If I should start this blog with a question - Is YHWH an evolutionist? I wonder what responses I would get: Many and varied I am sure, but there is one thing I am quite sure of and that is that most of us may never have really considered this question. I mean why should we, He is after all ELOHIM (GOD) is He not and if we believe that He is ELOHIM (GOD) that is enough – do not question Him – that is the work of the professional clergy, certainly not ours – we have to just trust in the Name of YESHUA HAMASIACH (Jesus) to be saved? Or that is what we have been told by the clergy and those who have learnt about ELOHIM at seminary or university and we should mindlessly trust them to tell us the truth!
Why then have I asked the question – Is YHWH an evolutionist? Well because I believe it is a rather important question we should ask ourselves, and I believe, even more importantly that we each as individuals need to arrive at OUR OWN answer.
What is evolution? Well in its simplest form it is the gradual development over many years of plants, animals & humans, from a simple to a more complicated form – (we all came from a lump of slime in a biological soup sort of thing). So at a very basic level an evolutionist believes in evolution (from chaos to perfection – sorry no more second law of thermo-dynamics here).
I hear all our believers saying now – no, no ELOHIM is a Creationist! What then, at its most basic level does creation mean? Well it means the act of making something that is new, or to cause something to exist that did not exist before. So again at its very basic level of understanding a creationist believes in creation.
Right, so there we have it YHWH is a Creationist & everything that He created was good (Heb Tôb – best - well that is if you believe what is written in Gen 1). No more problems, question answered, in fact what a stupid question to ask believers in the first place – as our younger generation would say …Dah!
SO WHY DO WE TREAT YHWH AS IF HE WAS THE AUTHOR OF A HUMANISTIC (MAN ABOVE ELOHIM) & EVOLUTIONARY GOSPEL OF SALVATION?
Again I hear the faithful cry out, “THAT IS NOT TRUE!”
Well, I believe it is true, – my reasoning being as such: Evolution is the birthing place of our Humanistic Greco mindsets is it not? Is man, through education and thought, not evolving to a higher plain of enlightenment? Is the Bible (Old Testament Laws) not just for the uneducated, unhygienic and simple minded Jew of days gone by? Do we not now know better so we can abandon the laws of diet and worship and festivals laid out in said Old Testament and which are essential to His Covenant encapsulated in the Torah (Instructions) of Moses?
Hmmm…. Reminds me a little of Genesis 3:2-5 “And the woman said unto the serpent: 'Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, Elohim hath said: Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.' And the serpent said unto the woman: 'Ye shall not surely die; for Elohim doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as Elohim, knowing good and evil.'
We obviously, being as enlightened as we are today, know Elohim did not really mean we would die if we did not obey His Word. I mean I am a good person, I do what the Church says I should do don’t I, and anyway God has said we are no longer under the Law didn’t He?
Well it certainly looks that way because we are by-en-large taught that:
· YWHW saw fit to save the “Jews” of the “Old Testament” by works of the Law.
· YHWH now sees fit to save us Gentiles (and any Jew who might perchance come along) by faith in Yeshua HaMessiach.
· The “Jews” of the “Old Testament” were not able to keep the Law properly, so they needed to offer animal sacrifices for forgiveness.
· We today are saved by Messiah’s Yeshua’s sacrifice on the cross.
· The “Jews” were forced to keep TORAH (Moses’ writings given him at Sinai) on pain of death.
· We must not keep TORAH (Moses’ writings given him at Sinai) on pain of death.
· YHWH made an Eternal Covenant and promise for all of eternity with Abraham as the Father of Israel and with his descendants, The House of Israel.
· YHWH has broken His Eternal Covenant & promises to Abraham & The House of Israel and given an abridged form of it to the Gentile Church.
So my summation of the few points listed lead me to conclude that YHWH must have evolved His ways and Laws to better suit us because the Original Law was too difficult to keep (although He seems to say the exact opposite in Deut 30:11 through Moses – read this whole chapter, and again through Paul - Sha’ul in Romans 10:4-10 NB vs. 10 – Christ is the end (G5056 – Telos – goal) of the Law for righteousness to everyone that believeth. 1 John 5:3).
HE (YHWH) realised that HE had made a mistake when choosing Israel as HIS Covenant People so had to move the goal posts, so to speak to us Christians, and at the same time write off all the House Of Israel who were unable to keep these impossible Laws. However again I find that this does not gel with my understanding of Scripture – (Mal 3:6; Heb 13:7-8; Jas 1:17 & Num 23:19 ff – YHWH does not lie – in fact if one reads this portion of Numbers one will see that Balaam actually suggests that Balak cause Israel to break TORAH so that YHWH will have to curse them – so serious was this action that Scripture makes mention of it in Jude and Revelation 2! And very importantly YHWH says in the Torah He hates uneven scales - Lev 19:33-37; and we are sternly warned against any form of favouritism. We are instructed in Psalm 119 :9 that for a person to cleanse his path he must take heed of the Word: Prov 1;2-9; 4:2-27 and so on).
YHWH, if I am to understand what I have noted above correctly, decided that sin according to the Old Testament and as laid out by Him Face to face to Moses and written with HIS Own Hand, was no longer sin (i.e. Torah keeping – so we now no longer need to keep Sabbath as a specific day – 7th day; or any of the Leviticus 23 Feast Days – which YHWH said were His very own Feast Days; or Dietary Laws Leviticus 11 and so on). In fact we are now entitled (humans I mean) to add and subtract from the Word of YHWH, which HE said we may never ever do (Deut 4:1-2; Prov 30:5-6; Rev 22:18-19 – taking that which is written in Deut 4 & Prov. 30 I believe Rev 22:18-19 applies to both the Book of Revelation and the entire Word) even thought Messiah Yeshua kept the whole Covenant perfectly and was without sin?
YHWH no longer holds HIS Word (remember Who His Word is..? John 1:1ff) in absolute eternal esteem despite what He inspired through His Ruach (Spirit which shall lead us into all Truth) and as recorded in Ps 89:34:
I will not profane My covenant, nor change what goes from My lips.
Or in Ps. 105: where He says:
He has remembered His covenant forever; the Word He commanded to a thousand
generations; which He cut with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac; and He confirmed it to Jacob
for a statute, to Israel for a perpetual covenant; saying, to you I will give the land of Canaan,
the portion of your inheritance;
Thus we no longer have any solid guide-lines as to what sin is or is not…? But I hear it said, “God has written the Law on my heart, I will be led by His Spirit through my heart, I am in the New Covenant.”(Read Jer. 31:31ff about whom the New Covenant is promised to and its conditions and time frame–it may surprise you). My question thus is twofold:
(a) Why does Jeremiah tell us in Chapter 17:9 that all our hearts are deceitful above everything and that YHWH has to test them to recompense us accordingly?
(b) So if my heart is so wicked and devious that YHWH has to keep testing it how shall I know what is right in His Eyes, after all I cannot trust my heart? SIMPLE, HIS RUACH (SPIRIT) LEADS ME INTO HIS WRITTEN WORD WHICH TELLS ME WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS WRONG!
Ps. 119:105 – Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
John 16:13-15 But when that One comes, the Spirit of Truth, it will guide you into all Truth, for
it will not speak from itself, but whatever it hears, it will speak; and it will announce the
coming things to you. That One will glorify Me, for He will receive from Mine and will
announce to you. All things which the Father has are Mine. For this reason I said that He
receives from Mine, and will announce to you.
SO HOW DO I TRUST MY ETERNITY TO SUCH AN EL? HOW WILL HE JUDGE ME? WHAT CRITERIA WILL YESHUA USE TO JUDGE ME?
Dare I say it? This appears to be a God who, like His Apostle Sha’ul, seems to be an untrustworthy liar at best and to all intents and purposes a schizophrenic at worst:
Schizophrenia: a mental illness in which a person becomes unable to link thought, emotion and behaviour, leading to withdrawal from reality and personal relationships.
Now obviously this cannot be true of an Elohim Who allows and invites us to call Him ABBA (Father); Redeemer; Husband; Truth; Way; Life; Prince of Peace; Rock of Ages: An Elohim and Redeemer Who first loved us and gave Himself as a Sacrifice for us before the foundations of the earth were laid; Who say to us – Come to Me all of you weak and heavy laden I will give you peace; take on my yolk because My yolk is light; Who says to us that we shall know the Truth and that Truth, that Word (Messiah Yeshua) will make us free! AN ELOHIM WHO CHANGES NOT: Hallelujah!
The Word tells us that what the heart is full of is what we talk about mostly: It (The Word) also says that the same source cannot provide both brackish and sweet waters. We all have a “heart’s desire”: It motivates; it inspires – it gives life a purpose and direction. Well YWHW Who is the Creator made us in His Image – He too has a Heart’s Desire – to call, according to His standards, the perfect Bride for His Son – HE IS LOVE. But because He is also HOLY (Kadosh – dedicated, set aside for His and only His use) and Holiness is THE VERY ESSENCE OF YHWH (Is 6:3) He requires His Son’s Bride to also become Holy, dedicated, set aside for His Use, become one with His Son ACCORDING TO THE STANDARDS SET UP BY ABBA – The Bride is to become one without mark or wrinkle, clothed in White – The New Jerusalem who shall rule with her Husband! A House divided against itself will fall – One is Worshipping and being worshipped on a Sabbath, the other is worshipping on a Sunday or any other day they please. One says to eat certain foods is an abomination; the other says “Hey we eat what we want; we are emancipated (liberated) now.” One says, My Birthday is during Sukkot, the other says, no it’s not, it’s Christmas – I think you get the message. We would do well to once again be reminded that our hearts though are wicked, whereas YHWH’s is pure. Our hearts will never be totally pure this side of the return of Messiah Yeshua, that dear reader is why we need His written Word and Ruach working in conjunction to guide us!
ABBA YWHW did not leave the route and methods of such a massively important process for His Son’s Bride up to the minds and hearts of us humans no matter how illogical or contrary His Way may seem to us. He wrote it all down for us to see; He sent His Son to show us how to walk the walk; He then allowed His Son to die and rise again 3 days later (not Friday to Sunday – but that is another teaching) to pay the demanded price by a Just Elohim for all our SINS - and then He sent His Ruach to lead us according to His will and designs into our individual walks back to Him to arrive at our Goal – to be just like Yeshua HaMessiach. YHWH is the perfect Father, Husband and Councilor; He is the complete and perfect Truth from eternity to eternity. He gave us that fullness of Truth in the Torah (Instructions) and covenant by covenant He builds on that Truth – He never annuls His Truth because that would mean annulling Yeshua HaMessiach the Eternal Truth (Matt 5:17). He revealed all in the beginning for us to know Who He is, and has spent the rest of His Word and Time bringing us back to that Truth of being, a being in accordance and united in one to His Image (His Sons likeness) –
Isa 33:22 For YAHWEH is our judge; YAHWEH is our lawgiver; YAHWEH is our king; He will save us.
Isa 46:9-10 Remember former things from forever, for I am El, and no other Elohim exist, even none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from the past those things which were not done, saying, My counsel shall rise; and, I will do all My desire;
So the crux of this blog…. WHAT ARE SINS? Or should I rather ask WHAT IS SIN? James tells us in chapter 2 verse 10 of his Epistle that if we break just one point of the Law (Torah) we break the whole Law (Torah).
John (The Apostle Yeshua loved) writes in 1 John 3:4 that whoever commits sin transgresses the Law (Torah) because sin is the transgression of the Law (Torah). Sha’ul writes in Romans 3:20 that: Because by works of the Torah not one of all flesh will be justified before Him, for through the Torah is the full knowledge of sin. (Emphasis mine)
So my question is: Where do we get off deciding for YHWH what is and is not sin, and what is and is not acceptable to Him? If the Law has been done away with, then so has sin as defined by YHWH Himself and we err on the side of Humanism and Evolution to tamper with His Word and that is an abomination to YHWH and He will judge us harshly – See Lev 26; Deut 28; Mat 7:21-23; Rev 22. I believe the basic differences between Theocracy and Humanism is in Theocracy we believe there is an El (GOD) Who knows everything and we bow and worship Him in His entire revealed way. In Humanism we rely on the arm of flesh (humans and their capabilities) and trust Elohim to fall in line with our patterns of Who we believe Him to be – Read Jer 17:5-10.
Brethren may I be permitted to humbly but severely caution each and every one of us to prayfully read Jude and ask the Ruach to lead us into all Truth and Righteousness and to earnestly contend for the Faith (Greek - pistis – fidelity – loyalty, faithfulness) which was once delivered unto the Saints (Greek – Hagios – consecrated, sacred, Holy – set apart ones).
Once again please, do not trust what I have penned here – check everything I say out with Scripture and prayer.
Shalom in Messiah Yeshua.
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