Mattithyah
23:35—So that upon you may come all the Righteous blood shed upon the whole earth, from the blood of Righteous Abel to the blood of Zecharyah, the son of Berechyah, whom you murdered between the porch and the altar.
We
see in Genesis 4:7 that Abel
also
did Righteousness and that's the reason he was accepted by Yahweh.
Righteousness is:
Mattithyah
23:35—
So
that upon you may come all the Righteous blood shed upon
the whole earth, from the blood of Righteous Abel
to the blood of
Zecharyah, the son of Berechyah, whom you murdered between the porch
and the
altar.
Deuteronomy
6:25—
And
it will be our Righteousness, if we
observe to do
all of these Laws before Yahweh our Father, as He has
commanded us.
Righteousness
is the opposite of sin. Sin
is unacceptable to Yahweh. Notice what else we see in Genesis
4:7: if
you do not do Righteousness, you sin; or, as the Apostle Yahchanan was
inspired
to write:
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Yahchanan 3:4—
Whoever
commits sin, transgresses also the Laws; for sin
is the transgression of the Laws.
So,
Cain was practicing sin, which is
unacceptable, and god worship. Sin is what the gods are shown to
practice;
Satan being the most popular of the gods or goddesses. The Inspired
Scriptures
show that Satan has always been the instigator of sin, even from the
beginning:
Genesis
3:1-8—
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.
8
Then, on that day they heard the Way of Father Yahweh
according to the Word of Yahweh; the Laws and the Prophets,
being
proclaimed in the garden. So Adam and his wife hid themselves from the
presence
of Yahweh among the trees of the garden.
When we compare the Inspired Writings of the Apostles we see the teachings are the same. Sin is unacceptable. In fact, those who practice sin belong to Satan.
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Yahchanan 3:4, 7-8—
4
Whoever commits sin, transgresses also the Laws; for sin
is the transgression of the Laws.
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.
Notice the warning here by Yahweh's Inspired Servant, Yahchanan. It's plain and it condemns today’s war-raging religions.
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Yahchanan 3:10-15—
10 In
this the Children of Yahweh and the children of the
devil are manifest. Whoever does not practice Righteousness is not of
Yahweh,
and he does not love his neighbor!
11
For this is the Message that you heard from the
beginning, that we should love one another.
12
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked
one, and
murdered his brother. And why did he murder his brother? Because his
works were
evil, and his brother's were Righteous.
13 Do
not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you.
14 We
know that we have passed from death to life, because
we love the brothers. He who does not love his neighbor
abides in death.
15
Whoever hates his neighbor is a murderer; and you know
that no murderer has Eternal Life abiding in
him.
Yaaqob
4:1, 4, 8—
1
What causes wars and fighting among you? Is it not from
this: from your lusts that battle in your members?
4 You
adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that the
friendship of the world is enmity with Yahweh? Therefore, whoever will
be a
friend of the world is the enemy of Yahweh!
8
Draw near to Yahweh, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse
your hands, you sinners; and
purify your hearts, you
double-minded.
The following information from the World Book Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, pages 927-928, shows us that crusade massacres were actually led by the popes.
Crusades
The
crusades
were military expeditions to defeat
the
Moslems and win the
Holy Land, where Jesus had lived. They began just before A.D. 1100 and
lasted until
nearly 1300. The men who marched on the crusades came from the Christian
nations of western
Europe. Popes took
the lead in
preaching crusades
against the Moslems. Feudal barons at first led the expeditions, but
later
shared leadership with the rulers of various countries.
The
crusaders differed widely in social position, wealth, thinking, and
purpose. Not
every Christian who set forth for the Holy Land was inspired with religious
enthusiasm. Some hoped
to win military glory
or get new lands.
Others were looking for
adventure. Merchants
joined the ranks in
search of new markets. Criminals joined
the crusaders to run away
from justice. The preaching
of Pope Urban II, which prompted
the First
Crusade, appealed to men's political and economic ambitions,
as well as to
their religious fervor.
The
word crusade comes from the Latin word crux, meaning cross. The cross
of Christ
was the official bade of those who joined the great expeditions, and
the
expression "taking the cross" meant becoming a crusader. The crusades
are sometimes called the Holy Wars of the Middle Ages.
The
First Crusade (1096-1099)
began as a result of the preaching of Pope
Urban
II
at the Council of Clermont in 1095. He urged all
Christians to forget
their local feuds and unite to rescue the Lord's
Sepulcher
from the
Moslems.
The
Second Crusade (1147-1149)
began after the Moslems, under Zangi,
reconquered
part of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
The
Third Crusade (1189-1192)
was a direct effort to take back the city of
Jerusalem itself, which the Moslem troops of Saladin captured in 1187.
The
kings of France and England and the Holy Roman Emperor forgot their
local
quarrels long enough to join in an expedition to win back the Holy
City. Philip
II, King of France, soon gave up the crusade and went home to plot
against his
political enemies.
The
Fourth Crusade (1202-1204)
followed
the vigorous preaching of
Pope Innocent
III.
The crusaders removed the Byzantine emperor and
installed Baldwin of
Flanders, one of their leaders, as ruler. The Fourth Crusade resulted
in the
temporary transfer of the Eastern Empire from Greek to Latin control
and the
division of its territories as spoils among various Latin Princes. But
conditions in the Holy Land remained unchanged, and the Moslems
continued to rule.
The
Later Crusades continued
until 1291 and had little success. An
expedition led
by Frederick II, Holy Roman
Emperor, in
1228-1299
is called the Fifth
Crusade by some historians and the Sixth by others. A truce between
Frederick
II and the Moslems secured Jerusalem for the Christians. Jerusalem
remained in
Christian hands until 1244, when the Moslems captured the city again.
The
Children's Crusade (1212)
was an army of
30,000 boys and girls,
most of
them less than 12 years old. Led by a French shepherd lad named
Stephen, they
set forth to free the Holy Land. Many of the children died. Another
band of
20,000 children, led by a German boy named Nicholas, met the same fate.
Results
of the Crusades. The
crusades speeded up
many important events in Europe. They increased
the growing
power of the
church. The crusaders
learned many lessons in
warfare which were
later used by European countries.
Again,
notice the Inspired Scriptures that
the
major religions claim to follow:
Yaaqob
4:1-4, 8, 12—
1 What
causes wars and fighting among you?
Is it not
from this: from your lusts that battle in your
members?
2 You
lust, but do not have. You murder and covet, but
cannot obtain. You fight and war; yet you do not have, because you do
not ask.
3 You
ask, but do not receive, because you ask with wrong
purposes, in order that you may spend it on your
own lusts; pleasures.
4 You
adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that the
friendship of the world is enmity with Yahweh? Therefore, whoever will
be a friend
of the world is the enemy of Yahweh!
8
Draw near to Yahweh, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse
your hands, you sinners; and
purify your hearts, you
double-minded.
12
There is One Lawgiver, Who is able to save and to
destroy—who are you who condemns another?
In Yahchanan Chapter 1 we see that Yahweh's Plan is as shown in Genesis, and that His Plan is to bring Light to mankind.
Yahchanan 1:1-4—
1 In
the beginning was the Plan of Yahweh,
and the
Plan was with Yahweh, and the Plan was Yahweh's.
2 The
same Plan was in the beginning with
Yahweh.
3 All
things were done according to it,
and without
it nothing was done, that was done.
4 In this
Plan was life, and that life
was the Light
to mankind.
Please notice closely what Yahweh's purpose is in this Plan, that Yahweh made for mankind before He even created mankind. The Plan has been with Yahweh from the beginning and Yahweh has allowed nothing to alter that Plan. Read these Scriptures closely again and notice, His purpose is to bring life, Eternal Life, and that life comes from the Light that Yahweh teaches mankind, that guides mankind.
Yahchanan
1:1-5—
1 In
the beginning was the Plan of Yahweh,
and the
Plan was with Yahweh, and the Plan was Yahweh's.
2 The
same Plan was in the beginning with
Yahweh.
3 All
things were done according to it,
and without
it nothing was done, that was done.
4 In this
Plan was life,
and that life was the
Light to mankind.
5 Now
that Light shines in the darkness,
but the
darkness does not take hold of it.
What is this Light? What is the Scriptural definition of this Light? You know what the churches' interpretations are, but what are the Inspired Prophets' and Apostles' and Yahshua's definition? Compare the Inspired Words found in the Holy Scriptures.
Psalm
119:130—
The
unfolding of Your Laws gives Light;
they give
understanding to the simple.
Psalm
119:105—
Your
Law is a Lamp to our feet, and a Light
to
our path.
Psalm
119:104—
From
Your Precepts we get under-standing! Therefore, we hate
every path of falsehood; every false teaching
Psalm
119:133—
Order
our steps; cause us to walk with steadfastness
in
Your Laws, and do not let any iniquity rule over us!
Notice the word iniquity in verse 133. Iniquity means not subject to Yahweh's Laws. We see this in the Greek definition of this word.
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