Sunday, March 29, 2015

YHWH vs Homosexuality


Verse of the Week

For if we are willfully sinning after receiving the full knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice concerning sins.

(Hebrews 10:26)

Thought for the Week

YHWH is quite clear that homosexuality is a grievous sin. Whether or not someone personally believes in this is irrelevant. Denying a fact does not make it false. It is appalling to hear how many so called “Christians” accept homosexuality. Even worse are those that claim to be homosexual “Christians”.

To all those that claim to be “Christians” who practice homosexuality - You cannot have two masters. Either you serve YHWH and abhor homosexuality or you reject YHWH and serve your own lusts. Does that mean all homosexuals are condemned to Hell? No. Jesus’ sacrifice covers our past sins; but, several times he said “Go and sin no more”. Just because a person has a desire does not mean they must act on that desire. Jesus also spoke of denying ourselves. If a person with past homosexual acts surrenders to Jesus as their Lord and Savior they are washed clean since their past sins are washed away; and, by restraining from further homosexual acts they remain clean. If however they continue committing homosexual acts then, as we are told in the Book of Hebrews, there is no further sacrifice possible for their continued sin. (Consider also the question of sincerity concerning their surrender to Jesus as Lord if they then ignore what YHWH commands.)

It is also pitiful to see those who try to defend themselves by pointing to the sins of others - i.e. adultery, etc. Ever heard the old saying, “two wrongs do not make a right”? Jesus railed against hypocrisy for a reason. Adulterers will also pay for their sins. As will all those who continue to commit any intentional sins. Unlike many with political aspirations backing away from the truth I will stand by YHWH - and He does call homosexuality an abomination on par with bestiality.

Modern day “church leaders” that show support or even tolerance for homosexuality do tremendous damage to themselves and others. Being politically correct may get them rich and famous - even get them into the White House. It will not get them into Heaven. But this has happened before. Consider the words in Jeremiah:

For the pastors have become stupid and they have not sought YAHWEH. Therefore, they shall not be blessed, and all their flock shall be scattered.

(Jeremiah 10:21)

So says YAHWEH of Hosts, Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you; they make you vain; they speak a vision of their own heart, not out of the mouth of YAHWEH. They say to those who despise Me, YAHWEH has said, You shall have peace. And they say to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, Evil shall not come on you.

(Jeremiah 23:16-17)

No matter our personal wants and desires, if we do not surrender our will to YHWH we condemn ourselves by our own actions. YHWH does not “send” people to Hell. He created us AND allows us to pick where we will spend eternity - with Him or without Him. If we chose to follow our own path instead of following the directions He has given that is our choice; and, we will arrive at the destination we steer toward.

It is just as with the old Indian story of the two wolves warring within us - the good wolf and the bad wolf. The one we feed will win. Temporal mortal pleasure and damnation or service to YHWH and salvation - you decide.

But as for me and my house, we will serve YAHWEH.Joshua 24:15

 

Quote of the Week

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. -- John Adams

Comment: Too many people today, instead of facing the reality of YHWH’s laws, follow the maxim “if you do not like the answer ask a different question”.

 

Did You Know

California has a new law to force judges off the bench just for affiliation with the Boy Scouts. COMMENT: It is not enough that the Boy Scouts cowardly caved in to political pressure and began allowing homosexual scouts - they still do not allow openly homosexual scout leaders: Therefore anyone ever affiliated with them must be punished. However, membership, past or present (not just affiliation), in a terrorist organization is allowed (PLO, Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood, etc). I have said in the past that the Government in the US is not just forcing the acceptance of evil; the Government is trying to force us to support evil as well.

 

          The US Presbyterian Church officially announced they accept homosexuality.

 

          Recent studies in the US show that 7 out of 10 applicants fail military entrance requirements. COMMENT: I wonder what a survey of the applicants for membership in the Boy Scouts for would reveal.

 

ICE has released the statistics for the illegal aliens they turned loose on the American public for 2013. 36,007 already had other criminal convictions including the following: 193 convicted for homicide, 426 for sexual assault, 303 for kidnapping, etc. COMMENT: These criminals not only automatically qualify for government assistance (that exceeds veteran’s benefits) they get full rights to vote and own firearms too! - So much for homeland security.

Sunday, March 22, 2015

National Socialism - the Nazi agenda of US Democrats


Verse of the Week

For You make man like the fish of the sea, like creeping things with no ruler over him.

(Habakkuk 1:14)

Thought for the Week

Many tyrannical regimes (the Catholic Church, the Nazi’s, Soviets, etc) had official policies that enforced their world view on the scientific community. The pressure for scientists to conform and to ignore actual scientific data was high and many elected to serve their political masters. The most recent historical example to fit this leadership paradigm is the Democratic Party of the US.

The Democrats, like those before them, are dedicated to the level of fanaticism. They too believe that their alleged superiority entitles them to use the force of law to make others comply with their view. The degree to which Democrats have twisted science to serve their end goals is more extreme than their predecessors though and examples abound.

They, based on their view of science, have decided they alone determine when a human being is entitled to protection from murder - allowing innocent babies that not only have heart beats and brain waves but their own unique DNA and unique fingerprints, to be murdered in the quest of population control. This while proclaiming the sanctity of life fighting against the death penalty for even the most heinous of criminals.

          Further contradictory views, based on their view of science, are easy to find. They proclaim the Theory of Evolution as fact and refuse to even allow alternate theories to be taught. They proclaim that YHWH does not exist and man is just another animal (See Note). Conversely, they say that man, unlike other animals, is not entitled to fulfill his obvious natural role in Nature - that of the planet’s keystone predator species.

          Just like the Nazi’s and Communists, they fear people that can resist their force and so despise the right to bear arms. They go a step further though using their science. They proclaim gun ownership is mental disease - which must to be eradicated. However, unlike their tyrannical predecessors, they are using their science to proclaim homosexuality is a genetic - which must be accepted. Nay even encouraged because this genetic difference, according to their science, apparently is not a defect or an abnormality, but, rather a, well, they have not explained that. They feel they do not have to; and, they, like most tyrants, resort to the force of law when their fallacies are challenged.

          Each of these examples demonstrates more a desire to control their fellow man rather than a desire to employ scientific data for the benefit of mankind. They want to control who is to be born and who is to be killed. They want to control what you can eat and where you can live. They want to prevent you from defending yourself (or even your views). They are even using their view of science to dominate sexual and social practices (e.g. marriage) - just like the Nazi’s.

          Yet, their most ambitious endeavor regarding the use of scientific data to advance their control is the hysteria of global warming. With this insidious ploy they are attempting to take control over the world’s use of energy - oil, coal, electricity, etc. By controlling the expenditure of energy they will be able to manipulate every aspect of most people’s lives. Manufacturing and the transportation of commodities will be under their control. The ability to obtain food, store it (refrigeration), and even cook it will be regulated. Your ability to travel will be regulated (no gas, no go). Your ability to communicate will be regulated (phone and internet).

          With this Orwellian picture the only thing missing is the thought police. Then again they have not ignored that either. Political correctness is nothing more that the utilization of peer pressure to prohibit the expression of free thinking. When speech, no matter how offensive to some, is prohibited, it endangers not only the expression of thoughts in the present but the ability to pass values on to the next generation. A child raised in such an environment will not miss the freedoms they never knew were possible (read Machiavelli’s The Prince). That is why the democrats despise home schooling - it deprives them of one of their primary brainwashing tools.

          So why harp on all this as a follower of YHWH? - Because these abuses of the knowledge of YHWH’s creation are being used to exclude the Creator. Worse, they are teaching our children that YHWH does not exist and that those who follow YHWH are as dangerous to them as a hidden sandbar to ship. The time is fast approaching when the followers of YHWH will not be allowed to speak out. Folks like me will be hunted as criminals and websites such as this will be a banned - though many modern evangelists will be safe because they do not teach the Gospel of YHWH.

          How will you serve YHWH or spread the His gospel then? How are you doing it now?

Note: Though some of these left wing liberals do apparently believe in Allah - yet another contradiction. COMMENT: What does a liberal democrat do with a homosexual Muslim? Elects him President!

Quote of the Week

Atheism substitutes men for the Supreme Creator, and this leads inevitably to domination and dictatorship. But we believe – and it is because we believe that God intends all men to be free and equal that we demand free government. Our Government is servant, not master; our chosen representatives are our equals, not our czars or commissars. We must jealously guard our foundation in faith. For on it rests the ability of the American individual to live and thrive in this blessed land – and to be able to help other less fortunate people to achieve freedom and individual opportunity. These we take for granted, but to others they are often only a wistful dream. -- President Eisenhower, Oct. 24, 1954

Comment: Such freedoms are fast becoming a wistful dream for Americans as well. Be prepared. Remember what George Washington said: “A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined; but, they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.” PS - Some Democrats must have read this - that explains why they are after the ammo too! It will not be a short battle - it will be another bloody civil war.

Did You Know

The last act of Congress ever signed by President Lincoln was one requiring that the motto … ‘In God we trust’ should hereafter be inscribed upon all our national coin.”

Israel has 8019 square miles - New Jersey has 8729. That means Israel is about 1/6 of 1% the size of the Arab countries trying to destroy it.

Population wise just in the Middle East the comparison is @ 5.5 million Israelis to 300 million Arabs. (This does not include Iran - which is Persian not Arabic).

Worldwide population comparison is 14 million Jews to 1.3 billion Muslims.

Number of countries by religious majority:

56 Islamic

49 Roman Catholic

20 Protestant

12 Eastern Orthodox

4 Hindu

1 Jewish

COMMENT: Satan’s work is almost done.

In the year 1140 - A group of Muslims (Damascenes) and Catholics fought together against another group of Muslims (led by the Turk Zengi - He was the first Muslim leader to use the “jihad” against the Crusaders).

In 1144 - Zengi eventually won. He closed all the Catholic churches, but he left all the native Christians in peace.

Saladin (Salah ad-Din) was not an Arab, he was a Sunni Kurd. He overthrew the Shi'ites as well as the Crusaders.

COMMENT: The Muslims have always slaughtered each other. If they ever unite even the Democrats will lose!

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Gone Fishin' ?


Verse of the Week

For I do not have delight in the death of him who dies, declares the Lord Jehovah. So turn and live.

(Ezekiel 18:32)

Thought for the Week

          Jesus used the expression “fishers of men” (Matthew 4:19, Mark 1:17). I think too many “preachers” today focus on fishing for men as a sport rather as a serious endeavor to stock the Lord’s pond. They practice a type of catch and release that focuses more on how many they can claim as catches instead of the number of fish that are actually delivered to stock the pond.

 Experienced fishermen know that a previously caught fish can be harder to catch. Fishing is not a sport to the fish; and, being caught may be a painful and frightening experience. The preachers who are using catch and release do more harm than good. The expression once bitten, twice shy applies in life in many ways.

A lot of folks have been caught this way though you would never know it unless you asked them - they do not live the life of one of the Lord’s fish. Other folks have been caught and think they are safely in the Lord’s pond, when in fact they are just hanging out on a stringer in whatever water they were in before. They may or may not live their lives as if they have been caught; but, they do not live the life of one of the Lord’s fish. Finally, and sadly, there are those whose lives may reflect living the life of one of the Lord’s fish but that is all it is - a reflection. They are sincere but are with a different fisherman - most likely one called Paul. Imitation is said to be the sincerest form of flattery, but it is still imitation and not the real thing.

We are told several times, by Jesus, to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees (SEE NOTE). Paul was not one of the Twelve Apostles but he was a Pharisee. People who follow Paul think the leaven of the Pharisees was rigid adherence to the law - it was not. Jesus told us the leaven of the Pharisees was hypocrisy - acting the part, not real (Luke 12:1). We are also told, by Jesus, to beware of false prophets (Matthew 7:15). Evil is most deceptive and dangerous when cloaked in good. Paul is as dangerous to the soul and the children of YHWH as Mohammed.

If you are reading this, but still swimming in Paul’s pond, the Lord is throwing you a lifeline - please grab it while there is still time. Read Jesus’ warning in Matthew 7:21/22!

NOTE: We are also warned against men in general (Matthew 10:17), covetousness (Luke 12:15), and of the leaven of the Sadducees (Matthew 16:6, Mark 8:15) - also called the leaven of Herod.

Quote of the Week

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. -- Abraham Lincoln

Comment: There is a reason Jesus said many are called but few chosen: Lincoln left out Satan’s option - fooling most of the people most of the time.

Did You Know

The third section of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible (also called the Tanakh) is known as the Writings, also called the Ketuvim or the Hagiographa.

The Book of Esther is the only book in the Tanakh that does not contain the name of God (YHWH). COMMENT: The traditional explanation relates to the concept of “the hidden face of God” (hester panim) because YHWH plays a crucial role in the Purim story, but it is behind the scene.

The writings of Saul of Tarsus (AKA Paul) and Mohammed both mention Jesus. Paul does so over 200 times but never quotes Jesus once! COMMENT: Most modern “Christians” follow Paul’s example and do not listen to what Jesus said! They follow Paul’s false gospel not the Gospel Jesus taught.

Hundreds of records for the lowest temperate are being broken! COMMENT: So much for “Global warming”. Looks like the scientists of the 60’s and 70’s may have been right with their prediction of “Global Cooling”!

          The fallacy of the Theory of Evolution has had a hard time dealing with the Theory of Intelligent Design. It has an equally hard time with concepts such as irreducible complexity. But on a much simpler level here are some puzzling facts to consider:

- There is only one mammal that flies - the bat.

- There is only one mammal known to be poisonous - the Cuban solenodon (a type of shrew that

was supposedly extinct).

- Only one mammal is born with horns - the giraffe.

- Giraffes have seven vertebrae in their necks - the same as humans.

- If an octopus loses one of its arms it grows a new one.

- There are over 50 oceanic species in the Amazon.

- The tiger has striped skin beneath its striped fur.

- Both the polar bear and the zebra have black skin beneath their fur/hair.

- Most snakes lay eggs; but, some snakes give live birth (i.e. the rattlesnake).

- The cockroach has two brains - one in the head and one in its tail.

There are so many animals that scientists falsely claimed were extinct for millions of years, but are not, that there are a whole mess of ways to refer to or classifying them - Lazarus taxa, Elvis taxa, zombie taxa, pseudo-extinct, living fossil, etc. COMMENT: It seems many of the scientific communities’ proponents of the Theory of Evolution have a lot in common with the proponents of global warming - they lose their grants if they do not tote the line - sycophants or scientists? Nowadays a degree in science really is a BS degree!

A pagan temple in Cambodia, called Angor Wat, has ancient carvings of live dinosaurs (more specifically the stegosaurus). COMMENT: There is actually quite a bit of evidence that man and dinosaurs did live at the same time (i.e. fossilized footprints) - though much of it is disputed. I have yet to hear of an archeological explanation for the evidence at Angor Wat. Like most such examples if an item does not fit an evolutionary paradigm it is ignored (i.e. over 45,000 ancient stone carvings/engravings in Ica, Peru showing men with dinosaurs - fighting, riding, etc).

PS - The Bible is not the only ancient text that may mention man interacting with dinosaurs (e.g. livyâthân - Isaiah 27:1, Job 3:8, 42:1, & Psalms 74:14, 104:26) - even ancient Hindu texts do so regarding gigantic “lizards”.

PSS - Perhaps there is a reason every ancient culture on Earth has legends concerning man interacting with dragons.

Sunday, March 8, 2015

YHWH and Freedom


Verse of the Week

And it shall be, if you shall forget YHWH your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you today that you shall utterly perish; as the nations that YHWH makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you did not listen to the voice of YHWH your God.

(Deuteronomy 8:19-20)

Thought for the Week

          I think few today ever ponder why freedom is such an important issue for the followers of YHWH. No matter what government you live under one thing is sure - it is each of us alone who will stand before our Creator to answer for ourselves on Judgment Day. Kings may have been replaced, in the US, by presidents; but, we know that YHWH, by the history of his chosen people, prefers that we follow Him and no other man or group of men. Manmade laws are no substitute for individual responsibility before our Creator so for those that truly follow YHWH manmade law is relevant only when compatible with YHWH’s law. Scholars tell us that manmade laws are part of the social contract we share with each other; but, since we cannot choose where or into what era we are born it is a contract made under duress and therefore, by the laws of man, an invalid contract. Only among a people free to choose can any such social contact hope to have validity.

          Man, as a social creature, learned long ago that morality cannot be enforced by law. In this era of decadence Man will learn that tolerance for immorality cannot be legislated either. YHWH created us with freewill. He knows that we will either choose the path of righteousness out of love for Him or we will reject Him. It is a matter of internalization - not the fear of external force. His laws do not make one righteous - they only indicate to us the difference in the hearts of those who commit righteous and unrighteous actions. Unlike mortal judges He alone can see into our hearts and tell what truly motivates us.

          Jesus made it quite clear that ritual compliance for fear of punishment was not good enough. He also said he came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it. We know by his example that it is obedience to YHWH’s law from love, and not fear of punishment, that YHWH finds acceptable. On the other hand, manmade law, whether from a king, a president, or tyrant, depends on fear of punishment. But no matter the punishment no true follower of YHWH would ever surrender control of his behavior over to another man because they know it is as individuals that they will be held accountable by YHWH.

No manmade law, even when backed by the use of force, can make accepting, encouraging, or assisting in the practice of the abominations of homosexuality or abortion a righteous action before YHWH. YHWH, not man, grants us each the individual right to practice sin or righteousness. If one chooses to sin they have the right/freedom to do so; and, if one chooses to be righteous they have also the right/freedom to do so! Man has no right to take away the freedoms YHWH has granted! The “Founding Fathers” held that truth to be self-evident! I have no right to force you to act morally AND you have no right to force me to act immorally.

          History has shown that only a free and moral people could ever live peacefully together in a society which focuses its laws not on the behavior of the people but on the government instead. Such was the intention of the “Great Experiment” by the “Founding Fathers” when they restricted the US Government by penning the Constitution of the United States. The government has no right to force you to participate in a Christian activity of any kind (i.e. wedding) AND the government has no right to force me to participate in a homosexual activity of any kind (i.e. civil union/wedding). Sadly the Constitution is now largely ignored, having been replaced by a “rule of law” based upon the precedents and opinions of unelected officials. As a result, as a people, the citizens of the US are no longer free enough or moral enough to continue the experiment. It is failing.

          Domestic issues are too numerous to list here but examples even abound in the foreign policy of the US. Where once the US claimed to champion freedom from oppression (think fascism, communism) it now champions murderers (think PLO, Hezbollah, etc) as long as the murdered are Jews or Christians; but, it steps in when the murdered are Muslims (think Kuwait). When the murdered are a mix of the followers of YHWH and Muslims (think ISIS, etc) the US policy is as flaccid as the current leadership - Obama must be having trouble figuring out how to save the Muslims without helping anyone else. Just as bad is the hypocritical practice of chastising China for its population control measures while enriching the Chinese government and allowing millions of its own US citizens to be murdered by similar population control methods (think abortion).

          Between the traitors and the cowards in all three branches of the US Government one can safely say the “Great Experiment” is failing. The eagle has not landed but we are not free to remove our seatbelts or move about the cabin because the eagle is about to crash and burn. Most Americans will blindly follow orders and die in the safe position - with their heads down and tucked between their legs. Me, I am a former paratrooper and a follower of YHWH - I will keep my eyes on the horizon and die on my feet. What say you?

Quote of the Week

If we mean to have those appointed to public offices who are sincere friends to religion, we, the people who appoint them, must take care to choose such characters . . . -- Oliver Ellsworth, member of the Continental Congress and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1796-1800)

Comment: This obviously has not been done for far too long. Tumors of evil have infected the body of the US. They are malignant. If not radically removed, and soon, the case will be terminal.

 

Did You Know

The United States got impeachment of leaders from the Iroquois Nation.

Comment: It is a practice that is long overdue in being exercised!

The first book printed in what would become the USA, while it was still made up of colonies, was “The Whole Booke of Psalms Faithfully Translated Into English Metre”.

          Obama, in Oregon in 2008, said, “I have now been in 57 states – one left to go”?

Comment: Does Kenya have 58 states? Then again he also said, “There is no POTUS

without TOTUS” (a teleprompter).

“SOS” has been translated as “Save Our Souls” or “Save Our Ship”. Another traditional distress call for help is “CQD” which is translated as “Come Quickly, Distress”.

 “In God We Trust” was first minted on a coin in 1864 - a two-cent piece.

Fingerprints, like DNA, are believed to be specific to the individual person. An average three month-old fetus already has distinct DNA and a distinctive set of prints.

Comment: Abortion is the only form of murder that routinely has two murderers - the mother and the medical malpracticianer. (Do not doctors take an oath to “first do no harm”?)