The 29th Chapter of Genesis exposes the birth of the opportunist Laban. Laban is from the house of Nahor who is the brother of Abraham. In prior chapters we see the seed of this behaviour planted in the encounter Laban has with Eliezer the servant of Abraham. Nahor means “snoring”, while these people were descendants of... Continue Reading →
Knowing when Messiah returns…. Part 2
Knowing when Messiah returns.... Part 2 In America we have this near obsession with the clock, whether it is time to get up or go to bed. Like the pop song says "time keeps on ticking, ticking, into the future." Yet the "church", under their dispensational theology, has not focused on the times that YHVH... Continue Reading →
Knowing when Messiah returns.. Part 1
Knowing when Messiah returns.... Part 1 The world immediately says that we cannot possibly know when Jesus will return. Your average American conservative evangelical immediately offers up the canned answer of their current pulpit pastor. Matthew 24:36-38 “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.... Continue Reading →
No Rapture: Part 4 – Heaven on Earth
No Rapture: Part 4 - Heaven on Earth Having been guilty myself of calling this earth several things, one being a type of hell, I found myself in need of repenting to God. After considering the section in part one of this series concerning Job, I saw that the earth was not as God had... Continue Reading →
No Rapture: Part 3 – The Watchman
No Rapture: Part 3 - The Watchman Every episode of "The Lone Ranger" that I can recall had a basic theme of Tonto going into to a town to sort of check things out. One could flip a coin on whether or not Tonto would be captured by the bad guy. The role of the... Continue Reading →
No Rapture: Part 2 – Patience is a virtue
No Rapture: Part 2 - Patience is a virtue... Remember those times you have been placed on hold during a phone call. It really doesn't matter if it is a company, friend or relative anything over 30 seconds of dead air space is a little unsettling. Once, ok probably more than once, I actually timed... Continue Reading →
No Rapture: Part 1 – Throwing baby out with the bathwater
Legend has it that the phrase "throwing baby out with the bathwater" originates from a time when the whole household shared the same bath water. The head of household (eldest male) would bathe first, followed by the men, then the Lady and the women, then the children, followed lastly by the baby. The water would be so... Continue Reading →
Is it Your way, the way of the Israelite, or Yah’s way? Part 3
Is it Your way, the way of the Israelite, or Yah’s way? Part 3 A few years ago, standing alone outside on my patio, I gazed at the stars and I asked YHVH why I was even here. I was a bastard child, a terrible teenager, a contentious young adult and real pain in the... Continue Reading →
Is it Your way, the way of the Israelite, or Yah’s way? Part 2
Is it Your way, the way of the Israelite, or Yah’s way? Part 2 As a small child, probably 6 or 7 years old, I was taught to memorize John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting... Continue Reading →
Is it Your way, the way of the Israelite, or Yah’s way? Part 1
Is it Your way, the way of the Israelite, or Yah’s way? Since the beginning of creation YHVH has desired a specific trait in humanity, that being, set apart from the rest of the world and dedicated to YHVH.. It began with the creation of Adam on the 8th day, continued with the 8 Hebrews... Continue Reading →