knowing1 wrote:I sincerely believe that people, in general, fear the truth. What a joke religion is!!
They're terrified at the thought. So indoctrinated are their hearts and their emotions they do not even realize when discussing His personal and proper name, they confuse the issue and conclude I am asking them to change Gods. They run in fear sometimes. They burden me with containing the spirit of the Anti-Christ for not believing in Paul, never seeing their own reaction to be anything but scriptural (it is not Paul that saves, but Yahushuah). Upon discovering that I practice the Feasts, I am endeared to hear the same tired rhetoric: "Carnal minded." They've no idea, no concept and have no faith in anything but what they hear from others. Shaytan fine tunes himself with sufficient power to lock in their emotions to an 'experience' in hopes they'll hinge everything on that false doctrine (The Lie in scripture).
I am blessed to stumble upon this fruitful endeavor of Yada's. I neither believe he contains all the answers through his studies, nor suggest anyone else believe such. The most sane, sober-minded and reasonable assertions stem from his theses, however. So well does he, in fact, many rotten sects and ill-gained attention draws to alleged prophets and prophetesses having read his work. I wonder if they ever consider the Old Covenant laws regarding those who claim prophet-hood? Even I, a layperson, in the realm of Yahushuah's essence can determine what Yada has done is what we all should do - our own homework. Even the uneducated can gather the truths. For I have often ascertained that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob should and must be consistent with his affairs, decrees and personality if He, truly, were an omnipotent and omniscient God. He was. He is and He always will be. In fact, Scripture confirms this, doesn't it? But the pulpits in many churches clearly state otherwise (thanks to Constantine and Marcion). Yada's theses did not draw this conclusion for me, it merely confirmed what I already knew; sort of drew it out.
If Yahweh is omniscient then why would he change his name? More importantly, why would He need to replace himself with "Jesus"? Why would the decrees he put forth for the early Israelites become corrupt? Man becoming corrupt I could fathom, but an omniscient God making mistakes of such magnitude that those very decrees are now accursed? Is the creator not completely perfect? This I asked when I was a Muslim, too. It made sense then, and it still makes sense when applied to Christianity. Yet, those Christians out there are very strange, indeed. I desired sobriety in Yahweh, peace of mind through Yahushuah and a stability in my "religion". With my new found belief in Yahushuah; whom I then called Jesus, I set about searching for the one true church. I scrubbed their behaviors, attitudes and words with those in Scripture and found all of them wanting of a linear consistency. Meanwhile, I sought to further discredit my old religion: Islam. By reading Prophet of Doom, what once perplexed me about my own understand of Islam became crystal clear. I never was taught the true prophet of Islam and held an emotional bias toward him - a trait very common for "religious" persons. Indeed, I had read bits and pieces but not viewed the entire puzzle. Yet, by shining the light on one religion the light begins to shine on all religions. The Ruach lead me from beginning until now- all within reason- not some fanatical hooplah that justifies the most erratic behavior or assertions of me obtaining a 'demi god' status. No. That's the Holy Spirit- that thing conjured by Shayton (Satan) himself. I know without a shadow of a doubt those who call upon Jesus Christ are not guaranteed what god answers them. They should be terrified and run out of any religious system as if they are running from hell. I never believe in miracles anyway. I do now! Those in the 'church' don't know the true awesome power of the Mighty One.
Today, I realize this message is not for those who need it, but for those who want it. Most often, believers of the True Path were already looking for it. It was only a nudge that catapulted me over the edge to read his theses and allow it to confirm what I already knew. Conversion to Christianity from Islam is immediately followed with a period of confusion as one must shed loads of indoctrination. "I just wanna be one of your kids." I begged God with deep honesty, so prayerfully one night. Those were the exact words I used. Tired and exhausted of what I now know as "religious system" I was begged God for the truth. Somehow I knew that if I was accepted and one of his children I would be OK and He would bless me. I knew absolutely nada of the Old Testament. In fact, the only thing I knew was the book I had just read- Luke.
"Do my actions please you, my Elohim - my precious Yahweh?" This is my prayer today! He answered my call to 'be one of his kids' and He will answer those who truly seek Him. Today I am, LITERALLY, his child - a Yahoodi. I cried the first time I realized what this word meant; instant repentant humiliation while simultaneously bearing the answer to my deepest longing. Years ago I was taught to hate "Yahoodi". Yahoodi is also the term for Jew in Arabic. It bore a harsh and derogatory meaning. Ironically, it is the answer to my deepest desire - to be one of God's kids.
So, I cannot imagine the difficulty a well ingrained Christian must feel when faced with opposition of their authoritative scripture. I can only understand hating the very thing I wanted to become. My argument with main-stream Christians is simply, "If I never questioned the authority of Scripture, I would still be Muslim, wouldn't I?" or "Islam is wrong. People have erroneously been believing in Islam for 1400 years, haven't they? What makes us so proud we cannot question the authenticity of our own scriptures?" Indeed, we are even warned but religion won't allow us to explore this issue lest we 'fall away'.
Blessings
~bon