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Contrary to popular Christian tradition the Messiah did not die on a Friday.
The Messiah said he would be in the heart of the earth, three days and three nights.
Check Matthew12:39-40. If He had died on Friday and rose again Sunday morning
that is Friday and Saturday nights = 2 nights and all day Saturday = 1 day.
Now either the Messiah lied in Matthew 12:39-40. or there is something amiss with
the Friday crucifixion, Sunday resurrection theory.
Now the Messiah did not lie. If He had been a liar, He would have been the son of
the “Father of Lies” (John8:42) the devil.
So now, we are left with the fact that something is wrong with the Friday/Sunday
story.
This came about by paganism being mixed into Apostolic Messianic Belief, and the
replacement of Yahweh’s Set Apart Days with the pagan easter celebrations.
Only by understanding Yahweh’s Set Apart Days can we see that Messiah was
indeed in the ‘heart of the earth’ three days and three nights.
Remember Yahushua was Yahweh’s Passover Lamb, as such He had to be executed
at the time of the Passover. Confusion arises, for those who don’t understand the
Feast Days of Yahweh, out of Mark 15:42 “And now when evening was come,
because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath.” Many
think that, because the weekly Sabbath is on a Saturday, that this means Yahushua
must have died on a Friday. However for those who understand Yahweh’s Feast
Days, this means no such thing. The Sabbath that is referred to here is the Sabbath
High Day of the First Day of Unleavened Bread, Which always follows the Night of
the Passover that the Israelites were commanded to observe.
JOHN 19:31.
“The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should
not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day, (for that Sabbath was an high
day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be
taken away.”
So here we have the answer. The first night Yahushua was in the tomb was the
night before the 1st day of Unleavens, that’s 1 night and 1 day, the night following
the day of unleavens made it 2 nights and 1 day. After that was preparation day for
the weekly Sabbath that’s 2 nights and 2 days, then the evening following
preparation day made 3 nights and the Sabbath Day made 3 nights and 3 days.
Yahushua arose right on schedule at the end of the weekly Sabbath at dusk. (or as
it was said, in scriptural times, between two evenings) How can we be sure he arose
at the end of the weekly Sabbath?
Luke 24:46
“And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Messiah to suffer,
and to rise from the dead the third day.”
If Messiah rose on Sunday that would have been the 4th day. When the women
went to the tomb at their first opportunity, at first light (they didn’t go in the dark,
there was no electric lighting) after the weekly Sabbath Yahushua was already gone.
He had risen as He said, after three nights and three days.
Like it or not “good Friday” has nothing to do with the Messiah. Yahushua Ha
Mashiach made His supreme sacrifice for us and was executed on the 4th day of the
week. (Wednesday on the Roman calendar!) It helps when trying to figure three
days and three nights, to remember that Yahweh’s days run from Sunset to Sunset,
not from midnight to midnight as the Roman calendar.
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YAHUSHUA DID NOT PRAY TO SAINTS.
While some that are considered Saints were dead and buried at the time Messiah
walked on earth, at no time did He ever suggest anyone pray to them, for any
purpose what so ever. Today however we have large numbers of people who profess
to be followers of Messiah who do just that.
Matthew15:8
“This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.”
Isaiah 29:13
“Wherefore Yahweh said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their
mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far
from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men.”
Where did praying to saints come from? Once again it stems from paganism. When
the Messianic teachings spread to Rome, the pagans were used to having many
gods. Their deities were made up of greater and lesser gods. The idea of having
only one supreme being, was quite foreign to them. So Rome replaced their demigods
with saints, in much the same way as they had replaced their mother and son
worship with the idea that this was now ‘Mary and baby Jesus’.
 So now we have Patron saints of almost everything. the familiar
medallion pictured here, is almost as commonly worn as the cross ,
St. Christopher being called the patron saint of travellers. St Jude the patron saint of hopeless cases. St Francis of Assisi the patron saint of animals. And so it goes on there is a patron Saint of almost everything.
However this is in no way a teaching of Messiah, and should not be a
practice amongst followers of Messiah.
It needs to be understood that those Yahweh calls Saints, are not
necessarily always the same people that the church calls Saints.
Yahweh’s Saints are those that He has called according to His purpose and
Set Apart from the world.
2Timothy 1:9
“Who hath saved us, and called us with a Set Apart calling, not according to
our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in
Messiah Yahushua before the world began.”
Romans 8:28
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love Yahweh,
to them who are called according to His purpose.”
If you think that to be a Saint of Our Creator, a person has to be declared a Saint by
the Pope, please think again. Your next door neighbour may not be likely to make it
as a Saint by the Pope’s criteria, but may still be a Saint of Yahweh. In which case
you might find yourself in a similar situation as the Apostle Paul found himself, but
hopefully you would not have been quite that violent toward your neighbour.
Acts 26:10
“Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in
prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were
put to death, I gave my voice against them.”
The Apostle Paul at that time had not recognized these people as the Saints of Yahuweh and had persecuted them. A similar situation is prophesied to be occurring
just before the return of Yahushua. (Which will be soon) Will you be able to recognise
the Saints of Yahuweh, or will you be deceived? If you can recognise the Saints of
Yahweh then you are probably being called to be one. But remember;
Matthew 22:14
“ For many are called but few are chosen.”
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YAHUSHUA DID NOT HAVE ROSARY BEADS.
Some might think that this is an obvious statement. However it cannot be so obvious
to all, as there are so many, so called followers of Scripture, that do in fact have and
use Rosary Beads. The Rosary is not a christian invention it is a counting device known
 in Bhuddism, Hinduism and also Islam. So while Catholics like to call it a
“holy” rosary, the fact is, it cannot be any such thing, as it is not Set
Apart, but common to all faiths. The Rosary is used for counting prayers.
We have discussed on the previous page that prayers to the Virgin Mary
are not acceptable to YHWH. However in the case of the Rosary this not
only involves prayers to Mary but also the repetition of prayers. Something
the Messiah specifically told us not to do.
Matthew 6:7
“But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think
that they shall be heard for their much speaking.”
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YAHUSHUA DID NOT OBSERVE ASH WEDNESDAY.
To think that those that are not actually illiterate, those who can read Scripture,
and presumably do from time to time, then go ahead and partake of Ash Wednesday,
is something that is totally confounding to the rational mind. Yes we know that it
marks the first day of Lent, and that ashes and sackcloth were a symbol of
repentance, however the only two forty day fasts that were undertaken, were by
Moses and the Messiah, both with special purpose, there was no yearly forty day fast
of the people. The day before Ash Wednesday is Shrove Tuesday known in Britain
as Pancake Day, basically “the pig out before we fast day”, that is
hardly the attitude that the prophets had when they went on a fast.
The fast of Lent is not a scriptural fast, a scriptural fast is no food, no water, not giving up one pleasure for 40 days. That is making a mockery of Yahweh’s fast. Starting it with a wholesale ashing of one
and all is also making a mockery of Yahweh’s Fast, The Messiah said,
MATTHEW 6:16-18
“Moreover when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance for
they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say
unto you, They have had their reward.
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
That thou appear not unto men men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.”
Clearly then ash Wednesday does not comply with Yahushua’s instructions on fasting.
Not even in one single aspect does it comply with Yahushua’s instructions, But flies
belligerently in the face of them. A bit like folk of today using two fingers for a
gesturing purpose that our Creator never intended fingers for. Furthermore the cross
is a pagan symbol of sun worship. You certainly do not anoint with ashes but with oil.
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YAHUSHUA DID NOT OBSERVE ALL SAINTS DAY.
Some believe that All Saints day originated in the Catholic Church about 609CE (AD)
While The Roman Bishop Boniface IV may have consecrated the Pantheon at Rome
to Christian usage at that time and the feast was then observed annually on May13th
until Gregory III shifted the date to November the 1st, the date that he dedicated
a chapel in the Basilica to All Saints, the Catholic Church is not the origin of
All Saints Day.
The Druids knew that a 24hr period was from Sunset to Sunset, a fact that is now
lost to most of the Christian world, who by now, have been born and bred to think in
terms of a midnight to midnight ‘one day’. (only at xmas do we see this sunset to
sunset time preserved, everyone knows that the Eve (evening)of Xmas Day is on
the 24th not the 25th) So to the Druids, sunset marked a new period of time.
To the Druids the evening of “Samhain” was the evening before, the day of Samhain.
Samhaim was the 1st of November (All Saints Day, dead saints that is), on our
calendar their evening of ‘Samhain’ would be 31st October, Halloween.
Samhain meaning ‘summers end’ was a druid festival, was a time when the Druids believed that two worlds met and the dead walked and the gods drew near to earth.
Bonfires (the Druids chose children to be burned alive on ‘bonefires’ as offerings to
the sun god, there is more to that story but it is too sickening to write here) were lit to start a new year, 1st of November being the first day of winter.
It was the “The Feast of the Walking Dead”.
Now could it be pure coincidence the Roman
Catholic Church just happened to choose the
1st of November for “All Saints Day”, or was it
yet another sanitizing of old pagan traditions to
bring pagans into the church, and make it look
like an honourable affair? We will leave you to decide that.
What does the word of YHWH have to say :
Matthew4:10
“Then saith Yahushua, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship, YHWH thy Elohiym, and Him only shalt thou serve.”
No matter how great the man in Yahweh’s service, saint or no saint, we cannot
worship them or pray to them.
Exodus 20:3
“Thou shalt have no gods before me.” That’s simple enough to understand!
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YAHUSHUA DID NOT BRING A NEW RELIGION.
To state that the Messiah did not bring a new religion almost feels like stating the
obvious. Sadly though there seem to be many that think that is exactly what He did
do. Why is that?
A misunderstanding of what Torah is, is the basis of this idea. Also the mixing of
pagan worship into Messianic teaching has led to a religion that is entirely different
to the teaching given to Moses. The Messiah followed the “Law of Moses” perfectly.
The Torah (law) given to Moses was a ‘Living Law’ that was put in motion by YHWH.
Following that law was designed to give the whole nation of Israel a life of peace,
prosperity and joy. Please understand this Torah Lives, like the law of gravity it is in
motion all the time. You cannot change the law of gravity, you cannot change Torah.
Only YHWH can modify His Torah. Torah was the terms of the Covenant with Israel
(all 12 tribes) Yahushua brought us a Renewed Covenant out of Love, the basic
Torah was not changed. His death on the stake brought us forgiveness for breaking
Torah, if we accept His shed Blood for forgiveness, repent and are baptised.
With the laying on of hands following baptism we receive the Ruach Ha Qodesh (Set
Apart Spirit), why do we need the Ruach Ha Qodesh?
Without the Ruach Ancient Israel was unable to live by Torah, they backslid all the
time, the Ruach is given to us, upon repentance and baptism, to help us to live
by Torah and to lead us into all Truth.
Before we can repent properly we first have to know what we need to repent of.
The Pharisaical Judaism that Messiah complained about has Talmudic teachings that
are not Torah any more than Christianity is. That is why they needed to repent, not
because Yahushua Ha Mashiach brought a new religion. HE did NOT!
Jeremiah 18:15
“Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity,
and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths,
to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;”
JEREMIAH 6:16
“Thus saith Yahweh, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths,
where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.
But they said , We will not walk therein.”
MALACHI 4:4
“Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in
Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.”
Matthew 5:18
“For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth, pass, one jot or one tittle
shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”
As far as we can tell, heaven and earth have not passed away, so we must still have
Torah in effect.
Not because we said so, our Saviour Yahushua Ha Mashiach said so, if you don’t
believe Him you may as well put your Bible away and read a Mickey Mouse comic.
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TORAH LIVES.
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Congregation of YHWH, Lower Hutt, NZ. Page Last updated: 11th day, 1st month 2008
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