EliYah:
- We praise Yahweh for His goodness, His mercy, His faith, His lovingkindness, filling us with His love. HalleluYah. And we do have a question that came in the room about Galatians 3:17.
Q.
- Is there any connection between Galatians 3:17 and Exodus 12:40-41?
EliYah:
- Let's post those to the room.
Exodus 12:40 - Now the sojourn of the children of Israel who lived in Egypt [was] four hundred and thirty years.
Exodus 12:41 - And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years -- on that very same day -- it came to pass that all the armies of YAHWEH went out from the land of Egypt.- Well, the connection there between that and Galatians 3:17 would be the Torah, being 430 years later, is not annulling the covenant confirmed before by Yahweh, making the promise to Abraham of no effect.
Denzel:
- Yeah, I am.
EliYah:
- And this is who?
Denzel:
- Denzel Hill.
EliYah:
- I'm sorry?
Denzel:
- Denzel Hill.
EliYah:
- Denzel Hill, okay. Shalom, brother.
Denzel:
- Shalom. I've just got one question about the Torah and it being in effect after the marriage, which is after the second coming, Yahushua's.
EliYah:
- Yes.
Denzel:
- And I was wondering, since He's the living Torah--I heard you say the Torah wouldn't be relevant. I was wondering, will there be a written Torah at that time or will there not be a need? I know Satan is going to come back at the end of that dispensation and whatnot.
EliYah:
- I'm glad you asked the question. I was actually going to include the answer in the study, but the study was kind of written for Christians, and I wasn't really sure if I wanted to go into the fact that at the thousand year reign the Torah will be enforced. It will be the rule. It will be expected by everyone to keep, but we are going to be the kings and priests.
- We're going to be the righteous ones. Let me ask you a question. Does Yahushua need the Torah in order for Him to follow righteousness? No, He doesn't need it. He's the living Torah. He's going to live in us. We ourselves are not going to need a Torah to tell us we need to do this, we need to do that, we need to be corrected here, you're doing that wrong.
- But those who are in the world during the thousand year reign, it does say there will be sinners on the earth. In fact, in Zechariah 14, those who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles will have no rain.
- There will be the capability of sin on the earth at least until the end of the thousand years when Satan is put in his place and death is no more, as well. Once there's no more sin, there's no more death, so at that time, there's a lot of mysteries what goes after that.
- If you don't have sin, the purpose of the Torah, there's no reason for it. There will be Torah taught, and we will be teachers of it to those who need it, but we ourselves are not going to need the Torah in order to know you did that wrong or anything like that.
Denzel:
- Right, right. I appreciate that. We will have the best index with us, so I guess it'll be with great.
EliYah:
- Yes, halleluYah.
Denzel:
- Yahushua.
EliYah:
- He's dwelling us in such a way that it causes us to walk in His statutes and judgments and do them, and all the burdens of this age, the Adam man, the flesh, the body of death and all that will be no more. HalleluYah.
Denzel:
- I thank you for your time. I tried to come and chat yesterday, but it just wasn't working out. I was so tired, I had to go.
EliYah:
- I understand, not a problem at all. Glad you joined us today.
Denzel:
- Thank you.
EliYah:
- Yahweh blessings to you.
Denzel:
- Have a nice one.
EliYah:
- You, too.
Denzel:
- Bye.
EliYah:
- Yahweh's blessings, that is, to you. Gretchen asks in the chat room...
Q.
- Will it be legal to follow the Torah then? It seems illegal or wrong to follow the Torah now.
EliYah:
- I'm not quite sure what you mean by that question. No, I mean, it's never wrong. The Torah is the law, and so to follow the law would not be illegal. It's not illegal or wrong to follow Torah, never will be.
Q.
- It is hard to follow the Torah now. I'm trying to eat kosher, but very hard to find. I try to rest on Sabbath, but others want me to do Sunday. So are you saying that someday we will be able to have everyone follow Torah in the end days without others as a problem?
EliYah:
- Well, the things you're describing here as problems are a result of the fact that most people do not keep the Torah, and so you find it difficult to eat kosher, to rest on Sabbath, when others want you to rest on Sunday and so on.
- When Yahushua comes and sets up His thousand year reign, the Torah will be the rule for everyone on the earth, and there won't be this difficulty we have today where the life we're living right now in this age, most people are not keeping Torah.
- When Yahushua comes to rule with a rod of iron, people are going to keep the Torah, or they're going to be punished, and there's not going to be any riffraff, in other words. It's going to be taken care of. It will be easier for them than it is for us today, more than likely.
- We, who are going through this challenge of this life trying to keep Yahweh's ways, and be obedient, and hold fast to that which is good, which is the commands in the Torah which are just, holy, and good, according to Romans, in the face of all this conflict, all this negativity, we are going to be rewarded and blessed, and we're not going to have that struggle at that time.
- In fact, we're going to be kings and priests with Messiah, if we're willing to overcome and reign with Him--if we're going to have the characteristics of the 144,000, in other words. That's how I understand it.
- If you'd like to call in with your question or comment, our telephone number is 866-435-4924. In the meantime, we'll go ahead and play another song. This one is by KeziYah [phonetic], "Praise His Name, Lift Him High."
- [Music Ministry: "Praise His Name, Lift Him High"]
EliYah:
- HalleluYah! Yahweh be magnified! Neat song there by KeziYah, daughter of AbiYah Selah in the chat room. Came here for the Feast of Tabernacles last fall. Certainly enjoyed having them here.
- We do have a phone call, and I believe it is someone by the name of Morris.
Morris:
- Good morning. How are you, sir?
EliYah:
- Good morning.
Morris:
- This is a prayer request, basically. I'm going in for surgery this Tuesday. It's a carotid artery, plaque-type problem. I found out I have about a 90-degree blockage in my left artery. I just am requesting prayer on that behalf. I've never had anything serious, really serious physically before.
EliYah:
- Okay, we'll definitely include you in our prayer today.
Morris:
- Okay.
EliYah:
- Yeah, I've never had anything like that. Hopefully, I never do.
Morris:
- Well, I became a vegetarian about two years ago, and I think, just in summation, I think I probably didn't become one soon enough, because I asked the doctor what plaque looks like. Oh, man, it's ugly stuff. Supposedly, all my years of enjoying steaks, and roasts, and all of that stuff is probably what's happened.
EliYah:
- I see.
Morris:
- Anyway, so be careful.
EliYah:
- Oh, yeah, yeah. We've got to be careful not to overdo it, especially the kind of meat we get in the grocery store today is not quite the same level of health as it would be if you raised it yourself.
Morris:
- Exactly, exactly.
EliYah:
- Yeah. Okay, well, we'll definitely include you in prayer, brother.
Morris:
- Okay. I appreciate the message today.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. Glad you could join us.
Morris:
- Thank you.
EliYah:
- Shalom to your home.
Morris:
- To you, too.
EliYah:
- Brother Morris from Oregon. They say you never say Oregone, if you're from Oregon. You have to say Oregon. They can tell if you're from out of town. You'll say Oregone. [laughs] Anyway, that's what I heard. Maybe Morris can confirm that for us one day. We've got a question from AdoniYah.
Q.
- Asking about Isaiah 66:22-23.
EliYah:
Isaiah 66:22 - "For as the new heavens and the new earth Which I will make shall remain before Me," says YAHWEH, "So shall your descendants and your name remain.
Isaiah 66:23 - And it shall come to pass [That] from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me," says YAHWEH.- That's speaking of the millennium in verse 23, and He's making the point that--He's not saying the new heavens and new earth were made in verse 22. He's saying that as He makes them, they're going to remain. So are you, and your name and your seed are going to remain, as well.
Q.
- Does kosher have a K stamped on it?
EliYah:
- I would ask you to be careful. If you're looking for kosher food--when I mean kosher, I mean food that is not unclean, according to scripture--if you're looking for kosher food, then what you want to look for--and this is a pretty good guideline--the circle and a U inside the circle, called a circle U--the orthodox are pretty strict about things, even stricter than we would be in many cases.
- They go through and check these different foods to make sure there's nothing unclean in the ingredients or in the processing. Even if there's some kind of grease in the rollers that carry the food that might have pork in it, they're making sure that's not the case and that the entire place where the food was made doesn't have anything unkosher in it.
- If you look on your food, boxes of food in different places in the grocery stores, if you live in the United States, you'll be able to see that there's some food that has a circle U, some has a K with a circle around it. Some might have a little Hebrew letter or something on there.
- Those are called kosher symbols. That means that those who believe in eating clean have gone through and checked these things for no pork, no shellfish, even to the point of no milk, no meat mixed together.
- We don't do that, but they go beyond it, so they're generally pretty reliable. The only one you've got to worry about is if it just has a plain K by itself. Nobody can trademark the letter K, so that's one.
- The manufacturers, who are probably not Jewish, went through and said, "Well, this is kosher." They maybe had some reformed rabbi come along and say, "Yeah, I'll make it kosher," even though it might not be.
- For instance, Jell-o gelatin comes from the pig, and yet it has a K on it, just a plain naked K, nothing else around it, but it has a K, even though it comes from pork. You ask them, "Well, why is that?"
- Even though it came from pork, they say it's now a new substance and chemical this and chemical that, and it's not pork anymore. Reese asked a question, which I'll get to next. Meanwhile, I believe we have Brother WillSeeYah on the line. Are you there, brother?
WillSeeYah:
- Hello.
EliYah:
- Shalom.
WillSeeYah:
- Yeah, shalom. This is WillSeeYah from the Philippines.
EliYah:
- Shalom, brother. Glad to have you with us. You got a comment or question?
WillSeeYah:
- Yeah, I did. This Galatians 3:17 is perplexing me, because it says:
Galatians 3:17 - And this I say, [that] the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by Elohim in Messiah, that it should make the promise of no effect.- Later than what? That's what's bothering me. Can you explain that?
EliYah:
- Later than the promise. It's 430 years after the promise.
WillSeeYah:
- We know the Torah was given after they exited from Egypt, and they were in Egypt for 430 years.
EliYah:
- Yeah.
WillSeeYah:
- So if it was 430 years after the promise, does that mean the promise was renewed just before they went into Egypt slavery?
EliYah:
- That's a good question. Possibly, 430 years--they went into Egypt. They were there 430 years. So possibly it was 430 years from the time they entered the land of Egypt would be the 430 years. Sometimes we've got to be a little careful, because us Americans are so exact in everything, but I'm not so sure that Hebraically they're ever calculated scientific exact.
- Overall, from what I understood, it was 430 years after the patriarch, the promises, and all that. At least that's how I've understood it.
- With what you're saying, if they were in that land of Mitsrayim for 430 years, then we'd have to say it was 430 years after they entered Mitsrayim or Egypt.
WillSeeYah:
- I just was wondering if the promises, when they were spoken to the children of Jacob, or Israel, to Ephraim and Manasseh, I wondered if that could be considered the promise, sort of a restating of the promise just before they went into slavery.
EliYah:
- Yeah, well, when Jacob was at Bethel, Yahweh restated the promise to him. It's in Genesis 28:14. So that was at least one time that was a little bit later than Abraham's time that Yahweh kind of restated that. How much time was between Jacob's dream at Bethel and the time they entered the land of Mitsrayim is something I have never looked it.
WillSeeYah:
- I see. There was one thing that occurred to me when I was reading Galatians on the study that you did last week, and that is in Galatians 1:16, where it says:
Galatians 1:16 - to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,- That's a very interesting statement, because if it pleased Elohim to wait, that means when we go back to verse 13 in chapter 1, where it says:
Galatians 1:13 - For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of Elohim beyond measure and [tried to] destroy it.- When you look back at verse 16, "But when it pleased Elohim, He separated me and revealed His Son to me," that means that it pleased Elohim to allow him to persecute the assembly of Elohim.
EliYah:
- So you're saying that when it says, "It pleased Elohim," he's referring to his conduct in Judaism being pleasing to Elohim?
WillSeeYah:
- It says, "When it pleased Elohim to reveal His Son to me." In other words, Elohim chose a certain time to knock Saul off the horse and blind him and all that thing. He allowed his persecution of the assembly of Elohim before that.
EliYah:
- Yeah, there is actually a reason why He didn't go after Paul earlier. He did allow Paul to go and persecute the assembly. I don't know that the persecution of the assembly was pleasing to Him. It's a sin. Sin itself is not pleasing, but the timing with which He called him was in such a way that it was going to best enable him to reach the Gentiles.
- An example of that is Paul says later on--and I can find the scripture for you--that the reason why he was chosen to go and preach to the Gentiles was so that the grace of Yahweh would be manifested, that here's a man who through all of his earlier time, when the apostles were proclaiming the truth, he was against it.
- They put the clothes at the feet of Saul, Paul, when they killed Stephen, and he was breathing out threats and everything. Here's a man who persecuted the assembly, had people murdered, and yet Yahweh called him to be a servant and to receive grace.
- When he went out to the Gentiles, he had a story to tell. He had a story to tell. He said, "Look, no matter what you've done, Gentiles, Yahweh can forgive you. Look what I did!"
- The grace of Yahweh was revealed in this man's life, and I believe that's the reason why Yahweh delayed things and allowed it to happen and turned that bad that happened into something that was good to bring even more people to salvation.
- I agree with all that, but by understanding that, I see also that if I'm in the assembly of Elohim at that time, I have to accept the persecution that was imposed on me and consider it a trial that James says we must endure until the end.
- Even now, we have to be prepared for that kind of persecution, because He may even allow another Paul or Saul to do it to us, even now today.
EliYah:
- Absolutely. In fact, the disciples, after they came to the Council, and they were punished by the Council, in Acts 5:41 it says:
Acts 5:41 - So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name.- They were glad. They counted it worthy to be among those who suffer shame for His name. So they were glad about that. They were glad it was happening. It says in another place that we must, through many tribulations, enter the kingdom of Yahweh, Acts 14:22.
EliYah:
- That's for sure. Right now, the way things are in this age, we don't get a whole lot of what I would call heavy persecution. If you stand up in the street corner of somewhere and start proclaiming Yahushua, you might get a little bit, but it's not likely they're going to shoot you.
- The day is going to come when the night cometh, as scripture says, and no man can work. It's going to be a lot more challenging for us to get the Word out. Now is the time when we need to get the good news, the true good news, the good news the disciples were preaching, and be baptized in the name the disciples were preaching in and everything, to get this out there while we can.
- Of course, I know you're doing that out there in the Philippines. HalleluYah.
- Yeah. Anyway, this study on Galatians, I really appreciate, and it's quite a revelation to know a little bit more about this good news, because when I was attempting to explain something about the Passover to some people here, they considered me teaching another good news, and therefore was accursed.
- So I'm glad you're able to point out that in Galatians, the accursed was the belief of the circumcision as requirement. So I really appreciate your study on Galatians, and it's quite satisfying. Thank you very much. Yahweh bless you.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. Thank you, brother, for calling in. Yahweh bless you, as well. Brother WillSeeYah from the Philippines. Isn't that a blessing to be able to hear from brethren all over the world? He's actually originally from Canada, but he's in the Philippines doing some ministry, building a building for the local congregation there.
- I think it was about a year ago or so that he had baptized 50 people or something in the name of Yahushua. What a blessing that is. HalleluYah. Reese has asked a question in the room.
Q.
- What is required? Does an animal have to be killed in a certain way in order for it to be kosher or clean?
EliYah:
- Yahweh does say that the animal has to have the blood poured out on the ground.
- As long as it's killed in that way, so that the blood is poured out on the ground, rather than something that was strangled, or some other way of killing, as long as the blood is poured out on the ground, and it's a clean animal, it has a cloven hoof and chews the cud, like a cow, or a sheep, or a goat, or something like that, then it is clean. Randy asks:
Q.
- If I eat non-kosher food and don't know, as in on the street in Hungary and handed a sandwich and end up eating unkosher, am I guilty?
EliYah:
- Yes, you are guilty. You broke the Torah. However, Yahweh does look at our hearts. If you didn't know, you honestly wanted to know, if you cared to know, and you wanted to find out, and you found out that's clean, but it really wasn't, then Yahweh has mercy.
- If you didn't want to know, if you just kind of didn't care, and thought it was turkey ham, and it's not, then in that case--you want to find out.
- I think what you're getting at is do the prohibitions and principles mentioned in 1 Corinthians 8-10 apply? Those things have nothing to do with eating kosher. Those are dealing with food offered to idols.
- Generally, it was prohibited to eat any food offered to an idol. The context of that was in the temple. In the temple, having a fellowship meal with an idol, that's a prohibition.
- But if some of the excess meat that may have come from those kinds of sacrifices end up on the meat market, you're not really engaging any fellowship meal with an idol. It just happens to be some meat in the meat market. That's no big deal. But if someone tells you it was offered to an idol, and there's a former idol worshiper nearby, you don't want to cause anyone to stumble.
- As far as like wine, wine is not a bad thing to drink, but if there's an alcoholic next to you, and you pour yourself a glass of wine, you don't want to cause them to stumble.
Q.
- Acts 10:10-15, some use those scriptures to allow them to eat pork, shrimp, etc. Is that what those scriptures mean?
EliYah:
- Yeah, they do not mean that at all. I actually have a study on that. It's at EliYah.com/clean.html. I'm revising that study, in fact, and plan to share it in the coming weeks at some point, so we'll go over that in great detail.
- I do have somebody on the line here. I think it is Stephen who has called. You're on the air, brother.
Stephen:
- EliYah, this is Stephen. How are you?
EliYah:
- Doing very well. How are you?
Stephen:
- We're doing great. It's a great lesson today. I wanted to pass on a quick story for everyone who's listening. As some of the folks in the assembly may know, Judy and I recently moved to north Georgia, and one of the things, when you relocate, obviously, you have to find new jobs.
- Judy is a nurse, and she had sent out a bunch of resumes. She was called probably about a week after we relocated and asked to come and talk to one of the hospitals nearby.
- She went in the other day, and they had a committee of 12, ironically, that was head up by the director of HR. They did an interview with her to possibly hire her on as a registered nurse at the hospital.
- All of it was going wonderfully--she's very qualified, has a lot of experience in nursing--until they asked her if she would be available on Saturdays. And Yahweh gave her the bravery and the courage to stand up and say, "I'm sorry, I can't work on that day. That's the Sabbath."
EliYah:
- HalleluYah.
Stephen:
- And the reaction that she received was not necessarily hostile, but there were a lot of faces made. One of the people actually joked about it and said, "Well, aren't you going to take care of your ox if they fall into a ditch?"
- And they were amazed. They were actually amazed that somebody would actually stand up in the name of Yahweh and proclaim that the Sabbath was a day that we could not serve others in servitude and working.
- I wanted to pass it on to everybody that though we could definitely use the job, we feel so much better about her standing up for Yahweh, because we know that in time that will be a blessing that will be ten times, a thousand times greater.
- Not only that, the people that interviewed her, maybe one or two of them might come to the truth that maybe there's something to this Yahweh. The fact that she stood up against 12 others, proclaimed His name, that's a wonderful thing.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah!
Stephen:
- And I just wanted to pass that on to those who wrestle with the idea of possibly working on Saturdays, that you can stand up, you can proclaim His name. You can stick to the Sabbath. I believe, in the long-run, it will be a blessing, like I said, 100 times greater.
EliYah:
- Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You're willing to stand counterculture. You're willing to say Yahweh comes first. You're willing to put His ways before the ways of men and before your own wallet. There's just a whole lot of things that come into play when you make a stand for the Sabbath in the face of those who ignore it.
- There are some people who would say nursing is one of those things where what do you do? Do you close down the hospital and everybody leaves and all these people die?
- No, I think that if we were dealing with a righteous culture, number one, we wouldn't have so many sick people, and, number two, we would not, if we had to take care of somebody on the Sabbath, we wouldn't be charging money for it.
- Absolutely, that is an awesome testimony, and we need more people out there doing that. I think more of us, if we do make a stand for it, there'll be a whole lot more understanding, and they'll recognize.
Stephen:
- We'd like to request that we pray for the 12.
EliYah:
- Yeah, definitely.
Stephen:
- In the prayer session coming up, that they might come to the truth, as well.
EliYah:
- Right, absolutely. We'll do that. That's a great testimony. That's awesome! HalleluYah! Praise Yahweh for His faithfulness in both of you, Judy especially, for being willing to do that. I know Yahweh will bless you.
Stephen:
- Absolutely. Shalom, brother.
EliYah:
- Shalom to you and your home.
Stephen:
- All-righty.
EliYah:
- Yes, we actually had that same kind of testimony some years ago. I think I shared it with everyone last week, if I'm not mistaken, about needing to make a stand for His commandments in the face of this culture, which does not keep them.
- If we're willing to do that, Yahweh is going to definitely bless us, if not in this age, certainly in the age to come.
- There was some other questions that came in the chat room.
Q.
- If you touch a dead shrimp in fishing bait, is that unclean?
EliYah:
- Any time we touch the carcass of an unclean animal or something, that is something we're not supposed to do. We're supposed to refrain from that.
Q.
- Did Yahweh hold captive slaves as guilty when they were only given non-kosher and working on the Sabbath for nothing?
EliYah:
- Personally, the only way someone was going to feed me non-kosher is mechanically shove it down my throat. The only way they're going to get me to work on Sabbath is to tie strings to my hands and legs and force me to do it. I'm not going to do it.
- There's actually a good testimonial. If you read the book of Maccabees, there is an example there of a woman and her seven sons, and they were trying to be forced by the king to eat pork, and they absolutely refused, and each one of them lost their life for it.
- Their bravery there is a fantastic testimony of someone willing to, again, stand in the face of the culture and put Yahweh first. If we do that, we are going to be greatly blessed. I know that's a fact. We will be greatly blessed.
- We do have somebody again who's called in. I believe it is Sister Tahar. Shalom.
Tahar:
- Shabbat Shalom
EliYah:
- Shabbat Shalom to you.
Tahar:
- How are you feeling?
EliYah:
- We're all doing wonderful. HalleluYah. How about you?
Tahar:
- We're hanging in there.
EliYah:
- How's Yohanan doing?
Tahar:
- He's getting there slowly, but surely.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah.
Tahar:
- We definitely could stand prayer, of course. I just wanted to share a couple of things, and everybody here wanted to say Shabbat Shalom and hello.
- The first thing, I just want to praise Yahweh. First day, Israel was baptized.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah!
Tahar:
- It was a very, very awesome experience. We were so blessed, because I had to work that day. Yahusef came up from Phoenix, so he was a bit late. We went, and there was still sunshine, even though it was very, very, very cold.
- But it was such a blessed time, and it was just awesome. Brother Israel, Yahweh has been showing him truth and encouraging him. It was really awesome.
EliYah:
- That's great.
Tahar:
- The other thing I wanted to share is something that Yohanan and I have been really, really impacted by is that we were in the system for years, and Yohanan was a pastor. We have been cut off, and turned down when we needed help, and ridiculed. I can't tell you, people that told us, "You don't have money or food because you're in sin." Just so many things--and then just left us.
- Every person we've met from the chat room, even if we haven't met them physically, having the unity of Yahweh has been the most incredible experience for us. We have met the most legitimate people, people that really love Yahweh, and they love the truth, and they love their brethren.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah.
Tahar:
- It's just been really overwhelming. It's been so awesome. Yahweh blessed us with meeting Chuck and Deborah earlier this year, and we got to meet you guys. This Shabbat, Aholiab [phonetic] and Tishua [phonetic] visiting with us.
EliYah:
- Wonderful.
Tahar:
- The fellowship is just so awesome, because we have His Spirit in common.
EliYah:
- Absolutely.
Tahar:
- So I just wanted to say, "Thank you, Father." I'm going to put the phone on speaker so everybody can say hello and Shabbat Shalom.
EliYah:
- Thank you so much. Shabbat Shalom.
Tahar:
- Oh, no problem. Shabbat Shalom. Hold on.
EliYah:
- I've gotta hear this one.
Israel:
- Well, Shabbat Shalom. How are you doing this morning?
EliYah:
- Shabbat Shalom. We're doing great. How are you?
Israel:
- Doing real well.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. This is?
Israel:
- Israel.
EliYah:
- Israel, okay. Well, congratulations on your baptism last first day. We rejoice with you. Actually, I have the pictures here in my email box, and we're going to, after the meeting today, I'm going to go ahead and post them on the internet for those who'd like to see them.
Israel:
- Oh, cool.
EliYah:
- Yeah.
Israel:
- I was very happy to get baptized correctly, finally, I was like yes! Once I found out I wasn't baptized correctly the first time. It's amazing that Yahweh would have us do that.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. And He had somebody nearby you to baptize you was a blessing, as well.
Israel:
- Yes, halleluYah.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. A lot of people out there now don't have that luxury. They have to travel 1,000 miles, or 800 miles--not usually that long, but they might have to travel a little bit in order to get baptized.
- What a blessing to have fellowship there nearby. Now there's four of you out there, at least, right, as far as in that area. Of course, you have visitors today, Aholiab and Tishua.
Group:
- Shabbat Shalom, everybody!
EliYah:
- Shabbat Shalom from everyone. If there was all 40 or 60 people, however many is listening, why don't we all say Shabbat Shalom, even though they can't hear us. Shabbat Shalom to everyone there! HalleluYah!
Yohanan:
- Shabbat Shalom, brother. How are you?
EliYah:
- We're doing great, brother. I trust that you are, as well.
Yohanan:
- Yeah, I'm okay. I'm getting better. My arm's healing, and I'm going to go see a doctor next week for my arm. You can pray for that.
EliYah:
- Okay, we'll add that to the prayer, as well. The one that's in the sling, that's a sprained arm, that's the one you're saying you're getting the sling removed?
Yohanan:
- The other one.
EliYah:
- It's the casted arm, okay.
Yohanan:
- With the cast on.
EliYah:
- But the sling, are you still in that?
Yohanan:
- I'm off the sling now. Praise Yahweh for that.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah.
Yohanan:
- But as far as my arm is concerned, they don't know whether it's broken or not. They just want to be cautious about it, and so we've got to go in next Wednesday to have the doctor check it out. I'm going to have another x-ray done.
- I'm hoping Yahweh does heal it, and I'm hoping that nothing else is worse or damaged.
EliYah:
- Okay. Well, we'll pray for that. We'll add you to the prayer, for our closing prayer. We're glad you're doing better. Are you able to use that arm pretty well now, the one that was sprained?
Yohanan:
- Yeah, yeah.
EliYah:
- Oh, good.
Yohanan:
- I'm left-handed, so the one that was sprained was right-handed.
EliYah:
- Oh, okay.
Tahar:
- I'm having to help him walk. I'm praising Yahweh that I'm getting to be a wife, but I also have some other things that are going on, and we're really, really seeking direction and stuff like that, because I'm really getting worn out, and it's not Yohanan's fault.
- It's just that working two jobs and plus all the other stuff going on, we're really praying that Yahweh would bless our heart and open the door for me to be able to stay home.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah.
Tahar:
- Also, I could stand prayer. I have to go to court on Wednesday. Some people in the room, especially Chuck, will laugh at this. I supposedly got a speeding ticket. People that see me drive will laugh their heads off, because I do not speed.
- I have to go to court and face the judge and all that stuff. We definitely could stand prayer for that.
Yohanan:
- And her grandmother goes fast as a cheetah, so... [laughter]
EliYah:
- Okay, well, we'll definitely add that to prayer, as well.
Yohanan:
- Thank you.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. Are Tishua and Aholiab there with you this afternoon or this morning?
Tishua:
- Right now.
EliYah:
- Okay, I thought so. I wasn't real sure. I know they were there last night, and I thought they were amongst the ones that said Shabbat Shalom.
Tishua:
- We're going to be leaving here probably as soon as prayer is done and go ahead and head towards Tennessee. We should be there Tuesday evening sometime.
EliYah:
- Okay, very well. You may end up meeting with the Waller family, that we just met with here this week a few times. They're some really, really good people to be around. Of course, the Diffendorfers [phonetic] as well.
- We'll pray for a safe journey for all of you.
Tishua:
- Keep in mind it will be several weeks--we don't know how long it'll be on before we can have internet, but as soon as we can.
EliYah:
- Okay. We'll pray for a safe journey and that you're able to come back and join us again. Certainly, we know Yahweh will be with you and keep you protected and guide you safe.
Tishua:
- Yes, amen.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah.
Tahar:
- Thank you so much for everything, and we love you guys so much. Yohanan and I really, really miss you. I know I do. I think about our visit there pretty much every day. So give everyone a hug for us, and thank you again for your faithfulness.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. Yahweh is faithful, and we certainly loved it when you were here. We had a great time with you guys. One day, if not before then, we'll certainly also be together in the age to come. HalleluYah. Forever! HalleluYah.
Tahar:
- Yes. Well, Shabbat Shalom, and Yahweh bless.
EliYah:
- Yahweh bless you all. Shabbat Shalom. The whole gang there at the Lichtenberger residence. There was Yohanan, Tahar, Israel, Aholiab, and Tishua all joined there together for Shabbat. What a blessing that was. HalleluYah.
- I think that will be our last phone call. Been on the air now for about 3 1/2 hours, so I'm going to go ahead and close out. We can go ahead and take your prayer requests at this time.
- I did have a couple of other questions I want to go ahead and address that were asked in the room.
Q.
- About Colossians 2, many believe it shows you can eat what you want, choose Sunday as the Sabbath. Do you have a study on that subject?
EliYah:
- Yes, I do. It's found at EliYah.com/Col2.html. You can find that link on the main page. If you go under the section, "Torah Observance," you'll find the study on Colossians 2 linked under that section.
- I would ask everyone to make your prayer requests. We've got several of them here already from Sister Terry and others, from Tishua and SweetYah. We're also going to pray for the 12 who were in the interview process for Judy, and for Yohanan and Tahar, as well.
Q.
- Do you have the pictures of the immersions of Tahar and Yohanan?
EliYah:
- Yes, we do, and I can give you that URL here. I'll tell you in a minute. I'm going to have to find it. It's on the website. Praise Yahweh. It's under EliYah.com/baptisms/ and there's a series of seven pictures there. It's YTTbaptism1.jpg, YTTbaptism2.jpg, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 on down the line.
- Those are big pictures. They're about half a meg a piece, so if you have dial-up, it might take you awhile.
- Meanwhile, I'm going to play a song for everyone. I believe we'll go ahead and pick a song out of the list here. This one is called "Lamon Tsiyon." [phonetic] It's by Lesheva Sharon. [phonetic]
- [Music Ministry: "Lamon Tsiyon"]
EliYah:
- HalleluYah! "For the sake of Tsiyon, I will not keep silent." HalleluYah! We've got some other prayer requests that have come in. Got here one, a request from Randy, Strong Oak, Chosen for Marge, Peter, and Jim, prayer request from Priscilla for Sarah and Ricky, AdoniYah, as well, of course, for Morris who is having surgery. I think that's it. That's all I have so far.
- Strong Oak said she found out--she asked for prayer a couple of weeks ago--he or she--and found out that they do not have cancer. HalleluYah!
- Amadea [phonetic] has asked for prayer, as well. Looks like we've got a few more prayer requests that have come in. We're going to go ahead and play another song. I think that Kara is going to offer a song, as well.
- Try to keep this meeting from going too long for everyone. I know that you can get a little hungry. [laughs] But, hey, this is spiritual food. We have food to eat that you know not of. HalleluYah.
- I'll go ahead and share a song here. This is by Tammy Robinson, and it's called "I'm Nothing Without You." HalleluYah.
- [Music Ministry: "I'm Nothing Without You"]
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. Blessed be Yahweh. Good song by Tammy Robinson, "Nothing Without You." I believe we have a phone call, and I think this is just a prayer request by Brother Curtis, if I'm not mistaken. And we're going to go ahead and take that phone call. Shalom, brother.
Curtis:
- Shabbat Shalom.
EliYah:
- Shabbat Shalom to you. How are you?
Curtis:
- Divine, thank Yahweh.
EliYah:
- I love that answer. [laughs]
Curtis:
- Yeah, thank Yahweh. Yeah. I guess wonderful would be not quite feeling divine, but still in His grace, counting it all joy.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah.
Curtis:
- We were a little bit distracted. It got kind of late, so I had to put the kids away, but I'm going to--pardon? No, in the chest of drawers, just line them up, lay them down, close the drawers. [laughs] Yeah. It's their nap time. Did I just say put them away? [laughs] My wife is correcting me here. I didn't put them away. I didn't lock them up or anything.
- So anyway, I got pulled away from the computer. I didn't really know what--you got a lot of calls, a lot of sharing, a lot of fellowship there. It was great.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah.
Curtis:
- Praise Yahweh, yeah. I kind of just wanted to share just a little bit. MaggiLu and I are just going to do a song, which I think is probably appropriate and His will. It's probably worked out just how He wants it, I'm sure.
- We've been going through some pretty hard lessons through Yahweh, how He works, allowing temptations, and us failing Him and failing each other, and figuring it all out.
- I think the only thing, I would like to sum it up and give a little praise report on behalf of Yahweh, just examining myself in responses and how I'm responding. It ends up not really practicing my self control, as I do usually--the normal--I guess they're normal--the common issues in marriage and men and women living and worshiping and everything together.
- My big lesson was just how I am responding and just kind of forgetting about the way to respond. I think you and a couple of other key brothers and sisters that have been put in my life, just reminding me of what Yahushua is trying to tell me. It helps. That's why fellowship is so necessary and the prayers are so necessary. It's all wrapped up together.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah.
Curtis:
- We both, MaggiLu and I, are really just sitting down and praying and discussing things together and realizing that our actions and reactions get kind of carried away sometimes and all the world around us is overwhelming sometimes, it seems.
- But, once again, I reiterate with the fellowship and prayers and the path that Yahweh has brought us on and just continuing and really determined to know His will and stick with Him, He hasn't given up on us, and running the good race and fighting the good fight with His help, it's been a learning experience.
EliYah:
- Praise Yahweh. I'm glad to hear that you're able to grow in the Spirit and that Yahweh is working in your life. I know He is all for His glory and for our benefit, as well. I'd like to hear your song.
Curtis:
- I just wanted to share that. I'm not sure--I think we might have done this one with the kids before, but I just thought it might be appropriate. I think we have, but I thought it would be appropriate. It's one of my ones, an older favorite of mine we've kind of stuck with. So here we go.
- [Music Ministry: "Light the Fire"]
EliYah:
- HalleluYah!
Curtis:
- Praise Yahweh.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah.
Curtis:
- My voice is still kind of shot.
EliYah:
- Oh, no, it sounded good. Are you using a speaker phone when you do it?
Curtis:
- No.
EliYah:
- Or you're just singing?
Curtis:
- Yeah.
EliYah:
- Okay.
Curtis:
- Why?
EliYah:
- You might try a speaker phone, because it comes in and out a little bit.
Curtis:
- Oh, okay.
EliYah:
- You might try it sometime.
Curtis:
- Yeah.
EliYah:
- It may not be any better. It may be worse. [laughs] But overall, "Light the Fire." HalleluYah.
Curtis:
- Yeah, praise Yahweh for all of you all, just persistently following Him. Thank you.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. Thanks for joining us here today. Yahweh bless you and your family.
Curtis:
- Yeah, I'm going to punch in, type in a request there to pray for us, please.
EliYah:
- Okay, we're going to do that, definitely got you on the list here. Yahweh bless you all and shalom to your home.
Curtis:
- Thank you, same to you all. Thanks.
EliYah:
- Brother Curtis, a faithful caller every week, always good to hear from him and his family.
- [Music Ministry: "Lead Me to the River of Your Healing Waters"]
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. I've got my voice back. HalleluYah. I appreciate everyone. Thanks for your prayers for my voice, which is slowly disappearing after four hours, actually 4 hours and 21 minutes of speaking. [laughs] I appreciate that very much. Everyone have a great Sabbath and a great week.
- I trust that Yahweh will use this week to continually guide you closer to Him and to His awesome ways. We appreciate every one of you, love every one of you. Yahweh bless you and keep you. Yahweh make His face shine upon you, be gracious unto you. Yahweh lift His countenance to you and give you shalom. HalleluYah.
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