Endure until the end!

When many hear "endure" unto the end, they think camping gear, roughing it physically...having dehydrated food and bottled water and a secret place to hide...in fact I'm seeing this more and more even among "Messianic groups" Sacred namers etc...I even received a "Messianic Catalog" selling me tribulation gear...and using scripture to sell me oil for over 12.00...this grieves my heart as they are making merchandise of the flock, but then again many chose to be made merchandise of. They can sell you annointing oil...but they cannot sell you "oil for your lamp" (Matthew 25:1-4) Many of these things hold merit and will be useful however, it will be genuine Faith, with active love...genuine love...this is what will be needed to endure until the end...and real Faith...absolute Trust in the Words of Yahuwah. As I have gone through many areas of His word, many things are standing out very clearly...endurance= Love, forgiveness, helping, sharing, doing good, and keeping His commands as that is how we love Him. This sounds like common knowledge however we will have to be doing this all the while everyone else will begin to "grow cold" have less love....

Matthew 24:12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,

Matthew 24:13
King James Bible
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.


He wants us to keep these things in mind as the time of His return draws closer.

Okay before I begin, usually when ever I try to discuss any thing with any kind of meat/weight to it or as many perceive...negative or unhappy things they hit me with Philippians 4:8
King James Bible
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

So let me just gently say...not all things that are true are Lovely or happy. Our Messiah had to leave us with some heavy things to think upon so to balance this above verse please also consider:

Tehillim/Psalms 112:7-8
He is not afraid of an evil report. His heart is steadfast, trusting in YHWH. His heart is upheld, he is not afraid

If you only feed people cake and candy (feel good food) they wont be healthy, they will grow fat and lazy with no endurance for a workout. If you feed them a balanced diet (meat, milk, veggies and a little cake) the needed protein also known as the hard truths, they will painfully develop muscle, ready for a long hard walk!
We must remember to always balance His word so those around us get a balanced view of who He is...again not everything that is true is lovely. The Messiah had to warn us of torture, prison and death...persecution.

It is going to take being refined by the trials of life, failing here and there, then success. It will take working through hard relationships, evil circumstances and walking through them "applying" what you have sown into your heart...living by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of YHWH.
Deuteronomy 8:3 He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of YHWH.

Matthew 4:4
King James Bible
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of Elohim.

You cannot buy this from any catalog for 19.99! Our Foundation must be built upon His word through the OT, we need to be familiar with how various trials were handled, how prophets failed or had success...what it took for them to make it through the tough stuff....and then enter in through the NT and put it all in prospective...
Isaiah 28:13
King James Bible
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

I see many lately that are building upon (teachers, Rabbis, Pastors, elders) they quote what they say as if man has authority...if they are presented with clear scriptures that are contrary to what they have been told I hear "well fill in the blank with teacher etc..so and so says....as if that person has authority over or against what is clearly and plainly stated....if this description fits your behavior I am gently asking you to consider this helpful food for thought article....
It does not matter what anyone says or thinks about scripture---it matters what Yahuwah said, there is no "Mystery" For the most part His commands are very clear, very plain even children were to hear them so they could learn!
Yahushua warned us not to call anyone our teachers, Father's, Rabbis etc...He is to teach us. Yet many are ignoring Him and building their foundations upon men's opinions, teachings, and explanations. All I can say is Be careful.

We are quickly approaching the battlefield. The battlefield will not be a place for those who skipped boot camp, nor for those who let others train for them. If I let you run for me everyday to prepare for a Marathon, then on the day of the actual Marathon I run it...do you think I'll make it?

I do not condone NFL football, I'm only making a point here bare with me:) I needed a tangible example
If I watch football all my life, but never actually train or play- do you think I will be successful if I was suddenly pulled from my couch and put on the field with professional NFL players...I have a feeling I will be badly injured if not killed.

We are now in Believers boot camp, it is up to us how we train, it is up to us to train for ourselves not to depend upon what others have done, learned or taught.Most Everyone knows it isn't how much you know but how much "experience" you have, how much hands on training you have had and diligence will be the key. Think about it no one want to be a surgeons first patient...we all like a little hands on experience before he picks up the scalpel...unfortunately some one will have to be our first hands on project of walking out this Faith...love in action...hmm maybe it's your spouse...how many divorce because "it's hard" to love him/her a bit of boot camp perhaps?? Marriage is a wonderful training area, all to often it becomes the battlefield and many a man or woman have perished in it or should I say the "relationship" did....get back up dust yourself off and try again... We have many areas in life where we have to learn all about a delicate balance. It's neat if you have ever been around sheep and goats...if a sheep gets pushed over some of them will lie there waiting for help stuck on their backs, and they can actually die if not helped...a goat however if you push him over, it will get back up and ram you....now somewhere in this analogy there is a balance of the two...do you see it......both sides are wrong how do you do it right?

It will be like a child who wants to ride a bike and not fall. He can look at pictures, watch videos showing how to do it, other kids can tell him what it is like...but until that kid gets on that bike it is nothing more than head knowledge with a desire to ride the bike.
So it goes with love, especially loving our neighbors as ourselves!

You can WANT to love others
You can WATCH others love others
You can HEAR how it is done
But like the NIKE commercial slogan...JUST DO IT:)

Loving others is not always easy
it is not just a feeling, it is YHWH's Law in Action

Laws always involve action...usually visible actions
example. the LAW of gravity...you throw a rock up it will come down.
All of Yah's Laws will cause actions, this needs to be acted upon:)
We need to become diligent as we will soon need to love like never before if our hope is to "endure"

Their love will decrease our love must INCREASE!!

May Yahuwah help us all (including ME) grow in these areas, may we build our foundations with balance upon His word, may we represent Him faithfully and in a balanced way, may we see and act upon ways to better love those who are in our lives (training) areas that they not feel they are in a battlefield....relationships are hard, they take work and diligence like a plant needs food and water and sunlight...or it dies!

May Yahuwah bless all! Shalom....

There seems to be no one (including "me") is teaching anyone nor showing anyone
how to "ride a bicycle" .. .. .. er, "how to live right".
Oh, I have tried, but after a few minutes, days, weeks or years they or I or we separated or Yhwh separated us.
For myself, I see that "Yhwh has separated me to Himself for the Gospels' Sake/for His Purpose".... but what if I'm wrong? .. .. .. Then, and anyway, and all way, I shall trust Him.
To save me. To heal me. To correct me. To direct me. To teach me.... and so on....
However,
is it ODD, or 'normal', that NO ONE in tulsa oklahoma is teaching others to live right ?????? ***see footnote
No one that I have met or seen or heard about since 1991 or ever.
No one publicly, privately, personally, nor otherwise.
Is righteousness that vacant???
Is there truly such a FAMINE of "HEARING YHWH'S WORD" ???
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***footnote
i.e. - no group nor person publicly known in tulsa is advertised / recognised / admitted / witnessed by others
as "having been with YHWH"
nor for
"laying down their lives for one another" (specifically unselfishly)
nor
known as Yahshua's disciples with "love for one another" -
nor
even / simply known for Honoring YHWH'S WORD and COMMANDS
(nor even TRYING TO !!!!! above all else)...
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Yet, still, perhaps, hopefully, joyfully, obediently
I serve Yhwh in Yahshua by His Grace alone,
and somehow, someway (HIS WAY!!!), HE ? I ? WE Triumph over sin, death, and the enemies wiles. (although every man may be against US, yet shall I not waver).
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signed : watching for the faithful ones in any and every place.