This is another of those wrestle with self blogs, it is quite long and pointed, but should you feel so led I pray that you will read it prayerfully to the end and then you dear reader should decide where to go from here:
The sort of men my father brought my brother and I up to be by his examples and daily actions are today considered to be the actions of a dinosaur of an extinct age.
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My Dad taught us chivalry; he taught us to respect our elders and women; he taught us to take authority and responsibility for our actions - you know those old fashioned things we used to call "manners", "honour" or forsooth "just being a man!"
Our Mother, a very open minded forthright lady, was anything but a door mat, yet she too shared much the same core values as our Dad because she too was brought up in the same sort of society even though they were of different cultural groups (Dad - Afrikaans; Mom - English) - so no matter the storms we weathered as a family either in times of massive political and social upheavals, and there were enough to warrant more than a passing comment; or similarly the storms caused through our families own misguided ways, we stuck together as a unit with very defined roles for each member of the house according to age, gender & family affiliations.
Remember we three Swanepoel's were born in the mid to late fifties, so no sense of Political Correctness, Dr. Spock, DR. Phil or Oprah even hinted at - Mom and Dad's word was LAW and often enforced through "physical chastisement" (is that Politically correct enough, because truth be told I use the words with tongue in cheek - we were often recipients of good old fashioned wallopings from either of our parents in the absence of the other). Now, in retrospect, and as a more impartial and wiser person, I can honestly say I cannot remember one occasion when I received a good shellacking without genuinely deserving it and, what is more, this good, consistent and fairly administered discipline, with the necessary punitive measures when required and fully supported by both parents, gave to me a very good grounding in right and wrong and the sense of the need for discipline in all area's of my life. It provided me, and I dare say my siblings, with very definite and solid borders within which we knew security, comfort and love - the foundations of normal stability!
Our Mother, a very open minded forthright lady, was anything but a door mat, yet she too shared much the same core values as our Dad because she too was brought up in the same sort of society even though they were of different cultural groups (Dad - Afrikaans; Mom - English) - so no matter the storms we weathered as a family either in times of massive political and social upheavals, and there were enough to warrant more than a passing comment; or similarly the storms caused through our families own misguided ways, we stuck together as a unit with very defined roles for each member of the house according to age, gender & family affiliations.
Remember we three Swanepoel's were born in the mid to late fifties, so no sense of Political Correctness, Dr. Spock, DR. Phil or Oprah even hinted at - Mom and Dad's word was LAW and often enforced through "physical chastisement" (is that Politically correct enough, because truth be told I use the words with tongue in cheek - we were often recipients of good old fashioned wallopings from either of our parents in the absence of the other). Now, in retrospect, and as a more impartial and wiser person, I can honestly say I cannot remember one occasion when I received a good shellacking without genuinely deserving it and, what is more, this good, consistent and fairly administered discipline, with the necessary punitive measures when required and fully supported by both parents, gave to me a very good grounding in right and wrong and the sense of the need for discipline in all area's of my life. It provided me, and I dare say my siblings, with very definite and solid borders within which we knew security, comfort and love - the foundations of normal stability!
Neither of our parents were religious or pious during our years under their roof, but they were what we would refer to today as "the salt of the earth" largely because their ways were just that, they were as natural as the salt of the earth, their core values were established through a society that feared GOD and this fear impacted their lives regardless of their religious affiliation or political opinions (if they had any of either)!
So, did our "violent" upbringing cause any negative effects on my siblings and I?
I don't think so, in fact as alluded to above, it molded our characters for later events which would occur in our lives and which YHWH, certainly not us, knew would transpire. These later events which impacted our lives, homes and later our marriages, were to be caused largely by the continuing shifting political situations in Africa further fermented by variants of social, political and anthropological situations. I dare say that we could not have faced and endured, albeit with much difficulty on occasions, these almost seismic events and changes in our lives had we not been prepared for such events by having had the earlier breaking down of the familiar comfort zones and being in the family and home we were in.
It may seem strange to contemplate and difficult to fathom but the families we were all born into and the situations we all faced were all to our good, the best for us - see Rom. 8:28-32; & 1 Corth. 10 - please read this Chapter as it gives a great insight & warning as to why these sorts of "events" do indeed occur in our lives and in the lives of our forefathers.
It may seem strange to contemplate and difficult to fathom but the families we were all born into and the situations we all faced were all to our good, the best for us - see Rom. 8:28-32; & 1 Corth. 10 - please read this Chapter as it gives a great insight & warning as to why these sorts of "events" do indeed occur in our lives and in the lives of our forefathers.
Although the vast majority of these events we faced, (we do cause some negative situations ourselves through choices etc.) and are still needing to face today, were and are beyond our control; although many of the events seemed to come out of nowhere and blindside us, it does not mean that these events are random, in fact in our case history bears out today their being orchestrated by the political and global powers of the time, using the tried and tested Hegelian Dialectic (an agreed upon agenda which is achieved by the application of a thesis needing to be opposed by an anti-thesis which leads to a synthesis, or the achieving of said agreed upon agenda) and that process of "agenda, thesis, antithesis, synthesis" just keeps on coming!
How we deal with and accept these changes is our prerogative, our inalienable right, but I believe knowing that these life changing events are not random mistakes or just plain bad luck will of necessity affect our choices, and hopefully attitudes.
I believe that YHWH Abba is trying continually to either get us reconciled with Him through Yeshua our Redeemer or, having achieved that goal, He is attempting to sanctify us and make us more like His Son so as to enable us to build His Kingdom here on earth - i.e to be His salt of the earth, His light to the nations - and to this end we are all given just the one life sandwiched between our physical birth and later, a Divinely predetermined death. (Ecc. 3:2)
How we deal with and accept these changes is our prerogative, our inalienable right, but I believe knowing that these life changing events are not random mistakes or just plain bad luck will of necessity affect our choices, and hopefully attitudes.
I believe that YHWH Abba is trying continually to either get us reconciled with Him through Yeshua our Redeemer or, having achieved that goal, He is attempting to sanctify us and make us more like His Son so as to enable us to build His Kingdom here on earth - i.e to be His salt of the earth, His light to the nations - and to this end we are all given just the one life sandwiched between our physical birth and later, a Divinely predetermined death. (Ecc. 3:2)
To see this life we have been given as anything other than a Divinely choreographed, planned, designed and predestined chain of events intended to lead each and everyone of us back to a reconciliation with our Omnipotent, Omniscient Father YHWH, through our Shepherd Messiah Yeshua (Ps. 1; Ps. 2; Ps. 23), achieved through the use of the world leaders who are seemingly "hell-bent" on destroying everything good and just (As done with Cyrus - Ezra 1:1 arw Jer 25:11; 29:10 and Nebuchadnezzar Jer. 27) is what I believe helps me, and obviously many of you reading this blog, to deal with our life journey here on earth, our trip to our of "Destination" to our "created destiny"! (Est. 4:14; Eph. 2:8-10)
Before we go any further, please, take time to consider this thought in the context of the Scriptures quoted in the paragraph above:
Could it be that ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Boko-Haram, Al-Shabaab, the "Refugee Crisis" in Europe, the UK, US: The seemingly illogical and destructive foreign policies of the Western Powers: The Fiscal and economic meltdown and planned fiasco the entire world is facing which seemingly cannot be escaped: The blind acceptance by the Western Powers and their leaders of radical Islam at the expense of their own Nations and the Christian believers at large, ALL BE A BATTLE AXE BEING USED BY YHWH TO BRING HIS PEOPLE RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF LIFE BACK TO HIM?
Could any major opposition to ISIS et al not alter anything and instead still lead to the ultimate demise of the Western World as we know it?
I know this is a very foreign and even distasteful concept to read about, what more to even consider it to be a possibility!
Of course there are, and will be, many voices of dissension regarding what I am saying: But again I opine: - Should our lives just be a cosmic and random mistake devoid of any Intelligent thought behind it designed by a loving Father to lead us to a physical and eternal future with Him, and should only our meagre and much less than perfect opinions and theories be all that we have to influence the course of these random & cosmic events governing this one and only life (talk about a massive gamble; the height of human arrogance and total futility - (2 Chron. 32:1-8; Jer. 17:1-18), then stop the world now because I need to get off. To pack on this bunch of political liars and turncoats alone would to me be a cause of heavy depression and loneliness - to think I am alone and left to myself and my own devices in this vast cosmic mistake we call time and universe is just way too weird. Whoa.. that truly frightens me, but please allow me a moment to wax a little:
Could it be that ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Boko-Haram, Al-Shabaab, the "Refugee Crisis" in Europe, the UK, US: The seemingly illogical and destructive foreign policies of the Western Powers: The Fiscal and economic meltdown and planned fiasco the entire world is facing which seemingly cannot be escaped: The blind acceptance by the Western Powers and their leaders of radical Islam at the expense of their own Nations and the Christian believers at large, ALL BE A BATTLE AXE BEING USED BY YHWH TO BRING HIS PEOPLE RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF LIFE BACK TO HIM?
Could any major opposition to ISIS et al not alter anything and instead still lead to the ultimate demise of the Western World as we know it?
I know this is a very foreign and even distasteful concept to read about, what more to even consider it to be a possibility!
Of course there are, and will be, many voices of dissension regarding what I am saying: But again I opine: - Should our lives just be a cosmic and random mistake devoid of any Intelligent thought behind it designed by a loving Father to lead us to a physical and eternal future with Him, and should only our meagre and much less than perfect opinions and theories be all that we have to influence the course of these random & cosmic events governing this one and only life (talk about a massive gamble; the height of human arrogance and total futility - (2 Chron. 32:1-8; Jer. 17:1-18), then stop the world now because I need to get off. To pack on this bunch of political liars and turncoats alone would to me be a cause of heavy depression and loneliness - to think I am alone and left to myself and my own devices in this vast cosmic mistake we call time and universe is just way too weird. Whoa.. that truly frightens me, but please allow me a moment to wax a little:
The truth of the matter is very unfortunate that the vast majority of us, including many of the Body of Believers, will spend our allotted time on this planet we call home trying to re-invent the wheel of life; we will use as "survival tools" the different flavours of the same frames of reference sanctioned by the politically correct and humanist education and thought process our Western Culture and Religion have dished out to us from the crib to the crypt since time and memorial, and although some of these methods may be a band-aid on a wound, IT DOES NOT HEAL THE WOUND!
Please know that we will all use these patterns, these "survival tools", to differing degrees when left to ourselves in an effort to attain what we believe is important to our life and family in the here and now: You see we have all been told we need to succeed, and there is no problem with that, but what is YHWH's definition of success? Read Matt, 6:19-24 it may help with this question & Ecc. 1:2-11; Phil. 3:4-11: We will use these tools to enable us to be the best so that we can get a good job - again what does the Word say on this matter? (Ex.35:30-35; Deut. 8:17-19; Matt. 20:20-28); we will inevitably use these "survival tools" so that we make money and build a home and a secure future (Deut. 8:17-19; Ps. 127; Matt. 6:25-34), when all the while we are told in the Word that there is nothing new under the sun and that all that we chase after and try to manipulate to our own design and desire by our own strengths, yes dear reader that is what we try and do - WE TRY TO MANIPULATE CIRCUMSTANCES AND PEOPLE TO WHAT WE BELIEVE IS RIGHT OR MOST EXPEDIENT ACCORDING TO OUR LIMITED KNOWLEDGE AND PLANS, TELLING OUR CREATOR THAT WE KNOW BETTER - IS JUST PLAIN AND SIMPLE VANITY (Hebrew H1892 - hebel = emptiness, transitory, unsatisfactory). Ecc. 1:2.
Please know that we will all use these patterns, these "survival tools", to differing degrees when left to ourselves in an effort to attain what we believe is important to our life and family in the here and now: You see we have all been told we need to succeed, and there is no problem with that, but what is YHWH's definition of success? Read Matt, 6:19-24 it may help with this question & Ecc. 1:2-11; Phil. 3:4-11: We will use these tools to enable us to be the best so that we can get a good job - again what does the Word say on this matter? (Ex.35:30-35; Deut. 8:17-19; Matt. 20:20-28); we will inevitably use these "survival tools" so that we make money and build a home and a secure future (Deut. 8:17-19; Ps. 127; Matt. 6:25-34), when all the while we are told in the Word that there is nothing new under the sun and that all that we chase after and try to manipulate to our own design and desire by our own strengths, yes dear reader that is what we try and do - WE TRY TO MANIPULATE CIRCUMSTANCES AND PEOPLE TO WHAT WE BELIEVE IS RIGHT OR MOST EXPEDIENT ACCORDING TO OUR LIMITED KNOWLEDGE AND PLANS, TELLING OUR CREATOR THAT WE KNOW BETTER - IS JUST PLAIN AND SIMPLE VANITY (Hebrew H1892 - hebel = emptiness, transitory, unsatisfactory). Ecc. 1:2.
This may be seemingly stretching a point, but I do not believe so, so please bear with me if you will: -
We have the idiom or expression within the more "religious circles" that manipulation is witchcraft - HOWEVER YOU WILL NOT FIND ANY SUCH VERSE IN THE WORD. It is possible though that this saying is derived from what we read in 1 Sam. 15:23, but I believe there is a run-up to this verse giving credence to our idiom.
If we look a little further back we read in 1 Sam. 13:ff that King Saul is waiting for Samuel at Gilgal so that Samuel may offer the required sacrifices to YHWH on behalf of Israel as commanded by YHWH- but the time seemingly elapses, so King Saul, to gain favour with the people & get Elohim's favour for himself and his army in regards to the inevitable confrontation between his much smaller and seemingly weaker army and the approaching Philistine armies, decides to complete the mandated Biblical sacrifices himself, something he has no Biblical right to do, and we see in 1 Sam. 13:13-15 that this manipulative and rebellious action on Saul's behalf, even when seemingly logical and necessary to prevent his army deserting, cost Saul his Kingdom and his family their heritage. We need to read here as well that there seemed to be no contrition on the behalf of Saul after his actions and the judgement passed onto him by Samuel; in fact Saul just went and organised a census of his army and carried on with business as usual!
We again read in 1 Samuel 15 that King Saul, for a second time, bowed to the will of the people (vs. 24) and manipulated the Word of YHWH (vs. 20), built a monument to himself thereby not acknowledging YHWH in his battle victories (vs. 12) and not only that it would seem that Saul also kept the accursed King Agag alive for reasons of his own. Finally Saul shows his true colours and ask Samuel to please worship with him (Saul) to impress the people (vs. 30). Again we are privy to the manipulation of the situation and people to his pleasure and largely done by choosing to not obey the Words of YHWH! We then see in 1 Sam. 15:23 that Samuel, under Divine authority, declares these actions of King Saul as rebellion.
We have the idiom or expression within the more "religious circles" that manipulation is witchcraft - HOWEVER YOU WILL NOT FIND ANY SUCH VERSE IN THE WORD. It is possible though that this saying is derived from what we read in 1 Sam. 15:23, but I believe there is a run-up to this verse giving credence to our idiom.
If we look a little further back we read in 1 Sam. 13:ff that King Saul is waiting for Samuel at Gilgal so that Samuel may offer the required sacrifices to YHWH on behalf of Israel as commanded by YHWH- but the time seemingly elapses, so King Saul, to gain favour with the people & get Elohim's favour for himself and his army in regards to the inevitable confrontation between his much smaller and seemingly weaker army and the approaching Philistine armies, decides to complete the mandated Biblical sacrifices himself, something he has no Biblical right to do, and we see in 1 Sam. 13:13-15 that this manipulative and rebellious action on Saul's behalf, even when seemingly logical and necessary to prevent his army deserting, cost Saul his Kingdom and his family their heritage. We need to read here as well that there seemed to be no contrition on the behalf of Saul after his actions and the judgement passed onto him by Samuel; in fact Saul just went and organised a census of his army and carried on with business as usual!
We again read in 1 Samuel 15 that King Saul, for a second time, bowed to the will of the people (vs. 24) and manipulated the Word of YHWH (vs. 20), built a monument to himself thereby not acknowledging YHWH in his battle victories (vs. 12) and not only that it would seem that Saul also kept the accursed King Agag alive for reasons of his own. Finally Saul shows his true colours and ask Samuel to please worship with him (Saul) to impress the people (vs. 30). Again we are privy to the manipulation of the situation and people to his pleasure and largely done by choosing to not obey the Words of YHWH! We then see in 1 Sam. 15:23 that Samuel, under Divine authority, declares these actions of King Saul as rebellion.
Obviously a person who manipulates others is a manipulator and according to the Oxford dictionary the definition of a manipulator is one who is skilful at influencing people or situations in order to get what one wants: - All that King Saul did was for him to get what he wanted and thought that he deserved, thus I believe this definition sums up the actions of King Saul very accurately and those actions, as said earlier, are referred to by Samuel as being REBELLIOUS and such actions are tantamount to witchcraft (H7081 - qesem = divination, oracle, witchcraft).
Thus it would appear that any attempt by any born again believer in Yeshua at deciding or influencing the outcome of any matter by our own design, desire or human efforts and actions WITHOUT THE IMPUT OF THE RUACH HAKODESH OF YHWH IS CONSIDERED TO BE REBELLIOUS AND THUS EQUATES TO WITCHCRAFT!
We need to be aware that our fleshy actions will always dictate that which we should do is right and and that it benefits us - obviously this is no so with YHWH, (Is. 55:8-11) and thus we are by implication saying we do not trust Him to give us what He knows is right for us, we do our "own thing" which is spiritual idolatry and that is equal to adultery - and of course we all know that those practising witchcraft/divination (one in the same) shall/will not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven (Rev. 21:8).
We need to be aware that our fleshy actions will always dictate that which we should do is right and and that it benefits us - obviously this is no so with YHWH, (Is. 55:8-11) and thus we are by implication saying we do not trust Him to give us what He knows is right for us, we do our "own thing" which is spiritual idolatry and that is equal to adultery - and of course we all know that those practising witchcraft/divination (one in the same) shall/will not inherit the Kingdom of Heaven (Rev. 21:8).
Please do not for once second think that I am advocating any form of mediocrity by stating the above - we need only to glance at the "cloud of witnesses" of Hebrews 11; our call to Love YHWH with all our heart, all our soul and all our might Deut. 6:4-9 (Hebrew Shema prayer); the the ultimate adherence to the Torah of our Master and Saviour Yeshua crowned with His perfect and selfless sacrifice in obedience to His Fathers will (Is. 9:1-7; Is. 42:1-9; Is. 52:13-53:12; Heb. 5:5-10; Eph. 6:5-8; Col. 3:22-25) - to see that mediocrity is out.....Rev. 3:15-16!
Mediocrity does not cause waves; mediocrity moves with the crowd; mediocrity will not challenge the status quo - mediocrity lacks inspiration and is the chameleon of society blending in with everybody and everything, thus mediocrity will not lead - it will follow - mediocrity will do enough to just exist - never to excel - MEDIOCRITY IS A FORM OF MANIPULATION! The antonym of mediocrity is excellence, perfection and we as believers are called to be a Royal Priesthood; a Light to the nations and a city on the Hill (eluding of course to the Temple on Mount Zion) - Deut. 4:1-8; Is. 42:6; Is. 49:1-7; Matt. 5:14-16; 1 Pet. 2:9-10.
Any sustained period of mediocrity in the life of a believer is fatal to the growth of his/her spiritual life as this will lead to a state of stagnation or better known as complacency, a comfort zone.
This is where we find the Body of Messiah and their denominational systems are right now. The Body by-en-large has lost its Saltiness and Light. The Body has become fat and lazy. The denominational Christian system has become cumbersome and Politically Correct, trying to please people and their institutions & NOT Elohim YHWH THROUGH KEEPING HIS SET ASIDE COVENANT IN AND THROUGH YESHUA.
The borders between Biblical Truth and Western Democratic ideology have become so blurred and mixed in the denominational system, even to the extent that the Bible has been eclipsed by humanism. The Church of today more resembles a spineless, manipulative Jezebel whore rebelling against the Covenant of YHWH than a Pure Virgin Warrior & Royal Zadokian Priesthood.
We see today that those who try and apply the pure Word of YHWH are ostracised and called legalistic (i.e. keeping Sabbath, Biblical Festivals, Kosher diet ext.), whilst those breaking the plain and straight-forward Word & advocating practices such as women clergy, homosexual lifestyles, interfaith congregations, denial of sin and the rest are deemed progressive and enlightened - and let's not forget that we are being told that such abominable behaviour is also sensitive, loving and Politically Correct, in fact they are just like Jesus according to them! Beware leaders of the so called Christian Churches - YHWH ELOHIM WILL NOT BE MOCKED! Gal. 6:7-8.
What the Body of Messiah needs today are forceful men of principal to rise up into positions of leadership unhindered by religious structures, dogma and Politically Correct policies adopted to appease the WCC, their local affiliates and individual governments: Men who, where and when necessary, will stand in Biblical opposition to said Church councils and Government policies when forced on the believers of Yeshua.
These men need the support groups made up of their helpmeets (wives) - wives committed to assisting their husbands to achieve what YHWH requires of the husband to do in the building of His Kingdom and thereby the wives will be fulfilling their roles in the building of the Kingdom of YHWH as well and will not be found shuffling and conniving for leadership roles over men within the Body.
There needs to be a unified front firstly in the homes of the believers, then taken forward into the local body, workplace and so on through the leading of The Ruach of YHWH.
Men are needed to take the place of leadership in their homes and communities and their wives are needed to assist them - that is the Creation pattern seen in The Garden - BUT MEN ARE NOT TO HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THE WILES AND WILLS OF THE WIFE (FEMINISM) AS WE SEE NOW - THAT PRODUCES JEZBEL'S AND AHAB'S!
Today we have a whining, whimpering, emaciated Body of believers who are confused and frustrated; believers who are cast adrift on a sea of life with no hope or direction - they are finding themselves in the middle of an unfathomable "random cosmic mistake" having at their disposal only "survival tools" which at best are vain efforts to manipulate life situations. These believers are part of a Feminist, Politically Correct and manipulative denominational system whose actions and messages are deemed as Rebellious to YHWH and thus make the system guilty of witchcraft, therefore all associated with this "system of denominationalism" are guilty of witchcraft by association - that being the case please know YHWH cannot be in the denomination system AND HE CANNOT BLESS THE BELIEVER ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH A SYSTEM ACCORDING TO HIS COVENANT PROMISES! YHWH IS IN FACT SHEPHERDING HIS SHEEP OUT OF THESE SYSTEMS!
That YHWH is calling His Bride back is without doubt, that He is needing to destroy the gods of the world found in governance, religion, finance, as He did in Egypt in Moshe's time, is very evident - HE IS ALLOWING ALL AROUND US TO BE BROKEN DOWN SO THAT HE CAN BUILD IT UP CORRECTLY AGAIN AND RETURN HIS BRIDE TO HIS PATHS, THE ANCIENT PATHS! Please read Jeremiah 6 - it may very well be where the Denominations who say they represent Messiah Yeshua are today - Body of Messiah, those with ears to hear and eyes to see COME OUT OF THE WHORE OR BABYLON - COME BACK TO THE OLD TRIED AND TESTED WAYS.
May we all heed the warning and cry out "REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND!"
I need to say as well to those of us under the covering of the Titles Messianic, Hebrew Roots, Messianic Jews and others - many of us too have fallen into the trap of manipulative religion copied mostly from the Rabbinical Judaic system adopted to please brother JUDAH - THIS IS WRONG - COME BACK TO YEHSUA WE ALL NEED TO ALLOW HIM TO LEAD US IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH!
Please take time to read this I believe it is very important and timeous.
Shabbat shalom
Bo'az
This is where we find the Body of Messiah and their denominational systems are right now. The Body by-en-large has lost its Saltiness and Light. The Body has become fat and lazy. The denominational Christian system has become cumbersome and Politically Correct, trying to please people and their institutions & NOT Elohim YHWH THROUGH KEEPING HIS SET ASIDE COVENANT IN AND THROUGH YESHUA.
The borders between Biblical Truth and Western Democratic ideology have become so blurred and mixed in the denominational system, even to the extent that the Bible has been eclipsed by humanism. The Church of today more resembles a spineless, manipulative Jezebel whore rebelling against the Covenant of YHWH than a Pure Virgin Warrior & Royal Zadokian Priesthood.
We see today that those who try and apply the pure Word of YHWH are ostracised and called legalistic (i.e. keeping Sabbath, Biblical Festivals, Kosher diet ext.), whilst those breaking the plain and straight-forward Word & advocating practices such as women clergy, homosexual lifestyles, interfaith congregations, denial of sin and the rest are deemed progressive and enlightened - and let's not forget that we are being told that such abominable behaviour is also sensitive, loving and Politically Correct, in fact they are just like Jesus according to them! Beware leaders of the so called Christian Churches - YHWH ELOHIM WILL NOT BE MOCKED! Gal. 6:7-8.
What the Body of Messiah needs today are forceful men of principal to rise up into positions of leadership unhindered by religious structures, dogma and Politically Correct policies adopted to appease the WCC, their local affiliates and individual governments: Men who, where and when necessary, will stand in Biblical opposition to said Church councils and Government policies when forced on the believers of Yeshua.
These men need the support groups made up of their helpmeets (wives) - wives committed to assisting their husbands to achieve what YHWH requires of the husband to do in the building of His Kingdom and thereby the wives will be fulfilling their roles in the building of the Kingdom of YHWH as well and will not be found shuffling and conniving for leadership roles over men within the Body.
There needs to be a unified front firstly in the homes of the believers, then taken forward into the local body, workplace and so on through the leading of The Ruach of YHWH.
Men are needed to take the place of leadership in their homes and communities and their wives are needed to assist them - that is the Creation pattern seen in The Garden - BUT MEN ARE NOT TO HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THE WILES AND WILLS OF THE WIFE (FEMINISM) AS WE SEE NOW - THAT PRODUCES JEZBEL'S AND AHAB'S!
Today we have a whining, whimpering, emaciated Body of believers who are confused and frustrated; believers who are cast adrift on a sea of life with no hope or direction - they are finding themselves in the middle of an unfathomable "random cosmic mistake" having at their disposal only "survival tools" which at best are vain efforts to manipulate life situations. These believers are part of a Feminist, Politically Correct and manipulative denominational system whose actions and messages are deemed as Rebellious to YHWH and thus make the system guilty of witchcraft, therefore all associated with this "system of denominationalism" are guilty of witchcraft by association - that being the case please know YHWH cannot be in the denomination system AND HE CANNOT BLESS THE BELIEVER ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH A SYSTEM ACCORDING TO HIS COVENANT PROMISES! YHWH IS IN FACT SHEPHERDING HIS SHEEP OUT OF THESE SYSTEMS!
That YHWH is calling His Bride back is without doubt, that He is needing to destroy the gods of the world found in governance, religion, finance, as He did in Egypt in Moshe's time, is very evident - HE IS ALLOWING ALL AROUND US TO BE BROKEN DOWN SO THAT HE CAN BUILD IT UP CORRECTLY AGAIN AND RETURN HIS BRIDE TO HIS PATHS, THE ANCIENT PATHS! Please read Jeremiah 6 - it may very well be where the Denominations who say they represent Messiah Yeshua are today - Body of Messiah, those with ears to hear and eyes to see COME OUT OF THE WHORE OR BABYLON - COME BACK TO THE OLD TRIED AND TESTED WAYS.
May we all heed the warning and cry out "REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND!"
I need to say as well to those of us under the covering of the Titles Messianic, Hebrew Roots, Messianic Jews and others - many of us too have fallen into the trap of manipulative religion copied mostly from the Rabbinical Judaic system adopted to please brother JUDAH - THIS IS WRONG - COME BACK TO YEHSUA WE ALL NEED TO ALLOW HIM TO LEAD US IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH!
Please take time to read this I believe it is very important and timeous.
Shabbat shalom
Bo'az
