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I worship the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
He is the God who parted the Red Sea to save his people Israel.
He promised Israel a land all their own.
He keeps the seventh day Shabbat.
He shows many signs and wonders and miracles.
He keeps His promises.
He sent His Son to show us how to live the Torah.
He will bring His people from the four winds and gather them in the land, Israel.
He cherishes His feast days, and meets with those who keep the feasts.
Adultery, murder, crossdressing and eating pork are still abominations to Him.
He expects His people to be faithful, obeying only Him.
He protects His people under the shadow of His wings.
He loves His bride, Israel, though they have been unfaithful to Him.
He loves all mankind, but to enter His family, they must enter through the gate of His Son, Yahshua, of the tribe of Judah.
He never changes.
What He said 5000 years ago is still true today.
He is the God of the Bible, the Creator of us all.
This is the God I serve.
If all these things aren’t true of your God, then…
who is your God?

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Good morning! It's the 4th day of the week already, and what a busy week it has been! Maybe it has been a bit overwhelming or busy for you, too, so today I thought I'd share a little about the peace that Yah gives us in stressful times. https://archive.aweber.com/awlist6425868/GyUfU

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On this date in history, 05/24/1777: The Battle of Sag Harbor, New York. #otd #tdih https://www.historycarper.com/....1777/05/24/attack-on

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Genesis 31:48—49, “Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed. It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.” The first time the term “watch” is used in the Bible describes the Creator keeping watch. Because He never sleeps our Creator sees everything and because He never tires, He is ready to take action. Our Creator is vigilant.

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(Saith Yahweh) "To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word."

Is 66

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Day Four of Week 7: Netzach of Malchut
46th Day of the Omer

A person's dignity and a leader's success is tested by his endurance level. Will and determination reflect the power and majesty of the human spirit. The strength of one's sovereignty.

How determined am I in reaching my goals? How strong is my conviction to fight for a dignified cause? How confident am I in myself? Is my lack of endurance a result of my low self-esteem? Do I mask my insecurities by finding other excuses for my low endurance level?

Exercise for the day: Act on something that you believe in but have until now been tentative about. Take the leap and just do it!

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10 Commandments or "10 Commandments"?

I was brought up in a church where the 10 Commandments where made out to be the entirety of Father's laws (well, excluding keeping the sabbath). And then Yeshua "added" to the law that: "love God with all your heart and your neighbour as yourself". This to me is the summary of the law and not a new or different law...

When I look at Exodus with a different set of lenses then it reads a bit differently now. Father first utters the first 10 commandments and then the nation interrupts Him out of fear. They then ask that Father rather speak THROUGH Moses to them.

Father then continues speaking, but this time "through" Moses.

Does the latter part of the instructions then become less of an instruction as Moses speaks it or should the 10 Commandments become known by another name so that the rest of the instructions are also included in our way of thought?

What are your thoughts on this? Please leave your comments below.

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Yeshua told us the greatest commandment, and the second greatest. The ten commandments are based on these two. The rest of the commandments detail how to live out the ten commandments. Its like an index or table of contents in a book, or a summary. The book is titled "Love YHWH with all Your Heart & Soul." The ten commandments are the table of contents with summary of the contents. The remaining statutes are the specific content of the book.

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It is bigger than 10, but those 10 summarize the rest of the commandments. If you go through and categorize each statute, you will find that most of them fall under the specific categoies of the 10 commandments, although some only fit under love your neighbor...

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The Scripture in three places uses the phrase "ten commandments":
"And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments." Ex 34
"And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone." De 4
"And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which Yahweh spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and Yahweh gave them unto me." De 10

They were the ones written on the tables, and after they were listed again in Deuteronomy Moses said of them:
"These words Yahweh spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me." De 5

So they were a specific group, and like the two great commandments the rest would be connected to them.

Some Jewish traditions have their 613 list of commandments, which, having read, I find it very badly made and bearing many ungodly interpretations. One of these is the heresy that no prophet (prophet!) can add a commandment to the 613, which is to put the Torah above God who gave it: a man cannot reject one word of God "in favour" of another word of God. It is the same God, and to disobey any word of his is death.

For example:
"As his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day." 1S 30
This command of God's prophet is as binding as when Moses said the circumcised were not to eat unclean animals.

Christ gave two examples in his rebuke of the Pharisees, one being David eating the shewbread which was not lawful, and the other being how the Torah commands priests to work on the sabbath ("profane the sabbath" are the words he used).

In short, if someone tries to tell God when to stop talking, it is he who will be silenced.

"And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of Yahweh, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him." 1K 20

The Scripture in three places uses the phrase "ten commandments": 
"And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments." Ex 34 
"And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone." De 4 
"And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which Yahweh spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and Yahweh gave them unto me." De 10 
 
They were the ones written on the tables, and after they were listed again in Deuteronomy Moses said of them: 
"These words Yahweh spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me." De 5 
 
So they were a specific group, and like the two great commandments the rest would be connected to them. 
 
Some Jewish traditions have their 613 list of commandments, which, having read, I find it very badly made and bearing many ungodly interpretations. One of these is the heresy that no prophet (prophet!) can add a commandment to the 613, which is to put the Torah above God who gave it: a man cannot reject one word of God "in favour" of another word of God. It is the same God, and to disobey any word of his is death. 
 
For example: 
"As his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day." 1S 30 
This command of God's prophet is as binding as when Moses said the circumcised were not to eat unclean animals. 
 
Christ gave two examples in his rebuke of the Pharisees, one being David eating the shewbread which was not lawful, and the other being how the Torah commands priests to work on the sabbath ("profane the sabbath" are the words he used). 
 
In short, if someone tries to tell God when to stop talking, it is he who will be silenced. 
 
"And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of Yahweh, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of Yahweh, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him." 1K 20

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Thought for Today: Wednesday May 24:

Always make the least of everything that goes and always make the most of everything that comes. Do not ever regret what is past. Cherish and be thankful towards YHVH for what you have. Look forward to everything He gives you. And most important of all, rely moment by moment on Yeshua Moshiach!

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