At Rev. 12:9, the dragon, serpent, devil, called "Shatan" (adversary) deceives
the whole world. He does this by masquerading as a "messenger of righteousness"
and compelling the "lawless" ones (not the legalists) to believe and revel
in lawlessness. These lawless teachers plunder the flock(2 Pet. 2), and
teach lawless heresies to them(2 Pet. 2), tickling their ears(2 Tim. 4:3).
YHWH sends upon them "a deluding influence so that they might BELIEVE WHAT
IS FALSE, in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the
truth (Torah), but took pleasure in lawlessness." (2 Th. 2:11,12). "And
because of them, the way of Truth (Torah) will be maligned; and in their
greed they will exploit you with false words . . ." (2 Pet. 2:2,3) "Grace"
(Latin gratia, from Hebrew concept chasid, meaning unmerited lovingkindness)
is only bestowed upon us if we REPENT -- or turn back from sin. You have
to show some level of resistance. The only way we can obey the law is by
having Yahushua's Spirit within us to enable or empower us to LOVE the
Commandments, having them written on our hearts -- THIS IS the New Covenant
(Yerem Yahu/Jeremiah 31, Hebrews 10:16). Friend, I love the Commandments,
and I do them because "this is the love of Elohim: that we keep His Commandments;
and His Commandments are not burdensome" (1Yahuchanon/"John" 5:3).
Look at what Paul told the men of Athens at Acts 17:22-34, especially
verses 30 and 31).
"IT IS WRITTEN" said Rabbi Yahushua.
Observing YHWH's Commandments cannot be done by the natural man(1 Cor.
2:14), he must walk in the Spirit of Yahushua. The Spirit of Yahushua is
only "given to those who obey Him" (Acts 5:32). The ceremonial "law"(animal
sacrifice) is filled-full in Yahushua's offering of His Blood as a permanent
covering for our transgressions of Torah; however the law that defines
sin stands forever -- and not one yod or tittle will be removed until heaven
and Earth disappear(MattitYahu 5:18, Ps. 119:152, 160, 1 Yahuchanon 3:4).
Sin is lawlessness, not unbelief. Belief cannot save you, for even demons
believe -- but they will not obey. Would Yahushua twist Paul's writings
to get you to NOT obey any of the 10 Commandments? Condemnation in the
Lake of Fire, (this is the baptism of fire, the second death), will not
be brought on by attempting to obey Commandments, but rather due to ignoring
them. YHWH gave the test of His Torah/Teaching to see whether -- or not
-- we would walk in His ways(Ex. 16:4). He will not allow us to live in
the new Yerushaliyim without the sign of "Shabbat", which is the sign forever
between Him and His people(Ex 31:13, Ez 20:12, Heb. 4). This was changed
(Dan. 7:25) by Constantine at Nicea, and enforced under penalty of death
at the Council of Laodicea(?335 CE). Constantine had established the venerable
"Day of the Sun" as a day of rest in 321 CE, and used the resurrection
as the excuse to supersede the true 7th-day Shabbat, and also to establish
"Easter", which is the pagan proper name for the Great Mother (Rev. 17:5)
"of Harlots and of the abomination of the Earth" -- her name is Oster,
Eastre, Ishtar, Astoreth, Eostra, Ushastara, Diana, Asherah, etc.,. Thus
Shatan established by deception his previous pagan calendar, retaining
the Mystery Babylon elements of Sun-day, Easter, and "Christmas" (the Solstice
festival
re-invented in 525CE). None of these things are found in Scripture,
neither will people repent of them. Ask yourself, what "walk" did Paul
tell Timothy to remain steadfast in? What "religion" is our Rabbi, Yahushua?
What does any rabbi teach? Why is Yahushua constantly called Rabbi in the
Writings of Scripture, yet today we shun the original term? Is the command
"Thou shalt keep holy the Sun-day" written anywhere? Friend, the bottom
line is LOVE. The key to knowing YHWH and understanding His Word is: knowing
His Name. He wrote His Name is the stone tablets at Sinai, and made the
3rd Command specifically about it! He wrote it in palaeo-Hebrew, which
you'll have to research: YOD-HAY-WAW-HAY.
This Name is the Key of Knowledge. The greatest mystery to me is how people
can claim to know Him, and teach others about Him, yet this Name is unknown
to them. "My people shall know My Name" (YeshaYahu/Isa-iah 52:6). Rev.
14 declares this name will be written in the foreheads of those to be protected
from YHWH's wrath by messengers sent forth in the last days. This "seal"
in the forehead Paul discusses at 2 Tim. 2:19, and by this YHWH knows who
are His. Paul declares, "let everyone who names the Name of YHWH depart
from lawlessness" (not "legalism"). Ya'akob/"James" corrects us when he
says "You see that a man is justified by WORKS, and not by FAITH alone"
-- our faith enables us to become justified, and our works/obedience is
the result of our faith/belief. Paul's letters continue to be misunderstood,
as even Peter wrote about those misunderstanding Paul's writings: "just
as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, WROTE
TO YOU, as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in
which are some things HARD TO UNDERSTAND, which the untaught and unstable
DISTORT, as they do also the rest of the Writings, to their own destruction.
You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard lest,
being carried away by the error of the lawless, you fall from your own
steadfastness" - 2 Pet. 3:15,16. Have you ever attended a "Sun-day" assembly
where you were consistently taught the Commandments? Acts 15 addresses
Gentiles, directing them to listen to Mosheh every Shabbat, and to abstain
from "food strangled, and blood". Why is this article so different from
what you typically hear? I am a Nazarene(Acts 24:5, Acts 22:8, Mt. 2:23),
which is the sect that was established by our Rabbi.
Constantine established the Christian sects which embrace Sun-day,
Easter, and Christmas (Mystery Babylon). "Come out of her, My people" - Rev. 18:4. If you can find,
in Scripture, where it is written that legalism is even discussed, let
me know. Lawlessness is condemned. If you keep, and teach others the Commandments,
Yahushua has declared that you will be the greatest in the Kingdom -- however
if you break/ignore even the least of these Commandments, and teach others
so, you will be the least. We often hear preacher merchants using Paul's
writings as a club to bash the Torah, and they make it seem that those
who obey are trying to "earn" salvation! We will have rewards for having
taught Torah to others -- it is the "seed" which we spread. YHWH's "Word"
is: His Torah/Teachings/Commandments. Those who ignore it will be burned
up in the day of YHWH's wrath (see Yesha Yahu 65 & 66.