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The Root Bears You, Iola, WI (2026)

We are a NON 501(c)(3); non-profit charity, instituted and dedicated to the keeping and the teaching of the Truth! Our efforts are concentrated and devoted primarily towards ANYONE who has been recently awakened and is desiring the need for a spiritual change in both conduct and worship. We specifically wish to help those less fortunate, such as prisoners, orphans, widows, or anyone who has become fortunate enough to hear the calling and have their feet planted on the Strait and Narrow Way. THE SEAL - It is our humble heartfelt prayer that along this journey, we are able to succor your understanding of the True Names of both The Father YAHWEH, and His Messiah Son YAHSHUA our Saviour. The True Name of our Father Yahweh, is the oil (Heb. “shemen”) which provides the fuel for our lamps to be burning! THE SIGN - This OBSCURE and VERY NARROW WAY, which only a few will find (Mat 7:14), will ONLY come into view by having this “shemen” in our lamps, shining the direction upon this well-lit path, through the importance of keeping Yahweh's 7th Day Shabbat and His 7 Annual Shabbatown. With these ancient blueprints restored, may you build your foundation upon His SOLID ROCK and Chief Cornerstone, who Was from the beginning (1 John 1:1) The Word, YAHSHUA ha Mashiach. WHAT WE DO -We FREELY provide trusted Sacred Name Bibles, educational materials, provisions for orphanages (food, clothing, shelter materials), all through proceeds reciprocated from donations & our own published work, The True Body of Messiah. Having navigated through all the disinformation and purposeful mis-directions, the founder and author (once an inmate himself), saw the need for an in between 'liaison' that could aid in the efforts to put 'solid meat' in the hands of those desiring to change their lives by coming to walk in truth and obedience. After all, our heavenly Father disciplines those He loves - seeking a broken, crushed heart and spirit before beginning the rehabilitation process. Isa 57:15, For thus declares the high and exalted One who dwells forever, whose Name is set-apart, “I dwell in the high and set-apart place, with him who has a bruised and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of bruised ones." Pro 3:12 For whom יהוה loves He reproves, as a father the son whom he delights in"

AT 'THE ROOT BEARS YOU' WE ARE 'OVERCOMERS', KNOWN AS 'SPIRITUAL ISRA'EL.' Gal 6:15 "For in Messiah יהושע neither circumcision nor un-circumcision has any strength, but a renewed creature. Gal 6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace and compassion be upon them, and upon the Yisra’ĕl of Elohim." WE HAVE COME OUT OF THE WORLD AND ARE ALLOWING ELOHIM TO RULE OUR LIVES. WE HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND CLAIM - 2nd John 1:6 "And this is the love that we walk according to His commands. This is the command, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it." 1Jn 5:3 For this is the love for Elohim, that we guard His commands, and His commands are not heavy, because everyone having been born of Elohim overcomes the world. And this is the overcoming that has overcome the world." -Deu 30:8 “And you shall turn back and obey the voice of יהוה and do ALL His commands which I command you today. Deu 30:9 “And יהוה your Elohim shall make you have excess in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground for good. For יהוה turns back to rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers, Deu 30:10 if you obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim, to guard His commands and His laws which are written in this Book of the Torah, if you turn back to יהוה your Elohim with all your heart and with all your being. Deu 30:11 “For this command which I am commanding you today, it is not too hard for you, nor is it far off. Deu 30:12 “It is not in the heavens, to say, ‘Who shall ascend into the heavens for us, and bring it to us, and cause us to hear it, so that we do it?’ Deu 30:13 “Nor is it beyond the sea, to say, ‘Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, and cause us to hear it, so that we do it?’ Deu 30:14 “For the Word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart – to do it. Deu 30:15 “See, I have set before you today life and good, and death and evil, Deu 30:16 in that I am commanding you today to love יהוה your Elohim, to walk in His ways, and to guard His commands, and His laws, and His right-rulings. And you shall live and increase, and יהוה your Elohim shall bless you in the land which you go to possess." - Deu 7:9 “And you shall know that יהוה your Elohim, He is Elohim, the trustworthy Ěl guarding covenant and kindness for a thousand generations with those who love Him, and those who guard His commands." WE TAKE A LITERAL, DIRECT, INDUCTIVE APPROACH TO STUDYING THE SCRIPTURES, ALLOWING THE SCRIPTURES TO TEACH US RATHER THAN 'GNOSTICALLY' DICTATING TO THE SCRIPTURES WHAT WE WILL DO AS ACCORDING TO OUR LIFESTYLE. WE SHED OFF OUR TRADITIONAL, CULTURAL CONDITIONING, SEEKING TO BE TRUE WORSHIPPERS WHO WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH. John 4:23 “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also does seek such to worship Him." WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE MORAL LAW IS STILL VERY MUCH STANDING IN THE NEW COVENANT WITH YAHSHUA MESSIAH AS OUR HIGH PRIEST. WE INTERPRET CORRECTLY THAT THE ADDED LAWS OF THE OLD COVENANT SUCH AS: (...SACRIFICIAL, CEREMONIAL, BURNT OFFERINGS, LEVITICAL, TEMPLE, AND THE ADDED PHARASAICAL ORAL/WRITTEN DOGMATIC LAWS...) HAVE BEEN ABOLISHED IN MESSIAHS FLESH AS MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT. Heb 8:6 But now He has obtained a more excellent service, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was constituted on better promises. Heb 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. Heb 10:4 "For it is impossible for blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Heb 10:5 Therefore, coming into the world, He says, “Slaughtering and meal offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me. Heb 10:6 “In burnt offerings and offerings for sin You did not delight. Heb 10:7 “Then I said, ‘See, I come – in the roll of the book it has been written concerning Me – to do Your desire, O Elohim.’ ”Heb 10:8 Saying above, “Slaughter and meal offering, and burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor delighted in,” which are offered according to the Torah, Heb 10:9 then He said, “See, I come to do Your desire, O Elohim.” He takes away the first to establish the second. Heb 10:10 By that desire we have been set apart through the offering of the body of יהושע Messiah once for all. WE ALSO TREAD CAREFULLY REALIZING THAT IT WAS FORETOLD THAT MEN WOULD COME AND PERVERT THE 'GRACE' FOR A 'LICENSE TO DO AS YOU PLEASE' AND WISH TO ENSURE THAT NONE BECOME ENTANGLED IN THIS WEB OF DECEIT. Jude 1:4 "For certain men have slipped in, whose judgment was written about long ago, wicked ones perverting the favour (GRACE) of our Elohim for 'indecency' (WHICH IS CLEARLY DEFINED AS: LASCIVIOUSNESS, LICENTIOUSNESS, LEWDNESS, WANTONNESS, SEE: GREEK #766 'aselgeia'), and denying the only Master יהוה and our Master יהושע Messiah. WE KNOW THAT MESSIAH TAUGHT AGAINST THESE ACTIONS SPECIFICALLY! Mark 7:21 “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil reasonings, adulteries, whorings, murders, Mark 7:22 thefts, greedy desires, wickednesses, deceit, indecency, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. Mark 7:23 “All these wicked matters come from within and defile a man.”

WE DESIRE TO BE WORKERS WORTHY OF THEIR WAGES USING OUR 'TALENTS' TO FURTHER THE KINGDOM, RATHER THAN BURYING THEM IN THE GROUND LIKE THE WORTHLESS SERVANT. WE HAVE PUT OUR HANDS TO THE PLOW AND CANNOT LOOK BACK. WE HAVE BEEN GRAFTED IN BY BELIEF, AND THEREFORE WE DO NOT TELL THE ROOT (THE PERFECT MORAL LAW) WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO, WHICH LAWS OR COMMANDS WE WILL FOLLOW, NOR DO WE BOAST AGAINST THE ROOT WHICH IS THE PERPETUAL EVERLASTING LOVING COVENANT THAT OFFERS FREEDOM AND LIBERTY. James 1:25 "But he that looked into the perfect Torah, that of freedom, and continues in it, not becoming a hearer that forgets, but a doer of work, this one shall be blessed in his doing of the Torah.". James 2:12 So speak and so do as those who are to be judged by a Torah of freedom". John 8:32 "and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

ON THE CONTRARY WE DO OUR UTMOST TO SHOW OUR LOVE TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER BY WALKING AS OBEDIENT CHILDREN. THIS IS HIS DESIRE, THAT WE LIVE IN HIS MERCY AND LOVING PROTECTION. Psa 91:14 “Because he cleaves to Me in love, Therefore I deliver him; I set him on high, Because he has known My Name. Psa 91:15 “When he calls on Me, I answer him; I am with him in distress; I deliver him and esteem him. Psa 91:16 “With long life I satisfy him, And show him My deliverance.”

WE CHOOSE TO TURN FROM OUR FORMER LIVES AND INCORRECT DOCTRINES WE LEARNED IN CHURCHIANITY, CASTING AWAY THE ENEMY AND HIS LIES THAT HAVE CREPT IN THROUGH DECEPTION AS FORETOLD BY THE PROPHETS (NEVI'IM). Eze 22:25 “There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured life, they have taken wealth and precious matters, they have made many widows in her midst. Eze 22:26 “Her priests have done violence to My teaching, and they profane My set-apart matters. They have not distinguished between the set-apart and profane, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean. And they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned in their midst." FOR WE KNOW THAT OUR LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER HAS TOLD US ...Eze 18:21 “But the wrong, if he turns from all his sins which he has done, and he shall guard all My laws, and shall do right ruling and righteousness, he shall certainly live, he shall not die. Eze 18:22 “All the transgressions which he has done shall not be remembered against him – in his righteousness that he has done, he shall live." Eze 18:23 “Have I any pleasure in the death of the wrong?” declares the Master יהוה. “Is it not that he should turn from his ways, and live?" THEREFORE Eze 18:31 “Cast away from you all the transgressions, by which you have transgressed, and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O house of Yisra’ĕl? Eze 18:32 “For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” declares the Master יהוה. “SO, TURN BACK AND LIVE"

10/04/2026

THIRSTY? Got Milk… Or Living Water?

Milk is appropriate for a child, but Scripture tells us that there is supposed to be a progression toward spiritual maturity:

“For everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.”
— Hebrews 5:13

The Last Great Day—the Eighth Day following Sukkot— gives us a prophetic picture of something far greater than simply receiving spiritual nourishment. It points toward the culmination of Yahweh's plan: restoration, resurrection, the giving of life, and the ultimate outpouring of living water from Yahweh's presence.

And when we understand the biblical symbolism of water throughout Scripture, Yahshua's declaration on the Last Great Day becomes incredibly profound.

- “If Anyone Thirsts, Let Him Come to Me” -

John 7:37-38 says:

“And on the last day, the great day of the festival, Yahshua stood and cried out, saying, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me, and let him who believes in Me drink. As the Scripture said, out of His innermost shall flow rivers of living water.’”

Why did Yahshua make this declaration specifically on the last and great day of the Feast?

Because water had tremendous prophetic significance during Sukkot.

Throughout Scripture, water represents life, cleansing, deliverance, Yahweh's Spirit, blessing, restoration, and ultimately eternal life.

Isaiah 12 connects these ideas beautifully:

“And you shall draw water with joy from the fountains of deliverance.”
— Isaiah 12:3

Notice what Isaiah says happens “in that day.”

“See, Ěl is my deliverance, I trust and am not afraid. For Yah, יהוה, is my strength and my song; and He has become my deliverance.” — Isaiah 12:2

Then:

“You shall draw water with joy from the fountains of deliverance.”

The picture is one of people who were once thirsty now having unlimited access to the source of life.

- From Milk to Living Water -

This brings us back to the title of this article.

Got milk?

Hebrews 5:13 tells us that milk represents spiritual childhood.

There is nothing wrong with beginning with milk. A newborn needs milk.

But Yahweh does not call us to remain babies.

We are supposed to grow in understanding, obedience, righteousness and faith.

Eventually, we should be able to move beyond simply being fed and become people through whom Yahweh's truth and Spirit can flow to others.

That's why Yahshua didn't merely say:

“Come and drink.”

He said:

“Out of His innermost shall flow rivers of living water.”

The water comes into us, but it is ultimately intended to flow through us.

- The Well That Cannot Satisfy -

Yahshua illustrated this same principle when He spoke with the woman at the well:

“Everyone drinking of this water will thirst again; but everyone who drinks from the waters that I give to him will not thirst forever. But those waters that I give him will become in him a spring of water that will spring up into life that is eternal.”
— John 4:13-14

Physical water satisfies physical thirst temporarily.

But Yahshua was speaking about something infinitely greater.

The things of this world can never permanently satisfy the deepest thirst of the human spirit.

We can pursue possessions, pleasure, recognition, relationships, success, entertainment or knowledge—and still become thirsty again.

But Yahshua offers something different:

A fountain that begins within us and springs up into eternal life.

- The River Gets Deeper -

One of the most remarkable pictures of this living water appears in Ezekiel 47.

Ezekiel sees water flowing from the House.

At first, it is only:

ankle deep.

Then:

knee deep.

Then:

waist deep.

Finally, it becomes a river so deep that Ezekiel says:

“A stream that I was unable to pass over.”

And then something extraordinary happens.

Wherever the river goes:

“And wherever the stream flows all shall live.”
— Ezekiel 47:9

Trees grow along its banks.

Their fruit does not fail.

Their leaves are for healing.

The waters bring life to places that were previously dead.

This is not simply a picture of water.

It is a picture of Yahweh's life-giving presence spreading outward until creation itself is restored.

- Living Waters from Yerushalayim -

Zechariah gives us another prophetic picture:

“And in that day it shall be that living waters flow from Yerushalayim, half of them toward the eastern sea and half toward the western sea, in summer as well as in winter.”
— Zechariah 14:8

Again we see the same pattern:

Water → River → Restoration → Life

And this imagery ultimately brings us to Revelation.

- The River of Life -

Revelation 22:1 says:

“And he showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of Elohim and of the Lamb.”

The Bible's prophetic story reaches its climax with the river of life flowing directly from the throne of Yahweh and Yahshua.

And what is the final invitation of Scripture?

“And the Spirit and the bride say, ‘Come!’ And he who hears, let him say, ‘Come!’ And he who thirsts, come! And he who desires it, take the water of life without paying!”
— Revelation 22:17

Think about that.

The same invitation Yahshua gave on the Last Great Day:

“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me.”

appears again at the very end of Scripture:

“He who thirsts, come!”

The message is consistent from beginning to end.

- The Eighth Day Points Beyond the Millennium -

The prophetic significance of the Eighth Day is especially powerful because it follows the seven-day period of Sukkot.

The seven days of Sukkot picture the Messianic reign—the time when Yahshua rules and righteousness is established upon the earth.

But then comes the Eighth Day.

Eight represents something beyond the completion of the previous seven-day cycle.

It points toward a new beginning and the completion of Yahweh's greater plan—the time when death itself is ultimately overcome, humanity is restored, and the fullness of Yahweh's purpose is brought to completion.

That is why the imagery of living water is so appropriate.

The Bible begins with life and ends with life.

It begins with mankind in Yahweh's creation and ends with mankind restored in His presence.

It begins with separation caused by sin and ends with:

“The dwelling of Elohim is with men.”

And flowing from His throne is:

The River of the Water of Life.

- Milk or Living Water? -

So when we look again at this picture, the question takes on a much deeper meaning.

“THIRSTY?”

Yes.

Humanity is thirsty.

The world is thirsty.

People are searching for something that will satisfy the emptiness within them.

But then comes the second question:

“Got Milk… Or Living Water?”

Milk is where we begin.

But living water is where Yahweh is taking us.

Isaiah says:

“Oh everyone who thirsts, come to the waters.”
— Isaiah 55:1

Yahweh says:

“For I pour water on the thirsty, and floods on the dry ground.”
— Isaiah 44:3

David says:

“For with You is the fountain of life.”
— Psalm 36:9

And Yahshua says:

“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me.”
— John 7:37

Then Revelation gives the final invitation:

“He who thirsts, come!”

- So What Are We Drinking? -

The question isn't merely whether we're thirsty.

It's what we're using to satisfy that thirst.

Are we continually drinking from the temporary wells of this world?

Or are we drinking from the fountain that Yahweh provides through Yahshua?

And once we've begun drinking, are we remaining spiritual infants, continually needing milk?

Or are we growing into mature sons and daughters who allow that living water to flow through us to others?

Because Yahshua didn't describe a stagnant pool.

He described:

A RIVER.

A river moves.

A river flows.

A river brings life wherever it goes.

And the ultimate prophetic picture is a world where that river has gone everywhere:

“Wherever the stream flows all shall live.” — Ezekiel 47:9

Until finally:

“He who thirsts, come! And he who desires it, take the water of life without paying!” — Revelation 22:17

The Last Great Day reminds us that Yahweh's plan doesn't end with us merely surviving.

It ends with life overflowing.

From the Fountain.
To the River.
From Yahweh.
Through Yahshua.
Into us.
And ultimately into all creation.

THIRSTY?

Come to the Fountain.

Drink the Living Water.

Grow beyond the milk.

And let the river flow.

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09/27/2026

Chag Sukkoth Sameach!

09/22/2026

The Knowledge of Live Revealed through a Righteous Established Spirit

We find the perpetual Torah command for the Day of Atonement and this affliction here in Lev 23:27-32.

"On the tenth day of this seventh new moon is Yom haKippurim. It shall be a set-apart gathering for you. And you shall afflict (H6031) your beings and shall bring an offering made by fire to יהוה. And you do no work on that same day, for it is Yom Kippurim, to make atonement for you before יהוה your Elohim. For any being who is not afflicted (H6031) on that same day, he shall be cut off from his people. And any being who does any work on that same day, that being I shall destroy from the midst of his people. You do no work – a law forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. It is a Sabbath of rest to you, and you shall afflict (H6031) your beings. On the ninth day of the new moon at evening, from evening to evening, you observe your Sabbath.”

The same word H6031 anah, is used in Psalms 35:13 and ties the connection of afflicting ourselves through fasting within the following,

"But I, when they were sick, I put on sackcloth; I humbled (H6031) my being with fasting (H6685); And my prayer would return to my own bosom." -Psa 35:13

We see this same idea expressed also in Ezra 8:21, "I then proclaimed a fast (H6685) there, at the river of Ahawa, to afflict (H6031) ourselves before our Elohim, to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions."

We also see Paul calling this day, "the fast" in Acts 27:9.

The Psalms show us another benefit we gain from this affliction,

"Before I was afflicted (H6031) I myself was going astray, But now I have guarded Your word... It was good for me that I was afflicted (H6031), That I might learn Your laws." Psa 119:67, 71

And, we also see through the writings in Isaiah, that when we afflict ourselves through fasting, heavy chains of oppression are broken, yokes severed, and burdens lifted!

“Is it a fast that I have chosen, a day for a man to afflict (H6031) his being? Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Do you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to יהוה? “Is this not the fast H6685) that I have chosen: to loosen the tight cords of wrongness, to undo the bands of the yoke, to exempt the oppressed, and to break off every yoke?" -Isa 58:5-6.

Yahshua reflected upon this same insight in Matthew 17:21, informing us that certain unclean spirits were only removed through prayer combined with fasting!

ANAH

Our word afflict(ion) is Strong's Hebrew word #6031 anah, [ עָנָה ]. This is spelled AYIN NUN HEY, from right to left. In the pictorial Hebrew the letter AYIN, pictured as the eye, represents wisdom and knowledge. The letter NUN, typified by what looks like the etching of a s***m, pictures that which is produced, life itself. Our last letter HEY, gives us the meaning, to behold, or something revealed. Hence, through our affliction, "the knowledge of life is revealed!"

TSOWM

Our next word translated as fast(ing) is from Strong's Hebrew word # 6685 tsowm [ צוֹם ]. From right to left, this word is spelled TSADE WAW MEM. Here the pictorial letter TSADE pictures a man kneeling in prayer, typifying a righteous character. The letter WAW pictures a tent peg or a nail which establishes or fastens something together. Our final letter MEM, showing waves of water, typifies the Spirit through the living eternal water of life that we have access to through Yahshua's Atonement. The pictorial encryption of our word "tsowm" shows us that when we fast, we have a "righteous established spirit!"

"And on the last day, the great day of the festival, יהושע stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me, and let him who believes in Me drink. “As the Scripture said, out of His innermost shall flow rivers of living water.” And this He said concerning the Spirit, which those believing in Him were about to receive, for the Set-apart Spirit was not yet given, because יהושע was not yet esteemed." -John 7:37-39.

Yahshua our Messiah has now been esteemed, and now through Him, we can have a righteous established spirit!

"So, brothers, having boldness to enter into the Set-apart Place by the blood of יהושע, by a new and living way which He instituted for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the House of Elohim, let us draw near with a true heart in completeness of belief, having our hearts sprinkled from a wicked conscience and our bodies washed with clean water." Heb 10:19-22.

09/19/2026

Rev 9:4 And it was said to them that they shall not harm the grass of the earth, or any green matter, or any tree, but only those men who do not have the 'SEAL' of Elohim upon their foreheads.

WHAT IS THE 'SEAL' OF ELOHIM?

Rev 14:1 "And I looked and saw a Lamb standing on Mount Tsiyon, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having HIS FATHERS NAME written upon their foreheads."

Very soon we will clearly see who has the SEAL of Yahweh's Name upon the frontlet of their minds (Forehead) and who does not. Promotion of end time scenarios and events is frivolous unless the message of protection is taught as well. PROTECTION ONLY COMES THROUGH OBEDIENCE. Please make sure you are not part of this MONUMENTAL MISTAKE taught throughout the world behind the pulpits of churchianity through the cleverly designed disinformation campaign of hasatan.

ARE YOU SEALED FOR PROTECTION OR ARE YOU SATISFIED JUST BEING UNDER "GRACE" ? DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS ABOUT TO COME UPON THE EARTH? ARE YOU WILLING TO RISK BEING WRONG? BO***GE IS LIVING IN SIN NOT LIVING IN OBEDIENCE!

The fact of the matter is that there IS an ultimate deceiver behind the curtains pulling the strings in his nefarious play on humanity who once tried to elevate himself above Elohim, and after failing now does the next best thing - STEAL WORSHIP THROUGH TRICKERY. The one who deceives the whole world does so exactly as the Scriptures have foretold, "And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." -Rev 12:9. The central theme within his grand scheme and defraud has been to take away Yahweh's Name (His Seal, and Yahweh's Sabbaths (His Sign), substituting them with names and days that give him the worship instead of Yahweh. Worshipping Yahweh the Way He has commanded is the only form of worship acceptable. This is what we are commanded to do to show our love to our Heavenly Father.

1Jn 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of Elohim, when we love Elohim and guard His commands. 1Jn 5:3 For this is the love for Elohim, that we guard His commands, and His commands are not heavy, (Footnote: 2 John v. 6, John 14:15.)

By not observing these days, Satan steals the worship that Yahweh deserves and desires. Again, behind every lie we can accurately uncover the truth and pulling the wool off our eyes, it's evident to see Yahweh's benevolent omnipotent plan which intricately unfolds his timing of future prophetic events that are tightly interwoven into HIS Holy Days.

Ezekiel 20:12; 20 and Exodus 31:13-18 all tell us that we are sanctified and set-apart by Yahweh when we keep HIS Sabbaths! It's the MARK or SIGN Yahweh uses to set us apart! Long before there was any Mark of the Beast which everyone has heard of, there was Yahweh's Perfect Mark and sign in keeping His Days as He has commanded.

Eze 20:12 “And I also gave them My Sabbaths, to be a SIGN between them and Me, to know that I am יהוה who sets them apart.

Eze 20:20 ‘And set apart My Sabbaths, and they shall be a SIGN between Me and you, to know that I am יהוה your Elohim.’

Exo 31:13 “And you, speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, ‘My Sabbaths you are to guard, by all means, for it is a SIGN between Me and you throughout your generations, to know that I, יהוה, am setting you apart.

The only sign of יהוה setting us apart, the only sign of the everlasting covenant, is His Sabbaths, one of them being the seventh day Sabbath.

Exo 12:49 “There is one Torah for the native-born and for the stranger who sojourns among you.”

Num 15:15 ‘One law is for you of the assembly and for the stranger who sojourns with you – a law forever throughout your generations. As you are, so is the stranger before יהוה.

Num 15:16 ‘One Torah and one right-ruling is for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you.’

Isa 56:6 “Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to יהוה, to serve Him, and to love the Name of יהוה, to be His servants, all who guard the Sabbath, and not profane it, and hold fast to My covenant – Isa 56:7 them I shall bring to My set-apart mountain, and let them rejoice in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their slaughterings are accepted on My altar, for My house is called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”

Here we see three requirements clearly not being honored in today's churchianity and thus you can exclude yourselves from His promises if you are not:

1) loving Yahweh's Name
2) guarding His Sabbaths
3) holding fast to HIS covenant!

Ecc 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the entire matter: Fear Elohim and guard His commands, for this applies to all mankind!
Ecc 12:14 For Elohim shall bring every work into right-ruling, including all that is hidden, whether good or whether evil.

These days were never done away with at the Messiahs death or Resurrection as claimed by Christianity nor are they anything Jewish! These are YAHWEHS DAYS- NOT JEWS OR GENTILES DAYS! On the contrary The Messiah and all his apostolic assembly meticulously kept these days, with Paul even planning his voyages so he could keep them. This comes as a deliberate, purposeful - misdirection and misinterpretation of scripture through mistranslations that were foretold in in Jer. 8:8 as "the false pen of the scribes who have worked falsehood", in part, combined with the strategic attack of hasatan's minions as to why TODAYS MINISTERS (FALSE PROPHETS) TEACH THESE PERPETUAL SABBATHS ARE DONE AWAY WITH. THIS SHOULD SHOW ANYONE WITH A COMPREHENDING MIND, THE BRILLIANT IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THEM IF SATAN HAS WORKED SO HARD TO HAVE YOU BELIEVE THEY NO LONGER EXIST.----

Eze 22:23 And the word of יהוה came to me, saying, Eze 22:24 “Son of man, say to her, ‘You are a land that is not cleansed or rained upon in the day of displeasure.’

Eze 22:25 “There is a conspiracy of her prophets (MODERN DAY PREACHERS) in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured life, they have taken wealth and precious matters, they have made many widows in her midst.

Eze 22:26 “Her priests have done violence to My teaching, and they profane My set-apart matters. They have not distinguished between the set-apart and profane, nor have they made known the difference between the unclean and the clean (TEACHING THAT ALL FOODS ARE CLEAN). And they have hidden their eyes from My Sabbaths (THE SCRIPTURAL 7TH DAY AND 7 ANNUAL HIGH DAYS), and I am profaned in their midst. (Footnote: Zeph. 3:4, Lk. 16:16.

Eze 22:27) “Her leaders in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy lives, and to get greedy gain.

Eze 22:28 “And her prophets have coated them with whitewash, seeing a false vision, and divining a lie for them, saying, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה,’ when יהוה had not spoken.

Eze 22:29 “The people of the land have practised oppression, and committed robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy. And they oppressed the stranger without right-ruling.

Eze 22:30 “And I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the breach before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it – but I did not find one!

Eze 22:31 “Therefore I have poured out My displeasure on them, I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath. And I have put their way on their own head,” declares the Master יהוה.

“And now, O priests, this command is for you. If you do not hear, and if you do not take it to heart, to give esteem to My Name,” said יהוה of hosts, “I shall send a curse upon you, and I shall curse your blessings. And indeed, I have cursed them, because you do not take it to heart. “See, I shall rebuke your seed, and scatter dung before your faces, the dung of your festivals. And you shall be taken away with it. -Mal 2:1-3

Rev 14:12 Here is the endurance of the set-apart ones,1 here are those guarding the commands of Elohim and the belief of Yahshua

Rev 3:10 “Because you have guarded My Word of endurance, I also shall guard you from the hour of trial which shall come upon all the world, to try those who dwell on the earth.

Rev 3:8 “I know your works – see, I have set before you an open door, and no one is able to shut it – that you have little power, yet have guarded My Word, and have not denied My NAME !

Shabbat Shalom!

Background Picture, courtesy of Barbara Deerwester.

09/13/2026

Chag Sameach Yom Teruah!

The Last Trump – Is it Really a Mystery?

'It is appointed unto men to die once and then the judgement.'' Heb 9:27. To those baptized into Yahshua's Name, we await the resurrection of the first fruits into the coming kingdom here on earth and so we SLEEP and REST in faith, hope and assurance of this promise.

''Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Yahshua Messiah were baptized into His death? Therefore, we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Messiah was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection.'' -Rom. 6:3-5.

A ''resurrection of the just'' for those ''accounted worthy'' is what our Messiah taught in Luke 14:14, 20:35. These are the same ''meek ones that shall inherit the earth delighting themselves in the abundance of peace'' -Psa. 37:11. These meek are the same ''blessed of Him to inherit the earth'' in Psa. 37:22. This Psalm parallels the words spoken by the Messiah in Mat. 5:5, ''Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.'' These are also the same, ''righteous that shall inherit the land and dwell therein forever'' -Psa. 37:29. Those who are called blessed and righteous are those who, ''wait on Yahweh and keep His Way,'' it is they who Yahweh, ''will raise up to inherit the land.'' -Psa. 37:34, to ''reign on earth as Kings and Priests''-Rev. 5:10, ''with Messiah for 1000 years'' -Rev. 20:4. ''This is the first resurrection.'' -Rev. 20:5. ''Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of judgement.'' -John 5:28-29. ''Blessed and holy is the one having part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power.'' -Rev. 20:6.

-If we inherit the earth then who is in heaven?-

Before His own Ascension, Our Messiah Himself unequivocally declared the following answer, ''And NO ONE has gone up into Heaven except He having come down out of Heaven, The Son of Man is He who is in Heaven.''-John 3:13. Then some 30 years even after Yahshua's Resurrection, we find the record that, ''the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried...'' -Acts 2:29, that ''David is NOT ASCENDED into the Heavens.'' Acts 2:34. ''For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of Elohim, fell ASLEEP, and was laid unto his fathers and saw corruption.'' -Acts 13:36. The book of Hebrews further reveals that Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses...etc., ''all died in faith not having received the promises.'' -Heb. 11:13; 39. This promise is the resurrection for the righteous to inherit eternal life in the Kingdom. Both before and even after the Messiah's Resurrection, our Scriptures consistently maintain the same message. As Stephen ''fell ASLEEP '' -Acts 7:60, so we all will SLEEP and await a Resurrection.

-Has the First Resurrection happened yet? -

''But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren concerning them which are ASLEEP, that ye sorrow not, as the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Yahshua died and rose again, even so them also which SLEEP in Yahshua will Elohim bring with Him.'' - 1 Thes. 4:13-14. ''Beloved, now are we the sons of Yahweh, and it doth not appear what we shall be: but we know that WHEN HE SHALL APPEAR, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.'' -1 John 3:2. ''For this we say unto you by the word of Yahweh, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Master shall not prevent (precede, go before) them which are ASLEEP. For the Master himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of Elohim: and the dead in Messiah shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Master in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Master. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.'' -1 Thes. 4:15-18. The word ''meet'' used here is from Greek word #529 'apantesis' [ ἀπάντησις ] and indicates that at the First Resurrection, there will be a reunion in the sky and then we will continue on with Yahshua to the destination point... His Kingdom here on earth.

-When does this first resurrection occur?-

"But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of Elohim should be finished, as He hath declared to His prophets.'' -Rev. 10:7. ''Behold, I shew you a mystery; we shall not all SLEEP, but we shall be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the LAST TRUMP: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.'' - 1 Cor. 15:51-54. ''But now is Messiah risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that SLEPT. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Messiah shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Messiah the firstfruits; afterward they that are Messiah's AT HIS COMING.'' -1 Cor. 15:20-23.

-Is it really a mystery/secret?-

''Shall a trumpet be blown in the city and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and Yahweh hath not done it? Surely My Sovereign Yahweh will do nothing, but He revealeth His secret unto His servants the prophets.'' -Amos 3:6-7. Our Scriptures have plainly instructed us in these simple truths all along. The reward of the saved is not up in Heaven, it is the kingdom of Heaven here on earth. Until Yahshua returns at the last trump, those who have finished this ''race'', sleep and await this promise. ''And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.'' Dan. 12:2. These truths are widely unknown but yet here they are, standing the test of time, recorded right there in Scripture. Have other truths also been kept from us?

-Who will be there at the First Resurrection? -

The Scriptures allegorically compare this life to that of a race, one that we are admonished to ''press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of Yahweh in Messiah Yahshua.'' -Phil. 3:14. Some are running to ''win a crown that is perishable, but we to win one that is everlasting.'' -1 Cor. 9:25. The question one must ask themselves is, which prize awaits you at the finish line? ''Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which does so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.'' -Heb.12:1.

-How do we do this? -

''Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh''. These were the words spoken by Yahshua the Messiah in Mat. 4:4 as He quoted Deut. 8:3 verbatim. He identifies this faithful group of people and we have located them. They are the True Body of Messiah, ''The Israel of Yahweh'' -Gal. 6:16. ''For this is the love of Yahweh, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not grievous'' -1 Jn. 5:3. Echoing back from the pages of Deut. 30:10-20, these same words shine the light upon those that have bent their ear to follow His Way. These are those who obey His voice indeed, and keep His covenant, a peculiar treasure unto Him above all the people on earth, Exo. 19:5-6. A Holy, special people that He has chosen unto Himself, not because they were more in number than any people or nation, but because they were the fewest, Deut. 7:6-7. This ''little flock''- Luke 12:32, through much strife and agony, ''earnestly contends'' for that same faith that was, ''once delivered to the saints'' -Jude 1:3. By these Scriptural descriptions, this eliminates the worlds denominational majority. It's not a mystery or a secret, but as Yahshua declared, this Way of Truth is so narrow that only a FEW will find it. Mat. 7:14. ''Many are called, but only a FEW are chosen.'' Mat. 20:16.

Isaiah 56:6 describes this same assemblage that have, 1) JOINED THEMSELVES TO YAHWEH SERVING HIM, 2) LOVING HIS NAME, 3) KEEPING HIS SABBATHS, and, 4) ARE HOLDING ONTO HIS COVENANT. Yahweh's ''Perfect Law'' -Psa. 19:7, is "OLAHM" (Stongs Hebrew #5769), which means it is, FOREVER, NEVER ENDING, ''LASTING 1000 GENERATIONS'', confirmed by three very reputable witnesses: Moses in Deut. 7:9, David in Psa.105:8, and Ezra in 1 Chron. 16:15. Only 150 generations have passed since Adam! ''The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom, a good understanding have all they that DO HIS COMMANDMENTS...'' -Psa. 111:10.

"Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom and with all thy getting, get understanding.'' -Prov. 4:7. How has this faithful group of followers found this wisdom? They have been given and accepted the ''Key of Knowledge'' -Luke 11:52, leaving the counterfeit keys behind. This ''Key'', Yahweh's Name, is the oil which provides the fuel for their lights to be brightly lit and shining upon His Narrow path. With their moral compasses restored, they navigate through these dark and perilous times, earnestly contending to reach His Strait Gate. With both hands on the plow, they are occupied in this labor of love using their talents to further His Kingdom, while cultivating His field for His soon coming harvest. ''But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more into the perfect day.'' -Prov. 4:18.

As our Messiah Yahshua reverberated, ''If you wish to enter into life keep the Commandments.'' -Matt. 19:17. I praise Yahweh that these are all Scriptural truths that I have been blessed to have been able to share with many, whom after their own investigation ''searching the scriptures''- John 5:39, while, ''studying to show themselves approved'' -2 Tim. 2:15, ''proved all (these) things" -1Thes. 5:21, to themselves. They then, like I have done, have ''joined themselves to Yahweh to serve Him, loving His Name, becoming His faithful servants by keeping His Sabbaths and taking hold of His Covenant.'' -Isa.56:6. We have all confirmed to keeping this Covenant, ''making this calling and election sure'' -2 Pet.1:10, by becoming baptized into the exclusive Name of Yahshua by an ordained Elder of Yahweh. Knowing that ''the righteous scarcely be saved'' -1 Pet. 4:18, we remain active daily, ''working out our salvation with both fear and trembling'' -Phil. 2:12, having been entrusted with the knowledge, that only through much tribulation, do we enter the kingdom of Yahweh, Acts 14:22.

-How can we make our calling and election sure? -

From the beginning to the end, Yahweh’s direction for mankind has not changed. ''I am El Shaddai, walk before Me, and be thou perfect.'' -Gen. 17:1. ''Let your heart be perfect to Yahweh our Elohim to walk in His laws and guard His commands as at this day.'' -1 Kings 8:61. ''Be ye therefore perfect, as even your Father which is in heaven is perfect.'' -Mat. 5:48. If you're able to read these words then you still have an opportunity to answer His call.

-Closing Prayer-

Father Yahweh allow us to practice our Faith in You as we rehearse these appointed times and foster it to grow! Transfer this faith into work in action, as we now put both hands to the plow, not looking back, having our paths brightly lit with the oil which is your Name providing the fuel for our lamps to brightly shine and direct our paths. Give us Your wisdom and knowledge Father Yahweh allowing us to endure the trials and tribulations yet to come, so that we may enter into Your kingdom.

Now, ''Let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us also run with patience the race that is set before us, looking to the author and perfecter of our faith, Yahshua, who for the joy set before Him endured the torture stake, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of Yahweh.'' -Heb.12:1-2.

''For as many are led by the Spirit of Elohim, these are the sons of Elohim. For we did not receive a spirit of slavery again to fear, but we received a Spirit of sonship by which we cry Abba Father! The Spirit itself witnesses with our spirit that we are children of Yahweh. And if children, also heirs; truly heirs of Elohim, and joint heirs of Messiah, if indeed we suffer together, that we may also be glorified together. For I calculate that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to compare to the coming glory to be revealed in us. For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly awaits the revelation of the sons of Elohim.'' -Rom. 8:14-19.

There is no victory for Satan today, tomorrow, or ever! ''For death is swallowed up in victory, O death where is thy sting, O grave where is thy victory?... But Thanks be to Elohim which giveth us the victory through our Master Yahshua Messiah. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of Yahweh, for as much as ye know that Your Labor for Yahweh is Never in Vain! (1 Cor. 15:54-58.)

Finally we thank you Father Yahweh for sending Your Son Yahshua who paid the ultimate price while suffering the cruelest of all punishments. It was Yahshua, who being the most innocent of all mankind, gave over himself to be our Passover sacrifice, making that Perfect Atonement for us all. This exemplifies Your Grace and Gift to us, for You so loved the world that You gave Your only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.'' John 3:16. We thank you that through His propitiation, we can all see a future reconciliation and restoration to be with Yahshua and You in the Kingdom, in Yahshua's Name, HalleluYah!

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