Shabbat Shalom Brothers and Sisters. Today’s study is titled:
- 1st John 2:18 [Yah Scriptures]
- 18 Little children, it is the last hour. And as you have heard that the anti-messiah is coming, even now many anti-messiahs have come. This is how we know that it is the last hour.
Let's keep reading to further our knowledge, as John gives us deeper understanding concerning the anti-messiah.
- 1st John 2:19-23 [Yah Scriptures]
- 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have stayed with us - but in order that it might be made manifest that none of them were of us.
- 20 And you have an anointing from the Qadosh One, and you know all.
- 21 I did not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no falsehood is of the truth.
- 22 Who is the liar, except the one denying that Yahusha is ha’Mashiaḥ? This is the anti-messiah, the one denying the Father and the Bĕn.
- 23 No one denying the Bĕn has the Father. The one confessing the Bĕn has the Father as well.
Who is the anti-messiah, the one not only denying the Son, Yahusha Messiah, but also the one denying the Father, Yahuah Elohim. Think about it, If one denies the Son, he has also denied the Father, and likewise, the other way around. John gives more information as we drop down to 1 John chapter 4, and we want you to notice the opening of 1 John 4, as the opening reminds us of what we call the Deuteronomy 13 test. Let's go though 1 John 4:1-3, and read it together.
- 1 John 4:1-3 [Yah Scriptures]
- 4:1 Beloved ones, do not believe every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of Elohim, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- 2 By this you know the Ruaḥ of Elohim: Every spirit that confesses that Yahusha ha’Mashiaḥ has come in the flesh is of Elohim,
- 3 and every spirit that does not confess that Yahusha ha’Mashiaḥ has come in the flesh is not of Elohim. And this is that of the anti-messiah which you heard is coming, and now is already in the world.
Like I said earlier, Deuteronomy 13 comes to mind as we backup to 1 John 4:1, so lets take a look Deuteronomy 13:1-4. to see if there is any likeness to 1 John 4:1.
- Deuteronomy 13:1-4 [Yah Scriptures]
- 13:1 “When there arises among you a naḇi or a dreamer of dreams, and he shall give you a sign or a wonder,
- 2 and the sign or the wonder shall come true, of which he has spoken to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other mighty ones - which you have not known - and serve them,’
- 3 do not listen to the words of that naḇi or that dreamer of dreams, for Yahuah your Elohim is trying you to know whether you love Yahuah your Elohim with all your heart and with all your being.
- 4 “Walk after Yahuah your Elohim and revere Him, and guard His Commands and obey His voice, and serve Him and cling to Him.
So, Not only are we tested, we should also, Test Everything and Everyone, and we should study to be approved of the Father and the Son. The False Prophet is indeed anti-messiah. We talked about Isaiah 29:13 last week where we were speaking of a people that draw near to Yah with their mouth but their heart is far from him, teaching doctrines of men. Lets visit Isaiah 29:13.
- Isaiah 29:13 [Yah Scriptures]
- 13 And Yahuah says, “Because this people has drawn near with its mouth, and with its lips they have esteemed Me, and it has kept its heart far from Me, and their reverence of Me has become a command of men that is taught!
Think about it, any prophet that lives according to the commands of men, and not Elohim, is a false prophet, which is indeed, anti-messiah. as we learned last week, Yahusha spoke of the pharisees telling of this very scripture. let's visit it one more time before going deeper into the study.
- Matthew 15:7-9 [Yah Scriptures]
- 7 “Hypocrites! Yeshayahu [Isaiah] rightly naḇu [prophesied] about you, saying,
- 8 ‘This people draw near to Me with their mouth, and respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
- 9 ‘But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as teachings the commands of men.’ ”
The pharisees not only hated our Messiah Yahusha, they hated Yahuah Elohim, just as Yahusha demonstrated here. The scribes and pharisees taught their own commands, the commands of men, not the commands of Yah. Anyone teaching anything other than that which Yah and our Messiah, and the righteous Prophets taught, is teaching a different good news, and a different messiah, and even a different elohim. Acts 20 28-30 describes how this will play out, lets read it together.
- Acts 20:28-30 [Yah Scriptures]
- 28 “Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Ruaḥ ha’Qodesh has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of Elohim which He has purchased with His own blood.
- 29 “For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves shall come in among you, not sparing the flock.
- 30 “Also from among yourselves men shall arise, speaking distortions, to draw away the talmidim after themselves.
How far and wide is this deception today? How many of the taught ones have been drawn away from the true Gospel, the true Good News, the true Messiah? And of course, our Elohim, Yahuah Himself. Lets discuss this different good news, which is not of Yah. Read with us here in Galatians 1:6-9:
- Galatians 1:6-9 [Yah Scriptures]
- 6 I marvel that you are so readily turning away from Him who called you in the favour of Mashiaḥ, to a different ‘good news,’
- 7 which is not another, only there are some who are troubling you and wanting to corrupt the Good News of Mashiaḥ.
- 8 However, even if we, or a messenger out of the shamayim, bring a ‘good news’ to you beside what we announced to you, let him be accursed.
- 9 As we have said before, and now I say again, if anyone brings a ‘good news’ to you beside what you have received, let him be accursed.
Our Messiah, Yahusha, Paul, Isaiah, Abraham, and all of the other patriarchs & prophets, are teaching One Good News, One Messiah, One Elohim. Anyone, including any angel, teaching Anything Other than His Commands, His Statutes, His Torah, His Law, His Festivals, His Feast Days, His Sabbaths, His Way, His Dietary Laws, His Instructions, is truly, anti-messiah, and Let the one doing so, be accursed. I know this is a bold statement, but lets just continue and see if you agree. Lets go to Paul as he reveals more to us in 2nd Corinthians 11:4:
- 2nd Corinthians 11:4 [Yah Scriptures]
- 4 For, indeed, if he who is coming proclaims another Yahusha, whom we have not proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit which you have not received,
or a different Good News which you have not accepted, you put up with it well enough!
This is Huge. Do you understand what Paul is really saying here? And, do you think Paul is only admonishing the Corinthians here? Indeed no, Paul is also admonishing the entire Assembly; that which is calling themselves the Church, and those denying the Messiah, calling themselves Jews, Today. The Universal Body is truly proclaiming another Jesus, another Yahusha, a different Elohim, a different Spirit, a different Good News, a different Torah, a different Law, different dietary laws, a different Gospel, other than the true Gospel, the True Torah of Yahuah, and of our Messiah, Yahusha. Daniel 7:25 has indeed come to past, which states:
- Daniel 7:25 [Yah Scriptures]
- 25 and it speaks words against the Most High, and it wears out the qodeshim of the Most High, and it intends to change Appointed Times and Law, and they are given into its hand for a time and times and half a time.
This makes me sad, but it must be said, or we will be guilty of just going with the flow, which as we are discovering, is also breaking the commands, Not telling a brother of his sin can make me joint err of the sin. This goes way back. even to the point whereby the children of Seth, son of Adam and Eve, had not yet left the mountain, as Cain had. Lets give an example by going to the 2nd book of Adam and Eve 16:7-8, as Mahalalel, who was the fifth generation after Adam, is instructing his son Yared [Jared], concerning the children on the mountain, that will go astray.
- 2nd book of Adam and Eve 16:7-8 [Yah Scriptures]
- 7 “But I also know that your children will not listen to you, and that they will go down from this mountain and have relations with the children of Qayin, and that they shall perish with them.
- 8 “My son! Teach them, and watch over them, so that no guilt will be on you because of them.”
This should be no surprise, as this is the written reality throughout Scripture. Yahuah Elohim warns constantly throughout scripture not to do as the nations do. Well, in our case, we were raised in the nations, and we learned the way of the nations from our youth, our very upbringing has been that of corruption. we were sifted into the nations way back when the Northern tribes were separated from our Elohim, and to this day, there we remain. As a result of this, Much diligence is required when seeking truth, because almost everything we know is a lie. Even the books we know, are corrupted to support the lies. Just look at the last several years of our studies and you will see that most of what we discover, is a twist on word within our very own Scriptures, to support the lies we have been taught throughout our lives. Just as we saw in Daniel 7:25, the Times and the Laws have been changed. How? The words of Yah have been perverted and twisted by the devil, which is in wicked perverse men. Lets get a witness to Daniel 7:25, from 1 Enoch 104 starting at verse 7.
- 1 Enoch 104:7-10 [Yah Scriptures]
- 7 And, although you sinners say, “All our sins shall not be searched out and be written down,” nevertheless they shall write down all your sins every day.
- 8 And now I show unto you that light and darkness, day and night, see all your sins.
- 9 Do not be wicked in your hearts, and do not lie and do not alter the Words of uprightness, nor charge with lying the Words of the Qodesh Great One, nor take account of your idols; for all your lying and all your wickedness do not come forth in righteousness but in great sin.
- 10 And now I know this mystery, that sinners will change and pervert the Words of righteousness in many ways, and will speak wicked words, and lie, and practice great deceits, and write books concerning their words.
Is this is the reality of Today? Indeed it is. Our Scriptures have been twisted, and lies are inserted in place of truth. Our Dictionaries, lexicons, and concordances, have been twisted, and lies have been inserted in place of truth. The only way to find these things out, is through diligent Study, Prayer, and Fasting. Many, but certainly not all of the lies, can be studied out, and much Truth can be found. I am 65 years old, and have only scratched the surface of the lies that we have been taught by wolves in sheep's clothing. I have no doubt that there are still many twists, many lies, that we have not yet discovered, however, do we toss in the towel? By No Means, we will continue to search out the Will of Yahuah, our Elohim, and of the truth of our Messiah, Yahusha, our Only High Priest.
Alright, moving forward; lets go to the 2nd book of John, to get a lesson on the true meaning of Love, and a lesson concerning the one that is leading so many astray.
- 2 John 1:6-11 [Yah Scriptures]
- 6 And this is the love, that we walk according to His Commands. This is the Command, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.
- 7 Because many who are leading astray went out into the world who do not confess Yahusha ha’Mashiaḥ as coming in the flesh. This one is he who is leading astray and the anti-messiah.
- 8 See to yourselves, that we do not lose what we worked for, but that we might receive a complete reward.
- 9 Everyone who is transgressing and not staying in the teaching of Mashiaḥ does not possess Elohim. The one who stays in the teaching of Mashiaḥ possesses both the Father and the Bĕn.
- 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house nor greet him,
- 11 for he who greets him shares in his wicked works.
- Jude 1:3-4 [Yah Scriptures]
- 3 Beloved ones, making all haste to write to you concerning our common deliverance, I felt the necessity to write to you urging you to earnestly contend for the belief which was once for all delivered to the qodeshim.
- 4 For certain men have slipped in, whose judgment was written about long ago, wicked ones corrupting the favour of our Elohim for indecency, and denying the only Aḏon Yahuah and our Aḏon Yahusha ha’Mashiaḥ.
All of us need to understand, every choice that you make, weather for good or for evil, is a choice that each of us makes, no one can force you to choose a righteous life, and no one can force you to choose an unrighteous life. We Have Free Will to choose. The writings of Eliyahu [Elijah], chapter 10 lays that fact out clearly. Let's read it together. Oh, and for those that do not know, this book is also known as the Order of the Ancients, and in the DSS, The Community Rule, or Charter of a Jewish Sectarian Association.
- The Writings of Eliyahu [Elijah] 10 [Yah Scriptures]
- 10:1 The origin of truth lieth in the Fountain of Light, the Qodesh One of Yisra’ĕl, while the origin of falsehood or evil lieth in the Wellspring of Darkness.
- 2 All who practice righteousness are under the domination of the Prince of Lights and walk in the path of Light while those who practice evil are under the domination of the Messenger of Darkness and walk in the path of darkness.
- 3 Yea, the Messenger of Darkness is the Devil, that evil spirit who lieth in wait to entrap the souls of men and drag them down to misery and woe.
- 4 He lieth in wait at any opportunity to lead the unwary soul into sin and error so that through his evil influence, even the children of light are led to commit those things which are grievous in the eyes of Elohim.
- 5 When men of their own free will choose to follow the influence of this enemy of all righteousness, they fall from the grace of the Elohim of the shamayim and must repent of their iniquities that Yahuah can visit them in His mercy and redeem them from their sins, that they may know to sing the song of redeeming love.
- 6 All the afflictions which befall the children of men, all their trials, all their sorrows result from the acts of this Prince of Evil.
- 7 He and all his hosts are dedicated to causing the children of light to fall from grace and become enmeshed in their snares.
- 8 Nevertheless, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕl with all His qodesh messengers is always nearby to assist the sons of Light and save all those who will call upon His Name from the power of the evil ones.
- 9 Yahuah Elohim hath given unto man his agency to choose the good or the evil.
- 10 Yahuah loveth righteousness and will for ever and ever and is always pleased with those who walk in paths of righteousness, but He hateth the evil and those who walk in the paths of evil will be cast out of the presence of Yahuah at the last day, for Yahuah cannot look upon evil with any degree of acceptance nor can those who love evil dwell in His presence.
Don't think for a moment that the devil and his fallen angels, and his demons [evil spirits] are not doing all they can do to destroy you. Backing up to verse 7, which tells us "He and all his hosts are dedicated to causing the children of light to fall from grace and become enmeshed in their snares". Remember, the devil has a tenth of the fallen angels and all of the fallen nephelim [evil spirits] at his beckon call. Let's get a witness to both of these claims. First, Jubilees 9:7-14: to get an understanding of the tenth of the fallen angels being at satan's beckon call.
- Jubilees 9:7-14 [Yah Scriptures]
- 7 And Yahuah our Elohim commanded us to bind all.
- 8 And the chief of the spirits, Mastĕma [Satan], came and said, “Aḏonai, Creator, let some of them remain before me, and let them listen to my voice, and do all that I shall say to them; for if some of them are not left to me, I shall not be able to execute the power of my purpose on the sons of men; for these are for corruption and leading astray before my right-ruling, for the wickedness of the sons of men is great.”
- 9 And He [Yahuah] said, “Let the tenth part of them remain before him, and let nine parts descend into the place of condemnation.”
- 10 And one of us He commanded that we should teach Noaḥ all their medicines; for He knew that they would not walk in uprightness, nor strive in righteousness.
- 11 And we did according to all His words: all the wicked evil ones we bound in the place of condemnation, and a tenth part of them we left that they might be subject before Satan on the earth.
- 12 And we explained to Noaḥ all the medicines of their diseases, together with their accomplishments, how he might heal them with herbs of the earth.
- 13 And Noaḥ wrote down all matters in a Book as we instructed him concerning every kind of medicine. Thus the evil spirits were prevented from hurting the sons of Noaḥ.
- 14 And he gave all that he had written to Shĕm, his eldest son; for he loved him exceedingly above all his sons.
- 1 Enoch 15:8-9 [Yah Scriptures]
- 8 ‘And now, the giants, who are produced from the spirits and flesh, shall be called evil spirits upon the earth, and on the earth shall be their dwelling.
- 9 ‘Evil spirits have proceeded from their bodies; because they are born from men and from the qodesh watchers is their beginning and primal origin; they shall be evil spirits on earth, and evil spirits shall they be called.
Yes, the evil spirits which are the offspring of the fallen angels, and man, are evil spirits roaming the earth, doing the devils bidding. and let us not forget that, along with the nine tenths of the fallen angels being in Tartarus, so to are the two hundred angels that went into the daughters of men, They are in Tartarus as well. Lets also get the facts from 1 Enoch 6:6:
- 1 Enoch 6:6 [Yah Scriptures]
- 6 And they were, in all, two hundred who descended in the days of Yereḏ on the summit of Mount Ḥermon, and they called it Mount Ḥermon, because they had
sworn and bound themselves by mutual curses upon it.
Also, lets drop down to 1 Enoch 7 to see that the fallen angels took women as wives.
- 1 Enoch 7:1 [Yah Scriptures]
- 7:1 And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose one for himself, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them,
Also, backing up to verse 6 again, getting a witness that this happened in the days of Yered [Jared], we can go to the 2nd Book of Adam and Eve, 17:34-48. Now, we come into this scripture, whereby Yered has been deceived by the devil, who is pretending to be Adam, who has already passed at this point in time, to go with him to the sons of Qayin [Cain].
- 2 Adam and Eve [Hawwah] 17: 34-48:
- 34 But while they were staying there, three of them went into houses of the sons of Qayin and said to them, “Bring us today some food by the fountain of water, for us and our companions to eat.”
- 35 But when the sons of Qayin saw them, they were in awe at them and thought: “These men are beautiful to look at. We have never seen such before.” So they
rose and came with them to the fountain of water, to see their companions. - 36 They thought them so very handsome that they called aloud about their places for others to gather together and come and look at these beautiful beings. Then they gathered around them both men and women.
- 37 Then the old one said to them, “We are strangers in your land, bring us some good food and drink, and bring yourselves and your women, so we can entertain ourselves with you.”
- 38 When those men heard these words of the old one, every one of Qayin’s sons brought his wife, and another brought his daughter, and so, many women came to them; every one calling out to Yereḏ either for himself or for his wife.
- 39 But when Yereḏ saw what they did, his very soul wrenched itself from them and he would not taste their food or their drink.
- 40 The old one saw him as he wrenched himself from them, and said to him, “Do not be sad. I am the great elder, as you shall see me do, do yourself in like manner.”
- 41 Then he spread his hands and took one of the women, and five of his companions did the same in front of Yereḏ, that he should do as they did.
- 42 But when Yereḏ saw them doing their wickedness he wept, and said in his mind, “My fathers never acted like this.
- 43 He then spread his hands and prayed with a fervent heart, and with much weeping, and begged Elohim to deliver him from their hands.
- 44 No sooner did Yereḏ begin to pray than the old one fled with his companions; for they could not abide in a place of prayer.
- 45 Then Yereḏ turned round but could not see them, but found himself standing in the midst of the children of Qayin.
- 46 He then wept and said, “O Elohim, do not destroy me with this race, concerning which my fathers have warned me. For now, Yahuah my Elohim, I was thinking that those who appeared to me were my forefathers, but I have found them out to be devils, who lured me by way of this beautiful apparition, until I believed them.
- 47 “But now I ask You, O Elohim, to deliver me from this race, among whom I am now staying, as You did deliver me from those devils. Send Your messenger to pull me out of the middle of them. I do not have the power within myself to escape from among them.”
- 48 When Yereḏ had ended his prayer, Elohim sent His messenger into the middle of them and he took Yereḏ and set him up on the mountain, and showed him the way, and he gave him wise advice, and then departed from him.
And there we indeed have a witness that this event took place in the days of Yered, as Yered was witness to fornication between the wicked peoples of Qayin and the fallen watchers. Remember, when all is said and done, two hundred angels were sent to Tartarus, and are indeed in Shackles to this day.
Brothers and Sisters, the anti-messiah or antichrist, has been here from way back in the days before the flood, and is under the authority of the devil himself. We would be wise to understand that, until the Messiah cracks the sky and returns, the devil is the god of this world, and he is coming after those that keep the commands of Yahuah, and hold to the testimony of our very Messiah, and High Priest, Yahusha. Lets get a witness to this fact by reading Matthew 14:30, which states clearly:
- Matthew 14:30 [Yah Scriptures]
- 30 “I shall no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he possesses naught in Me,
And we all know that the ruler of this world, as it sits right now, is the devil. Brothers and Sisters, we all have a choice to make. Who do you serve? It is not too late, but soon, it will be. Please, to those that hear this plea, you have a choice, and you can come out of Babylon. Don't listen to the wolves in sheep's clothing telling you that the Law, the Torah, is abolished. It is not, and never will be abolished. Those not keeping the commands of our Elohim, Yahuah, and those not holding to the belief of our Messiah, Yahusha, are in grave trouble. Please repent, come back to Yahuah our Elohim, through Messiah Yahusha, our High Priest. Stop pretending that everything is okay. It is not okay, and time is truly short. Test everything while you still have the means to do so.
Well, that's all that we have for now.
Shabbat Shalom if you are reading this on Shabbat. Shalom, if not.
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