EliYah:
- I believe there was a question or two in the chat room, and one of the questions was about the sacrifices. When Messiah returns, it does appear to me, if you read Ezekiel 40 to the end and even Zechariah 14, which we read earlier, it mentions an altar.
Zechariah 14:21 -- There does appear to be sacrifices returning and even sin offerings. If you read Acts 21, you'll see that Paul was compelled by James to go to the temple and be purified with four men who had taken a vow, which is a Nazarite vow, which did involve making sacrifices.
Curtis:
- Shabbat Shalom.
EliYah:
- How are you all doing?
Curtis:
- Good. I thank Yahweh.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah.
Curtis:
- The children are just going down for a restful nap.
EliYah:
- Very well.
Curtis:
- Mag and I are just listening to the rest of your study.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah
Curtis:
- So, no shofar followed by the "Praise Yahweh!" of the children today.
Curtis:
- No, no, no. That was at the beginning of Shabbat.
EliYah:
- Okay.
Curtis:
- I know that most of the time when they're up, we usually blow it again.
EliYah:
- Very well.
Curtis:
- To the four corners of the earth with you online there.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. Well, I guess we'll be seeing you here in about seven weeks or so.
Curtis:
- Yahweh willing, yeah. We're hoping and praying. We had a storm come through here where it rained for three days. It was close to a hurricane in South Florida. It came up and lingered around, and came through here, and dumped a ton of rain, and it was a little gusty.
- It was kind of funny for us having lived aboard a sailboat and experiencing weather quite a bit living on the coast, from up and down the coast, South Florida, and the Keys a lot. People here, it was almost how some people are with the snow. They see one flake, and they shut everything down.
- One flake of snow, they shut everything down, and it's sunny the next hour. The same thing happened around here. Everybody shut everything down, and it was just really raining, but it's better safe than sorry.
- We're thinking some of the companies flag your IP if you use your computer a lot and have a lot of bandwidth and a lot of activity on it. They flag you. I don't know. Several times today we've been on, and it closes it down. It boots us off your site.
- It's kind of funny--not really, but...
EliYah:
- If it's on this end, it'll boot everyone off.
Curtis:
- I know. Nobody's had any problems that I can see, except us.
EliYah:
- Right.
Curtis:
- But it's okay. It's just another challenge. Another thing about all of that, we had electricity go off for a second a couple of weeks ago. There was no storm around. Sometimes a squirrel or something will mess with a transformer, and blast out a transformer. It happens all over like that.
- If an animal climbs up and is messing around with transformers and stuff, they'll get fried and blow out a transformer, and a block of a neighborhood is out of electricity until they come replace it.
- The electricity flips off in the middle of the summer or the winter, anytime, but in the summer we use fans a lot. Solar panels and wind generators--we were self sufficient on the sailboat. It's being used all over the world now--more in other countries than here.
- Being off the grid is pretty priceless when the grid goes down, generating your own electricity and your own power, especially when you rely on electric pumps for your wells and stuff. It's priceless, yeah.
EliYah:
- Absolutely. Of course, finding fresh water out there might be more challenging.
Curtis:
- Oh, yeah, ours is a few hundred feet deep.
EliYah:
- No, I mean out in the ocean.
Curtis:
- We had a desalinater. It takes the ocean water and filters it a few times and makes fresh water out of salt.
EliYah:
- Is that right?
Curtis:
- Yeah.
EliYah:
- That's neat.
Curtis:
- There was a few islands around.
EliYah:
- So the only thing you had to worry about is a storm or two.
Curtis:
- Well, you can't grow a whole lot on a boat.
EliYah:
- No.
Curtis:
- So, I guess if you can drag up and find kelp and stuff, pull fish onboard, you could provide.
EliYah:
- Right.
Curtis:
- It's nice to be able to sail in between communities and cities and friends, but living aboard for too long--it's a good thing, a fun thing, and it's a real learning experience, but, for me and our family, we're looking to find a piece of land that has a well where we can dip a bucket into and won't even have to worry about solar panels for that.
- It'd be nice just to dip a bucket ten feet down and splash your face with water and have a little drink.
EliYah:
- There you go. All right.
Curtis:
- There's a few of them around. Like you were talking about earlier with the concrete and grocery stores, we take a lot for granted.
EliYah:
- We really do.
Curtis:
- There's a lot of stuff going on that we really don't realize. It's okay, and Yahweh is very merciful, but there's reasons we find things out. To find out what they're doing with genetics and fruits and vegetables, much less the boxed-up, processed food, but what they're doing with the fresh food in the market, even organic-labeled food, is kind of crazy.
EliYah:
- It's true.
Curtis:
- But anyway, yeah, I'll get off my little box here. We love y'all. Yahweh bless everyone and you all. Pray for us, please, and several other people that are having problems. People are having problems with their backs. Jeff, and Bo, and Frank. Pray for Frank. He's having problems with his back, too.
EliYah:
- All right. I've got them on the list. Good to talk to you, brother. Yahweh bless you and your family and be with you all. Shabbat Shalom.
Curtis:
- Thank you. Make His face shine upon you all. Shabbat Shalom.
EliYah:
- You, as well. Shabbat Shalom. Brother Curtis from the state of Florida calling in, usually our first caller. The phone lines are open if you would like to give us a call. The telephone number is 417-683-3575 or 866-435-4924. I'd love to hear from you if you have a question or comment about today's study, about the feast, or even to call in and say Shabbat Shalom.
- I'd like to hear from you. A few people like to share a shofar blast or two when they call in. Brother Henry from Canada asked a question earlier.
Q. How do we pray for the sins of our fathers. My parents are deceased.
Numbers 14:18 - `YAHWEH is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth [generation] .'- Yahweh visits the sins of the fathers unto the children to the third and fourth generation. Does that mean we are suffering the sins of our fathers? Do we need to pray for forgiveness for the sins of our fathers?
EliYah:
- I believe it is scriptural to pray for Yahweh to forgive us and forgive our iniquities through our parents. There's several places in the scriptures that talk about doing that.
- If you're aware of any kind of sin that your parents, grandparents, or great grandparents, or great, great grandparents may have been involved in, I encourage you to confess that as sin and declare that you want no part of that and ask forgiveness.
- Their blood is running through our veins, so we want to clear ourselves of any potential guilt or anything that may come upon us, as a result of those things.
- I think that's the reason why scripture talks about forsaking not only your sins, the sins of your ancestors. We want to make sure we're clear of those things.
- I believe we have Brother Neil and Torah House.
Neil:
- HalleluYah
EliYah:
- Torah House 3 is it?
Neil:
- Yes, it is.
EliYah:
- All right. Shabbat Shalom to you all.
Neil:
- Shabbat Shalom to you, your family, your home, and all the people out there, coast to coast, border to border, and around the world. We give you a big shout out from here in northeast Oklahoma.
EliYah:
- Northeast Oklahoma.
Neil:
- Yeah, where it doesn't go by a week without a good rain. We had another good rain this morning.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah.
Neil:
- Yahweh is really blessing this part of the country. Not much for construction, but the grass is sure green, I'll tell you that.
EliYah:
- All right! Tell me about Torah House 3.
Neil:
- Well, it's just in another location, still connected to 2, but now we have two houses, because more people are coming down here. We added a couple of brothers locally. I've got to tell you this story. That's the reason for my call.
- We have found that the enemy is really trying to keep us from succeeding in some of our ventures down here, and we've had some problems with some contractors and stuff, just things I haven't really had happen on jobs for years and years or even ever.
- We've started praying, and we know Yahweh would like us to bring good Torah believers and just keep it that way. That's what we're trying to do now.
- One of the guys went to a Baptist seminary over in Bolivar. You know where that's at.
EliYah:
- Yeah.
Neil:
- And got a degree there, and he's a friend of Zach's, and he needed a job. So, we hired him, and he worked with us, and within about three days, he was convinced, with all the scripture he knew, he was convinced that we had something he didn't have.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah.
Neil:
- After a couple of weeks of listening to Israel, and Gabriel, and Calvin, and JP--I believe was here for awhile then--and myself, he has adopted the Torah. I guess I could say hook, line and sinker.
EliYah:
- Blessed be Yahweh.
Neil:
- Blessed be Yahweh. The other day it was raining, and we didn't work, and he was in here, and he said, "Boy, I need to go to Tahlequah." And is aid, "Well, I'll go with you."
- Things happened where I couldn't go, and he was just going to drive back to Torah House 2. He got over there, and he kept saying to Israel, "Man, I need to go to Tahlequah. There's something about Tahlequah."
- Israel said, "Go. Just take my truck and go to Tahlequah," which his only about 20 miles from here. So, he went down there, and he stopped in this restaurant and got a sandwich, and these two guys came in.
- They got to talking, and they're from California. They moved to Oklahoma, because the home school laws in California are so bad right now, and Oklahoma has got the best home school laws, so they moved everybody--church, a bunch of the fellowship. A bunch of people all moved down to Tahlequah, and they were looking for jobs.
- He had just gotten there. This was on a Monday night. They had just arrived there on Sunday. The next day, they came out and went to work with us. They belonged to this church. It's kind of legalistic, but they do believe in the Sabbath. They know all the holidays are pagan, so they're part way there.
- What was so neat about this--all week we just worked pretty hard, and they were just wore out.
- We leave early on Friday so that everybody can be home for Sabbath. We stopped up at TH2, and we were getting some applications and stuff to them, so they could get them all filled out for next week.
- I noticed they were just milling around and milling around the yard. I said, "Guys, go inside. It's air conditioned." It was hot. I said, "Go on in there," because I was talking to Robert and his wife before they went back to Oklahoma City.
- One of them went inside, and the other guy just kept milling around. I'm kind of irrational at times. Of course, I know you don't know that. I knew that he wanted to give me something. I could tell by the way he was shuffling around and hanging around the car while I was talking to Robert.
- So, I drug this out as long as I could to see what kind of fortitude this young man had. Finally, Robert and his wife left, and he walked over and said, "Here, I want to give you this." He said, "It's all scriptural. I'd just like you to read it over the weekend while you have your Sabbath."
- It was a big tract. It started out in bold letters, "God Kills." It has scripture underneath that where he pulled it out of the Old Testament. I just had to start to laugh. Here was a guy. They listened to us most of the week about Torah, and Yahushua, and Yahweh.
- They didn't say much at all, but they wanted us to know that they believed also, and this is what they do. They hand out tracts--not a very attractive tract to hand out anybody. You wouldn't win friends and influence people.
- Wilson is his name, Michael Wilson. They call him Wilson. He said, "I just want you to know where we're coming from. A lot of what you guys say we understand. We don't know if we accept all of it, but we want you to know that this is what we believe. I want to make sure that if we work with you somewhere else, you know we're in one accord."
- I laughed, and I just had to laugh, because this young man is 27, and he had enough fortitude to take a tract like this and hand it to his boss. I felt those are the kind of guys we need, somebody who believes in something.
- No matter what the consequences, he thinks enough about what he believes to hand it to somebody. There are a couple of really good candidates, because they're part-way there, and they do know the Sabbath and the true names.
- One of them I talked to, I said, "We use Yahweh and Yahushua." He said, "Yeah, they're the Hebrew names." I said, "Well, not really. They're Hebrew names, but they're also the real names." I didn't go any further than that, because I want to make sure that we don't talk about stuff like that on the job, unless we're working while we're doing it.
- If you're trying to preach to somebody or witness to them on the job, you're not doing your fulfilled task.
EliYah:
- Right.
Neil:
- So I don't allow that to happen. But we're blessed on that. We've had a couple of other people. We had a great meeting today. I shared a lot with them about your meeting last night. I had a transcript with me, and we talked about the fall feasts coming up and the new moons. This is the first group we go to, and then we'll be going to another group later on this afternoon.
- They're coming along wonderfully. I talked to them about maybe coming to Sukkot. A couple of them might. They're all our age. I'm not going to say older, because we're still pretty young.
EliYah:
- Yeah.
Neil:
- But they're all Vicky's and my age. We're excited about them. They're growing. They have such a hunger for the Word, Tom. I'm so blessed. Israel and I went there today, and I'm so blessed with the way they dig into the Word and find Torah meaning in everything. Also, when we're in the Tanakh, they always understand how it's a forerunner to Yahushua.
- They're only a year and a half in this faith, so it's exciting to see how they tear into that. We have a little time of music, and they still use the old Christian songs, where we make sure that we sing the true names to it.
- They do struggle with the names. There's a couple of them that have used Jesus and God for 30 years. That's logic I refuse to get involved in.
EliYah:
- Right.
Neil:
- But they're doing wonderfully well. We'll be going to another group this afternoon. They were really impressed with JP. They're four or five years into this now, and they lost all their congregation, too. There's only about six of them, also. There used to be 30-35 of them.
- They're blessings, too. They're further in the Word. They enjoyed us there last week, as we shared a little bit with them. They said, "You guys know things we don't know anything about." I said, "Well, there's this website called www.EliYah.com. Go to it."
- "Oh, I've been there. That guy is really balanced, isn't he? Is he a rabbi?" I said, "No, Tom's not much of a rabbi. He may look like one from a distance, but he does not subscribe to that at all."
EliYah:
- I don't have my kippah.
Neil:
- Yeah. They hold Sukkot there at their little fellowship hall. Here's the interesting thing about this. Both these fellowships have beautiful buildings, and they're all paid for.
EliYah:
- Great.
Neil:
- They were smart enough to make sure that they knew Yahweh didn't want them in debt. They're nice facilities. Each one will hold between 50-55 people, and they're debt free. They're strong in the Word. I'm impressed with that.
EliYah:
- That's great.
Neil:
- Thank Yahweh that we're able to show them some more truths, and we learn a lot from them, too. It's been really good for us up here. We've enjoyed it. It's been great.
- Calvin Schmidt, who's our general field superintendent, lives up by...
EliYah:
- Joplin?
Neil:
- Yeah, it's up north of there. I can't think of the little town now, but he has a group that meets. He had two new believers join him this week, confessed Torah again. So we're seeing a real movement. People are really getting excited and wanting to cling on to the Word.
EliYah:
- That's great.
Neil:
- It's getting to be exciting down here, Tom. We might try to get you to do a broadcast here from TH3 maybe within the next month or two, get you down here.
EliYah:
- I'd love to meet everybody.
Neil:
- Yeah, we'd really enjoy that. It would be a good time.
EliYah:
- Yeah, sounds good.
Neil:
- Shabbat Shalom. I don't want to carry this on any further. I've talked plenty. My mouth is getting dry, so I know it's about time to quit. That's a good sign to me. [laughter]
EliYah:
- Well, I appreciate your testimony. That's just great news. Praise Yahweh for all the work He's doing there with you all. For people who are not familiar with what they do, they are a group of brethren, different families coming together and working. They're doing some building for Tyson Chicken, building some of their research barns and different things.
- In the midst of this, they're doing a lot of witnessing. They've been to several different locations. This will be their third location now. Brother John Paul from Oregon came over, and Israel from Arizona, and different people from different parts of Missouri, and now from Oklahoma people are joining them. Wow, it's just neat to see the work of Yahweh.
Neil:
- And that's what's so important. And I do want to encourage everybody. You may not think you're able to say things or to witness verbally.
- Two weeks ago, I got to go home and see Vicky, and I had a call just about sunset from one of the management people, and we talked for a few minutes. He said, "Neil, I see the sun starting to set, so I've got to let you go." They respect us to know that our Sabbath starts at sundown.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah.
Neil:
- He goes to a Baptist church. He knew this was sacred to us, because Sabbath was starting, and he didn't want to carry the conversation any further. We know we're making an impact, and that's all we want to do. We want to make sure Yahweh's name is lifted up and magnified.
EliYah:
- Amein.
Neil:
- So praise Yahweh. Blessings to you guys!
EliYah:
- And you, as well, brother.
Neil:
- Good Sabbath blessings to you all out there and Shabbat Shalom.
EliYah:
- All right, greet everyone for us.
Neil:
- HalleluYah!
EliYah:
- Shabbat Shalom. Brother Neil Bornhoft [phonetic] calling in from Oklahoma. HalleluYah. That's a great call. Good to hear Yahweh is working in all different areas of the country. We know that He's put everyone where they are for a purpose, and we just need to be willing vessels.
- From that point, Yahweh can do great and mighty things. HalleluYah. I believe we've got Brother Stephen Owen on line two. Shabbat Shalom to you, brother.
Stephen:
- Shabbat Shalom, EliYah, and Shabbat Shalom to all those listening.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. How are you all doing?
Stephen:
- HalleluYah. We're doing pretty good. We had a rough week, but this Sabbath has been especially good, and Yahweh has been blessing us immensely in everything that we've been doing, so we're praying that we're in His will.
EliYah:
- Amein. HalleluYah. We're glad to hear that you're coming for the feast this year.
Stephen:
- Yes.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. I think you used to come to the chat room quite a bit under Obudyah [phonetic] or something?
Stephen:
- Obudyah 83.
EliYah:
- Uh-huh, and your wife is Sarai?
Stephen:
- Yes.
EliYah:
- Sarah.
Stephen:
- Yes.
EliYah:
- And you actually met online, didn't you?
Stephen:
- Yeah, we met in your room back in the fall of 2004.
EliYah:
- Okay.
Stephen:
- And we got to talking on the phone, and it was kind of a short courtship, but I went and got her in January of 2005, and married her probably about a week later.
EliYah:
- Wow.
Stephen:
- And we've been married three years and eight months.
EliYah:
- Wow, congratulations.
Stephen:
- Yes, thank you.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. Praise Yahweh. He brings it all together, brings us all together in different ways.
Stephen:
- Yes.
EliYah:
- That's great. And you have a little baby?
Stephen:
- Well, she's not much of a baby anymore. She's two years and four months.
EliYah:
- Wow.
Stephen:
- And she's intelligent. She can speak complete sentences and the clearest English that you can think of.
EliYah:
- Wow.
Stephen:
- Yeah, and we're very blessed to have her. I'm sure anyone that was in the chat room last night heard about our situation. My friend Robert told me about it.
EliYah:
- Yes.
Stephen:
- Yah has been working in our life. He helped us get away when we did. He helped me get my big van in order, so we could take some of our more valuable possessions with us. A miracle occurred. We went to a gas station, because the van was nearly empty, and I started filling it up, and ten dollars later, it overflowed out onto the concrete.
EliYah:
- Wow.
Stephen:
- Yeah, big vans have big gas tanks.
EliYah:
- Right.
Stephen:
- And so the fact that this happened just was like a miracle. At the feast, we always have miracles at the feast. When this happened, we were just praising Yah.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah, that's great! Wow. So He enabled you to have enough gasoline to get where you were needing to go.
Stephen:
- Yeah. We haven't gone anywhere since yesterday, because we wanted to prepare for Sabbath. We're just kind of sitting tight. We've got friends, and we've got people who know people, and I'm trying to get work where I'm headed. I'm pretty sure Yah will provide the way.
- The reason I called today is I wanted to share some verses with the people out there, because a lot of people do have doubts. They sit back and say, "Does Yah work in my life? Why is this hardship coming on me?"
- I had those doubts the first two or three days of this week, and it literally kept me up at night thinking about all this. Does Yah really work in my life? Does He really care?
- In Proverbs 28, which is my favorite chapter in the whole book, there are two verses, verse 25 and 26.
Proverbs 28:25 - He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, But he who trusts in YAHWEH will be prospered.
Proverbs 28:26 - He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But whoever walks wisely will be delivered.- To me, it was a hard thing to trust. I had a pretty rough childhood, but when the thing with the DHS came up, there was nowhere else to go. I got on my knees and begged, "Father, what's your will in all this?"
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. May Yahweh hide you in the shadow of His wing.
Stephen:
- HalleluYah.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. A safe place to be is in His will. HalleluYah.
Stephen:
- Yep. I totally agree.
EliYah:
- Thank you for sharing that verse. Those who trust in Yahweh will prosper.
Stephen:
- Yes.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. We will. Even though the world may look at us and say, "You're not prospering," in our hearts, that's where our joy is.
Stephen:
- Yes.
EliYah:
- On the outside, by the world's standards, they've got their ideas, but we have ours. It's the inner peace and joy that He gives us that really is what everyone is looking for. They're just looking in the wrong places.
Stephen:
- Yeah.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. He provides.
Stephen:
- Yes, halleluYah. Shabbat Shalom, again, to everyone out there. May Yah bless you all with His will and with prosperity and understanding that goes beyond our earthly understandings.
EliYah:
- Amein. And you, as well, brother.
Stephen:
- Likewise.
EliYah:
- Shabbat Shalom.
Stephen:
- Shabbat Shalom.
EliYah:
- Very good call. Brother Stephen from the chat room. Looking forward to seeing him here in a few weeks. Blessed be Yahweh. We definitely want to pray Yahweh will protect him and watch over him and his little one and his wife, and Yahweh be magnified through it all. HalleluYah.
- All right, I believe we've got another phone call on line two. I believe we have--nope, not there. Looks like we dropped them. I don't know what happened, but they're not there right now. I think they're going to call in. I think that might be them. I'll see if I can pick up here. All right, are you there? Shabbat Shalom. Is this Sister Laura?
Laura:
- Yes, sir.
EliYah:
- How are you doing today?
Laura:
- I'm fine. And you?
EliYah:
- Doing very well. Yahweh is watching over you, I'm sure.
Laura:
- Hold on. I think it's my phone. I can barely hear anything. Okay.
EliYah:
- Is that any better?
Laura:
- I just wanted to get on to say Shabbat Shalom to everyone, and I can't wait to see a whole lot of the new people at the feast.
EliYah:
- HalleluYah.
Laura:
- I had a poem that I wanted to read.
EliYah:
- Okay.
Laura:
- I wrote this as soon as I got down here--well, not as soon--actually, a couple of days afterward, when it finally started raining, because we were praying for the rain.
EliYah:
- All right. I'm ready when you are.
Laura:
- It's called, "He Pours." He pours His rain down upon the earth. He cries His tears, as more children give birth. He pours His heart out to His children, as long as they do not break His law or bend it. Yahweh pours out His soul to the world. He holds fast what He says for the boys and girls.
- He pours out His love to you and me. One day at the end, He will set His children free. He pours it out for all to see. Yahweh even pours it out to show He is [inaudible].
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. Very well. HalleluYah.
Laura:
- My daughter is growing. Hopefully, by the time we get down there, she will be walking, so that everyone can see her stumble around and everything.
EliYah:
- Wow. They grow up so fast. It's hard to imagine.
Laura:
- What did you ask?
EliYah:
- I said they grow up so fast. It's just hard to imagine.
Laura:
- Yeah, they do grow up fast. Everybody keeps telling me I'll be wishing she's crawling, but I keep telling myself, no, I'm not going to do that. I'm actually glad she's growing. I want to be in that moment when she's walking, and I want to see it.
EliYah:
- Right, right. What a blessing. HalleluYah. We'll be seeing you at the feast in Eminence. Is the rest of your family, Marie and everyone, going to come, as well?
Laura:
- No, unfortunately, I don't think she'll be able to come, because she had to use all of the rest of the money on moving. When they finally got there, I think they got down to hardly anything, pretty much. They have to save that for when they do get a house.
EliYah:
- Okay.
Laura:
- They still haven't gotten a house. They're not homeless, though, but they still haven't gotten a house. Gary Heland [phonetic] is going to help them a little bit, he said, but I'm not really sure. I don't know about all that.
EliYah:
- All right, well, we're going to pray for them and that Yahweh will provide for them.
Laura:
- My mom told me to tell everyone on the internet--and, of course, you and your family--Shabbat Shalom, and that she misses you all already.
EliYah:
- And tell her we said Shabbat Shalom.
Laura:
- Okay, that's all I really had for now. I'll let someone else call in.
EliYah:
- All right. Thanks for calling in. Yahweh bless you and the little one.
Laura:
- Okay. Shabbat Shalom.
EliYah:
- Shabbat Shalom. All right. HalleluYah. Sister Laura Fagans. We definitely want to pray for her and her mother, Marie. We're going to add her to the prayer list today. If anyone else has any prayer requests, please mention so in the chat room.
- We've got quite a few already, but if you have any prayer requests, let us know, and for closing prayer in today's broadcast, we will make sure that we do offer prayer for you. HalleluYah.
- I believe that's all the phone calls so far. At this time, we'll share a song from the library, and maybe my son and daughter also will share a song today that Kara recently wrote. We will do that momentarily. In the meantime, this next song is called Yom Kippur. HalleluYah.
- [Music Ministry: "Yom Kippur"]
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. I believe the children are ready. Go ahead.
- [Music Ministry by Kara and KolaYah]
- [Music Ministry: "Ram V'nisa HaMashiach" (unknown song) "Yahweh Is Holy," "Faithful to the End"]
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. That's what we want to be, faithful to the end. Blessed be the name of Yahweh. It looks like there are some questions about the new moon. We believe the new moon is the first visible crescent. The conjunction, the new moon is when the moon is directly in line with the sun, as the moon orbits around the earth. When it's a full moon, the brightness of the sun is facing the disc of the moon that we see.
- As the moon revolves around, the back of the moon will be completely lit, instead of the part of the moon we see; therefore, that's what they call a conjunction, when the back of the moon is fully lit, the exact moment when it's an exact full moon on the opposite side of the moon. It gives us a completely dark moon.
- In our location, that's called the conjunction, or astronomical new moon, or scientific new moon.
- We believe that ancient Israel--suppose there was a sundown at 6:30, and the time of the astronomical new moon was 6:30. Then on which day would the new moon fall? So, if you have the conjunction view, I don't mock you, make fun of you, or put you down. I personally don't see it that way.
- My personal view is that the shepherd out in the field could look up in the sky after sunset and say, "There's the new moon." The new moon is shaped like a shofar. You blow the shofar. From his perspective, the moon withdrew its light for a day or two, and then on the second or third day, it resumed, and he saw the light of the new moon, and there was a new moon. HalleluYah.
- [Music Ministry: "Lead Me to the River of Your Healing Waters"]
EliYah:
- HalleluYah. May Yahweh fill you with His Ruach HaKodesh, His Holy Spirit, as you go out once more into the work week and the remainder of this great, holy Shabbat day. Yahweh fill you, and lead you, and guide you to be a light for His name, glorifying Him in all that you do. Yahweh bless you. We love you all. Shabbat Shalom to your homes.
- I'm going to talk about an extremely important topic. I like to pick out topics that are very relevant to our walk personally and things that I guess I've had to study out myself and learn things the hard way and share some of the things Yahweh has shown me.
- One of these areas that's reoccurring is the area of pride. I'm going to talk about that today. The enemy of humility and the great enemy of Yahweh is pride.
- We are approaching the feast days coming up here. We've got to remain humble, and maybe we have things in our own walk today that we need to change.
- Maybe we have areas of our life where Yahweh is trying to show us something, and we're just too proud to realize it, or look for it, or care about it, because we're afraid what others may say, or we don't like the idea of having to do something that Yahweh commands.
- It doesn't bring a lot of good feelings or whatever. We've got to look at Yahweh's Word and say, "Okay, I'm not claiming perfection at all. Yahweh help us."
- We maintain that attitude, and Yahweh will continue to teach us. The main thing is we have to be teachable. Of course, that's the danger of denominationalism is that they, by setting up that denomination, assuming that they have found the truth in fullness.
- What we need to do is say, "All right, let's just forget the denominations, and let's just follow Yahweh and see what He teaches us. HalleluYah.
- We need to ask Him continually to show us what areas of our life are we needing to change? What areas of our life are we needing to change? One of the greatest barriers man sets up to prevent Yahweh from making changes needed in his life is pride.
- Pride is a sin that's very rampant, very, very common today, and yet also silent. It's very illusive and often hidden. It's basically in almost every place carnal man is.
- Before I begin, I want you to know that I also, from time to time, find ways, things of myself where I fall short in this area.
- I don't want to go out here and teach something and claim perfection in this area. Just when I think I've got things purged out, Yahweh reveals more shortcomings.
- I don't want to teach this message as a hypocrite unto Yahweh. I want to share some things that He's shown me, and hopefully we all can learn, and He'll continue to show us all new things.
- This sin is very hidden, because it's actually the sin itself that often will prevent a man from admitting it. In other words, the pride itself will keep one from admitting they have pride in various areas.
- Pride keeps you from seeing your own pride, which is a pretty sad state to be in. Pride is hidden in the heart, even though we may not see it.
- Scripture says the heart is desperately wicked. Who can know it? Scripture says he who follows his own heart is a fool.
- Sometimes pride is hidden in those areas, but it's often revealed through the tongue.
Proverbs 30:32 - If you have been foolish in exalting yourself, Or if you have devised evil, [put your] hand on [your] mouth.- If we lift ourselves up, then put our hands over our mouth and just say, "Oh, that was foolish." Pride does not go before a fall; actually, pride goes before destruction.
Proverbs 16:18 - Pride [goes] before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.- A haughty spirit comes before a fall. Pride is very deceptive.
Obadiah 1:3 - The pride of your heart has deceived you, [You] who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Whose habitation is high; [You] who say in your heart, `Who will bring me down to the ground?'
Obadiah 1:4 - Though you ascend [as] high as the eagle, And though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down," says YAHWEH.- Don't they have space stations these days kind of nesting around the stars and so on? Yahweh has a habit of humbling the proud. It's a good habit, though, because we need to be humbled to draw ourselves to Yahweh. Yahweh hates pride; even a proud look is an abomination to Him.
Proverbs 6:16 - These six [things] YAHWEH hates, Yes, seven [are] an abomination to Him:
Proverbs 6:17 - A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 6:18 - A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil,
Proverbs 6:19 - A false witness [who] speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.- The literal meaning of the phrase, "proud look," is lifted eyes. Yahweh hates that. Why? Pride is one of the worst sins a person can commit and is often the root of other sins.
Job 38:1 - Then YAHWEH answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:
Job 38:2 - "Who [is] this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?
Job 38:3 - Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me.
Job 38:4 - "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell [Me], if you have understanding.- Yahweh spends the next two chapters declaring His worthiness and our inability to even come close to His might and power.
Isaiah 2:12 - For the day of YAHWEH of hosts [Shall come] upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up -- And it shall be brought low --- The day of Yahweh has a whole lot to do with humbling the proud. We need to be sure we're not among the ones at that time who need to be humbled. We need to be humble already without the need for some kind of trouble to come upon us to bring us to that place.
Psalms 100:3 - Know that YAHWEH, He [is] Elohim; [It is] He [who] has made us, and not we ourselves ; [We are] His people and the sheep of His pasture.- It is Yahweh who has made us, not we ourselves. We did not evolve from some swampy pit somewhere. Don't make a monkey out of yourself. Living matter cannot come from dead matter. I don't care how long you stare at a rock; it's not going to become anything living.
Proverbs 26:12 - Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? [There is] more hope for a fool than for him.- That's pretty serious, that even a fool has more hope than someone who is wise in their own conceit. Actually, Romans 12:16, Paul talks about this.
Romans 12:16 - Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.- Associate with men that are humble. Be not wise in your own conceits. A lot of the debates you see out there today are over things nobody can prove one way or another. Really, it's all about who's got the truth. Who's smart enough to figure all these things out. That's, a lot of times, what it's really all about.
Psalms 10:3 - For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire; He blesses the greedy [and] renounces YAHWEH.
Psalms 10:4 - The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek [Elohim]; Elohim [is] in none of his thoughts.- It's when Elohim is not in our thoughts that we answer sin's knock on our door. It's when Elohim is not in our thoughts that thoughts of self tend to dominate.
James 4:13 - Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit";
James 4:14 - whereas you do not know what [will happen] tomorrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
James 4:15 - Instead you [ought] to say, "If YAHWEH wills, we shall live and do this or that."- Our life is just a vapor that appears for a little while and vanishes away. It's prideful to say you're going to do something tomorrow for your benefit, because Yahweh holds the breath of life in your hands, and our boasts of tomorrow may never come. We assume too much for ourselves, even in that.
Isaiah 42:8 - I [am] YAHWEH, that [is] My name; And My glory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved images.- Servants, obey in all things your masters, according to the flesh, not with eye service as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart fearing Yahweh. Whatsoever you do, do it heartily as unto Yahweh, not unto men.
1Samuel 17:45 - Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of YAHWEH of hosts, the Elohim of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.- Everyone else was looking at the flesh. "Look at the size of that man? How could anyone beat him in battle?" David saw beyond the flesh.
Numbers 12:3 - (Now the man Moses [was] very humble, more than all men who [were] on the face of the earth.)- The meekest man on the face of the earth. He needed to find a meek and humble man, because He was going to do great things with Mosheh.
Acts 12:21 - So on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave an oration to them.
Acts 12:22 - And the people kept shouting, "The voice of a god and not of a man!"
Acts 12:23 - Then immediately an angel of YAHWEH struck him, because he did not give glory to Elohim. And he was eaten by worms and died.
Acts 12:24 - But the word of Elohim grew and multiplied.- Herod was taken out of the way because of what good things he did speak, he did not give Yahweh the glory. What does Yahweh actually require of us?
Micah 6:8 - He has shown you, O man, what [is] good; And what does YAHWEH require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your Elohim?- Very interesting.
Isaiah 66:1 - Thus says YAHWEH: "Heaven [is] My throne, And earth [is] My footstool. Where [is] the house that you will build Me? And where [is] the place of My rest?
Isaiah 66:2 - For all those [things] My hand has made, And all those [things] exist," Says YAHWEH. "But on this [one] will I look: On [him who is] poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.- Do we tremble at His Word? That means that when we hear His Word, we're thinking about ourselves, our own lack, our own failures, our own weaknesses, our own struggles, and we're seeking to change. Or do we search so we can find an accusation against someone else?
2Corinthians 10:12 - For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.- We need to compare ourselves to Yahushua the Messiah. Pride also causes arguments and strife in our homes, our assembles, and elsewhere.
Proverbs 28:25 - He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, But he who trusts in YAHWEH will be prospered.- Pride is also the root of rebellious children and, yes, rebellious wives, as well. It's quite illusive. A child who believes he's worthy to argue with an adult needs to learn a lesson in humility.
Luke 14:8 - "When you are invited by anyone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in the best place, lest one more honorable than you be invited by him;
Luke 14:9 - "and he who invited you and him come and say to you, `Give place to this man,' and then you begin with shame to take the lowest place.
Luke 14:10 - "But when you are invited, go and sit down in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes he may say to you, `Friend, go up higher.' Then you will have glory in the presence of those who sit at the table with you.- Worship, meaning honor, not like they're bowing before you and you're this great god or anything.
Luke 14:11 - "For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."- That's saying right there -- it's such an awesome saying in that little verse. How many times in my life I have seen that very thing come to pass over and over and over. I'm sure many of us have.
John 12:42 - Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [Him], lest they should be put out of the synagogue;
John 12:43 - for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of Elohim.- They didn't want to be ashamed and be put out of the synagogue. That right there, verse 43, is maybe the number one reason why people will not accept the truth of Sabbath keeping, of calling on the names of Yahweh and Yahushua, and keeping the feast days, and eating clean foods, and keeping Torah, because they love the praise of men more than the praise of Yahweh.
1Corinthians 8:2 - And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.
1Corinthians 8:3 - But if anyone loves Elohim, this one is known by Him.- It's not about what you know; it's about who knows you. In the end, I hope it's not just raw knowledge that Yahweh judges us by, but it's what we do with what we have that He judges us by.
Luke 18:10 - "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
Luke 18:11 - "The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, `Elohim, I thank You that I am not like other men -- extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
Luke 18:12 - `I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.'- That man is praying with himself. Some might even say, "I thank you that I'm not like that Pharisee over there."
Luke 18:13 - "And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise [his] eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, `Elohim, be merciful to me a sinner!'
Luke 18:14 - "I tell you, this man went down to his house justified [rather] than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."- There's that saying again. Yahushua repeated that principle several times. He spoke a lot about the need to be humble, and He gave various illustrations and examples where pride is rearing its ugly head.
1Peter 5:5 - Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to [your] elders. Yes, all of [you] be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "Elohim resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble."
1Peter 5:6 - Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of Elohim, that He may exalt you in due time,- Very, very important. We don't need Yahweh resisting us, do we? The last thing we need is Yahweh resisting us.
Matthew 6:14 - "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.- How's that for a promise. We talked about that a little bit last week.
Matthew 6:15 - "But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.- Whoa. If we're so prideful to not be willing to forgive, how do you know that maybe you have some sin in your life, either now or at some point in your past that was even worse, than what that person may have done to you or somebody else?
Leviticus 19:32 - `You shall rise before the gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your Elohim: I [am] YAHWEH.- That's part of fearing Elohim, is to honor your elders.
Proverbs 16:31 - The silver-haired head [is] a crown of glory, [If] it is found in the way of righteousness.- We need to honor those who are older. Sometimes, those who are older don't act very honorably, and that causes a lot of people to dishonor them, but there are a lot of older people who do act honorably, and they are worthy of honor, even just their age. Respect their age, even if they're not acting respectful.
1Corinthians 1:26 - For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called].
1Corinthians 1:27 - But Elohim has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and Elohim has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;- A lot of us have noticed that. Our perspective has a lot to do with whether Yahweh chooses us.
1Corinthians 1:28 - and the base things of the world and the things which are despised Elohim has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,
1Corinthians 1:29 - that no flesh should glory in His presence.- Yahweh will choose the humble. Not many wise after the flesh, not many noble are called. Yahweh chooses the ones who are considered foolish in the world, and the weak ones of the world, and the base ones of the world, the things which are despised, so that the ones the world glorifies will not glory themselves in His presence.
1Corinthians 1:30 - But of Him you are in Messiah Yahushua, who became for us wisdom from Elohim -- and righteousness and sanctification and redemption --
1Corinthians 1:31 - that, as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in YAHWEH."- What does this mean? He that glorieth, let him glory in Yahweh. Paul here in 1 Corinthians 1:26-31, and specifically in verse 31, Paul is quoting from the Old Testament book of Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 9:23 - Thus says YAHWEH: "Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty [man] glory in his might, Nor let the rich [man] glory in his riches;
Jeremiah 9:24 - But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I [am] YAHWEH, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight," says YAHWEH.- Yahweh delights when we glory in the fact that He is Yahweh. We know Him. We understand and know that He is Yahweh that exercises lovingkindness, justice or judgment, righteousness in the earth. Yahweh delights in that.
Luke 17:10 - "So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, `We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.'"- So many times, we might hear, "So and so down the road did this wrong thing over there, but I would not do that." Or "So and so just did this, but I would have done this, that and the other."
Psalms 115:1 - Not unto us, O YAHWEH, not unto us, But to Your name give glory, Because of Your mercy, Because of Your truth.- Let's just praise Yahweh for everything we have. Let's glorify Him in that while we were sinners, Yahushua died for us.
Psalms 34:2 - My soul shall make its boast in YAHWEH; The humble shall hear [of it] and be glad.- Why? Because they know He's worthy of glory. The humble hear it, and they rejoice that you boast in Yahweh.
John 12:28 - "Father, glorify Your name." Then a voice came from heaven, [saying], "I have both glorified [it] and will glorify [it] again."- May Yahweh glorify His name again. Let's be sure that our lives are of such that He does receive that glory and not ourselves. In the end, everyone that is high and lofty will be brought low.
Malachi 4:1 - "For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up," Says YAHWEH of hosts, "That will leave them neither root nor branch.
Isaiah 2:17 - The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; YAHWEH alone will be exalted in that day,
Isaiah 13:11 - "I will punish the world for [its] evil, And the wicked for their iniquity; I will halt the arrogance of the proud, And will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Zephaniah 3:11 - In that day you shall not be shamed for any of your deeds In which you transgress against Me; For then I will take away from your midst Those who rejoice in your pride, And you shall no longer be haughty In My holy mountain.
Zephaniah 3:12 - I will leave in your midst A meek and humble people, And they shall trust in the name of YAHWEH.
Zephaniah 3:13 - The remnant of Israel shall do no unrighteousness And speak no lies, Nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; For they shall feed [their] flocks and lie down, And no one shall make [them] afraid."- Many people talk about the day of Yahweh, when Yahushua returns, and they look forward to His return. But if we've got pride in our hearts, we may be among those who are humbled.
Psalms 95:7 - For He [is] our Elohim, And we [are] the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice:
Revelation 4:11 - "You are worthy, O Master, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created."- With that saying, let's bow before Him. May Yahweh bless you, and may He have mercy on us all.
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