For you were once
darkness, but now
you are light in the
(Master).
Live as
children of light
(for the fruit of
the light consists
in all goodness,
righteousness and
truth) and
find out what
pleases the (Master). Have
nothing to do with
the fruitless deeds
of darkness, but
rather expose them. For
it is shameful even
to mention what the
disobedient do in
secret . But
everything exposed
by the light becomes
visible, for
it is light that
makes everything
visible.
Eph 5:5-14
*Alahim begins with the letter ALEF, not an "E" - this is a Masoretic
corruption we try to overcome. It's like spelling the name "EBRAHAM" with an
E, instead of an A.
BAAL
& ASHERAH HAD A
SHOWDOWN WITH YAHUAH
1
Kings 18:16-21:
So
Obadiah went to meet
Ahab and told him,
and Ahab went to
meet AliYahu (Elijah). When he
saw AliYahu, he said
to him,
"Is
that you, you troubler of
Yisharal?"
"I
have not made
trouble for
Yisharal," AliYahu
replied. "But
you and your
father's family
have. You have
abandoned Yahuah’s
commands and have
followed the Baals.
Now summon the
people from all over
Yisharal to meet me on
Mount Carmel. And
bring the four
hundred and fifty
prophets of Baal and
the four hundred
prophets of Asherah, who eat at
Izebel's
table."
So
Ahab sent word
throughout all
Yisharal and assembled
the prophets on
Mount Carmel.
AliYahu went before
the people and said,
"How
long will you waver
between two
opinions? If
Yahuah is Alahim,
follow Him; but if
Baal is Alahim,
follow him."
WREATH,
ORNAMENTS, AND
SCHEDULING OF MAIN
PAGAN EVENTS:
The
round wreath
symbolized the sun,
and at the same time
the “womb,” both
thought of as
symbols of fertility
to Pagans.
The vertical
tree was decorated
with male symbols of
fertility, testes
(balls), yet was the
image of the female,
connecting the
heavens to the
Earth. This
consort of Baal was
worshipped as Asherah, Astarte,
Artemis, Athena,
Isis, Gaia, Nana,
Austron, Ostara,
Eastre, Easter,
Aphrodite, Eostre,
Astoreth, Ishtar,
Diana, Ninurta, Cres,
Nut, Venus, Indrani,
Devaki, Tanit, and
others. This
tree was
named Asherah in the
Hebrew Scriptures, and her worship
continued as we see
recorded in the book
of Acts, chapter 19.
She is still
worshipped today by
Wiccans, and other
Earth Mother
cults. The
Vernal Equinox
pointed to the impregnation
of the Earth Mother,
and the Winter
Solstice pointed to
the birth of
Baal, the sun,
showing the human
gestation cycle of
nine months.
It was all about
fertility, and sex.
Even the custom of
throwing rice at the
newlyweds is a
fertility-driven
act, and you can
only guess what the
rice really
represents.
The
round ornaments
represented the
testes as mentioned,
and have also come
to be known as witch
balls.
It would be
interesting to see
what a
theologian
might use as an
excuse for all this,
wouldn't it?
Jer/YirmeYahu
10:1-5:
"Hear
what Yahuah says to
you, O house of
Yisharal. This is what
Yahuah says:
'Do
not learn the ways
of the nations or be
terrified by signs
in the sky,
though the nations are terrified by them.
For the customs of
the peoples are
worthless;
they
cut a tree out
of the forest, and a
craftsman shapes it
with his chisel.
They
adorn it with silver
and gold; they
fasten it with
hammer and nails so
it will not totter.
Like a scarecrow in
a melon patch, their
idols cannot speak;
they must be carried
because they cannot
walk.
Do
not fear them; they
can do no harm, nor
can they do any
good."
Deut 12:29-32:
"Yahuah
your Alahim will cut off before you the nations you are about to invade and dispossess.
But when you have driven them out and settled in their land,
and after they have been destroyed before you, be careful not to be ensnared by inquiring about their
Alahim, saying, "How do these nations serve their
Alahim? We will do the same."
You must not worship
Yahuah your Alahim in their way, because in worshiping their
Alahim, they do all kinds of detestable things
Yahuah hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their
Alahim."
Deut 16:21-22:
"Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole beside the altar you build to
Yahuah your Alahim,
and do not erect a sacred stone, for these
Yahuah your Alahim hates."
Asherah
poles are a
deal-breaker with
Yahuah. Learn
NOT the ways of the
heathen, and do not
bring a detestable
thing into your
home!
Deut 7:26:
"Do not bring a detestable thing into your house or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction.
Utterly abhor and detest it, for it is set apart for destruction."
More
details:
The
tree, and the
ornaments on the
Asherah tree, have
specific meanings to
them. The tree
is a
phallus,
the male reproductive
member. The
little balls are
testicles, and the
"tinsel"
represents the semen
of the deity being
worshipped.
During the late middle
ages, the little balls
were interpreted by
Christians to be
witch
balls, borrowed
from witchcraft, to
attract, then capture
evil
spirits. Where,
exactly, did Yahuah
tell us to do that?
The wreath was
used to represent the male deity, the sun, yet was the womb symbol.
The male deity's symbol
incorporated the feminine features,
while the female's
sign incorporated the
masculine
features.
Similarly, a
witch is
seen utilizing the
male characteristics
of the pointed hat and
broomstick
- both male
features.
These
figures
were clear to the
initiated, but to the
uninitiated they meant
nothing. Now,
the secrets are being
shouted from the
rooftops, eh?
Christians went deeper
and deeper into
apostasy as they
ADOPTED the Pagan customs
from those around
them.
The green
ivy and holly were
common symbols of
Saturn,
the Roman deity.
Early believers
thought that
if
they decorated their
homes with these
trappings, they would
appear to be
conforming to the
Pagan culture as everyone around them
was observing Saturnalia.
Thus they would
blend-in,
and they would suffer
less
persecution. As
time passed, the
custom became part of
the Christian world,
and you will see the wreaths and
Asherim
trees in their
assemblies and homes
today. If we
don't
join-in
with the celebration,
we're considered to be
freaks, or Scrooges
- bah!
Humbug it all truly
is! Now, many
centuries later, the
doctrinal offspring of
those who might have
been persecuted for
avoiding these Pagan
traditions, believe
that we who do not
adopt them are in a
"cult".
It's not them, but
Father Yahuah that we
would not wish to
offend. We know
His heart, and He has
called us to
"Come out of
her" (Rev. 18 - referring to Izebel, Babel, the mother of harlots).
HOLLY, a plant
"sacred" to
the Roman deity
"SATURN"
The word
"PAGAN"
comes from the Latin
word,
pagus, and
referred to a person
that was from the
"rural"
hinterlands. The
more educated,
erudite,
urban-dwellers viewed
those who were "pagus"
as superstitious,
illiterate imbeciles
because they had
quaint beliefs about
the world, especially
the unseen, spiritual
world. As the
darkness of the world
without the Torah of
Yahuah became
increased, those who
thought themselves to
be wise were
themselves
fools.
"Pagan"
became a label for
anything that was
outside the accepted
religious practices of
those in the majority
who practiced the
universalized state
religion, which after
Constantine was termed
"Catholic,"
the Roman word for
"universal."
We see them
decorating with the
boughs, wreaths,
trees, and holly, you
might help them to
repent of this
behavior by explaining
what these things
actually are, or
sending them this web
page. The
trappings themselves
are set apart for
destruction, and those
who decorate with them
are set apart for
destruction as well. All of it
together is
witchcraft, and
blatant idolatry.
When
will Afraim repent of
this idolatry?
Matt. 24:
the End of Days, and
the times of the
Gentiles (Afraim is
sown among the
Gentiles)
The really
powerful point I
draw first from this
whole text is that
Yahusha is
describing the
extreme last days.
He begins
by saying that the
massive stones will
be leveled, and this
happened in 70 CE
- but then He
moves into
more
calamity that
follows.
Ultimately He
describes how a
great tribulation
will occur which
could only be
compared
with the time of
creation itself.
He declares that if
the days of this
tribulation were not
shortened, then
NO FLESH
would survive at
all. But, for
the sake of the
Elect (those
qodeshim observing
His Torah) who are
still
on Earth
enduring to the end,
He would shorten the
days. So, what
He is indicating
here is obviously
the
extreme end
times, just prior to
His return -
which are the days
we now live in.
In the midst of
this, He orders us
to pray that our
flight
will not be
in winter or on a
Sabbath day.
So, the Sabbath is
still in force in
the extreme last
days, not changed as
most have
been taught.
But there is more to
understand here.
The lost sheep
scattered in 722 BCE
are to come to their
senses after 2730
years.
The
prophecy at Ez. 4:4,5
concerning the exile
of the lost sheep of
the house of Yisharal
(Samaritans driven
into the nations in
722 BCE)
shows us
that 390
years was the
original prescribed
penalty for their
Baal/Asherah
worship.
Having not repented
after 390 years
in
captivity, the
northern tribes then
had to endure the
seven-fold increase
of the 390-year
penalty (see Lev.
26:27,28).
This means
that 7 x 390 years
from 722 BCE (2730
years), Yisharal's
punishment will be
lifted, and Ephraim
will cry out to
return to the Torah.
(see YermeYahu 31).
About when
is this cry to take
place? They've
been living among
the Gentiles with
their Asherim
(Christmas trees)
for 2730 years as of
the Roman year 2008.
The olive tree's
blossoming will
indicate that
Yahusha's Return is
imminent!
We are
praying that our
flight will not be
in winter or on a
Sabbath because of
the hardship it will
cause the weak among
us.
The flight
will be caused by a
great distress that
is apparently
planet-wide, and may
include nuclear
fallout:
Matt
24:15-27
"So
when you see
standing in the holy
place 'the
abomination that
causes desolation,'
spoken of through
the prophet
Daniel-let the
reader understand-
then let those who
are in Yahudah
flee to the
mountains. Let
no one on the roof
of his house go down
to take anything out
of the house.
Let no one in the
field go back to get
his cloak. How
dreadful it will be
in those days for
pregnant women and
nursing mothers!
Pray that your
flight will not take
place in winter or
on the Sabbath.
For then there will
be great distress,
unequaled from the
beginning of the
world until now-and
never to be equaled
again. If
those days had not
been cut short, no
one would survive,
but for the sake of
the elect those days
will be shortened.
At that time if
anyone says to you,
'Look, here is the
Mashiak!' or,
'There he is!' do
not believe it.
For false mashiaks
and false prophets
will appear and
perform great signs
and miracles to
deceive even the
elect-if that were
possible. See,
I have told you
ahead of time.
"So
if anyone tells you,
'There he is, out in
the desert,' do not
go out; or, 'Here he
is, in the inner
rooms,' do not
believe it.
For as lightning
that comes from the
east is visible even
in the west, so will
be the coming of the
Son of Man."
Now
consider Revelation,
and the mentioning
of Izebel and
"sexual"
immorality:
Rev 2:18-3:1
"To the
messenger of the
assembly in Thyatira
write:
These are the
words of the Son of
Yahuah, whose eyes
are like blazing
fire and whose feet
are like burnished
bronze. I know your
deeds, your love and
faith, your service
and perseverance,
and that you are now
doing more than you
did at first.
Nevertheless, I
have this against
you: You tolerate
that woman
Izebel,
who calls herself a
prophetess. By her
teaching she
misleads my servants
into sexual
immorality and the
eating of food
sacrificed to idols.
I have given her
time
(390
years) to repent of
her immorality, but
she is unwilling. So I
will cast her on a
bed of suffering,
and I will make
those who commit
adultery with her
suffer intensely,
unless they repent
of her ways
(read Ps. 80).
I will
strike her children
dead. Then all the
assemblies will know
that I am he who
searches hearts and
minds, and I will
repay each of you
according to your
deeds. Now I say to
the rest of you in
Thyatira, to you who
do not hold to her
teaching and have
not learned Satan's
so-called deep
secrets - I will not
impose any other
burden on you. (Satan’s
Deep secrets like
womb-wreaths,
phallus-trees, and
the ornaments of the
Asherim).
Only
hold on to what you
have until I come.
To him who
overcomes and does
my will to the end,
I will give
authority over the
nations- 'He will
rule them with an
iron scepter; he
will dash them to
pieces like
pottery' - just as I
have received
authority from my
Father. I will also
give him the morning
star. He who has an
ear, let him hear
what the Spirit says
to the assemblies.”
The woman Izebel is identified as having ways
which are considered adultrous
because they are idolatrous. "Come out of her my people" is the
command to come out of Izebel, the modern Christian assemblies which adhere
to the "ways" of Izebel.
Christianity is
Izebel.
IS
ISLAM'S ALLAH THE
SAME BEING AS YAHUAH? (CAUTION: below are
shocking images)
To answer
this, all one has to
do is consider the
source of some of the
practices.
The
followers of Yahuah do
not practice the
customs of Baal /
Asherah worship.
When the worshippers
of Baal/Asherah
implored their false
mighty-one to answer
them by fire, they cut
themselves:
1Kings 18:28:
"And
they cried aloud, and CUT
THEMSELVES AFTER THEIR
MANNER WITH
KNIVES AND LANCETS,
till the
blood gushed out upon
them."
Here
is what some Shiite
Muslims do:
"The
6-year-old boy
screamed and shook his
head to avoid the
razor blade. But
his father held him
firmly as Hajj Khodor
parted the boy’s
black hair and sliced
his forehead three
times with the blade.
Ali
Madani’s cries
became more violent as
blood gushed from the
wound, covering his
small, terrified face.
His
father and a few other
men, waving daggers,
broke into a religious
chant, recalling how
the 7th-century Shiite
Muslim saint, Imam
Hussein, was
decapitated, his head
placed on a lance.
In
marking the holiest
day of Ashura, some
Shiites believe
children should learn
at an early age about
Hussein’s suffering,
which is at the heart
of their faith.
Hajj
Khodor, wrapped in
white and wearing a
white turban, said he
has done cuttings on
boys as young as
1-month-old and men as
old as 100.
Asked if
it was difficult for
him to hurt the
children, he said:
“The child doesn’t
understand what’s
going on. The
parents are faithful
and believe by doing
this, their children
will be protected and
will enjoy a long
life.”
Above quote
taken from: amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/02/childrens_foreh.php,
3-6-2007
Not all
Muslims practice this;
however it seems to
echo the type of
behavior seen in the
priests of Baal /
Asherah.
1Ki 18:28: "And
they cried aloud, and cut themselves, according to their ruling, with knives
and spears, until the blood gushed out on them."
They do this on
the "holiest
day" of "Ashura."
This word seems very
close to the word
"Asherah," however it is really derived from the
Hebrew and Arabic word for "tenth," as the grandson of Muhammad was slain on the
tenth day of the month. The mourning is strangely similar to the
"weeping for Tammuz," and mimics closely the cutting performed by the pagan
priests when AliYahu confronted the Baal and Asherah worship on Mt. Karmel.
And
remember, this is the
fastest growing
religion on Earth . .
. it must be the
extreme fun involved.
It's
interesting that the
original Asherah
image worshipped by
the Canaanites was a
date palm
tree.
This emblem
is used in the Islamic
faith, and it
contains, by some
strange coincidence, a
date palm tree.
ASHERAH - CONSORT OF BAAL -
MISTRESS OF SORCERIES
Nah 3:4
-6: ". . . Because of the many whorings of
the well-favored whore, the mistress of sorceries, who sells nations by
her whorings, and clans by her sorceries. See, I am against you,'
declares Yahuah
of hosts, 'and shall lift up your skirts over your face, and shall show
nations your nakedness, and reigns your shame.
And
I shall cast abominations upon you, and treat you as foolish, and make a
spectacle of you.'"
