Tradition doesn’t just stop. It must BE STOPPED.
And it can only be stopped by us within ourselves. And only IF we choose to move away from it.

Our ancestors kindled a strange fire like Nadab and Abihu…but unlike those errant priests, the so-called “church-fathers” set alike all true religion - a fire that burns to this very day. It burns up holiness. It burns up truth. It burns up all that is delicate, fragileand valuable. And it will set alight our whole lives if we let it.

And after the fire has passed and done it’s destroying, we are expected to behold the ashes and rubble and remark, “There is no difference between then and now. It’s the same thing, so I will be happy with the ashes of all that was.”

If not in metaphor we would see the fire raging our way and what it has destroyed in its wake…and we would set out of the way. And if we found ourselves on fire, we would put it out. Would we not?

Our Heavenly Father has sent us pure Water in His word. What better place to run to for relief when we realize we are burning? Though Christianity has boiled off much of that precious life-giving Water, still enough remains…and it always eventually rains.

For your sake and for the sake of your ancestors who were burned alive by the church or forced to convert, for the sake of those yet to come if the world lasts, put the fire out that blazes through generations. Make it end with you. And from here on our give your children water not fire.

Question Everything
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Should fans of famous people hold them accountable for their words and actions? Of course they should, but usually don’t. We have become complacent when it comes to expecting famous people to be insincere with the very people who made them famous, but our Creator will hold them accountable. Proverbs 12:22, “Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.”

Berean Group

I have been wondering for the past week whether it may be a good idea to create a "Berean Group". The aim is to have a Group where the difficult investigations can be done with members that are active and truly interested to participate.

I am thinking that the Group should have the following rules:

1. Be private, so members have to request to participate. (This will ensure that input is given by members who are dedicated to the cause.)
2. Only members who log in at least once every week can request to join. (This will ensure active participation.)
3. All subjects are open for discussion. (This will ensure that we re-investigate our core doctrines as well.)
4. At least one person HAS to take the opposite stance for the debate. (A member can request to be that person, or a random person will be appointed.)
5. Scriptural answers are only allowed as a formal response. Historic or scientific evidence can only be used to support the Scripture.

1. Do you think this is a good idea?
2. Would you be interested to participate in the Group?

#bereans #suggestion

How did I ever misread this?

I was always had the mental picture that only the priests were allowed to sacrifice at the Tent of Meeting. (I don't know whether this is true for the Temple service, but I'll look into that.)

But reading Leviticus 1 this morning it stood out to me that the man bringing the sacrifice has to slaughter the animal and cut it apart. The priests then place the meat on the altar. If the #sacrifice is a pigeon then the #priest does everything.

Is this how you understand it as well as this is news to me and I have read these passages many times in my live and never "saw" this?

#sacrifices #tentofmeeting

"And I will feed thine oppressors with their own flesh"
וְהַאֲכַלְתִּי אֶת־מוֹנַיִךְ אֶת־בְּשָׂרָם

Is 49

Thought for Today: Tuesday June 25
The better we know YHVH’s Word, the more clearly, we will know His will. That means your sense of vision as you share your faith with others is the reflection of the heart of YHVH Elohiym.

TS2009 Be still, and know that I am Elohim; I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth!

Sometimes, the best blessing is in the still of things. Like @ 4 am, before people start their cars to go to work. Or in a close neighbor being gone for several days. Yah is in the stillness. He is inviting you to commune with Him. Stillness is an extra blessing for those of us who have adhd...stillness of the mind is rare for us! An extended time to relax from a busy mind, give thanks, and really feel His presence does wonders for the soul!

The book of the Covenant:

Exo 24:7 BSB Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”

So all the contents of Exodus chapters 20-23 amount to the Book of the Covenant. To be His people, these are the minimum statutes we must keep. There are more detailed laws later on how to keep these first few, but the Ten Commandments were just the opening act to this Covenant at Sinai.

The Hebrew text of Joshua 2:15 says Rahab let the spies down from her window with a rope because her house was built into the city wall, but the Septuagint just says she let them down from her window. Curious.

Since Rahab was using her roof as a place to dry flax, she probably had a rope/pulley system to lift the flax from the fields outside up to her roof. This is why she was able to lower the spies without help.

Check out the Torah Portion reading for this week!