Sabbath May 3, 2025: Take 2 "A spiritual war"

Good Morning and Happy Sabbath once again,

We hope your count to Pentecost is one of growing in favor, acceptance, and also the knowledge of our Lord and Savior and the amazing Plan of Salvation. He and Father are very active in their purpose to obtain a bride for their household during this timeline of it. That has not been an easy task for Them by their very own design. They instruct us that many are called, but few will be chosen for that function. Many see this as a nice pleasant event in their lives. Nothing nasty in any way, shape, or form. The truth is, we are engaged in a spiritual war which requires us to wear armor and to be able to use the spiritual sword of truth, and at times it can get bloody. Some do not have the stomach for that, but they are not on the front lines so there is not a need at this time for them to be engaged in that with the agents of the adversary. They are placed in the Body to supply other support for it, the Body of Christ/Messiah. Each according to how they are placed by Him in it. But they must never lose focus as to what some are required to do to edify and protect their fellow servants.

To be able to occupy the function of the Bride in the household of the Elohim, all the called of Father are required to pass through some simple tests before they are drawn to Christ. Once that is accomplished, they enter into a one-on-one relationship with the Second Adam and a far more intense course ahead.

It is a qualifying process as scripture so clearly instructs us. Its not about who is smarter or anything like that when it comes down to the basics of that calling and choosing. It’s all about a simple willingness to be obedient to the terms and conditions assigned to it. A willingness to keep the household rules. I simply call it following the Lamb wherever He goes as you have often heard me say. That is just me repeating what John says to us in Revelation 14:4. It’s simple on paper but not so simple in actuality, for we have an adversary who is allowed to test and try us through deceitful activities and instructions. He has no mercy and if it were up to him, we would all be obliterated after he tormented us of course. Yes, he has a very sick mind.

The second Eve will not be so simply deceived as the first Eve was. At least that is one of the goals. The first Eve had received very specific and simple instructions from her husband Adam, but she allowed another to come between him and herself who had something different to say. Yes, a twist on the instructions which had been given to her by her husband and he by Yehovah/The Word. And of course, the twist by the serpent involved the aspect of vanity. Let it be known there is no vanity in the mindset of “circumcision of the heart.” It is the conscious state of humble obedience to our Husband, the second Adam and His Fathers household rules.

The vast majority of Native Israel rejected Him in the role as a husband to them. They too, just like Eve, made decisions to function contrary to the simple terms and conditions given to them which would be essential and necessary to a healthy relationship with each other. But Native Israel is not alone in that are they. Of course they are not, for we are instructed and warned that the very same thing will take place in our Second Marriage Covenant as well.

When it comes to the simplest instruction on that process my mind always turns to the parable of the sower. Look at the simplicity in it with no big lengthy explanations; yes, the simplicity in Christ/Messiah:

Matthew 13: 18-23 Therefore, hear the parable of the sower: when anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand, then the wicked come and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

We are engaged in a lifelong qualifying individual event which starts after our calling from Father. It is not a competition with one another. On the contrary, one of the fundamental rules is to assist others in their personal calling. Some will accept the assistance and some will not. That too is part of the evaluation process being observed by our Elohim. Their guideline is simple in that regard: if one accepts fine; if not, shake the dust off your shoes and move on. Nothing more to be said in that regard.

Throughout the entirety of the process of our calling and being chosen to move beyond the milk of the word we are instructed to be able to give a defense for the hope which is in us. Some; actually many, will never get to that point of growth as the parable so clearly instructs.

John speaks to us in Revelation 12:11 about the 3 criteria we need for overcoming the evil one, who by the way accuses us day and night of all kinds of shortcomings so he can have a crack at us like he did at Job. Yes, he hates us with a disdainful hate that no other being has ever known the depths of. But he is not in charge. He is being used as a tool in the process of perfect the Bride, so do not fear fellow brethren he can only do to us what he is allowed to do.

“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb…”

That is number one. Without that being applied to us, the blood of the Lamb of Fathers household that is, we cannot be washed clean and come into the presence of our Father and Christ/Messiah to be given their spiritual strength. That is where our strength starts and finishes, its all in Him. But then we have our part to do in overcoming the evil one as well. It is in fact two part.

“…and by the word of their testimony…”

That starts with understanding the purpose of our calling. Without that hope of understanding being in us we will not be able to speak to the validity of it from the scriptural patterns. It has to become our testimony, not just words written in a book but written in our hearts. Only then is it readily available to proceed from our mouths when asked about it under any circumstances. And absolutely brought forth when evil abounds around and in the Body of Christ/Messiah. There are some parts and functions in the Body which are so placed so they jump into action when a foreign belief or wind of doctrine tries to enter. You might liken it to the immune system. Not all are assigned that function as they have other important functions in the Body to contribute towards the total health of it. However, all need to be able to confront evil and deceit when it confronts them.

Testimony/witness is the Greek word marturia #3141. It comes from #3144 martus: a witness. Marturia emphasizes the aspect of “evidence given or giving evidence” in that application. Thus, the record of it being spoken to. There is only one written record that we stand on and in, and that is the Word of God/Elohim. Nothing else counts; to which there are many commandments of men written out in many volumes which amount to zero yet are flaunted in our face just like the serpent did to Eve. Do we let them appeal to us? Or do we stand on and in, the Word of God/Elohim or in one of the books of men which have different rules and understandings?

To what extent are you able to expound upon the Word of God/Elohim? Do you understand the simple patterns which Paul says are a mystery to the world of men who are deceived by the evil one and his agents in the flesh?

The doctrines we witness to speak volumes about that qualifying aspect of overcoming the devil. His winds of doctrine can appear to make sense to some when they apply their intellectual vanity to them just like Eve did. The minute we let an interloper in between our Husband and ourselves the process of dumbing down starts to take place. We all need to shut that door quickly and not allow it to open regardless of the presentation.

But there is more in this instruction to overcoming the adversary.

“…and they did not love their lives to the death.”

That goes hand in hand with marturia doesn’t it. Are you willing to lay down your life for the witness of the truth once delivered the Word of God/Elohim? Nothing but the truth; no winds of doctrine mixed in. For many, that will be the basis of their “now I know moment” with Christ/Messiah. Abraham sure had a hard one, where are you when it comes to that. It needs to be thought about now before the actual time comes. That way we are not caught dumbfounded when it does, and we can count on it happening.

The Bride of Christ/Messiah is likened to a body. Not just any, but to His body. We all have a functioning part to do in that body in our calling and acceptance. Every single one of us needs to understand what ours is, or in some cases are, as they will have more than one. In each case they are to be used to strengthen the Body to withstand the pulls of the flesh, and the deceitful assaults from the adversary.

My primary function in the Body is that of a scribe. I keep records of patterns in scripture. Most of you know me for the records I keep on calendar patterns of understandings, applications and actually events. There are other aspects of it but the focus is on the Calendar of God/Elohim. There are many fraudulent attempts to get the called of Father to trip over a different understanding as to keeping the appointed times that Father and Son desire to meet with us in rehearsal of a spiritual reality of the Plan of Salvation.

My job is simple and straightforward. Nothing is hidden behind a door or corner of the house. That can be offensive to some but not to others. Either way I say it as it is, not as someone else might like. It can be a lonely walk at times but that is nothing new to one who is a slave of Christ/Messiah. Even the word slave offends some as they insist they are servants not slaves. See, as a slave I have no say in the function, its do or die. It is my responsibility to do it without question. I have no problem with that at all. It puts me in contact with a lot of unsavory people who wish to change times and seasons with one purpose in mind which is to separate us from our Husbands instructions. Thus I move forward with my spiritual sword.

Let us just take the present function in the Abib Calendar timeline we are in today. It is the 14th day of our count to Pentecost which is the Jubilee of the Bride of Christ/Messiah. Satan does not want the spiritual reality of that great day to take place. He has and continues to throw a lot of debris in the roadway to it to get some to change their course and make a detour. Let’s look at the one from Judaism as it is designed to suck unknowing Christians into tripping up.

We started our count to Pentecost on Sunday April 20. It will be finished on Sunday June 8. There is no other name for it under our Second Marriage Covenant instructions. It is called: Pentecost, to express the importance of it as the 50th day. It is the Jubilee of the Bride. Those who qualified under the First Marriage Covenant will be united with those who will have qualified through the Second Marriage Covenant. This count is all about the completion of the number desired by our Elohim to complete the Bride and not about the 10 commandments which by the way were rejected by Native Israel.

It fell short of the goal by Native Israelite's in that First Marriage Covenant due to their apostasies and rejection of the instructions. Because of that a Second Marriage Covenant was required which would enhance the opportunity of bringing that number to completion by using Gentiles called by Father.

Satan does not want that to happen with all of his being. Thus, he has his agents pushing a false count in the hope of getting some to follow it, or at the very least identify with some of its terms and conditions and cause a mixing effect. We are not to mix such things as Paul repeatedly tells us.

We are not counting 49 days to some Jewish Fable as Paul terms them. We do not refer to Pentecost as shavuot. That in itself is a modern Jewish word rendering being superimposed over the original Hebrew used in Exodus. Many are blinded to that simple fact alone. They scream at me saying it appears in it when in fact it is not in the original Hebrew used, just superimposed over it and many gleefully swallow it down.

Pentecost and shavuot are two very different events. Look at the simple facts.

This year shavuot started on Monday April 14 and ends on Monday June 2nd. Those are the Rabbinical Calendar dates of Abib 16 through Sivan 6. They are completely unbiblical in their content as to start and finish. They are the result of following a religion which is founded on spiritual stupor, just like little “c” Christianity is. There is no difference between keeping Judaism’s passover and shavuot, and little “c” Christianities christmas and easter. They are all from the mindset of our adversary.

We are not to eat from either of those tables.

Some get livid when I speak about such things. As the saying goes: to bad, so sad. This is not anger, disdain, or vanity on my part, but me doing the job I have been placed in the Body to do. It isn’t for everyone but it needs to be done. At times I could wish it upon another but then come back to my spiritual senses.

We do not mix the pure and wonderful truth we have been given with the things of any religion of men. Not in any way, shape, or form. Thus, I look forward to Pentecost and its spiritual reality ahead.

Our peace we give to you!