hosea……………………… Hoshea Paul (the apostle) ………… Shaul
Isaiah……………………… Yeshayahu Peter (the apostle) ………… Kepha, or
Isaac ……………………… Yitschak Simon Peter ………… Shimon Kepha
Jacob …………………… Ya’acob Phineas …………………… Phinechas
James …………………… Ya’acob Samson …………………… Shimshon
Jeremiah …………………… Yirmeyahu Samuel …………………… Shemuel
Jerusalem ………………… Yerushalayim Shadrach, ………………… Chananyah,
Job………………………… Iyob Meshach, and…………… Mishael, and
Joel ………………………… Yoel Abednego ……………… Azaryah
John (the apostle) ………… Yochanan Uriah……………………… Uryah
John (the Immerser) ……… Yochanan Zechariah………………… Zecharyah
Josedech…………………… Yeho-tsadak Zephaniah ………………… Tsephanyah
Joseph……………………… Yoseph Zion……………………… Tziyon
Judah ……………………… Yehudah, the
actual, Hebrew word for the tribe of Judah.

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 We must add a few additional thoughts on the
Name of hwhy. Multitudes of Christians the
world over can sit in absolute awe while listen-
ing to the contemporary, Christian song, “El
Shaddai.” And rightly so, as it is certainly one
of the most awe-inspiring, moving songs ever
written in our days. Yet why do so many of
those who highly regard that song take offense
when encountering the Great Name of hwhy
which precedes the title, “El Shaddai?” Revela-
tion 4:8, 11:17, 15:3, 16:7, 21:22 The title, “El
Shaddai,” though important, is merely a title, and
no title can ever reveal as much as the eternal
Name of hwhy. Where, then, is the consistency
in finding such beauty in the inspiring song, “El
Shaddai,” and then spurning the true, original
Name of very One of Whom it is written? And
where is the consistency in persecuting fellow
believers who follow the resurrected Messiah
and who also advocate honoring the great Name
of hwhy? Yeshayahu 66:5 The Christian world
needs to wake up and rid itself of such inconsis-
tencies. Our Messiah teaches His followers to
honor the Father’s Name in our praying and in
our lives. “God,” “LORD,” and “Adonai” are
merely titles; and those titles are not the Name
which hwhy and His Messiah command us to
honor, Exodus 20:7, Mattithyahu 6:9-10. The
widely known and frequently used word, “Hal-
lelu-Yah” (commonly rendered as “Hallelujah”),
is an exclamation of praise which means “Praise
you Yah,” where “Yah” is a condensed form of
the entire Qadosh Name of hwhy. Had the trans-
lators down through history been accurate, the
word “Yah” should be seen throughout the
Scriptures in many places – one of which is seen
in Psalm 68:
Sing unto Elohim, sing praises to His Name:
extol Him that rides upon the heavens by
His Name YAH, and rejoice before Him.
Psalm 68:4
Our manuscript shall reveal a great and telling
connection between the Name of hwhy and His
Ruach haQodesh, His Pure, Set Apart, Life-
Giving Spirit! Proverbs 4:18, Malachi 4:2, Acts
5:32 Those who want more of His Spirit must
also be willing to give honor to His Great Name!
In our journey through this book, we will see the
Name of hwhy and His Spirit are completely in-
separable! And failing to honor brethren who
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honor hwhy and who proclaim His awesome,
memorial Name will not help one to number
among those of whom the psalmist wrote: “He
honoreth them that fear hwhy”… Psalm 15:4,
Exodus 3:14,15, Malachi 3:16.
One additional convention regarding the Name
of hwhy is seen in this text: the compound
Name, ewsy-hwhy (read from right to left in He-
brew). This compound Name for the Messiah is
seen in some key places in the Aramaic-Peshitta
text. The equivalent of hwhy appears together
with ewsy (“Yeshua,” the Hebrew word meaning
“salvation”). This is rendered in the Aramaic as,
“MarYah Yeshua.” A study will show
“MarYah” was used in place of the Tetragram-
maton, “hwhy,” whenever a text was taken from
the Law or the Prophets and quoted in the New
Covenant writings. Thus, “MarYah Yeshua,”
would be accurately rendered as “hwhy Yeshua.”
This is most profound as it relates, scripturally,
to at least three things: to “the Shema,” to the
Name for immersion, and to what the apostle
Shaul/Paul termed “the good confession.” From
all evidence, the compounded Name, ewsy-hwhy,
is a reference to eswhy in His exalted position at
the right hand of hwhy in the Heavens. For fur-
ther information, please refer to the article in the
APPENDIX entitled, “The Good Confession: The
Shema in the Face of Messianic Splendor.” (page
154)
Scripture quotations are from following:
1. The 1611, King James Version.
2. The Scriptures, published by the INSTITUTE
FOR SCRIPTURE RESEARCH (PTY) LTD, South Af-
rica.
3. Literal translations by the author per the
Masoretic, Hebrew Text.
4. The Companion Bible marginal notes.
5. The 1901, American Standard Version
Acronyms for references made to Scripture texts
are as follows:
KJV (King James Version)
ASV (American Standard Version)
NASB (New American Standard Bible)
ISRV (INSTITUTE FOR SCRIPTURE RESEARCH
VERSION – “The Scriptures”)
 IS ALL MEAT MEET TO EAT?
Putting a Difference Between
the Clean and the Unclean
Her priests have done violence to My Torah and they profane My
set apart words. They have not distinguished between the set apart and
profane, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean
and the clean. And they have hidden their eyes from My
Sabbaths, and I am profaned in their midst.
Yechezkel/Ezekiel 22:26

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 CHAPTER 1
Murder and Blood
… “but flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, you shall not eat.”
Genesis 9:4
When seen and understood in its complete
context, no Scripture from Genesis to Revelation
ever concedes the eating of unclean animal flesh
is an acceptable practice. Otherwise, we are bas-
ing our faith on a Book which outrageously con-
tradicts itself. And every dedicated believer who
seeks first the Kingdom of hwhy and His right-
eousness will agree: Scripture does not contra-
dict Scripture. Yochanan 10:35, Psalm 119:128
In feeding themselves, the majority of ministers
in our day have failed to feed the sheep and to
guard them from the many physical and spiritual
defilements of unclean animal flesh, Yechezkel
34:1,2, 2Corinthians 7:1. As a result, multitudes
are dropping like flies from the results of con-
suming toxic dainties (contrast Daniel 1:8). Un-
clean flesh was forbidden by a loving, all-wise
Creator who would have us to remain separate
from anything which could cause us harm before
our time.
We begin our journey by considering one of
the classic examples wherein most Evangelical
preachers cite Scripture out of context to excuse
the eating of unclean, abominable flesh; this is
often done in well-meaning, but unwitting, igno-
rance. The Scripture in question is seen early in
the first book of the Torah as hwhy directs us for
the very first time about specifics surrounding
what can and cannot be eaten (and why!). This
primal text is seen very early in the ancient
scrolls of Genesis:
1 And Elohim blessed Noach, and his sons and
said to them, “Bear fruit and increase, and fill
the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread
of you is on every beast of the earth, and every
bird of the heavens, on all that creeps on the
ground, and on all the fish of the sea – into your
hand they have been given. 3 Every moving
creature that lives is food for you. I have given
you all as I gave the green plants.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the
blood thereof, shall you not eat.
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5 And surely your blood of your lives will I re-
quire; at the hand of every beast will I require it,
and at the hand of man; at the hand of every
man’s brother will I require the life of man.
6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his
blood be shed, for in the image of Elohim made
He man. 7 And you, be you fruitful, and multi-
ply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and
multiply therein.” Genesis 9:1-7
Since so many mistakenly interpret the above
words to mean humans are permitted to eat any-
thing they desire, let us investigate further. The
context of this Scripture deals with the following
(the leading numbers below correspond with the
verse numbers above):
1, 2 ... Man’s dominion and the fear of him is
put into every creature of the earth.
3 ... Man is allowed to eat all that moves with
one exception … (now seen in vs. 4).
4 ... Any flesh which still contains or retains its
life-blood may not be eaten (making this the first
definition of any unclean animal whose composi-
tion is partly flesh and blood).
5, 6 ... Capital punishment (death) for every
beast who kills a man and for every man who
murders another man.
7 ... The promise of fruitfulness is bestowed in
context upon those who have this word (i.e., the
word of hwhy in vss. 1-6) and keep it.
In the context of the above seven verses, we
work from the middle verse (4) outward to all
the other concepts connected with this central,
pivotal text. Verse 4 places a stipulation, a limit-
ing factor, over all that cannot be eaten. If read
in context, hwhy is not giving us wholesale, un-
checked permission to eat anything that moves.
The flesh of all things was permitted (vs. 3) ex-
cepting the flesh of animals which either con-
tained or retained their blood:
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood
thereof, shall you not eat. Genesis 9:4
“But,” may be the biggest, three-letter word in
the English language, yet somehow, it has been
and is being overlooked by multitudes who hold
forth the Scriptures as their only guide in matters
of life and conduct. Since Scripture cannot con-
tradict Scripture, the text of Genesis 9:4 must
necessarily stand forth as one of the very first
definitions of an animal whose flesh is unclean:
it retains its blood! This is not to say an unclean
animal would fail to bleed or die when mortally
wounded, but rather, there is a principle involved
which causes it to hold onto a significant portion
of its blood. And this toxic blood is inextricable
from the creature making it impossible to eat the
flesh of the animal without partaking of the
blood as well; a portion of the blood remains
hopelessly lodged in the tissues. Genesis 9:4
shows the inextricable aspect of the blood is a
significant part of what makes an animal un-
clean. And this provides us with an immediate
object lesson in the spiritual realm: the very
thing which makes an unclean animal unclean, is
the very same thing which makes any member of
our own, fallen race unclean: fear of death, or
holding onto one’s lifeblood! That this is the
case with the unconverted is readily seen in the
epistle to the Hebrews:
Forasmuch, then, as the children are partakers
of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took
part of the same; that through death He might
destroy him that had the power of death, that is,
the Devil; and deliver them who through fear of
death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Hebrews 2:14, 15
eswhy took on flesh and blood and suffered
death through the loss of His blood to deliver us
from the fear of death. He delivered us from the
fear of losing our own blood. For it was and is
the fear of death which keeps humans in bond-
age to sin. eswhy warned His followers it would
be necessary for them to take up their execution
stake, look death in the face, and be willing to
pay the ultimate price for walking as He walked:
Then said eswhy unto His taught ones, “If any
man will come after Me, let him deny himself,
and take up his stake, and follow Me. For who-
soever will save his life shall lose it: and whoso-
ever will lose his life for My sake shall find it.
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For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the
whole world, and lose his own being? or what
shall a man give in exchange for his being?
Mattithyahu 16:24-26, ISRV
The Lamb of hwhy gave up His own blood
through death on the tree showing that, in con-
trast to animals which are unclean, animals
which have been set forth as clean for offering to
hwhy do give up their lifeblood! Leviticus 14:10,
12-13, Yochanan 1:29,36 eswhy laid down His
life and taught anyone who follows Him must be
prepared, even willing, to likewise die if that
ever becomes a necessary part of keeping His
commandments without compromise. And in the
face of a mad, heathen, and carnally-minded sys-
tem under the apostasy-promoting control of Sa-
tan’s “mystery of lawlessness” (2Thessalo-nians
2:7), the possibility of such a death is an ever-
growing reality worldwide.
Unclean animals and unclean humans, then,
are much the same: they refuse to lay down their
lives; they will not give up their blood in the face
of death; they tenaciously hold onto their life-
blood. And, figuratively speaking, the carnal
and unconverted will not die to their sinful
wishes and desires (1Corinthians 15:31) by do-
ing the will of the Creator over and above their
own will; hence, they are unclean and un-
fit/unable to offer themselves to hwhy as a “liv-
ing sacrifice,” Romans 12:1. From all evidence,
based on the Torah injunction of Genesis 9, the
Hebrews and Yisraelites from ancient times un-
derstood the commandment against eating
blood11 included not only improperly slaugh-
tered, clean animals,12 but unclean animals, too,
regardless of the mode of preparation. The flesh
of improperly slaughtered, clean animals con-
tains blood, while the flesh of unclean animals
retains blood. More discussion over this is seen
further below when the concept is revisited.
But continuing in Genesis 9, let us not fail to
see murder, or shedding blood, is mentioned in
context with eating blood. For the life principle
and characteristics of an animal are transferred
through the blood. This includes the fear of man
which all beasts of the earth possess, Genesis
9:2. When a person partakes of this blood, that
11
Leviticus 3:17, 7:25-27, 17:10-14, 19:26
12
1Shemuel 14:32-35
spirit of fear in the animal is transferred to the
person along with the life principle which works
in that particular beast/creature. And possessing
a beastly, animal nature before the Most High is
not a commendable thing, Psalm 49:12,20,
2Kepha 2:11-15, Yehudah/Jude 1:10-13. And
who knows how many other toxins are consumed
in the process of eating unclean flesh and its in-
herent blood? The spirit of fear brings a snare
and comes in many forms: the fear of man
(Proverbs 29:25; contrast Psalm 118:6), the fear
of obedience (Matthew 25:25-30, Revelation
21:8; contrast 1Timothy 1:5), the fear of death
(Hebrews 2:14,15), and cowardice in general,
Psalms 53:5, Proverbs 22:13, 26:13. The king-
dom of Satan is well-pleased to distribute these
crippling, bondage-inducing fears far and wide.
Hence, the consumption of toxic, animal blood
via unclean flesh plays right into the hands of the
Adversary. And what of the commonly known
phenomenon which has been termed “panic at-
tacks” by today’s mainstream medical profes-
sion? Will scientific studies show this disorder –
which remains unexplained although it affects so
many in our day – is caused by consuming ani-
mal blood via unclean flesh or via improperly
slaughtered, clean flesh? Very possibly so. If
doctors and medical professionals would begin
basing their practice and research on how pa-
tients and society in general stand in relation to
sound, scriptural injunctions, their strides in the
field of medicine would, no doubt, be phenome-
nal. Psalm 111:2
Besides the unavoidable and forbidden blood
which is imparted with the flesh of unclean ani-
mals, these creatures also have additional toxins
and parasites resultant from their particular diets
and/or from their particular function in a fallen
creation, Romans 8:20-22. Once in the victim,
the parasites rob nutrients and give off toxic
waste which pollutes the human body and pre-
cipitates disease upon disease. Further, the spirit
in unclean animals is particularly associated with
false worship and demonic activity throughout
Scripture. Based on this scriptural link, the au-
thor believes demonic possession is especially
tied to the consumption of unclean, abominable
flesh and, ultimately, to the blood of those ani-
mals. This connection will be seen and proven
time and time again throughout our discourse.
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But first, consider the testimony of Scripture
and history. Why have so many kings gone ab-
solutely, stark-raving mad? Why have they pos-
sessed such a pernicious, overwhelming, uncon-
trollable, demonic spirit of anger and destruc-
tion? Gluttonous eaters of unclean animal flesh
are defiled in body and, subsequently, polluted in
mind. Those toxins will wreak havoc in the
body and will invariably reach the brain affect-
ing it adversely in many ways. Daniel had re-
fused to defile himself with Nebuchadnezzar’s
dainties, Daniel 1:8, Proverbs 23:1-3. And, my,
how greatly did the king’s, “rich-man” food de-
file! The prophet’s later testimonies provide
abundant evidence to show us how very much
the king’s food affected him and altered his
character, Romans 1:23. Consider the mad rage
of king Nebuchadnezzar: on more than one oc-
casion his reaction to offenders was one of out-
rage in emotion and murder in deed. We con-
sider his actions below:
i.) When they were unable to recount for him
a dream and provide its interpretation, Nebu-
chadnezzar angrily and recklessly decreed all the
wise men of Babylon should be slain, Daniel
2:9-12.
ii.) When defied by Chananyah, Mishael and
Azaryah, the king was so outraged his counte-
nance changed (demonic possession); he was so
consumed with unbridled anger and a spirit of
murder that a command of such ridiculous and
insane proportions was given in which his own
men were killed in the process of attempting to
incinerate the three, faithful Hebrews, Daniel
3:19.
iii.) Nebuchadnezzar’s mind would later suc-
cumb to total insanity after which it would take
seven years of eating grass to purify the king’s
system and to restore his sanity, Daniel 4:23-32.
Other kings, too, throughout history have pos-
sessed a spirit of insane rage, murder, violence
and perversion which was fed by their lust for
unclean, defiling, animal flesh and the blood un-
avoidably eaten therein. History shows the em-
perors of Rome were crazed and murderous, per-
haps Nero being the most “famous” in this cate-
gory. Other rulers were also possessed with de-
mons of murder and perversion; Hitler and Mus-
solini especially stand out in this regard. And in
Hitler’s case, it is both sad and interesting to
note the irony: one who ate swine had such un- “The Ten Words” are an overview, an encapsula-
bridled, cruel, and demonic hatred for the Ya- tion, a main-points-outline of the entire Five
hudim of Europe who would not eat the detest- Books of Mosheh. The revelation that unclean
able flesh of pigs.13 animals do not give up all of their life blood (and
that the consumption of such blood is directly
3. In our own day, we are beginning to reach a
linked with the spirit of fear, anger and murder),
pinnacle of rage and madness which is evidently
immediately connects the eating of unclean
fueled by the intake of unclean animal flesh and
flesh/blood with the Sixth Commandment:
the unavoidable transference of the spirit of fear
and murder via the blood of those creatures. “You shall do no murder.”
Murder associated with eating blood was the Exodus 20:13
very thing of which we were warned in the
And we have already seen Genesis 9 clearly re-
Genesis text seen above. Shooting rampages,
veals murder in the context of these things: do-
road rage incidents and other murders of inde-
minion, fear, eating blood/unclean animals, and
scribable degree (including those deeply insane
capital punishment. Hence, the Sixth Com-
and twisted homicides tied to the rape of young
mandment concerning murder is not only linked
children and elderly women) are prime examples
to the word of hwhy in Genesis 9, but it is also
of just how blinded fallen man can be when suc-
tied to the Levitical injunctions regarding fat and
cumbing to the insane, demonic spirit of fear,
blood (including the fat and blood of clean ani-
anger and murder spawned by eating the toxic,
mals):
blood-tarnished flesh of unclean animals. A per-
sonal testimony can also be provided on this It shall be a statute forever throughout your
matter. At one point in my life, I was blessed to dwellings that you shall eat neither fat or blood.
live within ear-shot of a barnyard inhabited by a Leviticus 3:17
small number of pigs. On several occasions –
And what of all the lessons from history
especially during the night and seemingly with-
which seem to be largely ignored, glossed over
out warning – a pig would become startled and
and quickly forgotten as things of naught? Peo-
dash out of the barn running around the outside
ple who eat shrimp, clams, and oysters have
enclosure on a squealing spree of seemingly
fallen prey to severe sickness and even death
senseless madness and uncontrollable fear. It is
from various toxicities which occur in these un-
this wild, insane spirit of fear and madness
clean, forbidden “delicacies.” These foods are
which gets transferred through the blood of such
part of our “civilized” culture: they are highly
unclean animals; and it is this spirit which par-
esteemed by man, yet they are held in abomina-
takers of unclean animal flesh openly invite and
tion by hwhy. Luke 16:15 As the First Edition of
to which they may easily succumb at the hands
this book nears completion,14 we are just now
of demons. All of this makes us more keenly
receiving indications the deadly SARS virus has
aware of the relationship between “The Ten
likely been linked to human consumption of the
Words” (commonly known as “The Ten Com-
civat cat in China. Cats number among those
mandments,” Exodus 20:1-17) and the rest of the
animals which hwhy stated to be unclean and de-
Torah – Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers
testable thousands of years ago. Unclean crea-
and Deuteronomy. As we learn more and more
tures are forbidden by the Torah because our
of His Torah, we grow in our understanding that
Creator knows they are defiling to the flesh; be-
cause the majority of these animals are the
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predators, scavengers, and “cleanup crew” of the
For more information on Hilter’s diet of swine see:
earth, they are filled with parasites, toxins, and
http://www.micahbooks.com/readingroom/Hitlerveg.html .
Additional defilement of the dictator’s mind seems to have latent diseases which the human body is unable
come through the mind-altering sorcery of various drugs; or ill-fit to fight. They are not a health-giving
see the Greek words “pharmakeia,” “pharmakeus” and source of food!15 Whatever nutrients unclean
“pharmakos” which were translated “sorceries” and “sor-
cerers” in Revelation 9:21, 18:23, 21:8, and 22:15; the 14
Approximately 5/15/2003.
Greek rightly reveals pharmacy-related “medicines” to be 15
A few additional thoughts on parasites. A number of
the poisons of sorcery. years ago an acquaintance told me of a scientific article
which relayed the findings from a study indicating pork
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flesh might provide, those nutrients do not out-
weigh the defiling toxins which are also “part of
the package.” A few years back, someone igno-
rant of the Law of hwhy came up with the ill-
spawned idea armadillos would make good meat
for human consumption. After people began eat-
ing the detestable, forbidden flesh of these ani-
mals, many of them contracted leprosy, Luke
6:39. And many others have fallen prey to a host
of diseases from eating ever-toxic, trichinae-
laden pork. So the word of hwhy in Genesis 9 is
not granting mankind wholesale, across-the-
board permission to eat any creature that moves,
even if the smell is aromatic or the taste is delec-
table. As we have seen, there is a “but,” a stipu-
lation, a limiting factor which surrounds permis-
sion to eat … “every moving creature:”
Every moving creature that lives is food for you.
I have given you all as I gave the green plants.
But do not eat flesh with its life, its blood.
Genesis 9:3,4
Unclean animals retain their life-blood and re-
fuse to let go, so that those who partake of their
flesh also consume and assimilate the scavenger
spirit (the life-principle) of murder, fear, un-
cleanness, and hatred which is borne in that
blood, Galatians 5:19-21. Additional things in
the physical realm also pollute the partaker such
as parasites and other unseen or unknown toxins
which are prevalent in unclean animal flesh due
to the physical or emotional constitution of these
creatures. Depending on one’s acquired or in-
still retains living parasites even when cooked at 1000° F.
Although pursued, this article was never located; but re-
cently, a parasitologist confirmed the trichina larvae in
pork do, indeed, have a thermal barrier to protect them
from extreme heat; the hotter the heat (it is claimed), the
thicker the protective coating becomes. This cocoon-like,
thermal barrier “knows” when the conditions are favorable
to allow the larvae to exit; hence, it will open after the
parasite has entered into the digestive system of the host;
afterwards, the parasitic, toxic evil is unleashed. Trichina
larvae are those associated with trichinosis and they are
common in pork. The forbidden animals of Leviticus 11
and Deuteronomy 14 are the scavengers, predators, and
garbage collectors of the earth; as such they contain many
toxins and parasites. A loving, all-wise Creator has
warned us not to partake of such animals for our own
health and well-being! For further information on a host
of common diseases related to eating pork and parasites,
see the “REFERENCE HELPS” in the APPENDIX and locate the
subsection entitled, “A Listing of Informative Website Arti-
cles and Other References.”
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herited, genetic weaknesses, these toxins have
numerous sites at which to attack the body and
wreak havoc, sickness and death. If scientists
are still discovering the good, beneficial nutri-
ents within foods intended and created to be
eaten (Psalm 111:2) would anyone suppose it is
possible to even begin to detect, enumerate, and
categorize the multitude of pernicious effects
caused from eating animals which our Creator
has, in His great love and wisdom, forbidden?
Without our Heavenly Father’s wisdom, our own
understanding is absolutely abysmal, Proverbs
3:5-8. Instead of living our own way, it is far
easier to simply believe hwhy – Who possesses
infinite knowledge, love and wisdom – and to
take Him at His word! As eswhy our Messiah
said, “Blessed are they that hear the word of
hwhy and keep it.” Luke 11:28
For many years Evangelicals have, by-and-
large, recoiled at the thought of giving any cre-
dence to the present-day authority of the Torah;
sadly, it has been somewhat of a pick-and-
choose, spiritual smorgasbord. For instance,
nearly all ministries today preach tithing – a doc-
trine which originates in, emanates from, and is
established only by the authority of the Law and
the Prophets. The Law of hwhy establishes and
upholds the practice of tithing! Romans 3:31
Yet many of the same ministries which preach
tithing and rejoice in its benefits, reject the
weightier aspects of the very same eternal, im-
mutable Law which prescribes the practice of
giving one-tenth! Yeshayahu 8:20, 40:7,8 Even
the most liberal churches which ordain homo-
sexuals hold to the precept of tithing! It is rather
convenient to cite the Torah when soliciting tithe
money, but how can anyone claim the right to do
so when rejecting so many other parts of the Law
which are of far greater importance? Mat-
tithyahu 23:23 Nay, not only are the weightier
aspects of the Torah rejected, it is commonly
(yet erroneously) taught they have been done
away with altogether! The law was, “Nailed to
the cross,” it is claimed! But how can it be the
weightier aspects have been thus abolished,
while the less weighty aspects – such as tithing –
remain binding?! This is much more than a glar-
ing contradiction! Those who preach the Law
was abolished, still uphold those parts of the To-
rah which bring monetary gain! But the Pure
Spirit of hwhy is now being poured out upon all
flesh, and many believers are awakening to the
righteousness and truth of the eternal word. Ye-
shayahu 51:7, Psalm 37:31, 40:8, Yochanan
17:17 A fine book was recently published enti-
tled, What the Bible Says About Healthy Living,
by Rex Russell, M.D. Not only is Mr. Russell a
medical doctor, but he is also an Evangelical
Christian who correctly upholds the Torah’s au-
thority on the matter of clean and unclean meats.
On pages 150-152 of the book, the author gives
scientific evidence which supports the word of
hwhy regarding animals clean and unclean.
Readers will do well to acquire and appropriate
the excellent information this book provides.
Even beyond the issue of eating meat, the book is
a treasure house of information for those who
desire to begin a healthier, scriptural diet. Many
followers of eswhy have long-believed the in-
spired word over the matter of clean and unclean
flesh; these dear believers have acted in faith
upon the Creator’s living oracles and have even
suffered persecution at the hands of scoffing
Evangelicals; to now see such scientific evidence
coming forth over the matter of clean and un-
clean, animal flesh fulfills the words of the Mes-
siah in the case of such faithful brethren:
“Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet
have believed.” Yochanan 20:29
How blessed it is to have the word of hwhy and
to act upon it without having (or needing!) scien-
tific evidence! However, this is now another
case among so many others which all stand as
proof true science is not contrary to Scripture.16
This is a tragic irony: the very men who should
be teaching the Torah to Gentiles (Genesis
18:18, 22:18, 26:4, Yeshayahu 2:1-4, Zecharyah
8:23, Romans 3:1,2, Ephesians 4:17) are, of all
things, teaching against the very Scriptures
which they themselves claim to believe! In do-
ing so, they take away from and diminish the
word of hwhy, Deuteronomy 4:2. The text of
Genesis 9 is often cited as “authority” for the
establishment of what are called by some, “The
Noahide Laws.” These laws are purported to be
different from the laws given to Yisrael. The
contradiction here? Genesis is itself part of the
Law, the Torah, given to Yisrael. And we will
later see the apostles – under the inspiration of
the Spirit of hwhy – actually taught Gentile con-
verts directly from the book of Leviticus! The
Torah, then, was quite far from being abolished
or “in abeyance” as so many erroneously claim.
Under the direction of the Spirit pf promise, the
apostles cited even Leviticus for their apostolic
teaching and authority! Those apostolic teach-
ings were partly in regards to certain eating
practices set forth by hwhy in the Levitical text
surrounding the priesthood! We will eventually
consider the apostles’ teachings set forth in the
Jerusalem Council, but for now, let us first look
at the foundational truths regarding clean and
unclean animal flesh as seen in the priestly book
of Leviticus. 1Kepha 2:9
t s r q u p e o n m l k y j x z w h d g b a

Finally, the writer has heard various reports

surrounding those who go to Jewish rabbis for
information about what to eat and what to refrain
from eating. Evidently, even many of these
teachers fail to understand Genesis 9 and so, like
the majority of Christendom, take that Scripture
out of context as well. These rabbis actually
claim the text in question is granting Gentiles
permission to eat anything they desire. Thus,
they lead astray those seeking their counsel.

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Nor is a true interpretation of Scripture contrary to any
legitimate, scientific fact. Problems only arise in this re-
gard when attempts are made to corroborate false interpre-
tations of Scripture with valid, scientific facts, or when
fallacious “scientific” claims are seen to be at odds with
actual, Scripture truth.
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 CHAPTER 2
Details From Leviticus
And you shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that My covenant
might be with Levi, says hwhy of hosts. My covenant was with him of life and peace; and
I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared Me, and he feared Me and stood in awe of My
Name. The Law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked
with Me in peace and uprightness, and did turn many away from iniquity. For the
priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the Law at his
mouth: for he is the messenger of hwhy of hosts. Malachi 2:4-7
Our English name for the book of Leviticus Remember you the Law of Mosheh My servant,
was derived from the name of the tribe raised up which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all
by hwhy to form the priesthood in Yisrael: the Yisrael, with the statutes and judgments. Be-
tribe of Levi. Mosheh and Aharon were Levites, hold, I will send you Eliyah the prophet before
Exodus 2:1-10. As messengers of hwhy they – the coming of the great and dreadful Day of
along with numerous other Levites throughout hwhy. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers
the centuries17 – turned many from iniquity as to the children, and the heart of the children to
they ministered before Him and stood in awe of their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with
His Name. Yirmeyahu 23:22, cf. Numbers a curse. Malachi 4:4-6
16:23-35. The word of hwhy through Malachi
reaches from the days of the prophet to the first Based on our opening text, we see Malachi
appearing of the Messiah hundreds of years later; had already spoken of the covenant hwhy made
but the command and warning of hwhy to “re- with the tribe of Levi; it was a covenant of “life
member the Torah of My servant Mosheh” also and peace”19 in which His servants were to walk
extends down to our age – the age which shall in faith before Him,20 to honor His Name,21 and
see the coming of the Messiah to reign as “King to uphold the Law of His Kingdom.22 But of
of kings,” Malachi 4:4-6. The prophet Malachi whom was Malachi now prophesying? Who
emphasizes even the end-time inhabitants of the would “prepare the way” for the coming of the
earth (and especially believers) will receive Messiah? Who would turn the hearts of the fa-
strong exhortations to remember the Law of
Mosheh lest hwhy come and smite the earth with
9:21,22, 10:1-19, Hebrews 1:7,13,14 The gematria value
a curse. These are the warnings which precede for “malak” in Hebrew is 91:
His coming and these are the warnings prophe- ← ←
sied to be heralded through the messengers of 91 = ( 20 ) ‫ ך‬+ ( 1 ) ‫ א‬+ ( 30 ) ‫ ל‬+ ( 40 ) ‫מלאך = מ‬
Revelation (see Revelation 14:6-12). Below is
the Malachi prophecy which mentions one com- Not coincidentally, Psalm 91 speaks of the heavenly mes-
ing in the spirit and power of Eliyah to turn the sengers! Psalm 91:11,12 Further, the Hebrew word,
“ephod” (as in the white, linen ephod), also has a number
hearts of the people to hwhy: value of 91:
Behold, I will send My messenger,18 and he shall ← ←
prepare the way before Me. Malachi 3:1 91 = ( 4 ) ‫ ד‬+ ( 6 ) ‫ ו‬+ ( 80 ) ‫ פ‬+ ( 1 ) ‫אפוד = א‬
And throughout the word of hwhy, we see heavenly mes-
sengers dressed in the white, linen ephod! See Yechezkel
17
From all evidence, the prophets Yirmeyahu and 9:1-11, 10:1-7, Daniel 10:5, 12:6,7, Mattithyahu 28:2-8,
Yechezkel were also Levites. See Yirmeyahu 1:1 and Mark 16:5-8, Yochanan 20:11-13, Acts 1:10,11, Revela-
Yechezkel 1:3. tion 15:6, 19:14 Further study will show both earthly and
18
The Hebrew word, “Malach” (or “Malak”), means heavenly messengers were clothed (and shall yet be
“messenger.” This is the word which most translations clothed!) in the white, linen ephod!
19
render, “angel.” The meaning of the prophet’s name, Malachi 2:5, Romans 8:6
20
“Malachi,” is, “My messenger!” And the prophet Malachi Genesis 17:1, 1Shemuel 2:30, Malachi 2:6, Hebrews
(as well as all of the other prophets) were the earthly mes- 4:13
21
sengers of hwhy. Malachi 2:7, 3:1, 4:4-6 We are also Malachi 2:6, Matt. 6:9, Romans 1:5, 2:23,24, 10:13
22
shown the work of heavenly messengers throughout the Genesis 26:4,5, Malachi 2:6,7, Matt. 6:9,10, Acts
word of hwhy. Psalm 103:20,21, 104:4, Daniel 8:15-19, 24:14, Romans 2:23,24, 3:31, 8:4,7, 1Yochanan 5:3
24
thers to their children and the hearts of the chil-
dren to their fathers? Another Levite! And what
does the name of that Levite wind up being? His
name was “Yochanan,” Yochanan, the Immerser
– the one known, historically, as “John the Bap-
tist.” We know Yochanan was a Levite because
his father was the priest, Zecharyah, of the tribe
of Levi, Luke 1:5. In the spirit of his predeces-
sors – Mosheh, Aharon, and many other priests –
Yochanan the Immerser would also “turn many
away from iniquity.” Malachi 2:6, Luke 1:17
His ministry did prepare the way of hwhy the
first time, Yeshayahu 40:3, Mattithyahu 3:3,
Mark 1:3, Luke 3:4. But eswhy also indicated
that while Yochanan came in the spirit of Eliyah,
there would be yet another Eliyah to come, Mat-
tithyahu 17:10-12. We see many times through-
out Scripture spiritual history repeating itself.
Once again, it appears another Eliyah will fulfill
the Malachi prophecy as it relates to preparing
the way for the “great and dreadful Day of hwhy”
in which His burning wrath shall be sent forth
upon the lawless. Malachi 4:5 23 So the Torah is
still seen as having great importance in the end-
time context of the Day of hwhy. The Malachi
prophecy warns the people of hwhy to remember
the Torah in that awesome, yet future time. This
shows us “law vs. lawlessness” is still an issue of
great relevance in our day; we are warned and
exhorted to remember the Torah in the time of
the end because hwhy knew false prophets would
rise up in the earth working lawless deceptions
to turn the people of the Most High away from
His commandments! Deuteronomy 13:1-4, Mat-
tithyahu 24:11,24 And the wrath of hwhy we see
stirred in the Revelation is a vengeance which
burns against those who have opposed His Mes-
23
This becomes yet more evident as we compare the min-
istry of Eliyah, the prophet, with the end-time ministry of
the two witnesses:
a. Fasting and prayer: 1Kings 19:8, Revelation 11:3
(indicated by “sackcloth and ashes.”).
b. Signs and wonders, 1Kings 17:8-24, 2Kings 2:8, Acts
2:19-21, Revelation 11:6.
c. Zealous to vindicate the Name of hwhy over the name
of Baal/Lord, 1Kings 18:17-37, Revelation 14:1,11,
15:2,4.
d. Bringing drought for 3½ years: 1Kings 17:1,
Ya’acob/ James 5:17, Revelation 11:3,6.
e. Enemies consumed with fire, 2Kings 1:1-12, Revela-
tion 11:5.
f. Caught up into heaven, 2Kings 2:11, Revelation
11:11,12.
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siah (and His people) by casting aside His Torah
as though it were cords and fetters of bondage,
Psalm 2:1-3. When the heathen have cast off all
restraint, the Set Apart, Dwelling Place will be
opened in heaven wherein is seen the ark of His
Covenant. In that ark, resides His Torah by
which He will execute judgment upon the in-
habitants of the earth who have nullified His
commandments by walking in lawlessness.
Warning! The awesome power, lightning and
thunder seen and heard when hwhy thundered
from Mount Sinai in giving the Ten Command-
ments was a solemn, prophetic warning against
all those who would dare to transgress and to
spurn that Law thereafter! The wrath of hwhy
seen in the Apocalypse was revealed from
heaven as a warning against all the lawlessness
of false worship. The vengeance revealed
therein is in precise accordance with the thun-
dering of hwhy from Mount Sinai. Exodus 20:1-
18, 1Shemuel 2:10, 7:9-13, Psalm 18:6-14, 50:3,
97:2-5, Yeshayahu 30:27-33, Mattithyahu 24:27,
Revelation 4:5, 8:1-5, 10:1-7, 16:17-21
When His Law is made void by the proud and
brazen, the loving patience of hwhy is soon de-
pleted and without delay He will arise with the
fiercest anger and blasting fury – thundering
from the heavens to reestablish and to reconfirm
those great Oracles and to punish those who have
so foolishly nullified them (Psalm 119:126); His
lightning shall go forth (Mattithyahu 24:27)
burning up His adversaries with great terror and
vengeance (2Thessalonins 2:7); just as He thun-
dered from Mount Sinai, so hwhy will once more
thunder from the heavens and judge the ends of
the earth, Hebrews 12:25-29. It is believed these
judgments will result in cataclysmic upheavals of
such great and heretofore unseen magnitude that
most cannot comprehend or even imagine the
complete destruction. hwhy will destroy every
sinful kingdom off the face of the earth, Amos
9:8. Let all the earth be warned … and tremble.
All of this is to say we should not allow our-
selves to be led into thinking the Torah was abol-
ished; obedience to hwhy via His commandments
is revealed to be of importance all the way to the
very end of man’s present history! We will
shortly see clear evidence the Torah was relevant
to all first century believers whether Yehudi
(Jew) or Gentile. And just as was prophesied, its
relevance will soon be known worldwide even
among those who will have to “learn the hard
way.” So if Genesis 9 is giving mankind unbri-
dled permission to eat anything that moves (as
we have seen, it does not!), then we have numer-
ous, immediate contradictions with other Scrip-
tures seen earlier in Genesis;24 further, by such
claims we immediately introduce contradictions
with numerous other Scriptures throughout the
entire word of hwhy! Since the Fall of man, the
Scriptures which indicate the distinction between
clean and unclean animal flesh have not
changed. And we will even see numerous cita-
tions from the Messianic writings which show
unclean animals were still unclean long after the
death, burial, resurrection and ascension of
eswhy the Messiah! But for now, we pause to
note the following: if Genesis 9 is giving man-
kind unbridled permission to eat the flesh of any
creature, then we have immediate contradictions
with other parts of the Torah itself – namely, Le-
viticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14. The following
texts were all taken from Leviticus.
Regarding the land animals:
1 And hwhy spoke unto Mosheh and to
Aharon, saying unto them, speak unto the chil-
dren of Yisrael, saying, 2 These are the beasts
which you shall eat among all the beasts that are
on the earth. 3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof,
and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among
the beasts, that shall you eat. 4 Nevertheless
these shall you not eat of them that chew the cud,
or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, be-
cause he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the
hoof; he is unclean unto you. 5 And the rabbit,
because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the
hoof; he is unclean unto you. 6 And the hare,
because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the
hoof; he is unclean unto you. 7 And the swine,
though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted,
yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
8 Of their flesh shall you not eat, and their car-
cass shall you not touch; they are unclean to
you. Leviticus 11:1-8
Regarding the sea and water creatures:
9 These shall you eat of all that are in the wa-
ters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the wa-
ters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall you
eat. 10 And all that have not fins and scales in
24
See Genesis 7:2, 8 and 8:20 for mention of clean ani-
mals.
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the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the
waters, and of any living thing which is in the
waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
11 they shall be even an abomination unto you;
you shall not eat of their flesh, but you shall have
their carcasses in abomination. 12 Whatsoever
hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall
be an abomination unto you. Leviticus 11:9-12
Regarding the birds:
13 And these are they which you shall have
in abomination among the fowls; they shall not
be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle,
and the ossifrage, and the ospray, 14 and the
vulture, and the kite after his kind; 15 every ra-
ven after his kind; 16 and the owl, and the night
hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his
kind, 17 and the little owl, and the cormorant,
and the great owl, 18 and the white owl, and the
pelican, and the gier eagle, 19 and the stork, the
heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the
bat. 20 All fowls that creep, going upon all
four, shall be an abomination unto you. 21 Yet
these may you eat of every flying creeping thing
that goeth upon all four, which have legs above
their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; 22 even
these of them you may eat; the locust after his
kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the
beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after
his kind. 23 But all other flying creeping things,
which have four feet, shall be an abomination
unto you. Leviticus 11:13-23
Regarding other creeping land animals:
29 These also shall be unclean unto you
among the creeping things that creep upon the
earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tor-
toise after his kind, 30 and the ferret, and the
chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the
mole ... 41 And every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomina-
tion; it shall not be eaten. 42 Whatsoever goeth
upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all
four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all
creeping things that creep upon the earth, them
you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
43 you shall not make yourselves abominable
with any creeping thing that creeps, neither shall
you make yourselves unclean with them, that you
should be defiled thereby. 44 For I am hwhy your
Elohim: you shall therefore sanctify yourselves,
and you shall be set apart; for I am set apart:
neither shall you defile yourselves with any man-
ner of creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.
Leviticus 11:29,30, 41-44
And the summary:
45 For I am hwhy that brings you up out of
the land of Mitsrayim, to be your Elohim: you
shall therefore be set apart, for I am set apart.
46 This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl,
and of every living creature that moveth in the
waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon
the earth: 47 to make a difference between the
unclean and the clean, and between the beast
that may be eaten and the beast that may not be
eaten. Leviticus 11:45-47
This Levitical list shows us what meats the word
of Elohim sets apart (translated “sanctifies”) as
food to be received with prayer and gratitude,
1Timothy 4:3-5. To be sure, there are a multi-
tude of lessons which can be learned from this;
for one, the animals listed as unclean are gener-
ally scavengers – the garbage collectors of the
earth; as such, they are usually laden with para-
sites and other toxins. All of these things make
hwhy refer to them as “abominable.” People can
also be “scavengers” in their consumption of
“garbage” which intoxicates the mind both emo-
tionally and spiritually with harmful pollutants.
And, in turn, those who are unclean excrete addi-
tional toxins by which the minds of others are
polluted and defiled, Proverbs 6:16-19, 17:4,
Mattithyahu 15:18-20, Hebrews 12:15. Accord-
ing to Scripture, the predatory spirit seen in drug
dealers, womanizers, gluttons, gossipers, slan-
derers, pornography producers, sodomites and
whoremongers (along with many other similar
lifestyles), is a spirit which causes a person to be
like unclean, detestable animals. Advocates of
those carnal lifestyles which violate the Torah
(Galatians 5:19-21) possess this predatory and
parasitic spirit; as a result, they ever attempt to
involve others in their small, transient world of
iniquity, Proverbs 1:10-15, 4:14-17. These law-
less deeds make a person both unclean and
abominable, Proverbs 3:32, 11:20, 15:8,9,26,
16:5, Yirmeyahu 6:27-30. Yet hwhy also warned
the partaking of unclean animal flesh makes one
abominable:
You shall therefore put difference between clean
beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls
and clean: and you shall not make your souls
abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any man-
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ner of living thing that creepeth on the ground,
which I have separated from you as unclean.
Leviticus 20:25, 11:43-44
Notice the above text reveals the eating of un-
clean flesh makes one abominable. And in the
prophecies of Revelation, eswhy warns us the
abominable will not enter the New Yerushalayim
(Jerusalem):
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abomi-
nable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and
sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have
their part in the lake which burneth with fire and
brimstone: which is the second death. And there
shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defi-
leth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination,
or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the
Lamb’s book of life. Revelation 21:8,27
hwhy warned Yisrael not to make their souls
abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any man-
ner of living thing that creepeth on the ground;
all those creatures He has separated from His
people as unclean! And eswhy later warned in
the Revelation that those who were abominable
would be punished in the lake of fire. Clearly,
all of the deeds which keep one out of the Pure
City are violations of the Torah! In his letter to
the Galatians, Shaul makes it clear there is no
law against the “fruit of the Spirit” (Galatians
5:22,23). Yet just before stating this, he pro-
vided the contrasting “works of the flesh.” Gala-
tians 5:19-21 The implication of the apostle’s
words is quite clear and absolutely unavoidable:
while there is no law against the fruit of the
Spirit, there is most certainly a Law against “the
deeds of the flesh,” and that Law is the Law of
hwhy! And among the many deeds of the flesh
we must include an aspect of gluttony not widely
taught, an aspect which goes far beyond excess
and gorging: eating foods in any way which our
Creator has forbidden.25 For those who wish to
study further regarding clean and unclean ani-
mals, instructions similar to those seen in Leviti-
cus are also seen in Deuteronomy 14:1-21.
25
And there are many! See Genesis 2:17, 3:3,17, 9:4,
Exodus 12:9, 29:33, Leviticus 7:19, 11:4, 8,11,42,
19:26, 22:4, Deuteronomy 12:16,17, 23-25, 14:3,7,8,
10,12 , 15:23, 26:13,14 (cf. Nechemyah 8:9,10), Ezra
2:61-63, Psalm 141:4, Proverbs 23:6,7, 1Corinthians
5:11.
 Any who desire to number among the “royal
priesthood” of hwhy shall be disqualified and re-
jected as abominable should they reject His
priestly word in the book of Leviticus and par-
take of unclean animal flesh or of other creatures
which the Scriptures have clearly forbidden.
28
Exodus 19:5,6, Hoshea 4:6, 1Kepha 2:5,9, Reve-
lation 5:10, 20:6 hwhy requires His messengers
to be pure before they can be vessels of the Spirit
fit for service in His Kingdom. 2Timothy 2:21
t s r q u p e o n m l k y j x z w h d g b a
 CHAPTER 3
The Offerings of hwhy Made by Fire
And the remnant of the meat offering shall be to Aharon and his sons.
It is a thing most set apart of the offerings of hwhy made by fire. They shall be set apart unto their
Elohim, and not profane the Name of their Elohim: for the offerings of hwhy made by fire,
and the bread of their Elohim they do offer: therefore they shall be set apart.
Leviticus 2:3, 21:6
The offerings of hwhy made by fire were quite
special in His eyes; they represented something
very important in His eternal Kingdom purposes.
So much so that hwhy chose the house of Aharon
– a certain family within the tribe of Levi – to
oversee those offerings as a testimony of His
heavenly ways. And on the few occasions
wherein those offerings were profaned or chal-
lenged, a judgment both quick and signal came
forth from the presence of hwhy. Leviticus 10:1-
3, Numbers 16:1-50 But these things are not
widely recognized, acknowledged or sought out
in our day (Psalm 111:2) as teachings wide-
spread and erroneous have established the fal-
lacy which claims the Law was abolished at the
death of eswhy. This blind tenant of faith has no
Scriptural proof and it is spawning ever-growing
ignorance of the nature and character of hwhy.
(It is also an insidious leaven which has success-
fully spawned lawlessness throughout the
American society; as a result, this country is
quickly disintegrating; left unchecked, such
moral decay will be the complete undoing of the
United States.) The entire word of hwhy was
given for our instruction (Romans 15:4,
2Timothy 3:16, 17), and should we ignore cer-
tain portions of it, we ourselves shall suffer,
Proverbs 9:12, Hoshea 4:6. The offerings of
hwhy teach us many things about life and death,
and in our ignorance of the offerings, we fail
miserably in our understanding of both; some-
times one wonders over which of the two we fall
the shortest in our meager knowledge of things
spiritual, Proverbs 30:2-4. But there are truths
which can be clearly gleaned if we seek Him
with all our hearts, Yirmeyahu 29:13. The fact
is, in the plan of hwhy, death is the very thing
which forever fixes the rules and stipulations
which are established in advance of a covenant’s
being ratified. The following speaks of this in
regard to the death of the Messiah:
And for this cause He is the mediator of the New
Covenant, that by means of death, for the re-
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demption of the transgressions that were under
the first Covenant, they which are called might
receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For
where a covenant is, there must also of necessity
be the death of the testator. For a covenant is of
force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no
strength at all while the testator liveth. Hebrews
9:15-17
The death of eswhy, then, sealed the New Cove-
nant so that none of the moral Law – which He
lived and taught while walking the earth and re-
newing His covenant with Yisrael – could ever
change after that very instant! The death of the
Messiah sealed and established the New Cove-
nant with absolute immutability! Hebrew 6:13-
18 This is just the opposite of the notions com-
monly taught in our day; that is, the majority to-
day teach the death of eswhy abolished all of His
teachings on the Law! But instead of changing
or doing away with any of His Father’s Law “on
the cross,” the Messiah’s death more firmly es-
tablished the commandments of the Torah which
eswhy magnified and exalted in His life and
teachings! Yochanan 15:10, Psalm 105:8, 111:5.
Just as was prophesied, the life, ministry and
teachings of eswhy the Messiah magnified the
Law and made it honorable:
hwhy is well pleased for His righteousness’ sake;
He will magnify the Torah, and make it honor-
able. Yeshayahu 42:21, Mattithyahu 5:17-20
It was necessary for eswhy to set forth the Torah
as honorable and to set it forth in its proper light
as the commandment-nullifying traditions of the
scribes and Pharisees had brought dishonor to
the Law and to the Name of hwhy. Mark 7:9-13,
Romans 2:23,24 The record shows (and will
continue to show) eswhy fulfilled the Yeshayahu
(42:21) prophecy in all of His teachings! Nailed
to the tree was man’s carnal nature, his enmity –
his hatred against hwhy, against the Law of hwhy
(Romans 8:1-4,7), and against his fellow man,
Ephesians 2:14-17. And along with that carnal-
ity went man-made, worldly traditions and ordi-
nances which twist and nullify the original, im-
mutable, commandments of hwhy into something
never intended by the Originator! Yes, even
those well-meaning, but ignorant, Jewish tradi-
tions which fall under the guise of “religious”
are to be rejected when they openly contradict
the eternal commandments of hwhy!26 So much
can be learned (and shall be forever learned!)
from the eternal Torah, Psalm 119:89, Ephesians
2:7. And this is certainly the case with the an-
cient offerings recorded and mentioned through-
out the Law and the Prophets. There were
meal/grain offerings, wave offerings, heave of-
ferings, drink offerings, and a host of animal of-
ferings (sin offerings, peace offerings, and burnt
offerings). Since we are considering the topic of
those meats which are set apart as acceptable for
human consumption, it is the animal offerings to
which we will turn our attention presently.
When offerings were made of old to hwhy, the
one presenting the animal gift had to bring some-
thing which was without blemish. Exodus 12:5,
29:1, Leviticus 1:3,10, 3:1,6, 4:3, 5:15,18, 6:6;
cf. Hebrews 9:14 All of those offerings had to
be taken from animals which hwhy regarded as
clean. Everything had to be the best; it had to be
valuable, 2Samuel 24:24; cf. 1Kepha 1:18,19.
While whole, burnt offerings were not eaten,
they still had to be clean since they represented
total submission and surrender to the Most High;
true worshippers cannot claim total submission
to hwhy unless the blood of eswhy has fully
cleansed them. The burnt offerings spoke of giv-
ing hwhy everything we have and everything we
are; we must be willing to give our best to Him,
completely and without reserve, Psalm 40:6-8,
Mark 12:23. But in the case of a peace offering,
the person presenting the animal also partook of
its flesh; they were blessed in return with a meal
from the gift given to hwhy, Leviticus 7:11-18,
17:1-7, 19:5-8. So in giving only the best to
hwhy, the one drawing near to His presence also
received only the very best for themselves!
These things are prophetic of so many other
blessings which hwhy ever brings upon His peo-
ple who give Him their best in this present life;
they shall certainly receive only the very best in
return! Mark 10:28-30, Luke 18:28-30, Romans
26
See Mattithyahu 12:1,2, 15:2,3,6,9, Mark 7:3,5,7-9,13,
Galatians 1:14, Colossians 2:8,14,15,20-23.
30
8:38,39, 1Corinthians 2:9 But in regard to live
tributes, unclean animals were not even in the
offing! They were not acceptable to hwhy for
any gift of any kind at any time! (As we have
seen, even clean animals with a blemish were
not acceptable! However, those could be eaten
in one’s dwelling just as one would partake of a
clean deer or antelope, 15:19-23) But any un-
blemished meat offering in Yisrael had to be pre-
sented before hwhy and the priest! Leviticus
17:1-14 This was a specially mandated, Leviti-
cal injunction to prevent Yisraelites from wor-
shipping/serving demons by eating blood! And
this text likely forms the foundation for the mod-
ern-day, rabbi overseer particular to the kosher
meat industry:
And hwhy spoke to Mosheh, saying, speak unto
Aharon, and unto his sons, and unto all the chil-
dren of Yisrael, and say unto them; This is the
thing which hwhy hath commanded, saying, what
man soever there be of the house of Yisrael, that
killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp or
that killeth it out of the camp, and bringeth it not
unto the door of the tabernacle of the congrega-
tion, to offer an offering unto hwhy before the
tabernacle of hwhy; blood shall be imputed unto
that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall
be cut off from among his people: to the end that
the children of Yisrael may bring their sacrifices,
which they offer in the open field, even that they
may bring them unto hwhy, unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest,
and offer them for peace offerings unto hwhy.
And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the
altar of hwhy at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savor
unto hwhy. And they shall no more offer their
sacrifices unto demons, after whom they have
gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever
unto them throughout their generations. And
you shall say unto them, Whatsoever man there
be of the house of Yisrael, or of the strangers
which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt
offering or sacrifice, and bringeth it not unto the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to
offer it unto hwhy; even that man shall be cut off
from among his people. And whatsoever man
there be of the house of Yisrael, or of the strang-
ers that sojourn among you, that eateth any
manner of blood; I will even set My face against
that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off
from among his people. For the life of the flesh
is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon
the altar to make an atonement for your souls:
for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for
the soul. Therefore I said unto the children of
Yisrael, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither
shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat
blood. And whatsoever man there be of the chil-
dren of Yisrael, or of the strangers that sojourn
among you, which hunteth and catcheth any
beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even
pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with
dust. For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it
is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the
children of Yisrael, you shall eat the blood of no
manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the
blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut
off. Leviticus 17:1-14
Because it was so important to eat properly pre-
pared animal flesh, the groundwork for eating
meat was made to be a very part of the True
Worship of the Elohim of Yisrael. This is not
legalism as some may falsely challenge, it is
simply exercising spiritual, common sense and
giving our heavenly Father the credit for having
infinitely more wisdom and knowledge in these
matters than ourselves! And this leads us to
some very important points surrounding our
Creator’s standards for food preparation and,
specifically, meat:
1. The meat offering had to be good enough for
hwhy!
a.) The animal had to be clean, Genesis 8:20,
15:7-9, Yeshayahu 66:3.
b.) But not only was the animal required to be
clean, it also had to be one which was without
defect (Exodus 12:5, 29:1, Leviticus 1:3,10,
3:1,6, 4:3,23,28,32, 5:15,18, 6:6, 9:2,3). Being
“without blemish” would surely include requir-
ing an animal which was healthy and robust; a
sick animal was understandably offensive to
hwhy, Malachi 1:8,13,14. Offerings were to be
valuable and were to be taken from among the
very best.
But in today’s meat industry, the bottom line is
the dollar; this being the case, the standards set
for the health of animals brought to slaughter are
terribly low when compared to the Heavenly. If
we could see all the sickness and death trans-
ferred to the human race through violation of the
meat preparation standards set forth in the Torah,
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maybe a lot fewer people in religious circles
would accuse the Almighty Creator of being a
legalist. In earnest love, hwhy is simply guarding
our health and well-being by granting us the all-
wise ordinances of the Torah which emanate
with life, restoration, and vitality, Deuteronomy
7:6-13, Psalm 19:7 The meat industry, in gen-
eral, allows for animals raised on hormones and
antibiotics. A number have reported the health
of animals slaughtered is, at times, substandard.
Many years ago the author was a meat cutter for
a popular, national restaurant chain; the number
of blood clots seen in the beef before being cut
was, even then, inordinate and disgusting.27
Over the years since then, hormones have been
introduced and popularized as a means of in-
creasing the weight of animals (thereby increas-
ing the “bottom line” for its producers, 1Timothy
6:10). In the author’s opinion, any animal raised
on unnatural foods, chemicals and antibiotics is
of substandard quality for human consumption as
such an animal would not be acceptable for of-
fering to hwhy. Others have reported sick and
even cancerous animals are allowed to be
slaughtered for “meat.” And a few comments
regarding the kosher meat industry are also in
order. While one would expect kosher meat to
be different in regard to many of these concerns,
reports are that the standards of this specialized
industry are not much better; yet the price of ko-
sher meat is considerably higher per pound in
many cases! So individuals and families looking
to obtain clean, properly prepared meat from
healthy, responsibly raised animals may have to
do some research. And the answer may be in
raising animals oneself (or in having firsthand
knowledge of someone who does).
2. A second point on the standards set by hwhy:
there was not only concern for the fitness of the
27
This all occurred before my learning about clean and
unclean flesh and the forbidden blood of animals. The
year was 1982 and it would be just over a year before I
was blessed to begin learning and walking in the ancient
paths, Yirmeyahu 6:16. However, my common sense and
diligence over removing/discarding these many blood clots
not only slowed me down, it also lowered my job perform-
ance rating per the standards set by the restaurant since the
weight of the meat after being cut should be as close as
possible to its initial weight when removed from the
box/packaging. When dishonest business practices take
over a society, normal, humane concerns for the health of
others is soon forgotten.
animal, but those preparing the food also needed
to be clean. The one preparing the food, the
priest, had to be sanitary by the standards of
hwhy, Exodus 29:1,4, 30:17-21. How much dis-
ease has been spread by disregard for these lov-
ing standards? Disease upon disease has been
transmitted from one human to another by reject-
ing the heavenly standard for meat and food
preparation. Those who have fallen victim to
sickness and disease at the careless, unsanitary
hands of others would surely esteem the Law of
hwhy as best for everyone. Walking in ignorance
of the Heavenly food preparation standards only
brings destruction, Hoshea 4:6. Should those
diseased be given the opportunity to do it all
over again, they would surely do so to avoid liv-
ing a lifetime with contracted illnesses.
3. If followed, the above requirements result in
spiritual principles overshadowing the physical
act of eating meat; and the Spirit of hwhy knows
that apart from those spiritual concerns, eating
animal flesh can quickly and easily become a
sinful, gluttonous act in the physical realm.
Merely the thought of eating meat has been
shown to stir up such unrighteous cravings
among multitudes! Exodus 16:3,8,12, Numbers
11:4,5,10,13,18-20,31-34, 1Shemuel 14:32-33)
While man-made traditions are of no value
against fleshly indulgence (Colossians 2:20-23),
the commandments of hwhy are of great worth in
this regard and they protect us on every front
against the Enemy (Psalm 119:97-98); if we ex-
ercise humility while holding fast the written
word, we will also be holding fast the Living
Word, Colossians 2:19, Yochanan 15:7. The re-
sult is that our souls shall be increasingly re-
stored with a right mind and a proper attitude
towards all things! Through continual medita-
tion upon His word, we begin to see things from
the heavenly perspective even as our Heavenly
Father sees them. We will be delivered from
meat-driven gluttony – which is subtle, crafty,
yet brazen idolatry fed by a lack of reverence
and gratitude towards the Creator and Provider
of such bounty and life-giving sustenance, Psalm
69:22, Daniel 5:1-6,22-23, 1Timothy 4:4,5, He-
brews 12:28,29. At certain times, Yisrael was
overwhelmed with these cravings, and in their
lust, they became filled with strife against one
another (Ya’acob 4:1); we read the wrath of
hwhy broke forth upon the nation more than once
because of their lustful craving for animal flesh.
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Exodus 16:3,8,12, Numbers 11:4,5,10,13,18-
20,31-34 Gratefully partaking of meat prepared
according to the standards of hwhy is one thing,
but being ruled by cravings for meat is quite an-
other! 1Corinthians 6:12,13 Overshadowing
meals with emphasis in the spiritual realm is a
strong guard against a most grave danger: eating
and forgetting the Most High, Deuteronomy
6:10-12, 8:10-14, 31:20, 32:13-15, Nechemyah
9:25,26, Proverbs 30:9, Hoshea 13:6, Philippians
4:12,13.
4. The offerings also taught there was a clear
difference between various parts of an animal.
Some have claimed the commandments against
eating fat and blood are tied only to sacrifices
and are, therefore, not binding in our day. Blood
was forbidden and the eating thereof was (and is)
accounted by hwhy as sin, 1Samuel 14:32,33.
(We will shortly see the same commandment ap-
plied to Gentile converts in the first century!)
And not only does the fat of an animal store tox-
ins, it also contains miles of minute capillaries
from which the blood cannot be extricated! This
is likely another reason (a scientific reason, shall
we say?) the command not to eat the fat or the
blood is given in the same breath, Leviticus 3:17.
Further, this writer recently had occasion to ob-
serve a kosher turkey; it appeared to him those
parts of the flesh which were in the neighbor-
hood of fat or fatty tissue were also still rather
red with blood. There is a clear link between the
fat and the blood. Further, there is a clear dis-
tinction in Scripture between the flesh of an ani-
mal and its other inner parts – including fat,
liver, kidneys, tendons, ligaments, cartilage and
bone. There was a clear distinction made be-
tween the flesh of an animal and its inward parts,
Leviticus 4:11,12. Bones, brains, guts, fat and
even cartilage are not flesh. The only part of a
clean animal we are ever permitted to eat is the
flesh extricated of blood, Genesis 9:3,4. Hence,
those who would justify eating other parts of an
animal in addition to the flesh are, very likely,
adding to the word of hwhy, Deuteronomy 4:23.
t s r q u p e o n m l k y j x z w h d g b a
The Law – as it related to offerings and rituals
– was “added because of transgressions” (Yir-
meyahu 7:21-24, Galatians 3:15-21), but this
should not be taken to mean the precepts of the
Torah which refer to sacrifices are meaningless
beyond their purpose at that time; nor should we
treat such ordinances lightly in this present era,
Romans 7:14. The ways of hwhy are simply past
finding out and we will be forever learning from
His infinite word revealed in the Torah, Romans
11:33. The offerings are used to teach us many
things and to call us to seek His higher paths –
paths which extend far beyond the scope of our
own, finite, mortal, spiritually impoverished
frame, Yeshayahu 55:8,9. Time and again we
hear the prophets exhorting us to learn from His
word concerning the offerings and to seek hwhy
on planes greater and higher. One such word
from hwhy is given through the prophet Hoshea:
For I delight in kindness and not sacrifice,
and in the knowledge of Elohim more
than burnt offerings. Hoshea 6:6
Scriptures like the one above have become so
cliché in our day that the majority of believers
fail to ponder their richest and most obvious im-
plication: if hwhy desires something from His
people which is far beyond the offerings – yet
He went to such great lengths to detail those
many sacrifices – what great riches of wisdom
and truth must be hidden in His word concerning
them?! Dare we count them a strange thing?
Hoshea 8:12, 2Kings 17:15,16
At the outset of this chapter we mentioned the
importance of “the offerings of hwhy made by
fire.” What do we believe the offerings of hwhy
made by fire ultimately represent? What do we
believe is represented by the fire? Evidence in-
dicates the fire by which offerings were made
represents the burning, righteous zeal of the eter-
nal Spirit of hwhy. So for any believer to make
an offering using “strange fire” does “despite
unto the Spirit of favor.” Leviticus 10:1-3, He-
brews 10:29 The consequences of offering
strange fire in our day are the same as those suf-
fered by Nadab and Abihu; even as the consum-
ing fire came forth from hwhy and slew them, so
He who changes not will do likewise to those
believers who offer strange fire presently, He-
brews 10:30,31, 12:28,29. The false zeal ex-
pressed in using “strange fire” – or self-exalting
zeal in a self-exalting religious display – robs
splendor from hwhy and dishonors His
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Name/Spirit.28 So many have twisted True Wor-
ship and have made it into a platform for self-
exaltation, national exaltation, and/or denomina-
tional promotion. This false zeal takes many
forms as the carnal turn their freedom in the
Messiah into a self-serving opportunity for the
flesh. Galatians 5:13 Through fasting and
prayer, true believers must continually humble
themselves so as to retain this sobering realiza-
tion: apart from eswhy and the burning zeal
which His Spirit gives, we can do nothing,
Yochanan 15:5,6, 1Corinthians 15:10.
We have now seen the fire of zeal which only
burns pure and bright through the Spirit of hwhy.
But what is the offering? What is the offering
made by fire? For we cannot provide for our
own atonement by any means, Micah 6:6,7. The
Ultimate Offering made by Fire is the life and
death of eswhy the Messiah: in life, He burned
with loving zeal to do His Father’s will (Psalm
40:8, Yochanan 4:34, 6:38, 15:10); in death, He
burned with loving zeal as the Perfect Offering
for the sins of the whole world. His death on the
tree was truly “an Offering made by Fire” – the
Fire of the eternal Spirit:
How much more shall the blood of the Messiah,
who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself
without blemish to hwhy, purge your conscience
from dead works to serve the living Elohim?
Hebrews 9:14
The Fire of the eternal Spirit burned in the heart
of eswhy the Messiah in life; this made Him a
“living sacrifice.” Romans 12:1,2, Yochanan
17:19 That very same zeal burned in His death,
and even in His most agonizing moments, we see
His offering to hwhy was “made by fire” – the
Fire of the eternal Spirit and the commensurate
zeal of hwhy which ever burns in His servants to
accomplish His sovereign, unstoppable, eternal
will, Yeshayahu 9:7, 37:32, 53:10-12. Now
more than ever we, too, should respond with
gratitude and serve hwhy with the same rever-
ence and awe which burned in our Example …
in His life and in His death. Romans 14:8,
2Corinthians 5:14,15, Hebrews 12:28
t s r q u p e o n m l k y j x z w h d g b a
28
Leviticus 10:3, Romans 2:23,24, 2Shemuel 12:13,14,
Romans 10:1-3
 CHAPTER 4
Ladies! Want to Have a Samson?
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites,
whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. And the messenger
of ‫ יהוה‬appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, you art barren, and bearest
not: but you shall conceive, and bear a son. Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink
not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: for, lo, you shall conceive,
and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a
Nazarite unto Elohim from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Yisrael
out of the hand of the Philistines. Judges 13:2-5

The heavenly messenger warned the mother
of Shimshon (Samson) to partake of no unclean
meat29 while her child was in the womb. The
messenger later appeared once more – this time
to both parents – and provided them with the
same warning. Judges 13:8-21 Exactly why
there was a need for a warning to be given to
Manoah and his wife concerning the eating of
unclean animals is not initially clear. Had eating
such things been the cause of this woman’s past
barrenness? Perhaps at that time in Yisrael’s
history, the Law was more and more forgotten30
and the temptation to eat abominations grew
greater and greater as those on every side ate
thus increasingly, Psalm 12:8. Yisrael was under
the dominance of the Philistines and it is possi-
ble the ways of that heathen nation were corrupt-
ing the people of the Most High. Perhaps eating
unclean meat had become commonplace as the
nation of Yisrael bought into the “different-
strokes-for-different-folks” philosophy which
takes over any society as the “mystery of law-
lessness” paralyzes the moral integrity of the
masses; then follows the total downfall of the
nation as the Scriptures are forgotten, ignored
and, ultimately, outright rejected. There is evi-
dence at least some of these things were the case
in Yisrael at that time; instead of obedience to
the Torah being the Law of the land, it was writ-
ten of Yisrael in that sad era:
Every man did that which was right in his own
eyes. Judges 13:1, 17:6, 21:25, Proverbs 14:12
29
The prohibition technically covered anything which
hwhy regarded as unclean for eating: unclean flesh, un-
clean insects, anything which died of itself, etc.
30
Deuteronomy 4:23, 8:11,14,19, Psalm 50:16-17,22,
Yirmeyahu 23:27, Hosea 4:6, 8:12
34
But in His warning to the mother of Shim-
shon, is the Spirit also warning us in that “still,
small voice” regarding birth defects? 1Kings
19:11,12 There is certainly a delicate balance in
the human body and there is a great need for
only the best and the purest of foods at any time,
but especially while pregnant. Some may scoff
and say this was merely a command given to
parents who were to bear and raise a Nazarite
child. Yet the Law of hwhy regarding clean and
unclean had been long-since commanded to all
Yisrael; it applied to the entire nation, not just
the Nazarites. Shimshon was being set apart for
a special purpose and hwhy saw to it that his life
was special from the outset. That birth defects
also result from drinking alcohol while pregnant
is already a scientifically established and unchal-
lenged premise; and alcohol (rendered as “strong
drink” in the text) is included in the above list of
forbidden foods given to Manoah and wife con-
cerning their son-to-be, Shimshon. Since this
manuscript offers conclusive proof unclean ani-
mals are not fit for food, it leads us to another
question: what effects do the blood, toxins and
parasites in unclean creatures have on a child
developing in the womb? One curse for disobe-
dience to the Torah rests upon children of par-
ents who walk in lawlessness, Deuteronomy
28:15,18. Given they strive to end birth defects,
the March-of-Dimes Foundation would do well
to magnify the word of hwhy and assist in their
own campaign for healthy babies by warning of
the Creator’s word against the consumption of
unclean animal flesh! And what about grapes?
Fresh grape peelings contain yeast spores, so we
at lest present the possibility that abstaining from
fresh grape products may also be beneficial
while pregnant. Further, grapes easily ferment in
the stomach if eaten with the wrong food combi-
nations. Along with unclean flesh and alcohol,
fermentation related to grapes may be problem-
atic for a pregnant woman and her developing
baby. It may be the Spirit is showing us what
things are the best to avoid for any pregnant
woman and this author feels the list warrants fur-
ther study and close investigation as it applies to
any expectant mother.
And now that we are on another sensitive
topic, our thoughts should once more be quali-
fied: we must be very careful to never minimize
or trivialize the pain of those who are suffering
family tragedy – in this case, from bearing a
child deformed in mind or body. The curse of
the law warns against the harmful effects of dis-
obedience upon the children of those who are
walking in violation of the Torah, Deuteronomy
28:15,18. The best way to stop the suffering is
to stop what may well be the major cause of the
deformities. Those who are pregnant should
give honor to hwhy for the immense wisdom in
His word and avoid those foods which were
shunned by the mother of Shimshon. Without a
doubt, the first two on the list – unclean flesh
and strong drink – should be avoided. But are
there other reasons for birth defects in our day?
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This writer very much believes exposure to envi-
ronmental toxins and pollutants has caused and
is causing a multitude of birth defects. But apart
from these widespread, environmental poisons,
violation of the Torah is believed to be the major
cause of the deeply grievous reality of birth de-
fects. Once more, it is not for any man to say or
to judge in regard to such serious tragedy. Who
can determine whether such tragedy was caused
by disobedience or by unwitting exposure to one
or more of a multitude of rampant, nearly un-
avoidable, harmful toxins and pollutants?31 At
the same time, the writer would fail the reader
and all of his brethren by not bringing forth an
aspect of prenatal care and deformities which is
revealed in the word of hwhy spoken to the par-
ents of Shimshon, Acts 20:26,27. hwhy will have
the ultimate say over all things in the Day of
Judgment, and apart from uncontestable revela-
tion in the Spirit, we will do well to wait for His
final assessment in such weighty matters.
t s r q u p e o n m l k y j x z w h d g b a
31
DDT – a pesticide related to birth defects – was banned
from use many years ago in the United States; however, it
yet remains in the soil, water, and ecosystem of the nation.
Further, many additional chemicals and toxins have been
developed by our “advanced” technology and these pollut-
ants easily find their way into our foods, air, and water.
 CHAPTER 5
Strong Words! Ever Retracted?
They were stoned, they were sawn in two … of them the world was not worthy;
they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Hebrews 11:37,38
Christians across the globe exult in the writ-
ings of the prophet Isaiah (hereafter, “Yesha-
yahu”). For many people, Yeshayahu has be-
come their favorite book of prophecy. Citations
are surely made hundreds of times daily (the
world over!) from the prophesies of this servant
of hwhy who – according to the best records we
can obtain – was sawn in half for his uncompro-
mising stance in favor of the immutable, eternal
Law! Yeshayahu taught the nation of Yisrael
that true light came from the eternal Torah of
hwhy, Yeshayahu 2:5, 8:20, 40:8.32 In many
places, we read of the prophet Yeshayahu cor-
recting Yisrael for their violations of the Torah
as he admonishes them to hear his reproof and to
turn back to hwhy from lawlessness. 2Timothy
3:16,17 Of the Law’s permanence and immuta-
bility, the prophet made a most profound state-
ment which remains quite popular and which is
cited quite frequently in numerous, contempo-
rary, religious circles:
The grass withers, the flower fades: but the word
of our Elohim shall stand for ever.
Yeshayahu 40:8
Multitudes today quote this text, but sadly, they
fail to apply it to the Torah as did the prophet
Yeshayahu when he originally proclaimed this
word to Yisrael. This utterance of hwhy El
Shaddai through the prophet is speaking of the
Torah. For it is the Torah, the Five Books of
Mosheh, which shall stand forever! Which leads
us to a probing question: “Would Yeshayahu be
a welcomed guest in Evangelical congregations
today were he to appear on the scene teaching
the Law of hwhy is still valid, binding and au-
thoritative?” Many today would simply dismiss
32
In agreement with the Law and the Prophets, our Mes-
siah and His apostles taught the same: light is synony-
mous with the Law of hwhy. As such, when the Messiah
came into the world He was the Word of hwhy, the Law,
the Living Torah in the flesh; thus, He was the “Light of
the world.” Genesis 1:1-4, Yochanan 1:1-5, 8:12, 9:5,
12:46 See also Mattithyahu 5:14-16, 6:22,23/7:23 (dark-
ness = iniquity/lawlessness), Yochanan 12:35,36, Romans
2:17-19, Ephesians 4:17,18, 5:13,14.
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him as a “legalist” and quickly spurn his teach-
ings by claiming he had a “Jezebel spirit.” Not
understanding Law and grace,33 others would
falsely call him a “Judaizer.” Exodus 20:16 And
if he was in our midst today, who would possibly
want to have Yeshayahu sawn in two as did his
contemporaries? Perhaps it would be the leaders
from among the meat and pork industry! Or,
perhaps it would be some of today’s religious
leaders who hwhy rebukes through this great
prophet for their holier-than-thou attitude. For
this attitude of twisted, self-exalting piety is seen
today amongst so many religious church-goers;
and it is especially prevalent among the Evan-
gelical, Pentecostal and Fundamentalist commu-
nities. It was this very attitude of self-
righteousness which pervaded the hearts of those
who participated in the false, Baal worship on
the high places of old as they reveled in eating
swine and other unclean animals in the days of
Yeshayahu! This is what hwhy spoke through
Yeshayahu in response to those deeds of false,
demon worship which are ever associated with
the gluttony displayed in eating unclean animal
flesh/blood:
I have spread out My hands all the day unto a
rebellious people, which walketh in a way that is
not good, after their own thoughts; a people that
provoketh Me to anger continually to My face;
that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense
upon altars of brick; which remain among the
graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat
swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is
in their vessels; which say, “Stand by thyself,
come not near to me; for I am holier than thou.”
These are a smoke in My nostrils, a fire that bur-
neth all the day. Behold, it is written before Me:
I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even
recompense into their bosom; your iniquities,
and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith
hwhy, which have burned incense upon the
mountains, and blasphemed Me upon the hills:
33
See Part 1 of the APPENDIX: “Law vs. Grace.”
therefore will I measure their former work into
their bosom. Yeshayahu 65:2-7
So hwhy regards the eating of unclean flesh as
blasphemy. And then, just one chapter later,
from the very last words recorded by the
prophet, we see a contrast between True Worship
and that which is false. And connected with this
false worship, once again, we see the eating of
swine’s flesh and other abominations forbidden
by the word of hwhy; and, once more, we see the
spirit of anger/murder is quite related to and
connected with eating unclean animals (paren-
thetical comments inserted inside brackets [ ]
throughout verses 3 and 4 are mine):
3 He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man
[spirit of murder]; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if
he cut off a dog’s neck [unclean animal]; he that
offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood
[unclean animal’s blood]; he that burneth incense,
as if he blessed an idol [false worship/idolatry].
Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their
soul delighteth in their abominations. 4 I also
will choose their delusions [demonic, lying spirits,
Romans 1:21,24,26,28, 2Thessalonians 2:10,11]
and will bring their fears upon them [the spirit of
fear seen in the Genesis 9 warning as being con-
nected with eating unclean flesh/blood]; because
when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they
did not hear: but they did evil before Mine eyes,
and chose that in which I delighted not … 15 For,
behold, hwhy will come with fire, and with His
chariots like a whirlwind, to render His anger with
fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by
fire and by His sword will hwhy plead with all
flesh: and the slain of hwhy shall be many. 17
They that sanctify themselves, and purify them-
selves in the gardens behind one tree in the
midst,34 eating swine’s flesh, and the abomina-
tion, and the mouse, shall be consumed together,
saith hwhy. 18 For I know their works and their
thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all na-
tions and tongues; and they shall come, and see
My splendor ... 22 For as the New Heavens and
the New Earth, which I will make, shall remain
before Me, saith hwhy, so shall your seed and your
name remain. 23 And it shall come to pass, that
from one New Moon to another, and from one
34
Committing sin behind a tree in the midst of the garden,
at least sounds like an intentional and blatant reenactment
of the sin in Eden, Genesis 3:2-6. It is interesting to note
both cases related to eating and the latter case involved
eating unclean animal flesh.
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Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship
before Me, saith hwhy. 24 And they shall go forth,
and look upon the carcasses of the men that have
transgressed against Me: for their worm shall not
die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they
shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. Yeshayahu
66:3-4, 15-18, 22-24
These were strong words on the part of hwhy as
He spoke through the prophet Yeshayahu! Were
they ever retracted? Yeshayahu had earlier
prophesied the coming Messiah would magnify
the Law and make it honorable, 42:21. Evidence
will soon be provided which shows this was, in-
deed, the case. All of the Savior’s teachings up-
held the truth of the Torah from the very start of
His ministry (Mattithyahu 5:19-20) all the way
to the very end, Yochanan 17:17. And every-
thing taught by eswhy fully agrees with Yesha-
yahu’s stance against eating unclean animal
flesh! Nothing can be found in all of Scripture to
prove the words of Yeshayahu were ever re-
tracted! The testimony of all the prophets al-
ways was and always will be in accordance with
the immutable commandments of the Torah, Ye-
shayahu 8:20, Deuteronomy 13:1-4. It is only
through the light which our Messiah shines upon
the Torah that we ourselves may walk in the
light of hwhy, Yeshayahu 2:5, 60:1-3, Yochanan
8:12, 9:5, 12:46, 2Corinthians 3:3,7,8,14, Ephe-
sians 5:13,14. But presently, the nations of the
earth rage more and more against the Law of
hwhy as they become drunk with madness and
exult in the idolatry of false worship which in-
volves eating the detestable flesh of unclean
animals, Psalm 2:1-3, 46:6, Yirmeyahu 50:38.
This is the false worship which Yeshayahu
sternly rebuked even as we have seen in his
above-cited prophecies. Yeshayahu also warned
hwhy will respond to this rage against His Torah
with anger of His own: He will come forth to
judge the world with fearsome wrath, Psalm
119:126. “The Lion of the tribe of Yehudah
(Judah)” will come forth with burning vengeance
and unleash His fury upon the lawless and unre-
pentant, Yeshayahu 2:10-21, 30:27-28, 66:15,16,
Revelation 5:10-6:17, 11:18. Let us worship
hwhy in reverence and awe and be abundantly
thankful at all times for His love and for His ex-
ample which shines the light of His Spirit upon
all who seek Him.
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 CHAPTER 6
Baalzebub: the Lord of the Fly
But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out demons, but by Baalzebub,
the prince of the demons. And eswhy knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom di-
vided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not
stand. And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?
And if I by Baalzebub cast out demons, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall
be your judges. But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of Elohim, then the kingdom of Elohim is come
unto you. Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first
bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. He that is not with me is against me; and he
that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blas-
phemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against Ruach haQodesh (the Set Apart Spirit)
shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be
forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against Ruach haQodesh, it shall not be forgiven him, neither
in this age, neither in the age to come. Mattithyahu 12:24-32
The prince of demons was called “Baalze- over matters which even many believers still fail
bub,” which means, “Lord (Baal) of the fly to understand. Scripture reveals there is a pro-
(zebub).” And this demon of false worship is found connection between the Name of hwhy and
said to be the chief spirit among all demons. The His Ruach haQodesh (His Pure, Set Apart
name “Baal-zebub” ties this unclean spirit to the Spirit). The priestly blessing put the Name of
unclean creature, the fly. Flies live in the realm hwhy upon all Yisrael (Numbers 6:22-27, Psalm
of the unclean as they eat dung and lay their eggs 67, Psalm 115:9-15); yet putting the Name of
in rotting garbage. From the above account, we hwhy upon them imparted to them His very Spirit
see eswhy was railed by the Pharisees for sup- thereby bringing many blessings via His contin-
posedly having the spirit of Baalzebub, the ual Presence. How can we know this to be the
Prince of Demons,35 (see also Mark 3:22). Ani- case? It is elsewhere seen the people of the Most
mals with unclean flesh comprise one category High are sealed with His Spirit of promise.
of forbidden, abominable food; yet flies fall into Ephesians 1:13 And based on other evidence,
their own category of forbidden food as revealed we believe this seal to be in the forehead
by the word of hwhy in Leviticus. This latter (Yechezkel 9:4, Revelation 7:3). Further study
class of creatures has the capacity to fly as well will show that this seal is a spiritual emblem
as to move on all fours. Every such creature is which stands in absolute contrast to “the mark of
counted as an abomination by our all-wise, lov- the beast.” The former is a mark of love, alle-
ing Creator who desires us to be healthy and joy- giance and obedience to the Kingdom of Light
ous. Hence, hwhy regards them as detestable – while the latter is a mark of disobedience and
completely unfit and unacceptable for human allegiance to the kingdom of darkness – the
consumption. Leviticus 11:23, Deuteronomy kingdom which stands in opposition to the Torah
14:19 of hwhy.36 In this sealing – which occurs by the
Spirit of hwhy – His very Name and character are
We should not fail to consider the great con-
imparted. For we later see this “seal of the Liv-
trast provided to us in the scene which is set by
ing Elohim” results in “His Name in their fore-
our opening Scripture. It is a contrast between
heads.” Revelation 14:1, 22:4 So Pentecostals
the Purest of the pure and the foulest of the foul.
and any others who really want the power of the
In pondering these things, we will not only real-
Spirit should begin at “square one” by honoring
ize how insulting the incident was to the Spirit of
the Father’s Name just as our Messiah teaches,
hwhy, we will also receive valuable instruction
Mattithyahu 6:9, Micah 6:9. It is through the
priestly blessing referenced above that the Name
35 of hwhy is called upon, or put upon, His people.
The KJV erroneously translates the word “demons” as
“devils.” “Devil” applies only to Satan – “the Adversary”
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and “the Dragon” – who is to be bound in the abyss for the See “The Beast System vs. the Law of hwhy,” referenced
Millennial Reign, Revelation 12:14-17, 20:1-3. in the last section of the APPENDIX.
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The Name of hwhy being called upon or placed
upon the people via this blessing is the actual
meaning and translation of the famous text
which is so frequently cited in Pentecostal cir-
cles:
If My people, upon whom My Name is called,37
shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My
face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will
I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin,
and will heal their land. 2Chronicles 7:14
So the Name of hwhy and His Spirit are not only
synonymous, they are quite inseparable. And the
Name-Spirit connection is further confirmed
through the incident of strife which was insti-
gated by the Pharisees and which was cited in
our opening text. Mattithyahu 12:24-32 Scrip-
ture reveals when these men blasphemed the
Spirit of hwhy they were also grossly violating
the Third Commandment as they dishonored His
Name. They equated Ruach haQodesh, the Pure
Spirit of hwhy, with the unclean, demon spirit
who is called the “Lord of the fly.” The lesson
all should learn from this is that we must be quite
slow in attributing something we do not under-
stand, spiritually, to the working of Satan. Many
believers today are dangerously close to doing
the same as they call good, “evil” in regard to
numerous issues relating to True Worship.38 We
37
This is a reference to the priestly blessing which
calls/puts the Name of hwhy upon His people, Numbers
6:22-27. The mistranslation, “Who are called by My
Name,” is a common mistake made by those scholars who
fail to connect this phrase with the Aaronic blessing seen
in Numbers 6:22-27.
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For instance, some teach speaking in tongues is “of the
Devil” while the apostle Shaul clearly teaches, …“and
forbid not to speak with tongues.” 1Corinthians 14:39
(Speaking in tongues, however, had to occur per his previ-
ous stipulations; those directives are seen in 1Corinthians
12:28-14:38). And in another contemporary case, there
are now many who are attributing the working of the Spirit
of hwhy to an unclean spirit by claiming believers who
teach obedience to His commandments have the spirit of
Jezebel – that murderous, domineering harlot who was the
wife of Ahab. Calling the good, “evil,” is one thing
against which the prophets warn, Yeshayahu 5:20. The
apostle Yochanan taught obedience to the commandments
of the Torah, Yochanan 14:15,21, 15:10, 1Yochanan 5:3,
Revelation 12:17, 14:12, 22:14. Do we dare suppose he
also had the spirit of Jezebel? It is somewhat amazing,
though, that an entire denomination (Pentecostal) so
strongly emphasizes one doctrine (tongues) – a doctrine
mentioned so few times in the Word – while members of
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note eswhy warned their sin would not be for-
given in the age of His first appearing nor in the
age that was to come. But does this not all sound
rather familiar? Where else do we read in Scrip-
ture of sin which results in one not being for-
given? Where else does hwhy issue the very
same warning by stating one’s guilt will not be
taken away and that punishment is certain?
hwhy Himself warns there will not be forgiveness
for those who take His Name in vain:
You shall not take the Name of hwhy thy Elohim
in vain; for hwhy will not hold him guiltless that
taketh His Name in vain. Exodus 20:7
There is no forgiveness for those who blaspheme
the Spirit; there is no forgiveness for those who
take His Name in vain; there is “no more sacri-
fice for sins” for those who “do despite unto the
Spirit of favor.” 1Shemuel 3:14, Hoshea 8:13-
9:1, Hebrews 10:26,27,29 All of this shows us
the Name of hwhy and His Spirit are virtually
one and the same: an impartation of the Name
imparts the Spirit; an impartation of the Spirit
seals one in, or imparts, the Name. When we
stand for the honor due His Name, the Spirit of
power is with us mightily. 1Shemuel 17:45 Yet
those who despise and profane His Qodesh
Name equally scorn His Spirit and they will soon
know His wrath and vengeance, Malachi 1:6,
2:1-3, Revelation 16:9. It is a terrible thing to
fall into the hands of the Living Elohim. He-
brews 10:30,31
Finally, the order and content of the first four
of the Ten Commandments are further confirma-
tion of this Name-Spirit connection:
I. The First Commandment speaks of the Fa-
ther. Exodus 20:2-3 For hwhy, the Father, is
over all:
Have we not all one Father? hath not one Elo-
him created us? Malachi 2:10
But to us there is but one Elohim, the Father, of
whom are all things, and we in Him; and one
Sovereign, eswhy the Messiah, by whom are all
things, and we by Him. 1 Corinthians 8:6
this same persuasion so readily reject truths with many
times more scriptural backing and emphasis (such as the
Name of hwhy, the difference between clean and unclean
flesh, and the truth regarding the Sabbath and Feasts of
hwhy).

II. The Second Commandment speaks of the
Son. Exodus 20:4-6 Although this command-
ment relates negatively to images of false wor-
ship, its positive and prophetic implications infer
there is also a True Image standing in contrast to
those which are false. And, indeed, eswhy the
Messiah is called by the apostle, “the Image of
the invisible Elohim” (Colossians 1:15, Hebrews
1:3, Yochanan 14:7,9) for every son is the image
of his father. As the True Image of hwhy, eswhy
stands in contrast to the images of false worship
forbidden by the Second Commandment. While
we are not to bow down to worship before false
images of anything found in the heavens above,
the earth beneath, or the waters under the earth,
the day is coming when every knee shall bow
before the One who is the True Image of hwhy.
Comparing the Second Commandment (espe-
cially Exodus 20:4) with the following words of
Shaul to the Philippians (especially vs. 10), we
see striking similarities which are far more than
coincidence:
9 Wherefore hwhy also hath highly exalted Him,
and given Him a Name which is above every
name: 10 that at the Name of eswhy every knee
should bow, of things in heaven, and things in
earth, and things under the earth; 11 and that
every tongue should confess that eswhy the Mes-
siah is hwhy, to the splendor of Elohim the Fa-
ther. Philippians 2:9-11, Yeshayahu 45:23
The Second Commandment forbids the worship
of any image representing any creatures in the
heavens above, or in the earth beneath, or in the
waters under the earth. Yet in Shaul’s reference
to the Second Commandment, he indicates the
day is coming when all things in heaven above,
and in the earth beneath, and in the waters under
the earth will bow before the True Image of
hwhy, the One and only hwhy-Yeshua haMa-
shiach. He is the One who died and was raised
again and He is the One upon whom was be-
stowed “the Name above all names” – the very
Name of hwhy.
III. The Third Commandment speaks of the
Spirit. Exodus 20:7 For only through the Spirit
can we have both the Father and the Son:
Who is a liar but he that denieth that eswhy is
the Messiah? He is the Anti-Messiah, that denies
the Father and the Son. Whosoever denies the
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Son, the same hath not the Father: he that ac-
knowledges the Son hath the Father also. Let
that therefore abide in you, which you have
heard from the beginning. If that which you
have heard from the beginning shall remain in
you, you also shall continue in the Son, and in
the Father. 1Yochanan 2:24
The abode which the Father and Son make in us
is a residence of the indwelling Spirit:
eswhy answered and said unto him, If a man
love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father
will love him, and We will come unto him, and
make Our abode with him. Yochanan 14:23
In whom you also are being built together for a
habitation of Elohim through the Spirit. Ephe-
sians 2:22
And once more, this confirms the Name-Spirit
connection as it is only through faith in His
Name that we may receive the Spirit power to
become His sons:
He came unto His own, and His own received
Him not. But as many as received Him, to them
gave He power to become the sons of Elohim,
even to them that believe on His Name.
Yochanan 1:11,12
Those who honor the Name of hwhy have His
Spirit working within them. For it is by the
Spirit that hwhy is One; it is by the Spirit that we
are one with Him having been sealed in His
Name; and it is only by His Name/Spirit that we
are able to walk in the love which brings true
unity with our brethren. Yochanan 17:11,21,23,
26
IV. The Fourth Commandment speaks of
Rest. Exodus 20:8-12 For those who have the
Father and Son also have His Spirit; they have
great rest and peace in Him as only the Spirit can
give:
As a beast goes down into the valley, the Spirit of
hwhy made him to rest: so did You lead Your
people, to make Yourself a Name majestic.
Yeshayahu/Isaiah 63:14
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto
you: not as the world gives, I give to you. Let not
your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Yochanan 14:27
The Spirit produces the fruit of righteousness before us – further emphasizes one of the main
which, in turn, leads to peace; and only in find- points of our manuscript: the Torah of hwhy is
ing such peace can we truly be at rest. Yesha- still valid and authoritative at this present, criti-
yahu 48:18, 54:13, Mark 9:50, Romans 14:17, cal time in history as it continues to shed further
Galatians 5:22, Ya’acob/James 3:18. light on the New Covenant teachings of the Mes-
siah; the Torah grants us greater understanding
In summary, the first Four of the Ten Com-
of something so critical as blasphemy of the
mandments reveal the Father, the Son, the Spirit,
Spirit; the Torah provides prophetic light by
and Rest; only when both the Father and the Son
bringing forth what is new from that which is
make their dwelling in us by the Spirit can we be
old. Mattithyahu 13:52, Yeshayahu 42:9 Only a
inspired and empowered to walk in loving obe-
Sovereign Creator – who knew the end from the
dience; and only then can we have true rest and
beginning – could author such a work! Yesha-
peace.39 This, we believe, further supports the
yahu 46:10, Revelation 21:6, 22:13 Blasphemy
very real, profoundly instructive, and spiritually
of the Spirit was and is a matter of severe grav-
powerful connection between the Name of hwhy
ity. We dare not despise His Name as did the
and His Spirit: the Name and the Spirit converge
priests of old or as do many ministers today,
upon and within the Third Commandment. And
Malachi 1:6. We dare not speak evil against His
this connection – which now stands so clearly
Spirit. Instead of speaking rashly, it is far better
to withhold comment and to seek hwhy with fast-
39
While we have viewed what might be called the ulti- ing and prayer until He grants us uncontestable
mate, spiritual meaning of each of the First Four Com- light over dubious issues.40
mandments, it should be emphasized none of these truths
do away with the importance of either the physical or the As goes the unclean and forbidden creatures
emotional aspects of these weighty Torah ordinances of the earth, the recurring truth we see through-
which compose no small portion of the Decalogue. The out the Scriptures is that unclean spirits are ever
literal, physical, Seventh Day, Shabbat/rest is of immense associated with those creatures which hwhy re-
importance if we desire to be set apart by hwhy and to en- gards as filthy and detestable. The prince of de-
ter His greater rest, spiritually, Exodus 31:12,13, Revela- mons was associated with the unclean creature
tion 14:13. Emotional rest is equally as important: we can
be at rest, physically, while our minds are at war, emotion-
which we know today as the “fly.” hwhy desires
ally. Psalm 55:21 And when a person’s emotional state is His Spirit dwell within us without hindrance and
one of turmoil, we question just how wholesome or how the washing of the water by His word will bring
complete any physical rest they obtain might be. Yesha- cleanness physically, emotionally, and spiritu-
yahu 48:18, 22, 57:20,21 Once more, meditation upon ally. Ephesians 5:25-27, 2Timothy 2:21 The in-
hwhy and His Torah is the answer, Psalm 119:165, Yesha- tent of hwhy is to purify us from “every defile-
yahu 26:3. It is meditation upon the Torah which keeps ment of flesh and spirit” and this surely includes
our minds from being blown about as chaff before the
separation from the blood, toxins, and parasites
wind, Psalm 1:1-4, Ephesians 4:14. Concerning the Sec-
ond Commandment: while we must honor and bow before in the flesh of unclean animals. 2Corinthians 7:1
the True Image of hwhy in the spiritual realm, we must The zeal of hwhy of hosts will accomplish this as
also reject the worship of statues and other graven images His Spirit of love burns in the life and heart of
in the physical realm, Leviticus 26:1, Daniel 3:1-18. And each believer.
yet, does the Second Commandment speak only of physi- t s r q u p e o n m l k y j x z w h d g b a
cal images? Certainly not. Many remain in bondage for a
lifetime to images of another form: mental or emotional
images which are allowed to be graven in the mind effec-
tively set up statues of lust and improper thoughts which
are, oftentimes, permanent. Many bow down before such
graven images throughout their entire lives (Ephesians
2:1-3); many are never able to destroy such unclean, men-
tal or emotional icons of false worship. The Law of hwhy
operates in all three realms: physical, emotional and spiri-
tual. Those who fail to cultivate obedience in any of these
three realms will fall short of receiving the blessings which
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hwhy has for His people; and those who ignore or reject Unlike the Messiah, so many today judge by what their
any of these three realms are simply not wise, Proverbs eyes see and make decisions by what their ears hear.
9:12. (Compare Yeshayahu 11:3, Yochanan 7:24)
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 CHAPTER 7
Gnaturally Good?
“You blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
– eswhy the Messiah, Mattithyahu 23:24
How many Christians today realize their Sav-
ior and Messiah openly taught there was a clear
difference between the clean and the unclean?
eswhy clearly taught against eating unclean, de-
testable creatures. He was faithful to keep and to
teach those things which the priests of old failed
to impart to Yisrael. At one point in time, their
lack of diligence in leading Yisrael aright made
the following, sad indictment from hwhy through
Yechezkel necessary:
Her priests have done violence to My Torah and
they profane My set apart words. They have not
distinguished between the set apart and profane,
nor have they made known the difference be-
tween the unclean and the clean. And they have
hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am
profaned in their midst. Yechezkel 22:26
eswhy the Messiah, however, never failed in this
regard! He did put a difference between the un-
clean and the clean! Very early in His ministry,
eswhy warned His followers not to allow the
truth of the word to be devalued and profaned by
those who would not reverence something of
such great worth:
Do not give what is set-apart to the dogs, nor
throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample
them under their feet, and turn and tear you in
pieces. Mattithyahu 7:6, ISRV
eswhy used the well-established uncleanness of
dogs and swine to impress upon His followers
there were degenerate men who were so repro-
bate and/or proud they should not be presented
with the truth of the word. With this, the Law
and the Prophets agree, Proverbs 9:8, 23:9, Ho-
shea 4:4,17, 2Timothy 3:5.41 Unclean creatures
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Not correcting the proud is seen in other places even in
relation to backsliding Yisraelites. For the importance of
the relationship between prayer and teaching the pure
ways of hwhy, compare Yirmeyahu 7:16-18, 11:12-14,
14:10-12 and 1Yochanan 5:16; then contrast Ya’acob
5:16-20. These texts can be summarized as follows: those
who were to no longer receive assistance via prayers of-
fered on their behalf, were also not to be further taught or
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were also used by the Messiah to convey addi-
tional spiritual truths. In later ministry work,
eswhy referred to the hypocritical inconsisten-
cies on the part of the scribes and Pharisees by
exclaiming,
“You blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and
swallow a camel!” Mattithyahu 23:24
How unthinkable for anyone within the com-
monwealth of Yisrael to eat any portion of a
camel, let alone the entire thing! Yet, by anal-
ogy, that is how blind these teachers of the Law
had become in an effort to perpetuate their relig-
ion above the word of hwhy, Yeshayahu 56:10-
12. eswhy continues the analogy by stating
these leaders avoided “eating” the outward
“gnats,” but, inwardly, they were gorged with
extortion/dishonesty and were quite gluttonous
in feeding the lusts of their flesh:
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo-
crites! for you make clean the outside of the cup
and of the platter, but within they are full of ex-
tortion and excess. Mattithyahu 23:25
We note eating the entire, unclean camel (in vs.
24) corresponds with being “full of extortion and
excess” – things which indicate all-out greed, a
lack of self-control, and gluttony. These men
were using their position of power to cover their
lust and to take advantage of others. And as so
many often do in religious issues, the Pharisees
reproved from the Word of hwhy. Prayer was no longer to
be made on their behalf since they had closed their ears to
hearing the word of hwhy; they were beyond words and
were ripe for punishment. Hoshea 4:17, Mattithyahu 15:14
The connection between prayer and teaching clearly re-
veals prayer is always the main work and the all-important
prerequisite if we truly want to help and serve others
through the ministry of the Word, 1Shemuel 12:23, Acts
6:2-4. Prayer filled with love and compassion must pre-
cede “speaking the truth in love.” Ephesians 4:15 The
epistles of the apostle Shaul also reveal this as he was seen
to be laboring in prayer over all those to whom he wrote;
this fact becomes quite clear as one studies the com-
mencement of nearly every letter credited to this servant of
hwhy.
were tending to the small matters in a self-
exalting way while neglecting those greater as-
pects of the Torah which would show true love
for their Creator and for their fellow man, Mat-
tithyahu 23:23, Luke 11:42; cf. Exodus 20:6,
Yochanan 14:15, and 1Yochanan 5:3. But we
must note the rebuke of the Messiah regarding
the gnat and the camel carries absolutely no
meaning or weight if either of those creatures are
acceptable for food! Yet through the Torah in-
junctions already seen, hwhy commands we eat
neither the gnat nor the camel! Leviticus 11:4, 23
Not only so, in the category of “unclean,” the
camel is the animal listed first of all while the
gnat numbers among those creatures falling into
the last mentioned category of abominable crea-
tures: those which fly but which may also opt to
walk on four legs! See Leviticus 11:4-23. In His
rebuke, eswhy was covering the entire list of un-
clean creatures! In complete agreement with His
Father’s Law, eswhy was openly acknowledging
and recognizing the gnat and the camel were un-
clean and unqualified as items of food! But our
Messiah not only taught the physical principles
of the Torah, eswhy magnified the Law (Yesha-
yahu 42:21) as He took those physical principles
even further … into the spiritual realm, Romans
7:14.42 If, at the time of His death, there was no
longer a distinction between clean and unclean
animal flesh, then the above words of eswhy re-
garding the gnat and the camel carry no force!
Yet followers of the Messiah were commanded
by Him to teach all nations all that He had taught
them! Mattithyahu 28:18-20 eswhy kept and
taught the Torah of His Father so the “Great
Commission” must certainly include teaching all
nations the difference between clean and unclean
animal flesh! There is simply no Scriptural evi-
dence eswhy ever changed any moral law at His
death or after being raised from the dead! He
was with the apostles over the space of forty
days as He taught them concerning the Kingdom,
Acts 1:1-3. Further, before His ascension at the
end of those forty days, these men desired to
know if eswhy would, at that time, restore the
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The apostle Shaul magnified the Law in the same man-
ner when instructing Gentiles to keep a foundational,
physical aspect of the Feast of Passover (purging their
houses from the old leaven, Exodus 12:15,19, 13:7), while
he further magnified the spiritual goal which this law was
intended to teach: removing the leavening of malice and
wickedness, 1Corinthians 5:7,8.
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Kingdom to Yisrael, Acts 1:6,7. What did their
inquiry mean? At the time the apostles’ question
was posed, Yisrael was under the iron-rod rule of
the Romans. But at that great time in history yet
to come (and to which the apostles referred),
Yisrael will be restored to its international su-
premacy and world dominance; this restoration
will take place and remain unchallenged for a
full 1000 years! And it is prophesied of that
Great Era the Law will go forth from Tziyon and
be incumbent upon all inhabitants of the earth!
Psalm 102:13-16, Yeshayahu 2:1-4, Micah 4:1-3,
Zecharyah 14:16-19 Having learned more of the
coming Kingdom, the apostles eagerly awaited
the time when Yisrael would be restored accord-
ing to those great, theretofore unfulfilled prophe-
cies. They knew the iron-rod rule enforcing the
Torah would someday be given over perma-
nently to the people of the Most High; at that
time, His Torah-based judgments will crush the
disobedient nations into submission! Psalm 2:7-
9, Daniel 7:18, 22, 27, Revelation 2:26, 27,
19:15 So these first followers of eswhy were not
aware of any law having been abolished. And
they very much looked forward to the coming
Kingdom reign of the Messiah – the King and
the Lawgiver! The King of Yisrael would some-
day be enforcing His Kingship over all the
world! Mattithyahu 27:42, Mark 15:32,
Yochanan 1:49, 12:13 They rightly understood
their Messiah and King would restore worldwide
dominance to their nation as so clearly prophe-
sied! Yeshayahu 2:1-4, Acts 1:6 And we would
be amiss should we fail to note these apostles
and followers of eswhy still kept the Feasts of
the Kingdom even after His ascension! And
rightly so! For when the lawless spirit of the
Anti-Messiah is cut off from the earth, all man-
kind will keep these prophetic Feasts – the Feasts
which proclaim the Good News of the eternal
plan of salvation:
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that
bringeth Good Tidings, that publisheth peace! O
Yehudah (Judah), keep thy solemn Feasts, per-
form thy vows: for the wicked one shall no more
pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. Nachum
1:15, Yeshayahu 66:22,23, Zecharyah 14:16-19
When hwhy makes the grave of the Anti-Messiah
(Nachum 1:14, 2 Thessalonians 2:8), the earth
will be filled with truth, righteousness, peace,
joy, and abundance! Psalm 85:9-13, Yeshayahu
35:10, 51:11, 61:7, Amos 9:13. Further, the
Nachum prophecy43 shows the Feasts of hwhy
are a very part of the Good News of the coming
Kingdom! They were a part of the True Good
News preached by the apostles in the first cen-
tury and they are still valid and binding today!
These truths add more meaning to the prayer,
“Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, in
heaven and upon the earth.” Mattithyahu 6:10
The Feasts reveal the Heavenly will and salva-
tion plans of hwhy! The outpouring of the Spirit
on the Feast of Weeks (“Chag Shavuoth;” trans-
lated, “Pentecost”) showed that particular Feast
was still quite recognized in Heaven. And so,
this great Feast Day was one on which the will of
hwhy in heaven could be done on earth in a spe-
cial way at a special time among those who were
obedient in observing it, Mattithyahu 6:10, Acts
2:1-4, Leviticus 23:15-21, Deuteronomy
16:10,16 (see also Acts 20:16 and 1 Corinthians
16:8 which show this Feast was still kept and
honored by the apostle Shaul as well!)
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Nachum 1:15
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The words of our Savior carry eternal weight
and significance. He clearly teaches the dog, the
swine, the camel, the gnat, and consequently, all
other unclean creatures are still abominations;
as such, they remain unfit for human consump-
tion. So if any would maintain unclean animal
flesh and detestable creatures are gnaturally
good, they will be opposing the One who never
changes, Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8. They will
also be opposing themselves and will suffer
physically, emotionally, and spiritually from the
intake of the toxic, parasite-laden flesh of un-
clean animals. eswhy taught both the gnat and
the camel were unclean as they fell into the
realm of detestable creatures which the word of
hwhy does not set apart, or designate, as food fit
for our consumption! 1Timothy 4:1,2. In the
physical realm, then, let us eat neither the gnat
nor the camel. And in the spiritual realm, let us
“examine ourselves”44 to see if we are straining
out a “gnat” while swallowing a “camel.” In do-
ing so, our Messiah who suffered and died will
be greatly exalted and richly satisfied, Colos-
sians 1:18, Yeshayahu 53:11.
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Mattithyahu 7:5, 1Corinthians 11:31, Galatians 6:1
 CHAPTER 8
Wasting Food?
“When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets filled
with broken pieces did you pick up?” They said to Him, “Twelve.” “And when I
broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets filled with
broken pieces did you pick up?” And they said, “Seven.”
Mark 8:19,20
And they came over unto the other side of the
sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And
when He was come out of the ship, immediately
there met Him out of the tombs a man with an
unclean spirit, 3 who had his dwelling among
the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not
with chains: 4 because that he had been often
bound with fetters and chains, and the chains
had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters
broken in pieces: neither could any man tame
him. 5 And always, night and day, he was in the
mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting
himself with stones. Mark 5:1-5
Is it any coincidence eswhy encountered the
Gadarene demoniac in a region which grew de-
testable swine for food and economy? Through-
out Scripture, we have seen a connection which
is most telling: the link between eating unclean
animal flesh and the uncleanness of demonic
possession and demonic influence. Here is one
who was possessed by so many demons they
called themselves “Legion” saying, “… for we
are many.” Mark 5:9 Yet as powerful as they
were over the sons of men (Mark 5:1-4), these
many demons bowed in fear before eswhy, the
Messiah of Yisrael and the Son of the Most High
Elohim. Mark 5:6,7, Ya’acob 2:19 The Savior
of all was a Prophet filled with the Spirit of the
Living Mighty One; He was “mighty in deed and
word before Elohim and all the people,” Luke
24:19, Acts 10:38. Is it not telling the demons
requested leave of the man to go into the swine?
which, by the way, numbered some 2000! Once
eswhy gave them permission to enter those
swine, the pigs went into self-destruct mode;
they ran madly down a steep incline and
drowned in the sea:
And all the demons besought Him, saying, Send
us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
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And immediately eswhy gave them leave. And
the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the
swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep
place into the sea, (they were about two thou-
sand) and were choked in the sea. Mark 5:12,13
Through this incident, the Spirit warns us all:
there is a direct connection between eating un-
clean flesh (and the blood inherent therein) and
demonic possession/bondage. And as we see
from the feeding of the multitudes in our opening
text, eswhy was not One to allow good food to
be wasted! When the multitudes were fed, His
followers picked up all of the left over, truly edi-
ble food. Mattithyahu 14:20, 15:37, Mark 8:18-
20 So the herd’s destruction down the hill and
into the sea was quite a commentary against at
least one aspect of the local economy of the
Gerasenes: the raising and marketing of swine
for food. eswhy would allow no one else to be
possessed by demons from eating the flesh of
their unclean pigs! The Messiah thus destroyed
the works of the Devil, 2Corinthians 10:3-5,
1Yochanan 3:8. But like the prophet Yeshayahu,
if He were here today, our Savior would not be a
very popular Figure with the pork industry.
From the beginning, we have been warned
about unclean flesh and blood and their connec-
tion with demons of false worship who spread
unclean thoughts of fear, murder and destruction,
Genesis 9:1-7, Leviticus 17:4-14. And through
this real-life account, we have a specific incident
in which the foul spirits of demons and demonic
bondage are associated with the madness, the
rage, and the destructive tendencies of unclean
animals. While this most telling connection
speaks volumes over the issue, there are other
Scriptures, yet forthcoming, which clearly sound
forth the very same warning.
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 CHAPTER 9
Did They Eat “Anything?”
After these things the Master appointed other seventy also, and sent them two
and two before His face into every city and place, whither He Himself would come.
Therefore said He unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray
you therefore the Sovereign of the harvest, that He would send forth labourers into His harvest.
Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor
shoes: and salute no man by the way. And into whatsoever house you enter, first say, Peace be to
this house. And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you
again. And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the
labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. And into whatsoever city
you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you … Luke 10:1-8

Some maintain eswhy actually gave His dis-
ciples permission to eat unclean animals when
sending out “the seventy” to preach the Good
News of the Kingdom. We have already seen
eswhy clearly taught against eating unclean ani-
mal flesh. Was He now contradicting His own
teachings with the phrase, …“eat such things as
are set before you?” We can be sure He would
not teach against His Father’s Torah (Mat-
tithyahu 5:17-20) for had He done so, eswhy
would have been, by definition, a false prophet!
Deuteronomy 13:1-4 Nor would the Messiah
contradict the testimony of the prophet Yesha-
yahu, who warned of severe punishment from
hwhy upon those who participated in the idolatry
of eating the abominations of unclean flesh!
However, the Messianic writings do provide evi-
dence there was a widespread issue in those days
over the possibility that even clean meat had
been offered to idols. And this appears to have
been a widespread concern both during and after
the time in which eswhy walked upon the earth.
Notice how the very words of eswhy, …“eat
such things as are set before you,”… are later
echoed by the apostle Shaul in the clear context
of food offered to idols:
25 Whatsoever is sold in the marketplace, that
eat, asking no question for conscience sake: 26
For the earth is for hwhy, and the fullness
thereof. 27 If any of them that believe not bid
you to a feast, and you be disposed to go; what-
soever is set before you, eat, asking no question
for conscience sake. 28 But if any man say unto
you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat
not for his sake that showed it, and for con-
science sake: for the earth is for hwhy, and the
fullness thereof. 1Corinthians 10:25-28
Permission to eat whatever was set before them
was granted to believers in light of the possibility
something on the table had been offered to idols;
but such permission was not a concession given
to allow for the eating of unclean, detestable
flesh! Time and time again the people of hwhy
are called upon to refuse conformity with the
lawlessness of this present world! Yirmeyahu
10:1-3, Romans 12:1,2 Part of this nonconform-
ity certainly involves our remaining separate
from every defilement of flesh and spirit,
2Corinthians 7:1. Unclean animals defile the
flesh of those who eat such abominable things.
When sending out the seventy, the author as-
serts it was concern over things sacrificed to
idols which eswhy was addressing – not the eat-
ing of clean or unclean flesh. Otherwise, eswhy
contradicts His own stance on the Father’s Law
which He flawlessly kept and freely taught. For
eswhy had already openly declared the immuta-
bility and permanence of the Torah; so much so
that not even “the least” of any commandment
would ever be diminished, Mattithyahu 5:17-20;
this includes the Torah commands which forbid
eating unclean animal flesh. While participating
in a false worship service of idolatry was forbid-
den by the moral codes of the Torah, eating a
small portion of clean meat which was possibly
offered to idols apart from one’s knowledge was
quite another matter. We have to give Scriptures
credit for consistency over doctrinal issues. Not
only have we been given severe, prophetic warn-
ings against eating detestable flesh in the writ-
ings of the prophet Yeshayahu, the apostle

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Kepha (Peter) testified he had never eaten any-
thing common or unclean! This apostle had been
a companion of eswhy the Messiah for some
three years; he was then taught of the Messiah
over the space of forty days after His resurrec-
tion! Acts 1:3 Even so, some ten years after the
Messiah had ascended into Heaven and Kepha
had received the power of the Spirit while keep-
ing the Feast of Shavuoth (i.e., Pentecost), the
apostle could still say he had never eaten any-
thing common or unclean!45 It is to Kepha’s tes-
timony and to that very incident which we now
turn.
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Catholics would do well to follow Kepha’s example
since they consider him to have been the first Pope!
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 CHAPTER 10
The Apostle Kepha’s Vision
“Not so, Sovereign; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.”
– The Apostle Kepha/Peter, Acts 10:14
We now relive an account which many today
cite out of context as “proof” it is okay to eat any
kind of meat one desires. In this incident –
which occurred over ten years after the Mes-
siah’s death, burial, resurrection and ascension –
we see the apostle, Shimon Kepha (Simon Pe-
ter), refusing to eat unclean creatures:
On the morrow, as they went on their journey,
and drew nigh unto the city, Kepha went up upon
the housetop to pray about the sixth hour. And
he became very hungry, and would have eaten:
but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel de-
scending unto him, as it had been a great sheet
knit at the four corners, and let down to the
earth, wherein were all manner of fourfooted
beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creep-
ing things, and fowls of the air. And there came
a voice to him, “Rise, Kepha; kill, and eat.” But
Kepha said, “Not so, Sovereign; for I have never
eaten any thing that is common or unclean.”
And the voice spake unto him again the second
time, “What Elohim hath cleansed, you should
not consider common.” This was done three
times; and the vessel was received up again into
heaven. Now while Kepha doubted in himself
what this vision which he had seen should mean,
behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius
had made enquiry for Shimon’s house, and stood
before the gate, and called, and asked whether
Shimon, which was surnamed Kepha, was lodged
there. While Kepha thought on the vision, the
Spirit said unto him, “Behold, three men seek
thee. Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go
with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent
them.” Acts 10:6-20
Ten years after the Messiah had ascended into
Heaven and Kepha had received the power of the
Spirit while keeping the Feast of Shavuoth (i.e.,
Pentecost), this apostle could still say he had
never eaten anything common or unclean!
Through this vision, then, did the apostle Kepha
and all subsequent believers really get permis-
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sion to eat any and all unclean animals? First of
all, it is nowhere recorded Kepha interpreted the
vision in such a way; he never applied the vision
to eating actual, unclean animals in the physical
realm as so many do who purport to believe his
apostolic authority! After receiving the vision, it
is written the apostle “doubted in himself what
this vision which he had seen should mean.” For
he knew no vision of true prophecy could ever
be given which was against the long-established,
word of hwhy, Deuteronomy 13:1-4, Yeshayahu
8:20. Quoting the prophet Yeshayahu, Kepha
himself even wrote of the eternal immutability of
the Torah and the Prophets:
For all flesh is as grass, and all the splendor of
man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth,
and the flower thereof falleth away: but the word
of hwhy endures for ever. And this is the word
which by the Good News is preached unto you.
1Kepha 1:24,25, Yeshayahu 40:7,8
hwhy never intended for Kepha to eat unclean
meat any more than He intended for the prophet
Yechezkel to eat food which was cooked over
human dung, see Yechezkel 4:12-15! So while
Shimon Kepha was doubting in himself the vi-
sion’s meaning, hwhy spoke to him and the
meaning of the revelation began to materialize:
While Kepha thought on the vision, the Spirit
said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with
them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
Acts 10:19,20
By erroneously, actively, and zealously teaching
something which this account does not mean,
many are missing what great prophecy was now
being fulfilled in this signal encounter of a Gen-
tile with a Yehudi (Jew)! We first note in the
vision a vessel like “a great sheet knit at the four
corners” was “let down to the earth.” It is of
major significance the sheet was knit at the four
corners! For the Yahudim (from the tribe of Ye-
hudah) were entrusted with the Law, Genesis
49:10, Psalm 60:7, Romans 3:1,2. Even though
all Yisrael was appointed to be an example to the
pagan nations around them, the Yahudim were
especially designated to represent the Nation and
to guard the Torah. All Yisraelites had been
commanded to wear tassels (Hebrew, “tzi-tzit”)
which were knit into the four corners of their
garments. Numbers 15:37-41 In the literal He-
brew, the phrase “four corners” actually meant,
“four wings;” this is the same Hebrew word used
for the wings of a bird; and this is the same word
used in the Ninety-first Psalm which speaks of
being covered under the shadow of His wings,
Psalm 91:1-4. These tassels on the four wings
were to contain a cord of blue representing the
commandments of the Torah. Blue represented
the color of the heavens above where the com-
mandments of hwhy are forever settled, Psalm
119:89. Thus, when we bow in prayer while
wearing the tassels, heaven touches earth, Mat-
tithyahu 6:9,10. By remembering the written
word, believers of every generation are ulti-
mately commanded to set their minds on things
above where the Messiah – the Living Word –
sits at the right hand of hwhy in the Heavens
above. Numbers 15:37-40, Yeshayahu 26:2,
55:9, Colossians 3:1,2; contrast Philippians 3:19,
Yeshayahu 56:11, and Micah 3:11.
When the Messiah came, a very special and
specific prophecy was fulfilled in regard to the
garment worn by the Yahudim as well as by all
faithful Yisraelites. As we progress, bear in
mind the tassels were knit in the four “wings” of
the garment and the cord of blue represented the
word of hwhy. When the woman with an issue of
blood touched the tzi-tzit (or tassels) of the Mes-
siah’s garment, she was made whole, Luke 8:43-
48. But centuries before, the prophetic word of
hwhy had been given through Malachi that the
sun of righteousness would rise with healing in
His wings, Malachi 4:2. And this is the very
thing which was seen in the healing incident
with the woman! eswhy possessed healing in the
very wings of His garment; this provides us with
yet another fulfilled prophecy and yet another
proof He was the Living Word and the Messiah
of hwhy! He was the “Cord of Blue!” He was
the “Tzi-tzit” in the flesh! He was the Word of
hwhy who had come down from above and,
wherever He went, Heaven touched earth!
Yochanan 3:13, 6:38,51,58.
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In light of all these things, we can better un-
derstand the prophecy which foretold the Gen-
tiles would one day seek understanding of the
Torah at the mouth of a Yehudi; figuratively
speaking, this would occur by the Gentiles tak-
ing hold of the tassels on the four wings of a Ye-
hudi’s garment:
Thus saith hwhy of hosts: In those days it shall
come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of
all languages of the nations, even shall take hold
of the skirt of him that is a Yehudi, saying, “We
will go with you: for we have heard that Elohim
is with you.” Zecharyah 8:23
This is precisely what was now occurring as
Cornelius sent his men to seek the apostle
Kepha! Kepha saw a great sheet knit at the four
corners (having tzi-tzit!) filled with unclean
animals – representing the unclean nations, or
Gentiles. But by taking hold of the Living and
written word – in fearing hwhy and keeping His
commandments (Ecclesiastes 12:13, Acts 10:35)
– these Gentiles would now be cleansed. Gen-
tiles were now coming to the Yahudim for the
word of hwhy! They had heard from a heavenly
messenger that Elohim was with the apostle
Kepha, Acts 10:3-6,22. And this was the case in
a most powerful way as Shimon Kepha had
walked with eswhy – the One called “Immanuel”
– meaning, “Elohim with us.” Mattithyahu 1:23
And Elohim remained with the first century be-
lievers in many powerful ways by His Spirit after
the ascension of eswhy. Cornelius, the Gentile,
was specifically led to the apostle Kepha by the
very Spirit of hwhy! This Gentile was directed to
take hold of the skirt of one who was a Yehudi.
Zecharyah 8:23 And through his vision, Kepha
gradually began to see and realize the Gentiles
would now enter the commonwealth of Yisrael,
Ephesians 2:11-13, 19-21. The vision of Kepha
revealed the Gentiles would be looking to the
Yahudim and the way of salvation (i.e., the Mes-
siah!) which was provided from on high through
their tribe, Yochanan 4:22. The apostle Shaul
did not rebuke Kepha at a later time for persuad-
ing the Gentiles to live as Yahudim; he only re-
proved Kepha for his hypocrisy while doing so,
Galatians 2:11-14. For Shaul was, himself, a
living fulfillment of the Zecharyah prophecy as
he, too, taught Gentile converts to begin living in The vision, then, was given to confirm hwhy
the Messiah as true Yahudim: had opened a way for the Gentiles to receive sal-
vation through the Good News of eswhy, Acts
This I say therefore, and testify in hwhy, that you 15:7-9. It was the fulfillment of an amazing
henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in prophecy given hundreds of years before by the
the vanity of their mind … Ephesians 4:17 prophet Zecharyah which predicted Gentiles
would turn to eswhy and begin learning the ways
Shaul taught the Gentiles – at Ephesus and in of hwhy revealed in the Torah; and it was the be-
every other place – of the written and Living ginning of a long process which was to span the
Word; they were to no longer walk in darkness next 2000 years leading up to the present time of
as the Gentiles; rather, they were directed to which it is written:
walk in the light of the Torah as the Yahudim,
Romans 2:28,29. And, ultimately, they were to All the ends of the world shall remember and
walk as the Premier Yehudi, eswhy the Messiah,
turn unto hwhy; and all the kindreds of the na-
Luke 2:28-32, Ephesians 4:17-20, 1Yochanan
tions shall worship before Thee. Psalm 22:27
2:6. So this was an exciting time in the ministry
of Kepha and in the courts of Heaven! The way
But it was never recorded any of the apostles or
of salvation through the prophesied Messiah was
other early believers in eswhy began to swine
now opening to the Gentiles! They were now
and dine based on Kepha’s vision or its implica-
taking hold of the tzi-tzit of One who was a Ye-
tions. They rightly understood the vision to be
hudi – eswhy ha Mashiach, the One of whom the
allegorical as applying to those Gentiles who
Zecharyah prophecy ultimately speaks! Luke
were turning to hwhy with sincere hearts and who
10:16 So once he arrived at the house of Corne-
were taking hold of His covenant (Yeshayahu
lius, the gentile, and once he heard of the man’s
56:4). As they took hold of the tassels of the Ul-
faith in the Elohim of Yisrael, Kepha would say
timate Yehudi, those of “every tribe, and tongue,
this as he referred back to the vision:
and people, and nation” found salvation in the
exalted Messiah enthroned on high, Yeshayahu
28 And he said unto them, “You know how that
56:6-8, Revelation 5:9, 7:9.
it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Yahudi
to keep company, or come unto one of another t s r q u p e o n m l k y j x z w h d g b a
nation;46 but Elohim hath shown me that I
should not call any man common or unclean”
... 34 Then Kepha opened his mouth, and said,
“Of a truth I perceive that Elohim is no re-
specter of persons: 35 but in every nation he that
feareth Him, and worketh righteousness, is ac-
cepted with Him.” Acts 10:28,34-35

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While Kepha says this was not lawful, about whose law
was he speaking? Other Scriptures show many such
“laws” were simply not upheld by the Torah. That tradi-
tion of extreme separation from other nations is one among
many which eswhy Himself apparently did not recognize,
Yochanan 4:9. While upholding “lawful” Jewish tradi-
tions, the unconverted Shaul had become a murderer, Ga-
latians 1:14, Acts 7:59-8:3, 9:1,2. So behavior can be re-
ferred to as “unlawful” when it is in opposition to Jewish
tradition and not, in fact, be a violation of the Torah, Mat-
tithyahu 12:1-8; conversely, something can be called “law-
ful” – according to Jewish traditions put forth by carnal
men – while sinfully negating the immutable command-
ments of the eternal Torah of hwhy, Mark 7:1-13. It is
critical that we discern the difference between these two!
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 CHAPTER 11
The Jerusalem Council
…“we [will] write unto [the Gentiles], that they abstain from … [eating] blood.”
Suppose a man named Shawn, a minister of
the Good News, enters a local steakhouse and
sees a group of pastors who are all eating rare
meat which is still oozing with blood. Since they
should know the truth of the Word over this mat-
ter, Shawn appeals to the group not to defile
themselves by eating blood. And at the end of
his initial appeal, he says, “The Spirit does not
want the people of the Most High to be defiled
with blood.” In response, one of the preachers
says, “C’mon Shawn, we’re not under the Law.
We’re under grace! Get off that Old Testament
kick!” Then someone else from the group jeers,
“You’re a legalist, Shawn! You have the spirit
of Jezebel!” Finally, a third man scoffs, “If you
don’t like blood, go down the road and eat at
Goldberg’s Deli … it’s kosher!” The whole
crew roars with laughter and goes back to their
“meal” as Shawn walks out saddened for his
brothers, yet rejoicing he had been accounted
worthy to suffer reproach for the Name. But
how close has that group of men just come to
blaspheming the Spirit hwhy? For they have just
attributed the foul, unclean, lawless spirit of
Jezebel, to the Pure, Law-Imparting Spirit of
hwhy El Shaddai. Mark 3:28-30, Yeshayahu
33:22, Ya’acob 4:11,12 Was Shawn really off-
base in his concern? Was he trying to put his
brethren “under the Law?” Was he “cut off from
the Messiah” for trying to be “justified by the
Law?” And did he really have the legalistic
“spirit of Jezebel” as so many of late might judge
him to possess? The answer to all of these ques-
tions is a simple, profound, and resounding,
“No.” To see why we can know the Spirit was
with Shawn, let’s turn back the clock nearly
2000 years to the Yerushalayim (Jerusalem)
council which convened as recorded in Acts 15.
Many will be surprised to see apostolic men of
true faith were teaching the first-century, Gentile
converts to keep the Torah commandments taken
right out of the book of Leviticus! Let us estab-
lish the background: at the time in question
(around 49 A.D. … almost 20 years after the
Messiah’s ascension to heaven), there was a de-
bate about what to do with Gentiles who were
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– Ya’acob/James, Acts 15:20
turning to faith in the Elohim of Yisrael through
the preaching of the Good News; these converts
had heard the message of various apostles and
had come to a saving faith in eswhy, the resur-
rected Messiah:
And certain men which came down from Yehu-
dah taught the brethren, and said, “Except you
be circumcised after the manner of Mosheh, you
cannot be saved.” When therefore Shaul and
Barnabas had no small dissension and disputa-
tion with them, they determined that Shaul and
Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go
up to Yerushalayim unto the apostles and elders
about this question. And being brought on their
way by the assembly, they passed through Phoe-
nicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of
the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all
the brethren. And when they were come to
Yerushalayim, they were received of the assem-
bly, and of the apostles and elders, and they de-
clared all things that Elohim had done with
them. But there rose up certain of the sect of the
Pharisees which believed, saying that it was
needful to circumcise them, and to command
them to keep the Law of Mosheh. And the apos-
tles and elders came together to consider this
matter. Acts 15:1-6
Notice there were men who still wanted circum-
cision to be the rite of entry into a salvation
covenant with hwhy, vss. 1,6. There was a great
deal of discussion about the matter (see vs. 7)
and then Kepha spoke (vss. 7-11), followed by
Barnabas and Shaul (vs. 12). Finally, all was
summarized by Ya‘acob (or James; vss. 13-21).
The counsel of hwhy prevailed as His Spirit led
these apostles and elders in a unanimous deci-
sion, Psalm 33:11. The clear context of this re-
cord shows the council rendered a verdict by the
very Spirit of hwhy; that verdict was unanimous
and without dissension (15:22,23,25), and in it
these men concluded all of the following under
the direction of the Spirit:
I. The conversion of the Gentiles had been
clearly prophesied through the Law and the
Prophets; this obviously could not occur without
human interaction! But some Yahudim (includ-
ing Kepha) had to be reeducated according to the
Word because of the contemporary traditions of
separation which eswhy Himself did not recog-
nize, Yochanan 4:9. For the prophets indicated
that not only would the Gentiles be converted to
the ways of the Torah through the Messiah
(Zechariah 8:23, Ephesians 4:17), but that even
the very Name of hwhy was to be called upon
these former pagans after they believed:
And after they had held their peace, Ya’acob
(James) answered, saying, “Men and brethren,
hearken unto me: Shimon hath declared how
Elohim at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take
out of them a people for His Name. And to this
agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
‘After this I will return, and will build again the
tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I
will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it
up: that the residue of men might seek after
hwhy, and all the Gentiles, upon whom My Name
is called,’ saith hwhy, who doeth all these
things.” Acts 15:13-17
We have already considered (in Chapter 6) some
of what it meant to have the Name of hwhy
called upon or put upon a believer. We visit this
idea once more, noting this impartation of the
Name occurred through the priestly blessing,
Numbers 6:24-27. This was the blessing by
which the Name of hwhy47 was literally uttered,
thereby imparting the Spirit of the Most High
unto the recipients, Revelation 14:1, 22:4. As
mentioned before, even the popular text from
Chronicles – used so often in contemporary Pen-
tecostal circles – was erroneously translated and
should actually read, “If My people, upon whom
My Name is called,” … 2Chronicles 7:14.)
Also, many additional texts show hwhy always
intended for Gentiles to come to Him through
Yisrael.48 Even eswhy said salvation was of the
47
The Name of hwhy was imparted by this blessing. The
commonly used, substitute titles – such as “LORD” or
“Adonai” – simply fall short of the original, intended
blessing. The Name above all names places an anointing
and a blessing which is also above all others. The people
of hwhy are meant to bless others in the Name of hwhy.
48
See Yeshayahu 56:8 and Yochanan 10:16 in addition to
the numerous texts already cited in this document which
show all nations were to be blessed through Abraham’s
descendents.
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Yahudim just as we considered in the previous
chapter, Yochanan 4:23. In those statements to
the woman at the well, eswhy clearly taught the
need for Gentiles to enter the covenant by ac-
knowledging both the Law as well as the Law-
giver and Messiah, Genesis 49:10, Psalm 108:8,
Yeshayahu 33:22, Mattithyahu 5:17-20,
19:16,17, Ya’acob 4:12.
II. The council also agreed the light of the Torah
should be applied to the Gentiles over the most
critical, relevant, and pressing spiritual needs
which were currently facing those particular
Gentile converts. So the Gentile converts in
question were subsequently instructed in the
Spirit by the apostles of the council. And there
was unanimous agreement among the apostles as
they authoritatively cited teachings taken directly
from the Torah! (We will see the apostle Shaul
did the same. His teachings were founded upon
the timeless authority of the Torah. And we will
shortly see he clearly taught the following: any-
thing which was contrary to the Torah was also
contrary to the Good News!) The discourse of
Ya’acob (James) given above now continues:
Known unto Elohim are all His works from the
beginning of the world. Wherefore, my sentence
is that we trouble not them, which from among
the Gentiles are turned to Elohim: but that we
write unto them, that they abstain from pollu-
tions of idols, and from fornication, and from
things strangled, and from blood. Acts 15:18-20
So while no apostle compelled converts to be
circumcised for salvation,49 we would be will-
ingly blind to ignore the facts of what these men
did advocate for the Gentiles and from where
their mandates originated:
A. Abstaining from the pollution of idols, Le-
viticus 18:21, 20:1-9,27.
B. Abstaining from fornication, Leviticus 18:1-
30, 20:10-23.
49
The rite of entry into the New Covenant is faith in
eswhy the Messiah and circumcision of the heart through
immersion into His Name, Colossians 2:11,12. Yet faith
was also Abraham’s rite of entry into a covenant with
hwhy. Circumcision was a rite of secondary importance
which followed the patriarch’s initial response of faith!
Romans 4:9-12
C. Abstaining from things strangled, Leviticus
22:8, Yechezkel 4:14. Things strangled do not
bleed to death and are much like things which
die of themselves from sickness or old age; the
Torah forbids eating anything which “dies of it-
self.” However, in the case of strangulation, the
animals have been inhumanely treated and have
been far more traumatized before death; thus, in
those cases, the flesh of such animals contains
even more toxins in the blood. Strangled ani-
mals have died a cruel death; they retain their
blood and have failed to be humanely offered as
prescribed in the Torah: by pouring out that
blood upon the ground, Deuteronomy 12:15,16,
15:21-23.
D. Abstaining from blood, Leviticus 3:17, 7:26,
27, 17:11-14, 20:25,26. Although it is a repul-
sive practice, in many pagan cultures, blood is
drunk like water. The command to avoid eating
blood also included not eating unclean animals
when we understand Genesis 9 shows inextrica-
ble blood is a significant part of what makes
many detestable creatures unclean. If this state-
ment is unclear, please refer back to Chapter 1,
Murder and Blood. It is sad and amazing to see
the abhorrent practices to which mankind will
degenerate apart from the word of hwhy. Eating
blood is a detestable deed inspired by demons
who enslave, pervert, and destroy the human
race. A loving Heavenly Father directs us to re-
move ourselves far from such things so that we
do not follow after vanity and become vain.
2Kings 17:15, Yirmeyahu 2:5
Was the Law, then, really abolished? Here
we have the very apostles of eswhy teaching
Gentile converts in the Spirit right out of the
priestly book of Leviticus! 1Kepha 2:9 Based on
the Torah injunctions of Leviticus, the apostles
were inspired by the very Spirit of hwhy to warn
early Gentile converts not to eat blood and not to
eat animals improperly slaughtered (i.e., stran-
gled) so as to retain their blood. Evangelicals so
widely claim the Torah is no longer valid or
obligatory, but how can the Law have been abol-
ished when the apostles of the Messiah were
teaching Gentile converts directly from its Spirit-
breathed pages? 2Timothy 3:16,17 This brings
us back to the incident at the restaurant. Just
why did Shawn’s visit to the eatery result in such
a reaction from men who, like the first apostles,
are supposed to be shepherds of the people of
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hwhy? In feeding themselves, those hypothetical
men (who, in reality, may not be quite so hypo-
thetical) were failing to feed the sheep of hwhy,
Yechezkel 34:2-6. All of the things which the
men of the Yerushalayim council taught the
Gentiles were laws taken directly from the
Levitical book of the Torah! And this teaching
was ultimately credited by those men to the very
Spirit of hwhy! Acts 15:28 The very Spirit of
hwhy was teaching Gentiles from the Book of
Leviticus! Yet such would not have been the
case if the Law had been abolished! And recall
who was present at this special convening: the
apostles Shaul, Kepha, Ya’acob, and Barnabas
(and, very likely, the apostle Yochanan) along
with a group of unnamed elders. And we must
point out that some theologians will surely phi-
losophize and spiritualize the incident as they
argue this decision was rendered by nothing
more than a “young, fledgling assembly groping
for an answer and finding its way over an awk-
ward issue.”50 But we emphasize the record
states the very Spirit of the Most High was lead-
ing and teaching His people just as the Messiah
had promised them:
For it seemed good to Ruach haQodesh, and to
us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these
necessary things. Acts 15:28, Yochanan 14:16,
17,26, 16:13
These men were not groping for answers; they
were authoritatively instructing Gentiles that
they “no longer walk” as other Gentiles who are
in darkness because they do not have the light of
the Torah, Ephesians 4:17. The things addressed
at that critical time were those issues of greatest
spiritual need at that juncture in the lives of
those particular Gentile converts. Their former
life in paganism had them steeped in a number of
physically, emotionally and spiritually harmful
lifestyle habits from which they needed to come
out and be separate, 2Corinthians 6:14 – 7:1,
Revelation 18:4. In the next point, we will now
see precisely why nothing more than those “nec-
essary things” were enjoined upon those particu-
lar Gentiles at that time.
50
This hypothetical quote is given by the author after hav-
ing read many unfounded remarks of this ridiculous sort
over the years. Theologians ever introduce unsubstanti-
ated theories, opinions, and assertions into the clear state-
ments of Scriptures.

III. Perhaps just as amazing as either point I. or
point II. above, was the reason why no additional
burdens were put upon these Gentiles by the
council: the apostles and elders all acknowl-
edged (and all agreed!) any further spiritual is-
sues requiring a lifestyle change or better align-
ment with the Word of hwhy would be dealt with
over time as the Gentiles in question received
Torah instruction every week on the Sabbath
Day in the synagogues! The Spirit would lead
and teach these Gentiles as they heard the Five
Books of Mosheh read every Sabbath:
… For Mosheh of old time hath in every city
them that preach him, being read in the syna-
gogues every Sabbath day. Acts 15:21, Luke
4:15,16, 1Timothy 4:13
Ya’acob was saying there was no need to instruct
these Gentiles further because the Spirit would
teach them additional truths as they heard the
Torah read and preached every Shabbat! An im-
portant part of their spiritual progress would
involve observing the Sabbath! From day one,
the first, Gentile converts were observing the
Seventh Day Sabbath (that is, the day before
Sunday). And every Sabbath Day the Gentile
converts heard Scripture read in the synagogues
from one or more of the Five Books of Mosheh.
And there is no hint here of legalism! It is sim-
ply the way it was as True Worshippers followed
the Messiah and walked as He walked!
1Yochanan 2:6 Before the apostasy of lawless-
ness corrupted True Worship, all first-century
believers – whether Yehudi or Gentile – kept the
commandments of hwhy; this included the Fourth
Commandment regarding the Shabbat. Romans
2:13, 3:31, 1Yochanan 2:3-6, 5:1-3, 2Yochanan
6, Revelation 14:12, 22:14 (KJV) Remembering
past encounters with denominations which
claimed to be “New Testament churches” while
yet rejecting the Sabbath, the author can only
pity them for their blindness. And at least one of
those churches claimed their denomination to be
“the only true church.” All the while eswhy
warns any who exalt themselves shall be hum-
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bled. Luke 14:11 Any congregation which de-
sires to be authentic and pleasing to the Most
High (and which seeks to be authoritative and
apostolic) will be falling short of their goal
should they forsake or shun the immutable Sab-
bath Day of hwhy El Shaddai. For extensive
proof this is the case, see Part 7 of the APPENDIX:
“The Feasts of hwhy.”
How did Christianity get so derailed? How is
it that the pagan “Day of the Sun” (i.e., “Sun-
day,” Yechezkel 8:16) is venerated above the
Scriptural, eternal Sabbath Day of hwhy El
Shaddai? Yeshayahu 66:22,23 How is it that we
have so many churches today whose leaders and
members remain oblivious to the clear, strong
evidence regarding the continuation of the Law
of hwhy among all the apostles and the Gentile
converts of the first century? How was this
apostasy sown into the True Faith? This present
manuscript offers much evidence that the spirit
of a lawless, Anti-Messianic Enemy has done
this. Deuteronomy 13:1-4, Mattithyahu 13:27,28,
1Thessalonians 2:7-9, 1Yochanan 4:3, Revela-
tion 13:13, 14. Readers now have clear evidence
the first apostles taught the Torah to Gentile con-
verts (Ephesians 4:17); and many citations in
Acts 15 regarding those specific teachings are
direct references to the book of Leviticus! May
the hearts of parents reading this work be turned
to your children who need you to make the right
decisions for them over these essential issues!
Remember the Law of Mosheh, the servant of
hwhy, Malachi 4:4-6; for observing the Torah by
faith in the Messiah is a most blessed journey of
peace and rest, Yirmeyahu 6:16, Mattithyahu
11:28-30, Romans 3:31, 1Yochanan 5:1-5.
While an abundance of clear evidence has now
been provided to establish the thesis of this
manuscript, there yet remain key pieces of sub-
stantial significance which shall finish the puzzle
and set it forth before the world with amazing
clarity and with somber warning.
t s r q u p e o n m l k y j x z w h d g b a
 CHAPTER 12
The Strong in Faith vs. the Weak
“But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak,
and not to please ourselves.” – The Apostle Shaul, Romans 15:1
The fourteenth chapter of Romans deals with
the topic, “Meat versus Vegetables,” along with
one other eating-related issue: optional days of
fasting. Presently, we will only discuss the
“meat versus vegetables” issue.51 From all evi-
dence, some Gentile converts in first-century
Rome came from a background of paganism
similar to the present-day religion of Zen Bud-
dhism. Strict adherents of this religion hold to a
diet of complete vegetarianism and want nothing
to do with any animal flesh of any kind whatso-
ever. The following citation was obtained from
a public domain work entitled, “Manual of Zen
Buddhism” – written by an authoritative profes-
sor:
“ … Learning is not of much avail in the study of
Buddhism as is proved by the case of Amanda,
who being enticed by the magical charm of a
courtesan was about to commit one of the grav-
est offences. In the practice of Samadhi the con-
trol of mind is most needed, which is Sila (moral
precept). Sila consists in doing away with the
sexual impulse, the impulse to kill living beings,
the impulse to take things not belonging to one-
self, and the desire to eat meat. When these im-
pulses are kept successfully under restraint, one
can really practise meditation from which Prajna
grows; and it is Prajna that leads one to the Es-
sence when the perfect interfusion of all the six
Vijnanas is experienced.”52 Please notice from
the above quote, “Sila consists in doing away
with … the desire to eat meat.” We cite this text
51
For more on observing those optional, voluntary days of
fasting, see Part 2 of the APPENDIX which is entitled: “Ro-
mans 14 Revisited.”
52
Source: Manual of Zen Buddhism, Daisetz Teitaro Su-
zuki, D.Lit., Professor of Buddhist Philosophy in the Otani
University, Kyoto, 1935. Web location:
http://members.aol.com/taote50/manual_introduction.htm
This quote was located in point 16. under the section, “V:
THE RYOGONKYO, OR SURANGAMA SUTRA[1].”
Point V. is found in point III. of the main outline: “III.
THE SUTRAS.”
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only to show there are those who adhere to cer-
tain religious precepts regarding meat which are
unrecognized by the Scriptures! In such cases,
eating meat is not an issue of scripturally clean
versus scripturally unclean; these particular Bud-
dhists believe any and all animal flesh is unclean
and unacceptable for food! This vegetarian
practice is widespread today among New Age
people who will not eat any meat and yet who
readily engage in false worship and carnal life-
styles on many other fronts. Another aspect of
the Buddhist repulsion to meat lies in their tenant
of reincarnation: according to this mode of
thought, many pagans believe they cannot kill an
animal to eat it since (who knows?) it might be a
relative who came back into the world as a cow,
for instance. The context of Romans 14 clearly
shows it was this aspect of vegetarian-based pa-
ganism (i.e., eating no meat of any kind) which
the apostle Shaul addressed as he exhorted the
believers in Rome:
1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not
to doubtful disputations. 2 For one believeth
that he may eat all things: another, who is weak,
eateth herbs. 3 Let not him that eateth despise
him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth
not, judge him that eateth: for Elohim hath re-
ceived him. Romans 14:1-3
We must note the clear context: Shaul is con-
trasting one who is weak in the faith (and who,
thus, eats only herbs/vegetables) with one who is
strong in the faith (and who, thus, believes “all
things” may be eaten; that is to say, such a per-
son believes both meat and vegetables are ac-
ceptable for food). But, in the context of this
very letter, Shaul had earlier written one’s faith
is to be based only on the word of hwhy:
“So then, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing
by the word of Elohim.” Romans 10:17
Hence, in the context of Romans, even the
phrase, “all things,” (Romans 14:2) does not
mean, “all animal flesh.” For that would allow
for eating the unclean and would contradict
many other Scriptures – including the Torah.
The phrase “all things” refers to all foods which
can be eaten in Scripture-based faith. If we are
to keep the words of the apostle in context, “all
things” means both clean meat and herbs! But
why can certain meats be eaten in faith? Be-
cause the word of hwhy has clearly set apart cer-
tain meats as acceptable food for human con-
sumption! Leviticus 11, Deuteronomy 14 Thus,
those who possessed faith in that word were not
under a pagan delusion concerning the accept-
ability of eating certain kinds of animal flesh.
But some of the new converts from paganism
had yet to learn the Torah and to be taught of the
Spirit that certain kinds of animal flesh were
completely acceptable as food! This faith would
eventually come, however, as the word of hwhy
was heard by these Gentiles each week; for there
are clear indication they heard the word through
Mosheh read every Sabbath in the synagogues
and meeting places, Acts 15:19-21, Luke 4:16,
17, 1Timothy 4:13. So for an undetermined
amount of time, these Buddhist-type converts in
Rome would be “weak in faith” and would con-
tinue to regard any meat of any kind as unclean,
Romans 14:14. Thus, the apostle warned those
who were strong in faith (i.e., those who knew
the clear word of hwhy over the matter of clean
meat) not to despise the weak vegetarians who
were yet ignorant of His Torah precepts. At the
same time, he also warned those vegetarian con-
verts not to judge others who were eating meat in
faith which was based on the very word of hwhy
over the matter, Romans 14:3, 10:17. It is essen-
tial for all who believe the Scriptures to be clear
on the issues behind the writings of Shaul in this
chapter, 2Kepha 3:15,16.
Before proceeding to related thoughts derived from an
account in the Evangel of Mark, something should be said
about the implications of man’s original diet and the mod-
ern-day methods of meat production. This study seeks to
present a balanced, Scriptural view in regards to those who
eat meat regularly as well as those who are vegetarian.
Since this chapter is considering those who are vegetarian
based on pagan fallacies, it is important to consider some
additional points on the “meat versus vegetables” issue.
Eating meat and vegetarianism are generally regarded as
total opposites. The APPENDIX will cover a few important
issues in regards to the excessive, gluttonous intake of
animal flesh which is so widespread today even among
believers who heed hwhy by putting a difference between
the clean and the unclean. But presently, something
should be said in defense of many dear brethren in our day
who are believers in the entire word of hwhy (from Genesis
to Revelation) and who are vegetarian (or predominantly
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vegetarian) for many valid reasons beyond pagan philoso-
phies. It is important to understand the issue at Rome re-
garding “meat versus vegetables” was entirely different
than the one we face today wherein men and women of
true faith desire to return to the original diet given to man-
kind in the garden of Eden before the Fall. Many of these
brethren feel the diet first given to man in the garden of
Eden is, by far, the best. Many of these believers further
avoid meat because of toxins inherent in the flesh from
foul breeding, raising, and slaughtering methods. Or, as in
the case with fish, flesh is avoided because of the inherent
toxins due to man’s inventions (Proverbs 6:18, Ecclesias-
tes 7:29, Romans 1:30) and the inevitable, industrial pol-
lutants which are the by-products of such devices. The
many activities surrounding man’s devices and man’s
greed are quickly destroying the earth. For instance, ex-
cessive amounts of mercury and other toxins are wide-
spread in fish which should otherwise be a source of clean,
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wholesome nutrition! The author largely agrees with
those who advocate the “Genesis diet” seen in the garden
of Eden, excepting that our Heavenly Father would have
us to eat meat at least once a year as a memorial of the
Passover deliverance of Yisrael from Mitsrayim and the
redemption of the first-born, see Exodus 12:14-20,41,42,
and Exodus chapter 13. When the garden of Eden was no
longer man’s dwelling, Paradise was lost: the physical
constitution of man changed and so did his diet. Paradise
was lost and is not yet fully regained; thus, strict, total
vegetarianism cannot be fully argued for in light of the
Torah until Paradise is restored. Revelation 2:7 At the
same time, the quantity of meat eaten by most of those
who rightly recognize a difference between the clean and
the unclean is still far in excess of the amount which is
needful to the human body. Hence, we will later discuss
the benefits of restoration which are shown to come from
a predominantly vegetarian regimen of raw foods! But
for the moment, we should consider that small
amount of meat which our Heavenly Father or-
dains we eat each year at Passover.
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Around 5/1/2003 the author saw a National Geographic
video entitled, “The Great White Bear,” which docu-
mented facts about the polar bears on Svalbard, an archi-
pelago which is Europe’s northernmost territory. At the
time of the video’s production, those polar bears had the
highest level of PCB’s found anywhere on earth. Why
was this the case? The bears had eaten the seals – which
had eaten the fish – which had eaten the shrimp-like krill –
which had eaten the plankton containing very high levels
of PCB’s. These man-made toxins had traveled northward
through the Atlantic waters which were fed pollutants
from the shores of industrialized nations. Until that time
the author had occasionally opted to eat clean fish from
the cold, northern waters near the Artic, reasoning these
frigid zones were free from pollutants that far north. The
case of Svalbard shows my deduction to have been rather
erroneous. (The video also reported that PCB’s had also
fallen from the sky and, so, further contributed to the build
up of aquatic pollution.)
 Yisrael of old yearly observed Passover look-
ing backward upon and memorializing the deliv-
erance from Mitsrayim/Egypt. Exodus 12:24-27
Yet their annual observance of this Feast pointed
forward to the coming of the Messiah, the Lamb
of hwhy who was to take away the sins of the
world. Yeshayahu 53:7,8, Yochanan 1:29 New
Covenant believers are further commanded to
observe the Feast as we look backward upon and
commemorate His offering for sins, 1Corinthians
5:7,8, 11:23-26. We are presently blessed to
commemorate two things: not only the deliver-
ance of Yisrael from Mitsrayim, but our deliver-
ance from sin’s bondage as well, Hebrews
2:14,15. Remembering and memorializing the
deeds of hwhy at Passover builds and strengthens
us with faith and love, but failing to properly re-
member His works leads to weakness and vul-
nerability, Psalm 78:9-12, 1Corinthians 11:23-
30. We can only benefit as we memorialize
these great and mighty deeds of hwhy each year
at Passover. At the same time, through observ-
ing this Feast, we look forward, prophetically, to
an even greater Passover celebration in the com-
ing Kingdom. All the Feasts of hwhy remain
prophetic shadows of those greater things yet to
come in His magnificent Kingdom, Colossians
2:16,17, Yeshayahu 66:22,23 And, indeed, the
word of hwhy is prophetic – revealing that which
is and that which was and that which is to come,
Revelation 1:8. Perhaps nowhere is the pro-
phetic aspect of the word of hwhy more clearly
seen than in regard to the Passover observance.
Abraham’s prophetic vision of his descendants’
bondage in and deliverance from Mitsrayim –
along with his offering to hwhy – occurred on the
very evening and night of Passover. Genesis
15:1-21 Exactly 430 years later to the very day,
Yisrael came out of Mitsrayim; the nation’s de-
liverance from affliction and bondage was pro-
vided on the anniversary of the very day in
which the exodus had been prophesied, Exodus
12:17,41,51, Galatians 3:16-17. As mentioned
above, the Passover lamb foretold of the Messiah
and the redemption of the First-Born, Romans
8:29, Colossians 1:15,18, Hebrews 12:23. We
now observe this Feast looking backward on His
death while looking forward to His return and to
the remarkable fulfillment of Passover once
again, 1Corinthians 11:23-26. In looking for-
ward, Messianic believers are to concern them-
selves, not only with “the old leaven” (with re-
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moving leaven from one’s house and one’s bread
for seven days, Exodus 12:15, 13:6,7), but be-
lievers are to be especially concerned with the
leaven of “malice and wickedness.” 1Corinthians
5:7,8 As we progress in the faith, Passover is
fulfilled each year taking on a newer and fuller
meaning; it is becoming more and more com-
memorative as the ages unfold! Yeshayahu 9:7,
Ephesians 2:7 And one of Passover’s future ful-
fillments is mentioned by the Messiah on two
different occasions – both of which bring forth
an additional revelation of the great, prophetic
importance surrounding this Feast: the clean-
sing, consecration and inauguration of the priest-
hood. Recall that Mosheh cleansed and set apart
the Levitical priesthood as they were exalted to
serve in their office. Not only were they were
washed by him with water (Exodus 29:4), but
Mosheh prepared many unleavened foods for the
first day of the seven-day consecration (29:1-3).
And during this seven-day period, the priests
were to remain in the very presence of hwhy, see
Exodus 29:35, 37,44. Like the Passover, the
things eaten in the first night were to be burnt
with fire if anything was left over until the morn-
ing of the next day (Exodus 29:34, 12:10). Then
we have the Passover supper at the death of
eswhy; we recall something very unusual oc-
curred at this time. Not only did eswhy gird
Himself with a towel and wash the feet of His
followers (Yochanan 13:4,5), the Messiah had an
unusual verbal exchange with Kepha. Initially,
Kepha was unwilling to allow eswhy to wash his
feet, Yochanan 13:6. In reply to Kepha’s objec-
tions, eswhy said two things of great importance
to the apostle: “What I do, you knowest not now;
but you shall know hereafter,” and, “If I wash
thee not, you have no part with Me.” Yochanan
13:6-8 What did Kepha come to know and un-
derstand about this special occasion? eswhy had
stated if He did not wash Kepha, the apostle
would have no part with Him. In what was
Kepha to have a part with eswhy? The priest-
hood … the priesthood of Melchi-tsedek … the
power of an endless life! Hebrews 7:15-17 They
were to become partakers with eswhy of the
heavenly calling to the Melchi-tsedek priesthood
(Hebrews 3:1,14); this is “the high calling of
hwhy in Messiah eswhy.” 1Corinthians 9:23-27,
Philippians 3:13,14 And we see that Kepha
would, indeed, later come to understand this very
thing as he would eventually write to his breth-
ren:
“But you are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, a set apart nation, a peculiar people;
that you should show forth the praises of Him
who hath called you out of darkness into His
marvelous light.” 1Kepha 2:9
And yet, there is more. The Messiah promised
the Feast of Passover would once again be ful-
filled in the Kingdom, Luke 22:16. And His
other mention of this special, forthcoming ful-
fillment of Passover is strikingly similar to the
foot washing occasion at the last supper in which
He girded Himself to minister to the apostles:
“Blessed are those servants, whom the Sovereign
when He cometh shall find watching: Amein, I
say unto you, that He shall gird Himself, and
make them to sit down to eat, and will come forth
and serve them.” Luke 12:37, Yeshayahu
65:13,14
This fulfillment of the Passover in the Kingdom
will be an occasion of great, eternal significance
– one which was foreshadowed by Mosheh
washing, consecrating and serving the Levites
and one which was foreshadowed by eswhy gird-
ing Himself and washing, consecrating and serv-
ing His apostles at the “last supper!” However,
this future Passover consecration may well be
one in which priests from both orders – the
Levitical and the Melchi-tsedek – are ministered
to by eswhy as He consecrates them for the
priesthood, Yeshayahu 61:6, Malachi 3:1-4! We
have, then, great indications the Torah of hwhy is
not only still quite relevant, but it remains both
prophetic and eternal! Psalm 119:89,96 The
Law of hwhy reveals that which is, and that
which was, and that which is to come, Revela-
tion 1:8; and the Feast of Passover reveals this
prophetic aspect of the Torah in such a marvel-
ous way. Walking with eswhy in the light of the
Torah gives one the prophetic power to look
backward on those things which have been and
forward to those new things which are yet to
come in His Kingdom. We are given a special
word from the Sovereign eswhy regarding the
profound, prophetic power inherent in the Torah
– the word of hwhy which reaches into eternity:
eswhy said unto them, Have you understood all
these things? They said unto Him, Yes, Sover-
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eign. Then said He unto them, Therefore, every
scribe which is instructed in the Kingdom of
Heaven is like unto a man that is an house-
holder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure
things new and old. Mattithyahu 13:51,52
We note from the above Scripture eswhy calls
His followers scribes, a term which applies to
those who teach and record the precepts of the
Torah. The old, former things of the prophetic
Torah are still the hallmarks of True Worship
which eswhy proclaims His followers shall con-
tinue doing and teaching. 1Yochanan 2:7, Gene-
sis 1:1 For the prophetic Torah contains truths
which announce, in advance, the new things
which hwhy has declared shall yet spring forth in
all the earth!
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and
new things do I declare: before they spring forth
I tell you of them. Yeshayahu 42:9
Only by abiding in the Savior and walking after
His commandments can one possess this living,
prophetic “testimony of eswhy.” Deuteronomy
13:4, Yochanan 16:13-15, 2Yochanan 1:6, Reve-
lation 12:17, 19:10 Of the increase of His Gov-
ernment there shall be no end! Yeshayahu 9:7
Hence, the Torah continues to declare many
things regarding the future times when that Gov-
ernment shall be more fully established and seen
by all. The awesome word of hwhy El Shaddai is
a prophetic testimony of His power, foreknowl-
edge, and sovereignty!
We now turn our thoughts once more to a few
more considerations in regard to vegetarianism.
Some alternative medical specialists also point
out the following: in addition to vitamin B12 de-
ficiency – which can lead to pernicious anemia –
certain structural deficiencies can also develop in
strict vegetarians. So while the garden diet be-
fore man’s Fall was certainly the best, the reality
is: man has fallen and the restoration process yet
continues; the restoration is still incomplete. Yet
it is very important to emphasize: nowhere does
this writer venture to place all vegetarians to-
gether into one category. We will later see much
evidence that a largely vegetarian diet for resto-
ration (based on the Torah itself!) can be part of
a remarkable healing process. Further, the issue
regarding meat versus vegetables is much more
complex in our day than it was 2000 years ago;
Satan’s mystery of lawlessness (2Thessalonians
2:7) has nearly reached its pinnacle of power as
mankind has been wrongly influenced to pervert
and pollute every part of the original creation.
From food processing and biogenetic engineer-
ing, to harmful medical protocols and pharma-
ceutical sorcery, the nations are weakened and
the creation is destroyed, Yeshayahu 24:5,6,
Yirmeyahu 12:4, Hoshea 4:3, Revelation 11:18.
Attending an alternative medicine clinic nearly
two years ago, I observed a vegetarian M.D.,
who was a believer in his seventies. He ran cir-
cles around all of us! Up and around at 5:00
a.m. or so, this great servant worked until 10:00
or 11:00 p.m. at night. All of this man’s family
(i.e., brothers and sisters) were meat eaters and
they had all died due to cancer; he remains
healthy, robust and energetic and attributes his
vitality to a strictly vegetarian diet. (He does
take supplements to overcome certain vitamin
deficiencies as well as the body’s decline of cer-
tain things [like HCl in the stomach] due to old
age). Dr. Norman Walker lived to be quite old
while remaining in nearly perfect health; he held
to a vegetarian diet with strong emphasis on do-
it-yourself juicing. Dr. Walker died a natural
death when laying down for his regular, after-
noon nap at the age of 111. However, in all fair-
ness to those who advocate eating meat from
time to time, Abraham was not a complete vege-
tarian and yet that great man of faith lived to be
175 years of age, Genesis 18:2-8, 25:7,8.54
Abraham’s extended life, the author believes,
was due to “the reverence/awe of hwhy” which
prolongs one’s days. Proverbs 10:27 This rever-
ence can only be cultivated by much prayer and
fasting – two powerful aspects of True Worship
and rest which the prophet Yeshayahu especially
(though not exclusively) connects with the Sab-
bath Day, Yeshayahu 58. Beyond eating a meal
with meat a few times a year (and certainly at
least once a year at Passover), we can only sup-
port those who exercise valid reasons for avoid-
ing meat which have nothing to do with pagan
issues. In contrast to those weak, formerly pa-
gan coverts of Rome – who ate no flesh at all for
reasons based in falsehood – brethren today who
do not eat meat due to toxins, carcinogens and
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His son, Yitschak, and grandson, Ya’acob, lived to the
ages of 180 and 147, respectively. Genesis 35:28, 47:28
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raising methods, are not lacking in faith, but
rather have an admirable abundance! They have
overcome the carnal lust for flesh through a
righteous desire to keep their bodies pure for the
indwelling of Ruach haQodesh, the Set Apart
Spirit. So it is essential for all to realize, Shaul
was addressing an absolutely different set of is-
sues in Rome some 2000 years ago when writing
to converts from paganism; they were new be-
lievers who had been vegetarian before believing
in the Good News of the Kingdom. It is that
form of vegetarianism which Shaul addressed as
based in weakness of faith due to its proponents
having never heard the word of hwhy over the
issue of clean meats which were clearly accept-
able for food. And we must point out that these
weak vegetarians were acceptable before hwhy
even though the origin of their vegetarian diet
was learned in paganism. The Spirit of hwhy di-
rects brethren to be patient with new believers as
it will take time for them to learn the Scriptures
and to cultivate faith based on hearing the word
of hwhy. Deuteronomy 6:4,5, Romans 10:17, Ga-
latians 3:2,5
We now close this chapter by returning to a
few additional thoughts directly related to Ro-
mans 14. The apostle’s discussion in Romans 14
sheds light on another text seen elsewhere ... in
the Evangel of Mark. Records indicate Mark
was an account of the Messiah’s life and teach-
ings which was also written to the Romans.
While not dogmatic, the author believes it was
for this reason – and for the benefit of the Ro-
man, vegetarian converts reading the account –
that Mark added the parenthetical comment seen
in the seventh chapter; this comment has been
interpreted by many to mean eswhy declared all
meats – including detestable flesh – to be clean
and acceptable for eating:55
1 Then came together unto Him the Pharisees, and
certain of the scribes, which came from Yerusha-
layim. 2 And when they saw some of His disciples
eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with un-
washen hands, they found fault. 3 For the Phari-
sees, and all the Yahudim, except they wash their
hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the eld-
ers. 4 And when they come from the market, ex-
cept they wash, they eat not. And many other
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The NASB renders the text of Mark 7:19 in such a way
that readers are left with this false impression.
things there be, which they have received to hold,
as the washing of cups, and pots, brazen vessels,
and of tables. 5 Then the Pharisees and scribes
asked him, Why walk not Your disciples according
to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with
unwashen hands? 6 He answered and said unto
them, Well hath Yeshayahu prophesied of you
hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth
Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. 7
Howbeit in vain do they worship Me, teaching for
doctrines the commandments of men. 8 For lay-
ing aside the commandment of Elohim you hold the
tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups:
and many other such like things you do. 9 And
He said unto them, Full well you reject the com-
mandment of Elohim, that you may keep your own
tradition. 10 For Mosheh said, Honour thy father
and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or
mother, let him die the death: 11 But you say, If a
man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban,
that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever you mightest be
profited by me; he shall be free. 12 And you suffer
him no more to do ought for his father or his
mother, 13 making the word of Elohim of none
effect through your tradition, which you have de-
livered: and many such like things do ye. 14 And
when He had called all the people unto Him, He
said unto them, Hearken unto Me every one of you,
and understand: 15 There is nothing from without
a man, that entering into him can defile him: but
the things which come out of him, those are they
that defile the man. 16 If any man have ears to
hear, let him hear. 17 And when He was entered
into the house from the people, His disciples asked
Him concerning the parable. 18 And He saith
unto them, Are you so without understanding also?
Do you not perceive, that whatsoever thing from
without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into
the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging
all meats? 20 And He said, That which cometh out
of the man, that defileth the man. 21 For from
within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil
thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22
thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lascivi-
ousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23 all these evil things come from within, and de-
file the man. Mark 7:1-23
Later translations render, “Purging all meats,”
(seen just above in verse 19) as a parenthetical
comment which claims eswhy declared all meat
clean for food. If this is understood to mean any
meat is now clean and fit for human consump-
tion, we once more introduce flagrant contradic-
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tions – even within the very teachings of the
Messiah Himself! But remember, the strict Zen
Buddhist, for instance, regards any meat of any
kind as unclean and unfit for human consump-
tion, Romans 14:14. If the translations which are
rendered to mean, “eswhy declared all flesh
clean,” are to be accepted as accurate, the author
asserts Mark was addressing the same issue as
Shaul in Romans 14: (clean) meat [designated as
fit for food by the word of hwhy] versus vegeta-
bles. Since some of the former pagans of Rome
held that all animal flesh was unfit for food, they
regarded all meat as “unclean” – not from a
scriptural basis, but rather, from teachings based
on man’s uninspired thoughts and opinions.
More importantly, the Messiah taught the real
issue for concern over uncleanness dealt not with
washing the hands, but with washing the heart!
The above words of eswhy concerning the tradi-
tions of the Yahudim had nothing to do with eat-
ing clean versus eating unclean animal flesh!
We know this because eswhy, the Pharisees, and
the scribes were all in 100% agreement on that
point! None of those men ate unclean flesh! In
this debate, neither eswhy nor His challengers
were relaxing the authority of the immutable To-
rah over clean and unclean meat! Mattithyahu
5:17-20, 19:15-19, 23:1-3. The context shows
the issue was washed and “unwashed” hands, see
Mark 7:3. eswhy was simply rebuking the
“overkill” attitude in the hand-washing policy of
these men who exalted their tradition and their
legalistic extensions of the Torah over and above
the very commandments of hwhy! These tradi-
tions were nothing more than the “precepts and
ordinances of men:” “Touch not!” … “Taste
not! … “Handle not! Colossians 2:21,22 It was
those legalistic extensions of the Torah, those
man-made, showy traditions (Colossians 2:23) –
not the eternal commandments of hwhy – which
nullified the Law and which eswhy was rebuk-
ing. Mattithyahu 15:1-20, Galatians 1:14. The
clear context of this account in Mark shows
nothing less and nothing more. If (and we em-
phasize if ) the comment was intended for former
pagans who still desired to retain their vegetarian
lifestyle, it would be far better translated as a
parenthetical remark and rendered, …“(thus, He
declared all clean meat as acceptable for food.)”
But we can be certain of this: the Messiah’s
statement was never meant to be an across-the-
board endorsement for eating any creature for-
bidden by the Torah, the Foundation of truth. avoidance of eating meat, which was apparently
Advocating the eating of unclean flesh would be prevalent in Rome; to have been able to do this
a flagrant violation of the Torah and it would through the very teachings of eswhy Himself
rightly be regarded as the teaching of a false would have made a lasting impression upon
prophet, Deuteronomy 13:1-4.56 those converts who had never personally walked
with the Savior. This author sees that as the
The other possibility for the text in question is
strongest argument behind the parenthetical
this: It was not a parenthetical addition by Mark
words of Mark: …(“thus, He declared all foods
to the Romans (for the benefit of those who had
clean.”) But in light of either possibility, to cite
converted from a Buddhist-type religion) and
this text as “support” for eating unclean meat is
eswhy was simply saying something which
an egregious wresting of Scripture and creates a
amounts to this: Anything which enters the body
number of glaring contradictions from Genesis
goes out with the feces/waste and is purged by
all the way to Revelation!
the body (compare Mark 7:19 with Mattithyahu
15:17). We have shown why there is a valid rea- t s r q u p e o n m l k y j x z w h d g b a
son to believe Mark felt it was necessary to ad-
dress a pagan-based issue, surrounding the

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There is nothing more tragic than an unconverted Ye-
hudi/Jew who comes to believe in eswhy as the Messiah
and who is subsequently led astray by the pervasive, false,
and lawless teachings of Evangelical Christianity. Such a
person grew up observing the Torah to the best of their
religion’s ability; yet upon placing his or her faith in the
Messiah of Yisrael, that one is subsequently led astray
from the Torah via false, Christian arguments which are
commonly and erroneously set forth in opposition to the
Law of hwhy! Such was never meant to be the case! Deu-
teronomy 13:1-4, Mattithyahu 5:17-20 Nay, it is the op-
posite which should be occurring! It is the Gentile heathen
who – upon coming to believe in the Messiah of Yisrael –
are rightly expected to turn from the lawlessness of pagan-
ism as they learn to walk in the eternal edicts of the Torah!
Ephesians 4:17, Yochanan 4:22 Our manuscript will
prove time and time again that Gentiles who turned to
Elohim began learning to walk in the Law of hwhy through
the light of the Messiah which He shines upon the Torah.
Yeshayahu 56:6-8, Luke 2:32, 2Corinthians 3:14-18 The
Law of hwhy is the moral standard for all New Covenant
believers. Mattithyahu 5:17-20, Romans 2:13, 3:31,
1Yochanan 5:1-5
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 CHAPTER 13
The Good News in the Torah … the Torah in the Good News!
And the Scripture, foreseeing that Elohim would justify the heathen
through faith, preached before the Good News unto Abraham,
saying, “In you shall all nations be blessed.”
Galatians 3:8
Too many religious circles exude the same,
proud air seen amongst many members of rich,
exclusive country clubs – clubs which have be-
came so popular across the American continent
over the last century. And just like these worldly
organizations,57 many churches advocate this
very same “Exclusive Club Syndrome” (or
should we call it “the Exclusive Club Sin-
drome?”). hwhy never intended His word and
ways to start an “exclusive-salvation-club” relig-
ion; His intention is to fill the entire earth with
His splendor and to save all the ends of the earth;
and He will most certainly accomplish that very
thing.58 So the spirit of exclusivism is really
nothing more than the idolatrous, golden calf
dressed up to look and feel religious. This atti-
tude is otherwise known as the “boastful pride of
life.” 1Yochanan 2:16 Far too many people
want to have: the best car, the biggest house, the
most prestigious job, the most fame, “the best”
team, the most exalted nationality/race, and on
and on. Consequently, this same attitude is often
seen in ministers59 as such an air can be a real
draw to secure many religious patrons – who are
naturally motivated by the desire to be a part of
“the best” church. Such followers will readily
give of their many tithes and offerings in ex-
change for being part of “the best, the true, and
the one and only!”60 But hwhy – in His unstop-
pable, eternal plans to save all mankind –
chooses the lowly to fulfill the intents of His
57
Romans 12:2
58
Psalm 22:27, Yeshayahu 45:22, Yochanan 12:32, Ephe-
sians 1:10
59
This spirit is revealed in often used and openly boastful,
symptomatic phrases such as, “We are the only true
church,” or, “We have all the gifts”… or “We are a ‘Full
Gospel church’” [implying, of course, others are not Full
Gospel.]
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And should all of those members openly advocate the
giving of tithes and offerings, there would be no objection;
but let just one such member take a stand for keeping the
rest of the Torah’s moral code and that person would
quickly be ostracized in many ways by most, if not all, of
the congregation (including the pastor).
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heart, and He chose Abraham and his descen-
dants to spearhead the small, initial phase of the
eventual, complete, and large-scale “restoration
of all things.” Acts 3:21 hwhy preached the
Good News to and through Abraham, as seen
above in our opening text; He later preached the
Good News to Yisrael, Hebrews 4:2; and He also
preached the Good News through Yisrael to
many nations, Deuteronomy 4:6. Contrary to the
popular teaching which vilifies the Mighty One
of the “Old Testament,” the salvation of hwhy
has always been open to repentant Gentiles.61
Yeshayahu 56:6 He who changes not has always
shown favor to those who fear Him, and He has
worked to draw many Gentiles into the com-
monwealth of Yisrael even before the coming of
the Messiah!
But how many today realize and acknowledge
the clear teachings of the apostle Shaul – who
stated the Torah and the Good News are in com-
plete, 100% agreement? (We will momentarily
view that teaching which is seen in one of his
letters to Timothy.) Most Evangelicals today
teach nearly the opposite! Most today teach the
Good News has abolished the Law.62 Is it not
amazing how preconceived notions can be so
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We cite a number of engrafted Gentiles who became
part of the commonwealth of Yisrael along with their de-
scendants: Asenath, the wife of Yoseph (Genesis 41:45);
Zipporah, the wife of Mosheh (Exodus 2:16,21); Caleb,
the son of Jephunah the Kennizite [Genesis 15:18,19, Ye-
hoshua 14:6; this faithful man was given an inheritance in
the tribe of Yehudah (Numbers 13:6, 34:19) according to
the word of hwhy in Yehoshua 14:6-14 and Yechezkel
47:22,23]; Rahab, the harlot (Yehoshua 2:1,3, 6:17,23,25
Ruth 4:18-22, Mattithyahu 1:4,5); Ruth, the Moabite (Ruth
1:16, 4:5,10,13-22); and Uryah, the Hittite (Genesis
15:18,20, 2Shemuel 11:1-27). Many others are alluded to
in Yeshayahu 56:6,7. Compare also Yeshayahu 56:8 with
Yochanan 10:16.
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eswhy, Shaul, and all the other apostles taught the Law
(the Torah) was not abolished through faith by any means,
but rather, it is to be fulfilled, kept, and upheld by anyone
who possesses True Faith.
blinding? Have you ever convinced yourself a
possession was lost and then could not find the
item even though it was sitting right there before
your very eyes? Perhaps it was lying right on
the table in front of you? It has happened to me.
For those already old enough to drive automo-
biles, another question is posed: “How many
times have you been about to pull out into traffic,
looked both directions, saw nothing coming, and
then, looked just one more time before pulling
out … only to see a car or some other vehicle
barreling right towards you?” Had you pulled
out, it probably would have been disastrous, if
not tragic or deadly! It has happened to me on
more than one occasion. One incident in Chi-
cago is recalled in which I was preparing to
make a left turn across four lanes of traffic.
While judging the distance of oncoming cars ap-
proaching from the two, left lanes, my mind was
only concerned with those vehicles. And being
more mindful of the line of approaching cars, I
failed to see a motorcycle in advance of the en-
tire pack of vehicles! An accident nearly ensued
as I pulled out into the traffic; the oncoming mo-
torcycle was barely avoided. So this incident
introduces yet another problem: we sometimes
see only that for which we are looking while fail-
ing to see what would otherwise be obvious; in
the case just cited, I was in a mindset to look for
cars and failed to see a motorcycle. All of these
cases exemplify a form of blindness in the physi-
cal realm while providing us warning over the
emotional and spiritual realm: preconceived no-
tions can also blind us as we read and study
Scripture. Denominational idolatry/allegiance
can blind those who follow a man (or a woman!)
even over issues wherein that person speaks con-
trary to Scripture. Most members reason, “If our
church is doing this or believing that, then such a
practice must be Biblically valid and proper.”
And still others have wrongly assumed deceased
pastors and spiritual leaders – who are com-
monly exalted as “great men of faith” – could
not have possibly been in error over certain mat-
ters of doctrine; all the while eswhy warns we
should let no man steal our crown, Revelation
3:11, Yirmeyahu 17:5.
Below are a number of things which cause peo-
ple to interpret the Scriptures from viewpoints
which blind or, at least, severely block their rea-
soning with preconceived notions:
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1. Current (false) experience believed to be true.
This point can be a part of the intrigue and de-
ception which religious leaders spawn (even un-
wittingly) as they supposedly have some set of
spiritual gifts while walking in the anti-Torah
lawlessness against which eswhy warns. The
bad fruit of lawlessness is that which brings
judgment when standing before the Messiah,
Mattithyahu 7:15-23. [The word in Mattithyahu
7:23 which the KJV translates as “iniquity,” is
much better rendered as, “lawlessness” – mean-
ing the practice of violating the Torah.] And the
Scriptures determine true and false prophets
based on obedience to hwhy via the command-
ments of the Torah, Deuteronomy 13:1-4, Mat-
tithyahu 7:15! The Messianic Scriptures alone
indicate true “doers of the word” are also
“doer[s] of the Law,” Mattithyahu 7:24-27,
19:16-19, Yochanan 15:7,10, Romans 2:13,
James 1:22, 4:11, Acts 24:14, 1Yochanan 2:4-6,
5:2,3, Revelation 12:17, 14:12, 22:14. (See the
ISRV and KJV in regard to the Revelation texts
just cited.)
2. Contemporary examples (usually ministers)
who themselves advocate some form of false-
hood or lawless apostasy. Such teachers even
present the lawless errors in a sincere, often pal-
atable, fashion. Yet they often use arguments
which have absolutely no Scripture to support
the espoused tradition.
3. Wrongly exalted (practically worshipped)
predecessors of a given persuasion or denomina-
tion who themselves advocated some form of
falsehood or lawless apostasy.
4. Incredulity that so many religious people
could be so wrong. However, this should not
surprise or derail any who believe the words of
the Savior, Mattithyahu 7:13,14. The issue is not
answered by clinging with incredulity to the
question, “How can so many people be so
wrong?” Rather, the reality which every indi-
vidual must face is found in the question: “What
is incumbent upon me, personally, as I prepare to
stand before the Creator and Lawgiver?” How
can we best help those around us: by being will-
ing to learn, to change, and to stand up for the
truth, or by “playing ostrich” and simply ignor-
ing the problem?
5. Unwitting ignorance of Scripture and a failure
to know the true power of the Most High. Mark
12:24 This prophetic power is only given to
prophets who uphold the Torah, Proverbs 29:18,
Yochanan 9:29-31, Acts 6:5,8, 10:38, Luke
24:19, 2Timothy 3:5.
The above points impress upon us the need to
become like little children (Mattithyahu 18:3,4)
– to be teachable and to approach the word of
hwhy with reverence and awe at all times, Prov-
erbs 28:14.
We have now laid the necessary groundwork
for introducing the intent of this chapter: to
bring forth a case in point regarding the decep-
tion which presently surrounds the general,
Christian attitude towards the Law of hwhy.
Writing to Timothy, the apostle Shaul clearly
states the Law of hwhy is in absolute accordance
with the Good News; but not only so, he also
declares the Law is actually part and parcel of
the Good News of the Kingdom! Every kingdom
has a king and every kingdom has laws; the To-
rah of hwhy is the Law of His Kingdom, Deuter-
onomy 33:2, Yeshayahu 2:1-45, 33:22, Ya’acob
4:12. Yet why have so many failed to see this is
the simple, clear, uncontestable context of the
following Scripture? Hear the words of this
great apostle as he declares the Torah, the Law
of hwhy, is an essential part of the Good News:
But we know that the Law is good, if a man use it
lawfully; knowing this, that the Law is not made
for a righteous man, but for the lawless and dis-
obedient, for the irreverent and for sinners, for
impure and profane, for murderers of fathers
and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for
whoremongers, for them that defile themselves
with mankind (i.e., homosexuals), for mensteal-
ers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there
be any other thing that is contrary to sound doc-
trine, according to the splendor-emanating
Good News of the blessed Elohim, which was
committed to my trust. 1Timothy 1:8-11
Here the apostle has just clearly stated the Law
of hwhy is an integral part of the Good News of
the Kingdom! And he writes any violations of
the Torah are “contrary to [the] sound doctrine
(teaching)” of the Good News! The apostle
clearly stated anyone who breaks the Law of
hwhy is also disobeying the Good News!
2Thessalonians 1:8, 1Kepha 4:17 The precise
context of Shaul’s words show the Law is in ac-
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cordance with the Good News! They go to-
gether! Psalm 85:10-12 Hence, when ancient
Yisrael rebelled and violated the Law, they
grieved the Set Apart Spirit of hwhy (Yeshayahu
63:10) … something which New Covenant be-
lievers are exhorted not to do! Ephesians 4:30
And the apostle Kepha agrees: the eternal Law
of hwhy was the very word by which the Good
News was preached to first century believers:
For all flesh is as grass, and all the splendor of
man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth,
and the flower thereof falleth away: but the word
of hwhy endures for ever. And this is the word
which by the Good News is preached unto you.
1Kepha 1:24,25, Yeshayahu 40:7,8, Psalm 105:8,
Deuteronomy 7:9
Through the Torah, the Good News of the King-
dom was preached by Mosheh to ancient Yisrael
as hwhy made His Law and Kingship known
through the priesthood, Hebrews 4:2, 1Shemuel
10:17-19, 12:12, Malachi 2:4-7. The Law and
the Good News go together, yet so many today
teach just the opposite! Why? Because of
blindness induced by preconceived notions and
because of false assumptions based on the cur-
rent, spiritual status quo (albeit gravely errone-
ous and grossly substandard since the Torah has
been largely cast aside). False, preconceived
notions rule, hinder, and blind the minds of mul-
titudes because of those things which we have
considered above. Most who study the Scrip-
tures often see only that for which they are look-
ing (or that for which they have already been
schooled to see), while remaining oblivious to
what would otherwise be obvious. But ever as-
cending prayers that His Kingdom will come
shall surely prevail, Mattithyahu 6:10. The light
of the Torah will shine forth to enable many dear
brethren to see the eternal Law of the eternal
Kingdom and be blessed beyond measure in His
ways of rest, joy and peace. Walking in the an-
cient, eternal, immutable paths of His Law will
provide us with abundance of peace, rest, joy and
fulfillment, Yeshayahu 28:12, 30:15, Yirmeyahu
6:16, Mattithyahu 11:28-30. Because the word
of hwhy is forever settled in the heavens (Psalm
119:89), Mosheh could call heaven and earth to
witness against Yisrael concerning their giving
heed to the Torah:
I call heaven and earth to record this day
against you, that I have set before you life and
death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose
life, that both you and thy seed may live. Deuter-
onomy 30:19, 4:26, 31:28
eswhy the Messiah said likewise as He, like
Mosheh (Deuteronomy 18:15-19), indicated the
Torah defined the “narrow way that leads to
life:”
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth
pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass
from the law, till all be fulfilled ... Mattithyahu
5:18, Luke 21:33
Enter you in at the strait gate: for wide is the
gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to de-
struction, and many there be which go in
thereat; because strait is the gate, and narrow is
the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there
be that find it. Mattithyahu 7:13,14
This latter warning comes between the Messiah’s
exhortation to His followers that they be doers of
the Torah and the Prophets (7:12) and His exhor-
tation they were not to give heed to false proph-
ets – who historically turned the people of the
Most High away from the commandments of
hwhy (7:15-23, Revelation 3:11). In speaking of
“the narrow way,” eswhy was clearly teaching
the path of life defined by the Torah (5:17-20);
we see the very same thing conveyed in the
words of Mosheh concerning the commandments
of hwhy:
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You shall observe to do therefore as hwhy your
Elohim hath commanded you; you shall not turn
aside to the right hand or to the left. Deuteron-
omy 5:32
The teaching of Mosheh and the teaching of the
Messiah are one and the same: anyone who
turns aside from the Torah – whether to the right
hand or to the left – is no longer on the narrow
way that leads to life. Proverbs 21:16
In closing this chapter, we emphasize once
more the message given to all the inhabitants of
the earth by the apostles Shaul, Kepha and
Yochanan: those who disobey the moral edicts
of the Torah commandments are also disobeying
the Good News of the Kingdom of hwhy.
1Timothy 1:8-11, 6:13,14, 2Timothy 3:16,17,
1Kepha 1:22-25, 2Kepha 3:15-18, 1Yochanan
2:4-7, 3:4, 5:2-5, Revelation 12:17, 14:6,7,12,
22:14.
By faith in eswhy, we are to “keep the com-
mandment” (i.e., “the Shema”) without spot or
blemish until His appearing, 1Timothy 6:14, 63
2Kepha 3:14, Revelation 16:15.
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In 1Timothy 6:14, “commandment” is given in the sin-
gular, meaning “the Shema” – the “greatest command-
ment” of the Torah. Deuteronomy 6:4,5, Mark 12:28-30
The “goal of [this] commandment is love” (1Timothy 1:5)
and, thus, it encompasses all of the Torah! Mattithyahu
7:12, Romans 13:8, Galatians 5:14 If we hear with faith as
did Abraham, we will be keeping “the Shema;” and in
hearing by faith (Mattithyahu 13:38-43, Romans 10:17,
Galatians 3:2,5), we – like Abraham – will also be found
keeping the charge of hwhy: His commandments, His stat-
utes, and His laws. Genesis 26:5, Romans 3:31,
1Yochanan 5:1-3
 CHAPTER 14
Can Prayer Set Apart What Scripture Does Not?
I know that whatever Elohim does is forever. There is no adding to it,
and there is no taking from it. Elohim does it that men should fear before Him ...
The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of our Elohim stands
forever … Forever, hwhy, Your word is settled in the heavens.
Ecclesiastes 3:14, Yeshayahu 40:8, Psalm 119:89

Many who are sincerely trying to follow
eswhy the Messiah perpetuate error by teaching
the writings of Shaul to Timothy give New
Covenant disciples permission to eat anything
they desire as long as prayer is offered over the
meal. The following Scripture is mistakenly
taken out of context to establish this inconsistent
and ephemeral view:
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the
latter times some shall depart from the faith, giv-
ing heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of
demons; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their
conscience seared with a hot iron; forbidding to
marry, and commanding to abstain from meats,
which Elohim hath created to be received with
thanksgiving of them which believe and know the
truth. For every creature of Elohim is good, and
nothing is to be refused, if it is received with
thanksgiving: for it is set apart by the word of
Elohim and prayer. 1Timothy 4:1-5
If the context of all Scripture is held forth, this
text is in no way giving mankind wholesale per-
mission to eat any and every kind of animal
flesh. Please notice this passage also places mar-
riage in the same context and gives it the same
treatment and the same deference as eating cer-
tain meats. So we begin with the topic of mar-
riage. Suppose we have two homosexuals or two
lesbians who wish to “marry” and who would
feign cite the above Scripture as “support” for
their argument in favor of a “sanctified” mar-
riage. “As long as we pray, our union is sancti-
fied by the Creator,” they blasphemously insist.
And then they further protest, “‘Every creature
of Elohim is good,’ so there can be nothing
wrong with marrying a person of the same gen-
der.” No true follower of eswhy the Messiah
would ever agree this perverted point of view
could in any way be used to establish such a
“marriage” as righteous, proper, or honorable
since the Law of hwhy clearly forbids homosexu-
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ality.64 Yet the context of Shaul’s instruction to
Timothy shows the very same thing is true of
certain kinds of animal flesh: the word of hwhy
does not set apart certain types of flesh as food!
In Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14, hwhy
warns through His word certain animal flesh is
set apart as acceptable for food while certain
other kinds of animal flesh is absolutely forbid-
den. And praying over those creatures which
have been stated to be unclean does not change
His long-established word regarding their
abominable state! Both homosexuality and un-
clean animal flesh are termed to be things for-
bidden and abhorred by the Most High. hwhy
says both are abominations! And no amount of
prayer can change His stance over those issues!
Ecclesiastes 3:14, Malachi 3:6 Prayer cannot set
apart what Scripture does not! Prayer cannot set
apart a homosexual “marriage” and prayer can-
not set apart unclean, animal flesh; both are
abominations. However, the word of hwhy does
clearly set apart specific types of animal flesh as
acceptable for food; we have read of those ani-
mals from citations in the Torah; and it is those
animals which are acceptable when properly
prepared and received with gratitude in prayer.
So the text in consideration actually proves
“nothing is to be rejected” provided it is:
1. Given/designated as qualified food, having
already been set apart by the word of hwhy.
2. Received/accepted with thanksgiving in
prayer by the word of man.
Shaul taught certain meats are for those who “be-
lieve and know the truth!” 1Timothy 4:4 This
clearly means the foundational truth of the Torah
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Leviticus 18:22, 22:13, Romans 1:26-32, 1Corinthians
6:9,10, Galatians 5:19-21
over clean and unclean flesh!65 Nothing in
Shaul’s letter to Timothy says every created
thing is fit for human consumption any more
than it says a person can “marry” someone of the
same gender! There are two conditions which
this text establishes for eating meat: if the word
of hwhy sets it apart as food, and if it is received
with gratitude in prayer, then and only then may
one partake thereof. The word of hwhy that ap-
plies to marriage equally applies to animal flesh!
Have any of our readers begun to realize the
Evangelical message commonly preached today
is not at all what the word of hwhy teaches over
the issue of clean and unclean animal flesh? The
Law of hwhy was given to restore His people to a
right relationship with Him as well as with one
another! Only a perverted mind would forbid
marriage. We have recently witnessed the re-
sults of this policy among the Catholic priest-
hood as hundreds, if not thousands, have been
molested or raped and emotionally scarred over
the past century (and likely over the past two
millennia!). Incidentally, the Catholic Church
also forbids eating meat during certain times of
the year. It would seem the Scripture cited near
the outset of this chapter (1Timothy 4:1-5) is a
direct reference to the paganism spawned from
antiquity and
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Psalm 25:5, 26:3, 30:9, Psalm 40:11, 43:3, 57:10,
86:11, 91:4, 115:1, 119:43,142,151, Proverbs 3:3,
Yochanan 17:17
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perpetuated by the Catholic church. And the Pa
pacy has further spearheaded the institution of
the pagan Sunday in disregard of the Seventh
Day Sabbath of the Decalogue. Daniel warned
the spirit of the Anti-Messiah will affect to
change the times and the laws of the Most High
in an all-out effort to oppose the chasidim (be-
loved ones) of hwhy, Daniel 7:25, 8:24, 11:30.
Can all of this be a mere coincidence?
As we close, let us return to the matter of
praying over detestable food. Any who suppose
they can use prayer to change what Elohim has
forever fixed will be rebuked for their lack of
reverence for His word. It is just as the truth of
the proverb states:
He who turns his ear from hearing the Torah,
even his prayer is an abomination.
Proverbs 28:9
We can be assured that after offering up such a
prayer, whatever forbidden flesh one then eats
will remain abominable also. We will shortly
see the solemn prophecies and warnings of noth-
ing less than the Revelation fully support and
confirm the truth of this statement.
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A Heart Strengthened by Favor
Be not carried about with diverse and strange doctrines. For it is a good
thing that the heart be established with favor, not with meats – which
have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
Hebrews 13:9
The above text provides another Scripture so
often cited to “prove” what we eat no longer
matters since we are “under grace.” To be sure,
we are “under favor” through faith in eswhy the
Messiah. Romans 6:14 But this favor does not
give us license to “continue in sin,” to continue
transgressing the Torah. Romans 6:1-2,6-7, 12-
15, 1Yochanan 3:4 Our opening text mentions
“diverse and strange doctrines” and these are de-
fined as anything not in accordance with the
Good News/Torah of hwhy. Yeshayahu 8:20 The
apostle Yochanan stated all true teachings within
the Good News must be in keeping with “the
doctrine of Messiah,” 2Yochanan 9. According
to the Savior’s own words, “the doctrine of Mes-
siah” consists of the commandments of the To-
rah, Mattithyahu 5:17-20, Yochanan 15:10. And
in the context of the Hebrew epistle we see the
same thing: unacceptable doctrines are those
which violate “the doctrine of Messiah” – the
foundational, first principles of faith as estab-
lished in the Five Books of Mosheh, the Torah,
see Hebrews 5:12, 6:1, Yeshayahu 8:20, Luke
16:29-31, 1Timothy 1:8-11. Make no mistake,
the statement made in the epistle to the Hebrews
(and cited above in our opening text) is a true
saying: our hearts should be strengthened by the
favor which the Spirit of hwhy gives (Ya’acob
4:6-10) and by the obedience which follows
from having received such favor. For the favor
which helps us to do His will is the ultimate,
heart-strengthening “food,” spiritually speaking.
In seeking to obtain this favor we are promised,
“Ask and you shall receive (mercy), seek and
you shall find (favor),” (compare Mattithyahu
7:7 with Hebrews 4:16). As we grow spiritually,
we grow in the amount of favor which we are
blessed to seek and find in His presence. By
seeking the will of hwhy through continual
prayer before His throne, we learn to acquire an
increasingly greater amounts of heavenly favor.
2Kepha 3:18, Hebrews 4:16 (Obtaining special
favor from hwhy can be likened to the father who
gives the new-car keys to a son who acts respon-
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sibly while making the irresponsible son con-
tinue taking the bus. Those who obey receive a
greater portion and anointing of the Spirit, Acts
5:32, Ya’acob 4:6-10.) The above, opening text
of Hebrews 13:19 is summarily saying this: to
seek spiritual strength based on a physical diet is
a contradiction in terms. However, attempting to
draw upon the text in question as justification for
eating anything one wants is simply another in-
excusable twisting of Scripture! For the word of
hwhy clearly distinguishes between clean and
unclean flesh. The text of this epistle is simply
rebuking a preoccupation with meat as a thing
that would strengthen one spiritually. The writer
to the Hebrews was rightly directing the hearts
of the brethren to be like their Messiah – whose
strength of heart and whose “food” was derived
from a desire to be imbued with the favor of
hwhy (Yochanan 1:14-17) and to, thereby, do the
will of His Father:
My food is to do the will of Him that sent Me,
and to finish His work. Yochanan 4:32-34, Ro-
mans 5:17, Titus 2:11,12
Putting a difference between the clean and
unclean is only one facet of the many aspects of
True Worship seen in the infinite Torah of hwhy,
Psalm 119:96, 139:17,18, 145:3, 147:5, Romans
11:33. And while delineating between clean and
unclean is important, we must not let the eating
of meat (or anything else in the physical realm)
become a preoccupation as that would constitute
idolatry. 1Corinthians 7:29-31 We are not to be
commended as having done anything great sim-
ply because we obey the word of hwhy over
clean and unclean animal flesh, Luke 17:10.
However, those who so walk are truly blessed by
such obedience since they will avoid ingesting
many harmful things which could possibly bring
physical and spiritual destruction. 1Corinthians
3:16,17, 2Corinthians 7:1 Obtaining the neces-
sary balance over every issue is just what Shaul
meant when instructing Timothy to “rightly [di-
vide] the word of truth,” 2Timothy 2:15,
Yochanan 17:17. In doing so, Shaul was simply
echoing the words of eswhy the Messiah, who
taught we should give the most attention to “the
weightier matters of the Torah” while not ne-
glecting the less weighty. Mattithyahu 23:23 As
he addressed the Hebrews, the writer of our
opening text was doing likewise. This great wis-
dom is simply teaching us there is food of far
greater importance and value than that which is
physical. This great wisdom holds forth the su-
premacy of the food of greatest importance, the
spiritual food which truly strengthens our hearts
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to stand against evil and to do the Father’s will.
Yochanan 4:31,32, Iyob 23:12, Deuteronomy 8:3
Such a comparison is not lessening the impor-
tance of eating clean flesh, if and when flesh
foods are eaten. However, it is, once more, the
great, Messianic wisdom which magnifies the
Torah and which sets our minds on things above
where the Messiah – the Living Word – is seated
at the Right Hand of hwhy. Psalm 119:89, Colos-
sians 3:1-3 (contrast: Philippians 3:18-19)
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The End From the Beginning
Remember the former things of old: for I am Elohim, and there is none else.
I am Elohim, and there is none like Me: declaring the end from the beginning,
and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying,
“My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure.”
Yeshayahu 46:9,10
Genesis … the Book of Beginnings … the
foundation of True Faith … the fountainhead of
all valid prophecy and authentic, spiritual wis-
dom from hwhy on high. Ya’acob 3:17.
Revelation … the Book of the End … the ful-
fillment and consummation of prophecy and the
final word on “the obedience of faith”66 which
the Messiah both lived and taught … His mani-
fold warning from Heaven.
In ways which are beyond belief, hwhy truly did
declare the end from the beginning. And, amaz-
ingly, nearly every prophecy uttered and nearly
every topic mentioned in Genesis finds its ulti-
mate fulfillment and/or final mention in Revela-
tion, the Book of the End. The apocalyptic vi-
sions given to the apostle Yochanan are also
known as “The revelation of eswhy the Messiah”
(Revelation 1:1), for He is therein revealed as the
Sovereign, unconquerable King (Proverbs
21:31), the indomitable “Lion of the tribe of Ye-
hudah” (Proverbs 30:29,30, Revelation 5:5) who
comes forth from Heaven in great splendor and
in uncontestable victory. Further, in giving this
vision, eswhy was fulfilling His promise to make
known to His followers what was to come as He
revealed through Yochanan those things which
would be in the future of faithful believers,
Yochanan 16:13, Revelation 1:1, 4:1. Listed be-
low are a few of the Genesis-Revelation connec-
tions which show how the plan of salvation –
established and proclaimed from the beginning –
is ultimately fulfilled in the days of the end:
• The tree of life in the garden of Eden (Genesis
2:19, 3:22, 24) is seen once more in the New
Yerushalayim, the City which shall be the heart
of the eternal Kingdom, Revelation 2:7,
22:2,14,19.
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Romans 1:5; 2:13; 3:31; 6:1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 14, 18, 22;
8:3, 4, 7, 8; 16:26, Revelation 1:3,9; 2:5,7,9-11,13,16,
17,19,25,26; 3:1-4, 8-12, 15,21; 12:17, 14:12, 22:7,14.
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• The lights of the sun and moon, seen on the
fourth day (Genesis 1:14-16), are mentioned
once more; but now they are seen as paled in
comparison to the greater splendor of the Light
of the world, Revelation 21:23.
• Further, from the very beginning, the signs
which were prophesied to be seen in the sun, the
moon, and the stars (Genesis 1:14), are the very
signs given to announce the end of mankind’s
Torah-rejecting, predominantly secular history,
Luke 21:25, Revelation 6:12, 8:10-12, 9:1.
Those signs – prophesied from the very begin-
ning and seen all the way to the very end – stand
as some of the greatest proofs of the Creator’s
sovereignty, foreknowledge and power: the up-
heavals caused by the shaking and collisions of
planets and stars in their foreordained, created
orbits would come to pass at the proper time for
executing His wrath upon the wicked at the end
of mankind’s history of blatant rebellion and
lawlessness. Yeshayahu 13:13, Joel 3:16, Haggai
2:6,7,22, Mark 13:24,25, Luke 21:25,26, He-
brews 12:26-29, Revelation 6:12-17 When law-
lessness has reached its permitted peak, the Most
High will intervene with judgments already set
in place; the heavens will shake and burning fire
will rain upon the adversaries of hwhy just as in
the days of Sodom and Gomorrah. In the days of
Noach, water came upon the earth bringing de-
struction from above and below (Genesis 7:11);
in the Day of hwhy, His wrath will bring fire
upon the earth from above and below; these
burning judgments are seen in the Revelation as
well as in the Law and the Prophets, Deuteron-
omy 4:23,24, Psalm 11:6, 18:6-15, 50:3-6, 97:1-
6, Yeshayahu 30:27,28, 33:14-16, 66:15-17, Ha-
bakkuk 3:3-6, Yoel 2:30, Zecharyah 14:12,
Malachi 4:1-3, 2Thessalonians 2:8, Hebrews
12:28,29, Revelation 1:14; 8:5,7,8,10; 9:17,18;
14:9,10,18; 16:8,9; 20:9,10,14,15.
• The covenant rainbow established after the
flood (Genesis 9:13-16) still remains in the pres-
ence of hwhy to the very end, Revelation 4:3,
10:1. This is evidence hwhy is ever mindful of
His Covenant (cf. Numbers 25:10-13, Psalm
111:5, Malachi 2:4,5, Yirmeyahu 33:17-22).
• The 12 tribes of Yisrael receive (Genesis
15:18, 49:1-28, Deuteronomy 32:8), loose, and
forever regain their inheritance in the Land,
Daniel 7:18,22, 27, Revelation 7:1-8, 21:10-12.
The promise of hwhy will not fail.
• The promise to make the seed of Abraham as
innumerable as the stars of heaven and the sand
of the seashore was given via vision, Genesis
15:1-6; this revealed the blessing which was
commanded so that all nations could receive sal-
vation in the patriarch’s Seed, the Messiah.
Genesis 12:1-3, 18:17,18, 22:15-18 The ultimate
fulfillment of this promise was also revealed via
a heavenly vision given to the apostle Yochanan
– who sees “a great multitude, which no man
could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and
people, and tongues” standing before the throne,
and before the Lamb. Revelation 7:9,10 There is
simply no place for national, racial or spiritual
pride in the Kingdom of hwhy. For a true knowl-
edge of the Torah will yield humility of heart as
we learn of the need to serve others so as to ful-
fill the greater, higher plan of hwhy to bring sal-
vation to all of His creation, Deuteronomy
17:18-20, Proverbs 15:33, Yeshayahu 19:19-25,
Romans 5:17-19, 11:32,33, 1Corinthians 15:22,
Ephesians 1:9,10.
• The judgment upon the serpent was pro-
nounced early on in man’s often lamentable his-
tory, (Genesis 3:14,15); and that prophesied pun-
ishment is revealed in advance being seen in full
and forever at the time of the end, Revelation
20:1-3,7-10.
We will not elaborate further on these numer-
ous, connected prophecies. Our point is well es-
tablished. However, we do now turn our atten-
tion to the mention of a most significant subject
seen in both Genesis and Revelation: clean and
unclean animals! “Genesis” (or “Be-rey-sheet”
in Hebrew) is the ultimate, foundational book of
Scripture; and this book clearly shows hwhy put-
ting a difference between clean and unclean ani-
mals, Genesis 7:2,8,9; 8:20; 9:4. Now before
considering the unclean animals mentioned in
the prophecies of Revelation, we need to remem-
ber this Final Book has solemnly warned all
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mankind not to take away or subtract from its
words lest our part be taken away from the book
of life:
For I testify unto every man that heareth the
words of the prophecy of this book, if any man
shall add unto these things, Elohim shall add
unto him the plagues that are written in this
book: and if any man shall take away from the
words of the book of this prophecy, Elohim shall
take away his part out of the book of life, and out
of the pure City, and from the things which are
written in this book. Revelation 22:18,19
Yet to our surprise and dismay, we realize the
popular, but erroneous, teaching which claims all
animal flesh was “cleansed at the cross” is actu-
ally a deeply tragic twisting of Scripture amount-
ing to nothing less than a direct subtraction from
the prophecies of Revelation! Those who teach
all animal flesh was made clean by the sacrifice
of eswhy the Messiah are placing themselves in
a doctrinal quagmire of monumental propor-
tions! How do we know this? Because many
decades (perhaps some 35 years!) after the death,
burial, resurrection and ascension of the Savior,
eswhy revealed from Heaven (Hebrews 12:25) in
this vision to the apostle that unclean birds were
still unclean:
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, say-
ing, “Babel (Babylon) the great is fallen, is
fallen, and is become the habitation of demons,
and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of
every unclean and hateful bird.” Revelation
18:2
This Revelation prophecy stated and taught there
were still birds which fell into the category of
unclean and detestable long after the death, res-
urrection and ascension of the Messiah! But
from where did such an idea come? This truth
came from none other than the book of Genesis!
Like Shaul (Romans 3:31), the apostle Yochanan
established the continuing authority of the Torah
and called it, “The old commandment” … “the
word which you had from the beginning!”
1Yochanan 2:7, Genesis 1:1. It is the Torah –
the eternal word of hwhy – which established
clean and unclean animal flesh! So we see the
precepts of hwhy regarding clean and unclean
animal flesh were still binding and authoritative
long after the death of eswhy at Calvary! All
Scripture (including the Torah!) is profitable for
teaching, for reproof, for correction and for train-
ing in righteousness! 2Timothy 3:16, Yeshayahu
51:7 So if all animal flesh was “made clean at
the cross” (as is so widely, but erroneously,
claimed in Evangelical circles), how could a
prophecy be seen and recorded in Revelation
(many years after the death of the Messiah) in
which a proclamation was made indicating cer-
tain birds were unclean and would still be un-
clean in the distant future?! Obviously, all ani-
mal flesh was not “cleansed at the cross;”
Kepha’s vision (seen in Acts 10) did not do away
with the Torah injunctions regarding clean and
unclean animal flesh; and the Law that eswhy
magnified in His life and teachings (Yeshayahu
42:21, Mattithyahu 5:17-20) is still true and
binding today! Acts 24:14, Romans 2:13, 3:31
So those who claim all animal flesh is now clean
are actually placing themselves in opposition to
the awesome and vengeful prophecies of Revela-
tion, Revelation 22:18,19. Such a stance does
not leave one on solid ground of any sort. For
proponents of that doctrine have been fooled into
building with wood, hay and stubble on a foun-
dation composed of the sands of lawlessness,
Mattithyahu 7:26,27, 1Corinthians 3:12. Conse-
quently, multitudes of the sheep are lead astray
by erring, unprincipled men (2Kepha 3:17,
NASB) who unwittingly oppose the eternal, im-
mutable Word of hwhy. May any of our readers
who have subscribed to such error up to this
point in their lives be blessed to find favor before
the throne of hwhy and to turn to Him with all
their hearts. Acts 3:26, Hebrews 4:16 And, once
again, we find mention of foul, unclean spirits
and demons connected with unclean animals! In
this case, the detestable creatures are unclean
birds, Revelation 18:2. Demons and the unclean
frog are also connected earlier in the prophecies
of Revelation:
And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come
out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the
mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the
false prophet. For they are the spirits of de-
mons, working miracles, which go forth unto the
kings of the earth and of the whole world, to
gather them to the battle of that great Day of El
Shaddai. Revelation 16:13,14
Regardless of what one believes about the time
in which the prophecies of Revelation were first
given (i.e., 68 A.D., or even some other date),
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and regardless of what one believes about the
fulfillment of those prophecies, at their inception,
those predictions spoke of a future time when
Babel/Babylon would be destroyed and would be
subsequently inhabited by every unclean and
hateful bird! While Bozrah is connected in the
ancient annals with Esau (or Edom, Genesis
25:30, 36:1,8,19), there is a city today in south-
ern Iraq by that very name! Is this merely coin-
cidence? Are many Iraqis descendants of Edom?
And Babel, together with Assyria,67 will be
judged for its murderous spirit of hatred and re-
venge bent on the destruction of Yisrael. The
kingdoms of Edom and Assyria seem especially
allied in this purpose as prophesied in the
Eighty-third Psalm (which mentions both As-
syria and Edom as two of the ten in this ten-toed,
anti-Yisrael alliance, Psalm 83:6-8, Daniel 2:34-
44). Assyria and Edom are also mentioned as
adversaries of hwhy and Yisrael in numerous
other places throughout the word of hwhy. And
so, their judgment appears to be one and the
same: total annihilation followed by continual
desolation. After being destroyed, Babel/Edom
shall be the haunt of the cormorant, the bittern,
the owl, the raven, and the vulture68 – all birds
which are listed as unclean in Leviticus 11 and
Deuteronomy 14! In precise accordance with the
prophets of old, it is this very judgment of ex-
treme desolation to which the Revelation 18:2
prediction refers while further revealing unclean
birds remained unclean long after the death of
the Messiah.69 So the Revelation prophecy was
but a reiteration of numerous prophecies which
had been long-since given to the prophets of old!
And long after all animal flesh was supposedly
“made clean at the cross,” Babel was prophesied
to yet become a hold of every unclean and hate-
ful bird! So we emphasize and emphatically
warn every man: all animal flesh was not made
clean at the Messiah’s death. That which was
declared from the beginning as a Law of hwhy,
67
Assyria consisted anciently of the Medes and the Per-
sians, but is known today as, “Iran.” The national lan-
guage of that country is still Persian.
68
See Yeshayahu 14:22,23, 34:11-15, Yirmeyahu 50:1-
51:64, Tsephanyah 2:13-15. These are the very prophesies
referred to in the Apocalypse where they are seen in their
final fulfillment! Revelation 18:2
69
Thus, it is clear all other unclean animals listed in the
word of hwhy remained (and remain) unclean as well!
holds true all the way until the very end! Yesha-
yahu 46:10, Ecclesiastes 3:14.
In the purposes of hwhy, there are both clean
and unclean animals and attention to the Scrip-
tures on this matter is most instructive.70 We see
the Revelation prophecy mentioning these birds
as being both unclean and hateful. And, indeed,
possessing a hateful spirit is something which
also makes a person unclean before hwhy, Mat-
tithyahu 15:18-20. To teach anything else takes
away from the word of hwhy in the Law and the
Prophets (Deuteronomy 4:2, 12:32, Proverbs
30:5,6); it takes away from the Law-upholding
teachings of eswhy the Messiah (Mattithyahu
5:17-20, 19:16,17, 23:1-3,23, Yochanan 14:15,
21); it takes away from the apostles’ teachings
which continued to establish the Law regarding
this matter (Acts 15:20,29, 24:14, Romans 2:13,
3:31); and it takes away from the very prophe-
cies of Revelation (16:13,14, 18:2, 22:18,19).
Before leaving thoughts from Revelation, we
should add the following: the connection be-
tween the eating of blood and demon worship is
an evil against which the Scriptures so clearly
warn, Leviticus 17:1-12; and these deeds of law-
lessness will bring punishment via the terrible
plagues which are to be poured out upon the dis-
obedient in the Day of hwhy. Of this, we are
warned in an earlier segment of the Revelation
prophecy:
And the rest of the men which were not killed by
these plagues, still did not repent of the works of
their hands, that they should not worship de-
mons. Revelation 9:20
Demon worship nullifies the Law of hwhy, and
His wrath will fall upon those who participate in
such uncleanness, Psalm 119:126. So we need to
be fully aware of those deeds which are included
in the category of “demon worship.” Do we not
suppose there is more than an element of truth to
the unclean and perverted, demonic activities so
widely accepted today in the aura that surrounds
the blood-sucking vampires of the famed and
pagan observance known as “Halloween?” Does
the whole thing not reek with the foul and un-
clean stench of demon worship? And in the bull
70
For further thoughts on the creation and unclean ani-
mals, see Part 4 of the APPENDIX entitled, “Doth Not Even
Nature Itself Teach You?”
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fights of Madrid, the passions of the crowd are
greatly aroused by the bleeding, dying animal as
the masses revel in the “sport” of such cruelty,
Proverbs 12:10. In football games and boxing
matches, many of the fans cheer with madness
when one opponent injures another and blood
comes forth; after which time, the spirit of hatred
and rivalry grows markedly and the crowd wants
more while the opponent(s) want revenge. But
what more is there? When the crowd “smells
blood,” as the saying goes, demons obviously
incite an insane desire in the majority to see the
victim further hurt and, ultimately, even killed.
So this desire for “more” is nothing less than the
spirit of hatred and murder. All of these things
are modern-day counterparts to that insane, riot-
ous, and murderous spirit which was driven by
the blood-loving demons who inspired the
gladiator fights of the ancient Roman coliseum.
So the wrath of hwhy seen in the prophesies of
Revelation extends far, far beyond the punish-
ment which shall fall upon those who openly
worship demons and spirits of falsehood in the
overt activities ever associated with Satanic wor-
ship: tarot cards, Ouija boards, secret societies,
séances, horoscopes, sorcery, and witchcraft.
While His wrath will surely find its way upon
those who openly worship Satan in these ways,
punishment will also fall justly upon those
whose penchant for blood rolls out the welcome
mat for unclean, demonic spirits; whether that
desire is expressed in a physical appetite for
blood,71 in an emotional appetite for blood,72 or
even in a spiritual appetite for blood,73 hwhy will
punish all disobedience and all uncleanness, Ga-
latians 5:19-21, Ephesians 5:3-7. hwhy hates
death and the shedding of human blood, while
the spirit of murder and lawlessness revels in and
promotes such evils. [hwhy loves life and places
great value on every human being! In His love
and patience, He does not even desire the death
of the wicked. We know this because even when
it is finally time to arise for executing judgment
upon the lawless, hwhy takes absolutely no
pleasure in their death and destruction. Yechez-
kel 18:23,32, 33:11 His wrath occurs only when
it is realized He is simply left with no other
71
Genesis 9:4, Leviticus 17:1-12, Acts 15:28-29
72
Genesis 9:5,6, Yeshayahu 29:9, 1Yochanan 3:14,15,
Revelation 16:4-6, 17:4-6
73
Luke 9:53-55; contrast Yirmeyahu 17:16
choice.] And blood which was shed in obedi-
ence to the Law of hwhy was required to be dealt
with in very specific ways:
1. It usually had to be poured out upon the
ground in its entirety, Deuteronomy 15:23. And
we especially note the Hebrew for blood, “dam,”
is cognate with the Hebrew word for man,
“Adam,” and with the Hebrew word for ground,
“adamah.”
2. Blood was never to be eaten, Genesis 9:4,
Leviticus 3:17, 1Shemuel 14:32,33. Never was
the actual, literal blood of any creature desig-
nated for human consumption! The reason de-
mons feed on blood contrary to this command is
beyond the scope of the author. However, that
demons do, in fact, revel in bloodshed – along
with all of its related activities of revenge, cru-
elty, uncleanness, murder and fornication – is
simply indisputable.
The very first direct mention of demons74 in all
of Scripture is seen in connection with the eating
of blood, Leviticus 17:1-14. And regarding for-
nication and bloodshed, recall the word of hwhy
forbids sexual union between husband and wife
during the woman’s period of monthly blood
flow and uncleanness, Leviticus 18:19, Yechez-
kel 18:6. Those who violate this commandment
defile the marriage bed and are guilty of fornica-
tion even within a lawful marital union, Hebrews
13:4. Further, how many millions of incidents of
fornication have led to the murder/abortion of
the unwanted (i.e., hated!) child? This is proof
that the spirit of fornication (which the world
falsely calls “love”) is simply a spirit of hatred
and murder in a disguise of illicit, sexual dain-
ties. 2Shemuel 13:1, 11-15, Proverbs 9:13-18.
hwhy allowed and sometimes requires the
shedding of blood. Bloodshed was foreseen to
become a necessary part of His plan to redeem
mankind (Leviticus 17:11,12, Hebrews 9:19-22,
Revelation 13:8); but even when blood is shed
for His purposes, it is never a thing of naught to
be taken lightly or treated flippantly, Psalm
116:15, Hebrews 10:29, 1Kepha 1:18-19. Re-
garding the various animal offerings, we have
seen the reverent regulations of worship sur-
74
This word is incorrectly translated “devils” by the KJV;
the appellative, “Devil,” applies to Satan alone.
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rounding the bloodshed of those animals were
precepts to be heeded diligently. Of those who
overcome and who remain untouched by the
burning plagues of the Revelation it is, thus,
written of their abhorrence for the shedding of
innocent blood:
The sinners in Tziyon are afraid; fearfulness
hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us
shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among
us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? He
that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly;
he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that
shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that
stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and
shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; he shall dwell
on high: his place of defense shall be the muni-
tions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his wa-
ters shall be sure. Yeshayahu 33:14-16
In this chapter, we have seen what was true
and moral in the beginning is still true and moral
all the way to the very end. From Genesis to
Revelation, the word of hwhy stands as one: the
Scriptures put a difference between the clean and
the unclean from the Beginning all the way to
the very End! It is just as the psalmist wit-
nessed:
The head of Your word is true: and to eternity is
every judgment of Your righteousness.
Psalm 119:160
The Torah is here called “the head” of the entire
word of hwhy. And not only is the number five
widely recognized as the number related to “fa-
vor,”75 it is also the number of books which
compose the “head” of the Word of hwhy. This
head, figuratively speaking, is the Five Books of
Mosheh. A matter of great and wonderful sig-
nificance is revealed in this regard: not only is
favor particularly associated with the head of
those who are blessed to be doers of the Word,76
but eswhy is the Embodiment of the Torah. And
coming into the world as the Living Word made
flesh, He was made to be the “Head,” or Sover-
eign, Mattithyahu 12:8. His life was “full of fa-
vor” (Yochanan 1:1,14, Psalm 45:2). And hav-
ing overcome all things, He is now exalted to be
75
“Favor” is commonly translated as, “grace,” in most
modern-day, Scripture texts.
76
Proverbs 1:9, 4:9, Yochanan 1:14,16,17, Acts 4:33,
Romans 5:2,17,21, 6:14, Titus 2:11,12
the “Head of the Assembly” and the “Head over
all things,” Mattithyahu 28:18, Acts 10:36,
Ephesians 1:22, 4:15, 5:23, Colossians 1:18,
2:10,19. Should we be surprised with such a
telling connection? And if the Messiah was the
Word of hwhy in the flesh, how can the Law have
been abolished? eswhy the Messiah kept His
Father’s commandments and invites all who
would follow Him to do likewise, Yochanan
15:10, 1Yochanan 2:3-6. Those who truly re-
ceive of His favor/grace do not walk in lawless-
ness, but grow in “the obedience of the faith.”
Romans 1:5, 2:13, 3:31, 5:17,21, 6:14,17,18,22,
8:3-7, 16:26 But those who somehow think and
teach the favor/grace of hwhy relaxes His Law,
are those who condone lawlessness; and they are
doing “despite unto the Spirit of favor.” Hebrews
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10:29, Jude 1:4 This is the lawless spirit of the
Anti-Messiah (compare 1Yochanan 4:2,3 with
Romans 8:3,4) and we should not submit to such
a spirit under any conditions if we aspire to over-
come and to inherit the Kingdom. When hwhy
speaks His word, it stands forever, Psalm 105:8,
Ecclesiastes 3:14. We do far better to believe
and obey than to heed modern-day preaching
which takes away from the eternal word of hwhy
in the Torah and which takes away from the
prophecies of eswhy in Revelation. For if we
heed such man-made teachings, eswhy warns our
crown will be taken away. Deuteronomy 4:2,
12:32, 13:1-4, Revelation 3:10,11, 22:18,19.
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 CHAPTER 17
Forbidden Food
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit
thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Genesis 3:6
Of all histories, spiritual history repeats itself,
Ecclesiastes 1:9, 3:15. Adam and Eve were for-
bidden to eat from the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil, yet they partook all the same.
Genesis 2:17, 3:17 And throughout history
(even in ancient Yisrael), the table (representing
the things which are there eaten) has quietly
loomed as “a snare and a trap” to disobedient
gluttons, Exodus 16:3,7-9,12, Numbers 11:4-34,
Psalm 69:22-24, 78:26-31. The trap and the
snare remain being one of the Adversary’s most
effective and preeminent tools, Genesis 4:7.
(The “table,” or food, was not only the first
temptation brought against Chavvah/Eve, it was
the first temptation leveled against the Messiah,
Mattithyahu 4:2-4.) And in our apostate society,
multitudes have fallen prey to overeating for
generations; consequently, sodomites are now
emerging with pride from the fields of gluttony,
Yechezkel 16:49, Proverbs 30:9, Deuteronomy
8:10-14,19-20; 32:15-22. All things remaining
the same, wrath and demise shall soon follow for
the entire nation, Amos 9:8. In the meantime,
the question arises for those who would en-
deavor to do the will of hwhy in the face of the
widespread degeneration and apostasy which
seemingly prevail:
“What will each one do in relation to the
eternal word of the Creator over issues of food,
eating versus not eating, and gluttony?”
For regardless of how some may still try to jus-
tify their position and rationalize away the truth
of the Scriptures, we are dealing with a very sim-
ple issue: the choice between a diet based on
man’s carnal, uninspired and deadly desires
(Proverbs 14:12), or a diet in accordance with
the Creator’s simple, loving, inspired, righteous,
and life-giving word, 2Timothy 3:16,17. It is the
very same issue seen at man’s Fall: will we eat
food of our own choosing or will we eat food
which is in accordance with His spoken word
and eternal will? As it was in the beginning, it is
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still the case until this very day: a gluttonous
desire for food which has been clearly forbidden
by the Almighty’s word still remains a promi-
nent issue – among those who claim they would
not have partaken of the fruit set before Adam
and Chavvah as well as among those who at-
tempt to make the Scriptures their standard for
living. The simple word of hwhy forbids it, but
man, nevertheless, partakes thereof, Genesis
2:16,17, 3:6. What applied to the forbidden fruit
in the garden of Eden now applies to unclean
animal flesh (and blood), yet mankind still fails
the test by eating the very thing which the word
of hwhy has simply and clearly banned! Will
you fall prey to the same tool of the Devil which
has undermined the lives and well-being of mil-
lions? While teachers who preach against the
Torah continue to prosper in many circles, it will
not be so long hence. Many will begin to realize
their spiritual fathers have inherited naught but
lies (Yirmeyahu 16:19); they will no longer al-
low themselves and their children to suffer the
effects of eating detestable flesh as they turn
back to the Creator and look to Him alone for
salvation from the ends of the earth, Yeshayahu
45:22, Psalm 22:27. The anti-Law, Anti-
Messiah spirit of the Adversary will be cut off
from the earth, Nachum 1:14,15, 2Thessalonians
2:7-8. The wrath of hwhy of hosts and His zeal
will perform His word and will establish His
truth worldwide. Malachi 1:11 The Torah will
go forth from Yerushalayim and will be incum-
bent upon all the inhabitants of the earth, Psalm
22:27, 102:15, 16, 138:4,5; Yeshayahu 2:1-4,
66:22-24, Zechariah 14:16-19, Revelation 15:4.
May readers be blessed to do the will of His
Kingdom before the time in which it becomes
mandatory by iron-rod Rule, Mattithyahu 6:9,10.
May the Name of hwhy and His Messiah be ex-
alted with all the preeminence unto the ages of
the ages! Yeshayahu 2:11,17, Colossians 1:18
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 CHAPTER 18
Where There is No Vision
Where there is no vision the people are unrestrained,
but blessed is he that keeps the Torah.
Proverbs 29:18
In the closing chapter, it is needful to empha-
size what is seen throughout the entire testimony
of Scripture: true, valid, prophetic vision is di-
rectly connected with a heart given to loving ob-
servance of the Law of hwhy.77 As our opening
proverb states, true prophetic vision was and is
the result of cultivating loving, faithful obedi-
ence towards the One worthy of all our praise
and devotion. This loving obedience is ex-
pressed by those who keep His Torah because
they delight in the commandments of hwhy.78
And those who keep His commandments are
promised to have opened to them in the heavens
a door of vision and prophecy.79 When we ask,
seek and knock while abiding in His command-
ments (1Yochanan 3:22-24, 2Yochanan 9), a
door of vision and prophecy is opened unto us in
the heavens through which is revealed more of
hwhy and more of His eternal will, Yochanan
14:21. This is what it means to love hwhy (Exo-
dus 20:6), to seek Him, and to find Him, Song of
Shelomo 3:1,2, Yirmeyahu 29:13. Our opening
text from Proverbs ultimately speaks of the law-
abiding, prophetic testimony which was seen in
the Messiah. For He, above all others, kept the
Torah of hwhy. And so the Spirit of prophecy
was ever with Him. The heavenly messenger
77
Loving obedience does not abolish the Torah in any
way! Romans 2:13, 3:31, Ya’acob 4:11,12. However,
obedience to the commandments of hwhy from a heart of
love does stand in stark contrast to self-exalting legalism
and salvation by works, Mattithyahu 22:37-40, 23:23,
Luke 11:42. Failure to heed the fact the Messiah teaches
obedience to the Torah (Deuteronomy 18:15-19) and fail-
ure to discern the contrast He provides us between loving
obedience and legalism, are major contributors to today’s
erroneous teachings which attempt to abolish and disre-
gard the Law. Failing to heed the Torah as taught by
eswhy does not leave one on solid ground when standing
before hwhy. Deuteronomy 18:15-19 The lawless route
will result in the loss of many crowns, Revelation 3:11,
1Corinthians 3:15, 9:25.
78
See Psalm 1:1,2, 40:8, 119:77, 99-104, Yochanan
15:10, Romans 7:22
79
Compare Mattithyahu 7:7,8 with Revelation 1:1,2,19;
3:7,8; 4:1; see also Amos 3:7, Yochanan 14:21
77
spoke the following of this prophetic testimony
when conferring with the apostle Yochanan:
“The testimony of eswhy is the Spirit of proph-
ecy.” Mattithyahu 5:17-20, Revelation 12:17,
12:14, 19:10. In Mattithyahu 5:1-13, eswhy re-
vealed the law-abiding Spirit behind this Spirit
of prophecy when summarizing that list of char-
acter traits with these words:
… “so they persecuted the prophets which were
before you.” Mattithyahu 5:12
All of the prophets bore testimony to the eternal
truth and validity of the Torah; such was the very
litmus test prescribed for proof of the prophet’s
authenticity! Deuteronomy 13:1-4 Every true
prophet teaches in accordance with the eternal
Torah, Yeshayahu 8:20, 40:8, Mattithyahu
19:16,17, Acts 24:14. As our opening Scripture
from Proverbs promises, the blessed Spirit of
vision and prophecy abides with those who keep
the Torah of hwhy. Rightly so, since it is the
very Law of hwhy which reveals that which is
(now), and that which was (in the past), and that
which is to come (in the future)! Revelation 1:8
As we have already seen, it was through His To-
rah that hwhy declared “the end from the begin-
ning.” Yeshayahu 46:10 So why do multitudes
in our day erroneously claim the Torah was abol-
ished?
None of the prophets and apostles ever prac-
ticed eating unclean animal flesh. Consider
many of the great men of faith: Noach (Genesis
7:2,8, 8:20), Mosheh (Leviticus 11), Iyob (Iyob
23:12), Yehoshua (Yehoshua 1:8), Shimshon
(Judges 13:4,7,14), Eliyah, Elisha, David (Psalm
37:31, 40:8), Yeshayahu (65:2-6, 66:16,17),
Yirmeyahu (15:16,17), Yechezkel (4:14), Daniel
(1:8), Kepha (Acts 10:14, 11:8), Shaul (Acts
24:14, Romans 2:13, 3:31) and preeminently,
eswhy the Messiah (Mattithyahu 5:17-20,
23:24); none of these men partook of abominable
flesh; and they were set apart as clean vessels fit
for the great, eternal purpose of hwhy: proclaim-
ing His excellencies to all generations. Psalm
89:1, Exodus 3:14,15, Yochanan 17:6,26,
2Timothy 2:21 And the true, authentic Spirit of
prophecy can be seen at work in each one’s tes-
timony. The prophet Daniel stands forth as an
example of the favor and prophetic vision which
are given to those keeping the Torah. In his de-
termination and obedience to keep the com-
mandments, Daniel was blessed physically (he
was fatter in flesh, Daniel 1:8-15), mentally (he
excelled in knowledge and understanding, 1:17-
20) and spiritually (he was given understanding
in visions and dreams, 1:17). True Worshippers
keep His commands because of their love for
Him (Exodus 20:6, 1Yochanan 5:3) and because
they are seeking to know more fully the One
whose will and ways are eternal:
Blessed are they that keep His testimonies,
that seek Him with the whole heart.
Psalm 119:2, 63:1,2
In contrast, lawless, anti-Messianic, anti-Torah
opposition towards hwhy (Psalm 2:2,3) is in-
spired by unclean, demonic spirits of false wor-
ship who spawn deeds of anger, murder, fornica-
tion and the like; these spirits are seen through-
out Scripture in association with eating blood
and unclean animal flesh:
1. The spirit of fear and murder connected with
eating blood/unclean creatures, Genesis 9:1-7.
Shaul shows the spirit of fear is contrary to the
Spirit of power, love and self-control. 2Timothy
1:7 Hence, fear breeds a heart filled with weak-
ness, hatred/murder, and lack of sound, moral
restraint.
2. False, demonic worship and eating blood, Le-
viticus 3:17, 7:25-27, 17:1-14. Rampant sexual
immorality is rebuked by the Torah which ex-
poses the connection between gross lewdness
and the consumption of unclean flesh; both ap-
pear in the same context: Leviticus 20:1-27.
3. Demonic sacrifices, eating swine, eating
dogs, and false holiness as seen today among
many of the religious community, Yeshayahu
65:2-5. “Dogs” was typically a term used to de-
scribe Gentiles who exhibited unbridled lust as
they lived in unclean ignorance of the Law of
hwhy, Psalm 22:16, Mattithyahu 7:6, Mark 7:27,
Ephesians 4:19, Revelation 22:15.
4. Idolatry/false worship and eating the unclean
flesh of the swine and the mouse, Yeshayahu
66:3.
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5. Flies and the Prince of Demons, Mattithyahu
12:24-27.
6. Gnats and camels together with hypocrisy,
extortion and excess/gluttony. Mattithyahu
23:24.
7. Demonic possession and swine, Mark 5:13.
8. Idolatry and fornication appear together with
eating blood/unclean animals and with eating
improperly slaughtered, inhumanely strangled
animals. Acts 15:20,29.
9. Demons are likened to unclean frogs; and
those spirits incite anger, war/murder, Revelation
16:13,14.
10. Demons and foul spirits are associated with
every unclean and hateful bird long after the as-
cension of eswhy into Heaven, Revelation 18:2.
Finally, this manuscript further proves the words
of the Messiah indicating the Law would not
pass away mean precisely that:
Think not that I am come to destroy the Law or
the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to
fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and
earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise
pass from the Law, till all be fulfilled. Whoso-
ever therefore shall break one of these least
commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall
be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven:
but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same
shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
For I say unto you, that except your righteous-
ness shall exceed that of the scribes and Phari-
sees, you shall in no case enter into the Kingdom
of Heaven. Mattithyahu 5:17-20
Many falsely claim the word, “fulfilled” – which
eswhy used in the above citation – actually
means, “abolished.” This false reasoning, with
no basis in truth, proceeds somewhat as follows:
“Because eswhy fulfilled the Law, we are no
longer under any moral obligation to keep the
commandments.” But the context here readily
reveals such statements are a twisting of the
Scriptures. The word of hwhy never intimates
anything close to this illogical, law-rejecting de-
duction. To believe such falsehood (which we
have seen is contrary to every teaching from
Genesis to Revelation) is to take a vain leap of
blind faith across an impassable chasm looming
high above the pit of destruction. Does “ful-
filled” mean “abolished?” On the contrary, the
context of the Messiah’s teaching here clearly
shows when eswhy said “fulfilled,” He meant
“established.”80 For eswhy subsequently indi-
cated, in context, those who keep and teach the
commandments of the Torah will be called the
greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. Keeping
and teaching are, clearly, the opposite of abol-
ishing, Ezra 7:9,10. As prophesied, eswhy the
Messiah magnified the Law and made it honor-
able by using the Torah to show sin to be “ex-
ceedingly sinful.” Yeshayahu 42:21, Mattithyahu
5:27,28, Romans 7:13 He taught that the Fa-
ther’s commandments in the Torah became His
and that His commandments should become
ours, Yochanan 15:10, 14:23,24. Further, those
who would keep and teach the commandments of
Torah are here contrasted by eswhy with those
who break the commandments and who teach
others to do the same. The Messiah and Sover-
eign solemnly warns any who opt for this wide
and easy road they will have no reward and no
greatness in the Kingdom of Heaven, Mat-
tithyahu 5:19.
In this manuscript, we have seen the word of
hwhy from Genesis to Revelation establishes the
unchanging truth of clean and unclean animal
flesh. Multitudes today cite the text that, “All
Scripture is given by inspiration of Elohim, and
is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correc-
tion, for instruction in righteousness.” 2 Timothy
3:16 But the phrase, “all Scripture,” used here
by Shaul includes the Torah … the Five Books
of Mosheh … Genesis through Deuteronomy!
Acts 24:14 The Law and the Prophets stand for-
ever! So said Yeshayahu the prophet and so
echoed the apostle Kepha:
The grass withers and the flower fades,
but the word of our Elohim stands forever.
Yeshayahu 40:7,8, 1Kepha 1:24,25
The word to which both Yeshayahu and the
apostle Kepha were referring was the very Torah
of hwhy. The irony? Scores of Christians cite
this quippy verse from Yeshayahu while openly
rejecting the Torah which they unwittingly pro-
claim will stand forever! In the case of clean and
unclean animal flesh, we have demonstrated the
80
See Yochanan 14:15,21,23,24, 15:10, Acts 24:14, Ro-
mans 2:13, 3:31, 7:12,14, 1Yochanan 5:3, Revelation
12:17, 14:12, 22:14.
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veracity of this very thing. From Genesis to
Revelation, there is no Scripture which contra-
dicts another Scripture on the following point:
hwhy recognizes there to be a clear difference
between clean and unclean flesh; and He wants
to bless His people with life and health as they,
too, recognize this difference and walk accord-
ingly.
Long after the Savior’s resurrection, the term
“dog” (an unclean animal) is still used to convey
the uncleanness of those who will be banned and
put outside of the set apart city, the New
Yerushalayim, Revelation 22:15. Those unclean,
commandment-breaking dogs are clearly con-
trasted with the clean sheep of the previous text
who “do His commandments, that they may have
right to the tree of life, and may enter in through
the gates into the city.” Revelation 22:14 (ISRV)
These are the sheep of hwhy; these are “the sheep
of His pasture” who walk by faith and who fol-
low the Lamb wherever He goes. Numbers
32:10-12, Psalm 23:1-3, 63:8, 75:13, 95:7, 100:3,
Yochanan 10:27, Revelation 14:4
The covenant word of hwhy was given to
Abraham and confirmed to Yisrael; and this is
the very word which hwhy commanded to a thou-
sand generations! The moral Laws of hwhy ex-
tend into eternity:
He hath remembered His covenant to the age,
the word which He commanded to
a thousand generations.
Psalm 105:8, Deuteronomy 7:9
Generations once spanned some 100 years: the
fourth generation of Abraham’s descendants
came out of Mitsrayim (Egypt) 400 years into
their affliction, Genesis 15:13-16. And it would
seem this 100-year span shall be restored in the
Millennium, Yeshayahu 65:20. But even count-
ing one generation as a mere fifty years, the 1000
generations prophesied in the Torah and the
Psalms would result in a 50,000-year time-span!
Even in this smallest-case-scenario for one gen-
eration, we are only a mere 120 or so generations
from creation and only around 70 generations
from the giving of the Torah at Sinai; this is no-
where near the 1000 generation mark [which
will take us far beyond the Millennial Reign of
eswhy to what would be the year 44,000 A.M.
(“After Millennium”) under this scenario!].
 Another popular text so frequently cited
among the Evangelical community is seen in the
119th Psalm:
Your word is a lamp unto my feet and
a light unto my path. Psalm 119:105
Yet the “word” to which this psalm refers is the
Torah! When writing to first century believers
the apostle Yochanan referred to the Torah as,
… “the word which you heard from ‘The begin-
ning.’” Genesis 1:1, Yochanan 1:1, 1Yochanan
1:1, 2:7, 24, 3:8,11,12 The 150 Psalms were all
meditations on the Torah; and under inspiration
these great songs were divided into Five Books
so as to correspond with each of the Five Books
of the Torah (see the Companion Bible notes and
appendices). So unless we are hearkening to the
word of hwhy over the issue of clean and unclean
animal flesh, we cannot truly say with the psalm-
ist, “Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light
unto my path.”
All who study Scripture and who believe in
eswhy the Messiah should be sobered by the re-
alization which our manuscript establishes:
there is a lawful, Messianic interpretation for
every Scripture and, in many cases, there is a
lawless, anti-Messianic interpretation for those
very same texts. Many today are buying into the
lawless view and so fall prey to the devices of
Satan’s “mystery of lawlessness” at some level,
2 Thessalonians 2:7. And the children of these
well-meaning, but misguided souls have become
tragic victims of “the pollution of idols” as they
suffer numerous maladies and afflictions from
eating unclean flesh, Hoshea 4:6, Acts 15:20.
The fires of idolatry through which today’s
youth are passing to destruction (Leviticus
18:21, Deuteronomy 12:31, 18:10) have kindled
the zeal of hwhy of hosts and He will no longer
stand idly by as the carnage continues. For false
worship maims and destroys the next generation
of precious little ones over whom the Most High
has much concern as they are defiled in inno-
cence, Malachi 2:15, 4:4-6, Mattithyahu 18:1-14.
Had they been given the truth, many of these lit-
tle ones would have surely believed. Evangeli-
cals have adopted many unfounded traditions
which are based in the false worship of pagan-
ism; these blind tenants of faith have absolutely
no basis in the Scriptures and never came into
the mind of hwhy, Yirmeyahu 32:35.
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The apostle Shaul warned there would come a
time in which teaching from the Torah would not
be endured as many turned from the truth of the
eternal word, 2Timothy 4:3,4. This was to be
(and now is) the time spoken of in the Prophets
wherein we have a famine for the hearing of the
word of hwhy, Amos 8:11. “The mystery of law-
lessness”81 is Satan’s all-time masterpiece of de-
ception. Those “who receive not the love of the
truth” for the eternal word of hwhy are being
spellbound and hopelessly drawn into the deadly
vortex of the Adversary’s whirlpool of iniquity
and destruction. As our manuscript has provided
so much clear evidence regarding clean and un-
clean meat, perhaps many readers will be so-
bered enough to realize the following: contem-
porary Christianity – whether Catholicism or the
many branches of Protestantism – advocates
much tradition, falsehood and, in some cases,
even outright lawlessness; yet these things were
never intended or taught by eswhy the Messiah
of Yisrael. For the Messiah – the King of Yis-
rael – never abolished any Torah commandment.
However, in 321 A.D., the emperor Constantine
introduced the pagan Sun-day (a continuing relic
of sun worship) thereby further corrupting the
Messianic faith which eswhy and His apostles
had established. Yechezkel 8:15-17, Deuteron-
omy 4:19, 2Kings 17:16, 23:5, Yirmeyahu
10:1,2. And until now, the doctrine of Sunday
worship – an historically documented and brazen
act of pagan usurpation of the True Sabbath – is
blindly and ignorantly defended by most Evan-
gelicals as inviolable truth. Had the Protestant
Reformation truly returned the hearts of the peo-
ple to the word of hwhy (Yirmeyahu 23:22), mul-
titudes would have rejected the apostate precept
of pagan-spawned, Catholic-perpetuated Sunday-
keeping. In this regard, the Catholic Church ac-
tually boasts of having dispensed with the Fourth
Commandment of the Decalogue!82 But the
Messiah and King of Yisrael – the Author of
True, Messianic Faith – will have no part of any
pagan, man-made precept which nullifies His
Father’s commandments, Luke 2:32, Ephesians
4:17, Mark 7:8,9,13, Colossians 2:20-22. eswhy
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Deuteronomy 13:1-4, Mattithyahu 7:21-23 (“iniquity” =
“lawlessness”), 2 Thessalonians 2:3-10, Revelation
13:13,14
82
See the Bible Sabbath Association website at
http://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/confsund.html for
documentation regarding this fact.
was/is the Living Word and so He also remains
the Living Sabbath (Yochanan 1:1). eswhy
magnified the Torah and held it forth once more
as honorable by exemplifying how the Sabbath
Day was to be observed in the face of contempo-
rary traditions by which the twisted traditions of
the Pharisees had made the Day a burden! Thus,
the Savior upheld the immutability of the eternal
Sabbath by performing many healing miracles
which validated and established the continued
importance of this great Day of rest! eswhy, the
Living Word, magnified the law of the Sabbath!
Yeshayahu 42:21 No prophet or teacher can
claim Heavenly authority should he or she affect
to change the unchanging, moral precepts of the
Law of Mosheh and the Testimony of the Proph-
ets, Deuteronomy 13:1-4, Yeshayahu 8:20, Mat-
tithyahu 5:17-20. None of the Torah has been
abolished: the commandments concerning clean
and unclean animal flesh, the Sabbath Day, the
Feasts, and all those precepts which forbid idola-
try, sorcery, homosexuality, witchcraft, and mur-
der (along with many others), are all laws of ‫יהוה‬
which stand against the works of the flesh, Gala-
tians 5:19-23. A closer study will reveal that
violation of any of the first four of the “Ten
Words” constitutes idolatry – something which is
forbidden throughout the Messianic Scriptures.83
While there is no law against the fruit of the
Spirit, the apostle Shaul clearly taught there is a
law against the works of the flesh; in context, he
clearly implies that Law is the very Torah of
hwhy! Galatians 5:19-23
May all dear readers be spurred on to addi-
tional study and to greater blessings by walking
in the eternal paths of peace and rest revealed in
the entirety of Scripture, Yeshayahu 28:12,
30:15, Yirmeyahu 6:16. In all love, and with
continual prayer, the author submits this present
work for the edification of his many brethren
worldwide. May readers join with us in praying
for “the restoration of all things,” even as it is
written:
“All the ends of the earth will remember
and turn to hwhy.”
Psalm 22:27, 86:9, Acts 3:21,
Zechariah 10:5-12, Revelation 15:4
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Acts 15:20, 21:25, 2Corinthians 6:16,17, 1Thessalonians
1:9, 1Yochanan 5:21
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22 You shall therefore keep all My statutes, and
all My judgments, and do them: that the land,
whither I bring you to dwell therein, spew you
not out. 23 And you shall not walk in the man-
ners of the nation, which I cast out before you:
for they committed all these things, and therefore
I abhorred them. 24 But I have said unto you,
You shall inherit their land, and I will give it
unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with
milk and honey: I am hwhy your Elohim, which
have separated you from other people. 25 You
shall therefore put a difference between clean
beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls
and clean: and you shall not make your souls
abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any
manner of living thing that creepeth on the
ground, which I have separated from you as
unclean. 26 And you shall be set apart unto
Me: for I hwhy am set apart, and have severed
you from other people, that you should be Mine.
Leviticus 20:22-26, Mattithyahu 5:48, 1Kepha
1:14-16
May each reader receive with gratitude “the
word of His favor, which is able to build you up,
and to give you an inheritance among all them
which are set apart.” Acts 20:32 The word of
hwhy is that which comes from a loving, Heav-
enly Father for the blessings and protection of
His dearly beloved children.
His blessed, memorial Name – great and qodesh
above all things – is exalted l’olam va’ed … to
the Messianic Age and beyond! Exodus 3:14,15,
2Shemuel 7:26, Psalm 135:13, Hoshea 12:5,
Revelation 22:4-5
Administering the Good News of the Kingdom
of hwhy: eswhy the Messiah, the King of Yisrael
and the King of all kings,
Craig Wm. Peters
Northridge, California
7/25/2004
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 APPENDIX
The seven supplementary sections which now
follow (Part 1 – Part 7) have usually been refer-
enced in the main portion of the book. And even
if not, this information was deemed important for
helping to answer questions which those who are
seeking hwhy will inevitably ask. Those readers
who have stayed with us to this point have likely
begun to realize the worship of hwhy involves far
more than that which is being taught in the main-
stream, Protestant and Evangelical churches.
Satan’s “mystery of lawlessness”
(2Thessalonians 2:7) has left millions spellbound
as they spiritually stagger to the grave. Yet we
expect a just and loving Creator will make many
attempts to reach those who unwittingly err from
His word. A special appeal has been made avail-
able to you through the clear and extensive in-
formation which this book provides; dear readers
are asked to prayerfully consider whether this
may be some small part of a Greater Effort to
lead you closer to the Most High and to the eter-
nal paths of peace and rest which He has re-
vealed to us through His Law. Yeshayahu 8:20,
28:12, 30:15, 63:14, Mattithyahu 11:20-30
To understand the wisdom of His word, we
must approach our study of Scripture earnestly
and prayerfully; and we must realize it is easy to
twist the truth: if any Scripture interpretation
does not harmonize with other Scripture, we do
well to seek a different interpretation – the true
interpretation! Only then can we understand the
concepts seen in the text above as well as in this
present APPENDIX. While rather simple, the truth
of hwhy and His word seems to so easily escape
those who approach the Scriptures with a bias
based in unfounded, denominational dogma. A
lawful interpretation of the Scriptures may, at
first, produce seeming contradictions from which
most are not willing to mentally extricate them-
selves. Consequently, their only recourse is to
reject the foundational principles of the Torah
and, as a result, to fall into (or to continue in)
error. 2Kepha 3:16,17 Yet it is urgent readers
realize a lawless interpretation of the Scriptures
introduces far more immediate contradictions
than the few seeming contradictions raised by
the lawful approach! The irony, though, is that
certain Scriptures which are commonly thought
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to abolish the Law are actually some of the very
ones which prove the Torah was still valid and
authoritative for all first century followers of
eswhy the Messiah of Nazareth. We have al-
ready seen a number of texts in the main portion
of the book which show Gentile converts were
taught from the Torah; these are reviewed below
along with a few others which have been added
to the list:
• Gentiles were taught from the Torah against
fornication: Leviticus 18:1-30, Acts 15:20,29,
1Corinthians 5:1,2, 6:18, Galatians 5:19-21.
• Gentiles were taught from the Torah against
homosexuality, a specific type of fornication:
Leviticus 18:22, 20:13, Romans 1:26-27,
1Corinthians 6:9, 1Timothy 1:10.
• Gentiles were taught from the Torah against
sorcery and witchcraft: Exodus 22:18, Leviticus
20:27, Deuteronomy 18:10-12, Malachi 3:5, Ga-
latians 5:19-21, Revelation 21:8, 22:15. In Part
7, we will actually read of Shaul teaching the
Gentiles against the observance of pagan holi-
days which have historically been the hallmarks
of idolatry and its associates in paganism: sor-
cery, astrology, and witchcraft. Yet this age-old
warning against the paganism of observing times
(as in astrological prognostications based on the
Zodiac and constellations) was nothing new; for
it had long since been given by hwhy Himself
through the prophet Mosheh:
You shall not eat any thing with the blood: nei-
ther shall you use enchantment, nor observe
times. Leviticus 19:26
There shall not be found among you any one that
makes his son or his daughter to pass through
the fire, or that uses divination, or an observer
of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a
charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or
a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do
these things are an abomination unto hwhy: and
because of these abominations hwhy your Elohim
is driving them out from before you. You shall
be perfect with hwhy your Elohim. For these na-
tions, which you shall possess, hearkened unto
observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for
you, hwhy your Elohim has not allowed you to do
so. Deuteronomy 18:10-14
We will see the apostle Shaul sternly warning the
Galatians against the very same things as he
somberly warns them observing times in this as-
trological, pagan manner will keep them from
inheriting the Kingdom.
• Gentiles were taught from the Torah against
idolatry: Exodus 20:3, 1Kings 9:6-7, 1Corin-
thians 10:14, Galatians 5:19-21, Acts 15:20,
21:25, 1Corinthians 6:9, 10:7, 2Corinthians
6:16-17, Colossians 3:5, 1Thessalonians 1:9,
Revelation 21:8, 22:15.
• Gentiles were taught to eat in accordance with
the Levitical laws of the Torah: they were to eat
no blood (nothing unclean) and nothing stran-
gled, Leviticus 3:17, Acts 15:20,29.
• Gentiles were taught to no longer walk as Gen-
tiles, but to walk as the Yahudim in the com-
mandments of the Torah: Zecharyah 8:23, Ro-
mans 2:13, 3:31, 1Corinthians 7:19, Ephesians
4:17-20, Galatians 2:14.
• Gentile converts were taught to keep the Sab-
bath and, consequently, they heard Mosheh
preached every week on the Seventh Day: Ye-
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shayahu 56:6,7, Acts 13:42-44, 15:19-21, 17:2-4,
18:4.
If the Torah had been abolished, evidently no
one told any of the apostles this was the case!
They still upheld all moral aspects of the Law
and they taught the Gentiles to do likewise! Acts
24:14, Romans 2:13, 3:31, Ephesians 4:17-19
We will see the Gentiles kept other aspects of the
moral Law even beyond the things cited in the
above introductions. However, such things are
not commonly known, taught, or accepted. In
the discussions that follow, we will further show
and prove the arguments against the Torah of
hwhy are without basis in truth. Our goal in the
following sections is to help readers disentangle
themselves from those texts which only appear
to create contradictions. The first century be-
lievers taught with authority based on the eternal
edicts of the Torah. And why did they defend
their faith so vigorously? They had been privi-
leged to walk with the Living Word – the One
who had died for their sins. An attack on the To-
rah was also an anti-Messianic attack on eswhy
their Savior. For the Messiah was the Living
Torah! He was (and remains!) the very Word of
hwhy in the flesh. Yochanan 1:1-3,14, Revelation
19:11-13
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 PART 1
Law vs. Grace
To the Torah and to the Testimony! If they speak not
according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
– The Prophet Yeshayahu, 8:20
While this section is provided in the APPEN-
DIX, it may be better placed in the INTRODUCTION
as we can never understand the perpetual author-
ity of the Torah without understanding the basic
workings of law and grace. “Law vs. Grace” is
one of the main hurdles with which most mod-
ern-day believers unsuccessfully contend while
remaining oblivious to the obedience which our
Heavenly Father expects and requires of His
children. (Please note: hereafter, the word,
“grace,” shall be rendered, “favor”). Since “law-
lessness” is the precise term which eswhy uses to
describe those who seemingly did many mighty
things in His Name – yet failed to do the Father’s
will and to bear good fruit according to His stan-
dards (Mattithyahu 7:16-23) – we must look
more closely at today’s teaching in regard to “fa-
vor.” The teaching commonly put forth in Evan-
gelical circles is that the favor we are given by
the sacrifice of eswhy not only relaxes the Law,
but in many cases, it is claimed the Law has been
dispensed with and may be disregarded alto-
gether. Yet it is absolutely impossible for Fun-
damentalists and Evangelicals to reconcile the
numerous Scripture contradictions which their
doctrines against the Torah introduce! And it is
ironic most of their number claim the word of
hwhy does not contradict itself while they them-
selves introduce a multitude of glaring inconsis-
tencies via their false notions and presupposi-
tions in relation to the Torah. We will see many
of these notions have no scriptural backing and
are merely the traditions and doctrines of men
which, as eswhy warned, nullify the command-
ments of hwhy and make worship an exercise in
vanity, Mark 7:6-13. Many doctrines in Evan-
gelical Christianity are the mere theories and tra-
ditions of men who seek to perpetuate their
“ministry” or to help their denomination domi-
nate (or at least thrive in) the religious world.
Yet the inability of Evangelicals to explain the
simple dynamic which works between the Law
of hwhy and the Favor of hwhy is a serious deficit
which leaves them outright rejecting even many
of the so-called “New Testament” texts; there are
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many such texts which they have largely re-
jected, especially those in which the Messiah and
His apostles teach “the keeping of the com-
mandments of hwhy,” Mattithyahu 19:16,17,
1Corinthians 7:19, 1Yochanan 5:3. Given this
popular, prevailing viewpoint has so many re-
jecting the Torah as they cast the word of hwhy
behind their backs (Psalm 50:16,17), we know
something is definitely amiss with the current,
spiritual status quo across the landscape of
Evangelical Christianity. There are a number of
things in Scripture which never made it into the
Protestant Reformation. This current discourse
will assist many who would otherwise do the
will of hwhy as revealed in His Law (Psalm 40:8,
Romans 2:18) if they could better understand
and reconcile the Scriptures which bear on both
Law and favor. We will see law and favor are
not in contradiction, but in harmony.
Simple Scripture cannot be refuted; the Law
of hwhy defines sin, even as the apostle Shaul
wrote:
Therefore by the deeds of the Torah there shall
no flesh be justified in His sight: for through the
Torah comes the knowledge of sin. Romans
3:20,21
Notice the Law, the Torah, defines or points out
sin. In this same vein, Shaul later wrote he
would not have known sin except the Torah had
said, “You shall not covet.” Romans 7:7, Exodus
20:17 So if one breaks any of the command-
ments, sin occurs. Further, the apostle Yochanan
completely concurred with the apostle Shaul in
this matter; he wrote the very same thing, al-
though worded in a slightly different fashion:
“Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the
Torah: for sin is the transgression of the To-
rah.” 1Yochanan 3:4
From these Scriptures, we can deduce only one
of two things: either the Law is abolished and
sin is now nonexistent, or anyone who trans-
gresses the Torah has committed sin. Since nu-
merous other texts show sin is still a stark, ever-
present reality, we can only draw one conclu-
sion: any transgression of the Law is still sin
and every sin transgresses the Torah in some
way. As such, the Law can never justify the sin-
ner. The intent of the Torah is to point out sin;
its only power is to convict men of sin! As such,
the Law, standing alone, could never justify just
one single sinner even if given an eternity to do
so! The Law has no power to justify the sinner.
One has rightly said the Law is like a spiritual
mirror: it simply shows us the sin. We use a
mirror to see a smudge of dirt on our face, but no
one would feign proceed to wash their face with
the mirror in an attempt to remove the dirty blot!
That is not the purpose of the mirror! So it is
with the Law: the Law does not cleanse; the
Law cannot cleanse. Only the sacrifice of eswhy
the Messiah and His shed blood can cleanse
from sin! Yochanan 1:29,36, Mattithyahu 26:28
But if we have been justified by the blood of the
Messiah’s sacrifice, the apostle Shaul makes it
clear we – being recipients of favor – are no
longer free to continue in sin! And knowing the
definition of sin, we also know this means we are
no longer free to continue transgressing the Law!
1Yochanan 3:4 We absolutely concur with the
apostle Shaul: if we have been justified through
the blood of the Messiah, we are no longer free
to continue breaking the Law of hwhy! Romans
6:1,2,12,14,15 It is somewhat like a man who
gets pulled over for speeding: he has broken the
law. But suppose the police officer extends his
favor and chooses not to fine or to imprison.
The once-guilty man gratefully drives off and his
gratitude makes him determined to never speed
again. His is a response of gratitude and obedi-
ence upon having received favor from the po-
liceman. But what a slap in the face should the
same man get back into his car, punch the gas
pedal, and willfully speed away from the law
officer leaving him in a cloud of dust and smoke.
Speeding away in open defiance of the traffic
regulations would be an insulting display of in-
gratitude and a brazen disregard for the law;
such a lawbreaker would be worthy of the worst
penalty, Hebrews 10:26,27, Yochanan 5:13,14.
Accordingly, those who have received the favor
and the Spirit of hwhy delight in His Law, Psalm
1:1,2, 40:8, Romans 7:22. They can be and are
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subject to the Law of hwhy84 and they are even
called by Shaul (and Ya’acob), “doers of the
Law.” Romans 2:13, 8:4, Ya’acob 1:22-25, 4:11
They have received favor upon favor, Yochanan
1:16. And this favor does not teach us it is okay
to transgress the Law of hwhy, rather, it teaches
us to deny worldly lusts and to overcome fleshly
desires which are contrary to His command-
ments:
For the favor of Elohim that bringeth salvation
has appeared to all men, teaching us that deny-
ing irreverence and worldly lusts, we should live
soberly, righteously, and reverently in this pre-
sent world. Titus 2:11,12, Revelation 2:7,11,17,
26, 3:5,12,21, 21:7
But those who lack the Spirit of hwhy cannot be
subject to His Law. Romans 8:7 Their hearts
have not been united to fear His Name and to
walk in His truth.85 Psalm 86:11 And evidence
indicates these are also the believers who pres-
ently fail to understand the true meaning of fa-
vor. We are warned about teachers who will
mislead others by attempting to turn the favor of
hwhy into license to disobey His Law (Jude 1:4),
and this is what we see happening today on
many Christian fronts in the name of “favor.”
All of this brings us to the question: “So what
does hwhy expect from those who desire to fol-
low His Son?” The same thing He has always
expected (Micah 6:8); only now more favor and
truth have been brought to light by the Good
News, thereby making obedience to the high
standard both possible and expected because of
His indwelling Spirit. 2Corinthians 4:4,
2Timothy 1:10 hwhy expects a committed be-
liever in the Messiah to spend a lifetime making
spiritual progress and daily becoming more and
more like their Example. 2Kepha 1:5-11, 3:18,
1Yochanan 2:6 We progress “from faith to
faith” … from “trust to trust” … “from strength
to strength.” Romans 1:17, Jeremiah 17:7, Psalm
84:7 hwhy knows the process does not happen
overnight, but He wants us to seek Him and to
grow continually. Psalm 105:4, 1Kepha 2:2 As
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Contrast the carnal mind which does not have the Spirit
of hwhy and cannot be subject to His Torah! Romans 8:7
Only Ruach haQodesh (the Pure Spirit) can bring obedi-
ence, even as was prophesied in advance of the New
Covenant! Yechezkel 36:26,27
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Psalm 86:11, Malachi 1:6, 2:5-7, 4:2, Revelation 11:18
the Spirit waters us (Hebrews 6:7), we grow in
favor and knowledge while trusting His promises
to take care of the details. Favor and Law are
not opposites as so many today teach. However,
favor and Law might correctly be seen as oppo-
site sides of the same coin: the coin of obedi-
ence.
We must next consider contemporary abuse
of the word “fulfilled.” There are a number of
false interpretations regarding this word. Some
erroneously believe the word “fulfilled” means
“abolished.” While it is written eswhy fulfilled
all things written of Him by Mosheh and all
those things written of Him in the Psalms and the
Prophets (Luke 24:44), the “all things” He is said
to have fulfilled were contextually related to His
suffering and resurrection – proofs He was the
Messiah of hwhy, Luke 24:25-27,46. He was
without sin and so could not be held in death’s
grip, Acts 2:24-31. How can the word, “ful-
filled,” possibly mean eswhy abolished the very
Law He kept and taught? For there are still
many prophecies in Mosheh, in the Psalms, and
in the Prophets which have as of yet to be ful-
filled by Him … such as when He returns (Psalm
102:16) with vengeance (Psalm 18:6-15) as “the
Lion of the tribe of Yehudah” (Revelation 5:5)
making “wars to cease unto the end of the earth.”
Psalm 46:6-10, Yeshayahu 2:4 He will mete out
punishment bringing peace and justice by His
worldwide rule over all the earth; He will be the
King of kings. The first time eswhy came as a
Lamb and so He stopped at a certain point when
reading from the prophet Yeshayahu that special
Sabbath day. He stopped before reading of “the
Day of hwhy” – “the Day of vengeance of our
Elohim” which will occur when He comes back
to rule as the conquering Lion (cf. Luke 4:18,19
and Yeshayahu 61:1,2). It was not yet that Day
of awesome wrath. The first appearing of eswhy
was to fulfill His mission as “the Lamb;” at that
time, it was still a “day of salvation.” 2Corin-
thians 6:2 But the Day of wrath now approaches
and there are many prophecies of the Lion’s
coming which are yet unfulfilled (some of the
many were just cited above from Psalms 18, 46,
102 and Isaiah 61:2). With flaming vengeance,
He will descend to destroy the wicked and to es-
tablish the Kingdom of hwhy upon the earth. In
the days of Noach, water came upon the earth
bringing destruction from above and below
(Genesis 7:11), but in the Day of hwhy, His
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wrath will bring fire upon the earth from above
and below. And it is this flaming vengeance
which we see in the book of Revelation as well
as in many of the Psalms and the Prophets, in-
cluding Mosheh.86
We should consider the occasion upon which
eswhy Himself used the word “fulfilled” in con-
nection with the Torah. Based on a weak inter-
pretation of His use of this word, many Chris-
tians say things like, “The law is fulfilled,” or,
“The law is now written in our hearts in the New
Covenant,” … summarily meaning (in their
minds) they no longer have any moral obligation
to keep the Torah. So they think. But numerous
prophecies regarding the New Covenant indicate
the Law would, indeed, be written on our hearts
by the Spirit and that, as a result of this imparta-
tion, the people of hwhy would keep those very
statutes which Yisrael of old faithlessly failed to
observe:
“A new heart also will I give you, and a new
spirit will I put within you: and I will take away
the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give
you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit
within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes,
and you shall keep My judgments, and do them.”
Yechezkel 36:26,27, 2Corinthians 3:3
This text indicates the result of being truly
Spirit-filled is keeping the commandments of
hwhy! And the above prophecy is shown to have
its fulfillment in those who are made new by
saving faith in the Messiah:
Therefore, if any man be in the Messiah, he is a
new creation; old things are passed away; be-
hold, all things are become new. 2Corinthians
5:17
If one is given a new heart, then such a person
also becomes a “new creation” and should cer-
tainly have a desire to keep the statutes and
judgments of hwhy! 2Timothy 3:12 Nothing less
can be deduced from the clear Scriptures seen
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These yet unfulfilled judgments are seen throughout the
word of hwhy: Deuteronomy 4:23,24, Psalm 11:6, 18:6-
15, 50:3-6, 97:1-6, Yeshayahu 30:27,28, 33:14-16, 66:15-
17, Habakkuk 3:3-6, Yoel 2:30, Zecharyah 14:12, Malachi
4:1-3, 2Thessalonians 2:8, Hebrews 12:28,29, Revelation
1:14; 8:5,7,8,10; 9:17,18; 14:9,10,18; 16:8,9;
20:9,10,14,15.
above as given through the prophet Yechezkel!
So why is there such a multitude in our day pur-
porting to be Spirit-filled while they yet reject
the Torah? Disobedience to the Law of hwhy
always has and always will grieve His Spirit.
Genesis 6:5,6, Yeshayahu 63:10, Ephesians
4:30,31 And there is yet another prophecy con-
cerning the New Covenant which clearly speaks
of the commandment-keeping obedience im-
parted by the powerful, indwelling Spirit of
hwhy. This prophecy came through the prophet
Yirmeyahu:
For finding fault with them, He saith, “Behold,
the days come, saith hwhy, when I will make a
New Covenant with the house of Yisrael and with
the house of Yehudah: not according to the
covenant that I made with their fathers in the day
when I took them by the hand to lead them out of
the land of Mitsrayim; because they continued
not in My covenant, and I regarded them not,
saith hwhy. For this is the covenant that I will
make with the house of Yisrael after those days,
saith hwhy; I will put My Laws into their mind,
and write them in their hearts: and I will be to
them an Elohim, and they shall be to Me a peo-
ple.” Hebrews 8:8-10 (11-12), Yirmeyahu
31:31-34
This prophesied purpose for the New Covenant
is in accordance with the words of the Messiah
who taught “The Shema” was and is the greatest
commandment of the entire Torah. The Shema
states we should continually hear hwhy above all
others and that we should love Him with all our
heart, soul, mind and strength, Mark 12:30, Deu-
teronomy 6:4,5. Accordingly, the apostle Shaul
called the Law of hwhy, “the Law of my mind!”
Romans 7:23,25, Acts 24:14 And as we saw in
the INTRODUCTION, Shaul indicated later in his
epistle to the Romans we are to be transformed
by a mind renewed daily through the Torah by
meditation in the Spirit, cf. Romans 12:1,2,
Psalm 1:1,2. This gives further evidence as to
how hwhy fulfills His promises to write the Torah
on our hearts and to make it the Law of our
mind! As we meditate in the Torah by day and
night the Spirit of hwhy will use Scripture to re-
new and transform our minds. Further, our Mes-
siah teaches us to keep the weightier aspects of
the Torah but, even so, He says we should not
leave undone the less weighty, Mattithyahu
23:23, Luke 11:42. eswhy, our Example, teaches
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us to keep the Torah. And all have been warned
in the prophecies of Mosheh concerning the
Messiah that we better listen to the Savior’s
teachings at His first appearing, Deuteronomy
18:15-19. Obedience involves a lifelong journey
as we seek hwhy (Psalm 119:2), learn of His
ways, and progress spiritually, 2Kepha 1:5-11.
And progress here does not determine our salva-
tion, but the level of our reward; of this, David
wrote, “… and in keeping of them there is great
reward,” Psalm 19:7-11 [The context will show
the phrase, “keeping of them” means: keeping
His Torah, testimony, statutes, commandments,
fear, and judgments. Such obedience is the out-
working, the eventual, end result of having the
“faith of Abraham” (Genesis 26:4,5, Romans
4:12,16, Galatians 3:7,9); it is the result of “hear-
ing by/with faith.” Deuteronomy 6:4,5, Romans
9:30-32, Galatians 3:2,5, Hebrews 4:2.]. The
Messiah is not “the end of the Law for right-
eousness,” He is “the goal of the Law for right-
eousness” to all those who believe. Romans 10:4
The Greek word “telos” (translated “end”) actu-
ally means, “goal, aim, outcome.” Shaul was
writing to indicate the Torah points us to eswhy
for righteousness. Some versions properly trans-
late the word “telos” as “goal” in another Scrip-
ture where Shaul writes of the very same truth:
Now the goal of the commandment is love out of
a pure heart, and a good conscience, and faith
unfeigned. 1Timothy 1:5
Notice Shaul writes about “the commandment.”
“Commandment” is given in the singular, mean-
ing, “the Shema” – the “greatest commandment”
in all of the Torah. Deuteronomy 6:4,5, Mark
12:28-30 eswhy the Messiah taught His follow-
ers the Shema, and the apostle Shaul taught like-
wise as he directed his brethren in the True
Faith! The above Scripture provides us with
Shaul’s commentary on what the Messiah taught
to be the greatest, most important of all the com-
mandments in the Torah! Shaul states “the goal”
of the Shema commandment is love87 and, thus,
it encompasses all of the Torah!88 And as we
review the Shema, we clearly see the goal of that
commandment is, indeed, love!
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1Timothy 1:5
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Mattithyahu 7:12, Romans 13:8, Galatians 5:14
Hear89 Yisrael, hwhy our Elohim, hwhy is
one/first. And you shall love hwhy your Elohim
with all your heart, and with all your soul, and
with all your vehemence. Deuteronomy 6:4,5
Further, note how the words of Shaul correspond
precisely with the Shema:
“But the goal of the commandment is love …
(And you shall love hwhy your Elohim …)
…out of a pure heart, (… with all your heart,)
… a good conscience, (… with all your soul,) …
… and faith unfeigned.” (…and with all your
vehemence.)90
We give the two Scriptures once more without
separation and supply phrases from the Shema
parenthetically:
But the goal of the commandment is love (And
you shall love hwhy your Elohim) out of a pure
heart (with all your heart), a good conscience,
(and with all your soul), and faith unfeigned
(and with all your vehemence.) 1Timothy 1:5,
Deuteronomy 6:4,5
Since eswhy taught the Shema to be the greatest
of all the Torah commandments, it is gratifying
to realize the apostle Shaul also gave direct in-
struction over this first and foremost Command-
ment. And we must realize whenever eswhy and
His apostles exhorted believers to walk in love,
they were referring, first of all, to the Shema91
and, secondly, to loving one’s neighbor as one’s
89
“Shema” is the Hebrew word for “hear.”
90
The Hebrew word translated “vehemence” is “me-ode,”
and in other places it is properly rendered “exceedingly,”
“greatly,” and “utterly.” In Mark 12:28-30, eswhy teaches
loving hwhy with “all our vehemence” means to love Him
with all our mind and with all our strength. This grants us
a rare case wherein we can define the meaning of a He-
brew word in a particular context based on Scripture itself.
And, indeed, if one is exerting all one’s effort/strength to
do a task, and the mind becomes distracted, that person’s
physical strength will be compromised and will fall off
from its previous level. Exerting all one’s strength re-
quires presence of mind. Faith is unfeigned and authentic
only if we are serving hwhy with all our mind and all our
strength.
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Mark 12:29,30, Yochanan 15:10, Galatians 5:22-24,
Ephesians 5:2, Philippians 1:9,10, Colossians 3:14,
1Yochanan 5:2,3, 2Yochanan 1:6
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self.92 If we “hear with faith” as did Abraham,
we will be keeping “the Shema.” And in hearing
by faith,93 we – like Abraham – will also be
found keeping the commandments, statutes, and
laws of hwhy, Genesis 26:5 Without love for
hwhy, one cannot hear with the ears of faith. Yet
hearing with faith clearly results in a person
keeping the commandments, Romans 2:13, 8:7.
Thus, does the Shema encompass all of the To-
rah. If one truly keeps the Greatest Command of
the Torah (i.e., “the Shema”) in Spirit and in
truth, that person will also be found keeping the
“least commandment” of the Torah as well.94
Mattithyahu 5:18, 19, 23:23 This statement is in
accordance with many other Scriptures which all
show keeping the commandments of hwhy is
synonymous with love, Exodus 20:6, Deuteron-
omy 7:9, 11:22, Yochanan 14:15, 23, 15:10,
1Yochanan 5:2,3, 2Yochanan 1:6, Yehudah
1:21. Every time our Messiah said, “He who
hath ears to hear, let him hear,” He was referring
to “the Shema” – to loving hwhy and keeping His
word above all. eswhy uttered the exhortation
that His followers have “ears to hear” on several
occasions. Mattithyahu 11:15, Mark 4:8,9, Luke
14:35, Revelation 2:7,11,17,29, 3:6,13,22
Concerning the word “fulfilled,” simply not-
ing the context of the Messiah’s words will al-
low no one to escape its clear meaning; for
eswhy shows the exact meaning of “fulfilled” in
context and without parable:
Think not that I am come to destroy the Law or
the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to
fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and
earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise
pass from the Law, till all be fulfilled. Whoso-
ever therefore shall break one of these least
commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall
be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven:
but whosoever shall do and teach them, the
same shall be called great in the Kingdom of
Heaven. Mattithyahu 5:17-19
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Mark 12:31, Mattithyahu 7:12, Yochanan 15:12,13,17,
Romans 13:8-10, Galatians 5:14, 1Corinthians 13, 16:14,
Ya’acob 2:8, 1Yochanan 5:2,3.
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Mattithyahu 13:38-43, Romans 10:17, Galatians 3:2,5.
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Conversely, if one breaks the smallest command of the
Torah, one will also be found to have broken every other
commandment as well – including the Greatest Com-
mandment, the Shema, Ya’acob 2:10.
Notice eswhy says He came to fulfill or to com-
plete the Torah and indicated what “fulfilled”
meant by showing just who will be the greatest
in the Kingdom: those who both do (keep) and
teach the commandments of the Torah! Since
those who keep and teach the Torah shall be the
greatest in the Kingdom, “fulfilled,” does not
and cannot mean “abolished” – as Evangelical
persuasions have led so many to believe. The
above words of eswhy (taken from what is com-
monly called the “Sermon on the Mount”) show
the test of greatness in the Judgment will be how
far one has progressed in “the obedience of
faith.” Romans 1:5, 2:13, 3:31, 16:26 Our Sav-
ior warns the words of the Torah (in the light of
eswhy) will be the standard of measurement used
by Him on that Day. Mattithyahu 5:20, 7:21-
23,26,27
Our society fails to know the meaning of true
love. Numerous Scriptures show love for our
Creator is displayed by keeping the command-
ments of His Torah, Exodus 20:6, Deuteronomy
5:10, 7:9, 11:1,13,22, 19:9; Yehoshua 22:5, Ne-
chemyah 1:5; Yochanan 14:15,21, 15:10. True
love for our neighbor is also conveyed by keep-
ing the commandments of the Torah, Romans
13:8-10, 1Yochanan 5:2, 2Yochanan 1:6. Love
– or keeping His commandments – works to-
gether with faith! On this point, all of the apos-
tles wrote in clear agreement. This is readily
seen as we compare the following three texts:
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is
nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of
hwhy. 1Corinthians 7:19
For in eswhy the Messiah neither circumcision
availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith
which worketh by love. Galatians 5:6
For in Messiah eswhy neither circumcision
avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new
creation. Galatians 6:15
As we compare the above texts we see the fol-
lowing:
“A new creation” = “Faith working through
love” = “Keeping the commandments of hwhy.”
When a person becomes a new creation in the
Messiah, then faith is working in one’s heart
through love; as a result that believer will begin
keeping the commandments of hwhy. Those who
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are new creations in eswhy the Messiah
(Yechezkel 36:26,27, 2Corinthians 5:17) have a
faith which operates by and through the Spirit
that only knows commandment-keeping love,
Romans 5:5, 1Thessalonians 5:8, 1Yochanan
5:1-3. This is in total agreement with the above-
cited prophecies which proclaimed in advance
the New Covenant would make the believer a
new creation – possessing a new heart and a new
spirit via the Spirit of hwhy! Any person trans-
formed in this manner will be keeping the com-
mandments of hwhy, Yechezkel 36:26,27, Yir-
meyahu 31:31-34. So faith works through love:
keeping His commandments is our statement of
faith that hwhy exists and that we know He will
reward both good and evil, Hebrews 11:6. We
exhibit love for Him by doing His word because
we are showing what hwhy says carries more
weight and importance with us, personally,
above and beyond what anyone else does, thinks,
says, or feels. But as we keep His command-
ments, we begin to understand and to display the
great wisdom underlying His word (Deuteron-
omy 4:23, Psalm 111:10, 119:97-100); as a re-
sult, our faith grows even stronger. This, in turn,
gives us the capacity to love hwhy even more,
Psalm 119:32. Hence, love feeds faith and, as
one’s faith grows, the capacity to love increases
also. It is by this process, together with medita-
tion on the Torah, that the Spirit of hwhy writes
His Law on our hearts and minds. In love, we
obey from the heart (Romans 6:17, Ephesians
6:6) and, eventually (if not immediately), we
come to understand more fully with our minds,
Proverbs 4:18. It is a process which occurs time
and time again throughout our earthly sojourn,
but only doers of the Law of liberty can be
blessed to progress spiritually in this manner,
Ya’acob 1:22-25. Armchair theologians can talk
about prophecy, parallels, shadows, types, and
antitypes, but only doers of the Word who walk
in the light of the Torah can be blessed to see the
fullest revelations from the Scriptures. A full,
comprehensive, and life-changing understanding
can only be derived from active obedience to the
commandments of hwhy, Yochanan 12:36, Psalm
36:9, Psalm 111:10, 119:98-100. The apostle
Yochanan wrote in agreement with eswhy as he
indicated love and true faith work together
through keeping the commandments; the result is
one of overcoming the world and its irreverent
deeds of carnal lawlessness. True love is shown
by keeping the commandments of hwhy; and
once again, we are taught by an apostle the faith
needed to do this works through commandment-
keeping love:
For this is the love of Elohim, that we keep His
commandments: and His commandments are not
grievous. For whatsoever is begotten of Elohim
overcometh the world: and this is the victory that
overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he
that overcometh the world, but he that believeth
that eswhy is the Son of hwhy? 1Yochanan 5:3-5
We see those who believe eswhy is the Messiah
will also begin keeping the Torah command-
ments which He kept. By faith, such believers
begin learning to walk just as He walked, 1Yo-
chanan 2:3,4,6, Colossians 2:6,7. Yochanan
would later write more of this faith which works
through love; in the Revelation prophecies he
again mentions the faith of those with com-
mandment-keeping love:
And the dragon was enraged with the woman,
and went to make war with the remnant of her
seed, which keep the commandments of Elohim,
and have the testimony of eswhy the Messiah.
Revelation 12:17
Here is the patience of the set apart ones: here
are they that keep the commandments of Elohim,
and the faith of eswhy. Revelation 14:1295
Without a substantive case, Evangelicals will
argue these Revelation texts refer to Yahudim
who are to be converted during the tribulation!
But this yields an immediate contradiction in
their very own teachings! For Evangelicals fre-
quently cite the words of Shaul that in the Mes-
siah eswhy there is neither Yehudi nor Greek!
Galatians 3:28, Colossians 3:11 With these two
texts we absolutely concur! But since there is no
difference between Yehudi or Greek, the above
Scriptures from Revelation must, then, stand as
further proof commandment-keeping obedience
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eswhy the Messiah taught likewise as He prepared to go
away; recall His words of comfort which enjoined both
love and faith upon His followers: “Let not your heart be
troubled: believe in Elohim (i.e. keep His command-
ments!), believe also in Me” (i.e., keep My testimony of
faith!). Yochanan 14:1 It was through the Messiah that all
of the apostles learned “faith [works] through love!”
Hence, many were later persecuted for keeping the word
of ‫ יהוה‬as they kept His commandments while holding the
testimony of ‫יהושע‬. Revelation 1:9, 2Timothy 3:12
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is incumbent upon all New Covenant followers
of eswhy and not just “Jewish converts!” It is
neither fair nor consistent to apply this obedience
to converted Yahudim only! Remember, there is
no difference between Yehudi or Greek! hwhy
does not have two different moral standards for
His people! The obedience required is the same
for all believers – whether Yehudi or Greek!
Besides, the obedience which the Revelation
texts convey is applied to any of those who are
set apart (translated, “sanctified”); this refers to
all New Covenant believers cleansed by the
blood of eswhy. Just as all believers overcome
Satan by the blood of the Lamb and the word of
their testimony (Revelation 12:11), so all believ-
ers should keep the commandments of Elohim
because they have the testimony of eswhy!
Revelation 12:17 There is simply no cohesion to
the Evangelical arguments in this matter as they
grossly contradict their own teachings and logic.
And there is yet another text in Revelation which
is not discretionary between Yehudi or Greek as
it indicates only those who keep the command-
ments will enter into the New Yerushalayim:
Blessed are they that do His commandments, that
they may have right to the tree of life, and may
enter in through the gates into the city.
Revelation 22:14, KJV
Further, the context here provides and immediate
contrast in the subsequent verse (22:15) which
shows idolaters and all other violators of Torah
(including those delving into sorcery/witchcraft!)
are those who shall be kept outside the City! So
the very context also supports the truth of this
matter: those who keep the commandments
(22:14) are contrasted with those who walk in
lawless violation of the Torah (22:15). This
Scripture gives us only two classes of people:
those who keep the commandments (22:14) and
those who practice lawlessness and who, as a
result, are kept outside the set apart City (22:15).
Notwithstanding, many today break the com-
mandments and teach others that route is not
only okay, but actually acceptable … and even
expected. eswhy clearly warns such teachers
they will be the least in the Kingdom,
Mattithyahu 5:19. There are many deep hurts,
pains and losses on this side of eternity, but
those who lose their reward in the Kingdom will
experience loss and pain which are far, far be-
yond any suffering we could ever experience in
this present life. Greatness in His Kingdom is
something hwhy encourages us to seek (Mat-
tithyahu 6:33, Romans 2:6,7,10) because His
presence will be greatly magnified in our lives
now (as well as in the resurrection) and because
He also knows how deeply it will hurt if we in-
cur loss within the indescribable grandeur of His
eternal Kingdom, 1Corinthians 3:14,15.
There is yet a further aspect to loving hwhy
and keeping His commandments. eswhy reveals
a higher calling as He teaches those who really
love Him to feed His sheep, Yochanan 21:15-17,
Acts 20:28, 1Kepha 5:1-3. There is probably
nothing which “feeds” people more than some-
one who walks with hwhy in integrity and up-
rightness as they keep the commandments and
grow in the favor and knowledge of eswhy. But
how can one who walks in this manner feed peo-
ple? The food of which we speak may be physi-
cal … it may be emotional … it may be spiritual,
Proverbs 10:21, Iyob 31:16-18, Daniel 12:3,
Malachi 2:6,7, 1Timothy 4:16. But regardless of
the realm, food – or life-giving sustenance of any
sort – can only be imparted with lasting benefits
through the fruit of the Spirit! Galatians 5:22,23,
1Corinthians 13:3 (contrast Proverbs 23:7) In
context, we note the fruit of the Spirit is con-
trasted with the deeds of the flesh, with sowing
to carnal, selfish desires. The fruit of the Spirit
is being produced in those who have the Spirit of
eswhy; and He is the One who said, “For even
the Son of man came not to be served, but to
serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
Mark 10:45 As the Spirit of hwhy produces fruit
in our lives, we use it to serve and to magnify
Him by serving others in many ways and at
many levels. Galatians 5:24, 6:7-10, Yochanan
15:8-1196 There are great blessings to be had
when walking with a believer who continually
draws near to hwhy. From times of prayer and
communing with hwhy, such believers bring
forth with them the very presence of the Most
High, Exodus 33:14, 34:28,29, Acts 6:15. In this
way, a committed believer teaches others about
hwhy by feeding their souls with much more than
a superficial knowledge of Scripture. As the true
proverb states, “The tongue of the wise brings
healing.” Proverbs 12:18 We find we are fed –
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Regarding the fruit of the Spirit, “joy,” and the com-
mandments of Torah, compare Yochanan 15:10,11 with
Psalm 19:8.
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healed, edified and restored – by the Presence of
hwhy which is to be found with such brethren.
Such believers convey the very Presence of hwhy
with them wherever they go; and it is only this
Presence which can change the lives and the
hearts of others! Righteousness begets right-
eousness because every fruit contains a seed
which bears more fruit after its own kind! Gene-
sis 1:11,12 And herein the Scriptures reveal far
more than just a physical principle which works
with fruit such as apples, pears, plums and
grapes! This Torah truth ultimately applies to
the fruit of the Spirit since the seed principle
works in the spiritual realm as well! Romans
7:14 Not only is fruit beautiful and attractive, it
also feeds and nourishes; people were not drawn
to eswhy because of His physical appearance
(Yeshayahu 53:2), but because of the fruit of the
Spirit which “grew” within Him; He was the Ul-
timate Tree of Righteousness, Yeshayahu 61:3.
The fruit of the Spirit contains seeds which bring
forth more fruit after their own kind. It is this
fruit which brings true change and true restora-
tion to the lives of others! As those seeds are
planted through love and service, they produce
additional trees which, in turn, bear more fruit
after the same kind. One of the greatest goals a
believer can have is to become a true shepherd
among those family and brethren he or she is
given to serve. Our love for eswhy is expressed
in its ultimate form through keeping His com-
mandments; if we love Him thus, we are also
walking with Him in the service and humility
which motivate us to feed and care for the sheep
of hwhy. Mattithyahu 11:29, Philippians 2:3,
Yechezkel 34:1-4
Scripture upon Scripture indicates we must
keep the commandments of hwhy.97 This writer
simply cannot join the Evangelical masses who
wish to “spiritualize” so many Messianic texts
out of existence. Scripture is clear we must keep
His commandments. Yet the word of hwhy is
also clear we can only keep His commandments
by the love and faith which His Spirit alone can
imbue; our righteousness is of, or from, hwhy
(Psalm 24:2-5, Yeshayahu 54:17, 61:10) as it
could never be of ourselves! Yeshayahu 64:6,
Romans 5:17, Philippians 3:9. If we have truly
received salvation by favor through faith (Ephe-
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In addition to those already cited, we add Romans 1:32
and 1Timothy 6:13,14.
sians 2:8,9), works will surely follow, Ephesians
2:10. If and/or when those works do not follow,
the Spirit of favor is highly insulted and the be-
liever runs a great risk of failing to enter His rest
and to inherit the Kingdom, Yeshayahu 63:10,
1Corinthians 6:9,10, Galatians 5:19-21, Hebrews
6:4-8, 10:26-29, Yehudah 1:4. But only hwhy
knows each heart and only He knows when such
a point has been reached. And He is the One
who will have the final say in all matters of
judgment. Anyone with common sense, spiritu-
ally, is more than content to leave those issues
with hwhy. A certain brother once wisely noted
in reference to Philippians 2:12, “Too many peo-
ple are busy working out other people’s salvation
instead of working out their own.”
So while we have entitled Part 1, “Law vs.
Grace,” it should more properly read, Law “vs.”
Favor, as the two do not stand in opposition but,
rather, in harmony. It always has been and al-
ways will be the favor of hwhy which leads a be-
liever in the Mighty One of Yisrael to walk be-
fore Him in uprightness, Genesis 6:8, Titus
2:11,12. eswhy teaches us to ask that we might
receive kindness and to seek that we might find
favor to help in time of need, cf. Mattithyahu
7:7,8, Hebrews 4:16. It is through such contin-
ual prayer that we grow in the amount of favor
which we are able to obtain before His throne,
2Kepha 3:18. In the days of eswhy, there were
many who rejected Him as the Messiah, but who
taught keeping of the Torah; in our day, there are
many who believe He was/is the Messiah, but
who yet reject keeping His commandments.
However, when Law and favor are properly un-
derstood, we learn hwhy merges both into one
and instructs His people that true, full faith in the
resurrected Messiah will lead them to keep and
uphold the commandments of the Torah. Why
would hwhy spend thousands of years raising up
prophets to teach Yisrael to keep His command-
ments98 – punishing them severely whenever
they long forsook those edicts99 – only to later
change His mind (as is supposed) and teach His
people in the Renewed Covenant it is okay to
transgress and to spurn the Torah? What sort of
demented deity do most Christians make their
98
Deuteronomy 5:24, Yirmeyahu 7:9-15, 11:3-8, 25:3,4,
26:4-7, 29:17-19, 32:29-33, 35:14,15, 44:4-10.
99
2Chronicles 24:18, 30:8, 36:16, Ezra 5:12, (7:21-23),
8:22, Nechemyah 13:17,18, Yirmeyahu 17:27.
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Creator to be by this warped, faulty, and incon-
sistent logic? What a perverted sense of humor
and justice such a god would have to have!
Thankfully, this is not the case with the Father of
all lovingkindness. The record shows Yisrael
was rebuked by the prophets and punished for
hardening its heart in disobedience to the Laws
of the Torah. And the solution which hwhy
prophesied over them would not be one by which
the Torah was abolished, but one by which the
carnality of man would be impaled together with
His Son! Romans 8:3,4 Just like the prophets of
old and just like his Messiah, the apostle Shaul
taught obedience to the Law of hwhy:
“Do we, then, nullify the Torah through faith? Be
it not so! Yes, we establish the Torah.”
Romans 3:31, Acts 24:14
A first born son is the inheritor of his father’s
possessions, simply because he is the son. The
son simply had no choice in the matter! So it is
with believers: we are inheritors of salvation
and the Kingdom through sonship.100 Since our
salvation comes through sonship – through spiri-
tual birth – there was nothing we did on our part
to obtain it, Yochanan 1:12,13. The sonship of
every believer is granted freely through the call-
ing/election/choice of hwhy.101 This sonship was
not granted by works; the spiritual birth – like
our physical birth – is a free gift!102 hwhy chose
us to be His sons, we did not choose Him!103
However, if an earthly son refuses to obey his
father and/or he forsakes the family, his birth-
right and inheritance can be lost.104 And so it is
with lawless disobedience among the sons of
hwhy: lawless deeds can cause believers to lose
their reward/inheritance.105 Hence, “Law versus
Favor” may be summed up so very well in a say-
ing which the author heard just last summer:
100
Romans 8:14-17, Galatians 4:7, Titus 3:6,7, Ya’acob
2:5
101
Romans 6:23, 8:30, 2Timothy 1:9, 1Kepha 2:9, 5:10,
2Kepha 1:3
102
Ephesians 2:8,9, Romans 6:23
103
Yochanan 15:16,19, Ephesians 1:4
104
Proverbs 17:2, Hebrews 12:14-17
105
Romans 2:9-11, 1Corinthians 3:12-15, Revelation 3:11
With this possible loss of reward for deeds of lawlessness,
we contrast the “great reward” which is promised to all
those who keep His commandments! Genesis 15:1, Psalm
19:7-11, Mattithyahu 5:12,19, Revelation 22:12,14
 “The Law without the Spirit is legalism; the
Spirit without the Law is disobedience.”
Favor and truth were revealed beyond measure
in the life and example of eswhy the Messiah.
Such abundant favor and truth now enable New
Covenant believers to burn with love and zeal as
His favor dwells within by Ruach haQodesh (the
Pure Spirit), Yochanan 10:10. This favor makes
an obedience which goes far beyond the letter of
the Torah106 not only possible, but expected:
106
Mattithyahu 5:20, Luke 1:69-75/Hebrews 2:14,15, Ro-
mans 2:13, 6:18,19, 8:4, Philippians 3:9-11, 2Timothy 4:8
93
And of His fullness have all we received, and
favor upon favor. For the Torah was given by
Mosheh, favor and truth came by eswhy the
Messiah. Yochanan 1:16,17
eswhy died for our transgressions of the Torah –
not so that we could continue sinning, but so that
we could be empowered to go and sin no
more.107
t s r q u p e o n m l k y j x z w h d g b a
107
Yeshayahu 53:6,8, Yochanan 8:11,12, Titus 2:11,12
 PART 2
Romans 14 Revisited
For not the hearers of the Torah are just before Elohim,
but the doers of the Torah shall be justified.
The Apostle Shaul, Romans 2:13
We must revisit Romans 14 to inquire about
one other greatly misunderstood passage which
is widely abused in our days. In this text, Shaul
wrote the following:
One man esteems one day above another: an-
other esteems every day alike. Let every man be
fully persuaded in his own mind. Romans 14:5
The majority of Evangelicals in our day claim
this text gives every believer a “multiple choice”
option for which day they may esteem for rest
and worship. We will show that to accept such a
theory is also to, once again, introduce glaring
contradictions throughout the Scriptures. If this
text gives Messianic believers an option in re-
gard to the Sabbath Day, then we are once more
basing our faith upon a Book which contradicts
itself outrageously. Why would the apostle
Shaul clearly teach only doers of the Torah shall
be justified before hwhy, and then later tell be-
lievers (in the very same letter!) they no longer
had any obligation to keep the Law of the Sab-
bath Day – a rather weighty precept of that very
same Torah?108 Yet even as we consider the
opening text, this is the contradictory view to
which the majority hold in our day and time. We
have an abundant witness through Acts that the
apostle Shaul kept and taught the major ordi-
nances surrounding the Sabbath109 and the Feast
108
Mattithyahu 23:23, Luke 11:42
109
Meaning the Seventh Day Sabbath and not the pagan
“Dies Solis,” “the Venerable Day of the Sun,” or Sunday.
On March 7, 321 C.E., the Emperor Constantine decreed
the Sunday law which the blind, nominal Christian leaders
accepted then and which they have largely promulgated to
this very day: “Let all the judges and town people and the
occupation of all trades rest on the venerable day of the
sun; but let those who are situated in the country, freely
and at full liberty, attend to the business of agriculture;
because it often happens that no other day is so fit for sow-
ing corn and planting vines; lest the critical moment being
let slip, men should lose the commodities granted by
heaven.”
The origins of falsehood surrounding this man-made day
of worship, and the great contradiction it creates with the
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Days of hwhy. eswhy clearly indicated this
would be the case with His followers, Mat-
tithyahu 5:19. In Yisrael of old, a man was sub-
jected to capital punishment for picking up sticks
to kindle a fire on the Sabbath. Numbers 15:32-
36 Later, Yisrael suffered great wrath from hwhy
for rejecting the Sabbath ordinance.110 Seventy
years of captivity followed as part of that pun-
ishment.111 When the Messiah came, there was
nothing in His teachings which abolished or
evened lessened the Shabbat command in any
way! On the contrary, He magnified the Law in
relation to the Sabbath by doing many marvelous
acts of healing on the Seventh Day. He is our
Example and we are directed to walk as He
walked!112 We assert this includes Sabbath ob-
servance as well.113
So would Shaul later write in this letter to the
Romans that Sabbath observance is optional?
Would Shaul keep the Shabbat and teach its ob-
servance and then contradict himself by writing
to the Romans the “Sabbath vs. Sunday” issue
could be resolved via multiple choice per any
given worshipper’s own preference? Absolutely
not. Yet this pick-and-choose, optional obedi-
ence is the line of reasoning by which so many
introduce lawless contradictions into the debate.
Consequently, multitudes now stand in error re-
garding Romans 14 due to this pervasive spirit of
lawlessness which rejects the authority of the
Torah and the Prophets. Yet the Messiah and all
immutable word of hwhy, reveal Sunday worship is cov-
ered with the filth and mire of apostasy. Such a com-
mandment-nullifying tradition is completely indefensible
though tenaciously defended as inviolable truth by a multi-
tude of Christians who have not a single Scripture mandate
to support their theological theories.
110
Isaiah 58:1,2,13, Yirmeyahu 17:19-27, Nechemyah
13:17,18
111
2Chronicles 36:18-21, Yirmeyahu 25:11,12, 29:10,
Daniel 9:2
112
Yochanan 15:10, 1Yochanan 2:3-6, 5:2,3
113
1Corinthians 11:1, Acts 13:13-16, 40-49, 16:12-15,
17:1-4, 18:1-4
of His apostles114 taught from the Torah and the
Prophets and cited the Law as their only author-
ity for teaching.115 Verily, for unless one speaks
according to the Law and the Testimony, he is
accounted by Scripture to be a false prophet who
possess no light, Deuteronomy 13:1-4, Yesha-
yahu 8:20.116 We cannot properly understand the
teachings of the Messiah or the writings of the
apostles apart from the Torah and the Prophets.
This all becomes so very clear as we consider the
other issue in Romans 14 to which reference was
briefly made in Chapter 12: optional fast days.
114
(including Shaul, Acts 24:14)
115
Mattithyahu 5:17-20, 7:28,29, Luke 16:31, 2Timothy
3:16,17, 1Kepha 1:22-25, 2Kepha 3:1,2
116
Over a number of issues, our manuscript has proven
(and will yet prove!) the Law of hwhy is prophetic – re-
vealing that which is, and that which was, and that which is
to come. Revelation 1:4,8 This is also the case with the
prophetic warning which the Torah gives regarding Sa-
tan’s “mystery of lawlessness;” the word of hwhy warns us
of the lawlessness spawned by the satanic spirit of the
Anti-Messiah. Many thousands of years ago Mosheh in-
structed Yisrael as he pronounced a prophetic warning
revealing the schemes of the anti-Torah, lawless spirit
which would be seen in the Anti-Messiah, Deuteronomy
13:1-4. “Signs and wonders” (Mark 13:22) are the means
by which lawless men would seek inroads amongst the
people of the Most High. Many centuries later the Mes-
siah would sound forth the very same warning as He indi-
cated false messiahs and false prophets would advocate
lawlessness by displaying “signs and wonders.” Mat-
tithyahu 24:24 The apostle Shaul also warned against de-
ceptive signs and wonders of falsehood as he exposed Sa-
tan’s “mystery of lawlessness.” 2Thessalonians 2:7-10
And the apostle Yochanan would eventually write likewise
as he confirmed the prophetic warnings of the Torah. Not
only did he warn this spirit of the Anti-Messiah was in the
world already (1Yochanan 4:3), Yochanan would later
prophesy of “signs and wonders” which lawless authorities
would use to lead the world astray in commandment-
breaking rebellion against the eternal Torah of hwhy.
Revelation 13:13,14, 16:13,14 So the prophetic power of
the Torah is seen once more as it has clearly warned us far
in advance of the lawless, false prophets who would at-
tempt to lead astray the people of hwhy across the centu-
ries. We have been warned in advance that lawless pup-
pets of Satan will use deceptive signs and wonders of
falsehood to teach against the eternal decrees of the immu-
table Law and that the majority of those who dwell on the
earth will give heed to such doctrines. Those who refuse
to walk in the paths of lawlessness and who lovingly obey
hwhy will increasingly be an obvious and persecuted mi-
nority. Such is the direction in which the world is now
madly descending.
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The first evidence we have which proves it is
optional fast days 117 to which Shaul was refer-
ring, is a comparison between Romans 14:5,6
and a Scripture in the prophet Zecharyah. First,
the text from Romans:
5 One man esteems one day above another: an-
other esteems every day alike. Let every man be
fully persuaded in his own mind. 6 He that re-
gards the day, regards it unto hwhy; and he that
regards not the day, to hwhy he doth not regard
it. He that eats, eats to hwhy, for he gives Elo-
him thanks; and he that eats not, to hwhy he eats
not, and gives Elohim thanks. 7 For none of us
lives to himself, and no man dies to himself.
Romans 14:5-7
Notice the above teaching equates fasting – “he
that eats not” – with regarding a day unto hwhy.
It was through fasting that one “regarded” the
day. If one was not fasting, that person ate and
did not regard the fast day; such a one was not
regarding the (fast) day unto hwhy; that person
was, instead, eating unto hwhy.
Not only is the same thing seen in the prophet
Zecharyah, it is seen in the very same context
and with the very same wording – fasting unto
hwhy in contrast with eating unto hwhy:
4 Then came the word of hwhy of hosts unto me,
saying, 5 Speak unto all the people of the land,
and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and
mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even
those seventy years, did you at all fast unto Me,
even to Me? 6 And when you did eat, and when
you did drink, did you not eat for yourselves, and
drink for yourselves? Zecharyah 7:4-6
When it came to fasting unto hwhy and eating
unto hwhy, Yisrael of old was rebuked for failing
on both counts! Because their hearts were not
right (Psalm 95:10,11), they failed to “fast unto
hwhy.” For the same reason, they failed to “eat
unto hwhy.” Shaul is clearly exhorting the breth-
ren at Rome (14:5,6) to avoid failing in the same
manner! Hence, he wrote thusly of Yisrael’s
past failures just a few sentences later:
For whatsoever things were written aforetime
were written for our learning, that we – through
patience and comfort of the Scriptures –
might have hope. Romans 15:4
117
(And not the “Sabbath vs. Sunday” issue!)
Shaul was expressing that examples from Scrip-
ture should teach us. Whether positive or nega-
tive, these accounts from the Scriptures should
give us comfort and patient endurance to con-
tinually wait upon hwhy, Psalm 27:14, 130:5,
Proverbs 20:22, Yeshayahu 8:17, 40:31. If one
rereads Romans 14:5-7, it becomes evident
Shaul was exhorting these believers that,
whether they fasted or whether they ate, they
should do so “unto hwhy” and not unto them-
selves!
But there are also other things which provide
supporting evidence Shaul was giving a dis-
course in Romans 14 on a proper approach to
matters of fasting and eating. The very context
of the chapter shows those who ‘regarded the
day’ were fasting, while those who did not re-
gard the day were eating! One regarding the day
was fasting and, of course, took no food. One
who “[regarded] not the day,” was not fasting
and, of course, was eating and giving Elohim
thanks! Acts 2:46, 1Timothy 4:4,5
This gives the following contrasts:
1. Esteeming one day (i.e., a fast day) above an-
other contrasted with esteeming everyday alike
(i.e., not fasting), Romans 14:5
2. Regarding the day (i.e., fasting unto hwhy)
contrasted with eating unto hwhy (i.e., not fast-
ing), Romans 14:6.
Further, other terminology used here in Shaul’s
fasting-related discourse is used elsewhere by
eswhy Himself in a context which also included
the matter of fasting:
9 And He spake this parable unto certain which
trusted in themselves that they were righteous,
and despised others: 10 Two men went up into
the Set Apart Dwelling Place to pray; the one a
Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The
Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself,
Elohim, I thank thee, that I am not as other men
are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as
this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give
tithes of all that I possess ... Luke 18:9-12.
Instead of the phrase “despised others” (seen
above at the end of verse 9 and taken from the
KJV), the American Standard Version uses the
phrase, “set all others at nought:”
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9 And He spoke also this parable unto certain
who trusted in themselves that they were right-
eous, and set all others at nought” …
And it is this very phrase which Shaul used in
the context of Romans 14 when referring to is-
sues of fasting, eating and service to hwhy:
But thou, why do you judge thy brother? or you
again, why dost you set at nought your brother?
for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of
Elohim. Romans 14:10
The issue addressed here by Shaul is the same as
that addressed by eswhy the Messiah:
1. Self-reliance in one’s own righteousness
(which leads to judging others in an improper
fashion).
2. This attitude leads to something which the
Messiah terms “[setting] … others at nought.”
Such an attitude reeks with contempt originating
in and spawned by religious superiority. The
irony? hwhy has no place for pride in His pres-
ence or in His Kingdom, Psalm 119:21, Proverbs
6:16,17, 15:25, 16:5, Yeshayahu 2:12, Malachi
4:1, Revelation 21:27. And a further irony? The
main, spiritual intent of fasting is to humble one-
self! 2Chronicles 7:14, Psalm 35:13, Mattithyahu
18:4, Ya’acob 4:6,10 So true fasting and proud,
self-exaltation are quite the opposites! They are
absolutely antithetical! Thus, turning the act of
fasting into a means of self-exaltation was put-
ting a deeply wretched twist on what is easily
one of the most profound and most powerful acts
of True Worship! How many have rejected the
idea of fasting altogether because of the twisted
self-righteousness and self-exaltation seen in this
hypothetical Pharisee? However, this example
of carnal pride – exhibited by one with a spirit of
religious superiority – was not given to abolish
fasting by any means.118 Our Savior was not
abolishing the act of fasting; He was, however,
118
eswhy asserted His followers would surely fast after
His ascension, Mattithyahu 9:14,15. He did not teach His
followers by saying, …“if you fast,” but rather, …“when
you fast.” Mattithyahu 6:16-18. The Messiah did not
teach fasting to be optional; that His followers would
surely be fasting was clearly understood. And uncontest-
able evidence is provided which shows us this was, in-
deed, the case. 1Corinthians 6:4,5, 2Corinthians 11:27,
Ya’acob 4:7-10. Acts 27:9 even shows Shaul and Luke
kept the fast of Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement) after
the ascension of eswhy.
making an important point about maintaining the
proper attitude of heart before the Most High.
And just like his Messiah, Shaul was doing the
very same thing in Romans 14!
The last point offered as proof we are dealing
with the subject of “eating vs. fasting” in Ro-
mans 14, is made in regard to the phrase which
appears in the very context of Shaul’s discourse:
For none of us lives to himself,
and no man dies to himself.
Romans 14:7
Living to oneself was not a good thing and with
that phrase Shaul was referring to eating food
apart from giving thanks to hwhy; dying to one-
self was also not a good thing and with that
phrase Shaul was referring to fasting apart from
giving thanks to hwhy! Whether one fasts or
eats, it must done unto hwhy and not unto one-
self. When one lived unto hwhy, that person ate
unto hwhy by giving Him thanks; to do otherwise
would be living to oneself and not living unto
hwhy. When one fasted unto hwhy, that person
did not eat and likewise gave thanks in the fast;
to do otherwise would be dying to oneself and
not dying unto hwhy as Shaul teaches we must
do. Once more, this phraseology ties in quite
solidly with the self-righteous, ungrateful Phari-
see who lived for himself and who died for him-
self. This is clearly seen in the Scriptures for
eswhy taught when this man prayed, he “prayed
thus with himself,” Luke 18:11. His prayers and
spiritual service were not “unto hwhy” but unto
himself! This was the same sin which most of
Yisrael committed in the seventy year captivity
in Babel by not eating unto hwhy and by not fast-
ing unto hwhy. Zecharyah 7:4-6 They, like the
Pharisee, ate for themselves and fasted for them-
selves instead of doing all things unto hwhy for
His splendor. Romans 14:7,8, 1Corinthians
10:31 They drew near with their lips, but it was
an insincere, self-deceptive, self-serving show as
their hearts were far from hwhy. Yeshayahu
29:13, 48:1, Yechezkel 33:31,32, Mattithyahu
15:7-9
In summary, we can precisely say what Ro-
mans 14 is as well as what Romans 14 is not! It
is certainly a warning by the apostle regarding
how to help those weak in the faith and how to
avoid exalting oneself and setting others at
naught. But it is not a text which grants believ-
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ers wholesale permission to eat any kind of ani-
mal flesh which they so choose (14:1-3); and it is
not a text which lets man decide which days are
holy (set apart) for worship and which days are
not. (14:4-14) Multitudes have fallen into the
trap of taking the apostle’s words to mean we
can choose between worshipping or not wor-
shipping on a certain day based merely on per-
sonal preferences. However, the worship which
hwhy desires has never been based on pick-and-
choose, personal preferences. Deuteronomy
12:8, Yochanan 4:24, 17:17 Only the Most High
can provide the blessing to anoint and to set
apart people, days, and things. It is by His
Word, His Name, His Spirit – the light of His
Presence and Splendor – that something is set
apart. Genesis 2:1-3, Exodus 29:43,44, Luke
9:28,29,32,35, 2Kepha 1:17 eswhy, who
changes not,119 is the Sovereign of All, and so
He is still the Sovereign of the Sabbath Day – the
Day which He kept and taught while doing min-
istry work upon the earth. Acts 10:36, Mat-
tithyahu 12:8 It is this very Day which was kept
by all the prophets of old as well as by all the
prophets and apostles of the Lamb; it is this very
Day which is still observed the world over by
multitudes who “keep the commandments hwhy
and the testimony of eswhy;” and it is this very
Day which shall be kept forever in the eternal
Kingdom when sin and death are no more, Ye-
shayahu 66:22-24. Truly observing the Sabbath
is not bondage; it is life, and rest, and joy, and
peace, Yirmeyahu 6:16. The Shabbat is simply
another profound aspect of the all-encompassing
love and wisdom by which hwhy is using His rest
to restore man’s fallen soul back to its original
state, Psalm 19:7, Yeshayahu 30:15, Exodus
31:12,13.
May all believers everywhere find this rest in the
changeless One who declared Himself to be “the
Sovereign of the Sabbath.” Yeshayahu 63:14,
Psalm 23:2,3, Mattithyahu 11:28-12:8.
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 PART 3
Additional Thoughts on Gluttony
… And David says, “Let their table be made a snare, and a trap,
and a stumblingblock, and a recompense unto them.”
Romans 11:9
When it comes to eating meat, most people
live in a realm of extremes. Meat eaters typi-
cally consume anything they desire – either in
ignorance or in wanton disregard of Scripture
and common sense. While this manuscript was
offered to prove there yet remains a difference
between clean and unclean animal flesh, it was
not written to condone the usual, gluttonous, and
sometimes reckless approach to eating meat
which is seen even among believers who would
never eat pork or other abominations. hwhy
never intended anyone to live for extensive peri-
ods of time on “three square meals a day”
wherein meat is the center of attraction at each
setting! Even the priests of ancient Yisrael had
their “courses” (Luke 1:5,8,9), or schedules:
there were certain times they were functioning in
the priest’s office (and eating portions of the
meat offerings), but there were also times they
were away from this function and office. Fur-
ther, animal offerings occurred only twice per
day, not thrice, Numbers 28:1-4. The house of
Aharon ate of the meat offering, but we should
never suppose they typically did so in a glutton-
ous fashion,120 Leviticus 6:14-18. For we are
warned gluttonous eaters of flesh will come to
ruin, poverty, and destruction – likely due to a
marked decline in health and vitality:
Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous
eaters of flesh: for the drunkard and the glutton
shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall
clothe a man with rags. Proverbs 23:20,21
… Whose end is destruction, whose deity is their
belly, and whose exultation is in their shame,121
who mind earthly things. Philippians 3:19
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We do have an example of priests who abused their
office through gluttonous consumption of the meat made
available through the offerings presented to hwhy by Yis-
rael. Chophni and Phinechas were gluttonous and sexually
immoral, 1Shemuel 2:12-17, 22-25. They abused their
office and were violently cut off from the priesthood and
from the land of the living as well, 1Shemuel 2:34, 3:11-
14, 4:1-22.
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“The wicked boasts of his heart’s desire.” Psalm 10:3
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When one overeats many things occur – one
of which is termed “autointoxication” by some
health experts. Autointoxication occurs when
food is eaten in excess and – instead of digesting
– it subsequently ferments and decays in the
stomach. Instead of sending digested, life-giving
nutrients to the body, this process distributes rot-
ting toxins throughout the body. These poisons
lead to a multitude of health disorders depending
on many factors – including an individual’s ge-
netic constituency. Over time, gluttony and its
effects lead to death by destruction as seen from
the Scriptures written by the apostle Shaul. Gala-
tians 6:7,8, Philippians 3:19 Most people – in-
cluding believers – eat far too much food. In
America today, it is common for people to laugh
and jest about leaving the Thanksgiving table so
stuffed they are about to bust. Instead of making
light of such deeds they should, rather, be hang-
ing their heads in shame. When reading of the
thousands of Yisraelites who fell in the wilder-
ness eating quail (Numbers 11:31-34), the wide-
spread plague of death initially appears to have
fallen indiscriminately. But we must remember
and be assured: the Judge of all the earth always
judges in righteousness. Genesis 18:25 A par-
ticular psalm fills us in, retrospectively, on some
of the details of said plague which were not re-
corded in the Torah account:
27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and
feathered fowl like the sand of the sea: 28 And
He let it fall in the midst of their camp, round
about their habitations. 29 So they did eat, and
were well filled: for He gave them their own de-
sire; 30 they were not estranged from their lust.
But while their meat was yet in their mouths, 31
the wrath of Elohim came upon them, and slew
the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen
men of Yisrael. Psalm 78:27-31
We get a glimpse into the justice of the Most
High as Scripture reveals those slain were the
overweight gluttons and the lusty, young men.
Gluttony is one of the youthful lusts from which
we are instructed to flee! 2Timothy 2:22 And
we can be sure even those Yisraelites who were
slain had been given adequate opportunities to
repent and turn back to hwhy, Yechezkel 18:31,
33:11, Romans 2:4, 2Kepha 3:9. hwhy is not at
all unjust or indiscriminant as so many in our
day falsely allege.
Due to the subject matter of this manuscript,
discussing various aspects of gluttony seemed
especially important. For many brethren have
been lulled into a complacent slumber and a false
sense of security once they supposed themselves
to be partaking of a diet in closer accordance
with the will of hwhy (a diet which includes eat-
ing only clean animal flesh as set apart by the
word of hwhy). Most will think, “All is well,”
not realizing gluttony goes far beyond merely
eating the proper foods. Just because we are
permitted to eat beef does not mean we can load
a 16-ounce steak onto our plate whenever we
choose! Nor does it mean we can simply run out
and buy such products at the hands of unbeliev-
ers who have no caution and no concern for the
methods of raising and slaughtering the ani-
mal!122 This world exerts little concern for rais-
ing and producing animals according to the
heavenly standards! Deuteronomy 18:9, Yir-
meyahu 10:1,2, Romans 12:1,2 Sick animals
raised inhumanely on an improper, deficient diet
– bolstered to the market place by hormones and
antibiotics – are a sacrilege even before they are
presented as “food” for humans. Sin ever looks
for an entrance to maim, sicken and paralyze the
unwitting. Multitudes yet fall prey to the
crouching lion of gluttony at many times and on
many fronts, Genesis 4:7, Psalm 69:22,23, Ro-
mans 11:9,10. In the days of the apostles, clean
animal flesh might have been offered to idols,
but it was otherwise raised in a normal fashion.
The apostasy is so far-reaching in our days that
the text “Eat whatever is set before you,” may no
longer even apply over clean meat since cattle
and chickens are fed hormones, antibiotics and
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The eating of hot dogs (including “kosher” dogs) is one
way in which those who believe they eat according to the
word of hwhy yet fail. Scraps of fat and other things from
the slaughterhouse floor are put into these disastrous dain-
ties. hwhy forbids fat and blood and hot dogs easily fail on
the first count, if not the second also. Those who continue
eating those things which are in violation of the word hwhy
should not be surprised if modern-day plagues (like heart
attacks) come upon them.
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other toxins which absolutely defile the flesh of
those consuming animals so raised, 2Corinthians
7:1.
A few thoughts are in order on eating a
largely vegetarian diet of raw fruits, grains, nuts
and vegetables. The author would be amiss
should he fail to mention multitudes have been
helped to recover from numerous maladies via a
diet of vegetarian foods and products. And
many of the recoveries were from sicknesses
considered to be “untreatable” by the main-
stream, largely inefficacious, medical establish-
ment! The word of hwhy which promises heal-
ing stands against their prognoses of death: …
“lest they should turn and I should heal them.”
Mattithyahu 13:15 For those who turn to the
Almighty with all their hearts, there is healing
balm in Gilead! Psalm 22:27 The Hebrew word
for “Genesis” is “B’raysheet” and it means, “In
the beginning.” In this, the Spirit reveals anyone
who desires to recover his or her health as it was
“in the beginning” (i.e., at birth!), should prayer-
fully investigate and incorporate such a “Gene-
sis” diet of fruits, grains, nuts, seeds, and vege-
tables, Genesis 1:29. This is a vegetarian diet
based on man’s initial diet in the garden of Eden
before the Fall. Genesis is the first of the Five
Books of the Torah. And the restoration which a
diet of Torah-based vegetarianism brings is liv-
ing proof that it is just as the prophet David
wrote in the Psalms:
The Torah of hwhy is perfect, restoring the soul!
Psalm 19:7, Romans 7:12
Those who hear and believe this word (and who
act upon it!) are receiving restoration in their
souls … physical health, vitality and well-being!
Where, then, is the consistency in the widespread
opposition to the Torah so prevalent even among
those who are advocating this “Genesis diet?!”
Bursting as it is with the most profound wisdom
in the universe (Deuteronomy 4:6, James 3:17),
the Law of hwhy is perfect – restoring the soul
physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually!
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Revival cannot come until the high places of
false worship and their abominations of diet –
including gluttony – are destroyed from among
the people of the Most High, 2 Chronicles 20:31-
33. But revival also cannot come until the plate
is pushed back. The coming Day of the wrath of
hwhy calls for lives given to fasting and prayer.
The trumpets which sound forth His heavenly
wrath upon the disobedient are also clarion calls
which warn us in advance to be prepared through
fasting and prayer for the Day of hwhy:
Set apart a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather
the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into
the house of hwhy your Elohim, and cry unto
hwhy. Alas for the day! for the Day of hwhy is at
hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty
shall it come. See Yoel 1:13-2:18
Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together,
O nation not desired; before the decree bring
forth; before the day pass as the chaff; before the
fierce anger of hwhy come upon you; before the
Day of the anger of hwhy come upon you. Seek
hwhy, all you meek of the earth, which have
wrought His judgment; seek righteousness, seek
meekness: it may be you shall be hid in the Day
of the anger of hwhy. Tsephanyah 2:1-3
May those who long for revival and for His
Kingdom heed the call to die unto hwhy through
fasting and prayer and to continually draw near
to His great, awesome, and light-filled Presence,
Psalm 36:6, 104:1,2, Yeshayahu 60:1.
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 PART 4
Does Not Even Nature Itself Teach You?
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air,
and they shall tell you: or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you: and the fish of
the sea shall declare unto you. Who does not know among all these that the hand of hwhy has
done this? In Whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
– The Prophet Iyob, 12:7-10 –

While we have seen the consumption of un-
clean animal flesh/blood connected with de-
monic possession and uncleanness throughout
Scripture, at other times these detestable crea-
tures are mentioned in a favorable light as pos-
sessing some quality or ability by which an
analogy is drawn and by which spiritual instruc-
tion is conveyed. Although these analogies are
instructive, they do not contradict the word of
hwhy which still forbids us to eat those unclean
creatures. Nature displays the awesome power
and wisdom of the Creator in a multitude of in-
structive ways. For example, regarding the
length of hair for men and women, the apostle
Shaul indicated even “nature itself” teaches us of
certain things, 1Corinthians 11:14,15. Those
who continually draw near to hwhy will surely
learn many lessons from the multitudes of crea-
tures which hwhy has made for His great pur-
poses, Proverbs 16:4, Revelation 4:11, 1Corin-
thians 2:15. Some of these lessons may be posi-
tive while others are negative; nevertheless, they
are all instructive. And His greatest purpose of
all seems to be teaching fallen man on every
front with a view to restoring his soul, Yesha-
yahu 54:13. hwhy has many ways of speaking;
He only requires that we have ears and hearts
which are prepared to hear, Deuteronomy 6:4,5,
Ecclesiastes 5:1, Yeshayahu 50:4-7, Malachi 2:2,
Luke 8:18, 16:31. For those who have ears to
hear and eyes to see, the creation of hwhy shows
forth His creative power and heavenly nature in a
multitude of remarkable ways, Romans 1:20.
While the creatures of this creation are not to be
worshipped, they certainly testify of a Creator
who is exceedingly greater in power and maj-
esty. Below are some of the references to crea-
tures which are unclean, but which, nevertheless,
teach valuable lessons or display some instruc-
tive, spiritual analogies:
• The Serpent, Proverbs 30:19, Mattithyahu
10:16
• The Worm, Iyob 25:6, Psalm 22:6, Yeshayahu
41:14
• The Ant, Proverbs 6:6-11, 30:24,25 (plus a
number of other creatures! see vss. 26-31)
• The Eagle, Deuteronomy 32:11,12, Iyob 39:27-
30, Psalm 103:5, Proverbs 30:18,19, Yeshayahu
40:30,31
• The Dog. Perhaps the most instructive lesson
which can be gleaned from unclean creatures is
the one we are given in regard to the dog. Nega-
tively, male dogs are notorious for their unclean
and unbridled urges to mate, but on the positive
side, we have many heart-warming stories of
their loyalty to human masters (and humans in
general). It is this die-for-you-dog-loyalty which
the engrafted, Gentile dog, Caleb, possessed and
which made him stand above nearly all Yisrael
in his faith. Numbers 32:1,12 He was ready to
take the promised land in disregard of the giants
who dwelled there at that time in history! Num-
bers 13:30-33 Caleb’s name in Hebrew means
“dog,” and as seen in Chapter 13 (footnote 58 on
page 61), he was evidently an engrafted Gentile
of the second generation as his father was
Jephunneh, the Kenizzite – a member of one of
the Canaanite nations which hwhy told Abraham
his descendants would drive out of the promised
land, Genesis 15:18-21, Yehoshua 14:6. Be-
cause of his faithfulness, Caleb – “the [son] of a
stranger” (Yeshayahu 56:6,7) – was grafted into
the Commonwealth of Yisrael and was given an
inheritance within one of the 12 tribes (the tribe
of Yehudah) according to the word of hwhy,
Deuteronomy 1:35,36, Yehoshua 14:6-14,
Yechezkel 47:22,23.
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• Leviathan, Iyob 41:1-10

• The Lion, Proverbs 30:29,30, Revelation 5:5

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True Revival:
The Restoration of All Things
And of you they shall build the old waste places; you
shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall
be called, “The repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in.”
Yeshayahu 58:13

Many well-meaning ministries and individu-

als seek to fulfill the above Scripture. The desire
to restore the truth of Scripture and to see the
ways of hwhy prevail in all the earth is an admi-
rable one. To seek to do and to teach His com-
mandments is surely among the highest of call-
ings. Ezra 7:9,10 However, we would be amiss
to ascribe the above Scripture to anyone except
eswhy the Messiah Himself. Believers must
give the preeminence to eswhy in all things. Co-
lossians 1:18 This would surely include giving
Him the preeminence as the only One who can
fulfill the above, opening Scripture; it is eswhy
who magnified the Torah, and it is He who shall
bring restoration of “the ancient paths” to all the
earth. Yirmeyahu 6:16, Yeshayahu 42:21 eswhy
is the very Foundation of all true, lasting change
in the eternal Kingdom of hwhy. 1Corinthians
3:10-15 He is the Splendor of His people Yis-
rael, and He is the Light to lighten the Gentiles
(Luke 2:30-32); it is because of eswhy, because
of His unblemished life, because of His sacrifice,
and because of His ministry now that “all the
ends of the earth will remember and turn to
hwhy,” Psalm 22:27. However, the degree to
which any person allows His Spirit to dwell
within will determine the degree to which that
person can be a servant of the Messiah and have
a part with Him in this “restoration of all things.”
Acts 3:21 He is repairing the breach and He is
restoring the ancient paths of the eternal Torah to
His people and to all the earth! By His ministry
all things shall be restored and eswhy will see, in
full, the travail of His soul and be satisfied! Ye-
shayahu 53:11 His suffering unto death will
have been worth it all.
When the apostle Kepha spoke of revival and
restoration, we find he revealed the source of all
available information concerning the prophesied
revival and reawakening. Let us consider these
words of Kepha spoken in Yerushalayim to a
multitude of Yisraelites:
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Repent you therefore, and be converted, that
your sins may be blotted out, when the times of
refreshing shall come from the presence of hwhy;
and He shall send eswhy the Messiah, which be-
fore was preached unto you: whom the heavens
must receive until the times of restitution of all
things, which Elohim hath spoken by the mouth
of all His qodesh prophets since the world be-
gan. Acts 3:19-21
Notice all the prophets spoke of this great re-
vival which Kepha termed, “the restoration of all
things!” And notice it was hwhy Himself speak-
ing through them! Hence, it must be the teach-
ings of all the prophets (in what is erroneously
termed the “Old Testament”) from which we
shall obtain information about True Revival! Yet
all the prophets bore testimony to the enduring
validity of the Torah! Thus, this section will up-
hold the Torah (Romans 3:31) as we cover a
number of prophesies given by hwhy through His
prophets in regard to True Revival. We will see
how very related this Great Restoration is to the
worship established within the Torah – the Five
Books of Mosheh. For throughout the Law and
the Prophets, we find mention of this Great Res-
toration along with the worship which the Torah
reveals must and will accompany a true return to
the Elohim of Yisrael. We are further assured
True Revival will certainly follow such repen-
tance! While a false revival – characterized by
anti-Torah lawlessness123 – is prophesied via the
123
Mattithyahu 7:16, 20-23; the word translated “iniquity”
in verse 23 means “lawlessness.” This is the lawlessness
of those who break even the least of the Torah command-
ments and who so teach others, Mattithyahu 5:19. This
aptly describes much of what is seen in Christianity today
as anti-Law sentiment and pagan apostasy are largely
dominating that sector of the religious world. It is sad and
ironic that dear Christians were so moved to retain the Ten
Commandments within the Alabama courthouse when they
themselves are yet largely rejecting this eternal, immuta-
ble, moral code which the Messiah taught is established
white horse of Revelation,124 there is also a True
Revival of greater magnitude. For there is ever a
spiritual principle at work in which the favor of
hwhy abounds above and beyond the currently
prevailing level of sin. Romans 5:20 But pres-
ently, the elements of True Revival are neither
taught nor acknowledged. And it remains to be
seen how widely these elements will be recog-
nized by the mainstream, religious establish-
ments which historically cling to denomina-
tional, man-made traditions over and above the
Word of hwhy. People do not like to admit error
in regard to their faith nor do most pastors wish
to lose their following as the tithe money will
typically dwindle in proportion. Church upon
church and denomination upon denomination
have put forth one man-made effort after another
and revival still evades them. New programs
and more money are not the answers! What is so
badly needed at this hour is the old program!
Yirmeyahu 6:16 Until the ancient and timeless
word of hwhy is administered over the elements
forever, Mark 13:31, Luke 21:33, Psalm 119:89, Deuter-
onomy 30:19. Through keeping Sunday (while profaning
the Sabbath of the Fourth Commandment), through advo-
cating names of false worship (while rejecting the Qadosh
Name of hwhy revealed in the Third Commandment), and
through shunning many other moral precepts of the Torah
(including those in regard to unclean animal flesh), multi-
tudes of well-meaning Christians are abolishing, in prac-
tice, the very Code which they strive to retain within pub-
lic view.
124
See Revelation 6:1-8 for the four horses and their rid-
ers. Note the white horse has a rider who goes forth with
a bow (but no arrows!) “conquering and to conquer.” Re-
call eswhy warned of false teachers and false messiahs,
Mattithyahu 24:4,5 It is significant this rider is on a white
horse and that the Messiah will Himself descend from the
Heavens riding upon a white horse. The former rider
represents an apparent phalanx of false teachers which are
a travesty of the Latter – the True Messiah. In this vein,
we are warned to be on guard against Satan’s mystery of
anti-Torah lawlessness, Deuteronomy 13:1-4, Mattithyahu
7:15,22,23, Mark 13:22, 2Thessalonians 2:7,9, Revelation
13:13,14. The indication is that false prophets shall go so
far as to use signs and wonders (Mattithyahu 7:21-23) to
support their anti-Torah lawlessness. The four horsemen
of the Apocalypse appear to correspond to four warnings
outlined by eswhy: the white horse (false prophets and
false messiahs, Mattithyahu 24:4,5), the red horse (wars
and rumors of wars, 24:6,7), the black horse (famine,
24:7), and the pale horse (death: the end result of famine,
earthquakes and pestilence, 24:7).
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of True Revival revealed in the Scriptures, true,
full restoration will tarry. And those who fail to
participate according to the obedience His word
requires will, ultimately, be rejected as first fruits
– regardless of how popular they or their minis-
try may currently be. Yirmeyahu 6:27-30,
1Corinthians 9:27 Below are a number of things
which the Scriptures clearly set forth as elements
of True Revival. If studied over time, the Scrip-
tures will reveal how all of the following are in-
terrelated. True Revival is certain to bring forth
what the apostle Kepha termed, the “restoration
of all things.” Acts 3:21 Because true, sincere
repentance is defined by hwhy as ceasing to do
evil followed by learning to do good,125 the fol-
lowing list is divided into the things which origi-
nated in false worship (and which must, there-
fore, end) as well as the things which originated
in True Worship (and which must, therefore, be
reinstated to usher in True Revival):
• Abolishing Man-Made, Religious Traditions
Which Nullify the True Word of hwhy: Mat-
tithyahu 15:1-9, Mark 7:5-13, Galatians 1:13,14,
Colossians 2:8,18,20-22. These traditions are
widespread throughout Christendom today and
they do, indeed, nullify the Torah Commands of
hwhy on many fronts. And even some Torah-
nullifying, Jewish traditions yet persist in our
day; traditions die hard, but die they will. Yir-
meyahu 16:19, Amos 2:4 False doctrines against
the Torah126 with absolutely no scriptural back-
ing are blindly accepted as established fact by
sheep-like multitudes even though those tradi-
tions are covered with the filth and mire of apos-
tasy and lawlessness, Mattithyahu 7:23.
• Abolishing Sabbath Profanation: Yeshayahu
58:1,2,13, Yirmeyahu 17:27, Nechemyah 9:14-
16, 13:15-21. The text of Yirmeyahu (17:19-27)
testifies of a powerful, abiding prosperity and
revival if all the people of hwhy turn to Him and
keep His Sabbath Day. This is the same prosper-
ity preached today by many so-called “prosperity
teachers;” however, as one brother has wisely
pointed out, such preachers cite the blessings of
Deuteronomy 28 which are promised to come
upon those who obey the Torah! While these
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Yeshayahu 1:16,17, Yechezkel 18:21,22, Ephesians
4:28
126
And so, against hwhy and His Messiah, Mattithyahu
5:18,19, Psalm 2:1-3.
teachers proclaim the prosperity, they fail to
teach the obedience required for obtaining these
conditional blessings; their general claim is that
eswhy did everything for us in His Offering on
Calvary and that we now have no obligation on
our part to obey. While it is true the Offering of
eswhy is that by which hwhy has done everything
for us (Yeshayahu 5:4, 2Kepha 1:3), this still
does not remove the personal responsibility now
resting upon every believer to enter the promised
land (1Yochanan 2:25); each one must claim
through faith and deeds the inheritance which
has been made possible through the Messiah!
Ephesians 2:10, Revelation 22:12 The responsi-
bility to respond now rests with us! Christianity
fails to acknowledge that hwhy awaits our re-
sponse to all that He has already done for us.
2Corinthians 5:14,15, 1Yochanan 4:19 The
promises of hwhy are certain in eswhy
(2Corinthians 1:20) only if we walk as the Mes-
siah walked. 1Yochanan 2:3-6, Yochanan
15:4,6,7,10 He is the Author of eternal salvation
to all those who obey Him (Hebrews 5:9, Mat-
tithyahu 7:24,25, 2Timothy 2:10), not to those
who disobey, Mattithyahu 7:26,27.
• Abolishing the False, Baal Worship on the
High Places: 2Chronincles 20:33, Numbers
33:52, 2Kings 17:11-18 This manuscript has
gone to great lengths to show the Baal worship
on the high places of old involved the eating of
unclean, detestable flesh. And the rampant sex-
ual immorality which was part of Baal worship
evidently goes hand in hand with such diets. Le-
viticus 20:1-27 The Baal worship of old (Exo-
dus 23:13, Yehoshua 23:7, Hoshea 2:17) takes
many forms in our day and those seeking the
Law of hwhy (Ezra 7:9,10) will find this is an-
other area in which spiritual history repeats it-
self. Consider the mad, insane rage of many fans
at football games: screaming at the top of their
lungs, shirts off even in freezing weather, faces
and bodies painted (Leviticus 19:28), eating pig
flesh in various forms,127 filled with drunkenness
and gluttony, and entertained by ill-clad “cheer-
leaders” – who only serve to feed their lusts yet
further through idolatrous dancing, Yirmeyahu
50:38. Improperly exalting the athletes and ex-
hibiting lustful, improper thoughts for the cheer-
127
Incidentally, the football itself was once referred to as
“pig skin” as that was the material previously used to form
its outer layer.
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leaders gives us an arena filled with those who
are worshipping and serving the creature rather
than the Creator, Romans 1:25. Afterwards en-
sue the riots, fights and verbal wars which fluc-
tuate in intensity between the rival crowds de-
pending on which team “won” and on how “im-
portant” was the “victory,” Ya’acob 4:1.
We are also provided with a connection between
the high places of old and the “high places” of
today; this connection is far more than coinci-
dental. Along with anti-Torah/anti-Messianic
doctrines and lifestyles (including the eating of
detestable animal flesh), many who frequent
modern-day houses of worship exult in the high,
prominent steeples seen on many of these build-
ings. Yet these structures are remnants of an-
cient obelisks which represented the male phal-
lus and phallic worship. Such steeples give us
an undeniable connection between the high
places of old and the high places which are con-
temporary: both the buildings themselves as
well as those things which are taught within
stand in opposition to the Law of hwhy. This is
another case in which the things that are highly
esteemed in the eyes of man are an abomination
in the sight of hwhy. Luke 16:15 Such is the na-
ture of the high places: they are lofty things
raised up in pride against the knowledge of Elo-
him. With earthquakes, volcanoes, and tidal
waves, hwhy will soon arise to destroy them all.
Yeshayahu 2:11-18
• Abolishing the Paganism of Sunday, Sun-
Worship: Deuteronomy 12:30, 18:9, Yirmeyahu
10:1,2, Yechezkel 8:15-18, Romans 12:1,2 No-
where in all of Scripture can Evangelicals estab-
lish their claim the Messiah changed the day of
worship from the Seventh Day Shabbat to Sun-
day. Such a text is nowhere to be found. Those
who teach He did change the day are merely per-
petuating a precept and doctrine of men which
nullifies the commandments of hwhy, Mark 7:7-
13. And by promulgating this error, the Evan-
gelical world continues to bow down to the au-
thority of the Roman Catholic Church – which
boasts of its continuing authority over the Protes-
tants because of this very thing! Below are
quotes from a number of sources regarding this
point:
Stephen Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism, 3rd
ed., pg. 174.
“Question: Have you any other way of proving
that the Church has power to institute festivals of
precept?
Answer: Had she not such power, she could not
have done that in which all modern religionists
agree with her – she could not have substituted
the observance of Sunday, the first day of the
week, for the observance of Saturday, the sev-
enth day, a change for which there is no Scrip-
tural authority.”
Daniel Ferres, ed., Manual of Christian Doc-
trine (1916), pg. 67.
“Question: How prove you that the Church hath
power to command feasts and holy days?
Answer: By the very act of changing the Sab-
bath into Sunday, which Protestants allow of,
and therefore they fondly contradict themselves,
by keeping Sunday strictly, and breaking most
other feasts commanded by the same Church.”
Peter R. Kraemer, Catholic Church Extension
Society (1975), Chicago, Illinois.
“Regarding the change from the observance of
the Jewish Sabbath to the Christian Sunday, I
wish to draw your attention to the facts:
1) That Protestants, who accept the Bible as the
only rule of faith and religion, should by all
means go back to the observance of the Sabbath.
The fact that they do not, but on the contrary ob-
serve the Sunday, stultifies them in the eyes of
every thinking man.
2) We Catholics do not accept the Bible as the
only rule of faith. Besides the Bible we have the
living Church, the authority of the Church, as a
rule to guide us. We say, this Church, instituted
by Christ to teach and guide man through life,
has the right to change the ceremonial laws of
the Old Testament and hence, we accept her
change of the Sabbath to Sunday. We frankly
say, yes, the Church made this change, made this
law, as she made many other laws, for instance,
the Friday abstinence, the unmarried priesthood,
the laws concerning mixed marriages, the regula-
tion of Catholic marriages and a thousand other
laws. It is always somewhat laughable, to see
the Protestant churches, in pulpit and legisla-
tion, demand the observance of Sunday, of
which there is nothing in their Bible.”
T. Enright, C.S.S.R., in a lecture at Hartford,
Kansas, Feb. 18, 1884.
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“I have repeatedly offered $1,000 to anyone who
can prove to me from the Bible alone that I am
bound to keep Sunday holy. There is no such law
in the Bible. It is a law of the holy Catholic
Church alone. The Bible says, ‘Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.’ The Catholic
Church says: ‘No. By my divine power I abolish
the Sabbath day and command you to keep holy
the first day of the week.’ And lo! The entire
civilized world bows down in a reverent obedi-
ence to the command of the holy Catholic
Church.”
Augsburg Confession of Faith art. 28; written
by Melanchthon, approved by Martin Luther,
1530; as published in “The Book of Concord of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church,” Henry Ja-
cobs, ed. (1911), pg. 63
They [Roman Catholics] refer to the Sabbath
Day, as having been changed into the Lord's
Day, contrary to the Decalogue, as it seems. Nei-
ther is there any example whereof they make
more than concerning the changing of the Sab-
bath Day. Great, say they, is the power of the
Church, since it has dispensed with one of the
Ten Commandments!”
For more quotations in this regard see:
http://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/confsund.html
• Abolishing the Sacrifice of Children to De-
mons, Leviticus 18:21, 2Kings 16:3, 17:17, 21:6,
Yirmeyahu 32:35. In the days of ancient Yisrael,
parents who tuned aside to worship false deities
sometimes offered their children in the fire to
Molech. This – along with their sacrifices of un-
clean animals – was nothing less than demon
worship, Psalm 106:36-39, 1Corinthians 10:20,
21, Revelation 9:20. Today those who have
turned aside offer their children to demons
through the murder of abortion. Conformity to
this world’s diet and feeding children foods
which harm their bodies is also another way in
which parents today sacrifice their children, in
this case, to the demons of ill-health and sick-
ness. hwhy promises to bring us health if we
obey Him and it is He who promises to deliver
us from every plague and sickness, Exodus
15:26, Psalm 91:9,10. Looking to mankind and
man’s medicine is not the answer as many drugs
are a source of toxins which pollute the body and
which even introduce detestable, unclean animal
by-products into the system. Yirmeyahu 17:5,6
• Abolishing Idolatry: idolatry takes many
forms today only it is more subtle in our “ad-
vanced,” “educated,” “cultured” society. While
few today would bow down in worship before
statues of men, Greek gods, or animals … multi-
tudes in our day idolize automobiles. Owners
(and would-be owners!) in every corner of the
globe worship these vehicles which are merely
the works of man’s hands! Notice the following
car names and companies/divisions which have
fit the pattern across the last century: Ford
(man), Studebaker (man), Mercury (a Greek
god), Mustang (horse), Cobra, Viper, Ram, Bob-
cat, Sunbird, Firebird, Lynx, Rabbit, Eagle, Jag-
uar, Impala, Skylark, … Romans 1:22,23,25.
How many others can you name? Multitudes
have worshipped these things which are but the
works of man’s hands. Idolatry takes many
other forms: if anything other than hwhy rules
our hearts and minds, we are idolizing that per-
son, that possession, or that thing, 1Corinthians
6:12, Colossians 3:5.
• Restoration of the Name, Exodus 3:14,15,
Psalm 23:3, Micah 6:9, Yochanan 17:6,11,12,26,
Revelation 14:1, 22:4. Ascribing the proper
honor and greatness to the Name of hwhy is the
first principle in restoring His Kingdom,
Zecharyah 14:9, Mattithyahu 6:9,10. Magnify-
ing the Name of hwhy is a key aspect of humility
which is still missing in most worship settings
today: if we are not giving honor to His Name,
we are, in some fashion, still taking honor unto
ourselves, Psalm 115:1,2. People can dress it up
any way they wish, but hwhy calls it pride, Psalm
119:21, Proverbs 16:5. (And pride amongst
those who call upon the Name is even less ex-
cusable, Malachi 1:6, 2:1,2, Revelation 3:1.)
• Restoration of the Hebrew Tongue, Tsephanyah
3:9. At the formation of the United States, He-
brew was nearly adopted as our national lan-
guage. In seeking hwhy, the founding fathers had
drawn far closer to Him than most (if not all) of
our leaders today; they had surely discovered the
spiritual efficacy of the Hebrew language and
likely made the text from the prophet,
Tsephanyah, part of their argument in favor of
such a move. Those men studied the Scriptures
and so they were also very likely cognizant of
the numerous times which hwhy declared Him-
self to be “the Elohim of the Hebrews!” Exodus
3:18, 5:3, 7:16, 9:1,13, 10:3 Who, in their right
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mind, would not want hwhy to be their Elohim?!
Learning the Hebrew language – the language of
Heaven (Acts 26:13-15) – is simply another pro-
found aspect of drawing closer to hwhy. While
learning Hebrew is certainly not a requirement
for salvation, it is clearly a part of what must and
will occur in the True Revival which the Spirit of
hwhy inspires!
• Restoration of Torah-based Worship and Liv-
ing. Restoration of the Torah shall fill the earth
with the knowledge of the splendor of hwhy,
Numbers 14:21, Psalm 72:19, Habakkuk 2:14,
Yeshayahu 2:1-4, Micah 4:1-4, Malachi 4:4-6.
The world has never seen anything like it, but it
will soon occur! What a blessing to have the op-
portunity to begin a lifestyle which shall only
continue when the Kingdom of hwhy is estab-
lished on earth! When the lawless perish, “the
ancient paths” of the Torah128 shall be the “Law
of the land” worldwide. Psalm 1:6, 37:28,29,34,
38, 39, 125:1, 1Yochanan 2:17, Yeshayahu 2:1-
4, 66:22,23
• Restoration of the Sabbath, Exodus 20:8-11,
Yeshayahu 58:1,2,13, Yirmeyahu 17:21-26, Mat-
tithyahu 12:8, 24:20. Since the Sabbath was
given to memorialize the creation of hwhy (Exo-
dus 20:8-11), keeping the Day set apart as such a
memorial is one of the main ways hwhy has cho-
sen for us to worship Him as the Creator. It is
this aspect of Sabbath observance which nearly
all of Christianity is missing and which the heav-
enly messenger enjoins upon the entire world in
advance of great, heavenly judgments from the
hand of hwhy, Revelation 14:7. Keeping Shabbat
is an essential part of worshipping hwhy as the
Creator. Much more is seen on the Sabbath Day
in Part 7, The Feasts of hwhy.
• Restoration of Marriage and the Family – the
Center and Core of the Decalogue, Exodus 20:8-
12. The Fourth Commandment dealing with the
Sabbath appertains to all that is within one’s
gates (i.e., one’s household). True Sabbath ob-
servance is intended by hwhy to provide one, un-
interrupted “family day” every week. Should all
families so rest and worship together in this
manner, the moral fabric of the society would be
untearable! The Fifth Commandment appertains
to the relationship between parents and children:
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Yirmeyahu 6:16
children must honor the parents, but the parents
must also be honorable by fulfilling the com-
mands of hwhy to teach the righteousness of the
Torah to their children! Genesis 18:19, Deuter-
onomy 4:9,10, 6:6-9, Proverbs 3:1-8, 7:1-3, 31:1,
Yeshayahu 51:7, Malachi 4:6.
• Restoration of the Feasts of hwhy, Nachum
1:15, Ezra 6:21,22, 2Chronicles 34:24 - 35:18.
Revival is seen and recorded in direct connection
with the Feasts of hwhy:
5 So they established a decree to make procla-
mation throughout all Yisrael, from Beersheba
even to Dan, that they should come to keep the
Passover unto hwhy Elohim of Yisrael at
Yerushalayim: since they had not done it for a
long time, as it is written. 6 So the posts went
with the letters from the king and his princes
throughout all Yisrael and Yehudah, and accord-
ing to the commandment of the king, saying, You
children of Yisrael, turn again unto hwhy Elohim
of Abraham, Yitschak, and Yisrael, and He will
return to the remnant of you, that are escaped
out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. 7 And be
not you like your fathers, and like your brethren,
which trespassed against hwhy Elohim of their
fathers, who therefore gave them up to desola-
tion, as you see. 8 Now be you not stiffnecked,
as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto
hwhy, and enter into His Set Apart Place, which
He hath set apart for ever: and serve hwhy your
Elohim, that the fierceness of His wrath may turn
away from you. 9 For if you turn again unto
hwhy, your brethren and your children shall find
compassion before them that lead them captive,
so that they shall come again into this land: for
hwhy your Elohim is gracious and merciful, and
will not turn away His face from you, if you re-
turn unto Him. 10 So the posts passed from city
to city through the country of Ephrayim and Me-
nashsheh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed
them to scorn, and mocked them. 11 Neverthe-
less, some of Asher and Menashsheh and of
Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to
Yerushalayim. 12 Also in Yehudah the hand of
Elohim was to give them one heart to do the
commandment of the king and of the princes, by
the word of hwhy. 2Chronicles 30:5-12
There are some very powerful statements in the
above Scripture text. We especially note keeping
Feasts “as it was written” is an essential part of
truly turning to/back to hwhy (verse 6; this means
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revival!); and this obedience is an essential part
of serving hwhy, verse 8. Not only so, we see
keeping Feasts is also an indispensable element
of true humility (vs. 11) – of not being stiff-
necked. (vss. 7,8) If given the truth, many be-
lievers would keep the Feasts, but the majority
have been long-schooled in numerous, false
teachings and fallacies surrounding these great,
prophetic observances! In Part 7, The Feasts of
hwhy, we will see many more details relevant to
the Feasts. That section serves to clarify many
issues and many questions surrounding the ob-
servance of the Feasts of hwhy.
• Restoration of Fasting, Prayer, and Repen-
tance, Yeshayahu 58, Tsephanyah 2:1-3, Yoel
1:8-2:18, Mattithyahu 6:16-18, 9:14,15. Apart
from fasting-derived humility, a true understand-
ing of the Scriptures and unity amongst believers
are simply two, unattainable goals. But from
where does the writer glean the phrase: “fasting-
derived humility?” It is written in numerous
places that fasting humbles, or afflicts, the soul.
Leviticus 16:29,31, Psalm 35:13, 69:10, Yesha-
yahu 58:3, Ya’acob 4:9,10. Further, the prophet
Yirmeyahu spoke of a man bearing the yoke in
his youth – all in a context which was clearly in
regard to fasting and prayer; when stating this,
the prophet also incorporated a number of other
terms and phrases which are associated with the
practice of fasting: “wait,” “seek,” “expect,”
“quietly wait,” “silence,” putting one’s mouth in
the dust, and “reproach.” Lamentations 3:25-30
Yet eswhy our Messiah exhorts us to take upon
ourselves – through prayer and fasting – this
very same yoke that we might become like Him:
“meek and lowly in heart.” Mattithyahu 11:28-
30 Fasting-derived humility will result in the
most spiritual power and progress in the life of
the believer because it causes the favor of hwhy
to abound abundantly. Ya’acob 4:6 The Adver-
sary of our souls suffers the greatest defeats
through fasting and prayer: while Satan cannot
enter the realm of humility, the Spirit and ways
of the Most High are found flourishing in this
realm of brokenness, meekness and affliction.
Yeshayahu 57:15, 63:9, 66:1,2
• Restoration of Yisrael, Acts 1:6,7, Psalm
10:16, 102:13-16, Yeshayahu 1:24-28. hwhy has
clearly promised in His word that His covenant
with the physical seed of Yisrael will never end;
His lovingkindness over the line of Ya’acob’s
physical descendants will never cease, Yir-
meyahu 31:35-37, 33:19-26, Romans 11:12, 25,
26. These “sure kindnesses” were confirmed
once more in David, Yeshayahu 55:3,4, Yir-
meyahu 33:19-26, 2Chronicles 13:5. And before
His death, eswhy declared He would not return
from the Heavens until a revival occurred among
the Yahudim who had rejected Him. It is
prophesied in this spiritual awakening that they
will magnify Him as the Messiah and declared of
Him in advance of His coming: “Blessed is He
that cometh in the Name of hwhy!” Psalm
118:26, Mattithyahu 23:39 Yisrael, the firstborn,
will be restored; for “the gifts and calling of
hwhy are without repentance.” Romans 11:26-29
And when “the fullness” and restoration of Yis-
rael comes, Shaul makes it clear there will be
immense blessings for all other nations world-
wide, Romans 11:12. These are the great physi-
cal and spiritual blessings of the Millennium.
The prophecies of Ya’acob and Mosheh over
Yisrael were for “the latter days”129 and we shall
see the ultimate fulfillment of their words as Yis-
rael is restored to its worldwide preeminence,
Romans 11:26-29. hwhy has made it clear He
will once more shine His lovingkindness on the
physical descendants of Abraham unto spiritual
redemption and salvation. With multitudes igno-
rant of this great, prophesied truth, the KKK130
spirit of Hitler’s anti-Semitism is on the rise
even among those who purport to follow the
Messiah and who claim to believe His word. We
must be clear on this issue as dire world events
may spark even greater distrust and overwhelm-
ing hatred of Jewish (Yahudim) political and fi-
nancial leaders. For even if we merely suppose
for but a moment every action of every Jewish
leader to be wrong, manipulative and twisted,
that still does not give anyone a valid reason to
vilify the entire race, much less execute and de-
stroy them! hwhy will deal with all evil leaders
in this present world regardless of their race or
religion. He will mete out punishment with
flaming vengeance upon all those who oppose
the Good News; so we had better be careful not
to exalt ourselves as the jury or the judge over
any unbelieving Yisraelites! Any who truly be-
lieve Scripture should not be deceived: a great
129
Genesis 49:1, 2-28; Deuteronomy 4:30, 31:29, 33:1-
29. See also: Yirmeyahu 23:20, 30:24, Hoshea 3:4,5.
130
Klu Klux Klan
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revival among the Yahudim and the nation of
Yisrael is occurring; and this great awakening
will continue to grow as the Yahudim learn more
of their Messiah and proclaim of eswhy in ad-
vance of His descent: “Blessed is He who
cometh in the Name of hwhy.” Psalm 118:26,
Mattithyahu 23:39 [[Sorry folks, using the title
“Adonai” to replace an entire word of the Torah
will not fulfill the Psalm 118 prophecy! eswhy
said not the least part of the Torah would fail un-
til all was accomplished and He is simply not
coming in the Name of Adonai. Actually,
“Adonai” is not even a name, it is merely a title.
eswhy will return in the Name of hwhy when His
people begin calling upon that memorial Name
as did their forefather Abraham!131 Thus, delet-
ing an entire word from the Torah (especially
when that word is the very Name of the Most
High!) is an exercise in disobedience which can-
not be blessed. hwhy wants His people to bless
others in His Name,132 to call upon His Name,133
and to bless His Name.134 On this point, the ma-
jority of contemporary Yahudim have yet to dis-
pense with one of their man-made doctrines by
which they can only claim it is taboo to utter the
Name of hwhy. In addition to those references
cited just above, a multitude of other Scripture
texts show scores of men and women speaking
and calling upon the Qadosh Name of hwhy.]] In
summary, the lovingkindness of hwhy has been
promised to continue upon the physical seed of
Abraham to all generations. Given this promise,
all believers should do their level best to uphold
the tribe of Yehudah (i.e., the Jews of the tribe of
Judah) as well as all descendants of Ya’acob
within the other 11 tribes! The command to,
“Pray for the peace of Yerushalayim,” is not an
option. Psalm 122:6
This ends our thoughts on abolition and resto-
ration as they relate to the revival of True Wor-
ship. The Protestant Reformation failed on many
points to fully restore the truth of the Scriptures
and “the obedience of the faith.” Romans 1:5,
16:26, 1Kepha 4:17 It appears the reformation
leadership was rather lacking, spiritually speak-
131
Genesis 21:33, 22:14, Yoel 2:32, Romans 10:13
132
Numbers 6:22-27, Ruth 2:4, Romans 12:14
133
Genesis 4:26, 12:8, 13:4, 21:33, 26:25, 1Kings 18:24,
Psalm 105:1, 116:12,13,17, Yoel 2:32, Zecharyah 13:9,
Acts 2:21, Romans 10:13
134
Psalm 96:2, 100:4, 103:1, 145:1,2
ing. We have clear evidence Martin Luther him-
self was anti-Semitic! In his own annals, Luther
advocated burning synagogues135 and made him-
self an enemy of the Yahudim. These actions are
in no way commendable and can never be justi-
fied in light of any Scripture. True believers
should only love and pray for the Yahudim and
for all other Yisraelites, Romans 10:1, Psalm
122:6, Genesis 12:3. The word of hwhy which
135
See “The Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia” at
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther for
proof this was the case. The following is a quote from that
very website (seen on 4/23/2003):
“Martin Luther and Judaism
Luther initially preached tolerance towards the Jewish
people, convinced that the reason they had never
converted to Christianity was that they were discriminated
against. However, after his overtures to Jews failed to
convince Jewish people to adopt Christianity, he began
preaching that the Jews were inherently evil, and that they
should be destroyed. Luther called the Jewish people
“venomous beasts, vipers, disgusting scum, canders, devils
incarnate. Their private houses must be destroyed and
devastated, they could be lodged in stables. Let the
magistrates burn their synagogues and let whatever
escapes be covered with sand and mud. Let them force to
work, and if this avails nothing, we will be compelled to
expel them like dogs in order not to expose ourselves to
incurring divine wrath and eternal damnation from the
Jews and their lies.” (Source: Martin Luther, Tischreden
(Table Talk) )
In recent years the Lutheran Church has apologized for,
and officially renounced, Luther's antisemitism, which
they conceded was one of the reasons that the Holocaust
was possible in a largely Lutheran nation. In 1994, the
Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America publicly rejected the parts of Luther's writings
that advocated government action against practitioners of
Judaism. (end of webpage quote)
Failing to understand “Law vs. Grace” and “Faith vs.
Works,” Martin Luther wanted to expunge the Book of
James (Ya’acob) from the Scriptures! Yet if one reads the
discourse of eswhy in Mattithyahu 5-7 (“The Sermon on
the Mount”) and if one diligently compares it with the
Book of Ya’acob, it will be readily seen the latter is a re-
markable reiteration of nearly every subject and every con- Mattithyahu 11:28-30, Ezra 7:9,10, 1Chronicles
cept discussed in the former! Luther failed to understand
what “faith working through love” really meant. Had he
stopped long enough to listen, the Messiah would have
surely asked him, “Is it not for this cause that you err, that
you know not the Scriptures, nor the power of Elohim?”
Mark 12:24 For more thoughts on Luther’s blindness, see
the next APPENDIX section which is entitled, “The Sermon
on the Mount and the Book of James (Ya’acob).”
He has spoken over restoration shall not fail: all
things, including Yisrael, shall be restored, Acts
1:6. The only question which remains to be an-
swered is: “Shall we, as individuals, partake in
the fulfillment of this Great Restoration?” “The
crux and core of revival,” as one brother put it, is
seen in the words and attitude of the apostle
Shaul: “Forgetting those things which are be-
hind, and reaching forth unto those things which
are before, I press toward the mark for the prize
of the high calling of Elohim in Messiah eswhy.”
Philippians 3:13,14 Put quite simply: no one
has “arrived;” no one can “rest on their laurels;”
no one can be slack. True faith results in action
and so there is no room for the complacency
bred by the nominal teachings of our many, soci-
ety-placating, religious leaders, Amos 6:1. Our
Messiah compels us to actively seek and to ac-
tively progress in the faith as He warns wicked,
fearful and slothful servants shall not inherit the
Kingdom, Mattithyahu 25:24-30, Hebrews
6:8,12, Revelation 21:8. Throughout the word
we are instructed to seek hwhy. “Seek” implies
there is always something more to find; and if
fully understood, this need to search implies
spiritual poverty (Proverbs 30:2,3, Mattithyahu
5:3) in relation to those things for which we are
commanded to seek. The things seen in the fol-
lowing list are all very much related in ways
which are both obvious as well as hidden. We
are commanded/taught by hwhy to seek the fol-
lowing:
• His face, Psalm 27:8, 105:4, 2Chronicles 7:14
• His Name/Spirit, Deuteronomy 12:5,
1Chronicles 22:19, Psalm 9:10, 83:16, Yochanan
17:26
• His Kingdom, Mattithyahu 6:33, Colossians
3:1-3
• His righteousness, Mattithyahu 6:33, Yesha-
yahu 54:17, Hoshea 10:12, Tsephanyah 2:3
• His ways and leading, Ezra 8:21,22, Yeshayahu
55:6-9, Yechezkel 18:25,29, Hoshea 14:9
• His ancient paths revealed in the Torah/Law,
Yirmeyahu 6:16, Yeshayahu 8:20, 28:12, 30:15,
28:8,9, 2Chronicles 14:4, 31:20,21, Psalm 119:2,
Malachi 2:7, 2Yochanan 1:6
• His favor, Genesis 6:8, Proverbs 29:26, Mat-
tithyahu 7:7,8/Hebrews 4:16, 2Kepha 3:18
• The knowledge of hwhy and His word, Psalm
119:66, Proverbs 1:4,7, 22,29; 2:3,5,6,10; 8:10;
10:14; 15:14, Yirmeyahu 9:23-24, 2Kepha 3:18
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• His understanding, 1Kings 3:9,11,12, 4:29,
Psalm 111:10, 119:34,73,104,125,144,169;
Proverbs 2:3,6; 4:1,5,7; 16:16, Colossians 1:9
• His wisdom, 2Chronicles 1:10-12, Iyob 28:28,
Proverbs 2:1,2,6,7; 4:5,7, Ya’acob 1:5, 3:13,17
• His meekness, Tsephanyah 2:3, Numbers 12:3,
Psalm 10:17, 76:8,9, 147:6, 149:4, Mattithyahu
5:5
• His gifts of the Spirit, Mattithyahu 7:7-11,
Luke 11:9-13, 1Corinthians 12:28-31, 14:1
• His great reward, Psalm 19:11, Hebrews 10:35,
11:6,10,24-26; this great reward is, ultimately,
hwhy Himself (Genesis 15:1, Psalm 17:15, Iyob
19:25-27, 1Yochanan 3:2,3) as hwhy commands
us to seek Him, Yirmeyahu 29:13, 1Chronicles
22:19, 2Chronicles 11:16, 12:14, 14:4, 15:12,
Ezra 6:21, Amos 5:4.
• Splendor, Honor and Immortality (synonymous
with/part of the reward, Romans 2:6,7,10,11)
• A crown, 1 Corinthians 9:25, Ya’acob 1:12,
1Kepha 5:4, Revelation 2:10, 3:11 (also syn-
onymous with/part of the reward)
• The good of Yerushalayim and the restora-
tion/exaltation of the nation of Yisrael, Psalm
122:6-9, 137:5,6, Amos 9:14,15, Romans 10:1
True Revival begins as one is humbled before
hwhy. As we seek His word, the Spirit calls us to
put aside man-made traditions136 which nullify
the commandments of hwhy. One simply cannot
subscribe to beliefs which contradict the Scrip-
tures just because one’s denomination argues,
“This is the way it has always been.” Revival
involves the humility of heart which knows no
person on this side of eternity has arrived at their
final, spiritual destination; everyone has a great
deal yet to learn; our understanding is miniscule,
at best; and if we are truly poor in spirit, the need
to seek hwhy further should always loom large
upon us, Iyob 26:14, Proverbs 30:1-3, Hoshea
6:3, Mattithyahu 5:3, Philippians 3:8-15. So
136
And, possibly, a major perpetrator of many apostate
traditions: denominational idolatry.
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there is much to do and much progress to be
made as we strive to seek Him with the whole
heart. Trusting in hwhy for salvation from one’s
sins is just the beginning of an eternal saga;
those who press on from this initial, critical turn-
ing point – and who truly seek and find Him in
this present life – shall be the greatest in the res-
urrection for they will have both kept and taught
even the “least” of His Torah Commandments,
Mattithyahu 5:19.
May the Spirit of hwhy raise up many sons and
daughters whose zeal burns to magnify the Torah
as did their Messiah, Yeshayahu 42:21. For it is
only by abiding in Him that a person can be used
of eswhy in repairing the breach and restoring
the eternal paths of the Torah in which all shall
someday dwell! The counsel of hwhy shall pre-
vail and the plans of His heart will be established
from generation to generation, Psalm 33:11, Ye-
shayahu 46:10.
Our Messiah is repairing the breach and restor-
ing to all the earth the eternal paths of hwhy in
which all who dwell shall find the peace, the
rest, and the joy which bring true, wholesome,
and lasting fulfillment! May the Spirit of hwhy
kindle a burning desire within all of His people
to ask for these ancient paths137 and to begin
walking in them just as it is written:
Thus says hwhy, Stand in the ways, and see, and
ask for the ancient paths (saying): “Where is the
good way?” and walk therein, and you shall find
rest for your souls. Yirmeyahu 6:16, 2Yochanan
1:6
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Mattithyahu 7:7,8
 PART 6
The Sermon on the Mount
and the Book of James (Ya’acob)
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall
be called the children of Elohim ... and the fruit of
righteousness is sown in peace by them that make peace.
Mattithyahu 5:9, Ya’acob 3:18

As indicated above (footnote 127, page 106), lineated below. Chapter and verse number(s)
Martin Luther failed to see the truth of Scripture from Ya’acob appear on the left, while connec-
over “Law vs. Grace.” He was not a peacemaker tions from the Savior’s words in “The Sermon
with the Yahudim of Europe and he advocated On the Mount” are given out to the right:
expunging the book of James (hereafter,
Chapter 1
“Ya’acob”) from the cannon of Scripture. To
Ya’acob 1:5-8 … How to ask and receive, Matt.
show the folly of such a course, we need only
7:7-11.
diligently compare the teachings of our Messiah
in what is commonly called, “The Sermon on the 1:8 … A double-minded man, Matt. 6:24. We
Mount,”138 with nearly every line of Ya’acob’s cannot serve two masters; those who do attempt
letter “to the twelve tribes scattered abroad.” to do so are double-minded – wavering and un-
Ya’acob 1:1 It becomes readily apparent the steady.
words of the Messiah in this great sermon were
1:9-11 … The poor, the rich, and the flowers of
held in highest esteem by the apostle Ya’acob.
the field, Matt. 6:24-33.
This particular Ya’acob was not the brother of
Yochanan (who was early killed by the sword, 1:10,11 … The grass of the field, Matt. 6:30.
Acts 12:1,2); however, he is believed by many to
1:12 … “Blessed is the man who endures” …
have been one of the twelve apostles.139 If this is
“Blessed are the … Blessed are you”… Matt.
the case, he was known as “Ya’acob the son of
5:3-12. “The Beatitudes” teach us the spiritual
Alphaeus.” Mattithyahu 10:3 With as little
characteristics necessary to endure through trials
commentary as possible, the similarities between
in the manner which hwhy regards to be endur-
the letter of Ya’acob and the teachings of eswhy
ance.
the Messiah in the Sermon on the Mount are de-
1:12-15 … Overcoming temptation and lust,
Matt. 5:27-30.
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This “Sermon on the Mount” is seen in Mattithyahu
chapters 5-7. Incidentally, at this time in His ministry, 1:17,18 … Good gifts from the Father, Matt. 7:9-
‫ יהושע‬precisely fulfilled the Yeshayahu prophecy, see Ye- 11.
shayahu 52:7. As He spoke this message “on the mount:”
eswhy was announcing peace (Mattithyahu 5:9, 21-24, 38-
1:19,20 … Slowness to anger, Matt. 5:21,22.
48) and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom. 1:21 … On meekness; “Blessed are the meek,”
How beautiful on the mountains were the feet of the One Matt. 5:5. Meekness is quite related to slowness
without sin as He proclaimed salvation through the Good
of anger.
News of peace! Romans 1:16, Yeshayahu 52:7
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1:22 … Be doers of the word, Matt. 7:21,24.
There is evidently somewhat of a debate about the exact
identity of the James (Ya’acob) who authored the epistle 1:22 … Hearers only. Hearers, but not doers,
which now bears his name. Dr. Bullinger stood by the deceive themselves, Matt. 6:23 … “If therefore
viewpoint claiming this particular Ya’acob was the brother the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is
of eswhy (see the Companion Bible, page 1847), while that darkness!” (In other words, if you think it is
others share the view he was one of “the twelve.” We felt light, but it is actually darkness, you have de-
it needful to present both views. In either case, the epistle
of Ya’acob (which is now equally regarded as a book) is a
ceived yourself greatly! Matt. 7:22).
marvelous work which portrays “the testimony of eswhy” 1:23,24 … Those who hear the word, but who
(Revelation 12:17) and which has far more evidence to are not doers, are likened to … Matt. 7:26,27.
support its inspiration than any other apostolic letter!
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1:25 … A doer is blessed! Matt. 5:3-11, 7:24,25
(cf. … “and having done all, to stand!” Ephe-
sians 6:13, Psalm 32:6, Yeshayahu 55:6).
1:26 … Bridling the tongue, Matt. 5:22, 34-37,
44; 6:7, 31; 7:4.
1:27 … Visiting the fatherless and widows in
their affliction equals: “Blessed are the poor in
spirit,” Matt. 5:3. Those we help and those with
whom we associate will provide a true indicator
of our heart. Romans 12:16 Even if we are not
physically poor, if we are poor in spirit, our
hearts will be compassionate toward those who
are needy and impoverished. Fasting produces a
poor, broken, and contrite heart, and in this bro-
kenness, we remember and serve the poor. Ye-
shayahu 57:15, 58:6-7,10, 66:1,2.
Chapter 2
2:1-4 … Regarding judges (with evil motives),
Matt. 5:21-25, 7:1-6.
2:3 … Bridling the tongue (see notes on 1:26 just
above).
2:5 … “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is
the Kingdom of Heaven.” Matt. 5:3
2:8 …“Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Matt.
5:43-48, 7:12
2:9 … Regarding judges (with evil motives),
Matt. 5:21-25, 7:1-6.
2:11 … Anger/murder and adultery, Matt. 5:21-
32.
2:12 … Bridling the tongue (see 1:26 above).
2:13 … Compassion vs. judgment, Matt. 7:1-12.
2:13 … “Blessed are the compassionate, because
they shall obtain compassion.” Matt. 5:7, 6:12
2:14-26 … Faith without works, Matt. 7:21-23
(“iniquity” = lawlessness), 7:26,27. Receiving
true favor and possessing true faith (Ephesians
2:8,9) leads to good fruit (Matt. 7:16-20) and
good works (Matt. 5:16, Ephesians 2:10); to-
gether, these things make us “doers of the To-
rah.” Romans 2:13
2:22 … Faith couples with works thereby per-
fecting faith, Matt. 6:17,18, 7:24,25 (As seen
earlier, “Faith works through love” – through
keeping His commandments! 1Yochanan 5:2-5)
This is in contrast to the lawlessness of those
who do not do the Father’s will/law, Matt. 7:21-
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23. The end of Abraham’s life of faith and
works left this epitaph and endorsement from the
Most High: …“Abraham obeyed My voice and
kept My charge: My commandments, My stat-
utes, and My laws. Genesis 26:4,5 Abraham
heard with faith and subsequently obeyed; he
now stands approved and numbers among “the
doers of the Law.” Mattithyahu 8:11 And it is
those who are of the faith of Abraham who are
heirs according to the promise, Galatians 3:7,9.
Chapter 3
3:1 … Regarding teachers, Matt. 5:17-20.
3:1-12 … Bridling the tongue (see 1:26 above).
3:9,10 … Blessing and cursing (Matt. 5:44,45) –
another issue which surrounds bridling the
tongue.
3:13 … Defining the wise man, Matt. 7:24,25.
3:13 … The meekness of wisdom. “Blessed are
the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” Matt.
5:5
3:13 … Good conduct and deeds are the true
show of wisdom (deeds are of primary impor-
tance above words, Ya’acob 2:14). Deeds done
in the meekness of wisdom are the “good fruit,”
Matt. 7:17,18. Many Christians seem to place
more importance on teaching than on their lives;
this is not a wise thing as it repeats the error of
the lawyers in the days of eswhy. Matt. 23:1-3,
Ya’acob 3:1 We should place more emphasis on
being “doers of the word” (Ya’acob 1:22, 4:11)
and, in this, be more than content to know we are
serving hwhy, Psalm 119:165, 1Timothy 6:6. If
we are walking with hwhy in this manner, the
Spirit will subsequently open many opportunities
to speak His word. The spiritual person seeks to
prevail through prayer and the Presence of hwhy
(1Shemuel 30:6, Psalm 60:11,12, 2Corinthians
10:3-5), not through rash words from a carnal
tongue given to uncontrolled strife, Psalm
12:3,4. Matt. 5:22.
3:13 … “Good works,” Matt. 5:13-16.
3:14-16 … Bitter envy and strife yields every
evil work; this is the “bad fruit.” Matt. 7:15-20
“You shall know them by their fruits,” Matt.
7:16. The tongue reveals the inner ravening of
wolves, Matt. 5:22, Luke 6:43-45.
3:15-17 … False prophets which bear bad fruit
(Matt.5:19, 7:15-23), contrasted with …

3:17 … True prophets which bear good fruit as
they display “the wisdom from above,” (Matt.
7:11, Ya’acob 1:17); this wisdom is epitomized
by the character qualities seen in the “Beati-
tudes” (Matt. 5:3-12), and eswhy summarizes
these qualities by saying, …“so persecuted they
the prophets which were before you.” Matt. 5:12
True prophets both keep and teach the com-
mandments of hwhy, Matt. 5:19; false prophets
break the Torah commandments and teach others
to follow suit, Deuteronomy 13:1-4, Matt. 5:19.
3:17 … “The wisdom from above is first pure:”
“Blessed are the pure in heart.” Matt. 5:8
… “Then peaceable:” …“blessed are the peace-
makers,” Matt. 5:9
… “Gentle, easy to be entreated:” … “blessed
are the meek,” Matt. 5:5
… “Full of compassion:” … “blessed are the
compassionate,” Matt. 5:7, 6:12.
… “and good fruits” … “Every good tree brings
forth good fruit.” Matt. 7:17,18
… “without partiality,” … unwavering, unambi-
guous; not double-minded! See Ya’acob 1:8
above.
…“and without hypocrisy.” Matt. 6:2,5,16 Shaul
defines being without hypocrisy as abhorring
that which is evil and clinging to what is good,
Romans 12:9. eswhy likewise spoke of abhor-
ring evil, Matt. 5:27-30 His words – often mis-
understood and misinterpreted – provide a
Hebraism for “death” as He instructs that “by the
Spirit” we “put to death the deeds of the body”
and live, cf. Romans 8:13.
3:18 … The fruit of righteousness is sown in
peace by those who make peace; those who bri-
dle their tongues are peacemakers who love
righteousness, (contrast Proverbs 17:19). Unlike
the carnal, they do not seek to prevail with their
tongues, Psalm 12:2-4. Thus, the connection be-
tween those “who hunger and thirst after right-
eousness” (Matt. 5:6) and those who are “peace-
makers,” Matt. 5:9, Hebrews 12:14.
Chapter 4
4:1 … Lust in bodily members, Matt. 5:28-30.
4:2,3 … You ask not and receive not; contrast
Matt. 7:7,8.
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4:1-5 … Anger/murder and adultery, Matt. 5:21-
32.
4:1-5 … Quarrels and strife, Matt. 5:21-26.
4:6 … Favor to the humble, Matt. 6:4,6,17-18.
“Your Name be set apart,” is a prayer of the
humble, Matt. 6:9. Those who want splendor for
the Name of hwhy are contrasted with those who
covet for themselves the “splendor of men,”
Matt. 6:1,2,5,16, Psalm 115:1,2. The humble
ascribe absolutely all greatness to the Name of
hwhy: “For Thine is the Kingdom and the power
and the splendor forever.” Matt. 6:13 It is tell-
ing that so many today come in their own name
(Yochanan 5:43), yet these same ministries re-
fuse to give splendor and honor to the Name of
hwhy. Psalm 115:1,2
4:7 … “Submit yourselves, therefore, to Elo-
him.” In the Sermon on the Mount, eswhy taught
powerful prayers of total submission: “Your
Kingdom come, Your will be done.” Matt. 6:10
Also, “For Thine is the Kingdom and the power
and the splendor forever.” Matt. 6:13 The sub-
mitted heart rests quietly in prayer before the
Presence of hwhy while waiting for the salvation
which He will work in the earth. Exodus 14:13-
21, Psalm 46:10, 131:2, Yeshayahu 30:15
… On resisting the Devil: overcoming evil be-
gins with submission to the will of hwhy. Pray-
ing for deliverance from evil is surely a part of
this submission: … “and bring us not into temp-
tation, but deliver us from evil.” Matt. 6:13 But
much more than this is necessary for any who
would overcome evil: being a vessel of compas-
sion is absolutely necessary, Matt. 5:7. We must
be compassionate towards and forgiving of those
who have sinned against us … “And forgive our
debts as we have forgiven our debtors,” Matt.
6:12, 5:7, Ephesians 4:26, 27 The context sur-
rounding this prayer shows us the Messiah
teaches it is impossible to overcome the power of
evil unless one is both forgiven and forgiving!
Matt. 6:12-15 Only “vessels of compassion”
(Romans 9:23) can resist the Devil and walk in
the victory which eswhy came to bring us.
4:8 … Draw nigh to Elohim, and He will draw
nigh to you. Matt. 6:6-18
… Cleanse your hands you sinners, and purify
your hearts (Matt. 5:8, Psalm 24:4) you double-
minded, Matt. 6:24.

4:9,10 … Be afflicted, and mourn and weep: …
“blessed are those who mourn”… Matt. 5:4.
4:9,10 … Humble yourselves in the sight of
hwhy. We see eswhy also emphasized doing
deeds in the sight of hwhy and not in the sight of
men, Matt. 6:1-4,5-6,16-18. Most today have the
order totally reversed! Everything is supposedly
done for one’s “testimony” thereby making the
religious ever-conscious of doing things to be
seen of men, Matt. 6:2,5,16. However, we
should do all things before our Creator (in His
sight!) out of love for Him. Malachi 2:7, Micah
6:8, Genesis 17:1, 24:40, 48:15 It is from such a
life that an authentic testimony will automati-
cally follow. Matt. 5:14-16 eswhy was a prophet
mighty in deed and word … before Elohim and
before all the people. Luke 24:19 The order here
cannot be changed should anyone desire to be a
true prophet: mighty deeds precede mighty
words; further, such deeds must first be before
Elohim in advance of them occurring before all
the people! Shaul wrote the weapons of our war-
fare are mighty before Elohim! 2Corinthians
10:4,5 Those who do things to be seen of men, to
receive splendor of others, will never be
equipped with such spiritual might. As a youth,
David was mighty before Elohim as he killed the
lion and the bear on the hillsides of Yehudah;
this was in advance of his being mighty before
all the people as he slew Goliath before the ar-
mies of Yisrael and Philistia. 1Shemuel 17:32-37
4:11 … Speak not evil of one another, Matt.
5:22; bridling the tongue (1:26 above).
4:12 … One Lawgiver, Matt. 5:17,18, 7:21.
… On being a doer of the Law (Matt. 5:19,20,
7:12, 21, 24, 25) vs. a judge (who is not a doer of
the Law! Matt. 7:1-5, 21-23, 26,27).
4:13-17 … “Tomorrow,” Matt. 6:25-34.
4:13 … “Come now, you that say” … “the
wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire,” Psalm
10:3, Ya’acob 4:16. Once again, we see the need
for bridling the tongue.
Chapter 5
5:1-3 … Moth, rust and riches, Matt. 6:19-21.
5:3 … Laying up treasure on earth, Matt. 6:19-
21.
5:6 … “The just doth not resist you.” Matt. 5:39
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5:9 … Judge not that you be not judged, Matt.
7:1-6, 5:7. The judge is standing at the door,
Matt. 5:25.
5:10 … The prophets’ example of suffering af-
fliction and of patience, Matt. 5:11,12.
5:12 … Swear not; let your ‘yea’ be ‘yea’ and
your ‘nay’ be ‘nay.’ Matt. 5:33-38 140
5:16 … Confess your sins to one another, Matt.
5:23,24.
5:16-20 … Converting a sinner; Matt. 5:9, 7:1-5.
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To summarize, the evidence of the inspiration
and validity of the letter of Ya’acob is far
weightier than the evidence we have for any
other apostolic letter! The multitude of similari-
ties seen above between the teachings of eswhy
and the teachings of Ya’acob are, to this writer,
among the most stunning and instructive in all of
Scripture. It is as though the very signature of
the Messiah rests on this great letter written by
Ya’acob. In the book of Ya’acob, we certainly
have more direct connections to the words of the
Messiah than with any other epistle – including
those letters of greater length. This is amazing
since we hear so little of the author, Ya’acob,
throughout the days he walked with eswhy (as
recorded in the Four Evangels). Indications are
this great apostle was content to hear and do the
words of the Messiah (Ya’acob 1:22, 3:13) and
that he did not seek the honor or recognition of
men. Nor did it seem he was in a hurry to teach,
Ya’acob 3:1. Had this Ya’acob ever exalted
himself in any of those debates as to who was the
greatest (Luke 9:46, 22:24), it is quite likely the
Savior’s rebuke had a deep and lasting effect on
this man, Proverbs 17:10. In any case, the above
notes stand as weighty evidence for the perma-
140
Professor George Howard renders “Swear not at all” as
… “not to swear in vain:”
“But I say to you not to swear in vain in any matter, nei-
ther by heaven because it is the throne of” [Elohim]. Mat-
tithyahu 5:34
This is probably the most accurate rendering when we
compare other Scriptures from the Torah. The above
quote is from the book: “Hebrew Gospel of Matthew,” by
George Howard. 1995, Mercer University Press.
nent endorsement of the inspiration of his epis-
tle. In light of these facts, those who argue to the
contrary (as did Martin Luther) reveal their
abysmal understanding of the truth of the issues
surrounding “Law and Favor” and “Faith and
Works.” In his blind anti-Semitism, Martin Lu-
ther was also blinded spiritually. Many today
follow his course and are equally as blinded.
There is no place in the Kingdom of hwhy for the
spirit which would destroy the Yahudim of the
tribe of Yehudah or which would murder and
persecute Yisraelites from any of the other 11
tribes for that matter! The 83rd Psalm rebukes
the evil intentions of any who would destroy the
people of hwhy, Psalm 83:3,4. Such was the
spirit of the Anti-Messiah seen in Hitler; such is
the spirit which yet abides in the KKK, in the
Aryan Nations, and in all other white suprema-
cist, Neo-Nazi groups. Such is the spirit in most
Moslem nations which exalt themselves with
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jealous, destructive hatred over the firstborn son
of hwhy, the nation of Yisrael, Exodus 4:22,23.
Be warned and be assured, hwhy will bless those
who bless His people and curse those who curse
them, Genesis 12:3, Psalm 83:9-18. No true be-
liever in the Messiah will hate the people hwhy
Himself has chosen. And no one who hates the
people of Yisrael and who advocates burning
synagogues can ever deserve the title of “Re-
former.” As our opening Scriptures reveal, the
Messiah taught His followers to be peacemakers,
Romans 5:1, 8:6, Colossians 3:15, Hebrews
12:14. Only peacemakers can bear the Good
News of peace (Yeshayahu 52:7, Mattithyahu
5:9, Ephesians 6:15, Ya’acob 3:18), and only
peacemakers can be ambassadors of reform for
the everlasting Kingdom of hwhy. Yeshayahu
9:7, Daniel 7:18,22,27, Ephesians 2:7
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 PART 7
The Feasts of hwhy
… To whom He said, “This is the rest;
give rest to the weary,” and, “This is the refreshing”…
Yeshayahu 28:12, ISRV
For as the New Heavens and the New Earth, which I will make, shall
remain before Me, saith hwhy, so shall your seed and your name remain.
And it shall come to pass, that from one New Moon to another, and from one
Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before Me, says hwhy.
Yeshayahu 66:22,23
The Feasts of hwhy contain numerous com- generally acknowledge the Torah fall prey to this
manded Sabbaths by which the Spirit causes His error. But are the Feasts of hwhy really abol-
people to rest.141 In contrast, there is no rest and ished? Were they preached by the first century
no peace for those who forsake the eternal paths apostles as outdated observances which had be-
of the Most High.142 Hence, we were led to real- come optional within the New Covenant? Are
ize it would be incongruous not to include in this the Feasts of hwhy just relics of the past which –
book a section which establishes the continued having fulfilled numerous, prophetic types – can
importance of the great, prophetic days of rest now simply be discarded as obsolete? Evidence
and refreshing we have been given through the from Genesis to Revelation shows the Feasts of
Feasts of hwhy.143 And we must consider addi- hwhy have always been and shall always be rec-
tional, erroneous teachings by which Evangeli- ognized throughout the ages. When hwhy cre-
cals introduce contradictions into the Scriptures ated the sun, the moon, and the stars, He de-
which, it is believed, were never contradictory in clared those luminaries were designated in their
their original, inspired language. Since we have courses “for times and for seasons, and for days
indicated restoration of the Feasts of hwhy to be and years.” Genesis 1:14 The Hebrew word for
an essential element of True Revival, it is only “seasons” is “moedim” (pro. “mo-a-deem”) and
fair to provide abundant scriptural evidence that very same word is later used in reference to
those Feasts are still valid and binding today the Feasts of hwhy, Leviticus 23:2,4,37,44; Psalm
(that is, they were never abolished by the Mes- 104:19. So we have a reference to the Feasts in
siah or His apostles). In this endeavor, it will be the very first chapter of Genesis! The Feasts of
quite necessary to explain at least two Scripture hwhy were established from the beginning as a
texts which are commonly twisted by the Evan- very part of the creation! And being connected
gelical community to teach otherwise. And not with signs, days, and years, these “seasons,” or
only is this error promulgated among Evangeli- appointed times, are quite significant in regard to
cals, but even Messianic congregations which the prophetic timetable of hwhy. The Feasts re-
veal His eternal plans and purposes! So not only
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Yeshayahu 28:12, 30:15, 54:13, 57:2, 63:14 is Feast-keeping one requirement for worship-
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Yeshayahu 48:22, 57:20,21, Psalm 38:3, Proverbs ping hwhy as the Creator (Revelation 14:6), such
29:9, Revelation 14:11 obedience places us more fully within the center
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This section also corresponds to the Scripture which of His will for all of the creation! But once
provides the main theme for our entire book. Yechezkel more, just as with clean and unclean animal
22:26 This is the text in which hwhy not only rebuked the flesh, false teachings have entered in because of
priests for failing to put a difference between the clean and
the unclean, but He also states they have hidden their eyes
what the apostle Kepha called, “the error of men
from His Sabbaths (which includes Feasts). Both rebukes without principles.” 2Kepha 3:17 When men do
are still applicable in our day as we look across the land- not hold fast the Head (Colossians 1:18, 2:19),
scape of the Messianic Faith: the immutable, perpetual they leave behind the Torah as well as the One
statutes which hwhy commanded to a thousand generations who was the Torah made flesh, eswhy the Mes-
are considered by most to be optional at best. However, siah, Yochanan 1:1. Some, of late, have left be-
these observances remain a requirement – a blessed re- hind the Messiah thinking to keep the Torah
quirement, to be sure, but a requirement nevertheless.
without Him; but that is not only an impossibil-
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ity, it is a glaring contradiction in terms, 9 For it is written in the Law of Mosheh, You
Yochanan 15:5-7. Still others think they are shall not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treads
holding to the Head, eswhy the Messiah, whilst out the grain. Does Elohim take care for oxen?
they reject the Torah, the Law of His Kingdom. 10 Or does He say this altogether for our sakes?
To continue in this regard after being provided For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he
ample evidence the Law of hwhy was not abol- who plows should plow in expectation; and that
ished, may be held forth as proof in the Day of he who threshes in expectation should be par-
Judgment that eswhy was not really their Sover- taker of his expectation. 1Corinthians 9:9,10
eign and King, Luke 19:14. Of course, it is be- Shaul is showing here that “the Law is spiritual,”
lieved many today would submit to the Kingship Romans 7:14. The need to provide food for an
of eswhy if they were not duped by preachers ox in the process of threshing grain leads to an
who advocate lawlessness in disregard of many even greater truth regarding the needs of those
New Covenant writings to the contrary. The To- who are preaching the Good News. However,
rah is the head of the body which comprises the would hwhy want anyone to read these words,
entire word of hwhy: and even begin to think or to deduce it was okay
The head of Your word is true: and to eternity is to muzzle a threshing ox? to deprive a working
every judgment of Your righteousness. animal of food? Hardly. That would be sheer
Psalm 119:160 cruelty. Yet a superficial interpretation of
Shaul’s words could yield such a perverted de-
The Torah is here called “the head” of the entire duction. However, the true proverb states the
word of hwhy. The word which many transla- righteous has compassion over the life of his
tions render in this text as, “sum,” is the Hebrew beast, Proverbs 12:10. And since hwhy is right-
word, “rosh,” which means, “head.” Quite sim- eous above all others, we know He expects us to
ply, without a head, there is no body. Throw out treat animals with compassion. Yet the general
the Torah, the head, and the rest of Scripture dies logic most Evangelicals follow regarding the To-
or becomes grossly perverted. Kepha was warn- rah would be to zero in on the phrase, “Or saith
ing the brethren (2Kepha 3:17) unless we know, He it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no
believe, and obey the “first principles of the ora- doubt, this is written.” Subsequently, they
cles of Elohim” (i.e., the Torah, Hebrews 5:12, would illogically conclude they are relieved of
6:1), we cannot properly understand the Prophets obligation in regards to caring for their animals
or the Messianic writings and we cannot truly should they choose not to do so. (Actually, it is
believe in the manner which is well-pleasing to quite doubtful any one from the Evangelical
hwhy, Luke 16:31. When the letter of Hebrews community would ever conclude such a twisted
states, “leaving the principles of the doctrine of thing; yet this is the same, warped logic many of
Messiah, let us go on unto perfection,” (Hebrews their number apply over several, major principles
6:1), it does not mean “forgetting and rejecting seen in the Torah!) And so, these writings of
those first principles,” but rather, it means, Shaul in regard to the Law provide an example
“build on those principles unto spiritual perfec- wherein particular subjects are relative – pro-
tion/completion.” At the same time (and it is this gressing in the Torah from the physical realm to
against which the Hebrew epistle cautions), we the spiritual. Relative to the oxen, hwhy has far,
must not make the mistake of using those princi- far greater concern for His servants who are
ples to forever remain in the physical realm seeking to serve Him in preaching the Good
when the spiritual Law (Romans 7:14) was News of the Kingdom. But this does not in any
given to restore our souls – not just physically, way mean we can disregard the original intent of
but mentally, emotionally and spiritually. There the command as given through Mosheh over the
are other Scriptures which show hwhy desires to physical needs of the beast which we commonly
use His Law – which initially gives us wisdom know as the “ox!” If one’s occupation is farm-
and understanding in the physical realm – to lead ing and an oxen is used to thresh grain (as it was
us to further wisdom in the spiritual realm. We in olden days), feeding that working animal is
recount what the apostle Shaul wrote the follow- still quite necessary! The Torah uses the reality
ing about depriving a working animal of proven- of such physical truths – which obviously remain
der: binding as long as we live in this physical realm
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– to teach us greater and higher truths in the 36:26,27, 2Corinthians 3:3,6,8-9,14-18. They
spiritual realm, Yeshayahu 55:9. These are just failed to execute “the weightier aspects” of the
some of the things which those who reject the Torah which eswhy lived and taught and by
Torah fail to see, well-meaning though they may which believers display true faith and love to-
be. wards their Creator. Luke 11:42, Mattithyahu
23:23 In numerous places, we learn keeping the
This tendency – to merely dwell on the physi-
commandments of hwhy exhibits this love, Gene-
cal aspect of a given law – was the reason the
sis 26:4,5, Exodus 20:6, Yochanan 14:6, 14:15,
author of the epistle would later write about
1Yochanan 5:3. It is only those who have such
those who were preoccupied with meat in the
love that are regarded by hwhy as “doers of the
physical realm and who were not profited spiri-
Law” and it is only those who will ultimately be
tually, Hebrews 13:9. (Recall Hebrews 13:9 was
justified: …“for not the hearers of the Torah are
discussed and clarified in Chapter 15, “A Heart
just before Elohim, but the doers of the Torah
Strengthened by Favor.”) In Hebrews 13:9, the
shall be justified,” Romans 2:13, Romans 5:5,
parallel drawn between “meat” and “favor”
Ya’acob 1:22-25, 4:11. True love will never do
shows what truly sustains and strengthens our
away with the moral principles of the Torah in
hearts, spiritually, is the favor of hwhy. Eating
the physical realm.144 Those who embark on a
clean flesh is commendable, even necessary if
route which ignores or disregards a command-
and when flesh is taken. But avoiding abomina-
ment of hwhy are no wiser than those who ignore
ble flesh (and eating only that which the
the laws of gravity and momentum! However,
word/Torah of hwhy sets apart, 1Timothy 4:4,5,
true love for hwhy will lead one to seek far be-
Leviticus 11) is merely the start of an even
yond the physical law to ascertain the spiritual
greater saga in the spiritual realm. We must
intent of hwhy in having given certain instruc-
leave behind “the first principles of the oracles
tions. Failing to deal with the spiritual issues of
of Elohim” and “go on unto perfection,” He-
the Torah, the scribes and Pharisees yet retained
brews 6:1, Philippians 3:13,14. As we seek hwhy
hatred, anger, and murder in their hearts and so
through His Torah (Psalm 119:2), He has in-
they plotted to destroy the Savior and Messiah of
tended we ask, seek and knock (Yirmeyahu 6:16,
Yisrael. Mark 3:6, 11:18 In his anger, Mosheh
Mattithyahu 7:7) that we might learn, “What do
broke the tablets of the Ten Commandments
the physical principles of clean and unclean ap-
(Exodus 31:18, 32:16,19, 34:1), while in their
ply to in the spiritual realm? What do those
anger, these leaders broke the body of the Mes-
physical laws teach us spiritually?” And so must
siah, the One who was the very Law of hwhy in
we learn to do with every physical principle in
the flesh. Yochanan 1:14, Luke 22:19,
the Torah; the spiritual never does away with the
1Corinthians 11:24, Mattithyahu 27:51 <=>
physical; but neither should any physical law
Mark 15:38 <=> Hebrews 10:19,20
receive undue attention in disregard of the spiri-
tual! The latter error (i.e., letting physical prin- It is realized the above introduction fails to be
ciples outweigh moral laws in the spiritual adequate in assisting those who are only just
realm) was the case with the religious leaders in now beginning to see through Satan’s “mystery
the Messiah’s day, while the former error (i.e., of lawlessness” as a result of this work, Deuter-
claiming spiritual principles abolish moral laws onomy 13:1-4, 2Thessalonians 2:7-9, 1Yochanan
as they apply in the physical realm) drives the 4:1,3. These truths are often slow to register in
prevailing winds of false doctrine among reli- the minds of those who have been otherwise
gious leaders in our day. Using Torah principles schooled. The prevailing, Evangelical falsehood
to forever dwell in the physical realm was the
downfall of the lawyers with whom eswhy con-
tended. They were rebuked by the Messiah for 144
For example, while false worship, idolatry, and world-
their “works of the law” (in the physical realm) liness constitute spiritual adultery – what hwhy terms
by which no flesh is justified. Remaining only in whoredom after other deities (Yirmeyahu 3:1-8, 13:25-27,
the physical realm, these leaders failed to see the 31:32, Ya’acob 4:3,4) – this does not mean the Seventh
Commandment concerning adultery has been abolished!
weightier, spiritual aspects of the Torah by
Exodus 20:14 It is still clearly immoral and adulterous to
which the Spirit would correct, refine, and mold violate the marriage covenant with sexual infidelity by
them into the very image of hwhy, Yechezkel thought, word, or deed. Hebrews 13:4
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is hard to shake until one can see through this
error of lawlessness (Mattithyahu 7:21-23), this
carnal rage against the righteous lifestyle estab-
lished by the Torah decrees of hwhy. Psalm 2:1-
3, Romans 8:7, Revelation 11:18. We will
shortly face off with the few Scriptures which
Evangelicals commonly twist and remove from
their context to “disprove” the Feasts. But first,
we will consider a few preliminary thoughts sur-
rounding these great Feast Days. One thought
relates to the very special “retreat aspect” of
Feasts as hwhy uses His appointed times to lead
His sheep beside the quiet waters of rest and re-
freshing. Psalm 23:1-3 A second section shows
how the Feasts are actually included within the
Decalogue, or the Ten Commandments. Thirdly,
we will provide an extensive discourse which
offers an overview of each the Feasts of hwhy in
an attempt to show how they outline His great,
prophetic plan of salvation.
The Feasts of hwhy
Retreats of Rejoicing, Rest, and Refreshment
There is something in every believer which
desires to “get away” … to break away to a quiet
place of complete rest, joy, and peace. Many
believers over the years (including the author)
have been greatly blessed whenever attending
what most of the Evangelical world refers to as a
“retreat.” I still remember my first retreat in col-
lege so many years ago: it seemed so right!
Everything about that time was so invigorating
and wholesome: … separation from the distrac-
tions of the world for times of authentic love, joy
and fellowship with dear friends and fellow be-
lievers … quiet times of Scripture study …
peaceful walks in the beauty of creation for times
of communing with hwhy and companions. Yet
that time was so painfully short! One weekend
was just not long enough!
What is it within each one of us which so longs
for these times of extended rest and spiritual re-
newal?
Down through the ages, all seekers and worship- already sensed the things discussed just above.
pers of hwhy have felt the need for special times
of separation from the world to obtain much-
needed peace, rest, and spiritual rejuvenation.
Of his personal desire to “get away,” David
wrote the following lines to which most every
dedicated believer can relate:
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And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for
then would I fly away, and be at rest. Lo, then
would I wander far off, and remain in the wil-
derness. [Selah] I would haveen my escape from
the windy storm and tempest. Psalm 55:6-8
We can be assured this innate desire to “get
away” is not just the imagination! It is the Spirit
of hwhy calling us away to be with Him during
special times He has designated for much needed
rest, joy and rejuvenation. The Feasts are those
times when this call to rest is sounded forth by
hwhy as His Spirit says to each one of us, “Come
away, My beloved!” Song of Shelomo 2:10-13
But, alas, many yet lack the ears to hear these
calls – calls which may only be uttered by that
still, small voice (1Kings 19:11,12) – a Voice
which is often inaudible above the noise of man-
made doctrines and the covetous pulls of this
present, evil world. Proverbs 1:24,25, Yeshayahu
55:6,7, 65:12, 66:4, Yirmeyahu 7:13
The Feasts of hwhy are special occasions
which He has given for restoring our souls as His
Spirit leads us “beside the waters of quietness.”
Psalm 23:2,3 The Feasts of hwhy are intended to
answer that inner yearning to “get away” which
is within each one of us. Having time apart is a
very real physical, emotional, and spiritual need
within each believer. And it is the very Spirit of
hwhy which puts within us this deep, abiding
yearning to respond to His call, to come out from
the world, and to be separate unto Him! Revela-
tion 18:4, Ezra 6:21,22 The Feasts were given
by hwhy to lead us in His wholesome ways of
peace, rest, and renewal. Speaking through Yir-
meyahu, the prophet, hwhy called His eternal
ways of rest and restoration, “the ancient paths.”
Yirmeyahu 6:16 Many Feasts contain special
Sabbath days which serve to deepen the rest and
renewal obtained when we gather with other
brethren to offer thanksgiving to the Name of
hwhy and to meditate upon His Torah.
Most, if not all, believers in the Messiah have
And while these inner longings to “break away”
are felt by many, the fulfillment of this spiritual
yearning can only be fully and properly an-
swered through keeping the Feasts of hwhy in
Spirit and in truth. The call of the Spirit to,
“Come away,” can only be fulfilled through the
True Worship revealed to us in keeping the pro-
phetic Feasts of the Torah. Through the Feasts,
the Spirit of hwhy extends His offer for rest and
rejuvenation to all those who will hear His voice:
… To whom He said, “This is the rest; give rest
to the weary,” and, “This is the refreshing”…
Yeshayahu 28:12, ISRV
May all people everywhere hear His voice and
respond to this loving offer for rest provided for
us at the appointed times – the times of rest
which hwhy has foreordained for us from the
foundation of the world, Genesis 1:14, Psalm
136:7-9. Let none be like the Yisraelites of old
who hardened their hearts when they were of-
fered this great rest. Their disregard for the
Feasts and for walking in “the ancient paths”
made it necessary for hwhy to speak this lamen-
table word over their refusal to accept His invita-
tion: “But they would not hear.” Yeshayahu
28:12
The Feasts of hwhy
Where are They Seen in the Decalogue?
The Feasts of hwhy define the means by
which we serve the Most High. So where in the
Ten Commandments do we find mention of serv-
ing hwhy and keeping His Feasts? We see it is in
the Second Commandment that we find reference
to this special service:
4 You shall not make unto thee any graven im-
age, or any likeness of any thing that is in
heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth: 5 You shall
not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them:
for I, hwhy thy Elohim, am a jealous Elohim, vis-
iting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children
unto the third and fourth generation of them that
hate Me; 6 and showing lovingkindness unto
thousands of them that love Me, and keep My
commandments. Exodus 20:4-6
While true believers are not to serve graven im-
ages and false deities, they are certainly con-
strained to serve the Most High, Creator of
heaven and earth. Scripture shows Feast-
keeping is seen in this Second Commandment
being included as an integral element of the
word “serve.” This commandment states we are
not to bow down before or to serve graven im-
ages implying, of course, we are either serving
hwhy or we are serving something forbidden –
some falsehood derived by demons or man and
not part of the mind of hwhy. Yirmeyahu 19:5,
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32:35, Romans 1:30 So where does hwhy further
delineate those things which define and clarify
the word “serve?” And what things are we in-
structed to do that such service might be ren-
dered unto Him? We continually bow down be-
fore hwhy and cleave to Him in prayer as the pre-
eminent means of serving Him and cleaving to
Him (Deuteronomy 4:4, 10:20, 11:22, 13:4,
Daniel 6:1-10,16,20, Ephesians 3:14). While
prayer is not the only thing we are to do to serve
hwhy, all other service must emanate from and
through earnest prayer before His throne, Gene-
sis 6:8, Hebrews 4:16. The progressive revela-
tion given through the Torah indicates one of the
main ways we serve hwhy beyond prayer is
through Feast-keeping. When speaking to Phar-
aoh, hwhy demanded he let Yisrael go that they
might keep a Feast to Him in the wilderness:
And afterward Mosheh and Aharon went in, and
told Pharaoh, “Thus saith hwhy Elohim of Yis-
rael, ‘Let My people go, that they may hold a
Feast unto Me in the wilderness.’” Exodus 5:1
But we later see words which indicate Yisrael
was called to keep this Feast to the end they
might serve hwhy. No less than six times does
hwhy declare His people are to be let go that they
might serve Him by keeping a Feast in the wil-
derness!
And you shall say unto him, hwhy Elohim of the
Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let My
people go, that they may serve Me in the wilder-
ness: and, behold, hitherto you would not hear.
Exodus 7:16 … And hwhy spoke unto Mosheh,
Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith
hwhy, Let My people go, that they may serve Me.
Exodus 8:1 … And hwhy said unto Mosheh, Rise
up early in the morning, and stand before Phar-
aoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say
unto him, Thus saith hwhy, Let My people go,
that they may serve Me. Exodus 8:20 Then hwhy
said unto Mosheh, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell
him, Thus saith hwhy Elohim of the Hebrews, Let
My people go, that they may serve Me. Exodus
9:1 And hwhy said unto Mosheh, Rise up early
in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and
say unto him, Thus saith hwhy Elohim of the He-
brews, Let My people go, that they may serve
Me. Exodus 9:13 … And Mosheh and Aaron
came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus
saith hwhy Elohim of the Hebrews, How long
will you refuse to humble thyself before Me? let
My people go, that they may serve Me. Exodus
10:3
And that such service was rendered to hwhy
through keeping a Feast was once more indicated
through Mosheh at the end of this series of
Scriptures:
And Mosheh said, “We will go with our young
and with our old, with our sons and with our
daughters, with our flocks and with our herds
will we go; for we must hold a Feast unto hwhy.”
Exodus 10:9
Ruach ha Qodesh reveals we serve hwhy by con-
gregating before Him at the Feasts – the ap-
pointed times for offering worship and gratitude
to the Creator. Feast-keeping is His definition of
rendering service to Him! It is hwhy whose word
indicates we serve Him by keeping His Feasts!
King Chezkiyahu indicated likewise when writ-
ing a proclamation that all Yisrael should come
up to Yerushalayim to keep the Feast of the
Passover. The king’s words give clear indication
it is through keeping the Feasts that Yisrael was
to serve hwhy: 1 And Chezkiyahu sent to all Yis-
rael and Yehudah, and wrote letters also to
Ephrayim and Manashsheh, that they should
come to the house of hwhy at Yerushalayim, to
keep the Passover unto hwhy Elohim of Yisrael. 2
For the king had taken counsel, and his princes,
and all the congregation in Yerushalayim, to
keep the Passover in the second month. 3 For
they could not keep it at that time, because the
priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently,
neither had the people gathered themselves to-
gether to Yerushalayim. 4 And the thing pleased
the king and all the congregation. 5 So they es-
tablished a decree to make proclamation
throughout all Yisrael, from Beersheba even to
Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover
unto hwhy Elohim of Israel at Yerushalayim:
since they had not done it for a long time, as it is
written. 6 So the posts went with the letters from
the king and his princes throughout all Yisrael
and Yehudah, and according to the command-
ment of the king, saying, “You children of Yis-
rael, turn again unto hwhy Elohim of Abraham,
Yitschak, and Yisrael, and He will return to the
remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand
of the kings of Assyria. 7 And be not you like
your fathers, and like your brethren, which tres-
passed against hwhy Elohim of their fathers, who
therefore gave them up to desolation, as you see.
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8 Now be you not stiffnecked, as your fathers
were, but yield yourselves unto hwhy, and enter
into His sanctuary, which He hath sanctified for
ever: and serve hwhy your Elohim, that the
fierceness of His wrath may turn away from you.
9 For if you turn again unto hwhy, your brethren
and your children shall find compassion before
them that lead them captive, so that they shall
come again into this land: for hwhy, your Elohim
is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away
His face from you, if you return unto Him.”
2Chronicles 30:1-9
Chezkiyahu was clear on the matter: keeping the
Feast was rendering service to hwhy (vs. 8) while
failing to do so would not bode well for the en-
tire nation of Yisrael; the wrath of hwhy would
not relent if His people failed to turn in humility
and serve Him through Feast-keeping; they were
to serve Him by rendering joyful gratitude and
by expressing the abundant thanksgiving of
which He is so worthy. At each Feast, we are to
rejoice before Him over the abundance of all
things which He has so lovingly granted unto us,
Deuteronomy 16:10-17. Failure to serve hwhy in
this way is accounted by Him as insulting in-
gratitude which He solemnly warns shall lead to
bondage:
Because you served not hwhy thy Elohim with
joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the
abundance of all things; therefore shall you
serve your enemies which hwhy shall send
against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in na-
kedness, and in want of all things: and He shall
put a yoke of iron upon your neck, until He has
destroyed you. Deuteronomy 28:47,48, Romans
1:21-28
We will see this was the case with ancient Yis-
rael; their failure to keep the Sabbaths and Feasts
led to terrible judgment and harsh bondage; and
we are exhorted not to err in the Torah as did
Yisrael of old, Romans 15:4, 1Corinthians 10:1-
11. Failure to serve hwhy by gathering at Feasts
to offer gratitude was regarded by Him as a seri-
ous offense. The ingratitude behind violation of
Sabbaths and Feasts was the very thing which
led to Yisrael being severely punished and car-
ried away into captivity, Leviticus 26:33-35,43,
2Chronicles 30:7,8, 36:21, Nechemyah 13:16-18,
Yirmeyahu 17:19-27. The apostles kept and
taught even the least of the commandments; and
as we have seen from the above Scriptures, those
edicts regarding the Feasts of hwhy were far from
the least. Mattithyahu 5:19 We will shortly see
evidence which shows even the Gentile converts
in the New Covenant were taught to serve hwhy
by keeping His Feasts!
An Overview of the Feasts of hwhy
We now provide a brief discussion of each
Feast seen in Leviticus 23 along with some of
the prophetic types they foreshadowed in ad-
vance of the Messiah’s first coming. And
equally as significant, the Feasts of hwhy yet
foreshadow events of the coming, eternal King-
dom – the time in which “the kingdoms of this
world are become the kingdoms of our Sover-
eign and of His Messiah.” Revelation 11:15
Since the Feasts of hwhy foreshadow these yet
approaching events, we believe this provides fur-
ther evidence they are in no way abolished. The
Feasts of hwhy are, clearly, the Feasts of His
Kingdom! Nachum 1:15, Yeshayahu 52:7,
66:22,23, Mattithyahu 4:23, 9:35, Mark 1:14,15,
Romans 10:15, Ephesians 6:15 We begin with
the preeminent Feast Day of hwhy, the Sabbath;
and it will soon become clear how this Feast
(along with all the others) proclaims the Good
News of the eternal Kingdom!
• The Sabbath/Shabbat, Leviticus 23:1-3,
Genesis 2:1-3, Exodus 31:12-17, Mark
2:28/Acts 10:36
The Sabbath is set forth first in Leviticus 23
as it is the preeminent Feast Day of hwhy. The
Shabbat was given as the memorial of creation,
Genesis 2:2,3, Exodus 20:11. And the first week
of creation was prophetic of the 6000-year time-
table hwhy had determined for mankind. Be-
cause one day is as 1000 years and 1000 years is
as one day (2Kepha 3:8), the first week of crea-
tion foretold of seven, 1000-year “days” in
which the plan of hwhy was to unfold. Since the
six days (6000 years) from the creation have
nearly expired, the Seventh Day, the 1000-year
Sabbath, is nearly upon us. This 1000-year Day
is marked by the return of the Messiah and it will
be a Sabbath rest of unbroken joy and prosperity
for the people of hwhy; this day is declared to be
the Millennial Reign in Revelation (20:4,6).
During this time, His Kingdom will be estab-
lished on the earth and the words of eswhy will
then be fulfilled: the meek shall truly and liter-
ally inherit the earth and reign therein over cities, 30, Yirmeyahu 6:16, 1Yochanan 2:6. The Mes-
Mattithyahu 5:5, Luke 19:15-19. The Law of
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hwhy will go forth from Tziyon and be manda-
tory upon all nations of the earth! Yerushalayim
shall be the capital of the world and the Law of
hwhy shall be the Constitution of His worldwide
Government! Yeshayahu 2:1-4, Micah 4:1-4 So
we see hwhy truly did declare the end from the
beginning (Yeshayahu 46:10) as the literal,
seven-day week was prophetic of seven, greater,
1000-year days – the Sabbath being the last of
the seven and a marvelous Day of rest and re-
joicing! This long-anticipated Millennium will
be a time of great peace, prosperity and abun-
dance the world over, Yeshayahu 9:6,7, Amos
9:13. At the end of the 1000 years, Satan is
loosed from the abyss and comes forth “to de-
ceive the nations that are in the four corners of
the earth, Gog and Magog.” Revelation 20:1-3,7-
8 Then, as prophesied in the 118th Psalm, fire
will come down from heaven in the Name of
hwhy and consume all those nations, burning
them to ashes:
All nations compassed me about: but in the
Name of hwhy will I destroy them. They com-
passed me about; yea, they compassed me about:
but in the Name of hwhy I will destroy them.
They compassed me about like bees; they are
quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the Name
of hwhy I will destroy them. Psalm 118:10-12,
Revelation 20:9
The Sabbath is also prophetic of the time pe-
riod which shall see the establishment of the
New Heavens and the New Earth and the com-
plete rest and victory which hwhy and His chil-
dren will have in that Kingdom. One thing
which we must ponder when studying the Sab-
bath is the very nature of its existence: the Sab-
bath is the only day which was created; of this,
the psalmist wrote:
This is the day which hwhy hath made; we will
rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
And we are taught the same by the Messiah, who
said, …“the Sabbath was made for man.” Mark
2:27 As such, no other day and no other time
can replace the Sabbath. No other day was cre-
ated. Not only did eswhy teach the Sabbath Day
was to be kept, but He also taught it speaks of
the total, daily rest we can find in Him, spiritu-
ally, as we learn to walk as He walked: in the
ancient paths of the Torah, Mattithyahu 11:28-
siah performed many acts of healing on the Sab-
bath as He upheld the Fourth Commandment and
the perpetual authority of the Torah in regard to
the Seventh Day, Luke 6:6-11, 13:10-17,
Yochanan 5:9, 7:23. He magnified the Law of
Sabbath by these many acts which recognized
the Day’s preeminence as well as its perma-
nence! Yeshayahu 42:21 Most today fail to see
eswhy contended not with the Sabbath Law as
originally given, but with the Jewish traditions
regarding Sabbath. We must not fail to see His
numerous healings offended Jewish tradition, but
these marvelous acts were in no way violations
of the Fourth Commandment which He kept and
taught flawlessly! Exodus 20:11,12, Mattithyahu
5:17-20 Further, prophesying of a time long af-
ter His ascension, eswhy taught Sabbath obser-
vance to all of His followers across the centu-
ries:
But pray you that your flight not be in the winter,
neither on the Sabbath Day. Mattithyahu 24:20
Speaking in the Spirit, eswhy was now applying
“favor and truth” (Yochanan 1:17) to put a new,
additional aspect on “[remembering] the Sabbath
Day to keep it set apart.” Exodus 20:8 His fol-
lowers were taught to “remember the Sabbath”
by praying their lives would be so ordered from
above the need to flee on that Day would never
arise. If the Sabbath had been “abolished” (as so
many falsely claim today), the above words of
the Messiah would be completely senseless; for
He was speaking of the time after His death, bur-
ial, resurrection and ascension! The authority of
the Torah was never challenged by eswhy. In
His ministry to magnify the Law, He only upheld
and more firmly established His Father’s com-
mandments. Mattithyahu 5:17-20, 19:16-19,
Yochanan 15:10
The Sabbath is a Day of solemn rest, meaning
we must be careful to guard its intended purpose:
providing us total physical and emotional rest
along with spiritual renewal!145 The Sabbath
was made for man! On this day, hwhy intends
for us to rejoice in His creation, in His creative
power, in the works of His hands. Psalm 92 is
145
While we must guard the Sabbath, there are certainly
rare exceptions over the solemnity of Sabbath rest when
the need to be humane arises at various times and places in
unforeseen situations. Mattithyahu 12:11,12
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entitled, “A Song, a Psalm for the Sabbath,” 146
and the words of that canticle indicate we are to
use the Sabbath time to do a number of things –
one of which is to be glad and to exult in the
creation of hwhy:
For You, hwhy, have made me glad through Your
work: I will triumph in the works of Your hands.
hwhy, how great are Your works! Your thoughts
are very deep. Psalm 92:4,5
If properly kept, then, Sabbath observance is in-
tended to teach us of the great, creative power of
hwhy. When writing of this remarkable phe-
nomenon, in an early segment of his epistle to
the Romans, Shaul is seen to have been in com-
plete agreement with the Ninety-second Psalm:
19 Because that which may be known of Elohim
is manifest in them; for hwhy hath showed it unto
them. 20 For the invisible things of Him from
the creation of the world are clearly seen, being
understood by the things that are made, even His
eternal power and Almighty nature; so that they
are without excuse. 21 Because that, when they
knew hwhy, they magnified Him not as Elohim,
neither were thankful; but became vain in their
imaginations, and their foolish heart was dark-
ened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they
became fools, 23 and changed the splendor of
the incorruptible Elohim into an image made like
to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed
beasts, and creeping things. Romans 1:19-23
The apostasy to which Shaul referred in this text
was in regard to those who knew hwhy, but who
exalted Him not as Elohim; this refers to the Yis-
raelites who fell away from hwhy as they forsook
the Sabbath! (compare Psalm 106:19-22, Yir-
meyahu 2:11-13, 17:19-27, and Romans 1:23)
Rejecting the Sabbath, they soon failed to see the
invisible things of His power and deity which
hwhy wants us to learn of and memorialize as we
rejoice on that Day in the works of His hands.
We know this to be the case because of the tes-
timony of the prophets regarding the apostasy of
Yisrael in their falling completely away from
hwhy after forsaking the Sabbath. Upon rejecting
the Sabbath, they were soon seen worshipping
the works of their own hands (just as in America
today, 2Kings 22:16, 17, Yirmeyahu 1:16,
146
While excluded from many translations, this title does
appear in the original Hebrew of Psalm 92!
25:6,7,14). The implication is unavoidable (and
Scripture as well as history shows the following
to be true):
A people or nation will either worship hwhy as
the Creator on His Sabbath Day by triumphing in
the works of His hands (Psalm 92:4,5) or dark-
ness and apostasy will eventually prevail and
they will decline into false worship – including
venerating the works of their own hands. This
may occur within a short while or even take a
few hundred years as in the case of America –
which is now in serious, rapid, and, perhaps, ir-
reparable decline having historically rejected the
true Sabbath in favor of the pagan Sunday. The
record shows Yisrael of old forsook the Sabbath
ordinance and they were soon punished with
desolation and bondage, (compare 2Chronicles
34:25 with Yirmeyahu 17:19-27; see also,
Nechemyah 13:15-18). And long before the
promised retribution and wrath of hwhy came
upon Yisrael for desecrating the Sabbath, even in
their initial disobedience regarding the Seventh
Day (Yeshayahu 58:1,2,13), the darkness of
apostasy and decline was already setting in upon
them! Genesis 4:7, Yochanan 12:35,36 Thus, is
explained the prophet’s call expressing their
need to fast and pray and to seek for the light and
healing of hwhy, Yeshayahu 58:8,10. All of this
is seen in the prophecy of Yeshayahu as he re-
buked the nation for forsaking the Sabbath ordi-
nance (58:1-2,13) and showed they were already
in need of the healing and light of hwhy (see Ye-
shayahu chapter 58). Regardless of the person,
forsaking the Sabbath will result in one’s heart
being darkened! Romans 1:22, Yeshayahu 58:8,
10 Sabbath observance is the means by which
we offer worship and gratitude before hwhy as
the Creator; it is the time period He has specially
designated for memorializing His creation and
His creative power, Revelation 14:7. The in-
gratitude displayed by not properly keeping the
Sabbath Day eventuates in bondage of the worst
kind, Romans 1:21-32. The Sabbath is an ap-
pointed time set apart by hwhy and no other day
can replace the one which He Himself has desig-
nated! Every time one misses the Sabbath, that
one has also lost a weekly opportunity to touch
eternity which can never be regained. Every
Sabbath the splendor of hwhy will shine the light
of His presence through the Spirit upon each per-
son in a special way even as it is written,
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“Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the
splendor of hwhy is risen upon you.”
Yeshayahu 60:1
With the above as a preface, the following will
now be more readily apparent. Over those not
observing the Sabbath in Spirit and in truth,
eswhy must say:
“Is it not for this cause that you err,
that you know not the Scriptures,
nor the power of Elohim?”
Mark 12:24
Sabbath observance – filled with worship charac-
terized by the humility of gratitude – is essential
to the long-term existence and spiritual prosper-
ity of any family, people, society or nation. King
David wrote the following of those who fail to
worship hwhy as the Creator (Revelation 14:7)
by regarding His creative works in the appointed
time each Sabbath Day:
Because they regard not the works of hwhy, nor
the operation of His hands, He shall throw them
down, and not build them up. Psalm 28:5, 92:4,5
hwhy has set a weekly appointment to place a
special anointing of His presence and blessings
within the Shabbat. Genesis 2:2,3 The Sabbath
stands as a sanctuary in time and space and those
who enter therein are blessed to meet with hwhy
in a very special way. We cannot opt to re-
schedule an appointment designated by Him, an
appointment of His making, and suppose we will
find the same, powerful anointing in any other
day. Ecclesiastes 3:14
The Sabbath also looks forward to and
prophesies of eternity in the Kingdom. This is
precisely the thing taught by the apostle Shaul:
the Sabbath and other Torah precepts are shad-
ows of what is still forthcoming in the great
plans of hwhy. Colossians 2:16-17147 hwhy tells
us His people will once more rejoice in that
147
The NIV erroneously makes this text sound as though
all the things that were to come (in the Messiah) are now
fulfilled; its use of the past tense only fuels the viewpoint
which embraces an abolished Torah. There are, however,
many remarkable, yet unfulfilled things still to come in the
prophetic plan of hwhy. Of these things, the Sabbath and
the Feasts are yet prophetic. We will shortly see much
evidence which proves the prophetic nature of the text
seen in Colossians 2:16-17.
which He creates – the New Heavens and the from that fall (Psalm 19:7, 23:2,3), and His rest
New Earth: being prophetic of the 1000-year Millennial
Reign (and the subsequent, eternal Kingdom of
For behold, I create New Heavens and a New
hwhy after all mankind is restored from that fall),
Earth: and the former shall not be remembered,
Sabbath observance literally touches eternity!
nor come into mind. But be you glad and rejoice
The ways of hwhy are ways of rest, peace and
for ever in that which I create: for behold, I cre-
restoration and the Sabbath Day was given to
ate Yerushalayim a rejoicing, and her people a
teach us the reality of these things in a tangible,
joy. Yeshayahu 65:17-18
experiential, and inexplicably wonderful way.
Rejoicing now in the works of His hands every
hwhy blessed the Sabbath Day with His word
Sabbath Day is only a shadow of an even greater
and He set it apart with His Spirit/Name/ Pres-
time of rest, worship, peace and prosperity which
ence. Hence, those who observe the Day receive
shall be experienced in the ages of eternity fol-
special blessings in and from His word along
lowing the Messianic Age of the 1000-year
with special blessings from His Spirit and Pres-
Reign of eswhy! And the prophecies of Yesha-
ence. Those who set apart the Sabbath are them-
yahu indicate the weekly Sabbath – which is pro-
selves set apart by hwhy to the end they might
phetic of that Great Era – will still be in effect
know, understand and fulfill His eternal King-
when the Government of hwhy takes over the
dom purposes!
government of man!
And hwhy spoke unto Mosheh, saying, Speak you
For as the New Heavens and the New Earth,
also unto the children of Yisrael, saying, Verily
which I will make, shall remain before Me, saith
My Sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a sign be-
hwhy, so shall your seed and your name remain.
tween Me and you throughout your generations;
And it shall come to pass, that from one New
that you may know that I am hwhy that doth set
Moon to another, and from one Sabbath to an-
you apart. Exodus 31:12-13
other, shall all flesh come to worship before Me,
saith hwhy. Yeshayahu 66:22,23 As New Covenant believers seek to receive the
“inheritance among all them which are set apart”
So the Sabbath is prophetic of the rest we
(Acts 20:32), the above Scripture stands as a
have in hwhy – both now and in the future. The
Sabbath being prophetic of the coming King- powerful promise (2Kepha 1:3,4) to be fully set
apart by hwhy! It is a blessed promise and a
dom, it is incongruous for us to pray, “Your
much needed certainty in eswhy the Messiah that
Kingdom come, Your will be done” (Mat-
Sabbath keeping strongly contributes to becom-
tithyahu 6:10), if we are not presently keeping
ing a partaker of the very nature of the Most
the Seventh Day with prophetic expectation!
The Sabbath stands as a continual, prophetic High! 2Corinthians 1:20, 2Kepha 1:4,5 Our
shadow of the coming Kingdom for which we opening text for Part 5 dealt with True Revival
and the One who was and is the Repairer of the
pray! Thus, does the Adversary hate and oppose
it. And again, the weekly Sabbath is itself an breach and the Restorer of the paths in which to
dwell. That text is given just below and, in con-
integral part of that coming Kingdom as seen in
text, this is a promise of restoration and revival
the above-cited prophecy of Yeshayahu
which was given to the people of hwhy in direct
(66:22,23). We should further realize the great,
connection with Sabbath observance! In that
Sabbath rest which hwhy weekly provides is lit-
promise, Yeshayahu is speaking of the many
eral and physical; but this physical rest is meant
to teach us of other forms of rest which are blessings which come in and through the lives of
equally as important: rest which is mental and those who set apart the Seventh Day:
emotional as well as rest which is spiritual and 12 And of you shall they build the old waste
eternal, Yeshayahu 26:3, 28:12, 30:15, Yir- places: you shall raise up the foundations of
meyahu 6:16, Mattithyahu 11:28-30, Mark 2:27- many generations; and you shall be called, The
3:5, Acts 13:14,27,42,44, 16:13, 17:2-4, 18:4, repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to
Revelation 14:13. His rest being commanded dwell in. 13 If you turn away thy foot from the
and observed before man’s fall, His rest being Shabbat, from doing thy pleasure on My set
key to the present-day restoration of mankind apart Day; and call the Shabbat a delight, the

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set apart of hwhy, honourable; and shall honour
Him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine
own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14
Then shall you delight thyself in hwhy; and I will
cause thee to ride upon the high places of the
earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Ya’acob
your father: for the mouth of hwhy hath spoken
it. Yeshayahu 58:12-14
As He opposed the sanctimonious, man-made
precepts of the Pharisees in regard to the Seventh
Day, eswhy the Messiah repaired this breach and
restored the paths of Sabbath rest in which the
people of hwhy are intended to dwell in every
generation.148 He exemplified Sabbath obser-
vance and stands as our Example in setting this
Day apart. 1Yochanan 2:6 Throughout history,
those who have kept the Sabbath have also
known and walked in the greatest measure of
light from His word as the Messiah and High
Priest of Yisrael shines the countenance and fa-
vor of hwhy upon them. Numbers 6:22-27, Psalm
36:9, 43:3, 44:3, 89:15, 97:11, 2Corinthians 4:6,
Ephesians 5:14 This is in keeping with the spe-
cial Sabbath light – which was spoken of by the
prophet Yeshayahu (2:5, 58:8-11,[12,13], 60:1) –
imparted by the Spirit from the shining splendor
of hwhy. When this light shines upon us, we are
given “the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the
knowledge of Him” (Ephesians 1:17) by which
He sets us apart (Exodus 31:12,13, Acts 20:32)
and by which He leads us in His eternal paths of
peace and rest. Yirmeyahu 6:16, Mattithyahu
11:28-30 Though many blessings obtained on
the Shabbat are eternal, there are still many great
blessings to be inherited from Sabbath obser-
148
For more information on how the Catholic Church
worked to nullify the Fourth Commandment and how the
Papacy has attempted to abolish the Sabbath Day, see the
Bible Sabbath Association website at:
http://www.biblestudy. org/basicart/confsund.html
The gates of hell have not prevailed and will not prevail
against the eternal truth of the Torah (Yeshayahu 8:20,
40:8); nor have they prevailed against the assembly of
believers who seek the Living and written word of hwhy:
Sabbath observance remains a reality among multitudes of
believers worldwide and it will soon be reinstated as the
only weekly day of rest and worship! Psalm 22:27, Yesha-
yahu 66:22-23 The truth of the word will prevail over all
falsehood and the earth will be “filled with the knowledge
of the splendor of hwhy as the waters cover the seas!” Ha-
bakkuk 2:14
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vance even in this present life; these blessings
are granted as we walk with hwhy in the light of
His word each Sabbath Day. 1Timothy 4:8
• The Feast of Passover, the Seven Days of
Unleavened Bread, Leviticus 23:5-8
The Passover lamb of hwhy related to the re-
demption of Yisrael’s firstborn and the nation’s
deliverance from Mitsrayim; yet the Passover
lamb was ultimately prophetic of eswhy the
Messiah, the Lamb without blemish (Exodus
12:5, 1Kepha 1:19) … “the Lamb of hwhy that
takes away the sins of the world” (Yochanan
1:29,36). eswhy was that Lamb as He was slain
at Passover, Mattithyahu 26:2. Just as the Pass-
over lamb delivered every firstborn in Yisrael
from the destroyer, so the shed blood of the Mes-
siah, the Passover Lamb, delivers His people
from the wrath of hwhy and the penalty of the
second death, Exodus 12:13, Romans 6:23,
1Thessalonians 1:10.
Passover commences the seven days of
Unleavened Bread (Yechezkel 45:21, Luke 22:1)
– a time which commemorates the difficulties of
Yisrael’s bondage in Mistrayim with the “bread
of affliction,” Deuteronomy 16:3. During the
seven days of Passover we eat this bread of af-
fliction and commemorate Yisrael’s deliverance
from bondage in Mitsrayim as well as our deliv-
erance from bondage to sin. Throughout life, our
difficulties and afflictions are intended by hwhy
to “wake us up” to seek Him more diligently,
Psalm 119:67, Hoshea 5:15, 2Corinthians 12:7-
10. Sometimes hwhy must get our attention if we
are not actively fulfilling “the Shema” by pos-
sessing ears which continually hear. Yeshayahu
50:4 At other times, some may be called to suf-
fer affliction, persecution, and even death to be-
come more refined, spiritually. Daniel 11:33-35
In any case, it is as the psalmist wrote:
“It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I
might learn Your statutes.” Psalm 119:71
Passover speaks of any time in which we cry to
hwhy for deliverance from affliction (Exodus
3:7,8, 4:31, 6:5) and He hears our prayers, Psalm
34:19, 120:1. Remembering afflictions (and the
deliverance of hwhy from those afflictions) will
contribute to humility, gratitude, faith and love.
When we pass through any affliction while seek-
ing hwhy, we will emerge on the other side ex-
periencing greater spiritual strength and freedom
in His service, 1Kepha 5:10,11. We will have
obtained enlargement of heart (Psalm 119:32)
along with more power and wisdom to serve oth-
ers. As related in footnote 41 (page 42), the put-
ting out of “the old leaven” and the eating of
unleavened bread, signifies putting away the un-
righteousness (Exodus 12:19, 13:7) of “malice
and wickedness” and taking in “the unleavened
bread of sincerity and truth” through the Mes-
siah. 1Corinthians 5:7,8 So the principles sur-
rounding Passover can quite often be applied to a
large part of what we must do throughout our
lives to overcome – to prevail spiritually by
pleading the blood of eswhy for deliverance as
we pass through various trials and afflictions.
Observing the Feast of Passover teaches, re-
minds, confirms, and establishes all these things
and much, much more. As we obey eswhy by
proclaiming His death at the time of Passover
(1Corithians 11:23,26), we also progress in His
infinite, unsearchable ways.149
• Shavuoth (The Feast of Weeks, commonly
called “Pentecost”), Leviticus 23:15-22, Deu-
teronomy 16:10, Acts 2:1, 20:16.
In Hebrew, the word for “week” is “shavua,”
while “shavuoth” is the plural of that word
meaning, “weeks.” The Feast of Shavuoth, or the
Feast of Weeks, celebrates the seven weeks lead-
ing up to and culminating in the 50th day of the
wheat harvest. It is a time of rejoicing and
thanksgiving. Many New Covenant believers
are aware the Spirit was poured out upon the first
century followers of eswhy about ten days after
His ascension. This occurred on the Day of Sha-
vuoth – commonly known as Pentecost. We es-
pecially note Shavuoth is one of the three pilgrim
Feasts (Deuteronomy 16:16, 2 Chronicles 8:13)
the disciples were still keeping (still observing!)
even after eswhy had been raised from the dead
and He had further instructed them concerning
the Kingdom at various times across the space of
149
The discourse which was given on page 57 (starting in
column 1, paragraph 2 and extending to the first, new
paragraph on page 59) gives much additional light on the
prophetic nature of this great Feast. Even now, Passover is Law through his example and teachings, Romans
prophetic of greater things to come in that time when
eswhy establishes the Kingdom of hwhy on earth. In the
future fulfillment of Passover (Luke 12:37, 13:28-29,
22:15-16,29-30), many servants of hwhy shall greatly re-
joice. Yeshayahu 65:13-14 It will be a time of great
peace, abundance and rejoicing never before seen or ex-
perienced in this earth! Yeshayahu 35:10, 51:11
forty days! They had no knowledge of Shavuoth
having ever been abolished! This refutes the er-
roneous, Evangelical view claiming the Feasts
are just “Old Testament” observances. Today’s
majority claim the Feasts were abolished and are
no longer binding. Yet we see the moral laws of
the Torah continued even after eswhy was raised
from the dead. The Law was still valid and au-
thoritative even after He had appeared to the dis-
ciples showing “Himself alive after His passion
by many infallible proofs, being seen of them
forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining
to the Kingdom of Elohim.” Acts 1:3 It is sig-
nificant the New Covenant promise of the Spirit
(Acts 1:4) was poured forth on a Day which is
commonly thought to be strictly an “Old Testa-
ment” observance. hwhy gives His Spirit to
those who obey Him (Acts 5:32); and these faith-
ful believers were obeying hwhy when the Spirit
was poured out upon them; they were obeying
hwhy by still observing His Feast as the Torah
commands; but they were now also keeping the
testimony of eswhy regarding the Torah, Revela-
tion 12:17. It is these upon whom the Spirit was
poured out that Day. hwhy does not change and
He will do likewise in our days. The Spirit being
poured out on the Feast of Shavuoth was a clear
indication by hwhy His Torah commandments
were still valid, authoritative, and inspired; the
ordinances of the Torah were still “profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, [and] for
instruction in righteousness.” 2 Timothy 3:16,
Acts 24:14 The Torah ordinances of hwhy re-
main equally valid, authoritative, binding, and
inspired to this very day.
Those traveling with Shaul continued to ob-
serve the Feast of Shavuoth over the years re-
corded in the Acts of the Apostles. If the Feasts
had been abolished, do we suppose this apostle
to the Gentiles would have still been keeping
Shavuoth? Hardly. Just the opposite of believ-
ing the Feasts were abolished, Shaul stated he
believed “all things which are written in the Law
and in the Prophets.” Acts 24:14 By faith in the
Messiah, the apostle to the Gentiles upheld the
2:13, 3:31. We see he endeavored to be in
Yerushalayim before Pentecost/Shavuoth and
that Luke not only made special note of this
(Acts 20:16), but Shaul openly and publicly
stated this when speaking to the Ephesians: “I
must by all means keep this Feast that cometh in
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Yerushalayim.” Acts 18:21 If that Feast had
been abolished, such a burden might have been
honorable, but hardly noteworthy. This apostle
held forth his example as that which constituted
being an “imitator of the Messiah,” and he en-
joined such obedience on the Corinthian believ-
ers! 1Corinthians 11:1-2 Shaul later determined
to remain at Ephesus until Pentecost and he
eventually celebrated the Feast with the believers
there; he wrote to this effect when corresponding
with the assembly at Corinth. 1Corinthians 16:8
He had earlier instructed the Gentile Corinthians
to keep the Feast of Passover (1Corinthians
5:7,8), and was now indicating he would keep
another of the three Feasts (Shavuoth) with the
Ephesians. None of these cases would represent
either the words or the actions of one who be-
lieved the Feasts were abolished!
Continuing with Shavuoth … the Feast of
Weeks is a celebration of the wheat harvest. The
count to Shavuoth begins with cutting the first
fruits of wheat150 and ends with the harvest’s
culmination on the day of Shavuoth. The seven
week harvest which followed cutting the
wavesheaf of first fruits (and which leads up to
the 50th day of Shavuoth), speaks of the believers
who would become first fruits in the Messiah,
Ya’acob 1:18, Revelation 14:4. Further, this
Feast involves something which specifically sig-
nifies the exaltation of eswhy the Messiah to the
right hand of hwhy. Recall Elisha was promised
a double portion of the Spirit of Eliyah if he saw
the prophet taken up from before him, 2Kings
2:9,10. eswhy effectively promised such a dou-
ble portion of His Spirit to the apostles:
Surely, surely, I say unto you, He that believes in
Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and
150
This first cutting occurred during the days of Unleav-
ened Bread “on the morrow after the Sabbath” and signi-
fied the resurrection and ascension of eswhy to be pre-
sented before hwhy as the Wavesheaf, Leviticus 23:10,11,
Psalm 2:7-9, Daniel 7:13,14, Mattithyahu 28:18. eswhy
did not permit Miriam to touch Him as He said to her, “I
have not yet ascended to the Father.” Yochanan 20:16,17
But later (after being accepted as the Wavesheaf and de-
scending from Heaven), He bid Thomas put his finger in
His hands and side, Yochanan 20:24-27. “Who hath as-
cended up into heaven, or descended? Who hath gathered
the wind in His fists? Who hath bound the waters in a
garment? Who hath established all the ends of the earth?
What is His Name, and what is His Son’s Name, if you can
tell? Proverbs 30:4, Ephesians 4:9,10
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greater works than these shall he do; because I
go unto My Father. Yochanan 14:12
Notice His promise was thus because He had
said, “I go unto My Father.” And the return of
eswhy to the Father occurred when He was taken
up into Heaven, Acts 1:11, 1Timothy 3:16. This
all related to the giving of His Spirit. Of this, the
Messiah said:
Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is expedient
for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the
Comforter will not come unto you; but if I de-
part, I will send him unto you. Yochanan 16:7,
Psalm 7:7
The apostles did see eswhy ascend into heaven
(Acts 1:8-11) and they did receive on Shavuoth,
the day of first fruits (Exodus 23:16, Numbers
28:26), “the first fruits of the Spirit.” Romans
8:23 The priests are commanded to bring forth
on this day two identical loaves (Leviticus
23:15-17) – a “double portion” of bread. These
loaves are to be leavened, or lifted up. In the
case of man, leavening speaks of sin, but in the
case of hwhy, leavening speaks of the sover-
eignty, power, exaltation, and greatness He has
over all things through His Spirit, Mattithyahu
13:33, Colossians 1:18, Psalm 139:7-12. These
two loaves evidently represent “the first fruits of
the Spirit” in and among His people. eswhy
promised when the Spirit comes to dwell within
that it would be a “double portion” – that both
He and His Father would abide within us!
Yochanan 14:23 Remember, the first fruit
loaves of Shavuoth were identical! (Leviticus
23:17) And eswhy said, “If you have seen Me,
you have seen the Father also! Yochanan 14:7-
10 Thus, the Spirit teaches us through Shavuoth
to offer back to hwhy all that He has given us.
First and foremost in such an offering should be
our gratitude for and acknowledgement of His
Spirit of favor; for it is only by Ruach haQodesh,
the Pure Spirit hwhy, that we can offer lives of
valuable service to Him. 1Corinthians 15:10, Ga-
latians 2:20, Colossians 1:29
A offering made by fire was commanded on
the day of Shavuoth,151 and when the Spirit was
poured out “there appeared unto them cloven
tongues like as of fire and it sat upon each one of
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Leviticus 23:18. An offering made by fire was com-
manded upon all other Feasts as well! Leviticus 23:37
them.” Acts 2:2-4 By the fire of the Spirit, the
apostles magnified hwhy speaking of the wonder-
ful works of Elohim. Acts 2:11 hwhy was greatly
exalted! hwhy chose the Feast Day of Shavuoth
to pour out the promised, double portion of His
Spirit upon the first century believers. And it
was on this day and at that time the apostle
Kepha powerfully testified of the Messiah’s ex-
altation to the “right hand of the Father.” Acts
2:33-36 hwhy was greatly exalted in victory! He
had exalted His Son and poured forth the gift of
the Spirit among His people. It is this great ex-
altation of which eswhy and all the prophets
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spoke:
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tab-
ernacles of the righteous: the right hand of hwhy
does valiantly. The right hand of hwhy is ex-
alted: the right hand of hwhy does valiantly.
Psalm 118:14-16
And it was this great exaltation and victory
whose fulfillment was commenced on this pow-
erful, history-making day in the Kingdom of
hwhy. The exaltation of eswhy to the Right
Hand of hwhy and His imminent victory over all
things (Ephesians 1:19-22) now brings us the
unshakable promises of His confirmed oath (He-
brews 6:17-20) and, with it, the surety of our ul-
timate victory regardless of even the worst cir-
cumstances, Romans 8:37-39, 2Corinthians 5:7.
• Yom Teruah, the Day of Trumpets, Leviticus
23:23,24.
Yom Teruah is the first day of the Seventh
month in the calendar of hwhy. On this Day, a
memorial of blowing trumpets was commanded.
In the purposes of hwhy, trumpet blasts were
used for many things: to sound forth calls to as-
semble, calls to sacrifice, calls to break camp,
calls to repentance, calls to battle, and calls to
warn of approaching judgment, Numbers 10:1-
10, 31:6, Yehoshua 6:1-20, Judges 7:7,8,15-22,
Yeshayahu 58:1, Joel 2:1,15 (see 1-32 for fuller
context). Trumpets also announced the very
Presence of hwhy (in the ark) and they were used
in times of worship, 1Chronicles 16:6, Revela-
tion 11:19. The trumpets of Revelation signify
many, if not all, of these things as they announce
the coming judgments of hwhy which comprise
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Yochanan 6:62, 17:5, Psalm 7:7, 110:1,5, Exodus 15:6, The Yom Kippur judgment follows nine days
Yeshayahu 6:1-10, 41:10, Yochanan 12:37-41
His mounting battle (and victory) over the kings
of the earth and over all those who still refuse
the call to repentance so as to believe in the
Good News and keep His commandments,
2Thessalonians 1:8, Revelation 14:7, Ecclesias-
tes 12:13. The trumpets of Revelation sound
forth one judgment upon another “in the day of
battle and war” (Iyob 38:22,23) as hwhy arises in
judgment to “save all the humble of the earth.”
Psalm 76:7-9 The 119th Psalm perfectly de-
scribes what is seen in the prophecies of Revela-
tion concerning the Day of hwhy; in the Day of
His fierce wrath and vengeance, He will arise
with great retribution against those who have
nullified His Law:
It is time for hwhy to act, for they have made
void Your Torah. Psalm 119:126
The patience of hwhy is very great, but it does
have a determined limit. When, at long last, the
sins of the world have been allowed to continue
to their foreseen boundary, the wrath of hwhy
will be stirred beyond measure and He will go
forth to end this age of man’s lawless rule over
the earth. The sounding of trumpets in the Reve-
lation warn of His judgments – judgments that
come because of His very Presence! It was these
trumpet blasts that caused ancient Yisrael to
greatly fear when the Presence of hwhy was
made known in the giving of the Ten Words,
Exodus 20:18-20. For at His Presence, the
mountains smoke (Exodus 19:18, Psalm 104:32,
144:5, Yeshayahu 64:1,2); at His Presence, the
seas roar (Psalm 98:7-9, Luke 21:25); and at His
Presence, the earth shakes! Yeshayahu 2:10-22,
Revelation 6:12-17 At the very last trumpet,
within this awesome time period of judgment,
eswhy will come forth with great splendor and
flaming vengeance putting an end to the ram-
pant, immoral outrage against the Torah decrees
of hwhy. 1Thessalonians 4:16, Revelation 10:7,
11:15-19
These are some of the things which Yom
Teruah teaches the people of hwhy. For the
trumpets of Yom Teruah signify a call to repen-
tance (Yeshayahu 58:1) and a call to prepare for
the Presence of hwhy as His people ready them-
selves for Yom Kippur, the Day of Covering
(commonly called, “the Day of Atonement”).
after Yom Teruah. As the trumpets of Yom
Teruah warn of coming judgment on Yom Kip-
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pur, the trumpets of Revelation will warn all in-
habitants of the earth hwhy is beginning to act in
judgment upon them. Psalm 119:126, Revelation
14:6,7 All will know His Presence is nigh as the
mountains smoke, the seas roar, and the earth
quakes. Mark 13:29, Revelation 6:12-17 In the
Day of hwhy, the trumpets provide a final oppor-
tunity to repent, to turn to the Almighty, to call
upon His Qodesh Name (Yoel 2:32, Romans
10:13), and to be saved from every evil even if
one lives in the remotest regions of the earth,
Yeshayahu 45:22.
• Yom Kippur, the Day of Covering (or the Day
of Atonement), Leviticus 16:29-31, 23:26-32.
On Yom Kippur, all Yisrael afflicted, or
humbled, their souls with fasting and prayer.
Psalm 35:13, 69:10 On this great Day, the high
priest made atonement for Yisrael as the nation
waited for him to come forth from the Presence
of hwhy with the assurance their sins had been
covered, Leviticus 16:17. As eswhy, our High
Priest, intercedes for us before hwhy (Hebrews
2:17), like Yisrael of old we also await His com-
ing forth from the Presence of hwhy. 1 Thessalo-
nians 1:10 Hence, we are presently living in
what could be thought of as an extended, pro-
phetic “Day of Atonement.” These are evil days
and perilous times;153 and we must continually
seek for the kindness and favor of hwhy through
eswhy, our High Priest. Hebrews 4:14-16 And
during this current segment of history following
His ascension, eswhy asserted His disciples
would “fast often.” Mattithyahu 9:14-15,
2Corinthians 6:5, 11:27 Fasting was (and is) a
characteristic act of True Worship on the Day of
Covering; it was a characteristic act of True
Worship in the days of the apostles following the
ascension of eswhy; and it currently remains a
characteristic act in the lives of all those who
seek the Almighty while our High Priest yet min-
isters before the Face of hwhy in heaven.
The literal meaning of “Yom Kippur” is,
“The Day of Covering.” And the events of this
day relate, in part, to the covering/veil which is
removed from our eyes so as to see the Messiah
revealed from Scripture whenever the Torah is
read. We are told this veil is removed from
one’s eyes when that one turns to hwhy through
faith in the Messiah and His blood covers that
153
Ephesians 6:13, 2Timothy 3:1-8
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person’s sins. Psalm 32:1, Romans 4:7,
2Corinthians 3:12-18 Understanding in the
Spirit is granted to the seeking heart as one be-
gins to draw near to hwhy through eswhy the
Messiah, Ephesians 1:18. Since eswhy is now “a
High Priest forever after the order of Melchi-
tsedek” (Hebrews 5:5,6, 6:17-20, 7:17,21), there
are a number of parallels which can be seen be-
tween the current ministry of the High Priest,
eswhy, and the ministry of the former high priest
of Yisrael on Yom Kippur:
1. The high priest made atonement for the peo-
ple, Leviticus 16:30, Hebrews 8:1-13.
2. He appeared before hwhy for the house of
Aharon (the priesthood), for all Yisrael, and for
all those engrafted Gentiles who feared hwhy,
Leviticus 16:17, 29, Psalm 115:9-15, 118:1-5,
Romans 5:10,11, Hebrews 9:11-24, 1Yochanan
2:1,2.
3. The ministry of the high priest was intended
to reveal the Name of hwhy to His people and to
put the blessing of this Name upon all Yisrael,
Exodus 28:36-38, 39:30,31, Yochanan 17:6,11-
12,26, Hebrews 2:11-12; Numbers 6:22-27,
Psalm 115:9-15, Revelation 14:1, 22:4. If one
studies the Scriptures just given, it will be seen
that this is the current ministry and service which
eswhy renders on behalf of His brethren who
have believed on His Name.
4. No one else could enter the tabernacle until
the high priest finished with the Atonement, Le-
viticus 16:17, Psalm 76:7, Revelation 15:8. The
Judgment seen on Yom Kippur meant salvation
for the people of hwhy, but destruction to the
workers of iniquity. This principle is seen
throughout history but especially at the time just
before the descent of eswhy to save His people
and to reign as King of kings, Psalm 125, Prov-
erbs 10:29, Hoshea 14:9, Philippians 1:28,
1Kepha 4:17,18, Revelation 11:18.
5. The high priest came forth/returned from the
presence of hwhy on Yom Kippur signifying sal-
vation had come to all Yisrael, Leviticus 16:17,
Romans 11:26,27, 1Thessalonians 1:10, 4:16-18,
Revelation 22:20. These enumerated points
combined give additional, prophetic evidence of
the continued importance of the Qodesh Name,
the High Priest, and the Day of Atonement (as
seen in point 3. just above). For the prophecy of
eswhy regarding His return relates to a spiritual
awakening among formerly unbelieving Yisrael.
Before the High Priest comes forth from the
Presence of hwhy in heaven, there is to be a re-
vival among the descendants of Abraham and
they will be seen exalting the Name of hwhy as
they look for salvation through their coming
Messiah. Of this, the Messiah said:
37 Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, you who kill the
prophets, and stone those who are sent unto you,
how often would I have gathered your children
together, even as a hen gathers her chickens un-
der her wings, and you would not! 38 Behold,
your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I
say unto you, You shall not see Me henceforth,
till you shall say, “Blessed is He that comes in
the Name of hwhy.” Mattithyahu 23:37-39,
Psalm 118:26
It should be further explained that it appears
apostate Yahudim – just like all other unbeliev-
ers – will be judged and slain at this time while
hwhy saves those Yahudim who are looking to
Him for salvation through His Name, Yoel 2:32,
Romans 10:13, Mattithyahu 23:39. While there
will be an awakening, there will also be those
who claim to be of Yisrael though they yet re-
main in unbelief and apostasy, Revelation 2:9,
3:9. While not dogmatic, the author believes the
“all Yisrael” to be saved are those descendants
of Abraham who hwhy allows to remain until His
appearing because they are true, authentic Yis-
raelites through faith in the Messiah!154 It is
these He has chosen, and it is these He will
save!155
eswhy will not come forth from the Presence
of ‫ יהוה‬to end this current Day of Atonement
(which the Torah mandates must be for “all Yis-
rael”!) until all Yisrael acknowledges He is the
Messiah and the High Priest who comes forth
(for them!) in the Name of hwhy! Romans 11:25-
154
According to the word of hwhy, True Yisraelites are
those who are pure in heart without respect to nationality!
Psalm 73:1, Yochanan 1:47, Romans 2:28,29, 9:6-8, Acts
10:34,35, 15:6-9, Mattithyahu 5:8.
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We should further note: some Yisraelites will die even
if they are faithful (Daniel 11:32-35, 12:9,10, Revelation
2:10) while some will be preserved through many perils,
Zecharyah 13:8,9. And one final thought in this vein: if
we are faithful unto death, then we are preserved – pre-
served for His eternal Kingdom! Luke 21:12-19 Loss of
physical life – if we are in the Sovereign – is not a defeat,
but absolute victory. Romans 8:35-39
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27 Thus, the restoration of true, Messianic Faith
to the house of Yisrael is an important and
prophesied revival which must occur before
eswhy, the High Priest, will come forth from the
Presence of hwhy to reign as King over all the
earth! Hence, the Day of Atonement/Covering
even sheds additional light on the return of the
Messiah! Yom Kippur was for all Yisrael!
Thus, this extended, prophetic Day of Covering
in which we are now living cannot end until all
Yisrael turns back to hwhy! So as we have seen
and will continue to see, the Law of hwhy reveals
that which is, and that which was, and that which
is yet to come!
All of the above points make it strikingly
clear we are presently living in a prophetic, ex-
tended Day of Atonement. There are other
things we have not mentioned in regard to the
Day of Atonement/Covering (and, of course,
there are abundantly more things which we sim-
ply do not yet know 1Corinthians 13:9). As the
ways of hwhy are infinite and unsearchable, there
are surely many other things which can be
learned from the Day of Covering. As we seek
hwhy by keeping His testimonies (Psalm 119:2),
these things will be revealed to us in the Messiah
both now and in the ages to come, Ephesians 2:7.
But the ultimate lesson which hwhy would pres-
ently teach us from the Day of Covering may
well concern fasting-derived humility and afflic-
tion. In the Psalms, David wrote by the Spirit:
For You will save the afflicted people;
but will bring down high looks.
Psalms 18:27
It is an unbreakable promise and an absolute
surety that hwhy will save an afflicted people; He
will save a people whose hearts are prepared.
Luke 1:17 Fasting humbles the soul and, thus,
“prepares the heart” to see the salvation of Elo-
him. Psalm 50:23 In this regard, dear readers
who would like to inquire further should study
the following Scriptures:
And Shemuel spoke unto all the house of Yisrael,
saying, If you do return unto hwhy with all your
hearts, then put away the strange deities and
Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your
hearts unto hwhy, and serve Him only: and He
will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
1Shemuel 7:3, 2Chronicles 12:14, 20:33, Psalm itself a temporary dwelling – “tabernacled” once
78:8,37, Yoel 2:12,13156. more upon the earth during that time period.
Later, during the Feast of Tabernacles in the
Fasting “humbles the soul” and, as such, circum-
days of King Shelomo, the House of hwhy was
cises the heart. This is readily seen as we con-
dedicated as the earthly tabernacle for His Name,
trast the proud, disobedient, uncircumcised heart
1Kings 8:1-66, 2Chronicles 5:3. Being an
with the submissive heart – humbled and obedi-
earthly tabernacle, this House was temporary
ent before hwhy.157 The lesson of fasting-derived
even as history shows. And on this particular
humility provided through the Day of Atonement
occasion we have one of the few recorded inci-
is absolutely essential. For only through fasting-
dents wherein hwhy responded to a man’s prayer
derived humility can we break up the fallow
by sending fire from heaven to consume the of-
ground and cultivate the soil of the heart so the
fering, 2Chronicles 6:40-7:3. This was a time of
words and deeds of hwhy can take the deepest
great renewal and it occurred during the Feast of
root as the rain of His Spirit falls upon us.158
Tabernacles! 2Chronicles 7:3-16 Another great
Long after the ascension of eswhy, the apostle
revival took place as the Feast of Tabernacles
Shaul yet fasted before the High Priest, eswhy,
was restored during the days of Ezra and
on Yom Kippur, Acts 27:9. Perhaps more than
Nechemyah. In the book bearing the latter’s
anything else, fasting and prayer make the True
name, it is recorded Yisrael had not kept the
Worshipper a “living sacrifice” – cleansed in
Feast with such zeal (so as to dwell in booths)
heart and hands159 and ready for “every good
since the days of Yeshua, son of Nun! (see
work.”160 Since it is a certainty hwhy will save
Nechemyah 8:1-18) Regarding the Messiah’s
an afflicted people, one of the ultimate lessons
first appearance, many people (including the au-
for us from Yom Kippur is the revelation that
thor) believe eswhy was born during the fall
through fasting-derived humility and the charac-
somewhere around the Feast of Tabernacles;162
ter produced through affliction, we can “make
and the Greek of Yochanan 1:14 is properly ren-
[our] calling and election sure.”161
dered: “And the Word became flesh and taber-
• The Feast of Succoth (The Feast of Taberna- nacled among us.” He had become Immanu-El,
cles), Leviticus 23:33-36, 39-43. “Elohim with us.” In his appendices to “The
One of the very first events recorded to take Companion Bible,” Dr. Bullinger asserts the
place during the Feast of Tabernacles was the Messiah was born on the first day of Succoth and
landing of the ark on the mountains of Ararat; dedicated to hwhy through circumcision on the
although not called “Succoth” at that time, the eighth day, the Last Day, the Great Day of the
occasion was, nevertheless, “the seventeenth day Feast. Perhaps more evidence shall be revealed
of the seventh month.” Genesis 8:4 Since the in the future which substantiates this plausible
Feast of Tabernacles extends from the fifteenth viewpoint.
through the twenty-second day of the seventh
The Hebrew word, “succoth,” is a plural word
month, the ark landed on the third day of what
meaning, “booths.” And Yisrael was required to
would later be known as “Chag Succoth” –
dwell in booths yearly during Chag Succoth so
which is Hebrew for the Feast (Chag) of Taber-
they would remember their times of sojourning
nacles (Succoth). And it is significant the ark –
in the wilderness after coming out of Mitsrayim:
And you shall take on the first day the boughs of
156
For additional thoughts and for numerous other Scrip- goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the
tures on preparing the heart through fasting readers may boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook;
wish to study two, extensive articles of fasting and prayer: and you shall rejoice before hwhy your Elohim
Humble Yourselves in the Sight of hwhy, and The Three- seven days. And you shall keep it a Feast unto
Day Fast . These may be downloaded at the following
website: http://yahuyahweh.org/iah
hwhy seven days in the year. It shall be a statute
157
Leviticus 26:40-42, Deuteronomy 10:16, 30:6, Yir- for ever in your generations: you shall celebrate
meyahu 4:3,4 it in the seventh month. You shall dwell in
158
Hoshea 10:12, Hebrews 6:7,8
159
Psalm 24:3,4, Ya’acob 4:8-10
160 162
2Timothy 2:21, Ephesians 2:10 And it is not impossible His birth was on the Day of
161
2Kepha 1:4-11, Psalm 18:27 Trumpets, Yom Teruah, the first day of the seventh month.
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booths seven days; all that are born Yisraelites
shall dwell in booths: that your generations may
know that I made the children of Yisrael to dwell
in booths, when I brought them out of the land of
Mitsrayim: I am hwhy your Elohim. Leviticus
23:40-43
Notice the booths were temporary being made of
leaves and branches. The lessons learned
through the Feast of Tabernacles are intended to
remind us of our transient, quickly passing life in
this temporary, earthly sojourn.163 The saga of
each believer’s life is much like that of the chil-
dren of Yisrael in the wilderness wanderings; as
each one walks before hwhy, the question re-
mains whether or not that one will “be faithful
unto death” and enter into the promised inheri-
tance of eternal life with great reward or with
tragic loss.164 The Hebrew number value for the
word, “Sinai,” is 130; not coincidentally, the
130th Psalm reveals the “wilderness” of life
through which each one must pass as hwhy re-
deems us from all our iniquities. To be fruitful,
spiritually, we must maintain a healthy detach-
ment from the things of this world; we must re-
member those things which surround us are
largely temporary, 1Corinthians 7:29-31. And
we must strive for complete, total separation
from the most transient thing of all, the lusts of
the world.165 By keeping the Feast of Taberna-
cles we are involved in physical lessons regard-
ing temporal things, and since “the Law is spiri-
tual” (Romans 7:12,14), these lessons are pro-
vided to raise our awareness over the all-
important spiritual principles of which they tes-
tify. Yisrael was to dwell in booths to com-
memorate their forefathers being made to dwell
in booths when hwhy brought them out of the
land of Mitsrayim. We once more cite a portion
of that text previously seen:
You shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are
Yisraelites born shall dwell in booths: that your
generations may know that I made the children
of Yisrael to dwell in booths, when I brought
them out of the land of Mitsrayim: I am hwhy
your Elohim.
163
Psalm 39:12, 90:4,5,10-12, 119:19, 144:4
164
Psalm 19:11/Mattithyahu 5:12, 1Corinthians 3:15
165
Yochanan 17:14-17, Hebrews 12:4, 1Yochanan 2:15-
17
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Notice the Law of hwhy requires us to do some-
thing (in this case, dwell in booths) before a
blessing can be received, Ya’acob 1:22-25. We
see it is important to commemorate the past
deeds of hwhy,166 but it is also necessary to see
the new, spiritual lessons which the Law teaches
us regarding our present sojourn through life.
When called forth out of sin’s bondage, New
Covenant believers begin seeing His eternal
Kingdom and soon realize how fleeting are those
worldly things which surround us. Upon placing
our faith in the Savior and Messiah, we are made
to realize the transient nature of life.167
Like all the Feasts of hwhy, the Feast of Tab-
ernacles will be kept in the 1000-year Millennial
Reign when eswhy the Messiah exercises His
sovereignty over all the earth. hwhy even
prophesies of disobedient nations who will re-
fuse to come up to Yerushalayim to the Feast of
Tabernacles during that 1000-year Era of great
peace and abundance. Because of their sin in
refusing to come up to Yerushalayim, it has al-
ready been prophesied those nations will suffer
drought:
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is
left of all the nations which came against
Yerushalayim shall even go up from year to year
to worship the King, hwhy of hosts, and to keep
the Feast of Tabernacles. And it shall be, that
whoso will not come up of all the families of the
earth unto Yerushalayim to worship the King,
hwhy of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
And if the family of Mistrayim go not up, and
come not, upon them shall be the plague, where-
with hwhy will smite the nations that come not up
to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. This shall be
the punishment of Mistrayim, and the punish-
ment of all nations that come not up to keep the
Feast of Tabernacles. Zecharyah 14:16-19
We know this is the Millennial Reign since there
is yet sin in the earth and since Zecharyah had
written just a few lines prior to this:
And hwhy shall be King over all the earth: in
that day shall hwhy be one, and His Name one.
Zecharyah 14:9
This great Era – ushered in by the end-time
wrath of hwhy – will be the prophesied time of
166
Psalm 28:5, 78:9-12
167
2Corinthians 4:7,17,18, Ya’acob 4:14
His iron-rod rule wherein eswhy shall crush all
disobedient nations into submission with swift
and just punishment.168 This is the Messianic
Age! When the judgments of hwhy are in the
earth, the nations will learn the righteous decrees
of His eternal Law, Yeshayahu 26:9, 51:7.
So the Feasts of hwhy reveal the prophetic
timetable of the One who knows and declares
“the end from the beginning.” Yeshayahu 46:10
Like all of the Torah, the Feasts of hwhy declare
that which is (now), and that which was (in the
past), and that which is to come (in the future).
Ecclesiastes 1:9, Revelation 1:8 Many signifi-
cant events have occurred during the Feasts and
many more are prophesied to yet occur in the
future. As a closing thought in this regard, we
consider the prophet Haggai (“Chaggai” in He-
brew, where the “Ch” represents the letter “chet”
and is pronounced somewhat like the “ch” in
“loch”). The name of Chaggai means, “My
Feast,” or “My Festival.” While the word of
prophecy comes to Chaggai on a number of oc-
casions, Scripture indicates one of those oracles
was given during Chag Succoth. This, we be-
lieve, is of great significance. It was the twenty-
first day of the seventh month, the seventh day of
the Feast of Tabernacles. And this particular
prophecy of Chaggai is significantly connected
to the end time wrath of hwhy and the awesome,
dreadful shaking of all those things which can be
shaken:
In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth
day of the month, came the word of hwhy by the
prophet Chaggai, saying, Speak now to Zerub-
babel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Yehudah,
and to Yehoshua the son of Yaho-tsedech, the
high priest, and to the residue of the people, say-
ing, Who is left among you that saw this house
in her first splendor? and how do you see it
now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as
nothing? Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith
hwhy; and be strong, O Yehoshua, son of Yaho-
tsedech, the high priest; and be strong, all you
people of the land, saith hwhy, and work: for I
am with you, saith hwhy of hosts: according to
the word that I covenanted with you when you
came out of Mitsrayim, so My Spirit remaineth
among you: fear you not. For thus saith hwhy of
hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will
168
Psalm 2:7-9, Micah 4:3, Revelation 2:26,27, 19:15
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shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea,
and the dry land; and I will shake all nations,
and the desire of all nations shall come: and I
will fill this house with splendor, saith hwhy of
hosts. The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,
saith hwhy of hosts. The splendor of this latter
house shall be greater than that of the former,
saith hwhy of hosts: and in this place will I give
peace, saith hwhy of hosts. Chaggai 2:1-9
This significant, end-time prophecy was given to
Chaggai during Chag Succoth and the oracle
contains mention of all things which can be
shaken. Hebrews 12:26,27 In citing this proph-
ecy, the writer to the Hebrews indicates this is a
reference to the Day of hwhy, the time of His
wrath upon the lawless and disobedient. It is
significant this prophecy was first given within
the Feast of Tabernacles. Remember, an impor-
tant part of the Feast of Tabernacles is its em-
phasis on the theme of temporary dwellings!
Will hwhy stir His end-time wrath and mightily
shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry
land during the Feast of Tabernacles – during the
time in which the prophecy originally came
forth? Chaggai 2:6 Will He use this opportunity
to teach the world’s inhabitants everything
which they assumed to be permanent was far
more temporary and transient than they ever
imagined? Psalm 1:6, 49:11, 1Yochanan 2:17
During the Time of Wrath, those worldly posses-
sions and riches – which multitudes presently
treasure in an idolatrous fashion – will quickly
become things of naught, thus confirming their
artificial, temporary value, Yeshayahu 2:20,21.
As we dwell in temporary booths during the
Feast of Tabernacles, we profess the faith which
looks for a Kingdom that cannot be shaken and
for a City whose Architect and Builder is hwhy.
Hebrews 11:10, 12:28
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The Feast of Tabernacles ultimately fore-
shadows that time in which the taberna-
cle/dwelling of hwhy will be with men:
And I saw a New Heaven and a New Earth: for
the first heaven and the first earth were passed
away; and there was no more sea.169 And I,
169
Notice it is not a totally different earth, but a renewed
one! There is “no more sea!” eswhy asserted, “the meek
… shall inherit the earth.” Mattithyahu 5:5 When teaching
this He did not mean believers would be floating around in
Yochanan, saw the set apart City, New Yerusha-
layim, coming down from Elohim out of heaven,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying,
Behold, the tabernacle of hwhy is with men, and
He will dwell with them, and they shall be His
people, and hwhy Himself shall be with them,
and be their Elohim. And hwhy shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no
more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither
shall there be any more pain: for the former
things are passed away. And He that sat upon
the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.
And He said unto me, Write: for these words are
true and faithful. Revelation 22:1-5
We will now turn our attention to the day which
seems to especially anticipate this time in which
the tabernacle of hwhy shall be with men: the
“Last Great Day,” “the eighth day” of the Feast
of Tabernacles.
• The Eighth Day (of Chag Succoth), Leviticus
23:35,36, Yochanan 7:37-40
The eighth day of Chag Succoth was a com-
manded Sabbath of rest which closed out the
Feast. On this day, Yisrael was no longer re-
quired to dwell in booths; they were to come
forth from their temporary dwellings, Leviticus
23:42,43. This is often called the “Last Great
Day” within Feast-keeping circles, but it is never
given that title in the Scriptures; the phrase was
derived from a combination of adjectives used
by the apostle Yochanan to describe the last day
of the Feast of Tabernacles:
In the last day, that great Day of the Feast,
eswhy stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst,
let him come unto Me and drink. He that believ-
eth on Me, as the Scripture hath said, ‘Out of his
belly shall flow rivers of living water.’ Yochanan
7:37,38
So while the title, “Last Great Day,” is never
given to the Eighth day anywhere in the Law and
the Prophets, “last” and “great” are certainly
both the adjectives used by Yochanan to describe
this Sabbath of rest. The Day was, indeed,
“great” being a Sabbath Day of rest which closed
out the seven days of dwelling in booths. During
the seven days of Tabernacles, Yisrael was and
the heavens! It is our present earth which shall be inher-
ited in its renewed state!
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is commanded to dwell in booths – temporary
dwellings. But on the Eighth Day, Yisrael was
no longer required to remain in those temporary
dwellings. And a time is coming when we will
no longer dwell these temporary, physical bod-
ies; of this, the Eighth Day is prophetic. It is
prophetic of a time when the temporary shall end
and “this mortal shall have put on immortality,”
1Corinthians 15:53,54. It is just as eswhy said
of the second birth and as Shaul confirmed with
these words, “Flesh and blood cannot inherit the
Kingdom of hwhy.” Yochanan 3:3-8,
1Corinthians 15:50 Our present dwelling in
these earthly vessels of flesh and blood will be
replaced with eternal dwellings of flesh and
Spirit. And the chasidim of hwhy will no more
dwell in transient, man-made housing in the
temporal realm; they will have a City which
abides forever, a City “whose Maker and Archi-
tect is hwhy.” Hebrews 11:10 Our Messiah
showed this Day was still prophetic of a far-
distant time in the future when He stood up and
sounded forth a telling proclamation on this fi-
nal, great Day of Succoth:
In the last day, that great Day of the Feast,
eswhy stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst,
let him come unto Me, and drink. 38 He that
believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath said, ‘Out
of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.’ 39
But this spake He of the Spirit, which they that
believe on Him should receive: for Ruach
ha’Qodesh was not yet given; because that
eswhy was not yet magnified. Yochanan 7:37-39,
Yeshayahu 55:1
This Scripture applies now to all those believers
who continually place their trust in the Messiah,
but it remains prophetic of one of the most mag-
nificent days in all of history: the day when
eswhy shall stand and extend the water of the
Spirit of life to all mankind; it is the day when
He shall extend kindness unto all; for the apostle
Shaul testified that through the Law, hwhy had
shut up all men under sin and unbelief that He
might extend kindness and compassion to all:
For Elohim hath concluded them all in unbelief,
that He might have mercy upon all. O the depth
of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge
of Elohim! how unsearchable are His judgments,
and His ways past finding out! Romans 3:9,
11:32,33, Galatians 3:22
It is at this time that “every knee shall bow” be-
fore eswhy and every tongue shall swear alle-
giance. Yeshayahu 45:23, Romans 14:11, Philip-
pians 2:10,11 Then will be fulfilled the great
teaching of Shaul concerning the absolute power
and sovereignty of hwhy in giving eswhy to die
for the sins of the whole world (1Yochanan
1:10):
For as in Adam shall all die, even so,
in eswhy the Messiah shall all be made alive!
1Corinthians 15:22
The effects of Adam’s sin will be cancelled in
every life and the kindness of hwhy will grant life
and restoration to His entire creation. Then will
be the ultimate fulfillment of those words given
by Yeshayahu the prophet and Yochanan the
Immerser:
All flesh shall see the salvation of Elohim!
Luke 3:6, Yeshayahu 40:5, 49:6, 52:10
This will be a time of exceedingly great joy, re-
union and restoration in all the earth! All the
wrongs will have been made right by His right-
eousness; all the injustices will have been recti-
fied by His justice; all those who have suffered
even the greatest tragedy and loss in this life will
know the fullest restoration which only hwhy can
bring by His power to “subdue all things unto
Himself” (Philippians 3:21); and all those who
have sinned against Him will be shown favor and
kindness. The lovingkindness and goodness of
hwhy will have prevailed over all evil (Romans
12:15) and the original plan of hwhy will stand
forever after He has restored all things! His pur-
poses and His counsel shall stand forever; they
will not have been thwarted by the terrible his-
tory of earth’s sin and rebellion. hwhy will be all
in all! 1Corinthians 15:28 The Eighth Day, or
the Great Day of Chag Succoth assures us hwhy
will have the final say as the Ultimate Judge in
and over every matter. In eswhy the Messiah,
the eternal power and greatness of hwhy will
completely override and outweigh even the worst
things which have ever occurred in this 6000-
year, temporary realm of wilderness testing,
Proverbs 21:30.
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Feast Observance
in the New Covenant
Our overview of each Feast being ended, we
must now turn our attention to showing how im-
portant Feast observance was among the first
century congregation of Messianic Yahudim and
Gentile converts – all of whom believed in the
Messiah and kept the Feasts; for they were
taught to walk even as eswhy walked.
1Yochanan 2:6 From the Scriptures cited above,
we have seen many significant, heavenly-
ordained events have occurred during the Feasts
of hwhy. Scripture shows many more such
events are yet to occur within these grand, pro-
phetic days of rest and worship. But since there
are multitudes presently dismissing the current
validity of Torah and Feast observance, it is
needful to consider and expound those relatively
few Scriptures which Evangelicals seem incapa-
ble of properly explaining apart from abolishing
the yet-binding authority of the Torah. It is all-
too-common to “spiritualize” the commandments
of hwhy so as to relax or negate their current
relevance. Men have done this by misapplying
terms like “fulfilled” and “dispensation” to
nearly every aspect of the immutable Torah.
Those words have been abused and misused to
justify breaking the commandments of hwhy and
teaching others to do likewise; yet such a course
does not leave one in an enviable position, Mat-
tithyahu 5:19. How can anyone teach, in good
conscience, the Feasts of hwhy are abolished
when the apostle Shaul taught the Gentiles of
Corinth to keep the Feast of Passover (that is, the
seven days of Unleavened Bread)? Would Shaul
teach some Gentiles to keep the Feasts while
teaching others those very same Feasts were
abolished? Hardly. So we will also consider
those few texts which many claim provide them
with scriptural proof the Feasts of hwhy were
abolished. Let us commence, however, with
Shaul’s command to the Corinthian Gentiles to
“keep the Feast” of Passover:
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that you may
be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For even
the Messiah our Passover is sacrificed for us.
Therefore, let us keep the Feast, not with old
leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and
wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of
sincerity and truth. 1Corinthians 5:7,8
When directing them to keep the Feast without
the “old leaven” Shaul was clearly in the physi-
cal realm as he exhorted the Corinthians to
purge out that literal, physical leavening for
seven days even as the Torah directs, Exodus
12:19, 13:7. He then proceeded to exhort them
to purge the spiritual leaven of which that physi-
cal leaven spoke: “the leaven of malice and
wickedness.” We have all seen how malice
spreads in the workplace from one person to an-
other when someone has a hateful vendetta
against another. The same can occur among be-
lievers. And we have also seen how lawlessness
in one person will spread out to influence vari-
ous forms of lawlessness in those who interact
with the one walking in disobedience and rebel-
lion. I have personally witnessed unbelievers
who liked getting drunk trying to influence oth-
ers to join them in their misery. Just as leaven
leavens an entire lump, so sinful deeds in one
person can permeate an entire social setting and
defile many others (Hebrews 12:15); hence, such
lawless iniquity is regarded by hwhy as leaven
which must not be part of the believer’s life and
which must not be tolerated in an assembly as it
will surely spread among and throughout the
brethren. It is for this precise reason that ex-
communication in an assembly should be em-
ployed over certain sins (1Corinthians 5:9-13);
the sinner must be brought to repentance without
being allowed to defile others and spread the
leaven of lawless rebellion which is symptomatic
of a proud, exalted spirit. Proverbs 6:16-19 The
Feast of Passover teaches leaven must not be al-
lowed in any of our earthly dwelling places: nei-
ther within the home (Psalm 101:2-7) nor within
our houses of worship.170
But how would contemporary Christians react
if the apostle Shaul were to write to them with a
directive to keep both the physical as well as the
spiritual aspects of the Feast of Unleavened
Bread? Why, most would call this great apostle
a legalist and a Judaizer! This, once more,
shows the gross contradictions which Evangeli-
cals so quickly introduce via their lawless doc-
trines against the Torah: if a text cannot be re-
laxed through dispensationalism, it is simply
spiritualized away as a nice, “Old Testament,”
170
Psalm 101:8, Yechezkel 20:38, 1Corinthians 5:13
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type or shadow.171 As long as the word of hwhy
puts forth “optional” obedience, all is well; but
should any Scripture text be taught so as to re-
quire obedience,172 those advocating such a
blessed route automatically become “legalists.”
By today’s faulty definition, the apostle Shaul
would also be a legalist!173 And worse, should
we use this erroneous definition on the Messiah,
even He would be a legalist since eswhy teaches
His followers time and time again to keep the
Torah!174 Teaching the Law and its command-
ments, then, does not make one a legalist! Mat-
tithyahu 5:17-20 Legalism occurs when the
heart is not acting out of love175 so that Torah
requirements of lesser importance overshadow
Torah requirements of greater importance.176
Yet even in teaching the weightier aspects of the
Torah, eswhy never relaxed or abolished those
aspects which were less weighty. Legalism oc-
curs when our worship becomes an idolatrous
show of self-exaltation before men177 as con-
trasted with True Worship in which one walks
humbly before hwhy exalting Him alone.178 Fur-
ther, legalists lack the love of the Messiah and
can be seen to have an improper attitude toward
life and toward others. This attitude comes out
through false witness, gossip, slander, harboring
personal philosophies without scriptural basis,
and every other form of lawlessness. The
prophet Micah spoke of Torah observance as it
relates both to hwhy and to our fellow man: He
has shown you, O man, what is good. And what
does hwhy require of you, but to do justly, and to
love kindness, and to walk humbly with your
Elohim? Micah 6:8
All too often, men use religion to exalt them-
selves over their fellow man instead of walking
in humble service and gratitude before the Al-
mighty, Genesis 17:1. Religion simply becomes
another way by which carnal man fulfills his de-
sire to rule over others. In actuality, if one is
seeking hwhy with the whole heart, the Torah
cannot be read without resulting in humility!
171
A shadow is something which minimally reveals the
nature of its actual essence.
172
1Shemuel 15:22, Hoshea 6:6, Romans 1:5, 16:25-26
173
Romans 2:13, 3:31
174
Mattithyahu 19:16-19, Yochanan 15:10
175
1Corinthians 13:13, 16:14
176
See Mattithyahu 23:23
177
Mattithyahu 6:1,5,16, 23:5-7, Colossians 2:23
178
Genesis 17:1, 1Kings 9:4, Micah 6:8, Malachi 2:6
Deuteronomy 17:17-20 There are just as many • Yom Kippur, “the Fast” (of Atonement), Acts
(if not more) legalists today within modern day 27:9.
Christianity as there were in the days of first cen-
If readers have continued to this point in our
tury Judaism! Legalists can be “advocates” of
book, we believe they will now better understand
the Torah, but when the Law of hwhy is errone-
when we write the following: those who reject
ously and recklessly spurned, Christians quickly
the Torah are actually casting the word of hwhy
come up with their own rites of worship to which
behind them, Psalm 50:16,17. Sincere believers
one must adhere to be accounted “spiritual,” or
do this unwittingly and in ignorance and this is
to “succeed,” or to be “accepted” within a reli-
especially the case with multitudes of Evangeli-
gious organization or group. Legalism makes a
cals who have only heard untrue, negative teach-
deity out of oneself and one’s religion; in con-
ings against the Law of hwhy from the days of
trast, True Worship exalts the covenant Name of
their youth. Do not unbelievers reject the word
hwhy,179 reveres Him as the Creator of heaven
of hwhy well enough by themselves? Let’s not
and earth through Sabbath observance,180 gives
give them any help! hwhy knows our hearts and
eswhy the Messiah the preeminence,181 and lov-
we expect a loving and just Creator will show
ingly keeps His word/commandments without
lovingkindness to all who act have acted “igno-
compromise even in the face of death, Daniel
rantly in unbelief.” 1Timothy 1:13 Many have
3:13-18, Luke 9:23, 1Corinthians 15:31. In our
been misled by parents or religious leaders who
days, many compromise their faith for fear of
were themselves in error although we know they
being labeled a “legalist.” We should let hwhy
almost always meant well and lovingly wanted
be the Judge and the Jury in such matters and not
what they thought to be the best for their chil-
concern ourselves with the false witness of those
dren or for their congregation. However, for
who simply cannot (or will not) understand the
those who harden themselves against the word
ways of the Most High in this present age. For
after hearing the truth of an issue, hwhy will send
there will be many who do not seek hwhy with
the error of a deluding influence which, we are
fasting-derived humility and who, subsequently,
warned, falls upon those who receive not “the
fail to see, understand, and enter the Kingdom at
love of the truth.” Referring to the Torah of
this time. Luke 13:24
hwhy, eswhy prayed, “Your word is truth.”
Let’s look closely at the example which Shaul Yochanan 17:17 The “truth” of which eswhy
– an apostle to the Gentiles – set for all believ- spoke is the only “word” which Yisrael had: the
ers. Luke was a loyal brother and servant to the Law and the Prophets – the Five Books of
apostle Shaul (2Timothy 4:9-11). When writing Mosheh and the words of testimony concerning
the account seen in Acts, Luke (also known as that Law as given by hwhy through the Prophets.
“the beloved physician,” Colossians 4:14) men- Yeshayahu 8:20 This is the very Law which the
tioned numerous occasions upon which Feasts Messiah and all of His apostles (including Shaul,
were observed by his band of Messianic mis- Acts 24:14) fully upheld and actively taught.
sionaries (this typically included the Gentiles But many wrongly malign the apostle Shaul’s
among whom they ministered): stance over the Law as they themselves are not
grounded in the unchanging principles of the To-
• The Preeminent Feast Day: the Seventh Day
rah. Hence, we will consider his epistles and,
Sabbath, Acts 13:14,27,42, 44, 16:13, 17:2, 18:4.
specifically, two texts which pertain to True and
This was obviously Shaul’s main day for minis-
false worship, respectively. We will see these
try.
texts provide a contrast between the Feasts of
• The Feast of Passover and the Days of Unleav-
True Worship ordained by hwhy and the worldly,
ened Bread, Acts 20:6.
pagan festivals by which Satan has counterfeited
• The Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost, Acts 20:16,
the will and the ways of the Most High.
1Corinthians 16:8.
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179
Psalm 115:1,2, Micah 6:9, Matt. 6:9
180
Exodus 20:8-11, Psalm 140:5, Revelation 14:6,7
181
Colossians 1:18
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 The Feasts of True Worship:
Colossians 2:16,17
The word of hwhy is very clear: Gentile con-
verts kept the Shabbat as well as all of the other
Feasts!182 Although not widely recognized, the
Feasts of hwhy were and are an integral part of
the Good News of the Kingdom!183 While Colos-
sians 2:16,17 is commonly used to “prove” the
Sabbath and Feasts are abolished in the Messiah,
the text (and context!) actually proves just the
opposite! Colossians 2 actually proves Gentiles
converts actively kept the Torah observances
which most people today consider to have been
abolished! However, the context shows there
were unconverted Yahudim in Colossae who
judged these New Covenant converts regarding
how they observed the Torah commands men-
tioned in that particular Scripture – which we
now cite just below; the laws in question are re-
lated to eating, drinking, Sabbaths, Feasts and
New Moons:
Let no man, therefore, judge you in food,
or in drink, or in respect of a Feast, or of
the New Moon, or of the Sabbath (which are
a shadow of things to come), but the
body is the Messiah’s.184
Colossians 2:16,17
We note, first of all, the Colossians were in-
structed not to subject themselves to the judg-
ment of man, but the body is the Messiah’s! He
is the Head, the Sovereign, and He leads His
people regarding how these things are to be kept!
Colossians 1:18, 2:19. If the Torah observances
regarding New Moons and Sabbath were not in-
cumbent upon the Colossians, if they were not
supposed to be actively observing the ordinances
surrounding the things mentioned, then being
judged by men over these things would not have
even been an issue! But those Gentiles (Colos-
182
Yeshayahu 56:6, Acts 13:42,44; 15:19-21, 18:4
183
Nachum 1:15, Yeshayahu 52:7, Hebrews 4:2,4-6,
1Kepha 1:10-12
184
In the KJV translation of Colossians 2:17, the word
“is” appears in italics – an indication the text should not
read, “but the body is of Messiah.” Italics in the KJV indi-
cate a word is not derived from the ancient manuscript
used to obtain the translation. In some cases, italicized
words help to give a true, clearer rendering of a Scripture’s
meaning. At other times, the italicized word (or words)
can absolutely twist the truth of a text as originally in-
spired by hwhy.
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sians 1:27) had heard the Good News from
Epaphras (Colossians 1:5-8) and the Scriptures
indicate that message included the Feasts of
hwhy, Nachum 1:15. Having heard the true
Good News (as opposed to the false gospels
which eswhy warned would be advocating law-
lessness, Mattithyahu 5:19, 7:16-23), these for-
mer pagans were now keeping the Torah in the
light and splendor of the Messiah, 2Corinthians
3:15-18. And it is precisely because they were
adhering to the commandments of hwhy
(1Corinthians 7:19) that they were also being
judged by men regarding the manner in which
they were keeping the New Moon, the Feasts, the
Sabbath, and the other Torah-related injunctions!
How would you have felt as a Yehudi (Jew) in
Colossae if your next-door, pagan neighbor all of
the sudden seemed to share your religion? He
was no longer sponsoring pig-roasts or eating
blood (Acts 15:20,29); he was no longer going to
gatherings of pagan revelry and … wow! … he’s
even keeping Shabbat and coming to the syna-
gogue! (Acts 13:14,42-44) But not only so, he is
observing the New Moon along with Passover
and the other Feasts! 1Corinthians 5:7,8 Perhaps
the Yahudim witnessing all these things were
elated (remember: the Yahudim were a major
minority!). But the Yahudim in question were
also overly didactic (as one might expect) and
they evidently set themselves in a position of in-
struction over these Messianic believers in an
attempt to impose their man-made, command-
ment-nullifying traditions upon them! Colossians
2:8,22, Mark 7:9-13 The Jews’ tendency to set
themselves in authority over others is rebuked
elsewhere on more than one occasion, Mat-
tithyahu 23:1,2, Romans 2:17-20. And since
Gentiles who heard the Good News would be
observing Sabbath and meeting with the Ya-
hudim of Colossae on the Seventh Day (Acts
13:42,44, 15:19-21, 18:4), this is the scenario
which set the stage for Shaul writing the second
chapter of Colossians. It is most likely these
converts were being wrongly castigated by local
synagogue leaders as they came to believe in the
Messiah and, subsequently, began keeping the
Torah precepts Shaul mentioned in 2:16,17.
Thus, the apostle had to advise these formerly
pagan Gentiles not to allow any man to judge
their methods; they were now part of the body of
the Messiah; they were under His Headship, Co-
lossians 2:18,19. The Gentile converts were not
to subject themselves to the Messiah-denying
Yahudim and to their man-made traditions – the
“precepts and doctrines of men” (Colossians
2:20-22) – which so often nullified the actual,
original Torah commandments of hwhy! Further,
the entire wording of Colossians chapter two
precisely fits the religion of the Jews (Yahudim)
and their man-made doctrines which, in many
ways, opposed the very Law they professed to
uphold! Galatians 1:14 The second chapter of
Colossians reveals Shaul was contrasting the tra-
dition-filled religion of the Yahudim with true
faith in hwhy and His Messiah:
• He rebukes the “traditions of men:” Colossians
2:8,22, Galatians 1:14, Mattithyahu 15:2, Mark
7:3.
• He says they are circumcised in flesh, but not
in heart, contrast Colossians 2:11 and Romans
2:28,29; see also Mark 3:1-5, Acts 7:51, Romans
2:25.
• He warns against man judging the disciples of
eswhy: Colossians 2:16,21,22, Mattithyahu
12:2,7.
• He rebukes the Jews’ worship of angels which
is also rebuked elsewhere: Colossians 2:18, Acts
7:53, Hebrews 1:1-14.
• The Yahudim reject the Headship/Sovereignty
of the Messiah: Colossians 2:19, Mattithyahu
12:8, Mark 2:28, Yochanan 1:11.
• He exposes the man-made ordinances and
stipulations of the Yahudim, “Touch not, taste
not, handle not:” Colossians 2:21, Mattithyahu
12:2, 15:2, Mark 7:3.
• The Yahudim have “ordinances” which are the
“commandments and doctrines of men” yet
which nullify the original commandments of the
Torah: Colossians 2:8,20-22, Mattithyahu 15:3-
9, Mark 7:6-13.
• They make a show of wisdom in will worship,
humility, and neglecting the body: Colossians
2:23, Mattithyahu 6:1,2,5,16; 23:5,25,27,28;
Luke 18:11,12.185
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Making a show of religion for self-exaltation (or in
national pride) not only perfectly describes many of the
hypocritical leaders of Judaism in the days of the Messiah,
it also reveals much of what is seen today among so many
who fail to give preeminence to eswhy in their ministry
work (Colossians 1:19): showboating televangelists …
money-making, empire-building ministers … inspirational,
singing icons (or groups) making lucrative, record-selling
profits, … and denominations which perpetuate them-
selves over and above admitting error so as to spiritually
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• Their man-made precepts were of no value
against fleshly indulgence: Colossians 2:23,
Mattithyahu 23:25,27,28
The above points show Shaul – who had come
out of “the Jews’ religion” (Galatians 1:14) –
was rebuking those man-made, religious tradi-
tions which nullified the Torah of hwhy. And he
was summarily exhorting the Colossians not to
subject themselves to those men who tried to
teach them the Torah, but who were not under
the Messiah’s Headship! Regarding the problem
of these converts being judged by man even
though they were under the Headship/Leader-
ship/Sovereignty of the Messiah, we see a nearly
identical incident in the days when eswhy
walked upon the earth with His followers; we
note the disciples were judged for their manner
of Sabbath observance. These believers had in
no way forsaken the Fourth Commandment;
rather, it was the way they observed the Seventh
Day which led to this incident:
1 At that time eswhy went on the Sabbath Day
through the grain; and his disciples were hun-
gry, and began to pluck the ears of grain, and to
eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said
unto Him, Behold, Your disciples do that which
is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath Day. 3 But
He said unto them, Have you not read what
David did, when he was hungry, and they that
were with him; 4 How he entered into the house
of Elohim, and did eat the showbread, which was
not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which
were with him, but only for the priests? 5 Or
have you not read in the Law, how that on the
Sabbath Days the priests in the Set Apart Dwell-
ing Place profane the Sabbath, and are blame-
less? 6 But I say unto you, That in this place is
One greater than the Set Apart Dwelling Place.
7 But if you had known what this means, “I will
have kindness, and not sacrifice,” you would not
progress by accepting true doctrine. And there are still
Yahudim in our day who are seen exalting their national
heritage and lineage over and above the word of hwhy and
His Messiah. Unless eswhy is given “the preeminence in
all things,” attempts at ministry will yield results which are
less than the best and laborers therein will suffer loss from
work which shall not abide, 1Corinthians 3:11-15. Unless
eswhy is given the preeminence in all things, we are build-
ing in vain on something other than the one and only
Foundation laid by hwhy through the Messiah. Psalm
127:1, 1Corinthians 3:11
have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of
man is Sovereign even of the Sabbath Day. Mat-
tithyahu 12:1-8
Note the Pharisees were judging the disciples for
their methods of Sabbath observance! Even
though they were under the Messiah’s sover-
eignty, the disciples were wrongly accused of
sinning. When they censured the disciples for
picking grain on the Sabbath, the Pharisees were,
in reality, reproaching eswhy! They were blam-
ing Him for the actions of the disciples and were
accusing Him of teaching what they erroneously
imagined to be falsehood; in reproaching the dis-
ciples, they were actually directing their ultimate
reproach towards eswhy, (see Romans 15:3).
Listen again to their accusation: “Your disciples
do that which it is not lawful to do on the Sab-
bath.” Do you hear the, “Touch not, taste not,
handle not!” which their traditions ever promul-
gated? Colossians 2:21 Hence, Shaul warned the New Moon, and the Sabbath. As a significant
Colossians not to subject themselves to man-
made traditions surrounding their Torah obedi-
ence to hwhy. eswhy the Messiah, the Head of
the Assembly of believers, was still “Sovereign
of the Sabbath” (Mattithyahu 12:8, Mark 2:28),
and He was still Sovereign over all other things
as well! Acts 10:36 eswhy asserted His follow-
ers were without guilt in picking grain on the
Sabbath to meet a legitimate, human need. We
note these men were not in the field to reap grain Yeshayahu 66:22,23! So it was that through the
and to collect sheaf upon sheaf commercially!
They were not in the grain fields to begin a full-
scale, harvesting operation and to make money!
They were simply eating a meal! That was and
is no violation of the Fourth Commandment any
more than going out and picking fresh fruit from
a tree to eat it on the spot for a delicious, Sab-
bath Day meal! But do we ever read of the
Pharisees judging heathen and rebuking them in
regard to the Sabbath? Certainly not. The hea-
then were not supposed to be keeping the Sab-
bath. Hence, the Pharisees had no regard for
what the heathen did or did not do on the Sab-
bath. But because the disciples were supposed to had no ability to see and to understand the com-
be observing the Seventh Day, the Pharisees felt
a compulsion to “correct” what they believed to
be was a violation of the Law. Judging on the
part of the Pharisees was an issue here for the
simple reason the Sabbath was being fully up-
held and weekly observed by all those men-
tioned in the account: eswhy the Messiah, His
disciples, and the Pharisees. But just like the
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Gentile converts at Colossae, the disciples were
under the Headship of eswhy (Colossians 2:19);
He was Sovereign of the Sabbath (Matt. 12:8),
not the Pharisees. They were mere men! They
had no place to judge those under the Headship
of the One who is the Sovereign “Head over all
things!” The issue of judging seen here with the
disciples and seen later at Colossae was one and
the same! And both accounts provide yet more
evidence all first century believers – whether
Yehudi or Gentile – kept the Sabbath and Feasts
of hwhy! For in doing so, they were judged for
their methods by tradition-touting, Messiah-
rejecting, commandment-nullifying Yahudim!
To summarize, Colossians 2:16,17 proves af-
ter the Gentile converts of Colossae heard the
Good News of the Kingdom through Epaphras,
they subsequently began keeping the Torah ordi-
nances regarding food, drink, the Feasts, the
part of the True Worship of hwhy, the New Moon
and Sabbath were commonplace in the Law and
the Prophets; it was and is the very same with the
True Worship in the New Covenant; these per-
petual observances are foreshadows of greater
things yet to come in the Kingdom of hwhy.
Hence, the New Moon and Sabbath are not abol-
ished and are clearly seen to be part of the True
Worship in the New Heavens and the New Earth,
preaching of the Good News the early Gentile
converts learned of the Torah obedience required
by hwhy through faith in eswhy the Messiah.
Romans 16:25,26, 1Timothy 1:8-11, 1Kepha
1:23-25 But because there were Yahudim in Co-
lossae who wrongly judged these believers based
on the man-made traditions of Judaism, Shaul
had to instruct them to remain under the Mes-
siah’s Headship (as part of His body) and not to
subject themselves to the indictments of uncon-
verted men. These Yahudim may have meant
well, but in rejecting the Messiah and in clinging
to their Torah-nullifying traditions, they simply
mandments of the Torah in the light and splendor
of eswhy the Messiah, 2Corinthians 3:14,15.
Such is the case to this very day as Yahudim the
world over reject their Messiah and cling to
man-made traditions which nullify the very To-
rah they profess to believe and to uphold.
 Worldly, Pagan Festivals:
Galatians 4:8-11
We now proceed to examine the pagan con-
trast to True Worship seen in a second, well-
known text by which many Evangelicals err. It
is another Scripture which many use to support
the claim against keeping Feasts and to “prove”
the Law has been abolished. Failing to note the
clear context, many Evangelicals and Fundamen-
talists fall short of realizing Galatians 4:8-11 re-
fers to the pagan observances of former Gentiles
before they had been converted to the one, True
Faith; the clear context shows Shaul was ad-
dressing things the Galatians did in their previ-
ous lives as unbelievers – before they “knew
Elohim:”
8 Howbeit then, when you knew not Elohim, you
did service unto them which by nature are not
deities. 9 But now, after that you have known
Elohim, or rather are known of Elohim, how turn
you again to the weak and beggarly elements,
whereunto you desire again to be in bondage?
10 You observe days, and months, and seasons,
and years. 11 I am afraid of you, lest I have be-
stowed upon you labour in vain. Galatians 4:8-
11
In this rebuke, Shaul is referring to the heathen
observances of these former Gentiles who had
been converted to Messianic faith from paganism
and who were now part of the commonwealth of
Yisrael, Ephesians 2:11-13. He was writing to
them about their former days in paganism when
they “knew not Elohim.” (Galatians 4:8) Shaul
indicates they did service to idols of falsehood:
they worshipped things which, by nature, were
not even deities. According to the context, their
observance of “days, and months, and seasons,
and years” was something which occurred in the
time period before their conversion! These were
pagan rites of false worship still observed by
heathen peoples today! Shaul was rebuking the
Galatians’ carnal tendency to shrink back, to for-
sake hwhy, and spiritually speaking, to “go back
to Egypt.” Exodus 16:3, Numbers 20:4,5 He-
brews 10:38,39
The days, months, seasons, and years to
which Shaul referred dealt with the satanic,
idolatrous, witchcraft and sorcery so prevalent
in pagan observances established by demons
from antiquity. 1Timothy 4:1-4 And those pagan
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observances have been perpetuated the world
over down through history to these last days.
We will verify this claim by the context of this
letter to the Galatians and we will corroborate it
with documented, historical facts. Many Chris-
tians will already be familiar with the demonic
nature of Halloween; in the case of that holiday,
its connection to witchcraft, sorcery, and demon
worship are readily seen by anyone having ears
to hear. Yousands of Evangelicals rightly reject
this satanic event, yet multitudes in Christendom
still blindly embrace the observance as “harm-
less” though its roots are easily traceable to the
witchcraft forbidden by the Torah. But further
study also reveals the pagan origins of Valen-
tine's Day, Easter, and even Christmas/Saturnalia
– an observance which is masked as the Savior’s
birthday, but which originated in paganism con-
nected to the winter solstice. This “rebirth of the
sun” has been celebrated by pagans from antiq-
uity as the winter days once more begin to get
longer and the slow approach to spring begins.
December 25th was not the Messiah’s birthday,
nor are we directed, in any case, to celebrate it!
Later in history, these pagan observances –
which composed the foundation of Babylonian
mystery religion – were absorbed by the Catholic
Church in the Middle Ages and “christened,”
shall we say, to appear religious.186 These coun-
terfeit festivals are a major issue to hwhy since
they are traditions of men which nullify His
commandments surrounding the Feasts! Mark
7:7-9 And He has sternly warned us not to wor-
ship Him after the manner in which the heathen
worship their false deities, Deuteronomy 12:2-4,
29-31, 18:9-14, 20:17,18, Yirmeyahu 10:2-5,
Romans 12:1,2.
The rebuke of Shaul in Galatians 4:8-11 also
refers to and includes the satanic observance of
astrology and its twisted use187 of the Zodiac cy-
186
For more information on the false worship associated
with modern holidays – which were made popular by pa-
ganism-pawning pontiffs – see Alexander Hislop’s, “The
Two Babylons,” and “Fossilized Customs,” by Lew White.
Ordering information appears in the APPENDIX under “Sig-
nificant Books.”
187
Of course, a twisted counterfeit implies there was an
original purpose in the Zodiac (the Hebrew term for the
Zodiac was properly transliterated by the KJV as, “Maz-
zaroth” in Iyob 38:32). Satan, of course, seeks to conceal
this great, original intent as he opposes the plans by which
the Most High is to receive much worship and splendor!
cle. The Zodiac is called “Mazzaroth” in He-
brew and those twelve signs were originally or-
dained by hwhy as part of the heavens (Iyob
38:32); as such, they certainly reveal a portion of
His splendor (Psalm 19:1) and His prophetic
plan of salvation. The Mazzaroth are clearly
connected to the signs, seasons, days, and years
of hwhy. Genesis 1:14-16 However, the astro-
logical deductions made by Zodiac prognostica-
tors often stand in lewd, lawless, immoral, and
idolatrous disregard of the Creator of heaven and
earth. Pagan holidays and astrology – which are
based on lawless, demon-inspired deductions
from the Zodiac – together comprise Satan’s
age-old counterfeit of the times set by hwhy from
“the beginning.” Astrology is a new age religion
with an age-old, satanic flair and across the cen-
turies it has given pagans various reasons to ob-
serve “days, and months, and seasons, and
years.” Galatians 4:10 Astrology was also re-
buked by the Torah, and its numerous facets
were strictly forbidden. This age-old warning
against the paganism of observing times (as in
astrological prognostications based on the Zo-
diac) was given by hwhy Himself:
You shall not eat any thing with the blood: nei-
ther shall you use enchantment, nor observe
times. Leviticus 19:26
10 There shall not be found among you any one
that makes his son or his daughter to pass
through the fire, or that uses divination, or an
observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar
spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12 For
all that do these things are an abomination unto
hwhy: and because of these abominations hwhy
your Elohim is driving them out from before you.
13 You shall be perfect with hwhy your Elohim.
14 For these nations, which you shall possess,
hearkened unto observers of times, and unto di-
The original purpose for the Mazzaroth is one which is not
twisted having been created and ordained by hwhy. Gene-
sis 1:14-16 The Creator shows forth His greatness in the
stars of heaven even as David wrote: “The heavens declare
the splendor of El,” Psalm 19:1. See the book by E.W.
Bullinger, “The Gospel in the Stars,” along with his ap-
pendix notes in the Companion Bible, Appendix 12: “The
Stars Also.”
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viners: but as for you, hwhy your Elohim has not
allowed you to do so. Deuteronomy 18:10-14188
Shaul’s stern warning to the Galatians was
against observing times in this astrological, pa-
gan manner. His words simply had nothing to do
with the Feasts of hwhy. His rebuke was regard-
ing things which the Galatians had done as pa-
gans before their conversion. The apostle’s re-
buke to the Galatians was rather akin to the nu-
merous warnings from hwhy against the idola-
tries of pagan astrology and the observance of
times. The Galatians’ desire to return to those
pagan holidays and astrological observances –
things which they observed before their conver-
sion and things which were contrary to the To-
rah – was the very thing which led Shaul to warn
them that practicing such idolatry and witchcraft
would keep them from entering the Kingdom of
hwhy! This is the clear, contextual warning seen
just a few lines later within the very same epis-
tle; and Shaul further addresses the lusts of the
flesh which such false worship feeds:
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which
are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, vari-
ance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, here-
sies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings,
and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I
have also told you in time past, that they which
do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of
Elohim. Galatians 5:19-21
The Galatians’ desire to return to those pagan
practices in which they engaged before their
conversion, before they “knew Elohim” (Gala-
tians 4:8,9), led Shaul to warn them that in-
volvement with the demonic idolatry and sor-
cery/witchcraft surrounding those heathen cus-
toms would keep them from inheriting the King-
dom of hwhy! This explains why the apostle in-
dicated he feared for the Galatians in their re-
turning to paganism to observe “days, and
months, and seasons, and years!” Were they to
turn back to the false, pagan worship in which
they engaged before their conversion, they
would not inherit the Kingdom. They would be-
come apostate and would be rejected in their
188
For other Scriptures forbidding idolatrous prognostica-
tions see: Leviticus 19:10, Deuteronomy 18:10-14, 2Kings
21:6, Yeshayahu 2:6, 47:12,13, Yirmeyahu 10:2, 27:9, and
Micah 5:12.
demon worship which involved the idolatry, sor-
cery, and witchcraft associated with astrology
and the like, Amos 5:25,26, Acts 7:42,43. By
turning to walk contrary to the Law of hwhy, the
Galatians would be rejecting the “doctrine of
Messiah” (2Yochanan 1:5,6,9, Yochanan 15:10)
– the True Worship and the true love revealed in
keeping the commandments of the Torah.
1Yochanan 5:2-3 At that point, the Galatians
would become apostate and Shaul’s labor over
them would have been in vain, Galatians 4:11.
Shaul was rebuking the pagan observances per-
petuated by Satan’s lawless, astrological imita-
tion of the appointed times established by hwhy
and proclaimed through His Feasts! It is a sad
irony his apostolic rebuke against pagan prac-
tices has been twisted so as to result in multi-
tudes still rejecting the truth of the Word regard-
ing Feasts and still opting for the holidays of
false, heathen worship which feed the flesh in
opposition to the Spirit and Torah of hwhy! Ye-
shayahu 63:10 Ancient and modern-day astrol-
ogy, along with holidays having their roots in
paganism, were and are the very things against
which the apostle Shaul was warning in Gala-
tians 4:8-11! His rebuke had absolutely nothing
to do with the Feasts of hwhy for Shaul clearly
taught other Gentiles to keep those Feasts!
Shaul was rebuking the counterfeit observances
set up by Satan in opposition to the originally
ordained, deeply profound, and prophetically
inspired Feasts of hwhy El Shaddai. 2Timothy
3:16,17, Leviticus 23:1,2
Evangelicals – who have largely rejected the
Torah – derive lawless interpretations from
Scriptures such as Galatians 4:8-11 and Colos-
sians 2:16,17. These Scriptures are then paired
together in ignorance (as though they support the
same, fallacious argument) and erroneously cited
by the mainstream Christian as “proof” to sup-
port the stance against the Feasts and the Law of
hwhy. It is easy to see how – by misunderstand-
ing the context – Evangelicals would easily and
erroneously attempt to correlate the writings of
Colossians 2 and Galatians 4 as “evidence” the
Feasts and the Law of hwhy were abolished. But
as we have seen, both texts in question actually
uphold the Torah as immutable (Romans 2:13,
3:31, 8:4) by proving its authority was still bind-
ing – even upon first century, Gentile converts.
t s r q u p e o n m l k y j x z w h d g b a
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A Few, Additional Thoughts on the
Continuation of Feasts within
the New Covenant
We believe the above discourse has thor-
oughly answered some of the strongest objec-
tions to observing Feasts. Considering the above
thoughts from Colossians 2 and Galatians 4, it is
sad and ironic to note the “strongest” objections
against keeping the Feasts are absolutely un-
founded from a scriptural standpoint. And when
properly understood in context, neither text
proves in any way the Feasts were abolished!189
Yet most Evangelicals readily accept those long-
established, superficial arguments without fur-
ther thought. And those few who do concede the
Feasts shall be kept in the Kingdom conclude
(without basis): “That will be then, this is now.”
Yeshayahu 66:22,23, Nachum 1:15, Zecharyah
14:16-19 Although some of the strongest objec-
tions to observing Feasts have been addressed,
there yet remain a few more arguments which
have been so long accepted, they now stand as
seemingly permanent fixtures in the minds of
many who would otherwise do the will of hwhy
if it were but revealed unto them. If given a
chance, we believe there are many followers of
eswhy who would not continue life apart from
these great, prophetic Feasts. To serve such as
are yet seeking the truth of the matter we note
these Evangelical arguments have become en-
trenched through unwitting opposition to the
truth of the Word over the matter of Feast-
keeping. Believing there are many faithful
brethren who would keep the Feasts if they could
get past certain hurdles, or mental blocks, we
will now address those objections and study why
they do not hold up under the light of Scripture.
hwhy has commanded His Name to be His
memorial to all generations. Exodus 3:14,15 He
has likewise commanded His Feasts to be per-
petual statutes which are to be observed in all
generations. These seasons, or appointed times
(pronounced “mo-e-deem” in Hebrew), are tied
to the very creation of the sun, moon and stars:
189
Colossians 2:16,17 actually proves the Feasts are still
valid and binding under the New Covenant, while Gala-
tians 4:8-11 proves the Torah injunctions against astrology
are like all its other injunctions – immutable!
And Elohim said, “Let there be lights in the fir-
mament of the heaven to divide the day from the
night; and let them be for signs, and for sea-
sons,190 and for days, and years” Genesis 1:14
While the earth remains, hwhy promises these
seasons will remain also; these seasons are espe-
cially connected to the times of harvest:
While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest,
and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and
day and night shall not cease. Genesis 8:22
The seasons/moedim of hwhy are perpetual based
solely on their connection with the creation, but
we are later told hwhy created these Appointed
Times as part of His plan to cause men to seek
Him!
26 And (He) has made from one blood every na-
tion of men for to dwell on all the face of the
earth, and hath determined the times before ap-
pointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 that they should seek the Sovereign, if at
least they would reach out for Him, and find
Him, though He is not far from each one of us:
28 For in Him we live, and move, and have our
being … Acts 17:26-28
The above Scripture reveals the appointed
times/seasons were made by hwhy to cause us to
seek after Him! And so it is: at the change of
every season, our heart cries out in a special way
for the Living Creator, Psalm 42:1,2, 63:1,
65:1,2, 84:1-7, Yochanan 7:37. Every time the
seasons change, the Spirit is calling to us, teach-
ing us, and drawing us to the Almighty: the re-
newal of life each spring imparts a joyous expec-
tation and speaks to us of the Creator’s power of
renewal and resurrection; the summer heat calls
us to sweat and labor while we continually find
rest under the shadow of His wings; the fall sea-
son and its harvest are accompanied with fading
flowers and dying leaves; the fields are becom-
ing empty; this teaches us about the transient na-
ture of all things; we thereby sense the futil-
ity/vanity of life in this world apart from hwhy;
since the grass withers and the flower fades, the
Spirit calls us to look to the Eternal One and His
word which endures forever;191 and the long
death caused by the winter cold is a continual
190
“Moedim” in Hebrew.
191
Yeshayahu 40:6-8
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reminder of our need for the Lifegiver – the One
who states He is “the resurrection and the life”
(Yochanan 11:25); this, of course, returns us
once again to the spring and the need
for/anticipation of the resurrection. There is
something within every one of us which cries out
for the Presence and knowledge of hwhy. In His
unfathomable love, hwhy has created the sun,
moon, and stars “for signs and for seasons, and
for days and years” to the end that we might seek
Him and find Him, Psalm 136:5-9, 104:19 But
what is it within us which causes this yearning?
The apostle Yochanan wrote it is the Light of
Life, the Light of eswhy the Messiah – who is
“the light which lighteth every man coming into
the world.” Yochanan 1:1-4, 9 hwhy put within
every person the knowledge of what He is
through the creation.
Because that which may be known of Elohim is
manifest in them; for Elohim has shown it unto
them. Romans 1:19
This is why the psalmist could write the follow-
ing of True Revival:
All the ends of the world shall remember and
turn unto hwhy: and all the kindreds of the na-
tions shall worship before Thee. Psalm 22:27
We cannot remember something unless it is
something which we once knew and then forgot!
The deity of this current age has worked through
the lusts of the flesh so as to cause most of man-
kind to forget their Creator.192 Those thus
blinded can no longer sense the inner witness of
light which was placed within each one of us.
(And many do sense it, but for various reasons
beyond the scope of this writer, they misinterpret
this light to mean they must have existed in an-
other time or place. Thus, at some point in the
distant past, was born the idea known as “rein-
carnation.”) Through keeping Feasts, we grow
closer to what hwhy desires for His people and
we become more strongly connected to the inner
light which He has placed within us! Yochanan
12:35,36 And yet, as we have already seen
above, there is much more to learn of these sea-
sonal changes as we draw near to the Most High;
Scriptures reveal the changing seasons – and
their connection to harvesting of crops – relate to
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2Corinthians 4:3,4, Revelation 12:9
other harvests of an altogether different sort: the
salvation-harvest of tribes, tongues, people, and
nations which eswhy will reap for the Kingdom
of hwhy.
The seasons/moedim/appointments/Feasts of
hwhy are also perpetual based on His word to
Yisrael – a people near to Him193 and a people
who were commissioned to know and to reveal
His mind and heart to all other nations.194 hwhy
instructed Yisrael His Feasts were to be a part of
His Kingdom reign among them to all genera-
tions:
And this day195 shall be unto you for a memorial;
and you shall keep it a Feast to hwhy throughout
your generations; you shall keep it a Feast by an
ordinance for ever. Exodus 12:14
Of the wave sheaf Offering during the Days of
Unleavened Bread hwhy said: And you shall eat
neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears,
until the selfsame day that you have brought an
offering unto your Elohim: it shall be a statute
for ever throughout your generations in all your
dwellings. Leviticus 23:14
Of the rest and refreshing to be had on Sha-
vuoth/Pentecost, hwhy said: And you shall pro-
claim on the selfsame day, that it may be a
qodesh convocation unto you: you shall do no
servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever
in all your dwellings throughout your genera-
tions. Leviticus 23:21
Regarding the fast of Yom Kippur/the Day of
Covering hwhy said: 27 Also on the tenth day of
this seventh month there shall be a Day of
Atonement: it shall be a qodesh convocation
unto you; and you shall afflict your souls, and
offer an offering made by fire unto hwhy. 28 And
you shall do no work in that same day: for it is a
Day of Atonement, to make an atonement for you
before hwhy your Elohim. 29 For whatsoever
soul it is that shall not be afflicted in that same
day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
30 And whatsoever soul it is that doeth any work
193
Psalm 148:14, Deuteronomy 4:7
194
Deuteronomy 4:6, 1Kings 4:34, Psalm 103:7, Yesha-
yahu 56:6,7, Zecharyah 8:22,23, Romans 3:1,2
195
“This day” refers to Passover, the day which com-
mences the seven days of Unleavened Bread. Exodus
12:11-20, 13:3-7, Yechezkel 45:21, Mattithyahu 26:17,
Mark 14:12, Luke 22:1,7.
146
in that same day, the same soul will I destroy
from among his people. 31 You shall do no
manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever
throughout your generations in all your dwell-
ings. Leviticus 23:27-31
And of the Feast of Tabernacles, we are in-
structed: And you shall keep it a Feast unto
hwhy seven days in the year. It shall be a statute
for ever in your generations: you shall celebrate
it in the seventh month. Leviticus 23:41
Because the Feasts were commended to all gen-
erations in Yisrael, this means that all those who
receive salvation as they come into the common-
wealth of Yisrael will also be keeping the Feasts!
Yeshayahu 56:3-8/Yochanan 10:16, Yochanan
4:22, Romans 2:28,29, Ephesians 2:11-13,19-20,
4:17 Contemporary brethren who do not under-
stand the nature of salvation through Yisrael also
do not yet see the great blessings and prophetic
purposes of the Feasts. By receiving salvation in
the Messiah, we are grafted into the Olive Tree
of Yisrael. Romans 11:7-21 If they could per-
ceive these things, many dear believers would
soon realize they have absolutely no Scripture
upon which to base the claim the Feasts of hwhy
are a thing of the past. To say Feasts are no
longer binding and necessary is to put forth a
statement which has a serious lack of scriptural
support. A bit of open, honest study in the word
of hwhy will readily show this stance has abso-
lutely no scriptural support. The traditions of
men can only provide deficient, crumbling pil-
lars for upholding such arguments. And this
writer sees that those who altogether reject the
Feast ordinances, may themselves be rejected as
first fruits. This is not to say or even infer such
brethren will fail to eventually enter the King-
dom of hwhy. However, if we break even the
least of His commandments and so teach others,
eswhy warns us to prepare for a humiliating and
long-term demotion in His Father’s Kingdom,
Mattithyahu 5:19. Even eswhy the Messiah had
no right to change His Father’s Law, Deuteron-
omy 13:1-4. He said so Himself. Mattithyahu
5:17-20 eswhy had no right to do away with the
Passover meal196 which memorialized deliver-
ance from Mitsrayim; nor did He have any right
196
Of lamb or goat, with bitter herbs and unleavened
bread. Exodus 12:8, Deuteronomy 16:2, 2Chronicles 35:6-
9
to do away with any other statute which hwhy
commanded throughout every generation of Yis-
rael! As a matter of fact, eswhy remains our Ex-
ample in all things – including keeping the
Feasts of hwhy! Mattithyahu 26:17, Yochanan
5:1-9, 7:1-18, 37-46 Those who abide in Him
must walk even as He walked. 1Yochanan 2:4-6
To punctuate this discourse we say once more:
the Messiah had no right to abolish any of the
perpetual Feasts which hwhy commanded to
1000 generations!
8 He hath remembered His covenant for ever,
the word which He commanded to a thousand
generations. 9 Which covenant He made with
Abraham, and His oath unto Yitschak;10 and
confirmed the same unto Ya’acob for a Law, and
to Yisrael for an everlasting covenant. Psalm
105:8-10
At 50 years per generation (a low estimate), sim-
ple math will show we are but a mere 120 or so
generations from the creation! The word of hwhy
cited above from Psalm 105 states His covenant
with Abraham was confirmed with the entire na-
tion of Yisrael in the fourth generation; that
covenant extends to 1000 generations (50,000
years plus)! We do far better to seek understand-
ing of the Torah in light of the Messiah’s exam-
ple197 than to avoid and argue against what
would otherwise bring us great spiritual benefit.
Romans 7:14
What, Where, When and How?
Some feel that sacrificing animals is insepa-
rably linked to Feast-keeping. A few believers
enquire in this regard honestly while many oth-
ers seem to use the issue of animal offerings as a
reason to quickly dismiss personal obligation in
regard to observing the Feasts of hwhy. Once the
matter of Feast-keeping is dismissed, many seem
to give no further thought to their importance
and go merrily on their way while missing out on
the immense blessings of simple obedience. For
those who object that we cannot keep Feasts be-
cause of their connection with animal offerings,
we respond by indicating we do not necessarily
have to do sacrifices to keep Feasts since the
word of hwhy clearly says, “To obey is better
than sacrifice.” 1Shemuel 15:22 The one excep-
tion is Passover where hwhy simply tells us to eat
197
Ezra 7:9,10, Mattithyahu 7:7,8
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a meal once a year which consists of a lamb or a
goat along with bitter herbs and unleavened
bread. Exodus 12:8 This meal is a yearly com-
memoration of Yisrael’s deliverance from bond-
age in Mitsrayim. Exodus 12:23-27 [[We also
see eswhy and His followers partook of this
Passover meal198 – a memorial to which the
Messiah added an additional remembrance: the
bread and cup memorializing His death.
1Corinthians 11:23-26]] hwhy provides us with a
few, simple directions surrounding the prepara-
tion of this yearly memorial of Yisrael’s deliver-
ance from Mitsrayim. Nothing in all of Scripture
ever says the Passover meal involved a sin offer-
ing. However, the lamb or goat eaten at Pass-
over did foreshadow the coming of eswhy, the
True Passover Lamb. Yochanan 1:29,36,
1Corinthians 5:7,8 The bread and cup at the
Passover meal now also commemorate His
death; and we partake of these while anticipating
its greater fulfillment – which eswhy teaches
will occur during Passover when He comes in
His Kingdom! Luke 22:15,16 If eswhy com-
mands us to keep Passover while proclaiming
His death and looking forward to its future ful-
fillment, how can this Feast have ever been abol-
ished? While animal offerings have been a large
part of what is used by many to justify not keep-
ing the Feasts of hwhy, a closer look reveals that
Feast observance cannot be opposed based on
the animal offerings. If anything, the increased
number of animal offerings – historically pre-
sented to hwhy during the Feasts days – should
only serve to heighten in our minds the impor-
tance of our Creator’s Festivals! But since many
maintain that Feasts can no longer be kept be-
cause animal offerings were presented to hwhy
during those special times, we will assume such
reasoning is correct and see where it takes us.
1. Where does this logic takes us when applied
to the daily, animal sacrifices? Some animal of-
ferings were required daily under the Levitical
priesthood. If we now apply the logic of those
who will not observe Feasts due to their connec-
tion with such animal offerings, we must also
conclude those same people are no longer able to
worship hwhy daily since there were daily animal
offerings presented to the Most High in the days
of old. Numbers 28:1-8 If we are to apply this
198
Mattithyahu 26:17-19, Luke 22:7-16.
faulty logic to its fullest extent, we can no longer
offer hwhy worship from day to day since such
day to day, animal sacrifices were presented by
Yisrael of old. All true believers will agree such
a conclusion is not only faulty, but even outright
absurd. This shows us there must be some flaw
in anti-Feast arguments based on their connec-
tion with animal sacrifices. No true believer
would argue our daily worship of hwhy should
cease for any reason – including the severe threat
of death, Daniel 3:1-23, 6:1-13. Even in captiv-
ity when facing the possibility of death, Daniel
continued to offer prayers at the time of the
morning and evening sacrifice and at one other
time as well.199 Daniel 9:21, Psalm 5:3, 141:2,
1Kings 18:36-39
2. Animal offerings were required weekly on the
Sabbath under the Levitical priesthood. Numbers
28:9,10 Should we stop observing Sabbath since
we are not presenting these weekly, animal offer-
ings? No Sabbath-keeper would ever present
such an argument. In an attempt to skirt this is-
sue, some have said that since the Seventh Day
falls within the Decalogue (in the Fourth Com-
mandment), the Sabbath Day is completely de-
tached (so they think) from the animal offerings
and, hence, it remains perpetual.200 The general
claim is the Sabbath Day can be extricated from
the animal offerings201 while the Feasts cannot.
199
Likely at midday (Psalm 55:17), but possibly at mid-
night, Psalm 119:62.
200
Animal offerings on Shabbat under the Levitical priest-
hood prophesied of even greater, spiritual sacrifices to be
offered to hwhy under the Melchi-tsedek priesthood. Psalm
69:30-32, Hoshea 14:12, Hebrews 13:15 So the Sabbath is
never completely detached from the offerings! We are
instructed to seek hwhy through His Torah, Psalm 119:2.
To do so, we must not cast aside His words as a thing of
naught (Psalm 50:16,17, Hoshea 8:12), but rather, we must
number among those who are “rightly dividing the word of
truth.” 2Timothy 2:15 Animal offerings were intended to
teach us the reality of spiritual offerings – offerings which
are much weightier and far greater than the physical ones.
Psalm 40:6-10 But animal offerings were never intended
to make us forget the Sabbaths and Feasts of hwhy which
He ordained from the foundation of the world! Yechezkel
22:26 As said above, the increased number of animal of-
ferings commanded on those days should only serve to
impress upon our minds the great importance which hwhy
Himself has placed upon His Feast days!
201
As though there were a need to do so! Why not seek
hwhy for what He would teach us through the meaning and
intent of those animal offerings? Hoshea 8:12
148
However, such reasoning is, once more, rather
faulty. This man-made argument does not hold
water in abolishing the Feasts since all of the
other Feasts of hwhy are commanded within the
Ten Commandments as well! As previously
seen, Feast observance is one of the means by
which hwhy defines our service to Him. Yisrael
was to be released from bondage that they might
go forth and keep a Feast to Him in the wilder-
ness! Exodus 5:1 Yet later, hwhy says no less
than six times that His people are to be let go
that they might serve Him. Exodus 7:16, 8:1,
8:20, 9:1, 9:13, 10:3 The Second Commandment
indicates we are to serve hwhy above idols, Exo-
dus 20:4-6. Hence, the word of hwhy shows
keeping Feasts is clearly a part of this “reason-
able service” (Exodus 13:5-8, 2Chronicles 7:19,
30:1-9, Romans 12:1,2). Feasts are special times
– times set apart by hwhy for rejoicing and
thanksgiving. The Feasts are times wherein we
are to come before hwhy and serve Him with
gladness, Deuteronomy 16:14,15, Psalm 100:1-4.
Failure to serve hwhy in this way is accounted by
Him as ingratitude which He warns will lead to
bondage:
Because you served not hwhy your Elohim with
joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the
abundance of all things; therefore you shall
serve your enemies which hwhy shall send
against you: in hunger, and in thirst, and in na-
kedness, and in want of all things; and He shall
put a yoke of iron upon your neck, until He has
destroyed you. Deuteronomy 28:47,48, Romans
1:21-28
Yisrael’s failure to keep Feasts at the times ap-
pointed was also a failure to render the spiritual
offerings of true praise and gratitude rightly re-
quired and rightly expected by hwhy. He is
surely worthy of all the praise and gratitude we
can render. Numerous Scriptures indicate failure
to properly offer202 Feast-time gratitude203 was
the ultimate cause of Yisrael’s captivity. Leviti-
cus 26:34,43, 2Chronicles 30:1-9, 36:14-21,
Yirmeyahu 17:21-27, Ezra 5:12, Nechemyah
13:15-18 So we conclude that Feasts are clearly
part of the commanded service mentioned within
202
To properly offer such worship our hearts must be pre-
pared; our hearts must be right before Him.
203
This would include the weekly Sabbath and all other
Feasts. Leviticus 23:1-44
the Ten Commandments, and those arguments
which correctly apply in favor of retaining Sab-
bath observance, apply likewise to retaining and
observing all of the Feasts of hwhy.
3. Animal offerings were required daily, weekly
(each Shabbat), and within the other Festivals as
well.204 We do not stop living day-to-day nor do
we stop keeping Shabbat due to animal offerings
which were presented therein under the Levitical
priesthood of old. Equally so, we do not stop
keeping Feasts because of the related animal of-
ferings which were presented by the Levites dur-
ing those Appointed Times! Although animal
offerings occurred within all of the Feasts, the
Festivals of hwhy are no more done away with
than worshipping daily or keeping the Shabbat.
With a change in the priesthood, a change in the
Law comes also (Hebrews 7:12); and there was
clearly a change in the priesthood with eswhy.
When the high priest adjured eswhy by an oath
to declare whether He was the Messiah, the Sav-
ior affirmed in the positive, Mattithyahu
26:63,64. In response, the high priest angrily
rent his garments and accused eswhy of blas-
phemy, 26:65. Yet this action by the high priest
was a glaring violation of the Torah as it related
to the garments of this man’s office:
And he that is the high priest among his brethren,
upon whose head the anointing oil was poured,
and that is consecrated to put on the garments,
shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes.
Leviticus 21:10
In rending his garments, Caiaphas broke this
commandment thereby divesting himself of his
office and, if not unwittingly recognizing eswhy
as the new High Priest of Yisrael, his disobedi-
ence certainly opened up the position for a New,
Qualified Candidate. This new, High Priest was
to be eswhy the Messiah not many days hence.
Hebrews 3:1, 4:14-16, 6:20, 7:26
Our sacrifices today are largely spiritual until
eswhy comes back to direct the restored Leviti-
cal priesthood in the proper application of the
physical, Hebrews 13:15, Hoshea 14:2. When
everything else is right and set in its proper,
spiritual order, hwhy says animal offerings can be
a good thing; and He will raise up Levites to
204
Remember, the Sabbath Day was only the first of many
Feasts listed in the word of hwhy. Leviticus 23:1-44
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conduct such offerings in the New Heavens and
the New Earth.205 However, regardless of the
future purpose and implementation of those ani-
mal offerings, the offering of eswhy stands as the
Supreme and Preeminent Sin Offering to the
Messianic Age. Hebrews 10:14
Above all else, hwhy wants our hearts … and
coming before Him to rejoice and to give thanks,
we can give Him our offerings of praise – not
only daily and weekly, but also annually at each
of the special Feasts established by Him. Offer-
ings of praise can be rendered apart from animal
offerings. Hoshea 14:2 In the Torah, hwhy has
always taught the supremacy of spiritual offer-
ings over animal offerings; offerings which flow
from a heart filled with love and gratitude are
His greatest desire:
Sacrifice and offering You have not desired; my
ears You have opened: burnt offering and sin
offering You have not required. Then I said, Lo,
I come: in the volume of the book it is written of
me, I delight to do Your will, O my Elohim: yes,
Your Torah is within my heart. I have preached
righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I
have not refrained my lips, O hwhy, You know. I
have not hidden Your righteousness within my
heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and
Your salvation: I have not concealed Your lov-
ingkindness and Your truth from the great con-
gregation. Psalm 40:6-10
Another psalm also shows the preeminence of
praise offerings over and above animal offerings:
I will praise the Name of Elohim with a song,
and will magnify Him with thanksgiving. This
also shall please hwhy better than an ox or bull
that has horns and hoofs. The humble shall see
this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that
seek Elohim. Psalm 69:30-32
Those who wish to use animal offerings as their
“out” for not observing Feasts are simply failing
to apply the above Scriptures so as to “rightly
divide the word of truth.” 2Timothy 2:15 Our
praise offerings are declared by the Law and
Prophets to be far weightier than animal offer-
ings. In this present era, hwhy is well-pleased
with Feast-keeping wherein offerings of praise
205
Psalm 51:15-19, Yeshayahu 66:20-23, Yirmeyahu
33:17-22, Yechezkel 44:1-5,15-19; 48:9-22, Malachi 3:1-4
are continually given in abundance. Levitical
animal offerings can only be offered by Levites;
however, offerings of praise are possible from
every contrite heart, in every place, in every gen-
eration, and in every age.
Where are Feasts to be Kept?
Some claim Feasts can only be kept in
Yerushalayim. Yet the record in Acts shows
Shaul kept Feasts both in Yerushalayim and in
other locations as well. eswhy also spoke of a
time when worship would be decentralized:
21 eswhy said unto her, Woman, believe Me, the
hour cometh, when you shall neither in this
mountain (i.e., Mount Gerizim), nor yet at
Yerushalayim, worship the Father. 22 You wor-
ship you know not what: we know what we wor-
ship: for salvation is of the Yahudim. 23 But the
hour cometh, and now is, when the true worship-
pers shall worship the Father in spirit and in
truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship
Him. Yochanan 4:21-23
Shaul would later observe the Feast of Passover
and Unleavened Bread with Luke and the believ-
ers in Philippi. Acts 20:6 Feasts are to be kept
wherever hwhy chooses to place His Name (Deu-
teronomy 12:4-7), and in the New Covenant He
places His Name throughout the earth wherever
two or three are gathered to exalt Him. Mat-
tithyahu 18:20, 1Corinthians 14:23-25, 29, Mala-
chi 1:11
How are We to Keep the Feasts?
As seen above, keeping a Feast is much like
attending a retreat. It is a time of rest, thanksgiv-
ing, and worship! If there is no mystery in at-
tending a retreat, there should be even less per-
plexity in keeping the Feasts of hwhy.
2Corinthians 11:3 The Scriptures show that
Feasts are restful times for separation from the
world, times for worship, times for fellowship,
and times for communing with hwhy. However,
no retreat can ever replace the appointed Feasts
which the Almighty has given us for walking in
His ancient paths of peace, rest and renewal. Ye-
shayahu 28:12, 30:15, Yirmeyahu 6:16 How-
ever, let us clearly state the following: we would
be amiss to belittle any individual or any group
seeking rejuvenation through retreats which fall
outside the appointed Feast Days. The Spirit has Yisraelites during each of the three pilgrim
called this writer away for a number of such per-
sonal retreats – from which he has derived much
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benefit and many unspeakable, spiritual bless-
ings. However, we will not be wise should we
attend retreats of our own making206 and yet fail
to attend the retreat appointments which hwhy
has already provided and commanded through
His Feasts. All who seek hwhy must learn to pre-
fer His ways above their own. Yeshayahu 55:8,9,
Mattithyahu 6:33 It is only we who shall suffer
by failing to attend the Feast appointments or-
dained by our Creator! Proverbs 9:12 Feasts are
special appointments set by hwhy Himself for
meeting with His people. The previous informa-
tion on the “retreat aspect” of Feasts (seen on
page 117) should prove helpful to many believ-
ers who have already heard the voice of the
Spirit calling them away for times of rest and
renewal! Of course, there are Torah injunctions
regarding Feast observance which we should
seek, study, rejoice in, and do (Ezra 7:9,10,
Ya’acob 1:22-25); but none of those lesser as-
pects of the Torah override the simplest,
weightiest, and greatest purposes of the Feast
Days: separation from the world to worship
hwhy with much thanksgiving, as we rest, rejoice
and provide for the poor of His people. If dear
readers can ponder “the why and the how” of
Feast-keeping, perhaps the Festivals will become
palatable to more brethren sooner than later. The
Feasts of the Kingdom are clearly part of the
Good News and they will be kept throughout the
ages! Nachum 1:15, Yeshayahu 66:22,23 In
keeping the Feasts of hwhy, we will obtain abun-
dantly more light from His Word (Psalm 97:11,
Psalm 111:10) and more of His Kingdom princi-
ples will work in and around our lives.
t s r q u p e o n m l k y j x z w h d g b a
Having established the continuation of the
Torah and the Feasts in the New Covenant, we
conclude Part 7 with thoughts revealing a pro-
found truth concerning those Feasts. This truth,
like so many others, can never be gleaned apart
from holding to the foundational principles of
the eternal Torah. Specifically, the Feasts of
hwhy were intended to provide a wholesome, edi-
fying and dignified platform for implementing
the true, heavenly, social security program of
hwhy. The tithes and freewill offerings were des-
ignated to be brought up to Yerushalayim by
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Or even of the Spirit’s leading!
Feasts (Deuteronomy 16:16, 2 Chronicles 8:13);
these tithes were to be shared with “the Levite,
the widow, the fatherless, and the stranger:”
17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of
your corn, or of your wine, or of your oil, or the
firstlings of your herds or of your flock, nor any
of your vows which you vow, nor your freewill
offerings, or heave offering of your hand. 18 But
you must eat them before hwhy your Elohim in
the place which hwhy your Elohim shall choose,
you, and your son, and your daughter, and your
man-servant, and your maidservant, and the Le-
vite that is within your gates: and you shall re-
joice before hwhy your Elohim in all that you put
your hands unto. 19 Take heed to yourself that
you forsake not the Levite as long as you live
upon the earth. Deuteronomy 12:17-19
9 Seven weeks shall you number unto you; begin
to number the seven weeks from such time as you
begin to put the sickle to the grain. 10 And you
shall keep the Feast of Weeks unto hwhy your
Elohim with a tribute of a freewill offering of
your hand, which you shall give unto hwhy your
Elohim, according as hwhy your Elohim hath
blessed you: 11 And you shall rejoice before
hwhy your Elohim, you, and your son, and your
daughter, and your manservant, and your maid-
servant, and the Levite that is within your gates,
and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the
widow, that are among you, in the place which
hwhy your Elohim has chosen to place His Name
there. Deuteronomy 16:9-11
13 You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles
seven days, after that you have gathered in your
corn and your wine:14 And you shall rejoice in
thy Feast, you, and your son, and your daughter,
and your manservant, and your maidservant, and
the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and
the widow, that are within your gates. 15 Seven
days shall you keep a solemn Feast unto hwhy
your Elohim in the place which hwhy shall
choose: because hwhy your Elohim shall bless
you in all your increase, and in all the works of
your hands, therefore you shall surely rejoice.
16 Three times in a year shall all your males
appear before hwhy your Elohim in the place
which He shall choose; in the Feast of Unleav-
ened Bread, and in the Feast of Weeks, and in
the Feast of Tabernacles: and they shall not ap-
pear before hwhy empty: 17 Every man shall give
as he is able, according to the blessing of hwhy
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your Elohim which He has given you. Deuteron-
omy 16:13-17
Then there is also the “tithe of the increase” –
a tithe taken from what we might call “profits.”
We notice the tithe of the increase was to be
brought up in the third year, partly because of
the seven-year, land Sabbath cycle: contributing
every three years would have all Yisrael bringing
this tithe of the increase in the third and sixth
years of the land Sabbath cycle. We note the
sixth year would have been especially critical for
the extra provisions which the Levites and the
poor would need to carry them through the sev-
enth year in which no tilling and harvesting of
the land would occur! This land Sabbath re-
sulted in more than a year with no tithe offerings
from the grain crops which were produced
through tilling the soil; thus, there would be no
additional provision of grain for the Levite,
widow and orphan for over one year! In addition
to what might be termed “the regular tithe” (seen
above), this tithe of the increase would bring ex-
tra sustenance to those who would otherwise suf-
fer deprivation:
22 You shall truly tithe all the increase of thy
seed, that the field brings forth year by year. 23
And you shall eat before hwhy your Elohim, in
the place which He shall choose to place His
Name there: the tithe of your corn, of your wine,
and of your oil, and the firstlings of your herds
and of your flocks; that you may learn to revere
hwhy your Elohim always. 24 And if the way is
too long for you, so that you are not able to
carry it; or if the place is too far from you, which
hwhy your Elohim shall choose to set His Name
there, when hwhy your Elohim hath blessed thee,
25 then shall you turn it into money, and bind up
the money in your hand, and shall go unto the
place which hwhy your Elohim shall choose: 26
And you shall bestow that money for whatsoever
your soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for
wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever your
soul desires: and you shall eat there before hwhy
your Elohim, and you shall rejoice, you, and
your household, 27 and the Levite that is within
your gates; you shall not forsake him; for he has
no part nor inheritance with you. 28 At the end
of three years you shall bring forth all the tithe
of your increase the same year, and shall lay it
up within your gates. 29 And the Levite, (be-
cause he has no part nor inheritance with you)
and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the
widow, which are within your gates, shall come,
and shall eat and be satisfied; that hwhy your
Elohim may bless you in all the work of your
hand which you do. Deuteronomy 14:22-29
Some have erroneously called this tithe at the
end of three years, “the third tithe.” But “third
tithe” is a contradiction in terms! A “third tithe”
according to this interpretation would have be-
lievers giving thirty percent instead of ten! The
tithe of the increase saw to it that “riches and
wealth” (Psalm 112:2) were in the house of Yis-
raelites so those needy who came from abroad
could be fed, shown hospitality (vss. 28,29
above) and be sustained with necessary provi-
sions. Failure to do these things would result in
oppression of the poor and the rebuke of hwhy
would come upon the land. There is yet another
text which illuminates this tithe of the increase:
12 When you have made an end of tithing all the
tithes of your increase the third year, which is
the year of tithing, and have given it unto the Le-
vite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow,
that they may eat within your gates, and be
filled;13 Then you shall say before hwhy your
Elohim, I have brought away the hallowed things
out of my house, and also have given them unto
the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the father-
less, and to the widow, according to all Your
commandments which You have commanded me:
I have not transgressed Your commandments,
neither have I forgotten them: 14 I have not
eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I
taken away ought thereof for any unclean use,
nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have
hearkened to the voice of hwhy my Elohim, and
have done according to all that You have com-
manded me. 15 Look down from Your set apart
habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people
Yisrael, and the land which You have given us,
as You swarest unto our fathers, a land that
floweth with milk and honey. Deuteronomy
26:12-15
It is telling to note Shaul taught the Torah
command of tithing of one’s increase to the Gen-
tile Corinthians! We see this as we compare the
apostle’s instructions with that of hwhy through
Mosheh:
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Upon the first of the week let every one of you
lay by him in store, as Elohim hath prospered
him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
1 Corinthians 16:2
Notice Shaul was not talking here about a public
worship collection! This was not a collection
taken up during a Sunday worship service as so
many Evangelicals falsely teach! These believ-
ers were instructed to store this offering at home
according to the increase or profit afforded them
from hwhy above! This was (and is!) the tithe of
the increase commanded in the Torah! This tithe
was to be laid up within one’s gates: … you
shall bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the
same year, and shall lay it up within thy gates.
Deuteronomy 14:28 This explains why Shaul
was instructing these brethren to lay up their in-
crease at home according to the Torah (Acts
24:14): … let every one of you lay by him in
store, as Elohim hath prospered him. And if
Shaul taught the tithe of the increase, we can be
sure he also taught the weightier aspects of the
Torah to these Gentile converts! Mattithyahu
23:23
The Feasts of hwhy, then, were times to share
the abundance of the land in the form of tithes
and offerings; these gifts were presented before
the face of hwhy and shared, not only with those
of the priesthood, but also with the poor and the
needy – the widow, the fatherless, and the
stranger. When the tribes of Yisrael appeared
before hwhy, they were to bring the first fruits
(the choicest or the very best of the land), the
tithes of the land, and the tithes of the increase of
their seed (every third year). They were never to
see His face empty-handed, Deuteronomy 16:16,
17. Just as crucial, the Feasts of hwhy were spe-
cial times set apart for Yisrael to be separate
from the filthiness of the nations so they might
serve the Most High in offering up True Worship
and thanksgiving to hwhy. Feast-keeping
through separation from the world is an essential
part of this service to hwhy, Exodus 5:1, 7:16,
8:1,20, 9:1,13, 10:3, 9. This was not only shown
by hwhy through Mosheh in His commands to let
Yisrael go from Mitsrayim, but it was also seen
in the days of Ezra and Nechemyah after Yisrael
had returned from Babylonian captivity:
And the children of Yisrael, which were come
again out of captivity – and all such as had sepa-
rated themselves unto them from the filthiness of
the heathen of the land, to seek hwhy Elohim of
Yisrael – did eat, and kept the Feast of Unleav-
ened Bread seven days with joy: for hwhy had
made them joyful, and turned the heart of the
king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their
hands in the work of the house of Elohim, the
Elohim of Yisrael. Ezra 6:21,22
So we have in the Feasts a time of separation
from the world for serving hwhy together with a
time of rejoicing and thanksgiving as one shares
the tithe of the land so as to provide for the
widow and fatherless. Thus, in the context of
being a doer of the Torah,207 Ya’acob was
clearly writing of Feast observance when he
stated:
Pure religion and undefiled before Elohim and
the Father is this: to visit the fatherless and wid-
ows in their affliction, and to keep oneself un-
spotted from the world. Ya’acob 1:27
This describes exactly what occurred through the
Feasts of hwhy: Yisrael separated themselves
from the filthiness of the heathen (i.e., a retreat!)
to worship hwhy and brought provisions for the
widow and orphans in their distress. Though
hwhy is high, yet He regards the lowly, Psalm
138:6. And Feasts were occasions upon which
He was especially exalted by the house of Yis-
rael while, at the same time, the poor and lowly
were regarded, remembered, and given their nec-
essary provisions. Evidently, hwhy feels it is an-
ticlimactic for Him to be greatly exalted in wor-
ship when there are yet those among His people
in need. Widowhood, orphanage, poverty, and
sojourning in a strange land are four of the deep-
est, abiding afflictions anyone can know or en-
dure. hwhy feels the afflictions and heartache
caused by the difficulties surrounding those who
suffer through such circumstances,208 yet He also
feels their joy when they are shown kindness,
Proverbs 14:21, 31, Daniel 4:27. And so, hwhy
saw to it that all Yisrael rejoiced at His Feasts.209
At those times in which He is greatly exalted,
hwhy especially thinks to remember the lowly!
Though He dwells in the high and separate place,
207
See Ya’acob 1:22-25, 2:8, 4:11.
208
Even as He feels all our afflictions, Yeshayahu 63:9.
209
Like hwhy, Iyob felt great honor in bringing joy to the
widow, Iyob 29:11-13.
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He also chooses to dwell with the poor, afflicted,
and humble. Yeshayahu 57:15
Hence, when we read of those who oppressed
the widow and fatherless, we realize those per-
sons had an “evil eye” and were likely not gen-
erous at Feasts, Deuteronomy 15:9, Luke 11:34.
Failing to give the tithe of grain and produce not
only robbed hwhy (Malachi 3:8-10), it also
robbed those whose only means of sustenance
was largely received during the harvests sur-
rounding Feast observance. This may well be
part of what was behind the pride displayed by
those who scoffed in their refusal to go up to
Yerushalayim to keep the Feast of the Passover
in the days of King Chezkiyahu (Hezekiah,
2Chronicles 30:6-10); not only were they selfish
toward their Creator, but they were closing their
hearts toward their fellow man as well,
1Yochanan 4:20. hwhy shows us through the
Feasts that part of being grateful for what He has
given must be expressed through giving to others
who are in need. There is nothing more whole-
some than gathering with believers to rejoice and
give thanks to hwhy at the special times He has
set apart for so doing; these are times He has
specially designated for displaying gratitude to-
wards Him. Failing to give hwhy thanks “for the
abundance of all things” at those times He has
especially set apart for that very purpose is re-
garded by Him as ingratitude; it was this very
ingratitude which led Yisrael to forsake hwhy
and which led to that nations bondage. Deuter-
onomy 28:47,48 We assert these same things
will also lead to spiritual bondage of many sorts.
Romans 1:21-28. So even something as simple
as true thanksgiving is lacking among the people
of hwhy due to our failure to keep His appointed
Feasts. While we are commanded to give thanks
in all things at all times (1Thessalonians 5:20), it
is still not our place to forgo these special,
Feast-time appointments which are designated
by hwhy for His people to come before Him with
rejoicing and gratitude. Hence, apart from keep-
ing the Feasts of hwhy, ingratitude towards the
Creator and oppression of the poor will further
prevent True Revival.
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 Conclusion
So ends all of our discourse in favor of the
eternal Torah – the word which, if followed, will
be a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path.
Psalm 119:105, 2Timothy 3:15 May hwhy bless
all readers who have persevered to this point and
who have gleaned more from His word to guard
and to do. May He bless all who trust in the
shed
blood of the Messiah to more fully become “do-
ers of the word,” or as more than one apostle
wrote, “doers of the Law.” Romans 2:13,
Ya’acob 4:11 To enter the Kingdom of hwhy, we
must remain childlike and teachable. Mat-
tithyahu 18:3,4 Such an attitude is important as
there are surely infinitely more treasures in the
word of hwhy than we can even begin to know on
this side of eternity. However, the Spirit can and
will teach us a great deal, even now, if we are
simply willing to learn.
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Should any of our readers be inclined to peace-
ably share additional understanding on the topics
seen in this text, please contact the author at the
address provided.
Still, it must always be our realization that—
even when each of us have done our utmost to
reveal His word and His ways, and to magnify
His great and Qodesh Name—we must yet agree
with the prophet, Iyob, and speak these words of
reverent awe over the infinite, unsearchable
ways of hwhy El Elyon, He who is the Most High
and the Sovereign over all His creation:
“Lo, these are but the outskirts of His ways,
and how small a whisper do we hear of Him.”
Iyob 26:14, ASV
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 REFERENCE HELPS
Alternative Health Information
While there are many medical practices and min-
istries which are helpful, the following have
proven to be among the most effective and hard-
est hitting while maintaining a very positive, ser-
vice-oriented approach (there are certainly others
doing an outstanding job, but these references
are given to boost those with little or no previous
information or contacts):
• Dr. Joel Robbins, D.C.
Health & Wellness Clinic, Inc.
6711 S. Yale, Suite 106
Tulsa, OK. 74136
Phone: 918.488.0444
Fax: 918.488.0470
Website: http://www.wellnessclinics.com/index.htm
Their website is still under construction and in-
dicates enquirers call toll-free for product infor-
mation/catalog: 1.800.653.5444.
I personally recommend ordering Dr. Joel’s two-
cassette series, “Health Through Nutrition.” It
provides an excellent overview of critical, diet-
related issues. Dr. Robbins is helping thousands
through his tapes, writings and seminars!
• Lorraine Day, M.D.
Dr. Day is a medical doctor of outstanding cre-
dentials who was cured of breast cancer through
making fresh, homemade juices. She has pro-
duced some instructive videotapes on juicing and
diet: “Cancer Doesn’t Scare Me Anymore” and
“You Can’t Improve on God,” plus much addi-
tional information with supporting products. A
thorough study of Dr. Day’s website is rather
revealing as it exposes the pharmaceutical cover-
up regarding cancer and many other diseases. I
can only commend this remarkable woman for
the faith to stand against the physical cancer
which first attacked her body and the verbal can-
cer which is now attacking her reputation! Dr.
Day’s response to the AARP was very enjoyable
to read and her website is highly educational
over numerous medical and health-related is-
sues!
Website: http://www.drday.com
• Hallelujah Acres
900 South Post Road
P.O. Box 2388
155
Shelby, NC 28151
Phone: 704.481.1700, Fax: 704.481.0345
Hallelujah Acres has been effective in helping
thousands normalize weight and conquer other
serious health problems – many of which are
more related to diet and improper lifestyle than
most people are aware. They publish a number
of fine books along with an informative newslet-
ter (which can be obtained electronically). They
also have a number of supporting health prod-
ucts which many use to great benefit!
Website: http://www.hacres.com
• The Center for Advanced Medicine
4403 Manchester Ave., Suite 107
Encinitas, California 92024
Phone: 760. 632.9042
Fax: 760.632.0574
CAM is helping people worldwide. Patrons now
travel to Encinitas from every corner of the
world to receive successful treatment and lasting
health. The center combines a host of qualified
medical practitioners who opt for diet supple-
ments and other products as they attack the root
cause of chronic, degenerative diseases: toxins,
molds and parasites. Unlike the mainstream
medical establishment – which largely treats the
symptoms without providing a lasting cure –
CAM deals with the body’s overload of molds,
toxins, and parasites thereby bringing restoration
and enduring health.
Website: http://www.ctradvmed.com
• Health Science
Health Science distributes products and literature
made available by the Paul Bragg family.
Among his many works, Dr. Bragg has written a
fine book which emphasizes the practical as-
pects of fasting entitled, “The Miracle of Fast-
ing.” Also highly recommended is his book on
preparing homemade sauerkraut (presently out-
of-print). The author’s website (given a few
pages below) now contains a number of recipes
along with directions for making raw, fermented
sauerkraut and kimchi.
Website: http://www.bragg.com
[Note: Please do not confuse the Bragg family’s company name, “Health
Science,” with the religion known as “Christian Science.”]
Profound Scripture Translations
I. The Companion Bible – edited by Dr. E.W.
Bullinger – is probably one of the best study Bi-
bles available today. It contains many out-
standing marginal notes as well as numerous ap-
pendices. As one reads this work it also be-
comes clear Mr. Bullinger’s zeal burned to de-
fend the inspiration of the Scriptures against the
allegations of infidels in his day. On numerous
points, he was blessed to do so in a rather stun-
ning fashion. This work contains far too many
things of profound significance to even begin to
relay them in this brief review; those who do not
own this book should prayerfully investigate ac-
quiring it.
For obtaining The Companion Bible, contact:
Kregel Publications
P.O. Box 2607
Grand Rapids, MI 49501-2607
616.451.4775
Fax: 616.451.9330
Website: http://www.gospelcom.net/kregel
II. Scripture Translations Honoring the Name.
Contact the below addresses for Scripture trans-
lations which seek to restore and honor the true
Name of hwhy, Micah 6:9, Mattithyahu 6:9.
Over the centuries, misguided scribes, scholars,
and translators have neglected the memorial
Name through long-standing ignorance and tra-
dition. But the word of hwhy stands and He has
commanded His memorial Name to all genera-
tions! Exodus 3:14,15 May He abundantly bless
the believers of these organizations who fulfill
His word by memorializing His Name in this
generation as well those generations yet to come!
• The Institute for Scripture Research
Website: http://www.isr-messianic.org/
• The Assembly of Yahweh; Website:
http://www.assemblyofyahweh.com/BibleOrderForm.htm
P.O. Box 102
Holt, MI 48842
Significant Books
• What the Bible Says About Healthy Living,
by Rex Russell, M.D. For a vast array of infor-
mation on a healthier, scripturally sound diet!
This book is a great start for anyone studying the
subject, and the text may be obtained at a mini-
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mal cost from: Christian Book Distributors, P.O.
Box 7000, Peabody, MA, 01961-7000, USA.
Call: 1-800-247-4784 or visit the CBD website:
http://www.christianbook.com
• Folk Medicine, by D.C. Jarvis, M.D.
Although published in 1959, this fine, inexpen-
sive book is still available in paperback through
most bookstores (by special order) as well as
through Amazon.com. Dr. Jarvis addresses in-
fertility and other bodily imbalances due to the
lack of certain foods as well as the intake of
acid-forming foods.
• The Grape Cure, by Johanna Brandt, may be
ordered through the Ehret Literature Publishing
Company. This book was written as a testimony
of the power of an all-grape diet (including the
seeds) for destroying cancer. Website:
http://www.arnoldehret.org/healthclub/books.htm
• The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop.
This work shows the pagan origins of some
modern holidays along with other false worship
perpetuated first by the papacy. The Protestant
world has also succumbed to such things having
blindly inherited/adapted/copied from Catholi-
cism. Websites: The Two Babylons is available
through amazon.com as well as many other
places on the Internet. A site offering download-
able files by chapter and section is:
http://www.biblebelievers. com/babylon/ The
book is also likely to be available through most
bookstores by special order.
Note: The inclusion of any of the books (above)
or website articles (below) is not a total en-
dorsement of all that any of these authors may
write or believe. For instance, while it was
given Mr. Hislop to see through many of the pa-
gan practices of his day, he yet failed to see
through and oppose the paganism of Sunday-
Sunrise worship (Yechezkel 8:15-18) – which the
Emperor Constantine “Christianized” in 321
C.E and which the Catholic Church uses to boast
of its continuing authority over the Protestant
world!
 A Listing of Informative
Website Articles and Other References
1. “Eating Pork Can Be Hazardous To Your
Health;” http://www.geocities.com/porkfatal
2. “Anyone For A Plate of Worms?”
http://www.youth-web.org/bibleStudy/study03.htm
3. “PORK – Or the Dangers of Eating Pork Ex-
posed.”
http://www.giveshare.org/Health/porkeatdanger.html
4. “A Parasite Mystery.” Available in the Sat-
urday Evening Post, July/August 1982 edition.
For reprints of the article, it may be necessary to
request the entire edition:
Circulation Department
The Saturday Evening Post
1100 Waterway Boulevard
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317.634.1100 ext. 335
Please note: issues published between Summer
1971-April 1978 (large format issues) are avail-
able at $10.00; smaller format issues published
between May/June 1978 to the present are avail-
able at $5.00 each.
5. “Pork,” by Sayyed Saeed Akhtar Rizvi;
http://www.al-emaan.org/pork.htm
Last of all, an article on pork with some solid,
literary points as well as scientific references;
presented in a Q&A format. Please note: this
work was written by a Moslem, but still contains
some solid, scientific information, especially on
the numerous diseases and parasites related to
pork.210 However, Mr. Rizvi wrongly discredits
210
Let us recall the prophecy which stated Ishmael (and,
so, his descendants) would be like a wild donkey: His
hand would be against every man and every man’s hand
was to be against him, Genesis 16:12 (see the NASB or the
original Hebrew as the KJV fails to accurately translate a
critical word at this location only; the KJV erroneously
translates the word here as, “wild man;” yet in all other 9
locations the KJV renders Strong’s #6501 as, “wild don-
key.”). A study of the details here yields a true, prophetic
warning regarding those of the Muslim faith. Their
prophesied disposition is certainly the case today with
many of the descendants of Ishmael: The hand of the
Moslems are against every man while they are opposed by
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Shaul by claiming the apostle’s teachings dimin-
ish the authority of the Torah. While our book
has proven the apostle Shaul fully upheld the au-
thority of the Torah as binding and relevant, the
author of “Pork” is unlearned in this regard.
Hence, readers of Sayyed’s otherwise informa-
tive work will see he – being ignorant of the im-
mediate context and of other Scriptures – fails to
properly understand and convey the truth of Ro-
mans 14. No true, prophetic, Messianic, apos-
tolic teaching will ever abolish the Torah or re-
lax its immutability, Deuteronomy 13:1-4, Mat-
tithyahu 5:17-20, Romans 2:13, 3:31, 1Yochanan
5:3-5.
t s r q u p e o n m l k y j x z w h d g b a
Other Works by the Author
In addition to this book, many other articles may
be downloaded without cost from the Independ-
ent Assembly of Hebrews website:
http://www.yahuyahweh.org/iah
every other society worldwide except their own. And
these people certainly dwell in the presence of their Yis-
raeli brethren: the Moslems are seen in nearly every coun-
try – including Yisrael/Palestine. But a point of additional,
prophetic interest now comes to mind as we recall a dumb
donkey rebuked the false prophet, Balaam, for his disobe-
dience to hwhy and for teaching Balak to use Moabite
women to cause the men of Yisrael to commit fornication.
Numbers 22:22-34, 2Kepha 2:14-16, Revelation 2:14 So
it is today as Moslems (“wild donkeys”) rebuke the false
teachings of the Christian world over an issue so simple
and so obvious as clean and unclean animal flesh! Hence,
the above Moslem author and others like him are fulfilling
the word of hwhy in unwitting ignorance: although they
are generally misled and deceived by Mohammed and by a
religion which advocates murder of its opponents
(1Yochanan 3:15), they still possess the insight to speak
the truth over the issue of clean and unclean animal flesh!
So, once again, spiritual history repeats itself as an other-
wise mute (Old English of the KJV renders this “dumb”)
donkey speaks correctly to rebuke false teaching, Ecclesi-
astes 1:9. And rejecting the Messiah along with signifi-
cant portions of His Torah, Muslims are largely unable to
speak the truth of Scripture over most spiritual issues.
 IS ALL MEAT MEET TO EAT?
This book was written for many different
people. If you want to learn more about your
Creator, His word, and the love He has for all
people, this book was written for you. If you are
a student of the Torah or of other Scriptures, this
book was written for you. If you are troubled by
the many contradictions introduced into the Bi-
ble through the man-made doctrines of Catholic,
Protestant, Evangelical, and Fundamentalist
Christianity, this book was written for you. If
you are Jewish or Muslim and have always won-
dered why most Christians turn their Messiah
into a false prophet through erroneous claims He
abolished the Torah (Deuteronomy 13:1-4), this
book was written for you. If you want to learn
more about a healthy, truly scriptural diet, this
book was written for you. If you are a believer
who longs for revival, this book was written for
you! Or if you have always hungered and
thirsted through the years for something far more
than anything found up to this point in your life,
this book was written for you! If you have been
led to these pages, we believe it was through the
Providence and Sovereignty of the Almighty.
When writing of the Torah – the Five Books
of Moses – the prophet Isaiah proclaimed, “The
grass withers and the flower fades, but the word
of our Elohim shall stand forever.” Isaiah 40:8
And many centuries earlier Moses stated the
Law of hwhy was commanded to 1000 genera-
tions! Yet in our day we are only some 120 gen-
erations from the present creation around 6000
years ago! So why do multitudes the world over
attempt to understand and interpret the Bible
without referring to the Torah – the Five Books
which are the foundation of all Scripture and the
fountainhead of all true, prophetic wisdom? The
Scriptures provide answers to our many ques-
tions. Yet these simple, but profound answers
continue to escape those who unwittingly cast
away and attempt to destroy the Foundation pro-
vided us in the eternal word of the Torah. We
will see it is only through restoring the sure
Foundation – which eswhy the Messiah embod-
ies in His very flesh – that we can fully address
the following questions:
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• Has the law regarding clean and unclean ani-
mal flesh really been abolished?
• Is there a relationship between eating unclean
animal flesh, demonic possession, and murder?
• Would the Messiah really teach us to do some-
thing which He Himself would not do?
• Is it okay to eat anything we desire as long as
we have prayed sincerely over the food?
• How is eating unclean flesh related to the for-
bidden Baal worship on the high places of old?
• Are there New Testament Scriptures which
show certain animals were still unclean and de-
testable, many decades after the Messiah’s death,
burial, resurrection, and ascension?
• Where do the Scriptures record True Revival?
And what things does Scripture show to be re-
quirements for bringing about such revival and
restoration? And maybe the most puzzling of
all:
Why are the valid, essential elements of revival,
as revealed in the Scriptures, such a contrast to
the meager, man-made attempts for reform seen
today?
Join us on an amazing journey through the
Word of hwhy as we see history unfold from our
Creator’s perspective. From Genesis to Revela-
tion, we will learn there are many misconcep-
tions and many misunderstandings still prevalent
among believers in the resurrected Messiah. If
the main thesis of this book is correct, then there
are still many vital aspects of the True Faith
which were never fully restored in the partially
effective, Protestant Reformation! This book
provides much more than proof of those things
which make for a healthy diet. These pages
clearly reveal how to follow the Savior more
fully (1John 2:6), how to become an integral part
of what the apostle Peter called, “the restoration
of all things” (Acts 3:21), and how to seek the
greatness which hwhy desires for you in His eter-
nal Kingdom.