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    A Key Editorial for The Overcoming of The Devourer

    BY: Darlene Dine

    E-Mail: [email protected]

    Torahis our tree of life. Lets review the following scriptures:

    Prov 3:1-2

    My son, do not forget my law,

    But let your heart keep my commands;

    2 For length of days and long life

    And peace they will add to you.

    said of wisdom

    18 She is a tree of lifeto those who take hold of her,

    And happy are all who retain her.

    Ps 1:1-3

    Blessed is the man

    Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,

    Nor stands in the path of sinners,

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    Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

    2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,

    And in His law he meditates day and night.

    3 He shall be like a tree

    Planted by the rivers of water,

    That brings forth its fruit in its season,

    Whose leaf also shall not wither;

    And whatever he does shall prosper.

    Rev 22:1-5

    22:1 And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from ththrone of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of th

    river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit ever

    month. The leaves of the treewere for the healing of the nations.

    3 And there shall be no more curse,but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in itand His servants shall serve Him. 4 They shall see His face, AND HIS NAME shall be o

    their foreheads. 5 There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun

    for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.Prov 4:20-22

    0 My son, give attention to my words;

    Incline your ear to my sayings.

    21 Do not let them depart from your eyes;

    Keep them in the midst of your heart;

    22 For they are lifeto those who find them,

    And health to all their flesh.

    Rev 22:14-15

    14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to th

    tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.

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    Jer 36:21-23

    21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribechamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the prince

    which stood beside the king.

    23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it wit

    the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll waconsumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

    (The pages of the Torah scroll are called leaves!)

    The tree in the midst of the garden that Adam and Eve were to eat from was the word of Yahweh. Th

    serpent deceived Eve (a type of bride) to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Th

    turned her away from the tree of life and caused her eyes to be opened knowing good and EVIL

    After man eats of the fruit giving HIS AUTHORITY to the woman, selfapart from Yahweh is born

    The forbidden fruit is what caused the spiritual DEATH!

    Man walks in a whirlwind of doubt everyday. Clamoring voices, go this way, go that! This is the righthing to do and this is NOT. He walks in a world searching for acceptance for He has stepped out o

    the place where he was loved and accepted by Yahweh. He walked out of the place where he

    nourished by the tree of life that leads him on the path to a relationship with His Creator

    relationship with his purpose. He has lost the authority by which he can RULE over Satan and h

    flesh! He gave up his authority over this world through disobedience. Now the kingdom of darknes

    rules him. He chose to eat the fruit to MAKE HIS BRIDE HAPPY (this is man-pleasing, desiring th

    earthly relationship above a heavenly one)!!!

    Now in this hour the foundations are being restored. Through the same doors we went out from

    comes this restoration, LEADING US BACK TO THE PLACE WE WERE IN THE BEGINNING!!! Ifellowship with Yahweh. A life spent eating from the tree of life, learning His ways.

    Through the second Adam (Yahshua) and his OBEDIENCE to Yahs word comes a restored man! Th

    new mans authority is restored to the degree that he walks in OBEDIENCE! We cannot eat from bot

    trees at the same time. One serves the enemy PRIDE, and the other yields to Yahwehs and H

    purposes. THE ENEMY TEMPTED EVE (type of bride)WITH THE GOOD! It did not appear to be ev

    but it was contrary to the will of Yahweh. What followed was a veil of flesh that could not look upo

    or know Yahweh. For flesh cannot know spiritual things. It is a PHYSICAL being that now lives in

    PHYSICAL dimension apart from Yahweh! Eve chose to be like Yah because of a deception of th

    enemy that she COULD! (She stepped out of already being into trying to be because she was already create

    in His IMAGE.) She sawthat the fruit was pleasant to the eyes, good for food and able to make ON

    WISE!

    (This is my own personal opinion, but to me a lot of the false doctrines we buy into appeal to SELF

    They appear in our eyes to make ONE WISE and bear fruit. The out of balance [and timing] prosperit

    teaching is one such doctrine. Also the pre-tribulation rapture teaching. This fruit from the Tree o

    the Knowledge of Good and Evil causes us to FORFEIT our relationship with Yahweh and the tru

    relating to His word without us even KNOWING IT!

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    We also do not realize how these teachings pervert the character of Yahwehto those who do not know

    HIM! In every false doctrine from the tree of death there is a good side and a not so good side

    Many baby (without relationship) believers are in the pews experiencing the negative side of thes

    messages and turn away from Yahweh as a result!)

    Lets take a journey together in understanding the bride:

    Yahshua is the Bridegroom (the second Adam, 1 Cor 15:45, Matt 9:15).

    Eve was a type of bride (when she ate of the forbidden fruit she was deceived by the serpent). Sh

    then gave the fruit to her husband (mankind) and he ate. As a result of his disobedience/compromis

    sin entered the HOLY PLACE. Man bowed HIS KNEE to Serve SATAN! They (Adam and Eve) wer

    sent out from the garden (sanctuary of Yah) and were not able to dwell in His presence. The access t

    the tree of life was guarded by a flaming sword (representing judgment) and the Cherubim

    (representing mercy).

    *Note how the two are together and not separate.

    The bride was deceived BECAUSE she heard the word of Yahweh from MAN! Eve was not createyet when the WORD or COMMAND was given to Adam (Gen 2:15-18). Adam knew the WORD o

    Yahweh. Eve is tricked because she did NOT have a personal relationship with Yah. If she had know

    Him, she would have known His character was not what the serpent was describing! He twisted th

    WORD and flavored it with a little truth to make her take the fruit!

    Gen 3:1-6

    3:1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD Gohad made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of ever

    tree of the garden'?"2 And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of thtrees of the garden;3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, Gohas said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.' " 4 Then the serpensaid to the woman, "You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of iyour eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." 6 So whethe woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tredesirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband wither, and he ate.

    You shall not eat it or TOUCH it is NOT what Yahweh said! He said:

    Gen 2:16-17

    6 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely ea

    17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you ea

    of it you shall surely die."

    He said nothing at all about touching the tree! Do you see how that changes the whole word o

    Yahweh because of Eves misconception of His character? The enemy uses this as a foothold to ente

    the bride! This in turn changes our WHOLE perspective of Yahs WORD! It turns us away from HI

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    LAWS (the tree of life) by showing them to be something that restrictsUS rather than protectsUS!

    When we touch the tree of sin and disobedience (our own version of good) by our own will and we d

    not immediately experience death, what do you think the devil comes to tell us? YOU WILL NO

    DIE! But what is death? Did they fall over dead physically? They immediately feel ashamed, hidin

    their nakedness. They were separated from Yah! This is what death means. (And physical death

    also a result of sin, but it is not always immediate.) This shame or condemnation in turn causes us t

    put on a false image! The fig leaf cover-up! SELF-righteousness!

    Yahweh does not accept this religious cover up and comes forth with the prophetic word (Where are

    you? This was the first question asked by Yah and was directed at the manfirst. Yahweh was not

    asking because He didnt know, He was awakening this MAN out of HIDING to come forward and

    take responsibility FOR what HE had done. PROPHET! He did not REPENT, but blamed the

    WOMAN!)

    Are you getting this?

    Well this all leads back to the bride of Yahshua for He is the second Adam and does not lose His place

    of AUTHORITY to HER!

    Mark 13:21-23

    22 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and wonders to deceive, possible, even the elect.23 But take heed; see, I have told you all things beforehand.

    The elect is used to describe the Bride of Yahshua. Now He saysI HAVE TOLD YOU THESE thing

    beforehand! This is to protect the bride so this TIME she will not be deceived! Why do we think th

    the spirit of Elijah must come first? Because the prophet brings us out of hiding to FACE our tru

    condition before HIM! The prophet exposes the heart that is trying to HIDE sin.

    2 Sam 12:4-13

    5 So David's anger was greatly aroused against the man, and he said to Nathan, "As the LORD

    lives, the man who has done this shall surely die! 6 And he shall restore fourfold for the lamb

    because he did this thing and because he had no pity."

    7 Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man!Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'I anointe

    you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. 8 I gave you your master's hous

    and your master's wives into your keeping, and gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if th

    had been too little, I also would have given you much more! 9 Why have you despised thcommandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with th

    sword; you have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the people o

    Ammon.

    13 So David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD."

    That last statement is supposed to be our attitude toward sin and the prophets word!

    This is also illustrated in the story of Peter and his denial. Yahshua tells him BEFOREHAND and he

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    does not believe it. He is so prideful that he does not believe Yahshuas prophecy.

    Matt 26:33-35

    33 Peter answered and said to Him, "Even if all are made to stumble because of You, I will never b

    made to stumble." 34 Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you that this night, before the rooster

    crows, you will deny Me three times." 35 Peter said to Him, "Even if I have to die with You, I

    will not deny You!" And so said all the disciples.

    There will be a denial and a great falling away! This will happen largely because Yahwehs characte

    has been distorted to be something He is NOT by false doctrines and LIES! When judgment come

    many will forsake Him.

    The bride of Yahshua is Israel! It was customary in Jewish life for the Father to choose His Sons brid

    (Isaacs bride was chosen by Abraham). It was also a custom for Him (The Father) to be the only on

    to know the date of the wedding and this privilege was reserved for Him to announce. Yahweh wi

    choose His Sons bride also. He will prepare a place for her in His house called the bridegroom

    chamber. Now before we go any further, we need to uproot a teaching called dispensationalism. Fo

    this is one of the faulty foundations that CHRISTIANITY has built its house upon. (It will come down.)

    This teaching claims that there are different dispensations or ages. Among these are the age of LAW

    and the age of GRACE. The church should have never received this teaching for it is not founded o

    the word! BUT remember the BRIDE is deceived by what appears to be truth and false doctrines th

    twist and pervert the word! This LIE has been very influential in the separation of law and grace.

    If it WERE true, how do we explain the following scriptures?

    Ps 117

    117:1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.

    2 For his merciful kindnessis great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth foever. Praise ye the LORD.

    Gen 6:8

    8 But Noah found gracein the eyes of the LORD.

    Jer 31:2

    "The people who survived the sword

    Found grace in the wilderness

    Isa 16:5

    5 And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in th

    tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

    Isa 54:8

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    8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindnes

    will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.

    It is amazing what we will receive without ever going to the TREE OF LIFE to see the truth!

    And here is more from the New Testament:

    Heb 10:26-29

    26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there n

    longerremains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment

    and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 28 Anyone who has rejecteMoses' law dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 O

    how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who hatrampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by whic

    he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

    John 1:14

    4 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory a

    of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

    John 4:23-24

    24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

    John 14:17

    17 the Spirit of truth,whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him no

    knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.John 17:17-18

    17 Sanctify them byYour truth. Your word is truth.

    Truth and the WORD are one and the SAME. The word of Yahweh has already been established to b

    His Torah, from this prophetic scripture we see how Christianity has regarded it as a strange

    thing.

    Hos 8:11-12

    11 "Because Ephraim has made many altars for sin,

    They have become for him altars for sinning.

    12 I have written for him the great things of My law,

    But they were considered a strange thing.

    Another error wrongfully accepted is called replacement theology. An angry and bitter man was n

    received by the Jewish faith as having their answers. This gave birth to this teaching and has sparke

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    hatred toward the Jewish people (House of Judah). This mans writings were the very fire that fuele

    Hitlers Holocaust. Replacement theology does away with the Jewish people as Israel/the bride an

    places the church or Christianity as the bride instead. Claiming the Jews to be physical Isra

    and the church to be spiritual Israel.

    This is also a LIE and why we must understand the Two House Restoration. [2]

    Lets again go to the word of Yahweh for the truth:

    Rom 11:1

    11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid.For I also am an Israelite

    of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

    11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather throug

    their fallsalvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

    Rom 11:20-21

    20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be nohighminded, but fear:

    21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

    Rom 11:24-26

    24 For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were graftecontrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who ar

    natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree? 25 For I do not desire, brethren

    that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your owopinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentile

    has come in. 26And so ALL Israel will be saved,

    (Israel is the bride who is Ephraim returning to his roots/Torah and Judah receiving Messiah, see Ezek36 and 37.)

    So we can see from these scriptures that Yahweh speaks of NO such DOCTRINE! There is N

    replacement theology! He does speak through the prophet Hosea however in the following scripture:

    Hos 5:3-7

    3 I know Ephraim,

    And Israel is not hidden from Me;

    For now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry;

    Israel is defiled.

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    4 "They do not direct their deeds

    Toward turning to their God, *(repentance)

    For the spirit of harlotry is in their midst,

    And they do not know the LORD.

    5 The pride of Israel testifies to his face;Therefore Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;

    Judah also stumbles with them.6 "With their flocks and herds

    They shall go to seek the LORD,But they will not find Him;

    He has withdrawn Himself from them.7 They have dealt treacherously with the LORD,

    For they have begotten pagan children.

    Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage.

    Hos 5:11

    11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment,

    Because he willinglywalked by human precept.

    Hos 4:6

    6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

    Because you have rejected knowledge,I also will reject you from being priest for Me;Because you have forgotten the law(TORAH) of your God,

    I also will forget your children.

    Strong words! Both HOUSES have sinned and need to repent! One rejecting Yahshua, the livin

    Torah (Judah). The other rejecting His written word/truth/Torah (Christianity). One added to th

    law, the other took away from it! The prophetic word will be restored before Yahshuas return! It

    restored to bring about REPENTANCE, not EXPENSIVE LIFESTYLES! Give me a BREAK! We are t

    COME OUT Of her MY PEOPLE. We are to see that we have been committing idolatry, whoring wit

    other gods! We are to be separated to Him, sanctified by the truth.

    Isa 11:11-13

    11 It shall come to pass in that day

    That the LORD shall set His hand again the second timeTo recover the remnant of His people who are left,

    From Assyria and Egypt,

    From Pathros and Cush,

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    From Elam and Shinar,

    From Hamath and the islands of the sea.

    12 He will set up a banner for the nations,

    And will assemble the outcasts of Israel,And gather together the dispersed of Judah

    From the four corners of the earth.

    13 Also the envy of Ephraim shall depart,And the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off;

    Ephraim shall not envy Judah,

    And Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

    The bride is Israel. She will be as pure as refined gold and without spot or wrinkle!

    Eph 5:27

    27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle o

    any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

    She has surrendered her WILL to her Savior, her husband! They are ONE. There is no separation! Ju

    as Yahweh took the bride from Adams side, the bride of Yahshua is taken from His.

    John 19:34

    34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood an

    water came out.

    The bride is REDEEMED with His blood and sanctified with the TRUTH (water is symbolic of th

    word)!

    She can then be Yahshuas bride! Yahwehs throne is founded on MERCY/GRACE, but if you do not

    apply this atonement to your life through repentance(to turn), you will be judged!

    As His people we need to read the PROPHETS!

    Jer 7:8-11

    8 "Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot profit. 9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swea

    falsely, burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know, 10 and then come anstand before Me in this house which is called by My name, and say, 'We are delivered to do all

    these abominations'?11 Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of thieves in your

    eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it," says the LORD.

    SOUNDS LIKE GRACE WITH NO TORAH!

    LAW and GRACE work together. They are NOT SEPARATE!

    He JUDGES and REDEEMS! If you are not JUDGED by the law, then what need have you fo

    REDEMPTION? When we truly SEE what we have been forgiven of (sin), it is only then that we tru

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    SEE GRACE! Grace does not turn us away from truth, it covers OUR NAKEDNESS so that we ca

    EMBRACE TRUTH!

    The law is our compass that leads us toward righteousness, and the purpose of grace is for coverin

    us while we make the JOURNEY! [3]

    The grace of Yahweh frees us from the DEBT, so that we no longer serve Him out of guilt o

    obligation. Our obedience is born out of LOVE! Like a bride who pleases her husband and surrende

    to His will out of trust and love. It is not fear of punishment that motivates her, but PERFECT lovcasts out fear! It is love that motivates His bride.

    Lets end this part with a brief illustration of LAW and GRACE as seen together. Picture the TWO i

    each setting.

    The Cross The two men on each side of Yahshua, one concerned with self and the other feare

    Yahweh, declaring His Son to be righteous. The cross is a judgment revealing the reality of sin

    severity! All of us are to go to this cross and consider the old man to be DEAD!

    Rom 6:11

    11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in ChrisJesus our Lord.

    1 Cor 15:34

    34 Awake to righteousness, and do not sin;

    It is our CARNAL man who sins! This is why we must see him on the cross as ALREADY DEAD!

    He is judged by the LAW. So in other words, when you see in the word that you are doing somethin

    wrong (sin), you turn to the cross and surrender your will in that area. You ask for forgiveness and d

    NOT HIDE the fact that you are sinning. You are cleansed and able to walk out the truth of the wor

    as you begin to see you are dead to that sin and it no longer has dominion over you. You are alive t

    Yahshuaand the WORD takes root and brings forth the fruit of righteousness.

    At the cross one man was judged and the other saved! What was the difference? They were bot

    criminals who had broken the law. One admitted he was getting what he deserved and recognized h

    need of salvation! The other mocked Yahshua saying why dont you SAVE yourself and US!

    Here is another picture: The armies of Pharaoh were chasing down the Israelites and had them backe

    up against the Red Sea.

    Ex 14:21-15:1

    21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to gback by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the water

    were divided. 22 So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the drground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 23 An

    the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses

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    his chariots, and his horsemen. 24 Now it came to pass, in the morning watch, that th

    LORD looked down upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud

    and He troubled the army of the Egyptians. 25 And He took off their chariot wheels, sthat they drove them with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, "Let us flee from the face o

    Israel, for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians."

    26 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the water

    may come back upon the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen." 27 AnMoses stretched out his hand over the sea; and when the morning appeared, the se

    returned to its full depth, while the Egyptians were fleeing into it. So the LORD overthrewthe Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 28 Then the waters returned and covered th

    chariots, the horsemen, and all the army of Pharaoh that came into the sea after themNot so much as one of them remained. 29 But the children of Israel had walked on dr

    land in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand anon their left.

    30 So the LORD saved Israelthat day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel sawthe Egyptians dead on the seashore. 31 Thus Israel saw the great work which th

    LORD had done in Egypt; so the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD and Hi

    servant Moses.The same water that split to save the Israelites is the SAME water that came crashing down on th

    Egyptians injudgment. This further illustrates the PRIDE of the human being who can refuse to se

    truth even if it kills them! And then they would blame their misfortune on Yahweh! The Egyptian

    saw what they wanted to see and believed what they wanted to believe.

    The same was true in the days of Noah! The flood that carried the Ark to safety is the same flood thatDESTROYED the whole earth!!! Noah found GRACE because he was RIGHTEOUS in the midst of the

    evil and corruption! Even being a righteous man, he had to have provision made to SAVE himself an

    his household. He obeyed Yahweh and built the Ark according to His specific instructions. Through

    all the persecution and wickedness, he trusted in Yah. He SAW the salvation he TRUSTED for. BY

    grace through faith he was saved! Obedience follows TRUE faith!

    Gen 6:7-8

    7 So the LORD said, "I will destroy manwhom I have created from the face of the earth, both ma

    and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them." 8 But Noahfound grace in the eyes of the LORD.

    Gen 6:9

    9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noawalked with God.

    Gen 6:22

    22 Thus Noah did; according toALL that God commanded him, so he did.

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    One last picture of law and grace before we move on to Part Three, the conclusion.

    Acts 7:58-59

    59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive m

    spirit."

    Stephen was being stoned (which was a type of judgment/martyrdom), but at the same time He saw

    Yahshua in His glory! He saw salvation!

    Acts 7:56-57

    56 and said, "Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of

    God!"

    This event was instrumental in the conversion of Saul who later became Paul! There will be man

    saved through martyrdom in the great tribulation! Salvation will be seen through JUDGMENT!

    The last part of this teaching is critical to its overall understanding. It ties law and grace together wit

    love. For the commandments were given to DEFINE LOVE! Love is NOT just a friendly handshak

    and a pat on the back at church on Sunday! Love is not letting you HAVE your own way! Love is no

    WORSHIP or exaltation of yourself or others. Yahweh IS LOVE! And His word describes who H

    is! He and His word are synonymous!

    Matt 22:37-40

    37 Jesus said to him, " 'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all you

    soul, and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and GREAT commandment. 39 And thsecond is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 On these tw

    commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."

    What if I told you that the heart of Torah as seen through spiritual eyes is the defining of a communit

    and a people who walk in this love? Not bowing to the letter of it, but living it by the leading of th

    Ruach Hakodesh/Holy Spirit. This produces fruit that remains. The fruit of LOVE. Will we come, se

    truth and be His bride?

    Song 4:7

    7 You are all fair, my love,

    And there is no spot in you.

    Song 8:3-5

    3 His left hand is under my head,And his right hand embraces me.

    4 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,Do not stir up nor awaken love

    Until it pleases.

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    5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness,

    Leaning upon her beloved?

    Song 8:7

    7 Many waters cannot quench love,

    Nor can the floods drown it.AMEN!

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