RESTORATION Magazine Issue 20 Sp'24

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editor's note

“Then all the people answered together and said, ”All that the LORD has spoken we will do”. So Moses brought back the words of the people to the LORD. Exodus 19:8

To “do” is to bring to pass or carry out It also means to perform or execute To “do” is to commit or bring out. The children of Israel said that they would do all that the Father had spoken. There was a willingness to live out the Word. Saying yes to YAH through Messiah is about coming into agreement with righteousness

Will we “do” as we come to the beginning of another feast cycle? Will we do the work to apply the blood of Messiah to the door posts of our hearts? Will we do the work of running our race with faithfulness and perseverance? Will we do what the Father has said for our benefit? Will we do the commandments with joy? Will we do the work of seeking peace and pursuing it? Will we carry it out? Will it be our most important thing?

His love is better than life. His way is perfect. His mercy is new and refreshing every morning His peace surpasses understanding His righteousness is from generation to generation His mind and thoughts are perfect and willing to perfect. Our sanctification is His will. Will we do?

I pray your hearts be filled with steadfastness as we pursue the King I pray that we know no greater love than the love of YAH I pray we are steadfast and unmovable in this walk. I pray our faith is bigger than our fear and we rejoice in Him always.

We have been invited to experience the beauty of holiness Will you come? Will you say yes? Will you do all that He has said? Love is waiting Peace is just a decision away You are loved, forgiven and redeemed. Will you receive His love today?

I do. I will. My souls says yes.

Kelly D. Vonner Editor in Chief

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Passover: Behold! The Lamb of YAH (God)

written by Mother Geraldine Meredith

To be called the Lamb of YAH (GOD), means that YAH gave Yahshua (Jesus), to be killed like a lamb for our sins; so we could live forever. Among other procedures, in Exodus 12 the Lord commanded; your lamb must be without blemish and a male of the first year. This signified that, the Lamb of YAH (GOD) is pure, perfect, without spot or blemish. He would be sacrificed/slain for the sins of the world.

Also, in Exodus 12, Passover was instituted by YAH (GOD) through Moses and Aaron The deliverance of the children of Israel from Egyptian bondage was at hand. The Lord commanded each of the Israelite families to sacrifice a lamb, to sprinkle its blood on their doorposts, which would allow the destroying angel to Passover them. All the while the firstborn of the Egyptians were slain and did not escape death

The blood on the doorposts was a foreshadowing of the chosen Lamb of Yah (God), who with His blood would cleanse and save the faithful. The people of Israel were passed over by animal sacrifices; we are now made whole by the washing of the blood of the Eternal Lamb (Yahshua), to eternal salvation As Paul spoke of Moses in Heb 11:28 Through faith he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them Even so, shall eternal life be given to those, who rely on and are washed by the blood of the Lamb of YAH (GOD).

John 6: 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day To avoid destruction at the last day, those with hardened hearts, those that remain in the spiritual darkness of Egypt, must take in the body and the blood of the Lamb of YAH (GOD).

I Cor 5: 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us: 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth

John proclaimed! Behold the Lamb of YAH (GOD) in 1:29 and again in 1:36. It is referring to Yahshua (Jesus), as the perfect, ultimate and all-time sacrifice for the sins of the world. Our very lives are considered a living sacrifice for He lives within us For, we have submitted ourselves to Yah’s (God’s) will and authority over our own As is stated in John 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Yah (God) sent Yahshua (Jesus) for the salvation of all.

The Lamb of YAH (GOD) was despised and rejected by men. He carried our sorrows He was wounded for our transgressions By His stripes we are healed He was brought as a lamb to the slaughter Because He had done no violence, no deceit in His mouth, He was able to redeem all people to YAH (GOD).

As the Lamb, Yahshua (Christ) was slain and took away the sin of the world. As the Lion, from the tribe of Judah, He is victorious and will conquer. Isn’t it a blessing to know that YAH (GOD) is willing to accept the death of His son in our place? We can’t/don’t have to pay the penalty of sin with our own lives We respond to the call “Repent” for the Kingdom of YAH (GOD) is at hand as stated in Matt 3:2.

All of this and more is why Yahshua (Jesus) is called the Lamb of YAH (GOD).

ABOUT MRS. GERALDINE MEREDITH: Ms. Geraldine is a native of Humboldt, Tennessee and wife of the late Elder Genghis Meredith She is a faithful member of the House of God Assemblies She loves spending time with her family and caring for others.

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Dead to

written by Prophetess Beverly Holiday

The command to remove leavening (representing sin), from our hearts and homes is a reminder year to year. We all at one time were slaves to sin. James 1: 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. Sin separates us from our Source of Life. Without the intervention of Our Redeemer, we would remain forever hopelessly dead “in” sin When we make the decisions against being dead “in” sin, we become dead “to” sin We may not achieve sinless perfection, but we must choose a different direction. A state of not allowing sin to have jurisdiction/dominion over us.

The command not only instructs us to remove leavening, it also commands us to take in unleavened bread (representing the Sinless One) Yeshua our Pesach Lamb, is the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth spoken of in I Cor 5:8 John 6:51 mentions the Bread that came from heaven that brings life to all those who eat it.

This time of the year new life begins; trees are blossoming, flowers are blooming, grass is turning green, calves are being born, you get the jest. Pesach is about the Lamb, that died for our sin and rose again that we might obtain new life Several scriptures speak of coming from death unto life through, Yeshua, our Pesach Lamb

Please note the stipulations for this new life as follows. (my emphasis)

Gal 5:24 And those who are Yashua’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires

Rom 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

I John 1:15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him 16 For all that is in the world the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life is not of the Father but is of the world 17 And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of Yah abides forever.

Eph 2:4 But Yah, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Yashua

Rom 6:10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to Yah. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to Yah in Yeshua our Adonai. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts And do not present your members as [d]instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to Yah as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to Yah

Crucifying the fleshly desires of the world and living righteous lives to Yah seem to be the common theme. In closing, let us ask ourselves this question. Do we give resurrection power to sin and death by feeding our fleshly desires?

Acts 17: 28 for in Him we live and move and have our being, Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead ”

Let us all choose to eat the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth from The Master’s table and live.

ABOUT BEVERLY HOLIDAY: Beverly has devoted her life to caring for the needs of others She has been married to her husband, James, for over twenty years They are proud parents and grandparents and reside in West Tennessee Email: beverly holiday@yahoo com

Torah is Life

written by Dr. Shirley Moore

Our Creator is the giver of life and the only true Lawmaker. He created all things good and instructed mankind concerning the ways for His created beings to live and not die the ultimate death All who refuse to live according to His Law will die from the consequences of sin Sin is lawlessness and its carries punishment that causes death The Giver of Life offers mankind the knowledge for eternal life so we can live and not die. He knows the way we tend to take. He gives us the Way we need to take to be safe. Every living thing has laws for life. Laws cannot be broken, altered or changed without suffering consequences. Laws of the Creator are given for our information on how to live, move, and have our being safely handling ourselves and our resources for life Some die by mishandling fire, negative impacts, drowning, violence, overdoses, sickness, and disease We perish for the lack of knowledge of the necessity to be hearers and doers of the Law instructing us for our safety in the natural and spiritual. Laws govern us to have a good life filled with Love. Man-made laws are not laws at all They are temporary rules and subject to change The Laws of the Creator are eternal and thereby trustworthy

Many of us who believe that there is a Creator to pray to. We tend to pray for Him to fix what we have messed up due to our lack of obeying in His Laws Being hearers and doers of His Word is the best preventive measure for mankind to take and avoid having so many doovers and repairs. We find ourselves crying because our Creator takes His time delivering us from the consequences of our willful sins (breaking of His laws). He will not be taken for granted. We must learn form our mistakes, acknowledge wrong, and agree to go and sin no more. He allows us to see the consequences of our lawlessness, and unfaithful behaviors so that we hopefully learn from our mistakes

We can look at the law of process in the natural to recognize and adapt to the Law of the Spirit. Without knowing Torah, we have built-in instincts to survive and mature. We had nothing to do with out conception. This was an act of our parents. Adam and Eve were brought forth by the will of the Creator to reproduce We grew inside of the woman until we were ready to exit the birth canal Newborns are dependent on care providers. As babies we made our needs known by crying and expressions before we could speak. Our parents were to protect us and instruct us of the laws of life. Our survival depended on their knowledge and diligence in teaching us and our obedience. The laws of the flesh need to be applied so we can live, avoid sickness, and not die

Parents trained in righteousness set to train their children likewise. They lead them to the true Lawmaker, Creator of heaven and earth. He is eternal. All who develop a personal relationship with Him in obedience will acquire His Laws of life to live this live and live again.

Our heavenly Father offers to whosoever is willing to love Him with a hunger and thirst for righteousness, His Torah, Law of life. All who are born again become His dear children to learn the Laws of life and do no harm to ourselves and others. He sent His Word in flesh to redeem mankind and elaborate on the Spirit and Truth of the Father. All who embrace the Spirit and Truth of the Law Maker's Instructions are awarded life His Law is for us to live and let live in the beauty of Holiness having laid aside our sinful nature and bringing all of our thoughts into captivity into the obedience of the Lawmaker, Creator of life. Thereby, all who hunger and thirst after Righteousness are filled. Gave no space to the enemy. Preservation of Life is found in His Law, the Torah of Love. Messiah is the Torah in Spirit and Truth sent to redeem the lost who wandered from the Law.

Deuteronomy 6:1 “And this is the command, the laws and right-rulings which YAH your Elohim has commanded, to teach you to do in the land which you are passing over to possess, so that you fear הוהי your Elohim, to guard all His laws and His commands which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, and that your days be prolonged. And you shall hear, O Yisra’ĕl, and shall guard to do, that it might be well with you, and that you increase greatly as הוהי Elohim of your fathers has spoken to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey Hear, O Yisra’ĕl: הוהי our Elohim, הוהי is one! And you shall love הוהי your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your might. And these Words which I am commanding you today shall be in your heart, and you shall impress them upon your children, and shall speak of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Matthews 4:3 And the trier came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of Elohim, command that these stones become bread.” But He answering, said, “It has been written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of הוהי. ’ ”

Matthews 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, so that they see your good works and praise your Father who is in the heavens 17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets.a I did not come to destroy but to complete. 18 “For truly, I say to you, till the heaven and the earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall by no means pass from the Torah till all be done. 19 “Whoever, then, breaks one of the least of these commands, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the reign of the heavens; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the reign of the heavens 20 “For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees,a you shall by no means enter into the reign of the heavens.

2 Timothy 3:14But you, stay in what you have learned and trusted, having known from whom you have learned, 15 and that from a babe you have known the Set-apart Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for deliverance through belief in Messiah 16 All Scripture is breathed by Elohim and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for setting straight, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of Elohim might be fitted, equipped for every good work:

James 4:11 Brothers, do not speak against one another. He that speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against Torah and judges Torah And if you judge Torah, you are not a doer of Torah but a judge 12 There is one Lawgiver and Judge, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?

ABOUT DR. SHIRLEY MOORE: Dr. Shirley is a retired Social Worker Service Practitioner and Deputy Conservator for Children’s Services Her greatest call is to receive the Light of Life from the Almighty and share with others what she receives from Him Email: prayingagain@yahoo.com

“Soteachusto considerour mortality,sothatwe mightlivewisely”.

Psalm 90:12 NET