The Children of Jacob have Covenants with the LORD GOD. These included belonging to the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth.
Question: Are we not already the LORD’S?
No, first you are required to choose, but the short answer for most is: Absolutely Not!
Question: How can we get it Right?
“Exodus 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will hearken unto My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then ye shall be Mine own treasure from among all peoples; for all the earth is Mine;
6 and ye shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.'”
What evidence is there that we do not do this?
Are we not a kingdom of priest?
Are we not then like Korah?
Let us take a look.
“Numbers 16:3 and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them: ‘Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them; wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?’ ” :: The result of this thinking was: The LORD destroyed Korah.
Yet the first to head down this path were, Miriam and Aaron, for they rose up first, against Moses.
“Numbers 12:1 And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman. 2 And they said: ‘Hath the LORD indeed spoken only with Moses? hath He not spoken also with us?’ And the LORD heard it.–”
The next response usually is: “We are not like that!”
Most are much more like that than I want to believe. So much so that it is not uncommon me to hear: “We are a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation!”
Those that say this and change even one thing in the Written TORAH, are not holy or priest! Have they not missed the “if ye will hearken unto My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then. . . .”?
Then why will you not put away your additions to the Written Torah?
The answer comes back: “Because we should explain to the people what Moses left out of the text.” (They are adding to the Written Torah, what they want. This is done in opposition to: “Deuteronomy 4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.”)
My response is: “Number 12: 6 And He said: ‘Hear now My words: if there be a prophet among you, I the LORD do make Myself known unto him in a vision, I do speak with him in a dream. 7 My servant Moses is not so; he is trusted in all My house; 8 with him do I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD doth he behold; wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against My servant, against Moses?'”
So if you will not keep the Teaching of the TORAH Written by the Hand of Moses, then: 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. . . . .”
On the witness of two or more! Deuteronomy 28:1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all His commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. . . . .
15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee. –And it continues for the next 54 verse.
In all cases read the full text of each story. Do Not Take My Word for it. By striving to understand for yourself, you may take all of these words to heart and keep The Written Torah and Our GOD Close by.
But hurry, for the last event is upon us now.
Is anyone listening? You still have breath and life, you can return and repair your deeds. You just need to Do It while you have time.
I can not save you, no one can., you must Return and do that which is Right.
I can show you the way, if you want to know.
IT is to our benefit to HEARKEN until the LIVING GOD OF ISHRAEL/ISRAEL, and to our pain and shame to do otherwise.
My prayer is that The LORD grant you eyes that see, ears that hear and an understanding heart, then you return unto HIM soon!(Isaiah 6: 9 And He said: ‘Go, and tell this people: hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they, seeing with their eyes, and hearing with their ears, and understanding with their heart, return, and be healed.’)
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