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2012 APOCALYPTIC HUMAN SACRIFICE

2012 APOCALYPTIC HUMAN SACRIFICE 

Twistianity Today's search for 70 virgins for The End of the Age Human Sacrifice Extravaganza!!!

All entries will be judged by a godly panel of Christian™ Pastors from around the world as seen on TBN

12 finalist will compete to be chosen as

2012's APOCALYPTIC HUMAN SACRIFICE

Humans will once again ward off imminent disaster, our final "doom of mankind". It's like having the ultimate back-stage pass to the greatest concert on Earth!!!

Survive the Apocalypse in style!

• Raise your Spiritual Vibration!
  
  
• Begin an Exciting New Life!
  
  
• Master the Power of the Ancients!
  
  
• Harness Unlimited Love, Money & Power!
  
  
• Marvel at the Anti-fungal, Anti-bacterial force that makes bathing & deodorant use obsolete when Gamma Rays shower the earth!
  
  
• Enjoy Instantaneous Enlightenment as you learn the truth: 
  “What does GOD really think of Human Sacrifices?”

Twistianity Today needs 70 virgins for the end of the age Human Sacrifice Extravaganza!!!

Enter Today

All entries will be judged by our godly panel of Christian Pastors from around the world

12 finalist will compete to be chosen as

2012 APOCALYPTIC HUMAN SACRIFICE

Humans will once again ward off imminent disaster, our final "doom of mankind". It's like having the ultimate back-stage pass to the greatest concert on Earth!

IN SHORT... What, EXACTLY does God say about human sacrifice in the TaNaCH? In Deuteronomy 12:30-31, God calls Human sacrifice something that He hates, and an abomination to Him, "for every abomination to the Eternal, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. In Jeremiah 19:4-6, God tells us that Human sacrifice is so horrible a concept to Him, that it did not even come into His mind to demand it from His creation, "They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind." We see the same thing in Psalm 106:37-38, and in Ezekiel 16:20. This means that God would not accept Jesus's death on the cross as a blood sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins. The very idea of that God would accept a human sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins is UnBiblical.

A FULL EXPLANATION...
The Christian idea of the messiah is that Jesus was the blood sacrifice that saves everyone from his or her sin. But who, EXACTLY died on that cross? If it was Jesus-the-god, then how can God die? If it was only Jesus-the-human, then all Christians have in the death of Jesus is a human sacrifice. And what, EXACTLY does God say about human sacrifice in the TaNaCH?



In Deuteronomy, God calls Human sacrifice something that He hates, and an abomination to Him!



Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the Eternal thy God: for every abomination to the Eternal, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. [Deuteronomy 12:30-31]



In Jeremiah, God tells us that Human sacrifice is so horrible a concept to Him, that it did not even come into His mind!



Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Eternal, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but The Valley of Slaughter. [Jeremiah 19:4-6]



We see the same thing in Psalm 106 and in Ezekiel 16:



Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. [Psalm 106:37-38]



Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter? [Ezekiel 16:20]



And yet we are to then turn around and believe that God changed His mind, and required human sacrifice, and then it was the sacrifice of His own human son that God wanted? After telling the Jews to stay away from pagan practices, and pagan beliefs, God then changes His mind and says, "Okay, now go ahead and believe in a human sacrifice, just as these very pagans believe?"



The Christian definition of the term, Messiah, is closer to the pagan notion of a dying/saving god or hero than to the Jewish understanding of Messiah. The ancient world is filled with examples. Mithra, Adonis, Dionysis, Attis, Ra, and many others were born in the Winter, died in the Spring, and came back to life. Along with this, they believed that their followers would not die, but have immortal life, since the death of the hero/god acted as their sacrifice for their sins. The pagan world was filled with gods who were the product of a human mother and a god for the father. Even Hercules had Zeus for a father, and a human mother.

When the earliest Christians would come into the synagogues and missionize, they would get kicked out. They were not allowed to stay and preach, they were rejected, because their message was pagan, was recognized as such by the Jews, and they were removed and separated from the Jewish people as a result. This shows the real reason why Judaism and Christianity separated from each other. It also shows that one cannot be a Jew and a Christian at the same time.

The Nicene Christian Concept of "the Blood"

There are some Nicene heresies that are so deeply rooted in the Christian psyche that for those seeking authentic biblical religion getting beyond them is very difficult, even with the Light of Torah. One of these is the "Blood of Jesus" dogma. The famous Christian hymn declares this central Nicene dogma clearly:



What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
What can make me white as snow?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.



The Nicene dogma of "the blood atonement" causes many to question and even reject the clear word of Torah! Some even claim that the Torah of HaShem has been "nailed to the cross" and made irrelevant! However the books of the B'rit Hadashah (New Testament) also disprove this common heresy. As authentic Messianic Jews this is very important to understand.

The Bible Clarifies Everything:

Deuteronomy 24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers:every man shall be put to death for his own sin.



That this truth has never changed is made clear by Rav Paul who said:
Galatians 6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden.
Iit has always been this way:
Ezekiel 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.



As there are two impulses that drive the human race: yetzer tov and yetzer ra. As Prophet Ezekiel says, the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. The idea of an atonement in the Nicene sense would completely undermine this vital human responsibly and denigrate the very purpose of human existence.



The notion that another person might bear our sins for us is ridiculed by Prophet Micah when he says:
Micah 6:6 Wherewith shall I come before Adonai, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
6:7 Will Adonai be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 
6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Adonai require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
This is a clear rejection of this teaching.



Our Rebbe said the same thing:
Matthew 12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
12:37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
He does not say that by acceptance of his death thou shalt be justified, and by rejection of his death thou shalt be condemned.



And Rav Paul confirms:
Romans 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.



As James the Elder warns:
James 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?.....
2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
2:25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.



Friends, each of us will give an accounting to HaShem for our actions, for our choices between yetzer tov and yetzer ra.
Deuteronomy 4:40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which Adonai thy God giveth thee, for ever.



You and I are responsible for our actions, be they positive or negative. No one else can answer for nor for atone for our sins. The Bible is clear on this.
Of course HaShem is merciful and Rebbe Y'shua serves as our Cohen Gadol (High Priest and Mediator: I Timothy 2:5) when we fall short.

What About the Blood of the Lamb?

We are commanded to "rightly divide the Word of truth" (II Timothy 2:15). From the above verses and scores of others it is evident we are responsible for our own actions. Rightly dividing the Word of Truth requires us to seek harmony in the Scriptures. We know therefore that whatever this phrase means it must be harmonious with Torah and other Scriptures. As usual, context reveals all.
These passages must be understood in context. Here's an oft cited one:
Revelation 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
In context this verse is discussing the martyrs that will lay down their lives during the Tribulation Period rather than submit to the coming global despot (the Antichrist). The previous verses tell us that this is a select group of people comprised of "a great multitude of Goyim" and 144,000 righteous Jews (12,000 Israelites from each of the twelve Houses of Israel).
Of these people we read:
Revelation 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
These people come out of the tribulation period as martyrs. These are those who heed Moshiach's call and flee the emerging Babylon Great united global religion and economic system (Revelation 3:20).



Why will they choose martyrdom? Again, context reveals all.
Revelation 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held
"The blood of the Lamb." Messianic Jewish martyrs share in Rebbe Y'shua's sufferings and in his death. By this act of faith their garments are made white and they are purified (James 5:10, 11). This is especially true of these End Time martyrs. As they are instructed:
Revelation 3:18 I [Rebbe Y'shua] counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Rev 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
These are they who repent and come out of the Pagan-based Nicolaitian system at the End of Days. They embrace the Truth and willingly accept martyrdom to the glory of HaShem.



Hebrews 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth....
Again these same people are referenced in similar terms here:
Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.



These passages are referring to the End Time martyrs who will embrace death rather than betray the Rebbe and coming melekh (king) of Israel. They pour out their blood even as he poured out his.

The Symbolism of Blood

Why blood?
Genesis 9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Blood in Scripture represents life. The life force is contained within the blood. This idea is central to all Middle Eastern peoples and is in keeping with modern medical understanding in many ways. Blood is the 'juice of the vine of life,' hence the wording contained within the Erev Shabbat Kiddush:
Ba-ruch a-tah, A-do-nai,
E-lo- hei-nu me-lech ha-o-lam,
bo-rei p'ri ha-ga- fen. (Amen) .
Blessed are You Adonai our God
King of the Universe
Who creates the fruit of the vine



This blessing is about more than wine, it is giving praise to HaShem for the life's blood that makes material existence possible.
Recall that Moshe warned Pharaoh that his failure to repent and humble himself before HaShem would result in Adonai turning the waters of Egypt into blood (Exodus 4:9)!
Such a powerful symbol that the life blood of Egypt (the Nile River), the source of their culture and existence, would suffer because of his refusal to acknowledge HaShem's authority and might! Blood as metaphor is common throughout Torah.
Exodus 29:12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.



So now we can grasp that the sacrifices were intended to reflect how the blood (the life force) of the animals was being shed on our behalf. When making sacrifices the Israelites were to be cognizant of the pouring out of innocent life due to their sins against HaShem. This was intended to shame them into tshuvah (repentance). Grasp this significant quote from Rabbi Yaakov Feldman of the NISHMA JOURNAL
Tshuvah is often misunderstood. Rather than an unfortunately necessary response to our weaknesses, tshuvah is the very life- blood of Torah. It is the power that enables this world to be our platform for growth, for development, and for change.



As Meshiykhiyyim (authentic Messianic Jews) we affirm that Rebbe Y'shua is the Word of HaShem (John 1:1): the metaphorical embodiment of Torah. The literal life blood of this "Torah" was shed as our Rebbe bled and died on the starous (execution stake). In an act of utter tshuvah he laid down his life even as we are called to lay down ours in order that we, as he, might be one with HaShem:
John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one.
I John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.



Such symbolism is not (generally) meant to b taken literally and yet we all may be called upon to make this blood sacrifice, this pouring out of our lives.
Leviticus 3:17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.



This symbolic sanctity is observed and remembered in the Kosher laws that forbid our eating life, the blood. We are allowed to consume the flesh of clean creatures, but not their life force, which is in the blood.



Why is this?
Leviticus 6:30 And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
Iits because ALL life exists in the hands of Adonai. All life is sacred and utterly dependent on HaShem alone.
Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

HaShem alone is our Savior and our Redeemer. It is solely by His Mercy that we exist and move and have our being. HaShem interacts with the material creation in various ways. Chief among these is through His anointed Moshiach, our Rebbe. Through the Mediation of HaMoshiach the material creation will in due course be redeemed and the present age will be replaced with the Olam Haba, the World to Come. ~Learn More SOURCE:

One Term Presidents 1797 to 2012

Who are the other one term presidents in the history of the United States? 
by Amy Nelson


There have been nearly a dozen one term presidents who ran for second terms but were denied by voters, but only three one term presidents since World War II. The most recent one term president who lost his bid re-election was George H.W. Bush, a Republican who lost to Democrat Bill Clinton in 1992.






Current President
0.44 Barack Hussein Obama II

Barack H. Obama is the 44th President of the United States.
His story is the American story — values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the conviction that a life so blessed should be lived in service to others.





Who are the other one term presidents in the history of the United States? Who are the other modern one term presidents? Why did voters turn their backs on them? Here's a look at America's one term presidents - those who ran for, but lost, re-election - through history.


1. George H.W. Bush

Republican George H.W. Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. He lost a campaign for re-election in 1992 to Democrat William Jefferson Clinton, who went on to serve two full terms.
Bush's official White House biography describes his re-election loss this way: "Despite unprecedented popularity from this military and diplomatic triumph, Bush was unable to withstand discontent at home from a faltering economy, rising violence in inner cities, and continued high deficit spending. In 1992 he lost his bid for reelection to Democrat William Clinton."




2. Jimmy Carter

Democrat Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981. He lost a campaign for re-election in 1980 to Republican Ronald Reagan, who went on to serve two full terms.
Carter's White House biography blames several factors for his defeat, not the least of which was the hostage-taking of U. S. embassy staff in Iran, which dominated the news during the last 14 months of Carter's administration. "The consequences of Iran's holding Americans captive, together with continuing inflation at home, contributed to Carter's defeat in 1980. Even then, he continued the difficult negotiations over the hostages."
Iran released the 52 Americans the same day Carter left office.






3. Gerald Ford

Republican Gerald R. Ford was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. He lost a campaign for re-election in 1976 to Democrat Jimmy Carter, who went on to serve one term.
"Ford was confronted with almost insuperable tasks," his White House biography states. "There were the challenges of mastering inflation, reviving a depressed economy, solving chronic energy shortages, and trying to ensure world peace." In the end he could not overcome those challenges.








4. Herbert Hoover

Republican Herbert Hoover was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. He lost a campaign for re-election in 1932 to Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, who went on to serve three full terms.
The stock market crashed within months of Hoover's first election in 1928, and the United States plunged into The Great Depression. Hoover became he scapegoat four years later.
"At the same time he reiterated his view that while people must not suffer from hunger and cold, caring for them must be primarily a local and voluntary responsibility," his biography reads. "His opponents in Congress, who he felt were sabotaging his program for their own political gain, unfairly painted him as a callous and cruel President."


5. William Howard Taft

Republican William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913. He lost a campaign for re-election in 1912 to Democrat Woodrow Wilson, who went on to serve two full terms.
"Taft alienated many liberal Republicans who later formed the Progressive Party, by defending the Payne-Aldrich Act which unexpectedly continued high tariff rates," Taft's White House biography reads. "He further antagonized progressives by upholding his secretary of the interior, accused of failing to carry out [former President Theodore] Roosevelt's conservation policies."
When the Republicans nominated Taft for a second term, Roosevelt left the GOP and lead the Progressives, guaranteeing the election of Woodrow Wilson.


6. Benjamin Harrison

Republican Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893. He lost a campaign for re-election in 1892 to Democrat Grover Cleveland, who went on to serve two full terms, though not consecutively.
Harrison's administration suffered politically after a substantial Treasury surplus evaporated, and prosperity seemed about to disappear as well. The 1890 congressional elections swept in Democrats, and Republican leaders decided to abandon Harrison even though he had cooperated with Congress on party legislation, according to his White House biography. His party renominated him in 1892, but he was defeated by Cleveland.




7. Grover Cleveland*

*Democrat Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, having served from 1885 to 1889, and 1893 to 1897. So he doesn't technically qualify as a one term president. But because Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive four-year terms, he holds an important place in U.S. history, having lost his initial bid for re-election in 1888 to Republican Benjamin Harrison.
"In December 1887 he called on Congress to reduce high protective tariffs," his bio reads. "Told that he had given Republicans an effective issue for the campaign of 1888, he retorted, 'What is the use of being elected or re-elected unless you stand for something?'"






8. Martin Van Buren



Democrat Martin Van Buren served as the eighth president of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841. He lost a campaign for re-election in 1840 to Whig William Henry Harrison, who died shortly after taking office.
"Van Buren devoted his inaugural address to a discourse upon the American experiment as an example to the rest of the world. The country was prosperous, but less than three months later the panic of 1837 punctured the prosperity," his White House biography reads.
"Declaring that the panic was due to recklessness in business and overexpansion of credit, Van Buren devoted himself to maintaining the solvency of the national Government." Still, he lost re-election.




9. John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. He lost a campaign for re-election in 1828 toAndrew Jackson after his Jacksonian opponents accused him of corruption and public plunder - "an ordeal," according to his White House biography, "Adams did not easily bear."










10. John Adams

Federalist John Adams, one of America's Founding Fathers, was the second president of the United States, having served from 1797 to 1801. "In the campaign of 1800 the Republicans were united and effective, the Federalists badly divided," Adams' White House biography reads. Adams lost his re-election campaign in 1800 in to Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson.

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The 2012 Apocalypse Virgin Sacrifice Hunt

The 2012 Apocalypse Virgin Sacricfice Hunt

Twistianity Today needs 70 virgins for The End of the Age Human Sacrifice Extravaganza

All entries will be judged by a godly panel of Christian™ Pastors from around the world as seen on TBN

12 finalist will compete to be chosen as

2012's APOCALYPTIC HUMAN SACRIFICE

Humans will once again ward off imminent disaster, our final "doom of mankind". It's like having the ultimate back-stage pass to the greatest concert on Earth!

Survive the Apocalypse in style!

• Raise your Spiritual Vibration!
  
  
• Begin an Exciting New Life!
  
  
• Master the Power of the Ancients!
  
  
• Harness Unlimited Love, Money & Power!
  
  
• Marvel at the Anti-fungal, Anti-bacterial force that makes bathing & deodorant use obsolete when Gamma Rays shower the earth!
  
  
• Enjoy Instantaneous Enlightenment as you learn the truth “What does GOD really think of Human Sacrifices?”

Twistianity Today needs 70 virgins for the end of the age Human Sacrifice Extravaganza

Enter Today

All entries will be judged by our godly panel of Christian Pastors from around the world

12 finalist will compete to be chosen as

2012 APOCALYPTIC HUMAN SACRIFICE

Humans will once again ward off imminent disaster, our final "doom of mankind". It's like having the ultimate back-stage pass to the greatest concert on Earth!

IN SHORT... What, EXACTLY does God say about human sacrifice in the TaNaCH? In Deuteronomy 12:30-31, God calls Human sacrifice something that He hates, and an abomination to Him, "for every abomination to the Eternal, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. In Jeremiah 19:4-6, God tells us that Human sacrifice is so horrible a concept to Him, that it did not even come into His mind to demand it from His creation, "They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind." We see the same thing in Psalm 106:37-38, and in Ezekiel 16:20. This means that God would not accept Jesus's death on the cross as a blood sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins. The very idea of that God would accept a human sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins is UnBiblical.

A FULL EXPLANATION...
The Christian idea of the messiah is that Jesus was the blood sacrifice that saves everyone from his or her sin. But who, EXACTLY died on that cross? If it was Jesus-the-god, then how can God die? If it was only Jesus-the-human, then all Christians have in the death of Jesus is a human sacrifice. And what, EXACTLY does God say about human sacrifice in the TaNaCH?



In Deuteronomy, God calls Human sacrifice something that He hates, and an abomination to Him!



Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the Eternal thy God: for every abomination to the Eternal, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. [Deuteronomy 12:30-31]



In Jeremiah, God tells us that Human sacrifice is so horrible a concept to Him, that it did not even come into His mind!



Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Eternal, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but The Valley of Slaughter. [Jeremiah 19:4-6]



We see the same thing in Psalm 106 and in Ezekiel 16:



Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. [Psalm 106:37-38]



Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter? [Ezekiel 16:20]



And yet we are to then turn around and believe that God changed His mind, and required human sacrifice, and then it was the sacrifice of His own human son that God wanted? After telling the Jews to stay away from pagan practices, and pagan beliefs, God then changes His mind and says, "Okay, now go ahead and believe in a human sacrifice, just as these very pagans believe?"



The Christian definition of the term, Messiah, is closer to the pagan notion of a dying/saving god or hero than to the Jewish understanding of Messiah. The ancient world is filled with examples. Mithra, Adonis, Dionysis, Attis, Ra, and many others were born in the Winter, died in the Spring, and came back to life. Along with this, they believed that their followers would not die, but have immortal life, since the death of the hero/god acted as their sacrifice for their sins. The pagan world was filled with gods who were the product of a human mother and a god for the father. Even Hercules had Zeus for a father, and a human mother.

When the earliest Christians would come into the synagogues and missionize, they would get kicked out. They were not allowed to stay and preach, they were rejected, because their message was pagan, was recognized as such by the Jews, and they were removed and separated from the Jewish people as a result. This shows the real reason why Judaism and Christianity separated from each other. It also shows that one cannot be a Jew and a Christian at the same time.

The Nicene Christian Concept of "the Blood"

There are some Nicene heresies that are so deeply rooted in the Christian psyche that for those seeking authentic biblical religion getting beyond them is very difficult, even with the Light of Torah. One of these is the "Blood of Jesus" dogma. The famous Christian hymn declares this central Nicene dogma clearly:



What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
What can make me white as snow?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.



The Nicene dogma of "the blood atonement" causes many to question and even reject the clear word of Torah! Some even claim that the Torah of HaShem has been "nailed to the cross" and made irrelevant! However the books of the B'rit Hadashah (New Testament) also disprove this common heresy. As authentic Messianic Jews this is very important to understand.

The Bible Clarifies Everything:

Deuteronomy 24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers:every man shall be put to death for his own sin.



That this truth has never changed is made clear by Rav Paul who said:
Galatians 6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden.
Iit has always been this way:
Ezekiel 18:4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.



As there are two impulses that drive the human race: yetzer tov and yetzer ra. As Prophet Ezekiel says, the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. The idea of an atonement in the Nicene sense would completely undermine this vital human responsibly and denigrate the very purpose of human existence.



The notion that another person might bear our sins for us is ridiculed by Prophet Micah when he says:
Micah 6:6 Wherewith shall I come before Adonai, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
6:7 Will Adonai be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 
6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Adonai require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
This is a clear rejection of this teaching.



Our Rebbe said the same thing:
Matthew 12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
12:37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
He does not say that by acceptance of his death thou shalt be justified, and by rejection of his death thou shalt be condemned.



And Rav Paul confirms:
Romans 14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.



As James the Elder warns:
James 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?.....
2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
2:25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.



Friends, each of us will give an accounting to HaShem for our actions, for our choices between yetzer tov and yetzer ra.
Deuteronomy 4:40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which Adonai thy God giveth thee, for ever.



You and I are responsible for our actions, be they positive or negative. No one else can answer for nor for atone for our sins. The Bible is clear on this.
Of course HaShem is merciful and Rebbe Y'shua serves as our Cohen Gadol (High Priest and Mediator: I Timothy 2:5) when we fall short.

What About the Blood of the Lamb?

We are commanded to "rightly divide the Word of truth" (II Timothy 2:15). From the above verses and scores of others it is evident we are responsible for our own actions. Rightly dividing the Word of Truth requires us to seek harmony in the Scriptures. We know therefore that whatever this phrase means it must be harmonious with Torah and other Scriptures. As usual, context reveals all.
These passages must be understood in context. Here's an oft cited one:
Revelation 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
In context this verse is discussing the martyrs that will lay down their lives during the Tribulation Period rather than submit to the coming global despot (the Antichrist). The previous verses tell us that this is a select group of people comprised of "a great multitude of Goyim" and 144,000 righteous Jews (12,000 Israelites from each of the twelve Houses of Israel).
Of these people we read:
Revelation 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
These people come out of the tribulation period as martyrs. These are those who heed Moshiach's call and flee the emerging Babylon Great united global religion and economic system (Revelation 3:20).



Why will they choose martyrdom? Again, context reveals all.
Revelation 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held
"The blood of the Lamb." Messianic Jewish martyrs share in Rebbe Y'shua's sufferings and in his death. By this act of faith their garments are made white and they are purified (James 5:10, 11). This is especially true of these End Time martyrs. As they are instructed:
Revelation 3:18 I [Rebbe Y'shua] counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Rev 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
These are they who repent and come out of the Pagan-based Nicolaitian system at the End of Days. They embrace the Truth and willingly accept martyrdom to the glory of HaShem.



Hebrews 11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth....
Again these same people are referenced in similar terms here:
Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.



These passages are referring to the End Time martyrs who will embrace death rather than betray the Rebbe and coming melekh (king) of Israel. They pour out their blood even as he poured out his.

The Symbolism of Blood

Why blood?
Genesis 9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Blood in Scripture represents life. The life force is contained within the blood. This idea is central to all Middle Eastern peoples and is in keeping with modern medical understanding in many ways. Blood is the 'juice of the vine of life,' hence the wording contained within the Erev Shabbat Kiddush:
Ba-ruch a-tah, A-do-nai,
E-lo- hei-nu me-lech ha-o-lam,
bo-rei p'ri ha-ga- fen. (Amen) .
Blessed are You Adonai our God
King of the Universe
Who creates the fruit of the vine



This blessing is about more than wine, it is giving praise to HaShem for the life's blood that makes material existence possible.
Recall that Moshe warned Pharaoh that his failure to repent and humble himself before HaShem would result in Adonai turning the waters of Egypt into blood (Exodus 4:9)!
Such a powerful symbol that the life blood of Egypt (the Nile River), the source of their culture and existence, would suffer because of his refusal to acknowledge HaShem's authority and might! Blood as metaphor is common throughout Torah.
Exodus 29:12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.



So now we can grasp that the sacrifices were intended to reflect how the blood (the life force) of the animals was being shed on our behalf. When making sacrifices the Israelites were to be cognizant of the pouring out of innocent life due to their sins against HaShem. This was intended to shame them into tshuvah (repentance). Grasp this significant quote from Rabbi Yaakov Feldman of the NISHMA JOURNAL
Tshuvah is often misunderstood. Rather than an unfortunately necessary response to our weaknesses, tshuvah is the very life- blood of Torah. It is the power that enables this world to be our platform for growth, for development, and for change.



As Meshiykhiyyim (authentic Messianic Jews) we affirm that Rebbe Y'shua is the Word of HaShem (John 1:1): the metaphorical embodiment of Torah. The literal life blood of this "Torah" was shed as our Rebbe bled and died on the starous (execution stake). In an act of utter tshuvah he laid down his life even as we are called to lay down ours in order that we, as he, might be one with HaShem:
John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one.
I John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.



Such symbolism is not (generally) meant to b taken literally and yet we all may be called upon to make this blood sacrifice, this pouring out of our lives.
Leviticus 3:17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.



This symbolic sanctity is observed and remembered in the Kosher laws that forbid our eating life, the blood. We are allowed to consume the flesh of clean creatures, but not their life force, which is in the blood.



Why is this?
Leviticus 6:30 And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
Iits because ALL life exists in the hands of Adonai. All life is sacred and utterly dependent on HaShem alone.
Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

HaShem alone is our Savior and our Redeemer. It is solely by His Mercy that we exist and move and have our being. HaShem interacts with the material creation in various ways. Chief among these is through His anointed Moshiach, our Rebbe. Through the Mediation of HaMoshiach the material creation will in due course be redeemed and the present age will be replaced with the Olam Haba, the World to Come. ~Learn More SOURCE:  http://yeshivabethhashem.org/

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