As in the days of Noah.

The contents of the body of the text below I sent out to selected people a short while ago; however I never published it on my blog-page:  In respect of the two very recent articles that I have received & posted links to here (Ichabod) and here (you may find it very worthwhile to read the writings of The Rabbi's Son on a regular basis to supplement your weekly parasha) I believe the original (with slight editorial corrections) should now be placed on my blog for a more general audience. 

Shalom in Messiah Yeshua

Bo'az.

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I keep having the words “As in the day of Noah” dropped into my spirit!

I received a mail promoting a book produced by a Christian Group addressing the topic of homosexuality and the Biblical standpoint on this matter. In this promo-mail I read a few very interesting points purportedly posed by the Christian Denominations who support homosexuality, and these were:

1. The Leviticus account of the prohibition of homosexuality is an obsolete Jewish moral law no longer applicable to Christians.

2. The Account of the destruction of Sodom & Gomorra (Gen 19) & the Levite and his concubine (Jug. 19) have been misunderstood, the judgement was not against homosexuality but against gang violence!

3. Similarly Rav Sha’ul (Apostle Paul) never spoke out against homosexuality, what he actually spoke out against was exploitive sex between say a young boy and a man or homosexuality involving idolatry and so forth.

So there you have it: Take away the Absolute of the Law (Torah - the outmoded Jewish Moral Laws) and the rest of the restrictions are open to ludicrous interpretations to the benefit of the sick mind of common, carnal man! So dare I quote Romans 1 - bearing in mind that Sha’ul was not speaking out against what Romans 1 patently refers to as actions which will be evidenced when YHWH gives rebellious man, man who will not acknowledge the natural laws created by YHWH, over to his (mans) depraved mind?

There are just so many, many examples of the twisting of Scripture for the benefit of the corrupt flesh of mankind. We, colloquially referred to “Messianics”, too are accused of this practice because we take the original words of Scripture and their meanings too literally.......Hmmm! Anyway, homosexuality is just one of the poisonous fruits from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil - false religion is another and that which is to be the crux of mail.

I am of the opinion that Romans 1 is massively relevant to this day and age and if we look at verse 18 I believe it could also be correctly translated in this way:

The vengeance of Elohim is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and iniquity of man who suppress the truth through illegal and immoral acts!

I believe that The Ruach may be trying to say something to me (us?), or am I taking the Scriptures too literally? Anyway, you each decide, however here is what I believe we may be being told:

The situation involving IS (ISIS), Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda, Boko Harem, Al Shabab and the rest is not going to be solved!

Thats correct - it is not going to be solved! I, and I believe many other believers, are of the opinion that YHWH is allowing this truly multi-facited head of Medusa to grow its hair of serpents because men “...... when they knew Elohim, they glorified him not as Elohim, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened, professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible Elohim into an image made like to man, and to birds, and four footed beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore Elohim also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of Elohim into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, Who is blessed for ever. Amen. (Rom 1:21-25)

Brethren I believe that we have to do here with a Divine action, an action involving YHWH giving us what we want and initiated because of the rebellion of man against the Creator and Possessor of the Heavens and the Earth.

We want to be a god? We want to be independent & free of YHWH and HIS Laws? Well we have been presented with the opportunity now, and all we can now rely on are our own futile, finite and corrupt fleshy minds....... Welcome to reality!

Yet even now YHWH has not left us alone; even while all this is happening, and the much, much more turmoil to come, YHWH is still offering the Olive Branch of Peace achieved through repentance so that the Remnant of YHWH, those whose name are recorded in the Book of Life will turn back to YHWH and come out of Babylon - this is the time of John the Baptist, the Spirit of Elijah (Mat. 3:2).

Here is the bottom line - the Western world will not defeat Islam; Rome will saddle up with Islam and try to ride the Beast (Read Hasatan and his NWO). This acceptance of Islam by Rome and her daughters (Chrislam and the other denominations) will cause the remnant to search out their Messiah with all their hearts and HE will be found by them (Jer 29:10-14) Eventually when the whore (Rome, her daughters the denominations, Islam and the rest of the religions) has achieved what is required by YHWH (the dragon thinking all the while that it is his will that is being achieved but YHWH is using him to carry out HIS dirty tasks), the dragon will devour and completely destroy the whore and all her daughters following in her foot-steps.

Who is the whore?

Well lets have a look see - the first mention of the word Whore in the Word is this: Zaw-naw - a primitive root (highly fed and therefore wanton): to commit adultery; figuratively to commit idolatry; whore; go a-whoring; whorish. And in the Greek the word is: pornay the feminine of pornos = a (male) prostitute, (by analogy) a debauchee (libertine):- fornicator, whoremonger!

So there we have the Biblical definition of a whore. Basically a person (generally associated to a woman) who has illicit sexual relations, or in the spiritual realm a person whom practices idolatry!

In the macro we have the Religious man ordained Systems that expound and promote these mixed and impure religions holding sway over the micro, the individual adherents to these false idolatrous religions.

Now back to the subject at hand: The Western culture, governance, religions, I believe, have got themselves into such a position as described above because of their actions of rebellion as also described above, and now they, for obvious reason, cannot get themselves out of this situation without full and complete national repentance - in other words a complete and utter turning away from basically our entire way of life in every aspect and thus would also of necessity have to include our turning away from governance, religious systems et al - however being perfectly blunt - I believe the time for that form of National repentance is impossible and long gone. There is however still a window open for individual cases (Is. 52:10-12; Rev. 18:4) - thus the statement in the Word to get out of Babylon indicates that the Babylonian system (the entire human structure today on both sides of the coin i.e. religion or governance) is a fait-accompli. YHWH is definitely not going to preserve Babylon, HE is only going to save by Grace for HIS Names’ sake ISRAEL, which includes the Redeemed Remnant of Israel (those saved by the Blood of the Lamb, Jews or mixed multitudes) and their Land - not because of their great goodness or righteousness but because of HIS NAME which involves HIS Covenant that HE made with our/their Father Avraham!

No matter what the West may, or it seems may-not do, they cannot destroy Islam - Islam is an ideology that many of their adherents (Muslims) are more than happy to either die or to kill for.

This “religion”of peace is in my opinion straight from the very pits of hell, and their father, who is the fathers of lies & death, has absolutely no regard for his followers lives or their eternal souls what-so-ever.

Note this quote: Shortly after he founded the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928, Hassan al-Banna made very clear what jihad was about:

"It is the nature of Islam to dominate, not to be dominated, to impose its laws on all nations and to extend its power to the entire world.” http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4689/jihad-confusion

An ideology, and particularly this one, Islam, cannot be defeated, it can be suppressed for a time; it can even be hidden (as the Jews did when the RCC tried to force them to undergo the superfluous and ignoble Christian Christening ceremony on pain of death) - but I reiterate - IT CANNOT BE DEFEATED!

However the Greek based materialistic and humanistic Western ideology as we know it today, on the other hand, can and will be defeated: Impossible you may say, but we are already seeing this coming to pass - here are just a few examples: 

The Sharia compliant banking systems in Europe (Google - Sharia compliant banking systems introduced into the Western World); 

Sharia schooling systems are being introduced in to the Western Educational system:

It is no secret that the Western Military institutions have many Muslim followers within their defence & intelligence systems - and so we go on and on and on and.....! 

I heard it said at a seminar once that Islam had said the West will destroy itself because of their immoral and hedonistic culture. I believe this to be imminently true of us and our present day culture!

Why do I say the ideology of Islam with survive, yet the Western Ideology will not? I believe the simple reasoning being that Islam is based on fear and sacrifice - whereas Western Culture is based on pleasure, hedonism and self gratification with no fear of consequences to self and no allegiance to any “higher authority” (even if it is the enemy Hasatan) other than self gratification!

The only fear that Western Ideology promotes is the loss of “pleasures” because we believe in the god of exceeding grace with absolutely no laws what-so-ever, except possibly what our consciences may say to us, and we know that the heart of man is deceitful above everything; we believe in a god who is there to bless us to our hearts content - the good-luck god!  The god of feelings!

We see YHWH as an Elohim of human derived equity and fairness. This could never be further from the Truth of WHO HE is!

HE allowed HIS Son to be murdered through an act of political expediency to redeem us from the penalty of death that HIS LAW and JUSTICE demanded from us! HE has allowed the entire world’s population to wiped out to protect HIS Holy Name and HIS REMNANT! He wiped out entire Nations and civilisations because of their Idolatry and self indulgences of the flesh! Our Master is to trample the wine presses of Bozrah until HIS garments are stained red from blood in these end days (Is. 63) AND WE TRY TO SUM HIM UP AND APPLY OUR LAWS TO HIM AND SAY WE ARE DOING IT TO PLEASE HIM?

Our very system of Governance is based on the complete love of self. I see in our own country how the masses votes can be bought over if our “political parties” throw a party (lets call them Political Rallies shall we) and the Political elite give all attendees nice little caps, cheap political flags and tee-shirts and a coke and a “gebraaide boerewors brotchen” (BBQ’ed South Africa sausage on a bread roll) And I will not even expound on the glitzy extravaganza that we see in the USA - and we call this democracy and a free and fair vote and expect YHWH to bless and prosper us!

Even worse, our Church systems support and even promote their political flavour of the day and tell the sheeple through the World Council of Churches, National Local affiliates and local denominations that it is commanded of them in Romans 13 that they vote - and we expect HIM to bow to our puny man orientated legal systems and governance! Goodness me, Mit Romney was said to be a Christian - for Political expediency!

Are we serious? The last time I spoke to my Master Yeshua and read HIS Word I was assured that I was HIS Bondservant and HE was my Eternal Master, and as HIS Bondservant I am HIS Ambassador (Preacher); I am of His KINGDOM - HE IS MY KING, He has saved my life and paid the price for my breaking His Covenant (sin 1 John 3:4) - HE NOW OWNS ME AND I AM UNABLE TO EVER, EVER REPAY HIM FOR HIS PURCHASE PRICE HE PAID FOR ME! Now I, as HIS Ambassador, or representative, am supposed to go and place my name behind a political representative who will endorse all manner of evils IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL EXPEDIENCE, and I say this is MY MASTER & MESSIAH, MY KING’S WILL! WOW!

People please - we are here to build The KINGDOM OF MESSIAH - NOT PROMOTE A SELF SEEKING, MANIPULATING, UNBIBLICAL POLITICAL/RELIGIOUS SYSTEM!

Please do me a favour if you would? Stop right now and think... would Messiah Yeshua have backed any Roman Political party of HIS day by voting for them? In fact would Yeshua our Master have promoted any Political Party at all - INCLUDING THE ZEALOTS OF ISRAEL? 

Makes you think does it not?

Just by way of another tack towards our point of destination we look again at being Ambassadors for Messiah and His Fathers Kingdom:

Do ambassadors vote in the elections of the Countries to which they have been posted by their country as a representative? 

NO, THEY DO NOT!

Please understand, I am not saying that there are not times that we may have to vote or carry out tasks that we may not understand, however all that we do we need to do in obedience to the Instructions of HIS Word as revealed and directed by HIS Ruach Hakodesh. See Is. 55:8-9 we are not able to always, in fact we seldom can understand YHWH’s ways - so let us not try and decide for HIM!

So, having realised that YHWH DOES NOT NEED OUR HELP AT ALL (look at Abraham, he assumed to know what he should do to assist in his life’s task - today we are still paying for it, and paying for it big time - ISLAM). There is no human way out of this pickle we have got ourselves into except to turn back to Messiah Yeshua and to show our love for HIM by doing as HE said in John 14:15 “ obey HIS Commandments.” And as HE also said through Moshe (Moses) in Deut. 26:17-19 when asking HIS People Israel (of whom we are a part of - Rom 11: 11- 24 & Eph 2: 11-12) to rededicate themselves to HIM as HIS Betrothed (Also Deut. 30:8) - the old English word is REPENT!

I believe that Scripture makes a water-tight case that those with a Testimony of Yeshua and who keep the Laws (Read Torah) of ELOHIM WILL BE PERSECUTED BY THE DRAGON AND OTHERS (Mat. 10; Rev. 12:17).

Please, again ask yourselves why are the believers being persecuted? ........ Could it be because the Governance/Religious systems have “evolved” (I would rather use devolved) to such a state that we are a threat to them? That we, through our very beliefs and practices, are opposed to them in every way? That we are not the beautiful fragrance of life to them, but rather the stench of death (2 Cor. 2:14-17)?

I know that looking at the Muslims is the most extreme case that we have, but look at the believers in China, North Korea (no Islam there) - further, without sounding facetious may I suggest that we look at the USA right now and see how a Country can begin to turn against the Children of YHWH!

As much as we may jump up and down and vehemently deny my next statement, I believe quiet and honest deliberation will show that most, if not all of us, in the West are tainted to one degree or another with Humanism!

A quick study of teachings of men such as Plato, Aristotle, Socrates will reveal the depth of the humanism embedded and woven into our Western ideology/culture, whereas the Hebraic culture or mindset see man in every area of his existence and environment as a vassal and dependant of YHWH.

We see man carving out his own future and plans here on earth, and if we are believers, we rush off to heaven and live happily ever-after leaving those pesky Jews behind to get another shellacking. The Biblical Hebrew on the other hand saw himself here to bring to pass the Kingdom of YHWH and HIS rule here on earth for eternity (no heaven I am afraid - only a millennium rule and then a New heaven and a New Earth on which we live - Mat. 6:25-34).

We Westerners see a potential of good in all mankind if we could just get them to understand and see reason (usually our reason - not YHWH’s)......example: Shame they have had a terrible childhood, it is no wonder that they are so bent out of shape. An so-on and so-forth.

The Biblical Hebrew Mindset sees us all as fallen creations of YHWH with no good in us what-so-ever and all deserving death - full-stop!

We feel that love means to use systems and and touchy tender seminars and group therapy, whilst trying to get in touch with our “inner-self” and “feminine side” or what-ever it is called today (lets all wear pink shirts and feel each others pain) - the Biblical Hebrew mindset believes in a Torah, tough love principle. The Love of the Torah cost Yeshua our Messiah HIS LIFE! The Hebrew Word uses descriptions like “die to self”; “take up your cross (stake - instrument of death) and carry it” - and many more.

Our Humanistic mindset dictates to us that most Muslims are moderates and would never harm a hair on our Grecian Heads - I will disagree, they may appear moderate now, but when crunch time comes there will be no moderates left at all. The spirit behind the Jihadist is the same spirit behind the “moderates”; those who have voluntarily and of their own volition verbally stated the Shahada - “There is no true god but Allah and Mohamed is his prophet!” They have made their pack with the same “god” as the jihadist. Case in point:  Do we not also find both hot and lukewarm Christians as well?

So, looking to, and relying on a Babylonian Governmental system to help us, when all they want is to increase their wealth (or right now make the necessary noises which seem to bluff all that they (or shall I say we) are paying of their  (the Governments) impossible debt  to the World bank - or BIS) is both naive and stupid in my opinion. The debt cannot ever be paid off, mathematically it is way past impossible, and our Western Babylonian Governments will bow and scrape to the Saudi’s and the rest of the oil cartel (read Arab/Islamic Nations) for their daily fix, which like with any addict becomes more expensive and addictive exponentially.

So here is the conundrum, or should we call it the Gordian Knot (attributed to "our founding father" - Alexander the Great)  which is before us and which YHWH has allowed us to get ourselves into, or tie ourselves up with -- The Western world need the oil so badly that it would not be a stretch at all to say we (and I mean us all) are totally and terminally addicted to it, and as we all know an addict will do anything to satisfy his need - anything from begging to prostitution, from lying to murder. The dealer on the other hand can achieve and manipulate the addict to get what-ever he desires as he has the “drug” - the required "fix"! And if the dealer happens to be a demented and demonic psychopath who hates and despises the addict and all he stands for, he (the dealer) may very well destroy the drug and allow the addict to fade away once the dealer has drained every possible advantage he is able to from the addict! This is what ISIS (IS) is seemingly threatening to do to the Saudi wells as I have said before.

To just indicate the our level of dependancy on oil as a human race lets look at a few really simple issues:

No oil, no motor-vehicle tyres. No oil, no fertilisers.

No oil, no crayons, no paints. No oil, no plastics.

No plastics no whatever you can basically think of - nylon, safety ropes and equipments, surgical heart values.

No oil, no soaps, shampoos, hand-lotions.

No oil, no stock feeds .... and we have not even began to speak of fuel for motor-vehicle, ships, aircraft and , and, and.....!

So now we get some idea of what our Governments presumably (predictably) will do, or maybe not do, to appease Islam and the OPEC moguls AND THEIR WORLD ORDER BANKERS.  And what better instrument for the WORLD BANKERS to use to hold the Western powers in check AND ACHIEVE THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL than the Islamic Ideology, an ideology that hates all Jews, Christians, non-Islamic people and Muslims not serious enough about their beliefs according to the jihadists - in that order.

Again we need to reiterate that the NWO Bankers and their systems, in my opinion, are the Beast/Dragon secular style of Governance being set upo and spoken of in The Word - Islam and Rome are just the vehicles they (NWO Bankers etc) will use to attempt to get rid of Israel SO THAT MESSIAH YESHUA CANNOT RETURN AND USING HIS TORAH, RULE THE WORLD FROM OUT OF JERUSALEM!

In all this we need to keep our eyes on Scripture, remember the prophecies over Ishmael recorded in Gen. 16: 11-12 & 17:20 and see who the Westerners have to deal with in this day and age, and the Western powers I am loath to say have forfeited the help of YHWH. How you may ask! Well they have completely abandoned the Torah (HIS Kingdoms Rule and HIS Covenant with HIS Subjects) of YHWH, they have turned their backs on an as yet unrepentant Israel, but never the less an Israel that YHWH is bring back to the land AS HE PROMISED ABRAHAM! Please, if I may be so bold as to say, we need to bear in mind a very, very serious offence in the Eyes of YHWH - in fact it seems that this may be the most serious offence one can commit against our Creator Elohim and we find it spoken of in Mark 3:28-30: 

"Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.”

You see brethren, our jobs, if I may call it that, as priests of Melchizedek is to separate the profane from the HOLY - TO BUILD HIS KINGDOM ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN!  So saying that the Ruach Hakodesh is profane (UNCLEAN) CANNOT BE FROM HIM, AND IS A COMPLETE AFFRONT TO YHWH!!

When looking at the context of the Mark Scripture we see that the Scribes had said that the work of Yeshua (which obviously was empowered by the Ruach Hakodesh as is always the case from eternity to eternity)  was in fact the work of Beelzebub (god of the dung heap - Hasatan). 

The Nations are guilty of the above, and I am loath to say, not just the Nations and their leaders, but so very many Christian Leaders and their flocks as well!

Brethren I must please, please admonish you all - BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN JUDGING ISRAEL AND SAYING THEY ARE NOT OF ELOHIM; OR SIDING WITH THE PLO AND WANTING THEM TO GET THE LAND THAT HAS BEEN COVENANTED TO ISRAEL BY YHWH IN HIS ETERNAL PROMISE/COVENANT TO ABRAHAM - or attributing any works of the Ruach Hakodesh to the enemy, and thus giving the enemy the glory of YHWH - YHWH WILL NEVER SHARE HIS GLORY WITH ANYONE!

http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/21481/ted-cruz-booed-stage-christians-supporting-israel-video/?utm_source=Breaking+Israel+News&utm_campaign=59fc62d274-BIN+Email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b6d3627f72-59fc62d274-83506621#De64jdYSCiKUyr8h.97

Just this week a long time friend of mine, also a believer in Jesus asked me to no longer send him anything concerning the Jews and the Israel situation - his parting remark was “Let us speak about other interesting things!”

Read Lev. 26 & Deut. 28: You may ask again Why?  Here is why: If you are born again in spirit through the Blood of the Lamb of Elohim, Messiah Yeshua, you have a Birth Right given to you by the Holy One HIMSELF, blessed be His Name: YOU ARE NOW PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF ISRAEL, AND THUS BY RE-BIRTH OUT OF THE DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT, QUALIFY TO COME UNDER HIS MARRIAGE COVENANT RECORDED FOR US FOR ETERNITY IN EXODUS 19:5 TO 24:8.

Should however you decide, for-what-ever reason, not to honour that Blood Covenant ratified by the Messiah our Betrothed, Himself - should you decide not to show your love for HIM by obeying all HIS Commandments (Deut. 26:16-19; Deut. 30:8 & John 14:15) as instructed and agreed upon as the part the Bride plays by showing her obedience to her Husband & HIS Covenant - YOU WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE CURSES OF LEV. 26 AND DEUT. 28: READ THESE SCRIPTURE CAREFULLY - THESE ARE CURSE FOR A DISOBEDIENT WIFE!

If you are born again and not keeping HIS Marriage Covenant (Torah) IT IS YOU THAT THESE CURSE WILL COME UPON BECAUSE THE MASTER USES THEM TO CHASTISE HIS WAYWARD WIFE AND TRY AND DIRECT HER BACK TO HIS MARRIAGE COVENANT!

To draw this all together now - when reading Genesis 6:5 we see that the wickedness of mankind was great over the entire earth, and the imaginations of the thoughts of the hearts of mankind were only evil, and evil continually. In other words mankind had ventured so far away from YHWH and HIS Laws that there was absolute and utter BIBLICAL LAWLESSNESS on the entire face of the earth. Brethren we are fast headed towards that same scenario again, only this time I believe to a much more evil level as we are told that these times will be more evil and persecution more severe than ever before or again!

We need to be found like Noah and his family, perfect in the eyes of YHWH (the wife without spot or wrinkle) so that we can be placed by our Heavenly Bridegroom into the Ark of His protection: Then, and only then, shall we ride out this horrific coming storm: Then, and only then, will be covered with HIS blessings and not HIS curses.

How do we do it? Be washed in the Blood of the Lamb and then begin to live out, in obedience to His Ruach Hakodesh, His Covenant of Marriage - commonly referred to as the Torah!

The day is already far spent and I believe the night is near - turn back to the Messiah Yeshua (Is.55).

For sake of some clarity I have taken the liberty to provide this link below.

Shabbat shalom in Messiah Yeshua our High Priest in the Order of Melchizedek, our King from the House of David, of the Tribe of Judah.

Bo’az (Steve)

sbs@iway.na

http://allenbwest.com/2014/09/must-watch-chilling-message-obama-former-muslim-video/#jHDVKzRqm8fvljWE.03 

PERGAMUS - THE FAITH OF BA'ALAM

Shalom all,

I have wanted to write for a while about the current situation we are witnessing in Israel but I have been slightly reluctant as what I felt needed to be written was not what most people would want to hear, plus because of the very nature of the discussion it would also of necessity pit One Kingdom’s Theocratic Rules and Laws against an opposing kingdom’s subordinate humanistic and democratic rules and constitutions and is thus considered to be political and in fact seditious!

Wow, who ever thought that going to Church could cause such a conundrum!

So with this in mind, I went out into the bush this morning and just cleared my head a little and put my plan before YHWH and asked HIS help and guidance in this matter.

(BUSH: veld if you are Afrikaans: The woods I believe our American brothers and sisters call it)

I wanted to write about the whole spiritual and ideological reasoning behind the Hamas (Islam) mindset as opposed to the Biblical (Messianic/Christian) mindset. I wanted to try and highlight the absolute foolishness and irrelevance the Western Politicians and the Western Church kept trying to effect by attempting to deal with the fruit of Islam with Freudian/Religious actions.

I wanted to show this has nothing to do with flesh and blood – it has everything to do with powers and principalities of the air.

I wanted to explain that we, as a friend of ours was so fond of saying, “Are all just taxi’s and we get to choose who drives us!”

I wanted to say that I believe that YHWH is showing me that HIS Body should open their eyes to the common enemy of Islam; an Islam that is persecuting both Jew and Christian indiscriminately regardless of the doctrinal arguments that we have between us, and which so severely separate and splinter the Body of Messiah Yeshua.

I felt the need to tell the Brethren that I believe the time for the joining of Houses of Judah and Ephraim, with their companions was approaching, and that the time to make very hard and seemingly deadly decisions was at hand.

I was compelled to consider how I would explain to a politically correct & dying world that their governments, financial systems, bureaucratic paraphernalia with all the accompanying mind-numbing entertainment and religion were in fact already brain-dead and were being artificially sustained by a Romans 13 life-support system and it could not be resuscitated!

But then I received a thought, a “WORD” having absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with what I was doing at that moment (driving my trusty old Land Rover) and completely out of character with my thought/prayer pattern right then.

The Word/Thought was PERGAMOS:

Obviously I went and read Revelation 2:12-17. Having done this I felt the need to read Jude:

I believe this is what the Ruach wants to say to us:

We are to search our hearts; we are to seek HIS Face; we are to return to the Original Faith – NOT THE FAITH POLLUTED; ADULTERATED AND MIXED BY THE TEACHINGS OF BA’ALAM BUT THE PURE FAITH ONCE DELIVERED UNTO THE SAINTS. IF WE DO NOT, HE WHO HATH THE SHARP TWO EDGED SWORD WILL COME TO US QUICKLY AND FIGHT AGAINST US!

Brothers and sisters I cannot help but feel this is the time for us to take heed of Jeremiah 16 with emphasis on verses 14-21. And please know this: VERSE 16 of Jeremiah Chapter 16 strikes a very strong cord in my spirit!

I have very mixed feelings right now: I almost hope that I have heard incorrectly, but at the same time I hope not, as HIS DAY OF AFFLICTION WILL COME AND OUR MASTER HAS MADE PREPARATIONS’ FOR HIS PEOPLE – Rev. 3:7-13!

Please, please pray diligently and seek HIS RUACH HAKODESH (Holy Spirit) and examine all that I have said. Test everything and measure it against HIS Word.

Shalom, blessings and Wisdom to you all in Messiah our Yeshua.


Bo’az.

sbs@iway.na

28 July 2014.

A snap shot of the Bride.

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:  (John 15:26 KJV Emphasis by writer)

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall declare it unto you.  

(John 16:13 KJV Emphasis by writer)

This morning I received a mail from a sister in Yeshua HaMessiach - it was a copy of a mail that she in turn had received from what seems to be another believing sister known to her. 

The mail dealt with the semantics concerning the recognition or non-recognition of Messiah Yeshua by the Orthodox Jews, The Christians and lastly the Messianics (NOTE: I use the title Messianic for ease of reference when referring to those coming out of the Church system and back to their Hebraic Roots as most are familiar with this generic name - so please no offence intended).

The observations made were merited and definitely worth closer consideration, but one very   definite theme evident to me was that YHWH reveals HIMSELF to HIS Remnant in a progressive manner built on a Perfect, Stable, Uniform Foundation Who is MESSIAH YESHUA AS REVEALED THROUGH HIS WORD, initially within the first Five Books of Moshe (TORAH) and then more so in the daily lives of Israel through the Prophets, the Chief thereof being MESSIAH YESHUA HIMSELF, WHO IS THE VERY SPIRIT OF PROPHECY  and then lastly through the  Apostles trained and taught by the Chief Apostle HIMSELF, MESSIAH YESHUA and recorded in The Apostolic Writings (New Testament)!

Please, please understand and grasp this absolutely essential theme:  

• THE ENTIRE WORD IS ONE UNITED WHOLE!
• THE ENTIRE WORD IS SEAMLESS, IT IS US WHO ADDED THE UNBIBLICAL CONCEPT OF A SEPARATED "NEW COVENANT" DIVIDED BY THE ADDITION OF BLANK PAGE WITH "NEW TESTAMENT" WRITTEN ON IT!
• THE ENTIRE WORD EXPRESSES THE VERY NATURE OF YHWH's UNCHANGING UNITY WITHIN HIMSELF AND WITH HIS PEOPLE BECAUSE OF HIS PROGRESSIVELY REVEALED COVENANT WITH ADAM, NOAH, ABRAHAM, MOSHE AND FINALLY BY YHWH YEHSUA HIMSELF!

Are not all relationships, especially the most intimate, built on the very same principle?  Imagine a relationship with your spouse that never grew from the day that you met him or her?  It is laughable AND DEAD and marriage and children would never have followed!

Is it not only with our spouses that we can have these intimate little tete a tetes?  We cannot go sharing these details with just anybody, that would be ridiculous:  So why should it be any different with YESHUA through HIS RUACH HAKODESH?

SHEMA YISRAEL YHWH ELOHEINU YHWH ECHAD (Deut: 6:4)

HEAR O ISRAEL, YHWH OUR ELOHIM, YHWH IS ONE!

This is the central prayer of Judaism and the theme of absolute UNITY is DECLARED FOR ALL TO HEAR!

And for the Swanepoel House who are Bondservants of ELOHIM and MESSIAH YESHUA, THE VERY SALVATION OF YHWH we pray:

SHEMA YISRAEL YHWH ELOHEINU YHWH ECHAD (Deut: 6:4)

and add to the Glory of OUR MESSIAH YHWH, YESHUA OUR KING we further declare -

BARUCH SHEM KEVOT MALKHUTO LE'OLAM VA'ED

Blessed be the Glorious Name of HIM Whose Kingdom is for ever!

We do this because we believe it is Biblically founded; we do it as well to DECLARE to the entire Universe and all Creation WHO AND WHAT OUR ELOHIM IS AND WHAT WE BELIEVE!  There is also the rest of The Shema, but that is for another platform, not here.

The very first word in the Hebrew  Text of Deut. 6:4 is SHEMA which  means basically hear and do thereby Proclaiming that YHWH IS ONE.

Why do we do it every morning and evening?  Well we believe that once again there is a Biblical foundation upon which this Halacha (application to TORAH in daily life) is based:  

In a few words what we believe regarding The Shema and its application goes something like this:  We were commanded to bring morning and evening sacrifices to YHWH as a Nation -Ex. 29:38-46; Num: 28:1-8.

However the Nation is in Diaspora, we have no Temple in Jerusalem and we have fallen away abominably, so without going into details we believe that Ps. 141:2 as read with Hos. 14:2 & Heb. 13:15 is applicable and requires us to bring the Shema morning and evening of each day in obedience and to declare as stated above. 

Now what has this to do with anything?  Well if you read our last blog "Beware the leaven of the Pharisees!" we speak out against forcing traditions onto anybody and making them a religion by which a persons spiritual condition or relationship with Yeshua YHWH is measured; and here now I am speaking of a "tradition" that our house keeps.

Please understand, we apply this tradition, and others as stated in the last blog when we feel led of the Ruach to do and apply such tradition or practice (halacha) and we find no Biblical objection to such tradition!  

How do we apply it?  

Well, should we have believing visitors at the times of our "Shema" I will invite the man to come along with me and participate should he wish to do so.  IF HE IS NOT SURE, OR DOES NOT FEEL LED TO, OR IS EVEN OPPOSED TO THIS HALACHA I WILL EXCUSE MYSELF AND GO AND OFFER THE SACRIFICE ON BEHALF OF MY HOUSE TO YHWH ALONE! I WILL NOT FORCE, MANIPULATE OR COERCE ANY PERSON TO PARTAKE AT ALL!  YHWH LOVES A WILLING GIVER AND HE WILL REVEAL TO US AS HE SEES FIT IF WE ARE WILLING TO SUBMIT TO HIS LEADING THROUGH HIS RUACH!  

Please remember YHWH WILL GO AS FAR WITH YOU AS YOU WILL ALLOW HIM TO!  If you sow sparing, well then expect to reap sparing and obviously the converse would also apply as well!

I hope I have been able to lay the ground work for what I now need to say:

Four years ago Abba placed Zanja and I on a years sabbatical, turned off all the taps, relocated us and gave us something completely different to do.  A great time of refreshing and just sitting with YHWH followed.

During this period of the sabbatical I often had time to sit in the incredibly peaceful surroundings in which we lived and worked and contemplate the Word, particularly matters concerning the Bride and especially the difference between those in the Denominational Church, who do not accept Torah yet they say they are the Bride; and  those like Zanja and I, who never chose to leave the Church initially but having had certain revelations made, and arriving at certain truths, could simply no longer stay in the Church system.

To me it was an unsolvable riddle as to how the Bride could walk either one of two totally different and irreconcilable paths, and yet both could still qualify on equal footing to be a member of the Bride!

The riddle deepened even further when I contemplated the fact that YHWH through His Ruach led Zanja and I out of the Church system!

Why had this happened if it made no difference which path we followed - Church or Torah, Denominationalism without any Law (Torah) or Returning to The Law fully as led by The Ruach? 

Surely we could just stay where we are and avoid massive amounts of disunity within the Body?

It was at just such a time of pondering that I was led to think about the garment that belonged to the MESSIAH and which was so perfect and beautiful that whilst HE was still alive on the Cross HE had to watch as the Roman Soldiers threw dice for it - John 19:23-24.

What was so important about HIS clothing that they deserved a mention in the Eternal Scriptures, what yet to be included in all four of the Synoptic Gospels and even more prominent was this particular "vesture"?  Really, what was it about the vesture and the clothes and their disposal that warranted a detailed entry in the Eternal Scriptures at this most poignant period of time in the History of man, a time when the CREATOR HIMSELF WAS BEING MURDERED?

I knew that I was being shown something about HIS Bride, and indeed HE made an incredibly important fact known to me regarding HIS Bride and the "Seamless Vesture"!

I excitedly wrote down all that HE showed me in the Spirit, it blew me away; however being on a sabbatical meant I was never given a chance to share it with anyone apart from Zanja.  Just nobody at all came across my path with whom I could share "my secret".

Cutting a long story short, my computer that I noted this revelation on crashed and then later was in fact stolen with all my "e-sword" notes and studies, and try as I could I was never able to get to the root of how YHWH through HIS RUACH had brought this amazing fact showing the connection between HIS "vesture" and HIS "wife" together again.

That was until this morning!  Hallelujah!

After having received the mail from this sister in Messiah that I wrote of in beginning I knew I had to speak out about HIS Bride and the Vesture, but I did not know how.  I did all my Lexicon researches again on Mat. 27; Mark 15 ; Luke 23 and John 19.  A BIG FAT NOTHING.  I prayed fervently, asked forgiveness for having not been more careful with my recording of HIS revelation - and then - I read John 19:23-24 again and I saw the WORDS: THAT THE SCRIPTURE MIGHT BE FULFILLED WHICH SAITH:-   Bingo - there was the key, check out the writings of the Prophets - Ps. 22:18!!! I had just somehow been blind to that Scripture for the last 4 years.  How stupid of me!  Or was it? 

Dear brother and sister in MESSIAH - HERE I BELIEVE IS A PICTURE OF THE BRIDE OF THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, THE ELOHIM OF YISRAEL:

They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture (Heb. Strongs 3830 = leboosh = a garment; by implication (euphemistically) a wife) Ps. 22:18.

Do you see that?  The seamless vesture represents HIS BRIDE!  WOW!

Reading Ps. 22:20 I believe a case can also be made that The Psalmist David, under inspiration speaks of the Bride as The Darling of the MESSIAH, as it is obviously The MESSIAH Whom this Psalm prophecies about, and The RUACH, through DAVID, prays for the Bride of MESSIAH (The United one)  to be saved from the Dog - HaSatan.  See the soldiers of Rome  gambling over 'HIS BRIDE", the same Rome whom the Church married in Nicaea in CE 325!

Let's have a look at a few of the attributes of this VESTURE in Scripture & Daily Life:

1. It is seamless, woven from the "Top throughout", one thread from Top to bottom ECHAD - UNITED, ONE LIKE FATHER, SON AND RUACH HAKODESH.
2. It is like a Husband and a Wife - THE TWO SHALL BECOME ECHAD - ONE UNITED INSEPARABLE FLESH Gen. 2:24.
3. Like FATHER, MESSIAH and HIS Bride UNITED, INSEPARABLE. John 17:21.
4. This Vesture has no ending of one piece of cloth and a beginning of another different piece as claimed by the Church with their "New Covenant" doctrines John 19:23(b). 
5. This Vesture would have been the Tallit or Pray Shawl of our Master YESHUA on which HIS TZIT TZIT would have been attached to each of the four corners - Num.15:37 -41 - so as commanded YESHUA YHWH in TORAH YESHUA could have looked on HIS "fringes" and REMEMBERED HIS LAW (HIS MARRIAGE COVENANT WITH HIS WIFE) AND APPLIED IT TO HIS BRIDE!
6. Obviously this Tallit shows that the Wife was a Torah observant person of "Jewish Halacha" WITH A JEWISH (HEBREW) HUSBAND!
7. Amongst the Jews you usually only get one Tallit and keep it for life and usually it is a gift from a prominent person in your life like your father, and in fact some communities of JEWS, when they die, they are buried in their Tallit. Not even separated in Death!
8. The Tallit can also be referred to as the Robe of Responsibility because of the Tzit Tzit attached to the four corners reminding man of his responsibility to YHWH.
9. The Tallit is wrapped around the wearer, to be put on like clothes as we would put The MESSIAH on Rom. 13:14; Gal. 3:27.
10. The Tallit is usually large enough for a man to be able to put over both himself and his wife. 

• Do I have a Tallit?  Yes I do!
• Do I use my Tallit?  Yes I do when led by the RUACH HAKODESH at certain times, and I have, on occasions prayed with both Zanja and I under my Tallit presenting ourselves as a UNITED one before our Father and Creator.
• Do I insist others use a Tallit?  No I do not!

Although the word Tallit is not in the Holy Scriptures it is spoken of in various places and without stretching the concept one can see the use of it in daily life by Messiah and other Biblical figures: See Ruth 3:9; Mat. 9:20-22; Mat. 23:5.

We need to remember that a Tallit without the Tzit Tzit is nothing:  It is the Tzit Tzit, the reminder to remember and observe the Law of Moshe, The Torah, which gives the Tallit credence Num.15:38; Deut. 22:12.  Tzit Tzit is from the Heb Strongs 6734 -a floral or wing like projection, a tassel, a fringe Mat.9:20 & 14:36; Luke 13:34.

A point of interest which I should mention here is that when I checked the Greek of  the Gospel account of the word  "Vesture" it made various references  to items of clothing BUT NOTHING INDICATED THE ALLUSION TO THE BRIDE OF MESSIAH AS SEEN IN THE HEBREW WORD USED IN PSALMS WHICH JOHN REFERS TO IN JOHN 19:23-24, again just indicating to me the Divine Character of YHWH and the need for the Whole Word - NOT JUST PORTIONS OF IT:  The entire written Word is a seamless "vesture", a covering for the Bride of MESSIAH.

I feel that there is an urgency to get this message out.  There is obviously so much more that can be got out of this revelation, but I trust that each of you who may read this and believe it to have merit will conduct further studies at your own pace and as led by The Ruach HaKodesh.

I hope that I have been able to put across my thoughts on what I believe to be a crucial matter regarding the Bride of MESSIAH who shall be without stain or wrinkle, and will herself, not wait until midnight to crawl under the covering of BO'AZ, but will seek HIS covering now:

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

(Is. 55:6 KJV)

Again, please check all I have said with prayer and against the Holy Word - DO NOT TRUST ANY MAN, AS CURSED IS HE WHO RELIES ON THE ARM OF FLESH AND DEPARTS FROM YHWH. (Jer. 17.5).

Shabbat Shalom

Bo'az