Disclaimer

Disclaimer

The Word of Aloha (God) is sharper than a two edged sword (Hebrews 4:12). This applies both to Yeshua (Jesus, off site) and also to the written “Word”. The truths revealed in the Bible cut both ways-they can protect you or even destroy you. If God’s own word can destroy you; how much more might thoughts inspired by Satan the Destroyer destroy you?

Ever since the garden of Eden, mankind has tasted from “the tree of the knowledge of good and evil”. Virtually everything that you hear or see written in print is partly “good” and partly “evil”. Every source of Biblical commentary, including this one, is tainted to some degree. Frankly, I cannot wholeheartedly endorse any source of Biblical thought. The websites I link to are often more wrong than right! Still, there are valuable gems of information hidden in many places if you sift thru enough material. Many people have stumbled into one or more hidden truths and they can often logically defend certain particular points quite well. Still, there is no guarantee that these individuals have a balanced overall understanding of the Bible and often they are not even truly converted.

The writers of the various articles featured in the ARTICLES section of this site, as well as the internet sources that I link to, and the books and tapes also in the ARTICLES section often would not entirely agree with many to most of the concepts described in my book-Mysteries of the Everlasting Kingdom as few have encountered my book. Usually, there are peripheral points mentioned that I explain quite differently. Nevertheless, I believe that the focal points of these particular articles are very well presented. I dont hesitate to promote good information simply because I usually disagree with many of the other ideas another writer advocates. I am not afraid that you might visit their web site or read their books and be swayed by their other ideas, because you simply cannot “prove all things” without disproving the alternative perspectives of an issue, but be careful! Use your God given conscience (people think it is merely intuition). Dont venture too far IF you sense real danger. Satan wants you to die.

I can think of three excellent books whose writers later shot themselves in the foot. One recanted of the monumental work that he had done—the other two are using their newfound credibility to undermine the very essence of the truths that they appear to be promoting!

We can all learn new things; sometimes even from the writings of hypocrites and wolves. However our purpose on Earth is not to learn to follow the orders of religious dictators—if it were, then we might as well have been created as robots. A large part of true Discipleship is discernment between good and evil. There very often comes a time when we are forced to choose between being loyal to God or an organization purporting to represent Him. Many people lose the battle over this point!

Hebrews 5:14 But solid food belongs to the mature who, thru constant practice, have exercised their discernment between good and evil. —Gabriel Version (GV)

We can also learn from our enemies. There are periods of Sabbatarian history that are only known about by reading the writings of the opposition, because they burned the original books.

However, anyone who teaches that we are not also here to obey God’s Torah (Law), that is, do good “works” and “obey the truth” will wind up as an enemy of God on the “day of wrath”.

Romans 2:5-9 But because of the stubbornness of your unchanging minds, you are accumulating a great deal of punishment for the day of punishment, and the revelation of the righteous judgment of Yehovah. 6 He will compensate everyone commensurate with their behavior. 7 Those who persevere in good behavior, and search out praise, honor and immortality, will be given eternal Life; 8 but those who are self-promoting partisans seeking control, refusing to uphold objectivity, and who are persuaded to violate the truth, will receive wrath and punishment. 9 Tribulation and extreme suffering is reserved for everyone who is evil; starting with the Jews, but followed by ever other ethnicity. GV

There are spiritual sheep-people having the very Spirit of God dwelling in them-some of whom are rather hardheaded, like the mountain sheep above. Then there are wolves, like the Pharisees whose actions and “doctrine” (Matthew 16:12) if emulated will lead to eternal death. But then there are a great many duck billed platypuses that appear to be seemingly part bird, part reptile, and part mammal. They have, to their credit, mastered fitting together a few pieces of God’s master jig saw puzzle, often with praise worthy style, but they have no idea what the finished puzzle actually looks like, because the overview picture is “spiritually discerned”. They have allowed biases and weaknesses, like giant beams in their eyes, to halt their further understanding. The Holy Spirit will lead us into “all truth”, if we are imbued with the Spirit (if you are “imbued” you have quite literally been soaked) but it is a process that is apparently only begun in this life. No human can obtain all truth in this life. I have no qualms with quoting anyone, no matter their character, in order to uncover or better illustrate a particular truth.

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I no longer fear to arrive at unpopular or even perhaps unique doctrinal understandings. Most of us will not resolve too many of the mysteries of eternity in this life. But fear unquestioned conformity in your belief system! Beliefs should not be inherited, nor should they be adopted in clusters. Examine each of your beliefs individually, and dont back away from reasonable challenges to them, as I did for over twenty years.

The greatest mystery of all time is the question: “is there a reason for human existence?” The answer to this question, and the most controversial concept that I personally have come to believe is that there is ample opportunity given in this life for everyone to attain eternal life. While others might agree with this simple statement philosophically, you dont see Biblical statements used to support the position that “non Believers can be granted eternal life-based on their good works.” Logic alone would support the the position that a loving Creator would not doom the vast majority of humanity because they tragically adopted the wrong religion. Yet surprisingly, the concept of eternal life for people not familiar with the Bible is Biblical. Many people go thru life fearing for their relatives and loved ones, believing that they are lost, or doomed to Dante’s hell, without considering God’s own words.

How God will sort us out is explained by the unexplored Biblical principles described in Chapter 5: The Called, the Culled, and the Excused. True Believers in Yeshua will have a better reward than others, but eternal life is available to everyone who practices the “Royal Law” in this life!

This life is a proving ground. For the most part, it is not what we learn that matters most to God; rather, it is what your Creator learns about you. God is looking for a few good people to “populate” His universe spanning Everlasting Kingdom.

Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of His dominion and of peace there will be no end, on David’s throne, and thruout His kingdom, to establish it, and sustaining it with justice and with righteousness from that time on and forever. Yehovah, leader of His army will accomplish this with zeal! —The Word of Elohim, Gabriel Version (WE)

Loving your neighbor is the only divine requirement for people who do not know and love the true God. Personally fulfilling God’s Royal Law is the minimum requirement to “do well”.

James 2:8 If you actually fulfill the Torah of Yehovah, as the Scriptures say, “You will love your neighbor as yourself”, you’ll do well. GV

Romans 13:10 Love never does anything harmful to an acquaintance; because love is a fulfilling [1] of the Torah. GV

[1] See how love without an understanding of the Torah can be a substitute for the Torah, for people blissfully ignorant of it. The Greek word for “fulfill” alludes to filling the cargo hold of a ship. It’s that full. And apparently, just as in English, “fill” can mean to “fill out”, “stand in for”, “occupy”, “carry out”, “satisfy” or be used as a “substitute”, according to my Oxford Word Finder.

This principle is expressed again in Galatians.

Galatians 5:14 The entire Torah can be encapsulated into one statement; “You must love everyone you encounter as yourself”. GV

God’s Royal Law is still the means test that will sort us out in the Judgment. As long as there are humans, there will be a standard (a law) of behavior that God uses to sort the good from the bad. In a nutshell, God judges all of us based on our interpersonal behavior, and true Believers have the added responsibility that comes with a personal relationship with God.

Matthew 5:18 Assuredly, I tell you, that until the New Heaven and earth arrives [1], not one yoth or one vowel point will pass away from the Torah, until everything comes into existence [2].

[1] The secondary usage of “parerchomai” means “arrives”. Probably referring to the arrival of the New Heaven and the New Earth.

sage of “parerchomai” means to “pass away”. It’s appears to be a play on the other usage of the word in the same verse.

[2] The primary meaning of “ginomai” means “to come into existence”, it can also mean, “appear in history”.

We can only speculate about what compensation (“reward”) God has in mind for “good people”. He has kept that largely a secret, perhaps because He doesnt want people to be “in it for the money”, so to speak.

1 Corinthians 2:9 As the Scriptures say, “eye has not seen, nor has the ear heard, nor has it entered into the consciousness of humanity the greatly prepared things that Yehovah has for those who love Him”. GV