“Once saved always saved” is a doctrine, although not as prevalent as the Predestination, created by men that once a Christian “accepts Christ as a personal Savior” he or she becomes “born again” and cannot lose his or her salvation. Not all mainstream Christian Churches, such as the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, support this doctrine. “Once saved always saved” doctrine is supported and it is even a main...
Read More »Predestination vs Free Will is a paradox created by men and the heavenly predestination is one of the most inaccessible mysteries, locked in the realm of YHVH’s reason and wisdom. The human mind, falling short on comprehension and limited in its ability to grasp what is inconceivable to grasp, will never be able to understand this mystery of predestination and free will. There is nothing as proud or as curious as the human mind or what the human mind thinks of itself....
Read More »The Messenger of YHVH aka The Messenger of His Face is a mystery that cannot be comprehended completely. Who is this Messenger and what is His identity? The answers are found in the trial against Apostle Stephanos (Acts 7) where we also find the inconvenient truth for many, then and now. The exposure of this inconvenient truth in his fervent speech before the corrupted clique of Pharisees is the subject of this article. Apostle Stephanos was falsely accused by the Pharisees...
Read More »Who were the Spartans — the people concerning whom the lines between mythology, legends, and facts have been washed out in the sand of the turbulent scene of history? What do we know about the Spartans and what we know about them, is it a matter of mythology, legends, or of facts? This will be the subject of our study. Mythology of Lakedaimon In antiquity Sparta was known as Lakedaimon (Λακεδαίμων), while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement on the banks of the...
Read More »Little is known that YHVH’s covenant with the Levites is called Covenant of Salt. “Covenant of salt” comes from YHVH’s command that everything brought on the altar must be seasoned with salt; salt is not be lacking from any blood or bloodless sacrifices for the purpose of giving greater intensity to the force of these sacrifices (Lev 2:13). And if salt is so important to YHVH, then we understand that the salt of the sacrifice is also called the salt...
Read More »Question: What do the European parliament and the Tower of Babel have in common? Answer: They look alike. Compare the images below. The city of Strasbourg, France, is the official seat of the European Parliament. It is most known with its building which resembles an unfinished tower like the Tower of Babel (Babylon). The voluntarily unfinished aspect of the tower of the European Parliament carries heavy symbolism, as it is oriented eastwards, i.e., towards Babylon. It is...
Read More »Question: Are there rewards for the faithful and what are they? Answer: Yes, there are rewards awaiting the faithful, according to the very promise Yeshua the Messiah has given us. For the Son of man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His messengers, and then He shall reward each according to his works. (Mat 16:27) There are four rewards in the form of crowns that are awaiting those who will be faithful to the end, and more particularly they are (for more...
Read More »Question: Did Israel travel on the Sabbaths and on the appointed times of YHVH? Answer: Most likely they did not travel, because the children of Israel guarded the Duty of YHVH. We read thus, At the mouth of Yehovah the children of Israel departed, and at the command of Yehovah they camped. They remained camped as long as the cloud dwelt above the Dwelling Place. Even when the cloud lingered many days above the Dwelling Place, the children of Israel guarded the Duty of...
Read More »Question: Who was the first human who saw the whole future development of the New World Order? Answer: It was King Nebuchadnezzar, the founder of the first world power, who first saw it in a dream. (Dan 2:31) Nebuchadnezzar dreamed a dream which so greatly moved him and a dream whose interpretation Elohim revealed to Daniel in a vision, so that he would tell the king his dream. That was the dream regarded as a revelation of the future development of the world affairs and...
Read More »Question: How do we know that a dream is from God? Answer: If a dream is from YHVH, it must occur [at least] twice in order to know that it is established by Him. Examples for such dreams from Elohim are two dreams Yoseph had in which he saw his parents and brothers would bow down to him. We know that was one prophecy in two dreams. Another example is the two dreams Pharaoh had concerning the seven years of plenty and seven years of drought. Or, the revelations Daniel the...
Read More »The Rabbis teach that “lashon hara”, evil tongue, is punishable with “tsara’at”, “leprosy”. They also teach that a Jew cannot speak evil tongue against another Jew, and rightfully so. They derive this teaching from the story in Numbers 12 where Miriam and Aharon spoke against their brother Mosheh. Miriam and Aharon spoke against Mosheh because of the Kushite woman whom he had married. Later in the story she was punished with...
Read More »“You are not under the Law but under grace” statement in Romans 6 is probably the most quoted by many theologians phrase (along with others) to “prove” that the new Gentile believers are not to observe the commands in the Torah of YHVH. Tons of papers have been written to justify the rejection of the Torah and replacing it with the laws of men and traditions rooted in paganism incorporated into the faith. Faith did not change Rome, Rome changed the...
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