Time to Get Back to the Ancient Paths...
I
am going to share another post from my sister in Christ that speaks about the apostasy and
error that has plagued the church. Before I share her post, I am
going to transcribe what the Lord has put on my heart with regard to
the matter at hand.
I entitled this post: Time to Get Back to the Ancient Paths
Know that Yeshua is coming and it's time to prepare the way for His soon and eminent return.
In the latest post my sister entitled 40 Days of Cleansing, she closes with a call to action, and that is where I will begin.
2 Corinthians 6:17
says, “Wherefore come
out from among them,
and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing;
and I will receive you.”
The
first question one may ponder is who is them? Them has been errantly
referred to as the world. The people of God, the believer, is already
instructed that we are in the world, but not of the world. Another
similar scripture will shed light on who is referred to by them.
Rev
18:4
says,
“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my
people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not
of her plagues.”
The
her
in this scripture is the them
and refers to Babylon. The portion of scripture in verse 2 of Rev.
18 tells us that Babylon is fallen (fallen into a state of
wickedness: source Lexicon) and is become the habitation of devils, and the
hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful
bird.
Babylon
is referred to as her, in the feminine. Babylon is the harlot church,
the counterfeit bride, what scripture refers to as the whore, the
harlot.
Please
understand that Babylon began even before Nimrod thought to build a
tower, an alternate way to heaven. It began with the offspring of
Adam and Eve — Cain and Abel — and we see the two opposing
forces and a snapshot of this end time battle illustrated within that
segment of scripture.
Both
children born from the same womb, but took two different approaches
to the things of God. Abel walked after the Spirit. Please be
reminded that the law had not yet even been given, yet by the Spirit,
Abel did what was pleasing unto God. He had a relationship
with God, by the Spirit of God, not a form of religion.
Cain,
on the other hand, thought to offer God what he wanted, that which
was of the flesh and when rejected, sought to slay his brother. Both
sons, born of the same parents, conceived from the same womb, with
the same opportunity to serve God. One sought God's pleasure the
other sought his own.
If
you recall, Cain was marked in his forehead. Sound familiar? The
forehead, symbolic of his mindset, and unchanged mind. Revelation
13:16
speaks of the mark of the beast in your forehead or your right hand.
Symbolically speaking, again, forehead refers to mindset, right hand
refers to works.
Babylon
is a system, and it has a religious system entrenched with false
doctrine and tradition taught as doctrine. It is “religion”
at it's finest. The harlot system says, come as you are, stay as you
are. Let us entertain you right where you are. There is no move or
push for transformation. It is a “form
of godliness,”
and we are instructed to turn away from such in 2 Timothy 3:5.
The
true church, the bride of Christ is built on relationship, intimacy
with the Father. She keeps the commandments of God, by walking in the
Spirit of God. The Father desires worshippers, who will worship Him
in Spirit and in Truth (John 4: 24), not flesh and error. The truth
of the word of God can only come by the Spirit of God. And when truth
comes, one is commanded, even compelled to CHANGE, to TRANSFORM,
Romans 12:2.
A
true follower of Yeshua, engages in the highest form of worship,
which is the study of the word of God, the very words our Father
breathed and inspired that are profitable for doctrine, reproof,
correction and instruction in righteousness, 2 Timothy 3:16.
This
end time battle is the same battle our Savior Yeshua was engage in during
His earthly ministry. The Pharisees, Sadducees, and Scribes were the
“religious” community
of His day. We now have a modern day replica of the same. Jesus never
joined Himself to the religious community. The Pharisees, Sadducees
and Scribes were all about outward forms of godliness, traditions and
man-made doctrines. The prided themselves on their elaborate garments
and phylacteries, along with their “knowledge,” puffed up, head
knowledge of the scriptures. To let them tell it, they were scholars
of the scriptures, YET, they did not recognize the Christ, Yeshua HaMaschiach that
the very scriptures prophesied about. They did not know Jesus Christ
and as a result, it was that mindset that persecuted and crucified
our Savior.
It
is the same battle that the apostles fought when they went forth
preaching the gospel of the kingdom, just as Yeshua taught. He taught
the kingdom, and the principles of the kingdom, greatly contrast the
principles set forth in this errant system of religion. Then, as it
is now, only few desired and found the narrow way. Please understand
what God so graciously taught me, “If everyone is doing it, it's
probably not of Me.”
I
understand that we were raised under the very umbrella of this
religious system. One of the hardest things I've had to do was
unlearn what I was taught to allow the Spirit of God to bring the
truth of His word.
I challenge every reader, to dust off those
bibles, and pray that the Father will grant that portion of Himself
by His Spirit to open the eyes of your understanding and teach you
the truth of who He truly is. The Spirit of Truth can only bring
truth. While the Father is pouring out His Spirit, please don't
neglect to respond in the affirmative. He will truly lead you to
Himself.
Beloveds,
may God continue to bless you.
Please
endure a little longer and read the words my dear sister in Christ
shared by the burden placed on her heart. The title of this blog post
is 40Days of Cleansing,
and here's the lead in and the link.
40Days of Cleansing
by tammysn
Remember,
as shared in The
Great Divide,
we had three forty day periods leading up to Passover on April
15th. Yesterday, March 5, 2014, marked the final period of
forty days. However, unbeknownst to me, yesterday was also the
beginning of Lent. In light of my last post, I believe this was
by the Father's design. The season of Lent leading up to Easter
is one of the most serious leavens in the church. Not only is
Easter a man-made, pagan holiday, it is a grave sin and robs a
believer of one of the most significant mow`ed or appointments
with YHWH: Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
Exodus 12:14 And
this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a
feast to YHWH throughout your generations; ye
shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. Seven
days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put
away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread
from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off
from Israel. And in the first day there shall be an holy
convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy
convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save
that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
Did
you read that? He said we shall keep this feast by an ordinance
FOREVER. Forever is the Hebrew word `owlam and it means
everlasting, perpetual, continuous, and eternity. How in the
world could the ENTIRE Christian community replace this command with
a non-biblical, pagan holiday of Easter? Could there be more of
a Great
Falling Away?
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