YaHuWaH
The Name Above
All Names
The 'church' as an institution is full of many different traditions, theologies and doctrines which have been handed down through the centuries from generation to generation. Within the mainstream church, there are many different denominations (45,000) that believe in very different things.
If we look at the word 'tradition,' it means to lay into one's hands or a handing over. As traditions are handed down, the person receiving the traditions taught them generally accepts them in trust and accepts them without question. They then take on the practices in good faith, never questioning their origins.
Pastors are taught what to teach by the leaders of the denomination they have decided to join and most faithfully teach what they have been taught and what they believe to be true. The believers, as their 'flock,' listen to them and trust that what they teach is truth and that they are well educated in their teachings.
In Matthew Chapter 15, Verses 8-9, Yahushua came against the Pharisees traditions that they had inherited from their captivity in Babylon. He says:
"These people respect me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. In vain do they worship me, teaching as teachings the doctrines of men."
He knew that the Pharisees cared more about their traditions (the man-made traditions, i.e., the oral laws that had been added by man) and also that they cared more about their outward appearance to others, rather than having hearts turned towards the Father and His commands. If our Messiah was warning the believers then, how much more should we be on our guard 2000 years later?
"And the great dragon was thrown out, that serpent of old called the devil and Satan, who leads all the world astray."
It states that the Adversary leads ALL the world astray. With this in mind, we must test everything that we hear and are taught.
"O YaHuWaH, my strength and my stronghold and my refuge, in the day of distress the gentiles shall come to You from the end of the earth and say, 'Our fathers have inherited only falsehood, futility, and there is no value in them.' Would a man make gods for himself, which are not gods? Therefore, see, I am causing them to know; this time I cause them to know My hand and My Might. And they shall know that My Name is YaHuWaH."
Thus began the Roman Catholic Church. Constantine ploughed lots of wealth into the new religion and church buildings were erected and church fathers appointed to teach the people the ways of the new religion. The Roman Catholic church used the new found religion as a form of control, to control the people.
Out of this, Christianity and its many denominations was born. In order to control the people, scripture was translated into Latin so that only the priests could read it to the people. The scriptures were eventually translated into English, but the church controlled what books were allowed to be put into the Bible.
The first edition in 1611 had 80 books in it. Most people have never known the name of our Father, YaHuWaH, or the Son’s Name, Yahushua, because of the Roman Church's deception that has been used by the Adversary/Satan to deceive the whole world. The Father's name and the Son's name have been removed from our English Scriptures and replaced with 'God,' 'Lord,' and the false name 'Jesus.'
The letter 'J' is only 500 years old. So the name given to the Messiah 2000 years ago could not have been the name Jesus. Ancient Hebrew manuscripts prove without a doubt that the names YaHuWaH and Yahushua (often written as the shortened form Y'shua) were the names used. The name 'Jesus' (which refers to the Pagan deity 'Zeus') was spread abroad by the Jesuits. Isn't it interesting that we have a Jesuit pope at the moment?
The true apostles preached and believed in Yahushua the Messiah, the only brought forth Son of YaHuWaH. They proclaimed Yahushua, His death on the stake, and His resurrection. They were with Him from the beginning of His work, all the way to His death and resurrection (Acts 1:21-26).
Their witness was of repentance and to turn away from sin (lawlessness), and they kept the Law / Torah / Commandments just as they had seen Yahushua do and which He taught them to do and to teach to others (Matthew 5:17-20; Matthew 28:20).
In these last days, with time running short, each one of us has a choice to make: will we follow after the traditions and lies that have been handed down through generations, or will we choose to worship our Creator in spirit and in truth? The choice is ours...