You know, it has been approximately 5 years since YHWH answered my constant crying out to him to know his truth and only his truth. Sometimes I can't help to think about whether I annoyed him by constantly pestering him night after night to show me his truth, LOL. (Elohim knows that when my children keep asking me the same thing over and over I want to string them up sometimes, but I guess that is why I am a mere mortal and he is The King Above All Kings!) When he first started to reveal things to me it was quite the ‘shocker’ to say the least. Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Jesus, The Lord, The Cross, Dietary Laws, The Torah, The Additions, The Subtractions, The Feasts, on and on and on we could go. I of course, being the passionate, politically in correct person that I am, quickly made moves to dispense with all paganism within my life (if that is even at all possible in the world we live in, Praise YHWH for grace). I tell you what; Our Father knows how to pick em.
I was studying the word, looking at Hebrew, denouncing paganism, while all along losing one of the greatest of all commands, LOVE THY NEIGHBOR. I did no longer love anyone when I truly thought about it, except myself. There was no compassion, I might have even begun to think that I was so smart and all the pagan Christians was so dumb. Did I ever say this, no, but my deeds were not really for the edification of any one. Was I truly concerned about their souls or on some power trip as if I obtain absolute truth? I withdrew myself from my Christian brothers and our activities of preaching the word. I decided to pray and ask YHWH if this is what he wanted me to do.
My Father began to answer me approximately 6 months ago. When Yahshua or Yahushua (whichever is correct, or both are correct, or one is the short form of the other, or does it matter, well maybe it does matter if he spelled his name Yahshua and we write Yahushua because than we would not be talking about him right? ) walked amongst the Earth it seemed like he ‘enjoyed’ being with sinners and it seemed like he loved them a lot. It seems like Yahushua met these people were they were at. It seemed like he condemned the Pharisees a lot because the were requiring things and doing things that they KNEW were against the word of God (yes, I typed God). So what has been put on my heart to do now….. YES, I joined my fellow brothers in Yahushua (and yes they still call him Jesus Christ)! Yes, I attend a messianic worship center (yes, they still say The Lord and Jesus and Yeshua). I also attend a congregation called the Congregation of Yahweh (they use Yahweh and Yahshua, but they do not believe that Yahweh is Yahshua in the flesh, they believe that the Son is distinct of the Father). Now before everyone starts calling me a heretic, (which honestly It would be of little consequence if any human were to judge me because YHWH knows the hearts and minds of men and he is the only one with absolute truth no matter how much we as humans want to think we have it) NO, I have not went back to celebrating Christmas, Easter, and all the other pagan things and I do feel that the Torah is relevant today and we should keep the Law, that Yahushua was crucified on a stake but when I go out and preach the word in the subways of Manhattan I use Jesus. And I tell you this, the word is still living and working and sharper than a two edged sword! And if and when YHWH brings someone to me and gives me the opportunity I speak upon things that have been given to me from my Father. Let I not forget were I was at, and at one time that I was a babe requiring milk. Do I put weight on someone that is not ready to handle it? Did not YHWH bestow on me more and more wisdom in his time, when I was ready for it? My brothers in Christ (uh oh, that may raise some eyebrows) hear me when I pray with them, and text them the word, and they see my convictions. YHWH has given me the opportunity to talk to them about my convictions and why I have them. When I am at the congregations, I great people using The Fathers Name (it seems to me that Yahuweh is just our best rendition of the proper pronunciation of the name which we have been convinced off) I greet people with Yahushua. MY Brothers in Christ have started using the name also; they have asked me questions about Easter and Halloween. They want to know why I don’t eat pork.
My point is I am over 2000 years removed. All I have to go on is translations. I seek my Fathers guidance continually. I don’t think that it is right for us to say that someone is not saved because they use the word Jesus. And comparing that to Muslims using Allah and saying that it is the God of Abraham; trying to paint a correlation between the two is, I am sorry to say, ridiculous! May I continue to seek wisdom from our heavenly Father, Not being Wise in my own Eyes (Mishle 3:7), lest I be puffed up with pride/arrogance as if I, in of myself, am somebody.
Lastly guys, I don’t blame William for coming on here and thinking that we are a cult. I have been a member here for 2 years now and even though I don’t post a lot I visit often and read. I read some of the comments and they are full of arrogance, can be degrading at times, and read void of love many times . And that is coming from someone who has read YY (most parts more than once, few several times), Future History (many parts more than once, few several times), Prophet of Doom,some of Swalchy’s translations, much of The Owners Manual and believe what you guys/ladies believe!!! Than what happens is I see KP respond with an email that try’s to show LOVE that the other emails are lacking. KP I want to tak this time and say that I respect you because you are probably the senior of us all, have been given much wisdom from our heavenly Father, and yet you seem to be continually humble and filled with LOVE IN YOUR RESPONSES!!! May our compassion be over flowing so that we too will receive compassion over flowing when we stand before the Judge of all judges