A RABBI DISCUSSES TRUMP’S ASSSSINATION ATTEMPT…

OH MY GOODNESS - PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS RABBI EXPLAINING THE POWER OF ELOHIM IN THE TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, and how Trump and America fit into this whole scenario! It's over an hour long, but well worth it, as he compares some Torah stories into what is happening today.

I have to admit (and please don't beat me up verbally until you finish reading my little soliloquy), I don't like Trump because he's an arrogant megalomaniac bully and "playboy" who has no respect for women and tends to incite rage and violence. I can't stand men like him!

My late husband, Bill Welker and I "wrote in" Dr. Ben Carson during that election year, and we couldn't believe that ultimately Trump won - yet, we were happy to see "Billary" lose... Bill and I had a sinking feeling that America is absolutely hosed when it comes to REAL leadership because it's become evident over the last 25 years, that there is none...

I couldn't believe Biden was elected, and oh my goodness - I dread the idea that if anything happens to that poor old gentleman (who belongs in a nursing home rocking chair instead of the White House), Kamala will automatically become President and, consequently, become Trump's opponent - which means that myriad women voters (like many folks did when Obama ran as the first "black man") will be crawling out of their holes to vote for her, just because she's a woman who may become the first female President of the United States. GOD FORBID!

(Unfortunately, America has many ignorant and fickle people who don't have any intellect or knowledge, and who vote with knee-jerk "feelings" - which is why we have morons running our country today.).

BE THAT AS IT MAY, I know that YHWH's WILL is etched in the proverbial granite, and I always accept His Will without hesitation. So, if Trump is His choice for America, I will shut my big mouth and deal with it. I don't know if I will ever like Trump, but I do hope and pray that this assassination attempt has jolted him awake, and filled him with a true desire for YHWH/Yeshua/Torah.

I pray it has turned him INTO a GODLY person who can steer America into a revival like never before, that reaches around the globe in ways we've never seen before. Perhaps that is why YHWH saved him - for "such a time like this." HALLELUYAH - to HIM goes ALL the Glory!

A CURRENT EXAMPLE OF HOW QUICKLY OUR WORLD SYSTEMS COULD COLLAPSE

Most of you have heard by now that a global internet outage is affecting airlines, banks, media and offices from the U.S. to Australia. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said that the issue believed to be behind the outage was not a security incident or cyberattack — and that a fix was on the way.

The company said the problem occurred when it deployed a faulty update to computers running Microsoft Windows. But hours after the problem was first detected, the disarray continued — and escalated.

Long lines formed at airports in the U.S., Europe and Asia as airlines lost access to check-in and booking services at a time when many travelers are heading away on summer vacations. News outlets in Australia — where telecommunications were severely affected — were pushed off air for hours. Hospitals and doctor's offices had problems with their appointment systems, while banks in South Africa and New Zealand reported outages to their payment system or websites and apps.

DownDectector, which tracks user-reported disruptions to internet services, recorded that airlines, payment platforms and online shopping websites across the world were affected — although the disruption appeared piecemeal and was apparently related to whether the companies used Microsoft cloud-based services.

Cyber expert James Bore said real harm would be caused by the outage because systems we've come to rely on at critical times are not going to be available. Hospitals, for example, will struggle to sort out appointments and those who need care may not get it.

(The info above was gleaned from various online news organizations.)

Folks, this is not "global warming"; it's "global warning!"

I don’t like to be a fear-monger, but we MUST be aware of, and prepared for, what is happening in our world – and to seriously start warning others! The Destroyer has been doing his level best to pull the wool over people’s eyes, and has managed to take myriads away from YHWH/Yeshua/Torah.

It’s time for us to do our part to get people’s attention focused on preparing their souls for Eternity – which will end up in one of two places: Smoking or non-smoking.

The Books of Daniel and Revelation, along with Matthew 24 and others outline many of the things that are going to happen before Yeshua’s return. (It is imperative to read the whole Bible to get the WHOLE story!)

The Bible tells us Yeshua IS returning and, when He does, things are going to change. Matthew 24 tells us that no one knows the exact day or hour of Yeshua's return, but that we are to be aware and to prepare for it. In the meantime, we need to keep up with what's happening in the world, because the signs are all around us.

Matthew 24: 3. And while Y'shua was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples drew near and were saying among themselves and to him, "Tell us when these things will be and what is the sign of your coming and the end of the world." 4. Y'shua answered and said to them, Beware, let no man deceive you. 5. For many will come in my name and will say that "I am the Mashiyach." And many they will deceive. 6. For you are bound to hear of revolutions and rumor of wars. Watch out and do not be disturbed, for it is necessary that all these things happen, but it is not yet the end.

7. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and plagues and earthquakes in different places. 8. But all these things are only the beginning of sorrows. 9. Then they will deliver to afflictions and they will kill you and you will be hated by all nations because of my name. 10. Then many will stumble and will hate one another and will betray one another.

11. And many false prophets will arise and deceive many. 12. And because of the growth of iniquity, the love of many will grow cold. 13. But whoever has patience until the end, he will have life. 14. And this Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.... (AENT)

Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them. On the day of ADONAI’s fury, the whole land will be destroyed in the fire of his jealousy. For he will make an end, a horrible end, of all those living in the land.” (CJB)  (Read all of Zephaniah 1 to get the whole picture of God’s wrath.)

Deuteronomy 32:23-25 - I will send wasting famine against them, consuming pestilence and deadly plague; I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts, the venom of vipers that glide in the dust. (CJB)

Luke 21:10-12 - There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven. (CJB)

Revelation 6:7-9 - I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth. (CJB)

Revelation 18:7-9 - Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her. (CJB)

NO ONE KNOWS THE HOUR OR THE DAY of Yeshua’s return, but we ARE told that bad things WILL happen before he does. Therefore, we CANNOT and SHOULD NOT stick our heads in the sand. We MUST begin to let others know that the BIBLE prophecies are continuing to unfold; that there WILL ultimately be an end to the world as we know it, and that YHWH ELOHIM DOES have an ultimate purpose for us…

The GOOD News is that we know that Messiah Yeshua, will be returning at some point. He will put an end to wickedness and evil on this earth. He will rule and reign for a thousand years upon the Earth after he defeats the Antichrist at Armageddon. After that, on Judgment Day, every soul that has ever lived will stand before YHWH to give an account of their life. (Psalm 2:2; Daniel 2:44; Ezekiel 39:7; Revelation 16:14-16, 19:11-16 and 20:1-15.)

Until then, we MUST become aware of the fact that we will see some terrible times. The only thing we can really do is to be AWARE of what Scripture tells us, and prepare our souls by clinging to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob with every fiber of our being!

Are we allowed to hate?

Reader Question:

Could you please explain if Yahweh hates as quoted by David can we hate also? Yahshua states love your enemies Luke 6:27 and other scriptures.

The Refiner’s Fire’s Response:

We read these verses in English and don't exactly understand from the perspective of the Hebrew culture an idioms since "hate" essentially has only one meaning in English. Psalm 5:5 reads slightly differently in all English versions but here are a few:

(ASV) The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight: Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

(CJB) Those who brag cannot stand before your eyes, you hate all who do evil, (Darby) Insolent fools shall not stand before thine eyes; thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

(ESV) The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers.

(HRB) The boasters shall not set themselves before Your eyes. You hate all workers of iniquity.

(ISV) Boastful ones will not stand before you; you hate all those who practice wickedness.

(JPS) (5:6) The boasters shall not stand in Thy sight; Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

(KJV) The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

In each case, the added punctuation implies a stand-alone thought: That YHWH hates evidoers. But the original Hebrew did not have such punctuation and the entire verse is actually a single thought which is a comparison between the righteous and sinners.

Comparatively speaking, YHWH loves His people but "hates" it when people sin. Note the words "workers of iniquity" or "do evil". We know that YHWH will have these people back if they repent and turn back to YHWH (for example: 2 Chronicles 7:14, 30:9; Psalm 28:13). (We do the same thing. We say "I hate it when that happens." We don't actually "hate" it, whatever it was, we are just comparing the event/thing with the opposite which would meet with our approval.)

Romans 5:8 and 1 John 4:16 and many other New Testament passages echo the love YHWH has for us (His creation) that we read throughout the Tanakh, so we know that an interpretation of Psalm 5:5 that "YHWH hates" is an incorrect interpretation.

But, no, we are not to hate others. We are to hate evil as YHWH hates evil. See for example, Leviticus 19:17-18; Proverbs 26:24-26; Psalm 97:10; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 10:12; Psalm 26:5; Proverbs 26:24-26; 1 John 4:20...and quite a number others.

Confused about gender identity? It doesn't come from God!

 

 

This online news article explains: Author comes out as transgender man after his wife came out as trans woman - and pair, who have a trans daughter, now live in a four-way open relationship with their trans lovers. 

 MY OPENING QUESTION TO THE ABOVE IS:   Is God the Author of confusion?

 Honestly, all I could think of when I first saw this was: Those poor, confused people! They clearly don't realize that Scripture is clear about how God made male and female, and NO other gender; He didn't even make room for "I identify as"... 

The reason he made male and female was to procreate to produce more humans "in His Image." If people like this want babies, they CANNOT do it the "normal" way; have to get creative and use a surrogate or adopt.

They may not believe they are "hurting anyone" by following their "worldly" instincts; but they are brazenly going into the Face of God with their blatant rejection of His Word .. and telling the whole world to do the same!  They ARE therefore, "hurting" others, because they urge others to ALSO ignore the Creator ... and the Bible tells us clearly that people who sin, WILL face the consequences of their actions!

What IS clear to me here is that "the sins of the father TRULY ARE passed down through the generations" (as clearly seen in the photo in the newspaper article above); and each one WILL answer for him/herself on Judgment Day ... UNLESS they repent and turn from their sins!  

Here is what I mean - let's apply Bible hermeneutics:

Deuteronomy 5: ⁷ “‘You are to have no other gods before me. ⁸ You are not to make for yourselves a carved image or any kind of representation of anything in heaven above, on the earth beneath or in the water below the shoreline — ⁹ you are not to bow down to them or serve them; for I, Adonai your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sins of the parents, also the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, ¹⁰ but displaying grace to the thousandth generation of those who love me and obey my mitzvot.  (CJB)

Exodus 34:  ⁵ Adonai descended in the cloud, stood with him there and pronounced the name of Adonai. ⁶ Adonai passed before him and proclaimed: “YUD-HEH-VAV-HEH!!! Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh [Adonai] is God, merciful and compassionate, slow to anger, rich in grace and truth; ⁷ showing grace to the thousandth generation, forgiving offenses, crimes and sins; yet not exonerating the guilty, but causing the negative effects of the parents’ offenses to be experienced by their children and grandchildren, and even by the third and fourth generations.” (CJB)

Leviticus 26: ³⁹ Those of you who remain will pine away in the lands of your enemies from guilt over your misdeeds and those of your ancestors. ⁴⁰ Then they will confess their misdeeds and those of their ancestors which they committed against me in their rebellion; they will admit that they went against me. (CJB)

In other words:

The sins of the fathers are punished in the children through becoming the sins of the children. (Exodus 20:5; Numbers 14:18)

The generations to come who experience the penalty of the fathers’ sins are those who hate ELOHIM– meaning, they are either atheists or “lukewarm,” and refusing to live according to His Divine Instructions in Righteousness (Torah); nor follow the examples of YHWH’s Divine Messiah, Yeshua.  When the father’s sins are visited on the children it is because the children are sinful. That is the form in which the fathers’ sins are visited. Therefore, all judgment is really deserved by the person who is punished.

2. Because of God’s grace, through Messiah, the children CAN confess their own sins, which means the sins of their fathers and be forgiven and accepted by ADONAI.  Once they confess their misdeeds/iniquity along with those of of their fathers, their uncircumcised heart is humbled and they are able to make amends, then YHWH will remember His covenant with Ya’akov” (Leviticus 26:39-42). This means that the words of Exodus 34:5-7 are NOT nullified by the generational migration of sin!  (Exodus 34:5-7)

Continuing with the original intent of my article:

No TRUE believer would dare kick God in the face by "un-creating" what HE lovingly created. How much clearer could God have made his "Do's" and "don'ts"? Let's take a look:

Genesis 1:27 So God created humankind in his own image; in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them: God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it..." (CJB)

Deuteronomy 22:5 "A woman is not to wear men's clothing, and a man is not to put on women's clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to ADONAI your God. (CJB)

Leviticus 18:22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. (CJB

Leviticus 20:13 If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. (CJB

2 Peter 2: 19. And they promise them liberty while they themselves are the slaves of corruption: for, by whatever thing a man is vanquished, to that is he enslaved. 20. For if, when they have escaped the pollutions of the world by the knowledge of our Master and Redeemer Y'shua the Mashiyach, they become again involved in the same and are vanquished, their latter state is worse than the former.

21. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after having known (it), to turn back from the Set Apart Commandment that was delivered to them. 22. But the true proverb has happened to them: the dog returns to his vomit and the pig that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire. (CJB

Revelation 22:14 How blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they have the right to eat from the Tree of Life and go through the gates into the city! 15 Outside are the homosexuals, those who misuse drugs in connection with the occult, the sexually immoral, murderers, idol-worshippers, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.(CJB

Romans 1: 22 Claiming to be wise, they have become fools! 23 In fact, they have exchanged the glory of the immortal God for mere images, like a mortal human being, or like birds, animals or reptiles! 24 This is why God has given them up to the vileness of their hearts' lusts, to the shameful misuse of each other's bodies. 25 They have exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, by worshiping and serving created things, rather than the Creator - praised be he for ever. Amen.

26 This is why God has given them up to degrading passions; so that their women exchange natural sexual relations for unnatural; 27 and likewise the men, giving up natural relations with the opposite sex, burn with passion for one another, men committing shameful acts with other men and receiving in their own persons the penalty appropriate to their perversion.

28 In other words, since they have not considered God worth knowing, God has given them up to worthless ways of thinking; so that they do improper things. 29 They are filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and vice; stuffed with jealousy, murder, quarreling, dishonesty and ill-will; they are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God; they are insolent, arrogant and boastful; they plan evil schemes; they disobey their parents; 31 they are brainless, faithless, heartless and ruthless.

32 They know well enough God's righteous decree that people who do such things deserve to die; yet not only do they keep doing them, but they applaud others who do the same.(CJB

Truth is, in today's "anything goes" and "tolerant" world, it's easier to allow hypocrisy and outright sinning to run amuck, than it is to read the "pshat" - PLAIN MEANING of Scripture - which is a true shame, because God could not have made it any clearer how HE feels about things that veer from His Divine Instructions in Righteousness!

Unfortunately, there are many pastors out there who tell their flocks that "it's okay to be gay" (or trans or LBQ- and whatever all the other letters are, that are systematically and constantly being shoved down our collective throats!); and they actually, and without hesitation, promote the LIE that "We're born that way."

THEREFORE, MY FINAL QUESTION IS THIS: Would the Creator purposely cause someone to be "born gay" only to then turn around and make their lives miserable by telling them their acts are "an abomination?"  Anything He views as "an abomination" (an act from which one CAN repent and turn their life around) will certainly NOT inherit Eternal Life...

A powerful warning to keep from straying off ADONAI’s Path

THIS PASSAGE CONTAINS A POWERFUL MESSAGE, featuring yet another stern warning that YHWH's people must stay on track and stop straying because the enemy is out there constantly, ready to strike at a moment's notice. Throughout the ages we have, over and over again, seen ADONAI warning His people to humble themselves before Him, making sure to remain clean in thought and deed:

James 4: 1. From where is it, that there are among you arguments and conflicts? Is it not from the lusts which war in your members? 2. You covet but do not possess; and you kill and envy, and effect nothing: and you fight and make attacks; and you do not have, because you do not ask.

3. You ask, and do not receive because you ask wickedly, that you may feed your lusts. 4. You adulterers, don't you know that the love of the world is hatred towards Elohim? He therefore who chooses to be a lover of this world is the enemy of Elohim. 5. Or do you think that the Scripture has vainly said: The spirit dwelling in us lusts with envy?

6. But our Master (Y'shua) has given us more grace. Therefore he said: Master YHWH brings low the arrogant, and gives grace to the humble. 7. Subject yourselves therefore to Elohim; and stand firm against the Accuser and he will flee from you. 8. Draw near to Elohim and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners: sanctify your hearts, you who are divided in mind.[1]

9. Humble yourselves and mourn: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into grief. 10. Humble yourselves before Master YHWH and He will exalt you. 11. Speak not against each other, my Brothers; for he that speaks against his brother, or judges his brother speaks against Torah and judges Torah. And if you judge Torah, you are not a doer of Torah, but its judge. 12. There is one Torah-giver[2] and Judge who can make alive and (can) destroy: but who are you that you judge your neighbor? (AENT)

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Torah is our judge! If you add your own judgments to those already established in the Torah of YHWH, then you have judged Torah as insufficient, and are not allowing it to be your judge.

[2] One Torah Giver who gives One Torah. The halacha (way to observe Torah) is revealed by the Ruach haKodesh, and demonstrated in Mashiyach. The concept of "two torahs" one oral and one written is the basis of authority on which the Rabbinate operates.

The Rabbis of old wrote their own "oral Torah" and gave themselves the authority to interpret it; unfortunately, their oral Torah often speaks against both the Written Torah and haMashiyach (Messiah). On the other hand, Christian theologians have made up their own "New Testament" based on their own non-Torah cultural value systems which makes void Torah and diminishes the true goal of Mashiyach.

To “see the whole picture” and live according to YHWH’s Divine Instructions, we MUST begin to view the Bible as ONE, continuous entity, from Genesis to Revelation. Only THEN can we properly understand who YHWH is, who His Son/Messiah is, and how to begin living a truly holy/set apart life consistent with His Divine Standards.

A word to all those who feel inclined to incite and/or engage in endless fights and arguments

A word to all those who feel inclined to incite arguments and attempt to tell others where they are wrong:

It's okay to do that -BUT, make sure YOU know what you're talking about! Make sure you KNOW Scripture, from cover to cover, and post IT, instead of just your own personal opinions. Opinions don't matter; Scripture does, which is really ALL you need!

Be VERY careful to "choose your battles" - because YOU might just be the one who is in error...

2 Timothy 3: 1. But know this: That in the latter days hard times will come: 2. and men will be lovers of themselves and lovers of money, boasters, proud, revilers, unyielding towards their own people, deniers of grace, wicked, 3. unloving, addicted to irreconcilable malicious gossips, ferocious, haters of the good, 4. treacherous, rash, inflated, attached to pleasure more than to the love of Elohim, 5. having a form of respect for Elohim but wide from the power of Elohim. Them who are such, repel from you. (AENT)

2 Tim 2:14 Keep reminding people of this, and charge them solemnly before our Master (Y'shua) not to engage in word-battles. They accomplish nothing useful and are a catastrophe for the hearers! 15 Do all you can to present yourself to Elohim as someone worthy of his approval, as a worker with no need to be ashamed, because he deals straightforwardly with the Word of the Truth. 16 But keep away from godless babbling, for those who engage in it will only become more ungodly, 17 and their teaching will eat away at people like gangrene. (CJB)

James 4: 1. From where is it, that there are among you arguments and conflicts? Is it not from the lusts which war in your members? 2. You covet but do not possess; and you kill and envy, and effect nothing: and you fight and make attacks; and you do not have, because you do not ask. 3. You ask, and do not receive because you ask wickedly, that you may feed your lusts. 4. You adulterers, don’t you know that the love of the world is hatred towards Elohim? He therefore who chooses to be a lover of this world is the enemy of Elohim. (AENT)

Romans 16: 17. And I plead with you, my Brothers, that you beware of them who cause divisions and stumblings apart from the doctrine which you have learned: and that you stand distant from them. 18. For they who are such do not serve our Master Y’shua the Mashiyach, but their own belly: and by bland speeches and good wishes, they deceive the hearts of the simple. (AENT)

Isaiah 30:10: They say to the seers, "No more visions," and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us the truth. Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. (CJB)

So, what can we do about it?

Romans 14: 19 So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding. (CJB)

We must continue to "keep on keeping on", enduring until the end because the same will be saved (Matt 24:13).

Matthew 24:10 At that time many will be trapped into betraying and hating each other, 11 many false prophets will appear and fool many people; 12 and many people's love will grow cold because of increased distance from Torah. 13 But whoever holds out till the end will be delivered. (CJB)

Some very important Bible messages for those who refuse to believe in Torah obedience…

1 John 2:7 My beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but the old Commandment which you had from the beginning; and the old Commandment is the Word which you have heard. (AENT)

Please read and re-read the above until you come to understand its plain meaning!

John 14:15 If you love me, you will keep my commands; (CJB)

What commands are they?  Some new ones Yeshua made up after he supposedly came to bring a new religion that relieves everyone of the need to obey his Father’s Divine Instructions in Righteousness, and ignore such things as the Seventh Day Sabbath command (which is a SIGN between YHWH and His people - Exodus 31:16, Ezekiel 20:11) and the seven yearly Feasts – all of which foreshadow Yeshua, who has so far fulfilled the first FOUR of the SEVEN?  No! Please re-read 1 John above…

Proverbs 28:9 If a person will not listen to Torah, even his prayer is an abomination. (CJB) (See also 1 Peter 3:12, Proverbs 15:29, James 5:16, Isaiah 59:2, James 4:3-8, James 1:6-7, John 15:7, Revelation 21:8, etc.)

Romans 10: 12. And in this, it discriminates neither Jews nor Gentiles. For there is one, Master YHWH, over them all, who is abundantly generous towards every one that calls on him. 13. For everyone that will call on the name of Master YHWH, will have life. (AENT)

And take a look at this passage that speaks not to just "the Jews" but to all humanity!

Ecclesiastes 12: 13 Here is the final conclusion, now that you have heard everything: fear God, and keep his mitzvot; this is what being human is all about. 14 For God will bring to judgment everything we do, including every secret, whether good or bad. [Here is the final conclusion, now that you have heard everything: fear God, and keep his mitzvot; this is what being human is all about.] (CJB)

1 John 2: 3. And by this we will be sensible that we know him, if we keep his Commandments. 4. For he that says I know him, and does not keep his Commandments, is a liar and the truth is not in him. 5. But he that keeps his Word, in him is the Love of Elohim truly completed: for by this we know that we are in him. 6. He that says I am in him, is bound to walk according to his halacha. 7. My beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but the old Commandment which you had from the beginning; and the old Commandment is the Word which you have heard. (AENT)

FOOTNOTE:

“Elohim is light”, (1 John 1:5); therefore, it can be argued that at Creation when YHWH said, “Let there be light”, Genesis 1:3, that He in effect brought a part of Himself out to accomplish the creative act. The “Word” does this same feat, Psalm 33:6; John 1:1; a few lines earlier we read the “Word of Life.” We have also seen before the direct linguistic relationship between the Hebrew and Aramaic roots for “Light” and “Torah” such as: “Your word (davar) is a lamp to my feet, a light (aur) to my path.” Psalm 119:105. “For the commandment is a lamp. The teaching is a light (aur), and the way to life is the rebuke that disciplines.” Proverbs 6:23

What makes this citation in Proverbs most profound is the word mitzvah (commandment), since tradition commonly calls the revelation at Sinai the Ten Commandments when in fact the Tanakh uses davarim (words)! Keep this in mind while considering 1 John 2:4. “He who says I know Him and does not keep His Commandments (poqadona) is a liar and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word (miltha) in him, verily is the love of Elohim perfected; hereby we know that we are in Him.” 1 John 2:4 (Lamsa).

Aramaic could not make a more forceful point. The fact is, poqadona and miltha are exceedingly close matches for their Hebrew counterparts mitzvah in Proverbs, and davar in Psalms. However, it is in this next passage that the full measure of John’s brilliance is shown: “My beloved, I do not write a new commandment to you, but an old commandment that you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard from the beginning.” 1 John 2:7 (Lamsa)

The Commandment is the Word, which comes from the beginning. We must now realize that to translate this as “his Commandments” is wrong, but “His Commandments” is correct. “His Commandments” is the WORD which came from the very beginning of time. Many fail to understand this truth: It is impossible for Torah to have passed away during the lifetime of the Shlichim if John himself writes about the Word they have heard from the beginning.

What else could this WORD be, except the living Torah! John is a native Aramaic speaker and follower of Y’shua who knows that the WORD (or the Torah of YHWH) comes from the “Light”; he states that Elohim is Light and that we abide in that Light when we do His Mitzvot/ Poqadona/ Commandments. Furthermore, the interchanging of “Word” and “Commandment ” simply does not happen in any other language except Hebrew and Aramaic, the “word that you have heard” is the Shema!

IN CLOSING:

1 John 2: 3 The way we can be sure we know him is if we are obeying his commands. 4 Anyone who says, "I know him," but isn't obeying his commands is a liar - the truth is not in him. 5 But if someone keeps doing what he says, then truly love for God has been brought to its goal in him. This is how we are sure that we are united with him. 6 A person who claims to be continuing in union with him ought to conduct his life the way he did.

7 Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command. On the contrary, it is an old command, which you have had from the beginning; the old command is the message which you have heard before. (CJB)