Time to Rally the Troops

Posted on 07/26/2021 by Messyanic

The Enemy is engaged in warfare against the Son of Man. He is hell-bent on destroying the Seed of the Woman — not just the Anointed One (singular man), but the entire body: all of mankind.

This war is not just a spiritual war or an attempt to simply destroy the economies of this world or the way our society currently operates, it’s about destroying humans on a personal level — each one of us, and corporately, in our spirit, mind & body.

The System is Destined to Fail

Honestly, the economy here in America & societal operations-at-large have been destined to fail because they are set up against our Creator & His Anointed.

They have been failing on many levels for a long time now. It’s just that many could not see how fatal their shortcomings were — until this past year. Now, those who have eyes to see can see it.

To one and all, I say, Let it go! There is no point in trying to salvage it, because it’s unsalvageable.

Also, the System has been destructive to mankind for many generations — we’re better off without it. So, in my opinion, it is not worth crying over its loss.

Frankly, I’m glad to see it go.

However, as the System collapses there are many who will not only be hurt by it but many will inevitably be wiped out by it. Because it doesn’t just end with the collapse of the present System.

The Next System is Worse

As far as the world economic leaders of the World Economic Forum are concerned, we are in a transitional phase. The System of yesteryear is being torn down as the structure of the bio-tech System of tomorrow is being built. It is being erected upon a previously-laid foundation on which most people are already standing: the Internet.

And The Great Reset is planned for the not-too-distant future.

The wicked powers-that-shouldn’t-be have engineered the COVID19 pandemic to kickstart their Problem-Reaction-Solution scenario, and we are presently in the “reaction” phase as they continue to feed into their contrived “problem”. (All the while, they are injecting the human psyche & genome with their poison.)

While they have orchestrated their own “solution” to Build Back Better, it is only going to be better for those in the highest seats of power. It will be far worse for everyone else.

This is what people need to realize, if they haven’t already done so, — and quick.

The Real Solution: To Exit & Build

In my opinion, the only solution for mankind to live & either keep or gain his freedom that I can see is for people to Exit & Build in a decentralized fashion.

The Systems of yesterday, today & tomorrow essentially all comprise a House of Bondage that will literally destroy us, and the only way to live free is to literally get out of it… to Exit those Systems.

In order to live outside that House within the world fashioned by our Creator we as a people are required to first re-learn how to live off the land in harmony with our fellow man and then, co-operate with one another…to Build anew.

But this needs to be done in a decentralized manner. Every man must choose for himself to operate in subjection to his Maker and to rule himself in accordance to Natural Law, as our Creator initially intended for us.

Learn from the Failures of Manmade Government

Man’s government processes of installing kings or presidents/governors, lawmakers & judges to rule or preside over us & govern our affairs with their accompanying law enforcement officers & judicial system don’t work. History clearly demonstrates this.

The Levitical Priesthood and Davidic Kingdom ultimately failed nearly 2,000 years ago, and the Great Experiment of the united States of America that started roughly 250 years ago also failed. We need to learn from them both.

We need to re-consider the stories of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob to more fully understand YHVH’s intent for His people: to walk before YHVH and be perfect, and to be a blessing to the nations…to act as “priestly-kings of righteousness & peace”. This is not done by people ruling other people. Rather, people rule themselves in accordance to the Creator’s Will and Ways.

The only way to engage this solution is for people to first decide to exit and then take the first step out. For those who do this, we need to band together.

Exit the House of Bondage

If you have not physically left the city yet, what are you waiting for? Get out! This is where the powers-that-shouldn’t-be have the greatest control. (Not to mention, this is where many of the programmed masses are living in accordance to their programs: fear & submission to unjust authority.)

Pack your bags, shod your feet, grab your walking stick and get out of Dodge already. (I’m speaking figuratively, of course. But I think you know what I mean.)

Give a serious look at your present situation and make the hard choices for the betterment of your household.

Once you have physically moved your body (& the bodies of your household) out of the city and similar physical strongholds, temporarily gather in a place with others who have also physically moved their bodies out and prepare to follow the cloud by day & the fire by night, figuratively speaking.

Quit looking for a single man to lead the way. There are many who have already gone before you. Find the path from your door that leads you out and take it — before the gate closes and you are locked in.

Then, heed the Spirit of God for direction as to where to go next & how long to stay at each location until you reach your final resting place.

You can do this!

Make your way into & through the wilderness together

When my husband and I left the city seventeen years ago, we met up with others whom I already knew that were living outside the city — my family. I don’t think we would have ever made that journey without that connection. It would have been too daunting, especially with children in tow.

I encourage you to find someone you can trust to meet up with in your departure, but understand that those people may not go the distance with you, so do not get too invested in staying with them for the long haul.

Appreciate & enjoy the companionship while you have it. Take advantage of what you each have to offer one another, but keep your eyes on the prize: living freely on the land your Creator intended for you in loving community with those who seek to do the same, in accordance to the Creator’s ways.

In our personal experience, we decided to utilize more of the natural resources around us a few years after our arrival and this separated us from the pack.

At first, my husband mowed the lawn around our house and fought back a lot of the overgrowth around our outbuildings and fence lines with his own two hands & whatever hand tools he had, but within a few years we acquired some goats & cows to manage the overgrowth & pastures.

This put us in a league of our own as most people around us simply utilized lawnmowers & weed-wackers to manage their unwanted vegetation, uninterested in obtaining livestock.

Over the years one thing led to another — acquiring chickens & ducks for pest control & egg production, milking our goats & cattle, planting gardens & a food forest, constructing greenhouses & meat-processing facilities — all the while, seeking to transition off-grid and get further away from the corrupted System.

Unfortunately, however, much of what we’ve done over the years has been by ourselves, and it has been brutally difficult.

We need community!

We spent most of our time truth-seeking, which caused further divisions in our life.

We focused quite a bit of our life developing long-distance like-minded relationships, with the hope of having some of those relationships turn local for us.

But while some of those relationships stayed with us for several months at a time, they all eventually moved on and left us all alone.

For us personally, the wilderness experience we’ve been on has been very challenging because of our loneliness on the local level. And now, given the events & culminating circumstances in recent years, it has grown even more difficult.

In the past three years, I have greatly pulled away from connecting with folks on the internet, in favor of seeking to connect more offline. But it is proving to be very difficult.

Still, I will continue to press on with that avenue.

(In the meantime, however, I have a few privately-owned websites (this, being one of them), which I am able to utilize in reaching people who may be aware of all that is going on and who are either doing something about it or desperately want to. Hence, this post.)

Rally the Troops

Assuming you see the writing on the wall and have taken to heart the very real war we are facing on a spiritual, mental & physical level is raging all around us, and you recognize that authority, power & dominion has been given to you to do something about it, this call goes out to you.

Come meet with us — in real life!

We need support — not financial, but moral & physical support. And we can offer our support in exchange — moral for those who are local & those at a distance, and physical for those who are local.

Let’s get together!

2021 Summer Saturday Fellowships

My husband and I are available to meet in person on Saturdays throughout the summer at our homestead in Central Virginia, and we invite you to come hang out with us.

Let us encourage one another & share with each other our needs & concerns and offer our assistance & solutions where we are able, so we can all better weather this storm.

The regular schedule is a Meet & Greet for the general population from Noon to 1PM on the porch adjacent to The Homestead Stand at the edge of our property. Please, come on by.

For those who seek to hang out longer, we can arrange to gather later in the afternoon and/or evenings at our barn located towards the middle of our property. Contact me at carrie-at-messyanic-dot-com.

We would really appreciate your company.

2021 Fall Camp-Out

We are also hosting an early fall campout on our homestead: Friday, September 17th through Monday, September 20th, 2021.

This is earlier in the season & shorter than our past fall camp-outs, so please make note of that. This is not a religious event. It is not “in honor of” anything. It is simply a camp-out in the company of other campers on our private land.

This event is specifically for those who are:

actively coming out of the System,
seeking a temporary place to dwell, and
heading in the direction of living off the land as our Creator intended for us.

The purpose of this event is to network with one another:

to share first-hand practical knowledge & experience in living outside the System,
to strategize how we’re going to navigate the storm and live well through it, and
to morally support one another.

My husband will share his “building on the homestead” knowledge, and I will share my “running a household on the homestead” knowledge. We will also both share from our personal passions and hands-on knowledge, experience & insights as it relates to coming out of the System & living off the land in loving community. Others who attend are welcome to share along the same lines. Registration is required. More details to follow.

The Time is Now

We are in the height of summer, with the days ahead shortening. Now is the time to remain busy doing what needs to be done, and making & taking the time to reach out & connect with one another — to build each other up. (Here’s a look at some of what we’ve been doing around here.)

Winter is coming, and from the look of things, according not only to the media and public reactions but also to the natural consequences of actions taken thus far, it’s going to be a nasty one.

Prepare the best you can for what is coming, and please, don’t do it alone. You (and I) need the strength of community support.

Please contact me today at carrie-at-messyanic-dot-com, whether or not you can physically meet with me in person. Let us encourage one another. You are not alone. Am I? (Please tell me if I’m not. Thanks. 😉 )

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Do You Know Who You Are?

Posted on 06/12/2021 by Messyanic

For many years I struggled with understanding who I was in the grand scheme of things.

I struggled with understanding all that the Bible said concerning the relationship between God and Man — not so much who God is, but more so who Man is in relationship to God.

I went back and forth over the terms “Son of God” and “Son of Man”, ad nauseum, to determine precisely to whom these terms referred.

I was raised to believe they referred to Jesus Christ as recorded in the New Testament. I have always embraced that notion, and I still do. But is that all? To whom else do those terms refer?

Obviously, we are all the sons & daughters of man, but are we all the sons & daughters of God?

The Son of God

In my journey for the past decade, I have become convinced that the Son of God was not God Himself, but rather an offspring of Him — a spiritual offspring.

I have discovered that the “angels” of God mentioned throughout the Bible are considered heavenly sons of God. I don’t know exactly how they came to be, but evidently they were here before man came to be. And then there are earthly sons of God as well.

These “sons of God” are two different species. Heavenly sons were made immortal while the earthly sons are mortal.

But I was hesitant to embrace the notion that all of mankind was to be considered the corporate Son of God. It had appeared to me that only portions of mankind may have been considered such. But who decides this? Who determines which portion of mankind is the Son of God?

I’m realizing, now, with more clarity that all of mankind was made to be the Son of God. And God chose man to grant him the authority, power & dominion to rule in His kingdom. But, it is the choice of each individual to accept that calling for himself.

We decide if we are going to walk in the ways of our Heavenly Father or to be cutoff from Him. And we decide if we are going to be restored to right relationship with Him should we become cutoff from Him. Therefore, we decide if we are going to be seated in the position of His Anointed Son.

God made His choice. What will we choose? Personally, I have humbly accepted the calling to be the Son of God.

Man: the Anointed Son of God

It is my current understanding that Man (Adam), with the seed to produce all of mankind within him, is the Son of God.

Moreover, he is the Anointed of God from the very beginning, having been made a little lower than the angels, yet given all authority, power & dominion to rule in righteousness in the land.

However, due to Adam & Eve’s sin, all of Man was spiritually cut off from his Heavenly Father. This is the “death” that was foretold would come from that sin — it was a spiritual death.

But God, in His infinite wisdom, made provision to first cover man in his nakedness when He made garments of skin for him, to replace that which man had made for himself to cover his own shame.

But then also, with the adversarial relationship between the Serpent and the Woman exposed, crucial elements of God’s plan was revealed.

The Enemy of Man was cursed to eat the dust of the ground all the days of his life, and the Enemy was going to bruise/crush the heel of Man.
However, the Seed of the Woman, also known as the Son of Man, would bruise/crush the Enemy’s head.
The ground was cursed due to the Man’s sin, and Man would have to labor to eat of it all the days of his natural born life.

So, there would remain a struggle between the Enemy and mankind, but the Son of Man would have the upper hand. And, it was now, man’s lot to have to toil to eat of the land all the days of his physical life.

In the next chapter of Genesis, the story of Cain & Abel followed by the introduction to Seth, all of whom were the Son of Man, revealed God’s plan of redemption.

God’s Plan of Redemption

Cain & Abel both made offerings to God. Abel’s offering pleased God and was found acceptable in His sight. Cain’s offering was not.

Cain was forewarned that if he did well, he would be accepted, but if he did not do well, sin was crouching at his door longing for him, and Cain had to rule over it.

This demonstrated that the Son of Man has the ability to please God despite the sin of Adam/Man. It also demonstrated that the Son of Man could rule over sin.

But Cain did not do well, and ultimately, he slew his brother. Cain’s punishment was to be banished from the presence of God, but God had mercy on him, preserving his physical life. And in doing so, Cain was blessed to have begotten sons, extending his physical life further still.

This demonstrated that sin separates the Son of Man from God, but God is merciful.

Then, near the end of the chapter, we read another son is begotten of Man/Adam, to replace the son whom Cain slew: Seth. And this son begat a son of his own, and we’re told he then began to call upon the name of YHVH. The Septuagint says, he hoped (“elpizo”) to call on the name of the Lord God.

It seems to me that this demonstrated some kind of substitutionary atonement with a hope of reconciliation between God and Man.

And all of this took place not through Adam himself, but rather through the Son of Man/Adam.

The position of the whole of Man as the Anointed of God, seated at the Right Hand of God in glory & power to rule upon the land was always present. It was never taken away. However, over the course of many generations, I believe this truth was hidden from us.

In the first century of the common era, I believe Yeshua may have shed light on this subject when he continually referred to himself as the Son of Man after it was revealed that he was the Son of God. In doing so, I believe Yeshua indicated all that applied to himself individually also applied to the entire Son of Man at large.

It seems to me that God was revealing to His people in the first century at the dawn of the messianic age in which we are still living, that we, the sons & daughters of man, who are called by His name, are the anointed of God.

Should we accept that calling and prove ourselves worthy to be called such, all nations will be blessed through us.

But first, we must come out of the world made by human hands, so we can live freely on the land in the world made by God.

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We Are in the World, But Not Of It

Posted on 06/12/2021 by Messyanic

Genesis 1 tells us that in the beginning God made the sky, land & seas. He brought forth regenerative vegetation on the land & put the sun, moon & stars in the sky to light the land. He filled the sky, land & seas with regenerative living beings. And then He brought forth a Son (also known as Man), to inhabit this world. And He anointed that Son with authority, power & dominion to rule in righteousness, and thereby experience perpetual life on the land.

God has provided all of us with what we need to physically live in this world made by Him. However, most people in this modern age, and in my part of the world, do not even know how to live by that provision, let alone seek to do so.

Most Americans have grown dependent on the System (or The Matrix, if you will), which is a composite of integrated systems of operation run by men. Many rely on this System for their livelihood, but it is being controlled by those who oppose God.

The powers-that-shouldn’t-be in that System are actively seeking to destroy humanity.

I am doing everything within my power to escape that wretched world, especially when we have the ability to do so. And we need to figure out how to operate outside of it.

While we may find rest in the sovereignty of God, I believe we all must stop being used as a tool for the Enemy.

We are members of the corporate Son of God. Future generations are counting on us to advance the Kingdom of God.

I am certain it is neither God’s will for men to subject themselves to evil men, nor is it His will to specifically mask/muzzle mankind & inject genetically-modifying poison into each other. The Son of God needs to rise up and distance himself from the works of the Enemy!

We all need to flee the System & experience our time in the literal wilderness as we learn how to physically live on the land given us by God. And we need to be a light to the nations to demonstrate how living free on the land in the world made by God is done.

While there is a world made by human hands that operates within the natural world, that world is not where the Son of God belongs because it stands in opposition to God.

We belong outside of that world, but inside the Natural World, living off the land walking in obedience to our Creator, loving Him with our entire being and loving our neighbor as ourselves.

This is what I understand being “in the world, but not of it” means.

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Why Did the Officers Go Backward & Fall to the Ground?

Posted on 06/05/2021 by Messyanic

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus saith unto them, I am he.
And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye?
And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way: That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
John 18:1-9

There is a prominent understanding in mainstream circles that Jesus/Yeshua is declaring himself to be the great I AM (also known as YHVH, who appeared to Moses from the burning bush in Exodus) in this passage.

However, I disagree, because he doesn’t say, “I am the I AM.” He simply identifies himself as being the “Jesus of Nazareth” whom they sought, twice.

But some in defense of this notion ask, why, then, did the officers back up and fall to the ground?

In their mind (because they have been indoctrinated with this idea), they see what these men had done as being an act of reverence upon hearing that they were in the presence of the great “I AM”.

However, I have a different take on the situation.

Not An Act of Reverence, But A Tactical Movement

Given that these officers were there with lanterns, torches & weapons, it seems most likely that their going backward and falling to the ground in response to their identification of him was a tactical movement to seize him — to prevent him and anyone else in his party from escaping.

Jesus responded after having just identified himself as the man these officers were seeking by asking them again who they sought.

Again, they responded, “Jesus of Nazareth”. Then, Jesus said that he had already told them he was that man, but then called upon them to let the people go that were in his company.

Notice the author of John then says “that the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, ‘Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.'”

Evidently, given this commentary, the author sought to portray this scenario as men coming to seize Jesus with intentions of seizing his whole party, but Jesus made himself freely available to them and called for the release of his companions.

There is no mysterious revelation here. It’s rather plain to see, I think — when you take off the lens that has been handed down to you through the doctrines of man.

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Coming out of Egypt

Posted on 04/29/2021 by Messyanic

I’ve been wanting to do a post on this for a while, and even a video, but I just don’t have the time right now. This will have to do… (I think he did a better job than I would have done.)

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Finally Answering the Call

Posted on 04/22/2021 by Messyanic

Okay, maybe I’m a little late, but I’ve been debating back and forth with myself over the past year as to how to best carry out my calling at this moment in time.

It seems the phone has been ringing for a while now, and I feel a sense of urgency welling up within me to answer it already.

I believe those who have wakened in the last year either to the wicked agenda of the powers-that-be, or to the realization that the powers-that-be shouldn’t even be, are likely going to need a bit of direction going forward.

And, I believe, there are those who may have already been awake to these things who need a bit of a nudge either to get up off it and do something with their knowledge & understanding, or to move in a particular direction.

While I don’t have all the answers, I do have some, and what I have, I want to share with those who are interested.

Messyanic.com and WiggleCulture.com are the primary channels I have control over these days to connect with the world, and I am going to use them while I can.

In addition to what I have learned through my efforts in coming out of the System & living off the land through our personal version of homesteading, I have also learned a lot when it comes to what the Bible says — things most people don’t like to talk about.

Given these two factors, my perspective is very unique, and I believe it could benefit a whole lot of people.

I have known for a while now that my calling in this life is: (a) to publicly speak [and/or write] and (b) to teach.

And specifically, I feel called to speak on what I have learned in my passionate pursuit of truth & liberty in this land of ours, and to teach those interested in learning about that from me.

I’m in the process of compiling all the work I have published on Messyanic.com into topical publications with revisions & additions, and I plan to offer them to anyone interested in reading and/or sharing my take on those things.

I will likely not be adding any more studies to this website, since I don’t believe it is the best use of my time right now. (However, I do continue to study and learn new things, thereby refining what I currently understand. I’m just not going to be sharing all of it through this venue.)

I’ve decided to go ahead and start doing videos on a regular basis.

I’m not exactly sure what the flavor of those videos will be just yet, but I recognize the hour is late, and I need to get what I know out where people can hear it, quickly.

I’ve also decided to do some seminars & single session workshops in 2021, specifically addressing How I Study the Bible, Distinguishing Day from Night, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Dismantling the Virgin Birth Doctrine, and The Birth of Jesus Christ.

When and where these events will occur is still yet to be determined.

Those who want to stay informed on what I am doing & have to say these days, and/or when & where I’ll be conducting the above mentioned events, please subscribe to my snail-mail & email mailing lists, and I will send you my monthly newsletter: The Road I’m On.

Please send an email to carrie -at- messyanic.com, giving your name, mailing address (& phone # if you like), preferred email address, and what in particular you are interested in, and I will add you to my list.

My ultimate aim is to return to living offline in the natural world 24/7, communicating with my fellow man entirely through old school means.

However, given that nearly everyone else is online these days and the public square has become increasingly restricted, I find the need to linger here a little longer to at least make the initial connection. (But there is no telling how long that will last.)

I currently have a Facebook page and a YouTube channel, and I will likely utilize them both on a limited basis.

However, my objective is to primarily take the seed I’ve sown at Messyanic.com and disseminate & cultivate it in the fertile hearts and minds of men.

If you would like to help me in that endeavor, that would be greatly appreciated. Get an overview of the road I’ve been on over the past dozen years, and what my husband and I’ve got planned for the future, and if you like what you see, please share these two websites with those whom you think would appreciate my journey & what we have to offer.

In the meantime, stay informed of The Road I’m On now — contact carrie-at-messyanic.com to subscribe.

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How Can Jesus Be Perfect If He’s Begotten of Joseph?

Posted on 03/20/2021 by Messyanic

In a recent post on the Facebook Group, Intense Biblical Discussions, someone asked in response to those, like myself, who claim Joseph to be the biological father of Jesus, How do 2 imperfect people produce perfect offspring?

To which I responded, What is considered perfect offspring?

The poster’s initial response was, without sin..1 peter 2: 22.

My reply:

Consider the context…
“For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.” (1 Peter 2:21-24)

Peter said Christ left an example that others should follow in his footsteps, and then immediately starts with “who did no sin”, with the expectation that others could follow in his footsteps by likewise doing no sin.

Peter is not claiming that Christ never sinned a day in his life — he couldn’t possibly have known that. However, during the time of Jesus’ public ministry as a grown man after his water baptism for the remission of sins, while Peter followed him, Peter could have seen that Jesus did no sin. As we all should do, upon our decision to be washed clean of our sins — to do no sin, going forward.

His response:

hebrews 4: 15..1 john 3: 5.. 2 corinthians 5: 21..if he was born in sin , when did he become perfect, as the posted scriptures claim…?

Let’s look at these passages.

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:14-16 KJV

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
1 John 3:4-5 KJV

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
2 Corinthians 5:21 KJV

Now, I would love to address each of these passages in their proper context, and may do so in the future, but for now, to stay on point, my reply to the exchange at hand was this:

Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews, the enumerated letters of John & the letters to the Corinthians, and did these authors know all the choices Jesus ever made in his lifetime? Do they know what he was like during his adolescence & early twenties — each and every choice he ever made? I daresay not.

They likely only knew of him from the time he became publicly known, sometime after his water baptism, which was for “the remission of sins”. (Matthew 3, Mark 1, Luke 3, John 1)

When did Jesus become “perfect”, you ask, within the context of sin? It appears to have been when he decided to become washed clean of all wrongdoings (aka sin), and proceeded to walk in righteousness, according to the Spirit of God.

This is something we all can do, despite who our parents are. We all can be made perfect — we can be perfected when we choose to do that which is right and reject that which is wrong.

An Example from Old

If it were impossible for imperfect people to produce a perfect offspring, then why would God have told Abram so long ago, himself, to be perfect?

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Genesis 17:1 KJV

And this was said after a lifetime of 99 years.

Many generations later, Moses proclaimed to the next generation of the mixed multitude that came out of Egypt, who were considered to be a corporate son of God, at the end of their 40-year journey in the wilderness, having been schooled in the ways of their Creator God…

When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
Deuteronomy 18:9-14 KJV

The expectation was that people could be made perfect in the midst of their life. They didn’t need to be physically born perfect. Rather, it was a personal choice to be perfect.

And in this second example, the choice came following a rescue mission from a place of bondage, and on the cusp of being ushered into a land of promise.

Further Examples

Later in the history of the children of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob, King David said to his physical son, who was thought to be the spiritual Son of God…

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
1 Chronicles 28:9 KJV

And Solomon passed the following words, particularly relating to being perfect, on to the congregation of Israel at the dedication of the house, which he built for YHVH’s name, God, his Father:

And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant. The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us: That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require: That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else. Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
1 Kings 8:54-61

Solomon knew what was needed to be perfect with God — to walk in God’s statutes & to keep God’s commandments. And although in his latter years, Solomon personally strayed from God’s instruction, the expectation remained in the hearts & minds of men, that those who chose to be made perfect, could be.

Then, in the first century of the common era, Jesus/Yeshua, another physical son of David and proclaimed spiritual Son of God, spoke the following words to his disciples when he gave his sermon on the mount…

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 5:43-48 KJV

Jesus/Yeshua demonstrated what it was like to be perfect — to know no sin — from the time he was washed clean for the remission of sins until his physical dying day. He set before us an example as to how it can be done, despite our physical parentage.

We all, sons & daughters of men, can be perfect as well, when we choose to sin no more & walk in the ways of our heavenly Father, the Creator God.

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Who is the God of the Bible?

Posted on 03/10/2021 by Messyanic

God is typically painted in a religious light, meaning He is usually defined by those who worship & serve Him.

For example, the “God” of Israel, or more specifically, the God “of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob”, is defined for us primarily by the Old Testament or the Tanakh, written by men who worshipped & sought to serve Him.

But then, the God “of the Jews” is further defined by the traditions of the elders and rabbinical teachings, in the religion called “Judaism”.

And in the view “of the believers of Jesus Christ”, God is defined further still through the writings of the New Testament, coupled with the traditions & teachings of the Church, in the religion called “Christianity”.

For the past decade (& then some), I spent a huge part of my life trying to understand who the God of the Bible was, apart from all the traditions & teachings of man, be they either Jewish or Christian in nature by studying the Bible more intently.

I found my greatest insight to who that God was, when I turned my attention to the early chapters of Genesis, before Abraham ever came on the scene, and coupled this course of textual study with my personal observations of the natural world.

This is where I draw my understanding of who God is.

In the beginning God ~~created~~ shaped the ~~heaven~~ loft and the ~~earth~~ land.
Genesis 1:1 [revision mine]

God is the Maker of the natural world and the Source of all life. His handiwork is all around us for all to see, and His established Natural Law & Order is universal for all to experience its justice.

This is the God I worship and serve.

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Matthew 1, Isaiah 7 and Emmanuel

Posted on 03/01/2021 by Messyanic

Immediately preceding the quote of Isaiah 7:14 in the first chapter of Matthew, the author relays the words of the messenger to Joseph saying,

And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Matthew 1:21

Most understand the author’s mention of “she shall bring forth a son” and the fact that the child shall be called a name as being the spark that ignites the reference to the words in Isaiah 7:14.

Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Matthew 1:23

I agree, but I don’t believe the author’s intent was to highlight the sexual behavioral status of the “she” in his story or to suggest the son that was being brought forth was going to be God in the flesh.

Rather, I believe, the author’s reference to Isaiah 7:14 was meant to be more about God’s doing in that modern age than about any single person living at that time, be it the mom who was pregnant, or the son being formed in her womb, in this snippet of storytelling.

Why do I believe this? Consider the focus of Matthew’s quote of Isaiah 7:14.

Many hone in on the word “virgin” in the passage quoted by Matthew, however is that where the author wanted his reader to focus?

The author never uses that word to describe Mary, although she likely was a virgin, having been espoused to Joseph, before they came together. Given the lack of its usage, that description appears to be irrelevant to the message at hand.

What is the message at hand? This half of the chapter starts out:

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise:…
Matthew 1:18a

However, when we read the verses that follow this introduction through to the end of the chapter, there is no physical birth story told. We’re just told in the last verse that it happened. What we are told is a story surrounding the naming of that child.

Before I go further, let me review the beginning of the chapter.

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Matthew 1:1

In the first half of this chapter, the author lays out a physical genealogy tying Jesus, who is called Christ (verse 16) back to Abraham, by way of David the King (verse 6), and he does so through Joseph. That is the foundation for the second half of the chapter.

Furthermore, the author highlights three specific points in the course of those generations, with a clear recap in Matthew 1:17. I believe this is foundational to the second half of the chapter as well.

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
Matthew 1:17

Now, when the author quotes from Isaiah in Matthew 1:23, he hones in on the word “Emmanuel“, by explaining to his reader its interpretation: “God with us“.

It seems that this is the most relevant portion of Isaiah’s words to the overall message of the entire chapter being conveyed by the author to his audience.

God with us.

The question is, Who is “us” and how is He “with” them?

To answer this, one needs to be familiar with the historical events found in the Old Testament. But not only that, he/she also needs to be familiar with the promises made by God to His people, and more specifically to men, regarding their physical seed.

To answer the who is “us” portion, one need simply look to see to whom the sign in Isaiah 7 was given.

And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Isaiah 7:13-14

With that, and the fact that this story in Matthew pertains to Joseph, who was of the house of David, I think that connection is pretty clear.

To answer the how is He “with” them takes a bit more explanation for those who might not be familiar with the Old Testament.

Here’s a brief overview (although I encourage one and all to read & study the entire Old Testament for themselves to glean all that they can).

God Makes a Promise to Abraham

Abraham was promised by God that kings would come from his loins.

As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
Genesis 17:4-6

Jacob Speaks a Word over his son, Judah

It was foretold that Judah would be a savior of some kind and his father’s brothers would bow down to him.

Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Genesis 49:8-10

God’s Promise to Abraham is Kept

David, the son of Jesse, was anointed by Samuel to become king while Saul was still on the throne.

And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
1 Samuel 16:1

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward.
1 Samuel 16:13a

Later, after Saul died, David became king, and he was used to save God’s people from their enemies.

Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
2 Samuel 3:18

God Makes a Promise to David

When David had it in his mind to build God a house of cedar, God had it in his mind to build David a house, and his physical seed would have a kingdom, with his throne established forever.

Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.

And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
2 Samuel 7:8-16

And there was a successions of sons of David who reigned as king on his throne. Although, his immediate son, Solomon, did not follow in his father’s footsteps — he departed from the ways of God.

And as a result the kingdom of Israel was rent in two. The larger portion (the northern kingdom of Israel) was handed over to a servant of Solomon, Jeroboam, to rule in the next generation, while Solomon’s son, Rehoboam, continued the royal succession of his father David.

Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.
1 Kings 11:11-13

God Reassures His Promise to David will be Kept

During the time surrounding the carrying away to Babylon (which remember, Matthew references earlier in his 1st chapter), David ceased to have a son sitting on his throne. But a prophecy was made concerning David’s lineage by Jeremiah:

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Jeremiah 23:5-6

This is one of the reasons why the house of Judah in the first century were anticipating a Messiah figure (“horn of salvation”) to come out of the house of David, and save them from their enemies, which they knew had come against them due to their sins.

FLASHBACK: Evidence that God is a Keeper of Promises

Now, flashback to the time when Isaiah’s words quoted by Matthew were spoken, prior to the carrying away to Babylon — it was during the reign of King Ahaz (the generation mentioned in Matthew 1:9), when David still had a son on the throne.

There was a conspiracy between the northern kingdom of Israel and Syria against the kingdom of Judah, where it was feared that the king seated on David’s throne would be overthrown, breaking the promise God made with David concerning the perpetual reign of his seed.

And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field; And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
Isaiah 7:1-7

But God said that which the house of David (King Ahaz) feared would not come to pass, rather something else would happen — the shattering of the northern kingdom (Ephraim).

For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
Isaiah 7:8

God followed up those words by giving a sign to them at that point, which would be called “Emmanuel”, and then he explained in greater detail what would come to pass — essentially, the Assyrian invasion of the north, and David’s throne would remain intact.

And history tells us that is what happened.

FASTFORWARD to Joseph’s Day

Matthew knew all of this, and his intended audience knew all this.

So, when Matthew referred to the words of Isaiah, particularly drawing attention to the name of the sign, Emmanuel, on the heels of relaying the explanation for the name of the child Joseph’s wife would bear to him, and the fact that God was raising up a righteous branch to David at that time, one who would save his people from their sins, I believe the author saw this action to be a further demonstration that God was still with the house of David.

Therefore, the bottom line is this…

God Keeps His Promises

The author demonstrated that God was still with the house of David (and the greater house of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob), by communicating to his audience in this chapter that:

Mary and Joseph evidently came together (Joseph physically sowed his physical seed in her), and the author states that she was found with child of holy spirit (demonstrating she physically conceived).

(I know Virgin Birth doctrinal advocates will argue this point until they’re blue in the face, claiming the Holy Spirit made her pregnant, not Joseph. But, the Natural Order established by the Creator God makes it that women can only get pregnant after having been inseminated with the seed of a man & with the help of God imparting a living spirit. Besides, the author already said in verse 16 that Jesus was physically begotten of Joseph & Mary.)

Furthermore, God sowed a word (a kind of seed) into the heart/mind of Joseph concerning his physical son that was soon to be born. Joseph laid hold of that seed when he believed the word that was told him (a kind of conception), and he brought it forth (a kind of birth) when Joseph did what was told of him.

The author of Matthew said from the beginning this son was called “Christ” (which interpreted is, the Anointed). And then, he relayed the message of the messenger to Joseph, saying this son would save his people (first the house of Judah, then the whole house of Israel/Jacob) from their sins, therefore Joseph was to call this son’s name “Jesus” (or Ye’shua). (This name interpreted is YHVH is Salvation.)

Joseph named the child as he was told after Mary physically brought him forth. Thus, the birth of Jesus Christ (in more ways than one).

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Joseph is the Star of Matthew 1

Posted on 03/01/2021 by Messyanic

Modern Christianity makes Mary, who they identify as the Virgin Mary, the star of Matthew 1.

However, while Mary may have been a leading lady of all the other females mentioned in that chapter, she is only a supporting figure to the star of that chapter, which to any objective viewer is Joseph.

Mary is simply described to the reader.

However, it is Joseph’s genealogy that is being laid out in verses 2-16, not Mary’s.

And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Matthew 1:16

And it is a scene from Joseph’s life that is being highlighted — his thoughts expressed, his visitation from the angel revealed, and his actions taken when he wakes up.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: [For] his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph before they came together, she was found with child of holy spirit.
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of holy spirit. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
Matthew 1:18-21

Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
Matthew 1:24-25

Matthew 1 is not about a mystical “virgin” conception/birth. It’s an explanation of how God keeps His promises to His people — promises made to men concerning their physical seed, all pointing toward the “Anointed” of God, called “Jesus/Ye’shua”.

This Anointed, Jesus/Yeshua, is the star of the whole book of Matthew (emulating the source of all Light, our Creator God). Mary (as a character in this book) is simply the vessel through whom the Anointed came.

Mary certainly matters in the part she played in life, but in the story this author conveys in chapter one (& even chapter two), Joseph gets the higher billing, since it is he the author chose to highlight revealing all the messages conveyed & actions taken through him.

Joseph is the link to the promises made to men & kept by God, that the Enemy of God sought to remove when he sowed the seed of deception of the Virgin Birth Doctrine. But the Truth is there for all who have eyes to see.

There is no virgin birth in the New Testament.

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