Your Value? - 0 + ?

Genesis 2:7 Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.'

Ouch! If your soul is marked for death, all that remains is DUST. - 0 + ?

A rebuttal to a commentator that quoted Gen. 3:19 as we are to be reminded that we are only dust. I tell you that if you are a '-' then you are dust, and if you are a '0' you are little better than dust, but IF you are '+' you are highly valued and a Living Soul first using a body of dust as transport.

For those that think '0' is not so bad, 0 is waiting to pass the First test and each test there after. + passed the test and is being tested again, pass = +, failed is -, 0 is restart. The GOAL that when your body dies, your soul might continue to LIVE, all else is dust and does not exist.

You can be a ++ if you want to, but you must decide to do so and then do it.

The Word as Written by Moses

Shalom,

Yaakov

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Trust . . . .

Trust, A difficult task for those older than 6 years of age, and easy for those less than 2 years of age.

The later is easy to understand because they can do nothing for themselves and therefore are required to trust, in Dad, Mom and must trust that everything will be fine, because they do not know what they need; what will happen if they don't or what will happen if they do get what they want.

The Torah and Tanakh present many examples of Trust and how we are to Trust GOD. Isaac is a great demonstration of Trust, in that at the binding(Genesis 22), he did not fight back but appears to trust both GOD and his father Abraham, that everything will be FINE. While the text does not explicitly say Isaac trusts, I will give you examples of his self restraint.

When Isaac is lead up the mountain he knows there is no sacrifice with them, when he asks his father he is told that the LORD will provide his sacrifice, Isaac continues on. When he is being bound by his father he allows this to happen(it does no matter the age of Isaac, Abraham was 100 years of age when Isaac was born, so at age 13 or 33 Isaac would be able to escape his father), Isaac allows it to continue.

Isaac must have been awake when the Word is Spoken to his father regarding the results of the test. Hence he would know that GOD wants us to trust HIS WORD and obey, everything will be fine.

Isaac is, in appearance, simply -- "Simple". I believe that he has a bad reputation, as he is demonstrating a trust in GOD. The kind of kind of trust that all of us should have. As evidence that this is what GOD is looking for, Isaac is ways, Abraham was actually tested the most because he did not understand that he needed to trust GOD. He is the first to set out on the path of learning who GOD is and what HE wants or expects from us.

As I started with the 'Binding of Issac' Story, we can move backwards from them and find Abraham's evidence upon which he should trust the LORD. From Genesis 12 until the end of the 'Binding of Issac' story in 21 The LORD made a deal and then as Abram grew in knowledge, GOD increased the deal. A great read if you want to understand GOD's teaching process for those that know nothing of HIM.

Anyway, why should Abraham just do what GOD has told him?

Everything up to this point consist of statements about Abraham and Sarah's decendants, including this:
"Genesis 21:12 And God said unto Abraham: 'Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall seed be called to thee."

After that statement, GOD decide to do a test. The ultimate test. Saying to Abraham give me your son, the one you treasure most. The Blessing is passed on to Isaac after completing this test.

O.K., it is time to stop. Except to say: if the MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE, the GOD of Fathers, ask you to Do or give anything that HE wants Do It. For HE gave it to you first. Trust HIM that HE always takes card of HIS OWN.

Yaakov

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Why keep the laws of Moses?

Why keep the laws of Moses?

This is a question I started to answer, but when I did a search on the internet and found that religion is the same as politics, say anything to win people to your ideas and your control. We are to search out the truth, execute justice and keep your hands from doing evil.

So where is the truth?  How can I know the truth?  Let's go back to the subject: Why keep the laws of Moses?

I will tell you that very few people of the earth will ever live beyond the little moment in time they call their life, spent in their dirt.

           --In reviewing this writing I see that the last line was cryptic. Please let me enlighten you. Your life , the one that is most valuable even to YOUR CREATOR, is not the breath in your lungs nor the beating of your heart, it is the Soul given during your creation. The dirt is where your body came from not so the SOUL. So, if you are unwilling to  be Righteous as defined by THE LORD, and written by the Hand of Moses, your existence will probably be only as long as the dirt survives.  Most people will not understand how important their choices are and what those choices will cost them, the life of their own soul. This is not speculation, it is fact.

Are you one that will save your soul?

Evidence

One piece here:
Isaiah 24:3 The earth shall be utterly emptied, and clean despoiled; for the LORD hath spoken this word. 4 The earth fainteth and fadeth away, the world faileth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do fail. 5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statute, broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore hath a curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth waste away, and men are left few.

Verse 5, does not say 'Jews', 'Children of Israel', Catholics, Baptist, Muslims, Hindus, .... It says the INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH TRANSGRESSED Laws, Statue and Covenant(Contract) and the LORD has spoken the destruction of the earth. This is the second time, but not by water.

So my next question is: Where are you going to go to escape? No there is no salvation there! Not even off this world will save you. If you have faith that someone, anyone who is not you, can stand before THE MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE, THE CREATOR OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, The GOD OF Abraham, GOD OF Isaac, GOD OF Jacob, and save you or your soul, . . . . . . You are wrong!  If you truly know differently, SHOW ME where the GOD MOST HIGH ever said HIS contracts or HIS WORD, HE VOIDS. Or On the witness of two(prophets proven to speak in the NAME OF THE MOST HIGH) in the TANAHK or Old Testament declare this is possible. Will the LIVING GOD OF ISRAEL forget or not uphold HIS Covenants? "I Will Break MY Covenant!"

Maybe your question is "Does GOD Exist?" and you will find other writings there.

What must I do to be Righteous?

Isaiah has a concise answer again, although he is not the only one to explain this.

Isaiah 56:1 Thus saith the LORD: Keep ye justice, and do righteousness; for My salvation is near to come, and My favour to be revealed. 2 Happy is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth fast by it: that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

That was short and concise. Do justice, be righteous, keep the Seventh Day (Sabbath) Holy, keep your hands from any evil.

Where can I know what Justice is, or learn to be Righteous? What profanes the Sabbath?  What is Evil?

The basic Laws are given in Exodus Chapter 20 through 23. They are also given in Deuteronomy. These are the start, but remember GOD'S in the first Isaiah quote:" . . . . transgressed the laws, violated the statute, broken the everlasting covenant . . . ."  This is explained in the Writings Of Moses = Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. The prophets of the Tanakh(Old Testament) never changed the word GOD command Moses to write. Those prophets give a view from a different direction of the same events. This is as is must be because the Numbers entry below.

There is ONLY ONE GOD, and HE is outside of time, and know every movement of  HIS CREATION.

Can you be saved? Yes. But You must change you actions and perform as Moses instructed.

Why keep the laws of Moses?  Who is Moses anyway? What is so important about Moses?

Short answer: GOD told Moses, Moses Wrote Them, GOD IS ANGRY when we don't do as HE said, Refers back to the Writings of Moses.

Numbers 12: 6 And He said: 'Hear now My words: if there be a prophet among you, I the LORD do make Myself known unto him in a vision, I do speak with him in a dream. 7 My servant Moses is not so; he is trusted in all My house; 8 with him do I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD doth he behold; wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against My servant, against Moses?'

One more requirement, in seeking the truth go to that which is WRITTEN not the verbal. That which is written down does not change. We change it because we refuse to do it, not because it requires our input. If GOD was O.K. with our changing HIS WORD, HE would not declare Malachi 3:"22 Remember ye the law of Moses My servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances."

You have access to the WORD, to know what to do. You have a mind, ears and eyes, that you may understand and change, OR NOT.

I recommend that the links given are for the Chapters in the Tanahk, which should be read for context to the quotes. In this way you may understand the meaning of all you read and not be tricked with fancy words and word play.

Yaakov

"By The Hand Of Moses"

"By The Hand Of Moses"

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I have, we have, a problem. To wit, How can I know the TRUTH? For my whole life, I have heard many different explanations of the sources of religion and then which set of laws I am to follow.

Common phrases regarding the sources are :
1) The Five Books of Moses(Torah) are written by man.
2) There are multiply writers.
3) A living document that must be interpreted for you.
4) A Fiction
5) A nice fantasy.
6) The WORD OF GOD, Written at HIS command, by the Hand of MOSES.

The last is my position, and I have almost never found anyone that thinks along my view. Where does my view come from?

START Here:
For HIS part, The ALMIGHTY caused Moses to write the test of GOD'S WORD as follows:
Deuteronomy 18:"18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto My words which he shall speak in My name, I will require it of him. 20 But the prophet, that shall speak a word presumptuously in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.' 21 And if thou say in thy heart: 'How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?' 22 When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken; the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously, thou shalt not be afraid of him."

Please allow me to explain why it matters who wrote the TORAH and WHY, to me.

For as long as I can remember, I have been seeking to do that which is right to do. This is probably from my dad, and the pain I received when I did what was wrong. Also, I had some kind (Baptist, Methodist, Church of ___, . . . .) of religious teaching at least four days a week until I was 11 years of age. The Roman teachings are in the form of : we are born with sin, consequences of sin (pain), and there is only one way out of the pain, which is to have someone die for me. But, I might sin again . . . ., I guess it had me scared of doing anything but what was right. So what is right and how can I know and do what is right?

I could think for myself, and even at age six, I figured out that those preaching, were taking only a couple of words and making them say anything they wanted. That seems very strange to me.

I decided that the TRUTH must be the TRUTH every time, and GOD must always do what HE SAYS, if not then there is no truth and no god. These are my premises and they still stand for the foundation of my knowledge.

Put another way: A god that acts fickle and does not say what he means is not a god I have time for.  After all, throughout history, when a Man gives his word and does not make it good, the result is you can not trust that man. A man who's word  is not trusted has a bad reputation and No Honor, he is of little value.

Should my god not be better that a good man?
This was to explain to you why I know that it is of maximum importance to my soul  to know if there is a god, who is this god and what he wants from me. So who’s writings should I follow? I start at the sedition of Miriam and Aaron when THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS says:

Numbers 12:”6 And He said: ‘Hear now My words: if there be a prophet among you, I the LORD do make Myself known unto him in a vision, I do speak with him in a dream. 7 My servant Moses is not so; he is trusted in all My house; 8 with him do I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD doth he behold; wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against My servant, against Moses?’”

So Moses is the prophet that THE ALMIGHTY speaks to MOUTH-TO-MOUTH, and thereby we are given the LAWS, TEACHINGS and reasons or evidence of GOD and what HE wants from me(us). Therefore if the Writings of Moses are wrong, and THE ALMIGHTY gave them to HIS MESSENGER then I will not be able to trust in the words of GOD. If the MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE has set the DNA of every cell and the sun, moon and stars in motion with supreme power and wisdom, then the transmission of HIS WORD is an easy thing to do.

This makes me extremely joyous, in that I have never found or heard any that can show even ONE event where GOD has contradicted HIS WORD. My current time of search is 53 years!

So where does it say that Moses wrote the Torah and that we are to obey.

I am glad that you asked.:

Exodus 35:29 ….which the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses

Leviticus 8:36 …. things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses
Leviticus 10:11 …. that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses
Leviticus 26:46 …. the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

Numbers 4:49 …. commandment of the LORD they were appointed by the hand of Moses,
Numbers 9:23 ….at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 10:13 ….. according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 15:23 …all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses,
Numbers 17:5 ….  as the LORD spoke unto him by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 27:23 …. as the LORD spoke by the hand of Moses….
Numbers 36:13 …. which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses

Joshua 14:2 …. as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses…
Joshua 20:2 ….  I spoke unto you by the hand of Moses;
Joshua 21:2 …. The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses
Joshua 22:9 …. commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses

Judges 3:4 …. commandments of the LORD, which He commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses

1Kings 8:53 ….  Thou didst speak by the hand of Moses

2Chronicles 33:8 …. all the law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses
2Chronicles 35:6 ….do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.’….

Nehemiah 9:14 …. command them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by the hand of Moses

“Moses wrote…”

Exodus 24:4 ….Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, ….

Numbers 33:2 ….. Moses wrote their goings forth, stage by stage, by the commandment of the LORD

Deuteronomy 31:9 …. Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests….

“the law of Moses”

Daniel 9:13 …. As it is written in the Law of Moses,

Nehemiah 8:1 ….As it is written in the Law of Moses,

Ezra 3:2 ….  it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God
Ezra 7:6 …. the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel

Joshua 8:31 ….as it is written in the book of the law of Moses
Joshua 23:6 …. do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses,

Malachi 3:22 Remember ye the law of Moses My servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.

1 Kings 2:3 … keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself;

2Kings 14:6 …. the book of the law of Moses, as the LORD commanded
2Kings 23:24 …. all the law of Moses

2 Chronicles 30:16 …. according to the law of Moses
2 Chronicles 23:18 …. written in the Law of Moses

For me this is more than enough to accept the TORAH as the WORD OF MY GOD.

This is a foundation, but I now add one piece of statement which was written by Moses, that GOD Spoke, has come true or is coming true.

What will you do?

Tanakh contains Torah

Yaakov

The Return!

It seems that since Age 6, I have been worried that I would never be able to acceptable to the LORD. How can I be perfect? Even if I am forgiven right now in 30 seconds I might do some sin that I am unaware I am doing, then what? I die in my sin? That is it? A little slip up at the end and a life of striving to be Righteous is destroyed by an accidental failing? What I am trying to say is that, I too have been troubled by such concerns.

In this article, I will attempt to show you can save the most valuable possession you have, Your SOUL. I have known for sometime that The LORD places great value on the SOUL and the life of it. Your soul is not just a from GOD, it is that part formed in HIS IMAGE(not the body of dirt). Greater than that, it is your connection to THE CREATOR. Because of the next entry (Exodus 32), we know that there is a book we call the BOOK Of Life, the SOULS recorded there are LIVING SOULS.

Exodus 32:32 Yet now, if Thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray Thee, out of Thy book which Thou hast written.'
33 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Whosoever hath sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My book.
[...."sinned against me"....  This will require some more thought, for another time.]

Ezekiel 18:26 When the righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall die therefore; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
27 Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

So, sinning against GOD equals the death of your soul, yet while your body is alive, you may have time to change your outcome.

I have heard some people reason like this: So it is possible to change and so I can do it anytime. Maybe I will change my ways just before I die so that I don't have to strive to be Righteous all of the time.

 Personally I do not think this will work for the following reasons:
1) THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHING, knows your thoughts, because you know your thoughts(your soul is a link), so HE knows your plan. HE is THE COURT and the JUDGE. Not a wise idea.
2) None of us know that the next heart beat will be there, so how much time do you have?
3) You must stop doing that which is wicked, but you must also DO that which is RIGHTEOUS. If you do not have enough time to to do that which is lawful and right, how can you save your soul? This requires actions on your part, not just words or thoughts, but the action of doing what is lawful and right.
4) The final JUDGE is GOD as to whether you have died in your righteousness and not in sin.

You may like to know that the BELOVED OF GOD, those HE called friend were not perfect. They fell down, they sinned. Some even sinned great sins. Yet they turned away from wickedness and did that which is Righteous.

Examples of the heroes in the Tanakh. Abram(Abraham) failed many times and yet in the end Righteous.
Jacob son of Isaac, son of Abraham, also did wicked things in his day, yet he became righteous before GOD.
Moses ran away from Egypt after killing an Egyptian overseer -- Yet he changed and did great things with the LORD.
Aaron failed many times, he even created the golden calf idol. Yet HE and his sons became the high priest serving in the HOLY OF HOLY before GOD.
King David, failed several times. Once he even broke most of the TEN SAYINGS, and yet loved by the LORD, and given a promise which GOD up holds. We look forward to the Anointed One that will sit upon the Throne of David, also know as the Messiah.

LAST

Isaiah 56:1 Thus saith the LORD: Keep ye justice, and do righteousness; for My salvation is near to come, and My favour to be revealed. 2 Happy is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth fast by it: that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

You can change, you can live and your soul can live, if you decide to do it. Just do it NOW.

Yaakov

The Last Days

Isaiah 55:11 So shall My word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, except it accomplish that which I please, and make the thing whereto I sent it prosper.


What will happen in the last days? This is the Last Day.
     "Isaiah 24: 1 Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. 2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor. 3 The earth shall be utterly emptied, and clean despoiled; for the LORD hath spoken this word. 4 The earth fainteth and fadeth away, the world faileth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do fail. 5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statute, broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore hath a curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are found guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth waste away, and men are left few. .... 18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the terror shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the trap; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth do shake; 19 The earth is broken, broken down, the earth is crumbled in pieces, the earth trembleth and tottereth; 20 The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunken man, and swayeth to and fro as a lodge; and the transgression thereof is heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD will punish the host of the high heaven on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. 22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the dungeon, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be punished. 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for the LORD of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before His elders shall be Glory."

There is not harsher description of what will happen to the Earth, the people and why, than Isaiah 24.

First, I see a destruction of the heavens and the earth. A form of calling to account each and everyone for their actions, because the Master Of The Universe has stopped waiting for us to return unto HIM. Where have we, the people that have Adam and Noah as our ancestors failed?  We have returned to the days of Noah, but worse.
How worse? We broke the Covenants.
What do you mean 'We'? I don't even know these covenants.
My answer to this exchange is: If you are a descendent of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, then you were chosen for a very special purpose,  . . . . We are to bring to the people of the earth the LAWS, TEACHINGS and EVIDENCE that the LORD OUR GOD IS GOD. We are the example of the COVENANTS, The LAWS, the TRUTH OF THE LORD.

The Writing of Moses --Written Torah contains all of the instruction any any person is required to do and how to do them. They also contain the choosing of a people to be examples for the people of the earth. The Children of Jacob - Israel are the example, for their good or harm but NEVER RELEASED FROM THE CONTRACT(COVENANTS). Hence we are blessed and cursed. Blessed  to demonstrate to the WHOLE WORLD  that KEEPING THE DEAL is something EVERYONE should do. Cursed and Punished BY GOD because we fail to keep the Covenants, to be a HOLY PEOPLE. Blessed to that we will not disappear from the earth, but that a remnant will be kept alive to demonstrate  GOD'S MERCY and JUSTICE to all peoples and that HIS WORD HE UPHOLDS. The MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE chose the children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob(Israel) as HIS Servants --We accepted that Covenant.

Exodus 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will hearken unto My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then ye shall be Mine own treasure from among all peoples; for all the earth is Mine; 6 and ye shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.'

Leviticus 25:18 Wherefore ye shall do My statutes, and keep Mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

Leviticus 26:3 If ye walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and do them;)

Deuteronomy 26:16 This day the LORD thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances; thou shalt therefore observe and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. 17 Thou hast avouched(Affirmed or Asserted) the LORD this day to be thy God, and that thou wouldest walk in His ways, and keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His ordinances, and hearken unto His voice. 18 And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be His own treasure, as He hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all His commandments; 19 and to make thee high above all nations that He hath made, in praise, and in name, and in glory; and that thou mayest be a holy people unto the LORD thy God, as He hath spoken.

Deuteronomy 28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all His commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

Do not tell us about truth, tell us about fantasy.
Isaiah 59: 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness. 4 None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth; they trust in vanity, and speak lies, they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Jeremiah 9:4 And they deceive every one his neighbour, and truth they speak not; they have taught their tongue to speak lies, they weary themselves to commit iniquity. 5 Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know Me, saith the LORD.


The sun and the moon will give their light no more and GOD will be the light.
Signs in the Heavens and upon the earth.

Isaiah 13:9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel, and full of wrath and fierce anger; to make the earth a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it, 10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

Isaiah 24:17 Terror, and the pit, and the trap, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. 18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the terror shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the trap; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth do shake; 19 The earth is broken, broken down, the earth is crumbled in pieces, the earth trembleth and tottereth; 20 The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunken man, and swayeth to and fro as a lodge; and the transgression thereof is heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD will punish the host of the high heaven on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. 22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the dungeon, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be punished. 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for the LORD of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before His elders shall be Glory.

Isaiah 30: 25 And there shall be upon every lofty mountain, and upon every high hill streams and watercourses, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. 26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of the seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the bruise of His people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.


Ezekiel 32:7 And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.(Egypt's end)

Joel 2:10 Before them the earth quaketh, the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are become black, and the stars withdraw their shining.
Joel 3:4 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come. 5 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered; for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those that escape, as the LORD hath said, and among the remnant those whom the LORD shall call.
Joel 4:15 The sun and the moon are become black, and the stars withdraw their shining.

A New Heavens and a new earth  Isaiah 65 and 66

Zion(Mountain of GOD) to be higher than the other mountains, how is this possible?

Isaiah 2:2 And it shall come to pass in the end of days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established as the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

Micah 4:2 And it shall come to pass in the end of days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established as the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

I have observed that LORD keeps HIS LAWS even this one: The truth is known at the witness of two or more.
What Law?  Deuteronomy 17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

Deuteronomy 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth; at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

Deuteronomy 4:26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, . . . .

Example of the Witness of Two(or second events)
Genesis 18:20 And the LORD said: 'Verily, the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and, verily, their sin is exceeding grievous. 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto Me; and if not, I will know.' Genesis 19:1 And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom; and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he fell down on his face to the earth; ---THE WITNESS OF TWO, even the LORD keeps HIS LAW before HE tells us.

In The story of the Exodus from Egypt, Pharaoh could have released the Hebrews the first time Moses demanded for the LORD. But, the event was for the for all of the world to see the glory of the LORD.
Remember the plagues and events, now for Gog of Mogog.

Ezekiel 38:22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will cause to rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many peoples that are with him, an overflowing shower, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 23 Thus will I magnify Myself, and sanctify Myself, and I will make Myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

The nations will be called from the north to war against ' 'GOG and MAGOG Ezekiel 38 & 39.
As in the destruction of Egypt, so the destruction of GOG in a great fashion and for the GLORY OF GOD BEFORE THE NATIONS. Ezekiel 38 is the synopsis and 39 the repeat with the purposes.



Isaiah 13:5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of His indignation, to destroy the whole earth.

Isaiah 30:8 Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.
9 For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that refuse to hear the teaching of the LORD;
10 That say to the seers: 'See not,' and to the prophets: 'Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy delusions;
11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.'


Isaiah 60:19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
20 Thy sun shall no more go down, Neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. --[Repeated twice]

Ezekiel 32(the pit):7 And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven will I make black over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
9 I will also vex the hearts of many peoples, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known.

Jeremiah 23:7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say: 'As the LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt';
Jeremiah 23:8 but: 'As the LORD liveth, that brought up and that led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries whither I had driven them'; and they shall dwell in their own land.

Jeremiah 8: 4 '. . . .Thus saith the LORD: do men fall, and not rise up again? Doth one turn away, and not return? 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. 6 I attended and listened, but they spoke not aright; no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying: 'What have I done?'(expressing regret) Every one turneth away in his course, as a horse that rusheth headlong in the battle. 7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but My people know not the ordinance of the LORD. 8 How do ye say: 'We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us'? Lo, certainly in vain hath wrought the vain pen of the scribes. 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken; lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? 10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess them; for from the least even unto the greatest every one is greedy for gain, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.'

All of this reminds me of Noah and the state of the earth in those days. For a hundred years Noah and three of his sons build the ARK in the view of the people, yet no one changed their ways. No one returned so that their souls, lives and families should be saved. We have the last destruction and the prophesies covering who, what , why , how, and even the signs of when, for more than two thousand years. We have a people (Israel) that show the attention of THE LORD with blessing and punishment. We now have signs in the heavens. Signs upon the earth with photos and video from people and from news services. There are entries on the internet that confirm the truth of prophecy; so that we may know the LIVING GOD OF ISRAEL is and that HIS word is TRUTH.

So, take a look around, how much time do you think you have? Should you save your soul now? Or is there time to wait and do it latter? What will you do? If not now, when?

The clock is ticking and you do not know the moment your time is up.

What I have just presented is only a small piece of the references. If you feel that you can not make a decision yet, then read the Tanakh (Old Testament). Or you could tell me your question and I will strive to show you what THE LORD through HIS prophets has said and what HE gives me to understand. Just do not take too much time.

Isaiah 55:6 Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near; 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the man of iniquity his thoughts; and let him return unto the LORD, and He will have compassion upon him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. 8 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Isaiah 55:11 So shall My word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, except it accomplish that which I please, and make the thing whereto I sent it prosper.

A blessing I offer you: May the GOD of our fathers, the GOD of Abraham, GOD of Isaac, the GOD of Jacob, give you Ears that hear, Eyes that see and a Heart of understanding so that You will perceive the truth, know the meaning of it and Wisely choose the LORD now.

Yaakov
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Totalitarian vs Freedom

As defined in Wikipedia:

 "Totalitarianism or totalitarian state is a concept used by some political scientists to describe a political system in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever possible."

The use of complex laws which no one can possibly know, or avoid breaking is the means to implement that control process. So we must have lots of these laws. This allows anyone to be declared a criminal as needed.

One definition of Freedom from an internet search presented:
( free·dom
ˈfrēdəm/
noun

the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. "we do have some freedom of choice")

Freedom requires laws that are understandable and simple, so that the people can know and keep the law.

How does this apply in 2014? Are there examples of these systems today? We are facing many examples today. Some of the recent laws are 1500 to thousands of pages before being redefined into sub-categories and rules with laws which continue to expand . . . . These have been put in place to create a system of laws that no one can obey without being guilty of something else.

Those are secular, what about religious law. It is the same. In Judaism, we have the Mishna,  Gemara, Talmud added to the Five Books of Moses(Torah) to redefine and explain and create laws of men to replace GOD'S LAWS(which HE holds us accountable for HIS Laws).

The Five Books of Moses(Torah) written at the LORD'S Command and dictated by HIM. This is the simple and straight Law designed to be understood and followed even by a simple person. This was considered by some to be lacking something, so the others were written and added. This makes Rabbinic Judaism a Totalitarian system, creating a an inability to keep the Law, by making the LAW unknowable.

Unfortunately, this makes you unable to keep the law, and the of the leaders no one excepting responsibility for your outcome. NO one can take responsibility nor to stand between you and the LORD.

"Isaiah 29:13 And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near, and with their mouth and with their lips do honour Me, but have removed their heart far from Me, and their fear of Me is a commandment of men learned by rote; . . . ."

"Deuteronomy 30:11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?' 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say: 'Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?' 14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it."

For me this is the great part of all of this, . . . . GOD only holds me accountable for keeping HIS LAWS and HIS COVENENT and these are in the TORAH not the additional add-ons.You also can know and perform all of these laws in the TORAH, and THE LORD maintains HIS WORD and HIS COVENANTS. These Covenants are bi-directional, in that IF you follow ==Reward, otherwise punishment is earned. Enough punishment I want the blessing and protection these contracts have in them.

You can read the TORAH and gain understanding, alone. You are can know and are held accountable if you break GOD'S LAW(Writings of Moses). It is great to have someone that is going on this journey with you, helping each other to know the LAW. If you are seeking, find someone that implements each and every law learned, or else knowing will not help you. It must be applied to your life, for the life of your soul and those that SEE you.

Yaakov

Purpose, Yours, Mine and Ours

This is something I have had in mind, in various forms, for most of my life. No I do not know why this has been so, only that now I remember occasions of thought. It is said that our purpose is '. . . . '(what ever that . . is at the moment), as if that would or could be the only Purpose(reason for existence).

Each of us has many purposes for our existence, not the purpose each of us wants, but a higher purpose(s). One that the LORD knows we are going to perform. That line by itself is used by all those that fight against GOD, to the death of their own souls (Deuteronomy 30:15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil, 16 in that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances; then thou shalt live and multiply, and the LORD thy God shall bless thee . . . . ).

Their actions and outcomes were known before "Let the be Light"(Genesis 1:3) was said, yet, the choice to say and do those things was each persons choice. The choice to act in any particular fashion is Yours and Mine, yet the affect is upon the World(including the people)near us, beyond us and extending out beyond our existence in ever extending repercussions.

"The law of conservation of energy is an empirical law of physics. It states that the total amount of energy in an isolated system remains constant over time (is said to be conserved over time)"  **this is from a University article which says "Do not Cite" so I can not give credit here.

This is cited only as a means of showing that "What we(individually or group) do, effects not just the doer(s) but others now that may not even seen, yet in some way sensed the event or repercussions and all of the potential futures and existences of those not even dreamed of yet." Only THE MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE(GOD) knows the consequences(the good and the bad) of any persons choices and existence.

It is Yours and My responsibility to chose, every moment what we will do next, the repercussions of those choices belong to the chooser. We are more than just that person you see in the mirror, you and I affect the world and effect the lives of the people on it. There is no escaping that, for even trying to escape causes events to happen. I tell you that: YOU are important, valuable and needed, yet every action you take(even non-action) effects the world. You can and should act according to the LAWS Written by Moses at THE LORD's direction(FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES).

If you do not act according to those laws and teachings, know that you still have and had an effect upon the world for good and/or evil according to what you decided to do. Consider that If Pharaoh had just let the first request by Moses stand, the story of Exodus would have been unremarkable, yet because he would not let the people go until much later, most of the people on earth know the story in some fashion.

If you do not like the results of this world, change yourself, turn back to the One and Only CREATOR OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, while you still can change yourself thereby others will be shown good(you are seen and your actions are seen).

It is not too late if you are reading this.

Yaakov@ask-james.com if you have questions or comments. Or, simple respond to this writing clicking the appropriate link below.

May the GOD of our Fathers, the GOD OF Abraham, the GOD of Isaac, the GOD of Jacob open your eyes, unstop your ears and soften our heart that we may understand and know what is right to do, so that we may choose wisely and act accordingly.

Do well and Choose wisely.

Yaakov

Does GOD Exist?

First, the answer is YES!!!!

One test, which then provides proof, any statement that is in a prophesy, in those of Moses and every prophesy stated in the Name of GOD, either has or will come true.

Isaiah 46: 
8 Remember this, and stand fast; bring it to mind, O ye transgressors.
9 Remember the former things of old: that I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like Me;
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying: 'My counsel shall stand, and all My pleasure will I do';

Second, I notice a massive debate, not about whether HE exist, but rather attempts to redirect the question with things like: You first have to define what GOD is? or It is too difficult to understand, or you must know what GOD is. . . .

My proofs are simple and concern those things which a man should aspire to be and MY GOD is:

GOD is the very definition of MY GOD, in that:
HE Keeps HIS WORD --HE Says it, Means it, It Happens.
HE IS POWER --To say 'LET THERE BE ______', and IT IS! Then after examination, HE KNOWS IT IS GOOD, then create the next.

HE is Mercy, in that I am a tiny molecule on a particle of dust circling a small burning gas ball, in the Trillions of Galaxies HE CREATED and HE actually knows me, and places value upon what I do. Wow!
HE knows all of the Who, What, When, Where, Why and HOWS before turning on the Light, and yet HE said 'LET THERE BE LIGHT', apparently waiting for something of HIS choosing, that HE knows to be of VALUE. The what is important to HIM and HE does not say in a outright fashion, but HE IS WAITING. -Patients, Mercy, THE TEACHER, THE FATHER, MASTER OF ALL.

We can not yet Prove everything in the TORAH(Five books by the hand of MOSES), and we continue to learn TRUTHS that were written thousands of years ago. We have not proved all, but WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PROVE ANY OF IT WRONG!

GOD is the definition of:
Trustworthiness -- What HE has said, IS --not in our time frame, but in the Right Time
Powerful --To create the Universe (Heavens and Earth)
Knowledge and Wisdom -- Look at the Heavens and the earth, From the so small we have not noticed to the so large we have not noticed, yet as we notice, every component or piece has such perfection of design, function and resilience as to be able to sustain life on earth.
Merciful -- The Almight, Knowing each and everyone of us, still allows us to exist and to return unto HIM while we have life to act Righteously and Live(our soul).
Righteous -- Keeps the Law written by Moses, so that every judgment is perfect, the timing to perfect and every deed is Righteous.
Holy -- as the Heavens are above the Earth, so HIS thought, actions and reasons are above ours. The Holiest of all that are holy.

It is My belief from all of my studies that: THE CREATOR OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, does not waste anything. There are no mistakes, no imperfections, only the opportunity for each soul to chose with regards the challenges of each soul. Everyone is required to choose GOD or not.

If you choose GOD, then you DO WHAT HE SAID TO DO, written by the hand of Moses(HIS Servant, HIS Trusted). If you choose other than GOD, you will still continue for your allotted time(ONLY HE KNOWS how long) and while you are alive, you can choose GOD and change, but you must demonstrate to HIM your change. Everyone of us is a blessing and a curse upon this earth, some people will have a better existence because of you and others will have less because of you, but each soul must make its own choice.

I said No Mistakes, there are no accidents either. This is my own imagined story.

An ant, in an ant colony, 4100 years ago, in a desert near a large populated area. This ant is just a place holder, like a zero in the number 1,000,000,000,000,000(a million billions). The ant's existence seems to have 1/1,000,000.... significants in the colony and so much less in the world. Yet that ant found a scorpion sunning itself, and the ant became agitated and other ants came and attacked the scorpion. Distracting the scorpion from striking the foot which almost stepped on it, in its passage. The foot belonged to a man on the run two days from Egypt, where a death had happened. The scorpion did not suffer but left the ants behind. The ant and its companions went back to hunting and foraging for supplies. The foot belonged to Prince Moses of Egypt.

If the scorpion had struck the foot of Moses, he would not be there to fend off the herdsmen that were causing trouble for the daughters of the high priest of Midian. The priest's name is Jethro, who took a liking to the man that helped his daughters.

[End of the story.]

It might seem to you that GOD is not active in this world or in your life, you would be wrong.[Read Isaiah 55:8 ..11 for GOD's word on the subject.] You and I are smaller than the ant, when compared to the earth, and so much less than the sun, yet GOD knows you and me and every action we will make, every choice, but we must perform these actions, of which we are unable to see the effect upon much of anything, for we do not know what we will do. I do not even know if the next breath will be there, but HE DOES.

If you are HIS and HE is your GOD then:: Psalms 121:5 The LORD is thy keeper; the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.7 The LORD shall keep thee from all evil; He shall keep thy soul. . .

And so it is, that I require a GOD that I Can trust to be GOD. I know and trust My GOD, the GOD of Our Fathers, The God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob. If not for The GOD MOST HIGH, neither You nor I would exist.

I Trust and Praise the LORD that gives me the choice. HE is my choice, GLADLY. However, you might like to know that it is not for what I will receive, but for all that HE has already done for me. (Exodus 20:2 I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.)

How about you? Who can you trust? What is your proof or what proof do you require? Have you really looked at your life? You cannot take a real hard look without see the ants and scorpions in your life. You should choose and act accordingly. Choose wisely.

Shalom,

Yaakov
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I will break my Covenant!

A new deal? A new Covenant? A NEW Testament? Is this even possible?

NO. Not if you know the GOD of Abraham, The GOD of Isaac, The GOD of Jacob.

Jeremiah 31:34 Thus saith the LORD, Who giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirreth up the sea, that the waves thereof roar, the LORD of hosts is His name: 35 If these ordinances depart from before Me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me for ever.

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Jeremiah 33: 20 Thus saith the LORD: If ye can break My covenant with the day, and My covenant with the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season; 21 Then may also My covenant be broken with David My servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, My ministers.


Isaiah 10:23 For an extermination wholly determined shall the Lord, the GOD of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.

Make sure that those YOU follow are capable of saving you.

Yaakov

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A Righteous Man, Wives and Law

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'In that day' The last days? Does a righteous man save his wives by his righteousness? Why is this possible?  

Why do certain 'Orthodox' communities have wives supporting the house while the husband strives for HASHEM [studies Jewish Texts]?

A righteous man will save his soul when GOD destroys a people, nation or the world, but not his sons or daughters. (From Ezekiel 14)

I awoke this morning with this revelation regarding the need for a Man to be Righteous, to strive to know and obey THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS, HIS laws and teaching by the hand of Moses(Torah--Five Books Written By Moses) in a world so close to Its Own Judgement before HASHEM.

To stand alone, dedicated to the LORD, seems lonely and a waste of Righteousness, but THE LORD GOD WASTE NOTHING, hence everything is for a reason, I am usually not fully aware of the reasons (Ezekiel 14:23 and they shall comfort you, when ye see their way and their doings, and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.').

The idea of a waste of Righteousness, comes from spending most of my life, trying to be Good before GOD. That is the simplest term I considered using as, I thought that way at age 7. I consider myself righteous before GOD, at least as far as I personally, am to be, yet always striving to be better. Not Holy, for only THE LIVING GOD OF ISRAEL determines what is HOLY.  But, Seeking the truth of GOD[Is there a GOD? What does HE want? Why should I follow? Why should I trust HIM?], striving to understand which words[Religions, books, theologies, teachers] to trust and why to trust them. Seeking the Blessings of GOD[my evidence] which I have received, to thereby Know the TRUTH OF GOD.

The Words and only the Written WORD will do, they are from the ALMIGHTY, written by HIS Moses hand, and Prophets, where learn the reasons for the Laws, The Blessings for Obeying, the Troubles[Curses] for turning away or not even trying to know GOD, the Prophecies told Before[sometimes more than a thousand years and yet come true] time and are witnessed after time specifically so that We will Know that GOD IS.

The GOD, THE MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE, THE GOD OF TRUTH, THE GOD OF WISDOM, THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, THIS IS MY GOD and THERE IS ONLY ONE!  His word is always perfect, they are always fulfilled and are never contradicted. HE gives no value to a religion, which is only of man's design. Some of what HE finds valuable are: your Soul, HIS WORD, HIS HONOR, HIS NAME, your choices and whether you chose HIM as Your GOD or not.

How to start this: Isaiah 55: 6) Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near; 7) Let the wicked forsake his way, and the man of iniquity his thoughts; and let him return unto the LORD, and He will have compassion upon him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.(My writings of my BLOGs contain many references like this, describing how easy it is to "return to GOD".

It troubles me greatly, that I should know all of these answers and while saving my soul is GREAT Blessing, why not anybody else's soul?  I live and act according to what I have written here, according to the Writings of Moses and the WORD OF MY GOD. It is known by me, that I am seen, heard, and considered by people(many I did not know were watching), and by THE GOD MOST HIGH. If by my actions, words and deeds you come to seek THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS, MY GOD, then I have not only saved my soul, you also will have learned from me. Just as those that SEE you, learn to act as you do. Hence,(Exodus 20:4 . . . .for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me;)  I shall visit the sins of the father upon the third and four generation.--The children will copy their father and mother and become more of what they are. Example: If you are say a thief, and you have been blessed with son(s) and or daughter(s), and you turn back to the GOD OF ISRAEL, and then tell your children "not to steal, not to act as I have", they will act as you have acted, fore that is what you taught them to do. They may yet change by their choice and it will be harder for them learn a new path. You must be Righteous in all your acts, to show them the way to righteousness. If you do not do this, who will show them?

How many will be saved?

This is another about the "Last Day" and does not fit in the story presented in Isaiah 10.[my notes and definition are in this style]

Isaiah 10: 16 Therefore will the Lord, the LORD of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory there shall be kindled a burning like the burning of fire.17 And the light of Israel[GOD] shall be for a fire, and his[Israel's] Holy One[GOD] for a flame; and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day. 18 And the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, he will consume both soul and body; and it shall be as when a sick man wasteth away. 19 And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them down. 20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and they that are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 21 A remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto God the Mighty. 22 For though thy people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them shall return; an extermination is determined, overflowing with righteousness. 23 For an extermination wholly determined shall the Lord, the GOD of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.

What is that to do with this text? This text is about --1) As a Righteous Man, I am limited in who I might be able to save on the 'Last Day'. 2) As much as I have studied, taught, discussed, desired to show the way by example and deed, only a remnant will return to The GOD of Abraham, GOD of Isaac, GOD of Jacob, from the children of Israel, even fewer from those not of the Children of Israel. You can chose the ALMIGHTY as your GOD, keep HIS Laws and teachings and may save more than your own soul in the remaining time.

Proof Text and Sources from Tanakh, JPS 1917 translation.

Genesis 2: 18 And the LORD God said: 'It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.[GOD knows that Man should not be alone.]

Genesis 2: 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.[Two pieces combine to make a great One.]

Genesis 19: 8 Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes; only unto these men do nothing; forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.'

Genesis 12: 17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

Genesis 19: 8 Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes; only unto these men do nothing; forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.'

Genesis 20: 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him: 'Behold, thou shalt die, because of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.'

Genesis 20: 6 And God said unto him in the dream: 'Yea, I know that in the simplicity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from sinning against Me. Therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

Genesis 20: 7 Now therefore restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.'

Numbers 30: 3 When a man voweth a vow unto the LORD, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

4 Also when a woman voweth a vow unto the LORD, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth,

5 and her father heareth her vow, or her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father holdeth his peace at her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

6 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth, none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand; and the LORD will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

7 And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the clear utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul;

8 and her husband hear it, whatsoever day it be that he heareth it, and hold his peace at her; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

9 But if her husband disallow her in the day that he heareth it, then he shall make void her vow which is upon her, and the clear utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul; and the LORD will forgive her.

10 But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even every thing wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her. 11 And if a woman vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, 12 and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 13 But if her husband make them null and void in the day that he heareth them, then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips, whether it were her vows, or the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD will forgive her. 14 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may let it stand, or her husband may make it void. 15 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he causeth all her vows to stand, or all her bonds, which are upon her; he hath let them stand, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 16 But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity. 17 These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father's house.

Exodus 20: 9 but the seventh day is a sabbath unto the LORD thy God, in it thou shalt not do any manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;[The wife(wives) are missing because they are one with the Man of the family.see Genesis 2 above.]

Isaiah 4: 1 And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying: 'We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel; only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach.'[This to me only makes sense or reason based on all of these texts in this writing.]

Ezekiel 14: 20 though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.[This is only one of several version of this in this chapter of Ezekiel. One the witness of two or more shall you judge the truth of any matter. The last line was a paraphrase of the Law of two or three witnesses to put someone to death in Numbers and Deuteronomy, but absolutely true in the actions of MY GOD. Another thing to write about.]

Yaakov