ONE WAY TO GOD: THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

The Phillistines did not know God but they called him elohay yisrael (God of Israel: 1 Samuel 5:8). In verse 7, they noted their god Dagon (elohay-nu: god-our) with the same word they used for the Hebrew God of Israel, but there is a difference between a god and God.

There is also a difference between having a religion and knowing God personally. Even Samuel at one time did not know (I Samuel 3:7) the Lord (Jehovah). If you learn to know the Lord, you can understand Exodus 3:14 (God speaking as elohim, and I AM (some may interpret I SHALL BE):

“ And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.”¹

You can also understand Genesis 19:24-27, wherein Jehovah appears in two places at the same time:

“²⁴ Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; ²⁵ And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.” ²

God has been spiritual in his highest form and corporeal in his flesh form. No one has ever seen Him in his highest form (John 1:18): “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”³ The Lord can come in the flesh as he chooses. Adam and Eve's clothes of skin were made by Him (Jehovah elohim – Lord God: Gn. 3:21). He was the first leather designer. He clothed them.

Yeshua hamashiach (Jesus the Christ) is Lord. He created the universe (Colossians 1:14-17):

“¹⁴ In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: ¹⁵ Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: ¹⁶ For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: ¹⁷ And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”⁴

Also, his genealogy is patrilineal – he had legitimate pedigree and register. He fulfilled the coming of a prophet like himself through a Hebrew tribe prophesied by Moses, “... may-ah-hay-hah – … from your brethren” (Dt. 18:15).

The “Jewish” are not God's people. They don't have register and they don't have a gene pool for a Hebrew messiah. They can't bring a messiah from their midst. They are no less defiled (Ezra 2:61-63) than the Old Testament Gentiles and the rejects at the Ezran congregation (Ezra 10). Nevertheless, they have deceived many Christians as to a false return of the extinct Hebrews. They are anti-Christians (“Jewish” Gentiles... Luke 21:24) and impostors. They occupied Israel through terrorism and Zion Revisionism pseudo-theology.

There are many myths, erring prophecies and cults today. There are many Jewish people (Gentiles: Luke 21:24): not patrilineal Hebrew (Numbers 36:5-13), who study the Torah and do not know the Lord. Even if one did repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, it could not make him Hebrew or a Jew. More details ….

DIVINATION (Forbidden: Dt. 18:10-14)

In I Samuel 28 we find an interesting study on familiar spirits (imitating but not of God) and divination through a female necromancer (ba ah lat-ov, v. 7). As a ventriloquist can seem to make a puppet speak and entertain an audience, a necromancer similary, I presume, would speak for someone from the dead. Nevertheless, in verse 13, she (the necromancer) did more than that, she brought up and saw elohim (a god) coming up from the earth. Samuel, who had died, spoke to Saul and reproved him. Therefore, the Scripture lets us know that seeking information from one of those who have passed was accomplished through the necromancer and divination, a condemned practice. Saul had broken all his bridges with God and turned to the unrighteous (the necromancer) to find answers for himself. He was told of his soon death.

Living for God requires understanding Bible principles, which are based on Scripture. When you learn mathematics, you learn how to add, subtract, multiply and divide. There are principles to follow and it works. Correct math doesn't lie to you.

When you study biblical marriage, it works by principle also. You can't just change it because you would like to justify your life circumstances or the emotions of someone. No. Biblical principle must be followed so the person can adjust his/her life to meet it. Compromising is a sign of confusion or spiritual weakness. People wander in confusion for years at times, maybe their whole life. Some live in illegitimate relationships even as others continue to relapse in drug addiction. There seems to be no cessation of their defiling themselves. To break that curse, learning to follow biblical principle and truth is necessary, whatever the cost of the desires.

We have people today compromising their life and sinning. They have heard the word of God but changed their direction from it. Hal Lindsey just passed. He had married several times. Kenneth and Gloria Copeland have lived in adultery for years. People as such have even desired to be prophets, leaders and teachers.

Instead of looking unto God and biblical principles, they perverted and wandered in their confusion, and took advantage of the ignorance of their followers! Narcissists and lukewarmers were not really reproved. The concensus of American religion and their ancient language illiterate beta's was normalized with heresy.

God will forgive anyone who comes to him in true repentance, and he will give wisdom freely; there is no need to continue struggling to find answers. The life of those looking for answers from others than God ends in catastrophe. You shall know them by their fruits. (Matthew 7:20) They will do things contrary to God's direction (Galatians 5:19-21). Their life and fleshly manifestation will not bear fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). It will bear an existence of futility even if it looks successful for a while.

“For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.” (I Samuel 15:23)

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