Christendom is waking up…. And, more.

This last week has been an interesting one as we see prophecy accelerating.  Multiple articles and related visions have been passed along to me, so, here are four ‘must reads’ for you.  I’ll include a note or two with each hotlinked headline.


Mike shared this link from Charisma News:

Holy Spirit Shift: Christians and Jews Reunited After 2,000 Years

Messianic-churchesInteresting article, and while I do not agree with some of the author’s viewpoint (we have refuted bilateral ecclesiology on this blog multiple times and ways), it is clear that more and more people across Christendom are asking the right very hard questions.  Have we inherited traditions from our fathers that have no basis in Scripture?  What was the actual practice of the ‘church’ in Acts?  ect…  A paradigm-shift is in the works.  Buckle your seatbelt!!


Mike also sent this terrific short article with attendant comments:

From Israel Today:

COMMENTARY: Do You Have to be Jewish to be Israel?

It is becoming increasingly clear that Abba is doing something amazing in our day.  The conversation concerning the Hebrew/Jewish roots of Christendom is fast becoming a mainstream topic worthy of honest discussion!!  Buckle up and learn so you can share with others who are awakening to the truth.


Sis Loammi sent this very interesting article with serious implications both physically and spiritually… Continue reading

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Shabbat Shalom!

‘Sunday’ is never mentioned in Scripture.  Not one time.  And, for those who want to challenge, previously on this blog, I offered a $10,000 reward to anyone who could provide a reference where God changed the day from the seventh to some other day.  Still no takers….

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שבת שלום

http://bible.com/100/act.15.21.NASB

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Still MORE prophecy being fulfilled…

Prophecy is clearly accelerating!!

In fact, good friend Tzefanyah had a vision a few days ago wherein he saw the Father running toward the prodigal son (Ephraim) and he heard Father say (paraphrasing), “As I accelerate toward the lost son, so prophecy accelerates!”

I can promise you, from my vantage point, many very big things have begun to happen very quickly.  The timetable most certainly seems to be accelerating.

silver-ancient-coinWhen Kelly and I went to Israel back in May, we took six ounces of silver to be delivered to the Temple Institute as a gift and as a means of obedience to Scripture.  Well, imagine my joy when Sis Loammi sent me this article:

 

Modern Revival of Lost Biblical Commandment Paving the Way for the Third Jewish Temple

Biblical commandments not practiced for thousands of years are slowly returning to life. One such commandment, known as the Machatsit HaShekel, or half-shekel, is making a comeback thanks to a simple Jewish tailor in Jerusalem.

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If you could ask for ONE thing, what would it be?

Psalm 27:4-5 meditation.  Part of series in preparation for Yom Kippur.


I hear it often and have said it myself, “If I just had ______________, I’d be happy.”  Maybe it is a large sum of money.  Maybe to be debt-free, or a particular model car.  Maybe it is to be in better shape, or better looking.  Maybe it is a spouse, or particular someone.  Or, a title, position, business, etc…  The list is endless.  For each person, the perceived want/need is different.

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Shema, Greenwood, SC at James Block Concert

Here is a video taken last night at the James Block concert in Greenwood, SC….  The worship was AWESOME!!!  We’ll post some videos of that as we have time to edit some song clips.

The Shema challenge is explained in the beginning of the video.  We’d like to see hundreds or even thousands of families each posting a video of them singing the Shema as well as fellowships and congregations singing the Shema.  Please record one and email us the link so we can add it to the playlist as well as post it on this blog.

 

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Aleph Tav Tuesday….

Okay, so my schedule hasn’t kept me on the Tuesday routine, but I got this one up…  I just posted about 15 images from Proverbs, Song of Solomon and Jeremiah (the bulk) into the A-T Images page.  Share these around and tell the incredible Aleph-Tav story!  Visit Bill Sanford over at Aleph Tav Scriptures for videos explaining more about this feature in the Hebrew text that we can’t see in the English!!

Teaser below….  (120 images in the file… 50 to go!)  Enjoy!!

Jeremiah 33:11

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Labor Day? A thought….

God knows, we need rest.  In fact, He commands rest.  What is odd is that man largely rejects His rest, then needs to create days of rest.

Consider how much rest (and feasting/bbq-ing) He commands:

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– 52 Sabbaths of no work
– 2 one week Feasts of limited or no work
– 6 additional feast days, most with no work
– 12-13 New Moon Feasts of limited work
– Every seventh year, rest the land
– Every 50th year rest the land and go debt-free…

And, I’m probably forgetting something.

Why would anyone trade all that for a different schedule that then needs a Labor Day?  Doesn’t sound like bondage to me…

Pffffttt.  Who needs Labor Day?

http://bible.com/100/pro.6.6-11.NASB

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…keep the commandments….

Another good one from Steve King…

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http://bible.com/100/mat.19.17.NASB

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Shema Video From Texas Hill Country

Here’s a Shema video from LaVada and Gene Triesch of Menorah Music in Blanco, TX!  Thank you, LaVada!

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Shema Video from Adat Shalom, Summerville, SC

Here is our first Shema video (other than our family) posted on YouTube by Dorthy of Adat Shalom Fellowship in Summerville, SC.  Please pardon the soft audio, I have attended this fellowship a couple times and it is a fantastic place of worship.  Non-Jews who love YHVH and are learning to walk in His ways!!  This is Ray Gardner’s fellowship and, ironically, I was adding Torah Portion notes that he sent a couple days ago to his page… Go check out that awesome resource as well!

And, thanks, Dorothy and Tommy for this video!  May it bless and encourage others!

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Meditations from Psalm 27 v. 2 & 3

This is the month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar and traditionally, a month of repentance as we prepare for the Fall Feasts, most especially, Yom Kippur.  Psalm 27 is one of the Psalms read daily during this period and several days ago I posted the first of several meditations from this passage.  Here is another from verses 2 & 3.


 

When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.
Though a host encamp against me,
My heart will not fear;
Though war arise against me,
In spite of this I shall be confident.

It is September 2015 and there are a thousand people claiming that this could shape up to be a wildly eventful month.  Blood moon, solar eclipse, Pope at the UN, end of the Shmita, beginning of the Yovel, etc…  No doubt, prophecy seems to be accelerating and bears watching, but the troublesome aspect is how many people get totally bent out of shape and focus on nothing but the bad.

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Yet, these verses clearly say, beginning with the end of v. 1, that “Yehovah is my defense…, Whom shall I fear?”  And, these verses continue the thought by laying out some dreadful thoughts about enemies, adversaries and hosts (armies)!  Still, the Psalmist ‘will not fear’ and is ‘confident.’  Why? Continue reading

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Want grace/loving kindness?

…. then, ‘keep His Covenant and remember His precepts to DO them.’

Got Torah? 

(Yeshua/Jesus only offers freedom back into Covenant, not freedom from Covenant…)

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http://bible.com/100/psa.103.17-18.NASB

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Shema Challenge… Post up!

Yesterday, I posted a few thoughts concerning a recently heralded event in Israel that Jews are paying attention to.  Prophetically, it is fascinating that in the last 20 years many, many non-Jews have begun to walk the ancient paths of our Father.  This trend is accelerating!!

Here is a video of us singing the Shema, just as we have done for over four years now, and pronouncing to Israel that they are to ‘hear and do,’ Shema!!  Judah is beginning to see and watch this global phenomenon with quiet excitement as it portents the coming of Messiah ben David!  Encourage them and help get the message out by making your own video and linking it to the Shema Challenge YouTube channel and/or the Shema Challenge G+ page.  Share on Facebook, etc…  Also, we’ll mirror videos onto this blog as a demonstration of the size of this growing community if you will email us a link!  Just use the ‘Contact Us‘ page.

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Christian Child Fulfills Prophecy of Isaiah 56:7 on Temple Mount… [VIDEO]

A friend sent me a link to a Breaking Israel News article titled Christian Child Fulfills Prophecy of Isaiah 56:7 on Temple Mount and You’ll Never Guess How [VIDEO]. (Link and a challenge follows my comments)

I strongly recommend reading Isaiah 56:1-12, but the particular verse that has created the excitement is verse 7, (6-8 for context),

“Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
To minister to Him, and to love the name of Yehovah,
To be His servants, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath
And holds fast My covenant;
Even those I will bring to My holy mountain
And make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar;
For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”
The Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares,
“Yet others I will gather to them, to those already gathered.”

Here is the cute video, more comments and video after:

The article, concerning the video, excitedly shares that this Continue reading

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Meditations from Psalm 27. v.1

We are in the month of Elul, the 6th month in the Hebrew calendar.  Traditionally, this is a month of repentance and deep introspection as we prepare ourselves to stand before the King on Tishri 10, Yom Kippur.  During this time, in addition to normal reading, it is customary to add Psalm 27 as a daily meditation.  In that light, I’d like to post a few notes over the next few days.  Please share your thoughts on each verse selection as it comes up…

27:1 Yehovah is my light and my salvation;
    whom shall I fear?
Yehovah is the stronghold of my life;
    of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 27 1Interestingly, one of the reasons this Psalm was selected millennia ago by the rabbis for preparation for the Fall Feasts is because there is an allusion to each of the feasts in the Psalm.  The first phrase of the Psalm contains two of the three allusions.

Our first allusion is ‘light,’ and the word points to Yom Teruah, Day of Blowing (Trumpets), which is also known as the Day of Coronation.  The King is coming and He will appear on the Day of Trumpets, some year in the future.  He is Light and is the bringer and creator of light.  More importantly, He is MY light. Continue reading

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