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October 30, 2011 · 12:09 am

Halloween Is Pagan Says the Encyclopedia Britannica (Redux)

“Hallowe’en and its formerly attendant ceremonies long antedate Christianity. The two chief characteristics of ancient Hallowe’en were the lighting of bonfires and the belief that of all nights in the year this is the one during which ghosts and witches are most likely to wander abroad. Now on or about the 1st of November the Druids held their great autumn festival and lighted fires in honour of the Sun god in thanksgiving for the harvest. Further, it was a Druidic belief that on the eve of this festival Saman, lord of death, called together the wicked souls that within the past twelve months had been condemned to inhabit the bodies of animals. Thus it is clear that the main celebrations of Hallowe’en were purely Druidical, and this is further proved by the fact that in parts of Ireland the 31st of October was, and even still is, known as Oidhche Shamhna, “ Vigil of Saman.” On the Druidic ceremonies were grafted some of the characteristics of the Roman festival in honor of Pomona held about the 1st of November.” [This is taken from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica article “Hallowe’en.” For confirmation, see this article: Halloween: Origins, Movies & Traditions | HISTORY]

Halloween is a holiday well suited for the atheist, pagan, hedonist, and animist. They do not believe in the God of the Hebrews, who came down in human form and gave us an example “that we should follow His steps” in cleaving to that which is good and letting go of the evil. We have to ask ourselves, “Would Christ be pleased, seeing His people dressed up as witches on Hallowe’en? Could we stomach seeing the apostle Paul dressing up as a goblin, playing tricks on people? Would Christ want us to walk this way?

But is it for us, His sons and daughters? Would our Father be pleased with us today as He watches us from above, from the high and holy place, watching us teach our little children how to do what the ancient Celts did 3,000 years ago, watching us dabbling in spirits, witches, and divination, watching us follow vain Druidic traditions, watching, watching, watching, and waiting, waiting, waiting for us to awake unto Him. Kenneth Wayne Hancock

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May 26, 2011 · 10:00 pm

Why Was the Savior’s Name Changed from Yahshua to Jesus? Chapter 8 of YAH IS SAVIOR: THE ROAD TO IMMORTALITY

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Chapter 8 Why was the Savior’s Name Changed from Yahshua to Jesus?

Dr. C. J. Koster further explains why and how they changed the Savior’s name in his book, Come out of Her My People, “a factual presentation of well researched material showing exactly which elements in ancient pagan and sun worship were adopted into the Church.” On page 60 we find the chapter entitled, “The Non-original, Substitute Name ‘Jesus,’ Traces Back to Sun-worship Too”:

“There is not a single authoritative reference source which gives the name Jesus or Iesous as the original name of our Saviour! All of them admit that the original form of the Name was Jehoshua or Yehoshua. Why then, was it changed from Jehoshua or Yehoshua to Jesus?

“Many Hebrew names of the Old Testament prophets have been “Hellenized” when these names were rewritten in the Greek New Testament. Thus, Isaiah became Isaias, Elisha became Elissaios or Elisseus (Eliseus), and Elijah became Helias in the Greek New Testament. The King James Version has retained some of these Hellenized names. Since the King James Version was published, the newer English versions have ignored these Hellenized names of the Greek New Testament, and have preferred, quite correctly, to render them as they are found in the Hebrew Old Testament, namely: Isaiah, Elisha, and Elijah.

“Incidentally, the similarity between the Hellenized Helias (instead of Elijah) and the Greek Sun-deity Helios, gave rise to the well-known assimilation of these two by the Church. Dr. A. B. Cook, in his book, Zeus—a Study in Ancient Religion, Vol. I, pp. 178-179, elaborates on this quoting the comments of a 5^th century Christian poet and others on this. Imagine it, Elijah identified with Helios, the Greek Sun-deity!

“Returning to our discussion on the reluctance of the translators to persist with all of the Hellenized names in the Greek of the New Testament, one could very well ask: But why did they persist with the Hellenized Iesous of our Saviours’s Name, and its further Latinized form Iesus? It is accepted by all that our Saviour’s Hebrew Name was Jehoshua or Yehoshua. So why did the translators of the Scriptures not retain or restore it, as they did with the names of the Hebrew prophets?

“It is generally agreed that our Saviour’s Name is identical (or very similar) to that of the successor to Moses, Joshua. But “Joshua” was not the name of the man who led Israel into the Promised Land. The Greeks substituted the Old Testament “Yehoshua” with Iesous, the same word they used for our Saviour in the New Testament. Subsequently the Latins came and substituted it with Josue (Iosue) in the Old Testament (which became Josua in German and Joshua in English), but used Iesus in the New Testament.

“In the Hebrew Scriptures we do not find the word “Joshua.” In every place it is written: Yehoshua. However, after the Babylonian captivity we find the shortened form “Yeshua” in a few places—shortened, because they then omitted the second and third letters namely: WH. Everyone who sees the names Yehoshua and Iesous will agree: there is no resemblance between the names Yehoshua and Iesous or Jesus.

“Before we continue with our study of the words Iesous and Iesus, we would like to point out that we have been led to believe that the Saviour’s correct Name is: Yahushua. Our Saviour said in John 5:43, “I have come in My Father’s Name.” Again, in John 17:11 He prayed to His Father, “Keep them through Your Name which You have given Me.” According to the Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament, the United Bible Societies’ Third Edition, and the Majority Text. Therefore, in John 17:11 our Saviour states that His Father’s Name had been given to Him. Again he repeats this irrefutable fact in the next verse, John 17:12, “In your Name which You gave Me. And I guarded them (or it).” Read John 17:11-12 in any of the modern English versions.

“So we have our Saviour’s clear words, in three texts, that His Father’s Name was given to Him. Paul also testifies to this in Eph.3:14-15 as well as in Phil.2:9. What then is His Father’s Name? Although most scholars accept “Yahweh,” and many still cling to the older form “Yehowah” (or Jehovah), we are convinced that the correct form is Yahuweh.

“Two factors contributed greatly to the substitution and distortion of our Saviour’s Name. The first was the un-Scriptural superstitious teaching of the Jews that the Father’s Name is not to be uttered, that it is ineffable, that others will profane it when they use it, and that the Name must be “disguised” outside of the temple of Jerusalem.

“Because of the Father’s Name being in His Son’s Name, this same disastrous suppression of the Name resulted in them giving a Hellenized, in fact, a surrogate name for our Saviour. He did warn us in John 5:43, “I have come in My Father’s Name…if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.”

“The second factor was the strong anti-Judaism that prevailed amongst the Gentiles, as we have already pointed out. The Gentiles wanted a saviour, but not a Jewish one. They loathed the Jews, they even loathed the Elohim of the Old Testament. Thus, a Hellenized saviour was preferred. The Hellenized theological school at Alexandria, led by the syncretizing, allegorizing, philosophying, Gnostic-indoctrinated Clement and Origen, was the place where everything started to become distorted and adapted to suit the Gentiles. The Messianic Belief, and its Saviour, had to become Hellenized to be acceptable to the Gentiles.

“Where did Iesous and Iesus come from? In Bux and Schone, Worter-buch der Antike, under “Jesus,” we read, “JESUS: really named Jehoshua. Iesous (Greek), Iesus (Latin) is adapted from the Greek, possibly from the name of a Greek healing goddess Ieso (Iaso).

“Like all authoritative sources, this dictionary admits to the real true Name of our Saviour: Jehoshua (or as we believe: Yahushua). It then states, as most others, that the commonly known substitute, non-original, non-real name “Jesus” was adapted from the Greek. We must remember that our Saviour was born from a Hebrew maiden, not from a Greek one. His stepfather, His half-brothers and half-sisters, in fact all His people, were Hebrews…Furthermore, this dictionary then traces the substitute name back to the Latin Iesus, and the Greek Iesous. It then traces the origin of the name Iesous back as being possibly adapted from the Greek healing goddess Ieso (Iaso).

“To the uninformed I would like to point out that Iaso is the usual Greek form, while Ieso is from the Ionic dialect of the Greeks.

“This startling discovery of the connection between Ieso (Iaso) and Iesous, is also revealed to us by the highly respected and authoritative unabridged edition of Liddell and Scott, Greek-English Lexicon, p. 816, under “Iaso.”

“The third witness comes to us in a scholarly article by Hans Lamer in Philologische Wochenschrift, No. 25, 21 June 1930, pp. 763-765. In this article the author recalls the fact of Ieso being the Ionic Greek goddess of healing. Hans Lamer then postulates, because of all the evidence, that “next to Ieso man shaped a proper masculine Iesous. This was even more welcome to the Greeks who converted to Christianity.” He then continues, “If the above is true, then the name of our Lord which we commonly use goes back to a long lost form of the name of a Greek goddess of healing. But to Greeks who venerated a healing goddess Ieso, a saviour Iesous must have been most acceptable. The Hellenisa- tion was thus rather clever.”

“This then is the evidence of three sources who, like us, do not hide the fact of the Greek name Iesous being related to Ieso, the Greek goddess of healing. The Hellenization of our Saviour’s Name was indeed most cleverly done. To repeat our Savour’s words or warning in John 5:43, “I have come in My Father’s Name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.”

“There is no resemblance or identifiability between our Saviour’s Name, Yahushua, and the Greek substitute for it Iesous. The Father’s Name, Yah- or Yahu-, cannot be seen in the Greek Iesous or in the Latin Iesus, neither in the English or German Jesus.

“In spite of attempts made to justify the “translating” of the Father’s Name and His Son’s Name, the fact remains: A personal name cannot be translated! It is simply not done. The name of every single person on this earth remains the same in all languages. Nobody would make a fool of himself by calling Giuseppe Verdi by another name, Joseph Green, even though Giuseppe means Joseph and Verdi means Green. Satan’s name is the same in all languages. He has seen to it that his name has been left unmolested!

“However, let us further investigate the names Ieso (Iaso) and Iesous. According to ancient Greek religion, Apollo, their great Sun-deity, had a son by the name of Asclepius, the diety of healing, but also identified with the Sun. This Asclepius had daughters, and one of them was Iaso (Ieso), the Greek goddess of healing. Because of her father’s and grandfather’s identities as Sun-deities, she too is in the same family of Sun-deities. Therefore, the name Iesous, which is derived from Ieso, can be traced back to Sun-worship.

“We find other related names, all of them variants of the same name, Iasus, Iasion, Iasius, in ancient Greek religion, as being sons of Zeus. Even in India we find a similar name Issa or Issi, as surnames for their deity Shiva. Quite a few scholars have remarked on the similarity between the names of the Indian Issa or Issi, the Egyptian Isis and the Greek Iaso.

“In our research on the deity Isis we made two startling discoveries. The one was that the son of Isis was called Isu by some. However, the second discovery yielded even further light. The learned scholar of Egyptian religion, Hans Bonnet, reveals to us in his Reallexikon der agyptischen Religionsgeschichte, p. 326, that the name of Isis appears in the hieroglyphic inscriptions as ESU or ES. No wonder it has been remarked, “Between Isis and Jesus as names, confusion could arise.” This Isis also had a child, which was called Isu by some. This Isu or Esu sounds exactly like the “Jesu” that we find the Saviour called, in the translated Scriptures of many languages, e.g. many African languages.

“Rev. Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons, p.164, also remarked on the similarity of Jesus and Isis. “IHS—Iesus Hominum Salvator—But let a Roman worshipper of Isis (for in the age of the emperors there were innumerable worshippers of Isis in Rome) cast his eyes upon them, and how will he read them, of course, according to his own well-known system of idolatry: Isis, Horus, Seb.” He then continues with a similar example of “skillful planning” by “the very same spirit, that converted the festival of the Pagan Oannes into the feast of the Christian Joannes.” (The Hebrew name of the baptizer, and that of the apostle as well, was Yochanan, or Yehochanan).

“Thus, by supplanting the Name of our Saviour Yahushua with that of the Hellenized Iesous (in capitals: IHSOUS), which became the Latinized Iesus, it was easy to make the pagans feel welcome—those pagans who worshipped the Greek Ieso (Iaso), of which the masculine counterpart is Iesous, as well as those who worshipped the Egyptian Esu (Isis)…

“As I have stated, there is no resemblance between the Name Yahushua and the name Jesus. Neither is there any resemblance between their meanings. Yahushua means: “the Salvation of Yah or Yahu.” “Jesus” is derived from Iesus, derived from Iesous (IHSOUS), obviously derived from the Greek goddess of healing, Ieso or Iaso…Further the short form, or original source of the name Iesous (IHSOUS) is Ies (HIS), the very surname of Bacchus, the Sun-deity.

“Therefore, the two names differ completely in their origin, and in their meaning. And more important: Our Saviour’s Name contains the Name of His Father, which the substitute name does not.”

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Dr. Koster’s book Come out of Her My People can be ordered at this address:

Institute for Scripture Research

545 Newport Avenue, #151

Pawtucket, RI 02861

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March 18, 2011 · 1:41 am

The Parable of the Leaven Hidden by the Woman

Things in this world are not what they seem. Our perception, or lack thereof, causes us to see only what we have been told was there. So we only see what we expect to see. The rest of what really is available to see lays dormant to the eye. It waits for someone to perceive what was there all along.

Take reading the Bible, for instance. Every person who reads it, reads it through a matrix of past teachings and doctrines that they sat under, making it difficult to see it with fresh eyes. Every denomination has pet doctrines that serve as a prism for their followers to see through.

It is the “leaven that the woman took and hid in three measures of meal” (Mt 13:33). “Leaven” in scripture is hypocrisy. “Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy” (Luke 12:1). The key word here is “to hide.” Leaven is hid during the kingdom of heaven years after the resurrection and ascension. It is hid in the food that the followers of the Savior are to eat for their spiritual sustenance. Leaven is hid through false teachings about God.

False Doctrines Multiply

And “a little leaven leavens the whole lump” (Gal 5:9). A little false doctrine multiplies like a bit of yeast in a lump of bread. It soon spreads throughout the whole lump of dough. That is what the false religious system, symbolized as the “woman,” has done. Their false teachings cloud the truth so that the truth cannot be seen. They hide the truth with smoke and mirrors and spread confusion and a false sense of security. The Savior in the next verse after His warning about the leaven of hypocrisy says, “For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.” False teachings about God hide the truth from the eyes of casual onlookers.

You mean things really are covered up where the average person can’t see them? Yes, according to the Messiah. We are doctrinally to partake of the “unleavened bread of sincerity and truth,” Paul says. That would then make leaven insincerity and falsehoods. Bread is a symbol for sustenance. “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” So leavened bread, spiritually speaking, is not the true word of God, but another doctrine.

Many say, “Doctrine is not the important. Just loving Jesus and each other is the important thing.” This is some of the old leaven we are to purge out. The apostle John was strong on the importance of sound doctrine. “Whosoever transgresses and abides not in the doctrine of Christ, has not God. He that abides in the doctrine of Christ, he has both the Father and the Son.” Doctrine is translated from a Greek word that simply means “instruction.” We, then, are to abide, or to continue in the teachings and instruction of Christ, the Messiah. If we do not continue in them, then we “have not God,” according to the apostle John.

That is how important the doctrine of God is. But this takes us full circle to this dilemma: What is the teaching/instruction/doctrine of the Savior? If we have been eating of a tainted, leavened bread that seems to be truth, but is actually hiding the truth as seen above, then how will we be able to see the truth?

It is here that many will balk. They will think in their hearts that the old wine is better; the new wine we can’t trust because it is new. “I already know the truth. I’m set. Many will go on their way and not delve any deeper into this area.

But wait! Don’t throw this aside! I want to prove to you that there are things hidden right in your own Bibles that you have read a hundred times or more and never saw. How can I say this with conviction? Because I just experienced a profound revelation of truth in the Bible—a truth that was always there in black and white—literally there, but I had never seen it.

I was reading Paul’s writings in I Corinthians 10:4-9—what he said about the children of Israel in the wilderness. “And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.” A footnote loomed out at me on the word “followed.” It said, “that went with them.” In other words, “They drank of that spiritual Rock that went with them…” The children of Israel drank in the words of Christ, for He went along with them on their journey in the wilderness.

This intrigued me, so I turned to Exodus 17 to read about this. We have all heard of the story of the miracle of Moses smiting the rock and water coming out to quench the thirst of the people. In that passage, the children of Israel chided Moses for bringing them out “to cause us to die of thirst.” Moses then cried to YHWH and YHWH responded by saying, “And Yahweh said unto Moses, Go on before the people and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel” (Ex 17:5-6). Okay. Moses smites the rock and water comes out of it. A great miracle, indeed, but we have all read this passage many times. What’s new?

Go back to where Yahweh is speaking, “Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb…” I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb! Yahweh stated here that he was about to stand on the very rock that Moses was to smite. Picture it! God Almighty, in His glorified human form, the one He spoke through in the Garden of Eden to Adam and Eve, the one who appeared to the patriarchs and prophets—Yahweh said that He will stand on that rock that Moses would smite for water, and He would stand there in the sight of Moses and the elders of Israel. And Paul, getting the revelation of this wrote that the children of Israel saw and heard Christ; they drank for that spiritual Rock that went with them through the wilderness, and that Rock was Christ. The Anointed One was there in the wilderness. He is the arms, the legs, the body of the invisible God, Yahweh. Yahshua is the “expressed image of the invisible God.” When Yahweh said, “I will stand on the rock,” He would use His glorified form, Immanuel. Invisible Yahweh poured fully into His glorified form standing there on that rock that Moses struck! What a sight! What a glorious moment in the history of this world. The children of Israel had no excuse for acting the way they did, for He went with them and stood before them, His feet above where the water was gushing out!

I never saw that before. I have never heard this or read this before. This revelation was a complete utter gift that God gave to me for no merit of my own. I share this so that, yes, others may see the glorious appearing of the Savior in Moses’ day. But more importantly, I share this so that we all can see that there is more to all of this truth than what we first thought. It is the “unsearchable riches of Christ.” We all have not even scratched the surface. His works are so grand and glorious that John said that “if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written” (John 21:25).

Consequently, we must remain open to new revelation. We must open our minds and hearts and pray that God would lift the fog of old leaven teachings that conceal and hide the truth of what God is doing and will do in the earth shortly.

THERE IS MORE! The old teachings of the old denominations won’t get the job done in this day. God is doing something new in the earth. He is calling forth a group of men and women who will remain open to new revelations. He said, “Behold, I make all things new.” That’s a “new covenant…a new heart…new wine…new bottles…new testament…new cloth…new commandment…new doctrine…new creature…all things are become new…a new man…new creature…a new and living way…new heavens…a new earth…a new name…a new song…and a new Jerusalem.”

If there is nothing new in our spiritual life, then we are missing out on God’s work in the earth. And He will do all of this as He restores all things that He spoke through His prophets since the world began. What a God! KWH

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November 3, 2010 · 12:22 am

Purge Out the Old Leaven–To Become the Sons and Daughters of God

We have become the princes and princesses of God the King by our new spiritual birth. We are in training to assume royal duties with Him upon His return to earth.

What should we be doing to get ready for this great responsibility? We are admonished to “purge out the old leaven that the lump may be holy” (I Corinthians 5:7).

Leaven? What does that mean? Look. Christ is the “bread of life.” We have received His Spirit, and it is “no longer I that lives but Christ that lives in me.” Therefore, we as His body are the “bread of life,” too, because of His presence within us. But we come into this new life with some old concepts about God and the affairs of this world system that must be gotten rid of. We have carried over in our thinking old doctrines, beliefs, traditions, and concepts.

Unleavened bread is “sincerity and truth” (I Cor. 5:8). So, “leaven” must be insincerity and falsehoods. Christ Himself told us to “beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy” (Luke 12:1). Yes, “beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.” The Pharisees were the religious leaders, and Herod was the political leader back in that day. They are symbols of religious and political leaders today. “There is no new thing under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9). So, Christ is telling us to beware of them in our day, too.

To “purge out” the old leaven, we must be brutally honest with ourselves and “examine ourselves.” We must be open to new truth; if we are not open, then we must believe that we have all truth already. And if we think that way, then it will be very difficult for the Spirit to “guide us into all truth.”

No one except Him can help us get ready to rule with Him. It is our responsibility to study and search out true concepts and get rid of false concepts about Him and His plan and purpose. Like the “Reverend Mr. Black” said in song, “You gotta walk that lonesome valley; you gotta walk it by yourself. Nobody else can walk it for you. You gotta walk it by yourself.”

We must rid our minds of false religious and political concepts and take on the “mind of Christ” in order to “make our calling and election sure” as His princes and princesses.

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September 1, 2010 · 6:57 pm

Churches Calling for Fire from Heaven–But Be Careful: God Is a Consuming Fire

Thousands of sincere people in churches across the land are asking every week, crying aloud to the heavens, that God would send His fire down, igniting a revival in the church. Not just charismatic, pentecostal, full-gospel, and bible-churches are doing this, but many main stream denominational churches are, too.

But do they know exactly what they are asking? God is not just a fire; He “is a consuming fire” [1]. Most of the sheep in the pews do not realize that the judgement of this fire first falls on them; it starts with the house of God, His body, His church. The apostle Peter warns us of the fiery trial of our faith: “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?” [2].

“The fiery trial” is when God comes to us to purify us, which means that there is something in us that needs to be gotten rid of.

God is fire; He is also the Word made flesh. So the fire is His word. And He will send His word through His five fold ministry offices. These are His true apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. They are a gift of God to congregations for their perfection and edification, “till we all come in the unity of the faith…unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ” [3].

And God will speak through them, and His word, like a fire shut up in their bones, will blast as a refining fire burning away the dross and impurities. This will be a fiery trial–the getting rid of the childish things that are clung to. Eventually, the blankies, pacifiers, and rattlers must be put away on the road to spiritual perfection.

Just like the prophet elijah

Elijah is a type of this. He came and exposed Israel’s sin and corruption at the highest level, demanding them to repent. But they just could not “abide the day of his coming” [4]. He was a fire burning up their impurities. But what did the children of Israel do to him and other prophets? They hunted them down like dogs, tortured them, and chased them into “dens and caves of the earth” [5].

They were persecuted by the very people they were trying to help. For few want to change so badly that they will submit to the correction of God’s word of fire–especially spoken through just another man, who they feel is really no better than they are. Anyway, “who made you a ruler and judge over us, Moses?” [6].

God, the consuming fire from heaven, wants to burn out the impurities of false doctrines, concepts and teachings about Him and His plan. We are told to “purge out the old leaven that the lump may be holy.”

But who will be able to bear it–the correction, instruction and reproof–that the fire brings? This is what the fire-word of God brings. It cleanses and purifies His children, until they are no longer alive just to receive God’s “feel-good spirit.”

Joy, peace, and love will come, for they are the fruit of the Spirit. But the true fruit of the Spirit takes time to develop, grow, and mature. And few modern Christians have any aspirations to wait very long for it. And so that is what keeps them coming back week after week, crying out for God’s fire, thinking that it is a feel-good spirit, not knowing that His word is like a fire that purges out all unrighteousness.

But that is the nature of children. They are mostly alive for what they can receive from their Father. As Paul said, “And yet I show unto you a more excellent way” [7]. It is the way to complete the life cycle of God in you–the way to perfection. KWH

Deut 4: 24; Heb. 12: 29
I Pet. 4: 12, 17-18
Eph. 4: 11-13
Mal. 3: 2
Heb. 11: 34-38
Acts 7: 27
I Cor. 12: 31

“Woe to the Pastors That Destroy My Sheep”–The Sermon You Won’t Hear on Sunday Morning [Conversations With the Seer] Part I

“Why won’t you hear this message on Sunday morning?” I asked the Seer. He had mentioned in passing the day before, that chapter 23 in Jeremiah would never serve as a text for a pastor.

The Seer looked at me as if needing to see a sufficient amount of sincerity in the question. And seeing it, he said, “It is not because the words are unintelligible. The word from the LORD (Yahweh) that the prophet Jeremiah wrote down is extremely clear, brought to us in a very simple unadorned style of English. When the Spirit says, ‘Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Yahweh,’ the words are straightforward and plain.”

“But why won’t they preach it.”

“It’s because the message is not for God’s sheep in the pews but for the pastors, preachers, and priests themselves. It is a woe pronounced on them by the God they say they are serving!”

“No wonder they won’t go there.”

“They are not about to. Remember when our Master, the Anointed One Himself, said, ‘By your words you are justified and by your words you are condemned'”?

“Yes.”

“If they preach this message, their words will fall like a sword of judgement upon their own necks.”

“Why? What is God’s beef with them?”

The Seer opened the front of the cast iron wood heater, exposing the bright orange coals that lay pulsating in the bottom. He stirred the coals with a rod of iron, picked up two four inch logs and threw them in. Shutting the door, he said, “In order to understand the message to the pastors, we need to know just who their congegrants are. For God’s controversy with them has to do with how they have done His people in the pews. For, you see, God has a chosen people. They are the descendants of the twelve sons of the patriarch Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel. He was the grandson of Abraham and the son of the patriarch Isaac. The offspring of his twelve sons grew into twelve tribes and became the great 12-tribed Kingdom of Israel under King David and Solomon.

“But they split into two different kingdoms around 975 B.C.–the Kingdom of Judah with two of the tribes–Judah and Benjamin–at Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Israel made up of the other ten tribes with Samaria as their capital. Later in c. 721 B.C. the Kingdom of Israel was carried away captive into Assyria and lost their identity as the children of Israel and God’s chosen people. These are the “Lost Sheep of the House of Israel” that Christ (Yahshua) said He was sent to, and that the apostles wrote to in James 1:1, Hebrews, and Acts 9: 15. The citizens of the Kingdom of Judah came to be called “Jews” over a hundred years later (II Kings). They were led captive into Babylon around 600 B.C. It is the way the religious leaders over the centuries have treated these people that God is angry about.”

“Are you talking about the Jews?”

“No, the Jews are not the ‘Lost Sheep of the House of Israel.’ Think about it for a minute. The Jews were never ‘lost.’ They have always been known and recognized wherever they have gone. And they came from only the two tribes and not the ten tribes of the Kingdom of Israel.”

Now the Seer really had me. “So who are these lost sheep of the House of Israel?” I asked.

“Studying the prophecies given over the 12 tribes by Jacob/Israel and Moses in Genesis and Deuteronomy, the only nations that can fulfill them are the countries of Western Europe, the British Isles and their ex-colonies, and the USA. No other countries can measure up to the overwhelming blessings given to them in scripture. The Master said, “You will know a tree by its fruit. And so it is with nations and prophecies.”

“So, God’s problem with the pastors concerns their relationship with the peoples you have just mentioned?”

“Exactly. Without the background and back story, the message to the pastors in Jeremiah 23 will not be understood by the unenlightened.”

“So, what does Yahweh have against the pastors of His people?”

“You have scattered my flock, driven them away, and not visited them” (v. 2). Yahweh holds them responsible for what has happened to His flock. How are they responsible? They have prophesied lies to the people. They have taught them after the imaginations of their own hearts and they have not heard from God. They have taught false doctrines [v. 16]. They tell the people that no evil will come upon them; they will be raptured out before the endtime bad things start to happen–the fall of the one world system. But that is a lie.

“In fact, when a scripture does not agree with what they have been taught in seminary, they try to explain it away. Like this very chapter. They will say, ‘Oh, this was written for Jeremiah’s day, 2,600 years ago. That is ancient history and not for our day.” But that very thought is one of the lies God warns us of in the chapter. And He goes on in verse 20 and tells us that this message against the pastors is for our very day! For ‘in the latter days you shall consider it perfectly.’ And we all know that the ‘latter days’ are the last of the “last days.” That should not need much explanation.

“So God has a huge beef, a vehement controversy with all pastors, priests, preachers, and so-called prophets, and all those who claim that they have heard from God and speak for Him. Better have the truth and no false doctrines. And God really let’s His thoughts against them be known in this chapter. This is why you won’t hear this preached anywhere. It is too convicting.” [To be continued]

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April 1, 2010 · 2:13 pm

Christ Not Buried Good Friday and Raised Easter Morning–That Is Not 3 Days and 3 Nights–Redux

Yes, it is a shocking statement, but before you tar and feather me, let me explain.

Christ could not have been buried on Good Friday afternoon and resurrected early Easter Sunday morning because that would be only a day and a half in the tomb–36-40 hours maximum.

“So what?” some may ask. “So what if it’s just a day and a half; it was part of three days. The important thing is that we believe that Christ arose.”

Yes, His resurrection is extremely important. But Christ Himself said that we should “dig deep and build our house on the Rock”–Him. We cannot remain superficial on this.

No Other Sign Given–Three days and Three Nights in the Tomb

Christ gave only one sign to unbelieving mankind–one sign that would point out who the true Savior is. His own words: “There shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: for as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” (Matthew 12:39-40).

But how long is a day and night? Christ Himself said that there are “12 hours in the day” (John 11:9). That would mean that there are 12 hours in the night. This gives us the prophetical yardstick. Three 12 hours days is 36 hours; three 12 hours nights equals 36 hours. 36 and 36 is 72 hours total time in the tomb, in the “heart of the earth.”

But What Difference Does It Make?

I’ll answer that question with another question. If “Organized Christianity” can’t even get the one and only sign of the true Messiah right, then how can we trust them to teach us the deeper truths of God?

Hundreds of millions of professing Christians all over the world, many very sincere, will go to their respective church buildings and worship this Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Yet hardly any of them will realize that their pastors, priests, and bishops have taught them error and un-truths concerning their Savior Jesus Christ. How many other falsehoods are they teaching them?

If the Catholic and Protestant Denominations can’t even get the sign of the Savior right, how many other concepts that they teach about Christ and His gospel can be trusted? If they have this sign wrong, how many other doctrines and traditions are wrong as well?

What Is the Fruit of This Error?

I believe that they are teaching a different concept of the Savior and another gospel. Christ said, “You will know them by their fruits.” What is the fruit of all the studies done in all the seminaries with all their doctorates in Theology and Divinity and Philosophy? They have Christ in the tomb 36 hours! Please.

I share this, not to be disrespectful of anyone and their worship. All pilgrims to the Heavenly Jerusalem are at “way stations” at present. But I’m sharing this to alert those “who have an ear to hear” to dig deep! “Prove all things.” Know that if this only sign of the true Savior is off, then something is dreadfully wrong with the whole spiritual building!

I share this, not to be argumentative, but out of concern–a concern that honest seekers of God must be told the truth about this one true sign of who He is.

Yet, Organized Churchianity keeps slugging on, teaching tired old erroneous doctrines like this one–earnestly sharing half-truths, not realizing that “a little leaven (hypocrisy and falsehoods) leaveneth the whole lump.”

Therefore, we are admonished to “purge out the old leaven that the lump may be holy.” We, the spiritual body of Christ, His church, are supposed to be that lump of dough that turns into the bread of life after we suffer the fiery trials of this oven-like existence here on earth. But we have to get rid of false doctrines and false concepts before we can be that holy bread of life that is to be broken and share with those hungering after righteousness. “Take, eat, this is my body.” We, His body, must be holy, and getting this right is a good place to start.

A detailed biblical account of how Christ was crucified Wednesday afternoon and resurrected Saturday afternoon is found here: https://www.hwalibrary.com/cgi-bin/get/hwa.cgi?action=getbklet&InfoID=1319569863

May God bless you on your search.

Kenneth Wayne Hancock

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February 6, 2010 · 8:51 pm

Ezekiel 38 Happens AFTER the 1,000 Year Reign of Christ

Many voices are trumpeting the soon-coming invasion of the Holy Land by Gog and Magog and Co. Even Prime Minister Netanyahu recently said that the invasion was coming soon. They cite Ezekiel 38 as proof that this war will be started by Russia and Iran in the very near future.

These claims are unfounded and untrue. Footnotes in most Bibles for Ezk. 38: 2 sends us to Revelation 20: 8, where we see that same Gog and Magog leading other satanically deceived nations. But when does this happen? Verse 7 is the first half of the sentence, and it says, “And when the thousand years are expired [the 1,000 year reign of Christ], Satan shall be loosed out of prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations…Gog and Magog, to gather them to battle…and they went up…and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city,” Jerusalem (v. 7-9).

This is after the 1,000 year reign of Christ upon the earth. Gog and Magog, Russia and Iran and Co., will be used by God that way at that time. Not in our day, not in our present time.

Here is more proof that the invasion of Jerusalem by Gog and Magog comes not at this time in history. The Promised Land at the time of the invasion of Gog and Magog will be at total peace (read 1,000 year reign of peace). The invaders shall find the population living in a “land of unwalled villages.” They are “at rest” and “dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates” (Ezk 38: 11).

That is the cultural environment that Gog and Magog will find. The Israeli state today is preparing for war, both its citizens and the army. They are not dwelling safely and have many bars and gates on their houses and neighborhoods. No rest and peace are found in the Israeli state. Rocket attacks have become a daily occurance. Fear and uncertainty are a constant, present reality.

This is why I say that the Gog and Magog attack of Ezekiel 38 will be much later in history.

One more reason. The inhabitants of the Holy Land, who are living in complete peace and rest, will come from all the twelve tribes of Israel. Right now primarily Jews live in the Israeli state. True Jews come out of the Kingdom of Judah, whose subjects were descended from only two tribes–Judah and Benjamin. The other Ten Tribes of Israel were “lost” to most after the Kingdom of Israel (Ten Tribes) was carried into captivity around 721 B.C. Members from all twelve tribes will be present at the time of the invasion of the Promised Land.

Furthermore, after the 6th Seal is opened, 12,000 of each of the twelve tribes are sealed (Rev. 7: 3-8; 14: 1-7). In other words, the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel will be found and will populate Jerusalem during the 1,000 year reign. Christ said that He was sent to them. The apostle James wrote to them; “to the twelve tribes scattered abroad, greeting” (James 1: 1). Paul said that “our twelve tribes” were “instantly serving God day and night” waiting upon the promises of God (Acts 26: 7).

If there is an invasion by Russia and Iran, it will not be that which is spoken of in Ezekiel 38.

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August 29, 2009 · 2:49 pm

“Our Conversation Is in Heaven”–The Fruit of a New Heart and New Mind

The sons and daughters of God, His princes and princesses, those born of Him–they will have a new conversation. They will not speak of the things of their old natural life, for now their “conversation is in heaven” (1). They are like seedlings freshly regenerated from a once hardened seed; they transcend the earthy grave and reach for heaven’s light. These children of the most High are “risen with Christ” and now “seek those things which are above” (2).

And they realize that their old life is now dead and that their new life is “hid with Christ in God.” Their old nature and old self dies with Christ on the cross. And with it dies “whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed.” They begin to see themselves changing, being “transformed by the renewing of their minds” (3).

“The Mind” Is the Key

Our conversation is determined by the thoughts rattling around in our mind. Whatever we are thinking about–that is what comes out of our mouth. But what determines our thoughts? Christ said that a person’s heart will dictate their thoughts. “Those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart…evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies” (4). Those things proceed, of course, from an old heart. So then, a new heart, infused by the Spirit of God will issue forth thoughts of love, peace, harmony, truth, sharing, and giving. And these new thoughts will manifest themselves in our new conversation.

Based on Faith and Belief

The new heart of love creates in us new thoughts, which in turn, creates a new conversation. Our spiritual change then hinges on the new heart He has given us. And it can only come by our belief that He has given us it. Faith is the key (5). Our new heart, our new center core of being, now renews our mind with truth about God, about who He is, what He is doing, and how we fit into that plan.

This is the fertile bed of truth from which our new mind grows. Our minds are nourished by the truth. Falsehoods and misconceptions about God choke out the seedling minds, and they are left to wither and finally decay for lack of real spiritual food and water. This is why we are admonished to “purge out the old leaven that the lump may be holy” (6). This is why we are admonished to beware of false prophets and teachers who will bring in “damnable heresies” (7). Kenneth Wayne Hancock

Phil. 3: 20
Col. 3: 1
Col. 3: 3; Rom. 12: 2
Matt. 15: 18-19
https://immortalityroad.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/without-faith-it-is-impossible-to-please-god-but-how-do-you-walk-in-it/
I Cor. 5: 7
II Peter 2: 1

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July 28, 2009 · 11:05 am

Vatican Prohibits Catholics from Using “YAHWEH,” the Name of God, in Worship Services

Cardinal Arinze, the current prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship at the Vatican gave this directive August 13, 2008: “The Vatican has ruled that the Name of God, commonly rendered as “Yahweh,” should not be pronounced in the Catholic liturgy” ( http://www.directionstoorthodoxy.org/n/vatican_directive_yahweh_inappropriate_for_liturgical_use.html )

The article goes on to relate that the words “the LORD” in the Bible was “Yahweh” in Hebrew. This is found also in the Catholic New American Bible (NAB). They said that in the Hebrew religion the name “Yahweh” was not spoken.

I refute that. All of the ancient Hebrew prophets of the “Old Testament” spoke God’s name “Yahweh.” In Exodus 15: 1-19, both the Hebrew prophet “Moses and the children of Israel” sang the name “Yahweh” out loud in what is called today “The Song of Moses”! God’s name “Yahweh” appears in the lyrics, sang by them, a total of 13 times, in that one song alone!

In fact, if you cannot utter “Yahweh” then you will not be among those who “have gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark.” For “they sing the song of Moses” (Revelation 15: 2-3). Moses’ song in Exodus, the one that utters Yahweh’s name in praise 13 times, will be sung by the Christians who did not take the mark of the beast! If a religious organization will not let their followers say His name Yahweh, then how are they going to sing the song of Moses? This is leading the people down the wrong path–a path to destruction.

I don’t know about you, but I want what Moses had, not what the Pharisees and Sadducees and their predesessors in Judaism had. It is obvious that they changed the worship that Moses and the prophets had! The hypocrite Pharisees in Jesus’ (Yahshua) day were sternly rebuked by the Savior: “You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do…He is a liar, and the father of it” (John 8: 44).

Speaking of His disciples, Christ said, “I have declared thy name unto them, and will declare it” (John 17: 26). Hold it right there. Christ declared His Father’s name to His disciples! And the Vatican even says that God’s name is Yahweh. And we know that Christ is our example, and that we should follow His steps and do as He did. If He spoke His Father’s name Yahweh, then we should, too.

But the Vatican says in this directive that the early Christians did not say the Father’s name. We now see that this is a falsehood. They did say it. If Christ Himself spoke the Father’s name to the earliest of Christians, the twelve apostles, then they would have, too.

The Vatican is lying to the people, saying that “Yahweh,” the precious name of the Father, is not to be used in worship! It is a lie taken from the children of the devil, the Pharisees, who hid God’s true name from the masses! Truly John the Baptist called them out properly: “You brood of vipers! (Matt. 3: 7).

We are admonished to praise God’s name scores of times in the Bible. How do you do that without saying His name? Would you say, “Praise So-and-so”? Come on, people, this is so bogus!

Time would fail us to mention the hundreds of times that “the LORD (Yahweh)” is spoken and written down by the patriarchs and prophets in the Bible.

All this is extremely important, for God will set before us “an open door” into the presence of God that no man can shut. But it is only to them who have kept His word, and has not “denied [His} name” (Revelation 3: 8).

In the decades, centuries, and millenia past, “they” got by with this hoodwinking the masses, but not this time. Many of us are bringing this lie to the light. How is prohibiting the speaking of the Father’s name “glorifying the name of God”–which we are suppose to do? Kenneth Wayne Hancock

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