Where is Our Faith
I am likely going to be harping on this subject for some time, as I understand it to be of monumental importance to us all. There were numerous occasions when Yahushua questioned the faith of His apostles. This usually happened whenever the power of the spirit seemed to fail them. They questioned the power of the spirit dwelling in them, when they should have been questioning themselves and the degree of their faith. I believe we all do the same thing today. Ergo the common term, “Elohim does not work that way anymore.”
Heb. 13:7 - Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of Elohim: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
8 – Yahushua HaMashiyack the same yesterday, and today, and forever.
9 - Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
These verses declare that Yahushua was the same yesterday, today and forever. His words do not change. He did not give to us some bogus gospel while hiding the true gospel from us. Yahushua showed us by example the way to the Kingdom of Elohim; which we are to exemplify in our own lives. There has been no legitimate change to His plan, except in the minds of the Christian counterfeiters. The only changes made were done so by Emperor Constantine, the Antichrist, making the Christian faith the religion of the Antichrist.
Our past knowledge gained while in such worldly, Christian churches, into which most of us were born, is sometimes difficult to shake. Much knowledge about the early assemblies and their exploits have either been lost or hidden by the counterfeiters.
Matt. 8:23 - And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
24 - And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
25 - And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, save us: we perish.
26 - And he said unto them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
27 - But the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
Picture yourself in the same situation. You are in a rather small boat in the middle of a storm and very high waves, in danger of going down. Would it not be quite natural to be terrified? Yet, Yahushua showed them the difference between His faith In the Father and ours. Of course He has a great advantage over us in that He both knew and dwelt with the Father for some unknown length of time, when it is possible that there were only the two of them. Therefore, we not only have to envision ourselves dwelling in and with the Messiah, but the Father also. We are as much a son of Yahuwah as Yahushua is, only He was directly created by the Father and our existences came about indirectly. One day we will be dwelling with Yahuwah in His eternal glory, and we will be imbued with all the power and wisdom that Yahushua possessed/possesses. Our faith will be rewarded – perhaps in accordance with our degree of faith. Yahuwah wants the very same things for us as He did for His Only Begotten Son. The only thing holding us back is our lack of faith.
Matt. 17:15 - Master, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falls into the fire, and oft into the water.
16 - And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
17 - Then Yahushua answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
18 - And Yahushua rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
19 - Then came the disciples to Yahushua apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
20 - And Yahushua said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Do we believe the words of our Master? Do we believe He would ever lie or make false promises to us? Is not a lack of faith the same as not believing? Yahushua certainly expected us all to access the power of His righteous spirit, by which we have verification that we are truly of Yahuwah. However, if we are in any doubt that the spirit and power of the Most High Elohim is working in and through us, it simply won’t.
Matt. 24:11 - And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12 - And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13 - But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Lawlessness = disobedience = a lack of faith. It is as simple and straight forward as that. Practicing any kind of lawlessness causes our love towards Yahuwah to “wax cold’ – likely out of guilt. If we quit practicing lawlessness, we have no need to feel guilty and there is no reason for our love to wax cold. We eventually begin making excuses for our behaviour, promising to repent, but do not. The more leaven we allow in, the greater it rises and our love for Yahuwah waxes even colder.
We cannot afford to allow this to happen, folks. Our salvation is dependent on it. We may even rate our sins, from major to minor. Murder, robbery and sexual immorality may rank as major sins. Gossip, lying to your boss, etc., may be seen as minor sins. However, as far as Yahuwah is concerned, a sin, is a sin, is a sin – and minor sins lead to major sins. The committing of any type of sin betrays a lawless attitude and character, which simply cannot be tolerated in the Kingdom of Heaven. We will be destroyed before we could even step into the presence of Yahuwah.
I was a criminal once. And I took some degree of pride in what I got away with. It is only when we get caught that we feel like morons. With Yahuwah we do not want to wait until we get caught. Getting caught is not fun. Getting caught, in this case, could spell the end of our hope of eternal existence. We need to do some of our own self-evaluating before it comes to that and change any and all sinful behavior. There will be nothing that we can hide from Yahuwah.
We need to free our conscience before we can have true faith and a true relationship with the Father and His Son. As long as there is any degree of guilt, we will find ourselves holding back. The more we hold back, the more we justify our behaviour in our own minds, the less likely we are going to graduate to eternal life. The more we hold back, the colder our love towards Yahuwah will wax; and when the time of great tribulation comes, such will be the first to leave off following after Yahushua altogether and go back to the world.
De 32:20 - And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith
What was it that caused the eventual failure of Israel? A LACK OF FAITH! The same will be the cause of our demise as well, if we do not nurture our faith and cause it to grow. We can only do that by weeding all sin out of our lives and standing before Yahuwah with a clear conscience. We will not have a clear conscience if any sin remains in us. We must not think sinful thoughts or perform sinful actions. We must at all times think, act and speak as our eldest brother, Yahushua did. If not, we will end up on the garbage heap with all the other criminals.
Hab. 2:4 - Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
Living by faith can only be done if one’s conscience is clear. Obedience demonstrates faith, and faith gives us confidence to free ourselves from the restrictions HaSatan (the god of this world) has instilled in us. It frees us to pursue our destiny with all determination and assurance. What is that destiny? To become almighty, eternal living beings with the power and authority to bring the entire universe to life!
Mt 6:30 - Wherefore, if Elohim so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
We have so much compared to those living in Yahushua’s day. We also have a lot more responsibility and stress. In those days, the apostles could travel fairly freely, meeting converts along the way who would tend to their physical needs. Today, they would be thrown in jail as vagrants. They walked most places – had no automobiles to purchase, fuel, fix and feed. They had no job besides doing Yahuwah’s work. All they needed was food, clothing and a place to sleep- For the apostles to just travel around without a thought of where they were going to sleep, eat or wear was a tremendous leap of faith. Who among us would venture to do such a thing?
Mt 8:8 - The centurion answered and said, Master, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
9 - For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.
10 - When Yahushua heard it, he marveled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
This Gentile, Roman Centurion demonstrated more faith than any of the Israelites – and he was rewarded for his faith. Rewarding us for some action of faith is what Yahuwah greatly enjoys. He does not enjoy punishing us, but in almost 6,000 years we still don’t get it. We are fools, buffoons, unworthy! Yet, so many strut around like they are already in the Kingdom, not realizing they must yet face the ultimate trial (of blood). We all mess up when we get overly cocky. It leads us to have a unrealistic perception of ourselves. The Jews may have had such a deceptive perception of themselves, which caused them to lack faith.
Lu 18:8 - I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Yahushua was talking of the end times here. Why would Yahushua make such an inquiry? Did he know this would be the one thing most would be missing in the end days? Could this be the era of the Laodicean church and not the Philadelphian, like most like to believe? Something to seriously study and provide material for some introspection!
Acts 6:8 - And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
We find a link here between faith and power. Steven is honored here for being full of faith; and so the power that goes with that faith and witnesses of it, was present with him also. Through that power, he was able to perform great wonders and miracles. This power of the spirit is promised to us also, when we prove that we are full of faith. The saying that “The Lord does not work that way anymore” is pure nonsense. Maybe their “Lord” doesn’t work that way anymore because he never did. The Messiah they worship (their “Jesus”) is nothing more than a pagan make- over of their former pagan messiah, Tammuz.
Ac 14:9 - The same heard Paul speak: who steadfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
Is healing linked to faith? Of course it is. Back in 1980 I tore all the ligaments in my lower back in a work related injury. After being in the WCG for 3 months, I inquired about divine healing and was told they did so through the laying on of hands and the anointing with oil. I asked if I could have it done for my back. The pastor told me he would do it the next Sabbath, which was a week away. I was somewhat disappointed because I was starting a job on the Monday and didn’t know if my back was going to stand up to the work. Well, when I got up that Monday morning, my back felt fine. I went to work and my back was fine the whole day, and every day after that. That was my first experience of a personal miracle. In other words, Yahuwah healed me because of my faith before even receiving the laying on of hands and anointing by oil. Yahuwah knows our needs and is always at the ready to demonstrate His great love towards us. I have had a number of such miracles since.
Ac 15:9 - And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
Faith is not something that comes by fiat. It is a process, a purifying process. The more faith we have the purer our hearts become, as we seek most earnestly to please Yahuwah. Yahuwah has not changed in this regard and never will.
Rom 1:8 - First, I thank my Elohim through Yahushua HaMashiyack for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
What was it that caused the whole world to inquire about the faith of the followers? It was the great miracles that followed them, that’s what! Why are these great miracles not following our preaching? Lack of faith!
Rom 1:17 - For therein is the righteousness of Elohim revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
What is meant by “the just”? Is a just person not someone who lives by the law? Therefore, obedience to the law is closely connected to faith. We demonstrate our faith through obedience. After all, what good is it to declare one’s belief in Yahuwah and then completely ignore His commandments (like Christianity does)? Does that not negate any claim of being filled with the spirit or of faith?
Rom 3:27 - Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
The biggest mistake the ancient Israelites made was in making obedience to the law their criteria for salvation. They added to the law via their Talmud and eventually honored their Talmud over the Torah. True Believers need to take heed not to make the same error. Learning obedience is part of the salvation equation, but faith is the all important factor.
Rom 3:28 - Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Of course, this is a question Shaul had to deal with quite often. The older generations of Jews were quite brainwashed by this time and still tied solely to the keeping of their own laws (via the Talmud). It had been about 500 years since the Temple had been restored, and, apparently, that was plenty of time for the system to once again become corrupt. These Jews simply could not understand the concept of faith, even though Yahuwah performed His greatest miracles for them on account of the faith of their forefathers. But isn’t that the way it has been all throughout history – one generation is faithful and the next not so much.
Rom. 9:30 - What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
31 - But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
32 - Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone;
33 - As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Of course, the Gentile converts went in completely the opposite direct, thinking that only their faith in Yahushua would save them. However, Shaul was not the one who taught them this. The truth of this matter can be found in Acts 15, where the question of circumcision is being debated.
Obedience comes from faith. Naturally if we have no faith in someone, we are not going to follow them. The worldly religions have only misplaced faith – whether it be in their Jesus, Mohammed or Buddha, they all indirectly worship the god of this world, who is HaSatan. Now, I am sure that HaSatan hears the prayers of those who worship him and perhaps even answers them. After all, the Book of Revelation tells us that he is capable of miraculous deceptions. And, while in the WCG, I heard of a number of incredible healings and so on. I have already mentioned my back ordeal. Was that healing of Yahuwah or HaSatan? I honestly have no answer for that. Yet, the WCG was a law abiding church, despite its other faults. Hopefully, Yahuwah forgives ignorance.
Acts 15:18 - Known unto Elohim are all his works from the beginning of the world.
19 - Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
20 - But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
21 - For Moses of old time has in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day.
Verse 21 is the key. The Gentiles entered the congregation based on faith and were only asked to abstain from the things mentioned in verse 20. HOWEVER, as verse 21 reveals, they were expected to go to the synagogue every Sabbath. And what do you suppose they learned in the synagogues? Why the law, of course. This equation is really quite simple: Faith leads to obedience and obedience leads to the keeping of the law. Faith = obedience = keeping the laws.
1Cor. 2:5 - That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of Elohim
How many times, in worldly churches have we seen the parishioners all flocking around the pastor at the end of a service, as if he were HaMashiyack, himself? They are so focused on that person to tell them what they need to know, that they do not even question his words or search and prove everything he says, as the Scriptures admonish us to do. We have only one High Priest and Teacher, and that is Yahushua HaMashiyack; and no fleshly man comes anywhere close to Him. Why go to a stranger for the truth when we all have complete and open access to the Son of Elohim for instructions we know are true and infallible?
1Cor. 13:2 - And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
1Co 13:13 - And now abide faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Here we have another addition to the equation – charity. What is charity?
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/charity
noun, plural
char·i·ties.
generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless:to devote one's life to charity.
something given to a person or persons in need; alms:She asked for work, not charity.
a charitable act or work.
a charitable fund, foundation, or institution:He left his estate to a charity.
benevolent feeling, especially toward those in need or in disfavor:She looked so poor that we fed her out of charity.
leniency in judging others; forbearance:She was inclined to view our selfish behavior with charity.
The one thing this author left out was “love”. All such actions are based on love for one’s fellow man. The laws of Yahuwah are all based on love. Faith and love for Yahuwah should be inseparable. Yet, millions of Christians around the world proudly proclaim their love for their god, but deny their faith in him through disobedience. It is certainly one crazy, mixed up world we have here.
2Co 13:5 - Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know you not your own selves, how that Yahushua HaMashiyack is in you, except ye be reprobates?
What is a reprobate?
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/reprobate
a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person:a drunken reprobate.
a person rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.
morally depraved; unprincipled; bad.
rejected by God and beyond hope of salvation.
to disapprove, condemn, or censure.
(of God) to reject (a person), as for sin; exclude from the number of the elect or from salvation.
We might expect a reprobate to not be in the faith. However, sometimes they slip in, regardless – and we are unaware of them until they show their true colors.
Gal. 2:16 - Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Yahushua HaMashiyack, even we have believed in Yahushua HaMashiyack, that we might be justified by the faith of the Messiah, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Every society has laws. Every society has those who break the law. In fact, some make a game out of breaking the law, just to see how much they can get away with. Normally they do not get to far before they are caught. It must not be so when it comes to Yahuwah. This is not a game! This is very, very real; and we must take it very seriously. We prove our faith by our works, but it is our faith that saves us, not the law itself. The law only condemns us.
Gal. 3:5 - He therefore that ministers to you the Spirit, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
This is a no-brainer, folks. It is by the hearing of faith, of course. The ancient Israelites made a huge deal about observing the law with all its rituals but not many ever had faith. They kept the law solely for the law’s sake.
Gal. 3:12 - And the law is not of faith: but, The man that does them shall live in them.
https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/jamieson-fausset-brown/galatians/galatians-3.html
12. doeth--Many depended on the law although they did not keep it; but without doing, says Paul, it is of no use to them ( Romans 2:13 Romans 2:17 Romans 2:23 , 10:5 ).
The law is useless if no one obeys it. I cannot even imagine how angry Yahuwah must be with those who preach salvation by faith alone, separate from the law. Can you imagine any human king giving a set of laws to his subjects and having them totally ignoring those laws? I would imagine a lot of heads rolling in the court yard. Yet, people think they can do such an abdominal act with the Creator and King of this world and still gain salvation. They are merely playing a very unfunny joke on themselves. .
Eph 4:13 - Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of Elohim, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of HaMashiyack
Faith is definitely a unifying force. It reunites us with Yahuwah. Once unified, we learn to do the things we know to be pleasing to Elohim – the law. Faith brings us to the law and the law brings us to perfection. It all sounds so simple, but is anything but. There is a lot of work involved.
1Th 1:3 - Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Master, Yahushua HaMashiyack, in the sight of Elohim and our Father;
What is the old saying, “Faith works salvation”? That says it all, folks. Believe it! Live it!
Who demonstrated the act of faith more than any other human being who ever existed? Yahushua, of course! He was created to be the go-between with the Father and His creation. He dwelt with the Father for some unspecified time before His earthly manifestation. So, His faith in the Father is much more understandable and expected. What Yahuwah is asking us is to believe and obey without having any of the advantages that Yahushua had. We are blessed on account of the fact that we did believe without seeing.
1 Th. 3:9 - For what thanks can we render to Elohim again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our Elohim;
10 - Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
2Th. 1:11 - Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our Elohim would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
What do you suppose was yet lacking in the faith of these followers? In reading the context of this verse, it seems the followers were deeply concerned about the afflictions and sufferings of the Apostles at the hands of the Romans. Perhaps some felt their faith slipping because of what had been reported to them. After all, if such things could befall the Apostles, what fate awaited them? Some may have concluded that it wasn’t worth the affliction such faith would bring them. Well, I can tell you right now that if you are not prepared and willing to suffer affliction, this walk is not for you. That is what is meant by, “counting the cost”. Turning back to the world after committing one’s self to Yahuwah is the one and only unpardonable sin.
1Tim. 3:9 - Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
A pure conscience comes from a lack of feeling guilty. One feels guilty when they know they have done something naughty. We gage naughtiness by the law. Therefore, if we obey the law, we do not feel guilty, and are considered model citizens. It works the same way in the Kingdom. If one wishes to be considered a model citizen of the Kingdom, they had better be 100% obedient to the law.
Those who disregard the law (Christians) are antinomian and disobedient by nature. They fail to recognize the character building qualities of the laws of Yahuwah. Obedience to the law helps to build the exact same character in us that is in the Father – ergo righteousness. Building that character also help develop our faith at the same time, because our consciences are clear and we have confidence that we are pleasing to Yahuwah. Therefore we have a greater degree of faith that Yahuwah will fulfill His promises to us.
1Tim. 5:11 - But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
12 - Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
What on earth could this possibly mean? What is meant by their first faith?
The crime was not that these women decided to marry, but that they placed their physical desires before their desire for Yahushua. A woman in the faith can still marry and keep Yahushua in the foreground of her thoughts and deeds. Usually it works best when both parties are in agreement spiritually. Once we commit to Yahushua we cannot place him on a shelf somewhere and carry on as normal. There is no normal in following after Yahuwah as far as the world goes. We are considered the odd-balls; but then, that is what they thought of Yahushua as well – so be proud.
Heb 11:1 - Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
What an excellent definition of faith! Any human hot-shot lawyer would tear this statement apart. Yet, spiritually, it makes all the sense in the world. The physical and spiritual worlds are so diametrically opposite that most simply cannot picture it. But, I am sure that most of us have had some sort of spiritual interaction which caused us to come to Yahuwah in the first place. My own experience was so sudden and unexpected; it made my head spin at first. Part of me was saying, “You do not want to become this person. Think of what it will mean.” But the other half of me believed beyond a doubt and desired to follow Yahuwah wherever and however.
Heb 11:6 - But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to Elohim must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Naturally, a person without faith does not give a rat’s behind about serving Yahuwah – which means that they automatically are serving HaSatan. This would include all of the man-made religions on Earth.
Jas 1:6 - But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
Can Yahuwah know if our faith is wavering? You had better believe He can! When we ask for something in our prayers, we had better have the faith that Yahuwah can and that it is His good pleasure to give it to us.
Jas 2:14 - What does it profit, my brethren, though a man say he has faith, and have not works? Can faith save him?
Jas 2:17 - Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Jas 2:18 - Yea, a man may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
Jas 2:20 - But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Jas 2:22 - See you how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
Jas 2:24 - You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Jas 2:26 - For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
The Apostle James makes it abundantly clear here that faith without works (of the law) is DEAD. That’s right! We need both faith and works to be saved. Works perfect our righteous character and prove our faith towards Yahuwah. If we claim to have faith, yet live lives of disobedience, we are liars. Not only is our character made perfect by keeping and doing the law, but so is our faith. Our faith is much greater when we can come before Yahuwah with a clear conscience.
1 John 5:4 - For whatsoever is born of Elohim overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.
Who is it that is born of Yahuwah? Why, it is us, of course. Man was created in the image of Elohim because that is exactly what we are to become – magnificent, powerful, eternal-living beings, just like our Father and Eldest Brother. Believing anything less is a lack of faith.
And then, there are the lies of Christianity – that we merely become like angels after death. Sorry folks, but the angels are an incomplete creation also, and have a judgement awaiting them just as we do. If already eternal, they could not be destroyed. And we already know the fate awaiting HaSatan and the other fallen angels.
Presently we are living under the elohim of this world – HaSatan. This is the world which we must overcome. We are actually the rebels in this case, rebelling against HaSatan’s world and the authority which man gave him when he rejected Yahuwah. It is by the law that we perfect our righteous character; but it is by faith and the power that comes with that faith, that we overcome the world.
The Israelites proved that! They were intended to overcome the world. They had the law and were a model to the world of how to keep the law. But, for the most part, they had no faith. And, it was that lack of faith that prevented them taking over the entire Earth. Let the same never be said of us in the future history books. Rather, let it be said that we helped bring Yahuwah’s Kingdom to fruition because of our great faith.
Rev. 14:12 - Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of Elohim, and the faith of Yahushua.
We certainly do need patience to follow Yahuwah. The majority of His promises are yet to be fulfilled; even after these (almost) 6,000 years. The saints of both the Old and New Testaments all died never seeing the Kingdom but fully believing in it. It is likely a lack of patience that causes some to fall away – and there is certainly a great falling away occurring as I speak. Our society is becoming like Sodom and Gomorrah, and Yahuwah is not going to stand for it much longer. We were warned by Yahuwah through Amos that a famine of the word was coming.
Amos 8:11 - Behold, the days come, says Yahuwah Elohim, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Yahuwah:
12 - And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Yahuwah, and shall not find it.
That famine began in 324 BC, when Emperor Constantine (the Antichrist) changed the laws and the times. While the Christian faith gained in prominence, the True Believers were persecuted into almost non-existence – and the true word of Yahuwah was silenced for these 1700 years. Naturally, there were small pockets of resistance throughout that time, but not of the magnitude that changed the world. For the most part, the world was unaware of their existence.
Even today, with all our technology, one would think it an easy task to ignite the whole world with the truth. Yet we are still drowned out by all of HaSatan’s lies. We are still considered as cults and demonized.
Perhaps a good analogy of this concept is the present political environment in the US. I believe the US has a good man in Donald Trump, even if he is not a True Believer. Then there are the hate filled Democrats, churning out the most unimaginable lies about him to divert attention away from the evil they wish to bring upon the world via a One World Government.
A One World Religion works in the exact same manner. The real cults (all mainstream religion) have and will always persecute the true saints. How are we to handle it? We are to relish their contempt and persecution, as it is proof that Yahuwah is for us.
Be Strong and Trust in Yahuwah Always.
Yahuwah Bless
G.P.