Two House Restoration

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G.P.

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LOST IN TRANSLATION: Jews and Joes Unaware

A discourse on what is hidden in plain sight in the scriptures. A people called and set-apart by Father Yahuah. A people who learned directly from the Source, that they were called for the purpose of illuminating for the entire world, the true path to a relationship with the Creator of the universe. Sadly, these set-apart people exchanged this precious truth for an inferior, counterfeit relationship with a false deity. As a result, they taught their children falsehood and lies, only to fit in with the surrounding nations and, in the process sold out generations of their own offspring for what they knew to be complete fabrication.

In these last days, Father Yahuah is restoring what was recklessly surrendered—the very identity of millions, if not billions of people living in the world today to the truth of their lost heritage. He is reawakening the children of the covenant. What follows is the story of the promise, the breach of that promise and the miraculous rescue project that will recover what was lost and reunite the people with each other and with the King of the Universe.

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The story begins in Ancient Ur of the Chaldeans where Papa Abraham (called Abram then) lived with his wife Sarah (called Sarai then), his father, Terah, and his nephew Lot. (Genesis/Bereshith 11:31) The group set out to go into the land of Kena’an (also called Canaan) to an area called Haran. Terah died in Haran at the age of 205. (Genesis/Bereshith 11:32)

Father Yahuah said to Abram/Abraham, "Go get yourself out of your land, from your relatives and from your father’s house to a land which I show you. And I shall make you a great nation and bless you and make your name great and you shall be a blessing." (Genesis/Bereshith 12:1-2) At this time, Sarah was barren and was unable to conceive children. Sarah urged Abraham to have a child with a woman named Hagar, an Egyptian servant of Sarah, so that Sarah could have a surrogate child through Hagar. (Genesis/Bereshith 15-16) After Hagar conceived a child named Ishmael, she elevated herself in her standing with Sarah—in other words, she looked down upon Sarah. Ishmael was not to be the child of promise.

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Therefore, when Abraham was 99 years old, Yahuah again appeared to him and told Abraham to walk perfect before Him, that Yahuah would enter into a covenant with Abraham and would greatly increase him. (Genesis/Bereshith 17) [All scripture references are from The Besorah of Yahusha, unless otherwise noted].

Father Yahuah promised Abraham, "And I shall establish My covenant between Me and you and your seed (zera) after you in their generations, for an

everlasting covenant, to be Elohim to you and your seed after you. And I shall give to you and your seed after you the land of your sojourning, all the land of Kena’an, as an everlasting possession. And I shall be their Elohim." (Genesis/Bereshith 17) At this time Yahuah established circumcision as a physical sign of the covenant between Himself, Papa Abraham and his offspring.

Father Yahuah is clear about why He selected papa Abraham to enter into a covenant with Him. "And I shall increase your seed like the stars of the heavens and I shall give all these lands to your seed. And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because Abraham obeyed My voice and guarded My charge: My commands, My laws and My Torot." (Genesis/Bereshith 26:4-5) He selected Abraham because Abraham was obedient to Him.

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Father Yahuah’s Torot are His laws. His laws are found in the first five books of the scriptures and are called the Torah. These are the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Transliterated from Hebrew into English, the books are called Bereshith, Shemoth, Wayyiqra, Damidbar and Debarim.

The seed covenant spoken of is the blood covenant with the physical blood line or descendants of Papa Abraham. The given name of the patriarch was Abram, which means "exalted father." Father Yahuah changed Papa Abram’s name to Abraham, which means "father of a multitude." (Genesis/Bereshith 17:1-6) Father changed his name because of His promise to make him a father of many nations who would be exceedingly fruitful. The Hebrew indicates that the verse that says: "And I shall bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. And in you all the clans of the earth shall be blessed" (Genesis/Bereshith 12:3), contains the word venevrachu, which can mean, through you, all the clans of the earth may be "grafted in" to the covenant.

Father Yahuah also changed Sarai’s name to Sarah (Queen or Princess, Strong’s #8283) and foretold that she would be the mother of nations. (Genesis/Bereshith 17:15-16)In her old age,

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Sarah conceived and bore Yitshaq (Isaac) when Abraham was 100 years old. (Genesis/Bereshith 21: 2) The name Yitshaq means "laughter"(Strong’s # 3327) and is a play on words because both Sarah and Abraham thought it was humorous that a couple as old as they were would have a child. As Abraham was growing older, he asked his servant to make an oath to find a wife for Yitshaq. He instructed the servant not to obtain this wife from the land of Kena’an, but from among Abraham’s own relatives (Genesis/Bereshith 23) Abraham’s servant went and found a wife for Yitshaq, named Ribqah (Rebecca), who agreed to be the wife of Yitshaq.

Yitshaq and Ribqah married and eventually bore twin sons named Ya’aqob and Essau, with Essau being first-born. Essau was a hunter and a man of the field and Ya’aqob was a "complete" man, dwelling in tents. (Genesis/Bereshith 25)

One day after a long hunt, Essau came into the tent where Ya’aqob had made a hearty stew and Essau was desperately hungry. Ya’aqob made a deal wherein he gave Essau stew in exchange for Essau’s birthright as first-born. "Thus Esaw despised his birthright. (Genesis/Bereshith 25:34)

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As was customary at the time, as Yitshaq was about to die, he called for his sons in order to pronounce the blessing over them of what would become of their lives. By this time Yitshaq’s eyes were failing and he was nearly blind and was unable to tell the difference between his sons.

Essau was a very hairy man and Ya’aqob was smooth-skinned. Ribqah loved Ya’aqob and she told him to go in unto his father and say that he was Essau. Ribqah placed goatskins on Ya’aqob’s hands and the smooth part of his neck and prepared a meal for Ya’aqob to take to his father.

She told Ya’aqob to present himself as Essau so he could receive the blessing of the first-born son. Yitshaq suspected that the voice was that of his younger son, Ya’aqob, but when he felt the hand of the man, it felt like Essau’s hand. The trick ultimately worked and Yitshaq delivered the

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blessing of the first-born to Ya’aqob. In this way, Ya’aqob received all the blessings promised from Yahuah through Papa Abraham. (Genesis/Bereshith 27)

When Essau came in from the field to receive his blessing, he was wroth and very angry when he found out the blessing of the first-born had been given to Ya’aqob. Essau then hated Ya’aqob and said in his heart that he would kill Ya’aqob. (Genesis/Bereshith 27:41-42) Ribqah heard of Essau’s plan and she sent Ya’aqob to her brother’s house where he could dwell safely until Essau’s anger subsided. Before he left, Yitshaq commanded him to take a wife from his mother’s extended family. Yitshaq spoke blessings to Ya’aqob that had been given to him from Papa Abraham. (Genesis/Bereshith 28)

Ya’aqob went and dwelled among the family of Laban, his mother’s brother. He worked hard for Laban, and Laban took advantage of his hard work. Ya’aqob made vows to Father Yahuah and Yahuah was with him all his days. Ya’aqob found himself at a well belonging to Laban. At that time, Ya’qob saw Rahel (Rachel), Laban’s daughter, watering the sheep. (Genesis/Bereshith 29) It was love at first sight for Ya’aqob! He kissed Rahel, lifted up his voice and wept. (Genesis/Bereshith 29:11)

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Ya’aqob stayed and worked out a deal with Laban that he would work for him for 7 years if only he could have the hand of Rahel, Laban’s younger daughter. The two agreed to the deal. At the end of 7 years, Ya’aqob asked Laban for Rahel to be his wife and Laban agreed. That evening, when Ya’aqob was expecting his beloved Rahel to come into his tent, Laban sent Rahel’s older sister, Leah, in to him instead. (Genesis/Bereshith 29:23) The next morning, Ya’aqob realized he had been duped and he was very angry with Laban. Laban told Ya’aqob that if he worked another 7 years for him, then he would indeed receive Rahel’s hand in marriage. (Genesis/Bereshith 29:30) Thus, Ya’aqob had two wives.

As destiny would have it, Leah proved to be very fertile, bearing sons for Ya’aqob. Leah bore the first-born son, Reuben, then Shimon (Simon) then Lewi (Levi) and then Yahudah (Judah). (Genesis/Bereshith 29:32-35) Rahel, on the other hand, was barren. Like Sarah many years before her, Rahel decided she needed a fertile surrogate who was able to bear children so she conceived a plan to send her maidservant, Bilhah in to Ya’aqob so that their offspring would be hers. (Genesis/Bereshith 30:1-6) The union produced a son named Dan, and a second son called Naphtali. (Genesis/Bereshith 30:6-8)

Now it was Leah who became envious, so she sent her maidservant, Zilpah, in to Ya’aqob and they conceived a son named Gad and a second son named Asher. (Genesis/Bereshith 30:11-13) In another strange twist, for a trade of mandrakes (called love apples) from Leah’s son (Reuben)

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to Rahel, Rahel agreed to allow Leah to sleep with Ya’aqob again. This union produced a fifth son called Yissakar and a sixth son called Zebulun. (Genesis/Bereshith 30:18-20) Leah also conceived and bore a daughter, called Dinah. (Genesis/Bereshith 30:21, 34:1)

Finally, Yahuah opened the womb of Rahel and she conceived and bore a son she named Yoseph (Joseph). (Genesis/Bereshith 30:24) At this time, Ya’aqob told Laban that he and the whole gang were going back to his own land. By agreement, Ya’aqob’s payment for all the work he did for Laban was to include all the spotted, speckled or black sheep and goats, which would serve as Ya’aqob’s wages. That way, if Laban found any white sheep or goats among Ya’aqob’s possessions, then Laban could readily tell that they were stolen. (Genesis/Bereshith 30:32-35) Ya’aqob’s animals became very fruitful, producing much offspring. Laban still tried to keep Ya’aqob under his yoke because Laban became greatly increased at the hard work of Ya’aqob, for Yahuah was with Ya’aqob.

In the middle of the night one night, Ya’aqob packed up all the family and all of the animals and returned to the land that was given to him. At some point along his journeys, Ya’aqob saw a melakim/angel of Yahuah and the two wrestled until daybreak. Ya’aqob refused to let the melakim/angel go until he blessed him. The melakim/angel did bless Ya’aqob and changed his name from Ya’aqob to Yisrael. (Genesis/Bereshith 32:28) Yisrael or Israel means, "he will rule." (Strongs # 3478).

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Just as Ya’aqob had barely escaped another clash with Laban, Essau approached when he heard Ya’aqob was coming. Messengers of Yahuah were with Ya’aqob. (Genesis/Bereshith 32:1)

Ya’aqob sent men ahead to scope out the situation to see what Essau’s mood would be upon his arrival. They informed him that they indeed saw Essau and he was coming with 400 men. Ya’aqob was greatly afraid and distressed. (Genesis/Bereshith 32:7) Ya’aqob divided up his camp (all of those who were with him) into two groups so that if one group met with peril, the other may be spared. Ya’aqob set out to offer Essau 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 rams, 30 milk camels with their colts, 40 cows and 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 foals. (Genesis/Bereshith 32:11-15) After more calculated plotting which was designed to save as much of his family as possible, Ya’aqob finally met up with Essau face-to-face. Essau accepted his brother and there was no bloodshed at that time. Yahuah had answered Ya’aqob’s many prayers to keep him and his family safe from the anger of Essau.

Rahel conceived again and she died during childbirth. She bore Ya’aqob a son called Binyamin (Benjamin). These were all the children of Ya’aqob.

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As time went on, it was clear to the sons of Ya’aqob that he loved Yoseph best. Ya’aqob had given Yoseph a coat of many colors and the brothers were very jealous. Around this same time, Yoseph was also having dreams that he would one day rule over his brothers and they would serve him. (Genesis/Bereshith 37:4-11)

This did not add to his popularity with his brothers. They plotted to first kill Yoseph, then determined to sell him into slavery to the Ishmaelites. The brothers received 20 pieces of silver for this dastardly deed. They told their father, Ya’aqob, that a wild animal had killed Yoseph. Yoseph was only 17 years old at the time he was sold into slavery. (Genesis/Bereshith 37:17-36)

Yoseph wound up in Egypt among people of a tongue foreign to his own. His father, Ya’aqob thought he was dead.

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Soon, a famine and scarcity of food beset the region and greatly affected the family of Ya’aqob. Ya’aqob sent his sons into Egypt to see if they could buy grain to sustain the family. By this time, Father Yahuah had greatly blessed Yoseph and he had risen to a position of great authority in Egypt. Father had already given him the gift of dream interpretation and he had interpreted a dream of the pharaoh which no one else could interpret.

The dream foretold of a period of seven excess or fat years, followed by seven years of famine. (Genesis/Bereshith 41:5-7) As a result, Yoseph saved and stored grain in the years of excess so that there was plenty for all of Egypt in the times of famine. Yoseph was second only to the pharaoh in Egypt because pharaoh was so grateful to him that he elevated Yoseph’s status. (Genesis/Bereshith 41:40)

The famine was severe and extended into the middle-east. Yoseph’s brothers were sent back to Egypt to purchase more grain for the survival of the family. This time, Yoseph played a trick on his brothers so that they would bring his younger brother, Benyamin with them into Egypt. His father, Ya’aqob, was reluctant to allow Benyamin to go because he was the only remaining child of his beloved Rahel. Eventually Benyamin also went to Egypt and Yoseph finally revealed himself to his brothers and they did, indeed, bow down to him.

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Yoseph arranged for the entire family to return to Egypt, even Ya’aqob. In all, 70 people went into Egypt. (Genesis/Bereshith 46:27) They lived in the land of Goshen (which means stranger in a strange land) (Exodus/Shemoth 2:22) and they thrived. Yoseph had two sons, Manasseh and Efrayim. The boys grew up at the knees of Ya’aqob and he loved them very much. Before Ya’aqob died, as his father Yitshaq had done for him, he delivered blessings to the boys and although Manasseh, being the elder, deserved the first-born blessing, Ya’aqob reversed the blessings and bestowed the first-born blessing upon Efrayim. (Genesis/Bereshith 48:19-20, 22) In Israelite custom, the first-born male received a double portion of the estate, so it was a very prestigious thing to be born first. (Deuteronomy/Debarim 21:15-17) Not only did Ya’aqob give Efrayim the double portion blessing of the first-born, he also adopted Manasseh and Efrayim as his own sons, therefore, they also became part of Israel. In essence, he adopted his own grandsons.

The sons of Israel, then, were: Reuben, Shimon, Lewi, Yahudah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Yissakar, Zebulun, Yoseph, Binyamin, Manasseh and Efrayim. Although Manasseh and Efrayim were from the line of Yoseph, they were also Israel or of Ya’aqob. Moreover, although Reuben should have received the first-born blessing, he defiled his father’s bed when he slept with Bilhah, his father’s concubine and the mother of Dan and Naphtali. (Genesis/Bereshith 35:22) Therefore, Reuben was disgorged of the first-born status and blessing. (Genesis/Bereshith 49:4)

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Many people believe that Israel is only the Jews of the world. The scriptures are clear; however, that Israel consists of all the tribes or sons of Ya’aqob. This is a very grave misunderstanding and leads to error in christian churches and in temples or synagogues. Ministers and rabbis continue to foster this incorrect assumption about who Israel really is. Yahudah or Judah, is but one tribe of the family of Ya’aqob/Israel.

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The family lived many happy years in Egypt until there arose another pharaoh who did not know Yoseph. He saw how the Israelites had increased and he set himself against Israel. He took the Israelites into bondage and forced them into slavery. (Exodus/Shemoth 1:9-14) After 400 years of bondage and slavery, Yahuah Elohim heard the outcry of Israel against their captors. Yahuah determined that a member of pharaoh’s household would be the one who would lead Israel to freedom under the power of Father Yahuah’s mighty hand and outstretched arm. (Deuteronomy/Debarim 26:8) Moses (Moshe) was a Hebrew, of the tribe of Lewi, who had been spared of pharaoh’s command to kill all Israelite males. (Exodus/Shemoth 1:15-16) Pharaoh commanded that the male children be thrown into the river while ordering females be spared. (Exodus/Shemoth 1:22) Moshe’s mother placed him in a basket and set him into the river, where the daughter of pharaoh drew him out as she went down to bathe. After Moshe was weaned, pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and named him Moshe, "one who was plucked (or drawn) out." (Exodus/Shemoth 2:10)

Moshe was raised in the household of the pharaoh and undoubtedly would have been taught all about the "gods" of Egypt. (Acts/Ma’aseh Shlichim 7:22) The Egyptians worshipped many, many "gods." Moshe was aware of the slavery and bondage of the Israelites and it grieved him. One day when he saw an Egyptian beating an Israelite, Moshe struck the Egyptian and killed him. As a result, pharaoh sought to kill Moshe. (Exodus/Shemoth 2:15) But Moshe fled into the desert, away from pharaoh and dwelled in the land of Midyan. (Exodus/Shemoth 2:15)

Moshe joined up with a shepherd family in Midyan. Meanwhile, Yahuah Elohim was remembering his covenant with Papa Abraham and hearing the cries of the Israelites. (Exodus/Shemoth 2:23-25) Moshe married a woman from the family of Yithro and began his new life as a shepherd. Moshe took the flock to the area near Mount Horeb and there he

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encountered a Messenger of Yahuah appearing in a flame of fire in a bush that was on fire, but not being consumed. (Exodus/Shemoth 3:2)

Moshe was hooked, and his curiosity was greatly kindled. He wanted to investigate why the bush burned but was not consumed. Yahuah called to Moshe from the burning bush. He called his name twice and explained that He was the Elohim of his father.

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Father Yahuah made it clear that he remembered His covenant with Abraham and would make good on his promise to deliver the Israelites from their bondage into the promised-land, a land flowing with milk and honey. (Exodus/Shemoth 3:8) The feats that Yahuah accomplished through Moshe and his brother Aaron are legendary and miraculous. Father Yahuah saved the Israelites from the army of the most powerful nation on earth and saved them from imminent destruction. Yahuah brought the Israelites into the area of Mount Sinai and entered into a marriage covenant (a ketubah) with them. (Exodus/Shemoth 19) Yahuah said: "You have seen what I did to the Mitsrites and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. And now, if you diligently obey my voice and shall guard My covenant, then you shall be My treasured possession above all the peoples—for all the earth is Mine—and you shall be to Me a reign of priests and a set-apart nation." (Exodus/Shemoth 19:4-6)

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Moshe relayed Yahuah’s proposal to the Israelites. "And all the people answered together and said, ‘all that Yahuah has spoken we shall do.’" (Exodus/Shemoth 19:8) Thus, they accepted Yahuah’s marriage proposal! "And Yahuah said to Moshe, ‘see I am coming to you in the thick cloud, so that the people hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever." (Exodus/Shemoth 19:9)

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Yahuah came to the people as He promised and He spoke the words of the covenant to them, thus entering into the marriage vows with the people.

He personally spoke to the people all the words of the ten commandments/Aseret Ha Dabarim l’Yahuah. (Exodus/Shemoth 20:1-23: 23) The people could only bear to hear the Ten Commandments/Aseret Ha Dabarim l’Yahuah, and not the entire Torah (first five books of the scriptures) spoken to them because, "*a+nd all the people saw the thunders and the lightning flashes, the sound of the ram’s horn and the mountain smoking. And the people saw it and they trembled and stood at a distance, and said to Moshe, ‘you speak with us and we hear, but let not Elohim speak with us, lest we die.’" (Exodus/Shemoth 20:18-19) Father Yahuah listened to the people and agreed that He would speak to them through Moshe. Father Yahuah dictated to Moshe what to write in the Torah (first five books of the scripture). Then Moshe took all the Words of Yahuah to the people, all the words of the Torah. The people all said with one voice, "all the Words which Yahuah has spoken we shall do." (Exodus/Shemoth 24:3) Then the people

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entered into a blood covenant with Yahuah. The people offered slaughterings to Yahuah and Moshe took half of the blood and put it in basins and half of the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. (Exodus/Shemoth 24:6) "And he took the Book of the Covenant [Torah] and read it in the hearing of the people. And they said, ‘all that Yahuah has spoken we shall do and obey.’" (Exodus/Shemoth 24:7) Moshe took the blood and sprinkled it on the people and said, "See the blood of the covenant which Yahuah has made with you concerning all these Words." (Exodus/Shemoth 24:8)

How do we know all of this meant that Yahuah and Israel entered into a marriage contract? In addition to the plain language of the scriptures stating that Yahuah was setting apart (taking into marriage) a people for himself; in ancient Hebrew custom, once it was determined that two people would get married, a scribe was brought in to take down the agreement of each party. (George Robinson,

Essential Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs and Rituals, (New York: Simon and Schuster/Pocket Books, 2000), p. 160) In a ketubah (a Hebrew wedding conract), the parties are defined, their lineage is spelled out and their relationship and their responsibilities are defined. (www.torah.org/advanced/mikra5757) First, the scribe took down the entire family history of the bride and groom (the lineage), and in this case, Father Yahuah, as the Creator, is without parentage, but He set aside the Lewites/Levites as His lineage. The bride, on the other hand, did have a definite lineage, traceable back to Papa Abraham, Yitshaq and Ya’aqob. Second, the scribe took down the personal and family history of the bride, with a full accounting of lineage. Third, was a chronology of personal family history of the groom, with a full accounting of lineage. Fourth, the history of how the bride and groom met, and commentary thereon, was written down. Fifth a detailed list of the responsibilities of the bride and groom after the wedding were set out in writing. See also: John Klein and Adam Spears, Devils and Demons and the Return of the Nephilim, (Bend, Oregon,Xulon Press, 2005, p. 63) 22

In this case, we still have, even to this day, the entire ketubah or wedding contract between Israel and Yahuah Elohim! Bereshith (Genesis) is the combined family history of the bride and groom. Shemoth (Exodus) is the personal and family history of the bride. Wayyiqra (Leviticus) is the history of Yahuah’s family—the Levites (Lewites). Damidbar (Numbers) is the story of Yahuah’s love affair with Israel, complete with His joys and His many sorrows as He led the Israelites into the wilderness. Debarim (Deuteronomy) declares the responsibilities of the bride and groom.

Id., at 64.

This was the marriage between the King of the Universe, Yahuah Elohim, and the children of Israel (B’nai Yisrael). "And the esteem of Yahuah dwelt on Mount Sinai and the cloud covered it for six days. And on the seventh day He called to Moshe out of the midst of the cloud. And the appearance of the esteem of Yahuah was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain, before the eyes of the children of Yisrael." (Exodus/Shemoth 24:16-17)

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Because it was also a blood covenant, this marriage covenant bound all of the descendants of Israel by blood of kinship and by a blood covenant to Yahuah Elohim forever and ever (l’olam vaed). (Genesis/Bereshith 17, Exodus/Shemoth 24:7-8) This is concrete proof that the bride of Yahuah, the King of the universe, is none other than Israel. (Romans/Romiyah Chap. 11; Ephesians/Ephsiyah Chap. 2) Further, because Yahusha and the Father are One (echad), Yahusha is the physical manifestation of Yahuah Elohim. (Deuteronomy/Debarim 6:4; John/Yohanan 1:1, 14) Moreover, Yahusha is the physical manifestation of the entire Torah! "And the Word (Torah) became flesh and pitched His tent (his earthly body) among us and we saw His esteem, esteem as of an only brought forth of a Father, complete in favor and truth." (John/Yohanan 1:14) Notably, there is absolutely no shred of any evidence in the scriptures that a "church" replaced Israel as the bride. But Israel would deal corruptly with her Husband. Although she promised not to worship other mighty ones, the children of Israel mixed their worship of Elohim with that of the surrounding nations and ruined and defiled the true worship.

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After the death of Moshe, B’nai Yisrael crossed over into the promised-land. Father Yahuah used supernatural means to drive the other nations out of the promised-land. "And I sent the hornet before you which drove them out from before you, also the two sovereigns of the Amorites, but not with your sword or with your bow." (Joshua/Yahushua 24:12) "Thus Yahuah gave to Yisrael all the land of which He had sworn to give to their fathers and they took possession of it and dwelt in it. And Yahuah gave them rest all around, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers. And not a man of all their enemies stood against them; Yahuah gave all their enemies into their hand. Not a word failed of any good word which Yahuah had spoken to the house of Yisrael—all came in." (Joshua/Yahushua 21:43-45) Yahuah again warned Israel not to turn their backs on His laws and right-rulings. He warned them not to adopt the worship of the nations they dispossessed. Although they had seen the power and majesty of the King of the Universe and heard His Mighty and thundering voice and had been rescued by the arm of El Shaddai from some 430 years of bondage and toil at the hands of the greatest superpower on earth, the Israelites did not heed the warning of the Most High Elohim.

Although the children of Israel promised Joshua/Yahushua again, just before he died, that they would serve Yahuah, their promise was short-lived. Israel then experienced a pattern of following Yahuah Elohim then turning their backs on the true worship of Yahuah their Elohim, to bowing themselves to other mighty ones. The Israelites seemed to be locked into a perpetual cycle of true worship, followed by apostasy then a return to Yahuah. Each time they turned their backs on Yahuah, nations surrounding them would ultimately plunder them. "Then the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of Yahuah and served the ba’als and forsook Yahuah Elohim of their fathers who had brought them out of the land of Mitsrayim and went after other mighty ones, of the mighty ones of the people who were all around them and they bowed down to them and provoked Yahuah." (Judges/Shophetim 2:11-12)

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"Baal had become the ruler of the universe. The Ugarit tablets make him chief of the Canaanite pantheon. He is the source of life and fertility, the mightiest hero, the lord of war, and the defeater of the god Yam. There were many temples of [b]aal in Canaan, and the name [b]aal was often added to that of a locality, e.g., [b]aal-peor, [b]aal-hazor, [b]aal-hermon. The [b]aal cult penetrated Israel and at times led to

syncretism…The practice of sacred prostitution seems to have been associated with the worship of [b]aal in Palestine and the cult was vehemently denounced by the prophets." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2009.

"So they forsook Yahuah and served ba’al and the ashtoreths. And the displeasure of Yahuah burned against Israel. Therefore He gave them into the hands of plunderers who despoiled them. And He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around and they were unable to stand before their enemies any longer. Whenever they went out, the hand of Yahuah was against them for evil, as Yahuah had spoken and as Yahuah had sworn to them. And they were distressed greatly." (Joshua/Yahushua 2:13-15)

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"Then Yahuah raised up rulers who saved them from the hand of those who plundered them. However, they did not listen to their rulers either, but went whoring after other mighty ones and bowed down to them. They soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers walked, in obeying the commands of Yahuah—they did not do so. And when Yahuah raised up rulers for them, Yahuah was with the ruler and saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the ruler, for Yahuah had compassion on their groaning because of those who oppressed them and crushed them. And it came to be when the ruler was dead, that they would turn back and do more corruptly than their fathers, to go after other mighty ones, to serve them and bow down to them." (Joshua/Yahushua 2:16-19) Even though the Israelites went whoring after other mighty ones and forsook Yahuah Elohim, He was patient and compassionate. He did not immediately send them out of the promised-land, but was longsuffering.

The Israelites were first led by a series of righteous rulers who were established to work out any problems that arose among the tribes. (Exodus/Shemoth 18:17-26, Joshua/Yahushua 24:1) Notably, these were rulers chosen by Yahuah to lead the people, but they were not kings over the people. It was their job to understand the law (Torah) and resolve any issues so as to carry out the right-rulings of Yahuah.

Although Yahuah was to be King over the Israelites, the Israelites saw that the nations around them had set themselves a human king to rule over them. The Israelites longed to be like the nations round about them. The kings established by men, however, would always be corrupt.

Father Yahuah chose Samuel (Shemuel) the prophet and priest as His spokesperson and the people pleaded with him to set a king over them "like those of the nations." (1 Samuel/Shemuel Aleph 8: 5)Shemuel knew the kings of the nations were wicked and sinful, carrying out their own evil desires. Shemuel was angry with the people, but Yahuah told him to go ahead and name a king over the people just like they requested, and Yahuah said, "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me reigning over them." (1 Samuel/Shemuel Aleph 8:6-7) Israel’s choice to have kings like the

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nations round about them would prove to be a lousy substitute for Yahuah Elohim. Markedly, the rulers (judges) which Yahuah established over the people led them in the proper path of Torah, but as we shall see, the kings who ruled over Israel were often corrupt and lawless (Torah-less).

The first king of Israel was a man named Saul, from the tribe of Binyamin. (1 Samuel/Shemuel Aleph 9: 1-2) At first he did what was right in the sight of Yahuah, Elohim, but then he began to disobey. (1 Samuel/Shemuel Aleph 13:13) The Spirit of Yahuah was with Saul in his early days, but when he became disobedient, Yahuah withdrew His Spirit from him. (1 Samuel/Shemuel Aleph 28) The next king of Israel was the legendary King Daud/David, who slew the giant, Golyath. David was a mighty king and warrior who fought bravely against the enemies of Israel. Although David was not perfect, he was a man after the heart of Yahuah. David longed to build a temple for Yahuah as a dwelling place for the Most High, but Yahuah explained that David had shed too much blood to be the builder of the temple. David said to Nathan, the prophet, "Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of Elohim sits inside tent curtains." (2 Samuel/Shemuel Bet 7:1)

Instead, Yahuah decreed that David’s son, Solomon (Shelomo), would be the one who would build the temple.

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Yahuah told Nathan to tell King David, "When your time comes and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He will build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a human rod and with blows from others. But My faithful love will never leave him as I removed it from Saul; I removed him from your way. Your house and kingdom will endure before Me forever, and your throne will be established forever." (2 Samuel/Shemuel Bet 7:11-16) Solomon became the next king of Israel. King David said to him just before he died: "I am going the way of all the earth. And you shall be strong and be a man. And guard the charge of Yahuah your Elohim: to walk in His ways, to guard his laws, His commands, His right-rulings and His witnesses, as it is written in the Torah of Moshe, so that you do wisely all that you do . . ." (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 2:2-3)

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Shelomo loved Yahuah, except that he slaughtered and burned incense at the "high places." (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 3:3) High places, in scripture, refers to centers of traditional rural (pagan or heathen) worship, including ancestral worship. The Israelites copied the high places of the Canaanites. "For Canaanites the shrines were devoted to fertility deities, to the [b]aals, or to the Semitic goddesses called the [a]sherot. The shrines often included an altar and a sacred object such as a stone pillar or wooden pole. One of the oldest known high places, dating from

c. 2500 BC, is at Megiddo. " Britannica Desktop Encyclopedia. Chicago: Enclycopaedia Britannica, 2008. Thus began mixed worship in the sight of Yahuah. It is in this scroll of the scriptures where we see Israel and Yahuda referred to as different groups. They had one sovereign, Shelomo, but in 1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 4:25 we see: "And Yahuda and Yisrael dwelt safely, each man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan as far as Be’ersheba, all the days of Shelomo." It is a hint that the house of Yisrael would be divided.

Shelomo loved many foreign women from the nations, of whom Yahuah had said you do not go in to them and they do not go in to you, for they shall certainly turn away your hearts after their mighty ones. (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 11:2) Shelomo had 700 wives and 300 concubines. (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 11:3) And as Shelomo grew old, his wives turned away his heart after other mighty ones and he was not perfect before Yahuah as was his father, David. (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 11:4)

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Shelomo went after ashtoreth (easter) the mighty one of the Tsidonians and Shelomo did evil in the eyes of Yahuah, worshipping other mighty ones. (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 11:6) Shelomo built high places for other mighty ones, even though Yahuah had appeared to him twice. (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 11:9) Yahuah said to Shelomo "Because you have done this and have not guarded My covenant and My laws, which I have commanded you, I shall certainly tear the reign away from you and give it to your servant." (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 11:12)

Yahuah did not tear away the reign from the line of Shelomo until after Shelomo’s death. At this time, Shelomo had placed the house of Yoseph, also called the northern tribes and the house of Israel, under compulsory labor (in other words, slavery or servitude). (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 11:28)

Yahuah did not take the complete reign from the line of Shelomo, but He tore the kingdom into, with the 10 northern tribes being one house or kingdom—the northern kingdom, and the tribe of Yahuda (with Benyamin) being the southern house or kingdom. (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 11:34-37) The northern kingdom came to be known by its primary dominant tribe—Efrayim, and the southern kingdom came to be known by its primary dominant tribe—Yahudah.

Eventually there were wars between the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom, having separate sovereigns over each. These two kingdoms have not been reunited—even to this day.

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In the Torah, indeed, even in the writings of the prophets, Father Yahuah promised that if Israel (both houses--all the offspring of Ya’aqob) did not follow Torah and did what is evil in the eyes of Yahuah, the tribes would be scattered throughout the face of the earth. Consider Moshe’s admonition: "I shall call the heavens and earth to witness against you on that day, that you soon completely perish from the land which you pass over the Yarden to possess—you do not prolong your days in it but are completely destroyed. And Yahuah shall

scatter you among the peoples and you shall be left few in number among the gentiles where Yahuah drives you. There you shall serve mighty ones, the work of men’s hands, wood, and stone which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell." (Deuteronomy/Debarim 4:26-28)

"And Yahuah shall

scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other and there you shall serve other mighty ones, which neither you nor your fathers have known, wood and stone." (Deuteronomy/Debarim 28:64)

"And I shall

scatter you among the gentiles and draw a sword after you. And your land shall be desert and your cities ruins." (Leviticus/Wayyiqra 26:33)

Because Israel became so corrupt, the Father had to withdraw further and further away, although it greatly afflicted and sorrowed Yahuah. Mixed worship to Yahuah is the same thing as committing adultery against Him. He sent prophets to the children of Israel to convince them to honor their marriage vows and return (teshuva) to the covenant they made with Him. He also sent prophets to Yahuda to plead with her to return to Him. "Look, the eyes of the Master, Yahuah, are on the sinful reign, and I shall destroy it from the face of the earth, except that I do not completely destroy the house of Ya’aqob, declares Yahuah. For look I am commanding and I shall

sift the house of Yisrael among all the gentiles, as one sifts with a sieve, yet not a grain falls to the ground." (Amos 9:9)

"So He lifted up His hand in an oath against them, to make them fall in the wilderness, and to make their seed fall among the gentiles, and to

scatter them in the lands." (Psalms/Tehillim 106:26-27) 33

""And I shall

scatter them among the gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. And I shall send a sword after them until I have consumed them." (Jeremiah/Yirmeyahu 9:16)

"So I shall

scatter them like stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness." (Jeremiah/Yirmeyahu 13:24)

"But My people have forgotten Me, they have burned incense to what is false and they have stumbled from their ways, from the ancient paths, to walk in by-paths and not on a highway, to make their land become a ruin, a hissing forever—everyone who passes by it is appalled and shakes his head. And I shall

scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I shall show them the back and not the face in the day of their calamity." (Jeremiah/Yirmeyahu 18:15-17)

"Therefore, fathers are going to eat their sons in your midst and sons eat their fathers. And I shall execute judgments among you and

scatter all your remnant to all the winds. Therefore, as I live, declares the Master, Yahuah, because you have defiled My set-apart place with all your disgusting matters and with all your abominations, therefore, I also withdraw. And My eye shall not pardon, nor shall I spare." (Ezekiel/Yehezqel 5:10-11)

"Son of man, did not the house of Yisrael, the rebellious house, say to you, ‘what are you doing?’ Say to them, ‘Thus said the Master Yahuah this message is to the prince in Yerushalayim and all the house of Yisrael who are in their midst. Say I am a sign to you. As I have done, so it is done to them—they are to go into exile, into captivity." (Ezekiel/Yehezqel 12:9-11)

"And they shall know that I am Yahuah when I

scatter them among the gentiles. And I shall disperse them throughout the lands." (Ezekiel/Yehezqel 12:15)

"Also, I Myself lifted My hand in an oath to those in the wilderness, to

scatter them among the gentiles and disperse throughout the lands, because they had not done My right-rulings and they rejected My laws and they profaned My Sabbaths and their eyes were on their fathers’ idols." (Ezekiel/Yehezqel 20:23-24)

"And I shall

scatter you among the gentiles and shall disperse you throughout the lands and shall consume your filthiness out of you." (Ezekiel/Yehezqel 22:16)

The northern tribes dealt more corruptly than did the southern tribes, although both houses were ultimately sifted due to disobedience and mixed worship. Yahudah, however, was allowed at least a partial return to Ha Eretz Yisrael (the land of Israel).

Israel (with both kingdoms united) is to be a kingdom and a people before Yahuah forever. (2 Samuel/Shemuel Bet 7:24) "Because the children of Yisrael are servants to Me, they are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Mitsrayim, I am Yahuah, your Elohim."

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(Leviticus/Wayyiqra 25:55) In the TaNaKH (also called old testament), the divided kingdoms are called just that, kingdoms. When Shelomo died, his son, Rehoboam, took counsel with young men who told him to whip and beat the northern tribes and keep them in submission. (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 12:3-16) The elders told Rehoboam if he would free the northern tribes from this bondage, they would remain loyal to Yahudah forever. (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 12:7) Rehoboam took the advice of the young and foolish men and continued to keep them under subjection and bondage and the northern tribes were taken from Yahudah by Yahuah Himself. (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 12:24)

King Yeroboam was over the northern tribes after this. In order to distract the people and prevent them from returning to Yahudah to worship Elohim, Yeroboam built 2 golden calves and told the people that going to Jerusalem to worship was too difficult for them. He told the people the golden calves were their mighty ones who brought them out of Egypt. (2 Kings/Melakim Bet 12:28) He put one golden calf in Dan and one in Beyth-El. Yeroboam appointed his own priests who were not of the tribe of Levi as Yahuah had commanded and set up his own festivals in the eighth month (like the festival of Yahudah). (1 Kings/Melakim Bet 12:31-33) Yeroboam slaughtered to the golden calves he made and "performed a festival" for the children of Yisrael. (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 12:33)

You may be shocked to learn that it was a deliberate and deceitful thing that King Yeroboam did in order to trick the Israelites into worshiping other mighty ones. This same deceit and trickery is still going on to this day by false prophets disguised as christian shepherds or pastors who are devouring the flock. To prevent the people from finding the truth and worshiping Yahuah Elohim in the manner He desires, they tell people that the Messiah (falsely called Jesus Christ) already perfectly fulfilled the law so we no longer have to. They continue to set up two golden calves (christmas and easter) as false festivals for the lost children of Israel to follow.

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If you are perceptive, you will notice that scriptural mistakes are often repeated throughout the generations. The Israelites brought out of Mitsrayim quickly erected a golden calf to worship because they were unaccustomed to worshipping an invisible Elohim. When the Israelites entered into the promise land, their leaders again erected for them golden calves to worship. In addition, the ancient Israelites worshipped the queen of heaven, ashtoreth and ba’al through christmas and easter. The Puritans who came to settle in America outlawed the observance of christmas and easter. Their prohibition did not last long enough. Once the waves of migrations into the United States continued, the Celts brought halloween observance, and the Germans and northern Europeans brought christmas observance complete with christmas trees, wreaths and yule logs.

There is a strong tendency to revert to earlier ways which are abhorrent to the Father. "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." (Ecclesiastes/Qoheleyh 1:9 New International Version) Consider that the Yahudim (Jews) traditionally had not observed christmas and easter, ba’al and ashtoreth, but after the northern tribes were deported for such worship, the Yahudim eventually took up such worship. Prior to the Babylonian exile, the remnant of the Yahudim thought it would be beneficial to escape to Mitsrayim (Egypt). (Jeremiah/Yirmeyahu 42:15-17) Yahuah Elohim specifically warned them not to leave Israel to escape to Mitsrayim (Egypt) or they would die by the sword or by hunger, but the Yahudim were bent on going.

Even worse, the Yahudim also determined to deliberately defy the commands of Yahuah. The women said, "*b+ut we shall do whatever has gone out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our sovereigns and our heads, in the streets of Yerushalayim. We had plenty of food and were well-off and saw no evil. But since we ceased burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all and have been consumed by the sword and scarcity of food. And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make cakes for her to idolize her and pour out our drink offerings to her, without our husbands?" (Jeremiah/Yirmeyahu 44:17-19)

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The picture on the left, above, is of Inanna, a deity of ancient Sumer (the earliest known civilization), known as the queen of heaven. The picture on the right is the queen of heaven as worshipped by the roman catholic church-- known to them as Mary.

Thus, the ancient Sumerian myth is alive and well today through the worship of nearly 1.1 billion roman catholics. Similarly, though modern day teachers and pastors are well aware that Yahusha Ha Mashiach was not born during christmas time, they continue to perpetuate the myth and to convince the people that sunday worship is proper and even preferred to Sabbath observance as commanded by Yahuah. This is a deliberate and concerted effort to keep people in the dark to collect a 10% tithe which they are not entitled to collect because they only called themselves as preachers. They are neither from the tribe of Levi nor are they called as priests or preachers by the Elohim of the Universe.

Consider "pastors" who tell you that 1) Torah is impossible to keep (too hard for you-like Yeroboam telling the ancient Israelites that keeping the feast at Jerusalem was too hard for them); 2) we are under "grace" of not having to obey the 10 commandments (a new message that the Savior never taught) ; 3) replacing the Name of Father Yahuah with "God" and Yahusha, the Savior with "Jesus;" and 4) the "church" replaced Israel.

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"And this is the message which we have heard from Him and announce to you, that Elohim is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and are not doing the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Yahusha Ha Mashiach, His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us." (1 John/Yohanan Aleph 1:5-10)

Most pastors

do not know the definition of sin. They define sin as drinking or smoking, or not tithing to the church, but sin is actually defined in scripture. "For rebellion is as the sin of 38

divination (witchcraft) and stubbornness is as wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the Word of Yahuah." (1 Samuel/Shemuel Aleph 15:23) "Everyone doing sin also does lawlessness (Torahlessness) and sin is lawlessness (Torahlessness)." (1 John/Yohanan Aleph 3:4) We have already previously seen that Father Yahuah dictated the law (Torah, or first five books of scripture) to Moshe. It was Yahuah’s initial intention to speak

all the words of the Torah to the children of Israel, but they could not bear to hear His voice. Recall that His voice produced thunders and lightnings and shook the people to the core. Instead, after Yahuah spoke the Ten Commandments aloud and the Israelites heard it, the people asked Moshe to listen to the words from Yahuah and then tell the words of the Torah to the people. In other words, they asked Moshe to be the go-between.

In an earlier chapter we also saw that the Torah is part of the covenant between Yahuah and Israel, and in fact are part of the wedding vows. We have also already seen that the Word of Yahuah is the Torah and the Word of Yahuah is also the Savior, who became flesh and dwelt among us. Therefore, Yahusha is the Living Word or the Living Torah. Sin, then, is transgression of the law (breaking the Torah). Yahusha told the Yahudim who sought to kill Him, "For if you believed Moshe, you would have believed Me, since he wrote about Me. But if you do not believe his writings, how shall you believe My words." (John/Yohanan 5:46-47) This is also a major hint that we need to believe Moshe’s words (the Torah) in order to believe Messiah’s words. This is a major truth in scripture that most never see. It is the bridge between the Hebrew scriptures (Genesis through Malachi) and what most call the "new testament," which are more properly called Messianic writings (Matthew through Revelation).

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These pastors hide the truth because they are afraid of losing power and status and MONEY, so they have resorted to the same lies and trickery that the former leaders of northern Israel used. This is what Father Yahuah has to say about these "pastors:" "The priests did not say, ‘where is Yahuah?’ And those who handle the Torah did not know Me and the shepherds transgressed against Me and the prophets prophesied by ba’al and walked after matters that did not profit." (Jeremiah/Yirmeyahu 2:8) The Savior spoke of these false prophet christian pastors as follows: "Because you tithe the mint and the anise and the cumin and have neglected the weightier matters of the Torah: the right-ruling and the compassion and the belief. These need to have been done, without neglecting the others.

Blind guides—straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!" (Matthew/Mattithyahu 23:23-24) They are as bad as or perhaps even worse than the prophets of ba’al who led our ancestors of the northern tribes astray. They are perpetuating sun worship like the father of their faith, Constantine I. 40

The northern tribes worshipped ba’al (called "lord’) as well as ashtoreth (called "easter") as this worship continued at the behest of Jezebel (Isabel) wife of King Ahab, who eventually succeeded King Yeroboam. (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph16) Ahab served ba’al and worshipped him. (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 16:31) He set up a temple of ba’al in Samaria, Northern Israel. (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 16: 33). He set up an asherah pole (a christmas tree) and this constituted mixed worship of the true Elohim of Israel. (1 Kings/Melakim Aleph 16:33) Christmas and easter are intertwined in the mixed worship. Christmas and easter are false "gods" or deities. Notably, to the christians, christmas and easter are the two "holiest" days of the year! Using the title "lord" praises ba’al, not the King of the universe.

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How do we know Father Yahuah hates christmas trees? They are referred to in scripture as groves. Yahuah said, "For you have forgotten the Elohim of your salvation, and you have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold; therefore you did plant plants of pleasantness, and did set it with slips of a stranger." (Isaiah/Yeshayahu 17:10) "For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for it is but a tree which one cuts out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers that it move not. They are like a pillar in a garden of cucumbers, and speak not; they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good." (Jeremiah/Yirmeyahu 10:3-5)

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