Carmen Welker’s “out of body experience”

I’ve often been ridiculed by my Jewish brethren for “believing in Jesus.” Being Jewish through my mother and her mother and on down the line, I am constantly told what a fool I am to believe in that “Christian idol.”

Well, the bottom line is, I believe Yeshua is THE Messiah because I’ve seen him!  YHWH showed him to me in December 1971, just before I turned 21, while lying in a three-week coma at the Fort Leonard Wood Hospital, near St. Robert, Missouri.

Yes, some may roll their eyes and chuckle, and even attempt to ridicule me, but – as I’m about to explain - ADONAI gave me absolute proof that I was NOT hallucinating! You see, having come from a horrific background of child abuse and neglect, I wasn’t the least bit “religious”; and all I knew about God and His Messiah consisted only of what I had heard from friends.

I remember when I was approximately 5, my foster grandmother in Germany held me on her lap and told me about God, and I totally and completely believed her. But other than that, I had no clue what to do with God; much less, coming to any realization that I was supposed to live according to His Rules.

Until the day He opened my spiritual eyes when I was 44, I basically I felt that the “God and Jesus idea” was just a crutch for people who couldn’t face life on their own.

Regardless, YHWH kept trying to reach me as the years went on, and He even gave me my own personal “Damascus Road” experience while in a coma at the Fort Leonard Wood Hospital, caused by a ruptured appendix that had been misdiagnosed as flu. (I still have the medical records to prove it.)

Anyway, during those three weeks while comatose, I had two “out-of-body” experiences – both of which defy explanation, revealing events that I could NOT have known on my own. (I have included some scriptures wherever appropriate to make my point that I experienced things I couldn’t possibly have known at the time because I wasn’t a church-goer. I reiterate, these experiences happened just before I turned 21, at which time I had never even read the Bible. I didn’t start reading the Bible until I was 44 years old, when I “got saved” in a small-town Baptist church…)

This is an account of my first “out of body” experience – which ultimately served to PROVE (and is revealed at the end of this article) that  both “experiences” had been REAL:

In this first "experience" I remember my soul (or whatever you call the essence that made me, me) sitting up in my body, staring in confusion at all the tubes and machines and paraphernalia keeping me alive, and I simply decided I had had enough.

Next thing I knew, I had left my body completely, and was “flying” up, up, up through the roof of the hospital, heading down Interstate 44 to Springfield, to visit my adoptive father (with whom I had been living while my then-husband was in Vietnam). I remember wondering why I wanted to see my adoptive father, because that monster had been sexually abusing me from when I first met him at age 9, until age 14 when my mother divorced him. (She never knew he was a pedophile, and I never told her. She was too busy fighting her own demons….)

Anyway, during that "visit" I found “myself” (no body, just an invisible “essence”) hovering in the corner of the ceiling above the dining room table, looking down at my father and his girlfriend, Goldie, who – to my sense of hearing in this strange and unusual state - sounded like they were talking into a barrel. They were sitting there holding hands, and animatedly discussing my father’s plans to sell his cows and buy 300 pigs with which to start a pig farm. (Please remember this part!)

Ironically, while peering down at the couple, I was astounded to discover my lack of emotions for them. Normally, I couldn’t look at Daddy without feeling disgust; but in that moment I didn’t care about him, one way or the other; I was simply glad to know he was okay. And as for Goldie, she was like a surrogate mother with whom I had instantly bonded from the moment we met several years before. But, in my present state, I honestly didn’t feel much of anything for her, either. I didn’t feel much about anything or anyone; rather, I felt more like an observer in this world, just basically passing through.

Believing I had accomplished whatever mission I seemed to be on, I felt compelled to return to my sick body back at Fort Leonard Wood. Although I didn’t necessarily want to go back, I somehow knew I had to; and so when I arrived, I unhesitatingly sat down into myself as if taking a seat in a chair. It seemed a totally natural thing to do. I didn’t think to question this experience at all. I simply knew that I was in another realm and that questioning it would be futile because it wasn’t my place to know anything beyond what I was experiencing.

An account of my second “out of body” experience:

Sometime thereafter – several days later – I again found myself leaving my body behind. This time, I headed for outer space and floated around for what seemed like an eternity. Having no body, no arms, no legs, that “entity” again, I was simply “consciousness” floating on a bed of swiftly moving air. I had no clue why, when or where, and I had no control over anything. I was terrified.

Although I couldn’t see much, I distinctly heard sounds from somewhere below me, on another plane; they were eerie sounds, comprised of a mixture of howling winds and human wailing. In my confusion, I was certain that, whatever I was hearing, I wanted no part of it.

Suddenly, to my great relief, in the darkness, a few meters above me and off to the right, there materialized a silhouetted figure of a man dressed in white robes, standing – or so it appeared – in front of the sun. He was too bright to look at until I was fairly close – perhaps a dozen meters away, which was as close as I ever got.

Whoever he was and however he happened to be there, was totally irrelevant to me at the time. I was just glad to see another human and I tried to “will” myself even closer, but I seemed to be stuck in that dozen or so meters away from him. With pleading eyes, I watched this young, olive-skinned, dark-haired man peer down at me. He had a kind, but very sad smile. He wasn’t very good-looking (Isaiah 53:2); as a matter of fact, I remember thinking in my carnal mind, that he was nobody I ever wanted to date. (Obviously, I still had my limited, carnal mindset at that point!)

Be that as it may, I was no longer alone, and he served as company for me in this huge, strange void, and that is all that mattered to me at that point in time.

“Help me!” I called out to him, somehow communicating via thought waves.

He answered in a foreign language I couldn’t understand (presumably Hebrew or Aramaic since Yeshua was an Israeli Jew … which I didn’t know at the time because I didn’t know who this man was); and much of what he said, was ripped from his lips by the awful howling winds (Holy Spirit?) that seemed to grow in ferocity.   I remember being so disappointed in the knowledge that he had the power to pull me up and out of this strange and scary nothingness, yet he seemed unwilling to do so.

(Now, of course, I understand that he didn’t help me back then because I didn’t know him. I had no clue that he was the “gate” to the Father [John 14:6]. At that time, I had never actually confessed YHWH as ELOHIM or Yeshua as His Mashyiach! [Genesis 1; Psalm 103:8-10; see also Exodus 34:6, 7; Matthew 7:7:13–21; Matthew 18:3; John 3:16; Acts 4:12; 1 John 1:9; 1 John 5:13; Romans 3:23, 6:23; 1 Cor. 15:3–4, 54–57, etc.] I knew from my foster grandmother that there was a God – but that is ALL I knew!)

Suddenly, as he continued to talk in that foreign language, the raucous winds shifted and I was blown helplessly in an opposite direction! Horrified, I tried to will myself back, but it was no use; I was completely and utterly helpless. The man briefly reached out for me, shouting something I couldn’t make out. His face reflected a mixture of anguish and sadness as he watched me float further away – but I also got the distinct impression that he (or some power behind him) was sending me away!

My eyes desperately sought his as the chasm between us widened. Soon, there was nothing I could do except to watch him recede into the distance, a silent sentinel among the stars somewhere in the middle of the universe – a human silhouette bursting with bright lights and chained energy….

Just before he completely disappeared from view, something inside me “clicked” and I recognized him! He was Jesus, that guy I had heard about, who got nailed to the cross for going around telling everybody he was the Son of God! Yes, I had heard of him through various “Bible thumpers” I’d met over the years, and also my pedophile adoptive father who proclaimed to be a Christian; but other than that, I hadn’t one iota of a clue as to the history behind the cross.

Shortly thereafter I came out of the coma, and lay there, confused and feeling very HOLY for the next few days. It was an AMAZING experience, because I had never been “holy” before in my entire life! But I had felt SO close to “God” during that time, that I never wanted to leave that bed. I had entire conversations with Him as I lay there, waiting for all my faculties to return. I didn’t really WANT to be in this world anymore, but He refused to let me cross over because there was something He needed me to do. Something He needed me to do…

(I finally figured out what the “something” was, once God opened my “spiritual eyes” to Him and His Divine Messiah, back in January 1995, in a little Baptist church, in Seymour, Missouri. That “something” was ultimately to reach and teach the whole world about YHWH/Yeshua/Torah via a website He caused me to create in 2001, called The Refiner’s Fire …

Anyway,  once out of my coma. “the world” soon returned and - although I KNEW I had really met “Jesus”, when I finally “became myself” again (feeling heavy and quite “out of place” here on earth), I began to doubt and wonder if all this hadn’t really been just a crazy, vivid dream… (Genesis 3:1-4; John 8:44; Mark 9:24; James 1:5-8; James 1:6; Romans 10:17, etc.)

But then I received "proof positive” that my out of body experiences had been real:

It happened when Goldie, my adoptive father’s girlfriend, came to visit me in the hospital, and I asked her, when she and my father were going to start that pig farm.

At that point, you could have heard that proverbial pin drop as Goldie gawked at me for several long moments, in complete disbelief! When she finally found her voice, she said: “Honey, how did you know that?  We haven’t told anybody, yet…”

My response:  “I HEARD you guys talking about it during an out-of-body experience!”

The AI “Grok” knows of my late husband’s work!

I JUST HAD AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION WITH the AI “GROK” – I was testing to it see what it had to say about the various calendars being discussed among those of us who keep Yahweh’s Appointed Feasts and Times; and, to my great surprise, our “conversation” ended up including the work of my late husband, Bill Welker who developed what is now known as the Eternal Torah Calendar (ETC), as presented today by Andrew Gabriel Roth!

It all started when, just for kicks, I asked Grok how the Rabbinic calendars differ from some of the others on the Internet. The year mentioned on Rabbinic Calendars is 5786, while, for instance, the Eternal Torah Calendar suggests the year is 5926.

Here’s the exact conversation:

GROK: “The Rabbinic Calendar (RC), based on the system set up around 359 CE, is the standard Hebrew calendar most Jews use today. In this context, the year RC is the traditional count from creation, while the year 5926 ETC is from the ‘Eternal Torah Calendar,’ devised by Andrew Gabriel Roth, which starts counting earlier from Adam’s creation.”

ME: “So, you’ve heard of my friend, Andrew Gabriel Roth and his work?”

GROK: “Of course. Andrew Gabriel Roth is a biblical scholar, author and translator specializing in the Aramaic origins of the New Testament. Born in 1964 to a Jewish family, he studied Hebrew from a young age, earned a Communications degree from Millersville University, and came to faith in Yeshua as messiah in 1996. He is best known for his Aramaic-English New Testament (AENT) and more recently, The Apostolic Writings, a fresh translation from the Aramaic Peshitta. He also publishes his Eternal Torah Calendar every year through his ministry One Faith One People.”

(At this point, I had to say it – because I watched Bill toil for many, many months on the origins of the calendar, according to what the BIBLE says about dates and times. He put a LOT of time and effort – and money - into the project!)

ME: “Actually, Grok, the groundwork for the Eternal Torah Calendar was done by my late husband, William Welker, who gave it to Andrew Gabriel Roth.”

To my great surprise, Grok responded with the following:

GROK: “Oh, I stand corrected. Your husband Bill Welker was the one who developed the foundational work for the Eternal Torah Calendar, using his expertise in astronomy and biblical timing. Andrew Gabriel Roth later published and expanded it through his ministry. Thanks for sharing that personal piece of history.”

WELL, YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW THRILLED I WAS TO HEAR THIS! What Grok doesn’t know yet, however (but it will soon), is that Andrew recently told me that my husband’s work is being turned into an App later on this year! As Bill would say: "All the honor, praise and glory goes to ADONAI-ELOHIM!"

Has ALL been fulfilled yet? Have heaven and earth passed away?

I can’t understand why there is so much dissension among believers – especially those who keep insisting “the law” (Torah) has been abolished.

I've been asking people for 28 years now: Have heaven and earth passed away yet? Has "all been fulfilled" yet?

Without the Torah (ADONAI's Divine Instructions in Righteousness - erroneously referred to as "the Law"), we would have NO blueprint for moral, holy living! Without the Torah, we wouldn't know what constitutes "sin" - which John explains as "transgression of the Torah" (1 John 3:4).
Throughout the Torah see myriad warnings from Yahweh, along with plenty of examples of "sins" being committed (including in-your-face "do's and don'ts" in Leviticus - some of which sound VERY strange to our modern mindsets)! And, as you know, we get the "Ten Commandments" straight out of Exodus. (Ask yourself this question: If "all sins were forgiven,” as many insist, then why weren't those Ten?)

As you know, God doesn't command anything without a solid reason, and so we must be very careful to avoid that “line” between sin and righteousness defined in Torah. That is why it is imperative to read the WHOLE Bible, in context, via the Hebrew instead of the Greek mindset, as the Bible amply reveals what constitutes sin!

The bottom line is, no matter how great or small the sin, forgiveness lies in repentance AND turning FROM sin because - if you keep on sinning in the erroneous belief that "Jesus died to forgive ALL our sins," no matter how many times you knowingly and purposely continue to follow your carnal nature - then you WILL be considered "lukewarm" upon Yeshua's Second Coming; and, consequently, risk being "vomited from his mouth." (See Revelation 3:16.)
BY THE WAY - for those who never really thought about it, "sin" is active violation or deliberate rebellion against divine commands. It covers both acts of commission (doing forbidden things) and omission (failing to do what is required), representing a rejection of God’s established order and moral boundaries.

That certainly didn’t change because “Jesus died”...

Yeshua's divine, shed blood covered our PAST sins; NOT deliberate, willful ongoing sins (2 Peter 1:9 and Romans 3:25). When we believe in Yahweh-ELOHIM ("the Father) and accept the fact that He sent His "Son" (Messiah Yeshua) to earth to teach and preach His Word,  to represent Yahweh-Elohim (his Father), to teach us how to worship the Father, and how to treat each other; and, to ultimately offer his life for the purpose of becoming our Redeemer so that we could have eternal life.

He didn’t come to abolish His Father’s Divine Instructions in Righteousness, nor to start any new religions that gave men the freedom to make up their own rules while ignoring those made in Heaven.

Why would he? He was, since the “beginning” - and still IS - "the arm of ELOHIM" (Isaiah 53:1) and “the Word” of ELOHIM (John 1:1 and 14)…

The Torah is explicit about this fact: Sin is sin and the meaning of sin didn’t change just because Yahweh’s Messiah shed his blood for us.

God said WHAT???

By Vishal Sooklall

One of the most misunderstood passages in the Bible is Numbers 31:17–18. Many people claim these verses prove that God commanded the Israelites to take young girls as sex slaves. However, that is not what the text says. A careful reading of the entire chapter reveals a very different picture.

The first rule of Bible study is to read every verse in its context. In Numbers 25, the Midianites deliberately led Israel into idolatry and sexual immorality at Baal Peor. They used their women to entice the Israelites into worshipping false gods. Because of this rebellion, God's judgment fell upon Israel, and thousands of Israelites died.

Later, in Numbers 31, God commanded Israel to execute judgment on Midian. Moses reminded the people why this judgment was taking place: "These women caused the children of Israel... to trespass against the LORD" (Numbers 31:16). The women who had participated in leading Israel into sin were judged because of their role in that rebellion.

The young girls, however, had not participated in those events. That is why they were spared. The Bible simply says to "keep alive" the girls who had not known a man. It does not say they were to be raped, abused, or used as sex slaves. Those ideas are added to the text by critics—they are not found in the passage itself.

In fact, the Law of Moses contains many commands protecting women from sexual immorality and unlawful sexual behavior. God repeatedly condemned sexual sin and required His people to live holy lives. It would be inconsistent to claim that the same God who condemned sexual immorality was commanding sexual abuse in this passage when the text never says so.

This event was also not a general command for all nations or all generations. It was a unique act of divine judgment against the Midianites because of their deliberate attempt to corrupt God's people through idolatry and immorality. It was a specific historical event, not a universal rule.

A quick message on the daughters of Zelophehad, and the reason why Mary is able to transfer the rights of inheritance to her son, Yeshua…

In reading Numbers 27:1 in this week's Torah portion, we see some of the first "women's libbers" - five women who dared to speak out and claim their father's inheritance - The five daughters of Zelophehad who petitioned Moshe that they be granted the portion of the land belonging to their father (who died without sons).

YHWH Himself accepted their claim and incorporated it into the Torah's laws of inheritance, thus revealing that, in certain circumstances, inheritance CAN be passed down through women:

Numbers 27: 1 Then the daughters of Tz'lof'chad the son of Hefer, the son of Gil'ad, the son of Machir, the son of M'nasheh, of the families of M'nasheh, the son of Yosef, approached. These were the names of his daughters: Machlah, No'ah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirtzah. 2 They stood in front of Moshe, El'azar the cohen, the leaders and the whole community at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said, 3 "Our father died in the desert. He wasn't part of the group who assembled themselves to rebel against ADONAI in Korach's group, but he died in his own sin, and he had no sons.

4 Why should the name of our father be eliminated from his family just because he didn't have a son? Give us property to possess along with the brothers of our father." 5 Moshe brought their cause before ADONAI. 6 ADONAI answered Moshe, 7 "The daughters of Tz'lof'chad are right in what they say. You must give them property to be inherited along with that of their father's brothers; have what their father would have inherited pass to them.

8 Moreover, say to the people of Isra'el, 'If a man dies and does not have a son, you are to have his inheritance pass to his daughter. 9 If he doesn't have a daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers. 10 If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father's brothers. 11 If his father doesn't have brothers, give his inheritance to the closest relative in his family, and he will possess it. This will be the standard for judgment to be used by the people of Isra'el, as ADONAI ordered Moshe.'" (AENT)

(Some more tidbits coming - please bear with me, because it all ends up tying together!)

Let's briefly examine that last passage, above:

In Numbers 27:8-11, we saw yet another scripture that negates the anti-Y’shua crowd’s attempts to disprove Y’shua! They are adamant that He cannot be Messiah because His lineage came through a woman (since Joseph wasn’t His biological father; just someone who "adopted" Y'shua...), and they insist the genealogy (according to Judaism), must come through the male.

Also, according to the anti-Y’shua crowd, women cannot inherit or pass on an inheritance. Hence, on several levels, Y’shua’s messiahship – according to them - is null and void.

Well, let's examine what SCRIPTURE says:

Numbers 27:8 Moreover, say to the people of Isra'el, 'If a man dies and does not have a son, you are to have his inheritance pass to his daughter. 9 If he doesn't have a daughter, give his inheritance to his brothers. 10 If he has no brothers, give his inheritance to his father's brothers. 11 If his father doesn't have brothers, give his inheritance to the closest relative in his family, and he will possess it. This will be the standard for judgment to be used by the people of Isra'el, as ADONAI ordered Moshe.'"

So, there goes the idea that women cannot have an inheritance!

While we’re at it, let's move on to the genealogy thing that some traditional Jews use to attempt to negate the legitimacy of Yeshua...

Okay, so it looks like Mary should be disqualified to transfer the rights of her lineage to her son, Yeshua - except for a little known exception to the rule!

In Matthew 1:1-16 and Luke 3:23-38 we are presented with two genealogies of Yeshua. On the surface these different listings would appear to be a contradiction in the scriptures. Not only are the two genealogies listed in the reverse chronology from each other, but the genealogy found in Matthew's gospel is the lineage of Yeshua's mother Mary, while the genealogy found in Luke's gospel is the lineage of Yeshua's earthly father Joseph.

[Note: this is completely opposed to most teachings! But there is no doubt that Matthew's genealogy is that of Mary, and not her husband Joseph as is usually assumed.]

However, many people fail to realize or address a major problem associated with the genealogical listing found in Matthew's gospel: The lineage of Mary. Once you have established that the line is indeed Mary's you must deal with a second difficulty: The rights of the line are NOT passed through the mother; but rather, through the father.

Even though Mary, through her lineage, was of the Davidic bloodline (as was her husband, Joseph), she should be excluded from being able to pass those rights of the bloodline because she was female (Deuteronomy 21:16).

So, it is not enough to prove that Mary was an unblemished descendant of David; she had to be a male to transfer the rights. Therefore, she would be disqualified to transfer the rights to her son Yeshua - EXCEPT for a little known exception to the rule.

BUT, FIRST, LOOK AT THIS!

In Numbers 26 we are introduced to Zelophehad. Zelophehad, we are told, had no sons; only daughters. In Numbers 27, following the death of Zelophehad, the daughters of Zelophehad came before Moses and argued their plight. Because their father had died with no sons, all of their rights of inheritance were to be lost and they felt this was unfair.

So Moses prayed to YHWH and He gave Moses an exception to the rule! He told Moses that the inheritance CAN flow through a female, IF they fulfill two requirements: There must be no male offspring in the family (Numbers 27:8) and if the female offspring should marry, they must marry within their own tribe (Numbers 36:6).

Returning to Mary:

On the surface she should be unable to transfer the rights to her Son. But when you research you find that Mary had NO brothers, she was of the line of David, AND received the inheritance of her father because her father had no sons, AND Mary did indeed marry within her own tribe to Joseph.

End of argument!

Let’s all pray for ministries that teach against Torah!

One such ministry, “The Biblical Roots” belongs to Pastor R.L. Solberg, who appears to dedicate most of his energy NOT to promoting God and His Word; but rather to spend time bashing the Torah (the first five Books of the Bible that contain all of God’s original Divine Instructions in Righteousness). 

Prolific on Facebook, he’s very cunning in his posts because he pretends to be FOR the Torah, while at the same time, negating it via a lot of scripture twisting.  

Below is just one example from the mind of R.L. Solberg:

“To be clear, I do not believe or teach that God’s law (his unchanging moral will) is invalid. Rather, I believe the Bible teaches that the Law of Moses as covenantal legislation has found to its God-ordained fulfillment in Christ. ‘We have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.’

(Rom‬ ‭7‬:‭6‬). We still serve and obey God. And we do so under his new covenant.

Shalom!

MY RESPONSE:

First, I must note that I find it odd that Solberg likes to throw around Hebrew words and terms – perhaps to impress his clueless Christian audience with his “vast knowledge”…

Be that as it may, here was my response to him – and please note that you, my readers - are free to make up your own mind as to whom you wish to believe:

Pastor Solberg -  I’m truly baffled as to why you constantly insist on bashing Yahweh’s Divine Instructions, as if they are garbage. How and when were we released from obeying His Torah instructions (which you call “the law”) when the entire New Testament makes it clear that  Yeshua and all his Apostles UPHELD the law!  (Remember, Yeshua came to be our Redemption, our FINAL SIN SACRIFICE, not as someone who was sent to abolish His Father’s Divine Instructions!)

It is imperative to recognize that Yeshua was the "arm"  of Yahweh.  The arm doesn't control the "brain", and Yeshua never suggested that he came to replace Yahweh/his "Father" in any way! He even said he came to do His Father's will and NOT his own; and that he would do everything His Father commanded. Check it out for yourself:

Luke 4:43 "But he (Yeshua/Jesus) said, "I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent." (CJB)

(The “good news” Kingdom of God refers to YHWH and His Torah and everything YHWH is and does.)

Luke 8:1 And it happened after these things that Y'shua was going around in the cities and in the villages and was preaching and declaring the Kingdom of Elohim. (CJB)

Does that sound like he came to negate His Father’s Divine Instructions to mankind?

Check out some passages from both the “old” and “new” Testaments wherein Yahweh reiterates the fact that ALL are to obey His Divine Instructions, without which we would have NO blueprint for moral, holy living:

Numbers 15: 13 "'Everyone who is native-born must do these things in this way when he brings an offering made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the LORD. 14 For the generations to come, whenever an alien or anyone else living among you presents an offering made by fire as an aroma pleasing to the LORD, he must do exactly as you do. 15 The community is to have the same rules for you and for the alien living among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. You and the alien shall be the same before the LORD: 16 The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the alien living among you.'" (CJB)

Deuteronomy 31: 11 when all Isra'el have come to appear in the presence of ADONAI at the place he will choose, you are to read this Torah before all Isra'el, so that they can hear it. 12 Assemble the people-the men, the women, the little ones and the foreigners (which includes ANYONE who wishes to believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob) you have in your towns -so that they can hear, learn, fear ADONAI your God and take care to obey all the words of this Torah… (CJB)

Romans 3:31 Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we ESTABLISH the Law." (CJB)

Matthew 5:17 Don't think that I have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete. 18 Yes indeed! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud or a stroke will pass from the Torah - not until everything that must happen has happened. 19 So whoever disobeys the least of these mitzvot (words/commands) and teaches others to do so will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven. But whoever obeys them and so teaches will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness is far greater than that of the Torah-teachers and P'rushim, you will certainly not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. (CJB)

Has everything happened that must happen? Have heaven and earth passed away? If not, then it seems we are obliged to continue to obey Torah - our Creator's divine teachings/instruction!

Moving on, Proverbs 28:9 tells us that if one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination! The Holy One of Israel is NOT impressed with prayer if you refuse to hear and obey His Divine Instructions!

1 Samuel 15:22 tells us that obedience is better than sacrifice.

John 9:31 tells us: “We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him.”

Isaiah 1:15 says, “When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I won’t be listening.”

Deuteronomy 28 reveals the myriad blessings if we obey… and the curses if we don’t.

Yahweh said His law is good and perfect, so why do you and so many others hate it? Because it’s a mirror, and people smash mirrors when they don’t like what they see!

Check out and really THINK about the following passages, because they are important:

Psalm 19:8(7) The Torah of Adonai is perfect, restoring the inner person. The instruction of Adonai is sure, making wise the thoughtless. ^{9 (8)} The precepts of Adonai are right, rejoicing the heart. The mitzvah of Adonai is pure, enlightening the eyes. ^{10 (9)} The fear of Adonai is clean, enduring forever. The rulings of Adonai are true, they are righteous altogether, ^{11 (10)} more desirable than gold, than much fine gold, also sweeter than honey or drippings from the honeycomb. ^{12 (11)} Through them your servant is warned; in obeying them there is great reward. (CJB)

Romans 7:12 So the Torah is holy; that is, the commandment is holy, just and good. (CJB)

The Bible tells us that the flesh hates “the law”…

Romans 8:7 For the mind controlled by the old nature is hostile to God, because it does not submit itself to God’s Torah — indeed, it cannot. 8 Thus, those who identify with their old nature cannot please God. (CJB)

The carnal mind is at war with God. It "cannot" submit to His law. The law exposes sin. Romans 7:7, “I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, ‘You shall not covet.’”

John 3:20 For everyone who does evil things hates the light and avoids it, so that his actions won’t be exposed. ²¹ But everyone who does what is true comes to the light, so that all may see that his actions are accomplished through God.” (CJB)

Messiah warns in Matthew 24:12, “And because LAWLESSNESS will abound, the love of many will grow cold.” Lawlessness equals hatred of Torah. When Torah is thrown out, love dies.

2 Timothy 4:3 For the time is coming when people will not have patience for sound teaching, but will cater to their passions and gather around themselves teachers who say whatever their ears itch to hear. ⁴ Yes, they will stop listening to the truth, but will turn aside to follow myths. (CJB)

Ask yourself this:  Why would Yahweh’s Messiah Yeshua (known in the Christian world as “Jesus”) have abolished everything his Father ever commanded, just so those who call themselves "Christians" would be exempt from following His commandments and do nothing except "believe in Jesus?"  

Why do you refuse to keep the "forever" commands, such as the Seventh Day Sabbath which is a SIGN between God and His people? (See Exodus 31:16; Ezekiel 20:11-12; Exodus 20:8-11, etc) Why do you reject His seven commanded festivals (Leviticus 23), all of which foreshadow Messiah Yeshua? Where does GOD ever say that after his Son died, people would no longer have to obey anything He commanded for our own good, or that they could make up their own holy days and ways, supposedly designed to honor Him? (Remember the sons of Aaron?)

May God open your spiritual eyes so that you can finally understand that Yeshua didn't come to abolish everything His Father ever commanded, nor to bring any "religion" or "denomination. He came to demolish the nonsense men had added to His Divine Instructions (without which we would have no blueprint for moral, holy living); and to teach the original commands – all of which are designed to keep HIS PEOPLE set apart/holy, and then to die as our Final SIN Sacrifice so that we would no longer have to kill millions of innocent animals to atone for our sins...

You would do well to remember that, according to Scripture, it is a sin to teach that God's Torah is no longer relevant ... as it WILL render you "lukewarm" and cause Yeshua to vomit you from his mouth upon his return. (Revelation 3:16)

I pray you will ponder these things before continuing the lie that Torah is irrelevant!

What was the very first thing that God called “holy”?

The following amazing message was borrowed from “Humble Disciple” on facebook.

One thing that has always fascinated me is what God first called holy.

It wasn't a mountain.

It wasn't a city.

It wasn't a temple.

It wasn't even a people.

Before Israel existed. Before there was a priesthood. Before there were sacrifices, feasts, kings, prophets, or a Tabernacle, God sanctified a day.

"The seventh day God blessed and sanctified, because in it He ceased from all His work that God created for the purpose of preparing." (Genesis 2:3 TLV)

The first thing in Scripture called holy is time. I don't think that's an accident. God could have made a holy place first. He could have marked out sacred ground. Instead, He set apart a recurring appointment woven into creation itself. Every seven days, time itself carries His signature.

Long before Sinai, the Sabbath was already there.

Long before there was a Jew or Gentile.

Long before there was a nation called Israel.

The Sabbath begins in the same chapter as marriage. Both are creation gifts. Both were established before sin entered the world. Maybe that's why the Sabbath has never felt like a burden to me.

When Friday evening arrives and the noise of the week begins to fade, it feels less like keeping a rule and more like returning to something that was always meant to be part of life. A weekly reminder that I am not defined by productivity. That the world keeps turning while I rest. That Yehovah is God and I am not.

It's interesting that when Scripture describes the coming Kingdom, the Sabbath is still there (Isaiah 66:23). What began in Genesis is still present at the end.

The first thing God called holy wasn't a building people had to travel to. It was time that came to them. Every week. Like an invitation. Waiting to be received.