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Saturday, April 4, 2026

The Crucifixion And The Resurrection Of JESUS!

The Crucifixion And Resurrection Of JESUS!

The Crucifixion and Resurrection happened at Passover: Exodus 12:1-28; Leviticus 23:4-8; Numbers 9:2-14, 28:16-25; Deuteronomy 16:1-8; The month of Abib or Nissan (Esther 3:7)

is in the spring, every month of the Hebrew calendar starts on the new moon, and is 30 days, the lunar cycle. Hebrew days start and end at 6PM each day, so today at 6PM this day will end and tomorrow will begin.

The month of Nissan in the year 34 AD (3959 DSS) started on March 9, JESUS was crucified on Wednesday March 24 (Nissan 14). JESUS rose from the grave on Sunday March 28 (Nissan 18). Nissan 15and 22 were Holy Convocations (Sabbaths) when no work was to be done; these were in addition to the regular weekly Sabbath.

JESUS was in the grave Wednesday night and Thursday day (1^st night and day), Thursday night and Friday day (2^nd night and day), Friday night and Saturday day (3^rd night and day). So JESUS was Crucified on Wednesday, Thursday was a Special Sabbath, Friday was a preparation day for Saturday the weekly Sabbath, JESUS rose from the dead on Sunday, the first day of the week.

The Crucifixion!

In Obedience to His Father’s Will JESUS came in the flesh to live a sinless Life and take our sins upon Himself! (John 1:6-14, 29-30; 3:15-17; 2 Corinthians 5:20-21))

6:PM Tuesday evening (Wednesday by Jewish time keeping) JESUS celebrates the Passover with his twelve disciples. (Matthew 26:17-35; Mark 14:12-31; Luke 22:1-38; John 13:1-17:26)

Matthew 26:36-46 JESUS prays in the Garden of Gethsemane. (Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46)

Matthew 26:47-56 JESUS is arrested, integrated and beaten. (Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:1-11 read :1-9)

Matthew 26:57-27:26 JESUS’ trial, Peter’s denial of JESUS, Barabbas set free in place of JESUS. (Mark 14:53-15:15; Luke 22:54-23:25; John 18:12-40)

Matthew 27:27-44 JESUS Tortured by the Romans and Crucified. JESUS was on the cross from 9:00am to 3:00pm on Wednesday. (Mark 15:16-32; Luke 23:26-43; John 19:1-37)

Matthew 27:45-61 JESUS dies and is buried; JESUS was buried by 6:00pm on Wednesday. (Mark 33-48; Luke 23:44-56; John 19:38-42 read :28-30)

What else happened because of The Crucifixion when CHRIST died?

Matthew 27:50-51The veil in the Tempel (Exodus 26:31-35) separating The Holy Place and The Most Holy Place was torn in two from top to bottom! (Mark 15:37-38; Luke 23:44-46; Hebrews 6:17-20, read 10:19-22)

The Events of Resurrection Day!

Matthew 28:1-15 “Now after the sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn…”

Mark 16:1-13 “Now when the sabbath was passed…very early in the morning of the first day of the week… Luke 24:1-49 “Now on the first day of the week… John 20:1-23 “Now on the first day of the week…

Matthew 28:2 There was a great earthquake…

Matthew 28:2 The Angel of The LORD rolled back the stone…

Read Matthew 27:51-53 The graves of the dead were opened…

Matthew 28:5-7 The angel speaks to the women. (Mark 16:5-7; Luke 24:4-8).

Matthew 28:9-10 JESUS speaks with the women.

Mark 16:9 JESUS speaks to Mary. (John 20:11-18).

Matthew 28:11-15 Guards report JESUS’ Resurrection and take a bribe to say, “His disciples came at night and stole him away while we slept.”

Luke 24:12 Peter and John go to the empty tomb. (John 20:3-10).

Mark 16:12 JESUS appears to two disciples on the road. (Luke 24:13-32).

Luke 24:33-34 JESUS appeared to Peter (1 Corinthians 15:3-5).

Luke 24:36-43 JESUS appears to the disciples. (John 20:19-23).

Events after Resurrection Day!

John 20:24-29 Thomas meets the Risen JESUS.

John 21:1-19 JESUS meets with the disciples in Galilee, JESUS restores Peter.

1 Corinthians 15:3-7 JESUS seen by James and over 500 people.

Matthew 28:16-20 The Great Commission ! (Mark 16 :14-18 ; Luke 24:44-49; Acts 1:4-8)

1 Corinthians 15 :8-9 Paul meets JESUS (After His Ascension).

JESUS’ Ascension!

Acts 1:9-11 (Mark 16 :19-20 ; Luke 24 :50-53)

What do the Crucifixion and the Resurrection mean for us?

Our sins are removed, washed in The Blood of JESUS so that JEHOVAH GOD, our Heavenly Father, no longer sees them; when we ask for Forgiveness and Repent which means stop sinning and live Righteous before and Holy to GOD! (Galatians 2:20-21; Ephesians 2:1-13; 1 Peter 1:13-2:3; read James 1:12-18)

It means Eternal Salvation in the earth and in The Kingdom of GOD in Heaven! It’s not just in this life; this life is the Spiritual School to prepare us for Eternity! (1 Timothy 4:12-16, 2 Timothy 2)

So what is Salvation? It is the Forgiveness of our sins and being made Righteous in GOD by JESUS CHRIST! (2 Corinthians 5:20-21; Galatians 2:20-21)

Salvation is the Great Commission that every Christian should be involved in at some level! (Romans 10)

Salvation is Living in Victory over temptation and sin! (1 Corinthians 15:50-58; read Romans 5:1-11)

Salvation is being Holy (set apart to GOD)! (1 Peter 1:13-2:3)

Salvation is Loving everyone! (Matthew 5:43-48)

Salvation is Growing in Faith and Obedience! (Hebrews 3, 6:1-8; read 1 Corinthians 16:13-14)

How?

Through Faith and Obedience (2 Corinthians 6:1-7:1)

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

The Crucifixion Of JESUS!

The Crucifixion and Resurrection happened at Passover: Exodus 12:1-28; Leviticus 23:4-8; Numbers 9:2-14, 28:16-25; Deuteronomy 16:1-8; The month of Abib or Nissan (Esther 3:7)

The Crucifixion!

In Obedience to His Father’s Will JESUS came in the flesh to live a sinless Life and take our sins upon Himself! (John 1:6-14, 29-30; 3:15-17; 2 Corinthians 5:20-21))

Tuesday evening (Wednesday by Jewish time keeping) JESUS celebrates the Passover with his twelve disciples. (Matthew 26:17-35; Mark 14:12-31; Luke 22:1-38; John 13:1-17:26)

Matthew 26;36-46 JESUS prays in the Garden of Gethsemane. (Mark 14:32-42; Luke 22:39-46)

Matthew 26:47-56 JESUS is arrested. (Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-53; John 18:1-11)

Matthew 26:57-27:26 JESUS’ trial, Peter’s denil of JESUS, Barabbas set free in place of JESUS. (Mark 14:53-15:15; Luke 22:54-23:25; John 18:12-40)

Matthew 27:27-44 JESUS Tortured by the Romans and Crucified. JESUS was on the cross from 9:00am to 3:00pm on Wednesday. (Mark 15:16-32; Luke 23:26-43; John 19:1-37)

Matthew 27:45-61 JESUS dies and is buried; JESUS was buried by 6:00pm on Wednesday. (Mark 33-48; Luke 23:44-56; John 19:38-42)

What else happened because of The Crucifixion when CHRIST died?

JESUS Rose from the grave! JESUS was in the grave Wednesday night and Thursday day (1^st night and day), Thursday night and Friday day (2^nd night and day), Friday night and Saturday day (3^rd night and day). So JESUS was Crucified on Wednesday, Thursday was a Special Sabbath, Friday was a preparation day for Saturday (the regular weekly Sabbath), JESUS rose from the dead on Sunday, the first day of the week.

What does the Crucifixion mean for us?

Our sins are removed, washed in The Blood of JESUS so that JEHOVAH GOD, our Heavenly Father, no longer sees them; when we ask for Forgiveness and Repent; stop sinning and live Righteous before and Holy to GOD! (Galatians 2:20-21; Ephesians 2:1-13; 1 Peter 1:13-2:3; James 1:12-18)

https://youtu.be/oBLNUQavb8Q

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Deuteronomy 28 Blessings and Curses!

Deuteronomy 28

The Blessings And The Curses!*

The Warnings!

:1-2 “And it shall be, if you diligently obey the voice of JEHOVAH your ELOHIM, to guard** to do all His commands which I (Moses) command you today, that JEHOVAH your ELOHIM shall set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these Blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of JEHOVAH your ELOHIM:”

:14-15 “And do not turn aside from any of the Words which I Am Commanding you today, right or left to go after other mighty ones (idols, gods) to serve them. And it shall be if you do not Obey the voice of your ELOHIM, to guard to do all His Commands and His Laws which I (Moses) command you today, than all these Curses shall come upon you and overtake you:”

:45-46 “And all these Curses shall come upon you and they shall pursue and overtake you until you are destroyed because you did not Obey the voice of JEHOVAH your ELOHIM to guard His Commands and His Laws which He Commanded you. And they shall be upon you for a Sign and a Wonder and on your seed (descendants) forever.”

:58-59 “If you do not guard to do all The Words of This Torah that are written in this book, to Fear this Esteemed and Awesome Name, JEHOVAH your ELOHIM, then JEHOVAH shall bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary Plagues, Great and Lasting Plagues and Grievous and Lasting Sicknesses.”

The Blessings!

3-13 “Blessed are you in the city and Blessed are you in the field. Blessed are you in the fruit of your body and in the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your livestock – the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks. Blessed is your basket and your kneading bowl. Blessed are you when you come in and blessed are you when you go out. JEHOVAH causes your enemies which rise before you to be smitten before your face – they come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. JEHOVAH Commands the Blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand and shall Bless you in the land which JEHOVAH your ELOHIM is giving you. JEHOVAH does establish you as a set-apart (holy) people to Himself, as he has sworn to you, if you guard the Commands of JEHOVAH your ELOHIM and walk in His Ways. And all peoples of the earth shall see that The Name of JEHAVAH is called upon you and they shall be afraid of you. And JEHOVAH shall make you to have plenty of what is good, in all the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, in the land of which JEHOVAH swore to your fathers to give you. JEHOVAH opens to you His Good Treasure, the heavens to give the rain to your land in its season and to Bless all the work of your hand. And you shall lent to many nations, but you do not borrow. And JEHOVAH shall make you he head and not the tail, and you shall be only on top and not be beneath, if you Obey the Commands of JEHOVAH your ELOHIM, which I (Moses) command you today to guard and do.” (Matthew 6:25-34; John 8:29-32)

The Curses!

:16-44, 47-68 “Cursed are you in the city and cursed are you in the field. Cursed is your basket and your kneading bowl. Cursed is the fruit of your body and the fruit of your land, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks. Cursed are you when you come in and cursed are you when you go out (:3-6). JEHOVAH sends on you the Curse, the Confusion and the Rebuke in all that you set your hand to do (:8), until you are Destroyed and until you Perish quickly, because of the evil in your doings by which you have forsaken Me. JEHOVAH makes the Plague cling to you until He has Consumed you from the land which you are going to possess. JEHOVAH strikes you with Wasting Disease and with Inflammation and with Burning and with Extreme Heat (Revelation 16:8-9) and with the Sword and with Blight and with Mildew; and they shall pursue you until you Perish. And your heavens which are over your head shall be Bronze and the earth which is under you Iron. JEHOVAH makes the rain of your land Powder and Dust; from the heavens it comes down on you until you are destroyed. JEHOVAH causes you to be Defeated before your Enemies – you go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them; and you shall become a Horror to all the reigns (kingdoms) of the earth (:7); your carcasses shall be Food for all the birds of the heavens (Ezekiel 39:17-20; Revelation 19:17-21 and the beasts of the earth, with no one to frighten them away. JEHOVAH will strike you with the boils of Mitsrayim (Egypt, Exodus 9:8-11) with tumors, with scab and with the itch, from which you are unable to be healed. JEHOVAH shall Strike you with Madness and Blindness and Bewilderment of Heart; and you shall be Grouping at noon, as a blind man groups in darkness (Revelation 16:10-11) and not prosper in your ways; and you shall be Depressed and Plundered all the days with no one to Save you. You shall become engaged to a wife, but another man does lie with her; you build a house , but do not dwell in it. You plant a vineyard, but do not use its fruit. Your ox is slaughtered before your eyes, but you do not eat it; your donkey is violently taken from before you and it is not given back to you; your sheep are given to your enemies with on one to save them. Your sons and your daughters are given to another people and your eyes look and fail for them all day long and your hand powerless. A people you have not know eat the fruit of your land and all your labors; and you shall be Oppressed and Crushed all the days. And you shall be maddened because of the sight which your eyes see. JEHOVAH strikes you in the knees and on the legs with evil boils of which you are unable to be healed and from the sole of your foot to the top of your head. JEHOVAH brings you and the sovereign whom you set over you to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known and there you will serve other mighty ones, wood and stone. Thus you shall become an Astonishment, a Proverb and a Mockery among all the peoples to which JEHOVAH drives you. You take much seed out into the field but gather little in, for the locust consumes it. You plant vineyards and shall labor, but you neither drink of the wine nor gather, for the worm eats it (Joel1:4-12). You have olive trees in all your border, but you do not anoint with oil, for your olives drop off. You bring forth sons and daughters, but they are not with you, for they go into captivity. Locusts possess all your trees and the fruit of the ground (Exodus 10:12-14). The sojourner who resides among you rises higher and higher above you, but you come down lower and lower; he lends to you, but you do not lend to him; he is the head and you are the tail….Because you did not Serve JEHOVAH your ELOHIM with Joy and Gladness of Heart for all the Plenty, you shall Serve your Enemies whom JEHOVAH sends against you, in Hunger and in Thirst and in Nakedness and in Need of all and he shall put a Yoke of Iron on your Neck until he has Destroyed you. JEHOVAH shall bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as an eagle flies, a nation whose language you shall not understand, a fierce-looking nation which shall no regard for the elderly nor show favor for the young. And they shall eat the fruit of your livestock and the fruit of your land until you are destroyed; they leave no grain nor new wine, nor oil nor the increase of your cattle or the offspring of your flocks, until they have destroyed you. And they shall besiege you at all your gates till your high and fenced walls, in which you are trusting, come down in all your land; and they shall besiege you at all your gates in all your land which JEHOVAH your ELOHIM has given you. And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters whom JEHOVAH your ELOHIM has given you, in the siege and distress in which your enemies distress you. The man among you who is tender (sensitive) and who is very delicate (refined), his eye is evil (Lit. his eye shall be evil) against his brother, against the wife of his bosom and against the rest of his children whom he leaves behind, against giving any of them the flesh of his children that he eats, because it is all that has been left to him (he has nothing left) in the siege and distress with which your enemy distresses you in all your gates. The tender (sensitive) and delicate (refined) woman among you, who has not tried to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and tenderness, her eye (Lit. her eye shall be evil toward) is evil against the husband of her bosom and against her son and against her daughter and against her seed (afterbirth or placenta) which comes out from between her feet; and her children whom she bears for she eats them in concealment for lack of all (everything), in the siege and distress with which your enemy distresses you in all your gates (2 Kings 6:24-30)…And He shall bring back on you all the diseases of Mitsrayim, of which you were afraid and they shall cling to you, also every sickness and every plague that is written in the Book of this Torah (Revelation 22:18-19), JEHOVAH does bring upon you until you are destroyed! And you shall be left with few men, although you had become as numerous as the stars of the heavens, because you did not Obey the voice of JEHOVAH your ELOHIM. And it shall be that as JEHOVAH rejoiced*** over you to do you Good and Increase you (Zephaniah 3:16-17), so JEHOVAH does rejoice over you to destroy you and lay waste; and you shall be plucked (torn) from off the land which you go to possess. And JOHOVAH shall Scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other (this happened in 70AD), and there you shall serve other mighty ones, which neither you nor your fathers have known, wood and stone. And among those nations you are to find no Rest, nor have a Resting place for the sole of your foot. But there JEHOVAH shall give you a Trembling heart and Failing eyes and Sorrow of Being. And your Life shall be Hanging in Suspense before you and you shall Fear night and day and not be certain of your Life. In the morning you say, ‘Oh, that it were evening!’ and at evening you say, ‘Oh, that it were morning!’ because of the Fear of your heart, with which you Fear and because of the sight which your eyes see. And JEHOVAH shall bring you back to Mitsrayim in ships, by a way of which I said to you, ‘You are never to see it again (Deuteronomy 17:16).’ And there you shall be Sold to your enemies as male and female Slaves, but no one to buy (no one will buy you).”

* There are 8 verses of Warnings;10 verses of Blessings; and 50 verses of Curses!

** Graur = Observe

***Rejoice, verse 68 rejoiced and rejoice are the same Hebrew word, sûws or sîys = a primary root; to be bright, i.e. cheerful:-be glad, x greatly, joy, make mirth, rejoice.

This is an interesting concept since JEHOVAH says He takes no pleasure in the death of a sinner (Ezekiel 18:32, 33:11)

https://youtu.be/V7_LsTeoK0k

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

What Is GOD's Name?

What Is GOD’s Name!

Exodus 3:13-15 GOD gives us His Name: “And Moses said to ELOHIM, ‘See, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, “The ELOHIM of your fathers has sent me to you” and they say to me, “What is His Name?” what shall I say to them?’ And ELOHIM said to Moses, ‘I Am that which I Am!’ And He said, ‘Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, “I Am, has sent me to you!” And ELOHIM said further to Moses, ‘Thus you are to say to the children of Israel, JEHOVAH ELOHIM of your fathers, The ELOHIM of Abraham, The ELOHIM of Issac and The ELOHIM of Jacob, has sent me to you: This is My Name Forever and this is My Remembrance to all generations.’”

Exodus 34:5-7 GOD describes Himself: “And JEHOVAH came down in the cloud and stood with him (Moses) there and proclaimed The Name JEHOVAH! And JEHOVAH passed before him and proclaimed, ‘JEHOVAH, JEHOVAH, an El, Compassionate and showing Favor, Patient, and Great in Loving-Commitment and Truth, Watching over loving-commitment for thousands, forgiving crookedness and transgression and sin, but by no means leaving unpunished, visiting the crookedness of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and fourth generation!’”

Deuteronomy 28:58-59 Fear GOD’s Glorious and Powerful Name: “If you do not guard to do all The Words of This Torah that are written in this book, to Fear His Esteemed and Awesome Name, JEHOVAH your ELOHIM, then JEHOVAH shall bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary plagues, great and lasting plagues and grievous and lasting sicknesses!”

Names are important to GOD and JESUS; we are saved only in and by The Name of JESUS (Acts 4:12). In fact GOD has given every human being a name, not the name our family or friends give us, but one He will reveal to us when JESUS returns (Revelation 2:17).

Therefore we should be Humble when we proclaim the Name of JEHOVAH or JESUS, knowing Who They Are and what they have Called us to! The first three Commandments are about honoring GOD: No other gods, worship no idols or images of anything, and Do Not dishonor GOD’s Name, JEHOVAH. Exodus 20:1-7 “…You do not bring The Name of JEHOVAH your ELOHIM to naught (You shall not take The Name of JEHOVAH, your GOD in vain), for JEHOVAH does not leave the one unpunished who brings His Name to naught.” Also remember, JESUS warned us against blaspheming His SPIRIT, The HOLY SPIRIT, Mark 3:22-30 “…‘Truly, I say to you all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men and whatever blasphemes they speak, but he who blasphemes against The HOLY SPIRIT has no forgiveness forever, but is subject to everlasting judgment,’ because they said, ‘He has an unclean spirit.’”

The Bible tells us from Genesis through Revelation to call on The Name of GOD, his Name is JEHOVAH! JEHOVAH is The Father, The Son, The Holy Spirit!

https://youtu.be/lzjF3_xTuog

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Isaiah Chapter 1

:1 “The vision of Isaiah…” (Numbers 12:6; Genesis 31:10-13, 46:1-5)

:2-15 GOD’s Judgment against Israel!

:2 “Hear Heavens and give ear earth! For JEHOVAH has Spoken!”

:3 “The ox knows its owner and the donkey its master’s crib (manger or feed trough); Israel does not know, My people do not consider (understand).” (Exodus 23: Jeremiah 8:7-8, 9:3)

:4 GOD calls out their sin:

:5-6 “There is no soundness in it!”

:7-9 “Unless JEHOVAH of Hosts had left a remnant…”

:10-11 “Hear The word of JEHOVAH!” (1 Samuel 15:22-23; Hosea 6:1-6; Matthew 9:9-13, 12:1-8)

:12-15 “Who has required this from your hand?” (Exodus 23:14-19; Matthew 15:7-9 [Isaiah 29:13]; Colossians 2:8-10, 1819; Proverbs 1:20-33)

:16-31 There Is Hope!

:16-19 “Come now let us Reason together…” (Jeremiah 4:14; James 1:21-27, 4:7-10; Revelation 7:9-14; Isaiah 55:1-7)

:20 “For The mouth of JEHOVAH has spoken!” (Titus 1:1-3)

:21-23 “How the faithful City has become unfaithful!” (Jeremiah 2:20-22, 6:27-30; Proverbs 29:24)

:24-30 “Therefore JEHOVAH says, JEHOVAH of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel.” (Job 31:1-4; Deuteronomy 28:63; Malichi:1-3; Zechariah 8:1-3; Jeremiah 29:11-13)

:31 “The Work of it as a Spark.” Matthew 3:11-12; Hebrews12:28-29 [Exodus 24:17]; 2 Peter 3:1-13)

https://youtu.be/AMf46NfOfHA

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Isaiah 1:18

The Scriptures

Most Christians are familiar with Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, and let us reason together,” says יהוה (JEHOVAH). “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

But do you understand where JEHOVAH was coming from when He made that statement to Israel?

First JEHOVAH was speaking through His prophet Isaiah to His people Israel, now that we know that we can move to the second point, Why? Why did JEHOVAH have to challenge the Israeli people to reason over their sin with Himself? That is what the first seventeen verses tell us: 1 The vision of Yeshayahu son of Amots, which he saw concerning Yehuḏah and Yerushalayim in the days of Uzziyahu, Yotham, Aḥaz, Ḥizqiyahu – sovereigns of Yehuḏah.

2 Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth! For יהוה has spoken, “I have reared and brought up children, but they have transgressed against Me.

3 An ox knows its owner and a donkey its master’s crib – Yisra’ĕl does not know, My people have not understood.”

4 Alas, sinning nation, a people loaded with crookedness, a seed of evil-doers, sons acting corruptly! They have forsaken יהוה, they have provoked the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl, they went backward.

5 Why should you be stricken anymore? You continue in apostasy! All the head is sick, and all the heart faints.

6 From the sole of the foot, to the head, there is no soundness in it – wounds and bruises and open sores; they have not been closed or bound up or soothed with ointment.

7 Your land is laid waste, your cities are burned with fire, strangers devour your land in your presence. And it is laid waste, as overthrown by strangers.

8 And the daughter of Tsiyon is left as a booth in a vineyard, as a hut in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.

9 Unless יהוה of hosts had left to us a small remnant, we would have become like Seḏom, we would have been made like Amorah.

10 Hear the word of יהוה, you rulers of Seḏom; give ear to the Torah of our Elohim, you people of Amorah!

11 “Of what use to Me are your many slaughterings?” declares יהוה. “I have had enough of ascending offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs or goats.

12 “When you come to appear before Me, who has required this from your hand, to trample My courtyards?

13 “Stop bringing futile offerings, incense, it is an abomination to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, the calling of gatherings – I am unable to bear unrighteousness and assembly.

14 “My Being hates your New Moons and your appointed times, they are a trouble to Me, I am weary of bearing them.

15 “And when you spread out your hands, I hide My eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I do not hear. Your hands have become filled with blood.

16 “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Stop doing evil!

17 “Learn to do good! Seek right-ruling, reprove the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.

JEHOVAH is telling the people that they do not understand what He requires of them and that their religious exercises are useless, even offensive! Their only alternative is to come to Him, to Seek Him, to Understand what He requires of them, “reason together”.

Christians love to quote verse eighteen but generally do not know or understand the rest of the chapter. Christians today want the Promise of Forgiveness but not the Requirement of Repentance. We love to claim JEHOVAH’s Forgiveness through JESUS CHRIST but we tend to ignore the Repentance part of Salvation. Repentance is not saying a Prayer!

In the rest of Isaiah chapter one (verses 19-31) GOD tells the people why He is rejecting them and what they have to do to be restored: 19 “If you submit and obey, you shall eat the good of the land;

20 but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword,” for the mouth of יהוה has spoken.

21 How the steadfast city has become a whore! I have filled it with right-ruling; righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers.

22 Your silver has become dross; your wine is mixed with water.

23 Your rulers are stubborn, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and runs after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow reach them.

24 Therefore the Master declares, יהוה of hosts, the Mighty One of Yisra’ĕl, “Ah, I shall be eased of My adversaries, and I shall be avenged of My enemies.

25 “And I shall turn My hand against you, and shall refine your dross as with lye, and shall remove all your alloy.

26 “And I shall give back your judges as at the first, and your counsellors as at the beginning. After this you shall be called the city of righteousness, a steadfast city.”

27 Tsiyon shall be ransomed with right-ruling, and her returning ones with righteousness.

28 And the destruction of transgressors and of sinners is together, and those who forsake יהוה shall be consumed.

29 For they shall be ashamed of the terebinth trees which you have desired. And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens which you have chosen.

30 For you shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water.

31 The strong shall be for tow*, and his work for a spark. And both shall burn together, with no one to extinguish.

*tow: in The Defined KJB tow is defined as “the course and broken fibers of flax, hemp, etc. prepared for spinning.” The NKJV uses “tinder”.

But Christians say, “I am Born Again, washed in JESUS’ Blood and filled with The HOLY SPIRIT, I am Saved, not by Works but by Faith through Grace!” And that is true but that is only the beginning. When you became a Christian you confessed your sins to GOD (you did not know His Name, JEHOVAH, then) you stopped sinning, Right? That is what Repentance means: to change your mind or direction. If you are born again you are supposed to stop sinning. You know: stop lying, cheating, stealing, murdering, being immoral (sexually and behaviorally), stop being socially weak (not standing up for JESUS and The Gospel – JESUS said if we could not stand up for Him in our present sinful world, He would not stand up for us when He Returns Mark 8:34-38).

Many Christians will say, “That seems harsh, I don’t want people rejecting me just because I am a Christian.” That is what JESUS told us would happen in the first part of The Sermon On The Mount, Matthew 5:3-12 The Blessings (Be Attitudes). If you want to know how JESUS said we should live as Christians study The Sermon On The Mount, Matthew chapters 5-7.

JEHOVAH specifically told the Hebrew people how He wanted them to Live and Serve Him. JESUS specifically tells us how He expects us to Live and Serve Him! In the Gospel of John He told two people to stop sinning: John 5:1-15 JESUS healed a man who had been lame for 38 years, then He told the man to “…Sin no more, lest a worst thing come upon you.” In John 8:1-12 He told the woman caught in adultery, “…Has no one condemned you?...Neither do I condemn you, go and sin no more.” This is a Command to all of us!

Can you imagine, JESUS telling us there are requirements (beside going to church regularly and paying tithes or making offerings regularly). Well He Did! When we become a Christian, JEHOVAH GOD and His Son JESUS expect us to stop sinning, (Matthew 7:21-29; John 14:19-24) that is why They sent Their SPIRIT (Holy Spirit) to live in us (1 Corinthians 3:16-17), to guide us, council us, comfort us, convict us (if we have sin), to teach us, to bring forth His Fruit and Gifts (these are so we can do the work of JEHOVAH’s Heavenly Kingdom in the earth).(John 14:15-18, 25-31, 16:5-15).

JESUS told us in Mark 8:34-38 that we have to lay down our life and take up our cross, like He did (Luke 22:39-46). What was JESUS’ cross, that in Obedience to the Will of His Father He had to become sin (2 Corinthians 5:21) and take our punishment for us so that we can be Saved! So what is our cross? To proclaim The Gospel everywhere, to get people Saved, Baptized and Discipled into His Kingdom! (The Great Commission! Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 16:14-18)

This is why many Christians ignore Philippians 2:12-16, where Paul tells us that we have to participate in The Kingdom, we have to Work Out our Salvation, not Work to Earn our Salvation, but to Work at Keeping it!

In The Gospels JESUS told us things we Have To Do and things we are Not To Do! In every Epistle we are told To Do certain things and Not To Do certain things. It is our Responsibility, that is why we are told to Persevere, Endure To The End and Overcome, knowing that our Works will be Judged (1 Corinthians 3:8-15; Revelation 20:11-15)

https://youtu.be/VHvlddM9aWU

Friday, March 6, 2026

Psalm 91 and Sin

https://youtu.be/0DYJ1IPg3p8?si=cI-HPij-eIKOVW5i

The above video is very powerful; it was shared with me and I shared it with several people. But, many Christians, including myself have not always experienced this type of protection and I want to address that.

Notice in the video the woman, she is reading her Bible, this is a reflection of the teachings of JESUS; He said in John 8:31-32 that if His Word abides in us we will be His disciple and we will know The Truth and The Truth will set us Free.

What is The Truth that sets us Free? John 15 is the Truth that we have to abide in JESUS to be Productive in The Father’s Kingdom. In Mark 4:21-32 JESUS tells us that we have to pay attention to what we hear, why? Because it affects how we think and believe and this affects how we experience life and GOD’s Kingdom in the earth. In Mark 8:34-38 JESUS tells us that we have to lay down our Life and take up our cross to follow Him. He tells us we have to lose (surrender) our Life to Him and The Gospel (The Work of The Kingdom) to be Saved.

In Matthew 5:27-29 JESUS tells us that what we look at can cause us to sin. He says if we cannot control what we look at, which influences our soul, it is better to pluck out our eye and enter Eternity maimed than hell whole. In Matthew 6:22-24 JESUS tells us that we have to guard our eyes, if we look on sin it will darken our soul, He says we cannot serve two masters, we have to serve Him or we will serve the devil.

As I said above I have experienced not receiving the protection of GOD at times in my life and it was always when I was harboring (holding on to) sin in my Life. This is why we are told to confess our sins to one another (James 5:15-16), so that they are not hidden and festering; we bring them into the Light so that we can overcome them. (Matthew 5:23-26, 18:15-20) John says in 1 John 1:5-10 and 2:1-2 that if we have sin we must confess it and JESUS will forgive us.

If we want the protection of Psalm 91 and to live in the armor of GOD (Ephesians 6:10-20) we have to “Seek first The Kingdom of GOD and His Righteousness” daily!

Remember every Promise has a Requirement and every Commandment has a Promise!

https://youtu.be/0iLJdJK3wLI