Reflections on Shabat! 24th Feb 2023

Shabat Shalom, dear friends!

We live in an age where persecution is increasing even from our friends and families against all who truly believe in HaMashiach Yeshua. Let's be on our guard!

Maranatha! - Hide Me In Your Holiness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKgiC8A6ThU

Unto Thee O Lord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unx7IxjMCR4

I Won't Let Go - (Lyrics With Bible Verse) Rascal Flatts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA0YKJ0_Ivk


Persecutions in the world is increasing

The Bible points of the appendix (Miika 7: 5-6 and Matthew 10: 21-22) have been realized for centuries, especially in communities where family and family ties are very strong. That is why it is difficult for us Westerners to understand how appropriate the warnings are.

Many believers in Adonai Yeshua have paid a high price for their faith. Many have had to flee to survive without knowing where to find a safe place to live. Some have been expelled from their families and communities. Some of them have been tortured and beaten.

More than before have had to choose between life and death and because they have not denied their faith in Adonai Yeshua, they have been brutally killed. One of them was 'Vanja', a Messiah witness from Siberia. He, only 20-year-old Ivan 'Vanja' Mojsevitj from Moldavia, was subjected to torture during military service in the Soviet Union.

He bravely testified of his Savior to others in military service and was therefore tortured to death by slowly inserting a red-hot steel rod six times around his heart on July 16, 1972. He was one of the hundreds of millions of victims of communist ideology, the number of which is still increasing in e.g. China, North Korea and Vietnam.

Many kinds of tortures of believers have already been written before, e.g. in the verses Heb. 11:35-40

>>35 Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.

36 Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.

37 They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated

38 (of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.

39 These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn’t receive the promise,

40 Elohim having provided some better thing concerning us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.<<


Now is the time to prepare for persecution

We live in an age where the number of martyrs will increase and will eventually reach a culmination point, as prophesied in the Revelation of John. We Christians in the West and Messianics who believe in Yeshua must help the suffering sisters and brothers of faith in those countries where they have a hard time!

Once the predetermined number of martyrs has been fulfilled, Yehowah Elohim's plan of salvation will rapidly move toward its final fulfillment, with the rapture of believers, the numerous global judgments of the end of time, and the establishment of the 1000-year Kingdom on earth.

It will be a time of peace when Yeshua HaMashiach and his elect who were martyred will rule over all nations on earth!


Let's keep our composure even in persecution!

Rejoice in your hope, be patient in your troubles, and continue steadfastly in prayer! Rom. 12:12

Reflections on Shabat! 17th Feb 2023

 

Shabat Shalom!

Now is the time to pray, fast and beg for mercy from YHWH in the name of his Son Yeshua HaMashiach. In this dark time, the light of the Holy Spirit is necessary so that we do not stumble.

Jim Reeves I love you because
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qit_HikDGxU

Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZKjjlZmR4Y

Let's read from Bible: Joel 2:12-13 & 1 Kefa 5:10-11

The sufferings of Yeshua's saints are great

People's suffering and distress is very relative in different parts of the world. According to the World Watch List 2023*), about 360 million Christians are under extreme persecution.
*) https://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/ 

That is, in addition to the fact that their human rights have been trampled on, they are oppressed in every possible way by preventing them from practicing their livelihood, not to mention studying. Some of them are robbed, raped, tortured and killed.

Human famine

Conflict, economic shocks, climate extremes and soaring fertilizer prices are combining to create a food crisis of unprecedented proportions. As many as 828 million people are unsure of where their next meal is coming from. We have a choice: act now to save lives and invest in solutions that secure food security, stability and peace for all, or see people around the world facing rising hunger.

A record 349 million people across 79 countries are facing acute food insecurity – up from 287 million in 2021. This constitutes a staggering rise of 200 million people compared to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. More than 900,000 people worldwide are fighting to survive in famine-like conditions. This is ten times more than five years ago, an alarmingly rapid increase. An immediate response is needed. The global community must not fail on its promise to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030.
https://www.wfp.org/global-hunger-crisis


My own sufferings are small

My own suffering last Tuesday was almost insignificant compared to that, but still terrible, but it increases empathy for those in much greater suffering. I was at the dentist. Already in advance I prayed for help from above for two days.

I prayed for it because I knew from experience that I would have to be horizontal during the operation, when gastric juice would easily come up either in the mouth or some even in the bronchus, as well as the secretion of saliva so huge that I would have to swallow it constantly.

I asked the doctor to allow me to be in a semi-sitting position, but the dentist's patient chair could not be adjusted to such a position. What a pity!

Then it happened that when the liquid poured into my lungs I was about to suffocate for a while. My throat stung. I coughed and coughed and coughed the excess fluids out of my lungs. The doctor and the assistant understood the situation because I told them in advance about my tendency to get gastric juice easily up to my mouth if I have to lie on my back.

The procedure lasted 30 minutes and luckily the large split in the back tooth was repaired, and the tooth did not have to be removed. The operation made me feel so bad that I had a headache for two days, and I still haven't fully recovered.

I remember how in my youth I could sit upright in the chair at the dentist's office, when I didn't have any such problem. I believe that many of us also suffer from the problem I mentioned these days. Do you also suffer from these kinds of ailments? If you are suffering, please comment about them under the article and leave them as a prayer topic for the readers of this.

Our sufferings are very diverse in quality and duration. I seriously considered that maybe I won't go to the dentist at all anymore, but rather let the teeth fall out of my mouth, than have to experience almost suffocation again and a burning sensation in my bronchial tubes, as if I had drunk some acid.

It also added to the suffering in my case, knowing in advance what to expect. Fortunately, our suffering here is temporary and if I had suffocated during the operation, I would have ended up in a much better place than I am now. Hallelujah!


Our help is expected in the world

It is also needed more than before! The most important thing is to proclaim to all people and all nations the message of salvation about our resurrected Savior!

In addition, let's help the world's starving and refugees and the persecuted and those forced to live in the misery of war with prayers, donations and urging others to do so as much as they can!

It is to our Creator's mind and thus we show that we are his colleagues and our message becomes credible among the suffering and other people as well.


Blessings to you on weekend in Adonai Yeshua!

Reflections on Shabat! 10th Febr 2023

 

Memories of the past and dreams of the future

As we age, we have beautiful memories to learn from. It is good to prepare for life in eternity. That's where we're going.

We Remember - Maranatha Singers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tg6Yzm13oI

I Know Who Holds Tomorrow - By Alison Krauss & The Cox Family
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GKNbmYOAow

He will carry you (with lyrics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YfciAgsZFE


The reason for choosing those songs


I exceptionally chose three good songs that fit the topic. I sang tenor in a choir when I was young and learned that we can be filled with the Holy Spirit by singing songs according to the teachings of the Bible. The song creates joy, faith and hope.

When we are filled with the Holy Spirit, our thoughts are purified and brightened and we begin to see spiritual secrets with new eyes of the spirit. After that, we also get to experience supernatural guidance, which our mind often doesn't understand at first, but afterwards we realize that we were clearly guided by the Most High and we rejoice in it!

I have many beautiful memories of just that and that's why I recommend everyone to sing spiritual songs alone and together with others. Everyone can at least listen to such songs and there are thousands of them on YouTube, for example.


Biblical instructions for walking in the Spirit


Eph. 5:18-21
>>18 Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and singing praises in your heart to Adonai;
20 giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Yeshua the Messiah, to Elohim, even the Father;
21 subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of the Messiah.<<


Galatians 5:22-25
>>22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
24 Those who belong to the Messiah have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
25 If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.<<


A wish at the end

A blessed journey for you together with all of us to our heavenly hometown, the New Jerusalem!

Reflections on Shabat 3 February 2023

 

Warning of an occult symbol in 2016

I heard this surprising warning message with the ears of the Spirit while praising Yehowah Elohim and my Savior HaMashiach Yeshua at the end of daily prayer in the spring of 2016.

  According to the teaching of the Apostle Paul, I then stood with my hands raised and worshiped my resurrected Savior Yeshua HaMashiach and my heavenly Father Yehowah Elohim and was anointed with the Holy Spirit.

A warning prophecy about the 6-pointed star

   Almost 7 years ago (Spring 2016) I had just gotten up from my kneeling prayer after completing numerous daily prayer topics, stood up and raised my hands to heaven in worship of my Savior HaMashiach Yeshua. Then the following suddenly happened:

  I heard with the ears of the Spirit a clear voice from heaven saying:

>>"King David of Israel has nothing to do with the Star of David, it is the star of the god Romfa!"<<
(In many English Versions of the Bible, the god Romfa is referred to as the god Rephan or the god of Remphan.)

   I was very surprised and amazed at that message, as I had never heard anything like it before, and had formed no opinion about it!

   Until then, I had thought that the Israeli flag was very beautiful in its shape and colors, just like the Finnish flag, so my surprise was really great.

   I then immediately remembered the relevant passage from the Bible, where there is a warning about the star of the god Romfa: Apt. 7:42-43.

   Acc. to the verses, the first Christian martyr Stephen reminded the assembled highest spiritual leadership of Israel, the members of the Sanhedrin, about the idolatry of their ancestors during the wilderness trek, e.g. thus: 

>>42 But Elohim turned, and gave them up to serve the host of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

43 You took up the tent of Moloch, The star of your god Rephan, The figures which you made to worship. I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’<< 

I read it right away in the Bible and then checked the internet for additional information. The first thing I got was the following link in Finnish:

https://www.linnunrata.org/israel/daavidin-tahti.php 

Obs. A link to an English-language article with the same content can be found here:

http://scripturetruthministries.com/2018/03/21/star-of-david-or-star-of-remphan/

   After reading it, I realized that I had received that warning directly from Adonai Yeshua, and I removed the few props from my apartment, i.e. a few cheap souvenirs I bought in Israel, which featured that 6-pointed star symbol. I threw them in the trash!


Was the following only a coincidence?

  No, it wasn't.

  The very special thing happened me about 6 months after that incident (November 2016), a Christian contact person asked me to accommodate an Israeli Messianic Jewish man who believes in Yeshua and his adult son, who lives in Tel Aviv. They were in Finland on an evangelistic tour. I accommodated them two different times.

  As they were leaving, they offered me a 1.5m long Israeli flag as a gift, but I politely refused to accept it! I told them the warning I received 6 months earlier directly from Adonai Yeshua and warned them too not to worship the star of Remphan's god!

  The older one of the Jews said, he had heard something similar once before, but he didn't believe it. He said that the entire Israeli society has so identified with that symbol that, for example, the coffins of those who died in battles are draped with the Israeli flag, which has that 6-pointed star symbol.

  However, our Elohim is Holy and hates all forms of pagan religiosity and will cleanse it all away from us if we will only allow Him to do so.

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Obs. I have received slights over this incident, especially from Christian friends of Israel, who think that the star symbol on the Israeli flag has no meaning. Vice versa! It really has a big meaning because it is an occult symbol! The Bible strictly forbids such symbols, because they are witchcraft, magic and idolatry!

  And it is no coincidence that the symbol in question can be found in ancient Egyptian idolatry, Buddhism, Hinduism, later Islam, the Masonic logo, etc.

  As you see, we need the guidance of the Holy Spirit now if ever, because there are many delusions and some of them are very insidious! Without the guidance of the Holy Spirit I would not have guessed that the flag of Israel has an old symbol of a pagan god!

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Maranatha Singers - You Are My Hiding Place [with lyrics]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69gATP6Mc3A