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Volume 4, Issue 2 - April 2003 “I have set a watchman upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night. You that make mention of YHWH, keep not silence”. Isaiah 62:6

“…Because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved. And for this cause, GOD (Elohim) shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie; that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness”. 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

According to scripture, a powerful, charismatic dictator will soon appear in the arena of World Politics and convince the majority of mankind that he is The Messiah [The Anointed One]. Countless millions of people will be lead astray to believe this lie. But the “strong delusion” is “sent by YHWH because people reject “the love of truth” and so, they are given up to believe the lie. Will you be ‘numbered’ among those deceived? …And, will the “judgments of YHWH” passover you?

The first Passover, in which our people were gathered as a nation of people, 10 plagues were brought upon Egypt, [land of bondage], upon Pharaoh and all of Egypt’s gods. But the final [the 10th] plague in which the Angel of Death was sent to kill the firstborn of all Egypt, including Egyptian livestock, would be the one in which the Children of Israel would be set free. The pride of Egypt did finally collapse, and YHWH Elohim, the GOD of Israel, was glorified. It was only because of ‘the blood of the lamb’, [Yahshua the Messiah] on the doorposts of the houses of Israel that the death angel passed over them. But, Passover is a memorial of the death of the lamb and is not kept by the masses. The pagan spring festival Easter [with it’s socalled focus on resurrection to new life] has replaced it.

Throughout history, Christianity, that did away with YHWH’s holy commandments and changed the “times and seasons” [a counterfeit portrayal of the True Gospel], has insidiously paved the way for Satan’s ultimate deception.

“Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the over-flowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves.” Isaiah 28:15

The Disciples asked Yahshua, The Messiah, three (3) important prophetic questions in the Mount Olivet discourse: 1) when shall these things be?

2) and what shall be the sign of thy coming, 3) and [what shall be the sign] of the end of the world?

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He responded, “Take heed that no one leads you [the apostles] astray. For many shall come in my name saying, I am the Christ, and they will lead many astray.” [Matt 24:4-5]. While the warnings and commandments regarding false prophets is clear, what is missed by many, even unto this day, is that the Messiah’s warning was also for the disciples in that they themselves, would soon see his Gospel begin to change. In their lifetime, His Holy Word would be altered by those who would use His Gospel for their own gain, they would call it and Him by another name [Jesus instead of Yahshua] and would call the ‘true way of salvation’, Christianity [instead of Messianic Hebraism], thus perverting “The Gospel” and leading many away from the truth.

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…”And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch”. Acts 11:26

In Gal 1:6, Paul exposes this very thing…’another gospel’ at the church of Galatia; confirming the accuracy of this prophecy. Due to a lack of biblical understanding, and in particular a lack of foundational understanding of the Old Testament, mainstream Christianity sits poised to embrace this false Messiah at his appearance. The deception in this prophecy is fulfilled by what was written in 1 Timothy 4:1, “Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils”. So steeped in the ‘dogmas and doctrines” of their ‘ever-growing denominations’, they remain in total ignorance of the pagan origins of their own religious practices like Easter–having formed a counterfeit for what should be “The Passover”.

The word Easter appears in the bible only once and is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for Passover (Pesach). “Easter” is the name of a pagan goddess variously called "Astarte, Eostre", "Eastre", "Ishtar", "Ostarun" or "Ostera." Easter is the old Teutonic pagan Anglo-Saxon goddess of the springtime. [Note the Babylonian Gate of Ishtar left].

She is also referred to as "the goddess of fertility." Her name is the source from which the medical term "Estrous Cycle" formed, which is associated with female biology.

This pagan goddess Easter then is associated with the giving of life, the re-generation of life in the spring; the giver of the fertile state to all creatures. Thus, Easter continues the tradition of the “feast of fertility” with rabbits, eggs, and candy.

“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ”. Colossians 2:8

The feast of "Easter" is one of many pagan practices that had nothing to do with the Messiah. In 325 C.E. the now infamous "Council of Nicea”, called by Constantine, was also referred to as the "First Ecumenical Council”, over which Constantine himself presided. This council determined that the resurrection of the Messiah would be celebrated on the already-established pagan feast called "Easter". This was decided, because the day on which the resurrection of Yahshua was celebrated originally, was ‘First Fruits’ during the "Hebrew Passover season. [Passover, Unleavened Bread and First Fruits are actually Biblical "feasts of YHWH”, but at that time anything considered Hebrew was undesirable]. Although the early Gentile believers were happy to be associated with the ‘so-called religion’ of Yahshua and His disciples, by this time the Jews were being heavily persecuted, and there was a desire among "the Christian" leadership to distance themselves from the root of the faith."

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The second reason was that Easter was a very popular feast. Instead of trying to get an entire empire of "instant Christians" to forsake their new-found faith, the council simply substituted the pagan holiday of Easter for the correct celebration of the resurrection of the Messiah [during the days of Passover]. Under this convenient arrangement, no repentance was necessary, no one was unhappy, no waves were stirred, and YHWH was ignored. Easter is determined (per the Council of Nicea, 325 C.E.) to occur on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox. This is because "Easter" was and is directly associated with the "birth of spring," not the resurrection of Yahshua. Clearly scriptures tell us that when Satan is permanently thrown out of heaven, never to return, he is confined to earth where he is allowed to deceive mankind [being assisted by doctrines of devils and “lying spirits]– 2 Thes 2:8-10.” “…There was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon…and the dragon fought and his angels… neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him”. Revelation 12:7-9

Satan, son of the morning star [the sun] appears as an angel of light, scripture says. This ‘false light’ is yet another “symbol of the sun” that is consistent with Sun[(day) sunrise] worship kept by 18 billion Christians worldwide. It is easy to understand why the bible says “that the whole world is deceived”. When Satan is cast down to earth at the opening of the 6th Seal, the masses will believe The Messiah is returning to to earth; and woe to mankind on this day!

From the ancient past….

…trying to destroy the future

At the 6th seal [Rev 6:12-14], war rages in the heavens and there is a great earthquake. The sun eclipses and the moon turns blood red….the stars appear to tumble from the very heavens while the heavens themselves roll back like a scroll. Every mountain and island are moved out of their places!!! The signs that occur during this event are so cataclysmic that during the days the appearance of this false Messiah, we are told “if it were possible, they would deceive the very elect – Matt 24:24. Rev 6:15-17 continues in telling the reader that the majority of the world will be deceived believing that this lying wonder is the “true” Messiah.

Rev 6:15-17 “…The kings of the earth…great men…rich men….the chief captains, the mighty men, every bondman, free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne; from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

But, the Messiah does not return until the last (the 7th) trumpet, according to scripture!! Many believers who may be sincere in their quest for understanding, are so spiritually blind to the ‘pagan traditions” of Christianity that they have been caught in a snare set by Satan eons ago. Cleverly, he devised a scheme that has led the majority of the world’s population down a path whose “sign post” reads Christianity, but in reality it is the path to The Ultimate Deception coming upon humanity. Pre-conditioned for deception by holding fast to such teaching as Christianity’s (false) rapture from earth straight to heaven, they falsely believe they shall escape the devastation of The Great Tribulation while the world is plunged headlong into it. This is not sound understanding of scripture, but tribulation did pass over Israel due to the blood of the Lamb of YAH] in their first gathering. With Passover occurring during the same time as Easter, think of the level of evil and deception that would be at work if YHWH allowed this Anti-Messiah to cause these spectacular, heart-stopping “lies” to reach their fullness and the ‘lying one’ to be revealed on Easter sunrise morning. What Christian would not believe? It would be the zenith of Satan’s long-awaited ‘delusional performance’ and the downfall of millions.

The events coming upon the world are so dire that we are told to “pray always that we may be accounted worthy to escape the judgments coming upon the world and still stand before the Son of Man” – Luke 21:36. Only the blood of the True Messiah, Yahshua the Lamb of YAH, will be sufficient for these ‘plagues and convincing deceptions’ to pass over. Passover, Unleavened Bread and First Fruits signifies “death to sin/flesh” which must occur before the resurrection to new life can be expected. Be not deceived!

1 Cor 5:8 “ For even Christ [The Anointed One] our Passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast…”.

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The Marked vs The Sealed Rev 14:9-10 “If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God..”.

According to MSNBC and CNN News, London marketing whiz kids have hit upon a new ‘advertising medium’: the human forehead. The February 2003 article indicated that the British marketing agency, Cunning Stunts, is sure that this concept is more universal than television and livelier than billboards so they have begun to rent advertising space on the forehead of university students first.

Millions of people have obviously heard of the ‘mark of the beast’ either from scripture or in general conversation so, is this some sort of ‘stunt”? Absolutely not! Considering all the other signs around us, this is further confirmation that we have actually entered the latter days spoken of in bible prophecy.

Rev 7:1-3 “And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. And I saw another angel …having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.”

In the final conflict between righteousness and evil, everyone will be divided into one of two groups, the righteous and the wicked…and there are no [get-ready-later] categories in between! This scripture represents a division of the wheat versus the tares, or the sheep versus the bold goats where the righteous [the wheat and sheep] are identified by the seal of GOD [Elohim] and the wicked [tares and rough goats] are identified by the ‘Mark of the Beast’. The mark is called such because it indicates that it is a kind of identification. We are told that the mark is also identifiable because it is in keeping with the name of the beast or the number of his name and in conclusion, is the number of a man. [Rev. 13:16-18]. Careful examination of the Pope’s title (Vicarius Filii Dei which means Vicar of God), happens to be the exact Roman numerical equivalent of “666’, the number of the beast quoted in scripture as a warning to all mankind.

Rev 13:18 “Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Understanding that Roman Catholicism is the Mother of Christianity, Catholics and Protestants alike have great cause for concern. Although there are many so-called ‘religions’ that oppose the ways and laws of YHWH, it is obvious from the text above that Christianity will play a major role in the Apostasy to come. So then, many might ask what, then, is the Almighty YHWH’s sign or seal?

Isa 8:16 “Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.”

YHWH seals his children [by the Holy Spirit – Eph 4:30] with obedience to truth [his laws and ways].

Obviously His seal will not be a ‘visible seal’ since the law of YHWH forbids making or receiving marks of any kind on our bodies like tatoos [Lev 19:28]. Even though this sign will not be visible, it will be a seal which manifests itself so that it will exhibit it’s presence, otherwise it cannot justifiably be called a sign.

Scripture tells us that the laws of YHWH which includes keeping the Sabbath Day [Saturday, the 7th day] is a sign throughout our generations between YHWH and his children. We’re also told that YHWH’s Holy Days [Feast Days] should be bound upon our hands for a sign and shall be as frontlets [in the forehead] between our eyes.

Deut 6:8 “And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

In other words, the Children of the Most High YHWH are sealed by the Spirit of truth [with His laws and ways in their inward parts-Heb 8:10]. A child of Yah keeps the laws of YHWH in obedience to his word because they were instructed by YHWH to do so. The law itself cannot save, but YHWH, who made them, can! During these latter days, YHWH’s people will be found keeping His laws and ways, and the

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SPIRIT will cause them to exhibit his righteousness in the earth. The Sabbath, New Moons and Holy Feast Days [not the world’s holidays] are his signature….his seal that he has used to set his children apart from the world. [The word Holy means sanctification, or to separate]. Thus, his children bear His name constantly in their minds [thoughts] and his works [ways] upon their hands for a sign to be seen]. This is because the hands are committed to the thoughts and desires of the mind and heart, Heb 10:16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, said YHWH (the Lord), I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them”. 

“And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves (idols).”

Hosea 13:2 Does religious jewelry identify faith or is it much deeper than that??

There is much evidence that the so-called cross on which the Messiah was crucified, does not resemble the crucifix on which he was really crucified or with which believers adorn themselves. Instead, the Messiah was actually crucified on a wooden pole or stake with this hands outstretched over his head. Even the commonly pictured method of nailing the hands and the feet in their center would not have supported the body’s weight but would have ripped through the hands and feet. Evidence reflects that crucifixion nailing was done through the wrists of the hands and ankles of the feet as pictured left.

Research indicates that Jesus [Yahshua] was crucified on a "stauros" (Mark 10:21, Matthew 27:32, Luke 23:26, John 19:17). This appears as the word "cross" in all, but in reality, the Greek word in Strong’s Lexicon means a vertical pole without a crossbar. The New World Translation, sponsored by the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, translates the word as "torture stake."

In a January 2003 Christianity Today article, the writer re-thinks his own use of religious jewelry while examining a young girl’s decision to wear religious jewelry. He wrote, “At some point in her tender young life, every sincere and pious girl discovers religious jewelry.” He continued, “My favorite was a gold Slovak cross found the year I lived abroad—it had two bars at the top instead of one”. Examining his own reasons for wearing a cross, he asked, “Why was I wearing a cross? Was it to advertise my Christianity? The wearing of a cross as decoration [or otherwise] bears some reflection. The cross’s [torture-stake’s] origin is hideous. In an article entitled, Crucifixion in Antiquity, it notes “this form of state terror was widespread across the Roman Empire which included Europe, North Africa and Western Asia”.

The cross was not a tool for hasty and efficient elimination of unwanted specimens; it was a device of premeditated intimidation. Political and religious zealots, pirates, slaves, and sub-citizens were its most frequent victims. The Romans regularly crucified the paterfamilias of a significant enemy clan with his whole family gathered to watch. [Paterfamilias are family members directly descended from the father’s side of the family].

In 88 B.C., the Judean king and high priest Alexander Jannaeus crucified 800 Pharisees who opposed him. Crucifixion was an instrument of state-sponsored execution. It killed not by the wounds it inflicted on wrists and feet but by thirst, suffocation, and heart

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failure. When these means took too long, the criminal's legs were crushed with an iron club in order to hasten death, a technique called crurifragium. [The Messiah’s crucifixion fulfilled the prophecy that his bones would not be broken [John 19:31-33].

“And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha”. John 19:17

A hundred years before the death of Yahshua [so-called Jesus], 6,000 slaves were crucified along both sides of the Apian Way after Spartacus's rebellion. It was a trail of death all the way to Rome!!! Since this account of 6,000 prisoners of war being crucified was part of a victory celebration, it is plausible that the most quick and efficient manner to use to bring about death quickly would be to simply place the victim on the tree [cross] with his hands suspended directly over his head. For nearly a thousand years, crucifixion was a favored form of death-by-torture until it was outlawed by the first Christian emperor, Constantine the Great, in A.D. 337 when he used Christianity to unite his Roman Kingdom.

The original cross symbol was in the form of a Tau Cross. It was so used because it looked like the letter "tau", or our letter "T". It is believed that the Church may have copied the symbol from the Pagan Druids who made crosses in the form of the “T” to represent the Thau (god). They joined two limbs from oak trees. The Tau cross became associated with [Saint] Philip who was allegedly crucified on such a cross in Phrygia. May Day, a major Druidic seasonal day of celebration, became St. Philip's Day. Later in Christian history, the Tau Cross became the cross that we are familiar with today, but The Romans executed people on a simple stake.

“And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shall in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God gives thee for an inheritance”. Deuteronomy 21:22-23.

Centuries later, as the official universal emblem of Christianity, crosses were used to intimidate and terrorize the Hebrew slaves [Negroes] once again as they burned on the lawns of our homes and churches in America by the Christian nights of the Ku Klux Klan. The cross is a symbol of death and is the reason it is found in “graveyards”. Our people were crucified on ‘torture stakes’ in antiquity and upon coming to the new land, were hung from trees [lynched] in untold numbers. The next time you see a cross, remember crosses are found at gravesites because the dead are there! To hang from a tree is a curse according to the law. Why would anyone want to wear a curse?

Gal 3:13 “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree…”.  “O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye child-en of Jacob, his chosen one ...Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the WORD which he commanded to a thousand generations…”

1 Chronicles 16:13-15

HEAR, O ISRAEL… Mal 3:7-9 “Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances [laws including

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the Holy Days], and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD [YHWH] of Hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? …Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation..”

Acts 2:40 “With many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation”.

In The Greatest Love Story ever known to mankind, 6,000 years ago, YHWH Elohim chose a nation of people, The Hebrews and delivered them from slavery to be His holy priests. After the Exodus from Egypt on Pass-over and for thousands of years, this Hebrew Nation [the socalled Negro] continued to walk in the opposite direction, away from YHWH [i.e., away from truth]. Now, we find ourselves completely estranged from the Almighty Elohim [GOD] who formed us, loved us, saved us and married us. We no longer know Him, nor do we know our own identity. The bible says we are a rebellious, stiff-necked, gainsaying and disobedient people.

Then, according to the prophecies [and the realities] of our present condition, as a nation of people, we have not changed!! We must understand, we are not ‘like’ the people of the bible; we ARE those same people with all their ways.

“But to Israel he said, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people”. Romans 10:21

We have tried assimilation, protest, riot, anger, theft, talk shows, experimentation, homosexuality, selfimprovement, philosophy, fashion, narcotics, sit-ins, sports, murder…you name it, we’ve tried it!! Having become an adulteress wife’, we’ve kept strange bedfellows throughout antiquity. When will we try the True and Living GOD, YHWH Elohim and prove Him??

Our captivity here in America is the price for the disobedience of our forefathers. He sent them into captivity - the worst of all junk yards - ghettos in which human beings are cast to attend schools of hard knocks…struggling to learn the full meaning of humiliation and suffering, walking through the ‘valley of the shadow of death’ each day. Will we die there for lack of knowledge? GOD did not lie! HE has brought much misery, and oppression upon HIS Chosen People, Israel, because we forsook HIM and HIS Law. But, we will eventually serve The Holy ONE of Israel. He’s spoken it!!

“Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.” Isaiah 49:16 The ‘walls of Jerusalem’ shall be called Salvation [Isaiah 60:18], but ‘the walls’ came down during the days of the Kingdom of Israel in the land of Palestine, when the Northern 10 tribes of Israel were scattered to the four corners of the earth for their wickedness. The tribes Judah [Levi and some of Benjamin] who remained in the land, behaved even more treacherously than the Northern Kingdom of Israel. For their treachery of idol worship, passing their children through the fire [child sacrifice], occultism and sex with prostitutes in pagan temples of worship], YHWH brought the Babylonian Empire against their walls in siege. The result of the siege was pestilence [disease and illness], famine and death. Judah was even reduced to cannibalism of their own children (2 Kings 25:1; Jer. 32:24). So, how many things must befall us before we realize that we are being called to repentance as a nation of people? How many more of our people must suffer unemployment, homelessness, or hunger before we understand how wretched we really are as human beings?? How many more of us have to die before we recognize that we are eternally tied to YHWH Elohim of Israel?? YHWH will plead with us but, it will be with ‘judgment’ for our ways.

Thus, YHWH will turn us and only then, will we repent wholeheartedly.

Isa 66:16 “By fire [trials] and by his sword [war/death] will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.”

Passover is one of seven Holy Feast Days of YHWH that we must observe because of its significance. This is a day to be remembered and kept always because the Most High brought the Nation of Israel out of Egypt with HIS Great Powers, Might, Miracles, Wonders, and Signs. He made quite a magnificent display before and during the Exodus just so HIS Chosen People would know HIM and accept HIM for their GOD.

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Displaying his favor toward us while showing the surrounding Nations that HE is indeed the ONLY True and Living GOD that is to be feared, He was glorified. Yahshua also glorified Him in fulfilling The Passover Feast (death of the lamb), Feast of Unleavened Bread (separated from sin/leaven in the grave) and the Feast of First Fruit (resurrection to new life) with his sacrifice, burial and resurrection.

Unfortunately, all who reject or omit keeping these days, reject or omit the “True Messiah, Yahshua” [AND The Father, YHWH Elohim of Israel] from their lives. Chose you, this day, whom you shall serve!  NOTES FROM THE ELDER PRIEST YaCHOV BEN ISRAEL…..

(YHWH is pronounced Yahweh; He is The Most High, The True and Living God of Israel)

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recent news article featured a story of 19 University of Georgia students who traveled to Paris, France. It concluded that Parisians have not rejected the Gospel – they have not heard it. Well, neither has the rest of the world!

Matt 24:14 “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and THEN SHALL THE END COME.”

Preachers, ministers, [so-called] priests and evangelists have gone into the far reaches of the earth [including France in past history] – and even to unknown 3rd world lands with their Gospel message of Christianity, but the end has not yet come. Why?? Are we to believe, then, that the Messiah lied to his disciples about Matt 24:14?? Of course not!! We are to believe as Paul did, “Let GOD [YHWH] be true, but every man a liar” (Rom 3:4). Then it’s easy to understand that the majority of religious leaders of the world do not really KNOW what the True Gospel really is!!

Some even erroneously believe that the Gospel is confined to the 4 books: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The word ‘gospel’ means “good news or glad tidings”. 1Cor 15:1-4, Paul WARNED believers to “keep in memory the Gospel he preached unto them unless they believe in vain.”

Continuing, he said ‘he taught what he was taught’ – “that the Messiah died for our sins and that he rose the 3rd day according to Scriptures”. Many assume that the Messiah came to redeem the world.

This is the first Gospel error!! The Messiah came to redeem the nation of Israel who was chosen as priests of the world. How could the world receive salvation into a Hebrew tree if the entire Hebrew ‘tree’ was cut off? In addition, many point to the New Testament books when the word “scripture’ is mentioned – the 2nd Gospel error.

The New Testament books are letters (epistles) to various churches and are confirmations of things already spoken of in the Old Testament. The scriptures are the books of the Old Testament [the Law and the Prophets] that was spoken of by the prophet, Isaiah 700 years before the Messiah was born!! These are the Two Witnesses that YHWH gave to his son to testify of him on earth!

Isa 8:20 “To the law and to the testimony [the prophets]: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

If they speak not as Isaiah, there is no light in them for the Law is a light unto the feet of the just, guiding them to walk in all righteousness.

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John 5:39 “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

…In them [the scriptures] you think you have eternal life but they are they which testify of me. He would not instruct his disciples to “search” books that had yet to be written. Right after the Messiah, Yahshua’s death, he came upon two disciples who were discussing his death [The Passover], burial [Unleavened Bread] and his resurrection [First Fruits]. And Yahshua said to them, “O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken”. Then beginning at Moses (the law) and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in ALL the scriptures the things concerning himself – Luke 24:2-27.

A third (3rd) common Gospel error is that Yahshua changed the Sabbath [7th] Day or that he changed the Law even though He plainly said, not “one jot or one title shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled” – Matt 5:18. The fulfillment of the law will not be complete until Yahshua is glorified along with his righteous subjects after the 1,000-year millennial reign. (A jot is the dotting of the letter “I” and a tittle is the crossbar of the letter ”t”). In mainstream Christianity, the Messiah [so-called Jesus] is esteemed and worshipped as though he were GOD. Their inferences make no real distinction OR acknowledgment of YHWH the Almighty Elohim – which is in total agreement with the fact that they do not keep the Holy Days, Sabbaths, New Moons, or Laws of YHWH. If the Messiah is GOD Himself who came down from heaven to die on the cross, who could have raised Him from the dead? Yahweh Elohim is the Father and Yahshua, is the Son. Yahshua came bearing his Father’s name, ways and authority. Yahshua came to fulfill the law as he told his disciples in Luke 24:44, not to institute water baptism or foot-washings. He told John the Baptizer that he must be baptized to fulfill all righteousness. Foot-washings denote humility in serving your fellow man. Israel is YHWH’s servant with the calling to be priests to all mankind.

Matt 3:15 “And Jesus [Yahshua] answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

One is not preaching the true Gospel of the Messiah while insisting that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the World. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO SALVATION IN THAT NAME. The Gospel of Yahshua, the Hebrew Messiah, is the one that must be preached unto all the world. AND, since the Messiah came in the Father’s name, then GOD or LORD [which are titles], and even Jehovah is not the Father’s name. [The Hebrew alphabet does not contain a “J”]. The Father’s name is YHWH [Yahweh] Elohim, The GOD of Israel.

Isa 45:4 “For Jacob my servant's sake, and ISRAEL MINE ELECT, I have even called thee by thy name: I HAVE SURNAMED THEE, though thou hast not known me.”

The world has not heard the True Gospel of the kingdom because it is not known [even by our own people] that the Hebrew nation [Israel] is the so-called Black man, [Negro/African American] held in this captivity for almost 400 years. This was prophesied to Abraham over 5,000 years ago. Every prophecy of Israel’s past, present [and future] fits the so-called Negro. We are the only people on earth who fit ALL the prophecies right down to the bible’s description of our coming to this land in chains and on ships. This truth is one of the best-kept secrets on the face of the earth! Thus, knowing that the nation of Israel are Negroes means the Messiah was, too. Easily confused for African people repeatedly in bible scripture [and true to prophecy], we are blind to our own identity just as scripture said we would be. Last year The Catholic church held a Messiah “look-a-like” contest in which the winner was depicted as a Negro. How many times has the world openly admitted this?..that the Messiah and Israel are Negroes?? The True Gospel of the Messiah is unknown in the earth. ISRAEL, The Elect, will preach this gospel… THEY ARE the salt of the earth!  The Watchman – The United Congregation of Israel

The epistles [letters] to the church of Galatia contains very important information about the condition of the early Messianic Hebrew church. Written sometime between 55 to 60 AD., about 30 years after the crucifixion of The Messiah, Yahshua, the Galation churches are thought to have been in existence from 10 to 15 years prior to the writing of the book.

Galatians opens with learning that the Hebrew converts, (later called Christians first at Antioch - Acts 11:26) were having difficulty by having turned to another gospel, which they were told by Paul, really wasn’t gospel at all. (Gal 1:6-7). In verse 7, Paul states some people were throwing them into confusion and trying to pervert the Gospel of Christ. The Galatians were found mixing their former ways of paganism with their newfound Hebrew culture all under the blood of the Messiah. Some of the Hebrews, jealous to have to share their faith with EuroGentile converts, did not understand [many did not accept] the significance of the Messiah’s sacrifice and continued to press upon the new converts the works of the law and circumcision as a means for justification. Confusion came from Euro-Gentiles as well who were un-convicted and had not completely given up their former pagan behavior. Galatia, a region of the Roman Empire at that time, covered a fairly large portion of Asia Minor. Today the area of Galatia would be central Turkey, south of the Black Sea, most likely centered around what is today the country’s capital, Ankara. The region was a natural part of the missionary route from the land of Israel to what was then the wilds of Europe.

The Galatians themselves were Euro-Gentiles [Francs] originally thought to be a small separated branch of Gauls, (hence the name). From their earliest settlements in extreme western Asia, north of the black sea, the Galatians settled in biblical Galatia, while the larger body migrated westward until settling in, what is today, France – [known in ancient times as Gallia or Gaul]. One of their most famous French leaders was Charles de Gaulle. 

The Watchman – The United Congregation of Israel