Civilization works ONLY when LIBERTY prevails. Once one side demands their opponent must conform to their ideas, the very purpose of civilization no longer exists. If we are not respectful of one another’s rights, then we must also surrender all our rights.
~Martin Armstrong, Armstrong Economics
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Modern Idolatry
What does idolatry look like in 2021? It takes many forms and the majority of people do not recognize it.
What does “love growing cold”, mentioned in the Scriptures as an indication of the last days, look like?
Poison Death Shot
There is zero justification – zero justification – for using this poison death shot, unless you want to sacrifice human beings.
~ Dr. Vladimir Zelenko MD, speaking on the Covid-19 vaccine
Click HERE to watch a video of Dr. Zelenko speaking on this topic (including this quote).
Prayer for Today
Today, I feel it is important to pray this…
Abba Father, Creator and Sustainer of all things, glory to You and to Messiah Yeshua, our soon coming King, who sits at Your right hand. All praise and honor to You, the One True God, Who created all things with the breath of Your mouth!
Continue to be merciful and gracious to Your people. Continue to show favor to Your people, those who are called by Your name. Of course Your people are not perfect, only Messiah is perfect. We can be stiff-necked just as our ancestors were. Forgive us all of our transgressions and trespasses. Cleanse our hearts and minds. Whatever within us needs cleansing, please cleanse it. Whatever within us needs healing, please heal it. Heal our minds and hearts first and foremost above any bodily healing. If we have healthy bodies but corrupt hearts and minds, what good is it?! Let us have hearts after Your heart and the mind of Messiah.
In these days of turmoil and chaos, please pour forth Your Spirit, wisdom, and peace on and in Your people. Give us wisdom, discernment, strength, courage, and shalom that can only come from Your Sovereign Hand. Set a distinction between Your people and the world. Shield us, especially in heart and mind, from the wickedness encompassing the earth. Shield us physically as well, if that be Your will. Pour forth Your favor and blessing, for Your Name’s sake and to Your glory, to show You set apart Your people even as You did in Goshen during the plagues of Egypt. While Your people did suffer through the first few plagues just as all Egypt suffered, You soon made the distinction clear and shielded Israel from the rest of those dreadful plagues. While this world rushes headlong into greater tyranny, chaos, fear, darkness, and evil, set Your people apart with freedom, peace, fearlessness, light, and righteousness. Create stability and prosperity within Your camp, across all the nations where Your people reside. When the world is in panic, let us not fear, worry or have anxiety as the world does. Pour intense shalom on Your children. When disaster strikes the unbelieving world, hold up Your people in safety. When the world is looted, robbed, and has everything taken from them, provide stability, sustainance, and prosperity in those called by Your Name.
We ask this, but know we are not spared all suffering. To live in this fallen world always, without exception, involves suffering. Please give Your people strength, courage and peace to endure whatever comes our way. We would naturally ask that You lessen our suffering, but not my will, not anyone’s will, but Yours be done. Glory to You, YHWH, and to our Messiah!
Come Yeshua Come! In His Name and Authority I pray. Amen!
Church in the Mountains
My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.
~ Aldous Huxley
Reason to Rejoice!
Have you ever seen a child that will not stop pouting or having a temper tantrum? A parent can get so frustrated that they almost threaten them to change their attitude. There’s good reason the Bible calls us “children” of the Most High. It wasn’t just those who came out of Egypt that acted like spoiled brats! We do it too.
At this season, our loving Abba commands (!) us to rejoice. Let’s please Him! Whatever is going on in the world at large and our corner of it, we can choose to change our attitudes and rejoice in Him! We don’t need to focus on the world and its tyranny right now. Let’s spend the next 8 days with our eyes firmly on the One Who matters most! The Father and the Messiah He sent, are well worthy of our praise and our greatest reason to rejoice!
Border Control
A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.
~ Ronald Reagan
Yom Kippur 2021
Wishing you abundant blessings on this special day!
No Help From Mortals
We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
~ Sam Houston (first President of the Republic of Texas)
And the Word of the Living God says something similar:
If I raise my eyes to the hills, from where will my help come? My help comes from Adonai, the maker of heaven and earth. ~Psalm 121: 1-2
…for human help is worthless. ~Psalm 108: 13b
Going to the Mountains is Going Home
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity.
~ John Muir
Yom Teruah 2021
Prove It!
Are you truly willing to work together? Are you truly willing to put aside petty differences to help brothers and sisters in Messiah? Prove it!
Dear Hubby and I have had disappointment after disappointment in this walk of Torah observance. I’m sure most of you have too. Not disappointment in YHWH or His instructions. No, the disappointment is in His people, those who claim to be His. Wherever we have gone and whoever we have met, it is overwhelmingly the same sad story. No one wants to be “faith family,” work together or help one another. No, just like all those “outside the camp” in the world, Messiah’s body prefers to be independent, lone workers. There is no desire for unity, or for putting aside differences about the calendar, how to pronounce the name, and all that stuff.
Of course, when I say “no” and “none” I am over generalizing and simplifying, but it is certainly the vast majority, from our experience. We would label it at 99% – sadly. Maybe you have had a different experience, and we hope you have.
That saying — people make time for what really matters to them and if they don’t make time for you, then you don’t really matter to them — is TRUE! Are we making time for our brethren? Usually not! Are we offering to be of assistance to our brothers/sisters in Messiah? Usually not! And, if we do, and the person actually takes us up on the offer, which is rare itself, we often make excuses or resent their request. How is this being light, or set apart from the rest of the world? You know the answer. It isn’t. It is being just like the world, selfish and uncaring.
It is a “normal” human reaction, especially in our current world. But we have to fight against the wickedness of our flesh daily to live a life of righteousness. It’s hard, but we are called to overcome just as our Messiah overcame. Let’s put aside our desire to go it alone, and thoughts of “why bother” and instead help others even when we don’t feel like it, especially our faith family! Let’s also be willing to ask for help when we need it.
Today we’ve launched a new page on this site, so our faith family can reach each other. Don’t just say “that’s nice” – take action and get involved with your mishpachah! Why are we doing business with the world, when we can support members of our faith family? Why are we asking for assistance from the world, those who oppose all we treasure in YHWH, when we can support individuals and businesses of our faith family? Let’s break out of this rut and CONNECT!
We had planned to launch this almost a year ago. But, as if to make the point even clearer, the initial “feeler” messages we sent to get feedback on the idea were indifferent at best and extremely discouraging. May Abba help us all!
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Divine Direction
As I mentioned back in May, our faithful Elohim has answered our prayers in magnificent fashion – providing clear direction and provision! We praise Him for this! Without a doubt, He has moved to cause this change in our lives and we glorify Him. However, we don’t yet know “why” – not fully. What does He have for us to do in this new situation? We prayerfully submit to Him and trust His leading. May we be faithful to Him whatever comes.
Toto, we aren’t in…Texas anymore.
Reminiscent of a scene from the Wizard of Oz, Abba has moved us with swift, sometimes dizzying, winds like a tornado. We had some things to learn during our time in Texas, and then – well, it was time to move on. Just as Dorothy learned lessons from her “dream” and committed to remembering them as she went on with her life, we intend to do the same. The Sovereign Creator has miraculously orchestrated our return to the mountains, and in so doing, rescued us from some distressing situations. He has protected and delivered us from some evils that we anticipated but could not have fully understood. He knows, of course, and moved mightily to remove us from reach. We have already begun to see things occurring that we feel certain He has snatched us away from…Glory to Him!
Now, the dust has begun to settle. We seek His purpose for continuing us along this nomadic journey and specifically in the circumstances in which He has divinely placed us. May our eyes, ears, hearts and minds be still and wait on His voice. May we hear Him and recognize His voice amongst all the chatter that is our world and the clutter that fills our minds.
Wildfire Plague
We don’t often think of fires when we hear the word “plague” but maybe we should. Click the graphic below for an interesting article. It discusses the (potential) Biblical significance of the widespread fires around the globe.
Fire Miracle!
Fires have ravaged places around the world, including Israel. Click the graphic below to read an encouraging story of Adonai’s mercy and protection for Messianic believers. When facing a literal fire, He was there. Praise our Elohim!
Totalitarian Rule
While everyone is focused on COVID and arguing that there is no virus or that it is easily treated without vaccination, they are missing the real objective – our descent into a state of tyrannical psychosis that creates the totalitarian rule. The totalitarian state has a standard playbook. First, they need to create fear. This is then followed by terrorizing the people. Lastly, they will then seek power by offering solutions that require the surrender of all your rights for security.
~Martin Armstrong, Armstrong Economics
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Simple Laws and Defined Rights
Nothing can conduce more to the order and stability of a government than the simplicity of the laws, the proper definition of rights, and their impartial and consistent administration.
~ Sam Houston (first President of the Republic of Texas)
Extinct Freedom
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
~ Ronald Reagan
Pentecost in the Old Testament
Pentecost as described in the Book of Acts is incredible! What a outpouring of the power, love and spirit of our Abba! But this was nothing new. It began at Sinai, with the giving of His instructions. Just like a loving parent, He sets boundaries and rules for His children to keep them safe. It pleases Him when His children obey His instructions. And, when like children, we ask “but WHY??” our Father doesn’t always explain. Just “do as I say, my child. It’s because I love you.”
One such instruction is to observe the Feast of Weeks, aka Shavuot, aka Pentecost. He gave this instruction thousands of years before the events recorded in the Book of Acts. This is why Yeshua’s disciples were gathered together. They were observing Abba’s set-apart days! What an amazing Elohim we serve! He knows the end from the beginning and all His purposes fit together (i.e. the “old” and “new” testaments) like hand in glove! 
We are celebrating Shavuot / Pentecost tomorrow. Whenever you observe this special day, we wish you a day of spirit-filled blessing!
Erasing the Past
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
~ Golda Meir
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