This issue of YAHSHUA'S WITNESS MAGAZINE
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FROM THE EDITOR

The Yod

Atonement & Restoration

The Shemitah—Year Of Release

Who—What Is Leviathan? Part II

Halloween—The Day Of The Dead!

The Savior’s Birth—The Reason For The Season?

EDITOR: Jerry Healan

PROOFREADERS:

Frances Healan, Jerry Healan

OUR COVER:  The image of King Tut of Egypt reveals that his power over the kingdom extends from the serpent. This fits perfectly with the revelations in the article “Who-What Is Leviathan.”

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FROM THE EDITOR

AMERICA IN GRAVE DANGER!

  The prophet Isaiah wrote, “Behold, Yahweh’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your Elohim, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.  The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace. Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; In transgressing and lying against Yahweh, and departing away from our Elohim, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and Yahweh saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment,” 59:1-5.

  These words that were applied to ancient Israel fit the picture of today’s America. This nation has been so greatly blessed by our great Creator Yahweh, but instead of being thankful we have filled our land with the most grievous iniquities and transgressions. Moses’ prophecy fits our nation perfectly, “But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook Elohim which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. They sacrificed unto devils, not to Elohim; to elohim whom they knew not, to new elohim that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten Elohim that formed thee. And when Yahweh saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith. They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not Elohim; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,” Dt. 32:15-21.

  There are so many, many shameful, wicked and evil things going on in this country today. Yahweh is even now allowing the unbelieving and wicked to be so stirred up against any who claims to believe in and follow the Scriptures that contain both the Old and New Testaments that they are removing their symbols and signs from public view. We are being transformed into nation that is ashamed of the Scriptures, that refuses to allow anyone to bring a copy of them into their schools, universities, colleges, public places, etc. This is being brought about by the ACLU, atheism, Islam, etc.

  The evils of abortion, homosexuality, and every other kind of blasphemous act are encouraged. To speak out against these and many other evils puts a person in danger of facing criminal charges!

  On top of all that, America has a leader who appears and sounds glorious and so promising when he speaks, and yet his words are totally void of any actions except the actions that are contrary, opposite to what he says. Many in the nation seem to be waking up to his void and empty promises, but are helpless to do anything about it. Even the military leaders are now openly contrary to his plans and purposes, yet are helpless because he is the Commander-in-Chief. Our leaders and military are now in the same state that the German leaders and military were under Hitler. Even in the face of destruction, they dared not go against him!

  Osama Ben Laden and his Al Qaida organization struck at the U. S. on September 11, 2001. President Bush rallied the nation against them by attacking Afghanistan and Iraq. The military was successful in overpowering the enemies scattering them into Syria, Pakistan, Iran, etc. However, they were never able to crush the head of the serpent, Osama Ben Laden. Under President Obama, Ben Laden was slain and the declaration was that Al Qaida was destroyed. What does it say in Isaiah above? “...that which is crushed breaks out into a viper!” Islam is on the march! Now there are several new enemies to deal with. The seemingly organization that is causing the greatest concern is ISIS.

  ISIS is the name of an Egyptian goddess which causes this author to suspect that their creation is Masonic! They suddenly came on the scene with big financial backing (bankers) and have plenty of American weaponry at their disposal. Their head was released from imprisonment in 2009 by none other than President Barak Obama. Bagdadi (their head) told the guards that he would see them in Washington D. C. Even though America, the whole Congress, and the military desire this organization to be dealt with and destroyed, the President continues to waffle and tender inconsistent unworkable plans.

  Does anyone else smell a rat! Who else is it that is a beautiful subtle devious being whose words sound beautiful but are full of deceit? Who is the murderer and liar from the beginning?

  The problem for America is the same as that of ancient Israel and Judah. If you are going to dance with the devil then you will suffer the consequences of destruction and death.

  This author would like to point out the work of another author named Jonathan Cahn and his book The Harbinger. While he has revealed so much in this book, there is so much more to mine out of the Scriptures themselves.

  Isis is now encouraging those Muslim who would like to go join them to stay where they are and begin their own campaign of death and destruction within America’s own gates!

  America is in grave danger! So is the rest of the world. Turn to your Creator before its too late!  JH

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THE BEAST

The Prophet Daniel has a prophetic revelation in chapter seven. There are four worldly beast kingdoms that arise out of the "great sea," (Dan. 7:1-2). The "Great Sea" was known anciently as the Mediterranean. The first beast was represented as a lion with eagle’s wings. This was Babylon. Babylon invaded the eastern part of the Mediterranean, which included Tyre, the land of Canaan, and Egypt. Tyre and Egypt were the controllers of the Mediterranean at that time. With Babylon's mastery over them, she had power over the sea.

The second beast was presented as a bear with three ribs in its mouth. This was the Medo-Persian Empire. She began her reign over the Mediterranean waters with the fall of Babylon.

The third beast was presented as a leopard with four heads and wings, which typified the Greco-Macedonian Empire begun by Alexander the Great.

The fourth beast was not able to be described by any known earthly animal. This was the Roman Empire that was raised up by the Caesars. The power of this kingdom was to continue over the earth until the time that Yahshua the Messiah returns to take the power of the kingdom and rule. (Dan. 7:9-11; also 2:34-35)

In Daniel chapter 2, an image is presented that is one complete image from head to foot. This reveals the succession of the kingdoms, which began with Babylon and ends with Rome. The head always controls the body, so all of these kingdoms are under the control of the Babylonian system. Each kingdom inherits its power from that first kingdom, and its successors. This is why Babylon is still around in Revelation chapter 17, which is in league with the great dragon that has deceived the whole world (Rev. 12:9; 17:1-5). But the beast kingdoms of Daniel 7 are still diverse from one another.

The fourth kingdom of Daniel chapter 2 goes through some changes. At first it is legs of iron (Old Rome), then it becomes feet of iron and potter's clay (Old Rome, and New Rome), finally it becomes iron and miry clay (Old Rome and Moscow, Russia, the third Rome).

There are seven heads associated with the beast kingdoms if we count the head of the lion of Babylon (1), the head of the bear of Persia (1+1=2), the four heads of the leopard of Greece (2+4=6), and the head of the terrible beast of Rome (1 + 6 = 7).

The beast of the book of Revelation has seven heads and ten horns, "And I stood upon the sand of the sea (Mediterranean), and saw a beast (Rome) rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. And the beast (Rome) which I saw was like unto a leopard (Macedonia/Greece), and his feet were as the feet of a bear (Medo-Persia), and his mouth as the mouth of a lion (Babylon): and the dragon (Satan/Leviathan) gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority," Rev. 13:1-2.

The great red (fiery) dragon of Revelation 12 is revealed to have almost exactly the same appearance, "And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads," v. 3. The seven heads with crowns are the four worldly kingdoms that the dragon is given power over as we described above.

The serpent has been given four major kingdoms with which to exercise his rule over the Mediterranean world. One of those four kingdoms, the Greco-Macedonian Empire was divided into four kingdoms. When he confronted Yahshua, he took Him to a high mountain, "…the devil (Heb. = ha-seir) taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me," Mt. 4:8-9. The book of Luke adds a little more to the incident, "And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine," Lk. 4:5-7.

This should tell you who is behind the power and control of the nations of today's world, and that those who are given power are not worshipping and serving Yahweh, but rather the devil! Furthermore, they commit fornication with the harlot named Mystery Babylon, “And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Yahshua: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration,” Rev. 17:1-6.

Can anything be more clear? The GREAT SERPENT LEVIATHAN seeks to be worshipped and exalted as the MOST HIGH! “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of El: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?” Isa. 14:12-17.

His desires, of course, are realized through the last great beast power, “And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.  And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against Elohim, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world,” Rev. 13:3-8.

It is also a fact that beginning with Octavian Caesar, the one who raised up, or converted Rome to the  Roman Empire, the one who held the office of Caesar, and Augustus was declared to be a god. This included Constantine Caesar who took over the corrupted remnants of Yahshua’s followers, changing, corrupting, and twisting the faith into that of Mithraism and other idolatrous movements (syncretism) rather than the purity of obedience to Yahweh’s commands and word. He introduced Sunday worship and names of blasphemy which continues to this very day.

PHARAOH

The prophet Ezekiel is inspired to write, "In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: Speak, and say, Thus saith Adonai Yahweh; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.  But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.  When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand. Therefore thus saith Adonai Yahweh; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am Yahweh: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it. Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia," Ez. 29:1-10.

Again, he writes, "And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying, Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. Thus saith Adonai Yahweh; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net. Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee. And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height. I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith Adonai Yahweh. I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known. Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall," Ez. 32:1-10.

Both of the words "dragon" and "whale" are translated from the same Hebrew word. That word is tanniyn (nynt). It is defined as; intensive from the same as 8565; a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal (Strong's Exhaustive Concordance). It is the same word that is utilized for Leviathan in Isaiah 27:1 when it calls him “the dragon (nynt) that is in the sea.”

#8565 is the Hebrew word tan (nt) which is defined as; from an unused root probably meaning to elongate; a monster (as preternaturally formed), i.e. a sea-serpent (or other huge marine animal); also a jackal (or other hideous land animal).

In actuality, tanniyn is a combination of two Hebrew words tan (nt), and niyn (nyn). Niyn is #5209 in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and is defined as "progeny!" It is generally translated as "son!"

Tanniyn (nynt) has to do with the child, son, or seed of the serpent/dragon!

Furthermore, Pharaoh in Hebrew is    h[rp. It just so happens that the Hebrew word for "bullock" is par (rp). It is interesting that the Pharaoh was worshipped as the son of god through the "apis bullock." (see image [figure #1])

The Hebrew ending of the word Pharaoh (h[) yields another interesting concept. It is ayin ([), hei (h), which would look like this in Pictorial Hebrew eo. The ayin is the picture of an eye, while the hei appears as a little man who has become surprised, or elated at what the eye has revealed to him. Pharaoh in Pictorial Hebrew would look like this eorp. The pei (p) is the picture of a mouth, the resh (r) is the picture of a head. Thus Pharaoh, being the son of god, is the head (r) who declares (p) what the eye (o) beholds (e). In other words, he would be the chief spiritual advisor, or the one who is able to declare those things that are spirit and worthy of worship. Of course, this made him the head over idolatry because his headdress reveal (-s, -ed) that he is/was an agent of the serpent. (see image [figure #2])

The child, seed, or heir of the serpent (taniyn/nynt) was depicted as the mother Isis and the child god Horus (see image [figure #3]). He and his father Osiris were always depicted as the all-seeing eye over the pyramid. (see image [figure #4])

The internet Wikipedia has this to say about Pharaoh, "Pyramid texts ca. the 25th century BC describe the nature of the Pharaoh in different characters as both Horus and Osiris. The Pharaoh as Horus in life became the Pharaoh as Osiris in death, where he was united with the rest of the gods. New incarnations of Horus succeeded the deceased pharaoh on earth in the form of new Pharaohs.

The lineage of Horus, the eventual product of unions between the children of Atum, may have been a means to explain and justify Pharaonic power; The gods produced by Atum were all representative of cosmic and terrestrial forces in Egyptian life; by identifying Horus as the offspring of these forces, then identifying him with Atum himself, and finally identifying the Pharaoh with Horus, the Pharaoh theologically had dominion over all the world.

The notion of Horus as the Pharaoh seems to have been superseded by the concept of the Pharaoh as the son of Ra during the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt.

Horus was born to the goddess Isis after she retrieved all the dismembered body parts of her murdered husband Osiris, except his p...s which was thrown into the Nile and eaten by a catfish, and used her magic powers to resurrect Osiris and fashion a gold phallus to conceive her son. Once Isis knew she was pregnant with Horus, she fled to the Nile Delta marshlands to hide from her brother Set who jealously killed Osiris and who she knew would want to kill their son. There Isis bore a divine son, Horus. (end of Wikipedia article)

Who was Atum? He would have been none other than Adam. Wasn't Eve told by the serpent that in the day that they ate of the forbidden tree that they would become as Elohim knowing good and evil? (Gen. 3:5)

The situation is that Adam and Eve were already created in the image of Elohim, but the serpent lied to her making her think that something was amiss. Thus, the Pharaohs proclaimed their descent from Adam (Atum) who was the son of Elohim, which gave them also the power of Elohim as sons of Elohim, and to be rulers over the whole earth.

Since Osiris and Horus are both sun-gods, then the sun would be represented as their eye. (See illustrations)

Furthermore, the Egyptian goddess Isis was also known as the “Queen of Heaven!” The Queen of Heaven was known as the “Great Mother of the Gods!”

All conquering heroes of Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome would have gone into Egypt to learn of the secrets of Pharaoh in order to consummate their power over their kingdoms. Julius Caesar even married Cleopatra which gave his dynasty power over the Roman kingdom, and led to his desire to be worshipped as the “son of god” whereupon he was slain by the Roman Senate. However, his adopted son, Octavian, who became known as Augustus succeeded where Julius Caesar failed.

EVE, CAIN – SEMIRAMIS, NIMROD – ISIS, HORUS

Jude writes, “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, impious men, turning the grace of our Elohim into lasciviousness, and denying the only Sovereign Yahweh, and our Sovereign Yahshua the Messiah…. Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities…. But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. Woe unto them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core,” Jude 3-4, 8, 10-11.

The “faith of the saints” was the truth that Yahshua was the “Word of Yahweh” Who dealt with the saints of old such as; Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Israel, Moses, Aaron, Yahshua ben Nun, Samuel, David, the prophets, etc. (Gen. 15:1; Psa. 33; Jn. 1:1-14, etc.). It was faithfully recorded by the Apostles John and Paul that He emptied Himself of the power that He had as Yahweh, and Melchizedek, to become a man and dwell among us for the purpose of saving His people from the power of death (Jn. 1:1-14; Phil. 2:5-8).

The gainsaying of Core (Korah) has to do with proclaiming oneself to be a chosen priest (minister) of Yahweh when such simply isn’t the case (Numbers 16). Rabbinic Judaism falls into this category. Any other priesthood, ministry that hasn’t been chosen by Yahweh falls into the same category, such as the Caesars being Pontifex Maximus. This is the office that Constantine possessed when he entered into the corrupted remnants of the New Testament Assembly and began to dictate the mode of worship.

Balaam, because of his lust for reward, taught Balak how to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel so that they would turn away from Yahweh to embrace idolatrous women. (Num. 31, esp. v. 16) He did this even after Yahweh withstood his three attempts to curse Israel. Those of the spirit of Balaam are the ones who will teach error for the sake of fattening their pocketbook.

But what about “the way of Cain?” Scripture presents his birth in this manner, “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from Yahweh,” Gen. 4:1.

Let’s consider some things here. Adam is the first created man to whom was given sovereignty over the earth. (The serpent, of course, usurped this sovereignty through his deception of the woman.) Anciently, the firstborn son was the strength of the family. (Remember that Yahweh destroyed all of the firstborn sons of Egypt from the Pharoah to the lowest animals while saving the firstborn of Israel because they obeyed Him through the slaying of the Passover lamb, and its shed blood.) The firstborn son was to take the father’s place as head of the family upon the father’s demise. Cain’s original inheritance was to take Adam’s place at his father’s death. The firstborn son was also to be the spiritual head of the family.

Yahweh’s curse on the serpent included, “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel,” Gen. 3:15.

Let’s take a look at the Hebrew of Genesis 4:1 because this will be quite revealing: ~dahw (And Adam) [dy (knew) hwx-ta (Eve) wtva (his wife) rhtw (and she conceived) dltw (and bare) !yq-ta (Cain) rmatw (and said) ytynq (I have gotten) vya (man) hwhy-ta (Yahweh). This is a literal word for word translation. Did you notice the aleph and tau (ta) that accompanied the names of Eve, Cain, and Yahweh?

Eve, who was beguiled (deceived) by the serpent, declared, “qaniti (ytynq/I have gotten) ish (vya/man) et-Yahweh (hwhy-ta/Yahweh).” “Qaniti” is simply the first person singular from of the verb “qanah” which is defined as; to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own (Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, Hebrew Lexicon, #7069).

In reality, Eve thought that Cain was the chosen seed who was to bruise (crush) the serpent’s head. The English version of Cain’s name is rather misleading. It should have been presented as Qayin after the Hebrew rendering. The first letter of his name should have been presented with a “Q” rather than a “C”. When we look at the definition of the name Cain/Qayin in Strong’s Concordance, we can get the picture.

Cain/Qayin is #7014 and represents the proper name, which is defined as; the same as 7013 (with a play upon the affinity to 7069); Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe. Notice it reveals that it is taken from the common noun #7013 qayin, which is defined as; a lance (as striking fast):--spear, but it also has affinity to 7069 which is defined above.

Cain/Qayin with its affinity to “qanah” means that she had acquired the ability to strike through, crush the head of the serpent. The accompanying figure shows the Egyptian goddess Isis with a lance/spear (Qayin/!yq) being thrust into the head of a serpent. (See figure #5)

Again, we have a play on words. Adam was the man (iysh/vya) while eve was the woman/wife (iyshah/hva). Isis is the Greek rendering for the Egyptian goddess. The Greeks had no ability to pronounce the shin (v) and generally ended many proper names with the sigma (s) thus, Isis has to do with mother Eve as the woman (hva/iyshah/Isis) before the flood. Here we have the original mother and child that has been so prominently displayed, worshipped, honored, and adored throughout the history of mankind.

We can see this faulty thinking of hers through her second son. Genesis 4:2a says, “And she again bare his brother Abel.” It should have been translated, “And she continued to bare his brother Abel.” Qayin and Abel were twins. Once again, the name Abel is a mistranslation. The Hebrew presents it as lbh (Hebel). It is #1893 being defined as; the same as 1892; Hebel, the son of Adam. #1892 is revealed to be the Hebrew word hebel (lbh) which is defined as; from 1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb. Notice that it, in turn, comes from #1891 which is the Hebrew word habal (lbh) being defined as; a primitive root; to be vain in act, word, or expectation; specifically to lead astray.

The Hebrew letter hei (h) is generally the article “the”. If we drop the hei (h), the remaining word is Bal or Bel (lb).

Bel is the savior deity of Babylon, which is elongated into Ba’al of the Canaanites. The worship of Bel/Ba’al is a super-secret mystery religion that was established before the flood and re-instituted in the earth through one named Nimrod and his wife Semiramis.

The mother and child of Christmas (Dec. 25th) is the mother Isis, and child Horus of this secret mystery religion. It is a proven fact that the true Savior was never born on December 25th. The Pharaoh’s in conjunction with the Caesars of the Roman Empire are the ones who have concocted this myth. They have hi-jacked the true faith, leading the world to worship in the religion of the beast power rather than the pure faith of true Savior and Messiah.

THE PIRATES

Remember that it was the great Roman General Pompey who subdued the Cilician pirates, and in doing so, introduced the worship of their god Mithras into the Roman Empire. Of course, Mithra/Mithras was also one of the great gods of the Persian Empire. The pirate flag is that of the "skull and crossbones." The skull and crossbones is placed upon many dangerous chemicals, medicines, radioactivity, etc. in today's world. It is a symbol of death.

The "skull and bones" is also a modern day symbol of Freemasonry. There is also the famous "Skull and Bones" of Yale.

The Prophet Jeremiah was inspired to write, “The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying, Stand in the gate of Yahweh’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of Yahweh, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship Yahweh. Thus saith Yahweh of hosts, the Elohim of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of Yahweh, The temple of Yahweh, The temple of Yahweh, are these. For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith Yahweh,” Jer. 7:1-11.

It just so happens that the Hebrew word for “robbers” in verse 11 above is periytes (cyrp) from whence would come our English word “pirates!” What were they doing? King Solomon’s foreign wives had turned his eyes away from Yahweh and caused him to build temples for their false pagan gods. The people of Jeremiah’s day were going into those temples to worship those gods, and then going to Yahweh’s house, Yahweh’s temple to worship Him also. This, of course, was unacceptable to Him.

We can also see what was going on back in Yahshua’s day because when the second temple was built, and Yahshua came into it, He utilized Jeremiah’s words in verse 11 against them, “And Yahshua went into the temple of Yahweh, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves,” Mt. 21:12-13.

Yahshua was utilizing an excerpt from Jeremiah 7:11 in these words here. He would have been calling it a “den (cave) of pirates!” It just so happens that the word “den” in Jeremiah is translated from the Hebrew word murat, which should have been translated as “cave!” Remember that Mithras was worshipped in caves. Remember that the Cilician Pirates were the ones who were worshipping Mithras.

Both John the Baptist, and Yahshua the Messiah condemned the Pharisees of their day calling them vipers, and serpents! (Mt. 3:7, 12:34, 23:33; Lk. 3:7)

Yahshua told them that their father was the Devil, “Ye are of your father the devil (ha-Seir), and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it,” Jn. 8:44.

Nothing had changed from Jeremiah’s day to Yahshua’s day! Nothing has changed from Yahshua’s day to our day. Modern day Orthodox Judaism traces its roots back to the Pharisees of Yahshua’s day. The Karaites are descended from the Sadducees and Scribes. Orthodox Judaism gets so many of their tenets from the Kaballah, and the Talmud. Freemasonry’s tenets and secrets also come from the Kaballah (also Qaballah, Cabala, etc.). The symbols of power all go back to Pharaoh of Egypt, and beyond the flood to Cain and his posterity!

THE PHARISEES

The Greek word for Pharisees is Pharisaios, which comes from the Hebrew word parash. It is defined as; of Hebrew origin (compare 6567); a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary. Let’s look at its Hebrew origin #6567 which is the Hebrew word parash (vrp). It is defined as; a primitive root; to separate, literally (to disperse) or figuratively (to specify); also (by implication) to wound. The Pictorial Hebrew looks like this srp being peh (p = mouth/word), resh (r = head), shin (s = destruction). They are the heads (r) whose word (p), teachings, doctrines lead to destruction (s)!

Isn’t that what Yahshua accused them of? But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of Elohim, and by him that sitteth thereon. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation,” Mt. 23:13-36.

What did He say!!??? 1. They shut up the kingdom of heaven against men. 2. They are pretenders. 3. They will receive the greater damnation (judgment). 4. They are children of hell (Gehenna). 5. They are blind guides. 6. They are fools and blind. 7. They appear beautiful outwardly, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and all uncleanness being whited sepulchers. 8. They are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 9. They are the children of them which killed the prophets. 10. They are serpents, and a generation of vipers. 11. All of the righteous blood shed upon the earth from Abel to Zacariah son of Barachiah will come upon them (in the guise of Yahshua, Himself).

Jewish Freemasonry along with modern day so-called Gentile, or non-Hebrew Freemasonry all utilize the symbols of Egypt. This is why the American dollar bill possesses the symbols of the Egyptian pyramid with the all-seeing eye of Horus on its backside. (See Figure # 4)

To be continued…..

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THE SHEMITAH—YEAR OF RELEASE

Because of the abundance of crops, fruit, etc., this author has suspected that this year, from the feast of 2013 to the feast of 2014 has been a sixth year in the count of the land Sabbath as spoken of in the Scriptures (Lev. 25). Jonathan Cahn has written a book that is fast becoming a “best seller” that substantiates this idea. Let’s see what we may be able to learn from these things. Yahweh’s word requires two witnesses to establish a thing. (Dt. 17:6; Mt. 18:16) This article will be based on the witness of Jonathan Cahn and Jerry Healan.

By Jerry Healan

In the previous article, entitled “Atonement & Restoration”, we touched on the land Sabbaths spoken of in Lev. 25:1-9. Neither the northern kingdom of Israel, nor the southern kingdom of Judah observed these Sabbaths faithfully.

Yahweh warned, “But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant….I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it,” Lev. 26:14-15, 31-35.

The history of both kingdoms reveals that they were overthrown and cast out of the land. The survivors were cursed to come under the Gentile (non-Hebrew) kingdoms. While remnants of Judah and Levi were blessed to return and rebuild the temple and live in the land for a time, they continued to refuse to observe the land Sabbaths and were overthrown and taken into a second captivity by the Roman beast.

CHRISTIANITY

America and England and other English speaking countries have been the bastions of Protestantism, which is the belief in, and following of the New Testament. These Protestant faiths proclaim that they follow the Elohim of Israel and His Son Who He sent to be the Savior of the world.

Yahshua, Himself, told the people of His day, “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven,” Mt. 5:17-19.

Protestantism, even though it declares that it upholds the Ten Commandments in one instance, proclaims that “The law is done away,” in the next instance. When confronted with the fourth commandment concerning the Sabbath, they state that the Sabbath has been changed from the seventh day of the week to the first (Sunday).

Little is known or spoken concerning the land Sabbaths, and the Jubilees.

If one looks around with his eyes opened, he will see a very open and subtle change that has come over America since the removal of prayer from the school classrooms and the removal of the Protestant Christian faith from the universities, colleges, schools, government offices, etc.

We even have an administration that has declared that America is no longer a Christian, but rather a Muslim nation.

Because of atheism, the embracing of evolution, humanism, socialism, and Islam America is quickly falling away from her Protestant Christian roots. However, the great falling away from the truth began under the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great upon his entrance into the corrupted remnants of the faith that was established by Yahshua and His disciples.

THE RELEASE/SHEMITAH

Yahweh proclaimed, “At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called Yahweh’s release. Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; Save when there shall be no poor among you; for Yahweh shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Yahweh thy Elohim giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it: Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the Yahweh thy Elohim, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day. For Yahweh thy Elohim  blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee,” Dt. 15:1-6.

Can you imagine a world wherein these commandments were administered? Can you imagine a world wherein all debts public and private were cancelled every seven years? Yahweh promises great blessings for those who will obey these commands!

He continues, “If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which Yahweh thy Elohim giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto Yahweh against thee, and it be sin unto thee. Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing Yahweh thy Elohim shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land,” Dt. 15:7-11.

What is Yahweh saying here? Isn’t this a part of the law that says we need to love Yahweh with all our heart, mind, and soul, and our neighbor as ourselves? That we love our Elohim and our neighbor more than the physical substance that Yahweh gives us? That Yahweh will greatly bless us for exhibiting true love and compassion for our neighbor who has been impoverished? Shouldn’t we acknowledge that all of our blessings have come from Yahweh and shouldn’t we exhibit the love that He has shown to us by passing it on to others who have not seemed to be as blessed? Yahweh is saying in the above verses that even if the year of release is approaching, a person of greater substance should provide for the needy even if they suffer the loss of the year of release!

Continuing, “And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty: Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith Yahweh thy Elohim hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh thy Elohim redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day. And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee; Then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise. It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the Yahweh thy Elohim shall bless thee in all that thou doest,” vv. 12-18.

What a world this would be if we would listen to our Creator and take His words to heart!

THE HARBINGER

Jonathan Cahn recently made a great stir when he published his book entitled The Harbinger. He has realized that America is similar to ancient Israel. (In reality, those who originally settled in and established America were/are the descendants of the northern kingdom of Israel.) He compares the attack against America on September 11, 2001 to the beginning incursion against ancient Israel by the Assyrians back around 2,500 years ago. Israel was eventually destroyed by them. While both ancient Israel and the Assyrians have disappeared from view, their descendants have continued to exist. The Assyrian’s language was Akkadian which is a sister language to Arabic, the language spoken by those involved in the attack on America!

He goes through a list of nine harbingers which ended with the destruction of the kingdom of Israel, and appear to be critical warning signs to America and a coming judgment if there is no national repentance. Interestingly, in the spiritual significance of numbers, nine (9) is the number of judgment!

JONATHAN’S FINDINGS

Jonathan has discovered a pattern in the count concerning the land Sabbath and year of release (shemitah) that has existed down through the ages even though the world has not paid attention to it. This pattern not only has to do with agriculture, but economics also, as in release from debt.

A news release from World News Daily (WND) Sept. 1, 2014 says, “Wall Street analysts have pondered the mystery of what appears to be seven-year economic cycles….the Messianic Rabbi reveals the shocking discovery that the five great economic crashes of the last 40 years—1973, 1980, 1987, 2001, 2008—have all occurred in the Shemitah years—those [Elohim] set apart as Sabbath years.”

The fact of the matter is that September 2014—September 2015 is a Sabbatical (Shemitah) year!

Here is the danger: Our national debt is nearing 18 trillion dollars! However, that’s just the tip of the iceberg (Get it? Iceberg vs. Titanic?!)! The total U. S. debt is calculated to be a little over 61.6 trillion dollars! (USDebtClock.org)

We have never experienced so much debt. The question is, What kind of repercussions will we suffer in September of 2015? Will this bring a calamity from which it is impossible to recover? Is America on the verge of recompense for her sins?

Of course, a failure of America, the stock market, and the dollar will be felt on a worldwide basis, but other nations, Russia, China, and some of the Islamic nations have been preparing under-the-table so to speak. Preparations are already being made to cut their economies loose from the dollar. It appears that even Saudi Arabia is included in the deal.

What has kept the dollar so strong and a coveted worldwide currency? President Nixon took the dollar off of the gold standard and linked it with petroleum in a deal with Saudi Arabia back in the ‘70’s. If Saudi Arabia pulls out of the deal, and other nations dump trillions of dollars back into the treasury, refusing to utilize them as currency, then the ball game is over!

FUTURE SHEMITAHS

It is also interesting to this author that the years of release (shemitahs) are arranged in their corresponding manner as evidenced above. This means that 2022, 2029, and 2036 will be shemitah years. What does this mean?

You can heartily disagree with this author (as many do, and will do), but your can’t escape the reality of 2029, and 2036.

This author has suspected for some time that Yahshua’s ministry was a seven year ministry. It is largely believed that He had a 3-1/2 year ministry, but such is impossible for the reason that His ministry began with His cleansing of the temple at Passover, and ended with the cleansing of the temple at Passover.

John’s evangel reveals that Yahshua was at a wedding in Cana of Galilee. They ran out of wine so His mother turns to Him. He told her that His hour had not yet come (Jn. 2:1-4).

Shortly afterward was the Passover and He went to Jerusalem and cleansed the temple (Jn. 2:13-17). We all know that His final cleansing of the temple and death took place during the Passover season (Mt. 21-26; Mk. 11-15; Lk. 19-23).

If His ministry began around 29-30, and ended 7 years later in 36-37, then 2,000 years later is 2029-2036. This author has long suspected that His heavenly tenure would be 2,000 years because it is a multiplication of 40 x 50 = 2,000. Both numbers are very significant in Scripture.

Now that 2029 and 2036 are linked with the shemitah years, here is another interesting piece of the puzzle.

In 2029 an asteroid named Apophis is scheduled to pass near the earth. If it enters a certain sector of the heaven above the earth called a “keyhole”, it will return seven years later in 2036 to smite the earth.

The word “asteroid” means “starlike” (Webster’s New World Dictionary). Apophis is an Egyptian name. It is equivalent to the Hebrew Abaddon, and the Greek Apollyon, THE DESTROYER!!!

“And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of Elohim in their foreheads. And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon,” Rev. 9:1-11.

We will have to compose an article which will address the harbingers more in detail. We do suggest that you acquire the book entitled The Harbinger by Jonathan Cahn. It is quite revealing concerning the manner that he has written it. He very closely links the events of our day with those of ancient Israel.

According to what has been revealed to this author from the Scriptures, Jonathan is right on target. But there are so many other clues and revelations that need to be addressed. America may not even be in existence by 2029 if the prophesied events take place concerning the descendants of Israel and Judah.

The time to search our souls, repent, and turn to our merciful Creator is NOW! May you be delivered from the terrors to come! J.H.

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  I remember doing the Halloween thing back when I was in school. It was such a fun thing to do. We went from house to house in some kind of homemade costume, knocked on the door and shouted “Trick or treat!” to the occupants who almost always had some kind of candy treat, or fruit.

  Of course, a group of us guys would also get together to see what kind of mischief we could get into. I remember turning over an outhouse or two, but that’s all I can think of at this late date in my life.

  The point is that we never questioned why we were doing those things. It was always just a fun night to look forward to.

  One news service has posted this article on the internet: “There is good news for retailers as Halloween draws closer. Americans are expected to spend $5.8 billion on costumes and other holiday items this year. That is a jump from last year and almost as much as was spent in 2008. The National Retail Federation says Americans will spend an average of $66.28 on Halloween this year. That's up from $56.31 last year. One shopper told News 14 Carolina that Halloween is the most expensive holiday after Christmas, but that it's well worth the money spent. "We just like the thrill of dressing up and it just being a night of going out and having fun," said Melanie P…... The NRF also says this year more adults than ever will be dressing up for Halloween, as 40-percent plan to sport a costume this year.”

  See! Its just a night of going out and having fun, right? And what about those costumes? So many of the girls liked to dress up like witches, the boys like little devils, why all of the morbid devilish ghouls, globins, eerie jack-o-lanterns, etc., etc.?

  Wikipedia has this to say about Halloween, “...also known as All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve, is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. It initiates the triduum of Hallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed believers.”

  If it is a day to remember saints, martyrs, and all faithful departed believers, then why are witches, devils, demons, ghouls, goblins, ghosts, zombies, etc. associated with it? Since the Christian churches have embraced it, where is it commanded, or revealed in the Scriptures?

  The Encyclopedia Britannica has this to say about it, “It long antedates Christianity. The two chief characteristics of ancient Hallowe’en were the lighting of bonfires and the belief that this is the one night in the year during which ghosts and witches are most likely to wander abroad….it is directly connected with the Druidic belief in the calling together of certain wicked souls on Hallowe’en by Saman (Sah-win), lord of the dead.” (Fourteenth Edition, Vol. 11, pp. 102-103).

  So Halloween observance was around long before Christianity. It has to do with the “lord of the dead” calling together certain “wicked” souls!

  We can certainly easily deduct that this observance has nothing to do at all with Yahweh or Yahshua since Yahshua told the people of His day, “But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by Yahweh, saying, I am the Elohim of Abraham, and the Elohim of Isaac, and the Elohim of Jacob? Yahweh is not the Elohim of the dead, but of the living,” Mt. 22:31-32.

  Who would the “lord of the dead be?” “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil,” Heb. 2:14.

  There we have it! The one who has the power of death would be the one who is the “lord of the dead”, that is, Satan the devil!

  When Yahshua returns to the earth to establish His glorious kingdom of peace and rest, Satan is going to be bound and cast alive into the abyss for the period of 1,000 years. Then he must be loosed for a little season (Rev. 20:1-3).

  At the end of the 1,000 years he is released, “And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from Yahweh out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever,” Rev. 20:7-10.

  Hmmmm…The lord of the dead calls together his wicked ones. Bonfires were lit….fire comes down from heaven. Are you beginning to get the picture? Halloween is a picture of the time when the lord of the dead will be released to gather his people for his final assault on the righteous! This day should perish from your observance forever!   J.H.

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The Savior’s Birth - The Reason For The Season?

  I remember the excitement that the Christmas season brought to me as a little child. Santa Claus was coming and he had presents to give out. Children are so naïve and will believe whatever their parents and the world will tell them.

  To me, as a little child, that’s what the the season was all about. There was this chubby little man from the north pole. He had eight tiny reindeer. He was coming with presents to place them under our Christmas tree in the night. When we arose the next morning, there was the proof under the tree! Santa had come and delivered our gifts! Oh how I loved that little old man!

  I think I was five or six years old when I found out that there was no such thing as Santa Claus. He was, in fact, our parents. I was very disappointed, to say the least, but still never questioned the Savior’s birth because I could read it right there in the pages of the Bible!

  Well…., the Scriptures are right about the Savior’s birth, but the timing of the observance by the world is wrong. Frankly, there are commands for us to observe in the Scriptures, but we never observe them. The Christian world observes a Savior’s birth, but there is no command to do so.

  The fact of the matter is that Christmas was observed as the birthday of a  false savior long before the true Savior was born. It was the birthday of the world’s sun god named Mithras, Osiris, Bel, Apollos, etc.

  So what!? You might say!? The TRUTH is that there is no Santa Claus, the Savior’s birthday is not Christmas eve, December 25th is not His birthday, but the churches (priesthood), politicians (leaders, rulers, and kings), and merchants love it.

THE LIE

  Children can become so excited about a lie. I know. I’ve been there, done that. The world gets so excited about the lie of Christmas. But it was a lie that originally brought death on all of mankind (Adamkind). (Gen. 3; Ro. 5:12-21)

  Why can’t we become as excited, or more excited about the truth as we do about a lie? Why is it that when we discover at a very young age that there is no Santa Claus, we are deeply disappointed, but not excited about the truth that we have just discovered? Why don’t we begin to check out the rest of the story?

  Personally, I continued to believe the lie about Christmas, as well as many other lies, such as Sunday worship, until I was a young man and had my own first child. My wife and I were so excited for that child to be able to observe her first Christmas, which we did observe it, but by the time of Easter, I had discovered the truth about so many of the falsehoods, and it changed our lives forever! That is what truth is supposed to do to and for us. It must change our lives!

   Paul warns, “For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Sovereign shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause Yahweh 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 Thes. 2:7-12.

  Do you get that? Our hearts must be set on the truth! We must be excited for the truth! “NO LIE IS OF THE TRUTH!” 1 Jn. 2:21. We must learn to hate lies and love the truth!

THE MYSTERY

  Paul reveals in the above verses that there is a “mystery of iniquity.” Check the word “iniquity” out in the dictionaries, lexicons, etc. and you will discover that “iniquity” has to do with wickedness, unrighteousness, lawlessness. Search a little deeper and you will find that it means “violation of law”, specifically the Jewish law! (See Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance #G458, & #G459)

  But isn’t that law done away? This is another lie that is foisted upon the believers and followers of the false messiah (Anti-Christ) named Jesus.

  I say false messiah because Jesus is not the true name of the Messiah. The name of the true Messiah is Yahshua.  He kept the laws and commandments of Yahweh and taught them. Take a look at Matthew 5:17-19.

  Mystery Babylon is the perpetrator of the “mystery of iniquity.” John wrote, “And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.  So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Yahshua: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration,” Rev. 17:1-6.

  Here are the perpetrators of the mystery of iniquity. It has to do with Babylon, the kings (rulers) of the earth, and the inhabitants of the earth who do not love the truth.

  Furthermore, if you turn to Revelation 18:3 the merchants are included in this mystery of iniquity/lies. If you go to Jeremiah 23, you will discover that the priests and false prophets are involved with this mystery of iniquity/lies.

  Not only does John write that “No lie is of the truth,” but Yahshua told the Samaritan woman at the well that Yahweh is spirit and those who worship Him MUST worship Him in Spirit and in truth.

  He will not accept your worship if  you are worshipping Him in a lie. Yahshua said so! That means that we should gauge the manner in which we seek to worship Him in accordance with His own word. Don’t take King James’ word for the truth. He and his cohorts may have had the KJV translated from the Hebrew and Greek, but remember that the kings are in bed with the harlot!

  The truth of the matter is that the commanded day of worship is the seventh day Sabbath, not the first day of the week called Sunday. The annual feasts outlined in Leviticus chapter 23 and elsewhere are the annual holy days that should be observed, not man-made holidays. The Creator’s name isn’t God, nor the Lord. The Savior’s name is not Jesus. Neither is the law done away!

  The Savior’s birthday was never December 25th! He was either born in the spring, or the fall, but not in the dead of winter, and especially not on the birthday of all of the false pagan saviors of the world that men have adhered to and adored for millennia.

  The answer to the question which is the title of this article is NO! Absolutely NOT! The Savior’s birth is not the reason for the season! You have been deceived by the Babylonian Mystery Harlot, the kings of the earth, the merchants, the priests, and false prophets if you think that such is the case.

  However, there is a god of this world(2 Cor. 4:4) who loves for you to worship him in this manner. He is the one who originally deceived the woman, and continues to deceive the whole world today (Rev. 12:9).

REPENT

  Listen! Turning to the truth and embracing it leaving error behind isn’t easy in this present evil world. The pressure is to go with the flow. Be a part of the crowd. We can even feel safe in large numbers of people.

  But the end of the age has come upon us. Yahshua said that the many go the broad easy way to destruction. His people will be a “little flock.”

  Review the warning again in 2 Thessalonians 2. The many, the great crowds are rushing headlong over the cliff of judgment and damnation.

  Repent! Turn your life around! Learn to hate the lies and love the truth. You will find a peace, faith, hope, love, joy, and confidence that you never had before. Sure, there will be a struggle, but your eyes, ears, and heart will be opened to some of the most awesome things!

  Lies kill, but “The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment,” Prov. 12:19.  JH

 

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