#shabbatshalom

Hope you all are having a fantastic Sabbath! This is snippet from our last live streamed concert on July 9th.

https://rumble.com/v31nmeu-anc....ient-trail-live-conc

HaleluYah! Blessed rain & thunderboomies! Lol! So nice!

Mmmm, it is a B.E.A.U.TEE.FUL Sabbath day. I could just listen to this song on repeat, all day long. Or until I need to hear a different one. I have a playlist of only praise music on the Sabbath. I listen to political, emotional, and praise music. I am constantly listening for a conviction and I scene all my music over and over again for idolatry, swearing, and words in misused contexts I just don't like.

Fear of Yahuah is the beginning of wisdom. Fearing Yahuah means you'll keep Yahuah's commands. Righteous fear is love. If you love Yahuah then you'll keep Yahuah's Torah. The snares of death are the punishments of putting toxins in your body which Yahuah commanded you not to! Keep yourself from the snares of death! Choose life. Yahuah's Torah is life!

If your entire job line requires you to work on the Sabbath then if you actually care about your own salvation, you'll look for a new career or find that one boss who won't try to bully you out of the Sabbath. Yahuah continues to bless me with rewards and lessons; to make me harder to what is coming I believe. The victims of world war 2 hid in hail bails made into homes to escape death. Targeting the poor because of the actions of the rich who just so happened to share the same ethnicity is an atrocity on it's own. To date, people refuse to target those sho are actually guilty and they take out their rage on the invisible victims. I understand the cause and effect of all three world wars. Humans putting their wants first over the care of other humans. 'Ordinary Men' has been a real eye opener. Yahuah says He hates factions yet everyone must be divided. If all the groups would just read Yahuah's Word as it should be without idolatry, to Yahuah's standards, then we would all be shoulder to shoulder, working as one. More then one working as one. As is Elohim is working as One. No authority or command is different. They are working as One, shoulder to shoulder as Scripture demands us to be.

Proverbs 13:13-14 ISR
He who despises the Word is destroyed, but he who fears the command is rewarded. The Torah of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one away from the snares of death.

BIBLE STUDY LESSON 15

SERIES V --- JOURNEYS FOR YESHUA

CITIZEN OF ROME

PAUL GOES BEFORE THE COUNCIL

From Acts 22:23-23:11

The riot erupted again, with people shouting, throwing their cloaks, and tossing dust into the air. The commander rushed Paul into the fortress, where he planned to have him flogged with whips until he confessed whatever he had done to make the crowd react that way. As soon as they had tied him with thongs, Paul asked the captain standing nearby, [Is it legal to flog a Roman citizen without a fair trial?] The captain immediately reported this to the commander. [Do you realize what you are about to do?] the captain asked. [This man is a Roman citizen] The commander immediately came to see Paul. [Are you really a Roman citizen?] he asked. [Yes, I am,] Paul answered. [I bought my citizenship,] the commander said. [It cost a small fortune!] [But I was born a citizen,] said Paul. The soldiers with the whips let Paul go when they heard that he was a Roman citizen. The commander also was afraid, for he had illegally ordered a Roman citizen to be bound and whipped without a trial. On the following day the commander removed Paul’s chains and ordered the chief priests and the entire Jewish council to assemble, then brought Paul before them to discover what was wrong. Paul looked intently at the council members as he spoke. [Brothers, I have a completely clear conscience about the way I have lived for YHVH,] he began. The high priest Ananias immediately ordered the members nearby to strike Paul on the mouth. But Paul rebuked him. [Shame on you, you whitewashed wall!] Paul said. [YHVH will strike you, for here you are, trying to judge me by the Law while you break the Law.] Those near Paul were shocked. [Do you dare rebuke the high priest?] they asked. [I did not recognize that he is the high priest,] Paul responded. [The Scriptures tell us that we should never say evil things about our leaders.] Remembering that the council was made up of both Pharisees and Sadducees, he decided to divide them. [Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and a Pharisee’s son,] he cried out. [I am on trial here today because I believe in the hope and resurrection of the dead!] Immediately an argument broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the council was soon divided. The Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection, or angels, or spirits, while the Pharisees believed in them all. Before long everyone in the council seemed to be shouting. Some of the scribes of the Pharisees jumped up and shouted, [There’s nothing wrong with this man! What if an angel or spirit has spoken to him?] The argument was getting out of hand with the council members becoming almost violent. The commander realized that Paul might be torn to pieces so he ordered his soldiers to take him by force from the council and return him to the fortress. Adonai came to Paul’s side that night with a special message. [Lift up your spirits, Paul,] Adonai said. [You have faithfully witnessed for Me in Jerusalem. You will also faithfully witness for Me in Rome.]

COMMENTARY

ROMAN CITIZENSHIP

Not every person born in Rome could call himself a Roman citizen. Citizenship was a special status granted only to some. It guaranteed privileges denied to all others. Paul’s Roman citizenship kept him from unfair punishment without trial. Only a Roman citizen had the right to wear a white toga. It was a sign of honour that distinguished him from slaves and foreigners. Anyone caught pretending to be a citizen was sentenced to death. Roman law gave citizens the right to vote and hold public office, but they enjoyed other privileges not spelled out by law. A Roman citizen received the best seat in the theatre or the first place in line. People who were not citizens were required to make way for him on the street. In the courtroom the citizen could not be punished without a trial or questioned under torture. In disputes between a foreigner and a citizen the judge often ruled in the Roman’s favour. If the citizen was accused of a crime deserving death, he had the right to appeal to Caesar. If he was found guilty, he was granted quick death by sword rather than the agony of crucifixion. But Roman citizenship included responsibilities as well as privileges. A citizen might be required to serve on a jury or testify in court. He was expected to pay taxes to Caesar and serve in the Roman army during wartime. There were two ways to become a Roman citizen. A citizen’s son inherited the status enjoyed by his father, as Paul did. Other Romans received their citizenship by naturalization. Caesar’s decree bestowed the honoured status. The emperor often granted citizenship as a reward for special service or at the request of friends. Professional soldiers received citizenship when they retired from the army, others bought its privileges with a bribe. A slave could also become a citizen if his master freed him and legally arranged for his citizenship. When a person became a Roman citizen, he began a new life. To go with his new life, he needed a new name. He chose the first name by which he wished to be known, and in gratitude to the man who arranged for his citizenship he adopted the last name of his sponsor.

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