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Please
Note: On this site we prefer to use the actual Name of
our loving Heavenly Father as it was written in the Hebrew and thus you will
note that we will use the four letter “Memorial Name” of 
- YHVH, which is pronounced as YaHVaH
or YaHWaH, also we will use our Heavenly Father’s tile - “Elohim”
rather than “God” and we need to remember that “Elohim”
(God) is NOT a name but an attribute, a title! In addition we also love to use
the actual Name of our beloved “Messiah” (written in Hebrew as
“Mashiach” and in Greek as “
- Yahushua (Yeshua in short) for this
is the Messiah’s original Hebrew Name as given to Him in
May “Elohim (God) … fill you with the knowledge of His will, through all spiritual wisdom and understanding … that you may live a life worthy and please Him in every way, bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of Elohim” Colossians 1: 9-19.
The
three levels of learning & understanding of the blessed Word of YHVH Elohim
(the Lord God):
When we read and study the blessed Scriptures,
the Word of YHVH Elohim as a believer in Yahushua the Messiah, we should keep
following three steps in always mind for they are a valuable guide and it will
certainly provide us with guidance and illuminate the sheer beauty and the
fullness of YHVH’s most blessed Word.
1. Who was YHVH Elohim, blessed be
His Holy Name speaking to?
2. When was it said?
3. How was His Word understood at the
time it was spoken/given?
I do believe that these three points are most relevant to our understanding of 1. What the Almighty is saying at the time - 2. As well as what it means to us today - and 3. Indeed to you and me right now!
--Yirmyahu -
YHVH’s Man for a Weak Nation
A Special Introduction:
Beloved, this study contains some amazing
revelations and by the end you will be amazed with what you will have learned
through the lessons contained in this powerful study. However, along the way
there will be certain things that may prove to be challenging and you may even
wish to stop reading at certain times, but I recommend that you continue and
allow the
You may ask, what are some of these challenging points? Obviously the greater church has had a long history that goes back to the days of what many call the days of error and confusion, during the days of Emperor Constantine and the church of Rome and the sons and daughter churches who eventually rejected some of the pagan roman doctrines. Although that was a step forward, it was a tragedy that all held onto many parts of their false doctrines as well as their pagan festivals, that originated a thousand or more years before our Lord and Saviour walked on the earth.
Mind you, sadly the Hebrews suffered very much in the same way even before our Lord and Saviour came, for the priests and rabbis compiled what is generally known as the “Oral Law”, which in reality is just a man made law, and when Yahushua was on the earth He despised it and He broke these laws as did the disciples and they clearly spoke out against them. Although the church confuse these man made oral laws from the “Talmud” with the Laws as given by our beloved creator, YHVH Elohim in the “Torah,” although all the sacrificial and many other laws have now ended as our Saviour has fulfilled these, but NOT the 10 Commandments and I do mean all TEN.
In Christendom, sadly it also has countless
traditions of man just like Israel and tragically men hate change, Israel will
fight tooth and nail to hold on to their “Oral law” as being
genuine, just like the church does with so many doctrines, including calling
our beloved Messiah Yahushua by a name that is not a name at all -
“Jesus.” In addition they celebrate pagan feasts that have a
smattering of Christianity in them, but believe me there is far more errors and
paganism in them than our Lord and Saviours names alone but also the dates of
these two feats should tell you the facts. But who is looking? These two
festivals are related to the pagan god’s of the sun and the winter
solstice, etc. The Tenach (Old Testament) very clearly speaks about these pagan
feasts, yet the
Now we will commence what I believe to be what
I consider as one of the most remarkable and powerful studies that the Father
has ever given me, and it all started when I was away in solitude in a little
faraway town called Adelong in
Elder/Teacher
– Reuben ben Gershom.
Part One - The Book
In this study of the Word of Elohim (God), we
are going to look at the heart of a big book, the book of Yirmyahu -
Whilst in prayerful preparation for this
study, the words of Shaul of Tarsus (
“Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love.” 1 Corinthians 16:13-14.
Yirmyahu -
Should you contemplate a study of Yirmyahu -
I am well aware that Yirmyahu, the prophet
Be assured Yirmyahu - Jeremiah is a fascinating book that contains many wonderful revelations, and it is packed with many blessed revelations that is not always realised upon general reading, for it takes a little more than just a read, but, like everything we do in the Lord, it requires prayer and study, and then there can be such wonderful revelations!
Beloved, Yirmyahu it is a book that is very much needed today! In fact, as you read this book, it almost seems like reading our daily newspaper, for the events that happened so long ago are happening once again in these “the latter days.” I pray beloved that you will be richly blessed by this study!
Introduction: “
As we commence this study, it should be noted
that Yirmyahu -
Yehoiakim, the king took the scroll and in
great anger he tore it into pieces and tossed it into the fire. He then ordered
that Yirmyahu and
“The word that Yirmyahu - Jeremiah the
prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a
book at the instruction of Yirmyahu - Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Yehoiakim
the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying. ‘Thus says YHVH, the Elohim of
Israel, to you. O
During the siege of
As supported by the Word, YHVH, blessed be His Holy Name, frequently uses two servants working together to proclaim His Word, just as it was with the apostles and later Paul and Timothy. So it will be again during the first 1,260 days of “Great Tribulation” when the YHVH Elohim, blessed be He, will have the “Two Witnesses” speak and prophesy to a world lost.
“And he (Yahushua, Yeshua) called the
twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them
power over unclean spirits” Markus -
“And I will give power to My two witnesses and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth” Revelation 11:3.
In part two we will study, Yirmyahu -
Part Two - Yirmyahu the Man
Yirmyahu -
As we begin to study this very special prophet, we will realise that Yirmyahu is very unique among the prophets of the Tenach (the Old Testament). The fact is we know a great deal more about his life than what we know about any other prophet in the Word. Other prophets delivered their oracles without disclosing very much of their inner-selves. On the other hand, Yirmyahu very much laid bare the emotional conflicts of a man who was chosen to be a spokesman of YHVH Elohim for his special time of life.
We know that he suffered both physically and emotionally as he spent a night in the stocks and was cast into a dungeon and he was imprisoned on a number of occasions. He even experienced a plot against his life by the people of his own village. He was ostracised by priests, prophets, civil authorities, as well as the majority of the population for most of his prophetic life. No wonder then, that Yirmyahu bewails his fate for he has no desire to be the harbinger of evil, but he simply had to, and so thus he lamented his lot.
“Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent for interest, nor have men lent to me for interest. Every one of them curses me” Chapter 15:10.
Yirmyahu -
“For behold, I have made you this day a
fortified city and an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land,
against the kings of
YHVH Elohim, blessed be His Holy Name, knows
the heart of those He calls into service and thus He chose this
sixteen-year-old youth to be His voice, speaking out against the evil leaders
in
What then is the message of Yirmyahu and also that of the prophet of Malachi? Simply this, Elohim, blessed be He, calls His people to …
“Return again unto Me and I will Return unto you.” Malachi 3:7.
He calls His people to return, to repent and
to be whole and strong in Him. YHVH Elohim (the LORD God) also speaks to us
through Yirmyahu -
We are to go out with the boldness of Yirmyahu
and “Proclaim the Word of Elohim … in Spirit and in TRUTH,”
even in the face of danger. Friends, we must let our faith in Elohim override
our flesh, for He requires from us Faith, Love, Loyalty and Service!
Yirmyahu, as we will learn from this study, was such a man. However, he was
also “a man just like us.” This was said of Eliyahu -
“Eliyahu -
This simply meant that Eliyahu -
Indeed Yirmyahu was YaHVaH’s man for
a weak nation, a nation that was weak spiritually and morally. Thus, Elohim
sent Yirmyahu to
It was only due to
In the days of Yirmyahu the people of
As I have already stated, many believers see
“
The Word of Elohim (God) never fails if we
listen to those He anoints. Praise YHVH Elohim that the Word spoken by Yirmyahu
-
Yirmyahu was certainly not a doom and gloom
man for throughout his book you will find so many glimpses of hope and wonderful
gleams of dawn. Friends, there are indeed gleams of dawn, hope and above all
LOVE in Yirmyahu -
It was once asked of me at a service, “Show
me where
Indeed the words He speaks may seem harsh at times and the truth is that the Almighty has to warn His people, and thus Yirmyahu had to say “They prophesy a lie to you.” Or say to the priests and false prophets, “you are liars and you are false prophets.” Yet, in spite of these harsh words, the point is, YHVH Elohim was still speaking to His people. Only when Elohim stops speaking all hope is gone, for then Elohim will have washed His hands and given up completely on His people.
Thus the very fact that Yirmyahu continued to
speak the Word of Elohim, right up to the destruction of
Did you realise that
When this young man, appointed by Elohim,
began to speak, the drought, the total famine of YaHVaH’s Word had
finally ceased. Is it not amazing how
As we continue to ponder on Yirmyahu we must
marvel at this man’s undying faith and his endurance in His Elohim.
Yirmyahu continued to proclaim the Word of Elohim, but sadly most people,
especially the priests and prophets of the day simply would not listen nor heed
to Elohim’s call. Year after year Yirmyahu faithfully called on the
people of
I pray beloved that we are as strong as this man in YHVH and continue to go forth and share His Word of hope and salvation, even if we do not see the results of the seeds sown. The good news is however that some of the seeds that we sow will take root and they will be fruitful, for our Elohim is in control and He will nurture individual hearts. HalleluYAH!
“Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord” 1 Corinthians 15:58.
Part Three - The Reign of Yehoiakim
We will now turn to the two chapters of
Yirmyahu -
The question arises, how many have actually read and seriously studied these chapters? Amazingly, to date I have not found one person, including pastors/ministers who have been able to quote a single verse or any kind of detail contained within these wonderful chapters. And yet, I believe that these are some of the most amazing and remarkable chapters you will ever find, for within them is a massive prophetic revelation! I am sure that when you will have finished this study, you will realise how powerful these chapters really are!
There is no doubt these are very rather
Hebraic writings and it does give me an understanding of certain aspects, that
may have not been understood by the Church in general due to their lack of
Hebrew, and even though there are those who claim to know Hebrew, they will not
have a Hebrew understanding of the Word, thus they will never really understand
its fuller and far richer meaning contained in the Word! However, when I have
revealed a certain aspects of these chapters – pastors, ministers and the
faithful have been richly blessed by what they had just learned. Yet, parts of
it are common knowledge to
I can tell you that after I came into faith in 1977 and became a Messianic believer, that YHVH Elohim revealed the wonderful fullness and the blessings of His Word and prophecy contained in these two chapters. Then finally the fullness of His revelations contained in Yirmyahu - Jeremiah 25 and 26 was finally understood, and I had not as a Hebrew, for there ware parts that were missing then, for I was blinded until I came to know Yahushua as my Saviour!
Yet, sadly the Book of Yirmyahu -
I pray that after this study you will remember
many of the blessed features in these two wonderful chapters in the book of
YHVH’s faithful servant – Yirmyahu -
WE will read Chapter 25 verse 1 and then all of whole of chapter 26.
Chapter 25 - verse 1.
“The word came to Yirmyahu -
Chapter 26 - verses 1-24.
“Early in
the reign of Yehoiakim son of
The priests, the
prophets and all the people heard Yirmyahu -
Then the
officials and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This
man should not be sentenced to death! He has spoken to us in the name of YHVH
our Elohim.” Some of the elders of the land stepped forward and said to
the entire assembly of people, “Micah of Moresheth
prophesied in the days of
Now
Beloved, we are obviously dealing with a little known Scripture. However, I pray that soon you will have a new understanding of Yirmyahu and what YHVH Elohim is saying to us and to you personally in particular today!
These chapters may not contain many quotable quotes and there are few remembered details for that matter. However, there are many fascinating details in these chapters, if we only take a little prayerful time with them.
However, there is something very interesting to be found at the very beginning at the treading of both chapters that should have already challenged you, for when you read the first verse of both chapters 25 and 26, I pray that you may have noted something rather odd in relation to them.
Let us first look at chapter 25 verse 1,
“The Word that came to Yirmyahu concerning all the people of
Beloved, the strange fact is, these chapters have been placed back to front, which is quite amazing. Thus chapter 26: 1 states; “… in the beginning of the reign,” but chapter 25:1 says, “In the forth year of the reign.” We may ask, “Why were they placed in that order?” Could it be that the Hebrew’s (Israelites) with the guidance of YHVH knew how to write and make a particular point that had a great meaning?”
Well let’s face it; if you take a Hebrew
book, what you would think is the back cover is not, for in truth it is the
front cover, for it is with a Hebrew book. You see Hebrew is written from the
right to the left. You may think that this is rather strange. Well, not if you
are a Hebrew. Let's face it, “if the Children of Israel, write from
the RIGHT, how can
YHVH Elohim (the LORD God), blessed be His Holy Name, meant these chapters to be placed in this order for a very specific reason. How can I best illustrate this? Let me do this with the following analogy.
The Med Student:
A medical student in a college learns medicine on theory. As example, he is taught to think forward. He is told about a certain germ, which causes a certain decease, which then causes certain symptoms. That is called “logical progression.”
However when he is a doctor in his own practice, do you think he diagnoses his patients in this manner. No he does not. Possibly, he has become more Hebraic in his thinking, for he has begun to think more practically. For now he begins with the symptoms and then works back to the disease and then he will detect the cause.
It is for these very reasons that these chapters were placed, or stacked if you wish, in this rather unusual way. Hebrew is a very practical language and it is not so much concerned with the theory, but with practice.
Therefore, in the Word of YHVH Elohim, especially in Yirmyahu, you will often find the effect described before the cause. The verdict is given before the evidence. This is what is happening in these chapters. Let us briefly recap: 1. The effect is described before the cause – 2. The verdict is given before the evidence.
As we continue this blessed study of these remarkable chapters, let us look at them in the western way briefly, by placing them back into chronological order. Thus, we will look at chapter 26 and then chapter 25.
Having said that, I wish to state again that
chapter 25 deals with a time when the situation was completely hopeless. At
that stage, there was no reversing the tragedy that was going to happen in the
future, being the invasion by
I wish I could say that chapter 25 was never
written, for that chapter is the crucial chapter in relation to the future of
YHVH is warning His people and He is saying the very same thing today, “Listen to Me. That which I say I have warned you that will be done, I will do.” Above all, I pray that Christians are listening to the Almighty, for everyone must hear and heed to His Word, for sadly there are far too many sermon tasters out there, who hear the Word, but so sadly they just never act on what they have learned. They do not heed on the Word that YHVH speaks to them through those He has chosen, and I will tell you, it will be to your determent, unless you repent and take in His Word and do as He asks of you, no matter what! Do not let spiritual Babylon destroy your life, just because you did not heed His Word, or are lost in manmade traditionalism, which is the huge curse found in the greater dogmatic and traditional Church!
At the beginning of chapter 26 we are told
that Yehoiakim had just commenced his reign of
“
“We have not obeyed the voice of YHVH
our Elohim, to walk in His Torah (Law), which He set before us by His servants
the prophets. Yes, all
Let us now turn to the message of Yirmyahu -
Part Four - The Message
Yirmyahu -
With the nation now living in sin Yirmyahu boldly delivered the Word that YHVH had given him. However, he must have realised that by speaking out in this manner he was placing his life in sever danger. For I am sure that we should all be well aware that the Word of YHVH Elohim can be divisive, for individuals will either accept or reject it. Those who reject the Word, as history proves, will often react violently and do the most drastic things. However, there is also a healing element in the Word of Elohim, for the Spirit of Elohim will touch and heal all those that will listen and heed to His Word. HalleluYAH. However, sadly those that hear and heed to the Word of YHVH Elohim is less than ½% and that includes those that will have heard this study in the past as a spoken study as a message at a fellowship, or those who will now be reading this. I am greatly saddened by this fact, for I have clearly seen those who have been in my very presence during this study yet they have simply not gone on in their spiritual life, just as Israel did not hear what the Father was saying, and these men and women are sadly stuck in their ways of traditions, certain ways of business and life style and families life seems control everything, even their walk with their bheloved Messiah, who ;laid down His life for them!!
“Heavenly Father, I pray in the most blessed Name of Messiah Yahushua that all who are reading this vital study will be touched O YaHVaH Elohim, by your most blessed Word of truth and the teaching that you have given in the Word regarding this wonderful prophet. I pray Father that they all will act on Your Word as they read this study today, for You touch their hearts Lord, by the moving of the Ruach HaKodesh - Holy Spirit! I pray this in Yahushua our Messiah most precious and Holy Name. Amen!”
Please Note: Before I continue, let me tell you that very soon, I will be revealing something that you will never have heard before, and that is a very powerful Word that came through the Tzefanyah – Zephaniah. Believe me, you do not want to miss that, for it contains some very powerful revelations that you will not soon forget, thus make sure that you read it very carefully, if not print it out and kept it handy as a reference!
The Word shows us that Yirmyahu faced many villainous prophets that spoke words of false comfort and assurance. And I am well aware that in these days, just as Yahushua warned us, there are those in so many “Churches” who only utter words of comfort and assurance, who are working on the emotions of individuals with promises of great blessings of health and wealth with improved finances heading their way. These preachers and modern day prophets, who are completely out of step with the blessed Scriptures, utter continual words of comfort and assurance, just as it was in the days of Yirmyahu. The result being, they kept those that followed them, dependent on them, but above all spiritually weak and thus they are always open to outside attack, and Satan is always ready for these sad souls, and sadly I have seen far too many tragedies come out of those vile what tend to be holy roller churches with ministries that are always named after their leader/teachers! Now if you follow a ministry named after its pastor or leader and be assured if you are following a work named after its leader it will NOT be a work of the Lord, but a work of the self and one that always entails obtaining money, and be assured that this work always points to the man, and not to the Messiah, although they operate on pretend miracles, and even preach Jesus, but I have never heard the word repentance in their teaching yet!
Beloved in Messiah I am well aware that this
has been a tough study so far, for I have covered some hard subjects, but you
must deal with these things as we come towards the latter days, for we are
living in an evil world, with wicked politicians, a world that now freely
excepts homosexuality and allows them to have babies and get married, etc. Then
the greenies are even controlling some governments, such as
There is a simple fact, you are either a
servant of Yahushua our Lord and Saviour, or you are not, it is simple as that.
You choose your lot! Please be more like
YHVH Elohim, blessed be His Holy Name, does not want a weak Ekklesia/Fellowship (a gathering of the called-out ones) He needs a strong and determined Body, doing all He asks of us. Messiah Yahushua wishes us to seek the things of the Spirit and not those things that are of the world!
A Lesson at Adelong in NSW
This is the key of what
“Be ready to give your all unto Me whenever I call.”
And beloved, our lives in Yahushua must not be based on “What can God do for me,” which seems very much the formula offered by most modern day prophets and preachers, but “What I can give and do for my Lord and Saviour!” Praise Him, for Yahushua the Messiah has already given us His all, when He sacrificed His life for us and shed His precious blood to redeem all who believe and repented from their sins and were then immersed in water.
Beloved, YHVH Elohim’s Words are
challenging and here we will see Yirmyahu -
“Before you entered this land, you received the Torah (Law) of Elohim. Ever since entering you have had prophets of Elohim sent to remind you to keep it, but you did not. You cannot plead ignorance, you can only admit disobedience. You knew how you had to live. You had the Torah and the prophets before you came into this land, but you have not listened nor did you heed.” 26: 4 and 5 Paraphrased.
A powerful Word from the prophet Tzefanyah – Zephaniah:
Around the same time, there was another prophet and his name was Tzefanyah - Zephaniah. He spoke a powerful Word from YHVH, and said,
“Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city” Tzefanyah - Zephaniah 3:1.
What a sad and a tragic statement that was, and yes YHVH Elohim was speaking about His beloved City Jerusalem. But here it is a city that was styled as a “filthy, polluted and an oppressing city.”
Did you realise that there is so much teaching in this one verse alone, that it is simply astounding! This verse contains three vital words, that have very important meanings that would have meant a great deal to the Hebrews and they were shocking indeed!
The Hebrew word for “Filthy” is “Moreah.” This word is derived from the root “Marah” which is more correctly translated as “Rebellious.” What Zephaniah was saying, the Children of Judah were rebellious against YHVH Elohim and were behaving in a vile and abhorrent way.
The word “Polluted” in
Hebrew is “
Poor
“
It is important for us to realise that the
word “
In Shemos - Exodus chapter 6 the word “
You might ask “How can this be?”
The fact is beloved, to correctly understand the word redeemed, we have to
realise the following. To be redeemed is to be “covered” or “surrounded”
with a protective care. Thus when the word “
Whoever believes in Yahushua as the Messiah, and has repented of their sins have the assurance that the shed blood of the Lamb, totally “Covers,” and cleanses us from our sins. However, when this same word is used in the negative tense it represents a covering of evil. Thus, it is either a covering of good or a covering of evil as it is the case in Tzefanyah - Zephaniah. The children of Israel, living in Jerusalem had their hands “polluted,” or “stained,” - “covered” in blood, said YHVH Elohim through His prophet Tzefanyah - Zephaniah.
It certainly was a tragic situation for the
nation of
At a
later time also read “
Part Five - Mould into Shape
Yirmyahu -
“If so they will hearken and turn every man from his evil ways that I may repent of the evil which I propose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.”
Yirmyahu -
It clearly states that IF “with this new king please listen and repent then YHVH our Elohim will repent.” Some have asked me in the past is it possible for Elohim to repent?” Or should I say, can YHVH Elohim change His mind?
Well let me ask you a question; “Do you
believe that prayer can change things and that miracles can and have
happened?” Well, I am sure that the vast majority will say yes, for
indeed prayer is very powerful, especially if you have prayed correctly in the
Name of Yahushua, in addition, it has been clearly recorded in the Word that
Messiah and His apostles and also during the past 2,000 years, many healings
and other miracles have occurred in His Name. Faith and prayer changes people,
but did you realise that our prayer can also change Elohim’s mind? This
is a wonderful revelation for the truth is that we can change Elohim’s
mind in relation to the punishments that He must enforce upon the sinful. Our
prayers and intercession can bring the sinful to Messiah Yahushua and then YHVH
Elohim forgives them, and He will repent and change His mind of that He would
have done if they had not come into faith. Some have difficulty with this
notion however remember
In the prophecy of Yirmyahu -
“If you will listen, if you will amend your ways and doings, if you will put things right, then Elohim will repent, change His mind. Only then will YHVH not bring that disaster upon you, which is on the way because of your disobedience” Paraphrased.
Yirmyahu -
We live in a glorious freedom, for we can
choose the outcome of our lives. We are free to choose, for we are not puppets
on a string being controlled. What is our choice? Life in the
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of Elohim is eternal life in Messiah Yahushua our Master.” Romans 6: 23.
Therefore, beloved, it should be a simple decision. However it is not so for the majority as following the one and only YaHVaH Elohim and Messiah Yahushua does not come naturally, not even for christians as the vast majority are bound by the Roman pagan traditions and then there is a world who are suckers for wild music, movies of violence and immorality, and suckers for the bright lights of the casinos and desiring all that glitters in the world.
Then for some “Christians,” the Church does not glitter enough, thus they bring worldly glitter into it, in order to make it, as they believe, more palatable for “lost souls to come.” Thus they have Rock’n’Roll bands, with many of their musicians with piercings and tattoos all over their bodies playing loud music, and believe me all you have to do is look at His blessed Word, Elohim will not honour the things that belong to the darkness. The Word of Elohim clearly state;
“What fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion has light with darkness?” 2 Corinthians 6:14.
Again, “You are all the children of light and the children of the day we are not of the night, nor of darkness” 1 Thessalonians 5:5.
I pray, beloved that your fellowship knows the true Name of Messiah and is filled with things befitting Messiah Yahushua who is our bright and shinning light! Did He not clearly say “Ask it in MY (real) Name!”
In verse 3, Yirmyahu -
“Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make” Yirmyahu - Jeremiah 18:3-4.
The question I wish to pose at this time is this … “Who has charge over the vessel, the potter or the clay?” We know that the potter represents YHVH our Elohim, blessed be His Holy Name.
To answer this, let me tell you, I took up pottery as a hobby many years ago and made many hand built pieces. I know when I took the clay and commenced to build something, for instance a vase, it sometimes ended up being a bowl. Let me explain. Just like us, clay has a free will. Its outcome is often based on a number of conditions, such as moisture and air temperature. I remember well that at times it turned into a totally different shape than I originally intended. Thus, I must say, the clay can have considerable charge over the vessel, and not always the potter. And as I have already indicated we are certainly not puppets hanging on a string being controlled, for we tend to make our own decisions! Indeed, Elohim, blessed be He, is the creator of the clay, but He has given us the freedom to mould into the kind of shape He desires us to be. Yet some will simply not mould to the potter’s design.
Let me give an example based on the life of a
believer: A man who at the age of twenty-seven receives a call to enter into
ministry, but he does not take up the call and continues with his regular life
as usual and remains a good believer. However, later in his life, now aged
forty-three, he accepts a renewed call and he goes forth and shares the living
Word of Elohim. Now I ask you the question, will this man be the same vessel,
the same shape as if he had gone out to do the Lord’s work aged
twenty-three? Will his new vessel contain the same volume? No, of course not
for he will not have touched as many lives and he will be a very different
shape to that which he could have been, had he gone out when he was first
called aged twenty-seven. The Word clearly states that … “One
star differs from another star in glory.” (1 Corinthians 15:41). YHVH
Elohim, blessed be His Holy Name, creates the clay, but the clay determines the
outcome. Elohim is saying through Yirmyahu -
“Mould into the shape I desire you to be, for then you will be beautiful, you will be perfect in Me.”
Let us shape up and be the vessel Elohim
desires us to be! YHVH so much desired to mould the children of
Tragically so many “christians” only teach about the Elohim of love, which is only one part of the character of Elohim. We must not forget that Elohim is our Father, and a father at times must lovingly punish his children with an outstretched hand.
As we think of Messiah Yahushua, the question
arises, was He just meek and mild? Beloved, believe me, He certainly was not!
For as the Word clearly proves that with Yahushua there would be no compromise
whatsoever and we will remember how He showed His anger!. Indeed, our Saviour
Yahushua was certainly loving, merciful and above all, He was always just, like
His Father in heaven. But if we look at the Word, we will find that Yahushua
often spoke in a way that in the modern way of thinking would be considered as
rather harsh. Remember it was our Lord Messiah who said … “Woe
to you scribes and Pharisees, (you are) hypocrites … serpents, brood of
vipers” (
Some in the Body, like Israel so long ago, do
not like the teachings of Yirmyahu - Jeremiah and that include those who have
been called of by YHVH to warn this age. “He is too negative. He simply
can’t see the good things that are happening.” If you feel this
way, then you are wrong and out of step with YHVH Elohim. We need to heed to
the Word of Elohim and those He uses to bring a Word from Him, especially
during these the “Latter Days.” Yirmyahu -
The
We must understand that the people regarded
the
In the
This is just what many of the Jewish people in
It was just like that in the days of
I ask you - are you listening NOW!
Therefore, it is vital that we and the world understand this truth in relation to Elohim’s most Holy Word, especially those He gave through His prophets, YHVH, blessed be His Holy Name, said what He meant, and He meant what He said. As the rains poured down and the earth flooded, the multitudes wished they were on that great boat that they could see floating away from them as they tragically drowned. Today, so many have been deceived by the evil one. Even though their pastors, priests and teachers, all due to those pagan god worshipping roman emperors and false so-called greater church leaders who lived in palaces and dripping in gold and precious jewels. Popes who went forth to war killing innocents with their own hands with a sword, yet Messiah clearly stated …
"For all who draw the sword will die by
the sword.” Mattityahu –
Beloved, those who will not believe the Word of Elohim, especially regarding the impending doom that will befall them if they do not repent and “return” to Elohim. Back so long ago, we know that the Children of Israel were holding on to their security blanket, but YHVH Elohim, blessed be His Holy Name, was going to do that He which had said He would do and He would even allow His dwelling place in the midst of the people, the Temple to be utterly destroyed. Why would He allow this?
The truth is as follows. The power of Elohim
is and never was in a building, be it the
However, we have now come to a most amazing part of the study and I believe that this part will really lift you up and it is full of blessed teaching and very different to what has preceded.
Part Six - The Trial
According to the vast majority of priests,
prophets and people of
If you read the details of their accusations you will clearly note that they completely changed what Yirmyahu - Jeremiah had actually said, and thus they based their accusations on was a fabrication and they believed that they had a case for capital punishment, yes they would be victorious and he would die!
Please note:
this anointed man of YHVH Elohim, a true and just prophet was accused by men
who were all “religious” leaders. Yes beloved, they were the
priests, pastors and ministers of their day, and these so-called men of Elohim,
who were in reality led by
Now beloved, think about it, does this not remind you of another event at a later date, an event that would change the course of world history?
What was happening right here to Yirmyahu -
Jeremiah would tragically happen again some six hundred or so years later as
corrupt priests, yes it is unbelievable and true, once again the spiritual
leaders of that day, also falsely accused another blessed one who was sent by
YHVH Elohim, our beloved Messiah Yahushua, our Lord and Saviour! Just like the
priests in the days of Yirmyahu -
Beloved, in the very heart of a chapter that
is not read by many in faith, and almost not at all in the greater Church we
see the arrest, accusation and trial of Yirmyahu, which we now realise is a
representation, a picture, a shadow of that which was going to happen to
Yahushua our beloved Messiah in the future. As we ponder this, I pray that you
are gaining much from this study on Yirmyahu -
The question is this: “What made the
religious authorities so fearful about the words that Yirmyahu had
spoken?” The answer is simple: “Their security.” The
fact is their jobs rested on his words. This man of sent by YHVH Elohim was not
challenging the
“Kill him, what right have you to say in
the name of YHVH, that He will destroy this
The truth is friends that was not what Yirmyahu had said at all. For what he did say was “IF.”
Their twisted minds turned what was a Conditional
prediction into an Absolute one. They claimed Yirmyahu had said
that, “The
No, he said nothing of the kind. What he did
say, if we carefully read the Word, “If you amend your ways you will
keep it.” Why did they not place the condition in their charge?
Because they realised that Yirmyahu was not prophesising against the
Remember as they brought Yahushua our Messiah to trial, they said the same thing.
“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this Temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands’” Markus - Mark 14:58.
Yahushua had been speaking about a person, in
this case, with “the Temple of His body” (Yochannan -
In this Scripture, we notice that Yirmyahu was
in court without any defence, again just like Messiah who was also not given
any defence. The accusers in both situations said the same thing, “You
have heard it from his own lips, he deserves to die.” There was no
doubt that Yirmyahu had spoken to
We should also remember the time that when
Yirmyahu was first called he was just a teenager at sixteen years of age, and
he was a rather nervous young man. Now after almost nineteen years as a prophet
we see him as a strong man and a true servant of the Elohim of Avraham,
Yitzchak (
“Do to me what you feel is good and right. But I remind you, if you put me to death you will be murderers because I came to you in truth in the Name of YHVH ... Do to me what you like.”
How bold this once nervous prophet has become. YHVH Elohim (the LORD God), blessed be His Holy Name, told Yirmyahu at the beginning of his ministry … “I will make you a fortress, I will fortify you” … and there he stands before all these evil priests, false prophets and princes saying … “do to me what you wish. However, amend your ways and doings, for that is what I said. Do not shed innocent blood, for it will be on this city.”
When the priests accused Yahushua, the civic authorities said, “This man has done nothing to deserve death.” This was history repeating itself, for Yirmyahu and then our beloved Messiah experienced the same thing with one huge difference. Yirmyahu was released, why? Because there were certain elders present who had long memories. Praise Elohim for faithful elders, yes seniors in the Body, men, and women with long memories.
A pastor said to me once “My Church and our pastoral team is young and a vibrant team.” However, in that same church, the elders are slowly being pushed into the background, whilst the young leaders have their loud rock band deafening the ears and when I was invited I noted some of these young men in the band with piercings and covered in tattoos. Not exactly a great message I felt! In addition the Fellowship is greatly lacking when it comes to teaching of the Word of Elohim in fact this same church is now teaching great error and it is following a certain erroneous American TV evangelist, where once it was a good, strong and a solid fellowship with many good seniors who held this church together, but they were literally chased out by their new young pastors and rock and roll bands.!
Praise Elohim for older saints. May they, like this elder at the time of Yirmyahu, whose name was Ahikam stand with the faithful, reminding the people of what YHVH Elohim has done.
Ahikam was a wise man and one who dared to speak out as he stood up and said …
“Why? Do not you remember the prophet
Micah he said exactly the same thing long ago? We did not kill him, but we
listened to him. That is why we still have the
Urijah died because of his fear, Yirmyahu on the other hand was YHVH’s strong prophet for a weak nation and he did not run, but he stood firmly by the Word that Elohim had given him.
Beloved if YHVH gives you a Word then you must speak it out boldly, no matter how difficult it is or who criticises you. If there is no criticism whatsoever, then it is most likely not a Word from Elohim, for YHVH challenges those that do wrong and He demands a response. Those that are living outside His will, be they pastors or individuals in the Body, Elohim will challenge them if need be. Sadly in these “Latter Days:” there are far too many Urijah's around, running rather than standing with Elohim. YHVH desires His Body to be like a mighty fortress, standing on His Word!
Beloved, right in the heart of the Tenach (Old
Testament), in the heart of a book and two chapters that is so seldom read by
the christians, or even the faithful, the whole story of what was going to
happen to Messiah Yahushua is unfolding in its pages. Now who is saying that
Yirmyahu -
It has also taught us, that men, priests and the religious authorities were not operating in the will of Elohim, and that they will turn against true and genuine men of YHVH Elohim, just to save their own necks, their jobs and their security, and they will do this with lofty and crafty words.
How can we end this chapter without thinking
of Messiah Yahushua once more? Remember how Yahushua wept over
“O Jerusalem,
Yahushua wept over the city that would neither hear, nor heed the Word of Elohim. “You did not know the time of your visitation … if you had only listened. But now I can see it is too late.” (Paraphrased).
Yirmyahu and Yahushua both wept and were tried
in the same manner. The only difference being, Yirmyahu had a faithful elder
among the people who stood up for him even at the threat of own life. Yahushua
had no one, as even His beloved
“But Yahushua kept silent. And the high
priest answered and said to Him, ‘I put you under oath by the living
Elohim: Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of Elohim!" Yahushua said
to him, "It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will
see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the
clouds of heaven.’ Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying,
‘He has spoken blasphemy! What further need do we have of witnesses?
Look, now you have heard His blasphemy! What do you think?’ They answered
and said, ‘He is deserving of death.’ Then they spat in His face
and beat Him; and others struck Him with the palms of their hands”
Mattityahu -
Part Seven - The Sequel
What did the people learn, did
It is four years later and sadly there has
been no change, no revival. Beloved, as it was then, so shall it be in these
days, for men will not learn from history, they will not learn from their past
mistakes. I will ask you, “Is the world listening?” No, the
world and our nation has not heard the Word and believe me they will not, for
the Scriptures clearly states that in the last days “all nations will
turn against
However, praise YHVH Elohim for the faithful in Him and for the many individuals who are yet to be saved before Yahushua comes for his faithful. Beloved, we must pray for there will be those individuals who will hear and be touched by the Word, but sadly it will be not many, not even many who are still lost in the churches that continue to practice theology that originates from Romanism due the input of the pagan sun worshipper Constantine, who instituted festival that contains so much paganism, but it is so cleverly hidden with Christological meanings, etc! All I can say how clever hasatan (the adversary) is!
Believe me, the spirit of Yirmyahu -
“In the fourth year of king Yehoiakim,” said Yirmyahu when he spoke again, however this time there was not one single “IF.”
“Now it has come,” he says.
“I warned you four years ago, but you would not listen. Now I have only
one message, you WILL go into captivity, you WILL go to
This is the very first time he actually
names the place, “
“Could this mean that YHVH Elohim will
also remove all the promises that He had
made with us?” To go back to
Shaul of Tarsus (
Is it not amazing, that we seldom, or almost NEVER hear that part of the Scripture associated with the first part of his statement?
Yirmyahu said, “YHVH Elohim is angry. Four years ago I said listen. Now I say it is too late!”
Even though Elohim is patient, we must understand there comes a point when YHVH takes a clay pot, picks it up and smashes it. There is a point where the clay becomes so hard, so dry (called ‘leather-hard’ for all those potters) it becomes unworkable. There is a point where Elohim stops listening and then according to His Word, He must act. The message is simply this. Listen to Elohim when He speaks and act upon it.
Yirmyahu -
How does the teaching relate to these days? Sadly, there are believers falling away from the Lord due to false and liberal teaching. There is so much teaching regarding predestination, prosperity, replacement theology, and of course the keeping of pagan feasts and the worship on the “Day of the venerable SUN” which was instituted by Constantine, just to name just a few. In these “the latter days” there are far too many false doctrines and new fads, like the ‘spirit of laughter’ etc, that entered the churches a while back, just as the Word of Elohim warned us about and there will be more evil to come, for these churches are open to satan’s lies, as they bare already in his grasp!
“Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron … But reject profane and old wives' fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness” 1 Timothy 4:1-2 & 4:7.
Some pastor’s invite modern day prophets, who like the false prophets of Yirmyahu time, utter words, which simply do not line up with the Word of YHVH Elohim. In the Word, beloved, we find that true prophets of YHVH Elohim are bold and speak out. Their words will strengthen Elohim’s people and those who are seeking His truth.
Prophecy is to build. However, in order to build up, it must first destroy. We ourselves had to destroy things in our lives before we could stand right with Yahushua! Whilst we were still in sin, we might have gone to see evil and bloodthirsty movies that provide all sorts of cheap thrills and spills, filled with death and destruction, etc., and in these day’s foul language and even hideous nudity, etc has become the norm, not just in movies but on TV.
Those saved by the shed blood of the Lamb cannot go to this foul rubbish, or watch it on TV, nor allow their children to see this kind of evil, for it all comes from the realm of the evil one? Beloved, be wary of what you watch on TV. And parents, please beware of the evils that are to be found in those computer games, for the vast majority are based of murder and death, monsters and all things that are evil, yet I know of so many “christians who buy this rubbish as Xmas presents satanic gifts for a satanic feast!
Then in many pentecostal
so-called (what a joke) spirit filled churches, as I already stated earlier,
there are young men with earrings in their ears, even in noses and lips that
actually “minister” in their Church as part of their music group
playing their heavy rock music, etc. I have been told that “But brother,
this brings in the young people from the street and many are led to
At this point, I must ask the question, “Can the faithful in Lord really use worldly means to attain spiritual results?” The answer is simple. NO!
The Word teaches us that we must live a pure
life in Messiah Yahushua, “Not conforming yourselves to the former
lusts.” Evil movies, rock music, and pierced ears are all part of the
worldly “former lusts.” This is why the Word of YHVH Elohim, must
be first destructive then constructive. It must destroy the flesh nature.
“Be Holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be Holy, for
I am Holy” (1
“Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or “What fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Messiah and Belial.” 2 Corinthians 6:14-15.
Believers are to overcome the ways of the flesh and darkness, to stand strong on the Word of YHVH Elohim and not sway to the right nor left. Thus, we cannot use the means of the darkness to attempt to gather others into our presence, for they will not be there for the right reason and will not come to know the real Messiah from the Word, but one that I tend to call the KFC or the Take a Way Christ of the so-called christian church. Where you generally do not hear words like REPENT. No they have mostly one word at the end of the pastors psychology lesson of the day, with a unrelated mention of Jesus in there for good measure, and that one word will be repeated over and over again, and again to wonderful and emotional music … “come, come, come … ” etc, but where is that word REPENTANCE for without it no one can be saved!
Messiah said: “Hold fast what you have till I come. And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations” Revelation 2:25-26.
That is the Good News of Yahushua, He came to
destroy the sin of the world. He came to destroy the power of the adversary.
Yahushua provides Life,
“Come to Me, you that are with burden, REPENT of your sins and I will forgive you and give you everlasting life. However, if you do not, there is a disaster on the way for ‘The Great Tribulation’ will be upon you before you know it. Come to Me now, while things are good, whilst you still can and you will not enter that time of pain. I have warned you!” Paraphrased.
YHVH Elohim, blessed be His Holy Name, desires
the faithful to be like a mighty fortress, a stronghold in His name, living and
ministering in His power. Go and tell the world that they are also
“covered” by the shed blood of Yahushua that is if they will only
return to YHVH Elohim, believe in His Son Yahushua and repent. The
message we learn from Elohim is, “be My spokesmen and be strong, just
like Yirmyahu,
This world is to see a time of great tragedy soon, but the fact is they have been warned. It will be upon their heads! Remember, YHVH Elohim said what He meant and meant what He said!
I have heard it said that it is the
responsibility of pastors and teachers to continually uplift up the Body. We do
this beloved by exploring and teaching the treasures that the Almighty has
given us through His Word, always allowing the Holy Spirit to open the Word in
such a way that the beauty of it lifts us closer to Him. Yet, even in the Word
studied here, which could be called somewhat negative, especially to those to
whom it was spoken to, yet we witnessed the great love of Father who gave
Some in the body will accuse those that speak
out against the new doctrines and fads, to be negative. But then again they
must also accuse our blessed Messiah Yahushua of being negative when he spoke
out against the Sanhedrin and the Pharisees. They were the priests and teachers
of that day. Yahushua also retorted his own disciples with words like, “Ye
of little faith” and even to Chefa (
Beloved, YHVH is no respecter of person, He will reprimand His own. He does this sternly, but with love and according to His Word. He does this to bring them back where they should be in Him.
Again, in a portion of the Word, which is not read much, we have discovered a mighty message. Be like Yirmyahu, be a follower of Yahushua in a real way. Let us “hold fast to the profession of our faith without wavering” for so many things round about us will try us and the adversary (hasatan) would love us to waver. There are so many deceptions entering that which is called the church and we can clearly see it having an effect. Therefore, we the faithful in Yahushua must “prove all things.” We must be His children thus YHVH has given the gift of discernment. Pray unto the YHVH that we have an abundance of discernment, for we need it in these “Latter Days.”
Today there is far too much sentimentality and emotionalism in the “church.” I certainly know about the Elohim of love, but I also know that Elohim is angry with those that are disobedient. I am emotional when I think of Yahushua our Saviour, what He has done for us, for He gave His life in order that you and I might have life!
I stated earlier that there are pastors and teachers who know a great deal of the truth, especially regarding the pagan day of worship related to sunday, and easter, chistmas that these were all introduced by the pagan church, also other pagan theology and customs that has taken hold. Thus, I asked, why then do you not tell your congregation the truth, for you do know it, as you tell me you know the Word and you have the truth.” But the answer has always been in a similar vain, although in different terms but they all come down to these words, “I will lose my job and I cannot do anything else, this is what I am trained to do.” And these same men continue to teach lies, tragic and worse still how will they be dealt with, I will leave that in His hands!
Part Eight - Conclusion
This study could be summarised in just a few words. In fact, if we simply read chapter 25 and I stated the following, it would have covered this entire study.
“Your faith will never rise above the level of your confession.”
In other words, if you have a witness of lips and it does not measure up to the witness of your life, you might as well forget the witness of lips.
The witness of your life will make the witness of your lips effective, for there must be “fruits” in your life!
How much are you willing to give of yourself unto YHVH? Fifty percent? I pray it will be one hundred percent! Will we, like Yirmyahu, be able to say …
“Do as you will, kill me if you have to, but I am going to proclaim the truth of Elohim! If you lay a hand upon me and kill me, you will be an offender to Elohim and a murderer and stand guilty before Almighty Elohim.”
That beloved is one hundred percent faith! The faithful in Yahushua need a strong faith, one that will stand wholly upon the Word of Elohim.
However, sadly in reality it is not like that. Churches are being filled because of “great entertainment,” offering puffed up messages and false teachings of predestination, prosperity, the power of positive thinking and all that new age love’ism. These are all things that feed the self. We need a well-balanced Ekklesia, a well-balanced Body in Messiah, standing wholly on Him who is “our Rock and our sure foundation.”
Be strong in Yahushua, and be a Fortress in
Elohim, “Fear not, for I Am With you.” Be like Yirmyahu -
“Your faith will never rise above the level of your confession.”
Praise YHVH Elohim, for His Anointed One, Messiah Yahushua will be coming very soon for the faithful in Him! …
“Now learn this parable from the fig
tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know
that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, know that it
is near at the doors! Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means
pass away till all these things take place.” Mattityahu -
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A concluding but very important note; which I have been led to add at
the last minute!
Beloved, I pray that you take heed of what
follows for it is important. I ask you to pray at this point and allow the
I am assured that we are indeed living in the latter days and we must stand up and we MUST ALL return to using the most holy Names in reverence, being the Names of the Father YaHVaH Elohim and His Anointed One Yahushua the Messiah and not use the foreign made up names, that have been given to them by the deceivers in the world that go back to the days of early Rome.
It is most important that you read the study “The Memorial Name.” Sadly some of the names used for our
beloved Creator and Messiah come from other sources and even have very
different and foreign meanings, and are even greatly opposed to the Word, and
sadly far too many Christians do not even know or understand this, although not
due to their own fault, but due to the teachers. Some will say, but the names
have been translated. Beloved, we certainly must translate words in order that
we may understand what is being said to us and are able to ascertain the
meaning, etc. However, did we translate the name of
Please beloved it is important right now, if you have not done so to read the study via the link above and be challenged by what the Father and the Son so clearly stated “Ask it in MY NAME”, for the truth is, we cannot use any other name - That is your challenge Today, for we can not continue to live like the Judeans did in the Days of Yirmyahu – Jeremiah with our heads under a bushel!
Start using the most Holy Names in prayer and see how blessed your prayer life will be!
May YHVH Elohim bless and keep you in the palm of His Hand!
Elder/Teacher
- Reuben ben Gershom.
“Teach me Your way, O YHVH. I will walk in Your truth.
UNITE MY HEART TO FEAR YOUR NAME!”
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