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PURIM Prophecy IS About To Come True?! The deeper meaning of the Book of Esther.

Jacob Israel8 Comments

Hello My Friends,

I’m so happy that you are subscribed here and are digging deeper and learning even more than what I share alone on YouTube.

With that being said, after enjoying this presentation on the deeper meaning of the Book of Esther, which will forever stay in your mind and your heart, knowing that this story of how Gods people were saved and delivered is OUR story as well.

In understanding the truly profound spiritual significance of this ancient story you will see that Esthers Day is taking place TODAY and that means you better be ready, because something truly profound and wonderful is coming our way very soon. So don’t keep this video and website to yourself.

Please press play, make sure and Subscribe to me on Youtube and here, check for notifications and don’t forget to LIKE and COMMENT I will do my best to respond in Gods timing. Much love to you and yours, enjoy Jacob

Are You Blaspheming the Holy Spirit? The Unforgiveable Sin What It Is and Isn’t.

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Many have taught that there is a sin that is unforgiveable. We read this word, “Unforgiveable” and we begin to think of a person being tortured endlessly. We believed this, because this is what we were told by people who seemed to know the things of God.

I often ask people if God and His Christ would want his servants and children to forgive, or to have a limit to their forgiveness. These people, who believe the God and Creator of all has a “LIMIT” to who, and what God will forgive , will curiously answer that there should never be an end to a person’s forgiveness. This seems to fly in the face of the idea that there is one thing that God will punish you endlessly for. Most Christians believe we are ALWAYS supposed to forgive people of their trespass. In fact, we are instructed to pray this, with the understanding that we will be forgiven for our sins with the very same measure we forgive others of theirs.

In “The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant” Peter questions if seven times was enough? Jesus made it clear, there really should be no end to your forgiveness.

Matthew 18: 21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” 22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.

And yet, in two of the Gospels we are presented with a scenario where God will not forgive. To the Religious it then seems to follow, that means, endless Torture awaits.

However, this simple passage in scripture is simple enough to explain, if you no longer fall victim to the YEAST of the Pharisees. (Yeast = Egotistical Prideful hateful Ideas found within their religious teachings).

This is something Jesus warns against ironically in Luke Chapter 12.

12 Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be[a] on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. 3 What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.

Jesus is basically saying, what they have been ignorantly taught the Light of God’s Truth will reveal, and this truth will soon be heard everywhere. He then went on to remind them they should NOT to focus on physical or temporal punishments, but spiritual ones.

4 “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. 

Now this seems to be a bit of a mystery. Because on one hand you hear Jesus telling people they should FEAR the ONE who has power to through you into HELL, not those who would want to kill you. However, a moment later Jesus then says, YOU ARE OF GREAT VALUE to God and that you should NOT BE AFRAID, because even the hairs on your head were in numbered.

6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. DON’T BE AFRAID; you are worth more than many sparrows.

So which is it? Can it be both? Is there a SIN so great that God would punish you ENDLESSLY for?

8 “I tell you, whoever publicly acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God. 9 But whoever disowns me before others will be disowned before the angels of God. 10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

The ANSWER may set you free, and it is found in my recent Video on the Subject. Please do take the time to Like, Comment, and Share this encouraging message. We need to understand the Heart of God, the Real, One and Only TRUE God… because if we are wrong about God’s heart, than we are lost indeed. Enjoy “Are You Blaspheming The Holy Spirit”. Much love Jacob

The Power of Judgment! Jesus’s Secret Teaching Revealed.

Jacob Israel17 Comments

Good evening everyone,

While, this YouTube video doesn’t uncover any new manuscript or gospel, it does however reveal the truth about what it means to “Judge Not.”

This below passage found in the Gospel of Matthew may seem cut and dry, well this video will put some Life (Christ) into it. Christ the Power and Wisdom of God that is.

Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Matthew 7:1-2 =KJV

Please do enjoy this encouraging video and do share it with people who cannot see the sunrise above the dark that they are in. Perhaps it will help them to see that they too can and will Shine Bright in Christ’s Light.

PS don’t forget to Subscribe and tell a friend. Much Love Jacob

Who Is Jesus’s Mother, Brother and Sister Really? It could be YOU – A video

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Hello my friends,

In the Gospel of Mark chapter 3:34,35 Jesus is told his Mother and Brothers are waiting to see him … however Jesus responded in a curious way.

And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Mark 3:32-35

Yet, there is an even deeper meaning to what Jesus was saying. Enjoy my most recent YouTube video to find out what that is. Please do share, like, and comment it helps others find what you have found and allows me to reach more people for the Lord, whose Mother, Brother, and Sister May be closer than you think. Much love Jacob

What Is The Kingdom Of God? The Truth Changes Everything!

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Don’t miss tonight’s LIVE Premiere at 7pm EST on YouTube! Join Jacob Israel LIVE IN THE CHAT for this special event! If you don’t REALLY know what the Kingdom of God is You Cannot Inherit what is predetermined to be YOURS! Find out when the Kingdom Comes and How To Rule there by watching tonight’s Live Premiere. Please be prompt so we spread this message wide and far. Enjoy and God bless you all Jacob

What Satan Falling From Heaven Really Means 

Jacob Israel7 Comments

Whether or not you are a Christian you have heard about a time when Jesus said he saw Satan falling as Lightning from Heaven.

Luke 10:18 

And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven

Now many people will hear this passage and picture Satan as one of Gods most beautiful Angels being cast into the earth as punishment. As if the Lord God is crying out “Be Gone Satan, Be Thou Cast From Heaven into the earth!” 

 

Others will say Jesus, in the Gospel of Luke was having a vision of Satan coming down to the earth in the end times to do torment on mankind as it states in Revelation. 

 

 Revelation 12:9 

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 

 

 The prevailing idea is that when Jesus said he saw “Satan Fall As Lightning From Heaven” most believe this is in reference to the account of Lucifer Falling in the book of Isaiah – “How art thou fallen from heaven” and many think this is talking about Satan, but these are two distinctly different events and characters. (Watch my video Who Is Lucifer Really) 

 

 Now all of these incidents, ideas, are loosely connected in the spiritual sense but they are not quite as literal as you may think. 

 

The goal of this essay is to make it clear what this one passage really means. My reasoning is simple, once you do, you too will see “Satan Fall As Lightning From Heaven As Well”. 

 

 So let’s paint the scene. 

 

Jesus had just sent his disciples out as lambs among wolves because the harvest was plentiful (meaning many people were ready to be saved by the gospel of TRUTH and set free from the lies they have believed about themselves, the world around them, and the lord God) BUT…the Laborers were Few.  

 

 You see like today, there were A LOT OF RELIGIOUS PEOPLE IN THE LAND but NOT a lot of Children of God ready and set to deliver the Gospel of Truth to people who were possessed by the “devil” of lies they believe. 

 

 Well, after Jesus sent them out with the instructions, bring peace to those who will hear you and take your peace from those who won’t, 70 of these lambs among wolves returned super excited that even the “devils” were subject to them.  

 

They couldn’t believe the power of the gospel that was given to them and how it literally cast out the devils (lies) that people believed.  

 

 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.” 

 

Let me for a moment, explain what casting out devils in “your name” means.

 

Many people will teach you that you can go up to someone and cast out their “stutter” for example by saying, “Demon be gone in Jesus Name” but that is Not what this passage means.

 

The word “name” literally comes from two root words that means “To Come to Know” and “To be Useful”.

 

So you come to know the truth and you share it and it is useful.

But truly the real revelation of what this meant is, these disciples were taught the truth of God by Christ and they were led by Christ. What Christ knew they soon knew.

So, Christ sent them out into the world knowing that it would be as if he himself was going out. He sent them out in his “Name” which means everything Christ knew and was.

Legally, it would be like giving someone Power Of Attorney for you. It meant that they in fact, in all legal standing, were Christ.

Jesus actually said to them, that IF people received “them” they received Christ himself, and also God because God sent Christ.  

Let me explain it this way, imagine a huge fire (that’s God), then a tree that is also part of that fire, a tree that catches fire from that fire, and no imagine and a branch of that tree which is also on fire…

 

If you received the branch who is now on FIRE for the Love of God, then you have also received the TREE and the Source of the Fire to begin with.  

 

 This is an important lesson for “Lambs” (young followers of Christ) to understand. When Jesus said if they receive “your teaching”, which I taught and inspired within you, which God taught and inspired within me, then it was done in JESUS’S NAME. 

 

Now, how can this be Jacob? How can we come in Christ’s name?

Well that is because he gave us his name.

 

We are the Body of Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:27 – Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

We are to put on the Mind of Christ. We are given the Name of Christ.

THIS is why Jesus said, when we understand that He is in the Father and the Father is in Him and they IN YOU, that greater works than even these shall you do.  

But you can’t get there without FAITH. Faith is essential, but how can you believe if you never knew who you were in Christ?

Now if we are children, then we are heirs —heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

Romans 8:17

So the disciples were geeked about this. They were fired up that even the Devils were subject to them in Christ’s Name (authority/nature)

But Jesus wanted to put things in perspective, it was great that they were able to set so many people free, BUT that wasn’t what they should be excited about.  

 Let’s for a moment, look at the state the world was in before Jesus sent his Lambs out. The world was a mess and yet Jesus commanded them to …  

 

 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ 10 But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, 11 ‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.’ 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. 

 

 People were lost just like today. Hurting, spiritually SICK and WEAK. JUST LIKE TODAY! People needed to be warned because the KINGDOM OF GOD is once again present and the time is now for people to find the truth of who they are, and what and where the Kingdom of God is. Here’s a hint…. WITHIN YOU! 

 

 13 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.[b] 

16 “Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.” 

 

 Whoever rejects YOU rejects ME?! How can this be? IT’S THE SAME FIRE PEOPLE! Fire is not a bad thing, it is a wonderful symbol, as it devours the bad and uses its ashes to provide fertile ground for the Life that is to come. 

 

In other words, the TRUTH may hurt but BABY its nothing compared to the Glory that is revealed because of it. 

 

 And so, the disciples came back excited. They were casting out devils everywhere they went. This act (if you aren’t new to me) you understand is a picture of people who have come to the knowledge of the truth of God through Christ who then simply shared the truth of God and Christ and Christ’s Kingdom to the lost sheep scattered throughout the land.  

 

 John 8:32 

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 

 

 There were people who were possesed by “LIES” which is what devils in scriptures are. They are Lying and deceitful spirits and we know that “SPIRIT” is the same as saying THOUGHT… for Jesus declared, that his words are SPIRIT and they are LIFE, and words begin with thought… and some would say without thought there 

 

John 6:63 

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 

 

 So they were pumped, “Jesus even the DEVILS were subject to us” 

 

 Now that word subject sounds like they could CONTROL the Demon and cast it out like Jesus did with the pigs that day. HOWEVER, this is yet again a religious idea that kills the true spirit of what is being shared here. 

 

The DEVILS were SUBJECT to us… the word Subject U(pota/ssw in Greek, simple means to yield to someone’s ADVICE or admonition. Sort of like someone who is on drugs, you tell them how valuable they are, that they are not drug addicts, not losers, no criminals, not too far gone or lost, that they are PRICELESS, that they are VALUABLE, that they are GODS PRECIOUS STONES that are set to cry out in Glory and come back to life… and the LIES that person believed about themselves was CAST OUT… with the Godly ADVICE given thanks to the teaching of Christ (the power and wisdom of God).  

 

 SO THEY SHOUTED… 

 

The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”  

 

 And Jesus responds by saying, He replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 

 

 You see, this has nothing to do with Lucifer, Or the Devil coming down in the End Times, this is a GREAT TRUTH that has been hidden from view and if it wasn’t for listening to a recommended preacher named Damon Thompson with a channel called Carolina Revival (I do not know the ins and outs of his ministry but I did like this video I watched and I realized how important it was for me to share this with everyone else.) who touched on the topic today I wouldn’t sharing.  

 

 You see, Jesus didn’t want to take the wind out of their sales, he wanted to put an even greater importance to it. Satan, which literally means adversary, taking residence in the heavens of our thinking. People are either children of God or children of the Devil.  

 

 The scripture clearly tells us where the Kingdom of Heaven is. You cant say look here or there, for behold the Kingdom of Heaven is within you! 

 They had the power to cast out DEVILS… but Jesus was pointed out what ACTUALLY was taking place spiritually within the people the disciples helped. THEY CAST SATAN OUT OF THEIR PERSONAL HEAVEN! 

 

The war that takes place is taking place within our MINDS and HEARTS… the heavens and the earth… God’s ways and Man’s Ways. 

 

 Falling like LIGHTNING from HEAVEN is a picture of an INSTANT EXPLOSIVE EVENT! There is usually some fall out around the place LIGHTNING strikes… and when SATAN is cast out of THINKING… your HIGHEST form of thinking no less… it is instantaneous… THAT IS THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL (good news). 

 

 Now this is where the REAL message hits… Jesus goes on to say… 

 19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. 

 20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” 

21 At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do. 

22 “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” 

23 Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.” 

 

 The question is DO YOU hear it? 

A video with even more info is coming soon. Please do Subscribe, Like, Comment and Share. Make sure and click for notifications. I love you all, Jacob

The Truth About Taking Up Serpents, Casting Out Devils and More!

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Good day to all of you amazing, wonderful, gifted, strong and blessed people. I wanted to share my latest video on a topic that is sure to change your mind on a couple of things.

As always make sure and Buckle Up because the truth is always something that stirs a person up, shakes the dead branches of negative thoughts to the ground, and open the earth up for a new Tree that has LIFE within it.

Please do enjoy this video, please do subscribe to me on YouTube, like this post and leave a comment. Have the best day ever and don’t forget to tell your friends they are More Than They Know in Christ. Much love Jacob

PROOF! THE SIGN OF THE SON OF MAN IS HERE!

Jacob Israel16 Comments

The Story of Jonah is indeed our story. In the Gospels we are told that As Jonah was a sign for the Ninevites, so too will the Son of Man be for THIS GENERATION.

Did you catch that? That means that the SON OF MAN will be someone who is calling for REPENTANCE. Now what if I were to say, that is what you are witnessing as you read these words?

Now watch this, the scriptures teach us that as Jonah was in the Belly of the Great Fish so to will the SON OF MAN (The person speaking of repentance) be in the HEART OF THE EARTH.

Matthew 12:40 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.

Ironically, thanks to a friend of the channel BigD, I now can point out the irony as we have been 3 Months in our Homes – which happen to be the Heart is where the Home is … did you catch that?

Remember not to think so literally when it comes to literal times, as scripture teaches that a day to the Lord can be a Thousand years… so it is not far fetched to draw the 3 month in Isolation in the Heart/Home of the Earth with the 3 days of the Son of Man.

Id like to also point that “SON OF MAN” simply means a CHILD OF MANKIND. Are we not SONS AND DAUGHTERS of MANKIND as well?

The CHILD OF MANKIND in isolation in the HOME (which is the HEART of the EARTH) is it not?

Matthew 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the fish’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

THE HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS! For 3 Months Mankinds Children have been in the Heart of the Earth. This is a Fulfillment of the Scriptures.

Now WATCH this Video and REJOICE! Please make sure and share this website link around so others can witness the day that we are all privileged to be apart of. I love you all Jacob!

What Is The Sabbath Rest?

Jacob Israel38 Comments

Good day everyone,

Recently I was given a question by a viewer about the Sabbath. There is much debate over this promise of God. Some say the Sabbath is simply a day when you stop all your literal work on a certain day. Some take it so literally that they wont use an oven or even electricity on this day. There is also much debate over what literal day this is. Some declare the sabbath to be on Sunday, others say that day is Saturday, others say we use a different calendar today and that the Sabbath is another day all together.

However, this is not how I have come to understand what the Sabbath Rest is. This is a promise to us all from God. One, that we are all meant to enter into. So when I was asked to clarify what I believe the Sabbath is and how we should celebrate it I wrote a brief email breaking down how I understand it to be.

After responding, I felt it was important for me to also share this with all of you. I understand there are many people that will judge a person’s faith by whether or not they attend church, mosque, synagogue, and more. There are many religious leaders that will put their flock under the bondage of a literal law, which is actually meant to be a pattern for the spiritual law God has provided for all of us.

Whether or not a person keeps the Sabbath, and how they keep it, in religious circles seems to be more about the WORK of the individual not doing this or that on a certain day and less about the covenant we are meant to enter into with God, to keep God’s Sabbath Holy.

I myself have been criticized for my understanding of Gods Sabbath Rest, and my teaching on it by people who were taught that we MUST Literally not do a thing on Saturdays, or Sundays, or whatever days they believe it to be, with the exception of enjoying the food God blessed us with.

FOOD by the way is a wonderful allegory for God’s truth. Jesus made this clear to his disciples when they were worried he didn’t eat enough in the book of John. Jesus’s response to them reveals a mystery to us all.

John 4:33,34 – Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

To do God’s will is what we must eat (Becoming One With) – Our purpose is the food he provides essentially, along with his commandments, which you will soon see is how we are meant to keep the Sabbath Holy.

Now remember the Sabbath rest is a day we ALL must enter into. Like everything there is a physical representation and an eternal, spiritual, heavenly one. We understand the Heavens by what we see and experience in the literal Earth through faith.

Hebrews 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

This means the temporal is NOT what truly matters, but what we learn from the temporal and incorporate into our spiritual lives.

So every Saturday ceasing from your labor is a pattern for the REAL SABBATH rest we are meant to enter into. This of course is how I understand it to be, as we are meant to enter into GOD’S REST not ours if the book of Hebrews be true. And the ONLY way to enter into this rest was by faith, by belief, not works.

HEBREWS 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. 5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. 6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: 7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

Notice verse 9, there REMAINS A REST for God’s people. Meaning people hadnt yet entered into it spiritually. Many during the time the book of Hebrews was written were LITERALLY performing the tradition of not working and such on the “Sabbath” but this tradition, in my opinion, is yet more a carnal mankind taking the truth of God and turning it into another vain tradition that leads no one to the TRUE REST that awaits… we are to CEASE from OUR WORKS. It’s NOT about us, it’s about God and doing God’s will. This is why Jesus said, not my will Lord but thine be done.

Hebrews 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

Now, unlike many who will tell people how they must serve God via rights, traditions, and works, I dont ever tell anyone how to practice their faith. Simply put, entering into Gods rest in my opinion is ceasing to do evil, to stop behaving wickedly… to have and hold faith above all else. To trust that God is in control and to not Kick against the Pricks that God uses to keep you on the straight and narrow path. To cease from doing evil and to do good, that is key.

Jesus healed on the LITERAL Sabbath day… and they gave him a hard time for that… his response was… the SABBATH REST is to do GOOD. 

Matthew 12:12 – Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

How does one defile or pollute the Sabbath? It’s simple doing evil.

Isaiah 56:1-3 Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

It is also important to note that the Sabbath is a promise of God. That it is a gift for all of mankind to enter into. Jesus explained clearly that the Sabbath was made for MAN not the other way around.

Mark 2:27 – And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath.

Now as I stated earlier, the literal tradition of keeping the Sabbath was a pattern. It was a physical representation of what it means to enter into God’s presence and Kingdom. Just as literal baptism and the laying on of hands and more. This is why we are told to move pass these temporal things and into the unity of the Holy Spirit. We are encouraged to move unto perfection. Not being justified in our works like getting literally baptized, fasting, or not working on Saturday, all of these things are as a pattern for us all.

Hebrews 6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, 2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Not laying again the foundation of dead works… you see these are a foundation. A building block, a pattern for us to learn from. They are as the book of Colossians states A SHADOW of the THINGS TO COME.

Colossians 2: 16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the SABBATH days: 17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ

Notice, we are instructed to not let anyone JUDGE US in what we eat or drink or how we celebrate holy days… or of SABBATHS… so not only is it wrong for Sabbath teachers to condemn others for not adhering to their interpretation of what the Sabbath is, but that this interpretation is called a SHADOW of THINGS TO COME… meaning ITS NOT THE LIGHT, it’s something that BLOCKS THE LIGHT. Get it?

We are also instructed not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers. Believe it or not, a unbeliever would be someone who believes we can WORK our way to the Kingdom of God. An unbeliever is someone who will say to Jesus, how dare you eat without washing your hands first. Which once again is a shadow for us to learn from.

Eating we learned earlier is to do God’s will. Hands symbolic of our works. We are NOT MEANT to do God’s will with unclean hands, which quite clearly means a sinful life.

Hebrews 4:9 – There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

A day where we REST in the Spirit of God, no more doing what we will but what God wills for us… no more fear, no more hate, prejudice, no more worry and doubt and pain… as GOD RESTED from his WORK we must stop working ourselves and ENTER INTO HIS REST. Meaning, we have FAITH because it is impossible to please God without it.

I believe the traditional LITERAL Sabbath rest was a pattern that we are all meant to enter into on the SEVENTH DAY — which may not be a literal day of a literal week as well, but the close of God’s creation… The Thousand year reign of Christ if you will… a day when Gods Kingdom is Established in the earth… this is the DAY we ALL MUST ENTER INTO TO. 

2 Peter 3:8
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one dayis with the Lord as athousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Now does that mean we cannot enter into God’s Rest now? God forbid. This REST is a promise for us all to enter into. It is important to note that to do this we MUST keep his Sabbath Holy.

Exodus 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

And how do we do this? The rest of Exodus gives us the commandments…

Exodus 20: 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not kill. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

I hope you all can see that the vain traditions and dead works of religion were all there for us to learn from. Like the boy who cried wolf, it is not about the literal boy or the literal wolf, it is about what do we learn from the SPIRIT of the STORY. Because it is the SPIRIT of the story that gives us LIFE AND TRUE UNDERSTANDING. And we are meant to be MINISTERS of a NEW TESTAMENT! One that doesn’t go here or there judging how religious traditions are kept. No, we are meant to move unto perfect and into the glorious Kingdom God has prepared for us in the here and now.

2 Corinthians 3:6 – Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, BUT THE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE.

Once again, this is simply the way I understand God’s Sabbath Rest and I do pray we ALL ENTER IN… I hope this helps, because I do know a lot of people want to make a whole religion over keeping the Sabbath… the problem is they are MAKING IT ABOUT THEIR WORKS… meaning NOT WORKING, NOT DOING THIS AND THAT… but in so doing they are DOING THEIR WORK instead of GODS to do that, this seems to be a religious tradition to me, which we are told to avoid.

However, to be HOLY to enter Gods Rest, to have Faith, to Keep His Commandments, this is what I believe it means to keep the Sabbath and I believe that day is coming for many, and I pray and hope it has come for ALL OF YOU.

Much love Jacob – Once again, I’m not the authority God is, always pray and seek and use Godly judgment, not worldly. 

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