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system remains constant over time (is said to be conserved over time)"  **this is from a University article which says "Do not Cite" so I can not give credit here.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

Why did GOD allow the Holocaust?

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This will be my answer, as there is massive information in the Torah of Moses and the Writing of the Prophets in the Tanakh, which I quote often and strive to leave out my opinion and 'Midrash'. I will state my informed opinion on this matter.

There are some things to get out of the way:

1) Our very actions demand that we receive all of the curses OUR LORD by the Hand of Moses, warned us about. We have not found it  important to do as we promised the GOD OF OUR FATHERS, in that 'We Will Do and we will hear', instead we 'REFUSE' to do or regret or even to consider our path.

2) I have great sympathy for the GOD's Prophets, especially Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel the seer, above the other prophets. Each of these was shown our behavior and the results of that behavior, it must have hurt them deeply to know that their words would actually save so few, of the children of Israel. Fortunately they each knew the end and that there will be some saved alive(souls), not a total waste.

3) I know that the ALMIGHTY KNOWS before saying let there be light, exactly which souls would choose HIM and when. HE IS TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUS, HIS WAY is PERFECT, it is we that aree lost and refuse to seek the RIGHT PATH. I choose the LIVING GOD OF ISRAEL and seek to be righteous before HIM, it is not as difficult as you may have been told.
In truth I have found no reason that HE should not allow it(disaster)  to happen again, for we still refuse to be saved.  And it(disaster) is coming, but I think that you do not know this, do you?

Why? Let us start with a little Leviticus 26: 14 But if ye will not hearken unto Me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 and if ye shall reject My statutes, and if your soul abhor Mine ordinances, so that ye will not do all My commandments, but break My covenant 16 I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall make the eyes to fail, and the soul to languish; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

--That is the start of it. The start of what? The start of the curses, when we refuse to listen to GOD; We refuse HIS laws and teachings; we break our deal(covenant) to 'DO and Hear', and stop GOD'S side of the deal, 'The we are Exodus 19:5 HIS treasured People, a Exodus 19:6 ....Nation of Priest. . . . Going on in this chapter, we find that GOD has mercy upon us and checks to SEE if we have learned and changed.

What then? Leviticus 26:21 And if ye walk contrary unto Me, and will not hearken unto Me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

This continues seven times greater each time. Until Leviticus 26:39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. 40 And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their treachery which they committed against Me, and also that they have walked contrary unto Me. 41 I also will walk contrary unto them, and bring them into the land of their enemies; if then perchance their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then be paid the punishment of their iniquity; 42 then will I remember My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. . . . .

IF we are not at the LAST DAY, you can save your soul and perchance others will follow your lead. You only need to follow the LAWS from the Hand of Moses(Leviticus 26:46 These are the statutes and ordinances and laws, which the LORD made between Him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.) and keep the covenant(contract) made at Sinai you.(Exodus 20 ..23; accepted in 19 and 24, again in Deuteronomy)
That's the easy way to gain GOD'S BLESSINGS and PROTECTION.

O.k. what have we done today that is a problem? We have used many tools to keep from following GOD'S LAWS. In the Jewish world we have placed these above the LAWS OF GOD, Mishnah, Talmud, Gamarah, Midrash, Traditions, Sages, and a genuine lack of desire to know what we are to do for GOD. We have done everything so that we reject the WORD OF OUR SALVATION. We do add Political Correctness, Social Justice(not JUSTICE), teachings that our children, on their own, discover that we do not speak the truth about GOD because there is conflict in our actions and teachings and sayings and OUR TORAH. A CRYING SHAME for me in watching my people advocate, even run to their own destruction without even considering our history and what we have as proofs of GOD. Are we then Lemmings, eager to run of the cliff?

Another warning: The last day is soon to come, and there will be no time to Stop doing that which GOD abhors and DO that which is Righteous. This all takes time to demonstrate that you have changed and will keep GOD'S LAW. Start today by learning what is in the Covenant (Exodus 20 .. 24) and change your life.

Last Day? Have you heard the phrase 'The World To Come'? On the last day, as I see it, all flesh upon the earth will Burn away and so will the Heavens and the Earth, save those that HASHEM saves as righteous. --other of my writings and it is pervasive in the Tanakh.

Why did GOD allow the Holocaust?  **We reject OUR GOD and HE let the desires of our hearts happen, we got the results, except that we are not totally GONE. Proof text: Ezekiel 14:22 And, behold, though there be left a remnant therein that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters; behold, when they come forth unto you, and ye see their way and their doings, then ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it; 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.'

**Jeremiah 6:19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not attended unto My words, and as for My teaching, they have rejected it.

Ezekiel 14:3) 'Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their mind, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face; should I be inquired of at all by them? 4) Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his mind, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet--I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; 5) that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all turned away from Me through their idols. . . .

And so it goes. Our sins and our idols keep the LORD OUR GOD away from us, and when the troubles come up on those around us, we are not separated from the troubles. In Ezekiel 14, GOD gives us examples of the troubles and a definition of Righteousness that can save you but no one else will you save. Each of us will receive the judgment our deeds earn us. Ezekiel 14:6) Therefore say unto the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Return ye, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. --We can change, we need to change, we must change, for if there is anyone you wish to LIVE, your example maybe that thing which helps them return.

 This is Peasach 2014 (April 2014), a time of redemption and what appears to be trouble on many fronts in the world. THE LIVING GOD OF ISRAEL, by keeping HIS LAWS, TEACHINGS and COVENANTS, will take you back, otherwise you can blame none but yourself if you are on the wrong side.

Yaakov

How could the Holocaust be allowed to happen?

This is a difficult question, given the Political correctness ideas, teachings of the SAGES, the ideas from our own hearts, such as: I am not accountable for my words and actions. We simply make rules(laws and rulings) so difficult the the GOD's LAW can not be used. . . .

--I do not like taking a verse of a piece of a verse to create a story or to sell a particular point of view, below I use one verse to make a point, and encourage you to read all of the Joseph Story to gain full understanding of all of the points and lessons to be learned there. The Joseph Story includes Genesis 37 through 50.--

It is even more difficult when in Torah study, Genesis 42:22 And Reuben answered them, saying: 'Spoke I not unto you, saying: Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.' (The child referred to here is Joseph, the incident is when the brothers decided to kill Joseph.) This verse I used to show that Reuben and his brothers, 20 years earlier did something that they now remember could be the source of their current troubles. Note everyone is judged according to their choices, not anyone else's.

This is the JPS1917 translation of the Tanakh, the word 'mind' לִבָּם, Google translates 'heart'. You can read it either way, although I prefer 'mind' as the thinking item, but you can choose, it means the same --your thoughts.

Ezekiel 14:3 'Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their mind, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face; should I be inquired of, at all, by them? 4 Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his mind, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet--I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; 5 that I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all turned away from Me through their idols.

21 For thus saith the Lord GOD: How much more when I send My four sore judgments against Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast. 22 And, behold, though there be left a remnant therein that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters; behold, when they come forth unto you, and ye see their way and their doings, then ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it; 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.'

Please read the complete chapter. It took me five times in a row reading, to understand history, prophecy and personal observation and interaction to see the truth of this.

We are told by THE LORD at the hand of Moses of these events and what GOD is going to do, because of what we DO, these text are in Leviticus 26, and Deuteronomy 28 - 32.

Just like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, we refuse to accept responsibility for our actions and only blame somebody else continually. Why should the Judgment change it I am unwilling to Return. The Last Judgment is near. Will you not return to the ONE, LIVING GOD OF ISRAEL.

Return to the HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.

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