Mystery of Babylon

REVEALING THE IDENTITY OF 'MYSTERY BABYLON' - The Vatican system is the only world structure that is refers to themselves as a woman, wears purple and scarlet, uses a golden cup filled with wine, has shed the blood of Bible believing saints, and has become indescribably wealthy through ruling over the kings of the earth. In short, the Roman Catholic Church system, with the Vatican as its head and authority, fulfills all the qualifications in the description of the "woman" in Revelation 17 & 18. http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/roman-catholic-vatican-city-state-indeed-mother-harlots-mystery-babylon-bible/

SUNDAY is Catholic Authority

ROMAN CATHOLIC SAID:

'Sunday is our mark of authority...the church is above the Bible, and this transference of Sabbath observance is a proof of that fact.'
(The Catholic Record, London, Ontario, Sept.1.1923)
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Most Christians assume that Sunday is the biblically approved day of worship. The Roman Catholic Church protests that it transferred Christian worship from the biblical Sabbath (Saturday) to Sunday, and that to try to argue that the change was made in the Bible is both dishonest and a denial of Catholic authority.
If Protestantism wants to base its teachings only on the
Bible, it should worship on Saturday.
The Catholic Church transferred the solemnity of the Sabbath to Sunday; it is a MARK of her ecclesiastic authority in religious matters~ reason and common sense demand the acceptance of 1 or the other of these alternatives; either Protestantism and the keeping Holy of Saturday, or Catholicity and the keeping Holy of Sunday, compromise is impossible~  any Protestant who claims the Bible alone as their only rule of faith would logically become 7th Day Adventists

~Editors Note:
either the Catholic Church is right or the Seventh Day
Adventists are right, there can be no other choice, and if
one chooses neither,
then the whole doctrine of Sola Scriptura collapses,
and with it the pillar upon which Protestantism stands.
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a person who violates the Sanctity of SUNday is to be
punished as a heretic. John Paul II
~Detroit News, July 7 1998~
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the Bible says REMEMBER that thou keep Holy the Sabbath Day ~the Catholic Church says NO! by my Divine power I abolish the Sabbath Day and Command you to keep Holy the first day of the week, and lo the entire civilized world bows down in reverent obedience to the Command of the Holy Catholic Church
~Father Enright- American Sentinal- June 1895
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SUNday is a Catholic institution, and its claims to
observance can be defended only on Catholic principles,
from the beginning to the end of Scripture there is
not a single passage which warrants the transfer of
the weekly public worship from the last day of the
week to the first
~Catholic Press(Sydney) August 25th 1900
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"It must always be clear,
when the expression sister Churches is used in this proper sense that the one, holy, Catholic and apostolic universal church is not sister
but mother of all the particular Churches"
-- Cardinal Ratzinger.

We Catholics are the "Mother" Church
and Our Protestant Daughters Are Harlots
-- (Rev. 17:5)
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Sunday “is the identity of the Christian community and
the center of his life and mission”, that “we cannot
live without joining together on Sunday”, that only
those Christians “who lived in accordance with Sunday”
have “attained new hope”, and that “the Christians of
today will rediscover the crucial importance of the
Sunday Celebration”. (Pastoral Visit of Pope Benedict
XVI to Bari for the Closing of the 24th Italian National
Eucharistic Congress, Homily of Pope Benedict XVI,
Esplanade of Marisabella, Sunday, May 29, 2005.)
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Saturday is “no longer” the worship day of God, only on
Sunday can we become part of the body of Christ in the
world, only by worshiping on Sunday can we avoid
“egoistic isolation” and instead be united “in a great
community...a universal community” becoming “related
to everyone in the world.” (Meeting with Diocesan
Clergy of Aosta, Address of Pope Benedict XVI, Parish
Church at Introd (Aosta Valley),
Monday, July 25, 2005.)
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Every Sunday is to be dedicated and given to God.
(Mass on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, Homily of Pope Benedict XVI, given in
Parish Church of Castel Gandolfo,
Monday, August 15, 2005.)
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“Social disorder, war, injustice and violence” can only
be countered “ by renewed appreciation and respect for
the universal moral law [Sunday observance], that only
by recognizing that law can the world have “dignity,
life and freedom” with “conditions of justice and peace”
in all the communities of the world, and that the
promotion and defense of this law is what “must govern
relations between nations and peoples in the pursuit of
the common good of the human family...within the
international community.” (Address of Pope Benedict XVI
to H.E. Mr Francis Rooney, New Ambassador of the United States of America to the Holy See, Saturday,
November 12, 2005.)
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Sunday is a day of rest for all workers. (Address of
Pope Benedict XVI to the Italian Christian Workers'
Associations (A.C.L.I.), Clementine Hall, Friday,
January 27, 2006.)
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People cannot be sanctified except on Sunday, that Christ transferred Sabbath sacredness to Sunday, that only those who keep Sunday belong to Christ, that only on Sunday does “the risen Lord makes himself present among his followers”, that only these “worship God properly”, and that may Sunday “regain all its importance.”
(Letter of Pope Benedict XVI to Card. Francis Arinze on the Occasion of the Study Day in Honour of the 43rd Anniversary of the Promulgation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, From the Vatican, November 27, 2006.)
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Sunday is an “obligation for all the faithful” which brings
“authentic freedom enabling them to live each day”, that
it is the Lord’s day, that it is “a day to be sanctified”,
and those who do not keep it suffer “the loss of an
authentic sense of Christian freedom” and the loss of
being “the children of God”, that Sunday is the “primordial holy day” and “is meant to be kept holy”, “a day of rest from work”, which hopefully “will also be recognized by civil society” by law.
(Sacramentum Caritatis: Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist as the Source and Summit of the Church's Life and Mission, Given by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, at Saint Peter's, February 22, 2007, the Feast of the Chair of Peter.)
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“It is necessary” “to hold Sunday in special high regard”
in order “to remain united to Christ”, as “it is the day
dedicated to the Lord.” (Message of Pope Benedict XVI to the Participants in the 9th International Youth Forum
(Rocca di Papa, 28-31 March 2007), from the Vatican,
March 28, 2007.)
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Only on Sunday can we experience “a personal encounter with Christ.”
(Apostolic Journey of Pope Benedict XVI to Brazil on the Occasion of the Fifth General Conference of the Bishops of Latin America and the Carribbean, Inaugural Session, Address of Pope Benedict XVI, Conference Hall, Shrine of Aparecida, Sunday, May 13, 2007.)
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“Without the Lord’s day, we cannot live”, that meeting with the Lord only occurs on the “specific day” of Sunday, that life does not flourish without Sunday, and that Sunday is a day of rest, of freedom and equality for all the world.
(Eucharistic Celebration Homily of Pope Benedict XVI ,
Saint Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna, Sunday,
September 9, 2007.)
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Encouraged America to exercise “its leadership within the international community” based on “the common moral law [Sunday holiness].”
(Address of Pope Benedict XVI to H.E. Mrs. Mary Ann Glendon, New Ambassador of the United States
of America to the Holy See, Friday, February 29, 2008.)
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The world has greater need of hope for peace, justice and freedom, which “can never be delivered without obedience to the law of God [Sunday holiness]”. (Video-Message of the Pope Benedict XVI to Catholics and People of the United States of America on the Occasion of the Upcoming Apostolic Journey, April 15-21, 2008.)
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“But our principal concern is to silence this sect of Sabbath keepers. We must excite popular indignation against them. We will enlist great men and worldly-wise men upon our side, and induce those in authority to carry out our purposes.
Then the sabbath which I have set up shall be enforced by laws the most severe and exacting. Those who disregard them shall be driven out from the cities and villages, and made to suffer hunger and privation. When once we have the power, we will show what we can do with those who will not swerve from their allegiance to God. We led the Romish church to inflict imprisonment, torture, and death upon those who refused to yield to her decrees; and now that we are bringing the Protestant churches and the world into harmony with this right arm of our strength, we will finally have a law to exterminate
all who will not submit to our authority. When death
shall be made the penalty of violating our sabbath,
then many who are now ranked with commandment keepers will come over to our side. {TM 473.1}

WAKE UP!!!! SLEEPERS, IT'S TOO LATE TO SLEEP!!

Bar Mitzvah

🔯Bar Mitzvah🇮🇱

5 Hadiah Sempurna untuk Menjadi Orang Dewasa dalam tradisi Yahudi.

Dalam tradisi bangsa-bangsa goyim seorang anak dinyatakan dewasa ketika dia mencapai usia 17 thn.

#Lain Hal Dengan Yudaisme

#Ketika seorang anak laki-laki Yahudi mencapai usia 13 tahun, ia secara resmi menjadi  bar mitzvah , yang berarti "putra dari perintah." 👑👨

Meskipun pemikiran umum,  bar mitzvah  bukanlah pesta atau perayaan, tetapi lebih merupakan waktu transisi dalam kehidupan seorang anak laki - laki Yahudi di mana ia berubah dari menjadi seorang anak menjadi seorang dewasa Yahudi, terikat dengan semua perintah dari seorang pria dewasa Yahudi .👨👲

Beberapa perintah dasar sedang dihitung dalam minyan , atau kuorum sepuluh orang yang diperlukan untuk doa, dipanggil ke Taurat untuk aliyah  (untuk mengucapkan berkat sebelum pembacaan Taurat), dan bertanggung jawab atas tindakannya secara fisik dan secara etis.👔🎓

The  bar mitzvah  diamati pada hari Sabat, dan  bar mitzvah  biasanya menghabiskan bulan belajar dan mempersiapkan untuk hari ia akan mencapai mayoritas dengan mempelajari dan mempersiapkan porsi Taurat nya, 📖📄📑📰📚🕎📖

menghafal doa atas Taurat, mempersiapkan untuk memimpin layanan Shabbat, dan menulis sebuah pidato tentang porsi Torah atau mengikat  proyek mitzvahnya  ke bagian Torah.🕎💡📃📚

Sebuah  mitzvah  proyek adalah kesempatan untuk  bar mitzvah  untuk mengumpulkan uang untuk amal ( tzedakah ) atau bekerja pada proyek lain untuk lebih memahami peran etika dalam dunia Yahudi.🕯🔎

Ini adalah praktik umum di sebagian besar komunitas Yahudi, agama dan lain-lain, karena akan ada pesta perayaan atau perayaan untuk menghormati  bar  mitzvah .

Jika Anda merayakan, kemungkinan besar Anda akan ingin mendapatkan hadiah bar mitzvah yang berarti .💰💵💸

Berikut adalah beberapa saran kami untuk hadiah yang akan tetap bersama  bar mitzvah  selama bertahun-tahun yang akan datang.

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Tallit

Bintang Daud: Yair Emanuel Bordir Rawit Baku Sutra.🔯
Dalam Taurat adalah perintah untuk mengenakan  tallit , garmen kain hampir seperti selendang dengan empat sudut yang memiliki pinggiran.

Berbicaralah kepada anak-anak Israel dan Anda akan mengatakan kepada mereka bahwa mereka akan membuat diri mereka sendiri berserakan di sudut-sudut pakaian mereka, sepanjang generasi mereka, dan mereka akan mengikatkan benang langit biru wol di pinggiran setiap sudut.

Ini akan menjadi pinggiran bagi Anda, dan ketika Anda melihatnya, Anda akan mengingat semua perintah Tuhan untuk melaksanakannya, dan Anda tidak akan mengembara setelah hati Anda dan setelah mata Anda setelah itu Anda akan tersesat.

Jadi, Anda harus ingat dan melaksanakan semua perintah-Ku dan kamu akan menjadi kudus bagi  YVHMu Bilangan 15: 37-40.

Dikenakan selama doa, di komunitas Ashkenazi, seorang Yahudi mulai mengenakan  tallit  ketika ia menjadi  bar mitzvah .

Dalam komunitas Sephardi, seorang Yahudi mulai mengenakan  tallit  setelah dia menikah.

Di kedua komunitas, setiap kali seorang Yahudi dipanggil ke Taurat untuk  aliyah  untuk mengatakan berkat atas Taurat, ia mengenakan  tallit.

Dan tallit  adalah benda yang sangat istimewa dalam kehidupan seorang Yahudi karena mengikutinya dari  bar mitzvah  ke pernikahannya, dalam banyak kasus, kematiannya.

Dalam beberapa kasus,  tallit  diwariskan dari generasi ke generasi, juga.

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Yad Pointer🖊✒🖋

Ketika seorang anak laki-laki menjadi seorang  bar mitzvah , ia biasanya belajar lama dan sulit untuk mempelajari bagian Torahnya sehingga dapat membacanya sebelum sidang.

Salah satu alat untuk membantu membimbingnya dalam membaca Torah adalah  yad , atau penunjuk , membuatnya menjadi hadiah yang besar dan berarti yang dapat dia gunakan sepanjang hidupnya.

Dan Yad  adalah bagian yang indah dari Judaica untuk koleksi apa pun, tetapi memainkan peran penting juga. Talmud berkata,

"Dia yang memegang  Sefer Torah  telanjang akan dikubur telanjang" (Shab. 14a).

Dari ini, para rabi mengerti bahwa sebuah gulungan Taurat tidak boleh disentuh oleh tangan kosong, jadi untuk dengan mudah mengikuti sambil membaca, atau untuk menunjukkan suatu bagian kepada seseorang,  yad , yang secara harfiah berarti "lengan" atau "tangan" digunakan.

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Tefillin

Israel.
Jerusalem.
Sinagoga Shay Agnon.
Bar mitzvah.

Anak laki-laki dibantu oleh gurunya mengenakan tefilin.

Mungkin yang paling penting dari hadiah yang  bar mitzvah  dapat menerima, tefillin merupakan titik balik.

Satu set  tefillin  tidak murah, tetapi pemberian  tefillin  kemungkinan akan tetap bersama seorang anak Yahudi selama sisa hidupnya dan akan digunakan hampir setiap hari.

Tefillin  adalah dua kotak kecil yang terbuat dari kulit yang mengandung ayat-ayat dari Taurat yang ditulis oleh ahli yang lebih lembut  (juru tulis), yang orang Yahudi di atas  usia bar mitzvah  pakai selama sholat subuh (kecuali pada Shabbat dan banyak liburan).

Kotak-kotak itu melekat pada tali kulit panjang yang digunakan untuk menempel kotak-kotak itu ke kepala dan lengan.

The mitzvah (perintah) dari  tefillin  berasal dari Ulangan 6: 5-9:

“Cintailah YHVH ELOHIMmu dengan segenap hatimu, semua keberadaanmu, dan seluruh kekuatanmu.

Kata-kata yang saya perintahkan kepada Anda hari ini harus selalu ada di pikiran Anda.

Bacalah mereka untuk anak-anak Anda.

Bicarakan tentang mereka ketika Anda sedang duduk di rumah dan ketika Anda keluar dan sekitar, ketika Anda berbaring dan ketika Anda bangun.

Ikat mereka sebagai tanda di tanganmu.

Mereka harus menjadi simbol bagi Anda di dahi Anda. 

Tandai mereka sebagai tanda di ambang pintu rumah Anda dan di atas gerbang kota Anda. "

Ada juga ayat-ayat yang sangat spesifik, yang dikenal sebagai  shema , yang  ditemukan di dalam  tefillin.

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Tanakh📖📖📙

Tanakh Koren Pembaca. Edisi Resmi.

Tanakh sebenarnya merupakan akronim yang melambangkan Torah , Nevi'im (nabi), dan Ketuvim (tulisan).

Ini sering digunakan secara bergantian dengan Torah, karena itu mewakili keseluruhan dari Alkitab Yahudi yang ditulis.

Meskipun anak - anak Yahudi mulai mempelajari kisah-kisah Taurat di awal kehidupan, memiliki Tanakh yang benar-benar indah dan pribadi untuk belajar Torah adalah pilihan yang bagus untuk sebuah  bar mitzvah , karena perintah dan pelajaran Taurat adalah yang paling penting dan dapat diterapkan dalam kehidupan sehari-harinya. !

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Kalung Bar Mitzvah

Liontin Emas 14K dan Berlian Bar / Bat Mitzva.

Meskipun bukan hadiah bar mitzvah  tradisional, satu pilihan yang berarti adalah kalung yang merayakan  tanggung jawab bar mitzvah yang baru .

Kata, dalam bahasa Ibrani, adalah  achrayut (אחריות).

Ketika seorang anak laki-laki Yahudi menjadi  bar mitzvah , ia menjadi terikat dengan semua 613  mitzvot  dari Taurat dan / atau tanggung jawab etis sebagai seorang Yahudi.

Dengan demikian, tanggung jawab adalah tema penting dalam periode waktu ini bagi semua Orang Yahudi.

#Shalom Aleichem

#Biblical Hebrew Institute Cohen Indonesia Kupang.

Aspenas Warkey Cohen

Elul 20, 5778

Elul 20, 5778.

Day 20 and counting up to 40, to Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement, which will be on the 10th day of Tishrei, the  7th month of the Hebrew calendar. It will be on Wednesday, September 19, 2018 of the Gregorian calender. However the Hebrew day is from sundown Tuesday, September 18th to sundown Wednesday September 19th. The date and month was fixed by Yahweh our Elohim, as told to Mosheh and written in Leviticus 23. That is why the festivals are actually the Appointed Times of Yahweh. And no one may change the dates of these Appointed Times of Yahweh to suit man's convenience. He has commanded us to observe and to have the set apart assembly on these Appointed Times.

Yom HaKippurim or the Day of Atonement,  is the most sacred day in the Hebrew calendar. It is the only day in the year that the High Priest can enter into the most holy place to make atonement for his sins and the sins of the people, with the blood of the animals sacrificed. And the atonement is only for unintentional sins! There was no atonement for willful and intentional sins.

When John the Baptist saw Yeshua the Nazarene, he declared, " This is the Lamb of Elohim!" You see, John was the son of Zechariah the Priest, and was  competent to declare "the Lamb" as fit for the sacrifice. Why was Yeshua the "Lamb of Elohim" and not the "Lion of the Tribe of Judah"? This was because He came to be the sacrificial lamb to make atonement for the sins of the whole world. When He returns at the Feast of Trumpets, He will return as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.

The Book of Hebrews tells us that Yeshua the Nazarene is the High Priest according to the order of Malek Zaddek. He is the Royal Priest appointed by Yahweh under oath. And as the High Priest, Yeshua shed His own blood to make atonement for the sins of the whole world. But only once and not every Yom Kippur as done in the Temple by the Aaronic High Priest. And He sprinkled His blood in the most holy place in the heavens and not in the Temple which was only a copy of the real Tabernacles in the heavens.  And the atonement by the precious blood of the "Lamb of Elohom" was for all kinds of sins, whether unintentional or intentionally. But if we treat the blood shed by Yeshua as common and refused to repent and stopped from sinning, there will be no further sacrifice for sins and the unrepentant sinners has only themselves to blame on the day of judgment.

That is why Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement is very very important.  But if you wonder, why celebrate Yom Kippur when Yeshua the High Priest has already made atonement for us? Well, Yom Kippur also has a prophetic message. It tells us about the coming judgment of the nations when Yeshua retuns to rule the earth from Yerusalem. Also, the prophets said that the 3rd Temple will be rebuilt. And when the Temple is rebuilt, there will be sacrifices! Really? Read what the prophets has written. We will discuss that another time.

Truly, these are days of Teshuvah (Hebrew), Metanoia (Greek) and Repentance! When the last shofar is sounded, and you're not ready, it'll be a tiny bit too late. He is coming for a holy and set apart people. It is not just to stop sinning, but to be transformed to live in righteousness.  Shalom Aleichem!

666 THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST

8-31-18

* THE WISDOM BEYOND KNOWING THE BEAST, 'THE MAN-THE 666' *

>REV 13:18

Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of The Beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

There are 26 letters in the English alphabet from A to Z.
Let each letter corresponds to each number like:
A=1, C=3, Z=26 and so on.

JESUS letters must be multiplied by 9 (The Highest number which is only for The True Creator YAHUWAH) and the result is 666. This means that JESUS is a counterfeit of The Most High YAHUWAH.

JESUS = 666 IS "THE MAN - THE BEAST."

JESUS is the fiery Dragon, that Serpent of old, called The Devil and Satan who was thrown down together with his angels to the earth and that Serpent of old deceives the whole world (REV 3,4,9).

Lets go further to compute The 666 who is JESUS:

GOSPEL = 666
CHRISTOS = 666
CROSS = 666

MUHAMMAD=666
LUCIFER = 666

LUCIFER who is also MUHAMMAD and JESUS is also SATAN is the one who weakened the nations (ISA 14:12) and deceives the whole world, and yes LUCIFER is also of the 7 Kingdoms (1,Egypt, 2.Assyria, 3.Babylon, 4.Persia, 5.Greece, 6.Roman Empire, 7.RCC and 8.Revived Papacy of Rome with 10 nations in REV17:16) and LUCIFER who is JESUS is also of the 8th Kingdom (REV 17:10,11).

AT PRESENT, THE GOD (ELOHIM) OF THIS WORLD, "LUCIFER-JESUS-THE 666", HAS BLINDED THE MINDS OF THE UNBELIEVING...

>2 COR 4:3-5

3 But even if our GOSPEL (The 666 of JESUS) is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing (but for now the veiled GOSPEL is unveiled to you as The 666 that you might see.),

4 whose minds the god (JESUS-LUCIFER-THE 666) of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the GOSPEL (The 666) of the glory of Christ (CHRISTOS-THE 666), who is the image of god (LORD-BAAL, YAHWEH-JOVE, JEHOVAH-DESTROYER, ETC) should not shine on them.

5 For we (believers of JESUS) do not preach ourselves, but CHRIST (CHRISTOS-666) JESUS (666) the LORD (BAAL-Babylonian god/elohim), and ourselves your servants for JESUS (LUCIFER-666) sake.

WOULD YOU STILL CONTINUE BELIEVING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST FOR SEEING THE WISDOM IN NUMBERS?

>2 THES 2:7-10

7 and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the LORD (BAAL) JESUS (LUCIFER-666) is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels (for he is revealed now as the Great Dragon, the Serpent of old, the Devil and Satan),

8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God (Who is the Father of JESUS?), and on those who do not obey the GOSPEL (666) of our Lord (BAAL) JESUS (The 666) CHRIST (CHRISTOS-666).

9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord (BAAL) and from the glory of his power,

10 when He comes (JESUS-LUCIFER is not coming but he will be imprisoned for 1,000 years), in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.

Since LUCIFER was revealed as The 666 and also as JESUS (666) with his GOSPEL (666) who was nailed on the CROSS (666) as CHRIST (CHRISTOS-KING-666)...
WOULD YOU NOW STILL BELIEVED HIS BIBLE IN JESUS SALVATION EVEN YOU CHANGED HIS NAME 'JESUS' INTO MANY OTHER NAMES?

I HOPE YOU HAVE READ AND SEEN NOW WHO IS A LIAR WHO DECEIVED THE WHOLE EARTH!

MAY YAHUWAH GIVE YOU AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE 666 AND ACCEPT THE WISDOM IN THE NUMBERS!

Naso - Bamidbar

Naso- Bamidbar > Naso

Parshat Naso adalah Parshah terpanjang di Taurat yang menampilkan 176 ayat! Ini berisi cerita, hukum, dan banyak informasi!

Kami tinggalkan di akhir Parshat Bamidbar dengan menghitung keturunan ketiga putra Lewi dan menjelaskan apa yang akan mereka bawa di padang gurun.

Kami mengetahui bahwa keturunan Kehath adalah membawa barang-barang tersuci.

Pembacaan minggu ini menghubungkan Gershon, putra pertama Levi yang dilahirkan untuk membawa material tenunan, tirai dan layar (Bamidbar 4:24).

Mereka juga memiliki pekerjaan menyanyikan dan melantunkan Tehillim (mazmur) yang berbeda setiap hari, masing-masing untuk hari di mana mereka berada.

Keturunan Merari, putra bungsu Lewi, membawa baut, soket dan papan Tabernakel (Bamidbar 4: 31-33).

Parshah terus menceritakan bagaimana Hashem memerintahkan semua orang tidak murni untuk meninggalkan kamp (Bamidbar 5: 1-4), kita belajar tentang hukum kemurnian di Parshat Tazria dan Metzora beberapa minggu lalu.

Kita belajar banyak hukum, termasuk mitzvah untuk mengakuinya secara lisan (Yoma 86-87).

Pertobatan terdiri dari; penyesalan yang tulus atas kesalahan masa lalu, pengakuan lisan dan keputusan tegas untuk tidak mengulanginya.

Di Tanach kita belajar tentang orang-orang yang dengan tulus bertobat, termasuk, Reuven (Sota 7a),

Rechav (Megillah 14b) dan menurut Medrash bahkan Firaun bertobat dan menjadi pekerja Kiruv besar di akhir hidupnya, ketika tinggal di Niniwe, ia dianggap telah membuat seluruh kota bertobat untuk menyelamatkan diri dari kehancuran, sebagaimana yang terkait dalam kitab Yunus (Yonah 3: 6).

Taurat kemudian menghubungkan hukum tentang pengembalian uang karena pencurian kepada orang insaf yang meninggal dan peringatan untuk tidak menahan iuran dari Kohanim dan orang Lewi (Bamidbar 5: 6-8).

Parshah kemudian berkonsentrasi pada perintah Sotah (Bamidbar 5: 11-31), prosedur jika seorang suami mencurigai istri perzinahannya.

Jika dia dicurigai sendirian dengan pria lain, untuk jangka waktu yang cukup lama untuk sesuatu yang telah terjadi, dia akan ditanyai dan bertanya apakah dia bersalah karena perzinahan, bahkan jika dia mengklaim dia tidak bersalah, dia harus melalui seluruh prosedur memalukan air minum di dalam bejana gerabah, air ini akan membuat nama Hashem terhapus ke dalamnya (Sota 2a), dan juga akan bercampur dengan debu.

Jika dia bersalah, air akan menyebabkan perut dan paha sakit dan akan menyebabkan kematian yang menyakitkan (Sota 20a), namun jika dia tidak bersalah, dia akan dapat melahirkan lebih mudah atau jika dia tidak bisa melahirkan, dia sekarang bisa (Sota 26a).

Dari ini, kita belajar bagaimana Hashem menghargai kedamaian antara suami dan istri bahwa ia bahkan bersedia menghapus namanya di dalam air untuk perdamaian (Sota 2a)!

Hashem meletakkan kehadiran ilahi-Nya pada pasangan ketika mereka berdamai satu sama lain.

Selanjutnya, parshah membahas hukum tentang Nazir (Bamidbar 6: 1-21).

Seorang pria atau wanita yang memutuskan untuk menjadi seorang Nazir, harus menahan diri selama minimal 30 hari (Nazir 5a) dari minum anggur dan semua turunan anggur, memotong rambutnya dan menghindari kontak dengan orang mati, misalnya tidak akan pemakaman (Makkot 21b).

Hashem memberikan kekuatan khusus kepada Nazir karena ia memiliki kekuatan untuk menjauhkan diri dari semua ini (Nazir 4).

Kita belajar dalam kitab Hakim bahwa Shimshon (Shoftim 13: 2-25), adalah seorang Nazir sejak lahir, dan ini memberinya kekuatan untuk mengalahkan banyak Pelishtim dan menjadi pemimpin yang sangat sukses dari orang-orang Yahudi, ia berasal dari suku Dan, saat kematiannya dia membunuh ribuan musuh, Pelishtim (Sota 10).

Ketika seorang Nazir mengakhiri masa pemerintahan Nezirut, dia tidak diizinkan untuk minum anggur sebelum menawarkan beberapa pengorbanan.

The Parshah kemudian menghubungkan hukum-hukum berkat Priestly dalam bahasa Ibrani yang dikenal sebagai Birkat Kohanim (Bamidbar 6: 22-27).

Kohanim diperintahkan untuk memberkati orang-orang Yahudi setiap hari selama sholat waktu (Sota 38-39), dan mereka masih melakukannya saat sholat subuh.

Kohanim memberkati orang-orang sambil berdiri, mengangkat tangan mereka, menghadap ke komunitas, mengucapkan berkat-berkat dalam bahasa Ibrani dan mereka harus mengucapkan nama empat huruf Hashem seperti yang tertulis.

Nama Aharon disebutkan dalam berkat karena dialah yang mencintai kedamaian dan membawa kedamaian di mana pun ia memperhatikan pertikaian atau kebencian (Sota 11).

Ada tiga bagian dari berkat keimamatan. Berkat kekayaan, berkah untuk menjadi lebih spiritual dan berkat untuk kedamaian.

Parshah kemudian mendedikasikan banyak ayat yang menggambarkan persembahan dari Pemimpin setiap suku.

Mereka membawa persembahan mereka dalam urutan yang mereka tempuh di padang gurun, pemimpin Yehudah, Nachshon, membawa korban pertama (Bamidbar 7:12).

Persembahan ke dua belas pada hari kedua belas dibawa oleh pemimpin suku Naftali, bernama Achira ben Ainan.

Hari ketujuh persembahan adalah pergantian pemimpin suku Efraim; dia bernama Elishama Ben Amihud (Bamidbar 7: 48 / Yevamot 6a).

Meskipun itu adalah Shabbat; dia diizinkan untuk membawa persembahan ini sebagai hadiah untuk leluhurnya, Joseph.

Kami belajar di Parshat Mikaitz, bahwa ketika Joseph berada di Mesir, dia mengundang saudara-saudaranya untuk makan di tempatnya, memerintahkan putranya, Menashe untuk menyiapkan makanan Shabbat pada Jumat pagi.

Terlepas dari kenyataan bahwa Taurat tidak diberikan pada saat itu, dia menghormati Shabbat, dia dihargai dengan kehormatan keturunannya untuk membawa pengorbanan pribadi atas nama suku malam itu (Bamidbar Rabbah 14: 9).

Setiap suku membawa persembahan yang identik tetapi dengan niat baik yang berbeda, misalnya mereka masing-masing membawa mangkuk perak, sendok dengan Ketoret, satu domba jantan, satu domba dan banyak lagi!

Parshah menyimpulkan terkait bagaimana tujuan Tabernakel (Mishkan) tercapai (Bamidbar 7:89).

Haftorah untuk pembacaan minggu ini berasal dari kitab Hakim-Hakim, Bab 13 (Shoftim 13: 2-25).

Haftorah terhubung dengan pembacaan minggu ini karena menggambarkan bagaimana sebelum Shimshon lahir, dia menjadi Nazrite.

Haftorah menjelaskan bahwa pada saat belas kasih ilahi, Hashem memilih pasangan yang adil tetapi sederhana dari suku Dan, pria yang bernama Manoah, adalah ayah dari Shimshon, dalam kebaikan istri yang saleh.

Seorang malaikat memerintahkan istrinya untuk mempersiapkan kelahiran anaknya bahkan sebelum dia hamil.

Dia diperintahkan untuk menjadikannya Nazrite dari tanggal lahirnya.  Amen

Shalom Aleichem

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Elul 19, 5778

Today is the 19th day of the 6th month of the Hebrew calendar. And the 6th month is called Elul. The acronym Elul means, "I am my Beloved and my Beloved is mine. " And Elul has 29 days. And counting up to 30 days is the Feast of Trumpets, which falls on the 1st day of the 7th month, called Tishrei or Ethanim.

And counting up to 40 days is the Day of Atonement, which falls on the 10th day of the 7th month of Tishrei.

And counting up to 45 days is the Feast of Tabernacles, which is a 7 days festival from the 15th day of Tishrei up to the 21st day of Tishrei. And the 22nd of Tishrei is also a Shabbat day, the 8th and last day of the festival. This Feast of Tabernacles is the actual celebration of the birth of the Messiah. He was born on the 15th of Tishrei and circumcised on the 8th day, on the 22nd of Tishrei. It fits nicely within this 8 days Feast of Tabernacles.  The Messiah was not born in the cold night of Winter in December. No. Christmas is a pagan celebration. Its high time we stop having anything to do with this pagan fest!

The Feast of Trumpets will be on the 1st day of the 7th month of Tishrei. This will be on Monday, September 10, 2018 of the Gregorian calender. But the Hebrew day is from sundown 9th September to sundown 10th September. This day will also be Rosh Chodesh Tishrei. And it is also the civil New Year in Israel.

The Feast of Trumpets tells us that when the last Trumpet, or rather the last shofar blast, is sounded, Yeshua the Messiah, will descend down from heaven. And the dead who believed and obeyed  the  Messiah will be resurrected, and together with the living, will meet the Messiah Yeshua. The prophet Zechariah tells us that the Messiah will descend on Mount Olive.  The same Mount from which He has ascended, 40 days after His death.

Let us make sure that we won't miss this last shofar blast. The first shofar blast was on Mount Sinai, when Yahweh our Elohim gave the commandments to Mosheh. Now is the time to return to Yahweh our Elohim and obey His commandments. The same commandments that Yeshua obeyed. And Yeshua said that if we love Him, we are to obey His commandments. To say that Yeshua obeyed the commandments so that we need not obey them is a gross deception. All the lawless, the Torahless and the antinomian, will be rejected by Yeshua from His Kingdom at His coming. There is no doubt about that. And He warned  that many will be rejected! Even those who cast devils, those who gave many prophecies and did many great miracles.

These are days of Teshuvah, of Metanoia, and of Repentance. As Rebbe Eliezer taught, "Repent one day before you die." And since no one knows the day he will die, its better to repent every day.