⁣Prophecy is exciting. It brings the crowds, creates social media buzz, and piques everyone's curiosity. Most of the time, when we hear the word "prophecy", we think of revelations about the future. But is that really what prophecy is?

On August 20, Tim Hillis of Remnant Nation University joined Common Sense Bible Study for a conversation about the nature of prophecy. What is it? How can you recognize it? What's the difference between a true and false prophet?

From the Remnant Nation website ( https://remnantnation.org/ ) :

Tim is a dedicated and knowledgeable student of God's Word and His movement around the globe. As a leader called to do the work of an apostle, he fearlessly challenges the religiosity that has entrenched itself in the "church" culture and seeks to bring a fresh perspective on the First Century to the modern Body-Bride of Messiah. Through his articles, blogs, and messages, Tim boldly exposes the "takanot", a Hebrew word referring to the rules of religious leaders that have caused people to interpret scripture incorrectly.

Tim's journey in ministry has been an incredible adventure, full of challenges and opportunities for growth! After completing some of his education and serving in various positions within the Church of God, Tim felt called to a broader harvest field. He completed training in a "School of the Prophets" and then attended World Harvest Bible College.

Tim and his wife Naphtali are ordained by Christian International (Santa Rosa Beach, FL) under the vision of Dr. Bill Hamon. Tim completed his studies and successfully defended 2 theses for a PhD in Biblical Philosophy and Theology May 1st, 2017.

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Are the False Gods Real?
I just finished reading Jonathan Cahn’s book Return of the Gods. For those of us who got into the faith once delivered because of the pagan roots of the biggest tenets of mainstream Christianity, this book is very familiar territory. Cahn takes the knowledge we all share about Baal, Molech, and Ishtar and brings it right into modern times. He also provides a great refresher on the reality that these gods were worshiped under different names by different cultures. Diana of the Ephesians is the same goddess as Artemis and Ishtar, for example.
Cahn traces the modern-day debauchery of sexual sin in the western world directly to the return of these gods. He does so in a remarkably convincing fashion. Cahn shows the largest success of Christianity was the removal of idolatry and the institution of biblical morality from most of the known world. Idolatry and these abominable sexual practices we see returning are tied together throughout scriptures. Romans 1 tells us this for the New Testament reference, but we can read the horrific practices of sacrificing children and temple prostitution all over the Old Testament when Israel went astray. Which was a lot more often than not.
For those who may wonder about the overwhelming slaughters Israel was ordered to bring to the Canaanites, well, it was because of these practices. Israel was to purify Canaan of idolatry not just for the sake of idolatry but to remove the behaviors of the people of Canaan from the face of the earth. Child sacrifice and abominable sexual practices had to be completely purged from the land along with the idols.
A disappointment is that Cahn doesn’t also tell his readers that Christmas and Easter are both pagan holidays tied inextricably to these abominations. It’s a shame that he clearly knows this information but doesn’t make the connection so his readers can take the appropriate action to purge the paganism from their lives today. Easter is the worship of a pagan fertility goddess and the resurrection of her lover called Tammuz. It’s not about Messiah at all. Christmas with its worship of evergreen trees and its timing at the winter solstice is also a fertility celebration. The 12 days of Christmas, the yule log, the mistletoe, and all that stuff were also tied to abominable sexual practices and idolatry.
But now to today’s question, one I poised to the assembly on Shabbat. Are these false gods real? The bible seems to say both things.

The prophets of Pharaoh could do some of the stuff that YHVH let Moses and Aaron do. The false prophets in the end times will be able to call down fire from heaven. When the witch of Endor brought up Samuel… it worked. So these beings seem to have powers and seem to be quite real. That also explains why we see the same abominable idolatrous practices all over the world spanning thousands of years. To reconcile the contradiction about gods made with hands not being gods at all, I would equate that to the physical idols. Those trinkets or statues held no power. But it appears whatever they represented did. And we should take care to avoid any practices that might open ourselves up to them. Shalom.

Trying to enter through a different door and the ancient, yet subordinate, relationship between Yahweh and Yeshua.
This study is part of a series on the Gospel of John. All the videos of this series are posted at this link once they're completed. https://firstcenturychristiani....ty.net/the-gospel-of

Revealing the truth about the woman caught in adultery and the famous "I am" statement in John 8 does not mean what most teach.
This video is part of a series on the study of the Gospel of John. Previous chapters are available at the link. Further chapters will be uploaded as they come available. https://firstcenturychristiani....ty.net/the-gospel-of

The Torah keeping groups have a blessed tradition of corporate prayers. Does your congregation?

Selichoth Prayers - Are They Relevant to You? - read by Yochanan

Selichoth means "forgivenesses". If ever there was a time to wake up and call upon the Name of YHWH, it is now.

The Pharisees Were Chickens
This is part of our congregational study of the Gospel of John from a Hebraic perspective. The series and many other teachings on early Christianity are available at https://firstcenturychristiani....ty.net/the-gospel-of

⁣Fallen is Babylon the Great! She has become a home for demons and a haunt for every evil spirit, a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird. For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. Revelation 18

⁣Paul tells us that before a person can call out to God, he must be convinced that there is a reason to do so. Faith comes from hearing. This is the same message that Yeshua gave in the Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13.

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⁣Die wat in die vuur staan saam met ons sal die woorde verstaan:

Daniël 3:49 Maar die Boodskapper van יהוה het neergedaal en Hom by AsarJaH en sy metgeselle in die oond gevoeg, en Hy het die vlam van die vuur uit die oond uit verdryf, 50 en het die middel van die oond gemaak asof ‘n vogtige wind daardeur geruis het, en die vuur het hulle hoegenaamd nie aangeraak en hulle ook geen leed aangedoen of bekommernis veroorsaak nie. [1 Konings 19:11] 51 Toe het die drie [manne] in die oond as uit een mond Elohim geprys, verhoog, geloof en gesê:

52 Geseënd is U, יהוה, die Elohey van ons vaders, geprese en hoog verhewe tot in ewigheid! En geseënd is U glansryke en verhewe Naam, en grootliks geprese en hoog verhewe tot in ewigheid.
53 Geseënd is U in die Tempel van U aparte Glansrykheid, hoog geprese en grootliks verhoog tot in ewigheid.
54 Geseënd is U wat die dieptes deurskou en op Gerubs sit, geprese en hoog verhewe tot in ewigheid.
55 Geseënd is U op die Troon van U koninkryk, grootliks geprese en hoog verhewe tot in ewigheid.
56 Geseënd is U in die uitspansel van die Hemele, geprese en verhoog tot in ewigheid.
57 Loof יהוה, o al die werke van יהוה, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
58 Loof יהוה, o Hemele, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
59 Loof יהוה, o Boodskappers van יהוה, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
60 Loof יהוה, o al die waters wat bo aan die Hemele is, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid. [Génesis 1:6]
61 Loof יהוה, o al die magte van יהוה, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
62 Loof יהוה, o son en maan, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
63 Loof יהוה, o Sterre van die Hemele, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
64 Loof יהוה, o elke reënbui en douval, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
65 Loof יהוה, o al die winde, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
66 Loof יהוה, o vuur en hitte, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
67 Loof יהוה, o koue en warmte, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
68 Loof יהוה, o Dou en sneeu, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
69 Loof יהוה, o nagte en dae, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
70 Loof יהוה, o lig en donkerheid, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
71 Loof יהוה, o ys en koue, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
72 Loof יהוה, o ryp en sneeu, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
73 Loof יהוה, o blitse en wolke, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
74 Laat die Adamah [die adamiet se Aarde] יהוהloof, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
75 Loof יהוה, o berge en heuwels, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
76 Loof יהוה, o alles wat op die Adamah [die adamiet se Aarde] groei, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
77 Loof יהוה, o Fonteine, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
78 Loof יהוה, o see en riviere, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
79 Loof יהוה, o Groot Drake en alles wat in die waters beweeg, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid, [Genésis 1:21]
80 Loof יהוה, o voëls van die Hemele, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
81 Loof יהוה, o wilde en mak diere, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
82 Loof יהוה, o seuns van die Adam, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
83 Loof יהוה, o JisraEl, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
84 Loof יהוה, priesters van יהוה, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
85 Loof יהוה, o knegte van יהוה, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
86 Loof יהוה, o Geeste en siele van die regverdiges, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
87 Loof יהוה, o apartes en nederiges van hart, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid.
88 Loof יהוה, o Hananja, Asarja en Misael, sing en verhef Sy lof tot in ewigheid. Want Hy het ons uit die Doderyk/Sheol gered en ons uit die mag van die Dood verlos en ons uit die middel van die brandende oond gered, ja, uit die middel van die vuur het Hy ons gered!
89 Loof dan יהוה, want Hy is goed, want Sy goedgunstigheid duur tot in ewigheid.
90 Loof die Elohey van die Elohim, o almal wat יהוהdien, sing sy lof en dank Hom, want sy goedgunstigheid duur tot in ewigheid!
91{24} Toe het koning Nebukadnésar verskrik geword en haastig opgestaan; hy het sy raadsmanne toegespreek en gesê: Het ons nie drie manne geboeid binne-in die vuur gegooi nie? Hulle antwoord en sê aan die koning: Sekerlik, o koning!

92{25} Hy antwoord en sê: Kyk, ek sien vier manne los binne-in die vuur wandel sonder dat daar ’n letsel aan hulle is; en die voorkoms van die vierde lyk soos dié van ’n Seun van Elohim.

⁣May these words bless those who are brokenhearted, stressed, feeling alone, on the edge....
May His Light shine through the darkenss.

Stay strong Brothers and Sisters.

⁣6 And he answered and said to me, “This is the word of יהוה to Zerubbaḇel, ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ said יהוה of hosts.
Zeḵaryah (Zechariah) 4

⁣Ask yourself this question:

Who is like the EL of Jacob?

⁣Quoting Deuteronomy 30:14 in Romans 10:8, Paul makes a powerful rhetorical connection between Yeshua and the Law of Moses. The Torah gives life, but only to those who have already confessed Yeshua as their Master and Savior.

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⁣The Jews had the Torah for many centuries by the time Yeshua came to inaugurate the New Covenant that had been promised through Jeremiah at the midpoint between himself and Moses. Their familiarity with the Law and their pride at having been chosen above other nations led them to believe the Law was sufficient for all their spiritual needs. The gentiles had no such barrier to overcome, being presented with their guilt and salvation at the same time.

Making Torah (aka the Law) the object of our lives leads inevitably to failure. We ought never to keep God's Law for the sake of the Law itself nor for the sake of the veneer of righteousness that it provides, but for the sake of the Lawgiver who gave us His Torah out of love for us and a desire to see us succeed as children of God and citizens of His Kingdom. Torah is a blessing and a guide to those who keep it out of love for our Creator and Redeemer. It is a curse and an obstacle to those who attempt to keep it pridefully.

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This is an excerpt from our study on John 5. The KJV translators purposely manipulated the text at John 5 to introduce doctrines the bible doesn't support. They actually changed the words of Jesus, aka Yeshua, to things He did not say. They did this to make people believe doctrines of men. Today, people making Sacred Name bibles and Hebrew Roots bibles are doing this same thing. This video shows those lies and how to quickly evaluate a bible for accuracy at two specific places.

Recording of our study on John 5. This chapter contains the entire Gospel and ties the whole bible together. It also shows why the KJV should be discarded because of its bias. The future contains two resurrections, one of life and another of judgment. There is no such thing as damnation. Please go to https://firstcenturychristiani....ty.net/the-gospel-of to hear all the studies on the book of John.

The SKF Passover Package Program was created in 2011 and is now the largest of its kind in the nation. It is designed to enable Sabbath and festival observant inmates across the USA to keep the most basic of scriptural commands of Passover while in prison, and without this service, they cannot. Over the last few years we have been blessed to be able to provide well over 10,000 Passover packages to hundreds of prisons across the nation. However, we could and should have provided many more than that. It is only for lack of funds that we cannot provide these vitally important packages for all inmates of our faith.
We have worked very hard over the years to get them approved in most prison systems across the country, and we are very blessed to now have many Chaplains and volunteers calling us each spring to request these packages for their Sabbath and festival-observant inmates. We are also blessed to have several volunteers from a wide range of Sabbath-keeping faiths who donate their time each year at our “Passover Package Party” to help us with the physical effort of putting together thousands of packages and getting them all into the mail. It is a herculean task, and there are a few loving people who always show up faithfully to do the work. Of course, we can always use more volunteers to help us do this, and you are invited.
Here in this brief video, we try to give you just a taste of what it is like to perform this blessed service to our brothers and sisters behind bars, and to see something of what our charity is all about. It is only a small sample of what we do, but I hope it accomplishes that task. For you who have already donated to help in this effort, thank you, and may the Most-High bless you for your charity. For those of you who have not yet donated time or resources, may YHWH inspire your heart to fulfill the words of our savior when he said,
“Then the King shall say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world – for I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me, I was in prison and you came to Me.’ Then the righteous shall answer Him, saying, ‘Master, when did we see You hungry and we fed You, or thirsty and gave You to drink? And when did we see You a stranger and took You in, or naked and clothed You? And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and we came to You?’ And the King shall answer and say to them, ‘Amein, I say to you, in so far as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you did it to Me.’”

⁣Special Feature - Daniel Sings _Charity_ and _Battle Belongs to YHWH

Sabbath Keepers Fellowship was practicing a song, and Yochanan missed his cue. Fun!