Highway to hell!

I have entitled this missive HIGHWAY TO HELL, and no I have not named it after the 1979 song by AC/DC although it may just as well have been, but the title references Rev. 13:16-18 and my reasoning will be evident once this blog is read.

What I am placing on this blog is built around the contents of a mail that I sent to a brother in Messiah yesterday and covers what has been experienced by me for the last period of time. I am well aware of the fact that I will definitely rustle many feathers through the blog as I take on the Golden Calf, MAMMON.

So to begin with the mail extract to my friend:-

About 3 or 4 months ago I began seeing the sequence of numbers 11:11 coming up continually, although I really try and not get pulled into this whole matter of numerology I am also not so closed to the idea as to reject that YHWH can use it to communicate as and when He wishes and additionally this date in an of itself has a special significance for me because firstly it is the birth-date of my daughter and secondly it was the date of the then Rhodesian Day of Independence; finally according to my research 11 has a gematria significance of chaos.

Anyway this number kept coming up in many unexplained ways and in unconnected occasions & so much so that I put it before our Heavenly Father asking Him if there was some reason for these unconnected but consistent anomalies. They just kept appearing so that after much prayer I felt led to just warn our local and regional brethren of the prospect of extreme chaos lying ahead which to me seemed a reasonable consideration due to the financial climate here in Namibia and RSA and the fact that Zanja had been retrenched and we were needing to move to a new and at that time, as yet unknown location.

After my message went out the occurrences of 11:11 diminished appreciably, but true to form we have had, and still are having a rather unsettling time of things here in our neck of the woods.

However last Friday afternoon I was speaking to a brother in Messiah when I noticed that the reading on our electricity metre was 111:1 units, I mentioned this to the person I had phoned and quickly detailed the story I have outlined above to him. I shared this again with Zanja.

Anyway this last Sunday morning (28/10/18) Zanja was looking for something on the net when she called my attention to a YouTube clip presented by Bill Holter if I remember correctly in which it was said that on 11/11/18 he believed that the US currency would crash and this would pull down the whole worlds economy (which lines us with a dream I had in 2011). Zanja asked me what if the 11:11 I kept coming across was a date and not just a warning of extreme chaos?

Let me leave the 11:11 story there for a moment if I may because I now I need to jump to something else and then try and bring a few things together:

About 10 or 12 days ago I was just pondering this whole situation of the growth of AI and smartphone technology and so forth, I stood up to go and get some water to drink and there before me I had a sort of “impression/vision” placed on my spirit  which I can best explain as “seeing" a wide, broad and straight road with a downhill gradient, this road was very neat, orderly and “precise” - it gave the impression of a clean, cold, functionally and perfectly designed tarred road paved on either side. I then immediately also knew that this road represented the AI and smart technology that we are living with today, and which I had been pondering on - I also knew that this road (i.e. Technology) was the perfectly functioning and designed road to lead mankind into the very jaws of 666! (Prov. 14:12 arw Matt. 7:13-14)

Now back to the 11:11 story - Zanja and I spent the rest of the Sunday (28/10) looking into the 11/11/18 predicted crash and the evidence from many economists and trend analysts whom in my opinion are genuine truth seeking economists (Celente, Holter, Naomi Prins, Greg Manarino and more) was realistic & over whelming. 

Then on the morning of Monday 29/10/18 for a reason totally unknown to me I had the strongest urge to research this blockchain technology utilised in cryptocurrency - we have no interest at all in cryptocurrency, have never had any interest, but suddenly I had this deep seated urge to see how this blockchain technology worked, so I began.

Here are two short links to this subject which I came across during my research with a few highlighted points which stood out to me:

Sand box - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=7lV_k6_zBE0 - “Simple rules, just bring your imagination”: "Blockchain technology is a belief that will impact humankind for the better”: “More grains of sand that all the sand boxes on earth” - Israel are like the grains of sand. In my opinion there are many subliminal messages hidden here. And finally there is a predominance of 1’s and 0’s which all indicate the binary computerised language. This advert was to showcase a summit to be held on 11:01:18 (tomorrow) in Malta.  

01-11 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=0adr1xdEbFU “Trust in the future will be guaranteed” through blockchain; “Everything will be protected by this unbreakable [technology]”; and the young girl in the advert says there is only one problem “I [she] don’t want to wait!” and then we fade out with her standing on a large beach with sand and a landscape inscribed with 1110100100111…. to infinity - again please see the infinite binary system - a computers language written in the sand of the beach!

And here is a link to what they are doing in Nevada - a perfect sustainable city linked via “blockchain” and their system linking all the AI together in techlynological sustainability and holograph technology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_es6x049NQ

Finally I received your mail with the note that Trump and Putin are having a meeting on 11/11/18, Zanja was already in bed when I opened it so it was only the next morning that I pointed out the date of the meeting of 11/11; we chatted again about the 11:11 later I went into my office, my cell phone was on my desk - I turned it on to check for any traffic etc and I saw that the time was again 11:11 - I showed Zanja.

My take on all this? Not sure I should speculate right now but I do see a connection between 11:11 (finance and crisis/chaos?); blockchain & cryptocurrencies - 666 - Rev. 13 especially verses 1 (I stood on THE SAND OF THE SEA AND SAW A BEAST) and verses 15-18; see the binary system of language and it’s control of every aspect of life and especially financing.

I am purposefully keeping this short for now with the reminder to you that this time last Sukkot (8th day - new beginnings) the Ruach gave me Chalitsah / Chalats - breaking down to build up; the need to begin to trust more in YHWH for our medical aids and health BUT on condition that we return to Torah and Shabbat as defined in Is. 57:14-58:14 - both you and Zanja linked what I was given with Revelation 12 at that time:  And this year Sukkot (again on the 8th day - new beginnings according to our take on the Calendar) this culmination of events like last year, therefore I must ask myself - is it possible we are being given Rev. 13 now with the emphasis that Abba has placed for us on Ex. 14:14-15; Is. 45:2-3; Is. 50:10-11; Is. 52:11-12 all summed up in Mat. 6:25-34 showing us The Way we are to walk?

 

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The foregoing is all extracted from the a mail sent out yesterday and as referred to above; now I shall add a few extra details that I have received / discovered in the last 24 hours:

In the binary system of numbering 11:11 would be 3:3, now if I add this 3+3 this gives me 6 - here is a post that I received last night on WhatsApp - totally unexpected - 

Our member Dr. V. Joel Surrender (sic) uncle has asked me to post the below msg:

TO ALL OF THOSE WHO CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS; PLEASE READ AND NOT ONLY MUSE ON THE FOLLOWING BUT GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND INTERCEDE FOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS CABINET. 

NOVEMBER 6, 2018.

• November 6, 2018;     November 6, 2018; November 6, 2018. 

• What is going to happen on that day? 

• It is a date that WILL DETERMINE whether Islaminization (sic) of our country and that of other African countries will be possible. 

• On November 6, 2018, there will be a referendum in America that is intended to forcefully REMOVE Trump from being the president, REMOVE ALL the laws that protects the rights and privileges of Christians. 

• Who are the people behind this plot? 

• It is the gay, the lesbians, the members of the new world order, the Illuminati together with IGNORANT Christians but MASTERMINDED by Satan. 

• Why this plot? Obama, who is a member of the new world order was mightily used by Lucifer to enact anti- Christian LAWS and policies to make life hard for Christians, produce the DFRD microchips (mark of the beast. Revelation 13) and build a camp called VEMA camp where Christians who refuses to take the mark of the beast WILL BE TORTURED to death. 

• Trump, who is a Christian has been slowing down the DOOMSDAY for Christians in America. 

• The political party involved in this plot is the Democrats. 

• They want to use a HORRIBLE method  to take over power from Trump. 

• Trump had SECRET meetings with 120 Christian leaders in the White House 3 days ago and poured out his FEARS that he needed their support and cooperation to be able to scale through, telling them EMPHATICALLY that if he loses in the referendum, then the whole of Christians in America (including the entire world) must be prepared for a TIME to fight for their lives including himself and his family .i e Trump. 

• This man needs our prayers and support especially on the internet because these people are already READY to mobilize and campaign for the exit of Trump, the ONLY president in the world who has the military, money, intelligence and ALL the wherewithal to stop activities of terrorism IN OUR WORLD. 

• The same way and manner that the key spiritual leaders in Nigeria are keeping quiet in not telling the congregation to vote for ONLY Christian candidates is the SAME manner that Christian leaders in America are doing.

• It is time to mount up on our prayer ALTAR and begin to MOBILIZE other Christians bodies and PRAY. 

• I am SINCERELY praying that the prophecy of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31:15 and Matthew 2: 17) will NEVER repeat itself again. 

In Rama was there a voice HEARD, LAMENTATIONS AND WEEPING and GREAT MOURNING, Rachel weeping for her children and would not be comforted because they were not.

• Let us brush aside sentiments and party affiliation and wage war against anti-christian policies in Nigeria.

• God hears and answers prayers speedily.

• In our churches and prayer meetings, we should keep on praying that the hands of the enemies of the cross will not perform their enterprise in Jesus' name.

• God counts on you!

Now I cannot vouch for this message posted on WhatsApp, but I do know that November 6 2018 is the date of the Mid-term elections for in the USA and this is being billed as possibly the most important elections in the history of the USA.

I was contacted by a person this morning and he related to me that on the local Afrikaans service of our national radio broadcasting network the lead story was about the US Government creating a web page for people without work; these people are to contact the Government and supply all their particulars so that the Government can then assist them in finding work - now what is striking about this is not only the 666 aspect I have spoken of in this blog, but also the fact that in 2011 after Zanja and I came home from Zambia and Tanzania I had a series of dreams/revelations/instructions given to me. One was that we (Zanja and I) had seen the beginning of the Tribulation AND THAT NOBODY WOULD SURVIVE IT (I now understand that Word to me we would not survive without total dedication to Messiah); secondly I had a dream in which the US economy crashed and the only way of securing any form of employment world wide was via the internet!! 

Now I am well aware that one can pick holes in anything one may want to especially something as controversial as this blog, however I would direct you to Zech. 5 which prophesies about the flying scroll with a wicked woman sitting in a basket with a covering of lead - well today we know that this may apply to an ICBM with an atomic warhead, but to Zechariah and his ilk it looked like a flying scroll with a wicked woman (fire? another story)  and a lump of lead that was going to blow everything up - see this blog as a possible flying scroll please.

Once again I would ask that you all check what I have written here against the Word with prayer because we are also just trying to find our way home and see as through a darkened glass even on the best of occasions. (1 Cor. 13:12-13)

Finally as the economy and global finances become more and more precarious I leave you with this thought which Abba is continually comforted Zanja and I with : Deut 8:2-3 & 8:18 arw Mat. 4:4.

Shalom in Messiah Yeshua

Bo'az - bondservant of the Most High Elohim of Israel and His Son Yeshua.

Love vs. Love

LOVE vs. LOVE.

A few months ago The Ruach HaKodesh revealed a massively important Spiritual key to me and HE has been building on this revelation ever since. I have shared this revelation with a few fellow believers and now I believe it is time to share it with The Body for their inspection and hopefully for personal application and edification.

This key is in my opinion one of the most important that I have been shown in years and in accordance with my calling to prepare the way for those to come it, this key, is thus absolutely paramount in our walk with YHWH and especially in these end days, in fact I would go so far as to say that if we are not given this key we will not survive what is coming!

This key dear reader is about the very essence of WHO YHWH our Elohim, our Abba, King, Shepherd and Saviour is (Is. 9:1-7 as fulfilled in Mat. 4:12-17) – this key is LOVE!

1 John 4:8 “The one who does not love (G25 – Agapaō) does not know Elohim, for Elohim is love (G26 – Agapé).

Just to fill in a few blanks gaps as to how this revelation was reached I need firstly to sketch the back ground:

For a few years now The Ruach has been drawing my attention to Scriptures such as Ex. 3:7-8; Deut. 6:4-6; Jer. 29:11-14; Matt. 22:36-40 which all lay emphasis on a total commitment to seeking, serving, praying, obeying YHWH. As much as I was trying to apply these values to the best of my understanding but at the same time incorporating my understandings to my dealings with both YHWH and my fellow man I was continually being told that I was not sensitive enough towards people.

In defence to these statements I was doing the best that I could but it was just not possible for me to “evoke” or “inspire” these feelings and sensitivities. The more I tried the more I floundered, the more I floundered the more direct and insensitive I seemed to become.

This came to a head about 4 or so months ago so I isolated myself and sought YHWH with all my heart, soul and might – I could just not be what most people expected me to be – it seemed I was woefully lacking in the application of the “weightier matters of The Torah”! Matt. 23:23.

It was at this time that I was told by The Ruach to go and study the LOVE spoken of in 1 Cor. 13 and Eph. 5 regarding the marriage.

My initial entry into the Scriptures showed me that the LOVE spoken of in 1 Cor. 13 (Charity in the 1611 KJV) was the Greek word listed in the Strongs as G26 – Agapé whereas the LOVE spoken of in Eph. 5:22-33 came from the Strongs G25 – Agapaō.

There are three primary Greek words used to denote love, loved, brotherly love, kiss, affection, friends and so forth in the Brit Chadasah and these words are:

G25 – Agapaō – used 36 times and is primarily used to show LOVE in a social or moral way in other words it can be devoid of all emotions – it is an application of what is socially or morally correct in regards the recipient.

G26 – Agapé – used 77 times and is derived from G25 – Agapaō and incorporates LOVE that is balanced between both affection and benevolence towards the recipient.   

G5368 - Phileō - used 26 times and is used to show LOVE that is based on affection, feelings for somebody or something because of a personal attachment to the “recipient” of this LOVE. The difference between G25 – Agapaō & G5368 – Phileō can then be described as such: An Agapaō action towards a recipient is governed by the “head” – Legal framework, whereas a Phileō action towards a recipient is governed by the “heart” – emotional/sentimental.

Taking the above explanations into consideration we are now able to see that the G26 – Agapé action when directed towards a recipient is governed by both the “head” and the “heart”.  

From these words there are other Greek derivatives such as G5367 – Phylautos (lovers); G5359 – Philadelpheia (brotherly love) and others, but for this discussion we shall stick to the three listed above.

If we now go back to 1 John 4:8 quoted above we see that the LOVE expected from YHWH regarding us is G25 – Agapaō (the more legal and socially moral application of an action described as LOVE) whereas the LOVE WHICH IS YHWH is described as is G26 – Agapé (the more balanced legal as well as emotional and sentimental LOVE).

Thus as stated in the Strongs – The G26 AGAPĒ LOVE attributed to YHWH’s very being and essence FLOWS OUT OF AN INITIAL APPLICATION OF G25 AGAPAŌ LOVE!

Do we understand what that implies then? 

WE CANNOT HAVE AGAPĒ LOVE WITHOUT FIRST APPLYING AGAPAŌ THROUGH REBIRTH IN MESSIAH!

If the statement directly above is correct then when turning to the promises of Scripture, Scriptures such as John 14:15-17 which states that if we LOVE (G25 – Agapaō) YESHUA WE WILL KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS – then HE, Yeshua will ask the Father to give us HIS Ruach of Truth – thus in the light of the above statement we see the promise of the very presence of The Father Himself enabling and empowering us to walk in His Ruach, His Love, His Truth must begin with a conscious decision on our behalf to OBEY HIS TORAH!

I would suggest that for a human, without Divine intervention, to be able to perfectly balance both the legal and emotional to the satisfaction of our Elohim would be impossible; in fact we are told in Rom. 8:1ff that works done in the FLESH cannot please our Elohim; so if we could apply G26 – Agapé LOVE, the LOVE of the Father HIMSELF without HIM then we would achieve His perfect LOVE in AND THROUGH the flesh by our own application and balancing of emotions and legalism!! In other words by our own self-induced and ordered works (Eph. 2:8-10).

To prove that we cannot please YHWH by balancing His Legalism and His Compassion to us we can turn to Eph. 5:1-2 when as Elohim’s Children we are to be followers of Elohim – HOW? BY WALKING IN LOVE (G25 – OBEDIENCE TO LEGAL AND MORAL PRECEPTS) as MESSIAH DID when HE, in LOVE (G26 – THE PERFECT BALANCING OF LOVE) HAD HIS SACRIFICE MADE PERFECT AND ACCEPTABLE TO YHWH OUR ELOHIM through his application of the Torah throughout His life on earth and then submitting to the perfect will of His Father.

We are all created equal but yet we are all unique – we will have left brained people, we will have right brained and all those in-between BUT the perfect balance can only be achieved by Divine intervention of The Ruach of YHWH. We have all been equipped by YHWH to complete our individual tasks on His Temple (His Living Temple made of Living stones – that would be us) here on earth in and through Covenant with Him through Yeshua – each has a unique and different task in His Body and thus we are all different as well!

I am hoping to get more out on this most important subject later, but for now I will leave things here, as we have preparations to make for our Shabbat, BUT please just have a look at Col. 1:4 & 8 when we read of the perfect love that the Colossians have portrayed for the Body in this portion of Scripture we should note that G26 (the perfect Divine Love Of YHWH, is the LOVE presented - NOT G25 OR G 5368 - the emotional almost effeminate love we see portrayed in the professing Body of Messiah today.

It is my hope that you may find time this Shabbat to do a study on this fascinating revelation and if you do you may want to have a look for example at examples of G25 in Scriptures such as Eph. 5:2; Eph. 5:25, 28, 33; Eph. 6:4.

Or the use of G26 as used in Eph. 4:15 and 2 Thes. 2:10 (a very important Scripture which illustrates why people who refuse to accept this LOVE – G26 – from YHWH will perish – in other words it (G26) is there for the taking if we will just accept it –BUT remember you cannot get G26 LOVE without first applying G25!)

Finally we may want to pray and ask Yeshua in accordance with John 14:15-30 to please pray to Abba to give us His RUACH OF TRUTH IF WE ARE OBEYING HIS COMMANDMENTS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES!

As things start to really hot up here in Southern Africa and we see the demise of the worldly systems as we have know them until now happening around us: As we watch the advance of the Chinese and much more I am starting to understand what Abba told Zanja and I when we last came back from Zambia – “We have seen the beginning of the Tribulation and none of us will make it!"

I am only now starting to see the significance of that Word, and indeed unknown to us we may very well have seen something in Zambia and not recognised it for what it was because it is now reported that Zambia has now been taken over almost entirely by China! 

Using our own strength and knowledge to try and with stand these coming trials will results in us not making it - WE NEED THE G26 LOVE OF YHWH, THE VERY ESSENCE OF YHWH OUR ELOHIM HIMSELF TO STRENGTHEN AND EMBOLDEN US TO COMPLETE THE TASK AT HAND!

Brothers and Sisters we will need to learn how to walk by FAITH (Obedience to His Revealed Word) in these times, our own knowledge has been so tainted by what we have lived in in the world that we cannot even recognise His Kingdom if it stood before us. Please accept that we will lose pensions, salaries, medical aids, home etc. Our loved ones will turn against us - so if we attempt by our own design and desires to keep these "comforts/idols" we will become complete and total slaves to the Beast's System of authority and loose everything. Mark 8:31-38.

Persecution is coming, in fact it may have already arrived we just may not recognise it yet!

Once again please read and check out what I have said with the Word and in prayer because I too am trying to just find my way home.

Shabbat shalom

Bo’az

Bondservant of Messiah Yeshua and our Elohim.  

A Word for The House of Yisrael.

A Word for the House of Yisrael delivered to me Bo'az, a servant of The Most High Elohim of Yisrael, and as received on the morning of 11 April 2018 according to the Gregorian Calendar.

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HEAR OH YISRAEL, YHWH YOUR ELOHIN, YHWH IS ONE ELOHIM:

I HAVE TOLD YOU WHO I AM, I HAVE BROUGHT YOU OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, OUT FROM THE BONDAGE OF SIN IN ORDER TO BE YOUR ELOHIM, YET YOU CALL OUT TO AN ELOHIM THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW!

YOU SEEK ME FOR YOUR BENEFIT NOT FOR MY NAMES’ SAKE:

YOU APPROACH MY THRONE WITH ABOMINABLE SACRIFICES:

YOU ASK ME TO BLESS YOUR IDOLS:

YOU ASK ME TO SUPPORT YOUR COMFORT ZONES SO AS TO SOOTH THE DESIRES OF YOUR FLESH:

YOU GO UP ONTO EVERY HIGH HILL OF FINANCE, POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIAL AND FAMILY ACCEPTANCE AND THERE YOU PROSTITUTE YOURSELVES BEFORE YOUR IDOLS:

YOU HAVE ABANDONED YHWH THE FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATER AND INSTEAD DUG FOR YOURSELVES BROKEN AND DIRTY WELLS FROM WHICH YOU DRINK:

DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN THE NATIONS BECAUSE OF YOUR AND YOUR FOREFATHERS SINS?

YET YOU BUILD YOUR HOUSES AND IGNORE MY TEMPLE; YOU CAUSE DAMAGE TO MY SET APART NAME UNDER THE HEATHEN IN THE NATIONS!

YOU WORSHIP ME WITH YOUR LIPS, BUT YOUR HEARTS ARE FAR FROM ME:

YOU TURN YOUR FOOT AWAY FROM MY ETERNAL COVENANT BY DEFILING MY SABBATHS AND YOU THINK THAT YOU PLEASE ME!

DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOU ARE TRAMPLING THE BLOOD OF MY SON UNDER YOUR FEET?

YOU FIT ME INTO YOUR DAY INSTEAD OF FITTING YOUR DAY INTO ME!

YOU CHOOSE THE PATHS OF CONVENIENCE, BUT IGNORE THE ANCIENT AND PROVEN PATHS!

REPENT AND TURN BACK TO ME WHILST IT IS STILL DAY, THE EVENING HAS COME AND DARKNESS IS FAST APPROACHING!

SEEK ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART, SEEK ME WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, SEEK ME WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT AND ALL YOUR ACTIONS!

SEEK ME WHILST I CAN STILL BE FOUND, ASK ME TO MAKE YOU A LIGHT UNTO THE NATIONS WHERE I HAVE DRIVEN YOU TO, OH YISRAEL!

SEEK ME IN THE WILDERNESS OF THE NATIONS AND I WILL BE FOUND!

RETURN TO ME AND I WILL DELIVER YOU FROM YOUR ENEMIES; I WILL CAUSE THOSE WHO APPROACH YOU FOR HARM TO FLEE IN SEVEN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS!

I WILL MAKE PATHS WHERE THERE ARE NO PATHS; I WILL MAKE RIVERS IN THE DESERT; I WILL BREAK THE GATES OF IRON AND PILLARS OF BRONZE; I WILL MAKE YOUR PATHS STRAIGHT; I WILL MAKE YOUR ROADS LEVEL; I WILL LEAD YOU OUT; I WILL BE YOUR REAR-GUARD OH YISRAEL!

HEAR ME OH YISRAEL YOU WHO CARRY MY INSTRUMENTS OF WORSHIP, YOU WILL NOT GO OUT IN HASTE OR BY FLIGHT!

BUT ONLY SEEK ME, ASK ME TO CIRCUMCISE YOUR HEART; ASK ME TO GUIDE YOUR FOOTSTEPS; ASK ME TO ESTABLISH THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS!

ASK ME TO CLEANSE YOU WITH MY REFINING FIRE!

SEEK ME AND RETURN TO ME AND I WILL RETURN TO YOU, OH YISRAEL!

I AM WAITING, I KNOW THE PLANS WHICH I HAVE FOR YOU, PLANS TO PROSPER YOU, PLANS TO GIVE YOU A HOPE AND A FUTURE!

JUST SEEK ME SAYS YHWH!

CIRCUMCISION AND THE ENTRY INTO THE COVENANT

1.        Circumcision of the flesh is an eternal visible sign of the proof of acceptance & entry into The Covenant made with Avraham Avinu, as ordained by YHWH and executed by man in obedience and has never been done away with as has been told by the Denominations – Gen. 17:9-11.

2.        Physical circumcision is The Covenant, maybe I should say it like this - the proof of the entire acceptance of the Covenant is embodied in the act of Physical Circumcision – Gen. 17:10. The one cannot stand without the other – we see this process portrayed in real time and actions in the life of Avraham Avinu, and as described by Sha’ul in Rom. 4: Avram Avinu

• ·     Accepts a calling and promise given by YHWH and walks away from his entire know existence - Gen. 12:1-4.
• ·      Believes the promise of a son in his old age – Gen. 15:1-6.
• ·      Enters into a “Blood Covenant” with YHWH – Gen. 15:7-21.
• ·      For His part of the Covenant, YHWH, by being the only One to pass through the killed and divided animals, takes it upon Himself to die for the Sins of Avram Avinu and his redeemed offspring – Gen. 15:17-18 – and thereby YHWH confirms His Eternal Covenant with redeemed Yisrael with His very LIFE. (YHWH promises to spill His Blood as is required for His Eternal Marriage Covenant).
• ·      13 or so years later YHWH again appears to Avram Avinu and instructs him to walk before Him in righteousness (be “pure-hearted” CJB) – Gen. 17:1
• ·      YHWH again reminds Avram of His Covenant with Avram and His commitment to that Covenant – Gen. 17:2
• ·      Avram shows his awe and respect for YHWH and YHWH in return gives Avram a new name, Avraham; YHWH then proceeds to define the new name’s connection with the Eternal Covenant of Promise – Gen. 17:3-8.
• ·      YHWH again instructs Avraham Avinu, and his generations to come, to keep (literally guard, protect observe by application) this Divine and Eternal Covenant – Gen. 17:9
• ·      YHWH then proceeds in Gen. 17:10, as translated in all translation, to say: “This is my Covenant..” and introduces the actual physical need for circumcision. We need to pay some attention to these Words uttered by YHWH our Elohim: In verse 10 of Gen. 17 the word is, is not found in the original script according to the KJV and secondly the word “Zoth” translated as “This”, according to the Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew definitions can also be translated as: This one alone; this; such; then; wherefore now; behold here; in this place; here; then; on these conditions; herewith; through this; for this – So now if we take Gen. 17:9 & 10, bearing in mind that there was no punctuation in the original, and insert other possible meaning for the word “Zoth”  we have other combinations of the same words portraying other meanings- here are a few of those combinations without punctuation as the original would have been:

            a)        “Thou shall keep my Covenant therefore you and your seed after you in their generations this one alone is my Covenant which you shall keep between Me and you and thy seed after thee every man child among you shall be circumcised.”

            b)        “Thou shall keep my Covenant therefore you and your seed after you in their generations such is my Covenant which you shall keep between Me and you and thy seed after thee every man child among you shall be circumcised.”

            c)        “Thou shall keep my Covenant therefore you and your seed after you in their generations behold here is my Covenant which you shall keep between Me and you and thy seed after thee every man child among you shall be circumcised.”

            d)        “Thou shall keep my Covenant therefore you and your seed after you in their generations through this is my Covenant which you shall keep between Me and you and thy seed after thee every man child among you shall be circumcised.”

Obviously there are other combinations all equally valid, but I hope you see my point of the implied importance of the act of the Physical Circumcision in connection and relationship to the Covenant as a whole and the lead up to this declaration.

3.        We know that physical circumcision has always counted for nought without Spiritual Circumcision of the heart leading to obedience through Faith (application of that required by YHWH) – Deut 10:16; in the times of the Prophets – Jer. 4:1-4; and as a rod of correction Jer. 9:25-26; and during the times of the return to YHWH through the Renewed Covenant – Deut. 30:1-8; Rom. 2:26-29. See Jer. 9:23-26 – all will be punished for their sins, both circumcised or not.

4.        Therefore in light of the above I would contend that according to Gen. 17:10 without a Spiritually induced Physical Circumcision one cannot partake of the Covenant of Promise made with/between The Father of Faith, Avraham Avinu and our Creator Himself.

5.        1 Cor. 7:19 also shows us that whether we are circumcised or not is irrelevant if we are not keeping the Torah (instructions) of YHWH, and one of those “instructions” as seen in points 2 & 3 above, can only be kept through a Spiritually Circumcised heart much like the requirement of baptism, and until such requirement, such as that of Baptism was fulfilled, as we see in Acts 19:1-7, the Ruach HaKodesh, the Ruach of Life is denied in line with John 14:15ff.

 

6.        Additionally to deliberately break the Covenant denies us access to The Promised Land; to deliberately deny circumcision is to deny the Covenant. Using point 5 above as an example we see that once the Disciples spoken of heard of their need for Baptism into Messiah they were willing to undergo the baptism and out of their obedience they were filled with the Ruach of The Father. I believe it is the same with the act of physical circumcision.

7.        I believe that with each act of obedience to The Ruach we grow in relationship to YHWH further away from man and closer to Spiritual Maturity – 1 Cor. 3:1-9.

8.        The absence of physical Circumcision would deny Spiritual Growth and this lack of growth would result in a stunted Spiritual life along with a lack of Spiritual Authority and denial of entry and participation to the Pesach Mo’ed. This access or restriction to The Pesach is firstly granted by YHWH Who in turn offers it to the Head of The Home who is claiming redemption through Messiah Yeshua; whatever decision the head of the home makes will effect his house either negatively or positively as we read in Ex. 12:47-50 arw Ex. 12:38.

9.        We all know that Yeshua was circumcised, and we are now told that we, as His Disciples, do not need to be circumcised?  I have the greatest problem accepting that and therefore in my opinion to accept that Paul/Sha’ul may have circumcised Timothy only because of expedience induced by pressure upon his ministry is unacceptable - because breaking the Covenant (Torah) is sin – 1 John 3:4 and as we see even Sha’ul himself wades into the fray in Rom. 6:1 & Rom. 7:12.

10.      The Law Maker and Giver of that Law Himself declared unequivocally that the Torah, Covenant stands unaltered for eternity and whoever breaks even the least of these instructions AND TEACHES OTHER TO DO THE SAME will be called THE LEAST in the Kingdom – Mat. 5: 17-19.          

11.      Circumcision of the flesh is an eternal sign of the Covenant – Gen. 17:11; just as the Shabbat is an eternal sign – Ex. 31:13; thus I believe to deny the application of the Physical Circumcision through Faith by Grace (Eph. 2:8-10) would:

a)        Be the same as denying the Shabbat observance applied through Faith by Grace.

b)        Prevent one from becoming part of the Commonwealth of Yisrael – deny access to the Covenant Promises made to Avraham Avinu – Eph. 2:11 (being gentiles in the flesh or by birth as CJB translates it, or nations in the flesh as Scriptures presents this verse).

With the result that the deliberate breaking or non application of either the Circumcision or the Shabbat lead to one being cut off from the House of Yisrael – Gen. 17:4 & Ex. 31:14.

NB: See points 3, 4  & 5.

That being said the argument can, and indeed should be made in favour of a humble acceptance of what we perceive to be error in the halacha of a less mature brother/sister in Messiah – 1 Cor. 8 - however I am of the opinion that to walk in deliberate denial of Revealed Covenantal Truth for the purpose of unity differs to the unity which Sha’ul is addressing in 1 Cor. 8 and such a denial is wrong because in my opinion such an action is tantamount to giving a false Testimony – Ex. 20:16 and thus is breaking Torah (Mat. 5:17). For example:

Should we eat un-Biblical food to reach the “heathens?”

Or

Would we deny the Sabbath by joining with the Sunday Denominations to “reach the lost?”

Or for the sake of unity ignore The Sabbath and Lev. 23 Festivals to keep peace in the home?

Obviously not!

So if not the points above, then why would we want to do away with the sign of the Covenant portrayed by the Circumcision of the flesh as we are told that Sha’ul preached amongst the non-Jewish Believers?

I THINK NOT – I believe that Sha’ul, as said by Kephas in his Epistle has been grossly misunderstood and twisted by the unwise to their, and possibly others, own destruction.

We see in Eze 44 that in the past and looking to the future the need for Circumcision  of both the flesh and the heart, when entering the Temple by men is required. NOT JUST ONE OR THE OTHER!

This concludes a brief look into my thoughts and my expressed opinions on this matter of the need for circumcision to this day, and next, Abba willing, I am hoping to enter into a deeper discussion on the merits of the Pesach, it’s relationship to the Death of Messiah, the Circumcision of men, the marriage and other Covenant issues which hopefully will cover the ramifications of 1 Cor. 11:17-34 and our personal conduct in and around the Pesach Mo'ed.

Perhaps it is good that we have a 13th month this year putting the Pesach back a month so that we can further study and prepare for our entry into YHWH’s presence.

Please once again check out all I have said with prayerful consideration against the Word, we are all still trying to find our way home.

Shalom in Messiah Yeshua

Bo'az.