You
Can Come Out of the Church
Now!
The
Judgement Period is Over
BY
REBBETZIN SHERRY A. HORD
SHABBAT
KALLAH MINISTRIES INTL.
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The
year 1996 A.D. passed quickly
for most people. Nothing
seemed too unusual about
it. Yet, it was a year that
marked a very significant
event. It was the year that
YHVH’s (Yahueh’s) Judgment
upon the House of Yisra’el
came to an end. 1996 A.D.
became the year of release
for the Redeemed of Yahueh,
a time for His people Yisra’el
to be set free from religious
confines and indoctrination.
Very few believers are even
aware that they were redeemed
during a specific period
of time set-forth in the
Scriptures as Yahueh’s Judgment
Period.
The
following study will help
us to see the Judgment Period
from a Scriptural point
of view, and how it has
affected our lives. It will
also answer the question
as to why religion has flourished
for centuries, and why Yahueh’s
people have been so influenced
by the teachings of the
Church. To begin the study,
the subject of idolatry
must be understood from
the Hebrew concept as expressed
in the Scriptures.
THE
HEBREW CONCEPT OF IDOLATRY
The
Hebrew word “teraphim” means
“a healer; a family idol;
idols; idolatry; images.”
This Hebrew word links the
sin of idolatry with a mental
condition that occurs in
people’s minds when they
worship idols. The Hebrew
word suggests that idol
worshippers are dull of
mind; obstinate; stubborn;
they have a wicked nature.
Therefore, the Hebrew word
“teraphim” classifies idols
to be not only statues but
also mental images: philosophies,
fantasies, and imaginations
of the mind.
The
Hebrew word “atsab” also
specifies the physical and
mental aspect of idolatry
as being “idolatrous image;
idol.”
The
Hebrew word “shiqquets”
also pertains to idolatry.
The word means, “idolatry
is disgusting and filthy;
it is abominable filth to
have an idol or to worship
an idol; it is a detestable
thing.”
1
Shemu’el (Samuel) 15:23
states, “For rebellion is
as the sin of divination,
and stubbornness is as wickedness
and idolatry. Because you
have rejected the word of
YHVH (Yahueh), He also does
reject you as sovereign.”
THE
SIN OF IDOLATRY
Yahueh’s
Judgment Period came as
a result of the sin of idolatry.
The Scriptures tell us that
ancient Yisra’el was specifically
forbidden to worship idols.
Shemoth
(Exodus) 20:3-6 says, “You
have no other mighty ones
(ba’als; gods) against My
face. You do not make for
yourself a carved image,
or any likeness of that
which is in the heavens
above, or which is in the
earth beneath, or which
is in the waters under the
earth, you do not bow down
to them nor serve them.
For I, YHVH (Yahueh) your
Elohim am a jealous El,
visiting the crookedness
of the fathers on the children
to the third and fourth
generations of those who
hate Me, but showing kindness
to thousands, to those who
love Me and guard My commands.”
The
Hebrew concept that Shemoth
(Exodus) 20:3 conveys is
that we are not to put anything
between YHVH’s (Yahueh’s)
Face and our face. In other
words, we are not to take
our eyes off YHVH’s Face;
we are to see His character
at all times. Any other
thing or object that we
set our eyes on, and place
our affection upon will
stand between YHVH’s Face
and our face. He wants our
whole attention, and all
of our adoration. To place
any object of our affection
and adoration between YHVH
and us is idolatry.
People
should also understand that
the “eyes” are part of the
face. The “eyes” are known
to be the “windows of our
soul.” The thinking process
of our mind is located in
the soul. When we place
our “eyes” upon an object,
our minds, which are closely
regulated by our emotions,
and our human will, or ability
to make our own choices,
begin to surround the object
for estimation. If the object
is found to be pleasing
in our sight, or that we
may gain something from
it, we then choose to set
our affection upon it. The
emotional pleasure gained
from our relationship with
the object becomes the object
of our soul, the object
of our mind. In our minds
we set the object up to
be pleasing to us; we learn
to depend upon it; we begin
to devote ourselves to its
existence; it becomes an
object more important to
us than our Creator. We
then have begun to love
the “created” more than
the Creator.
Carving
wood and stone images to
represent various “gods”
to worship was a pagan practice
that was very prevalent
in the ancient world. People
bowed down to them, and
served them. They placed
their affection, their trust,
and even fear into and onto
these idols.
Unfortunately,
this human practice of idolatry
still exists today. In this
modern world that we exist
in today, there are cultures
that still use carved wood
and stone images as objects
of their worship. We can
find totem poles, necklaces,
hamsa hands in Judaism,
hundreds of Hindu “gods”
and “goddesses,” New Age
trees and stones, and the
wood and plaster statues
in hundreds of Catholic
Churches, and many other
objects of man’s religious
affections the world over.
Industry
and technology of the modern
world has also produced
a variety of “carved mages”
that mankind has placed
as objects of affection.
Money, cars, houses, TV’s,
VCR’s, DVD’s, movies, education,
jobs, sports, titles, you
name it, and you can claim
it to be an object of unholy
affection. We have all found
ourselves “enslaved” to
something that became a
“modern” day idol in our
lives.
Religion
in itself can be an idol,
and a very dangerous one.
People that have made “gods”
out of pastors and teachers,
music ministers, church
buildings, church memberships,
church denominations, Bible
translations, false teachings
and doctrines, etc., are
in the sin of idolatry.
One of the biggest and most
widespread forms of idolatry
today is the use of manmade
names of religious “icons.”
Most Christians place more
importance on the names
“jesus” and “jehovah,” and
their conjured up religious
images than actual Scriptural
Truth. The Hebrew manuscripts
tell us that the True Name
of the Creator of heaven
and earth and mankind is
YHVH (Yahueh). The information
is available to everyone
who seeks Truth. Most Christian
Bibles convey the Truth
about the Name of YHVH (Yahueh)
in their preface pages but
the translators choose to
continue the tradition of
covering up the Name and
inserting titles for the
most reverent Name in heaven
and should be on earth.
Religious indoctrination
that substantiates the use
of the manmade names is
foremost in most people’s
mind. They are so enslaved
to the manmade names that
to tell them the True Names
shakes their religious minds
to no avail because they
are steeped in idolatry,
worshipping the manmade
names that they have chosen
to worship. They profess
the names, bow to the names,
serve the names, solicit
for the names, and proselytize
for the names. Their minds
have become dull, and they
have become stubborn just
as the Hebrew word “teraphim”
suggests. Idolatry exists
in all mainstream religions,
Christianity and Catholicism
included.
Wayyiqra
(Leviticus) 26:1-3 says,
“Do not make idols for yourselves,
and do not set up a carved
image or a pillar for yourselves,
and do not place a stone
image in your land, to bow
down to it.
For
I am YHVH (Yahueh) your
‘Elohim.”
PUNISHMENT
FOR IDOLATRY
Ancient
Yisra’el’s history reveals
that the Nation continually
disobeyed YHVH’s (Yahueh’s)
instructions regarding the
sin of idolatry. Due to
their willingness to worship
idols, YHVH imposed severe
penalties for the sin of
idolatry upon the Nation
of Yisra’el.
Several
Scriptures tell us that
the Nation of Yisra’el would
be removed from their own
land to be scattered among
the nations of the world
where they would become
immersed into idol worship
of the heathen world. The
heathen cultures all worshipped
various forms of “sun-gods
and sun-goddesses.” Each
culture had its own names
and titles for its “gods,”
and own form of worship
to its “gods.” As part of
YHVH’s (Yahueh’s) punishment,
the children of Yisra’el
would become indoctrinated
(mentally and emotionally
steeped) in worshipping
idols as the heathen people
did as they migrated into
various pagan cultures.
Wayyiqra
(Leviticus) 26:33 says,
“And I shall scatter you
among the gentiles (pagans;
heathens) and draw out a
sword after you. And your
land shall be desert and
your cities ruins,…”
Debarim
(Deuteronomy) 4:27-28 says,
“And YHVH (Yahueh) shall
scatter you among the peoples,
and you shall be left few
in number among the gentiles
where YHVH (Yahueh) drives
you. And there you shall
serve mighty ones (ba’als;
false gods), the work of
men’s hands, wood and stone,
which neither see nor hear
nor eat nor smell (are not
alive like YHVH).”
Debarim
(Deuteronomy) 28:64 says,
“And YHVH (Yahueh) shall
scatter you among all peoples,
from one end of the earth
to the other, and there
you shall serve other mighty
ones (ba’als; false gods),
which neither you nor your
fathers have known, wood
and stone.”
Yirmeyahu
(Jeremiah) 9:13-16, “And
YHVH (Yahueh) says, ‘Because
they have forsaken My Torah
(instructions) which I set
before them, and have not
obeyed My voice, nor walked
according to it, but they
have walked according to
the stubbornness of their
own heart and after the
Ba’als (false gods), which
their fathers had taught
them.’ Therefore thus said
YHVH (Yahueh) of hosts,
the Elohim of Yisra’el,
‘See, I am making this people
eat wormwood, and I shall
make them drink poisoned
water. And I shall scatter
them among the gentiles
(pagans; heathens), whom
neither they nor their fathers
have known. And I shall
send a sword after them
until I have consumed them.’
”
Nehemiah
(Nehemiah) 1:8 says, “Please
remember the word that you
commanded Your servant
Mosheh
(Moses), saying, ‘If you
trespass, I shall scatter
you among the peoples…’
”
Thus,
the children of Yisra’el
were scattered into the
world of idolaters for a
length of time.
A
JUDGMENT PERIOD SET IN SCRIPTURES
During
Yisra’el’s history, the
Nation divided into two
kingdoms as a direct result
of idolatry. Unfortunately,
King Shelomoh’s (Solomon‘s)
willingness to worship the
idols of his many wives
took a toll on the Nation
of Yisra’el.
1
Melakim (Kings) 11:4 states,
“And it came to be, when
Shelomoh (Solomon) was old,
that his wives turned away
his heart after other mighty
ones (ba’als; false gods).
And his heart was not perfect
with YHVH (Yahueh) his ‘Elohim,
as was the heart of his
father Dawid (David).”
1
Melakim (Kings) 11:11 says,
“And YHVH (Yahueh) said
to Shelomoh (Solomon), ‘Because
you have done this, and
have not guarded My covenant
and My laws, which I have
commanded you, I shall certainly
tear the reign away from
you and give it to your
servant.’ ”
As
a result of his sin of idolatry,
the Nation would split into
two kingdoms that would
eventually bring forth the
scattering of the children
of Yisra’el into the gentile
(pagan; heathen) lands,
some to never return to
the Land of Yisra’el again.
YHVH’s (Yahueh’s) Judgment
Period for the sin of idolatry
would begin after Shelomoh‘s
(Solomon‘s) reign.
1
Melakim (Kings) 11:29-33
says, “And it came to be
at that time, when Yarob’am
(Jeroboam) went out of Yerushalayim
(Jerusalem), that the prophet
Ahiyah the Shilonite (of
Shiloh) met him on the way.
And he was wearing a new
garment, and the two were
alone in the field. And
Ahiyah took hold of the
new garment that was on
him, and tore it into twelve
pieces (represented the
12 Tribes of Yisra’el),
and said to Yarob’am (Jeroboam),
‘Take for yourself ten pieces
(10 Tribes of Yisra’el),
for thus said YHVH (Yahueh,
the ‘Elohim of Yisra’el,
‘See, I am tearing the reign
out of the hand of Shelomoh(Solomon)
and shall give ten tribes
to you (Yarob’am (Jeroboam),
but he (Shelomoh (Solomon)
shall have one tribe for
the sake of My servant Dawid
(emerge the Tribes of Judah,
Benyamin (Benjamin), and
Levites into one tribe under
the name of Judah) for the
sake of Yerushalayim (Jerusalem),
the city which I have chosen
out of all the Tribes of
Yisra’el.”
Yarob’am
(Jeroboam) was made King
over the Northern 10 Tribes
of Yisra’el, and Rehab’am
(Rehoboam) became King over
the Southern Tribe of Yahudah
(Judah, the combined tribes
of Judah, Benyamin (Benjamin),
and Levites). The Northern
Kingdom, known as the House
of Yisra’el, under King
Yarob’am (Jeroboam) did
an unfortunate thing. Under
the King’s orders, the Northern
Kingdom instituted a new
manmade religion, the mixture
of Torah and idolatry. YHVH’s
(Yahueh’s) Feast Days were
changed, the Levitical Priesthood
was changed, and the carved
images of two golden hap-bulls
were placed in two cities,
Dan and Bethel, set aside
as holy cities of worship.
Yarob’am (Jeroboam) reinstated
the Egyptian hap-bull idols
that represented Egypt’s
sun-god which their ancestors
had worshipped in the wilderness
while Mosheh (Moses) was
on Mt. Sinai receiving the
Torah from YHVH (Yahueh)
in Shemoth (Exodus) 32:1-4.
The
Southern Kingdom of Yahudah
(Judah) also was guilty
of leaving the Torah instructions
of YHVH (Yahueh) to worship
idols.
Yehezqel
(Ezekiel) 23: 36-37 states,
“And YHVH (Yahueh) said
to me, ‘Son of man, judge
Oholah (House of Judah)
and Oholibah (House of Yisra’el,
10 Tribes)! And declare
to them their abominations.
For they have committed
adultery, and blood is on
their hands. And they have
committed adultery (spiritual
fornication) with their
idols, and even offered
their sons whom they bore
to Me, passing them through
the fire, to devour (human
sacrifice).’ ”
As
a result of the idolatrous
state of their hearts, the
House of Yisra’el, the 10
Northern Tribes of Yisra’el,
ignored the many warnings
of YHVH (Yahueh) that He
would scatter them into
the gentile lands to become
like the “gentiles” in their
abominations of idolatry.
The Assyrians invaded Northern
Yisra’el in 734 B.C., and
began to deport the children
of Yisra’el into Assyrian
held lands. By 732 B.C.,
the Northern Kingdom was
entirely in the hands of
the Assyrians. From the
Assyrian lands of deportation,
the children of the 10 Tribes
of Yisra’el would eventually
migrate northwards to settle
in new lands after the decline
of the Assyrian Empire.
They would continue to scatter
and migrate, and resettle
further north until all
of the European lands were
thriving with generations
of descendants of the 10
Tribes of Yisra’el.
The
House of Yahudah (Judah)
would be invaded by the
Babylonians in 605 B.C.,
and carried off to Babylon
(modern day Iraq) for 70
years. After their exile
was complete, a small remnant
of Jews returned to Yerushalayim
(Jerusalem) to rebuild the
Temple. The story of their
return is related in the
Book of Ezra.
Yirmeyahu
(Jeremiah) 29:10 relates
the words of YHVH (Yahueh)
to the House of Yahudah
(Judah), “For thus said
YHVH (Yahueh), ‘When seventy
years are completed, at
Babel (Babylon) I shall
visit you and establish
My good word toward you,
to bring you back to this
place,….’ ”
YHVH’s
(Yahueh’s) words were fulfilled,
the Jewish remnant repented
of idolatry, and returned
to rebuild the Temple in
Yerushalayim (Jerusalem),
and to place Torah forever
in their midst.
CALCULATION
OF THE JUDGMENT PERIOD FOR
IDOLATRY
All
12 Tribes of Yisra’el were
warned by YHVH (Yahueh)
that their punishment for
the sin of idolatry would
be seven times worse, lengthened
by seven times.
Wayyiqra
(Leviticus) 26:21 says,
“And if you walk contrary
to Me, and refuse to obey
Me, I shall bring on you
seven times more plagues,
according to your sins,….”
Wayyiqra
(Leviticus) 26:27-28 states,
“And if in spite of this,
you do not obey Me, but
walk contrary to Me, then
I shall walk contrary to
you in wrath. And I Myself
shall punish you seven times
for your sins.”
The
punishment for the sins
of idolatry committed by
the House of Yisra’el would
yield a period of judgment
that would last seven times
longer than it should, and
it would include plagues
or afflictions. The Hebrew
word “mak-keh” that is used
in the Hebrew manuscripts
for plagues means “a blow;
a wound; carnage; pestilence;
beaten; slaughter; smote;
sore; stripe; wound.” In
addition to these things,
the people would be banished
from their land and scattered
into foreign pagan lands.
The punishment for the disobedience
of idolatry was to be seven
times in severity upon the
children of the House of
Yisra’el.
JUDGMENT TIME FOR THE HOUSE
OF YISRA’EL
YHVH
(Yahueh) told the prophet
Yehezqel (Ezekiel) to lie
on his side to show him
the exact number of years
that YHVH (Yahueh) would
punish the House of Yisra’el
and the House of Yahudah
(Judah) for their sins of
idolatry.
Yehezqel
(Ezekiel) 4:4-5 states,
“And lie on your left side,
and you shall put the crookedness
of the house of Yisra’el
on it. As many days as you
lie on it, you shall bear
their crookedness. For I
Myself have laid on you
the years of their crookedness,
according to the number
of the days, three hundred
and ninety days (1 day =
1 year; 390 days = 390 years).
And you shall bear the crookedness
of the House of Yisra’el.”
Because
the House of Yisra’el (10
Northern Tribes) did not
repent of their idolatry
during their
wandering through the gentile
(pagan; heathen) nations,
the total number of years
of their
punishment for idolatry
became a Judgment Period
of 2,730 years.
390 years x 7 times worse
= 2,730 years total time
of Judgment upon the House
of Yisra’el.
JUDGMENT TIME FOR THE HOUSE
OF YAHUDAH
Yahudah’s
(Judah’s) punishment for
idolatry was greatly lessened
in the length of years because
the remnant repented of
its sins and returned to
the Land of Yisra’el to
rebuild the Temple, and
reinstate the instructions
of Torah.
Yehezqel
(Ezekiel) 4:6 states, “And
when you have completed
them (70 years exile into
Babylon, Yehezqel was among
the Jews that went into
exile), you shall lie again
on your right side and shall
bear the crookedness of
the house of Yahudah (Judah)
forty days, a day for a
year (1 day = 1 year; 40
days = 40 years). I have
laid on you a day for a
year.”
YHVH
(Yahueh) placed cords upon
Yehezqel so that he could
not turn over onto his other
side to show him Yahudah‘s
(Judah‘s) punishment time.
Yehezqel
(Ezekiel) 4:9 states, “….You
shall eat it, as many days
as you lie on your side,
three hundred and ninety
days (1 day = 1 year; 390
days = 390 years).”
YHVH’s
(Yahueh’s) punishment time
for the House Yahudah is
calculated as such:
40 years + 390 years = 430
years total Judgment time
upon the House of Yahudah
(Judah).
The
House of Yahudah was not
given the 7 times more because
they returned to YHVH’s
(Yahueh’s) Torah instructions.
WHEN
ARE THE TRIBES OF YISRA’EL
TO BE RELEASED FROM YHVH’S
(Yahueh’s) JUDGMENT PERIOD?
THE HOUSE OF YISRA’EL’S
RELEASE
To
figure the time sequence
for the release of the House
of Yisra’el (10 Tribes scattered
among the gentile (pagan;
heathen) nations), one must
subtract the year 734 B.C.
when their deportation began,
from the 2,730 years punishment
time allotted to the House
of Yisra’el.
2,730 years - 734 B.C. =
1996 C.E. (A.D.) to be the
time of release for the
House of Yisra’el (10 Northern
Tribes) from the Judgment
for the sin of idolatry.
THE HOUSE OF YAHUDAH’S RELEASE
The
House of Yahudah (Judah)
can be easily figured too:
596 B.C. (the year Yahudah/Judah
was taken captive into Babylon
for 70 years punishment)
- 430 years total years
allotted for punishment
= 166 B.C. was the year
that Yahudah’s (Judah’s)
captivity and punishment
ended because they returned
to Torah.
596 B.C. - 430 years = 166
B.C. to be the release for
the House of Yahudah (Judah)
from the Judgment for the
sin of idolatry.
Therefore,
the Savior was able to come
and dwell with the House
of Yahudah (Judah) during
His life here on earth because
Yahudah (Judah) had been
released from its Judgment
Period, and had continued
to keep Torah in its midst.
Scriptures
tell us that YHVH (Yahueh)
is the Savior of the Nation
of Yisra’el. Therefore,
YHVH (Yahueh) must provide
a means of redemption for
the 12 Tribes of Yisra’el
or they will not be able
to come out of idolatry.
Yahshua (Yah’s savior/salvation)
came to give Himself as
the atoning sacrifice for
Yisra’el’s sins of idolatry
so that both Houses of Yisra’el
could be forgiven of their
idolatrous sins, and so
that the House of Yisra’el
could be released mentally
from idolatry upon completion
of YHVH‘s (Yahueh‘s) Judgment
Period. His corporate bodily
sacrifice had to supercede
the animal sacrificial system
of Torah because the Temple
and the Levitical Priesthood
would not exist at the closure
of the Judgment Period time
laid upon the House of Yisra’el.
Therefore,
through His bodily sacrifice,
He was able to make the
Blood Atonement for the
House of Yahudah, for the
lost sheep of the House
of Yisra’el, and all others
in the pagan world that
are willing to accept His
redemptive work for their
sins. Yahshua’s sacrifice
opened the way for all Yisra’el
to be redeemed even though
YHVH’s (Yahueh’s) Judgment
Period upon the House of
Yisra’el ran simultaneously
with the years after the
Savior’s death.
YHVH
WILL KEEP A REMNANT AMONG
THOSE SCATTERED
The
prophet Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah)
tells us that YHVH (Yahueh)
will scatter the House of
Yisra’el (10 Northern Tribes)
among the gentile (pagan;
heathen) nations; He will
certainly judge their sin
of idolatry, and punish
them; He will not totally
destroy them.
Yirmeyahu
(Jeremiah) 30:11 states,
‘For I am with you,’ declares
YHVH (Yahueh), ‘to save
you. Though I make a complete
end of all gentiles where
I have scattered you, yet
I do not make a complete
end of you. But I shall
reprove you in judgment,
and by no means leave you
unpunished.’
Yehezqel
(Ezekiel) 6:8-9 states,
“But I shall leave a remnant,
in that some of you shall
escape the sword among the
gentiles, when you are scattered
throughout the lands. And
those of you who escape
shall remember Me among
the gentiles where they
have been taken captive,
because I have been broken
by their adulterous heart
which has turned away from
Me, and by their eyes which
whored after their idols.
And they shall loathe themselves
for their evils which they
have done in all their abominations.”
Yehezqel
(Ezekiel) 20:34-37 says,
“ ‘And I shall bring you
out from the peoples and
gather you out of the lands
where you are scattered,
with a mighty hand, and
with an outstretched arm,
and with wrath poured out
(no longer angry with them).
And I shall bring you into
the wilderness of the peoples,
and shall enter into judgment
with you face to face there
(nothing to stand between
YHVH and His People). As
I entered into judgment
with your fathers in the
wilderness of the land of
Mitsrayim (Egypt), so shall
I enter into judgment with
you,’ declares the Master
YHVH
(Yahueh).
And I shall make you pass
under the rod (teach Torah
to them), and shall
bring you into the bond
of the covenant,….’ ”
YHVH
(Yahueh) will take a remnant
of believers out of all
those scattered in the gentile
(pagan; heathen) nations;
He will forgive them of
their sins of idolatry;
He will teach them His Torah
so that they may worship
Him once again.
It
is a fascinating thing to
see that in our generation
YHVH’s (Yahueh’s) Judgment
Period for the sin of idolatry
has ended in 1996 C.E. (A.D.),
and a remnant of Torah instructed
and observant believers,
forgiven of their sins through
the Blood of Yahshua HaMashiach
(the
Messiah) has emerged in
fulfillment of Yehezqel
(Ezekiel) 20:34-37.
This
remnant of Torah instructed
and observant redeemed believers
no longer call upon the
manmade names of religious
icons. They no longer follow
church teachings that have
disengaged themselves from
YHVH’s (Yahueh’s) Torah
instructions. They no longer
worship, pray to, sing to,
or write about pagan “gods,”
religious “icons” with manmade
names. They are renewed
in their relationship with
their Creator who came to
give Himself as the sacrifice
for their sins of idolatry.
They no longer have the
sin of idolatry on their
record before YHVH (Yahueh).
A
SIMILARITY BETWEEN YHVH’S
PROPHETIC WORD REGARDING
THE EXODUS AND THE JUDGMENT
PERIOD
There
is a similarity between
YHVH’s (Yahueh’s) prophetic
Word that He gave to Abram
(Abraham) in Bereshith (Genesis)
15:3, and was fulfilled
by the Exodus of the 12
Tribes of Yisra’el from
their captivity in Mitsrayim
(Egypt) after 430 years
of slavery, and Yisra’el’s
Judgment Period that was
extended in time unto our
generation.
FIRST SIMILARITY
Bereshith
(Genesis) 15:13 states,
“And He said to Abram, ‘Know
for certain that your seed
(descendants) are to be
sojourners in a land that
is not theirs, and shall
serve them, and they shall
afflict them (place them
in slavery) four hundred
years.’ ”
Abram’s
(Abraham’s) people, the
descendants of the 12 Tribes
of Yisra’el (Ya‘akov/Jacob),
went into Mitsrayim (Egypt),
a pagan land; a land not
their own. Generations later,
the descendants of Abraham
would also be scattered
in the gentile (pagan; heathen)
lands, lands that were not
theirs.
In
pagan lands, both groups
of Abraham’s descendants
would serve gentile peoples,
pagan kingdoms, and participate
in pagan religions. Both
groups would become enslaved
by idolatry through the
worship of pagan “gods”
over the course of hundreds
of years of willful participation
in various forms of sun-god
worship, ancient and modern
forms of idolatry.
The
ancient people of YHVH (Yahueh)
fell back into idolatry
almost immediately after
being released from slavery
in Mitsrayim (Egypt). Shemoth
(Exodus) 32 tells us how
they fashioned a golden
hap-bull, symbol of Egypt’s
sun-god, while Moshe was
on the mountain receiving
the Stone Tablets.
The
latter group of Abram’s
(Abraham’s) descendants
would also participate in
idolatrous religions, and
become enslaved by idolatry,
and continue in them until
the Judgment Period ended.
The
course of a cleverly designed
idolatrous religion that
would entrap Redeemed people
for many generations emerged
almost immediately after
the original apostles died.
Through the spread of a
Greco-Roman form of the
Besarah (Gospel) of a Savior
that would forgive men of
their sins gained converts
from the idolatrous religions.
But when the original apostles
died, the original Messianic
faith that was Torah based
became polluted and tainted
with idolatry to become
virtually non-existent.
This happened because the
Redeemed that came from
previous backgrounds of
idolatrous worship retained
a spirit of idolatry in
their minds. Due to the
Judgment Period’s existence,
their minds were held in
bondage to religion. They
instituted a new version
or renewal of the ancient
Yarob’am (Jeroboam) religion,
a mixture of Torah and idolatry.
Under
the more famous culprit,
Roman Emperor Constantine,
all religions in the Roman
Empire were amalgamated
into one “universal” (catholic
means universal) religion
composed of various forms
of sun-god and sun-goddess
worship. The original Messianic
faith came to be despised
due to the practice of anti-Semitism
by the early church fathers;
anything resembling the
despised “Jews” was done
away with. YHVH’s (Yahueh’s)
Feast Days were deleted,
and pagan holidays were
instituted and revered in
the new idolatrous religion;
all of Rome’s holidays honored
ancient Babylonian “gods
and goddesses” handed down
from the Greek civilization,
and traced back to ancient
Babylon.
The
new “gentile or pagan” religion
of Rome deleted YHVH’s (Yahueh’s)
Shabbat/Sabbath/7th Day
of Rest to honor Rome’s
sun-god “Tammuz” on Sun-day,
a day set aside for Rome’s
highest deity. The City
of Rome became the Holy
City rather than YHVH’s
(Yahueh’s) chosen City of
Yerushalayim (Jerusalem).
A pagan priesthood ruled
by a pope was instituted
in Rome that has no likeness
to the spiritual priesthood
of the Redeemed believers
which is to have the Head
of the Messianic Body being
the Savior Himself, Yahshua
HaMashiach (the Messiah).
Out of Rome emerged the
“universal” Catholic Church
with the idolatrous mixture
of Torah (priests retained
copies of Torah) and idols.
Yarob’am’s (Jeroboam’s)
Egyptian hap-bulls became
wood and plaster statues
of man made images of saints
and a catholic “savior”
revered.
Generations
later, a reformation period
took place that recovered
certain aspects of the Word
of YHVH (Yahueh) for the
people. The Reformation
was a limited purifying
work of men’s souls by the
Ruach HaKodesh (Set-apart
Spirit), and an even more
deceptive work of the Spirit
of Idolatry.
Because
the Judgment Period had
not yet ended, the work
was limited, and the spirit
of idolatry continued like
a plaque afflicting the
minds of YHVH‘s (Yahueh‘s)
people (from the Hebrew
word “mak-keh“), reforming
itself to become even more
deceptive. Plaster and wood
statues, and the religious
trappings of Rome were deleted
from the “new branch” of
the Roman Catholic Church
religion. The allurement
for physical eyes to be
drawn to idol statues to
be worshipped was no longer
instrumental in the new
form of worship. A cleverly
designed mental image of
a “gentile/pagan” savior
emerged in the “new branch”
of the Church. It would
become so deceptive, so
deeply entrenched in the
souls of YHVH’s (Yahueh’s)
people, and embedded in
their emotions that for
nearly 2,000 years the manmade
created “icon” called “jesus”
would be thought to be the
True Savior. The Catholic
Church with its physically
outward and blatant displays
of idolatry gave birth to
its daughter church, the
Christian Church. The Christian
Church would thrive in the
basic religion of Rome but
without the “beads,” “pope,”
or “statues,” the religious
trappings of Rome. Christianity
would retain the holidays,
the sun-day worship, and
the image of a “gentile
savior” that was completely
disassociated from the Torah
or the people of Yisra’el.
Through the Christian Church,
the Spirit of Idolatry would
continue to hold the minds
and emotions of YHVH’s (Yahueh’s)
Redeemed people in religion
until the Judgment Period
ended.
Thus,
Abram’s (Abraham’s) descendants
would spend hundreds of
years enslaved to idolatrous
