Chapter 3

Chadash

Renewal

The Anticipated Restoration...

For many, the Renewed Covenant begins with these words: "Behold, the day is coming (bow' - will arrive and will happen, will be included in association with others, and will be pursued for the purpose of a harvest) declares Yahuweh that I will make (karat ­ - cut) a Renewed (chadash - repaired and restored) Covenant (beriyth - relationship, alliance based upon friendship, agreement between parties, marriage) with the household (bayith - home or family) of Yisra'el (from sarah, those who have power with, strive and persist with 'el, God) and with the family (bayith - household and home) of Yahuwdah (from yadah and Yah, those who belong to Yahuweh and confess His name)." (Jeremiah 31:31)

This is all clear, profound, and far reaching, confirming everything we have read, except the primary meaning of karat isn't "make." Karat's principle meaning is: "to cut off, to sever an object from its source," and especially "to cut off part of the body (i.e., the foreskin)." The third through seventh definitions are similar: "to be cut off and excluded from an association, to cut out idols, to be cut down and stopped, to cease or sever, to kill by cutting or severing a body, to eliminate and destroy, or to root out or uproot by removing a plant from the ground." These things are the antithesis of marriage, union, association and relationship. Karats is an uprooting, not a planting, an exclusion rather than a joining, a ceasing rather than a renewing, a severing rather than a repairing, a destroying rather than a making.

Yet linguists have decided, and Scripture seems to confirm, that the second of seven definitions of karat is the one which fits: "to cut in the sense of to make." In this regard it would be like businessmen saying, "Let's cut a deal." Likewise, "to be cut in on a deal" is "to be included in something." This connotation is probably derived from karat's association with circumcision, and with circumcision's relationship to the beriyth-covenant. To have one's foreskin "cut off and severed" was to be cut in or included in the Beriyth-Covenant.

There is considerable irony in karats. Israel was pruned back so that Gentiles could be grafted into a healthy, repaired vine. Yahuweh's set-apart people were pruned, set apart for a while and neglected, so that Yahweh's ekklesia-calling out could be called home.

Beriyth, meaning "relationship, friendly agreement, covenant and marriage" is very similar to bayith, meaning "home, household, and family." They differ only in the addition of an "r" to the former. Beriyth is "בְּרִית" while bayith is "בַּיִת". To Yahuweh these are related subjects. Our beriyth-relationship with God causes us to be part of His bayith-family, the place where souls live eternally.

According to Jeremiah, a day would come when a chadash-renewed and restored beriyth-covenant and relationship would grow to include Gentiles in the bayith-household of Yisra'el. The ekklesia-calling out of the Renewed Covenant would become adopted Yahudim, grafted into the same vine and promised land. This is precisely what bow' is telling us: "others will be included in association," they will "be pursued for the purpose of a harvest." The ekklesia was predicted to be a renewed and repaired circumcision, one of spirit rather than flesh.

In his letter to the Colossians, Paul confirms: "In Him you have been made complete. He is the head of the family. In Him you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the flesh by the circumcision of the Messiah...and you were also raised up with Him by faith" (Colossians 2:10-12)

Speaking of the Renewed Covenant, Jeremiah was inspired to say: "God existing as man ('Yshayah'el - a name which means: God exists as man) through relationship ('asher - by way of association) cuts (karat - makes by way of circumcision) a Covenant (beriyth - a relationship) with the family (bayith - household and home) of Yisra'el (meaning those who strive with God) in those days declares Yahuweh. I will put (nathan - give, set, commit, entrust, deliver, assign, and bestow in a healthy and enduring fashion) My instructions (torah - directions and prescriptions) inside them (qereb - in their midst and inner parts so they can approach, come near and draw close), engraving them (kathab - in writing, inscribing, and describing by recording them) in their hearts. I will exist as (hayah) their God and they shall exist as (hayah) My family." (Jeremiah 31:33)

The Renewed Relationship (Chadash Beriyth) is a family affair. And it has been given a new title. It's the 'Yshayah'el Covenant: "God existing as man so that man can exist in the family of God." The next chapter will be dedicated to this new reality.

There are two advantages of the Renewed Covenant. First, Yahuweh's Set-Apart Spirit becomes our spiritual Mother, our Counselor, teacher, and friend. Dwelling within us, She is able to inscribe Yahweh's Word in our hearts. We literally coexist with God.

The second advantage of the Repaired Relationship is that we are forgiven forever. Our sin is no longer even remembered. "They shall all yada'-know Yahuweh...for I will forgive (calach - pardon them, release them from punishment; remove the guilt associated with their wrongdoing) their iniquity (chatta'ah - sin, violation of the standard) forever, no longer (halo' 'owd) remembering (zakar - calling to mind, recalling, recording or mentioning) their sin." (Jeremiah 31:34) Once we are renewed and repaired, we are fit for life - eternal life. We become eternally perfect because Yahuweh no longer remembers our sin. It is forgotten 'owd-forever, no longer recorded or mentioned. Praise Yah!

If you are not yet "renewed," I encourage you to accept this life assurance policy so that you too can be forgiven, knowing that your sins have been forgotten. You too can know Yahuweh, having His Word engraved on your heart. And you too can exist forever with Him, living as part of His family in His home. Although there is but one firm offering this policy, and one agent promoting it, the price is right. It's free to us because Yahushua paid the premium. .

Now that we understand the purpose and benefits of the Renewed Covenant, let's examine the author of this policy and His agent through the writings of their most acclaimed prophets. Let's see if Isaiah-Yasha'Yah and Moshe can persuade us to trust this firm to insure our lives.

One of the most interesting Messianic prophecies comes from Moses and can be found in the Torah. It's not particularly well known because the "Church" doesn't much like the notion of the Savior being Jewish or of the Miqra' being meaningful. But it's there, nonetheless. Moreover, ekklesia, the Greek word errantly translated "church" and miqra, the Hebrew word Yahuweh chose to describe His seven celebrations, are actually identical. Both words mean: "called-out assembly."

We are going to cover this Torah prophecy from beginning to end because the teaching associated with it is extremely important and seldom shared. What you are going to read will shake you to your core if you are a religious person, especially if you are steeped in political correctness of if you are a pastor, priest, or imam.

Speaking to Levites, Yisra'el's priestly clan, Moses began the 18^th chapter of Deuteronomy with: "The Levites (Lewiyiy - plural of Lewiy; from lawah, meaning one who joins and borrows) who officiate (kohen ­ - act as a minister), and all the branches (shebet - branches) of Levi (Lewiy - third son of Ya'aqob) shall have (hayah) no portion of the inheritance of Yisra'el (those who strive with God), nor shall they consume Yahuweh's burnt offerings. Therefore, they shall have no inheritance among their brethren. Associating with ('aser) Yahuweh's Word (dabar) is their inheritance." (Deuteronomy 18:1-2)

Yahuweh's Word is the Messiah. By foreshadowing His gift of salvation through the Miqra' Festivals, the Levites inherited eternal life. As retirement packages go, this one was as good as it gets.

The context of this discussion is crucial. Muslims ignorantly use this chapter to validate Muhammad - claiming that it was Islam's Arab prophet, not the Jewish Messiah, who was foretold by Moses. They do this because the Qur'an erroneously claims that Muhammad was predicted in the Torah and worse, that he spoke on behalf of the God of the Torah. (Although, neither Muhammad nor Allah knew Yahuweh's name nor understood anything of His nature or plan.) Therefore, Muslim apologists, desperate for proof, rip this discussion from its context, misrepresent the audience, forget that the subject was atonement, deny all of the other thousand Messianic prophecies, and ignore the fact that Yahweh's name, not Allah's, is used sixteen times in the sixteen verses leading up to announcement of "Allah's Messenger." And since this is the best Muslims can do in their attempt to validate the Qur'an, this chapter provides proof that Islam is the most perverse of lies - one that corrupts Yahweh's Scriptures on behalf of Halal ben Shachar.

So who were these "Levites," and why were they excluded, included, and important? First, they were Yahudim - one of the twelve branches of the natural vine that is Yisra'el. They were descendents of Ya'aqob, and thus of Isaac and Abraham. And they had the most important job on earth - atonement. They "officiated" at the Miqra' convocations by conducting the sacrifices in accordance with the Torah. The Levites made "offerings to Yahuweh by fire." When the Levites fulfilled their duties at the Tabernacle, and later in the Temple, the people's sins were forgiven - albeit temporarily. Since they served the entire nation, uniting Yahudim with Yahuweh, and since they were excluded from Yahweh's apportionment of land, God arranged a tithe from the eleven branches to support the twelfth. It was an added perk.

In the next verse, Moses explains: "And this alone (zeh) shall be the officiators' (kohen - priests) just right (mishpat - judgment) from (min - out of) the people and nation...they shall give (yatan - bestow as a gift to) the officiators...the shoulder of the sacrificial lamb (zarowa' - forearm of the lamb), the jawbones, and the stomach (qebah) of an individual lamb (seh - ram, male lamb), FirstFruits (re'sith), grain (dagan), new wine (tiyrowsh - freshly pressed wine), oil (yitshar - fresh oil that provides the purest and brightest light), and the first and best fleece (re'sith gez) for Yahuweh your Elohiym has chosen them out of all of your branches (shebet) to be present, standing ('amad - making a stand and standing upright), serving, and ministering to (sharath - contributing to) the name (shem) and sons of Yahuweh all (kol) days and seasons (yowm)." (Deuteronomy 18:3-5)

The Levitical job description was to unite man and God by way of officiating at the atoning sacrifices of the prophetic Miqra' - the atoning symbols that borrow from Yahushua's fulfillment. They were chosen to be present in the Tabernacle, standing up for and serving their fellow man in Yahuweh's name. This is symbolic of what the ekklesia-calling out was supposed to be: a chosen assembly, a people called-out for Yahweh's possession, a branch taking a stand with Him just as He stood up for us.

Everything in Yahuweh's list given to the Levites was symbolic. And you'll notice, the priests weren't given money. If we were to apply this tithe to modern pastors and priests, it would be alright to feed them on occasion, and provide some wool, but nothing beyond that would be appropriate. Yahweh's ministers were not given a salary or a housing allowance. They were given the opportunity to serve, period. So, we have found the first of many reasons pastors and priests seldom preach from Deuteronomy 18.

Yahuweh's list of "just rights" is especially revealing. The "lamb" is symbolic of Passover, the Messiah, and thus of atonement. In fact, zarowa means the "sacrificial lamb" of God. The parts include the forearms, cheeks and stomach because Yahushua was pierced in the forearms. The jaw is the source of words and the Messiah is the Word of God. Stomach is qabab. Depending upon how it is vocalized, qbh can mean "tabernacle or womb." Yahushua emerged from the womb to tabernacle with men, becoming the Tabernacle/Temple itself, fulfilling all three renderings. "Firstfruits" is symbolic of the Miqra' that follows Passover and Unleavened Bread on the third day, where the souls of the saved are harvested. Wine is symbolic of the Messiah's blood shed for the remission of sin. Oil is synonymous with Messiah - the Anointed - and with the pure, bright light of Yahweh's Spirit. She, working in conjunction with Yahweh's perfect Lamb, provides the "best fleece," the garment of luminosity that conceals our sin once we are saved.

Therefore, the context of this Messianic prophecy confirms the nature of the Savior's mission. The one anointed in Yahuweh's oil, was present in our midst, illuminating the path to God. He stood up for us, shedding His blood to atone for our transgressions, becoming the Passover Lamb, whose forearms were pierced for the remission of sin. It was His gift to the nation and to all people. Because He was chosen by Yahweh and appointed to this sacrifice on our behalf, we become His firstfruits, just and right with God, filled with His Spirit and grafted into the branch of Israel, united with Yahweh forever. It is the most poignant portrait ever painted.

But there were many stokes left in Moses' brush..."And if a Levite shall sojourn out of Israel, he shall return with all of the passion (avah - desire) of his soul (nepesh - breath of life, thoughts and emotions) to the standing place (maqom - location of human abode) associated with ('asher) Yahuweh choosing, ministering (sharat - serving) in the name (shem) of Yahuweh his Elohiym as all of his brethren Levites do, standing upright and enduring ('amad) there and then (sham) in the presence of (paniym) Yahuweh." (Deuteronomy 18:6-7) Man has a nepesh-soul. God has a ruach-spirit. If we want to live with Him, we need what He has. Fortunately, He is willing to give us His Set-Apart (don't call her holy) Spirit. She comes bearing gifts and they are all free. But that is not to say that Yahuweh doesn't expect something in return. He does. He wants a passionate relationship. Yahweh loves zealous people, those who desire Him emotionally and mentally.

Yahushua confirmed this: "Love Yahuweh your God with all of your heart, soul, and mind." (Matthew 22:37) You'll notice, heart was listed first. And you'll notice that there is nothing religious in the list. The Old and Renewed Covenants are focused on building personal family relationships. When we are born from above in Yahuweh's Spirit, we are grafted into the vine that is Yisra'el. Our reward is to live forever with God in the Promised Land - the New Jerusalem.

The "standing place associated with Yahuweh's choosing" is Mount Moriah - the spot upon which God's beriyth-covenant was affirmed with Abraham and Isaac, the place upon which His Temple was built and upon which He allowed Himself, by way of His Zarowa' to be sacrificed. The standing place is where God and man are united, where upright souls endure forever in Yahweh's presence. Clearly, the Messianic overtones included in Yahuweh's message to the Levites are most prolific.

There is a subtlety of this verse that becomes clearer as we move on. Yahuweh doesn't mind us leaving His house to look around so long as we come back the same way we left. Whatever evil we find must be left at the door.

Yahuweh reminds us that the only rightful and justified ministerial compensation is from Him, not from men. We can feed ministers but we aren't to pay them. A rich church is a dead church. "They shall have a share or portion (cheleq) to eat ('akal), besides (bad) the purchase price of (mimkar) their Father ('ab)." (Deuteronomy 18:8) The Levites did not work for salvation. The entire "purchase price" was paid by "the Father." Their salvation was bought and paid for, redeemed, by Yahushua on the upright pole, as is ours. In this world, Yahweh's ministers get something to eat. In the next, we get to live.

Since Yahuweh had paid the price, He expected the recipients of His gift to remain faithful - to remember that the lintels of the door to His home were covered in His blood. He wants others to find this door and understand the key which unlocks it, to be saved and to know Him. Therefore, there was but one thing Yahweh could not and would not tolerate: hiding the key and whitewashing the blood on the uprights that led to His home. Such things lead to separation and death. They are an abomination.

This doorway to death lies at the heart of what comes next, and as such, the passage provides a marvelous exposé on the true meaning of the Third Commandment: "Indeed, when (kiy - surely because when in time) you come into (bow' - enter, are led into, return to, are included and associate in) the land associated with ('ahser) Yahuweh your Elohiym, given (nathan - bestowed and entrusted) to you, you shall not accept, teach, or imitate (lamad - be trained in, instruct, become accustomed to, disciple others in), or perform ('asah - fashion, effect, attend to, commit to, observe, celebrate, profit from, bring about, ordain or institute) any of the disgusting religious ways (tow'ebah - abhorrent rites, detestable idolatrous things, repulsive and loathsome rituals, abominable festivals) of these Gentile nations (gowym)." (Deuteronomy 18:9)

And wouldn't you know it, this is the very thing ministers have done. At the time these words were written, every Gentile nation was heathen. Satan was god, worshiped by different names, all representing the sun. His "abominable festivals" included his birth at the winter solstice, now celebrated as Christmas on December 25^th. They observed Easter Sunday on the Lord's Day nearest the vernal equinox, as this was the time the sun impregnated Mother Earth, resurrecting life. Their "detestable rituals" included prayers to a Madonna with child, the mother of god, and mass, replete with sun-shaped wafers. In their "abhorrent rites," they wept forty days for the suffering of Tamuz, the son of the sun, instituting Lent. Everything was based upon a politicized clerical class who claimed to speak for God, enriching and empowering themselves through the institution of "detestable idolatrous worship."

You may think that God knows that you mean to honor Him, not Satan, when you call Him Lord. You may think that because you feel good about attending Easter Sunday Sunrise services and exchanging Christmas presents that it must be okay with God. You may think that Yahuweh's seven Miqra' Appointments are a "Jewish" thing, and thus are no longer pertinent. If so, you have placed your opinion above Yahweh's instructions, in effect calling Yahweh an ignorant, irrelevant, and incompetent liar. He just said: "Indeed, when you are led into, and are included in, the land associated with Yahuweh your Elohiym, that was given to you, you shall not accept, teach, imitate, be trained in, instruct, be accustomed to, disciple others in, perform, commit to, observe, celebrate, profit from, bring about, ordain, or institute any of the disgusting religious ways, abhorrent rites, detestable idolatrous things, repulsive and loathsome rituals, or abominable festivals of these Gentile nations."

It made no difference if the "disgusting religions" were Babylonian, Assyrian, Egyptian, Greek, or Roman. The names of the sun, moon, and star gods changed, but little else. Constantine's Christianity, Rabbinical Judaism, and Muhammad's Islam were all based upon the original Satanic formula. They all serve the Adversary. They deceive by counterfeiting the truth, by plastering over Yahushua's example, and by whitewashing Yahuweh's Word. Collectively and individually, they lead mankind away from Yahuweh and to separation and death. Their every rite, ritual, and thing is an abomination, detestable, abhorrent, repulsive and loathsome. They are not to be "accepted, learned, taught, instructed, tolerated, imitated, performed, attended to, committed to, observed, celebrated, profited from, assigned, ordained or instituted."

Today, Islam is the most disgusting, abhorrent, idolatrous abomination of the goy. Allah's Black Stone was a moon god. Islam is the religion of the Babylonians with slightly different trimmings. It is the inverse of Yahuweh's instructions to Moses.

Today, Catholicism is the most guilty of imitation and profiteering. Popes for profit and power have violated every aspect of this instruction. It is why there will be no popes in Paradise.

It all comes down to this: Who do you trust? There are many answers, but only one is right: yourself, no one, other men and women, false gods, or Yahuweh. The teachings of Secular Humanism, Socialism, Communism, Fascism, Masonry, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Mormonism, Rabbinical Judaism, Roman Catholicism, and the religions of Protestant Christianity all contradict Yahweh's teachings. Each of them have incorporated, imitated, ordained, and/or profited from the repulsive practices of Gentile nations. If they are right, Yahweh is wrong. And if Yahweh is wrong, none of them are right. There is but one rational divine revelation. If it is false we are all doomed as man's schemes are universally revolting. There is but one right Way.

Yahuweh wanted the Yahudim to remain untainted by the corruptions which surrounded them. They were Yahweh's control group, separated from the guiles of Satan. In this way they serve as witnesses, as examples, to what life is like united with or separated from God. At this very hour the Yahudim are being called back onto center stage. The eternal fate of billions of souls are now at stake, watching their every move.

While the religious fraud of Islam wouldn't be perpetrated for 2,000 years after these instructions were given by Moses, the religion of the sungod Baal, from which it grew, was very much alive - practiced ruthlessly in Karnack, Babylon, Tyre, Damascus, Nineveh, and Ur. Every sun and moon god worshiping Satanic cult falls under this rebuke.

The next verse speaks of the rituals and doctrines perpetrated by the Satanic religions conceived in Mesopotamia, including the demonic faith of Islam which ignorantly derives its credibility from this Messianic passage. We begin with fire: "There shall not be found (matsa' - met or encountered, detected or discovered) among you one causing his son or daughter to pass over ('abar - cross, cease to exist in, be alienated by, perishing in, become intoxicated by, banished and sacrificed to) fire ('esh), or practicing divination (qacam - engaging in false prophecy, witchcraft, soothsaying, or the occult)..." (Deuteronomy 18:10)

Divination is defined as "the practice that seeks to foresee and foretell the future by discovering hidden knowledge, interpreting omens, or by relying upon or aiding supernatural powers." It isn't just witchcraft and things that are overtly satanic that fall under this definition. Presently, the most pervasive influence of divination can be found in Qabbalah and its children: Rabbinical Judaism, mystical Christianity, the Illuminati, Communism, Socialism, Fascism, Nazism, Freemasonry and the Politically Correct mantra of Secular Humanism. I'm convinced that the False Prophet of the last days will base his universal religion on Qabbalah. And the Antichrist's New World Order will rise upon Qabbalah's political derivatives.

Scripturally, divination is defined as "false religious teachings and practices." These are most often associated with Ba'al and Bel, the sungod Lord of the Babylonians and Canaanite/Phoenicians. Their religions were rife with false prophets, astrology, casting of lots, tossing of divining arrows, torture by fire, temple prostitutes, and mother earth fertility rituals. Islam has incorporated most all of these, but they are hardly alone. Alexander Hislop's, The Two Babylons, tars the Roman Catholic Church with the same brush, as does Come Out of Her My People, Fossilized Customs, and Too Long Under the Sun.

Fire, in the sense of something that burns humans, has no part of Yahuweh's message. That is why people who cause their sons or daughters to "pass over, cross, cease to exist in, become alienated by so as to perish in or become intoxicated by, banished or sacrificed to fire" are not to be tolerated in Yisra'el. Fire and brimstone pastors are doing Satan more good than Yahuweh.

 There is no actual fire in Sheol, the place of the dead, or in Gehenna or Hades. On the way to the Abyss, Satan's ultimate residence, there is a "lake of fire," which must be passed through - metaphorical of judgment. We are told that the abyss itself is devoid of light. Flames, being physical things, are nonsensical in a spiritual realm. Hell's infernos were part of Dante's imagination, not Yahuweh's scriptures.

Yahuweh uses fire (a word virtually synonymous with light) and the sword (for something that cuts through and thus divides), as metaphors for light, judgment and separation - nothing more. Yahudim are not to alienate by threat of fire. They are not to proclaim deliverance from fire. Yahweh's followers must not provoke wrath or fear by way of fire.

Yet fire is central to Islam. According to the Qur'an, Allah spends his days in hell tormenting infidels with the "entertainment of burning." The proclamation of, the threat of, and a capricious promise of deliverance from "Hell Fire" is the Qur'an's single most repetitive rant with a thousand variations. But be advised, what pleases Allah is an abomination to Yahuweh.

The Islamic Hadith tells us that Muhammad's father was saved by the "use of divination" arrows, another abomination. These same sources explain that Islam's prophet "cast lots" to determine the order in which his militants could pick Jewish slave-girls to possess and rape.

I'm not here to pick on Islam and the Roman Catholic Church. But since both mislead billions in the name of God, and in direct violation of Deuteronomy 18, Moses' sermon is as relevant today as it was 3,000 years ago.

The list of things banned by Yahuweh continued: "...or magic, predicting the future, spiritualism, and astrology ('anan - a person who acts covertly, covering over, and clouding, one who obscures, an enchanter, magician, false prophet, sorcerer, and one who casts spells), or fortunetelling (nachash - one who hisses deceptions and false prognostications, an enchanter)..." (Deuteronomy 18:10)

'Anan lies at the heart of all deadly deceptions. During one of his terrorist raids against a Jewish community, Muhammad said, "I have been made victorious with terror and war is deception." It is Satan's stock and trade. It is the mother's milk of politics, the essence of religion. 'Anan means "to cloud the atmosphere sufficiently to block light and diminish visibility." In politics, perceptions become reality as professional liars spin the facts, cloud the issue, and obscure their actual agenda. In the arena of egos, the most prideful weave an enchanting tale while their operatives cover up the harsh and unflattering realities that lay beneath.

Religion, like its brother, politics, is all about "spiritualism," and "casting spells" on an unsuspecting public. False prophets claim to speak for God and yet their every proclamation serves to block His light and obliterate His truth. The abominations of the Gentile nations replace the message of Yahuweh's saving grace. A cloud forms over the people that is so dense, their visibility is diminished to spiritual blindness.

The abomination of 'anan explains how Islam clouds the mind, rendering a Muslim unable to think clearly or rationally. Nachash is also central to satanic deception. Muhammad consulted soothsayers. His Qur'an is filled with astrology as Allah swears by the constellations, the sun and the moon. These concepts form the basis of the Qur'an's last two surahs which are whispering odes to Satan.

Muhammad is shown throughout the Islamic Hadith practicing magic and dealing with spells but it was his "chabar cheber" eloquence that made his message so lethal. I offer this twist on the false prophet's favored occupation as a confession: "The Prophet said, 'I have been given the keys of eloquent speech and given victory with terror.'" (Bukhari:V9B87N127) He spoke these words as he looted Christians for the first time.

Let's see what Yahuweh had to say about such things: "or the practice of sorcery and witchcraft (kashaph - the reciter and whisperer of spells, one who practices magic, communication with the Devil, anyone who relies upon demonic spirits to gain insights and power), or a uniter and joiner, one who binds together (chabar - one who charms others into joining, leaguing together and forming a religion; one who fascinates with eloquence - spellbinding them)..." (Deuteronomy 18:11)

This is the heart and soul of the problem. Qacam, false occult prophets engaged in divination for the purpose of enlightenment (read: religions based on Qabbalah) and 'anan, covert actors and false prophets who cover over and cloud, obscuring and enchanting (read: politicians, academia and the media) have taken us.

Religion and Politics are evil. Kashaph is Satanism: "communion with the Devil." Kashaph is "the reliance on demonic spirits to garner insights and power." Chabar is politicized religion. To chabar is to bind. Merriam-Webster tells us that the English word "religion" is based upon the Latin religare, "to bind and restrain." In the context of this list, and adjacent to kashaph and chabar, it confirms that God is intolerant of religion and politics, and that He sees them as Satan's tools. He hates them and wants it banned. And that's a sobering thought.

Just as every reference to kashaph is Satanic, every nuance of chabar is religious, if not poligious. Since they are on Yahuweh's list of condemned abominations, let's uncover chabar's full meaning in the context of kashaph. It is defined as: "to league together and have fellowship with Satan, to use magic spells to bind people, uniting them together as allies." It is "an idolatrous act, diametrically opposed to God's revelation from His appointed prophets," so as to be "joined to false gods, idols, and ambitions, forsaking God." To chabar is "to pile up words in an enchanting fashion" and "to charm individuals into forming and joining associations, tying people to people, people to governments, and governments to governments." Chabar is used to describe "priests who join men together in political ventures, social endeavors, and military campaigns."

Simply stated, to be kashaph chabar is to be bound religiously, politically, and socially with Satan. It is what the world is becoming. It is where our leaders - political, religious, academic, and journalistic - are leading us. This is not good.

False teaching, religion and politics aren't the only things Yahuweh hates. "...or one who consults with dead spirits (sha'al 'owb - one who evokes or consults with the diseased; the act of calling upon, citing, and recalling dead spirits for approval and for support; one who seeks permission from ghosts; a medium or spiritualist, a necromancer who conjures and communicates with the dead, mumbling hollow words ignorantly after consulting with familiar/demonic spirits)..." (Deuteronomy 18:11)

The Roman Catholic practices of canonizing saints and praying to them, and their Rosary to Mary, are prime examples of sha'al 'owb. It is "necromancy - the conjuration of the spirits of the dead for the purpose of influencing the course of events." To "conjure" is "to summon and earnestly entreat by invocation for a benefit." An incantation is "a ritualistic formula of words, written and recited, that are designed to produce a particular effect." Necromancy, conjuring, and incantations are usually associated with the Devil. God does not like them or him.

Islam's possessed prophet beguiled many into submission by sha'al 'owb, mumbling the hollow words of demons. So blatant was he, two Qur'an surahs have jinn - Arabic for demons - endorse his dark and demented message.

But more than anything, Muhammad was a schemer. In Hebrew he was a yidda'oniy, a "con whose knowledge comes from demonic relationships, someone who influences and damns by invoking evil spirits, conjuring miracles through reliance upon the Devil." Not surprisingly, yidda'oniy was on Yahuweh list of abominations: "...or a conman who beguiles by summoning demonic spirits (yidda'oniy - a schemer who influences based upon his personal knowledge of and relationship with evil spirits), or people who cause the premature death of others in association with the destructive worship of heathen deities (darash muth - one oppresses and assassinates, seeking and requiring death based upon a fixation on killing, pain, dead bodies, hellish tortures, and wonton destruction). All who do ('asah - act this way, perform, celebrate, ordain, institute, profit by, or observe) these things are an abomination, hated and detested (tow'ebah - repulsive, loathed to the point of absolute intolerance, seen as idolatrous, abhorrent and disgusting) by Yahuweh." (Deuteronomy 18:11-12)

And while yidda'oniy defines Muhammad's character and the source of the Qur'an's inspiration, it was Muhammad's dark side, his "darash muth" that should cause us to be repulsed and shudder. Allah's messenger spoke for the dead, twisting and convoluting the words of the Jewish patriarchs and prophets to create a false form of worship. And worse than any man who ever lived, Muhammad tread upon those he killed. He ordered countless assassinations, demonstrating a lust for murder, hellish tortures, even gloating over dead bodies and the destruction of entire settlements. If you doubt this conclusion, consider reading the aftermath of the Battle of the Full Moon in "The War That Made a Profit" chapter of Prophet of Doom.

But Muhammad wasn't alone. While he may have been the worst of a bad lot, man's history, ancient and modern, is littered with political and religious deceivers, men who leave a sea of corpses in their wake.

Everything in this long list of repulsive religious and political practices causes God to hate the practitioner. Since nothing could be worse, let's summarize what He said. "You shall not accept or imitate, even become accustomed to, observe, celebrate, profit from, ordain or institute any of the disgusting religious ways, abhorrent rites, intolerable and loathsome rituals, or repulsive festivals of the Gentile nations. There shall not be found or encountered among you one causing his son or daughter to pass over, perishing in, fire, practicing divination, false prophecy, witchcraft, soothsaying, or occult, magic, predicting the future, spiritualism, or astrology, covert behavior, one who covers up, clouds, or obscures, an enchanter, magician, one who casts spells, fortuneteller, witch, one who communes with demonic spirits, a uniter or joiner, one who binds together, charming others into leaguing in concert and forming a religion, or one who consults with the diseased, calling upon or citing dead spirits for approval and support, a medium or necromancer, a conman who beguiles by summoning evil, a schemer who influences based upon his personal knowledge of and relationship with demonic spirits, or people who cause the premature death of others in association with the destructive worship of heathen deities, one oppresses and assassinates, seeking and requiring death based upon a fixation on pain, dead bodies, hellish tortures, and wonton destruction."

Yahuweh has drawn a line in the sand. You can either side with Him or with the Adversary. On one side of this divide you will find a solitary door which leads to a personal relationship based upon love, truth, light, and life. Outside, you will be despised, seen as unclean, groping in the darkness of religion and wallowing in deception of politics. Death will be your destiny.

You may not like the idea of God being intolerant, of God hating men and women, of God being repulsed by politics and religion. But what you think doesn't matter. What God says does. These are God's rules and He has every right to impose them. For without them, all the light that is visible to men would be swallowed in darkness. The lone doorway to His home would be hidden, covered over and buried under piles of political and religious refuse and rubble.

The reason Yahuweh is intolerant of people who accept and imitate misleading ways, rituals, and festivals, the reason He is repulsed by those who participate in politics and religion, is because these things are not victimless crimes. Countless generations and entire civilizations have been lost to Satan as a result. When the truth becomes muddled, revised, twisted, and blended with lies, the Devil smiles.

The Creator and Savior said: "Because (galal - on the account of, for the reason that) these things and people are an abomination, hated and disgusting (tow'ebah) Yahuweh your God will dispossess and disinherit (yarash - making them destitute of) them from His presence." (Deuteronomy 18:12)

That's all there is to it. Engage in the abominations of religion and politics on behalf of Satan and God will simply write you out of His will. You will be disinherited.

If you want to be included in Yahuweh's eternal family, you are expected to be sincere. "Be upright, acceptable, and sound (tamiym - moral and truthful, demonstrating integrity and sincerity, having a purity of purpose, abstaining from fellowship with the wicked) with ('im - in association with, experiencing a relationship with) Yahuweh your Elohiym/God." (Deuteronomy 18:13)

The Yahudim would not heed this advice. Eventually, Yahuweh would be forced to divorce them, prompting God to invite goy into His family. But over time Gentiles returned to their old ways, making these instructions as pertinent today as they were three thousand years ago when Moses delivered them in the wilderness. "For these Gentile nations (gowym), which you shall dispossess, listen to, regard, and obey (shama' - a messenger's recital and report, proclaiming news regarding) false prophets who act covertly, covering over, and clouding, obscuring and enchanting ('anan - spellbinders, spiritualists and astrologists in league with demons) and to those who practice divination (qacam - engage in false religion, witchcraft, soothsaying, and the occult)..." (Deuteronomy 18:14)

It bears repeating because Yahuweh has repeated it. Qacam is the root source of the poligious doctrines based on Qabbalah - Rabbinical Judaism, liberal Christianity, the Illuminati, Communism, Socialism, Fascism, Nazism, Freemasonry, and Secular Humanism's Political Correctness. False occult prophets engaged in divination for the purpose of enlightenment will propagate the New World Order and usher in the Tribulation. These men and women will be 'anan: covert actors and false prophets who cover over and cloud, obscuring and enchanting. Political, religious, academic, and media 'anan will continue to cloud the atmosphere sufficiently to block God's light, diminishing visibility to the point the masses are enslaved by the masters.

The bottom line is: Religion and Politics are evil. They kashaph chabar - bind mankind to Satan. God is intolerant of them. He sees religion and politics as Satan's most beguiling venues. They are an abomination. Yahuweh despises them and wants the perpetrators banned.

"But Yahuweh your Elohiym has not granted you permission to do (nathan) so." (Deuteronomy 18:14) After telling the Levites that poligious mumbo jumbo was an abomination, Yahuweh told these Miqra' officials the same thing He had shared with Abraham. "Show some integrity and abstain from fellowship with the wicked; be upright, sincere, and truthful with me." Then God reminded us that He dislikes false prophets, religious and political leaders, so much, He won't tolerate them in His presence, near His people, or in His land. They will have no place in Yahweh's eternal family. If you are going to go out and explore, wiper your feet before you come home.

With the audience designated, the purpose established, and Yahuweh's preferences clearly articulated, we arrive at the Messianic proclamation that led us to this Mosaic sermon. What follows is God's plan, His solution to human corruptions: "Yahuweh your Elohiym will raise up for you and will cause to abide with you (quwm - come unto the scene, stand upright, establish, confirm and arise as) a prophet (nabiy - one who through inspiration predicts the future; from naba', one who is under the influence of the divine spirit) similar to (kemow - like or according to for the purpose of comparison in a point in time; from ken, to be the upright one, a true and honest pillar, and kuwn, to be manifest, established, appointed, confirmed, and fashioned after) M/me, from your center or midst (qereb - womb; from qarab, one who becomes present, approaches and draws near), from your brethren (ach - blood relatives, brothers, kin, or countryman). Listen to, receive, and proclaim (shama' - pay attention to, agree with, understand, summon, heed and obey) Him." (Deuteronomy 18:15)

There are several ways to translate this sentence because in paleo-Hebrew, punctuation and capitalization did not exist and sentence order was not always indicative of who or what was being described. So Yahuweh could have been telling the Levites that the one who would speak by inspiration would be a prophet after Moses, a Jew like Moses, or both. Yahushua met these criteria. However "me" could just as easily have been "Me." Throughout this sermon, Moses was speaking the words Yahweh inspired him to say. If the speaker is Yahweh (as it clearly is in the next verse) then we're being told that the Messiah will be fashioned after Yahweh - that He will be a manifestation of God, Himself. Yahshua met this criterion as well.

The more profound interpretation can also be drawn from interlinears, which put the Hebrew words in the order they were spoken. "Yahuweh your Elohiym will raise up for you an inspired prophet, from among you [thus a man], from your brothers [thus a Yahuwdy], similar to (kemow) Me. I will come unto the scene, stand upright, establish, confirm and arise (quwm) for you Yahuweh." In this case, the Messiah is not only a manifestation of Yahuweh in the body of a Yahuwdy; He is Yahuweh abiding in the midst of mankind.

This is further confirmed by the Dictionary of Biblical Languages. It references kelal, rather than kemow in this passage. It then defines kelal as "one who completes, succeeding in the endeavor, rebuilding and restoring." That is Immanu'el's job description.

The verse ends with these words: "Him you shall listen to carefully, receive and proclaim." Returning to the interlinear, we are confronted with a more startling truth. It says: "The God of you, to Him you must listen." Yahushua is the human manifestation of God. Yahuweh is saying that He Himself is the one being predicted and the One who must be acknowledged.

If "me" is "Me," and thus invocative of God in the flesh, the verse which follows suddenly makes sense. According to the Torah, the Yahudim had complained that in His undiminished Spiritual state, the brilliance of Yahuweh's light and His piercing voice were too much for them - overwhelming them, frightening them to death. So Yahweh listened to their grievance and decided to tone Himself down, to expose Himself and to speak to men as a man.

"According to all you inquired about and requested (sha'al - earnestly desired and prayed for) of Yahuweh your God near Horeb (from harab, desolate, dried up, wasted, and lifeless) in the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let me not hear again the thunderous voice (qowl) of Yahuweh, our God, nor let me see this great (gadowl - enormous in magnitude and extent) fire (esh - flame, light, blaze, or supernatural theophany) again ('owd - any longer), lest I die.' Yahuweh said to me: 'They have successfully and rightfully (yatab) spoken. I will come onto the scene, exist substantively with, standing upright and rising up before (quwm - be established and confirmed, ratifying and fulfilling, standing before) them an inspired prophet (nabiy) from among their brothers as Myself in a point in time (kemow), and will put (nathan - give, set, commit, entrust, deliver) My Word (dabar - advice, account, statements, promises, declaration, communication, commandments, decrees, message and council) in His mouth (peh - speech and spirit), and He shall say to them all that I direct and instruct (tsavah - command, enjoin, authorize, and appoint)." (Deuteronomy 18:16-18)

God has said that He will qowl: "come onto the scene, existing in a substantive way, standing to confirm, ratifying and fulfilling" all that had been written, ultimately "standing upright" on Mount Moriah's pole for our salvation, only to "rise" again before our eyes in the resurrection. Qowl describes Immanu'el/God-With-Us, and it defines the Messiah's redemptive mission. It also embodies the meaning of 'Yshayah'el/God-Existing-As-Man, the name which led us to this passage in the first place. The Upright One would come as a prophet, sharing Yahuweh's words. Because men complained that Yahuweh's full radiance overwhelmed their senses, God would, and now has, manifest Himself in the form most agreeable to men: man.

Yahushua's message was Yahuweh's message because Yahushua is and was the human manifestation of Yahuweh. It is why Yahshua said that He did not come to nullify the Law but to confirm and fulfill it.

Considering this, it takes a pretty puny human mind to think this prophecy depicts an Arab speaking on behalf of a dark spirit named Allah - of a man who was ignorant and illiterate, a sexual pervert, bloodthirsty pirate and terrorist who spit on Yahuweh's Commandments and who went to war, raping, plundering, enslaving and murdering His chosen people. But, despite all evidence to the contrary, this is the verse upon which Islam draws it credibility, its connection with the Torah.

As an interesting aside, it turns out that Horeb isn't in the Sinai. It's one of a thousand Constantinian errors. It's in Arabia. Yahuweh parted the Gulf of Aqaba inlet of the Red Sea so that Moses and the Israelites could flee the fast-charging Egyptians. Ron Wyatt, a biblical archeologist, found and filmed the remains of gold encrusted chariot wheels still visible in the clear shallow waters of the Gulf. Solomon erected a commemorative pillar on both sides of the crossing dedicated to Yahuweh. The top of Horeb, the mountain of God, still shows the signs of having been burned. The foundation of the Tabernacle is visible below it as is the altar erected to Lord/Baal's golden calf. Even the rock Moses struck with his staff to bring forth water can be plainly seen. If you are interested in viewing all of these great discoveries as well as seeing Noah's Ark and the marvelous history of the Ark of the Covenant, visit www.WyattMuseum.com and acquire his videotape series.

Yes, I know that biblical scholars think that God parted a dried up swamp called the sea of reeds. But that's senseless. You can't drown charioteers in a waddi, and if the Israelites had crossed the sea of reeds they would have been in Gaza, and thus inside the Promised Land facing the Philistines. 1 Kings 9:26 has Solomon building a fleet of ships in Ezion, Edom on the shores of the Gulf of Aqaba, designated by the same "Red (Sup) Sea" nomenclature.

Sinai is used interchangeably with Horeb to designate the mountain where Moses received portions of the Torah and where he and 70 elders of Yisra'el sat at Yahuweh's feet. All we know from the Scriptural account is that Horeb is near the wilderness of Zin which is located outside Israel's southern boarder as it approaches the Gulf of Aqaba. If Mt. Sinai were actually in what we call the Sinai Peninsula today, it would be on the wrong side of the Red Sea to avoid a confrontation with the Egyptians.

Beyond Ron Wyatt's overwhelming proof, there are two additional clues indicating Arabia. The closest Hebrew word to Sinay is Siniym, used to identify the inhabitants of the extremity of the known world. And when Paul, the Renewed Covenant's equivalent of Moses, was taken away for one-on-one training with the risen Yahushua, he went to Arabia (Galatians 1:27), and probably to the same mountain Moses received instruction.

Before we move on, please note that idea of Yahuweh revealing Himself in a radiant form seen as fire (radiant light and heat energy), and in the form of a man, as He did on Horeb, is best explained in Ezekiel. We'll review what that prophet saw in heaven in the next chapter.

But before we go there, let's complete Moses' sermon. He had a lot more to say that we need to understand. "And it shall come to pass (hayah - exist and be accomplished) that any man who will not listen to and carefully consider (sama') My Word (dabar - matters, advice, book, commandments, decrees, message and council), which ('aser) He [the Messiah] shall declare in My name (shem - title, authority, mark, designation, character, individuality, position, and report), I will question and investigate and judge, holding him accountable (darash).'" (Deuteronomy 18:19)

That's clear enough. The Messiah will speak for Yahuweh; He will speak in Yahweh's shem - His name, character, mark, report, title, position and authority. That's rather powerful because this shem belongs to the Creator. The name of the One who spoke in Yahweh's name was Yahushua. His titles are Elohiym, Son, Savior, and Messiah. His Words are Scripture. And His authority is universal, absolute, and everlasting. As such, this nabiy can hardly be an ordinary man. He must represent God in human form.

The last line of the preceding passage provides yet another worthy insight. If you don't listen to and carefully consider what Yahushua said in Yahuweh's name you will be judged and held accountable. That would suggest, what Yahshua would later confirm. If you do listen to and carefully consider what Yahushua said in Yahuweh's name you won't be judged or be held accountable. And that, my friends, is the moral of the story. The mission of the Messiah was to free us from judgment. That is His gift. Those who do not accept His gracious present will be judged and held accountable for their sins.

What follows may sound harsh, but these are words the world needs to hear. They are directed at Muhammad, and demonically inspired men like him, describing the throng of bloodthirsty thugs who would deceive for personal plunder. "But the prophet which shall seethe and be furious (zuwd - be enraged, insolent, impudent, rude, audacious, and disrespectful, prideful, conceited, and rash; presumptuously) speaking words in my authority (shem) which I have not enjoined and appointed (tsavah - constituted and commanded - i.e., recitals that conflict with Scripture), he who recites and subdues in the name and authority of other foreign gods, that prophet shall be put to death (muwth - slain and destroyed)."  (Deuteronomy 18:20)

False prophets are so devastating to humankind, they must be killed and their message must be obliterated. The consequences of tolerating the religions of men with Messianic complexes like Muhammad and Hitler are devastating. Our ignorance of Mein Kampf led to the death of 55 million people. Muhammad's Qur'anic poison has been even more lethal. It has eternally damned three billion souls and soon Islam will lead to the deaths of 1.5 billion people in the Magog war. The solution is intolerance. False prophets must be identified, exposed, condemned and destroyed quickly. It is the most compassionate thing to do.

And it is the opposite of political correctness born out of tolerance. And that's because political correctness is replacement morality. It serves the Devil.

"If you question in your heart, 'How shall we know (yada'- observe, designate, be diligent and recognize) the words which Yahuweh has not spoken (dabar - arranged, declared, promised, and commanded)?' When a prophet speaks in the name or authority (shem) of Yahuweh, if the promise does not come to pass and become true, those are words which Yahuweh has not declared. That prophet has spoken arrogantly and presumptuously (zadown). You should quarrel with and be intolerant of (gur - conspire and rebel against, be hostile to and stir up trouble and strife for) him." (Deuteronomy 18:21-22)

If you want to know a false prophet from a real one, examine their predictions. If even one of them fails to materialize, they are not speaking for Yahuweh, as His standard is perfection. Muhammad, like Hitler after him, never issued a single prophecy that came true as predicted. Muhammad's most oft repeated claim was the Day of Doom, the end of the world. He predicted that it would occur 500 years after his first revelation, thus in 1110 A.D. Hitler predicted that his Reich would last a thousand years. Both were obviously wrong. But there are two other tests included in this passage. If the prophet does not speak in Yahuweh's name, he is not speaking for Yahuweh. And if the prophet's sayings conflict with Yahweh's Scripture, the message and messenger are false.

But why is it that Christians and Jews alike ignore this admonition? We are instructed to be vigilant and then intolerant of false messengers and messages - to be hostile to them. Ignorance of this command has led the world into great wars and poverty, ultimately culminating with the end of the world as we know it. Associating with those who forsake Yahuweh, separating themselves and their message from Him - has hellish consequences.

By reviewing this Messianic prophecy, we have learned a great deal about the nature and purpose of God. It is no coincidence that Moses' message was delivered to the Levites, the people responsible for officiating at Yahuweh's Miqra'. These appointed festivals foretold and explained the nature of Yahushua's sacrificial atoning gift - one which would ultimately render the Miqra' prophetic, celebratory and symbolic. They told us that the Messiah would be both Jew and God - Yahudi and Yahuweh. We also learned that the Messiah's words would be Yahweh's words. In other words, the Renewed Covenant will confirm and fulfill the Old - not replace it.

We also discovered that a human manifestation of Yahuweh was necessary because God's minimally diminished glory and power frightens mortal men - at least in our present state. For Yahuweh to communicate with mankind in terms we would be able to comprehend, He would have to reveal Himself to us as one of us.

The Jews no doubt missed it, but when Moses asked God to choose a man to lead Israel after him, His answer was prophetic of the Messiah: "Then Moses spoke to Yahuweh, saying: 'Let Yahuweh, the Elohiym of the Spirit (ruach - breath of life) of all flesh and people (basar) visit as a man (paqad iysh - oversee and care for men, bestow a gift of judgment for men), over and above, among and beside ('al) the congregation (edah - family), who may appear before them (yatsa - be begotten and come out) and be in their presence (paniym), who may abide with and enter into (bow - come and go with) them, that the congregation and family of Yahuweh may not be like a flock of sheep which have no shepherd to tend to them (ra'ah - feed them, associate with them, be their friend and companion).' And Yahuweh said to Moses (Mosheh - one who draws out and rescues): 'Accept and receive (laqach) Yahushua (Yah from Yahuweh and yasha - to open the way, to free, to save and make safe, to defend and deliver, to rescue and preserve, meaning savior and salvation) the son of Nun (nun - perpetuity, eternity, i.e., I Am, the Self Existent One), a man (iysh - one who exists, an individual) in whom is the Spirit (ruach), and rely on His power, means and direction (samak yad - lean on Him, take hold of Him)...." (Numbers 27:15-18)

Most English translations errantly render Yahushua, "Joshua," from the 15^th century, Anglo-Saxon corruption of the name. But then demonstrating careless ignorance or purposeful deception, the translators will render the same name "Jesus" in the "New Testament." It is the same name, and it is God's name, Yahushua, not Joshua or Jesus.

While the tampering and falsification is bad news, there is good news. The Messiah was identified by name nearly fifteen centuries before he appeared among men. And His name defines His nature and His mission - Yahuweh-Saves. More than that, Yahushua's father's name, "Nun" means "perpetual and eternal," making it synonymous with hayah, the message behind Yahuweh's name - I Am. Moses even told us that Yahuweh's Spirit will embody this man for the purpose of visiting and caring for men, bestowing a gift related to judgment to men. Yahuweh's Spirit will be over and above us, among and beside us, entering into us, making us a family. The begotten one will appear before men, live in their presence, come and go, even reside inside of us. He will be our friend, companion, and shepherd. Yahushua will rescue and save us, defend and deliver us unto Yahuweh if only we lean on Him and rely on Him. It is the Good News of the Renewed Covenant.