We all unfortunately have a tendency to follow our own hearts, our own thoughts, opinions and ideas and that is why we have been given the Word of YHWH Himself reduced firstly to writing (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 2 Pet. 1:20-21), secondly to Yeshua Himself (Mat. 5:17; John 1:1-3, 14), and thirdly to the Ruach HaKodesh (John 14:15-31; 16:4-15).
So to follow Him seems remarkably simple, and I am sure it would have been had we not been introduced to the concept of religion!
Religion (man made doctrines and interpretations) enforced under the guise of "Divine Authority" has led us all massively astray and now we are hopefully beginning the long journey back to The Way, The Truth and the Life! John 14:6-7
To assist, if I am able to, in this journey of re-discovery I wish to hi-light a matter today which is very, very prevalent in our "religious circles" including the Messianic.
We all have a group mentality and the more the merrier BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT THERE-IN LIES THE ROOT OF RELIGION!
If we all think the same, the let's come together!
If we all act the same, let's come together!
If we all agree on the same things, let's come together!
Where the Word of YHWH demands the exact opposite in His Body!
Iron will sharpen iron - Prov. 27:17!
We all have the destructive tendency to want to invite every Tom, Dick and Harry to our Kahilah's and Shabbat services; I do not believe this is Biblical - allow me to explain please.
The first Kahilah we are introduced to is that of YHWH Elohim, Adam and Chavah (Adam and Eve) as brought together by YHWH The Creator: Well we all know what happened when they "accepted" a "third party", a "guest speaker" if you will into their midst to chat to them, without them advising or inviting Yeshua, don't we?
The first genuine Kahilah in which many of us first become truly active, as opposed to just sitting in the pews, is when we are brought together into a Marriage orchestrated, initiated and ordained by YHWH Elohim, and this Kahilah grows as He gives to us Children. (Eph. 5:22-6:4)
A wife is doing her best for her husband when she is in love and truth correcting him & visa-versa - my wife is the iron YHWH uses to sharpen me, test my thoughts and actions against - AND UNDERSTAND THIS PLEASE, when we first met Zanja was the closest I had ever seen to a Salvador Dali in my life (minus all the freaky stuff), or so I thought - I on the other hand was an absolute control freak (hopefully now down-graded to a lesser "strong and slightly demanding personality")!
I would never in my wildest dreams have ever even hoped to be married to a wife with Zanja's qualities BECAUSE I COULD NEVER HAVE EVEN IMAGINED AN INCH OF COMMON GROUND BETWEEN US SOCIALLY! YET, we are the two that Abba planned to put together before the foundations of the earth were even laid to achieve our work that He requires of us to achieve in His Kingdom here on earth!
WOW that is massive!
Well the same applies to the larger Kahilah as well!
Back to Ephesians 5, because Messiah is the Saviour of The Body and the Head of The Assembly LET THE ASSEMBLIES THEREFORE BE SUBJECT TO HIM - NOT HIM TO US!
Only those born again with the Blood of the Lamb above their doorposts could qualify to be a part of the Assembly leaving Egypt (note a mixed assembly - in other words from many different nations - NOT JUST THE "JEWS" BUT ALL OF THE 12 TRIBES AND THOSE OF THE NATIONS TRUSTING IN YHWH'S BLOOD ABOVE THE DOOR, ALL became known as the Children of Yisrael - Ex. 11:1-8; 12:2-14, 38, 49-50).
We read, as I have written in past blogs, in Ezra 9-10 that those Priests married to uncovenanted spouses COULD NOT BUILD ON THE WALL OF YERUSALIEM AND THE TEMPLE, and we know the same limitations must apply in our marriages today BECAUSE YHWH DOES NOT CHANGE.
Brethren I submit that the same principle applies to the Kahilah as well BECAUSE THE KAHILAH IS AN EXTENSION OF THE MARRIAGE - IT IS WHAT YHWH BRINGS TOGETHER, IT IS HIS BODY BROUGHT TOGETHER BY HIM - NOT BY MAN, WHAT MAN BRINGS TOGETHER IS DENOMINATIONALISM, AKA RELIGION, AND IS AN ABOMINATION BEFORE YHWH. Is. 64:6
Messiah taught the masses, BUT HE HAD HIS INNER RING OF DISCIPLES, INCLUDING WOMEN, WHO WALKED WITH HIM AND MINISTERED TO HIM AND HIS NEEDS, I POSIT THAT THIS WAS HIS KAHILAH WHICH INCLUDED LAZARUS, MARY & MARTHA AS WELL - AND HE CHOSE THEM BECAUSE THE FATHER GAVE THEM TO HIM - Mat. 4:18-22; 9:9-13; John 6:37 & 39; 17:12.
We read in Acts 2:47 that Elohim added daily to the Assembly those being saved.
I spoke to a man the other day and he said that he is a part of a certain denomination because, as he told his minister, it is like belonging to a "golf club" - he likes the game, the rules and the people there And AND THAT IS WHY HE IS AT HIS PARTICULAR CHURCH, AND IF THE MINISTER CHANGES THE RULES HE WILL LEAVE!
Doesn't sound like a situation that YHWH has joined together at all, it sounds more like a social club geared to attract attendance and "likes" on Facebook, a democratic church were positions are garnered and held by popularity, just like our Politicians!
Please take the time to read Jude 1 and follow this up with the 7 Assemblies of Revelation 2 & 3, here we are admonished to clear out our assemblies (Kahilah's) of them who have gone in the ways Ba'laam's, Cain's, Korah's and Jezebel's.
Just as we are to protect, tend and keep our marriages SACRED AND SANCTIFIED, SO SHOULD WE DO WITH OUR KAHILAH'S!
THE KAHILAH IS THE PLACE WHERE CERTAIN OF THE FAMILY OF ELOHIM HAVE BEEN PLACED TOGETHER TO BEGIN TO WALK ACCORDING TO HIS WILL FOR THAT SECTION OF HIS BODY!
This is where YHWH wants them to be, this then is where they are SAFE!
Please consider this - If YHWH Elohim brings a group together, HE is responsible for all the needs of that group - IF WE BRING IT TOGETHER, IT ONLY STANDS TO REASON, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GROUPS NEEDS - THAT MIGHT BE WHY WE HOLD SOCIAL FUND RAISERS AND CHURCH BAZAARS?
I end with this thought: A sister posted this Scripture on our WhatsApp site this morning:
2 Chron 32:6-7Please see Joshua 1:6-11He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate and encouraged them with these words: "Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him. With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battle."
Brethren we are in a war, we do not have to look far to see the devastation and collapse occurring about us now, the world is in absolute disarray as everything begins to tumble: Even in little Tsumeb I have people now approaching me and asking what should they do - they are beginning to see the writing is on the wall; they have young children, there is no work, crime is on the increase, debt on a national as well as a global scale has reached unsustainable levels…and so on and so forth!
Each person reading this blog, in which ever country they may be, are reading it because YHWH has so deemed, I hope that what I write is the Truth: It is not my intention to make anybody afraid, in fact as I said to a man yesterday, the situation cannot get better; IT CANNOT IMPROVE, IT CAN ONLY GET WORSE - and the Bible prophecies that - THE TIME OF THE GENTILES, IF NOT ALREADY FINISHED, IS VERY CLOSE TO COMING TO AN END! Luke 21:24
We were born for a time such as this, PRAISE YHWH ELOHIM, YESHUA IS COMING, HIS REIGN ON EARTH IS ABOUT TO BEGIN - NO MAN CAN FIX THIS MESS UP - WE NEED A COMPLETE AND UTTER RESET TO THIS WORLD, AND YESHUA WILL COME AND DO IT!
IS IT NOT TIME THAT WE FIND OURSELVES WHERE HE WANTS US TO BE, UNDER HIS ELECTED, APPOINTED AND ORDAINED MILITARY COMMANDERS - NOT WHERE WE NECESSARILY FEEL GOOD, HAPPY AND COMFORTABLE!
I was struck with a thought the other day; I heard a chat about Donald Trump in the back ground when the thought came to mind - HE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO TURN THE TIDE OF THE WORLD OR EVEN THE USA BECAUSE TOO MUCH TIME, MONEY AND EFFORT HAS BEEN INVESTED IN THE CURRENT EMERGING NEW WORLD ORDER - IT CANNOT BE STOPPED - IT HAS TO BE RE-SET!
Brethren, read this through, pray this over, see if I am correct, BUT I SAY THIS WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY:
- BOTH HUSBANDS AND WIVES SORT OUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP FIRSTLY WITH YHWH ELOHIM THROUGH YESHUA!
- THEN BETWEEN YOUR SELVES AS HUSBAND AND WIVES!
- MEN RISE UP, TAKE THE LEAD IN YOUR HOMES NOW, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, this does not take radical step - begin to lead in prayer, open your Bible and ask your family to sit for a moment and consider something YHWH may have put on your heart - we men need to make ourselves vulnerable, admit we do not have all the answers, if in fact we have any at all!
- LADIES PRAY FOR YOUR HUSBANDS, PRAY FOR YOU CHILDREN, PRAY THAT YHWH ELOHIM WILL DIRECT YOUR HUSBANDS FOOTSTEPS AND CONFIRM AND ESTABLISH THE WORKS OF HIS HANDS! 1 Peter 3
- PRAY FOR UNITY IN YOUR HOMES, A HOUSE DIVIDED, ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES, WILL NOT STAND!
- PRAY THAT YHWH WILL GIVE TO THE HUSBANDS THE VISION FOR THEIR HOUSES!
- PRAY THAT YHWH WILL GIVE TO THE WIVES THE INSIGHT AND DISCERNMENT TO ASSIST THEIR HUSBANDS IN ACHIEVING THE VISION AND TASK SET FOR YOUR HOUSES!
- BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE SEEK YHWH'S FACE ABOUT WHERE YOUR HOUSE IS TO FELLOWSHIP, DO NOT BE FOUND IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THIS TIME!
- PRAY YHWH ELOHIM WILL HELP YOU TO DISCERN THE SPIRITUAL INTEGRITY AND COMMITMENT TO YESHUA AND HIS TORAH OF THOSE AROUND YOU NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!
- PRAY FOR LEADERSHIP IN YOUR KAHILAH'S!
- PRAY FOR UNITY IN YOUR KAHILAH'S!
- PRAY FOR YHWH'S VISION FOR YOUR KAHILAH'S!
I am convinced that our future and safety are so dependent on where we find ourselves right now, where YHWH places us IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO BE!
The world is broken, and only in His allotted place in His Family through Yeshua (because without Him we are nowhere) will we find the protection He has Covenanted to us in Ex. 21:1-11 with the proviso that we apply Exodus 20:2-17 - remember Ecc. 12:9-14 esp. vs. 13!
Wait on HIM, LET HIM JOIN YOU TO THE KAHILAH HE WANTS YOU TO BE AT, AND IF THERE IS NONE YET, THEN YOU AND YOUR SPOUSE SHARPEN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, SPEND YOUR SHABBAT'S ALONE WITH HIM, BUT PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT JUST GO TO SOME RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION BECAUSE YOU THINK THAT IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO!
I leave this with you all, and pray for each and every person whose name is to be found in The Book of Life that YHWH'S WILL, IN AND THROUGH YESHUA, AS LED BY THE RUACH HAKODESH, WILL BE DONE!
Remember there are false teachers and prophets out there just waiting to lead your houses astray - HELP EACH OTHER THROUGH YHWH - SUBMIT TO EACH OTHER IN RESPECT FOR ELOHIM - Eph. 5:21
Shalom
Bo'az
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