Blasphemy leads to death

 

There are two blasphemies that are not acceptable to Heavenly Father and can lead to death, they are;

1) Blasphemy of His Name

2) Blasphemy of His Spirit (Holy Spirit).

Leviticus 24:16 ‘And he who blasphemes the Name of Yahuah shall certainly be put to death, and all the congregation certainly stone him, the stranger as well as the native. When he blasphemes the Name, he is put to death.

 

Matthew 12:31“Because of this I say to you, all sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven men.

 

Now this sounds like two different incidents but it is not exactly so! Let me explain. The Holy Spirit comes from the Heavenly Father whose Name is Yahuah, so the blasphemy is against one source which is Yahuah and His Spirit.

Each punishment is death.

What did Yahusha (Jesus) do that caused Him to be sentenced to death? The Pharisees and High Priest accused Yahusha of blasphemy and therefore was sentenced to death for blasphemy.

The Pharisees had a law at the time of Yahusha which prohibited anyone except the High Priest within the temple to use the Most High Creator's Name. Anyone using the Name of Yahuah was blaspheming according to the Pharisees. Yahusha used the Father's Name and by this He was found guilty and sentenced to death. So, the question must be asked: what is blasphemy of His Name and of the Holy Spirit?

The next few verses in Mark 14 we find, I believe Yahusha using the Father's Name. verse 61-64 Again the high priest asked Him, saying to Him, “Are You the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed?” And Yahusha said, “I am, and you shall see the Son of Adam sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of the heaven.” And tearing his garments, the high priest said, “What further need do we have of witnesses? “You have heard the blasphemy!

 

Listen to what Yahusha says in John 10:33-36 The Jews answered Him, saying, “We do not stone You for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself Elohim.” Yahusha answered them, “Is it not written in your own Law, ‘I said, “You are elohim” ’? “If He called them elohim, to whom the word of Elohim came – and it is impossible for the Scripture to be broken – do you say of Him whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of Elohim’?

What the high priest and Pharisees did not accept because of their blindness is that they were actually speaking to the true Messiah and they just could not believe this.

How could He have blasphemed the Name when He was the Son of the Name!

He was the Word which was from the beginning.

In John 10:30 Messiah says this: “I and My Father are one.” This has the meaning of “unity.”

John 17:11 explains it more clearly; “And I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Set-apart Father, guard them in Your Name which You have given Me, so that they might be one, as We are.

 

In the next few messages, I will explain what the meaning of "Blasphemy of the Name" is!

The Righteous One

The question is: What does the commands (Torah = Hebrew for commands) mean for us today?

For me Acts chapter 7 (The scriptures) gives me some answers. Stephan who loved Elohim (Almighty) dearly and was a true searcher of truth is speaking in Acts Chapter 7. This desire for truth cost him his life.

Stephan is brought to the council and questioned by the high priest whereby he starts telling the council the history of the Israelites. Note: I am starting from verse 37 which is after the people were led out of Egypt. Verse 37 “This is the Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘Yahuah your Almighty shall raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brothers. Him you shall hear’ (You find this in Deuteronomy 18:15 as well). This is confirmed again in Deuteronomy 18:18 by Yahuah Himself: ‘I shall raise up for them a Prophet like you out of the midst of their brothers. And I shall put My Words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.

 

Read also Acts 3:22-23 which should be a warning to those who do not have believe in Messiah.

Yahuah says in Deuteronomy 18:18, My Words will be in His mouth. Remember Yahusha (Jesus) said somewhere in John that He only speaks what His Father tells Him to say. And He was the Word from the beginning. This is the true Messiah. Yahusha confirmed this fact in seven places in John, namely in John 3:34, 7:16, 8:28, 8:40, 12:49, 14:24, and 17:8 – His teachings (words, commands) are identical to those of His Father.

 

Acts 7: 38-39 “This is he (Moses) who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the Messenger who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received the living Words to give to us, unto whom our fathers would not become obedient, but thrust away, and in their hearts they turned back to Egypt,..

Who is this "Messenger?"

Was this Yahusha - the Word!

Note Stephen calls the ten Words (Commands) the "Living Words!"

Who is the Word and is Living? Verse 40-41 saying to Aaron, ‘Make for us gods to go before us,.... for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ “And they made a calf in those days, and brought an offering to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their own hands. Verse 42-43 “So Almighty turned and gave them up to worship the host of the heaven, as it has been written in the book of the Prophets, ‘Did you bring slaughtered beasts and offerings unto Me during forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? ‘And you took up the tent of Molek (Moloch), and the star of your mighty one Kiyyun (Remphan), images which you made to bow before them. Therefore I shall remove you beyond Babylon.’

Stephen says here, Yahuah gave them up to worship the host of the heavens = sun, stars and moon (planets).

In the portion we read about the golden calf, it does not say anything about Yahuah giving them up to worship the planets, so where does Stephen get this from? The prophet Amos wrote this in Amos 5:25-27 “You brought Me slaughterings and meal offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel, but you took up Sikkuth (Molech) your sovereign and Kiyyun (Kiyun), your idols, your astral mighty ones, which you made for yourselves! “Therefore I shall send you into exile beyond Damascus,” said Yahuah Almighty of hosts – His Name.

 

So, what did Stephen and Amos mean here?

Now we all know who Molech is and how this god is still been worshipped today through abortions and other ways (my view) but what happen to the god Kiyyun or Kiyun or Remphan(KJV)? This god is also still been worship today. I have done my research on this false god and it was difficult to find information on this but what I found was a shocker. Verse 44-45 “The Tent of Witness was with our fathers in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the gentiles, whom Almighty drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David,..

The temple that was instructed by Yahuah to make. Interesting, Stephan mentions the tent of Witness after the golden calf incident which confirms that this instruction came after Mt Sinai.

Verse 46-47 who found favour before Almighty and asked to find a dwelling for the Almighty of Jacob, but Solomon built Him a house. Remember that Yahuah did not instruct David to build a temple. David asked Yahuah if he could build a permanent temple for Him and Yahuah approved David's request. The only restriction Yahuah gave David was that he could not build it but only his son Solomon.

 

The next verses are very important to understand and I believe applies to us today. Verse 48-50 “However, the Most High does not dwell in dwellings (temples) made with hands, as the prophet says: ‘The heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What house shall you build for Me? says Yahauh, or what is the place of My rest? ‘Has My hand not made all these?’

Also said in Acts 17:24 “Yahuah, who made the world and all that is in it, this One being Master of heaven and earth, does not dwell in dwellings (temples) made with hands. Prophet Isaiah says this in Isaiah 66:1-2 as well.

So, the tent or temple that Moses built was a temporary meeting place for Yahuah to meet His people. The question is now that the Messiah has come to earth and returned to His Father's place, where is the temple?

Today we hear them preparing to build the next temple! By whose instruction is this temple been built, is the question I am asking!

Below are verses speaking about the Temple in the new Covenant (Testament). Mark 14:58 “We heard Him saying, ‘I shall destroy this Dwelling Place (Temple) that is made with hands, and within three days I shall build another made without hands.’ ”

1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you are a Dwelling Place (Temple) of Elohim and that the Spirit of Elohim dwells in you?

2 Corinthians 6:16-18 And what union has the Dwelling Place (Temple) of Elohim with idols? For you are a Dwelling Place (Temple) of the living Elohim, as Elohim has said, “I shall dwell in them and walk among them, and I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be My people.” Therefore, “Come out from among them and be separate, says Yahuah, and do not touch what is unclean, and I shall receive you. “And I shall be a Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me, says Yahuah the Almighty.”

Ephesians 2:20-22 having been built upon the foundation of the emissaries and prophets, Yahusha Messiah Himself being chief corner-stone, in whom all the building, being joined together, grows into a set-apart Dwelling Place (Temple) in Yahuah, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of Elohim in the Spirit.

Revelation 3:11-12 “See, I am coming speedily! Hold what you have that no one take your crown. “He who overcomes, I shall make him a supporting post in the Dwelling Place (Temple) of My Elohim, and he shall by no means go out. And I shall write on him the Name of My Elohim and the name of the city of My Elohim, the renewed Jerusalem, which comes down out of the heaven from My Elohim, and My renewed Name.

Revelation 7:15 “Because of this they are before the throne of Elohim, and serve Him day and night in His Dwelling Place (Temple). And He who sits on the throne shall spread His Tent over them.

Revelation 11:19 And the Dwelling Place (Temple) of Elohim was opened in the heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His Dwelling Place (Temple). And there came to be lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.

Revelation 15:5-6 And after this I looked and saw the Dwelling Place (Temple) of the Tent of Witness in the heaven was opened. And out of the Dwelling Place (Temple) came the seven messengers having the seven plagues, dressed in clean bright linen, and having their chests girded with golden bands.

Revelation 21:22 And I saw no Dwelling Place (Temple) in it, for Yahuah El Shaddai is its Dwelling Place (Temple), and the Lamb.

Has the question been answered?

This is one huge mystery; if the Messiah did come to earth +-2000 years ago (which I believe He did) then the temple to be made by man is not applicable, if I understand the above scripture verses correctly.  Verse 51-53 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Set apart (Holy) Spirit, as your fathers did, you also do. “Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who before announced the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, who received the commands (Torah) as it was ordained by messengers, but did not watch over it.”

 

The Commands was ordained by messengers! Could these mean angels (cherubs)? The Righteous One can only be Yahusha.

Stephen also says in this verse that many prophets were killed when they prophesied about the coming Messiah.

Abba Father Yahuah, teach us Your Ways, let us walk in Your truth. 

World control

We know that there is good and there is bad! We know that the Heavenly Father (Yahuah) is supreme and in complete control of what He created here on earth and the whole universe.

This message continues on from my previous message where satan said to Messiah, he the wicked one will give the world to Messiah if He worships him.

It is true, the world and its system are under the control of the wicked one.

Why? Because mankind chose to obey satan rather than the Most High, back in the Garden of Eden. Ever since “all are under sin,” and “all have sinned’’- Romans 3:9

What then? Have we the superiority, when we have before decided as to both Jews and Gentiles, that all of them are under sin?

 

Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of Yahuah,... According to Galatians 3:22 all mankind has been shut up (imprisoned) by sin.

Satan says in Luke 4:5-6 that all the reigns (kingdoms) of the world have been delivered to him, Satan!

In 1 John 5:19 we read that “all the world lies in the wicked one,” meaning: all the world lies under the control of the wicked one!

Wow! Is this news to you? What do you think, is this true? If you sit down and think about this carefully and be honest, then the answer must be "true!"

 

So, what now? Are you free or in bondage?

But Yahuah always had a plan for freedom.

We have a choice to be in bondage to satan or to be free to Yahusha. It is our choice!

The Almighty (Elohim) has never and will never force us into doing His will. We have a free will! He has given us that free will.

Yahuah first started calling out people from this world of sin, out from under this sinful reign (Amos 9:8), calling them out to become His people, to come under His rule. He did this in a special way when He sent His Son Yahusha to establish the kingdom of Yahuah here on earth. Almost all of His people rejected Him, and the reign of Elohim (Almighty) was held in temporary suspension – until Yahusha comes again and physically sets up His Father’s reign (kingdom) here on earth.

 

In Revelation 18:4 Yahusha is saying to us again after many other times to “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues."

Are you and I listening to His warning and have we come out of satan's system or are we physically and spiritually lukewarm to His Word?

Let it not be!

 

Yahusha is the perfect representative of the reign of Elohim (Luke 17:21), and He lives in the hearts and lives of those who have been born again.

Therefore, His reign is here now in a Spiritual way. It is only going to be physically set up when He returns! “Come out of her, people." 

Sheol (Hell)

The word ‘hell’ (sheol) is rendered by the Septuagint, “Hades.” It properly means the grave, and then the dark regions of the lower world. Sheol means place of the dead.

In Isaiah 14:9 the prophet says the grave will be happy to see the wicked. Who is Isaiah talking about in verse 11, "your arrogance has been brought down to sheol where the worms will cover you?"

Isaiah 14:12-16 “How you have fallen from the heavens, O Helel, son of the morning! You have been cut down to the ground, you who laid low the nations! “For you have said in your heart, ‘Let me go up to the heavens, let me raise my throne above the stars of El (Almighty), and let me sit in the mount of meeting on the sides of the north; let me go up above the heights of the clouds, let me be like the Most High.’ “But you are brought down to the grave, to the sides of the pit. Lucifer means the shinning one. Helel (heilel) = lucifer, yalal, yell, howl, or shriek, translated as the shining one.

Isaiah is talking about satan (the devil). Satan is the ruler of the un-believers. Read also Ezekiel 28:13-15 regarding the fall of the devil.

 

Satan has no power, all he can do is lie, deceive and murder.

He has been defeated but people are still listening to him.

You have people following satan unknowingly and there are people who are worshipping the wicked one openly.

 

In Matthew 4:3-11, Yahusha (Jesus) was tested by the devil. In verse 8-9 the devil said to Yahusha, "if you worship me, then I will give you the world." Messiah reject this and told the devil that only the Creator can be worshipped - verse 10.

Was satan lying to Yahusha when he said "I will give You the world if you worship me."

If I look at the world governments, Hollywood, the banking system and other systems then I must agree the devil and his followers are running the world.

I then understand when Yahusha says “Come out from among them and be separate," says Yahuah - 2 Corinthians 6:17.

The prophet Jeremiah also warned the Israelites in Jeremiah 51:45 “Come out of her midst, My people! And let everyone deliver his being from the burning displeasure of Yahuah.

 

And in Revelation 18:4 Yahusha is saying to us again “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues."

 

Are we hearing His warning and have we come out or are we unknowingly still worshipping the devil?

Let it not be!

The end of Babylon

Has Almighty (Elohim) given us over to idol worshipping.

Acts 7:41-42 tells us that when the people made the golden calf, Almighty turned and gave them up to worship the host of the heaven, as it has been written by the Prophets.

I believe we are still in Babylon, spiritual and physically and many are still worshipping the hosts of the heaven.

Stephen was stoned because he spoke the truth. The Pharisees and many other so-called believers (Acts 6:9) of which are still here today, could not bear the truth and killed Stephen.

 

Stephen confirmed in Acts 7:37-38 that the Messiah was at Mount Sinai giving the 10 Living Words (10 commands).

Acts 7:37-37 “This is the Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘Yahuah your Elohim shall raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brothers. Him you shall hear.’“This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the Messenger who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received the living Words to give to us, (read Deuteronomy 18:15).

Deuteronomy 18:18 ‘I shall raise up for them a Prophet like you out of the midst of their brothers.And I shall put My Words in His mouth,and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.‘And it shall be, the man who does not listen to My Words which He speaks in My Name, I require it of him.

Acts 3:22-26 “For Moses truly said to the fathers,‘Yahuah your Elohim shall raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brothers. Him you shall hear according to all matters,whatever He says to you.‘And it shall be that every being who does not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ “And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those following,have also announced these days.“You are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which Elohim made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.’“To you first, Elohim, having raised up His Servant Yahusha (Jesus), sent Him to bless you,in turning away each one of you from your wicked ways.”

This confirms the Messiah and Yahusha confirmed this in John 3:34, 7:16, 8:28, 8:40, 12:49, 14:24, and 17:8 – His teachings are from His Father.

 

They did not want to hear this!

Stephen said in Acts 7:51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Set apart (Holy) Spirit, as your fathers did, you also do.

Again, Stephen confirming the Holy Spirit was at the beginning.

Stephen’s final death penalty came when he spoke the truth of how the people killed the Righteous One (Yahusha) - verse 52-53.

Is this sinking in or will it be gone by tomorrow.

That same golden calf is still been worshipped today in many ways and many believers don’t realize it.

Are we hearing or are we resisting the Spirit?

Come out of her my people!

 

Yahusha is warning us to leave Babylon. Are you hearing and making an end to being in Babylon spiritually!

Isaiah 13:5 They are coming from a distant land,from the end of the heavens, even Yahuah and His weapons of displeasure, to destroy all the earth.

The end-time judgment is coming upon the earth, this is found in every prophetic book.