Pope's Sunday Law

The Pope wants all the people of the world to venerate the day of the sun - Sunday. He doesn't care why we do it (spend time with your kids is his favorite), as long as we do not venerate 7th day Sabbath (Saturday). Many workplaces are making working on Saturdays a requirement for employment. I've personally missed out on many employment opportunities due to this but I will keep celebrating 7th day Sabbath no matter what. Watch the following:

https://youtu.be/HoUNifLYIN4

https://youtu.be/j_1STqZj0p8

Matthew 24:27

For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even to the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Hebrew Yehoshua vs Greek Jesus - Inspirational teaching of original Hebrew Matthew

Jewish revival? The videos I'll be sharing are encouraging as Nehemiah Gordon, who presents them, is a Karaite Jew (believes only in the Old Testament, not the oral law of Rabbis, etc.), who is studying the New Testament book of Matthew in the old Hebrew versions which have been discovered. It turns out Matthew is just one of the New Testament books which were originally written in Hebrew and later translated to Greek and later used as the basis for our modern New Testament. Looking back at the Hebrew versions a clearer understanding of the Gospel is brought out and any ambiguities are dispelled. Nehemiah is learning about Yehoshua which most other Jews are not even willing to try to do. He has also had encounters with the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit). Nehemiah speaks sensibly and is enjoyable to watch in these two videos, so I wish to share them. * Please note, however, that as per the image at the top of this article, I do differ in opinion as to pronunciation of Messiah's name - Yehoshua, not the contracted Yeshua that Nehemiah uses. I also pronounce YHUH as Yahuah, not Yehovah or Yahovah, also due to the dipthong rule. Also, Nehemiah has old Karaite Rabbinic customs he makes mention of in some of his teachings which don't sit comfortably with me, such as leaving the seat for Elijah empty at Passover Seder and the numerous cups of wine with recitations, etc. Nehemiah mentions that he once went to the door of his home at Seder time and expected Elijah to be there. We know that "the second Elijah" was Jochanan the Immerser (John) when he announced Yehoshua as the Messiah come as a lamb to take away the sins of the world.

The Sign of Jonah

When my ex-boss flippantly stated "So what about that chap who climbed into the whale's mouth?" as his proof that the Biblical accounts are myths, I decided to read up on the Biblical account once more.  There are two important points:

1. It does not say a "whale" but rather "a great fish"; and

2. It does not say Jonah remained alive for three days in the great fish's stomach. It is not as they show in the animated program Pinnochio where he runs around with a lantern inside the whales stomach and fishes for food etc.

The narrative recounts Jonah's prayer which states clearly in Jonah 2: 6-7 The Holy Scriptures (The Jewish Publication Society) "The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped around my head. I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars closed upon me forever; Yet hast Thou brought up my life from the pit".

Similarly Yehoshua stated in Matthew 12: 38-41 KJV "Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But He answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah: for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the heart of the earth; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nin'evah shall rise in judgement with this generation and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold a greater than Jonah is here. 

As Yehoshua was resurrected by YHUH, so I believe, was Jonah, as he had prayed in earnest (probably whilst dying), and had repented.

Unfortunately my ex-boss did not repent - I stated my case for number 1 above: Yes, the majority of whales today cannot swallow anything larger than an orange as they are baleen whales with small gullets. However, the Sperm Whale has been found to have swallowed a 16 foot shark as it is not a baleen whale.  As it states "great fish" we are not limited to just whales. Creatures are going extinct regularly in our modern world today so after approximately 3000 years could it not be possible that by now that particular "great fish" is extinct? It may even have been a special creature created by YHUH for that particular purpose, just for that short time. How are we to know - anything is possible with YHUH, that is what faith is for! It states in Jonah 2: 1 "And the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah". Unfortunately my ex-boss only has faith in money as so many others in this material world do.

I continued with my case for number 2 above : If Yehoshua was resurrected why is it not possible the same was done for Jonah? Anything is possible with YHUH - if He is the creator of all, why not?

Even so my ex-boss still just laughed and said "You will not convert me". 

Well, that's him, but interestingly enough I discovered that Jonah even managed to convert all the men on the ship he was traveling on - it was actually a blessing to them that he had run away on their ship. It states that after they threw him overboard, as Jonah requested, the following happened - Jonah 1: 15-16 The Holy Scriptures (The Jewish Publication Society) "So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the seas ceased from its raging. Then the men feared the YHUH exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto YHUH, and made vows". What a successful prophet Jonah was! If only he could have had joy in that, but, who knows, maybe that is why he was so successful, as he was not seeking success? 

The greatest thing I picked up was this - Matthew 12: 41-42 KJV The men of Nin'evah shall rise in judgement with this generation and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold a greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the south shall rise up in judgement with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

The future of men is made clear: there is resurrection to judgement and those who have repented will live to judge the wicked for final destruction!

Yehoshua states in Luke 16: 31 KJV "And he said unto him. If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead". (Having just told the parable of Lazarus).

There is a link here between the Old Testament prophets Moses and Jonah and the New Testament prophet Yehoshua. Repentance before Judgement leads to Resurrection and everlasting life. The resurrected  repentant after the 1000 year millennium will then partake in the judgement of the resurrected unrepentant for their final destruction. Jonah would have been the Old Testament example of resurrection to give hope to subsequent generations to have faith in YHUH to save them upon repentance.

The Gospel is the same in the Old and New Testament - if you hear the Good News of Salvation (Yehoshua) and believe, repent, and do the commandments of YHUH, you shall be saved, ie. resurrected to judgement and an everlasting life.

As it states in Hebrews 4: 1-2 "Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

Unfortunately my ex-boss had no faith, how about you?

Did the Ten Commandments Precede Moses?

I have read an excellent article on this and felt I should share it. Enjoy. I should say though, as always, I do not use the terms God, Jesus etc., but rather Yahua (YHUH), Elohim, Yahushua, etc.

http://rcg.org/articles/dttcpm.html

Where Did The Noah Flood Come From And Where Did It Go?

I came across a fascinating article recently which I feel must be shared - remember Noah's Flood? For a refresher please refer here:

http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/tools/flood-waters.asp

Now the article - a new exciting discovery which supports the Bible (once again):

http://article.wn.com/view/2014/03/13/Rare_Diamond_Reveals_Earths_Interior_is_All_Wet/

I was impressed, hope you are too :-)

Now remember, two factors caused Noah's Flood as it states in Genesis 7:11 The Holy Scriptures, Jewish Publication Society "In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of Shamayim (pw Heaven) were opened." 

I came across another interesting article which mentioned the possibility that the rain which came down in Noah's Flood came down from Shamayim (pw Heaven), as it says in Ezekiel 1:22 The Holy Scriptures, Jewish Publication Society "And over the heads of the living creatures there was the likeness of a firmament, like the colour of the terrible ice..." This is explained as being the frozen waters which were made as a firmament in Heaven by YHUH as it says in Genesis 1:1-8 "In the beginning YHUH created the heaven and the earth. Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of YHUH hovered over the face of the waters. And YHUH said "Let there be light". And there was light. And YHUH saw the light, that it was good; and YHUH divided the light from the darkness. And YHUH called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. And YHUH said "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And YHUH made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. And YHUH called the firmament Shamayim (pw Heaven). And there was evening and there was morning, a second day."

Very interesting! So the article says that possibly, in the beginning YHUH stored the excess waters covering the earth as ice in Heaven. For Noah's Flood YHUH then allowed these waters to rain down to cover the earth once more and thereafter, possibly, YHUH stored them again to make the waters recede (as the continents thereafter drifted apart the water was possibly gulped down into the earth's mantle and further). YHUH promised never to do this again and the rainbow became a sign to us from then on. As there had not been a record of rainbows until this point this indicates some sort of change in the water balance in our atmosphere. I'm just mentioning different ideas, only YHUH knows everything :-)

For a great video on Noah's Flood and Ark please watch the following:

The Camel Debate on Yahoo!

People today cannot help but see the latest Yahoo! articles posted weekly online. Yahoo! posted an article about camels not having been around in the days of the Bible Patriarchs, implying that this proves there are errors in the Bible. Refer to the article below:

http://world.time.com/2014/02/11/the-mystery-of-the-bibles-phantom-camels/

I beg to differ and have another link below which states the case:

http://bibleapologetics.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/were-camels-domesticated-in-the-time-of-abraham/

My view is that Abraham came into contact with the Egyptian Pharaoh and his palace - the Egyptians were renowned for animal "import" for the Pharaoh's entertainment and to show off his riches and power. Camels would very likely have been around and could have been given to Abraham as it states in:

Genesis 12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.  16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.  

Thereafter Abraham would have taken the camels with on his travels and handed them on to the subsequent generations when they bred. Mystery solved as far as I'm concerned.