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The name “Jesus” is derived from the Latin word, ‘Iesus’, a transliteration of the Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iesous). The Greek form is a rendering of the Hebrew ישוע (Yeshua), a variant of the earlier name יהושע (Yehoshua), or in English, “Joshua”.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](Easton Bible Dictionary)
The Old Testament Scripture is full of prophetic declarations regarding the Great Deliverer and the work he was to accomplish. Jesus the Christ is Jesus the Great Deliverer, the Anointed One, the Saviour of men. This name denotes that Jesus was divinely appointed, commissioned, and accredited as the Saviour of men (Heb 5:4 Isa 11:2 4; 49:6 John 5:37; Acts 2:22).[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”11704″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The battle for the devotion of the heart of man has continued from the book of Enoch, Moses in the book of Genesis, all the way until this current time. Daniel foretold the Mystery of his vision was a dragon who would wear down the Saints, Daniel 7:25. John said in Revelation 13:11-12 that the dragon would make the Earth worship the beast. In reality, when powerful people changed the name of the Lord’s “Passover” to “Easter,” in the book of Acts 12:4, unknowing people of the earth gave declarations to the name of demigods or demons.
Our Heavenly Father knows this was done in ignorance, and for that, we plead Adonai’s forgiveness.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Passover is the time of year when both Messianic Jews and Faith believing communities bestow thanks, worthiness, an acknowledgment of the lordship of Yeshua (Jesus). With much love and appreciation, we give thanks to the true King of Glory for all the things He has done for us.
The name “Jesus” is derived from the Latin word, ‘Iesus,’ a transliteration of the Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iesous). The Greek form is a rendering of the Hebrew ישוע (Yeshua), a variant of the earlier name יהושע (Yehoshua), or in English, “Joshua.”[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”False Worship” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%23822a14″][vc_single_image image=”11706″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Revelation 13:11-12
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The Beast from the Earth
11 Then I saw another beast rising up out of the earth; he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke like a dragon. 12 He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence [when the two are together]. And he makes the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Revelation 13:1
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1 And the dragon (Satan) stood on the sandy shore of the sea.
Then I saw a [vicious] beast coming up out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten royal crowns (diadems), and on his heads were blasphemous names.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”11723″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Queen of Heaven” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%23822a14″][vc_single_image image=”11708″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Jeremiah 44:17
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17 But rather we will certainly perform every word of the vows we have made: to burn sacrifices to the queen of heaven (Ishtar) and to pour out drink offerings to her, just as we ourselves and our forefathers, our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for [then] we had plenty of food and were prosperous and saw no misfortune.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”goddess of nature Isis” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%23822a14″][vc_single_image image=”11710″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](EBD)
(Jer 7:18; 44:17, 25), the moon, worshipped by the Assyrians as the receptive power in nature.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Book of Revelation takes on new meanings when studied by believers who understand the individualities and functions of the Word of God working in tandem with the Holy Spirit. When a person receives the Word of God as Truth, the Holy Spirit accomplishes the goal of God by making a convert fall in love with the Lamb of God. The image of Jesus at Calvary is someone Who knew we needed rescuing. He realized that we were ignorant of this reality, so He gave Himself to take our place. I am eternally thankful! We must remember that our Lord and Savior didn’t just die on the Cross; He was brutalized, tortured and dishonored. Even after His crucifixion and resurrection, He was still dishonored. For instance, no reverence was displayed for the One and True God when the Ephesians and the Galatians started mixing their paganism with Christianity.
Because they had no reverent fear of God, the Apostle Paul became a target of hatred and animosity from the populace of Ephesus. The man of God proclaimed Yeshua (Jesus) as the Jewish Messiah, the risen Son of God and the supreme, exalted Lord of Heaven.
Today, at the core of every believer’s faith resides the Holy Spirit Who is bringing us into a glorious encounter with the Lamb of God and the knowledge of what Christ has done for us.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”9721″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In Revelation, we see the Messiah in full character, as He reveals the mysteries of His Father in Heaven. He is the lamb that was slain. While the Lamb of God is silent and harmless, He is still a central figure in the manuscript to the Messianic Community.
Adonai wants to touch our hearts and move us to love the Lamb for what He has done; the innocent lamb brutally tortured because of our sins.
The life of Christ transpired as the Living Word of God, the Torah that dwelled among men. We see Messiah’s compliance with His prophetic destiny and His submission to His Father’s will. Everything the Messiah did and said, meticulously lined up with prophecy spoken over thousands of years by different individuals before His birth. Millions have come to faith in Christ because of the impossibility of all the details and yet, they were fulfilled in one lifetime, and the many witnesses who confirmed His death and resurrection.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Adonai’s plan for salvation involves hearing/reading the Word of God and then, allowing the Holy Spirit to aid and influence us to become “doers” of His Word in the pursuit of our Heavenly Father in Heaven.
Our Lord told John to admonish the people who have an ear to listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. Likewise, the Holy Spirit takes the Law of God and turns the Biblical instructions into a conviction of our hearts, but never into bondage.
Historically, the church has lost its passion of teaching about Yeshua’s principal adversary, the kingdom of darkness. However, the entire 19th chapter of Acts is devoted to teaching spiritual warfare. One can only estimate the powers of darkness activated when a derivative of the name of Artemis Easter (Eostre), showed up in the 1611 translation of the Bible. But glory to God, the New King James Bible committee (and other translations) have removed this blasphemous name from the Bible and replaced it with the original word, Passover (Acts 12:4).
Acts 19:23-41
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About that time there occurred no small disturbance concerning the Way (Jesus, Christianity). 24 Now a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of [the goddess] Artemis (Diana), was bringing no small profit to the craftsmen. 25 These [craftsmen] he called together, along with the workmen of similar trades, and said, “Men, you are well aware that we make a good living from this business. 26 You see and hear that not only at Ephesus but almost all over [the province of] Asia, this Paul has persuaded [people to believe his teaching] and has misled a large number of people, claiming that gods made by [human] hands are not really gods at all. 27 Not only is there danger that this trade of ours will be discredited, but also that the [magnificent] temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited, and that she whom all Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned and lose her glorious magnificence.”[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”11713″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text](Easton Bible Dictionary)
Easter
Originally a Saxon word (Eostre), denoting a goddess of the Saxons, in honor of whom sacrifices were offered about the time of the Passover. Hence the name came to be given to the festival of the Resurrection of Christ, which occurred at the time of the Passover.
Spiritual warfare occurs when an enemy attempts and is successful in taking over another’s territory; the same as any land take-over. The invaders will remove the land owner’s name and his/her feats and replace it with the invading kingdom’s propaganda. Afterward, the invaders will set up their own government and culture.
The same is true today when churches become silent and neglect to teach their next generation about the opponents of Christ whose diabolical tactics are designed to take over our children, families, schools, states, and nation. The enemy of our souls, the devil, has already begun to spread his propaganda and to establish his own culture of darkness.
The Lamb of God in Revelation warns the Body of Christ about man-made doctrines, idol worship, sexual promiscuity, the abuse of Grace, lukewarmness, and witchcraft. The Good News is that Father is cleaning up His church, setting it apart, and now preparing it for spiritual warfare and victory![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”11715″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_3d”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]1 John 5:21
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21 Little children (believers, dear ones), guard yourselves from idols—[false teachings, moral compromises, and anything that would take God’s place in your heart].
Ephesians 6:12-15
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12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) places. 13 Therefore, put on the complete armor of God, so that you will be able to [successfully] resist and stand your ground in the evil day [of danger], and having done everything [that the crisis demands], to stand firm [in your place, fully prepared, immovable, victorious].
As mentioned before, Passover is the most significant event in Jewish and Christian history. Passover is when the Champion of our faith, Yeshua (Jesus Christ of Nazareth) destroyed the power of the Kingdom of Darkness, not by might nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Living God!
Romans 8:9-17
(NLT Study Bible Text,)
9 But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.)10 And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. 11 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.
12 Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. 13 For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”11716″][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Spirit of Adoption
14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.
15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”16 For His Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. 17 And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ, we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.
Revelation 3:1-6
(NLT Study Bible Text,)
“I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive—but you are dead.2 Wake up! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left is almost dead. I find that your actions do not meet the requirements of my God.3 Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.
4 “Yet there are some in the church in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes with evil. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.5 All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine.
6 “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.
Colossians 3:1-10
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1 Therefore if you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, sharing in His resurrection from the dead], keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value]. 3 For you died [to this world], and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
5 So put to death and deprive of power the evil longings of your earthly body [with its sensual, self-centered instincts] immorality, impurity, sinful passion, evil desire, and greed, which is [a kind of] idolatry [because it replaces your devotion to God]. 6 Because of these [sinful] things the [divine] wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience [those who fail to listen and who routinely and obstinately disregard God’s precepts], 7 and in these [sinful things] you also once walked, when you were habitually living in them [without the knowledge of Christ]. 8 But now rid yourselves [completely] of all these things: anger, rage, malice, slander, and obscene (abusive, filthy, vulgar) language from your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its evil practices, 10 and have put on the new [spiritual] self who is being continually renewed in true knowledge in the image of Him who created the new self—[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]