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It is imperative when we wake up that we first come out of churchianity… All the way out. Not a foot in the door and a foot on the porch. We have to do like Sha’ul.… Walk out into the wilderness away from everything that we found familiar and everything we thought we knew so well, sit down at the feet of the Master, and in the absence of our former influences, unlearn and relearn.

One of the most important things we need to do in leaving failed Christianity behind, that we may instead actually follow the Messiah, is to “reset the lexicon”…

And what does that mean?

It means that we have been using the wrong words and the wrong meanings for centuries so that all we have accomplished is confusing ourselves and our fellows.

We need to get the Christianized definitions out of our heads so that we can study the Scriptures as they were written without the bias of the times, and the lies of the scribes ruling our minds.

This is no easy task, nor a simple matter. It will be hard, and it will hurt. It will be difficult to have the simplest conversation with a Christian… Or anyone who has not plugged back in the proper terminology. It will be confusing for a time, and it will take some time to get used to the fact that we are so very unfamiliar with the Scripture we have believed ourselves to know from childhood.

Lord, God, angel, demon, saint, sin, law, grace, works, faith, church, Jesus, peace, heaven, hell, Christ, dispensation, salvation, sanctification, resurrection, disciple, Israel, prophet, apostle, believe, trust, Christian…etc. etc. etc.

So very many terms we have treasured for so very many years. All of which we believe to be the truth. But the truth is these are terms that few people check to ensure they actually reflect the meaning of what was originally written by the authors of the Scriptures themselves.

Nobody asks if the translator chose the right terminology. Nobody asks if the translator actually translated anything at all. Nobody ever makes certain that the so-called translator did not adopt local terminology already common, already in use, already familiar with their audience… And then slap a label “translation“ on that local lingo.By tradition, we simply accept what was given without regard for the devolution of time, and the corrupting influence of culture and custom superimposed upon words by use and misuse through the centuries.

But if we are to have a pure religion, if we are to restore what was ripped away from us in ancient times, we must question everything down to the terminology we typically use and through it, confuse both ourselves and our hearers.

Question Everything
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O Almighty and Everlasting Father…accept my humble and hearty Sacrifice of Praise and Thanksgiving for calling me out of Darkness into thy marvelous Light. -John Jay

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Then he made the upright frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood.
#exodus 36:20 #vayakhel

Exodus 36:20-34... Acacia frames, silver bases, gold overlays... Even these seemingly minor details of the Tabernacle construction have deep spiritual meaning, but I doubt that anyone in the last 2800 years has any significant understanding of it.

Ditto for all of Exodus 37.

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8“When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance When He separated the sons of Aḏam, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of Yisra’ĕl.

Deuteronomy 32

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Learning more methods for handmade, from-scratch, flat breads (including American-style biscuits, or non-yeast quick breads), using only a frying pan or skillet for the baking.

I am outside the standard elec. power grid, in America. No usable oven, until the rains stop so I may construct a clay oven large enough to bake a homemade pizza crust in. : )

#baking
#breads
#homemadebread

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#exodus 36:14-16 says Moses made 11 goathair curtains for the second layer of the #tabernacle. Why 11? It's a prime number, one more than 10 (divine imposition) and one less than 12 (Israel). That last one is probably the most significant. The number eleven seems to point to the whole nation of Israel, but with one of the tribes missing due to sin or betrayal. These curtains, like the ten curtains in v8-13, were fastened with 50 clasps, bronze instead of gold, perhaps to represent the judgment that removed one of the tribes.

What is the connection of the curtains, clasps, and numbers to Israel? It has something to do with the unity and protection of the people.

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Yeshua is Joshua in English. There is no need to translate through Greek, Latin, German, and then back to Greek and then to English. Unless you are deceptively trying to hide the truth! Are you gonna claim that your opinion is more powerful then the blatant research because it proves you wrong?