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We are the New Covenant Israelites, of the faith of Abraham; reconciled through a Spiritual adoption to eternal life through our Messiah Yah'shua, by the grace of Yahweh. |
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The Natural Congregation of Yahweh is what the secular world, modern traditional 'Christians', and the modern 'Jews', would phrase as, "The Natural Church of God" |
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The idea of an unpardonable sin comes from something Yah’shua said. This is a little odd, because He is the one who died so all of our sins can be forgiven.
Here is what He said: "Everyone who speaks a word
against the Son of Man [Yah’shua] will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes
against His Holy Spirit will not be forgiven" (Luke 12:10).
The historical situation helps us understand why Yah’shua mentioned blasphemy against His Holy Spirit: "He said this because they were saying, `He has an evil spirit'" (Mark 3:30). Some Jewish religious leaders had accused Yah’shua of being demon possessed (v. 22). They suggested that Yah’shua could only conduct His miracles and order demons around because He was working with the ruler of the demons (vv. 22-24). Yah’shua showed that their claim was hypocritical and ridiculous in verses 25 to 27. But the Pharisees were refusing to accept the evidence, even though they had seen many of the miracles first-hand - and some of them even conceded that He was a teacher sent from Yahweh (John 3:2). The Pharisees were jealous and did not want to admit they might be wrong. In self-imposed blindness, they were rejecting not only Yah’shua, but also the dramatic evidence they had seen - evidence of the miracle working power of Yahweh. So Yah’shua warned them about the sin that would not be forgiven. If you reject an obvious miracle of His Holy Spirit, calling a good miracle evil, then what could possibly change your mind? Perhaps nothing! The Holy Spirit is the means by which Yahweh works in our hearts and minds to transform us and to lead us to salvation. But how could Yahweh help these Pharisees that were knowingly rejecting the very way that Yahweh works in them? Yahweh loved the Pharisees, just like all human beings, without any favouritism (Acts 10:34). Yahweh is merciful and always willing to forgive (Luke 6:36). Yahweh is able to forgive any sin, no matter how great. But He obviously cannot forgive a party who has sinned and does not want to be forgiven, or who refuses to admit he has done wrong. Yahweh will not force anyone to live forever with Him in the Kingdom if that party does not want to do so. But few people ever reach that extreme place of knowing Yahweh and then fighting against Him. Yah’shua was demonstrating the power of His Holy Spirit, not His own power to perform miracles - He admitted time and again that He was capable of doing nothing without the Father and His Holy Spirit. The Pharisees were calling Him satanic - knowingly speaking against the miracles done by His Holy Spirit. Yah’shua was warning them about how serious their accusations were - but it was a warning - not a condemnation. There was still hope. The Pharisees still had time to think about it and time to change their attitude. Many of them did - some tried to help Yah’shua escape (Luke 13:31). Some helped bury Him (Luke 23:50-53). Some became His disciples after His resurrection (Acts 15:5).
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just
and will forgive us our sins" (1
Any person can be forgiven for any sin. But Yahweh will not forgive people who refuse to admit sin and repent, when those people know better. Few reach such extreme stubbornness. Few are so warped in their sense of good and evil that they can deliberately set themselves to oppose Yahweh and the work He does through His Holy Spirit - once they know Him. Such people have grown to misunderstand Yahweh, to reject eternal life with Yahweh, resent what Yahweh has done, reject His offer of salvation and don't want or care about His forgiveness. That brings us to an all-important point. If you are worried about the unpardonable sin, the mere fact that you are worried - thinking that you may have done it, proves you have not committed an unpardonable sin! The proof is in the fact that you care! You want to be right with Yahweh. Because you care, there is hope for you, just as there was for the Pharisees, just as there was for those that killed the Messiah. All sins can be forgiven. We can trust in Yahweh who accepted the Messiah's sinless life as sacrifice for every sin that humans have ever committed - past and future. Nothing can separate us from the love of Yahweh. There is another sin that cannot be forgiven - a sin often misunderstood and rarely mentioned in discussions of the unpardonable sin. Nonetheless, the Biblical terminology is almost the same: Yahweh will not forgive us if we fail to do one particularly important thing. The Biblical teaching is clear.
If we forgive others, Yahweh will forgive us. If
we don't, Yahweh will not forgive us - if we hold a grudge, if we hold on to a
desire for revenge, we are in danger! The teaching is repeated in Matt. 6:14-15;
18:21-35;
Like blasphemy of His Holy Spirit, this is a sin
that will not be forgiven, unless of course, we change our ways. Our
relationships with others, in many ways reflect our relationship with Yahweh (1
In some ways, refusing to forgive someone else is the same as blaspheming His Holy Spirit. It is in fact, denying the power of Yahweh to transform that party by the power of His Holy Spirit. If we refuse to forgive someone, we are refusing to believe that Yahweh can take care of that party in the best possible way. It is rejection of the fact that the Messiah died for all people, including that party. It is failing to realize what Israelite faith is all about. If we understand this, and if we allow His Holy Spirit to transform our minds and hearts to become more and more like Yahweh, we will be gracious, merciful and forgiving, as our Father is.
"Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of Yahweh," Paul
says in
Not one of us is perfect, but we all have tremendous hope. Yahweh can help us become more forgiving. He knows our weaknesses and our need for His help - as long as we want that help. He is always able and available to help us. His mercy endures forever (Psalm 136:1-26). We can freely approach Yahweh, through our High Priest Yah’shua the Messiah, assured that He will give us the strength of His Holy Spirit, not only to live better lives ourselves, but for the help we need to forgive others. TOP ^
Whoever said, "prayer changes things", should have said, "prayer can change things". Whether or not it does, depends to a large extent on the prayer itself. All prayers are not equal nor do they bring equal results. The more heartfelt a prayer is, the more meaning Yahweh sees in it, and therefore the more likely it is to be answered. The Bible clearly demonstrates this. Through the prophet Hosea, Yahweh expressed concern about some whose prayers were ineffective. "They did not cry out to Me with their heart" (7:14). Isaiah lamented to Yahweh, "There is no one who calls on Your name, who stirs himself up to take hold of You" (64:7). The purpose of prayer is to contact Yahweh, to have Him listen and to have Him respond appropriately. That purpose is not served by an approach that is unfeeling or indifferent. The "fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much" (James 5:16). One day the disciples came to Yah’shua. "Lord, teach us to pray", they requested (Luke 11:1). Yah’shua answered by giving them a short example to illustrate what they could pray about (vv. 2-4). The entire Christian world knows this simple prayer as Yahweh's Prayer.
Yet when the Messiah spoke the words, He was not
praying. Matthew's account of Yah’shua giving His prayer outline to the
disciples records Yah’shua as saying: "In this manner, therefore, pray..."
(6:9-13). Yah’shua went on (in
Again, in
In both these instances, Yahweh is portrayed as one who may be moved by prayers offered with feeling and persistence by righteous people. Importunity and persistence do not, of course, mean disrespect or nagging at Yahweh. They do mean perseverance reflected in sincere petitions about a logical subject matter. They mean praying with a sense of purpose. While it may be necessary to pray about some matters repeatedly, we must not assume that we always have to make a request more than once. The Scriptures contain numerous examples of answers to prayer that came after only one short prayer - to righteous people who had built up a level of mutual respect in their relationship with Yahweh. Sometimes Yahweh's answer is a prompt "yes", sometimes it is a "not yet" or even "no". Yahweh knows whether a request is in our best interest, and the best time to grant a request. And He is not always in as much of a rush as we are. It is good to reason with Yahweh. In fact, Yahweh urges, "Come now, and let us reason together" (Isaiah 1:18). Abraham reasoned with Yahweh concerning His plan to destroy Sodom - as a result, Yahweh promised that He would not destroy the city if He found only 10 righteous parties there (Gen. 18:23-33). Moses reasoned about the rebellious Israelites. Yahweh changed His mind on punishing them for their idolatry (Ex. 32:9-14). Reasoning with Yahweh does not mean making excuses for what we are or what we have done. Nor does it mean trying to get Yahweh to change His laws. It means giving Him reasons for why we make particular prayer requests. Jacob was blessed by Yahweh, because Jacob "wrestled with him" all night! Yahweh responded, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with Yahweh and with men, and prevailed" (Genesis 32:22-29). The symbology is clear - if we really want something, and that something is good and right, then we will no doubt at times, find it necessary to wrestle with men and with Yahweh to gain His support. The message is, that if you know in your heart that you are doing a good thing - don't give up! Yahweh will help you! Yahweh will in some matters be totally flexible and His decision may depend on how and why we make the requests we do. He wants to know our reasons for asking, just like any loving parent wants to know why a child asks for something. He knows, that once we have accepted Him into our lives, that we are rightful heirs to His promises - including His promise to answer our prayers. therefore He must be careful to grant only those things that are truly in our best interest. Like it or not, sometimes He does know better! When you receive bills you cannot pay; a notification that you lost your job, a frightening medical report or some other bad news, do you ever think of taking the document to a private place, spreading it out and asking Yahweh to look at it? Is Yahweh that real to you? King Hezekiah received a threatening letter that said the powerful Assyrian nation would attack his kingdom, and; "Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it: and Hezekiah went...and spread it before Yahweh" (Isaiah 37:14). Listen to how he prayed: "O Lord of Hosts, God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim...incline your ear...open your eyes, O Yahweh, and see...Now therefore, O Yahweh our God, save us" (vv. 16-20). Hezekiah prayed with a sense of purpose - there was no more he could do, so he asked Yahweh for help. His faith resulted in Yahweh defeating the Assyrians. The ease of one's communion with Yahweh is directly related to the degree of one's surrender to Yahweh. If, for example, a party is knowingly preoccupied with sinful activities, that party can not in good conscience, ask Yahweh in faith to grant a prayer request.
Here is how the apostle John explains: "Beloved,
if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward Yahweh. And whatever
we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things
that are pleasing in His sight" (1
On one occasion Yah’shua began to pray: "Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me" (John 8:29). He knew that Yahweh always heard Him, and that He could speak to His Father on the spur of the moment, because He always did the things that pleased the Father (John 8:29). Yahweh says to those of us that seek to obey Him: "Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him...He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him" (Psalm 91:14,15). Yahweh makes Himself accessible to us. In fact, "He is not far from each one of us" (Acts 17:27). It is so sad that so many today, have taken it upon themselves to think that they are above Yahweh - that they don't need or believe in Yahweh. Their ideas of "self-enlightenment" have actually caused them to regress past the stages of our Biblical forefathers - to a time of ancient pagan myths! Prayer is a dynamic contact with the Creator of the universe, not an empty ritual or form. "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to Yahweh" (Phil. 4:6). This makes possible inner peace, "which surpasses all knowledge" (v. 7). Put original thought in your prayers. You will find it well worth the effort - if your goal is to have Yahweh hear you. And when you hear Him - and you will - your life will truly change! TOP ^
What does “I Love You”, Really Mean?
So, what does love
really mean? Yah'shua said in
When asked by a lawyer, which was the greatest commandment, Yah'shua replied: "You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment...And the second is like it: `You shall love your neighbour as yourself'" (Matt. 22:37-39). And James says in 2:8, "You shall love your neighbour as yourself...but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law of transgression". When teaching on this topic of partiality, Yah'shua commanded: "But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, and do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you" (Matt. 5:44). And further, "If you love Me, keep My commandments...He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father" (John 14:15,21). Again, Yah'shua says: "This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you" (John 15:12). Paul instructs the Ephesians: "Husbands, love your wives, just as the Messiah also loved the congregation [called out ones] and gave Himself for it [us]" (5:25). And to the Collosians: "Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them" (3:19). And when instructing Titus on how to teach the Israelite principles to young wives, Paul said: "Admonish the young women to love their husbands, [and] to love their children" (2:4). When teaching the Corinthians of love, Paul said: "Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love NEVER fails...And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love" (1 Cor. 13:4-8,13).
"And this commandment
we have from Him: That he who loves Yahweh MUST love his brother also...If we
love one another, Yahweh abides in us, and His love has been perfected in
us...For this is the love of Yahweh, that we keep His commandments. And His
commandments are not burdensome" (1
"Beloved, let us love
one another, for love is of Yahweh; and everyone who loves is born of Yahweh and
knows Yahweh...for Yahweh IS LOVE" (1
"If someone says, `I
love Yahweh,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his
brother whom he has seen, how can he love Yahweh whom he has not seen?" (1
The Biblical concept of "love", is far different than that of our modern society. We have, based on our own way of thinking, developed an infinite variety of ways to describe what "love" is in our culture. Ask 100 people to tell you what it means to "fall in love", and you will undoubtedly get 100 widely divergent responses. The truth is, as the Bible clearly teaches us, that love is rather a simple concept. It is in fact, ONE OF THE COMMANDMENTS! It is never referred to as a suggestion, or something to do "if it feels right". We are not asked to love if, or when we want to. We are told quite categorically; we are COMMANDED, to love! We are COMMANDED TO LOVE our spouses, our children, our friends, our relatives, our neighbours, our fellow Israelites, our enemies; literally, EVERYONE ON THE PLANET - WITHOUT EXCEPTION! Any partiality will be taken as transgression of the law; as sin! Like most other Biblical doctrine, "love" has been totally twisted and perverted by our traditional religious teaching and resulting cultural values. The prevailing myth of "falling in love" has pervaded our culture to the point of being an integral theme in movies, television, literature, children's books, nursery rhymes, everyday conversations, and into our daily commerce in a variety of other ways. We have completely lost sight of the fact that love, is simply a commandment. Like all of the other commandments, we are meant to obey it. And like all of the other commandments, it is not a burden! In other words, it is just as easy to keep, and as much of a joy to keep, as all the others! We DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE TO LOVE - we are commanded to MAKE A DECISION (AND TO KEEP OR MAINTAIN IT) TO LOVE EVERYONE. Not just those we want to - everyone without partiality! If we want to truthfully call ourselves Israelites, we MUST love everyone, not just some. Yahweh and the Messiah make it very clear. If we say we love Yahweh whom we cannot see, and do not love the people around us that we can see, then in fact we are liars! And sinners! No exceptions! Satan has craftily deceived us into mixing our free-will ability to make DECISIONS, (the single factor required for us to love), together with our family values, and with the personal character traits involved in friendships and sexual attractions, resulting in a mish-mash of ingredients, that we call "falling in love". His strategy has been successful in getting millions of well-intentioned individuals, to break another of Yahweh's laws. This clever deception has caused millions to have their marriages fail, to suffer endless family strife, and to be unwitting participants in racial hatred, political injustice and wars. Israelites must keep Yahweh's commandments. They must understand them in the simple and straightforward manner in which Yahweh has set them out in His Word. Not how our false religions and societies have depicted them! First, we must remember that Yahweh is love - and that the love of Yahweh is living in each of us through His Holy Spirit. As Yahweh IS love, so are we! We ARE love! We don't "have love" or "feel love" when it is convenient. Like Yahweh does, we must learn to simply BE love. This means that without exception, we simply DECIDE to love everyone without partiality! To love without partiality, we need to separate the single ingredient required to BE love, from all of the other ingredients that Satan has caused us to mix up in the same package. ALL FEELINGS OF AFFECTION related to family bonding, friendship and sexual attraction must be separated and treated as totally distinct from love. Biblical love is the realization that as Israelites, we can make a simple decision, one resulting in our having compassion for all humanity. It is a special caring, merciful, selfless concern for others - all others equally, including our own spouses, children, friends, relatives, neighbours and enemies. We grow up in family environments where we experience certain "family bonds". This family bonding is something that we feel as a result of experiences between family members. Feelings on paternal, maternal and sibling levels develop automatically in families. These bonds between various family members are the result of being together as a family unit, usually without any choice in the matter. "Family bonds" then, are something we feel in ADDITION to our love for humanities, that make growing up in a family very special to us. As we grow up, we each in various ways, determine those characteristics in others that we find appealing. Through learning family values at home, and through experiences with people outside of our home, we develop a sense of what particular character traits we admire and enjoy in others, and therefore like to see in our friends. The qualities that we like, determine to a large degree, who we choose as friends. The qualities of "friendships" then, are something else we feel in ADDITION to our love for humanities, that make interacting with friends in our community very special to us. Physical and sexual attraction is a facet of our development that takes place largely due to our interacting in our community. Based on many factors, including observing certain aspects of our own parent's', and other couples' behaviour with each other, we form our own perceptions of what characteristics would be pleasing to us in a spouse. A "spouse", is someone very special in our lives, for many obvious reasons, not the least of which, is that they are the one person above all others in our relationships, that make it possible to perpetuate the above cycle. We then use our experience in building strong family bonds, coupled with our experience in building strong friendships, together with our acceptance of what type of person we find sexually attractive, to determine the special combination of character and personality traits, we desire in a spouse. So our "spouse" then, is someone that we have, in ADDITION to our feeling of love for humanities, found to be sexually attractive and that we relate to in a manner that includes developing a strong "friendship", and developing strong "family bonds". In other words, we have positive affection - WE LIKE THEM, in addition to finding them sexually attractive, and loving them, like we do all people! Strong family bonds and friendships - qualities we like, plus sexual attractions then, are NOT aspects of, or parts of love that make a relationship with a spouse. Rather, they are wonderful aspects of our interaction with others that we ADD to our feelings of LOVE for our spouse, that make for a truly wonderful relationship. When we say, "I love you", to our SPOUSE (or potential spouse), we are in effect saying, "I love you, I find you sexually attractive, and I appreciate the strength and depth of our friendship and family bonds". Of course, we don't always say it all at once this way - but every spouse appreciates hearing each of these distinctly separate affirmations of SEXUAL ATTRACTION, FRIENDLY AFFECTION, AND LOVE, on a regular basis. We are all unique in our creation, and likewise we are unique in our method of expression. Bible advice on marriage is given in many verses, which invariably point to the sound principles of thorough and effective communication between spouses. The first point; "live by every Word of Yahweh". Yahweh is love personified. Yahweh authored love in His Word. Studying and living by that Word, is becoming love. You are love. Love your friends, your families, your relatives, your enemies, strangers, your neighbours, the rich, the poor - and love your spouses. You can have absolute faith in the fact that Yahweh will bless this OBEDIENCE by giving you the patience and the wisdom necessary to build lasting friendships, strong family bonds - and of course, a wonderful marriage to the person you find sexually attractive. If you are OBEDIENT to always love you cannot fail. If you always forgive, if you are always kind, always patient, always honest, always hopeful, never selfish, never envious, never rude, never provoked, never evil - friendships, family bonds and marriages will always survive! Love never fails! In a society with so much emphasis on sex, it is fitting to outline how the Bible advises us to deal with this all-important issue. Principally, the Bible teaches chastity while single and fidelity while married. Typically, the question posed by teens is, "why wait?", while many adults ask, "why be faithful?" There are many familiar Bible passages telling us to refrain from fornication (sex prior to or outside of marriage) and to avoid adultery. But there are also some very fascinating reasons explained in the Bible for following this timeless advice. Two verses, serve particularly well in this regard: "For this is the WILL OF Yahweh, YOUR SANCTIFICATION: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel [body] in SANCTIFICATION AND HONOUR" (1 Thess. 4:3-5). And; "Marriage is honourable AMONG ALL, and the BED UNDEFILED" (Hebrews 13:4). It is Yahweh's Will, that we ENJOY SEX TO THE FULLEST! Yahweh knows exactly how we can expect to accomplish this. He has not given us a series of negative instructions to penalize or restrict our enjoyment - quite the contrary. Loving parents do not tell their children to touch the hot stovetop or to overindulge in candy! They rather instruct them negatively. They tell them to "not touch the stovetop" or to "not eat too much candy". Yahweh instructs us the same way. Each of His "negative" instructions ALWAYS contains at least two positive reasons - He wishes to PROTECT us and to PROVIDE for us! Yahweh has provided us the greatest possible environment to enjoy sex to its fullest - the institution of marriage. Only by protecting our most important and powerful sex organ from becoming defiled, our MIND, can we experience sex to its fullest! Yahweh desires us to refrain from sexual immorality that we might enjoy "sanctification" and that the institution of "marriage is honourable among all". Among ALL means all single people as well as all married people! Sanctification means that we are set apart as separate for Yahweh's holy use and purpose - the purpose obviously being that if we are obedient in this context, Yahweh will bless our marriages by rewarding us with the greatest possible degree of marital and sexual fulfilment. That's His PROMISE! Sex is a physical act, while sanctification and honour are spiritual in context. We are free moral agents - free to make choices concerning our physical activities, including sex. But we have NO CHOICE when it comes to being under the spiritual authority of Yahweh's Law. We are under the authority of Yahweh's SPIRITUAL Law, whether we want to be or not - regardless of belief! Life is largely about our relationships with our family, our friends and our spouse. Any GOOD relationship, whether family, friend or spouse, will always claim honesty and trust as the central reason for its success. In marriage, trust is essential. The slightest suspicions can be devastating. Yahweh is telling us how to GUARANTEE a vitally important part of our marriage relationship - TRUST, by refraining from sexual immorality! Sex is so beautiful it must be protected, not abused, either before or during marriage. How? Love is only love when it is totally selfless. When you enter into a marriage relationship you are committing to GIVE it your absolute best. If your marriage bed is to be "undefiled", you can not take into it, mental images from experiences outside of it. That is why we must protect our most powerful sex organ - our MIND, from all sexual immorality. Strong memories, the result of experiences involving most of the five physical senses, are always readily recalled in the "theatreof our mind". Our first sexual encounter is one such example. Any pre-marital sexual experiences, extra-marital affairs, or sexually pornographic material will ALWAYS damage the trust in our relationships, by programming the "theatre of our mind". How can anyone honestly be selflessly concerned with the sexual gratification of their spouse, when they are paying attention to their own needs or focusing on "reruns" from their mind's memories? The truth is, no human being can be selflessly concerned with their spouse if they are at all concerned with "reruns" of their own past experiences or fantasies. Any spouse will sooner or later be able to tell whether your sexual concern is for them or yourself - whether you are BEING intimate, or ACTING intimate. Intimacy consummates honesty and trust - the essence of a successful marriage.
Some may be concerned
that they have already "defiled" their mind - that because of past behaviour, a
truly intimate relationship might no longer be possible. With "Yahweh all things
are possible" (Matthew 19:26). We are instructed in
Others may be concerned that the Bible teaches only what not to do, leaving them with no way to gain so-called "sexual experience". This concern only surfaces as a result of never having read the Bible with an open, or NEW MIND. First, it is important to note, that when any two married people, virgin or otherwise, engage themselves in a physically intimate manner, sincere and selfless in their concern to sexually fulfill their spouse, they can count on the PROMISE of Yahweh, that they possess ALL THE KNOWLEDGE necessary to overcome any lack of "experience". Further, if we read the Song of Solomon, we will find a glorious account of the celebration of romantic love between a man and a woman. In this beautiful courting dialogue written about 960 B.C. by King Solomon and his beloved shepherd girl, love's greatest attributes are highlighted - in some ways leaving little to the imagination, while otherwise opening our minds to nearly limitless possibilities. The entire Song of Solomon should be read, preferably from a version of the Bible using a modern English translation, to fully appreciate the wisdom applied to its sensual expression of romantic love. Here are a few select verses to spark your interest: (NKJ Version):
"Let him kiss me with
the kisses of his mouth - So we see that Yahweh does not leave us uninformed. He has in fact instructed us on every facet of human interaction, giving special attention to this very important aspect of our romantic, sexual expression of love. With a little COOPERATION and IMAGINATION, combined with His GIFT of NATURAL DESIRE, even the novice couple will find ample advice and stimulation leading to a lasting, TRUSTING relationship, by reading the Bible in the FAITH that Yahweh will help them to develop a NEW MIND - one programmed for true love, pleasure, thanksgiving and praise to Yahweh for every aspect of their most precious relationship! Man's greatest hope is to truly enjoy ALL of his relationships; his marriage, his family and his friendships, in the manner in which Yahweh intended - with total loving trust! If we HOPE to establish this intimacy, which consummates HONESTY AND TRUST, leading to SUCCESS in all of our relationships, we must begin by exhibiting TRUE LOVE - a totally selfless concern for others, allowing them to develop ABSOLUTE FAITH in us, "the substance of things hoped for"! These are simply the PROMISES OF Yahweh, freely given in consideration of, and subject to our OBEDIENCE, TO HIS COMMAND TO LOVE! TOP ^
We do not want to presume whether or not anyone reading this has "consummated" their relationship with sex. Thus, for what it is worth we will comment on the matter allowing for both possibilities.
In several places, the
Bible shows us that marriage was considered a matter between the groom (and his
family) and the bride (and her family). In every case, the marriage was
considered consummated when the groom took the bride to his (or his family's)
home to live with him. After that, she belonged to him, and to him alone
(Genesis 24:67,
A man and woman are
considered one flesh when they first have sex (Genesis 29:23-25,28,
However, just because a man and woman have sex together, it does not necessarily mean they are married. For example, if a man has sex with an unbetrothed woman, they were commanded to marry each other (Deuteronomy 22:28-29). They were not considered married, but commanded to marry. But if the father refused to give his daughter to him, then they would not get married (Exodus 22:16-17). A man and woman cannot get married unless the parents of the woman give their permission. She was under the covering of her father, until he gives her away.
Scripture plainly says
that Mary was Joseph's wife (Matthew 1:20,24,
The Greek word for "put
her away" is 'aphiemi,' and is used by Paul to describe divorce in
Lest anyone question whether a betrothed girl is a wife:
She was his wife,
but he had not taken (lain with) her yet, he had not slept with her and
become one flesh. Their marriage was not yet consummated.
So it seems that for many that consider themselves to be "dating", their current circumstances have caused a de facto marriage between them, whether or not they have had physical relations. Their obligations now are simply to have their respective fathers (parents) confirm their approval, make a formal announcement to their parents and to their friends (their public), and take up their own place of residence in the sight of Yahweh. To make the matter "proper", is a matter of conscience between each of you and Yahweh. To make the matter "lawful", is simply to mutually agree to conduct yourselves according to Yahweh's will for you, and to make this commitment before one another and your personal witnesses if you wish and in the sight of Yahweh. This "covenant of marriage" is to made between "the two of you as making your lifelong vows to Yahweh", (as it is Yahweh that joins you), not between "the two of you making your lifelong vows to one another", and this is what makes it "lawful" in the sight of Yahweh! When you have done these things you are effectively and formally married and committed to your marriage in the sight of Yahweh through your covenant with Him, even though if you have been formally "dating" or courting, there is Biblical support for your already being "married", or betrothed if you have not had sex, and subject to "divorce" in order to separate. There is no need whatsoever for the "state" to be involved in this matter which is between the two of you and Yahweh. If you wish to have a certificate or license of marriage from the state, then do so as a secondary issue to the real marriage. Yahweh is not concerned with whether or not you have any piece of paper that says you are married, but He is concerned with what you have agreed in your hearts with Him. We know many people that have conducted wonderful ceremonies in truth between the couple and Yahweh, and in front of very large audiences that were able to accept the matter according to their individual consciences. They had prepared their own private documents that they signed in front of witnesses and the audience was then able to conclude whatever they wanted or whatever the couples decided to advise them had happened. That is to say, that for the sake of the consciences of your guests, some may be offended at a non-state/church ceremony while others that are Godly may be offended at a state/church ceremony, but there is no deception in letting those that agree with your understanding of Yahweh know the truth of your ceremony, while letting the others assume whatever their conscience dictates (including for example, that the Godly friend you asked to help you with your ceremony is an ordained minister or justice of the peace). TOP ^
Marriage “Licenses” are Unlawful! Every year thousands of Christians amble down to their local county courthouse and obtain a marriage license from the State in order to marry their future spouse. They do this unquestioningly. They usually do it because their minister has told them to go get one, and besides, "everybody else gets one." This article attempts to answer the question - why should we not get one? The legal definition of a "license" demands by all accounts, that we not obtain one to marry. Black's Law Dictionary defines "license" as, "The permission by competent authority to do an act which without such permission, would be illegal." We need to ask ourselves- why should it be illegal to marry without the State's permission? More importantly, why should we need the State's permission to participate in something which Yahweh has ordained and commanded us to do (Gen. 2:18-24)? We do not need the State's permission to marry, nor should we grovel before state officials to seek it. What if you apply and the State says "no"? You must understand that the authority to license implies the power to prohibit. A license by definition "confers a right" to do something. The State cannot grant the right to marry. Marriage is a Yahweh-given freedom. When you marry with a marriage license, you grant the State jurisdiction over your marriage. When you marry with a marriage license, your marriage is a creature of the State. It is a corporation of the State - "legal fiction" entity by definition!! Therefore, they have jurisdiction over your marriage including the fruit of your marriage. What is the fruit of your marriage? Your children and every piece of property you own. There is plenty of case law in America and elsewhere which proves this to be true. In one example, parents, married by state license were upset because a test was being administered to their children in the government schools which was very invasive of the family's privacy. When these parents complained, they were shocked by the school bureaucrats who informed them that their children were required to take the test by law because they (the government school) had jurisdiction over their children. When these parents asked the bureaucrats what gave them this jurisdiction, the bureaucrats answered, "your marriage license and their birth certificates." Judicially, and in increasing fashion, practically, your state marriage license has far-reaching implications. Like the birth certificates, it effectively causes your children to become “legal chattel”, or property of the state. When you marry with a marriage license, you place yourself under and bind yourself to a body of law which is immoral, or anti-Yahweh. By obtaining a marriage license, you place yourself under the jurisdiction of Family Court which is governed by unbiblical and immoral laws. Under these artificial laws, you can divorce for any reason. Often, the courts side with the spouse who is in rebellion to Yahweh, and castigates the spouse who remains faithful by ordering him or her not to speak about the Bible or other matters of faith when present with the children. No minister of Yahweh can in good conscience perform a marriage which would place people under this immoral body of laws, let alone marry someone with a marriage license, because to do so the minister must act as an agent of the State in direct opposition to Yahweh!! The minister is required to sign the marriage license, and mail it into the State. Given the State's demand to usurp the place of Yahweh and family regarding marriage, and given it's unbiblical, immoral laws to govern marriage, this would be an act of disobedience to Yahweh akin to treason. The marriage license invades and removes Yahweh's God-given parental authority. When you read the Bible, you see that Yahweh intended for children to have their father's blessing regarding whom they married. Daughters were to be given in marriage by their fathers (Dt. 22:16; Ex. 22:17; I Cor. 7:38). We have a vestige of this in our culture today in that the father takes his daughter to the front of the altar and the minister asks, "Who gives this woman to be married to this man?" Historically, there was no requirement to obtain a marriage license in colonial America, or most countries for that matter. When you read the laws of the colonies and then the states, you see only two requirements for marriage. First, you had to obtain your parent's permission to marry, and second, you had to post public notice of the marriage for 5-15 days before the ceremony. Notice you had to obtain your parent's permission. Back then you saw godly government displayed in that the State recognized the parent's authority by demanding that the parent's permission be obtained. Today, the all-encompassing ungodly State demands that their [state's] permission be obtained to marry. By issuing marriage licenses, the State is saying, "You don't need your parent's permission, you need our permission." If parents are opposed to their child's marrying a certain person and refuse to give their permission, the child can do an end-run around the parent's authority by obtaining the State's permission, and marry anyway. This is an invasion and removal of Yahweh-given parental authority by the State. When you marry with a marriage license, you are like a polygamist. From the State's point of view, when you marry with a marriage license, you are not just marrying your spouse, but you are also marrying the State. Inasmuch as you have voluntarily conceded that the state's law supersedes Yahweh's law, and the state law says categorically that you have contracted with them! A blatant declaration of this fact may be found in many state brochures across the nation where people go to obtain their marriage licenses. These are published by the various State Bar Associations. A common opening paragraph under the subtitle "Marriage Vows" states, "Actually, when you repeat your marriage vows you enter into a legal contract. There are three parties to that contract. 1.You; 2. Your husband or wife, as the case may be; and 3. the State of ?????." See, the State and the lawyers know that when you marry with a marriage license, you are not just marrying your spouse, you are marrying the State! You are like a polygamist! You are not just making a vow to your spouse, but you are making a contractual vow to the State and your spouse, instead of to your spouse and to Yahweh, regardless of what you actually say in your oral vows! You are also giving undue jurisdiction to the State. When Does the State Have Jurisdiction Over a Marriage? Never! Yahweh intended His congregation to have jurisdiction over a marriage for two reasons - 1). in the case of divorce, and 2). when crimes are committed i.e., adultery, bigamy. etc. Unfortunately, the state incorporated churches now allow divorce for any reason, and they do not prosecute for adultery, nor does the state which has bound them so. In either case, divorce or crime, a marriage license is not necessary for the congregation or courts to determine whether a marriage existed or not. What is needed are witnesses. This is why you have a best man and a maid of honor. They should sign the marriage certificate in your family Bible, and the wedding day guest book should be kept. Marriage was instituted by Yahweh, therefore it is a Yahweh-given freedom. According to Scripture, it is to be governed by the family, and the congregation, not the state, and the congregation only has jurisdiction in the cases of divorce or crime. History establishes that George Washington was married without a marriage license. Abraham Lincoln was married without a marriage license. So, how did we come to this place in America and other countries where marriage licenses are issued? Historically, all the states in America for example, had laws outlawing the marriage of blacks with whites. In the mid-1800's, certain states began allowing interracial marriages or miscegenation as long as those marrying received a license from the state. In other words they had to receive permission to do an act which without such permission would have been illegal. Blacks Law Dictionary points to this historical fact when it defines "marriage license" as, "A license or permission granted by public authority to persons who intend to intermarry." "Intermarry" is defined in Black's Law Dictionary as, "Miscegenation; mixed or interracial marriages." Not long after these licenses were first issued, some states began requiring all people who marry to obtain a marriage license, without regard to the true definition of the term. In 1923, the Federal Government established the Uniform Marriage and Marriage License Act (they later established the Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act). By 1929, every state in the Union had adopted marriage license laws. Most British Commonwealth countries followed similar paths, ending with the same result. Many of these laws changed because of the influence of the United Nations. (People should also realize that a "nation" be legal definition, is a "group of people that be law cannot own land"!) Israelite couples should not be marrying with State marriage licenses, nor should ministers be marrying people with State marriage licenses. Some may say to you, "If someone is married without a marriage license, then they aren't really married." Given the fact that states may soon legalize same-sex marriages, we need to ask ourselves, "If a man and a man marry with a State marriage license, and a man and woman marry without a State marriage license - who's really married? Is it the two men with a marriage license, or the man and woman without a marriage license, but with their parent's approval and Yahweh's blessing? In reality, this contention that people are not really married unless they obtain a marriage license simply reveals how brainwashed we are in our thinking. We need to think biblically. We do not have to obtain a license from the State to marry someone anymore than we have to obtain a license from the State to be a parent, which some in academic and legislative circles are currently pushing to be made into law. When a couple marry, they should always obtain their own private Family Bible which contains birth and death records, and a record of marriage vows [certificate] that they complete themselves. They then record the marriage in that Family Bible. What's recorded in a Family Bible will stand up as legal evidence in any court of law in any country including America. TOP ^
Why are we seeing such a high divorce rate within our nations? Recent statistics by Barner, show that the divorce rate within the “Christian” denominations is 7% higher than the denominations of the worldly. Some of the issues we can state as part of the problem are:
1. Dating/Boyfriend/Girlfriend: was not instituted till the 17th century. Dating encourages multiple relationships, if things don't work out after you're married, then let's try someone else.
2. Not taking Yahweh's Marriage Covenant, as a Universal Law (Gen. 2:22-24; Matt. 19:5,6; Eph. 5:31; Mal. 2:14-16).
3. Reconciliation: We are to repent and ask forgiveness as Yahweh has left a door open for all broken marriages and that is "Reconciliation". But man is too stiff-necked to humble himself to receive the blessing. I Cor. 7:11, "But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife." Reconciled (#2644 Greek): To change mutually, to compound a difference. Gen. 2:22-24, "...and brought her unto the man ...This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh." V. 24: states that because of the agreements to the covenant, they shall never be two again. Cleave (Hebrew #4347): To glue adhere. To unite as to be united closely in interest or affection, to adhere with strong attachment. [Yahweh brought them together, forming the covenant between them. Here we have Adam accepting Eve and calling her his wife. This is the institution of the marriage covenant, between man and woman, husband and wife.] Mal. 2:14-16 (Ref. Deut. 24:1; Matt. 5:32; 19: 8), "Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Yahweh hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. And did not he make one? …And wherefore one? …take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth." Matt. 19:5,6 (Ref. Gen. 2:24, Eph. 5:31), "And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore Yahweh hath joined together, let not man put asunder." (Divorce see #3748 below.) Asunder (#5563, Greek): to place, room between, i.e. part, to go away - depart, put asunder, separate. Divorce (#3748 Hebrew) from 3772: a cutting (of the Matrimonial bond) i.e. divorce - divorcement) 3772, a prim. root; to cut (off, down or ASUNDER); by impl. To destroy or consume; spec, to covenant. [Here we have in the concordance confirmation, that there is a matrimonial bond, and that divorce is putting the marriage vow asunder. It is man that is putting asunder the Marriage Covenant by divorcing and remarrying.] Divorce violates the covenant that Yahweh made between man and woman (Gen. 2:24, Matt. 19:5,6). Bond (Hebrew, #632): an obligation, vow from #6731: to yoke or hitch. In 1884 law textbook Parsons on Contracts with this quote from the chapter "marriage is a contract": "since the State married them the children were fruits of the State."
How did you delegate to your servants the
authority (Government) from wife contrary to:
We know that we could not cancel our neighbors vows to [Yahweh], so we know that divorce court could not cancel anyone's vows to [Yahweh]. How can you delegate the authority to bastardize your neighbors' children, when the authority does not originally reside within you? It turns out that we did not delegate this authority. Apparently there are two meanings of the word 'marriage,' one meaning "holy matrimony" and the other refers to a status akin to corporate merger within the Government. It should seem peculiar that people who have a right to get married would have to beg civil servants for permission (license = permission) to get married. We read in the 1877 U.S. Supreme Court decisions Meister v. Moore 96 US 80, that a marriage license was not required, nor do States confer the right to marry, and that marriage is based on contract. This is consistent with the Bible, and it makes sense that the Supreme Court would confirm that this most sacred of family freedoms does not involve man-made Government. Since your Constitution prohibits any State from impairing the obligation of contracts (U.S. Constitution, article 1, section 10) the sanctity of the family is safe from Government interference. Then we read in the 1888 US Supreme Court decision in Maynard v. Hill 8 SCt 723 125 US 190, where the Maynard's had intermarried in the State of Vermont (meaning they had a license) and that marriage was NOT based on contract but upon a status, and the Government could do whatever it wanted to do with the marriage because a State created the status of marriage. Asking permission to get married is a voluntary, albeit unwitting confession that you do not know that you have a right to get married. By applying for a marriage license, you've waived your actual right to get married. When the law says that the State cannot recognize a common law marriage, it doesn't mean your not married. It means the State cannot take your children nor divorce you. [Yahweh's] laws prevail. Your family is not part of their corporation. Your family does not have existence in the eyes of their laws. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. You should have known (as did the Supreme Court in Murdock v. Pennsylvania 319 US 105) that "A state may not, through a license tax, impose a charge for the enjoyment of a right granted by the Federal Constitution." By paying for a marriage license, you confess that you did not have a right to get married. The power to tax is the power to destroy. What part of "let no man put asunder" do we not understand?" How this comes about concerning the marriage license starts with being registered at birth, by a birth certificate making you a corporate entity by the Government. Yahweh made the original marriage constitution of man as one pair, a male and female; as such by divine appointment; and to the purpose of Yahweh, expressed by the sacred historian that in all time one man, one woman should by marriage become one flesh, so to continue as long as both are in the flesh. This being [Yahweh's] constitution, let not man break it up by causeless divorces (from Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary). Divorce may be legal according to man-made laws which ‘marry/incorporate’ two fictional ‘persons/corporate entities’, but it is not right according to Yahweh's Law where marriage is an act between a man and his wife sanctioned by Yahweh. Yahweh expects couples to practice commitment to each other and remain true to each other. Too many people view divorce as an easy way out, and do not take seriously their covenant vow of commitment to each other, or to Yahweh and Yah'shua. 1 Cor. 7:27, "Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed (27). Art thou loosed (28) from a wife? seek not a wife." Loosed (27): Strong's #3089 luo- breakup, dissolve. Loosed (28): Strong's #3080 luis - a loosening, that is specifically divorce. (From the Word of Yahweh, KJV) Marriage: Rendering of several word phrases in Hebrew and Greek means to be master; to take, that is a wife; to magnify and lift up, to contract. In all the Hebrew Scriptures there is no single word for the estate of marriage or to express the abstract idea of wedlock. The Word that confirms the vow, covenant, you make with Yahweh and your mate: is "TO TAKE" OR "I TOOK" in Scripture:
Take: 3947: Prim. root: to take (in the widest variety of application); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, mingle, place, receive (-ing), reserve,
Some examples of Biblical Scripture, "take
or took" are the following: Gen. 24:67; 25:1,20; 29:23;
1. PATRISTIC VIEW: The early assembly fathers said if divorce occurs, marriage to a 2nd spouse is not permitted, regardless of the cause. This was from first century on. Adultery was not grounds for divorce. 2. THE AUGUSTINIAN VIEW: Marriage to a 2nd spouse is not permitted even when adultery is involved. 3. BLOOD-RELATED OR UNLAWFUL MARRIAGE VIEW: Unlawful marriages would be like two men, or a sister and a brother, or a son and a mother, those were unlawful marriages which Yahweh wouldn't recognize, even if they made vows. Other than that, relatives and so forth, neither divorced nor married to a 2nd spouse is ever permitted, regardless of the circumstances. 4. BETROTHAL ENGAGEMENT VIEW: Matthew’s Exception refers to the engagement position; "Betrothal", [which was more binding than engagement and it was as if they were married. They were promised to each other, not given to each other. Divorce was allowed due to fornication if the act was found out before the wedding night (not 5, or 10 years later), if she was not found a virgin on the wedding night she was stoned to death according to Deut. 22:13-21.] For the first 1500 years, this was the stand that the assembly knew and no other position was taught! HOW DID REMARRIAGE COME INTO THE ASSEMBLY? 1. ERASMIAN OR TRADITIONAL PROTESTANT VIEW: Erasmus introduced remarriage into the denominations in the 1500s, during the Protestant Re-formation. He tried to fellowship with John Calvin and Martin Luther, but they both would have nothing to do with him. Erasmus lived during the time of King Henry VIII of England. Henry VIII wanted to get his marriage annulled, because his wife would not give him a male child, and the Roman denomination was having a battle with him. They wanted him to submit to them and he wouldn't do it. This was when divorce for immorality or adultery was accepted and the marriage to a 2nd spouse, especially the innocent party, was allowed. This was called the Matthew Pauline Exception Theory. Dr. Frank Logston, who was behind the N.A.S.V. (New American Standard Version), did damage to the Word of Yahweh. His statement was, "I'm afraid I'm in trouble with the Lord, I laid the ground work, I wrote the format, I helped interview some of the translators. I sat with the translators, I wrote the preface, I'm in trouble". The New Translations which use "sexual immorality" instead of fornication have totally perverted that Greek word. In the Old Covenant, when was adultery ever grounds for divorce? It is not saying in Matthew chapters 5 and 19, that just sexual immorality, it is a specific type. It is fornication which is between singles. Adultery is between married people. You don't find this word fornication in any other book, other than Matthew, because Matthew was written to the Hebrews. Yah’shua had to deal with the Hebrews in a particular situation, they had what was called, the "Betrothal period". You can violate a Marriage Covenant, but according to Yahweh you can't destroy it. DOES YAHWEH RECOGNIZE THE UNBELIEVER'S MARRIAGE? Gentile, Jew, or Israelite believer, whoever was the descendant of Adam, Yahweh established the universal law of marriage. Matt. 19:8,9, "He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, commiteth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery." First of all, it says the Pharisees came to tempt Yah’shua; to trick Him (v.3). Yah’shua stated from the beginning of time, it was not so. It was twisted by man to fulfill the desires of the flesh. The “trick”, was the fact that a woman cannot be found in the act of adultery, unless a man is also found with her, and both are equally guilty! Thus Yah’shua knew all of her accusers were guilty of at least one sin, which was the false accusation. When you make your vow and say, "I take" or "I took," you enter the marriage covenant. Yahweh makes you one flesh; believer or unbeliever, it doesn’t matter. Gen. 4:16,17 Yahweh recognized that Cain went out from His presence and he got married. Gen. 20:1-18 Here was an unbeliever, Abimelech. Yahweh recognized Abimelech's marriage. Gen. 39:7-9 Potiphar wasn't a believer yet Yahweh recognized his marriage. Gen. 41:45 Joseph married an Egyptian, Asenath; she was not a believer. Yahweh recognized that marriage.
Matt. 14:1-4 John told Herod that according to Yahweh (the universal law of marriage) he was not to have his brother Philip's wife. Yahweh recognized that marriage. Matt. 27:19 The Spirit of Yahweh recognized that Pilate was married. If Yahweh doesn't recognize unbelievers' marriages than the believers are the only ones who can commit adultery. It really doesn't matter what any man’s opinion is, the Scriptures are the final authority. WHAT ABOUT A FOOLISH COVENANT? Gen. 25:29 Esau had come from the field, he was faint and asked Jacob for pottage. Jacob took advantage of the situation. V31: Jacob said to Esau, "Sell me this day thy birthright". Esau said, "I'm starving and your worried about my birthright?" V33: Jacob said to Esau, "Swear to me this day" (literally saying vow to Yahweh it belongs to me.) Swear (Strong's # 7650): oath. Esau then makes an oath to Jacob to sell his birthright. V34, Esau sold his birthright. Many will say that was two brothers just fooling around, Yahweh is not going to hold them accountable. Did Yahweh hold him accountable? Gen. 27:34-36; Heb. 12:16,17. He lost his blessing and birthright. There are quite a few people that make a vow to Yahweh before witnesses, of a covenant they make to each other on their Wedding Day and then say: "I really didn't love her", or "I was young and foolish", or "I did not realize what life was all about." "Yahweh will not hold me to that vow." Heb. 12:14-17, "Follow peace with all men, and set apartness, without which no man shall see Yahweh." V16:"… lest there be any fornicator [doer of sexual sins], or profane person [one who is careless of what Yahweh says]." Esau sold his birthright. Esau repented of his foolish vow; however, there was still a consequence for his words. Yahweh could not change the covenant, as it would have violated His set-apartness, righteousness and judgment. Yahweh heard the words of Esau and Jacob and acted on it. Deut. 23:21-23, Eccl. 5:4-6, "Thou shalt not forswear thyself; (you will not violate your vow to Yahweh, but fulfill all of them) but shalt perform unto Yahweh thine oath." Matt. 5:37, "But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." This was stated after Yah’shua talked about divorce. Any covenant, whether borne out of a lie, foolish, flippant or in ignorance, is still a covenant in Yahweh's eyes. He will forgive your foolishness or ignorance, but that will not and does not affect or make void the covenant. It stands because it was a decision not a feeling. Yahweh does not demand that we marry the one we love, but He does command us to love the one we marry. "That is not a suggestion but a divine command." When you translate "woman" and "man" to Hebrew you will see two divine elements. When you combine the two "Divine Elements" contained in both these Hebrew words you get y h (yod, hei). When you combine the Yod and the Hei it creates the name "YAH" which is the shortened, poetic form of our Father's Name, Yahweh…See Ps. 68:4. So the combination of a man and woman into a "Covenantal Marriage" relationship, at least in the "beginning," (the first marriage) has the "Seal of Approval," by being stamped with the VERY NAME OF "YAH", being a Witness to your Marriage Covenant (Mal. 3:2). What Yahweh has joined together let no man put asunder, after He seals His name on your marriage covenant, it cannot be destroyed. Notice what happens if Yahweh our Heavenly Father should lose His place among the married couple. If you remove the "Divine Elements." of both Hebrew terms, the one for, "Man", [ c ( y ) a ] which is yod and the one for, "Woman", [ ( h ) c a ] which is hei. By removing the y (yod) from the man, and the h (hei) from the woman, in both instances it leaves you with c a. The combination of these two Hebrew letters form the word for "FIRE". So, by removing Yahweh's presence (signature) in a marriage relationship you have destined that marriage to a "Fiery Destruction." The second relationship starts under a "Fiery Destruction." NEVER FORGET – YAHWEH FORGIVES ALL SIN – INTENTIONAL OR NOT!
Grace and peace to you, from our Father, Yahweh, and Yah'shua our Messiah!
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