Jesus, The Christ, The Son of God, was a Rabbi, and on many occasions in the Bible, He was called by that title.  We are Christians, followers of the Jewish Rabbi, Jesus.  He believed in keeping all the laws of the Jewish Faith.  He kept the Sabbath, and even when He healed people, they were told by Him to go to the Jewish Priest and offer the things that Moses said to do in the commandments.  Even though Jesus disagreed with the Jewish Priests and the Scribes, about certain ways and times of keeping the commandments, Jesus Himself was very strict about the laws given to us by Moses.  He also said that your righteousness should exceed the righteousness of the Jewish Scribes and Pharisees, to be able to get into heaven.  The Jewish leaders of that time were very corrupt.  So, I think we at least should investigate and regard all the Jewish Holy Days as sacred, Jesus certainly did.  To be a Christian, one should hold in high esteem the Jewish people, the country of Israel, the Holy Land, the Jewish Laws, and the Holy Days.  

     Israel is where the Bible was formed and written, the laws that God gave us were handed down to Moses there, and anyone who deems to have a religion that claims to want to destroy Israel would certainly be demonic.  How could a religion actually claim these things to have been written into law by their prophet, to go and slaughter innocent babies, rape women and children, and kill on sight any Jew, or any other person who will not accept their religion?  So, it is surely the most evil thing that could have ever been formed, to actually advocate this type of horrific behavior, as part of the approved Islamic ´Religion´.   

     Jesus was not a pacifist, one who does not believe in defending oneself in times of necessity.  He even told the Disciples to sell their garment if they did not have a sword and buy one for defense.  Jesus also admired the faith of a Roman Soldier, a Centurion no less, a Commander of a 100 man unit of a Roman Legion of soldiers, one who knew how to fight, conduct warfare, and defend his country, and also one who had already certainly killed others in battle.  Jesus said that He had never seen such faith as the Centurion had, no not in all of Israel.  He healed the Centurion´s beloved servant, without ever setting foot in his house, only by the will of His spirit and command over the forces of evil.    

     Study the Beatitudes of Matthew 5.  Jesus was merciful, forgiving, pure in heart, and a peacemaker, but He also thought that a man worth his salt would know the right things to do and would be a light bringer to overcome the evil in the world.  You have got to stand for something or you´ll fall for anything.  Yes, you might lose business, if you claim to be a Christian.  Yes, you might make enemies, if you defend the nation of Israel, and you also might die, if you don´t accept the religion of demonic murderers and rapists.  But if your salt has lost its power, then it is just cast out and trodden under the feet of evil men anyway.  Speak out and let your words be a light on a candlestick and not hidden under a bushel basket.  If you don´t USE #1A, you LOSE #1A.  

     I saw a video of a hero, a man who had a rifle and defended a whole town of people that had been overrun by terrorists in Israel.  He was celebrated and given accolades and rewards for saving the lives of almost the whole entire village in a recent horrendous attack by terrorists on the Israeli border.  I just have one question for this scenario.  Why was this hero the only one with a gun to defend the whole village?  They all knew how dangerous was their location, and that they could be all killed in a moment´s notice.  It is a very dangerous philosophy, to depend on just one hero with a gun.  Take the advice of Jesus and sell your coat if you don´t already have a sword and buy one, or better yet buy an AR15 that can meet the enemy head on, and you can all together save the village and be a lot safer.  You can all be heroes.  

     Be worth your salt and follow all the commandments of God, showing mercy, even to your enemy when possible.  Love your neighbor as yourself, even if he hates you.  But don´t abandon your faith for the evil writings of a madman, or let them completely burn and destroy all your house, with your whole family inside, murder your babies in their cribs, rape your daughters, cut the heads off your sons, and kidnap you and your loved ones, just so they can be tortured and carried across the border by satanic hordes.

     All over Mexico there are what are called "fosas" or graves, really just deep pits, where sometimes there are more than 100 bodies found buried.  Also, there are many torture houses, places where unimaginable things are done to people before they wind up in the pit, only pieces of bodies in plastic bags.  Don´t think that what happens in Mexico, stays in Mexico.  It also crosses the U.S. border, a very open border that spreads all the evil things from all over the world into your seemingly safe U.S. communities.  Don´t just imagine that evil things only happen to the people living in Israel, a very small tiny nation in the middle of a very huge antagonistic area of the world.  

     There are people in the U.S. that want a diminished police presence, a group of Marxists that are too aware of how really easy it is to move around inside the U.S., where most houses are only protected by a sheet of thin glass, not iron bars on the windows, with steel doors, like most of the other world knows it needs.  It is a very bad omen to have thousands and thousands (millions) of people from the Middle East, Africa, Somalia, Iran, and many other terrorist countries streaming across and through Mexico to get to the open borders of the United States.

     Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and also pray for the alertness, preparedness, vigilance, and security of the United

States.                                         

John 1:38

“Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?”

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-1-38/ 

John 1:49

“Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.”

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-1-49/

Mark 1:44

“And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.”

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Mark-1-44/

Matthew 5:17 - 5:18

17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.

18 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.

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-5-17_5-18/  

Matthew 5:20

“For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-5-20/

Luke 22:36

“Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.”

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Luke-22-36/  

Luke 7:6 - 7:10

6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:

7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.

8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Luke-7-6_7-10/

Matthew 5:3 - 5:12

3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-5-3_5-12/

Psalms 122:6

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.”

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-122-6/

October 11, 2023

Cliff Rhodes Christian Ministry