Did Hosea have a Christmas tree? No, but some use Hosea to justify calling their Christmas tree an image of YHWH. Find out how that relates to the golden calf.
@@ICU2B4UDO Why? Christmas trees originated in the German Rhineland of the 1520's. They are not pre-Christian and not pagan. They do not represent anything, least of all 'your God', and are not worshipped. They are just a way to brighten up the dark midwinter period.
@@Wotsitorlabart ...They ARE pre-Christian and they ARE Pagan...Too bad you people are quick to run your mouths but never half as fast to study and pick up a book...Jeremiah 10:1-5...
@@ICU2B4UDO Did you actually read my comment - those are verifiable facts. How could a custom that originates in Christian Germany of 1520 be 'pre-Christian' or 'pagan'? And, if you care to look, there are numerous videos where Christian presenters point out the many basic flaws in trying to interpret Jeremiah 10:1-5 as a warning against the veneration of Christmas trees. Do yourself a favour and seek one out.
I grieve every time I come to churchand see a beautiful christmas tree. Idolaters will not inherit the kingdom of God. So I finally labeled it what it is. pagananity, And I left. So now I confront pastors who are teaching others to break the commandments of God. But Grace you say. Yes, He is our righteousness, and we in no way can be justified by the law. How ever it's the the works that justify us. We don't work to keep the law, however, If you are a new creature in Christ, a change should follow. Christ working in you, changing from the inside out. We begin doing works, not as an effort to maintain or earn our salvation, or keep it, but as a natural outflow of the Spirit of God in you.
It does require _effort_ and many even returning to Torah miss what Messiah warns. Before He came there were people entering in by ANY POSSIBLE means, even by *VIOLENCE* It's never been by faith alone - now this doesn't mean our efforts and righteousness are enough to ever merit entry. We are still unworthy / unprofitable servants even if we keep and teach every jot and tittle.
@@Hebrew42Day Ephesians 2:8-9. IT IS BY FAITH ALONE(lest ANYONE should boast) Point blank period.Its in the Holy Word of GOD. Have a blessed day in the LORD.
@@thatWitchywoman But the context is we were created to do good works in verse 10. Good works is mitzvah in Hebrew which is keep commandments. We are saved to do good works not to hang out and do what we want and redefine sin and disobedience on top of that. See Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, Romans 3:31, 1 John 5:3, Revelation 14:12, Hebrews 10:16, 26-39. Especially 39. It’s a faith walk towards preservation of the soul. It’s obedience AFTER salvation.
Stan Barr. Truth. The biggest misleading in the church. Jesus died so I can do what I want. Even nullify or redefine sin as not sin in some cases. It’s a case of I want to have my cake and eat it too. God wants holiness per 1 Peter 1:16, action per James 1:22-23, demonstration of love per 1 John 5:3, faith walk per Romans 3:31, renewal per Romans 12:2, and perseverance per Revelation 14:12. If a super nice cop pulls me over for speeding and gives me a break, even gives me a ride home. He is gonna say man you have a lot going on in your life I’m going to give you a break just don’t speed again. I’m not going to go to Facebook friends and say speed limit changed! That is an erroneous take on the cops niceness. Judge won’t be so nice down the road if I continue that behavior Obedience AFTER Salvation,
My family and I came to this same conclusion 2 years ago now. Our families think we are absolutely nuts. I say, we must worship is spirit and TRUTH. No truth in the worlds helladays... welcome! Let's lean on one another and worship in spirit and truth! Praise YAH
That is like people slapping the name Jesus on Christmas to justify celebrating it. Our SHEPHERD MESSIAH was born in the Fall -not Winter- while shepherds were living/camped in their fields watching over their sheep as Ezra & other Books tell us. Isaiah 14 chapter when Christmas was established as Satan’s holiday when Satan told THE CREATOR: I (Satan =Santa ) will ascend above the mountain tops (reindeer and sleigh) in the North (North Pole) and the congregation (church- not Holy Synagogues) will praise me (Satan = Santa) as THE MOST HIGH (Jesus).
They erred terribly, thinking they needed a mediator. They didn't need a mediator. Instead they chose to be impatient and not wait for Moses. That's why we now have the scripture, "There is only one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus."
I figured this out when I discovered Muslims celebrating xmas with trees, and obviously bible studies, but that image made it clear what I had inherited as my culture in Canada was not about baby Jesus at all.
@119Ministries, I love the explanation of the Hebrew in this video. You mentioned that "associating" objects with worship of YHVH is unacceptable. Wouldn't the same logic that you use for the Christmas tree and the calf, apply to the Cross... where churches have crosses installed. Aren't we associating an object, albeit a cross, with the worship of God? Strictly speaking, aren't crosses a modern day equivalent of Exodus 32 and 2 Kings 18:3-4? After all, no Christian would say that they worship a cross.
Spot on brother.. not only that but crosses already have an association with pagan deities that existed before Yeshua was born. One such use is as the Hebrew letter T(Tau) which was widely used by those who worshiped Isis as a symbol of her son Tammuz.
We put up a Christmas Tree NOT to represent God in worship! It's a decoration! Just like flowers, placed at the altar in church. We DONT WORSHIP the flowers! They serve as visual aesthetics.
Thank you and praise YAH!! I spend at least 1 day a week trying to finding scriptures to show people that YHWH finds it offensive that we use "previously" pagan practices to worship him! I try to explain he is the ORIGINAL AND ALMIGHTY ELOHIM!! and he deserves only the things he wants.. if it even resembles anything like unto another "mighty" ones worship it's dishonoring him... I tried to explain it to my autistic daughter like this... It would be like me making someone else's favorite dinner to honor her on a day she wasn't home and expecting her to appreciate it... "But I did to honor you... You know my heart honey" her response was"how was that a party for me when I wasn't home? And I don't like lasagna!! I said and Yahushua wasn't born on Dec 25th and he doesn't care much for Christmas trees!! I think she understood... I know she did much better than my adult family members... I keep praying that the scales fall from their eyes... Praise YAH that they feel from ours!!
Excellent teaching! Some things was said that I was thinking myself along with what I've already learned but explained even more in depth. I'm under the understanding that Moses came down on the feast of weeks/pentecost, perhaps y'all covered that in a later video or I heard it somewhere else.. but in that case, they weren't making up a new holiday but celebrating in their way. Same concept applies of course. Shalom!
I've also recently came to the understanding that the calf was a symbol for Baal, not God. These Israelites and mixed multitude were steeped in 400 years of pagan worship.
I really have a sincere question. I understand the problem with symbols but I also just finished reading in 1 Kings and how Jerohobim altered the Lord's feasts and alters etc... to his own time and in his own way rather than following God's design. He was condemned for this. Aren't we doing this with keeping the feasts and festivals since we can't do them exactly as God prescribed ? We therefor do them "as best we can" leaving out portions that can no longer be done and changing the way He told us to do them. I'm just curious if there has been a teaching addressing setting up the biblical feasts on man's timeline and way?
I haven't gotten far into this, but the children of Israel ask Aaron to make a god to go before them. So the golden calf was not an attempt to worship the Living Holy GOD, it was an attempt to replace HIM
Yeah I saw the same. They weren't trying to worship God with the calf. They wanted new gods.... I have never seen people worshipping a Christmas tree like people were worshipping the golden calf?? Just trying to understand....
@@truthnotlies Exodus 32: 4-6 *4* And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” *5* When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.” *6* And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. They did in fact try to worship The Most High God with the golden calf. They declared that the golden calf brought them out of Egypt, which they knew that יהוה did. In the next verse we see that Aaron declared the next day to be a feast [holiday] to The LORD [יהוה]. They made up a holiday using an idol then tried to offer it to God. As a result, 3,000 of them ended up dying that day. Not only did they blatantly disregard a command against graven images that they had just audibly heard with their own ears, but they did so with an idol that was representative of the Egyptian gods Apis and El. This sounds eerily similar to learning the way of the nations by adopting a man-made holiday during wintertime that coincidentally takes place on or around the very date that pagans from many nations celebrate the birth or rebirth of their gods. It’s also a huge coincidence that many of these objects used for worship by these nations during their coincidentally timed festivals which are much older than Christ Mass, are the exact same objects that people use for “decoration” during Christ Mass. Many participants in this holiday sing a hymn praising their decorations [“O Tannenbaum” later changed to “O Christmas Tree”]. Then there’s the fact that the mascot for Christ Mass is a mystified version of a dead man that has been venerated, which blatantly disregards the command against idolatry. Participants in this holiday generally lie to their children and make this mascot an omniscient, omnipresent, and everlasting jolly fat man who is always watching them. He knows when they’re sleeping or awake. He knows whether they’ve done bad or good, and rewards them according to their deeds. He compiles a list of names on a scroll for the good and the bad children. Many participants in this holiday also encourage their children to write letters to him, and made a tradition of leaving out food and drink offerings for him while waiting on his arrival. The next morning the children happily thank him for the presents that appeared under their tree, because he answered their petitions by using magic to come into their home. It’s important to note that this mystified man is extremely similar to the god worshipped by Germanic pagans during their version of this same holiday, which again, is much older than the “Christian” version of it. Participants in this holiday also encourage people to be overtaken by a spirit, which they call “The spirit of Christmas” or “The Christmas spirit”. Many times, when one does not possess said spirit, they are labeled a grouch or grinch. All of this while supposedly celebrating Jesus’ birthday, which we know was most likely not in winter
I truly wish to watch the Sunburned studies about easter and Christmas, but for some reason i cannot find it anywhere. Can someone help me with this query please?
Shalom Marcio, The Sunburned teachings were taken down and replaced with The Christmas Question documentary that you can find here: www.119ministries.com/teachings/the-christmas-question-documentary/ We hope this helps Blessings and Shalom
Hi. While I tend to agree with most of the things taught in this video, I am not fully convinced with the proposals related to the Hebrew pictographs. I don't think Paleo Hebrew was still used as pictographs during that time. But anyway, thanks for your insights. Shalom.
@@kinaxixe Jesus John 3:14 (KJV) And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: Numbers 21:8-9 (KJV) 8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. 2 Kings 18:4 (KJV) He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
@@kellyredeemedbychrist4256 Isaiah 44:19 (KJV) And none considereth in his heart, neither [is there] knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it]: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? Jeremiah 2:27 (KJV) Saying to a stock, Thou [art] my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned [their] back unto me, and not [their] face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
Please do not take this as a criticism just a suggestion. This was a wonderful video for people who want to know the truth. it wasn't even a very heavy slog through doctrine, however I kind of wish you all would make a light version to grab the attention of those who DON'T want to know the truth or maybe push the doctrine slog to the end of the video. I just feel that those who aren't already interested won't get through some of the first parts. LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
Shalom Michael, Perhaps you might find the Christmas Documentary more in that realm. You can watch it here: www.119ministries.com/teachings/the-christmas-question-documentary/ Blessings and Shalom
Numbers 15:30-41 30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. 32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. 33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. 34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. 35 And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. 36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses. 37 And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, 38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: 39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: 40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. 41 I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.
Wow, Yehovah sure did violate His own commands then when He was silly enough to use a tree as a symbol for eternal life. And He did this not only at creation in Genesis but in Revelation. You guys are so reprobate. The golden calf was BOWED DOWN TO AND GIVEN POWER IN THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE. A tree that is a symbol of eternal life as Yehovah says, is not the same thing. Neither is a rainbow painted on the wall of a preschool. Neither is a star on the ceiling of kids bedroom. No one is bowing down to or giving these things power like those who worshipped them in pagan cultures. Do you honestly not see the difference in a golden calf idol that is worshipped and a Remington bronze calf sitting on a coffee table? smh
Thank you for this comment. I think they mean well. I respect this if this is what their conscience dictates -to not have a tree. But I found this video to also be a stretch and it wasn't making full sense.
@@truthnotlies The answer to my question is "of course" they see the difference in an innocent bronze Remmington statue and the calf worshipped at Sinai. But their reasoning between the idol and the innocent statue stops when it comes to a tree. A tree (apparently) is now a symbol owned by the pagan community and anyone who might deccorate one, use one for decor or possibly plant one, is linking arms with paganism....especially at a certain time of year. Why do people follow this nonsense?
You have just made an excellent argument against the Trinity which has been made in place of Christ and YHVH. The triune god of the Trinity is ' the gods made to go before us' . We will be made to drink this golden calf, just as Moses made the Israelites drink the crushed calf called by YHVH's name.
You are correct. The Elohim is probably The same Elohim found in Genesis. Seeing how the doctrine of the trinity was made in a room after Scripture was completed. Would agree the people here would of been making a “ mediator “ type with the calf. In Hebrew 4:2 they were preached the same gospel, they just made a calf, they DIDNT HAVE FAITH. But totally 🙌🏻,,, here in exodus, learning and understanding His Word more 🙌🏻🙌🏻. Thank you Yea the trinity is a false god Look at Zachariah 11:8 the second person of the trinity, that’s your anti christ. Just as Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel chapter 3 use gold to make his idol Men in a basement used pure precious gold Scripture, His Word to make up this fake phony doctrine called the trinity whom the pope like to think he is all of that and a bag of potato chips.
@@rickkurtz6771 Have you personally seen Yah or His only Son Yah'shua? You can follow Torah all you want, if you don't _HEAR_ Him you aren't IN HIM. The trinity was there from the beginning - let us make God in _OUR_ image. This is why John says, the *WORD WAS WITH GOD, and the WORD *IS* GOD" "NOT THINKING EQUALITY WITH GOD" - who was _EQUAL_ ? the only Son. Why did they crucify the Son? "You blaspheme saying you are God" If He wasn't, then who is He? The word, trinity isn't even from the Catholics - it came 300 years before the council, and was made by Tertullian to deal with heretics. There was never a point in Christian history where the triune Godhead was NOT taught. I also suggest you pray and fast on this, as I'm serious about seeing God's face. Scripture warns that you will be judged by 2 or 3 witnesses, condemned. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. If you repent, the temple gets cleaned and the Holy Spirit can dwell inside you - becoming a witness for you. If you receive the Messiah as Savior and Lord and God? He becomes your second witness. Since, He and the Father are _ONE_ (ECHAD) - you have all three for you, instead of having any of them against you. This is also why Yahweh's mercy seat had three items. Tablet of law = Father Manna = bread of life = Yah'shua dead staff, that sprouts life? = Holy Spirit, the Ruach Hakodesh When Yeshua warns that you can be forgiven of all sins, except one what is he doing? Declaring the godhead of the Ruach. You can blasphemy the Father and His Son - but not the Ruach Hakodesh. He's calling the Ruach God, El Shaddai - but only blasphemy of that aspect of the Godhead is unforgivable. What Messiah is teaching, is the spiritual truth of the third commandment, the only unforgivable sin is when we blasphemy the Holy Spirit. A believers connection to Yahweh, requires the Ruach - part of Yah, but separate from the Father and Son.
Elwood M. Buel So are you saying The Lord God Almighty is trinity? i can not find any where in Scripture where He tells His people to call Him trinity. But Mystery Babylon tells her people to call her god trinity. Do you see the difference? i fully believe in The Father i fully believe in The Son I fully believe in The Holy Spirit All according to Scripture. But i don’t believe in the trinity, A group of men used Scripture ( the purest Gold) after The Lord God Almighty had ended writing Scripture, and they made a doctrine of god and named it trinity, an idol of gold just like Nebuchadnezzar did in Daniel chapter 3 . Anything the Catholic Church holds tightly to should give you a clue that it’s evil.
@@rickkurtz6771 because you're looking with the flesh. I'm saying not only is it throughout scripture, you're trying to understand the infinite God with your finite mind. There's a reason every cult, Mormons, JW, SDA, Islam? All deny this. But further as I said, not to boast in me! I met Yeshua. Romans adopted traditions that came before her. That doesn't mean we throw out all of what they do because they do it. That's foolish. John's gospel, and epistles all deal with the heresy of denying the nature of the Godhead. God is echad, a oneness of plurality. Look up on UA-cam, the memra, the word of God and targum.
Elwood M. Buel Truly believe this kind of conversation can not be done via this kind of format , it must be done face to face , to say i am looking in the flesh is a big assumption on your part but i do appreciate your opinions. If you do respond back to me just please come back with Scripture not a UA-cam. Give me but two witnesses in Scripture where The Lord God Almighty tell us to call Him trinity?
the image of God very interesting. just thinking out loud. and he caused the image to speak.and many to fall down and worship . of course with todays technology this would hardly be miraculous, but interesting.
Here in my country Panama 🇵🇦 people worship many idols….. it is unbelievable! In the city where I live they worship the statue of a crucified woman. They call it “santa librada”. It was brought from Spain many years ago and they believe that it does miracles because she died for Jesus. More than 50,000 people get together for worshiping that statue. And there are other cities where there are other idols. Here in Central America is very common to see these things because of the deep catholic teachings. May Yah guide our path and keep us away from that big mistake!
I love to listen to humans referring to what the Bible says, not man-made rules. All religion have their own principle to favour only their leaders so called preachers for greed FACT
The golden calf in Christianity isn't really the christmas tree, although its pagan, we don"t worship it. The real golden calf in christianity is the cross.
If someone who knew nothing of Christmas but knew of worship would loom I to a home on xmas worh a tree inside covered in lights surrounded by gifts sire would come across as worship. Just saying
@@stringerchick3650 seriously?? Would you say the same if they had a statue? My grandmother had beautiful and intricate statues in the most beautiful room in her house. It was amazing. They were awesome. We would sit and observe them and admire them. They were decorative and lovely. Is that tantamount to worship!?!
I have never heard anyone use Hosea 14:8 to support using a Christmas tree as a symbol of God. I have never heard of anyone put up a Christmas tree to represent God either. Misrepresenting Hosea 14:8 to support Christmas trees is equal to misrepresenting Jeremiah 10:4-5 to support against them. We should NEVER take passages out of the context in which they were written. As Jeremiah 10 does mention a tree, Isaiah 40:18:20 explains how trees are used to form idols before that wood is plated in precious metals. A solid piece of gold would be fragile, expensive and heavy. And God does NOT forbid decorations. Decorating an office with “congratulations” for someone’s retirement is no more disrespectful to God than a festive tree decorates a house for a different, yet equally temporary time. Now of course, there are many who focus more on the festivities than the event of Christ’s birth. There are many who turn Christmas into a form of idolatry. And because of this, we should be careful and understand the line not to cross. The ‘holiday season’ is a season of holidays, including but not limited to Christmas, Thanksgiving, Saint Nicholas Day, Hanukkah, Boxing Day, and New Year’s. Decorating for these holidays in itself is not sinful. Yet we must consider what exactly is our priority.
This is what I have been thinking as well. I've never seen anyone replace their mediator, Jesus, with their Christmas tree? I understand pagans may have used evergreens... but then I get confused because so are wedding rings, brides carrying bouquets, and a husband carrying his bride through their front door. But I've done all those things, and most Christians I know at least wear wedding rings.... but those all have pagan origins... The Isrealites legitimately worshipped the calf. None of my friends worship their tree? He compared their trees to the calf. I dunno. That might be a stretch or maybe I need more thinking...
@@truthnotlies Good points about the other symbols we use today. Many will misquote Jeremiah 10:3-5 to attack the decorations of trees out of context. Although Jeremiah DOES mention the cutting of a tree, this is about carving an idol, not decorations. Hosea and Jeremiah were written in the 7th and 6th centuries BC, while Christmas trees did not become a tradition until the 17th century AD, some 2200 years later.
The name of ELOHIM is not Yahweh (pronounced yahway). ELOHIM is LOVE!! In Hebrew 'AHAWAH' is LOVE. Therefore HIS name is YAHAWAH pronounced WAH not WAY!!! As a Berean you must Test Everything. Please don't promote a wrong pronunciation of the name of ELOHIM!!
BEST DEFENSE FOR FORESAKING CHRISTMAS EVER!!! BETTER THEN BOTH MICHAEL ROOD'S AND JIM STALEY'S "TRUTH OR TRADITION" VIDEOS, AND THEY BOTH DID AMAZING JOBS! THIS ONE IS A M8C DROP, SLAM DUNK!💯🎯👏🏽💥🎉🎊🔥🗯👍🏾💪🏾🧠
This is our first year without a Christmas tree...
Life will go on :o)
Good for you! 👍
@@ICU2B4UDO
Why?
Christmas trees originated in the German Rhineland of the 1520's.
They are not pre-Christian and not pagan.
They do not represent anything, least of all 'your God', and are not worshipped.
They are just a way to brighten up the dark midwinter period.
@@Wotsitorlabart ...They ARE pre-Christian and they ARE Pagan...Too bad you people are quick to run your mouths but never half as fast to study and pick up a book...Jeremiah 10:1-5...
@@ICU2B4UDO
Did you actually read my comment - those are verifiable facts.
How could a custom that originates in Christian Germany of 1520 be 'pre-Christian' or 'pagan'?
And, if you care to look, there are numerous videos where Christian presenters point out the many basic flaws in trying to interpret Jeremiah 10:1-5 as a warning against the veneration of Christmas trees.
Do yourself a favour and seek one out.
@@Wotsitorlabart ...Hey genius, enjoy the Lake...
EXCELLENT examination of the Golden Calf & how it compares to Christmas!!!
I grieve every time I come to churchand see a beautiful christmas tree. Idolaters will not inherit the kingdom of God. So I finally labeled it what it is. pagananity, And I left. So now I confront pastors who are teaching others to break the commandments of God. But Grace you say. Yes, He is our righteousness, and we in no way can be justified by the law. How ever it's the the works that justify us. We don't work to keep the law, however, If you are a new creature in Christ, a change should follow. Christ working in you, changing from the inside out. We begin doing works, not as an effort to maintain or earn our salvation, or keep it, but as a natural outflow of the Spirit of God in you.
It does require _effort_ and many even returning to Torah miss what Messiah warns.
Before He came there were people entering in by ANY POSSIBLE means, even by *VIOLENCE*
It's never been by faith alone - now this doesn't mean our efforts and righteousness are enough to ever merit entry. We are still unworthy / unprofitable servants even if we keep and teach every jot and tittle.
@@Hebrew42Day Ephesians 2:8-9.
IT IS BY FAITH ALONE(lest ANYONE should boast) Point blank period.Its in the Holy Word of GOD.
Have a blessed day in the LORD.
@@thatWitchywoman But the context is we were created to do good works in verse 10. Good works is mitzvah in Hebrew which is keep commandments. We are saved to do good works not to hang out and do what we want and redefine sin and disobedience on top of that. See Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, Romans 3:31, 1 John 5:3, Revelation 14:12, Hebrews 10:16, 26-39. Especially 39. It’s a faith walk towards preservation of the soul. It’s obedience AFTER salvation.
Stan Barr. Truth. The biggest misleading in the church. Jesus died so I can do what I want. Even nullify or redefine sin as not sin in some cases.
It’s a case of I want to have my cake and eat it too. God wants holiness per 1 Peter 1:16, action per James 1:22-23, demonstration of love per 1 John 5:3, faith walk per Romans 3:31, renewal per Romans 12:2, and perseverance per Revelation 14:12.
If a super nice cop pulls me over for speeding and gives me a break, even gives me a ride home. He is gonna say man you have a lot going on in your life I’m going to give you a break just don’t speed again. I’m not going to go to Facebook friends and say speed limit changed! That is an erroneous take on the cops niceness. Judge won’t be so nice down the road if I continue that behavior
Obedience AFTER Salvation,
@@thatWitchywoman it doesn't say faith alone..... That's another gospel other than the one Paul preached, a man made tradition .
This video is another confirmation to me, to get rid of my Christmas decorations and tree.
Dooo it! Check all "holidays!" I only keep God's now.
@@someoneofgods2620 i did!!! And I'm speaking out against this anti-Messiah helliday
My family and I came to this same conclusion 2 years ago now. Our families think we are absolutely nuts. I say, we must worship is spirit and TRUTH. No truth in the worlds helladays... welcome! Let's lean on one another and worship in spirit and truth! Praise YAH
Awesome teaching thank you so much
God's Word is Perfect!!
Sunburned was way better than The Christmas Question. Please bring it back. Shalom!
That is like people slapping the name Jesus on Christmas to justify celebrating it. Our SHEPHERD MESSIAH was born in the Fall -not Winter- while shepherds were living/camped in their fields watching over their sheep as Ezra & other Books tell us. Isaiah 14 chapter when Christmas was established as Satan’s holiday when Satan told THE CREATOR: I (Satan =Santa ) will ascend above the mountain tops (reindeer and sleigh) in the North (North Pole) and the congregation (church- not Holy Synagogues) will praise me (Satan = Santa) as THE MOST HIGH (Jesus).
Outstanding share.!!!
They erred terribly, thinking they needed a mediator. They didn't need a mediator. Instead they chose to be impatient and not wait for Moses. That's why we now have the scripture, "There is only one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus."
I wish Sunburned was still available. So much better than The Christmas Question...
This is perfect! Keep it coming. Spot on!
I don’t think I’ve ever sent you this, but it is really cool. I’ve read this passage and never thought about it till I watch this Shabbat shalom
Another awesome teaching. Love it.
I love this ministry 💖.You all truly bless me with your wisdom and knowledge.. fantastic job on research. God bless you and Shalom
I figured this out when I discovered Muslims celebrating xmas with trees, and obviously bible studies, but that image made it clear what I had inherited as my culture in Canada was not about baby Jesus at all.
@119Ministries, I love the explanation of the Hebrew in this video. You mentioned that "associating" objects with worship of YHVH is unacceptable. Wouldn't the same logic that you use for the Christmas tree and the calf, apply to the Cross... where churches have crosses installed. Aren't we associating an object, albeit a cross, with the worship of God? Strictly speaking, aren't crosses a modern day equivalent of Exodus 32 and 2 Kings 18:3-4? After all, no Christian would say that they worship a cross.
Spot on brother.. not only that but crosses already have an association with pagan deities that existed before Yeshua was born. One such use is as the Hebrew letter T(Tau) which was widely used by those who worshiped Isis as a symbol of her son Tammuz.
Yes praise God!
So is a menorah representative of the Holy Spirit also incorrect
We put up a Christmas Tree NOT to represent God in worship! It's a decoration! Just like flowers, placed at the altar in church. We DONT WORSHIP the flowers! They serve as visual aesthetics.
Thank you and praise YAH!! I spend at least 1 day a week trying to finding scriptures to show people that YHWH finds it offensive that we use "previously" pagan practices to worship him! I try to explain he is the ORIGINAL AND ALMIGHTY ELOHIM!! and he deserves only the things he wants.. if it even resembles anything like unto another "mighty" ones worship it's dishonoring him... I tried to explain it to my autistic daughter like this... It would be like me making someone else's favorite dinner to honor her on a day she wasn't home and expecting her to appreciate it... "But I did to honor you... You know my heart honey" her response was"how was that a party for me when I wasn't home? And I don't like lasagna!! I said and Yahushua wasn't born on Dec 25th and he doesn't care much for Christmas trees!! I think she understood... I know she did much better than my adult family members... I keep praying that the scales fall from their eyes... Praise YAH that they feel from ours!!
Excellent teaching! Some things was said that I was thinking myself along with what I've already learned but explained even more in depth.
I'm under the understanding that Moses came down on the feast of weeks/pentecost, perhaps y'all covered that in a later video or I heard it somewhere else.. but in that case, they weren't making up a new holiday but celebrating in their way. Same concept applies of course. Shalom!
I've also recently came to the understanding that the calf was a symbol for Baal, not God. These Israelites and mixed multitude were steeped in 400 years of pagan worship.
Amen!
SURE, GOOD OF USING THE HEBREW WORD TO INTERPRET...SHALOM 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Good word
YAHWAH God is like the fire of goldsmith, potter , Rock of ancient
I really have a sincere question. I understand the problem with symbols but I also just finished reading in 1 Kings and how Jerohobim altered the Lord's feasts and alters etc... to his own time and in his own way rather than following God's design. He was condemned for this. Aren't we doing this with keeping the feasts and festivals since we can't do them exactly as God prescribed ? We therefor do them "as best we can" leaving out portions that can no longer be done and changing the way He told us to do them. I'm just curious if there has been a teaching addressing setting up the biblical feasts on man's timeline and way?
I haven't gotten far into this, but the children of Israel ask Aaron to make a god to go before them. So the golden calf was not an attempt to worship the Living Holy GOD, it was an attempt to replace HIM
Did you listen to the speaker in this video??
@@getx1265 I am sorry, you lost me
Yeah I saw the same. They weren't trying to worship God with the calf. They wanted new gods.... I have never seen people worshipping a Christmas tree like people were worshipping the golden calf?? Just trying to understand....
@@truthnotlies Exodus 32: 4-6
*4* And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
*5* When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it. And Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD.”
*6* And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.
They did in fact try to worship The Most High God with the golden calf. They declared that the golden calf brought them out of Egypt, which they knew that יהוה did. In the next verse we see that Aaron declared the next day to be a feast [holiday] to The LORD [יהוה]. They made up a holiday using an idol then tried to offer it to God. As a result, 3,000 of them ended up dying that day. Not only did they blatantly disregard a command against graven images that they had just audibly heard with their own ears, but they did so with an idol that was representative of the Egyptian gods Apis and El.
This sounds eerily similar to learning the way of the nations by adopting a man-made holiday during wintertime that coincidentally takes place on or around the very date that pagans from many nations celebrate the birth or rebirth of their gods. It’s also a huge coincidence that many of these objects used for worship by these nations during their coincidentally timed festivals which are much older than Christ Mass, are the exact same objects that people use for “decoration” during Christ Mass. Many participants in this holiday sing a hymn praising their decorations [“O Tannenbaum” later changed to “O Christmas Tree”]. Then there’s the fact that the mascot for Christ Mass is a mystified version of a dead man that has been venerated, which blatantly disregards the command against idolatry. Participants in this holiday generally lie to their children and make this mascot an omniscient, omnipresent, and everlasting jolly fat man who is always watching them. He knows when they’re sleeping or awake. He knows whether they’ve done bad or good, and rewards them according to their deeds. He compiles a list of names on a scroll for the good and the bad children. Many participants in this holiday also encourage their children to write letters to him, and made a tradition of leaving out food and drink offerings for him while waiting on his arrival. The next morning the children happily thank him for the presents that appeared under their tree, because he answered their petitions by using magic to come into their home. It’s important to note that this mystified man is extremely similar to the god worshipped by Germanic pagans during their version of this same holiday, which again, is much older than the “Christian” version of it. Participants in this holiday also encourage people to be overtaken by a spirit, which they call “The spirit of Christmas” or “The Christmas spirit”. Many times, when one does not possess said spirit, they are labeled a grouch or grinch. All of this while supposedly celebrating Jesus’ birthday, which we know was most likely not in winter
I truly wish to watch the Sunburned studies about easter and Christmas, but for some reason i cannot find it anywhere. Can someone help me with this query please?
Shalom Marcio,
The Sunburned teachings were taken down and replaced with The Christmas Question documentary that you can find here: www.119ministries.com/teachings/the-christmas-question-documentary/
We hope this helps
Blessings and Shalom
@@119Ministries Thansk a lot, Shallom ☺️☺️
You can get your answer from "The Assemblies of Yahweh", Bethel,PA-19507 USA.
Hi. While I tend to agree with most of the things taught in this video, I am not fully convinced with the proposals related to the Hebrew pictographs. I don't think Paleo Hebrew was still used as pictographs during that time. But anyway, thanks for your insights. Shalom.
Would not the cross be the same ?
Yes it would. The cross does not represent Christianism my brother. The cross was just an object of torture used to afflict our Messiah.
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Jesus
John 3:14 (KJV)
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
Numbers 21:8-9 (KJV)
8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
2 Kings 18:4 (KJV)
He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
@@jimharmon2300 no one burns incense to the cross though , they made it a literal god
@@kellyredeemedbychrist4256
Isaiah 44:19 (KJV)
And none considereth in his heart, neither [is there] knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten [it]: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
Jeremiah 2:27 (KJV)
Saying to a stock, Thou [art] my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned [their] back unto me, and not [their] face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
Where do you find a church to go to that honors these teachings? And they don't raise up ishtar or asherah?
The church is a people not a place. Study, show yourself approved.
9:38 Aloha!!!!
Please do not take this as a criticism just a suggestion. This was a wonderful video for people who want to know the truth. it wasn't even a very heavy slog through doctrine, however I kind of wish you all would make a light version to grab the attention of those who DON'T want to know the truth or maybe push the doctrine slog to the end of the video. I just feel that those who aren't already interested won't get through some of the first parts. LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
Shalom Michael,
Perhaps you might find the Christmas Documentary more in that realm. You can watch it here: www.119ministries.com/teachings/the-christmas-question-documentary/
Blessings and Shalom
There are no images of YHWH.
We are made in his image. Thats why he grieves our sin so deeply.
Numbers 15:30-41
30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
31 Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
35 And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses.
37 And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
41 I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.
Wow, Yehovah sure did violate His own commands then when He was silly enough to use a tree as a symbol for eternal life. And He did this not only at creation in Genesis but in Revelation.
You guys are so reprobate. The golden calf was BOWED DOWN TO AND GIVEN POWER IN THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE. A tree that is a symbol of eternal life as Yehovah says, is not the same thing. Neither is a rainbow painted on the wall of a preschool. Neither is a star on the ceiling of kids bedroom. No one is bowing down to or giving these things power like those who worshipped them in pagan cultures. Do you honestly not see the difference in a golden calf idol that is worshipped and a Remington bronze calf sitting on a coffee table?
smh
Thank you for this comment.
I think they mean well. I respect this if this is what their conscience dictates -to not have a tree. But I found this video to also be a stretch and it wasn't making full sense.
@@truthnotlies The answer to my question is "of course" they see the difference in an innocent bronze Remmington statue and the calf worshipped at Sinai. But their reasoning between the idol and the innocent statue stops when it comes to a tree. A tree (apparently) is now a symbol owned by the pagan community and anyone who might deccorate one, use one for decor or possibly plant one, is linking arms with paganism....especially at a certain time of year.
Why do people follow this nonsense?
You have just made an excellent argument against the Trinity which has been made in place of Christ and YHVH. The triune god of the Trinity is ' the gods made to go before us' . We will be made to drink this golden calf, just as Moses made the Israelites drink the crushed calf called by YHVH's name.
You are correct. The Elohim is probably The same Elohim found in Genesis. Seeing how the doctrine of the trinity was made in a room after Scripture was completed. Would agree the people here would of been making a “ mediator “ type with the calf. In Hebrew 4:2 they were preached the same gospel, they just made a calf, they DIDNT HAVE FAITH.
But totally 🙌🏻,,, here in exodus, learning and understanding His Word more 🙌🏻🙌🏻. Thank you
Yea the trinity is a false god
Look at Zachariah 11:8 the second person of the trinity, that’s your anti christ.
Just as Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel chapter 3 use gold to make his idol
Men in a basement used pure precious gold Scripture, His Word to make up this fake phony doctrine called the trinity whom the pope like to think he is all of that and a bag of potato chips.
@@rickkurtz6771 Have you personally seen Yah or His only Son Yah'shua?
You can follow Torah all you want, if you don't _HEAR_ Him you aren't IN HIM.
The trinity was there from the beginning - let us make God in _OUR_ image.
This is why John says, the *WORD WAS WITH GOD, and the WORD *IS* GOD"
"NOT THINKING EQUALITY WITH GOD" - who was _EQUAL_ ? the only Son.
Why did they crucify the Son?
"You blaspheme saying you are God"
If He wasn't, then who is He?
The word, trinity isn't even from the Catholics - it came 300 years before the council, and was made by Tertullian to deal with heretics. There was never a point in Christian history where the triune Godhead was NOT taught. I also suggest you pray and fast on this, as I'm serious about seeing God's face.
Scripture warns that you will be judged by 2 or 3 witnesses, condemned.
The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
If you repent, the temple gets cleaned and the Holy Spirit can dwell inside you - becoming a witness for you.
If you receive the Messiah as Savior and Lord and God? He becomes your second witness. Since, He and the Father are _ONE_ (ECHAD) - you have all three for you, instead of having any of them against you.
This is also why Yahweh's mercy seat had three items.
Tablet of law = Father
Manna = bread of life = Yah'shua
dead staff, that sprouts life? = Holy Spirit, the Ruach Hakodesh
When Yeshua warns that you can be forgiven of all sins, except one what is he doing?
Declaring the godhead of the Ruach. You can blasphemy the Father and His Son - but not the Ruach Hakodesh. He's calling the Ruach God, El Shaddai - but only blasphemy of that aspect of the Godhead is unforgivable.
What Messiah is teaching, is the spiritual truth of the third commandment, the only unforgivable sin is when we blasphemy the Holy Spirit. A believers connection to Yahweh, requires the Ruach - part of Yah, but separate from the Father and Son.
Elwood M. Buel
So are you saying The Lord God Almighty is trinity?
i can not find any where in Scripture where He tells His people to call Him trinity.
But Mystery Babylon tells her people to call her god trinity.
Do you see the difference?
i fully believe in The Father
i fully believe in The Son
I fully believe in The Holy Spirit
All according to Scripture.
But i don’t believe in the trinity,
A group of men used Scripture ( the purest Gold) after The Lord God Almighty had ended writing Scripture, and they made a doctrine of god and named it trinity, an idol of gold just like Nebuchadnezzar did in Daniel chapter 3 .
Anything the Catholic Church holds tightly to should give you a clue that it’s evil.
@@rickkurtz6771 because you're looking with the flesh.
I'm saying not only is it throughout scripture, you're trying to understand the infinite God with your finite mind.
There's a reason every cult, Mormons, JW, SDA, Islam?
All deny this.
But further as I said, not to boast in me!
I met Yeshua.
Romans adopted traditions that came before her. That doesn't mean we throw out all of what they do because they do it.
That's foolish.
John's gospel, and epistles all deal with the heresy of denying the nature of the Godhead.
God is echad, a oneness of plurality. Look up on UA-cam, the memra, the word of God and targum.
Elwood M. Buel
Truly believe this kind of conversation can not be done via this kind of format , it must be done face to face , to say i am looking in the flesh is a big assumption on your part but i do appreciate your opinions.
If you do respond back to me just please come back with Scripture not a UA-cam.
Give me but two witnesses in Scripture where The Lord God Almighty tell us to call Him trinity?
the image of God very interesting. just thinking out loud. and he caused the image to speak.and many to fall down and worship . of course with todays technology this would hardly be miraculous, but interesting.
Here in my country Panama 🇵🇦 people worship many idols….. it is unbelievable! In the city where I live they worship the statue of a crucified woman. They call it “santa librada”. It was brought from Spain many years ago and they believe that it does miracles because she died for Jesus. More than 50,000 people get together for worshiping that statue. And there are other cities where there are other idols. Here in Central America is very common to see these things because of the deep catholic teachings. May Yah guide our path and keep us away from that big mistake!
Rather, you should enroll in an RCIA class to discover God's true graces for you.
I love to listen to humans referring to what the Bible says, not man-made rules. All religion have their own principle to favour only their leaders so called preachers for greed FACT
The golden calf in Christianity isn't really the christmas tree, although its pagan, we don"t worship it. The real golden calf in christianity is the cross.
If someone who knew nothing of Christmas but knew of worship would loom I to a home on xmas worh a tree inside covered in lights surrounded by gifts sire would come across as worship. Just saying
@@stringerchick3650 seriously?? Would you say the same if they had a statue? My grandmother had beautiful and intricate statues in the most beautiful room in her house. It was amazing. They were awesome. We would sit and observe them and admire them. They were decorative and lovely. Is that tantamount to worship!?!
I don't celebrate holidays such as christmas etc
I have never heard anyone use Hosea 14:8 to support using a Christmas tree as a symbol of God. I have never heard of anyone put up a Christmas tree to represent God either.
Misrepresenting Hosea 14:8 to support Christmas trees is equal to misrepresenting Jeremiah 10:4-5 to support against them. We should NEVER take passages out of the context in which they were written.
As Jeremiah 10 does mention a tree, Isaiah 40:18:20 explains how trees are used to form idols before that wood is plated in precious metals. A solid piece of gold would be fragile, expensive and heavy.
And God does NOT forbid decorations. Decorating an office with “congratulations” for someone’s retirement is no more disrespectful to God than a festive tree decorates a house for a different, yet equally temporary time.
Now of course, there are many who focus more on the festivities than the event of Christ’s birth. There are many who turn Christmas into a form of idolatry. And because of this, we should be careful and understand the line not to cross.
The ‘holiday season’ is a season of holidays, including but not limited to Christmas, Thanksgiving, Saint Nicholas Day, Hanukkah, Boxing Day, and New Year’s. Decorating for these holidays in itself is not sinful. Yet we must consider what exactly is our priority.
This is what I have been thinking as well. I've never seen anyone replace their mediator, Jesus, with their Christmas tree? I understand pagans may have used evergreens... but then I get confused because so are wedding rings, brides carrying bouquets, and a husband carrying his bride through their front door. But I've done all those things, and most Christians I know at least wear wedding rings.... but those all have pagan origins...
The Isrealites legitimately worshipped the calf. None of my friends worship their tree? He compared their trees to the calf. I dunno. That might be a stretch or maybe I need more thinking...
@@truthnotlies Good points about the other symbols we use today.
Many will misquote Jeremiah 10:3-5 to attack the decorations of trees out of context. Although Jeremiah DOES mention the cutting of a tree, this is about carving an idol, not decorations.
Hosea and Jeremiah were written in the 7th and 6th centuries BC, while Christmas trees did not become a tradition until the 17th century AD, some 2200 years later.
The name of ELOHIM is not Yahweh (pronounced yahway). ELOHIM is LOVE!! In Hebrew 'AHAWAH' is LOVE. Therefore HIS name is YAHAWAH pronounced WAH not WAY!!! As a Berean you must Test Everything. Please don't promote a wrong pronunciation of the name of ELOHIM!!
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Try Jeremiah 10.
Just sayin'.
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