HOW TO ESCAPE CONFUSION AND DECEPTION
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) 2007 in Jerusalem was spectacular. I have not seen such a great number of people before at any Sukkot over the last eight years. The return of Ephraim was evident, and even a few Orthodox Jews called members of our entourage “Joes”—knowing we were of the house of Joseph/house of Ephraim/house of Israel. The ten not-lost-anymore tribes are returning to their Hebrew roots, to the “fathers”—Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—to the Torah of Yahuweh and to Yahuweh’s rule and eternal Covenant with His people, while NOT denying Messiah Yahushua—the Messiah of Israel. The remnant of the last days has the testimony of Messiah but guards the Covenant Torah of Yahuweh also. The Orthodox Jews know that Messiah’s coming is near. They know that before the coming of Messiah the whole house of Jacob—all twelve tribes—would come back to the Land. Thus in their own writings on the Haftorah reading of Ezekiel 37:15-28, they say that the return of the house of Israel/Ephraim/Joseph to the Land after 2, 730 years of being scattered into the nations, is their sign that Messiah is coming soon, and it is their sign that Elohim has not forgotten the house of Judah.
At the coming of Messiah Yahushua to establish His Kingdom on earth, which is the major theme of the Word, the house of Judah, basically Jews and Levites as well as the tribe of Benjamin, will receive Messiah as their Redeemer, and thus the one new man will come together—the two houses of the sons of Jacob united both in the Jewish/Levite Messiah, and in the guarding of the “Instructions and Teachings” of the Kingdom of Heaven for our good life on earth (Torah), given to us by our loving Father. (Zechariah 12:10-13:1)
At Sukkot, about ten of us stayed within an area not as long as a city block in the Old City of Jerusalem at the Jaffa Gate. I stayed with several in an Arab hostel. From the balcony, we could see the teeming multitudes below, rushing here and there—the Orthodox Jews primarily, rushing to the Wall with their lulavs (Leviticus 23:39-40)
In that small space there is a concentrated melting pot of every opinion possible in Christianity, Judaism, Islam and different combinations of Christianity and Judaism—mixtures of all sorts of Lucifieric confusion. Plus you have a wide assortment of demonized people, some thinking they are Elijah or Jesus or one of the two witnesses. There are also the mentally disturbed who appear to be normal until the signs start showing. The sad thing is that many Christians do not see the signs of abnormality. Many are unstable, hiding in religion for their egos to be exalted. Many push their way into conversations in order to push their agenda on anyone they can interrupt and take over. You can be in fellowship with your friends, and someone will come up and start talking about their religious experiences, or their latest revelations or the verse that denies the truth of the whole Word. Unstable, mentally ill, demonized, demon possessed
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people—most of them hiding under the guise of either Christian, or Messianic.
The immature in the true faith are easy victims for the “logic” of these slick
talkers. They always use “verses” in the Bible and sometimes a little Hebrew knowledge to refute the very Person of Messiah, or to “show” that the Torah has been done away with, or to “show” some other opinion of theirs. If a person
does not know the Word as taught by the Ruach, and does not know the nature of the real Elohim of the Bible and the real Messiah of the Bible, they can be easily taken back by the power of the enemy through these deceivers, liars, and manipulators. One man in the hostel we were in was a wicked perverted man—yet he had an audience of believers, whose minds came into his grip as he went from one verse to another to promote his perversions. I was asleep, but when I awoke I felt the spirits in this man—and felt dirty and prostituted, even though he was speaking out in the area outside the room.
“Try the spirits to see if they be of Elohim” -- I John 4:1. We must not only have discernment of the spirits of man, demons, and Satan, but be able to discern the difference between what is of Elohim and our own soul’s reasoning. We must guard our heart and mind against even listening to deception, because deception is a spirit of Satan himself, and when we open the door to these spirits by listening, then they have every right in the world to enter into us and destroy us if possible!
If YOU (and only you can do it) open a door and leave it open for the enemy, you will be tormented with doubts and unbelief, and fears, and confusion the rest of your days unless you take your authority over the enemy’s abilities and run him off in the Names of Yahuweh and Yahushua. (Luke 10:19; Zechariah 3:2) The most powerful rebuke in the universe is in Zechariah 3:2—where Yahuweh uses His own Name to rebuke Satan. You must choose what voices you want to subject your mind to—to Yahuweh’s voice or His enemy’s many confusing voices. We are in the final cycle before the return of Messiah. The pit has opened and the spirits of great deception are now on the earth, going after the weak and foolish among Yah’s people—the little lambs that are straying from the Shepherd in order to follow what sounds good.
In the book of Daniel we read about the One who comes to the Father—the “Ancient of Days”. In Daniel 7:14: “And so to Him was given (by the Ancient of Days) rulership and preciousness and a reign that all peoples, nations and languages should serve Him. And His rule is an everlasting rule, which shall not pass away, and His reign that which shall not be destroyed”. (Italics mine)
Psalm 2—read it! The Father gives the heathen as an inheritance to His Son—and unless they “kiss the Son” they will perish.
In Proverbs 30:4 we are asked: “Who has gone up to the heavens and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His fist? Who has bound
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the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His Name, and what is His Son’s name?”
Psalm 110:1 the Hebrew reads: “Yahuweh said to my Yahuweh, `Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”. Two Yahuwehs? – Yes – a family – Yahuweh the Father, and Yahushua Yahuweh the Son.
From Genesis onward in the Hebrew Scriptures, Yahushua Messiah is revealed
hundreds of times. Yet, a few verses from someone in a Arab hostel has the power (of the evil one) to change the mind of those who supposedly believed in the Messiah of Isaiah 53. Will you let the powers of the evil one control your mind? (If you want, ask for the article “Is Yahushua Really the Messiah?”)
There are 120 prophecies of His first coming and 224 of His second coming. From the time He was nailed to the stake until His resurrection, seventy-two hours, thirty prophecies were fulfilled. This would be impossible unless Elohim is behind it.
The Essenes of Qumran, the remnant of the pure priesthood of Zadok, knew there would be one Messiah, fully Elohim who would come twice—first as the suffering servant of Isaiah 53, and then as the conquering King of Zechariah. Their writings have been hidden from us until recently.
Also Daniel 9:24-27 gives the exact timing of the coming of the Messiah into Jerusalem around 26 CE. Yet, a few verses from an unbeliever apparently nullifies the whole weight of the entire Scriptures, making some doubt the Messiah Yahushua. Not so—the Word of Yahuweh stands forever unchanged. Yahushua appeared many times before His incarnation as the “Malak of Yahuweh—the messenger”.
He was of the lineage of King David, and even the Jewish Talmud talks about Him, Josephus and other historians of the first century.
I write my articles to warn the wise to flee from what will destroy them. My one continuous theme is: “Study the whole Word (Genesis to Revelation) with the Ruach Yahuweh to teach you”. I have lived this lifestyle for many years, and so when I write, I write from His heart. I see the wolf and I try to warn the sheep. Yet, only a tiny remnant of all I am reaching with my articles is even taking notice, and only a smaller remnant is doing anything about it. Yet, I must fulfill my assignments from the Father, for my eternal reward is based on how faithful I am to obey Him. The Word says that the wise listen to instruction, but fools go on and are doomed.
In order to avoid deception, there must be a proper understanding of the real Hebrew Messiah, as well as a true understanding of what the Torah of Yahuweh is all about. Religion gives no answers. Religion steers you away from Truth that is only found by careful study of the whole Word,
as taught to you personally by the Spirit of the Father. As you walk out what He teaches you, He teaches you more.
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Mark 4:14-20; 24-25—Messiah interprets a parable for His disciples: “The sower sows the Word. These then are the ones by the wayside where the Word is sown. And when they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the Word that is sown in their hearts. And likewise these are the ones sown on rocky places, who, when theyhear the Word, immediately receive it with joy, but they have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. Then when pressure or persecution arises because of the Word, immediately they stumble. And others are those sown among thorns, these are they who
hear the Word and the worries of this age and the deceit of riches, and the desires for other things entering in, choke the Word and it becomes fruitless. And those sown on good soil are those who hear the Word and accept it and bear fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixtyfold, and some a hundredfold…And He said to them, `TAKE HEED WHAT YOU HEAR. WITH THE SAME MEASURE YOU USE, IT SHALL BE MEASURED TO YOU AND MORE SHALL BE ADDED TO YOU WHO HEAR. For whoever possesses, to him more shall be given, but whoever does not possess, even what he possesses shall be taken away from him’ ”. Other translations say: “TAKE HEED HOW YOU HEAR”. We must take heed what we hear and how we hear, for sometimes we hear truth but our mind twists the truth to fit our existing belief system!
Stand watch as a diligent soldier over what goes into your eyes and ears! If you have any relationship with the Messiah, turn off the TV even the news, for it is Luciferic world-system propaganda in some form. Only go on the Internet if you have to, and then get off. Only go shopping if you absolutely need something, and then go home. YOUR ETERNAL LIFE DEPENDS ON HOW WELL YOU GUARD WHAT GOES INTO YOUR MIND.
The Word—from Genesis to Revelation—is filled with warnings to not let go of your faith, and to not deny Messiah, and to not let go of the Torah.
If you willfully listen to deception, lies, and confusion of opinions--hearing is part of how the soul takes in data to reason and come to conclusions--then you possess nothing but futility. And, you could be opening yourself up to utter destruction.
In the days of Messiah’s coming, the whole house of Jacob—all the tribes—will lament for being deceived by “falsehood”. Jeremiah 16:19: “Oh Yahuweh, our strength and our refuge, in the day of distress the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth (coastlands) and say, `Our fathers have inherited only falsehood, futility, and there is no value in them’ ”. (Italics mine)
I am sad to say that most so-called “believers”, even supposedly good ones, are in categories 2 and 3 of the parable of the sower. They have no stability, tossed to and fro by man’s programming tactics. They have no root in themselves—not anchored in the Word. They are easily drawn away from the Truth to appease
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or please human beings and their agendas. They do not know the Father or the Son, because they won’t study for themselves, and so keep adhering to the deceptions taught by their forefathers, -- “always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth” (II Timothy 3:1-7)
I have watched friends fall into this trap—craving knowledge from this one and
that one but staying confused because the truth was lacking.
This is our day: Isaiah 59:14-15: “And right-ruling is driven back, and righteousness stands far off. For truth has fallen in the street and right is unable to enter. And truth is lacking, and whoever turns away from evil makes himself a prey…”
Beware! Americans in general, especially Christian and Messianic people, think
that what looks good must be good, and so they devour evil, poison of Satan, and think it is good. They believe liars and deceivers and think they are good people. In Jerusalem, some of my friends were taken in by people who were “so sweet”, “nice” and “moral”. But, are the ambassadors of the enemy’s lies nice and sweet? Is there not indescribable deception in this? What is the source of their “love” that makes them so desirable? Only those who have the fruit of the re-born spirit from Yahuweh Himself, have the spirit of righteousness. If the source of the “fruit” is not the Ruach Yahuweh, then it is deceptive! Father spoke to me once: “If the root is defiled, then the tree is defiled, and the fruit is defiled, and all who eat of it are likewise defiled!”
The Muslims, even Hamas, has charity organizations that help their people. This fools a lot of seculars into thinking Islam is good, because they have charity for their people. But, would they help a Jew who was poor? I think not! To be sucked into listening to someone who is “sweet” but who teaches against Yahuweh’s Word is of the Devil—Beware! Snow White received a shiny red apple from a witch and died. Beware of having the Snow White syndrome of ridiculous naivety.
Be careful not to throw your rubies and diamonds before “swine” (Sorry folks, pearls are from a defiled animal and no Torah-guarding first century Jew would use them in an illustration (smile). The “dogs” are those who are outside the covenant of Yahuweh, thus cannot enter the Kingdom of Elohim. (Matthew 7:6)
Also, we must obey Psalm 1:1-2 and not walk in the counsel of the wrong, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scorners, but delight in the Torah of Yahuweh. If you participate as a listener in a conversation that is not of the Father, you are sitting in the seat of mockers and standing in the path of sinners! You are condoning what is against Yahuweh! If you go to meetings that He has not instructed you to attend, then you are also in the path of the wrong. Once in the path, sitting and eating with them too, you are opening doors for the enemy to deceive, confuse, and destroy you.
Carefully read Psalm 119, using the Hebrew word “Torah”—the Teachings and Instructions of Yahuweh—instead of the Roman word translated as “law” into
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English. By this one word inserted into the Latin Vulgate, multi billions of people have rejected Yahuweh’s Kingdom instructions and interpreted them for some despicable law of an angry God, no longer applicable in the age of freedom. In other words, they assume Messiah died to take all stop lights out of all cities, so that we can crash into each other and then get forgiveness. It is as ridiculous thinking as that!
The Spirit continues to give His knowledge to those who learn from Him. The Spirit does not deal with the stubborn person who won’t spend the time to hear from Him. If you have another agenda that keeps you from His presence, how will you be able to hear Him when our government declares martial law, and releases prisoner gangs and Arabs to kill, steal, and destroy in America, and foreign soldiers go door to door to arrest the true believers to haul them to concentration camps?
Yahuweh did not start Rabbinical Judaism—a very confused Rabbi Akiva did in the second century. He was the “Constantine” of the Jews. Yahushua did not start the Greek counterfeit religion of Christianity—the Gnostic Greeks did, and then Rome institutionalized it under Constantine (an anti-messiah for sure). For more information on this, please ask for the 86-page mini-booklet The Foundation of Deception, which exposes the roots of the counterfeit religion of Christianity that has deceived billions and is still deceiving almost 2 billions.