Before I can get to the subject of this missive I need to first build a platform from which to work it out.
In my walk back to The Torah I have on too many occasions to can even count seen how what The Ruach is placing on my spirit to ponder and deliberate on is exactly what the Parashat portion for the coming Sabbath is all about, and once again this is the case with this Shabbat's Parashat Kedoshim (Lev. 19-20).
So I can confidently say that my experiences in this regard obviously verifies to me then the fact that the Written Word is the Living Word of YHWH Yeshua: Yet we are also told in that same Written Word that the Letter of The Word kills!
Now how so?
Simply because the letter (THE WRITTEN WORD) without the Ruach IS DEAD! 2 Cor. 3:4-6.
And on the other side of the same coin is Spirituality which is A RELIGIOUS SYSTEM AND ACCOMPANYING ACTS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN INSPIRED BY THE RUACH - HOLY SPIRIT - AND ARE EVIDENCED QUITE SIMPLY BY ACTIONS NOT LINING UP WITH THE WORD BECAUSE THE SPIRIT CANNOT GO AGAINST THE WORD OF YHWH - and this Spirituality IS A DEAD AND WORTHLESS FORM OF LAWLESSNESS.
So simply believing in Yeshua (Jesus) without a physical working out of His Word and Instructions is not enough, in point of fact a good example is that even the Devil has faith in the existence of Yeshua - BUT DOES NOT, AND CAN NO LONGER APPLY HIS COVENANT, HIS TORAH, BECAUSE OF HIS PRIDE AND REBELLION AGAINST YHWH AND HIS INSTRUCTIONS, SO IS THUS DOOMED FOR ETERNITY TO THE LAKE OF FIRE! James 2:14-26
So what is the path we are to look for to return to YHWH ELOHIM?
We are told in the Living Word that we need continually, as with any relationship, to move back towards Yeshua as His Ruach stirs and inspires us as instructed in James 4:8.
But we see in James 4:7 that we are to resist the devil and he will flee!
Most of us are unable to resist Hasatan because we do not know what the Torah, the Covenant of YHWH even says BECAUSE THE CHURCH TOLD US IT IS JUST FOR THOSE PESKY OLD JEWS, NOT FOR US GENTLE GENTILES, and of course that means quite simply that if we even hear the Ruach talking to us we will most probably ignore Him because what He leads us to is in our, and the denominations opinion, NOT OF YHWH BECAUSE HE IS TELLING US TO GO BACK TO THE BIBLICAL SABBATH (His Mark of Covenant - Ex. 31:12ff), KEEP THE FESTIVALS OF THE JEWS (Lev. 23 - The Actual Festivals of YHWH AND NOT EVER THE JEWS!) or some other "Jewish" Torah Instruction!
Unfortunately, & contrary to popular belief, YHWH's People really do perish because of their lack of knowledge of HIM PRECISELY BECAUSE HE IS HIS LIVING, WORKING, MOVING, VISIBLE COVENANT REDUCED TO WORDS BY HIM HIMSELF & AS GIVEN TO MOSHES (MOSES), BUT WE OF COURSE HAVE STUPIDLY CALLED HIS COVENANT A CURSE BECAUSE IT BRINGS US BACK UNDER THE LAW! Hos. 4:6
So having called His Covenant a curse and which is of no more consequence, how do we resists Hasatan and begin to draw back to YHWH so that He can draw us closer to Him?
Possibly we should begin to pray repentantly & fervently with all our hearts, minds and souls Ps. 51 AND INDEED ASK YHWH TO CREATE, ACCORDING TO HIS WILL AND HIS METHODS, A CLEAN HEART AND A SPIRIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IN EACH OF US!
Now to the meat of this short blog: Since the last posting so much has happened to us because in short we were led to begin stepping out of our comfort zones again in faith and this move has found me sitting right now almost 1400 kilometers away from my wife and 600 kilometers from our home, but this move has enabled us to have seen the Word delivered cut like a two edged sword; to have seen the breaking down of marriages, restoration of relationships, the provision of lodgings, food finance. We have experienced the attacks of the enemy, and above all we have begun to see the love of YHWH once again being ministered to the ailing members of His Body through both other members of His Body AND SOME PEOPLE STILL IN THE WORLD!
I praise His Glorious Name for what He is doing in Zanja and my lives:
I believe I can safely say that I personally am being afforded the remarkable privilege of seeing the re-birth of His Acts Assemblies (Acts 2:44-47) as He promised me would happen when He spoke to me in Dar e Salaam back in 2000 saying:
I AM COMING BACK, BUT FIRST MY CHURCH MUST RETURN TO THE ACTS CHURCH AS I LEFT IT; THESE DENOMINATIONS ARE NOT OF ME, THEY ARE OF MAN!
In this present work of The Ruach & as I have been emphasising for quite a while now, I believe we are being asked through Song of Solomon 2:8-13 Th come away with Him, and the tempo and urgency of this call has risen appreciably over the last period of time.
Brethren we are right now, I believe, in mortal danger of losing out on our opportunity of being included in His Bride, and here now we see the necessity of the platform I tried to establish at the beginning of this missive urging us to initiate a return back to YHWH Yeshua.
As I have said this will be short and to the point, but as and when Abba leads I shall expound on what has been forwarded to me by other believers from many places throughout the world.
I believe this to be a universal call to all His Children who ARE BY-EN-LARGE BECOMING MORE AND MORE LUKEWARM AS THEY SIT IN THEIR COMFORT ZONES OF RELIGION AND WORSHIP, BOTH FROM THE MESSIANIC AND DENOMINATIONAL CAMPS. HE IS SHAKING HIS BODY; HE IS WAKING UP HIS VIRGINS - ALL OF US HAVE SLEPT AND SLUMBERED!
BUT HERE IS THE CRUCIAL QUESTION:
HAVE WE SLEPT SO DEEPLY AND COMFORTABLY THAT WE HAVE NEVER RISEN TO ANY CHALLENGES AND THUS WE HAVE ALLOWED OUR OIL TO RUN DANGEROUSLY LOW?
OR:
HAVE WE INDEED BEEN AWOKEN FROM OUR DEEP SLUMBER AND ARE NOW RISING TO THE CALL OF THE BRIDEGROOM BEING DELIVERED BY HIS RUACH AND ECHOED BY HIS WATCHMEN?
Brothers and Sisters, are we prepared to heed this season of extreme change to rise to the occasion and walk as closely to Him as possible?
Are we prepared to Trust Him with out everything right now?
Are we prepared to sacrifice anything to draw into His will for us?
Are we prepared to ask Him to replenish our lamps with His Oil according to His Ways?
ARE WE PREPARED TO TRUST HIM BLINDLY JUST BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS? Is. 50:10-11.
Zanja sent me a Scripture yesterday morning, Hos. 2, I would truly urge us all to read it prayerfully, this sums up very succinctly where I believe most, if not all, of His Body is right now!
This Parashat for this Shabbat which I have referred to in the title of this blog is a calling to be HOLY (KADOSH) - SET APART FOR YHWH'S USE!
If we look at the second verse of Leviticus 19 we will see that it is a Covenant verse that links to Ex. 20:2 through the identification of WHO YHWH ELOHIM IS, WHO HE IS TO US AND WHO WE ARE!
SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF YISRAEL, AND SAY UNTO THEM , YE SHALL BE HOLY (KADOSH); FOR I YHWH YOUR ELOHIM IS HOLY (KADOSH)! Lev. 19:2 KJV
I AM YHWH YOUR ELOHIM, WHICH HAS BROUGHT THEE OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE. Ex. 20:2 KJV
If we dig a little further we clearly see this Marriage Covenant Union between Yeshua, His Covenant and us:
In Genesis 2:24, as also noted by Yeshua, our future Bridegroom and King in Matt. 19:5; again inferred to in 1 Cor. 6:16-20; and finally the marriage chapter of Ephesians 5 verses 21-33 (see also verse 31), that the man and wife will become one FLESH AND DEPENDING ON WHO WE ARE IN COVENANT WITH WILL SHOW WHO WE ARE MARRIED TO:
SO BASICALLY IF WE ARE MARRIED TO ANOTHER BELIEVER AND IN COVENANT WITH YESHUA ALLOWING HIS RUACH TO DIRECT OUR PATHS WITHIN OUR MARRIAGE WE SHALL BEGIN TO GIVE OUT TO A DYING WORLD A REFLECTION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YESHUA AND HIS BETROTHED BECAUSE WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF WALKING BACK TOWARDS HIS COVENANT WITH HIM AND OBVIOUSLY THIS THEN MAKES US ONE WITH HIM BECAUSE AFTER REBIRTH, AND WHEN WE ENTER INTO COVENANT WITH HIM, WE BECOME MEMBERS OF HIS BODY, OF HIS FLESH AND OF HIS BONES!
HOWEVER:
SHOULD BE BE WALKING IN ANY OTHER FORM OF COVENANT APART FROM HIS WE, WHETHER BORN AGAIN OR NOT, ARE IN AN ADULTEROUS RELATIONSHIP AS SHOWN BY SHA'UL (PAUL) IN 1 Cor. 6:16-20.
Right now Yeshua is calling His Body out to follow HIM, and those who so choose to return to Him in Covenant with a complete heart and action commitment to His leading must know that - no matter where HE may lead we need to be aware that in this reunification of His Body and the return back to Him and His Covenant HE WILL DISRUPT, ALTER AND IN SOME CASE COMPLETELY DESTROY YOUR COMFORT ZONES AT EVERY LEVEL!
Just as in the times of The Acts Church, I believe Yeshua is bringing His Five Fold Ministry to the fore as well - because His Acts Church cannot operate without this Ministry, so be aware and on the look out for Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers of YHWH - but again we need to return to Yeshua and His Covenant SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO JUDGE CORRECTLY THE WORKS AND MESSAGES OF THIS EMERGING MINISTRY!
So going back to Lev. 19:2 and Ex. 20:2 a full circle has been made and we thus arrive back to the original questions - TO BE HOLY (KADOSH, SET APART) AS YESHUA WAS AND IS, ARE WE, HIS POTENTIAL BRIDE, WILLING TO LEAP OUT OF OUR COMFORT ZONES FOR HIM by walking in obedience TO HIS MARRIAGE COVENANT, HIS TORAH, AS DIRECTED BY HIS RUACH!
ARE WE PREPARED TO ASK HIM BOLDLY TO CHANGE US ACCORDING TO HIS WILL AND TRUST THAT HE WILL DO IT?
This will be a fulfillment of what Yeshua called for in Mat. 16:24-27 and the proof of True Biblical Love as told us by our Master John 15:12-17.
When we begin to walk as the His Children of Light according to Eph. 5 we shall be drawing BACK TO YESHUA AND ABLE TO RESIST THE WICKED ONE!
His Body of believers will not be able to walk this coming path alone WE WILL NEED HIM AND OUR FAMILY IN MESSIAH TO COMPLETE THIS JOURNEY!
Shalom in Messiah Yeshua.
Bo'az
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