1 Therefore (continuing the thought in
Chapter 11), since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of
witnesses (our forefathers), let us lay
aside every habitual sin that weighs us down and let us run the race set
before us with endurance, 2 looking to Yahusha who laid the
foundation (chief cornerstone – Ephesians
2:19-22, the Forefather of Everlasting Life who went before us in
resurrection order - Isaiah 9:6, 1 Corinthians 15:23, 1 Samuel 2:35 –
the ‘pioneer of our salvation’ - Hebrews 2:10-18) and was the
first led to perfection in the Faith (Hebrews
5:8).
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Samuel 1 2:35
And I will erect Myself a reliable Priest (who
acts)
with My Heart, and with My Soul he will do, and I will build him a
reliable household, and he will go before My Anointed eternally.
Ephesians 2:19-22
So then
you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens
with the saints, and are of Yahuah’s household, having been built
upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, the Messiah
Yahusha himself being the chief corner stone, in whom the whole
building, being fitted together is growing into a Holy Temple of
Yahuah; in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of
Yahuah in the Spirit.
Hebrews 5
8 though
he was a son, yet he LEARNED (G1097)
OBEDIENCE (was not born obedient but "in the
flesh" opposed to Yahuah 'sarki') by the things (discipline by a loving Father Hebrews 12:5-7) which he suffered (for disobedience). 9 And HAVING BEEN PERFECTED (through the process of sanctification
- John 17:19), He
BECAME the author (life
example) of (how we obtain) eternal salvation to all who obey him (and follow his example).
Who, for the joy that was set
before him in The Heavenly Scroll (LIBRA),
endured offering himself as a sacrifice, while despising the shame as a
sinner (don’t call me good - Mark 10:18),
and who is now seated on the Throne in Heaven at the right hand of the
throne of Yahuah.
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Moznayim
(LIBRA)
- balances, scales
The scales demand
a price to be paid of this seed, a cross to endure; the victim will
be slain (to pay the dowry and redeem his
Bride) and purchase a crown (earn
the right to rule by willingly dying for the ones he will rule over
and demonstrating the greatest love of all).
Mark 10:18
17 As Yahusha
started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before him. “Good
Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18
“Why do you call Me good?” Yahusha replied. “No one is good except
Yahuah alone.
3 Consider him who endured hostility from sinners, so that you may
not grow faint of heart or weary. 4 You have not yet resisted
to the point of shedding your blood (Psalm
118:18) in your battle against sin (like
Yahusha). 5 And have you forgotten the exhortation in
Proverbs 3:11-12 that addresses you as sons?
“My son do
not regard lightly the discipline of Yahuah, nor be weary when reproved
by him. 6 For Yahuah disciplines the one he loves and
chastises every son whom he receives.”
7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. Endure suffering as
discipline as Yahuah is treating you as sons.
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Proverbs 15:10
Discipline is
grievous unto him that refuses to walk the way (Jeremiah
6:16): and he that hates reproof shall die.
1
Corinthians 11:32
But when we are judged by Yahuah, we
are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the
world.
2 Corinthians 6:9
as unknown, yet
well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;
Psalm 94:12,13
Blessed is the man you
discipline, O Yahuah, and instruct him from The Law;
For what father does not
discipline his sons? 8 But if you are without discipline, of
which all sons endure, then you are bastards and not true sons. 9
Consider that we all have had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we
respected them for it. Shall we not much more be subject to our
Spiritual Father and gain eternal life? 10 For while our
Earthly fathers disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to
them, Yahuah disciplines us for our own good, that we may be set apart
for Him (Leviticus 11:45 – ‘Be holy as I am
holy’). 11 For the moment all discipline seems painful
rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of
righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
12 Therefore, be confident (Isaiah 32:17)
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Isaiah 32:17
The work
of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be
quiet confidence forever.
and stop moping around with your
shoulders and hands drooping, strengthen your weak knees. 13
Follow the ancient Enochian path made for your feet (seek
the ancient path - Isaiah 35:8, Jeremiah 6:16), so that you may
not be turned away and your lameness may be healed.
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Isaiah 35:8
And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The
unclean will not travel it--only those who walk in the Way--and
fools will not stray onto it.
Acts 24:14
However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a
follower of The Way
(foretold
in The Heavenly Scroll, the ancient Enochian Path),
which they call a sect.
Jeremiah 6:16
This is what Yahuah says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for
the ancient (Enochian)
paths (The
Heavenly Scroll, The Way),
ask where the good way is, and walk in it (Jeremiah
31, Ezekiel 36),
and you will find rest for your souls (in
the Age of AQUARIUS).
But you said, 'We will not walk in it.'
14
Strive for holiness before Yahuah (first 5
commandments) and peace with everyone (last
5 commandments).
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Holiness before Yahuah
1.
You shall have no other gods before
Me.
2.
You shall not make idols.
3.
You shall not take the name of Yahuah
your God in vain.
4.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it
holy.
5.
Honor your father and your mother.
Peace with Everyone
6.
You shall not murder.
7.
You shall not commit adultery.
8.
You shall not steal.
9.
You shall not bear false witness
against your neighbor.
10.
You shall not covet.
15
See to it that no one fails to obtain Yahuah’s grace; that no “root of
bitterness” or jealousy springs up and causes trouble, causing many to
become defiled; 16 See that no one is sexually immoral or
unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. 17
For you know that afterward he was rejected although he desired to
inherit the blessing, and he cried out for repentance and but found no
chance to repent.
18 For you have not come to a mountain of blazing fire and darkness
and gloom and a tempest that you may not touch 19 and the
voice of Yahuah that sounds like a loud shofar blast Whose words made
the Israelites beg fearing for their life that no further words be
spoken. 20 For they could not bear the commandments Yahuah
was giving them, “even beasts that touched the mountain were stoned.”
21 Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I
tremble with fear.”
22 But you have come to a Spiritual mountain, Mount Zion, and to the
Kingdom of the living God, and you are part of the heavenly Jerusalem,
to feast at the wedding banquet (Revelation
19:9) with innumerable angels, 23 and to the Divine
assembly where the firstborn will announce your name (Revelation
3:5, Hebrews 2:12) written in the
Book of Life from the foundation of the world (Revelation
17:8) recorded in The Heavenly Scroll (Luke
10:20), and to Yahuah, the judge of all (Hebrews
2:11-13).
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Revelation 3:5
The one who conquers (the Dragon) will be clothed thus in white
garments, and I will never blot his name out of the Book of Life. I
will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
Hebrews 2
11 For
both He who sanctifies (Yahuah) and those who are sanctified (Yahusha and the rest of the sons) are all from one Father; for which
reason Yahusha is not ashamed to call them brothers, 12 saying, "I
WILL PROCLAIM YOUR NAME TO MY BRETHREN, IN THE MIDST OF THE
CONGREGATION I WILL SING YOUR PRAISE." 13 And again, "I, Yahusha,
WILL PUT MY TRUST IN YAHUAH." And again, "BEHOLD, I AND THE (REST OF THE) CHILDREN WHO YAHUAH HAS GIVEN ME (TO RULE AND MEDIATE AS HIGH PRIEST)."
Revelation 17:8
And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written
in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to
see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.
The Eternal Ruling High Priest of
The House of Zadok - Melchizedek, Yahusha, the mediator of the covenant
of peace who has been given the right to atone (Isaiah
42:5-7, Jeremiah 2:13, Malachi 3, Numbers 25:13),
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Malachi 3
Behold, I will send My
Messenger, and he shall prepare The Way before Me: and Yahuah, whom
ye seek, shall suddenly come to his Temple, even the Messenger of
the Covenant of Peace (Numbers 25:10-13),
whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith Yahuah of Hosts.
Numbers 25
13 Phineas the
son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the Kohen. Behold I give to him my
Covenant of Peace, and these Promises be his and his progeny
after him Covenant of Everlasting Priesthood in turn of his
zealousness for of his God, and he (and his progeny
was given the right to) atoned for the sons of Israel.
Jeremiah 2:13
"For My
People have committed two evils: They have forsaken My Covenant
of Peace (brought
by The Son of Man ORION
the Prince of Peace)
and rejected The fountain of Living Waters (poured
out by AQUARIUS the
Bearer of Living Water and Manna from The Heavenly Scroll),
they hew for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns That can hold no
water (cannot
be filled with His Spirit).
Isaiah 42:5
6“I am
Yahuah, I have called You in righteousness, I will also hold You by
the hand and watch over You, and I will appoint You as a covenant
of peace to the people, as a light to the nations.
sprinkled his own blood that made
perfect the spirits of the righteous. 24 Who speaks of better
things than the blood of Abel.
25 See that you do not refuse Yahuah who is speaking. For if they did
not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, much less
will we escape if we reject Yahuah who warns from the Throne in Heaven.
26 At that time (Hag 2:6, Hag 2:21)
His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Yet once more I
will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” 27 This
phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of things that are
shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that
cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore let us be grateful
for inheriting a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to
Yahuah acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, 29 for our
God is an all-consuming fire.
