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

Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees!

YESHUA said to them, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” (Matt. 16:6 ESV)

I believe that the warnings that YESHUA gave to HIS listeners about the Leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees is still very applicable in our time, in fact possibly more so due to the far reaching world wide diaspora we find ourselves in today - Matt. 16:11-12; Mark 8:15; Luke 12:1.

I would surely be amiss if I did not caution those who have been led, or are in the process of being led by the Ruach from the formalised church system back to the Marriage Covenant, back to the so called Messianic/Hebrew Roots/Nazarene Movement (we seem to have many names for this Move of the Ruach) to beware of the Judaic Flavour so prevelant and enticing.

In my experience the overwhelming majority of those coming back to the Shabbat, Feasts and all that the Torah (Covenant) entails were members of Christian influenced denominations and were re-born through faith in Jesus Christ and through the Sovereign Work of the Spirit (Ruach) came to a Hebraic Biblical relationship with Messiah Yeshua and a deeper understanding of Who HE is.  

All those I have been involved with, myself included, were all hungry and thirsty for the Undiluted Fresh Milk when they crossed the "Jordan" in desperation so to speak, and as is the revealed case in the natural, we gulped down the water and gorged ourselves with the food without much discernment being exercised because of the gnawing pangs of hunger and thirst for True Spiritual Food.  We were adamant however that we had been called out and were determined not go back to the denominations, but we were babes in the wilderness and totally dependant on the Ruach HaKodesh to pick us up and carry us.  This HE has so graciously and gently done, but like the babies that we were, we put things into our mouths which were not always beneficial and nutritious, but we did it and learned out of these experiences as well.  Praise YHWH, our Father, King and Shepherd!  He will never loose HIS Sheep, and HE does go back for the lost one!  

I am reminded of how a very dear brother in Messiah once described this whole process to me.  He put it like this: We came out of a church system dependant on rules, regulations and religion and we jumped right into the ditch dug by the Judaists full of their rules, regulations and religion.  

I agree with him and am best able to describe this initial "coming out period" through a phenomina that we so often saw when I was still in the Police.  We had wives/women  come to us who had been sorely abused and mistreated and generally one of two things happened to them.  These women either went back to their husbands, or on the off chance that they made that determined effort to leave the abusive partner they would go out and choose another partner just as abusive but in other ways.

Dear reader wearing a kippah or yarmulke does not make you a better person.   Donning a pray-shawl  does not make you more holy; lighting candles on Erev Shabbat I do not believe makes your Shabbat meal more acceptable to YHWH.  These are just a few of the rituals that we are faced with when we come back to the Covenant, and not one of them, and there are many others, are based on any obvious Scripture - yes some may be good traditions (Zanja and I sometimes practice some of them ourselves if we felt led to) BUT THEY ARE NOT SCRIPTURALLY MANDATED SO DO NOT LET ANYBODY FORCE THEM ONTO YOU:  AND PLEASE, DO NOT FORCE THEM ONTO ANYBODY ELSE - DO NOT MAKE A RELIGION OUT OF THEM!   They are all Rabbinical and can add to the yoke Yeshua and the Apostles warned against.

Please remember that by grace we have been saved through faith, and it was not of ourselves; our salvation is a free gift from Elohim not earned by any works that we have done so that we can never boast (Eph. 2:8-9 paraphrased by me).  WE ARE REDEEMED, WE ARE JUSTIFIED, WE ARE RECONCILED WITH ABBA YHWH THROUGH ACCEPTANCE AND ADOPTION OF THE PERFECT SACRIFICE OF MESSIAH YESHUA FOR EACH ONE OF US PERSONALLY - PERIOD!  It is not a churchy group sort of thing - it is personal One on one between  you and YHWH - No conditions, just come when called!

It does not matter what we do, but it does matter with what HEART we do it.  Messiah Yeshua does not want religion; HE wants a relationship, a Marriage Covenant Relationship as defined in The Torah and exhibited perfectly by YESHUA, AS LED BY THE RUACH, when HE was on Earth Matt. 5:17!

This was what Sha'ul (Paul) was faced with.  This is what he was continually fighting against - WORKS OF TORAH OR MAN ORDAINED WORKS (PROSELYTISATION) DID NOT GET YOU SAVED - IT WAS FAITH IN YESHUA OUR MESSIAH! That is what Sha'ul preached to the Corinthians, nothing else 1 Corth. 2:1-2.   The other things (if they are required by TORAH) come later - genuine rebirth with the accompaning fruit and Shabbat teaching of the TORAH was the way to go - end of story, and that is what the first Jerusalem Council decreed in Acts 15:19-21 reinforced by Acts 21:17-26 NB: vs 21, 24(b), 25 (see here and here although this writer points out that the Jerusalem Council used "Rabbinical teachings, these teachings still originated in the Torah and thus grounded on Scripture - see Ex. 34:15-17; Lev. 17:3-9; Lev. 18:6-23; Lev. 17:10-16).

I will not go into any great detail because doing that will lead us down a rabbit hole and we will not see the light of day for a long time - the rabbit hole will be explored, ABBA willing, piece by piece as and when directed and led by the Ruach HaKodesh.

Please just be advised that both the RCC/Christian Church and the Rabbinical Orthodox Judaists created their own religions in opposition to the Covenant which Messiah Yeshua came to present and which was given to Moshe and Israel at Mount Sinai!

Both these "religions" are controlling; rebellious; lusting for power over the congregants; mixed with humans as well as spiritual works; adulterous and idolatrous seeking other gods; leading the true believer away from the True Torah (Instructions) of the word and more; therefore, in my opinion, these are all characteristics of the wife of HaSatan, JEZEBEL  (The Eliyahu Company) - the Great Whore, the Mystery of Babylon of Rev. 17.

Jezebel wants, nay, needs to be the "head of the house" instead of Messiah:  She has many other lovers including the Muslims, Hindus, and with the Rabbinic Jews and all other sects will become the NWO One World Religion more than likely headed by the RCC and their pope.

This demonic spirit in the guise of the religion of Judaism and via politics worked against the early believers as we see with the death of Yochanan the immerser by Herod and our MESSIAH HIMSELF via The High Priest Kaiaphas, not to mention all of the  Apostles.

We see the early believers being persecuted by the demonic spirit of Jezebel through the Early Church Fathers and later by the emerging RCC and her daughters once they married Constantine (Mithras, the sun god).  And this perseution has never let up to this day and BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY WE WILL HAVE THE SAME PERSECUTION FROM THE NWO CHURCH THAT OUR FORE-FATHERS AND THE APOSTLES HAD IN THE 1st CENTUARY and the remnant has had throughout History!  

The dividing line, as I believe I have been shown by The RUACH, will be between the keeping of the Sabbath and the Sunday - The sign of the C/covenants - how and when this will come about I do not know yet, but the Biblical 7th day Sabbath is crucial.

So please, please dear reader DO NOT JUST ACCEPT ANYTHING BECAUSE IT LOOKS GOOD, FEELS GOOD OR BECAUSE IT HAS MANY, MANY CENTURIES OF SEEMINGLY ESTABLISHED RELIGION - THAT IS WHAT EVE DID IN THE GARDEN - SHE USED HER SENSES WITHOUT THE LEADING OF THE RUACH!  

I have a maxim which goes something like this "WE ARE WALKING A PATH THAT HAS NOT BEEN GENERALLY TRODDEN FOR ALMOST 2 MILLENNIA AND WE HAVE NOBODY TO REALLY SHOW US!"

Dear brother and sister in Messiah, we do not have recognised Universities and Seminaries; we do not have massive Mission Ministries; we do not involve ourselves with NGO's or Government projects; we are not loaded with cash.  BUT we are however totally dependant on YHWH and HIS leading into ALL TRUTH & RIGHTEOUSNESS, and HIS Grace in sufficient for all our needs.  Hallelujah  and Amein!

We have been bought by YESHUA and are being taught by the Ruach HaKodesh.  No man, except YESHUA YHWH HIMSELF, has ever led anybody into any Truth and Righteousness, only the Ruach can do that.  At best man, if walking in the Spirit, can be a confirmation of what the Spirit has already stirred within Living Spiritual Stones of The Temple of Yeshua our Messiah, The Eternal High Priest in the Order of Melchizedek.

Shalom and blessings in Messiah Yeshua.

Bo'az.

Is it a Covenant or a Contract!

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge;

because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. (Hos. 4:6 ESV)

“It is written,“‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” (Matt.4:4 ESV)

Before we can precede any further I believe we need to read the Scriptures quoted above and take them to heart.

We know that understanding and knowledge are obtained by the principle of hearing something repeatedly whether it be the Truth or an Untruth

To out own detriment we have based our understanding of so many of our basic foundational Biblical interpretations on what we have been taught by the established and formulised philosophically influenced denominations.  This erroneous understanding is then compounded by our own worldly experience, so generally, at best we interpret Biblical Doctrines incorrectly, but at worst we apply outright lies as the Truth calling good evil and evil good.

The Biblical Covenant is one such foundational Truth, which today in most cases we presume to be similar, if not the same as a Contract. We have no real idea what implications and applications Covenants should have on our lives, because if we did we would not have all this confusion about Sha’ul, Shabbat, Sunday, Christmas and so on; nonetheless YHWH bases HIS entire Kingdom on revealed Eternal Covenants and HE will not and cannot change.

It is wise to remember that confusion is not of YHWH 1 Cor. 14:33, additionally the Hebrew root word translated in the Bible as Babylon is also the root word for “confusion” and “to babel”.

In an attempt to try and right this wrong we need to look again at aspects of YHWH’s Divine Nature that we would do well to ponder on for a while before we go any further. 

Because YHWH is the Creator Elohim Gen.1: 1; Because He is all-knowing (Omniscient Job 37:16; Ps. 147:5); all-powerful (Omnipotent Mat. 19:26; Eph. 1:19); all-present (Omnipresent 1Kgs. 8:27; 2 Chron. 2:6; Ps. 139:7ff; Jer.23: 23-24) and the owner of everything in the Heavens and on the Earth Deut. 10:14; Ps. 24:1.

Because YHWH cannot lie Num. 23:19 and is immutable (unchangeable) Heb. 6:17-20.  Because YHWH will never change HIMSELF Mal. 3:6; Heb.13:8 nor change HIS WORD NOR BREAK A COVENANT which has gone out from HIM Ps. 89:34; Ps. 105:8; Ps. 119:89, nor break His Scriptures Is. 8:20; John 10:34-36; Jas. 2:12; because HE is Eternal Gen. 21:33; Is. 40:28 and can swear by no Higher Authority than HIMSELF Heb. 6:13. YHWH thus can only be Faithful for ever Ps 146:6 and can only make everlasting Covenants – In short ELOHIM YHWH DOES NOT NEED TO CHANGE HE IS NEVER, NO NEVER, NO NEVER EVER CAUGHT OFF GUARD OR BY SURPRISE.  Please ponder, deliberate on this before you read further:  Selah

So because of The Divine Attributes of YHWH we can hopefully see why HE does not make and break Covenants and why HE has placed an incredible premium on Truth and fidelity – and why HE has the right to demand Covenant obedience and fidelity from HIS Children Israel (pistis = faith, fidelity, loyalty) and why we are admonished by our Master YESHUA to let our yes be our yes and our no be our no Matt. 5:37 and beware of making idle Covenants (promises).

Look at what a Covenant is, or conversely is not as compared to a Contract!

CONTRACT		COVENANT
1. Agreement between two parties.	1. Agreement between two parties.
2. Involves services of people.	2. Involves actions and beliefs of people
3. Deals with secular affairs.	3. Deals with eternal affairs.
4. People as witness.	4. YHWH as witness.
5. Made with monetary values in mind.	5. Not necessarily monetary motivation.
6. Expiry date involved.	6. Eternal.
7. Broken and made null & void if one party breaks contract.	7. Remains binding on remaining party even if other party breaks Covenant.

Basically summed up something like this: A Contract is based on a Quid pro quo principle where as a Covenant is based on principle of an eternal promise and the binding of oneself to a moral issue for life with YHWH as your witness.

The Written Word from Genesis to Revelation is about The King of Creation, His Bride, His Subjects and His Kingdom, so what better place to introduce the theme of HIS Marriage Covenant and it’s “engagement ring,” The Sabbath, than right in The Beginning Is. 46:10.

We see YHWH setting date timelines when HE established HIS Sabbath – HE decided on the length of a week according to HIS work schedule and the completion thereof – HE RELIES ON NOTHING OR NOBODY ELSE Is. 44:6 & 8; 45:5; 45:21; Hos. 13:4!

YHWH is outside of time Ps. 90:4 & 2 Pet. 3:8 thus HE established the Sabbath for our benefit Mk. 2:7 seeming not for HIS.

By sanctifying and setting aside (Making Holy) the Sabbath YHWH shows HIMSELF to be the King of Creation, a KING Who has the Sovereign Right to choose HIS Day and do with it and order HIS Creation as HE pleases, and we, HIS Creation, by abiding in HIS will and being obedient to HIS Instructions of the Sabbath, and the rest of HIS Instructions (TORAH), align themselves with the King of Creation. 

NOTE PLEASE: 

1.  This is a Creation Instruction and Covenant –NOT A JEWISH ONE – NO JEWS YET!

2.     It is only YHWH commitment to HIS Covenant (HIS Word) that prevents HIM wiping out all of mankind!  Praise HIS Name HE is not fickle like Allah or a pantheon god like the Sun God, Mithras.

Moving from the Sabbath to the 1^st Marriage between Adam and Chavah we immediately note no human involvement at all in the entire process apart from the freewill act of acceptance of each other by the espousing parties:  The entire Marriage is ordered, orchestrated and ordained by YHWH with no human involvement JUST AS THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB TO HIS BRIDE!  See how YESHUA presents HIS Bride to HIMSELF without Stain or Wrinkle (in other words a virgin) in Eph. 5:27 just as HE did with Adam, who before the fall was an illustration of MESSIAH YESHUA HIMSELF, when HE presented a perfect, spotless and innocent Chavah to him Gen. 2:22.

Please note that YHWH is the Authority of HIS Marriage, NOT THE STATE MARRIAGE LICENCE OR THE CHURCH LEADER ISSUING A LICENCE OR ANYTHING ELSE!

Therefore when you change the Day of Sabbath and the Marriage rules YOU CHANGE THE WORD OF YHWH AND HIS PERPETUAL COVENANT!      Please - don’t do that you will get hurt!!

Plainly YHWH HIMSELF sanctified the Eternal 7^th day Sabbath –Ex 31:13-17, we cannot argue that point; then who may I ask is man to challenge and change that as the RCC claims they have the right to and the denominations follow blindly?

"Sunday is a Catholic institution and its claim to observance can be defended only on Catholic principles .... From beginning to end of Scripture there is not a single passage that warrants the transfer of weekly public worship from the last day of the week to the first." (Catholic Press, Sydney, Australia, August, 1990.) (Emphasis added by author)

Question - Which is the Sabbath day? 


Answer - Saturday is the Sabbath day. 


Question - Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday? 


Answer - We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 364), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.”

The Convert’s Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, p. 50, 3rd ed.

I think we can all agree on the fact that The Act of Creation was and is binding on all of mankind for eternity whether mankind choose to believe in Creation, YHWH and HIS Covenant or not.  We can also agree I believe every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that YESHUA IS YHWH ROM. 14:9-13.

That being the case I believe we can safely state that reading many passages, especially Ephesians 5 we are left in no doubt that the Marriage which is brought together and consummated in the Name of YHWH, if left to HIS direction by the husband and wife concerned such marriage shall reflect HIS relationship with HIS Bride as HE intended with HIS introduction of HIS Marriage Covenant sign (Shabbat) and HIS authored Marriage of Adam and Chavah at Creation (remember YHWH changes not!)

The Marriage, as instituted at Creation is an ETERNAL COVENANT consecrated with the blood OF THE VIRGIN BRIDE – she can only loose her virginity once.  Unfortunately we all have whored and run after other gods and lost our virginity Rom. 3:23 BUT our Messiah YESHUA’s redemption of HIS intended Bride is eternal, and once Redeemed and CONSECRATED BY HIS BLOOD, we too become virgins once again and this we show to the world by our adult rebirth Baptism symbolising following our MASTER into death and HIS Resurrection INTO A NEW LIFE AS A NEW CREATION, A FIRST FRUIT OF HIS KNIGDOM.

NB: MESSIAH IS FAITHFUL TO HIS COVENANT EVEN WHEN HIS BRIDE IS NOT. This is called GRACE!

Please also note when speaking of baptism above I in no way refer or pay any credence to infant RCC/Denominational christenings!

We read in Gen. 15 how the promises of the payment of Our Blood Covenant was itself portrayed by a Covenant, sealed with Abraham by YHWH’s by YHWH walking without Abraham alone through the sacrificial carcasses meaning that HE (YHWH) would take the entire penalty for the breaking of the HIS Covenant by Israel (HIS people) on HIS own Shoulders!

Please understand this dear reader:  PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANCE FOR US OF THE ETERNAL NEVER CEASING COVENANT OF YHWH.  WHERE WOULD WE BE IF YHWH OR MAN COULD CHANGE COVENANTS AT A WIM – WE WOULD ALL BE CURSED WITH NO HOPE OF ETERNITY AT ALL SUBJECT TO THE WHIMS OF DESPOTS.

Are we now able to see what a beautiful picture is portrayed in Genesis by the introduction of the Sabbath and the Marriage?  When we come into Covenant with YHWH through the Sacrifice of Yeshua and we adopt HIS 7^th day Sabbath and set it aside, we declare for all Creation to see that we are covenanted with the King of Creation, YHWH Yeshua.  Not the god of Islam, Allah, whose adherents worship on a Friday (6th day of the week); or the god of Constantine, sun god (Mithras), who is worshiped on a Sunday (1^st day of the week), we worship the Elohim of Creation Who completed HIS Works and rested at the end of the week and now sit at the right hand of HIS FATHER! We worship the KING of the 7^th Millennium, the 1000 year reign of  Peace (Shalom) – we worship YHWH, ADONI (LORD, RULER) OF THE SABBATH!  HALLELUJAH AND HALLELUJAH!   

Dear reader I have learnt a lesson of massive importance, which Abba willing I shall write about next, however in the mean time please consider this:

There are two types of marriages in the Western supposedly Christian world:  There are those of YHWH and there are those of the State.

Please understand, just because a man and a women stand in a Church, or Registrars office or anywhere else for that matter and make contractual promises according to the Laws of the Country or State and tag a “so help me G-D” or similar phrase on DOES NOT MAKE THEM MARRIED IN THE EYES OF YHWH, AND HE HAS NOT JOINED THEM TOGETHER FULLSTOP!

IF YHWH WAS NOT INVOLVED IT IS NOT A MARRIAGE HONOURING HIM HE SHARES HIS GLORY WITH NOBODY AND THE MARRIAGE AND THE SHABBAT REFLECT HIS GLORY Is. 42:8; 48:11.

MARRIAGE IS A MINISTRY WHICH, IF IT IS TO BE USED FOR HIS GLORY, MUST BE CALLED AND COMMISSIONED BY YHWH!

Most marriages in the Western World are officiated over by a church denomination that itself is in and of itself in an adulterous relationship with Rome (read the State as well) and have long, long ago (CE 325) given up their Marriage Covenant with the Elohim of Israel and betrothed themselves to The Sun God and worship on their covenant day, Sunday!

Come out MY people; Come OUT The Ruach cries!

I know the messages I am called to deliver are not easy to read and listen to, but I urge you please do not give up.  Check out everything that I say and hold me accountable because you will be doing me an eternal favour.  Do not ever trust me or any other human being please.

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Until next time.

Shabbat Shalom in the Name of the Prince Of Peace; Yeshua HaMashiach.

Bo’az.

Bondservant of the Most High Elohim of Israel and His Son Yeshua.