When Yahweh created mankind, He had a definite plan, or purpose, in mind. Yahweh's Plan from the beginning was to create man in His image, and then develop in mankind the same likeness or character that He Himself has.
Genesis 1:26—
Then Yahweh said: I will make man in My image, according to My likeness; they will have rulership over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.
Yahweh's character is revealed to us throughout the Holy Scriptures. Yahweh's character is summed up in the meaning of His Name, which is He who always chooses righteousness. Yahweh defines righteousness as complete and total submission to His 613 perfect Laws.
Deuteronomy 6:24-25—
24 And Yahweh commanded us to observe and do all these statutes; to reverence Yahweh our Father, so that we might be blessed; that He might preserve us alive, as it is this day.
25 And it will be OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, if we observe to do all of this Law before Yahweh our Father, as He has commanded us.
Yahweh revealed aspects or attributes of His perfectly righteous character to Mosheh.
Exodus 34:5-7—
5 Then Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the Name of YAHWEH.
6 Yahweh passed in front of him, and proclaimed: YAHWEH, YAHWEH Almighty, merciful and compassionate, longsuffering, and abounding in righteousness and truth.
7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin; but by no means indicating; acquiting those who are guilty; Who visits the sin of the fathers upon the children and the children's children, to the third and fourth generation.
Yahweh possesses this character with these attributes because He Himself submits to His perfect righteous 613 Laws. And this is exactly what Yahweh requires from mankind.
Leviticus 11:45—
I am Yahweh, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your Heavenly Father. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.Deuteronomy 10:12-13—
12 And now, O Israyl, what does Yahweh your Father require of you, but to reverence Yahweh your Father by walking in all His ways, by loving Him, by serving Yahweh your Father with all your heart, and with all your soul,
13 By keeping the Laws of Yahweh, with His statutes, which I command you this day, so that you may be blessed?Micahyah 6:8—
He has shown you, O man, what is righteous! And what does Yahweh require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your Father? That is; Does Yahweh require any more of you, except to live by His every word?
The apostles also expounded on the character of Yahweh and the attributes we will develop when we humbly submit to Yahweh's Laws.
Galatians 5:13-14,22-26—
13 For you were called into liberty, brothers, but not liberty to be instruments of carnality; but through the love of Yahweh, serve one another.
14 For truly, everything in the Law through the plan of Yahweh, has been accomplished through this: You will love your neighbor as yourself.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering; patience, kindness, righteousness, The Faith;
23 Meekness; gentleness, humility, temperance; self-control—such things are not against any Law.
24 And those who are the Messiah's have sacrificed the flesh; the carnal mind, with its passions and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not become full of empty pride and ambition, not challenging nor defying one another, not being jealous of one another.I Timothy 1:5—
Now the ultimate result of the Law is: love out of a pure heart, a clear conscience, and unfeigned; genuine, faith.
This is the exact opposite of the spirit or character we see at work in the world today. What we see in the world today is hatred, separation, fighting, disease, war and death. These curses are growing and becoming out of control. The spirit that rules in the hearts and minds of the people of the world at this time is not Holy Spirit of Yahweh. The spirit of this world shows forth the character of the Gods. Notice that the Gods have blinded the minds of the people, so that they do not keep Yahweh's Laws, and therefore do not have the character or likeness of Yahweh.
II Corinthians 4:4—
For the gods (elohim) of this world (led by Satan) have blinded the minds of those who do not believe, so that the light of the message of the glory of the Messiah, Who is the image of Yahweh, should not shine unto them.Revelation 12:9—
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. She was cast out into the earth, and her angels were cast out with her.I Yahchanan 5:19—
We know that we belong to Yahweh, and that the whole world is under the control of the gods.
To understand what a God is, we need first to understand that mankind was created by the one and only Creator Yahweh. Therefore, Yahweh rightfully owns mankind. But Yahweh's Laws provide that each person has free moral agency. Therefore, mankind can choose whom he desires to belong to and thus his ownership goes to whoever mankind chooses to obey.
Yahweh has given mankind this privilege of choice. Yahweh offers eternal life to those who will obey Him. This is an everlasting position in His Kingdom given to those who qualify for the job or office. Mankind must choose to keep Yahweh's Laws, becoming perfect in character as Yahweh is perfect, or Yahweh will not give to him this eternal office.
The Scriptures are very adamant in declaring that only Yahweh has eternal life; therefore, only Yahweh can give us or any other being eternal life. Compare the following Scriptures:
Romans 6:16—
Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as servants to obey, his servants you are whom you obey—whether of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience which leads to righteousness?Revelation 22:14—
Blessed are those who keep His Laws, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.Revelation 20:4-6—
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them. And I saw the souls of those who were beheaded for their witness of Yahshua and for the word of Yahweh; the Law and the Prophets, and who had not worshipped the beast, nor his likeness, neither had received his mark in their foreheads nor upon their hands; and they lived and reigned with the Messiah a thousand years—
5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection—
6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection; on such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of Yahweh and of the Messiah, and will reign with Him a thousand years.I Yahchanan 3:4,7-8—
4 Whoever commits sin, transgresses also the Law; for sin is the transgression of the Law.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you; he who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
8 He who commits sin is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of Yahweh was manifested; that He might destroy the works of the devil.Genesis 1:26—
Then Yahweh said: I will make man in My image, according to My likeness; they will have rulership...
The idea to bring the called out ones to perfection with His Laws was Yahweh's Plan from the beginning. To those who will overcome sin—the breaking of Yahweh's Laws—and become perfect, Yahweh will become their Father and they will be members of the Yahweh family forever.
II Corinthians 6:14-18—
14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? And what fellowship does light have with darkness?
15 And what harmony can there be between Messiah and Belial; Worth-lessness: Satan? Or what share does a believer have with an infidel; untrust-worthy, not faithful, not true nor loyal?
16 And what agreement does The House of Yahweh have with gods (elohim)? For we are the House of the living Father. As Yahweh has said: I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their Father, and they will be My people.
17 Therefore: Come out from among them and be separate, says Yahweh. Do not touch the unclean and I will receive you.
18 I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says Yahweh Almighty.
The Scriptural definition of a God is one who raises himself or herself above those of equal or greater authority. Lucifer is shown by the prophets as one who made herself into a God, becoming an adversary to Yahweh. A God can be any thinking, reasoning being. Compare the following Scriptures.
I Yahchanan 4:1—
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, to see whether they are of Yahweh; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.II Corinthians 4:4—
For the gods (elohim) of this world (led by Satan) have blinded the minds of those who do not believe, so that the light of the message of the glory of the Messiah, Who is the image of Yahweh, should not shine unto them.
The Scriptures show that these Gods are not obedient to Yahweh and they influence mankind to this same disobedience.
Psalm 82:1-5—
1 Yahweh stands in the assembly of the gods (elohim), and He gives judgment among the gods (elohim)!
2 Yahweh says: How long will you defend the unjust, and show partiality to the sinners?
3 You should defend the weak and fatherless! You should maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed!
4 You should rescue the poor and needy, and deliver them from the hands of the wicked.
5 You know nothing, you understand nothing; you walk about in darkness, and all the foundations of the earth are shaken because of you!
Lucifer is one of the Gods who is influencing mankind to sin, bringing curses. She hopes to prevent mankind from obtaining the future power and ruler-ship promised by Yahweh the Creator. Lucifer hopes to destroy all of mankind.
Yechetzqyah 28:13-15—
13 You were in Eden, the garden of Yahweh; every precious stone was your covering; the ruby, the topaz, the emerald, the chrysolite, the onyx, the jasper, the sapphire, the turquoise, and the beryl. The workmanship of your settings and mountings were made of gold. In the day you were created, they were prepared for you.
14 You were the guardian cherub, and I married you on the holy mountain of Yahweh; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until iniquity; sin, was found in you.Yechetzqyah 28:1-6—
1 The word of Yahweh came to me again, saying:
2 Son of man, say to that prince of Tyre; This is what Father Yahweh says: Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said; I am a god (el); I sit in the seat of a god (el), in the midst of the seas—I (Yahweh) therefore say to you: Yet you are a created being, and not the Almighty, though you set your heart to be the Almighty.
3 Behold, you are wiser than Daniyl; there is no secret that they can hide from you.
4 With your wisdom and with your understanding, you have gained riches for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries.
5 By your great wisdom in your trading, you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches.
6 Therefore, this is what Father Yahweh says: Because you have set your heart to be a god (el);Isayah 14:12-17—
12 How you have fallen from heaven, O Hillel; Lucifer, Aphrodite, Venus, child of the light! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations!
13 For you have said in your heart; I will ascend above the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of Yahweh. I will sit in the highest place on the holy mountain of the congregation.
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
15 Yet you will be brought down to Sheol; the grave, to the sides of the pit.
16 Those who see you will stare at you, and they will talk about you, saying; Is this the one; the adversary, who shook the earth, and made kingdoms tremble?
17 Is this the one who made the world like a wilderness, who overthrew the cities in it, and who would not let her captives go free?
In the Book of Genesis the example is shown of Lucifer raising herself above the Gods and above the congregation of Yahweh.
Genesis 3:1-7—
1 Now the serpent was more subtle and crafty than any beast of the field which Yahweh had made. And she said to the woman; Has Yahweh indeed said: You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said to the serpent; We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, Yahweh has said: You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, or you will die.
4 And the serpent said to the woman; You will not surely die.
5 For He knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be as gods (elohim), knowing righteousness and evil.
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was desirable for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they had sinned; they had violated Yahweh's Laws. Because they had not kept Yahweh's Laws, they were afraid.
These same spirits have gone out into the world to influence and deceive mankind to break the Laws of Yahweh and cause total destruction.
Isayah 24:1-6—
1 Before Yahweh's very eyes, the earth is made empty and it is made waste. Its face is perverted, and its inhabitants are scattered abroad.
2 And it will be: as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his owner; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with him who takes usury, so with him who gives usury to him:
3 The land will be utterly emptied and utterly plundered, for Yahweh has spoken this word.
4 The earth mourns and fades away, the world mourns and fades away, and the haughty people of the earth languish.
5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants of it, because they have transgressed the Laws, changed the ordinance, and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Because of this, the curse has devoured the earth, and they who dwell therein are desolate; therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
These spirit beings influence and inspire men and women to become Gods. They inspire them to be in opposition against the Laws of Yahweh. Then mankind becomes the adversary against the Kingdom of Yahweh.
Daniyl 7:25—
And he will speak great words against Yahweh, and will wear out; mentally attack to cause to fall away, the saints of Yahweh, and think to change times; Yahweh's Feast Days, and Laws; and they will be given into his hand until a time, and times, and the dividing of time.Revelation 17:1-5,18,9,12-15—
1 And there came one of the seven malakim who had the seven bowls, and talked with me, saying to me: Come, I will show you the sentence of the great whore that sits upon many waters,
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; practiced idolatry: godworship (the worship of elohim), and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the midst of godworshippers (worshipers of Elohim); and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication.
5 And upon her head was a name written:MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
18 And the woman whom you saw, is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.
9 And here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
12 And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, which as yet have not received a kingdom; but receive authority as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one purpose and they give their power and authority to the beast.
14 These will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them; for He is the Ruler of rulers and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 And he said to me: The waters which you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and languages.I Kepha 5:8—
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary, the devil, walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom she may devour.Amosyah 3:10-11—
10 For they do not know to do righteousness, says Yahweh: they who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
11 Therefore, this is what Father Yahweh says: An adversary is surrounding the land; he will bring down your strength from you, and your palaces will be plundered.
Angels are malakim who were once the servants of Yahweh, but turned in rebellion against Yahweh, in service to Lucifer or some other God. Angel means messenger of God or of the Gods. Malakim means messengers of Yahweh.
A Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament by Edward Robinson, page 7, shows the following about the word angel.
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Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament,
page 5,
goes on to say the following:
Students' Hebrew and Chaldee Dictionary by Alexander Harkavy, page 381, tells us the following about the word malakim.
prop. a messenger of [Yahweh] Gen.16,7.
A Hebrew and English Lexicon Without Points by John Parkhurst, page 349, lets us see clearly what malakim are.
To the created agents of nature or power of the heavens, as being [Yahweh]'s agents or ministers.
Yahweh was never identified in any of the original Scriptures as a God. He is the Heavenly Father of all flesh and of all spirit beings in the universe. The One who was called the Savior in Part Two of the Holy Scriptures said, "Our Father Who is in Heaven." With this information about Gods, we will now continue in this lesson.
Due to the influence of the Gods in rejecting Yahweh's Laws, mankind is now suffering the curses that come from following the way of the Gods. This Law commands us not to have anything to do with the way of life, character or likeness of the Gods.
Deuteronomy 4:15-19—
15 Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no form when Yahweh spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire;
16 Watch that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves a god (el, teraph), an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman,
17 Or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air,
18 Or like any creature that moves along the ground, or any fish in the water below.
19 And when you look up to the sky and you see the sun, the moon, and all the stars—all that which is arrayed in the heavens—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshipping things Yahweh has allotted to all the nations under heaven.
Yahweh's awesome mind, fueled with His perfect Laws, is capable of comparing, using similitudes and considering. Yahweh's mind is capable of knowing the consequences of His actions. He knows that obedience to His Laws brings blessings, while disobedience, even in the slightest way, by altering one Law, brings curses and death.
Deuteronomy 30:16-20—
16 In that I command you this day to love Yahweh your Father, by walking in all His ways, by keeping His Laws, His statutes, and His judgments, so that you may live and multiply, and so Yahweh your Father may bless you in the land which you go in to possess.
17 But if your heart turns away, and you are not obedient, and you are drawn away to submit to gods (elohim), to worship them by serving them—
18 I declare to you this day that you will surely perish; you will not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Yardan to possess.
19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Because you are free agents to make your own choice between righteousness and evil—therefore choose life, so both you and your children may live;
20 So you may love Yahweh your Father, by listening to Him, and then obeying Him. Hold fast to Him, for He is your life. He will also give you many years in the land He vowed to give to your fathers; to Abraham, Isaac, and Yaaqob.
This is why Yahweh commands not to add anything to or take anything away from His Laws.
Deuteronomy 4:2—
You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor shall you take anything from it, so that you may keep the Laws of Yahweh your Father which I command you.
The way of the Gods is exactly what Yahweh forbids. The way of the Gods is a mixture of righteousness and evil. This mixture was presented in the Garden of Eden and made to look desirable, as it is presented to the whole world today.
Genesis 3:1-6—
1 Now the serpent was more subtle and crafty than any beast of the field which Yahweh had made. And she said to the woman; Has Yahweh indeed said: You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said to the serpent; We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, Yahweh has said: You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, or you will die.
4 And the serpent said to the woman; You will not surely die.
5 For He knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be as gods (elohim), knowing righteousness and evil.
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was desirable for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.Romans 1:18-32—
18 For the wrath of Yahweh is revealed from heaven against all unholiness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.
19 For that which is known about Yahweh is manifest to them, because Yahweh has shown it to them.
20 For since the creation of the world, the invisible things of Him are clearly seen—His eternal power and holiness—being understood by the things that are written; so that they are without excuse.
21 Because that, when they knew Yahweh, they did not glorify Him as Father, nor were thankful, but became idolatrous; godworshippers (worshippers of elohim), in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools; simpletons,
23 And exchanged the glory of the uncorruptible Father for images, made to resemble corruptible man, and birds, four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
24 Therefore, Yahweh also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own minds, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who exchanged the truth of Yahweh for the Lie; Lords (Baalim), Gods, Goddesses (Elohim) and demons, and worshiped and served the creation, rather than the Creator, Who is blessed forever. Praise Yahweh! HalleluYahweh!
26 For this reason Yahweh gave them up to degrading passions: for even their women exchanged the natural use into that which is against nature.
27 And the men did the same thing: leaving the natural use of the woman, they burned in their lust for one another; men committing shameful acts with men, and suffering in their own bodies the judgment for their error, which is their fitting reward.
28 And so, since they did not like to retain Yahweh in their knowledge, Yahweh gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not proper;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual impurity, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
30 Backbiters; slanderers, haters of Yahweh, despiteful, arrogant, and boastful. They are inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 And without understanding. They are covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable; truce breakers, and unmerciful:
32 Who, knowing the righteous judgment of Yahweh, that those who practice such things deserve death, not only continue to do these very things, but also approve of those who practice them.
Notice how Yahweh describes the character of beasts as devouring one another, just as we see occurring with the people of the world today.
Yeremyah 10:14,21—
14 Every man has become like a brute; senseless, without knowledge; every goldsmith is brought to shame by his graven idols; carved images of the gods (elohim, teraphim); for his molded image is falsehood, and there is no life in them.
21 This will come to pass because the pastors have become brutish; without knowledge, and have not sought Yahweh. Therefore, they will not succeed, and all their flocks will be scattered.Galatians 5:15-21—
15 But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not consumed by one another!
16 I say then: Walk in Spirit, and you will not perform the lust of the flesh; carnal passions.
17 For the lusts of the flesh are against Spirit of Yahweh, and Spirit of Yahweh is against the lusts of the flesh; for the one opposes the other. So, be mindful, and do not do just anything you desire to do.
18 For if you are led by Spirit, are you not under the Law?
19 For the works of the flesh are obvious, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness,
20 Godworship (the worship of elohim), sorcery, hatred, contentions, evil jealousies, rage, selfish ambitions, dissensions; disagreements with quarreling, heresies; sects or factions of division,
21 Envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I warn you beforehand, just as I did in times past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of Yahweh.II Kepha 2:12-14—
12 But these, like natural brute beasts made to be captured and destroyed, speak evil of the things which they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption;
13 And will receive the reward for unrighteousness, as those who count it pleasure to riot in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, reveling in their own deceptions while they feast with you, at Yahweh's Feasts of love.
14 Having eyes full of adultery, and who cannot cease from sin, beguiling unstable souls. Having a mind expertly trained in covetous practices. Cursed children__Yahdah 1:10,16—
10 But these speak evil of those things which they do not understand; but what they know naturally; instinctively, like brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
16 These are murmurers; grumblers, complainers; faultfinders, walking after their own lusts; and their mouths boast great swelling words of admiration, flattering other men's pride for their own advantage.
The prophets and apostles also described the political and religious governing systems of this world, led by the Gods, as a Beast or a Beastly System. It is so named because of the continual war among this system. This system, progressing year after year, seems to those involved in it to be getting stronger, because their weapons are being made more destructive. But to the people who see their hopes of life and peace fading away with these new inventions of destruction, the Beastly System gets worse with each passing year. Its thirst for bloodshed, its power to kill and its hatred is spreading to all nations. This shows clearly that Yahweh's prophets have named this system correctly by calling it beastly.
Daniyl 7:3,7,17—
3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the others.
7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and exceedingly strong; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, then trampled the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings which will arise out of the earth.Revelation 13:1-2,4-5,11-14—
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the names of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was similar to a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion; and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.
4 And they worshiped the dragon which gave power to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying: Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things, and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to make war for forty-two moons; months.
11 And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon.
12 And he exercised all the authority of the first beast before him, and caused the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he does great wonders, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.
14 And deceives those who dwell on the earth by those acts of power which he had authority to do in the sight of the beast; saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make a likeness of the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.Revelation 17:1-4—
1 And there came one of the seven malakim who had the seven bowls, and talked with me, saying to me: Come, I will show you the sentence of the great whore that sits upon many waters,
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; practiced idolatry: godworship (the worship of elohim), and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the midst of godworshippers (worshippers of Elohim); and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication.
Yahweh also shows us that the end result of the Beastly System of the Gods will lead to the near total destruction of life from this planet.
Isayah 24:1-6—
1 Before Yahweh's very eyes, the earth is made empty and it is made waste. Its face is perverted, and its inhabitants are scattered abroad.
2 And it will be: as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his owner; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with him who takes usury, so with him who gives usury to him:
3 The land will be utterly emptied and utterly plundered, for Yahweh has spoken this word.
4 The earth mourns and fades away, the world mourns and fades away, and the haughty people of the earth languish.
5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants of it, because they have transgressed the Laws, changed the ordinance, and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Because of this, the curse has devoured the earth, and they who dwell therein are desolate; therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.Mattithyah 24:21-22,29—
21 For then will be great tribulation, such as has not come to pass since the beginning of the world to this time—no, nor ever will be.
22 And unless those days were shortened, there would no flesh be saved; but for the elect's sake, those days will be shortened.
29 Immediately, but after the tribulation of those days will the sun be darkened, and the moon will not give her light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
The Law, Do Not Follow The Ways Of The Gods also mentions the sun, moon, stars and other heavenly bodies.
Deuteronomy 4:19—
And when you look up to the sky and you see the sun, the moon, and all the stars—all that which is arrayed in the heavens—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshipping things Yahweh has allotted to all the nations under heaven.
The Holy Scriptures plainly show that Yahweh created the heavens and the earth and everything in them.
Genesis 1:1—
In the beginning Yahweh (hwhy, YHWH) created the heavens and the earth.
Yahweh created the earth specifically for mankind, the sons of men, for the purpose of carrying out His great Plan to build a perfect character in mankind.
Psalm 115:16—
The heaven of heavens belongs to Yahweh, but the earth He has given to the children of men.
Yahweh also created heavenly bodies, the sun, moon, planets and stars to work with the earth to create a perfect environment on earth for man to live on and fulfill Yahweh's Plan. These heavenly bodies were created and placed in motion to serve the earth and the children of men, as signs for the setting of the seasons, feasts, days and years.
Genesis 1:14—
And Yahweh said: Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark the Feasts, and for days and years.
The Holy Scriptures show us that Yahweh created man a little lower than the malakim.
Psalm 8:5—
For You have made him a little lower than the malakim, but You will crown him with glory and honor.
We learn that these malakim were known as the sons of Yahweh. The Holy Scriptures show that these sons of Yahweh already existed when the earth was being formed.
Iyyob 38:4-7—
4 Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding!
5 Who determined the dimensions of the earth, if you know? Who stretched the measuring line across it?
6 Upon what are the foundations of earth fastened? Who laid its cornerstone,
7 When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of Yahweh shouted for joy?
These sons of Yahweh had productive lives. They were given important offices and positions, involving governing the heavenly bodies that affect the earth's climate and seasons.
Isayah 45:12—
I have made the earth, and created man upon it. I, even My hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host I have commanded.
We can plainly see that Yahweh created the earth and the visible heavens for the children of men. He commanded the host of heaven (which is the entirety of Yahweh's sons, malakim, angels, etc.) to responsibly govern the set ordinances and functioning of the visible heavens. The beings who Yahweh set in control of the heavenly bodies, to keep them in their proper positions, are made greater in power than mankind at this time. Many of these beings did not remain righteous, but turned in rebellion against Yahweh and His Laws, becoming Gods. A God is simply one who exalts himself above others, taking authority and possessions not his own by force. Notice the following Scriptures, which reveal the character of the Gods, which is opposed to Yahweh and His Laws.
Genesis 3:5—
For He knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be as gods (elohim), knowing righteousness and evil.Psalm 82:1-7—
1 Yahweh stands in the assembly of the gods (elohim), and He gives judgment among the gods (elohim)!
2 Yahweh says: How long will you defend the unjust, and show partiality to the sinners?
3 You should defend the weak and fatherless! You should maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed!
4 You should rescue the poor and needy, and deliver them from the hands of the wicked.
5 You know nothing, you understand nothing; you walk about in darkness, and all the foundations of the earth are shaken because of you!
6 I have said: You are gods (elohim), you sons of the Most High;
7 And like Adam you will die. Just like all the other rulers, you will fall.Isayah 14:13-14—
13 For you have said in your heart; I will ascend above the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of Yahweh. I will sit in the highest place on the holy mountain of the congregation.
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
The Apostle Shaul wrote that there are many Gods.
I Corinthians 8:5—
For even though there are many called gods (elohim), whether in heaven or on earth (As there are many gods; elohim, and many lords; baalim).
He also wrote that the world is held in bondage to sin due to the deception of the Gods.
Galatians 4:8—
But then, indeed, when you did not know Yahweh, you were in bondage to that which, by nature, are nothing but gods (elohim).
Notice how some turned in worship to these fallen malakim who became powerful Gods.
II Kings 23:5—
He expelled the pagan priests ordained by the kings of Yahdah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Yahdah, and on those around Yerusalem—those pagan priests who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations of all the hosts of heaven.
These priests were not worshipping the celestial bodies, but rather the Gods who inhabited them. This is exactly what the Hebrew word translated constellations shows us. A Hebrew and English Lexicon Of The Old Testament by Brown, Driver and Briggs, page 561 says:
twlzm constellations, station, abode (of gods), as obj. of worship
This word also shows us that the Gods and their homes in the constellations became objects of worship. Notice how the Gods, not Yahweh, were worshipped by mankind in order to receive extra blessings. The Gods, led by the Queen of Heaven, have managed to convince mankind that they, not Yahweh, were responsible for the blessings that came to the earth.
Yeremyah 44:17-18—
17 Instead, we will certainly do what we have vowed to do. We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, just as we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, used to do in the cities of Yahdah and in the streets of Yerusalem; for then we had plenty of food, were successful, and experienced no trouble.
18 But since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything, and have been consumed by the sword and by famine.
Satan's way is made to look desirable to deceive mankind and she has succeeded in deceiving the entire world today.
Genesis 3:6—
So when the woman saw that the tree was desirable for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.Genesis 4:7—
If you do righteousness, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do righteousness, sin is crouching at your door. The desire to sin is with you, but you must overcome it!
This is why Yahweh commanded His people to depart from partaking in her ways.
Revelation 12:9—
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. She was cast out into the earth, and her angels were cast out with her.Revelation 18:4—
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: Come out of her, My people, so that you do not partake in her sins, and so that you do not receive of her plagues.
How do we follow the way of the Gods? This is done by following the man-made traditions taught by all the world's religions. Each of these religions teaches that the Laws of Yahweh are done away with. However, the inspired written Scriptures make it plain that the Laws of Yahweh are to be kept.
Christianity is being taught all over the world today, and it is widely accepted by the world because the Christian way looks desirable. Christianity's celebrated holidays—Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day—all appear to be so righteous and desirable; even people of other religions celebrate them. These holidays are extremely popular despite the fact that they are condemned in the very Bible the world claims to follow.
All of this seems righteous and desirable, but the fact is, nothing in this way of life turns one to righteousness or peace because nothing in the world's holidays turns anyone to the Laws of Peace. Those who participate in these traditions have only an appearance of righteousness. While they celebrate, preparations for war are taught and accepted by them and their children.
On the other hand, Yahweh's Laws teach true love, concern and service to our fellow man. This is not just a physical gift, but an everlasting way of life, peace, joy and abundant living for every individual. It is not just a veneer or expression of righteousness, or a physical gift of short duration. It is true righteousness that brings a lasting effect of peace for all.
In today's society, all schools, from preschools to colleges, teach forms of Godworship. Most nations are preparing their military forces to protect themselves from inevitable warfare. Many countries are signing peace agreements, but there will not be true peace until Yahweh's Kingdom comes and takes over all of the world's governments, and teaches the true way to peace, which is the keeping of all of His 613 laws.
There are many different ways to follow after the gods. We must recognize that a god is anyone whether a spirit being or a person influenced by one, who is in opposition to Yahweh's Laws. We must also understand that following after the gods brings curses.
Deuteronomy 30:17-20—
17 But if your heart turns away, and you are not obedient, and you are drawn away to submit to gods (elohim), to worship them by serving them—
18 I declare to you this day that you will surely perish; you will not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Yardan to possess.
19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Because you are free agents to make your own choice between righteousness and evil—therefore choose life, so both you and your children may live;
20 So you may love Yahweh your Father, by listening to Him, and then obeying Him. Hold fast to Him, for He is your life. He will also give you many years in the land He vowed to give to your fathers; to Abraham, Isaac, and Yaaqob.
Simply stated, if we do not follow all of the 613 Laws, we are committing godworship. We must be aware and stay on guard because if we follow these ways we are not only rebelling against Yahweh, but we are also declaring that we obey and serve the gods.
Roman 6:16—
Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as servants to obey, his servants you are whom you obey—whether of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?I Yahchanan 3:4,8—
4 Whoever commits sin, transgresses also the Law; for sin is the transgression of the Law.
8 He who commits sin is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of Yahweh was manifested; that He might destroy the works of the devil.
We cannot worship Yahweh and be involved with the gods. We can't break Yahweh's Laws and then claim we belong to Yahweh.
I Corinthians 10:21—
You cannot drink the cup of Yahweh and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of Yahweh's table and of the table of demons.
The idea behind the whole system of godworship is to steal worship away from Yahweh. The customs, practices, and beliefs that Lucifer teaches and influences mankind to partake in, are a counterfeit of Yahweh's laws.
As Yahweh inspired the Prophets to write, Lucifer was perfect until iniquity was found in her. Instead of upholding Yahweh's 613 perfect Laws of love, she rejected them and created her own laws, which bring misery, death and destruction. She created the mystery religion and the images of gods and goddesses. Members of this mystery religion reverence and honor Gods, while they dishonor Yahweh. All the while, Satan is able to deceive mankind into following her and taking on her rebellious character, because her way seems so right. Her way is a mixture of righteousness and evil, whereas Yahweh's Way is total righteousness. The customs, practices, and beliefs that Lucifer teaches and influences mankind to partake in are a counterfeit (a flawed copy) of Yahweh's Laws. Remember, Lucifer knows Yahweh's Laws—she was perfect in wisdom. The political and religious system of laws that Satan created is nothing more than a counterfeit copy of that perfect government based upon perfect Laws that Yahweh taught her in the beginning. The purpose of making anything that is counterfeit or forgery, is to steal that which rightfully belongs to someone else. Lucifer's motive in creating this counterfeit system of laws was to steal worshippers from Yahweh.
Satan was once a teacher of righteousness. She knows the Laws of Yahweh very well. She kept the Laws of Yahweh and was perfect in her ways, until she decided to rebel against Yahweh and become a god.
Yechetzqyah 28:12-15—
12 Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him; This is what Father Yahweh says: You were the seal of the full measure of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13 You were in Eden, the garden of Yahweh; every precious stone was your covering; the ruby, the topaz, the emerald, the chrysolite, the onyx, the jasper, the sapphire, the turquoise, and the beryl. The workmanship of your settings and mountings were made of gold. In the day you were created, they were prepared for you.
14 You were the guardian cherub, and I married you on the holy mountain of Yahweh; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until iniquity; sin, was found in you.
Satan is aware that Yahweh's laws are truth, and that they bring understanding to the mind. She knows that they are perfect and will bring mankind to perfection.
Psalm 119:130—
The unfolding of your Laws gives light; they give understanding to the simple.
Satan puts out a cover of deception by adding to, and taking away from, the pure word of Yahweh. These teachings are a mixture of righteousness and evil that Yahweh forbids His people to partake in.
Genesis 2:17—
But of the Tree of Knowledge of Righteousness and Evil you must not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
Satan uses these deceptive teachings to cloud the mind, and as a result she actually hides Yahweh's laws from the people.
II Corinthians 4:4—
For the gods (elohim) of this world (led by Satan) have blinded the minds of those who do not believe, so that the light of the message of the glory of the Messiah, Who is the image of Yahweh, should not shine unto them.
Satan has also succeeded in deceiving one-third of the malakim of heaven to become gods. She uses these angels that have chosen to follow her, to help turn mankind against Yahweh's Laws.
Revelation 12:4—
And her tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered, in order to devour her Son as soon as He was born.
Yahweh reveals to us from Scripture that there is much unrest in the entire universe. Lust, greed, hatred, strife, conflict, misery, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness, death and destruction developed among the first sons of Yahweh who rebelled and chose the path of iniquity. There have been scientific discoveries made by astronomers using high powered telescopes showing that there is chaos in heaven at this time. We see in the Scriptures the history of the chaos that took place on earth before Yahweh created mankind. Yahweh testifies, so as to leave no doubt in our minds, that this lust, greed, hatred, sorrow, wickedness, death and destruction was brought about by the sons of Yahweh who rebelled.
Psalm 82:5-6—
5 You know nothing, you understand nothing; you walk about in darkness, and all the foundations of the earth are shaken because of you!
6 I have said: You are gods (elohim), you sons of the Most High.
In the very first book of the Holy Scriptures, Yahweh reveals that many of these super-beings are known as Gods (El, Elohim). This was the great temptation offered to Eve, who was tempted to become as the Gods.
Genesis 3:1-5—
1 Now the serpent was more subtle and crafty than any beast of the field which Yahweh had made. And she said to the woman; Has Yahweh indeed said: You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said to the serpent; We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, Yahweh has said: You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, or you will die.
4 And the serpent said to the woman; You will not surely die.
5 For He knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be as gods (elohim), knowing righteousness and evil.
Genesis 3:5 makes two points perfectly clear. First, the character of the Gods is a mixture of righteousness and evil. Secondly, partaking of any way that is contrary to Yahweh's way, makes one as the Gods (Elohim). Some of these super-beings were once obedient to Yahweh's righteous Laws, but chose a way of both righteousness and evil instead. This way—the way of the Gods—is the way in which Eve was tempted.
The malakim have proven that they do not have the character of Yahweh. They, like mankind, can be and are tempted to sin under certain circumstances.
The character (image and likeness) of the Gods is revealed in many Scriptures. The Prophet Isayah wrote about Lucifer, who succumbed to the temptation of becoming like the Gods.
Isayah 14:12-14—
12 How you have fallen from heaven, O Hillel; Lucifer, Aphrodite, Venus, child of the light! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations!
13 For you have said in your heart; I will ascend above the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of Yahweh. I will sit in the highest place on the holy mountain of the congregation.
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
It was not Yahweh who brought the earth to destruction. It was other beings who did not have the character of Yahweh (the character to live by the proven Laws of Peace), who were led astray. These beings were the first sons of Yahweh, to whom Yahweh had given power over the earth. These sons had power to create and maintain flesh, but not the righteous character necessary to maintain peace.
There is no reason to think these beings have changed any more than Lucifer has changed. In fact, their influence upon mankind has never ceased, even to this day. Scripture even teaches us that we who are obedient to Yahweh's Laws at this time, must fight against these evil spirits.
Ephesians 6:12—
For we wrestle not only against flesh and blood, but also against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual forces of the evil one in the heavens.
Satan has had over 6000 years to study mankind. She knows the weaknesses of mankind. She also understands the carnal mind and knows how to get it to lust. Her teachings have been very effective, so much that she has even succeeded in deceiving the whole world.
Revelation 12:9—
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. She was cast out into the earth, and her angels were cast out with her.
Through the use of unrighteous deceived men, she has altered the Holy scriptures, and has seduced the world into thinking that Yahweh is no more than another god.
Yeremyah 8:8—
How can you say; We are the wise, and the Law of Yahweh is with us? Behold, the lying pen of the scribes has falsified them and written them wrong!
Most people feel that the god they worship, and the way they worship it, is correct. Lucifer has a religion for every person. There seems to be a religion for each and every individual in this world which fits each person's level of spiritual knowledge, from those who never study the Scriptures to those who simply follow blind preachers down the broad road of destruction as those preachers continu-ously proclaim to them, "only believe."
Deceived and blinded, mankind has created rituals and ceremonies to fellowship with the gods that he worships and serves.
In Psalm 82:5, Yahweh describes these beings as having no understanding of righteousness. These then, are the Gods, worshipped by all of mankind, all over the world.
Remember that Yahweh is not a God! He has never in any of the original Scriptures, identified Himself as a God! Rather, Yahweh warns us over and over, throughout His inspired Scriptures, not to worship Gods!
Yahweh, the Creator, is neither a God, a Goddess, nor an idol. His true identity is our Heavenly Father and Creator. The Holy Scriptures identify Yahweh as our Father, Creator, and Supreme Head.
Exodus 34:6—
Yahweh passed in front of him, and proclaimed: YAHWEH, YAHWEH Almighty, merciful and compassionate, longsuffering, and abounding in righteousness and truth.Isayah 43:3,10—
3 For I am Yahweh your Father, the Holy One of Israyl, your Savior. I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for your price.
10 You are My witnesses, says Yahweh, and My servants whom I have chosen; so you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He! Before Me there was no god (el) formed, nor will there be after Me.Exodus 20:3—
You shall have no hinder gods (elohim) at all. They are in opposition against Me.
Yahshua Messiah acknowledged and taught that Yahweh is our Heavenly Father.
Luke 11:2—
So He said to them: When you pray, using this example, say: Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed be; to show reverence and respect to, Your Name. Your Kingdom come. Your will be done; as it is in heaven, so may it be in earth.
Mankind has accepted the way of the Gods, the way that was offered to Mother Eve in the Garden of Eden. Mankind has taken on the same spirit as the Gods and has rejected Yahweh's perfect Laws of love. The spirit of the Gods, the spirit of greed, lust and hatred, has influenced most of history. Because mankind has chosen the way of the Gods, he has waged brutal wars; and although the results have been devastating so far, mankind still continues in this inevitable path of destruction inherited from the Gods.
How was all of mankind turned from the true, pure worship of Yahweh? Was it done all at once? No, it was done over a period of time, in small steps. The false prophets slowly deleted parts of Yahweh's Laws and inserted man-made laws and traditions, until the people no longer knew the Creator or His Name. Titles, such as God and Lord, have been substituted for the Creator's true Name, Yahweh. In fact, many Bibles and authoritative Scriptural study aids state this truth clearly. For example, in the preface of every New International Version (NIV) of the Bible, you can read the following information.
In regard to the divine name YHWH, commonly referred to as the Tetragrammaton, the translators adopted the device used in most English versions of rendering that name as "Lord" in capital letters to distinguish it from Adonai, another Hebrew word rendered "Lord," for which small letters are used. Wherever the two names stand together in the Old Testament as a compound name of God, they are rendered "Sovereign Lord"'
The predominant word substituted in the Holy Scriptures for the true Name of Yahweh, our Creator, is the word Lord. This substitution was done despite Yahweh's command to Mosheh.
Exodus 3:14-15—
14 Then Yahweh said to Mosheh: I am Who I am. And He said: This is what you are to say to the children of Israyl; Yahweh has sent me to you.
15 Yahweh also said to Mosheh: This also shall you say to the children of Israyl; Yahweh, the Heavenly Father of your fathers, the Mighty One of Abraham, the Mighty One of Isaac, and the Mighty One of Yaaqob, has sent me to you. THIS IS MY NAME FOREVER—and this is MY MEMOR-IAL: the Name by which I am to be remembered by, from generation to generation, for all generations.
Is the changing of Yahweh's Name in the minds of the people the only deception used to turn mankind from the pure, unadulterated worship of Yahweh to the profane worship of Gods, Lords, and other abominations? No, by no means!
In order to fully understand what this Law is telling us, we must
understand the definition of the word God.
The
American Heritage
Dictionary gives us the
following definitions for God.
god (god) n. 2. A being of supernatural powers or attributes, believed in and worshiped by a people, especially a male deity thought to control some part of nature or reality. 3. An image of a supernatural being; an idol. 4. One that is worshiped, idealized...
We
see in this definition that God can be an image of a deity or an idol.
Idol worship is idolatry. We also read that one who is worshipped or
idealized is a God. We must understand that idol worship is Godworship.
This can be further verified by other sources. Please notice idolatry
from Roget's
Thesaurus.
Idolatry. N. idolatry, idolism [obs]; demonism [obs], demonolatry [obs]; idol-worship, demon-worship, devil-worship, fire-worship, zoolatry, fetishism, fetichism; ecclesiolatry [obs], heliolatry, Mariolatry, Bibliolatry [obs].
deification, apotheosis, canonization; hero worship.
sacrifices, hecatomb, holocaust; human sacrifices, immolation, mactation [obs], infanticide, self-immolation, suttee.
idol, golden calf, graven image, fetich, avatar, Juggernath [obs], lares et penates [Lat]; Baal & c. 986 [obs].
V. worship idols, worship pictures, worship relics; deify, canonize.
From the definition of idolatry found in Roget's Thesaurus, we learn that Godworship, devil worship, demon worship and idolatry are all the same thing.
Yahweh's Plan is perfect. The deceptions of Godworship, idolatry, devil worship and demon worship have all of mankind believing differently. The deceptions that are used to turn the people from the truth of Yahweh are not accidental. These deceptions are designed to lead mankind from the eternal life offered by Yahweh to the death and destruction of Satan and her government.
Mankind has practiced making images of the Gods since ancient times. Ancient pagan man held a firm belief that animals, trees, stones, wooden images, or charms possessed a mystic essence and were sometimes used to symbolize their Gods.
The Gods have led mankind to worship items that Yahweh Himself created, thereby having mankind worship the creation instead of the Creator. This is done to get the minds of the people away from Yahweh's Laws and focused on highly emotional but meaningless rituals like Christmas, Easter, Hanukkah, Halloween, etc. With each of these holidays mankind has been tricked into thinking that he is doing something righteous and holy, yet he is actually taught to reject the very Laws of righteousness and holiness.
Yeremyah 10:2-8—
2 This is what Yahweh says: Do not learn the way; religious practices, of the heathen; Gentile nations; and do not be deceived by the signs of heaven; though the heathen are deceived by them; using them to set their feasts.
3 For the religious customs of the peoples are vain; worthless! For one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
4 They decorate it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it will not move; topple over.
5 They are upright, like a palm tree, but they cannot speak; they must be carried, because they cannot go by themselves. Do not give them reverence! They cannot do evil, nor is it in them to do righteousness!
6 There is none like You, O Yahweh! You are great, and Your Name is mighty in power.
7 Who should not reverence You, O King of nations? Yes, that is Your due! Among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You!
8 But they are altogether senseless; as one they are consumed by their foolishness; their stock is a doctrine of vanities; preaching about worthless gods (elohim, teraphim) made of wood!
The gods have deceived the world into believing that they can obtain peace through strength.
This abominable system teaches that anyone can do that which is right in his own eyes and still attain salvation.
In fact, Godworship has grown to the point that the pagan practices of Godworship pervade every society on earth at this time.
Yahweh explains to us that it was by His power only that we were called. Notice the following verses.
Deuteronomy 4:15-16—
15 Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no form when Yahweh spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire;
16 Watch that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves a god (el, teraph), an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman,
Godworship cuts us off from Yahweh, and it will also cause Him to hide His face from us.
Isayah 59:1-2—
1 Behold, Yahweh's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor His ear heavy, that it cannot hear.
2 But your own iniquities have separated you from your Father; and your own sins have caused Him to hide His face from you, so He will not listen.
Yahweh demands that we do not return to the worship of any Gods.
Exodus 20:3-5—
3 You shall have no hinder gods (elohim) at all. They are in opposition against Me.
4 You shall not make for yourself any carved image; an idol, in the form of anything in heaven above, or on the earth beneath, or in the waters below.
5 You shall not bow down to them nor serve them; for I, Yahweh your Father, as a Heavenly Father, am zealous for My House, bringing judgment upon the fathers who sin and upon the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.
Yahweh wants His family to have no agreements with the Gods. He tells us not to even make mention of their names. He plainly states that there is no reason to seek them, because the gods know nothing and understand nothing. He also says that their works are vanity and worthless.
II Corinthians 6:16-17—
16 And what agreement does The House of Yahweh have with gods (elohim)? For we are the House of the living Father. As Yahweh has said: I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their Father, and they will be My people.
17 Therefore: Come out from among them and be separate, says Yahweh. Do not touch the unclean and I will receive you.Exodus 23:13—
In all things I have said to you, be careful to do them, and make no mention of the name of hinder gods (elohim), neither let it be heard from your mouth.Psalm 82:5—
You know nothing, you understand nothing; you walk about in darkness, and all the foundations of the earth are shaken because of you!Isayah 41:29—
Behold, they are all vanity; worthless gods (elohim), their works are nothing; empty and futile! Their molded images of their gods (elohim, teraphim) are wind and confusion; emptiness!
If we follow the gods we will give ourselves their mark. Anyone who has this mark will receive the curses for committing sin. Yahweh says to set our minds on the Heavenly things, not the earthly things as godworshippers do.
Revelation 13:16—
And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, that they should give to themselves a mark upon their right hands, or in their foreheads.Revelation 14:9-10—
9 And the third malak followed them, saying with a loud voice: If any man worships the beast and his likeness, and receives his mark in his forehead or upon his hand,
10 The same will mourn, and they will tremble at the justice of Yahweh; for they rejecting Yahweh and they rushed after gods (elohim). They will mourn, for they acted defiantly against Yawheh and it was decided before the holy malakim at the Lamb that they were surely guilty of this sin.Philippians 3:19—
Whose end is destruction, whose god (el) is their belly, who glory in their shame—who set their minds on earthly things!
Why should we give Yahweh's worship to another, when Yahweh says that He will not give His glory nor praise to another?
Isayah 42:8—
I am Yahweh, that is My Name; and My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to graven images.
We must remember that Yahweh is the only Source of Power in the universe, and that any being, person, thing or practice that is not in unity with Yahweh's Laws is godworship. The gods want us to think of earthly things, not the pure word of Yahweh. And if we follow after them or after patterns that are not according to Yahweh's Laws, we will bring curses upon ourselves, and place at risk our opportunity to be given eternal life. Yahweh will allow Satan to continue to deceive for a while, in order to test His people. This deception will lead to almost total destruction of the earth through warfare.
Yahweh's 613 Laws govern His Kingdom in the heavens and very soon on earth. Today we see only a government by the people, of the people and for the people. The Gods govern by confusion. Their system changes to fit whoever is in control. These changes made by mankind only bring war, destruction and death. People want to think that the next elected leader will bring peace, as promised by their campaigns, but their ways always lead to the same confusion and destruction.
Isayah 41:29—
Behold, they are all vanity; worthless gods (elohim), their works are nothing; empty and futile! Their molded images of their gods (elohim, teraphim) are wind and confusion; emptiness!
In summary, there are two ways, or two patterns which can be followed: the way of Yahweh or the way of the Gods. When man allows the Gods to influence him; when Satan's deceptions, no matter how small, enter man's thoughts and actions, causing him to break any one of Yahweh's 613 laws—such a person has been influenced into following the ways of the Gods.
Yahweh has established His House in these Last Days to turn the hearts of the people back to Him. The House of Yahweh is the only group on the face of the earth teaching the perfect way of Yahweh—the 613 perfect Laws of Yahweh. These Laws will allow us to become perfect as Yahweh is perfect. These Laws will bring the peace, love, joy and abundant living that this world so desperately seeks at this time.