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What Must I Do To Be Saved?

Many are told that all they need to do is believe and they will be saved. Is this true? "He who believes in the Son possesses everlasting life, [most pastors today stop here. They omit the last half of this text, which goes on to say,] BUT he who does not OBEY the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of Elohim remains on him." [John 3:36]

[* In respect of the Most High, the true names, as close as is known today, will replace the false. Ps. 68:4 tells us the true name of our Heavenly Father is Yah. And His Son was born a Jew in a Jewish community. Does it make sense that He would have a Greek [which they hated] name? No! Yahweh is our Ever Existing Heavenly Father. Yahushua is His Only-begotten Son, our Righteous Redeemer, who came in His Father’s name, Yah…u-shua = Yah Will Save. In the World Book Encyclopedia we are told that " ‘the LORD’ means Baal." The word ‘God’, like the other titles or names most often used in Christianity, is pagan in origin, (Mighty Ones, see Gen. 1:26) is put back where the false title ‘God’ is used. In Ex. 23:13 we are told not to even mention the name of other mighty ones. And we are told to come out of false doctrine and practices, Rev. 18:4]

What is the wrath of Elohim? Romans 1:18-24 explains that the wrath of Elohim means…He will give them up to their own ways…which are sin and sin brings death. "We are declared right through belief in the Son, BUT the final proof of our belief is whether we subsequently OBEY Him or not." [James 2:19]

The angel’s message of Revelation 3:14-22 is telling the Laodicean Church that they are not rich and increased in goods [having all the knowledge and light they need], as they now think they are. But that they are, indeed, naked [without His robe of righteousness], poor [in spirit], and blind [not seeing the truth]. And they are not immune to the deceptions of the enemy. The angel of Revelation 18:4 cries, ‘Come out of her My people that you do not partake of her sins’. But the self-righteous, commandment- professing Laodicean Church members say, ‘What sins are we partaking of?’ They do not, (because they do not take heed of His Torah, instructions) understand how they are breaking His Ten Commandments.

Mary "The placing of Mary in a crescent is a remnant of the fertility cults of the ancient mother-goddess, traceable to the Babylonian queen, Semiramis, who was titled "Mother of God" and "Queen of Heaven." The very images of the pagan gods were adopted as Christian. "In some case the adoption received no other disguise than to have the word ‘saint’ placed in front of the god’s name. In other cases, the name was changed, but the rites, symbols, and processions continued as before." A. B. Cook, Zeus – A History of the Greek Religion. "Courtesy of, The (New, Illustrate)Great Controversy, by Ellen White.

The 'Great Earth Mother’, and the religious customs inherited from Babylon, are richly entangled within our world-wide observances, though veiled to the average person on the street. Revelation 17 explains how this prostitute will be brought down, and how she has deceived the nations ~ or caused them to be "intoxicated". Her title remains the same:

MYSTERY BABYLON

The Great Mother of Harlots

And of abominations of the Earth

This religious "system" sits on seven hills, called the Great City. Almost all scholars understand this is Rome [the Vatican], which is in fact built on seven hills from the early Etruscan period. The scholars confuse the issue by claiming this is only ancient PAGAN Rome, and draw a distinction. This is done so as not to "offend" of course, and keep blinders on everyone. Let’s consider if there is anything Pagan still there, shall we? Let me think. The "Great Mother" is what she was called? Well, the Church of Rome calls itself "Mother Church", which is literally "Mother Circe". Do they perform anything remotely pagan? Yes, the name Ishtar became Astoreth, then Eastre, Oster, Astarte, and Easter. Easter was a Pagan spring observance brought into Christianity by Constantine I at Nicea in 325 CE. A Webster’s Dictionary will tell you quite a lot about the word itself. If this is in fact the personal name of the Mystery Babylon, the Great Mother, why is it the most celebrated observance of Christianity? The answer, of course, is Constantine re-invented the meaning behind Easter in order to desolate Passover. He also established the practice of Sun-day, superseding the Scriptural day of rest, Shabbat, which is the "sign" that we worship the true Creator, as Creator. He claimed the resurrection as the reason for both Easter and Sun-day, and he got away with it. [Fossilized Customs page 110, www.fossilizedcustoms.com ]

Many Seventh-day Sabbath-keepers today say, "Oh! But I don’t celebrate Easter or Christ~mass." Yet in nearly every Protestant Church , including most ‘profess commandment-keeping’ Seventh-day Adventist churches, we will find some form of pagan observance …it may only be a bouquet of "Easter" Lilies at Easter time or an arrangement of poinsettias at Christmas. Or it may be an all out celebration with Easter Egg Hunt for the children or Christ~mass (mass means death, not birth) pageant that includes the decorated tree and man dressed in a red suit (which is a counterfeit for our Benevolent Gift Giver, Yahweh), depending on the congregation. Regardless of the amount of involvement, any involvement makes them followers of the Beast of Revelation 13 and thereby partakers of the sins of the "beast". If we have sinned in the least we have sinned [caused a breach between us and our Creator] in all things.

Showing Ezekiel what was to take place in the last day church; Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Yahweh's house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz . Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. And he brought me into the inner court of Yahweh's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of Yahweh, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east . Ezekiel 8:14-16

Wreaths , branches, boughs, and trees were originally used to worship the sun at the winter solstice, known as the "re-birth" of the unconquered sun. Nimrod of Babylon, slain by Shem [son of Noah 5:32 and ancestor of the Semitic people Ge. 10:22-32], began to be worshipped as the sun, and branches of trees represented him as the reborn Tammuz ~ that’s why wreaths are round. They were absorbed or "inculturated" by Christendom. Tammuz’ mother (Semiramis) was later worshipped as Mother Nature, under various names like Ishtar, Easter, Ashtar, Astoreth, Asherah, Astarte, Artemis, Eastre, Nana, Nut, Frigga, Gaia, Maia, and many others. [Fossilized Customs pg. 132]

So how are the churches today weeping for Tammuz or worshipping the sun with their backs to the Temple of Yahweh? By any association, great or small, with pagan worship, even done in ignorance. "And the times of this ignorance Elohim winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:" [Ezekiel 9:3-7, Acts 17:30]

"He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. And He called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; and Yahweh said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. And to the others He said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark ; and begin at My sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house." Ezekiel 9:1, 3-6.

What is "the mark"? In the Hebrew mindset, the forehead represents thoughts or beliefs. Those who will receive the mark [or seal] of Yahweh are those who "sigh and cry" because of the abominable things done under the banner of Christianity. Those things, which are against the will of Yahweh. Beginning with His sanctuary, His earthly church, all who have not His mark in their forehead [those who are not obeying Him] will be destroyed.

He said, "If ye love Me, keep My commands." We can not keep them unless we do love Him because without love His commands can not be kept. The proof of our love is in our obedience to His ways, His instructions. "Come out of her My people" He calls. But few will listen and even fewer will turn back to the Giver of Life, the Author of Love, Yahweh our Elohim.

If you haven’t already done so, won’t you turn to Him now, my friend? All power and authority has been given to His Son, Yahushua the Anointed. Whoever believes in Him, if the fruits of their spirits show that they love Him, will live.

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Revised 2004-07-07