The Cancer of Calvinism (Not Calvarianism)
PART 1 | #calvinism
If a prophet or miracle worker teaches idolatry or to abandon the commandments of God in favor of the commandments of some other god or of mere men, then he must be stoned to death after a public trial with at least two witnesses and a civil judge. We are forbidden to listen to him anymore.
#deuteronomy 13:1-10 #reeh #yeshua #godslaw
If #jesus ever taught against #torah, then He CANNOT be Messiah. Period. The End. So it's a good thing Jesus NEVER taught against Torah! He always preached obedience to God and the rejection of all conflicting man-made rules.
See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse...
Deuteronomy 11:26 TLV
"Behold" - God requires us to see the blessings and curses inherent in the Law. When you experience what appears to be a curse, look for the blessings in it. When you experience what appears to be a blessing, look for the curses in it.
The blessings and curses of God's Law lie primarily in your own sight. Do you see God's instructions as a curse? Then they will be a curse to you and to everyone around you. Do you see them as a blessing? Then they will be a blessing.
Related teaching from Wild Branch Community: https://rumble.com/v5d7yod-ree....h-behold-the-blessin
081925 / 25th day of the 5th month 5786
WORD FOR TODAY “graces is not a NT concept.”: Joe 2:12 "Yet even now," declares the LORD, "Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting, weeping and mourning; Joe 2:13 And rend your heart and not your garments." Now return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness And relenting of evil.
WISDOM FOR TODAY: Pro 24:28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, And do not deceive with your lips.
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FROM THIS WEEK’S TORAH PORTION – R’EIH:
“When there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, within any of the gates in your land which YHWH your Elohim is giving you, do not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother, for you shall certainly open your hand to him and certainly lend him enough for his need, whatever he needs. Be on guard lest there be a thought of Beliya’al in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is near,’ and your eye is evil against your poor brother and you give him naught. And he shall cry out to YHWH against you, and it shall be a sin in you. You shall certainly give to him, and your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because for this reason YHWH your Elohim does bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand. Because the poor one does not cease from the land. Therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall certainly open your hand to your brother, to your poor and to your needy one, in your land.’”
FROM THIS WEEK’S TORAH PORTION – R’EIH:
“When YHWH your Elohim does cut off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land, guard yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire about their mighty ones, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their mighty ones? And let me do so too.’ Do not do so to YHWH your Elohim, for every abomination which YHWH hates they have done to their mighty ones, for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their mighty ones. All the words I am commanding you, guard to do it – do not add to it nor take away from it.”
FROM THIS WEEK’S TORAH PORTION – R’EIH:
“When YHWH your Elohim enlarges your border as He has promised you, and you say, ‘Let me eat meat,’ because you long to eat meat, you eat as much meat as your soul desires. When the place where YHWH your Elohim chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you shall slaughter from your herd and from your flock which YHWH has given you, as I have commanded you, and you shall eat within your gates as much as your soul desires.”
FROM THIS WEEK’S TORAH PORTION – R’EIH:
“Completely destroy all the places where the nations which you are dispossessing served their mighty ones, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. And you shall break down their altars, and smash their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire. And you shall cut down the carved images of their mighty ones and shall destroy their name out of that place. Do not do so to YHWH your Elohim, but seek the place which YHWH your Elohim chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His Name there, for His Dwelling Place, and there you shall enter. And there you shall take your ascending offerings, and your slaughters, and your tithes, and the contributions of your hand, and your vowed offerings, and your voluntary offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock. And there you shall eat before YHWH your Elohim, and shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which YHWH your Elohim has blessed you.”
Questioning a core belief might be a sensitive subject for some, so only read on if you are open to discussion:
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My thinking on Deut 32:8-9 has brought up another separate question which I hope someone can help with.
In Genesis 1 and 2 we see that Elyon (El) created the heavens and earth. We see a distinction between El and YHWH at least up to Deut 32:8-9 as it states that El divided the nations between His sons and YHWH's portion was Jacob. Those verses would make little sense if El kept a portion for Himself as one can't inherit from oneself as it would make El a son of El according to the second half of the passage. 🤔
If I read these verses for what it says then El is the Most High and YHWH one of His sons.
Another example is that Melchizedek was the high priest of El (Genesis 14:18–20) and not of YHWH. (We have to read into this passage to say that El is a title and therefore this is referring to YHWH.)
In my understanding there is at least up to Deut 32 still a distinction made between El and YHWH. Then over time we see El becoming a title (Host High) and YHWH becoming the name of who the Bible says is the Most High.
YHWH therefore is recognized as the national god of Israel and is very often referred to as the 'god of Israel' and then over time becomes the universal god as El is written out of the picture and YHWH "owns" the deeds of El.
Subsequently, all Bible believers currently accept YHWH as the creator of the heavens and earth and then try to make sense of what Deut 32 says in light of this belief.
I can't figure out at what point in time and Scripture is there a definitive "merger" of El and YHWH as it looks more like a subtle change that goes unnoticed as in modern translations the languages hide this distinction by just saying Lord or something similar.
Do you maybe know when this change over takes place or am I totally missing something here from a biblical perspective?
#elyon #yhwh #sonsofgod