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Shabbat Shalom שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם

Today is the Shabbat, God’s Time

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 Let’s pray

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Today we use the Gregorian calendar from Pope Gregory; from the 1500’s.

Today is January 25th, 2014

 

January -- Janus's month

Middle English Januarie
Latin Januarius "of Janus"
Latin Janu(s) "Janus" + -arius "ary (pertaining to)"
Latin Januarius mensis "month of Janus"

Janus is the Roman god of gates and doorways, depicted with two faces looking in opposite directions. His festival month is January.

Januarius had 29 days, until Julius when it became 31 days long.

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Yehovah has His own calendar

We are now in the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat /Sh'vat day 23

Zech.1[7] Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Yehovah unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet….

 Part of Jan. / Feb.

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Before we start, I just wanted to mention that in the month of December 2013, I stated that everyone should be aware of these false feelings and emotions that will try to get.

This is one of the sentences that I said numerous times below, please take heed:

Beware if you get a feeling or hear a voice telling you to separate yourself from the congregation and go off on your own and read, study or whatever, especially if you are a novice.

A novice is one newly come to the belief in the God of Israel.

They do not have the full knowledge and understanding of God and do not know the severity of misrepresenting him!

What will Satan use to get you offended to leave?

After having said this numerous times, I know people that have done this very thing.

Scripture tells us:

Prov.11 [14] Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety.

Prov.15 [22] Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellers they are established.

Prov.24 [6] For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers there is safety.

Heb.10 [19] Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Yeshua,[20] By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
[21] And having an high priest over the house of God;

[22] Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

[23] Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

[24] And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

[25] Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Remember Sabbath is a holy convocation, a holy sacred public meeting of people of like minds in the body of Messiah, the God of Israel.

Also my last three messages in 2014 so far have been about being “one” in the body of Messiah not two.

Example: a husband and wife that are married in the God of Israel, all things they have are both of theirs as monies, cars, etc. some people just don’t get it.

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Today’s Topic:

God is a nationalist not an internationalist

One nation of Israel under the one God of Israel

There are numerous verses that have the phrase “My people Israel”

1Kgs.6 [11] And the word of Yehoveh came to Solomon, saying,
[12] Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
[13] And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake “my people Israel”.

Let’s define who is the real Israel of God

Rom.9

[1] I say the truth in Messiah, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
[2] That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
[3] For I could wish that myself were accursed from Messiah for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
[4] Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
[5] Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Messiah came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
[6] Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect.

 For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:[7] Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children:

but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

[8] That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God:

 but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

[9] For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
[10] And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
[11] (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
[12] It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.

This also goes for the country of Israel today, 2014. They are not all of the Israel of God that lives, reside in Israel today.

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As you see, God’s very selective, and only knows them that adhere to the commandments of God, and work righteousness.

The Bible, the Scriptures are written to believers in the God of Israel, not to the unbelievers.

Amos  3[2] You “only” have I known of all the families of the earth…

People that work iniquity, unrighteousness, God says he never knew you.

Matt.7 [23] And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

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There is a clear, distinct message that we ought to separate ourselves from the heathen, the people that are not of the God of Israel.

If we are instructed to separate ourselves from these people, then how can we pray for them?

Moses said:

Exod.33 [16] For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.

Deut.13

[1] If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
[2] And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
[3] Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for Yehoveh your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Yehoveh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
[4] Ye shall walk after Yehoveh your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
[5] And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from Yehoveh your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which Yehoveh thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

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[6] If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
[7] Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
[8] Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
[9] But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
[10] And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from Yehoveh thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
[11] And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.

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[12] If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which Yehoveh thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
[13] Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
[14] Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
[15] Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
[16] And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for Yehoveh thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
[17] And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that Yehoveh may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
[18] When thou shalt hearken to the voice of Yehoveh thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of Yehoveh thy God.

Paul said: 2Cor.6

[14] Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:

for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?

and what communion hath light with darkness?

[15] And what concord hath Messiah with Belial?

or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

[16] And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols?

for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

[17] Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith Yehovah, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
[18] And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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Think it over, if these people that work iniquity, and obviously are not of the God of Israel pray, the Bible says their prayers are an abomination.

Prov.28 [9] He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

You can’t pray for people that turn away from hearing the Torah, because their prayers are an abomination, what do you think your prayers would be?

Think of all the lovely people that don’t keep the Sabbath, the Commandments, their prayers are an abomination to the God of Israel.

God don’t know them. They don’t know God that is the God we know and serve, the God of Israel.

You can’t pray for people that are not of God, the most you can do is preach to them and tell them to repent and start serving the God of Israel, and then you can pray for them.

(Obviously you can give them some good advice, teach them morality, and many other things. I’m not talking about this.)

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Yeshua always makes a clear distinction who are his sheep, people.

Please notice when you read this distinction, and emphasize it in your mind that God always has “one people”.

 

Yeshua said:

I pray NOT for the world

John.17

[1] These words spake Yeshua, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
[2] As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
[3] And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Yeshua the Messiah, whom thou hast sent.

[4] I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
[5] And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

[6] I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world:

thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

[7] Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.

[8] For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

[9] I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

[10] And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.

[11] And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

[12] While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

[13] And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

[14] I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

[15] I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

[16] They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

[17] Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

[18] As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

[19] And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

[20] Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

[21] That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me

[22] And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
[23] I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

[24] Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me:

 for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

[25] O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

[26] And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

Same message in the book of Ezekiel:

Ezek.34[6] My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.[11] For thus saith the Lord Yehoveh; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

[12] As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

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John.10 – G0d’s sheep - I lay down my life for the sheep. One fold, and one shepherd.

[1] Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
[2] But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
[3] To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
[4] And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

[5] And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

[6] This parable spake Yeshua unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
[7] Then said Yeshua unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
[8] All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
[9] I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
[10] The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:

I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

[11] I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

[12] But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
[13] The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

[14] I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

[15] As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
[16] And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

[17] Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
[18] No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

[23] And Yeshua walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
[24] Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Messiah, tell us plainly.
[25] Yeshua answered them, I told you ( I am the Messiah), and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

[26] But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
[27] My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

[28] And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

[29] My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

[30] I and my Father are one.

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Matt.7

21] Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven;

but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

[22] Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

[23] And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

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[24] Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
[25] And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

[26] And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
[27] And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

[28] And it came to pass, when Yeshua had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:[29] For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

John.21 - feed my sheep not others

[14] This is now the third time that Yeshua shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.

[15] So when they had dined, Yeshua saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

[16] He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
[17] He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Yeshua saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

In closing:

I can obviously make this study much longer, but I believe this will suffice if you have ears to hear.

There are always “one’ people of God, “one” God of Israel, and ‘one” way to serve the God of Israel.

As I read to you earlier, there is one shepherd and one fold, one God of Israel, one people of Israel.

This is the same theme through the whole Bible for the people of God of Israel. This includes the Gentiles that join the God of Israel, they are no longer of the nations, Gentiles, but they are now part of the Israel of God, and there’s no difference.

We are all one in Messiah, the God of Israel.

Shabbat Shalom