Warning to Sheep and False Shepherds

What if a doctor told you that you had cancer? Would you want to know for sure? Would you have diagnostic tests run to find out? Or would you just shrug and say, No I don’t think so, I’m okay?

Most people would spare no expense to find out and try to find a cure. But, these same people sometimes treat salvation and their spiritual well being with much less regard.

They just assume they’re all right and never check it out for themselves. They just assume they are being told the truth and don’t bother to run diagnostics. They don’t always get a second opinion so they can make informed choices. This is absolutely incredible! And I might add, not very wise.

"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it," said Joseph Goebbels , Hitler's Minister of Propaganda. Satan works the same way in promoting his doctrines of demons. You only find out the lie, when you uncover the truth. Unfortunately, your Pastor doesn’t always dig deep enough to do that for you, so to be safe, it’s really up to you to do the digging. Most deception that people believe to be correct has an element of truth and/or fact to support the lie.

The scriptures have some harsh words for the Shepherds of the sheep who preach false doctrines. This should be a somber warning to all those who believe they speak for Yahweh.

Pastors should tremble at His warnings. Have you truly been called to preach or did you just go? Do you teach the whole counsel of scripture or do you form doctrines out of a few disconnected passages and ignore the ones that don’t support your theory.

Are you following one who unknowingly preaches false doctrine or another gospel that the Apostle Paul warned us about? Of course not, you say! No one thinks they do.

Please read what I present here and then re-examine your teachings and see if you can still say that.

Your eternal standing with the Almighty may depend upon it. Many Pastors have cheapened the grace of Yahweh and have brought His great set a part name to naught.

They teach the law is not for us today and that Yahweh has rescinded His commandments. They speak presumptive words out of their own spirit and then say "Thus saith the LORD!"

This is EXTREMELY dangerous!

Let’s look at a few of these warnings. I’m going to cover several topics, so please bear with me. Scripture is in RED; my comments are in BLACK. If you have a desire to seek the truth, please read all these scriptures I present. If you have a different opinion, I would be happy to hear what you have to say.

Isaiah Chapter 56

1 ¶ Thus saith Yahweh, Keep ye judgment (Justice), and do justice (righteousness): for my salvation (literally, Yahshua) is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

You will not find so much as even a hint in all of scripture that the Sabbath was to be changed to Sunday. This is the work of the Sun cult and was enacted into church law by Constantine in 325 A.D.

The scriptures indicate the Sabbath is a perpetual sign (non-ceasing), which identifies the people of Yahweh. (Exo. 31:13, 16-17; Exe. 20:12-24).

The Hebrew word for "perpetual" is "Olam" (Strongs #5769) which means "without end". It is the Hebrew word that describes "eternity".

Israel was scattered into all the nations because they did not keep Yahweh’s laws and polluted His Sabbaths.

Today’s churches apparently have a problem with the word "perpetual". What part of forever don’t they understand? You hear Pastors say it doesn’t matter which day we keep, as long as we keep one of them. This is a lie from the pit of hell. Those who teach this will have to answer for it at the Judgement seat of Yahshua.

These teachers who make it into the kingdom, will be called "Least". (Matt. 5:19). The apostle Paul kept the Sabbath as indicated several times in scripture and instructed his followers to do likewise. The early body of believers all kept the Sabbath for at least 300 years after the resurrection of Yahshua and many others much longer.

Constantine made Sabbath keeping a crime punishable by death. What man has the authority to change even one of Yahweh’s commandments? The Protestants, who broke away from the Catholic Church, during the Reformation, didn’t go far enough in restoring the original faith of the Apostles.

They failed to re-instate the observance of Sabbath, Yahweh’s Feasts and other commandments which have never been abrogated.

This is a very serious error!

Isa. 66:23 indicates that the Sabbath will be kept in the Millennium.

Is it reasonable to believe it was changed to Sunday for nearly 1700 years only to be changed back during the Millennium? Did Yahweh change His mind again about which day we are to keep?

This is hardly likely since He says He changes not. I strongly urge you to keep the Sabbaths. You disregard this warning to your own peril.

You violate the commandments of Yahweh by failure to keep the Sabbath and become a worker of iniquity (lawbreaker). You are likely familiar with the plight of these workers of iniquity as stated by Yahshua in Matt. 7:20-23.

His pronouncement is for those "workers of Iniquity (lawlessness or torahlessness)" to depart from him; that he doesn’t even know them. The word "iniquity" is ‘anomia’ in Greek. It is Strongs # 458 defined as a condition of being without the law.

He said you would know them by their fruits. The fruit of these people and their pastors is the teaching that the law has been done away or abolished. Yahshua didn’t mince words in Matt. 5:17-19 when he said he did not come to destroy the law. He said heaven and earth would pass away before even one jot or tittle of the law would be destroyed. The reason he said this was because heaven and earth had been called to witness against Israel that they keep the law and what would happen to them if they didn’t. (Deut. 4:26; 30:19; 31:28). And heaven and earth are still here, are they not?

Did Yahshua lie or is the law still valid?

Think of the implications of this. When you read the "Old Testament", do you disregard all the warnings to Israel as being something only for the Jews or having already been fulfilled?

This is a huge mistake, because many of these warnings are for the end times and are for YOU! Please don’t be so arrogant as to think that you have all the truth. It is likely that many believe the way you do, but the broad path is not the one you want to be on. In this case, safety is not in numbers.

If you are not Israel, you are not saved. If you are saved, you are Israel according to the Apostle Paul in Romans Chapter 11. You are grafted into the natural Olive tree of Israel and become partakers of the root (Yahshua) and fatness of the Olive tree.

There is NO separate entity called "the church" which replaces Israel.

There is no "church" gate into the New Jerusalem.

The Greek word "Ekklesia" translated "church", simply means "called out ones", and it does not refer to a building. The building was called a Synagogue or Sunagoge in Greek (Strongs #4864).

So, if you are really a "called out one", you are a member of the commonwealth of Israel. Please read the following scriptures carefully for a clearer understanding of what I am saying.

11 ¶ Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles (returning Israelites) in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh (Jews) made by hands;

13 But now in Messiah Yahshua ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. (Scattered Israel is often referred to in scripture as being afar off, Judah is described as being nigh). They both become Israel by the blood of Yahshua.

14 ¶ For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;( Judah and Israel made one, the partition between them was removed). The wild Olive tree is grafted into the natural Olive tree. They are now both Israel! This is, of course, what Paul was saying in Romans 11:17-25. Paul calls this a mystery in v. 25.

15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, ‘even’ (the word ‘even’ has been added and is not in the Greek) the law of commandments contained in ordinances;(the enmity is what was abolished, not the law) for to make in himself of twain one new man, (Twain means ‘two’. Judah and Israel are made one) so making peace; See also Jer. 3:18; Eze. 37:19; Isa. 52:8.

16 And that he might reconcile both unto Elohim in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby. The enmity between the two is what was abolished. See Isa.11:13.

17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, (scattered Israel) and to them that were nigh. (Judah)

18 For through him we both  (Judah and Israel) have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens (Israelites) with the saints, (Israel) and of the household of Elohim;

That should settle how a believer becomes Israel. If you still have doubts, then carefully read how Paul describes it in Romans 11.

Remember, Yahshua said in Matt. 15:24 " I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Who do you think this referred to? Non Israelites are never referred to as "sheep". See also Jeremiah 50:6.

The lost sheep of the house of Israel were those who were carried away in the Assyrian captivity over 700 years earlier. These people literally became gentiles. They eventually lost their identity and are the ones who became the "lost sheep of the house of Israel".

These people were still in worldwide dispersion at the time of the Messiah. The Apostles certainly didn’t think Israel had been regathered when they asked Yahshua if he would at that time restore again the kingdom to Israel (Acts 1:6.)

We have the witness of the historian, Josephus, a contemporary of Yahshua, who stated they were still scattered at that time and were a vast number, which could not be counted.

Several of the gospel letters were written to them. I Peter was written to them. They are called strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia (Galah in Hebrew means ‘exile’), Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, ELECT through the blood of Yahshua. The Greek word ‘diaspora’ # 1290 translated ‘scattered’ is defined as "a converted Israelite resident in a gentile country".

I Pet.2:9-10 equates these people with scattered Israel (not Judah) of Hosea 1:9-10.

The Epistle of Jacob (renamed James in honor of King James) was written to the 12 tribes which are scattered abroad. (James 1:1). They had not returned at that time and still haven’t.

Were the Corinthians gentiles? Was Paul disregarding Yahshua’s admonition to "go not into the way of the gentiles"? Paul must have thought them to be Israelites as he referred to them in I Cor. 10:1 as ‘brethren’ and would not have them ignorant, how that ALL OUR FATHERS were under the cloud and ALL passed through the sea.

These Corinthians were part of the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

John 7:35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? The dispersed were called gentiles here by the Jews.

The plan of Yahweh is clear in preserving the knowledge of the Messiah Yahshua in scattered Israel. Judah rejected him, but has retained the understanding of the Torah, the oracles of Yahweh, which were entrusted to them. We need what each other has, to be complete. Yahweh’s plan is to do exactly that - to bring the two sticks (trees) together again into one kingdom under Messiah Yahshua in the Millennium. (Eze. 37)

It is a major theme that runs throughout Scripture.

I don’t think I can make it much clearer, that when you become a believer in Yahshua and trust in his shed blood on your behalf, you become Israel. When you read scripture and see the word "Israel’, do you automatically think this is talking about the ‘Jews’? This is a very common error.

The Jews are a tribe of Israel and are sometimes referred to as Israel in scripture, but most of the time when you see this word, it refers to the other 10 tribes which are still in worldwide dispersion. There are usually clues in the text to tell you which is meant. Now back to Isaiah Chapter 56.

6 Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to Yahweh, to serve him, and to love the name of Yahweh, to be his servants (they become Israel), every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; (All are Israel).

8 Yahweh ELOHIM which gathereth the outcasts of Israel (those who had become gentiles) saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him. (These are non Israelite gentiles who also become Israel)

11 Yea, they (watchmen) are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds (Pastors) that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.

12. Come ye, say they (the pastors), I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. (Gospel of prosperity?)

This is a relatively mild warning. The ones to follow should scare you to death if you do these things. Consider the following scriptures:

16. For by fire and by his sword will Yahweh plead with all flesh: and the slain of Yahweh shall be many.

    Read carefully the above two verses. I am presenting all this in context so you will know the timing. This is clearly happening in the Day of Yahweh. At this point, it is still future.

17. They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith Yahweh.

These are the ones that pronounce themselves sanctified and set apart. They are pork eaters. Does this bother you at all?

Does it stand to reason that Yahweh will come back to destroy these pork eaters and give ham-eating Christians a free pass? Or are you one of the ‘rapture’ cult that thinks they will be zapped away to safety?

(The pre-tribulation rapture is a false doctrine that can be easily proved as such.)

If the eating of swine’s flesh is okay, then why is it mentioned here as something loathsome to Yahweh? In case you are not clear on what the abomination is, read Leviticus Chapter 11, where it is explained in detail.

Now, just in case you don’t think He is talking about Christians, read the next four verses.

21. And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith Yahweh.

    We are clearly told that there will be survivors of this group of pork eaters. Yahweh will set a sign among them.

    The sign between Yahweh and His people, Israel, is the keeping of the Sabbath (Exo.31:17).

    They will be Sabbath keepers.

    They shall declare His esteem to the nations. They will preach! They will bring your (Israel’s) brethren into the house of Yahweh as an offering to Him in a clean vessel. Yahweh will take of them for priests and Levites! ( Rev. 1:6, 5:10; 20:6; I Pet. 2:9; Isa. 61:6)

    He does not make priests out of the heathen. This is scattered Israel, who have devolved into pork eating gentiles, the wild Olive branches of Romans 11.

    Pastors that teach the flock it’s okay to eat these things are in deep trouble with the Almighty. As I have already shown, this is all still future and proves that the food laws are still in effect.

    This is also seen in Paul’s comments regarding returning Israelites (gentiles) and the prohibition against eating meat with the blood. (Acts. 15:29; 21:25, etc.). He was not advocating that the returning Israelites did not have to keep the law, just that everything should not be laid upon them all at once. They had the synagogues which taught the things of the law (Acts. 15:21) and they could learn all these things later.

    22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith Yahweh, so shall your seed and your name remain.

22. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith Yahweh.

Notice what it does not say. It doesn’t say from one Sunday to another.

You may lightly dismiss this, but failure to keep Sabbath was one of the principal reasons Israel was sent into worldwide dispersion.

Since Yahweh changes not, is it possible He still regards the Sabbath, His memorial to creation, as a day we are to keep as He commanded?

Are you willing to bet your eternal standing on it? If you are wrong, what will your flock think of you when they learn the hard way they were lied to?

Sabbath observance is still mandatory! Breaking the Sabbath was so serious that people were stoned to death for violating it.

Pastor, do you observe Passover, which the Almighty declared would be a Feast to Him forever? (Exo. 12:14)

The early body of believers continued to observe it for over 300 years after our Passover lamb was slain.

Or do you celebrate the pagan feast of Easter (Astarte)? Astarte is also called the Queen of Heaven to whom the Canaanites had burned incense and poured libations. (Jer.44) – Encyclopedia Britannica. She is also known as Aphrodite, Isis and Mary.

Do you sponsor Easter egg hunts for the children?

The original celebrants of this feast dyed the eggs red in the blood of sacrificed children. This is where the colored egg tradition began. Do you have an Easter sun rise service? This was called an abomination in Eze. Chapt. 8. Many people look forward to "Hot Cross Buns" on Easter. Where did this tradition start? It is mentioned in Jer. 7:18 , where the women made cakes to the pagan Queen of Heaven.

Do you celebrate Christmas? Are you aware the savior was not born on this date, but is the traditional birth date of Deus Sol Invictus, the sun god Mithras, the sun of righteousness? (Ency. Britannica).

When Constantine merged paganism with Christianity, he declared December 25 to be the birth date of the Messiah. The Romans readily accepted this date as they were already worshippers of a god born on that date. The only thing that changed for them was the name of this god. They must have loved the name pronounced "Ee Sous or Ee Zeus".

"Since Yahshua HaMoshiach was not born on December 25, then whose birthday is being celebrated? Answer: The Satanic sun god, who was also known as god incarnate, mediator between god and man, a false Messiah, another Yahshua." (Too Long in the Sun – Rives)

Do you bring an evergreen tree into your church or home and decorate it with silver and golden ornaments? Have you considered Yahweh’s warning in Jeremiah chapter 10 against doing this?

2 Thus saith Yahweh, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.( Signs in the heavens have always played a large role in Pagan religions. The sun, planets, stars, summer and winter solstice, Constantine’s cross in the sky vision, comets, etc. have all been important in paganism.)

The Roman Emperor, Theodosius, attempted to restrict Paganism in 392 AD by prohibiting idol worship and other pagan practices, but the pagans continued with their celebrations anyway, which they now called Christmas and Easter. Christmas was officially adopted as a Christian observance in the 5^th century on the sole authority of the Catholic Church.

Lent is also an observance that has no basis in scripture. It has always been associated with sun worship and the Spring Equinox.

Does it matter that these were originally pagan festivals?

Are we allowed to create our own feasts to Yahweh? Do you think it matters to the Him?

The answer is a resounding YES! Look at the following:

They were going to worship Yahweh through the golden calf. You see, they didn’t think this was idol worship; "it didn’t mean that to them". How often do we hear this today? "It doesn’t mean that to us!" Easter doesn’t mean to me what it meant to the pagans, we celebrate the resurrection of "Jesus" on this day. It doesn’t matter that Yahshua had already risen toward the end of the Sabbath, not Sunday morning at sunrise. He was already long gone by then.

But, this is the same logic that was used by Israel back then. Aaron even lied to Moses to try to justify his deed. He said that the people gave him gold, which he cast into the fire and out popped this calf. (Exo. 32:24). Do we not lie to ourselves today to justify our practices?

Aaron, on his own authority, declared the following day would be a "Feast unto Yahweh". Isn’t this what the church has done? They have declared Christmas and Easter as feasts unto the "LORD".

What was Yahweh’s response?

Does this sound like it didn’t matter to Yahweh? He wanted to wipe them out and start all over with another chosen people through Moses. The word says Yahweh is the same yesterday, today and forever. He changes not! Aren’t you glad we have an advocate who pleads with Yahweh not to wipe us out, as did Moses for Israel?

We have truly inherited so many lies from our fathers. Doesn’t it concern you that maybe a lot of what you are being told from the pulpit is false? Do you have a love for the truth? If you say yes, but your actions speak no, consider the following verses of scripture:

These are the lies. They are the traditions of man and practices of the world incorporated into our worship These are not of the Father nor of the Son.

Pastors are the ones perpetuating these idolatrous practices. The sheep trust in their Pastors for truth, but are being fed wormwood. He may tell you 98% truth, but it’s the 2% error, like arsenic, that makes it a deadly mix.

Are you, as a Pastor, leading them astray with great soothing, but false words? Do you know that some of what you teach is false, but don’t want to jeopardize your retirement plan with your church organization?

The following is harsh, so let’s examine the wording.

II Thess. 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. This is the mystery of Lawlessness. As explained earlier, the Greek word for iniquity is ‘anomia’, meaning law less or Torah less. Man’s laws are not important to the Almighty. What is lawful in one place in the world is not lawful in another. The laws spoken of here are Yahweh’s laws. These are the only ones that really matter. This mystery was already at work in Paul’s day, as much of Israel was not keeping torah. The workers of iniquity include those who teach the law has been abolished and do not keep it themselves.

No love for the truth either means you are not that interested in finding out whether what you are being taught is true or, if you are a Pastor, just willing to following tradition and presume the ones who taught you were telling you the truth. A love for the truth entails having an open mind and being willing to investigate if what you are told is so. Be like the Bereans. The information is out there, it is everywhere!

You ignore it to your own peril! Ignorance is not an excuse.

If you are ignorant, you shouldn’t be teaching the sheep. If you are a sheep and are being told the law was cancelled, you need a new pastor.

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. Unrighteousness = iniquity = lawlessness - Strongs # 93 Adikia

Years ago, I heard the call in my spirit to come out of Babylon. I didn’t know at first what I was to come out of. I thought I was to leave this country, which eventually I will if I live long enough. It became apparent to me as the call became louder and more intense that it was the church I was to leave. It was only after I obeyed and came out that the Ruach HaKodesh began to show me why.

I believe the woman of Revelation 17, called Mystery Babylon is Rome and the religious system that came from there. The clues are that she sits upon a scarlet colored beast full of names of blasphemy. I believe this to represent a religious system, which uses false blasphemous names for Yahweh and Yahshua.

She is said to sit upon seven hills, as does Rome. She is drunken with the blood of the saints and martyrs of Yahshua. A reading of Foxe’s Book of Martyrs will show how violently the Roman church persecuted and killed countless saints who dared to read their bibles or disagreed with any doctrine of the church.

You may say I am not a Roman Catholic, I am non-denominational or a protestant. Mystery Babylon has harlot daughters (Rev. 17:5). These daughters all have characteristics of their mother.

They observe Sunday as their Sabbath, they celebrate false feasts, and they bring the name of Yahweh to naught or nothing. They call Him by a title that is also used for Baal (the Lord). Look up the word Baal in your Strong’s concordance and you will find one of the meanings of the word is "Lord". This is NOT his name! The word translated "vain" in the third commandment is Strong’s # 7723 Shav, which means, in a sense of desolating, uselessness or to bring His name to nothing, to lie about it, in guile or as false. Substituting the common title of Lord in place of His name does just that. In fact, he says in several places in scripture He does not like these substitutions. In the same passage of scriptures where it is said that the gentiles shall come from the ends of the earth saying, "Surely our fathers have inherited lies", the following verse states:

Jer. 16:21 Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Yahweh. Of course, your modern translation has "The Lord" here, but that is not a name and only a title at best. The translators have substituted this word for His name. The name written here in the Hebrew text is YAHWEH. This is the name the people will come to know, not "THE LORD."

The Bible does indicate there will be a false system of worship in place in the latter days. It is a false system that claims that the law is abolished.

Yahweh allowed his true religion to be perverted by the religious leaders of that day. This is why Yahshua came down so hard on the Pharisees. They had added so much of their oral tradition to his torah that it had become burdensome to the believers. Why should we think it hasn’t happened today?

Aren’t Yahweh’s commandments being rejected today? Christmas and Easter are traditions of men.

The keeping of Passover is a commandment of Yahweh, which is being totally ignored today in most "churches."

This is why we will come to Yahweh in the last days weeping that our pastors have told us lies.

This is not some prophecy that was fulfilled hundreds of years ago. It is still future as can be seen from the context of the verses of Jer. 16:14-16. The exodus from the nations in verse 14 will be so great as to make the exodus from Egypt pale in comparison. This has not yet happened.

Why have these gentiles lamented they have inherited lies from their fathers? Because these lies have been perpetuated by their pastors. Hear the word of Yahweh you Pastors.

Of course, none of you think this refers to you, but is something long past. So let’s continue.

5 Behold, the days come, saith Yahweh, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. We know this to be Yahshua HaMoshiach, our savior.

6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, YAHWEH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS {Heb. Yahwehtsidkenu} In the days of our Messiah, Judah will be saved and Israel will be regathered and restored to their land. We know this to be at his Second Coming as Judah has rejected the Messiah and Israel does not yet dwell safely in their land. This also shows that Judah and Israel are two separate families. See also Jer. 33:16, 24.

8 But, Yahweh liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. This is a future exodus from all the nations when Yahweh regathers scattered Israel. This is a reference to Christians who become Israel. Most of Judah is not Israel because of unbelief and has been broken off the Olive tree. (Rom. 11:20-21)

Again, you have to realize that there were no Israelite prophets in Samaria when Jeremiah wrote this. They had been carried into the Assyrian captivity 100 years earlier. The prophets of Samaria could refer to modern day Christian prophets that are descendents of the Northern kingdom of Israel. Samaria was it’s capital and often is used to refer to the ten tribes. Besides, according to verse 5-6, it refers to the end time. These prophets prophesied in Baal (the lord) and caused Yahweh’s people Israel to err.

Pastor, prophet or prophetess, do you presumptuously speak for Yahweh? Are you sure that utterance is from the Ruach HaKodesh? How about your interpretation? You could be in grave spiritual danger if you aren’t sure.

17 They say still unto them that despise me, Yahweh hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. Oh, but this doesn’t apply to me because I love ‘the Lord’. Yes, but do you love Yahweh? Do you really love Yahshua? You say yes, but your actions betray your lips. Yahshua said if you love him, you would keep his commandments. His commandments are the same as his Father. Do you keep Sabbath? Do you keep the Feasts? After all, Yahshua said not one stroke or letter of the law would be in anywise abolished until all be fulfilled. IS all fulfilled? Has heaven and earth passed away? Has Yahshua returned and the millennial reign begun? The answer is No and if you aren’t keeping his commandments, then according to him, you don’t really love him. I didn’t write this, he did. Don’t you just hate that he said this?

Is this serious? It would seem so according to the following warning in Deut. 18:20

Back to Jeremiah 23:

As previously stated, another meaning of Baal is "the Lord." Most people don’t realize that calling Yahweh "The Lord" is the same as calling Him "Baal" Certainly Satan knew this when he influenced the translators to insert "The Lord" in place of Yahweh’s name almost 7,000 times in scripture. But, as verse 20 states, in the latter days, you shall understand it perfectly.

We are now beginning to expose this serious satanic name change. You don’t like my calling this name swap satanic? Yahweh certainly didn’t inspire this name change. Yahweh has just stated in verse 27 that His people, our fathers, have forgotten His name for Baal.

His people are always Israel and none other. Do you really belong to Him? If so, then you are Israel. And your fathers have forgotten his name and now call Him Baal (The Lord) and have taught you to do the same.

Now that you know that our heavenly Father’s name is Yahweh, why not call Him that from now on and not cheapen it by calling him "the Lord". There are thousands of lords in England and other English speaking countries.

33 ¶ And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of Yahweh? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith Yahweh. The word burden is the Hebrew word ‘Massa’ Strongs # 4853 and is a little hard to understand in the context it is used. The definitions of this word are listed as burden, an utterance, chiefly a doom, song, desire, prophecy and tribute. I will let you decide which word applies here.

It appears to be a very serious issue to the Almighty. I would suggest you not go around asking your favorite prophet or prophetess for a word from Yahweh. If He has a word for you, He will initiate it and the prophet will have no trouble knowing without a doubt when it is from Yahweh.

Ezekiel chapter 13 was written primarily to Judah just before they was carried away captives into Babylon, but I believe the warning remains the same for ALL of Israel.

I can relate to the following scripture during my time spent in Charismatic churches and listening to prophets of doom. I am not judging all prophets of doom, only those who have prophesied doom within a certain time period and it did not come to pass. I remember feeling terrible and depressed by their predictions.

Many in the churches today are not really saved, but have been convinced they are by well meaning, but misguided pastors.

I do believe in the 5-fold ministry, but believe it is being seriously abused today. It is hard for me to understand how it can function in a body of believers that do not keep the commandments of Yahweh. Everyone seems to have a word from "the lord". Most of the words I have heard spoken in group meetings are pretty benign and devoid of anything meaningful. You always hear of the prophecies given to individuals that come true, but almost never about the ones that didn’t. I remember the ones that were given to me personally that didn’t and there is now no possibility that they ever will. Some were given by false prophets and prophetesses; some were given by false shepherds (pastors). These people stood up and personally promised me that "the Lord" said such and such and would do such and such. Maybe these prophets and pastors can still repent because they didn’t actually say, "Thus saith YAHWEH!" Instead, they have prophesied in Baal (the lord)! But then again, Deut 18:20 makes me wonder. They need to get on their knees and seek Yahweh’s face and ask forgiveness.

What I am warning about is the seriousness of prophesying out of your own spirit and attributing it to the Ruach HaKodesh or our heavenly Father, Yahweh. There are spirits out there that are anxious to use well-meaning pastors and prophets. Not every spirit that speaks to you is of Elohim. Discernment is extremely important if you are one that considers himself a prophet or brings a word from the Almighty. The presumption that what you are hearing is of the Spirit of truth is very dangerous. You have to KNOW without a shadow of doubt. Just because you have heard that voice for years doesn’t mean it is the Ruach HaKodesh. As the above scriptures demonstrate, Yahweh considers it a very serious matter to speak for Him or to say He said something He didn’t. Read what happened to Hananiah, the prophet, who uttered a false prophesy in Jeremiah Chapter 28. Yahweh killed him because he caused the people to trust in a lie. Yahweh considered it rebellion.

In case you still have doubts, consider the following scripture. I won’t use every scripture concerning the fate of false prophets and shepherds, so let’s just take one more chapter and look at it.

3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. You pay yourself a good salary out of their tithes, yet you give them lies and little of real substance to nourish their souls. You tickle their ears with smooth sayings. You tell them they don’t have to obey Yahweh’s laws because they have been abolished. You tell them they can eat unclean foods and rare meat with the blood dripping from it in violation of Yahweh’s commandments. You tell them the Sabbath was changed to Sunday with NO scriptural evidence whatsoever for such a change. Then you presume to tell them it doesn’t matter which day they keep as long as they keep one day ‘holy’.

This is teaching REBELLION!

You celebrate pagan feasts and disregard Yahweh’s Feasts, which He said, are to be kept throughout your generations. You will one day keep the Feasts, especially the Feast of Tabernacles or you will receive the plague described in Zech. 14:12. The warning is in Zech. 14:16-19. If you do these things, you are on a freight train heading for destruction and are taking the sheep with you.

4. The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick,

Having trouble healing the sick? Who are you asking to do the healing? neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.

5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, (the beasts of the field are demons bringing false doctrine) when they were scattered. {because…: or, without a shepherd}

6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: (searching for someone who will tell them the truth) yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. (We’re trying to rectify that here.)

7 ¶ Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of Yahweh; (Payday is coming..)

12 As a shepherd ( the good shepherd of John 10:14-19) seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. (Day of Yahweh). Take note rapturists, the sheep are still here on this day. Remember too, only Israel is considered His sheep. The nations are goats.

13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. More proof we are talking about more than just the Jews. These are the ones gathered at the Day of Yahweh, which includes surviving Christian pork eaters of Isa. 66:17-20. This is when He sends the hunters and fishers of Jer. 16:16 to fish Israel from the holes of the rocks.

The two stick prophecy of Eze. 37 takes place and Judah and Israel once again become one nation under one King, Yahshua HaMoshiach.

14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. (brought back to their old heritages according to tribal lineage’s)

15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, (be in peace and safety)saith Master Yahweh.

16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. (justice)

17 ¶ And as for you, O my flock, thus saith Master Yahweh; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. (Separate the sheep from the goats – Matt. 25:32).

23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. (This is Yahshua sitting on the throne of David (Acts 2:30; Eze. 37:24). This is all part of the two stick prophecy of Eze. 37. This is the beginning of the Millennium.

24 And I Yahweh will be their Elohim, and my servant David (Yahshua) a prince among them; I Yahweh have spoken it.

30 Thus shall they know that I Yahweh their Elohim am with them (Immanuel), and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith Master Yahweh.

I did not write this article in a spirit of anger although I may have come across that way. My concern is for the sheep and what they’re being fed. I sat in churches for years listening to warmed over pabulum with no real nourishment for my soul. I hungered for someone to tell me the truth. I wondered why there was so much discord among the myriad of differing denominations. Everyone one felt they had the truth and all others were wrong. The fact is, they were all blinded, the blind leading the blind.

I was not content to just listen to some pastor parrot what he had heard from some other pastor or had been taught in seminary. Something was terribly wrong here as they could hardly agree upon anything. They were always fond of saying that the ‘Holy Spirit’ was their teacher and would lead them into all truth. How could this be when they all had differing truths? Someone is rejecting truth or there would not be thousands of differing denominations. I decided not to trust my eternal well being to these pastors. I would search out the scriptures for myself. I have studying them in earnest for over 25 years now and have been rewarded for my efforts. I have not prayed for wealth, but for an understanding of Yahweh’s word. He has abundantly answered that prayer. I admit I do not understand everything, nor do I have all the truth. But, I am light years ahead of where I was before heeding the call to separate myself from spiritual Babylon about 15 years ago.

I used to wonder why it was so hard to convert a Jew to Christianity. You present their Messiah as a blue eyed, brown haired, Caucasian looking individual with a name that sounds like Ge-Zeus. You tell them to forget the Torah, the commandments, the Feast days and to embrace pagan festivals. You tell them that the Sabbath has been changed to Sunday with no scriptural support whatsoever, just the word of the Catholic Church and some long dead pope. You tell them the church has replaced Israel in Yahweh’s plan of salvation for mankind, while the scriptures affirm otherwise. The church will NEVER convert the Jews. They may get a few, but only a token few. In fact, the Jews have some very capable antimissionaries. These people are extremely knowledgeable of scripture. They don’t consider Christians a threat and don’t usually waste their time on them. However, become a Messianic believer of the two house of Israel restoration, begin to keep Sabbath and the Feasts, look to your Hebrew roots and you will get their attention very quickly. They are very effective and dangerous. They use subterfuge and deceit; they can quote the New Testament better than most Christians. They know the Hebrew language very well and have no problem in taking advantage of our ignorance of it. They don’t tell you the Masoretic text, upon which all modern translations of the bible are based, has been edited by Rabbi’s in the 7^th or 8^th century A.D. Many possible references to Yahshua being the Messiah have been carefully removed. The Septuagint, which is a translation by Hebrew scholars before 285 B.C. into Greek, and the Dead Sea scrolls show us where some of these redaction’s have taken place.

Unfortunately, the conversion of the Jews will take place when they are almost totally destroyed and in desperation call out for "Yahweh to save" them, literally calling for "Yahshua". He will return to save them when they cry out ‘Baruch Haba Beshem Yahweh", (Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh).

My prayer is that you, the reader of this article, not be so hasty to dismiss what I have said here. If you feel I am wrong, give me chapter and verse in it’s context from scripture to support your argument. And please, for your own sake, don’t reject what I have said out right. You may be held accountable for it. If you are a pastor, the fate of the sheep may depend upon your rightly dividing the word of truth, which is Torah. The New Testament did not then exist when this statement was made in 2 Tim. 2:15. Do you rightly divide the Torah or do you just avoid it, only taking snippets out of context from it from time to time?

Remember that you are accountable to Yahweh for what you teach the sheep. We have His word on that. He changes NOT!

Brick Parrish

June 2004