Interactive study on the book of John, chapter 1. Verses 1-5 explained and harmonized with the rest of scripture. The origin of the concept of "the Word" as a mediator also explained.

Sabbath Keepers Fellowship performs "Set My People Free" with "Dayeinu!"

⁣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.

I don't think the present paradigm is anything to be proud of.
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The Samaritan woman at the well shows us how we are supposed to receive the Messiah.
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⁣Special Feature - Daniel Sings _Charity_ and _Battle Belongs to YHWH

⁣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.

From Jay Carper at Common Sense Bible Study (https://CommonSenseBibleStudy.com) and American Torah (https://www.AmericanTorah.com).

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Daniel performs "Giver of Excellent Gifts"

Sabbath Keepers Fellowship performs "Set My People Free"

⁣Yeshua said to go and make disciples from all the nations.

Matthew 28:18-20 ESV
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

But if we're going to make disciples of other people, then we need to be good disciples ourselves. How are we supposed to teach others how to live, when we ourselves live as if we didn't care about our own lives?

There are tens of thousands of books about self-improvement. There's nothing wrong with working to become a better person, but the world's approach is fatally flawed by its focus on ME.

Make more money! Become famous! Be the boss! Get a better job!

None of which is necessarily bad in itself, if it serves a good purpose, but what is your purpose? Are you trying to be a better you and get that promotion because you think you'll feel better about yourself? That's probably never going to work.

Our goal--the ultimate self-improvement plan--is to become more like Yeshua. This is the plan that God has for us! See Romans 8:29.

In this video, Sean Esposito joined Common Sense Bible study to talk about a more Biblical approach to self-improvement.

Sean is a former atheist turned minister. He has worked with Tom Bradford at Seed of Abraham Ministries and currently teaches faith and character development through Simplicity Faith (SimplicityFaith.com).

He says, "My encouragement is very, very simple: character development into the image of God and Messiah--stirring people to realize their role in self-disciplined intentional character development unto the ways of God, for which we were all created."

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⁣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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Sabbath Keepers Fellowship performs "Midnight Cry"

Sabbath Keepers Fellowship performs "Layla Tov"

"So Believe" - Performed by Daniel, and excellent friend of Sabbath Keepers Fellowship

⁣Daniel Performs "Burn in Me"

Sabbath Keepers Fellowship performs "Shalom Rav"

Daniel performs "Charity"

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.

Please Stop Rejecting the Messiah
Calling Yeshua, aka Jesus, “God” or “Yahweh” rejects Him as the Messiah and is playing with fire.
There’s a fear that if people reject Yeshua as God, or see God and Jesus as two beings not one being, that they are likely to reject the New Testament. This is the opposite of my experience. People that I’ve seen reject Jesus have been the ones who think Yeshua and Yahweh are the same being. These often also call it the “renewed” covenant. This slippery slope often results in trying to recreate the wilderness experience and live like it’s the days of Moses. We do not live in the days of Moses, we live in the days of Yeshua and the New Covenant inaugurated in His blood.
The people who see Yeshua as just a man who was born of Mary but is still the Son of God call themselves Biblical Unitarians. These folks see a complete distinction between God and Jesus with Jesus have a starting point about 2K years ago. I’ve NEVER seen one of these folks reject the New Testament. In fact, they seem more attached to the New Testament than most.
To explain why believing Yeshua and Yahweh are the same being leads to rejection of the Messiah, we just have to look at John 3:16
Slide 2 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” (Joh 3:16 NAS95)
If you believe that Jesus is God, then this sentence makes no sense at all. It would be a different gospel entirely, that God came down here and pretended to be His own Son or something. Even Trinitarians, who we are the hardest on, understand there’s a separation. When you cross the divide to them not being “them” but just one being, then hundreds of verses no longer make any sense.
Slide 3 Jesus (Yeshua) said to her, "Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.'" (Joh 20:17 NAS95)
This is just one of the starkest examples out of innumerable verses that is incomprehensible if Yahweh and Yeshua are the same being. Beyond this, there’s a handy proof text in the OT for us to know exactly who the Father is:
Slide 4 But now, O LORD (YHVH), You are our Father, we are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand. (Isa 64:8 NAS95)
My preferred bible puts YHVH as LORD in all caps. This clearly states who the Father is and it’s Yahweh.
Beyond the hundreds of verses in the NT where Jesus and God are different, we also need to have prophecy identifying the Messiah. This is how the bible works. God tells us what’s going to happen, sometimes cryptically sometimes not, then it happens. Most often when the prophecy happens nobody realizes it until after the fact, which was clearly the case with Yeshua. He had to explain who He was to them after His resurrection, hence my citing of John 20:17. The prophecies of Yeshua also have Him as not being YHVH. Psalm 2, Psalm 22, and Isaiah 53 all speak of someone other than YHVH being the Messiah. The one I want to focus on, though, is the one in Micah:
Slide 5 "Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops; They have laid siege against us; With a rod they will smite the judge of Israel on the cheek. But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity." Therefore He will give them up until the time When she who is in labor has borne a child. Then the remainder of His brethren Will return to the sons of Israel. And He will arise and shepherd His flock In the strength of the LORD (YHVH), In the majesty of the name of the LORD (YHVH) His God. And they will remain, Because at that time He will be great To the ends of the earth. (Mic 5:1-4 NAS95)
This plainly says One will go forth from YHVH, One who existed from eternity, who will be a ruler in Israel. And He will come in the Name of YHVH, whom we know to be the Father. Brothers and sisters this IS the gospel, that God sent His Son into the world so that whoever believes in the Son will have eternal life. We know those who have the Son have life, those who do not have the Son do not have life. Any doctrine that teaches Yeshua is not the Son of Yahweh must be discarded, not even considered, otherwise you will have lost your Messiah, the Mediator between God and man.

⁣Ask yourself this question:

Who is like the EL of Jacob?