"I believe when we are taken up to the new Jerusalem we will see this world destroyed and nothing left, not even dust. Then we might be blessed enough as the Angels were in the beginning to see Yahusha creating his creation from his words. I believe we may have the opportunity to see the new world being created. Remember the sky’s were opened like a scroll. This is where we get taken up to are changed to a supernatural body, are married and wedding feasted. After this miraculous experience, the next step for us will be able to watch our dearest Yahusha come forth and watch him create with heaven’s orchestra in the background, the new world he has planned for us, another miraculous moment. " 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐻𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑜𝑛 ... 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍?? "Now, if you were having a conversation with one of the creatures before the throne, with eyes all over them. Do you think you could start a conversation with them where you could persuade them to exclude Yahusha from the subject or receiving any acknowledgement? What about you then, can you do this ????? What part of your life do the creatures with eyes all over them play in your life? Do you think they want to stop doing what they are doing to talk to you about a subject that does not mention Yahusha? How do the creatures before the throne fit into the boot camp teaching, and how should they be introduced to the believers?" 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐻𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑜𝑛 ...

Yahusha Alahim separates His people into a Wilderness Quarry so they can be cut away from the world, shaped in hiddenness, and then fitted together as a living dwelling place for His esteem. The pattern begins in Genesis: Alahim separates light from darkness, waters above from waters below, land from sea, clean order from chaotic mixture. Separation is not a rejection of the creation; it is a chosen formation for a specific purpose. Then He places Adam in the garden to guard, serve, and reflect His image. That is the first Quarry-Pattern: taken from dust, breathed into, placed in a set-apart environment, trained to bear Alahim’s image and hear His voice in the cool of the evening. Later, after the fall, chosen men were called to lead their families and people into righteous behaviour, which directly contrasted the world around them. Then Abraham is called out: “Get out of your country… to a land that I will show you” (GENESIS 12:1). WHY? “In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed” (GENESIS 12:3). Separation was never meant to create arrogant isolation. It was meant to create cleanliness in His people through whom the nations could see the character, wisdom, justice, and light of Alahim. Israel is then pulled out of Egypt, not just to escape slavery, but to become “A kingdom of Priests and a set-apart nation” (EXODUS 19:5–6). Priests stand between Alahim and the nations. Israel was meant to show the world what life under Alahim’s rule looked like: justice, mercy, clean worship, righteous behaviour, wisdom, family order, and covenant love. The strongest Quarry-shadow in the old Historic Document is of course Solomon’s Temple. In 1 KINGS 6:7 it says: “And the temple, when it was being built, was built with stone finished at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.” That is massive. The stones were not shaped noisily at the Temple site. They were cut, carved, measured, struck, prepared, and made ready IN THE QUARRY FIRST! Then they were brought silently and fitted into the house ... THAT IS THE BRIDAL PATTERN! The Quarry is the hidden place of cutting. The Temple is the finished dwelling. The stones must be shaped before they can be fitted. No uncut, proud, jagged stone can just place itself into Alahim’s house. Solomon’s Temple was meant to be a visible witness to the nations. At its dedication, Solomon prayed that even the foreigner who came from a far country (because of Alahim’s Name) would be heard, “that all peoples of the earth may know Your Name and fear You” (1 KINGS 8:41–43). So the Temple was just Israel’s religious building, like all the nations had shrines and temples. It's sole purpose was to radiate Alahim’s wisdom and esteem into the nations. Isaiah says the same thing: (ISAIAH 49:6) “I will also give You as a light to the nations, that you should be My deliverance to the ends of the earth” And again: (ISAIAH 60:3) “Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising” But Israel failed because they wanted the Temple without the Quarry process. They wanted the Name, the rituals, the identity, the building, the promises (as well as all the trappings and kinks of the nations) — Not an inward cutting and loving obedience of the heart. So the Prophets cried out against them. ISAIAH 1 says their sacrifices became offensive because their hands were full of blood. JEREMIAH 7 warns them not to trust in lying words, saying, “Look, the temple of Yahuah, the temple of Yahuah,” while living corruptly. Ezekiel saw the esteem depart from the Temple because the people had filled it with abominations. So Yahusha came as the true Temple and said, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up,” speaking of His body (JOHN 2:19–21). He is the true dwelling place of Alahim among men. He is the Stone the builders rejected, who became the chief cornerstone (PSALM 118:22 - MATT 21:42 - ACTS 4:11). He is the tested stone, precious cornerstone, sure foundation (ISAIAH 28:16). Then, through Yahusha, the Quarry becomes spiritual and behavioural. Peter says: (1 PETER 2:4–5) “Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by Alahim and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a set-apart priesthood” That is the New Covenant Spiritual Quarry. Yahusha separates His people from the world, not so they can hide in lukewarm mixtures of religious pride, pretending to have His presence and power, but so He can actually cut away Egypt, Babylon, flesh, ego, lust, fear, bitterness, mixture, false identity, and the lawless behaviour of self-worship. Then He fits them together as living stones in His dwelling. Paul says we are “the temple of Alahim” and that the Spirit of Alahim dwells in us (1 COR 3). He says we are being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Yahusha Messiah Himself being the chief cornerstone, “in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a set-apart temple” (EPH 2). So what does a completed Quarry process look like? It looks like a person who has been cut down from self-rule and worship and fitted (changed/transformed) into Yahusha’s rule and Reign. The rough stone becomes measured. The proud stone becomes humble.The independent stone becomes fitted. The noisy stone becomes obedient. The dead stone becomes living. The worldly stone becomes set-apart and clean. The fake-religious stone becomes transformed and genuine. The scattered stones become a dwelling place. SCRIPTURALLY ... the completed Quarry process looks like this: ROMANS 12:2 — the mind is no longer conformed to this world but transformed. GALATIANS 5:22 — the fruit of the Spirit becomes visible: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility and self-control. COLOSSIANS 3:8 — anger, wrath, malice, filthy language, lying, and old behaviour are put off; mercy, humility, meekness, patience, forgiveness, and LOVE are put on. 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 — we are transformed into the same image from esteem to esteem. EPHESIANS 4:13 — we mature into the measure of the stature of the fullness of Yahusha Messiah. REVELATION 19:7 — the Bride makes herself ready, clothed in righteous behaviour (worship). The endgame of the Quarry is the New Jerusalem. REVELATION 21 shows the completed Bride as a city, a dwelling, a perfected structure, shining with the esteem of Alahim. The stones are no longer scattered in the Quarry. They are measured, polished, precious, transparent with light, built into the dwelling of Alahim. So the purpose of the quarry today in Yahusha Alahim is this: Yahusha separates His people from the world to cut, cleanse, discipline, mature, and transform them into living stones, fitted together as His Bride, His Temple, His City, and His witness — So the nations see His light through their behaviour, and so Yahusha Alahim finally dwells fully among a people who look, love, obey, and shine like Him. One of the great purposes of Solomon's Temple was to be the visible demonstration of what happens when Alahim truly dwells among His people. When Solomon completed the Temple and dedicated it, Scripture says: (1 KINGS 8:10-11) "And it came to pass, when the Priests came out of the Set-Apart Place, that the cloud filled the house of Yahuah, so that the Priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the esteem (shekinah/kabod) of Yahuah filled the House." This is one of the climactic moments of the Old Covenant shadows. The QUARRY had done its work. The STONES had been cut. The CEDAR had been prepared. The GOLD had been refined. The STRUCTURE had been assembled. Then the ESTEEM of Alahim entered. THAT IS THE SHADOW-PATTERN The goal was never merely the building. The goal was always the Presence. The purpose of the Quarry was always habitation. The purpose of the preparation was always intimacy. The purpose of the Temple was always relationship. Even Solomon understood this when he prayed: (1 KINGS 8:43) "That all peoples of the earth may know Your Name and fear You." The Temple was supposed to be a witness to the nations. When the nations looked at Israel they were meant to see - What true justice/mercy, compassion and forgiveness looks like in families, governments and priesthood. What wisdom and love looks like. What Alahim living among His people looks like shining as a beacon like a lighthouse of hope! Israel was called to be a living demonstration of heaven's government on earth. Not through military strength, wealth and politics. But through behaviour! The nations were supposed to say: (DEUT 4:6) "Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people." Yet almost immediately after the Temple's completion, the shadow begins revealing its deeper lesson. Solomon stopped protecting the Quarry Process. He began allowing mixture. Foreign WIVES entered. Foreign GODS/GODESSES entered. Foreign ALTARS entered. Foreign VALUES entered. The Temple remained standing. The sacrifices continued. The songs continued. The ceremonies continued. But compromise had entered the heart. This is always where spiritual decline begins. Not with outward destruction - but inward mixture. The tragedy is that Israel eventually stopped wanting to be different, clean and set-apart! They no longer desired to be the witness. They wanted to be ACCEPTED & LOVED by the world around them! They wanted to not only fit in, but rule over the nations in their own way and power. They wanted KINGS like the nations. GODS like the nations. FESTIVALS like the nations. ECONOMICS like the nations. RELATIONSHIPS like the nations. ENTERTAINMENT like the nations. IDENTITY like the nations. The very people called out of Egypt slowly started rebuilding Egypt inside themselves. This is why the Prophets repeatedly describe Israel as an unfaithful wife. Not because they merely broke rules, but because they betrayed and broke intimacy. The issue was always the Covenant Relationship that allowed them access to divinity. They stopped loving Alahim above all else. Their hearts became divided. Their worship became shared. Their loyalty became fractured. Their love became compromised. The result was inevitable: DIVORCE - EXILE - CAPTIVITY ! The Temple was destroyed because the people had already become spiritually ruined. The physical destruction merely revealed what had already happened inside. Yet even this became a prophetic shadow. Because Yahusha arrives as the true Temple. (JOHN 1:14) "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His esteem." What Solomon's Temple represented externally, Yahusha embodied perfectly. The Presence no longer lived inside a building. The Presence left the throne, put on flesh and walked among men. Touched lepers. Wept with mourners. Ate with sinners. Rebuked hypocrites. Loved perfectly. THE TEMPLE BECAME A PERSON! Then after His resurrection and Spirit outpouring, the Temple became a PEOPLE! Through Yahusha's Blood-forgiveness, Word-cleansing, Spirit & Fire Baptism ... A NEW QUARRY PROCESS OF PREPARATION WAS BIRTHED SO YAHUSHA'S SPIRIT CAN TRANSFORM PEOPLE FROPM DEATH TO LIFE, FROM FLESHLY-SELF LIFE INTO HIS NEW COVENANT SPIRITUAL REIGN OF ETERNAL LIFE ! Now ... the QUARRY is no longer located in Jerusalem with any Hebrew/Jewish affiliation. The QUARRY is your life. The QUARRY is your home. The QUARRY is your marriage. The QUARRY is your workplace. The QUARRY is your suffering. The QUARRY is every circumstance Yahusha uses to remove what does not look like Him. Peter says: (1 PETER 2:5) "You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house." Every living stone is still undergoing the same process that Solomon's stones underwent before entering the Temple. Cutting - Shaping - Measuring - Correction - Refinement - Flogging - Rebuking - Goading ... The problem is that MIXTURE STILL THREATENS THE QUARRY today exactly as it threatened Israel then. The greatest danger is not persecution from outside, but love-chilling, luke-warm compromise from within. A stone cannot be shaped properly while simultaneously insisting on remaining attached to the world. Every compromise slows the cutting process. Every idol dulls the chisel. Every worldly affection competes for the heart. Every divided loyalty resists transformation. This is why James says: (JAMES 4:4) "Friendship with the world is enmity with Alahim." He is not speaking merely about activities. He is speaking about affection. Love. Loyalty. Intimacy. The issue has always been loving, obedient worship! The issue in EDEN was love. The issue with ISRAEL was love. The issue with SOLOMON was love. The issue with BABYLON was love. The issue with the BRIDE today is still love. Because love determines what shapes us. What we love most becomes our master, our pursuit, and our identity. So the COMPLETED QUARRY PROCESS produces a people who have become FULLY AVAILABLE for Yahusha's indwelling Presence. A people whose love is no longer divided. A people who no longer need the world's approval. A people who no longer desire Egypt. A people who no longer imitate Babylon. A people who have become transparent to His character. A people through whom the nations can once again see what Alahim dwelling among humanity actually looks like. The final picture is not Solomon's Temple. The final picture is YAHUSHA ALAHIM'S BRIDE. Revelation closes where the Temple pointed to all along: (REVELATION 21:3) "Behold, the dwelling place of Alahim is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people." THAT IS THE END-GOAL OF THE QUARRY! THIS IS WHAT MUST BE ACHIEVED BEFORE YAHUSHA RETURNS! A PEOPLE/FAMILY IN ONE MIND - WHO NO LONGER LIVE FOR THEMSELF BUT YAHUSHA! Not religion - performance - dead stumpish information. But habitation ... Perfect union ...Perfect love! The Quarry exists so that Yahusha can remove everything that prevents His Presence from fully filling His Temple. And WHEN THAT PROCESS IS COMPLETE, the nations will once again see what they were always meant to see: not merely people who talk about Yahusha, but people through whom He Himself can be seen, heard, felt and experienced, from His NEW COVENANT SET-APART NATIONS OF KINGS AND PRIESTS! SO WHAT IS THE END-GAME? Complete peace/harmony Everyone in one mind Everyone doing the Royal Laws of Love, 3 Rules, and the Fruits! ZERO demons in the Quarry / ZERO sin EVERYONE doing what Yahusha says EVERYONE having mature behaviour (as perfect as we can be in the flesh)!

THE BRIEF: Global statistics and research regarding social media, gaming and multimedia devices on a young person's mindset, social skills, education, cerebral development and behaviour. Is it the new drug addiction behaviour for the younger generation? AI EXPLANATION: This is a serious and well-studied question—and the honest answer is: there are real parallels to addiction, but it’s not as simple as “screens = drugs.” The effects depend heavily on the type of use, duration, content, and the child’s environment. Below is a grounded, research-based breakdown across the areas you asked about. 1. GLOBAL USAGE PATTERNS (what kids are actually doing) Children aged 9–11 average several hours per day on digital media (video, gaming, social media combined). Large longitudinal studies (4,000+ kids) show: ~40–50% display high or escalating “addictive-style” usage patterns (phones/games). In Australia specifically: ~2–3% meet criteria for gaming disorder ~10% show smartphone addiction symptoms 👉 So this is not fringe—it’s widespread and growing. 2. BRAIN DEVELOPMENT (cerebral structure & function) A child's brain is considered fully developed in the mid-to-late 20s, generally around age 25. While the brain reaches about 90% of its adult size by age 5, the prefrontal cortex—the area responsible for planning, impulse control, and decision-making—is the last to mature, continuing to develop through adolescence. Key Stages of Brain Development: Birth to Age 5: Massive growth; the brain reaches 80% of adult size by age 3 and 90% by age 5. Adolescence (10–24 years): Intense remodelling and fine-tuning occur, driven by experience and hormonal changes. Mid-to-Late 20s (approx. 25): The frontal lobes fully develop, completing the maturation process. Although structural development largely stops around 25, the brain retains the ability to adapt and change throughout life. SO A CHILD'S BRAIN IS STILL DEVELOPING UNTIL 25 !!! What research actually shows (important nuance) A major 2024 MRI study (4,500+ children): No major overall change in cortex development from general screen use BUT: Subtle changes in the striatum (reward system) in some groups A broader review: Digital addiction is linked to changes in brain structure and function, especially in: reward circuits attention networks impulse control systems Other studies: Altered brain chemistry and connectivity in addicted youth Impacts areas for decision-making, memory, and emotional regulation 👉 Translation: Not “brain damage” in a simplistic sense—but measurable rewiring in systems tied to reward, attention, and control. 3. DOPAMINE and “addiction-like” behaviour This is where the “new drug” comparison comes from. Social media and games trigger dopamine release loops (reward anticipation → hit → craving) Design features amplify this: infinite scroll notifications unpredictable rewards (likes, wins, loot boxes) These mimic variable reward schedules, the same mechanism used in: gambling machines addictive substances (indirectly via dopamine pathways) Evidence: Brain scans show patterns similar to behavioural addictions Researchers explicitly describe “internet addiction” altering brain chemistry 👉 Key distinction: It’s behavioural addiction, not chemical ingestion But the neural pathways overlap 4. COGNITIVE EFFECTS (attention, learning, education) Strong evidence here: Gaming addiction is linked to: reduced attention impaired memory lower learning performance Large-scale cognitive studies: Heavy social media use → lower reading, memory, and vocabulary scores General findings across 100+ studies: Higher screen time correlates with: anxiety lower academic performance behavioural problems 👉 Mechanism: Constant stimulation → reduced ability to sustain focus Multitasking → shallow processing instead of deep learning 5. SOCIAL SKILLS & BEHAVIOUR Consistent trends across research: Negative associations Reduced face-to-face interaction → weaker: empathy conversational ability Increased: irritability aggression (in some cases) emotional dysregulation Concerning behavioural patterns Avoiding real-world activities Sleep disruption Emotional dependency on devices Extreme cases (documented clinically): Withdrawal symptoms when devices removed Loss of interest in real-world relationships 6. MENTAL HEALTH RISKS Some of the strongest evidence: High addictive use → 2–3× higher risk of suicidal thoughts/behaviour Links to: anxiety depression low self-esteem body image issues 👉 Important nuance: Risk is tied more to addictive patterns and content, not just total screen time. 7. NEW DRUG ADDICTION? Where the comparison is accurate? ✔ Same brain systems involved (dopamine, reward, habit loops) ✔ Compulsive use despite harm ✔ Withdrawal-like symptoms ✔ Tolerance (needing more stimulation) Where it differs? ✖ No external chemical ingestion ✖ Effects are more behaviourally conditioned ✖ Can be beneficial in moderation (learning, social connection, skills) 👉 Best scientific framing: “Behavioural addiction with neurobiological overlap to substance addiction.” 8. WHAT ACTUALLY MATTERS MOST (this is crucial) Research is very clear on this: It’s NOT just screen time—it’s: 1. Type of content Passive scrolling → worst outcomes Educational / creative use → neutral or positive 2. Pattern of use Compulsive, uncontrollable = risk Structured, limited = manageable 3. Displacement effect What is being replaced? Sleep? (major issue) Physical activity? Real relationships? 4. Age vulnerability Ages 9–14 are especially sensitive due to: brain plasticity identity formation reward system development Bottom line Yes—there is real scientific evidence that: digital media can shape brain systems addictive patterns exist behaviour can resemble addiction But: It is not inherently harmful in all cases The danger is in unregulated, high-reward, compulsive use A GROUNDED CONCLUSION If you strip away hype and fear: 👉 Digital media is not “the new drug” in a literal sense 👉 But certain forms of it are engineered to behave like one And for an 11-year-old: Their brain is still wiring reward, focus, and identity So exposure + lack of boundaries = real developmental risk Here are research-grounded, practical limits for an 11-year-old, aligned with bodies like the World Health Organization and American Academy of Pediatrics) : 1. DAILY SCREEN TIME LIMITS (the baseline) ✅ Recommended range (age 10–12) ≤ 2 hours/day recreational screen time Schoolwork does not count toward this! Why this number exists? Consistently across studies, >2–3 hours/day is where risks rise: anxiety & depression sleep disruption lower academic performance Under ~2 hours: outcomes are generally neutral to mildly positive 👉 This is the single most evidence-supported threshold. 2. DAILY STRUCTURE (more important than raw hours) Research shows when and how screens are used matters more than totals. A healthy daily pattern: ❌ No screens before school Improves attention, mood, and learning readiness ❌ No screens 60–90 minutes before bed Protects melatonin and sleep quality ✅ Screens after responsibilities Homework, chores, physical activity first ✅ Break every 30–45 minutes Reduces attention fatigue and overstimulation 3. WEEKLY LIMITS (this is often ignored—but critical) Even if daily use looks fine, weekly accumulation predicts risk. Healthy weekly pattern: ≤ 14 hours/week recreational total At least: 1–2 screen-free days OR half-days 👉 Why: Studies show cumulative exposure affects: attention span emotional regulation dependency patterns 4. GAMING SPECIFIC LIMITS (higher risk category) Gaming has stronger links to addiction-like behaviour than general screen use. Evidence-based limits: Weekdays: 0–60 minutes Weekends: 1–2 hours max Non-negotiables: ❌ No “just one more game” extensions ❌ No late-night gaming ❌ No online multiplayer without supervision (at this age) 👉 Why stricter? Variable reward systems (wins, loot, ranking) → stronger dopamine loops 5. SOCIAL MEDIA (most sensitive category) For 11-year-olds, research leans cautious. Recommended: Ideally: delay full access If allowed: ≤ 30–60 minutes/day Supervised or shared-account use 👉 Why: Strongest links to: anxiety self-esteem issues addictive scrolling patterns 6. SLEEP PROTECTION (non-negotiable rule) Sleep disruption is the most consistently proven harm. Hard boundary: All devices off 1–2 hours before bed No devices in bedroom overnight 👉 Evidence shows: Even passive screen exposure reduces: sleep duration sleep quality next-day cognitive performance 7. REPLACEMENT RULE (this protects development) Research shows harm comes largely from what screens replace. Daily minimums that must stay intact: 9–11 hours sleep 60+ minutes physical activity Face-to-face interaction (family or peers) Offline play / creativity 👉 If screens push these out → problems begin 8. CONTENT QUALITY FILTER (often more important than time) Low-risk use: Educational videos Skill-based games Creative tools (drawing, building, music) High-risk use: Infinite scrolling feeds Fast-cut, high-stimulation videos Competitive online gaming loops 👉 Same time, different outcome. 9. BEHAVIOURAL RED FLAGS (when limits need tightening) Research-backed warning signs: Irritability when screens are removed Sneaking or lying about usage Loss of interest in normal activities Sleep disruption Decline in school performance 👉 If you see these: Reduce access immediately Add structure—not just punishment 10. SIMPLEST EVIDENCE-BASED FRAMEWORK If you want something easy to apply, this works: The “2–1–0 rule” 2 hours max recreational screen time 1 hour off before bed 0 screens in bedroom overnight Backed by sleep, behavioural, and developmental research. BOTTOM LINE: The safest, research-supported zone for an 11-year-old is: Moderate, structured, supervised use The danger zone is: Unrestricted, high-reward, late-night, or compulsive use. 👉 It’s not about banning screens 👉 It’s about preventing the brain from wiring itself around them. THE BRIEF: Global statistics and research regarding extended screen exposure in young adults and teenagers' cerebral development and social behaviour, and a brain comparison to masturbation and other instant gratification. It is all doing the same thing as far as brain development and behaviour in it's addiction? AI EXPLANATION: Yes — there is substantial neuroscience research showing that excessive screen exposure, compulsive social media use, gaming, pornography, masturbation tied to compulsive stimulation, and other instant-gratification behaviours can affect many of the same brain reward systems. But it is important to be accurate: They are not identical addictions, but they can operate through overlapping dopamine/reward circuitry and similar behavioural conditioning mechanisms. That distinction matters scientifically. The core issue: the brain’s reward system! The main system involved is the dopamine reward pathway: ventral tegmental area nucleus accumbens ventral striatum prefrontal cortex These systems regulate: motivation reward-seeking attention impulse control habit formation Research shows adolescence and young adulthood are especially vulnerable because: dopamine systems are highly active impulse control systems are still developing neuroplasticity is very high. Extended Screen Exposure & the Adolescent Brain? Research on internet addiction and compulsive screen use has found: impaired impulse-control networks altered frontal-basal ganglia connectivity increased reward sensitivity reduced executive control One study on adolescents with internet addiction found measurable disruption in brain connectivity involved in: decision-making self-control behavioural regulation This is why compulsive scrolling/gaming can feel: difficult to stop mentally “sticky” emotionally compulsive Why Social Media & Scrolling become Addictive? Social media platforms use what psychologists call: “variable reward schedules” This means: you do not know when the next rewarding thing will appear likes, messages, videos, novelty arrive unpredictably That unpredictability strongly activates dopamine anticipation systems — similar to gambling mechanisms. The dopamine spike is often strongest in: anticipation novelty unpredictability Not necessarily pleasure itself. That is why people keep refreshing feeds compulsively. Pornography, Masturbation & Instant Gratification This area is more controversial publicly, but there is legitimate neuroscience research showing overlap with addiction pathways. Studies have found: ventral striatum activation reward-circuit sensitization cue-reactivity patterns resembling substance addictions Research reviews now classify problematic pornography use as a potential: Behavioural Addiction involving Reward, Motivation, and Memory Circuitry Some neuro-imaging studies found pornography cues produced: stronger reward responses than gaming high anticipatory dopamine activation Are screens, porn, masturbation, gaming, junk food, etc. “the same”? Scientifically: No — but they can train the brain similarly. They all can involve: dopamine-driven reward learning instant gratification compulsive repetition reduced tolerance for delayed rewards habit-loop reinforcement This is why neuroscientists often group them under: “Behavioural Addictions” So the biggest concern is not merely pleasure. It is: Conditioning the Brain toward Constant High Stimulation When the brain becomes accustomed to: rapid novelty instant rewards constant stimulation then slower real-world rewards can begin to feel: boring emotionally flat difficult to sustain attention toward Research and clinicians report associations with: reduced attention span emotional dysregulation lower frustration tolerance reduced motivation social withdrawal anxiety/depression patterns Social Development Effects Extended screen exposure in teens is associated with: less face-to-face interaction weaker conversational skills increased loneliness despite “connection” emotional dependency on digital validation This does not happen to everyone equally, but trends are consistent in large studies. A Major Issue is: replacement behaviour Screens replace: real friendships boredom tolerance outdoor activity emotional resilience long-form thinking The Prefrontal Cortex Problem The prefrontal cortex handles: self-control planning delayed gratification emotional regulation It is still developing into the mid-20s. At the same time: adolescent dopamine systems are hypersensitive to rewards This creates a perfect storm: high reward drive weak impulse control That is why teens are particularly vulnerable to compulsive behaviours. Important Nuance: Masturbation itself is not automatically “Brain Damage” Research does not support the claim that occasional masturbation itself inherently destroys the brain. The concern arises when there is: compulsive use pornography dependency escalation isolation emotional dependency reward-system conditioning That distinction matters. A Useful Comparison Think of the reward system like this: Healthy Reward Hyperstimulating Reward conversation endless scrolling exercise compulsive gaming relationship bonding compulsive porn use learning a skill rapid novelty feeds The hyper-stimulating rewards produce: faster easier more frequent dopamine spikes The brain can begin preferring them over effort-based rewards. The Strongest Scientific Conclusion - The best-supported conclusion from current neuroscience is: Excessive exposure to hyper-stimulating instant-gratification behaviours can condition adolescent reward systems in ways that resemble behavioural addiction patterns. That includes: social media gaming compulsive pornography use endless scrolling other high-dopamine digital habits But there is also HOPE: Neuro-Plasticity works both ways! The adolescent brain is highly plastic. That means harmful patterns can form more easily —but healthier pathways can also be rebuilt. Research shows improvement with: reduced compulsive exposure exercise sleep restoration delayed gratification habits real-world social interaction meaningful goals boredom tolerance training The Balanced Conclusion The evidence does not support saying: “all screens are drugs” But the evidence does support saying: Many modern digital systems are engineered to exploit the same reward-learning mechanisms involved in behavioural addiction! And in developing brains, excessive exposure can meaningfully shape: attention motivation emotional regulation social development impulse control especially when use becomes compulsive or replaces real-world growth. _____ 🧠 Year 6 Lesson: “Are Screens Controlling Me?” Time: 60 minutes Subject Links (QLD KLA): Health & Physical Education (wellbeing, decision-making) Digital Technologies (impact of tech on behaviour) English (reflection, reasoning) 👇 STUDENT WORK PACK ✏️ PART 1 — Quick Start (5 mins) Circle your answer honestly: I use screens every day YES / NO I feel annoyed when I have to stop YES / NO I use screens before bed YES / NO I sometimes lose track of time YES / NO 👉 If you said YES to 2 or more → your brain might be getting “hooked” 🧠 PART 2 — What’s Going On in My Brain? (10 mins) Read this: When you: win a game get likes watch exciting videos Your brain releases a chemical called dopamine. 👉 Dopamine makes you feel good…BUT it also makes you want to keep going again and again ✏️ Question: Why do games and apps try to keep you playing? Write your answer: ✔️ Expected idea: They want you to stay longer They give rewards, points, likes They don’t have an “end” _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 🔍 PART 3 — Spot the Problem (10 mins) Are these habits healthy or unhealthy? Write: ✅ Healthy ⚠️ Risky ❌ Unhealthy Gaming for 4 hours straight ___ Watching a tutorial to learn drawing ___ Using your phone in bed ___ Playing outside with friends ___ Scrolling when bored ___ Gaming after homework for 1 hour ___ ⏱ PART 4 — The Real Rules (5 mins) The 2–1–0 Rule 2 hours max fun screen time 1 hour off before bed 0 screens in bedroom at night ✏️ Question: Which one would be hardest for you? Why? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 📊 PART 5 — Your Real Screen Use (10 mins) Fill this in: Yesterday I spent: Gaming: ______ hours Videos/YouTube: ______ hours Other: ______ hours 👉 TOTAL: ______ hours ✏️ Question: Is this above or below 2 hours? ✏️ Reflection: How do you feel after lots of screen time? (circle any) tired happy bored grumpy fine distracted 🛠 PART 6 — Build Your Own Plan (15 mins) 🎯 Your Goal: Take control of your screen use Fill this in: 1. My daily limit will be: ☐ 1 hour ☐ 2 hours ☐ Other: ______ 2. I will NOT use screens at this time: 3. One habit I will STOP: 4. One healthy thing I will DO instead:☐ sport☐ reading☐ building☐ drawing☐ other: ______ 5. My rule for bedtime: _______________________________________________ 🧠 PART 7 — Final Thinking (5 mins) Write 3 sentences: 1. Screens can affect my brain by _______________________________________ 2. Too much screen time can ___________________________________________ 3. I will control my screen use by _______________________________________ 👨‍🏫 PARENT / TEACHER GUIDE (quick) What this lesson achieves: Builds self-awareness (not shame) Teaches dopamine + behaviour loops Applies real research limits (2–1–0 rule) Ends with personal action plan 🔑 MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY FOR THE CHILD Say this clearly at the end: “Screens aren’t bad.But some are designed to control your brain. You’re learning how to stay in control.” 🚀 Optional Extension For the next 3 days: Track screen time Follow their plan Then ask: What changed? Was it hard? What worked?

There is a pattern written into Scripture that is far deeper than history, yet no less real. The account of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4 is not merely a story about a king who lost his mind, but a literal shadow and revelation of what man becomes when he is cut off from the living root and left to dwell in the stump of his own fleshly choosing. This is the condition of a fallen humanity - completely unspiritual! Nebuchadnezzar stood as the highest expression of earthly power - wealth, dominion, glory, and self-exaltation. He looked over his kingdom and declared, “Is not this great Babylon, that I have built… by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?” In that very moment, the stump was revealed. Pride is the stump. Self-worship is the stump. Flesh reign of the fleshly desires, plans and lusts, without Alahim ... this is the stump! And then it happened! Not gradually. Not symbolically. Not metaphorically. IMMEDIATELY! He was driven from men. He ate grass like oxen. His body was drenched with the dew. His hair grew like eagle’s feathers. His nails like birds’ claws. This was not a poetic description of depression or mental insanity. The text goes out of its way to describe physical transformation. Behaviour followed form. Form revealed nature. He became OUTWARDLY what he had always been INWARDLY: A BEAST! SO WHAT IS A “BEAST”? HEBREW UNDERSTANDING The Hebrew word often translated “beast” is behemah, a living creature, but more specifically, one driven by instinct, appetite, and the ground. It is life without upward awareness or higher consciousness. It is existence bound to the earth, ruled by desire, not spirit. A beast does not look up. A beast does not discern. A beast consumes, reacts, survives, and dominates. This is the key: a beast is not defined merely by its body, but by its nature. So when Nebuchadnezzar became a beast, Scripture is not softening the blow; it is exposing the truth. His inner condition was made fully manifest in his outer state ...... THE STUMP PRODUCES BEASTS! STUMP THINKING ... HEBREW UNDERSTANDING The systems of this world - religion, psychology, medicine, science, and philosophy - all attempt to explain this account in ways that remain within the stump. They call it: A psychological breakdown A rare mental disorder (like “boanthropy”) A symbolic humbling A literary device Why? Because the stump cannot comprehend transformation beyond the flesh, so it must reinterpret the supernatural into something manageable, put it in a box and attempt to control it. But this fleshly explanation falls short in several ways: The text says “the thing was fulfilled immediately” - not gradually. It lasted a defined prophetic period (“seven times/years”). His kingdom remained intact, waiting for his return. His understanding returned suddenly, not through treatment or recovery. He himself testified to Alahim’s direct intervention. This is not how mental illness behaves. This is the divine, supernatural power of judgment and later revelation. This is what happens when Alahim fully hands a man over to what he's chosen to be! THE STUMP: PRIDE ROOTED IN FLESH The dream itself reveals the mystery. The great tree is cut down, but the stump remains, bound with iron and bronze. That stump is the fleshly nature, restrained, preserved, but not removed. Nebuchadnezzar lived in the stump. And in the stump, he became a beast. This is the condition of humanity today. People are not only becoming uncontrollable beasts in their behaviour, but they are also revealing the beast that already rules them. REVELATION: THE BEAST MULTIPLIED What was revealed in one king is now global. The book of Revelation speaks of the beast - not merely as a system, but as a nature that governs humanity. And it gives a number: 666 - the number of man. Not a random code. A declaration. Man, fully given over to his fleshly self, is a beast. The mark of the beast is not something placed on the skin; it is something expressed through behaviour: Pride without restraint Lust without conscience Power without mercy Consumption without gratitude Identity rooted in self, not spirit This is worship of the beast. Because whatever you follow, you worship, and there is no earthly way out! THE MODERN WORLD: BEASTS IN THE STUMP! Look around. The signs are not hidden: Love grows cold, Compassion fades, Violence increases, Self becomes the highest authority, Truth is replaced with personal reality, Pleasure overrides discipline, The body is exalted above the spirit. This is humanity returning to the beast. Just as Nebuchadnezzar did. NO SPIRIT! THE ABOMINATION: SATAN ENTHRONED IN MAN Scripture speaks of the “abomination of desolation”, something that "sits and reigns where it should not". This is not at all a future temple event. It is a present reality, for when satan sits on the throne of men and women's hearts, receiving worship every time they consider them SELF instead of their real Alahim Yahusha, then pride is governing, and flesh is worshipped, which means the spirit of the evil one is being uplifted, exalted, praised, and worshipped. This is the true IDENTITY-THEFT and idolatrous worship happening in the world! Satan does not need to appear outwardly if he is enthroned inwardly. And where he reigns, beastly nature and behaviour manifest! THE ONLY WAY OUT ... NEW BIRTH FROM ABOVE! Nebuchadnezzar’s restoration did not come from within the stump. It came when he lifted his eyes to heaven. That is the turning point. Not self-improvement. Not behaviour modification. Not intellectual awakening. But an eye-opening revelation of Who Alahim truly is and what we (mankind) are in His sight. The King's understanding returned when he acknowledged the Most High Alahim. Only then did he become human again. YAHUSHA ALAHIM: THE LIVING ROOT The stump cannot deliver itself. The flesh cannot redeem itself. The beast cannot become a man again by effort. The only way out is through a different root - A NEW FIRSTFRUIT - LIVING ONE. This is the higher concept we're invited into: Yahusha Alahim is not merely a figure in history - He is the living reality that restores man from beast to son. Where the stump produces beast behaviour, the living root produces: Love Compassion Kindness Meekness Self-control These are not moral efforts. They are the fruit of a different nature. FINAL REVELATION ... THIS WAS A SIGN Nebuchadnezzar was not just judged. He was made into a sign. A living prophecy. What happened to him outwardly is happening to the world inwardly. And what happened to him happens to everyone: THE QUESTION Are you living from the stump…or from the root? Because one produces beasts. The other produces life. YAHUSHA SPEAKS VERY DIFFERENTLY TO THE BEAST, and we need to learn His Secret Language to come out of our beastly STUMP mindset. Along the same thread of LEARNING THE LANGUAGE, it's vital to know Who Yahusha truly is, otherwise the HIGHER CONCEPT of His spiritual language is completely HIDDEN from us. We need to recognise where we are up to in the DELIVERANCE VEIN, or if we've entered the Narrow Gate at all yet? For only by recognising and seeing that YAHUSHA IS ALAHIM, the Lamb on the Throne of Heaven, can we truly encounter His presence through REPENTANCE and the SPIRIT & FIRE BAPTISMS, where we are given the spiritual power to OVERCOME our fleshly SELF-LIFE in order to move aside within ourselves and let Him move through us, expressing HIS PERSONALITY in our day, the way He wants to, not the way we want things done. The same goes for studying the Word, going deep and really seeing the HIGHER CONCEPT of Him within the text, not just as written. This is an experience not available through fleshly education or ploys. Only Yahusha can REVEAL His CONCEALED truths to those HE chooses to. And our daily behaviour makes a huge difference in what we receive from Him. So we must ask ourselves where we are up to in the Vein, how much we have really stepped aside for Him and how much of our SELF is still front and centre in everything we do, because if we are not SEEKING HIM with EVERY THOUGHT and all the energy we have, then do we really know Him? Is He really our Alahim or are we our own source of idolatrous worship still ... it's all up to us - how far we want to go!

ENTERING THE REST: (Joshua 1) Be Strong & Courageous A 21st Century Call to the Bride! Israel stands at the Jordan River. Forty years of wilderness wandering are behind them. Moses is dead. The 12 Tribes are united... The Ark is near... The promise is visible... The crossing is imminent. Joshua 1 opens not with a military strategy, but with Yahuah Alahim's Divine Presence! “After the death of Moses, the servant of Yahuah, Alahim spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying: ‘Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the children of Israel.’” (JOSHUA 1:1–2) The mantle has shifted. Authority has transferred. Moses' servant must now lead! And the first command Joshua hears is not tactical, but deeply personal: “Be Strong and Courageous” Three times in the opening commission, Alahim repeats the charge: “No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. AS I WAS WITH MOSES, SO I WILL BE WITH YOU! I will not leave you nor forsake you. Now be strong and full of courage.” (JOSHUA 1:5–6) “Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the Torah which Moses My servant commanded you.” (JOSHUA 1:7) “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for Yahuah your Alahim is with you wherever you go.” (JOSHUA 1:9) THE HEBREW UNDERSTANDING HERE IS VERY POWERFUL: Chazaq (חָזַק) - to be strong, firm, strengthened, hardened with resolve. ... It carries the idea of inner strength and fortification. Amats (אָמַץ) - to be bold, courageous, alert, determined. ... It speaks of active bravery in the face of intimidation. Joshua is not told to feel strong. He is commanded to be strong. Not because the land is easy, but because Alahim's supernatural and powerful Presence is assured! “As I was with Moses, so I will be with you.” This is the real Anchor! The same Voice that split seas now speaks directly to Joshua! The same Presence that descended in fire at Sinai now charges him personally. The strength Joshua needs is not military superiority. It is confidence in Alahim's Covenant Voice! The Land and the Word! Joshua’s courage is tied to TWO REALITIES : CONQUEST & OBEDIENCE Yahuah declares: “Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you… From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates… to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory.” (JOSHUA 1:3–4) But immediately the focus shifts: “This Book of the Torah shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” (JOSHUA 1:8) VICTORY IS NEVER SEPARATED FROM OBEDIENCE! Meditate here (Hebrew: hagah) means: to murmur, to speak softly, to rehearse inwardly. It is a continuous reflection leading to active behavioural compliance to Alahim's Word ... Joshua must fight externally and guard internally. The land is taken by force, but the heart is governed by the Word. In the 21st Century New Covenant Reality, the Promised Land is not geopolitical territory - it is chosen human hearts. It is the yielded, transformed vessel where Yahusha now rests His Name! The Promise of Rest - Nuach Joshua 1 introduces another crucial theme: REST! Joshua tells the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh: “Yahuah your Alahim is giving you rest (nuach) and is giving you this land.” (JOSHUA 1:13) Nuach does not merely mean cessation of activity (to stop and rest). It means settling into divinely established stability. It carries the idea of being placed, secured, and caused to dwell safely. Up to this point, Israel’s redemption language emphasised “inheritance.” Now “REST” becomes a central theme. Nuach (REST) actually becomes THE GOAL OF DELIVERANCE IN THE WILDERNESS! Paul later reflects on this in Hebrews, referencing the wilderness generation: “They could not enter this rest because of unbelief… So there remains a rest for the people of Alahim.” (HEBREWS 3–4) The great provocation in the wilderness was not merely external hardship, but internal unbelief. They saw miracles but did not trust them or the One performing and delivering them! They left Egypt physically ... But Egypt did not fully leave them ... (unclean) True rest is not merely arriving and claiming territory, but MATURING IN TRUSTING-BELIEF! Yahusha later declares: “Come to Me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (MATTHEW 11) This is the deeper nuach ... Not inactivity - but still and settled in Yahusha's love ... waiting on Him! The wilderness matures a people so that when they enter the land, they are not ruled by fear! The Structure of Unity Joshua models leadership under one Supreme Commander. Israel is organised into tribal chiefs, officers, warriors, and families. One man commands officers, who relay instructions to the people. Two and a half tribes remain east of the Jordan - but they pledge loyalty. “All that you command us we will do… Only Yahuah your Alahim be with you, as He was with Moses.” (JOSHUA 1:16–17) Notice the conditional emphasis: Obedience to Joshua is tied to presence with Yahuah. This foreshadows the Bride of Messiah - diverse, multilingual, culturally distinct, yet unified under one Head. Our allegiance to Yahusha is the unifying bond that brings true rest, peace and unity in love! Courage in the Inner Battlefield Scripture expands this courage theme throughout : “Be strong and courageous… for Yahuah your Alahim goes with you.” (DEUT 31) “Yahuah is my light and my deliverance; so whom shall I fear?” (PSALM 27) “Alahim has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.” (2 TIMOTHY 1:7) “Perfect love casts out fear.” (1 JOHN 4) Courage is not just noise, but inner conquest. The fiercest battle is not Jericho - it is the idolatrous flesh of the self. Fear, insecurity, unbelief, compromise - these are the giants within us that have claimed territory in our promised lands. Joshua’s external warfare mirrors the Bride’s internal warfare. Most of the war is fought in the heart, at the ear-gate, in the realm of thought and response, against demon spirits in high places. Being strong and courageous means guarding what enters, arresting what remains, and obeying what is spoken by Yahusha. JOSHUA & YAHUSHA: They have the Same Name! In Hebrew, Joshua and Yahusha share the same name: “I Am your Deliverance.” Joshua is a prophetic shadow. He leads Israel into a physical inheritance of REST. Yahusha leads His Bride into spiritual REST. Just as Joshua was told: “I will not leave you nor forsake you.” Yahusha tells us: “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” The New Covenant reality is even deeper. The Spirit rests- not in a Tabernacle of skins - but in living vessels. At Pentecost, tongues of fire came to rest (nuach) upon each head. The resting place of His Name has shifted. The Bride now becomes the Living Dwelling! Entering the Rest Today! Entering rest is not some lukewarm passive encounter, but a determined, courageous surrender! It is crossing the Jordan of fear! It is trusting that the same Voice and Presence that was with Moses, with Joshua, with prophets and apostles, now guides and shepherds us personally. The wilderness seasons - flogging - rebuking - discipline - pruning - refining ... are all preparation! The provocation of unbelief must be conquered. Paul warns that some never entered rest because they hardened their hearts. Joshua 1 shows us the antidote: Meditate on Alahim's Voice. Guard His Divine Words. Act courageously. Trust the power of His Presence ... for the promise still stands: “No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life.” This doesn't mean no opposition ... It means no ultimate defeat! A Call to the Bride The Jordan stands before us. Behind us are years of formation. Ahead lies inheritance. Alahim's charge has not changed: Be strong. Be courageous. Guard the Word. Trust the Presence. Take the land within - claim it back, thought by thought for Yahusha! Take back your Home-Quarries from the evil one, so that love is the over-riding manifestation occurring daily among each other! The rest promised is not gutless, fence-sitting inactivity. It is the settled peace of obedience. It is the joy of walking consciously in the Two Royal Laws of Love - loving Yahusha fully and loving neighbour rightly. So the wilderness was not wasted. IT WAS PREPARATION! Now is the crossing. And the Voice still speaks: “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid. For I am with you wherever you go!” Entering the rest begins with believing that! And then stepping forward, approaching the END OF THE VEIN!

JOSHUA: Moses' Servant for 40+ Years! The transition from shadow to command is never sudden, though the moment it happens feels like the ground has shifted beneath your feet. For Joshua, son of Nun, that moment didn't arrive in a flash of dramatic revelation but after more than four decades of watching, learning, serving, and waiting. When Moses stood before the assembled nation of Israel and declared that his time had ended, when the safety-net of forty years of supernatural guidance was suddenly withdrawn, Joshua must have felt the terrifying weight of the mantle that was now irrevocably his alone to carry! Before we ever see Joshua commanding armies around Jericho's walls, before he allocates tribal territories or conquers Canaan's giants, we must understand the man who stood in someone else's shadow for a lifetime. Joshua did not emerge from the wilderness as a fully formed military genius or spiritual leader. He was forged slowly, deliberately, and often painfully through decades of apprenticeship under a man who spoke with the Creator face to face. This gradual preparation is what makes his story so profoundly human and eternally relevant. The warrior-servant first appears in Scripture not as a commander but as a soldier following orders. When the Amalekites attacked Israel at Rephidim, Moses commanded Joshua to choose men and go out to fight while he himself would stand on the hilltop with the staff of Alahim in his hands. This early battle taught Joshua a lesson that would define his entire approach to warfare - victory was never merely about military strategy or numerical superiority. When Moses' hands were lifted toward heaven, Israel prevailed in battle. When his arms grew heavy and dropped, the enemy gained ground. Joshua learned in the dust of that desert battlefield that supernatural warfare required supernatural connection, that the greatest victories were won not by might alone but by the One who commanded both heaven and earth. For over forty years, Joshua watched the impossible become routine. He saw the Egyptian Empire dismantled through ten devastating plagues. He witnessed the Red Sea parting like curtains before the breath of Alahim, with dry ground appearing where moments before there had been only treacherous waters. He stood at Sinai's base when the mountain itself became a burning pyre of divine presence, smoke and fire mingling with thunder and lightning while the ground shook beneath millions of feet. He watched rebels like Korah, Dathan, and Abiram swallowed alive by the earth for their rebellious presumption. He saw the Shekinah-Glory descend upon the Tabernacle in such overwhelming weight that even Moses could not enter. He witnessed daily manna falling from heaven, water gushing from rock, and a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night, guiding millions through trackless wilderness. All of this Joshua saw from a position of humble service. He was Moses' assistant, his aide-de-camp, the one who lingered near the Tent of Meeting while others scattered to their tents. When Moses went in to speak with Yahuah face to face, Joshua remained nearby, perhaps waiting for instruction, perhaps hoping for a glimpse, perhaps just learning what it meant to be constantly aware of divine presence. He was not merely a military commander but a student in the school of supernatural leadership, observing how a human mediator carried the weight of a nation's rebellion while interceding for their survival. The psychological reality of this forty-year apprenticeship cannot be overstated. For four decades, Joshua never had to make the final call. Moses did that! He never bore ultimate responsibility for the nation's destiny. Moses carried that crushing weight! Joshua fought battles while Moses carried the grief of rebellion. Joshua witnessed miracles while Moses wrestled with divine frustration. There was always Moses, Aaron, wise elders, someone greater to whom Joshua could appeal, someone whose authority was unquestionable, whose connection to the Almighty was undeniable, whose voice carried the weight of Heaven itself. And then, without warning or gradual transition, the announcement came. Moses, now 120 years old, gathered the entire nation and spoke words that must have struck Joshua like physical blows, and pierced like a knife into his heart. "I am a hundred and twenty years old now, unable to go out and come in, and I won't be your leader anymore." The phrase "unable to go out and come in" was military language, not a confession of frailty. It meant his commission had ended, his time as their commander and shepherd-leader was complete. The campaign would continue - Yahuah would indeed lead them across the Jordan, He would indeed destroy the Canaanite nations just as He had destroyed Sihon and Og - but Moses would not be leading them or be a part of it. THE SAFETY-NET WAS GONE! The man who had confronted Egypt's Pharaoh, who had commanded seas to part and fire to descend, who had mediated between a rebellious nation and their offended Creator - this man was climbing Mount Nebo to die... Joshua must now stand alone and lead! What must that have felt like in the quiet moments after the public announcement? Joshua had spent his entire adult life watching Moses do what no one else could do. How do you replace a man who split seas and spoke with Alahim face to face? How do you step into sandals that seem impossibly large to fill? The voice that had always spoken through Moses would now need to speak directly to Joshua. The commands that had always come through established channels would now need fresh confirmation. The supernatural protection that had seemed guaranteed by Moses' presence would now depend entirely on Joshua's obedience and relationship with the Mighty Rock. The emotional toll must have been crushing. This was not merely a leadership transition - it was a loss of security, certainty, and stability. Joshua had never known Israel without Moses as their shepherd-mediator. For forty years, whenever the people sinned, Moses interceded. Whenever they complained, Moses pleaded. Whenever they rebelled, Moses negotiated with divine justice. Now Joshua would stand alone between a stubborn people and their mighty Creator, carrying both their rebellion and divine response on his own shoulders. But Moses understood the terror his successor must have felt, which is why he called Joshua forward publicly and repeated the command that would become the refrain of the entire book that bears Joshua's name: "Be strong and courageous." This was not empty encouragement but a recognition that courage is precisely what is required when you suddenly carry the weight that once belonged to someone greater. The command was repeated because fear whispers what courage must silence - the lie that says: "Who do you think you are?" "You are not good enough!" "You cannot possibly succeed" "YOU'RE NOT MOSES!!!" HOW DO YOU REPLACE A MAN WHO SPLIT SEAS AND SPOKE WITH ALAHIM FACE TO FACE? ... YOU DON’T! YOU STEP INTO YOUR OWN ASSIGNMENT ... LISTENING, TRUSTING & OBEYING! Joshua was never meant to be Moses! He was meant to be Joshua, with his own calling, his own relationship with the Almighty and a divine mandate to fulfil in this wild, wilderness Quarry! The transfer of leadership would be supernatural in its timing and divine in its authorisation, but the great pressure would remain relentlessly real. Before Joshua ever led Israel into battle, before he faced down Jericho's fortified walls or Canaan's giants, he first received a warning that would define his entire leadership philosophy. Deuteronomy 32 contains the Song of Moses, and though Moses delivered it, Joshua was present as it was spoken, perhaps even assisting as Moses taught it to the people. This was not sentimental poetry but Covenant Reality - a stark prophecy about the nation he was being called to lead. The Song revealed that Yahuah is the Mighty Rock, the Tsûr - Hebrew for a towering cliff or mountain ridge, not merely a decorative stone or pebble. Joshua had watched Israel drink from that Rock in the wilderness. He had seen that Rock defend them against impossible odds. He had learned that when protection was withdrawn, even one enemy could scatter thousands. Strength was never in numbers, but entirely relational. If the Rock fought for them, they were unstoppable. If the Rock withdrew, they were fragile! But the Song also revealed something terrifying: Israel was prone to rebellion. Joshua was not inheriting a perfect nation but a stubborn, hard-hearted one. He heard the prophecy that Israel would forget, rebel, chase other deities, and suffer exile. Imagine hearing that your future leadership would include watching the very people you lead turn against the One who delivered them, knowing that divine judgment would inevitably follow. Yet Joshua must lead this nation of Israel anyway! This is courage - moving forward when you know the future includes failure, when you understand that not everyone will follow you, when you realise that perfect outcomes are not guaranteed. The Song taught Joshua that his leadership was not contingent on Israel's perfection but on Alahim's faithfulness, not on the people's response but on the Rock's reliability! The death of Moses represents one of Scripture's most poignant moments of leadership transition. Moses climbed Mount Nebo and received a supernatural vision no human eye could naturally perceive—from Dan in the far north to Judah in the south, the entire Promised Land spread before him in panoramic view. Then he died, and Yahuah Himself buried him in a valley near Beth-Peor, hiding the location so that no one could turn his grave into a shrine of idolatry. The greatest prophet Israel had ever known disappeared from history without monument or marker, leaving Joshua standing in the plains of Moab with thirty days of mourning and a lifetime of preparation suddenly put to the test. No more going to Moses for clarification. No more asking Aaron for priestly confirmation. No more watching someone else carry the nation's grief. Joshua must now hear for himself, obey for himself, and lead for himself. What must that first night after Moses was gone have been like? The weight of two million people, the Jordan still uncrossed, Jericho still fortified, giants still occupying the land - Joshua had seen miracles for forty years, but always from behind Moses' leadership. Now the voice must speak to him directly. Now the command must come to him personally. Now the obedience must be his alone. This is the terrifying beauty of succession - there is always a moment when the servant becomes the leader, when watching becomes doing, when preparation becomes performance. Joshua's forty-year apprenticeship teaches us something critical about leadership development: it is not built in the spotlight but forged in proximity, obedience, and long hidden faithfulness. Joshua fought when told, waited when told, followed when told, and stayed near the Tent when others wandered off. He was not ambitious but available, not seeking a position but remaining faithful in his present assignment. The Book of Joshua is not merely about military conquest or territorial allocation. It is about stepping from shadow into responsibility, about trusting the Mighty Rock without leaning on the shepherd Moses, about hearing the divine voice without a human mediator. Joshua's entire life had prepared him for this one terrifying moment - the moment when Moses was gone, when the command came fresh from heaven: "Be strong and courageous!" The Rock had not changed. The Covenant had not changed. The land still awaited. But the mediator had shifted. And that shift required a kind of courage that only comes from knowing Who stands behind the command, from understanding that the Mighty Rock who had been Moses' security would now be Joshua's strength! As we begin this study of the Book of Joshua, we do so recognising that we are stepping into the story of a man who watched the impossible become possible for forty years before being asked to make it happen himself. We are entering the narrative of someone who learned that leadership is not about becoming someone else but about becoming fully who you were created to be, under the authority of the One who never changes. The plains of Moab are behind us now. The Jordan stands before us. And Joshua is about to step forward, leading a nation into their destiny while discovering his own along the way.

KNOW WHO YOU ARE IN YAHUSHA ALAHIM ! Let me ask you something straight up, and I want you to be honest with yourself here. Are you even aware of the disgusting, depraved, accusing voices coming at you? Do you even question them? Or do you still reckon they're YOU? Do you even wrestle, fight, wage war against what's intentionally and strategically set up to destroy you? Because if you don't, you'll never, never KNOW, and you'll never, never GROW into ... WHO YAHUSHA ALREADY SAYS YOU ARE! Look, I'm no scholar, just a 49-year-old Aussie who's been through the wringer and wants to share some things with you straight, no fancy words, or theological mumbo-jumbo, just the raw truth from someone who's been in the trenches. THE ENEMY IS REAL - AND HE HATES YOUR GUTS!! Scripture is very, very clear about where these accusing, condemning, identity-attacking voices come from. "The accuser of the brethren accuses them day and night" … Relentless… Unrepentant… Non-stop Harassment. This isn't some fairytale or imagination. THIS IS REAL WARFARE, and the enemy completely 'gets off' on your despair and heartbreak. HE LOVES IT MORE THAN ANYTHING! And the sad thing is, most people don't even face the fact that it's him taunting them. They just cop it, believe it, stupidly thinking it's their own thoughts! "Aaahhhh boooohoooo I can hear demons…" Yeah mate, you CAN hear demons — because THEY'RE REAL — AND THEY HATE YOU! They never shut up, never sleep or rest, working overtime to destroy you, and most people don't even know they're under attack! Here's the shocking part, though: Their main weapon against us isn't temptation. It's DISTORTION! He doesn't just want you to sin - he wants you to forget WHO YOU REALLY ARE, and what power you've been given through the blood of the Lamb. He wants you to forget about Yahusha your Alahim seated on the Throne in all power and esteem. They whisper things like: "You can't be in love with Yahusha! Who do you think you are?? Look at what you've done! LOOK WHO YOU ARE!" And the accusations fly, don't they! They come thick and fast until you're inundated in misery. But here's the thing, and this is crucial - the enemy is a LIAR. Yahusha Himself said: "He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it." JOHN 8:44 Everything that comes out of his mouth is a lie. EVERYTHING. So why are you listening to him? Why are you agreeing with him? Why are you letting HIM define you? YOU MUST KNOW WHO YOU ARE IN YAHUSHA ALAHIM - ... THEN BECOME IT! So, who are YOU in Yahusha? Of course, you know what demons say you are! You never stop hearing it! They tell you you're worthless, useless, a failure, a mistake, unlovable, beyond hope. BUT HOW DOES YAHUSHA REALLY FEEL ABOUT YOU? What does His Word say YOU ARE if you enter the Narrow Gate of His New Covenant for complete deliverance? Let me tell you straight up: YOU ARE YAHUSHA'S PROPERTY! And if you belong to Yahusha, if you trust Him and walk toward Him, then HIS WORD DEFINES YOU, not those filthy, rotten, stinkin' bloody, lying demons. Yahusha fills you, commands you, controls you, and HE TELLS YOU WHO YOU ARE because He owns you! You're His… He bought you! "What? know you not that your body is the temple of the Set-Apart Spirit which is in you, which you have of Alahim, and you are not your own? For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify Alahim in your body, and in your spirit, which are all Alahim's." 1 COR 6:19–20 You've been purchased. The transaction is done. You belong to the King of the Universe! EVERYTHING THE DEVIL HAD IN YOU IS DYING … nailed to the Torture Stake that you're carrying. Yahusha wants to use your body-Temple His way now, for His purposes, to express Him in A NEW WAY. WHY? BECAUSE YOU'RE A NEW CREATION! Now this is where it gets exciting, so listen to this: "Therefore if any man be in Messiah, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." 2 COR 5:17 Not a 'renewed' (B.S), spit-and-polish reno, not a quick paint job over the top of the old you. NO! A NEW CREATION! The old things have passed away - GONE, FRACKLED, UTTERLY DESTROYED BY THE POWER OF HIS SPIRITUAL SEED - that Eternal Life that enters and dissipates the darkness! Yahusha sees you as new, as clean and set-apart. "Behold, all things have become fresh and new!" And He says to you what He said to the woman caught in adultery: "Neither do I condemn you: now go, and sin no more." JOHN 8:11 But here's the thing: WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY BECOME IT! You can't just sit back and say, "Oh, I'm a new creation, sweet, done." No mate, you've got to walk it out! You've got to face who you were, what you did, own it, know it, name it, shame it. Let it accuse you, let it abuse you, depress you, torment you, hate you, stew in it a while, and let it really sink in… YES, HATE YOURSELF ENOUGH TO WANT IT DEAD! That person has to die. That fleshly abomination who walked around thinking it had rights, opinions, and a personality… KILL IT! Only then will you KNOW who you truly are in Him! "Knowing this, that our old man is impaled with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin." ROM 6:6 "Likewise reckon you also yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to Alahim through Yahusha Messiah our Master." ROMANS 6:11 "They that are Messiah's have impaled the flesh with the affections and lusts." GALATIANS 5:24 The old you has to go. There's no two ways about it. You can't keep one foot in the old life and one in the new. The flesh has to die so the Spirit can live through you! "For if you live after the flesh, you will die: but if you through the Spirit do kill the behaviours of the self, you will live." ROMANS 8:13 "Kill off your members which are upon the earth; whoring, uncleanness, inordinate passions and affections, evil desires, and covetousness, which is idolatry." COLOSSIANS 3:5 THIS IS REAL WARFARE! DEMONS DO NOT GET TO TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE! Let me make this crystal clear - DEMONS DO NOT GET TO TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE - ONLY YAHUSHA DOES! You're defined by what Yahusha created, and anything He does is ALWAYS GOOD! So stop listening to the lies! Stop agreeing with the accusations! When the enemy says you're worthless, you tell him what the Word says about you! YOU'RE CHOSEN! Yahusha says that: "But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a set-apart nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvellous light." 1 PETER 2:9 YOU'RE CHOSEN! YAHUSHA LOVES YOU SO VERY MUCH! So if you're truly chosen… it can't be random, can it? He didn't just choose you by accident, did He? You're not just here because He's tolerating you? He actually really wants YOU? He must! Demons say you're useless, unwanted, a failure, nothing, no one! But Yahusha's Word says: YOU'RE CHOSEN! "You have not chosen Me, but I've chosen you, and established you, that you should go and bear good fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that anything you ask in My Name, will be given you." JOHN 15:16 "For He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be set-apart and without blame before Him in love." EPH 1:4 You were chosen BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD! Think about that! Before He even created the universe, He had YOU in mind! You're not an accident. You're not a mistake. You're chosen! YOU'RE ADOPTED! Adoption in Scripture is permanent. It's legally binding forever! "For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father." ROMANS 8:15 "To redeem them that were under the old Torah-law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because you are sons, Alahim has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father." GALATIANS 4:5–6 You're now family! Chosen! Hand-picked for His purposes, His pleasure! That means He'll finish the work He started in you, so gird up your loins and join the battle! But remember - not only are you legally in His Covenant Household of Belief, but you are also LEGALLY LIABLE for your behaviour too! "Being confident of this very thing, that He which has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Yahusha Messiah." PHILIPPIANS 1:6 He started it, and He'll finish it. You're not going to be left half-done! BECAUSE YOU ARE LOVED DEEPLY! Nothing can separate you from the love of Yahusha Alahim! He said so: "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of Alahim, which is in Messiah Yahusha our Master." ROMANS 8:38–39 Not thoughts, not weakness, not daily battles, not even filthy accusing spirits! NOTHING CAN SEPARATE YOU! HE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU! "Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with such things as you have: for He has said, I will never leave you, or forsake you." HEBREWS 13:5 That's a promise! A done deal! You are loved with an everlasting love! "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn you." JEREMIAH 31:3 YOU'RE SEALED! Yahusha seals you with His Spirit as a promise, as a sign. His Name rests on you now. You're His New Temple. His esteem fills you - the shekinah-esteem — the weighty kabod of His powerful presence is in you! "In whom you also trusted, after that you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your deliverance: in whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with that precious Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of His esteem." EPHESIANS 1:13–14 "And grieve not the precious Spirit of Alahim, whereby you are sealed for the day of redemption." EPHESIANS 4:30 If you're Sealed, it means you're marked with His stamp of ownership and protection. No enemy can unseal what He has already sealed! "Nevertheless, the foundation of Alahim stands sure, having this seal: the Master knows them that are His. And let everyone who names the Name of Messiah depart from unrighteousness." 2 TIMOTHY 2:19 YOU'RE HIS PROPERTY NOW - SO KNOW IT! - GUARD IT! - CLAIM IT! YOU'RE NOT CONDEMNED ANYMORE! There's no condemnation for anyone IN Yahusha Alahim! "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Messiah Yahusha, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the Torah-Law of the Spirit of life in Messiah Yahusha has made me free from the Torah-Law of sin and death." ROMANS 8:1–2 TRUE REPENTANCE leads to a change and a transformation through spirit and fire. If you keep listening to condemnation, it will PARALYSE you! Make you useless! If the voices you're hearing in your head make you despair or even question whether Yahusha even loves you anymore, then THAT'S NOT HIM! Yahusha says that His thoughts to us are as many as the grains of sand on the seashore, and ALWAYS uplifting and true - ALWAYS giving us hope, peace, love, future, LIFE - not words of death! "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Master, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and future." JEREMIAH 29:11 "For Alahim has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2 TIMOTHY 1:7 Condemnation crushes you, but conviction and flogging from Yahusha's Spirit leads you to repentance and life. So learn the difference! YOU'RE BEING TESTED - NOT REJECTED! The wilderness is a place for testing and shaping, for dying to the flesh and refining, not abandoning. SO HE HASN'T LEFT YOU! He's bringing forth new growth! "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you: But rejoice, since you are partakers of Messiah's sufferings, that, when His esteem will be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy." 1 PETER 4:12–13 THE TESTING IS SEVERE, but He says that it will be! BUT HE'S THE ONE DOING IT - SO STOP FIGHTING & FACE IT! "My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, Knowing this, that the trying of your trusting-belief works all patience. And let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking nothing." JAMES 1:2–4 "But He knows the way that I take, for when He has tested and tried me, I will come forth as gold." JOB 23:10 "That the testing of your trusting-belief, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and esteem at the appearing of Yahusha Messiah." 1 PETER 1:7 Do you think He's put you through all this training and testing just to discard you, reject you? NO WAY! He's refining you like gold! "And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My Name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is My people: and they shall say, YAHUAH is my Alahim." ZECH 13:9 ... YAHUAH BECAME YAHUSHA! YOU'RE A LIVING STONE! You're being built up into a vessel that can be of use, part of something eternal, incorruptible, imperishable! "You also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a set-apart Priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to Alahim by Yahusha Messiah." 1 PETER 2:5 So Yahusha is molding you in the Quarry, hammering, grinding, chiselling, perfecting you so you'll be a part of His New Creation City! Which means HE WANTS YOU! "Him that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my Alahim, and he will go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my Alahim, and the name of the city of my Alahim, which is New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my Alahim: and I will write upon him My New Name." REVELATION 3:12 ... THE NEW NAME IS YAHUSHA ALAHIM! You're being prepared for eternity, mate! This life is just the training ground! YOU'RE MORE THAN A CONQUEROR! More than conquerors in this life, overcomers, but ONLY through Him who loved us! "No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us." ROMANS 8:37 "For whatsoever is born of Alahim overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world: our trusting-belief." 1 JOHN 5:4 ONLY IN YAHUSHA ALAHIM ARE YOU VICTORIOUS! Not because you've done anything good, not because you feel strong today or not. NUP! - It's because HE is victorious! HE'S MORE THAN A CONQUEROR FIRST & FOREMOST - NOT YOU SILLY! "These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me you might have peace. In the world, you will have great pressure, but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." JOHN 16:33 YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT BECAUSE HE'S IN YOU FINISHING THE WORK HE STARTED - NOT BECAUSE THERE'S ANYTHING SPECIAL ABOUT YOUR LUMP OF FLESH, DEAD CARCAS .... OR DO YOU STILL THINK YOU'RE PRETTY?? "I can do all things through Yahusha Who strengthens me." PHIL 4:13 YOU'RE KNOWN BY YAHUSHA! David says in the Psalms that He knows your thoughts from far away. He formed you. You're fearfully and wonderfully made! "O' Master, You have searched me, and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising, You understand my thoughts afar off. You encompass my path and my lying down, and are well-acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O' Master, You know it altogether." PSALM 139:1–4 "I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are Your works; and that my being knows right well." PSALM 139:14 You're not a surprise to Him. He knew every struggle before He even called you! He knows every thought, every fear, every doubt — and He STILL LOVES YOU! "Your eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in Your book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them." PSALM 139:16 YOU'RE PROTECTED AND BEING PERFECTED! He's so very protective of you - you're the apple of His eye! "For thus says the Master of hosts; After the esteem has He sent me to the nations which spoiled you: for he that touches you touches the apple of His eye." ZECHARIAH 2:8 "Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of Your wings." PSALM 17:8 He's Patient with us (for a little bit longer anyway… we have to hurry though). He's Compassionate - He remembers we're only dust — He created us, didn't He? "Like as a father pities his children, so the Master pities them that fear Him. For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust." PSALM 103:13–14 "The Master is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy." PSALM 103:8 The Word says He's also committed to us, never leaving or forsaking us! "Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amein." MATTHEW 28:20 Yahusha doesn't feel disgust toward His children. Correction? Yes! Training? Yes! Severe Flogging, rebuking, chastising, disciplining… Yes! Refining us? Yes! But Hatred? N O! Rejection? N O! "For whoever Yahusha loves, He chastises, and flogs every son whom He receives. If you endure discipline, Alahim deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father chastises not?" HEBREWS 12:6–7 If demons can convince you that you're not loved, but completely lost and abandoned, then you'll BE IT … you'll live like it. That's what the Accusation is for - so you'll stop, you'll stumble, faint, you won't discover His loving power that can flow through in fullness of measure. But the Word says: "Submit yourselves therefore to Alahim. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." JAMES 4:7 Don't argue. Don't linger, Don't entertain, Don't chitter chat… JUST RESIST — IGNORE THEM! JUST BECAUSE YOU HEAR THOUGHTS DOESN'T MEAN IT'S YOU!!! This is crucial, so listen to this! The enemy has been doing this for thousands of years. He knows how to inject thoughts into your mind that sound like your own voice (speaking in the first person to imitate you). He's a master deceiver! But just because your ears hear a thought, doesn't mean it came from YOU! "Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of Alahim, and bringing into captivity EVERY THOUGHT to the obedience of Yahusha." 2 COR 10:5 You've got to learn to ARREST & CAPTURE those thoughts! Test them! Ask yourself: "Does this sound like what the Word says about me? Does this sound like Yahusha? Does this bring life or death? Is it positive and uplifting, or negative, gloomy and miserable" If it brings death, despair, hopelessness, IT'S NOT FROM YAHUSHA! So cast it down! SAY 'NO!" "Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of Alahim: because many false prophets are gone out into the world." 1 JOHN 4:1 YOUR SPIRITUAL POSITION (STATUS) IN YAHUSHA Yahusha says He's transforming you… You're seated with Him, given direct access to come boldly to Him! He says you're dead to sin but alive to Him! SO BELIEVE IT AND BEHAVE IT! If you're truly I N HIM through the Narrow Gate (the vein of deliverance)… You are: IMPALED WITH HIM (MURDERING YOUR FLESH): "I am impaled with Messiah: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Yahusha lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the trusting-belief of the Son of Alahim, Who loves me, and gave Himself for me." GALATIANS 2:20 RAISED WITH HIM: "Buried with Him in baptism, wherein also you are risen with Him through the trusting-belief of the operation of Alahim, who has raised Him from the dead." COLOSSIANS 2:12 "Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Messiah was raised from the dead ... even so we also should walk in newness of life." ROMANS 6:4 HIDDEN WITH HIM: "For you are dead, and your life is now hidden with Messiah in Alahim." COLOSSIANS 3:3 SEATED WITH HIM: "And has raised us together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Messiah Yahusha." EPHESIANS 2:6 A CO-HEIR WITH HIM: "And if children, then heirs; heirs of Alahim, and joint-heirs with Messiah; if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also esteemed together." ROMANS 8:17 "Wherefore you are no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of Alahim through Messiah." GALATIANS 4:7 That's your legal spiritual position! THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT HE CONQUERED AND ACHIEVED FOR YOU! BUT YOU HAVE TO DO THE SAME TO JOIN HIM! Fleeting, whimsical feelings do not - and CANNOT - override your position, your spiritual status in Him. What Yahusha says is FINAL! PUT ON THE FULL ARMOUR OF ALAHIM! You're in a war, mate! You need armour! "Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Master, and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armour of Alahim, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore put on the whole armour of Alahim, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.... STAND!" EPHESIANS 6:10–13 THE BELT OF TRUTH: "Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth..." Know the truth! Speak the truth! The enemy operates in lies, so counter him with truth! THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS: "...and having on the breastplate of righteousness." Not your own righteousness — HIS! "And be found in Him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the old Torah-Law, but that which is through the trusting-belief of Messiah, the righteousness which is of Alahim by trusting-belief." PHIL 3:9 THE GOSPEL OF PEACE ON YOUR FEET: "And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace." Stand firm! Don't be moved! THE SHIELD OF TRUSTING-BELIEF: "Above all, taking the shield of trusting-belief, wherewith you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked." Those fiery darts, the accusations, the doubts, the lies - they're coming at you like a machine gun! But the shield of trusting-belief stops them cold! THE HELMET OF SALVATION: "And take the helmet of salvation..." Protect your mind! Know you're deliverance! Don't let the enemy mess with your head! THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT: "...and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of Alahim." This is your only offensive weapon, SO USE IT! Speak the Word! When the enemy comes at you with lies, counter him with THE WORD! That's exactly what Yahusha did when He was tempted in the wilderness! PRAYING ALWAYS (OPEN COMMUNICATION): "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all." — EPHESIANS 6:18 IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM!! IT'S ALL ABOUT YAHUSHA AND WHAT HE'S DOING THROUGH YOU! And He's not quitting! "Being confident of this very thing, that He which has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Yahusha Messiah." PHILIP 1:6 "For it is Alahim which works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure." PHILIPPIANS 2:13 He started the work, and He'll finish it! You just need to cooperate! Stop fighting against Him and start fighting WITH Him! "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love Yahusha, to them who are called according to His purpose." ROMANS 8:28 THE TIME IS SO VERY SHORT! SO PICK YOURSELF UP! YAHUSHA WILL BE BACK SOON! "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great Alahim and our Deliverer Yahusha Messiah." TITUS 2:13 "Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast to what you have (guard), that no man take your crown." REVELATION 3:11 "And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work (behaviour )shall be." REVELATION 22:12 IT'S TIME TO THROW EVERYTHING OFF AND LOVE HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND LOVE ALL THOSE AROUND YOU! DIE TO YOUR FLESHLY SELF AND LET YAHUSHA FLOW THROUGH YOU TO OTHERS! "Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone: but if it die, it brings forth much fruit." JOHN 12:24 "He that finds his life shall lose it: and he that loses his life for My sake shall find it." MATTHEW 10:39 THERE'S NO TIME TO BE WAILING IN THE MUD OF DEMONS ANYMORE! WE HAVE A JOB TO DO! SO GET BACK TO IT! A FINAL WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT Listen, Yahusha knows it's hard, and that the battle is intense. I know some days you just want to give up. But DON'T! You're not alone in this fight! Millions of believers throughout history have faced the same enemy, the same accusations, the same lies — and they OVERCAME! "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death." — REVELATION 12:11 3 things defeat the enemy: THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB — His sacrifice, His victory, His finished work! THE WORD OF YOUR TESTIMONY — What He's done for YOU! Speak it out! LOVING NOT YOUR LIFE UNTO DEATH — Total surrender, total commitment! You've got everything you need! The blood of Yahusha covers you! The Word of Alahim equips you! His Spirit empowers you! What more do you need? "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us." ROMANS 8:37 MORE THAN CONQUERORS - Not barely surviving but THRIVING! Not just holding on but MOVING FORWARD! "But thanks be to Alahim, Who gives us the victory through our Master Yahusha Messiah." 1 CORINTHIANS 15:57 The victory is already won! You just need to walk in it! Know it and behave it! "For you are dead, and your life is hid with Messiah in Alahim. When Messiah, who is our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with Him in esteem." COLOSSIANS 3:3–4 You're His! You're loved! You're chosen! You're sealed! You're MORE than a conqueror! NOW STAND UP, DUST YOURSELF OFF, AND GET BACK IN THE FIGHT! There's a world out there that needs to see Yahusha in YOU! People are drowning in the same lies you've been fighting! They need to see someone who's OVERCOME , so they can overcome too! "And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever." — DANIEL 12:3 Shine ... Let Him shine through you! "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." MATTHEW 5:16 The accuser has NO POWER over you unless you give it to him! SO STOP GIVING IT TO HIM! RISE UP! STAND FIRM! FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT! "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the trusting-belief: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Master, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing." 2 TIMOTHY 4:7–8 That crown is waiting for YOU! Don't let anyone steal it! "Behold, I come quickly: hold fast to what you have, that no man take away your crown." REVELATION 3:11 SCRIPTURE REFERENCES FOR MEDITATION Identity in Messiah: 2 Corinthians 5:17 — New Creation Romans 6:6 — Old man impaled Galatians 2:20 — Messiah lives in me Colossians 3:3 — Hidden with Messiah Ephesians 2:6 — Seated with Him Chosen and Loved: 1 Peter 2:9 — Chosen generation John 15:16 — You have not chosen Me Ephesians 1:4 — Chosen before foundation Romans 8:38–39 — Nothing separates us Jeremiah 31:3 — Everlasting love Protected and Sealed: Ephesians 1:13–14 — Sealed with Spirit Ephesians 4:30 — Sealed unto redemption 2 Timothy 2:19 — The Master knows them that are His Zechariah 2:8 — Apple of His eye Psalm 91 — Dwelling in the secret place Victory and Authority: Romans 8:37 — More than conquerors James 4:7 — Resist the devil 1 John 5:4 — Overcome the world Revelation 12:11 — They overcame him Luke 10:19 — Power over all the enemy Armour and Warfare: Ephesians 6:10–18 — Full armour of Alahim 2 Corinthians 10:4–5 — Weapons of our warfare Matthew 4:1–11 — Yahusha's example 1 Peter 5:8–9 — Be sober, be vigilant No Condemnation: Romans 8:1–2 — No condemnation Romans 8:33–34 — Who shall lay anything to the charge? Isaiah 54:17 — No weapon formed against thee STAND FIRM IN THE FAITH, QUIT YOU LIKE MEN, BE STRONG! — 1 Corinthians 16:13 This study is dedicated to all those who are fighting the good fight of trusting-belief. May Yahusha strengthen you, encourage you, and lead you into all truth. The battle is His — the victory is yours!

LIVING A FLESHLY EXISTENCE IN “DEAD STUMPISM”?? "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death" From Proverbs 14, we see there is a way of life that appears full, informed, structured, and even “spiritual” … but in reality, it is cut off and stands sealed, stagnant, and fruitless... rot and putrification have set in, and the outward-faring life has gone ... THIS IS STUMP-LIFE ! Imagine a tree stump, cut off, which is all the KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD: (AI, Religion, Science, Politics, Economics, Philosophy, Psychology), and you can't grow or go anywhere, you were born into it, and have worked it and drawn from it your whole life, and now you're stuck inside it, unable to SEE or KNOW the hidden HIGHER concept of Yahusha Alahim. 🪵 SO WHAT IS STUMPISM? A stump is what remains after a tree has been cut down. It still has form - It still has roots - It may even look strong and established…but it NO LONGER GROWS … and it BEARS NO FRUIT … So it is cut off from living expansion and from a higher consciousness! So STUMPISM   is the condition of living in the fleshly mind - from intellect alone - from inherited systems, doctrines, and structures. It is a life of WORLDLY KNOWLEDGE that talks about truth … but does not live in it ! 🪵 PETRIFIED or PUTRIFIED? ... (or both??) A Petrified Dead Stump is Fossilised! These are ancient trees that were buried in sediment, mud, or ash, preventing oxygen from causing decay. Mineral-rich groundwater then flowed through the wood, replacing the cell walls with minerals like silica or calcite. This process preserves the wood's original structure, down to the microscopic details such as tree rings, but transforms it into solid stone. They can be thousands of years old, and while showing bark, growth rings, and wood texture, they feel like and are made of rock!! ( NO SWEETNESS!! ) A Putrified  Dead Stump is Rotten and Decayed: Stumps exposed to air on a normal forest floor will rot (putrefy) and return to the soil in about 15–50 years, depending on the wood type. So a putrified stump is just a rotten piece of organic wood. 🪵 THE HEBREW PICTURE: LIFE vs CUT-OFF "STUMPISM” 1503 Geza' - from an unused root meaning to cut down (trees); the trunk or stump of a tree (as felled or as planted):-- stem, stock. In the Hebrew Understanding, a tree is never just a tree, but represents life, connection, and fruitfulness . So a living tree must be rooted in a source - drawing unseen life - and PRODUCING VISIBLE FRUIT (BEHAVIOUR - FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT)! “He shall be like a tree planted by streams of water…” (Ps1) But a stump is LIFE INTERRUPTED , and represents: Judgment, Limitation, Humbling, Being cut down from pride and self-exaltation ... 🪵 NEBUCHADNEZZAR’S STUMP "THE ORIGINAL STUMPISM" In Daniel 4, King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of empires, full of power and self-glory, has a vision of a great tree reaching to the heavens, feeding all the nations, strong, visible, impressive to the whole world (his reign and power) ... but then - It is cut down…and only the stump remains, bound with iron and bronze. (Dan.4) 🔍 Historical Meaning: This was a direct judgment: His pride His self-exaltation His belief that power and greatness came from himself. He was reduced to a beast-like mental state (like the demoniac) - cut off from true understanding, left to roam the forest for seven years (a complete shemitah cycle). 🪵 THE HIGHER SPIRITUAL CONCEPT (FOR TODAY) Nebuchadnezzar is not just a King … He is a type/shadow of STUMPISM. He represents: The intelligent man The powerful man The religious man The system-builder Who believes: “By my wisdom, my knowledge, my structure I have attained truth.” But in reality… He has been cut off from the living root! "For only Alahim gives wisdom - from His mouth comes knowledge and understanding ... the fear of Alahim is the beginning of wisdom". (Prov.2 & 9) 🪵 MODERN STUMPISM "DEAD-STUMPERY" Today, STUMPISM is everywhere: 📚 Theology without any heart transformation 🏛 Religion without any divine encounter 🧠 Fleshly Knowledge without the Spirit of Yahusha 🗣 Loud opinions without true obedience 🤖 Systems (even AI) without any life-source It is: Reading Scripture… but NOT HEARING HIS VOICE! Debating truth… but NOT BEHAVING THE LOVE! Building doctrines… but NOT BEARING FRUIT! This is uninspired DEAD STUMP-LIFE . 🪵 THE GREAT DECEPTION OF THE STUMP A stump still looks like it belongs to a tree, and THAT'S THE GREAT DELUSION! “Yahusha sends them a strong delusion, for they do not have a love for the truth!” STUMPISM can appear very deep, intelligent, structured and even Scripturally sound, meaning the Word is being mixed around and used to suit the fleshly agenda! But it is still: Cut off from the LIVING REALITY and SPIRITUAL CONCEPT of Yahusha Alahim! 🪵 THE HIDDEN REALITY: "LIFE IS WITHIN, NOT SURFACE" The Scriptures are not the life itself… They contain  the life. “The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” (2 Cor 3) Eternal life is hidden within the words , not on the surface ink of the page. So the stumpy-man: Reads the pages Studies the letters Analyses the structure …but never accesses the life within it! Because that HIDDEN MANNA (Eternal Life) is only revealed through: Blood Water of the Word Spirit Fire Transformation 🪵 THE ONLY WAY OUT OF STUMPISM? You cannot think your way out. You cannot study your way out. You cannot 'religious' your way out. The stump does not grow back by human, fleshly effort. It must experience something supernatural: A NEW HIGHER CONCEPT OF YAHUSHA! A breaking open ... A fire ... A new life! 🔥 SPIRIT & FIRE BAPTISM: "THE BREAKING OF THE STUMP" Only through Yahusha's Deliverance Vein of Spirit and Fire Baptism can one move from: 🪵 A Stump → 🌳 A Living Tree This is not symbolic … It is a NEW EXPERIENTIAL CONCEPT It is the moment when: The veil lifts, scales fall, Yahusha's voice is heard, Our inner man awakens to true consciousness! 🪵 FROM STUMP TO TREE "THE TRUE CONCEPT" A Living Tree (TEMPLE DWELLING) : Draws from unseen spiritual roots hidden deep within Yahusha's Word, Lives moment by moment, guarding and communicating thought by thought, Produces fruit naturally as the New Covenant Love Laws are written on their heart. This is the higher concept of Yahusha Alahim: Not known through Old Doctrine, Putrified Torah Laws, Petrified Mindset Systems ... …but through: Sweetness of fruit expressed in daily living! 🍇 THE FRUIT IS "THE EVIDENCE OF LIFE" The proof you are no longer in STUMPISM is not your lower fleshly knowledge… IT IS FRUIT: Love Joy Peace Patience Kindness Goodness Faithfulness Humility Self-control These are not behaviours you force… (although it can seem fake when you first start practising them) ... They are the evidence that YAHUSHA ALAHIM'S LIFE IS FLOWING THROUGH YOU! 🪵 THE ROYAL LAW ARE "SWEETNESS!" At the highest level, the “CONCEPT” of Yahusha Alahim is not intellectual… It is SWEETNESS ! Love that flows naturally Kindness that cannot be contained A life that reflects Yahusha without effort This is the TWO ROYAL LAWS: Not written externally…but a real internal heart change! ⚔️ THE WAR IS "STUMP vs LIFE!" Every day we have a choice: Return to STUMPISM Babylon Control Knowledge Self Structure ...... OR Walk in LIVING TREE CONCEPT Surrender Listening Obedience Understanding Sweetness of Fruit 🪵 CONCLUSION All of the world's mindsets (even religious systems) - are living in: Dead Stumpery! Cut off from Yahusha's TRUE SPIRIT … yet convinced they are alive! Yahusha Alahim is NOT found in the STUMP ... He is found in: The fire The wilderness The death of self! And revealed through: Living, breathing, moment-by-moment sweetness! 🔥 SO DEAR BROTHERS & SISTERS ... You can spend your whole life studying the stump with its rules and laws and ways … Or you can be set on fire , broken open, and grown into a living tree, Rooted in Yahusha Alahim's CONCEPT, bearing fruit, and finally knowing Him… Not as a dim image of the mind - but as the SWEETNESS of living reality! YAHUSHA IS A CONCEPT !!!

★ REFRESHMENT ★ In Strong's Concordance, "refreshment" primarily refers to spiritual and physical revival, relief, or cooling down, often from exhaustion or anxiety. Key Hebrew (naphash) and Greek (anapsyxis, anapsucho) terms signify taking a breath, being revived, or finding "cooling" relief. When you turn from bad behaviours and evil thinking, repent, and say sorry to Yahusha Alahim then comes refreshment from Yahusha Alahim's presence. If you are not able to turn from sin yourself alone, again if you are battling something in a trial; no matter the reason, then comes fellowship! In the context of fellowship (koinonia), "refreshment" specifically refers to the act of reviving another person's spirit or soul, often by relieving their burdens, exhaustion, or anxiety through mutual encouragement and practical care. In Strong’s Concordance, the primary Greek word used for this type of fellowship-based refreshment is anapauo (G373). It describes a profound spiritual and emotional rejuvenation to Yahusha Alahim that happens when one believer "lightens the load" for another. “…a dishonest witness spitting out lies, and a person who spreads conflict among relatives.” 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝙱𝚎𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚛: 𝚁𝚎𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 We are all relatives in Yahusha Alahim. We are brothers and sisters united under one Spirit. We share in his likeness and we are like glowing beacons in the darkness to those who are our brothers and sisters and those who are in the world. We all share in divine power. There should be no discord among us even when offense is present. This is because we are set apart in attitude and behavior in order to gain the ultimate Sweetness. Therefore, our behaviors must match at all times, especially when around those who you are to fellowship with. Living in community builds "spiritual muscle" that cannot be developed in isolation; Iron Sharpening Iron(Proverbs 27:17), believers refine each other through honest conversation and mutual accountability. Gathering is intended to "stir up" others toward love and good works, acting as a safeguard against spiritual drift. 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐲 The relationship between fellowship and "refreshment" is one of source and overflow. While the "times of refreshing" mentioned in Acts 3:19 come directly from Yahusha's presence, fellowship is the primary way that refreshing is experienced and shared between people. In Yahusha Alahim, lightening the load for another is a duty rooted in the second commandment—the command to love one another as He has loved us. It involves active, sacrificial participation in the struggles of others to bring them the refreshment of His presence. Everyone has the power to overcome but not everyone can activate it because they are still weak and drinking the milk of the Word. If a brother or sister is burdened by the weight of sin or moral failure, lightening their load means restoring them with gentleness and humility rather than judgment. This "sharing of the load" helps them find the path back to Yahusha Alahim. The most direct biblical equivalent is from Galatians 6:2, which literally means to "pick up" or "carry" the extra weight a brother is struggling with. Refreshing the spirit / heart: Often used by the Apostle Paul (as in Philemon 1:7), this phrase describes a deep emotional rejuvenation where one person's love "resets" the soul of another: agape love. Do you exhibit agape love or do your words bring judgement and discord among the brethren? The "more excellent way" referenced in 1 Corinthians 12:31 is agape love—a self-denying, sacrificial love for God and others. While spiritual gifts (like prophecy or knowledge) are important, they are temporary and meaningless without love. This better way emphasizes building up others, patience, kindness, and humility over personal ambition, according to 1 Corinthians 12:31. In order to perform agape love you must enter in through the fruits of the spirit and care for your fellow brother and sister. This way pushes out ambition and brings us all into Yahusha's marvellous light, into his saving grace, into his loving arms as we put off the old man and put on the new. If fellowship feels like a heavy burden then we should look at our own hearts and realize that there should be change in our behaviors and how we treat one another. This is a very good indicator tool to realize where we stand. If we cannot love one another without looking for a reward but looking to strengthen one another in a genuine relationship and sense then we tend to have a competitors relationship with our brothers and sisters which should not be so for those who truly want a change in behavior and how they perceive the world. You can start today to care for one another as Yahusha Alahim has cared for you, has refreshed you when you turned from sin and evil ways, and has led you into a love, into goodness unlike any other.

◥꧁ད ॐ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪꜱɪᴏɴ ॐ ཌ꧂◤ I saw a vision where I was being hugged by Yahusha Alahim and I was hugging him back just joyful and happy. The background is pure white light. I was overtaken by this golden white that came out of my mouth, my eyes, my ears and nose and engulfed my whole being from within. I couldn't move as I slumped down and he held me in his arms and I saw the word Light. I was wearing a long white linen long sleeve shirt with no spots and no blemishes that was down to my ankles and so was Yahusha. ¤¸¸.•´¯`•¸¸.•..>> 🅻🅸🅶🅷🆃 <<..•.¸¸•´¯`•.¸¸¤ “I am the light of the world.” - Yahusha Alahim “I am the way,the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father except through me.” - Yahusha Alahim G5457 (φῶς - phōs): Light, luminousness. It is used for natural or artificial light, but often metaphorically for spiritual illumination, divine truth, and the manifestation of Yahusha Alahim. ◥꧁ད 𝐌𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐯𝐬 𝐘𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐦 ཌ꧂◤ In the apostolic era, pagan philosophies promised enlightenment through secret knowledge. Paul counters that true enlightenment comes only through the proclaimed gospel. His own ministry is therefore marked by an open statement of truth (2 Corinthians 4:2). When the message is preached, Yahusha Alahim, himself, performs the inner act of illumination, ensuring that the fruitfulness of ministry rests on divine power, not human eloquence. This is why it is so important to live in clean worship before Yahsuha Alahim, otherwise one becomes a dirty vessel, unable to bring out the manifestations of Yahusha Alahim because Yahusha Alahim is not in a clean vessel. The bride of Yahusha Alahim cannot stand if they do not have their armour on, they are in their own way, they are not understanding that what they feel, think, and the overpowering of the enemy can be overcome by activating the Fruits of the Spirit which is the Armour of Alahim. It is a supernatural ability that forces the enemy to leave, strengthens your resolve and pulls you from wickedness that creeps in and tries to bind us in these snares and traps and situations. ◥꧁ད 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐋𝐔𝐈𝐀! 𝐈𝐭 𝐈𝐬 𝐊𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐰𝐝! ཌ꧂◤ Kabowd (or kavod) is a Hebrew noun (כָּבוֹד) signifying "weight," "glory," "honor," or "splendor". Primarily used in the Old Testament, it implies a heavy, substantial presence, often referring to the majesty or abundance of Yahusha Alahim. GLORY!!!!! ALLELUIA!!! It is by him that those we speak to change. It is by his reveal that many understand. It is by Yahusha Alahim, and Yahusha Alahim alone, that people receive the message because they receive the KABOWD!!! So, if Kabowd is not flowing in you then your words fall on deaf ears!!! HALLELUJAH!!!! GLORY BE THE HIGHEST!!!! Again, Kabowd cannot be in any unclean vessel. If you decide to change you reject the invitation to sin! Reject the wicked thoughts that tell you to be anything other than the Fruits of the Spirit. For it is the Fruits of the Spirit and a clean lifestyle that our worship is honored Why does Yahusha Alahim need any of us to preach to others the truth? Why doesn't he just show himself to the world with his own kabowd? Prophecy fulfillment Intimacy fulfillment Manifestation of kabowd in individuals Fulfillment To show his strength in weakness. Yahusha Alahim wants us near. Don't you see, brothers and sisters? He is head over heels for you! He gave his life for you. He paid a price for you! and he wants YOU IN KABOWD!! He wants YOU in eternal life with him. HE WANTS YOU TO SEE HIS PURPOSE FULFILLED IN YOU!!! HE WANTS YOU LIBERATED! 🙂 HE WANTS YOU FREE! FREE!!! FREE!!! Yahusha Alahim is not a selfish person because he wants you liberated and emancipated. ◥꧁ད 𝙺𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚠𝚍 𝚟.𝚜. 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚑 ཌ꧂◤ The difference comes down to what is being described: Kabowd is the essence (the "what"), while Shekinah is the location (the "where"). Here is the breakdown of the two words: Biblical vs. Post-Biblical Kabowd is a biblical word. It appears hundreds of times in the Old Testament to describe Yahuah’s honor, weight, and radiant glory. Shekinah is not in the Bible. It is a word created by Jewish theologians (in the Targum and Talmud) centuries later to describe the concept of Yahusha Alahim’s dwelling. 2. Weight vs. Dwelling Kabowd (The "Weight"): As we discussed, this refers to the substance of Yahusha Alahim. When the "Kabowd" filled the Temple, it was the heavy, glorious presence of His actual being. It’s about His character and importance. Shekinah (The "Settling"): This comes from the Hebrew root shakan, which means "to dwell" or "to pitch a tent." It refers specifically to the act of Yahuah living among us. 3. The "Light" Connection While both are associated with light, they emphasize different things: Kabowd is the brilliance that emanates from God (like the sun's heat and pressure). Shekinah is the visible cloud or fire that shows He is "at home" with His people (like the light in a window that shows someone is inside). Are you experiencing Kabowd? In short: You use Kabowd when you want to talk about how great and heavy Yahusha Alahim’s glory is. You use Shekinah when you want to talk about how close and present He is with us. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐡'𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐞 The differences show the utter BS and lies they have been playing believers and non-believers in their faces for centuries! To have us believe in a religious concept that has no heaviness to it, that has no true Deliverance from within, that was a lie from the beginning to out a heavy yoke on the world—has the mystical notation to bring us into fruition of their beliefs in their religious systems. It is never to bring Kabowd into the world! No!!! NO, NO! NOT AT ALL! It was to bring all life if walks, all manner of people underneath them to squash Kabowd under foot. This is so that the Jewish Sanhedrin can bring people into their religious systems and beliefs and utterly completely dismantle people with lies and mysticism. Matthew 23 This brings us into mysticism! The word Shekhinah (sometimes spelled Shenkinah) is a cornerstone of Talmudic thought. While the specific term never appears in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), it was created by the rabbis of the Talmud to describe the manifest Divine Presence of God on earth but not in every individual. This would reject all the teachings of Yahusha Alahim being the light of the world and the only way, truth, and life. It would reject the truth to keep people captivated by their filthy hierarchy and bond the people into a yoke of bondage. If you truly want to be set free then look no further than for Yahusha Alahim who gives us Kabowd. Ask for Yahsuha Alahim’s fire and Spirit baptism and start living the life that is true worship to Yahusha Alahim's way. If you want to experience Kabowd then quickly throw off the old man and put on the new. Read his word and get active in your armour and in your hearts live cleanly. Wash your hands, you sinners! Get ready for the joy and spiritual power of kabowd in YOU! And experience a true experience unlike anything you have experienced!!!! WOOOOO!!!! LET'S GOOOOO!!!! YAHUSHA ALAHIM IS ALIVE AND LIVING!!!!!! 🥳 🎉🎆🎇🥳🎇🎆🎉🎊👑🎶👑🕺🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼💥💥🕺🏼🕺🏼

ღƪ(ˆ◡ˆ)ʃ♡ 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 ♡ƪ(ˆ◡ˆ)ʃ♪ disclosure, announcement From phaneroo; exhibition, i.e. (figuratively) expression, (by extension) a bestowment -- manifestation. In Matthew 6:4, "righteousness" refers to acts of devotion—specifically giving to the needy—done to honour Yahusha Alahim rather than to seek human approval. It emphasises sincere, humble, and private obedience to Yahusha Alahim's will over hypocritical, performative piety. True righteousness stems from the heart. It is counted as sin for us to do righteousness and give to the needy, and pray in public like the hypocrites do. This shuts us off from Yahusha Alahim. He rewards good behavior; not sneaky behaviors or behaviors that highlights and glorifies fleshly desires. We work forward to Yahusha Alahim's manifestations, not to fleshly desires. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of Yahusha Alahim— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. ꧁𓊈𒆜 ᴍᴀɴɪꜰᴇꜱᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴘɪʀɪᴛ 𒆜𓊉꧂ 1 Corinthians 12:7-11. These manifestations, which differ from the fruit of the Spirit, include spiritual gifts such as wisdom, healing, prophecy, and tongues, meant to strengthen, edify, rebuke in love the bride. Manifestations are not for self-glorification but to strengthen, rebuke, edify, and encourage the bride of Yahusha Alahim, who is the groom, to maturity. He is looking for a bride without spot nor blemish which is why it is so important that you stray away from earthly and fleshly gain—that you're not being as the hypocrites who pray out loud or show they are fasting. Surely, they have their reward. It is falsehood, it is a blemish. We are urged to seek the gifts of the Spirit. Do you not know, my friend? The faster we get these gifts and apply them to the bride…that means that the bride is growing and finally to the point of maturity! Without spot nor blemish. We will be prepared and once the bride is ready… Yahusha Alahim will be prepared and ready. But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to Yahusha Alahim must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of Yahusha Alahim, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. First, let us put away the old man and put on the new. Let us clap in joy and shout alleluia for the day of Yahusha Alahim is soon. Let us jump for joy because we have overcome through the blood and power of Yahusha Alahim (Revelation 15:2).

﹏𓊝﹏﹏ ≈ 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 ≈ ﹏𓊝﹏﹏ Yahusha Alahim is referred to as the "fountain of living water". In John 4, Yahusha offers this "living water" to believers as Yahusha Alahim. Hebrew Phrase: Mayim Chaim — frequently interpreted as a call to be "conduits and not containers" of spiritual refreshment. But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖚𝖔𝖚𝖘 𝖋𝖑𝖔𝖜 𝖔𝖋 𝖑𝖎𝖋𝖊: 𝕿𝖔 𝖇𝖊 𝖋𝖚𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖜𝖓 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖆𝖈𝖈𝖊𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖉 The lady, at the well, joked and said, " Give me this living water to drink". Yahusha offered her spiritual "living water" that would satisfy her deepest needs—a "spring of water welling up to eternal life". She understood this meant she would never have to thirst for love or belonging again. Well up to eternal life? The Samaritan woman in John 4:14, represents a deep, internal, and permanent spiritual fulfilment that contrasts with temporary worldly satisfaction. The Samaritan woman was filled with joy and excitement because Yahusha revealing the details of her life—specifically her five husbands and current relationship—was not done to shame her, but to show her that he was the long-awaited Messiah who loved and knew her completely. Her joy stemmed from being fully known and yet fully accepted, allowing her to abandon her life of shame and rejoice back to the town with the good news. Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Yahusha Alahim," which means that believers are completely freed from divine judgment and the penalty of sin through fire and spirit baptism, because he took the punishment for sin; those who belong to Him have a new standing of "not guilty" before Yahusha Alahim, removing the final verdict of condemnation. We now have the right to drink from the fountain of eternal life, living water. Have you felt dead inside? Not sure where to turn or run to? Lost? Barren? Spiritually dry? Just deadness? Are you activating the fruits, or do you feel you cannot because of feeling nothing? Standing in the way of yourself. We tend to believe that the continuous gushing and flowing of Yahusha Alahim, his very presence, cannot be active because the time and place and feeling are not palpable in our own understanding. Some of us consider that when we feel that deadness, barrenness, dryness inside that we cannot overcome. However, these understandings are of our own comprehension and not of what is spoken to us in Scripture. What we are feeling lets us know that we are barren—empty because we make all the excuses instead of looking at ourselves and seeing the bigger picture. Power over being dead and empty We are barren and dry—empty. What we had from Yahusha Alahim to overcome has been used up. Just as Yahusha's mother said, “The wine is all gone!” Yahusha filled the wine barrels with his wine. Think about that, he filled the wine barrels with HIS wine, and everyone was satisfied. He told his mother that it was not yet his time, but he activated his power and filled the barrels to the brim, and they were SATISFIED. Hallelujah. He activated his power, and likewise, we must activate our power from within. If you want living water wherever you are and however much you need to feel satisfied and in the Spirit, then you must simply get out of your own way. Who was it that had forbidden you from going in? Noo, not demons and not excuses but YOURSELF. We tend to take on a defeated spirit when we are barren and dry. Where are you, friend? Where is your mind if you are not breaking through the threshold of being barren and dry? Find where you are and then get out of your own way. Yahusha Alahim wants to continuously flow within us all in his fluidity. He needs us to step out of our own way and stop making excuses as to why we are not overcoming because he has overcome the world and has given us his very Spirit to flow and manifest through thoughts and behaviors to those around us if we just believe and be strengthened to follow through with flowing with Yahusha Alahim than we limit ourselves to believe is true but is not. Don't you want the sweetness? Don't you want to finally be satisfied in the way that the Bible has preached to you all your life? Can you tell if you are dead in the Spirit? 🌊 .·:*¨𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙔𝙖𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙖 𝘼𝙡𝙖𝙝𝙞𝙢¨*:·. 🌊 It becomes infectious, people get intoxicated, people feel the difference, and they wonder what you have that they don't have. “How do they do this and without faltering at what is in front of them? How do they encourage one another and be these fruits without fail?” This…brothers and sisters is where we get the sweetness from. 🙂 Flowing in Yahsuha Alahim. If you are new, we welcome you in. We welcome you to the love feast, and we ask that you feast with us in spirit and in truth. :))))))))))))))))) Yahusha Alahim bless you and keep you all.

PART.1 - WHAT THE SCIENCE WORLD SAYS PART.2 - WHAT THE JEWS SAY (HEBREW) PART.3 - WHAT SCRIPTURE SAYS PART.4 - SPIRITUAL CONCLUSION The moment you think you've fully defined Yahusha, you are no longer relating to HIM, but to an IMAGE that you've chosen to bottle Him in, to suit yourself! WHAT IS A CONCEPT ? See the representation of the concept of a tree here. The four upper images of trees can be roughly expressed as an overall generalisation of a tree, pictured in the lower image. A concept is an abstract idea that serves as a foundation for more concrete principles, thoughts, and beliefs. Concepts play an important role in all aspects of thinking. As such, concepts are studied within such disciplines as linguistics, psychology, and philosophy, and these disciplines are interested in the logical and psychological structure of concepts and how they are put together to form thoughts and sentences. The study of concepts has served as an important flagship of an emerging interdisciplinary approach, cognitive science. 🟣 CONCEPTS are classified into a hierarchy, for example, a basic-level concept would be "chair", with its superordinate, "furniture", and its subordinate, "easy chair". 🟣 CONCEPTS may be exact or inexact. When the mind generalises, such as the concept of a tree, it extracts similarities from numerous examples; the simplification enables higher-level thinking. 🟣 CONCEPTS are studied as components of human cognition in the cognitive science disciplines of linguistics, psychology, and philosophy, where an ongoing debate asks whether all cognition must occur through concepts. 🟣 CONCEPTS are regularly formalised in mathematics, computer science, databases and artificial intelligence. Examples of specific high-level conceptual classes in these fields include classes, schemas, or categories. In informal use, the word concept can refer to any idea. ONTOLOGY OF CONCEPTS ... (ontology is the science of `WHAT IS!' ) The ontology of concepts determines the answer to other questions, such as how to integrate concepts into a wider theory of the mind, what functions are allowed or disallowed by a concept's ontology, etc. There are two main views of the ontology of concepts: CONCEPTS ARE ABSTRACT OBJECTS AND MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS! CONCEPTS AS MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS Within the framework of the representational theory of mind, the structural position of concepts can be understood as follows: Concepts serve as the building blocks for ideas in the mind. Mental representations, in turn, are the building blocks of the stances or perspectives we take towards ideas, be it "believing", "doubting", "wondering", "accepting", etc.). And these attitudes, in turn, are the building blocks of our understanding of thoughts that populate everyday life, as well as folk psychology. In this way, we have an analysis that ties our common everyday understanding of thoughts down to the scientific and philosophical understanding of concepts. So now that we understand what a CONCEPT is from a worldly science perspective, Let's look at its 'Hebrew Understanding' : no word available! To move from the modern, Greek/Philosophical idea of a “CONCEPT” into a Hebrew way of thinking, you actually have to shift categories completely, because Hebrew thought (by their own declaration) is not ABSTRACTLY DISCERNED-FIRST ! (like Western philosophy) ... it is EXPERIENCE-FIRST,  RELATIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL (ie all about you!) - flesh! So the Jews ('apparent keepers of all Hebrewism') say that instead of asking: “What is a Concept?” Hebrew thinking instead asks: “What is known, lived, seen, walked, and embodied? ” KEEP IN MIND THAT THE OLD COVENANT SOURCE OF THIS HEBREW MINDSET WAS A VERY DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE OF SHADOWS AND SCHOOLMASTERS ... UNLIKE YAHUSHA'S NEW COVENANT REVELATION! THE ANCIENT CONCEPT OF ALAHIM WAS VERY LIMITED AND REVEALED IN BREADCRUMBS THROUGH TIME. LOOK WHAT ELSE THEY SAY: 🟣 1. There is no true Hebrew word for “CONCEPT” (in the modern abstract sense) 🟣 2. Hebrew “CONCEPTS” are lived realities, not abstractions! In the tree example: Greek/modern view : → “TREE” = abstract category formed in the mind. Hebrew view : → “TREE” = something seen, touched, sat under, or eaten from. So the “CONCEPT” is not a mental compression, but a pattern recognised through a lived encounter. DOES IT SOUND LIKE YAHUSHA IS BEING PUT IN A BOX HERE? 🟣 3. Applying this to ALAHIM : In a Greek/modern framework: Alahim becomes: A theology A doctrine A figure described in texts A system of beliefs 👉 In other words: A CONCEPT !!!!!!! Jews say that in the Hebrew, there is no separation between IDEA and REALITY. What is true must be lived, embodied, and experienced. Therefore, Alahim cannot be reduced to a CONCEPT formed by reading or religious practice (ISN'T THIS WHAT THEY DO?!) He is only known only through direct encounter, lived wisdom, and the transformation of the heart and life. ... AND WHERE MUST WE FIND THIS EXPERIENCE? THROUGH THEM!! WHO ARE THESE DIRTY OLD MEN STANDING AT THE GATE, DECLARING ALAHIM IS NOT A CONCEPT , BUT TWISTING THE FLESHLY KNOWLEDGE OF YAHUSHA! THIS IS NOT THE TRUE MAJESTIC CONCEPT OF YAHUSHA ALAHIM AT ALL! THEY DON'T KNOW HIM! THEY CAN'T FIND HIM! Now, let's consult some Scriptures: 🟣 1. Alahim cannot be reduced to form or image! DEUTERONOMY 4:15–16 “You saw no form… therefore do not corrupt yourselves by making an image…” ⋆.˚🦋༘⋆ This is huge: They experienced Him, but without form . So any attempt to “picture” Him is already a distortion. >>> OLD HISTORIC COVENANT!! >>> SPIRIT NEEDED! ISAIAH 40:18 “To whom then will you liken Alahim? Or what likeness will you compare with Him?” ⋆.˚🦋༘⋆ You cannot compare, model, or represent Him  adequately. >>> OLD HISTORIC COVENANT!!  >>> SPIRIT NEEDED! 🟣 2. Concept of Alahim is beyond human comprehension! ISAIAH 55:8–9 “My thoughts are not your thoughts… as the heavens are higher than the earth…” ⋆.˚🦋༘⋆ His thought-realm is not the human thought-realm. So any fixed concept of Him is automatically limited. >>> OLD HISTORIC COVENANT!!  >>> SPIRIT NEEDED! JOB 11:7 “Can you search out the deep things of Alahim? Can you find out the limits of the Almighty?” ⋆.˚🦋༘⋆ Implied answer: No. He has no boundary that the mind can fully map. >>> OLD HISTORIC COVENANT!!  >>> SPIRIT NEEDED! 🟣 3. HE IS REVEALED… but not contained! JOHN 1:18 “No one has seen Alahim at any time…” ⋆.˚🦋༘⋆ Yet Heaven reveals WHO we are to worship in Rev.4 & 5 ... YAHUSHA! COLOSSIANS 1:15 “He is the IMAGE of the invisible Alahim…” ⋆.˚🦋༘⋆ Invisible CONCEPT (beyond form) Yet expressed and revealed through Yahusha the Lamb on the Throne! YAHUSHA IS THE MANIFESTATION AND REVELATION OF THE UNCONTAINABLE ALAHIM CONCEPT! JOHN 14:9 “He who has seen Me has seen the Father…” ⋆.˚🦋༘⋆ Meaning “this is the full extent of Alahim” (the fullness of Alahim bodily)! 🟣  CONCLUSION! YAHUSHA IS AN ABSTRACT SPIRITUAL CONCEPT! In the Old Covenant, mankind could not approach the fullness of Alahim. The reality of His being - His “CONCEPT” in its highest form - was beyond the reach of the natural mind, veiled in unapproachable light. So what was given? SHADOWS! Daily laws, feasts, sacrifices, rituals - these were not the reality itself, but structured representations . Like simplified images pointing to a greater truth, they allowed man to interact with what he could not yet comprehend . The Torah functioned as a schoolmaster, training the mind through repetition, symbol, and outward action—each element all silently pointing beyond itself to one reality: YAHUSHA! Yahuah did not remain distant. He stepped out of the unapproachable, took on form, and entered creation as Yahusha - so that His “CONCEPT” could become encounterable, knowable, and livable . Through His own divine blood, He did not merely refine the system - He fulfilled and TRANSFORMED IT , ushering in the New Covenant. Access is no longer mediated through systems, but granted moment by moment—thought by thought - to those who draw near. Not through performance, but through transformation , picking up the Torture Stake and following Yahusha to the death of self to share in His sufferings and resurrection joy. Worship is no longer confined to fleshly observance… we enter the HIGHER DIMENSIONAL "CONCEPT" and manifest the behaviour , fruit , and living expression  of the true Image and revelation of Alahim—Yahusha Himself. No longer approaching through shadows … but coming boldly to the throne of favour, in continual, intimate communication with the Living CONCEPT of Alahim: YAHUSHA our Bridegroom !!! Any rigid mental, religious, or doctrinal “box” of Alahim is incomplete at best, and idolatrous at worst!! ... This applies even to the Scripture Text itself if not abstractly discerned with the true SPIRIT OF YAHUSHA ALAHIM HIMSELF, only received through the Baptism of Spirit and Fire! It is impossible to truly explain the CONCEPT of Yahusha to someone who has not had certain experiences with Him so far. They couldn't handle it. Handle Him! If Yahusha is with you, He reveals WHO HE REALLY IS AS YOUR ALAHIM! But it's hidden from the fleshly mind. Yahusha's CONCEPT is apart from religious knowledge, that we've been filled with (which has to be removed) before one can enter what He's designed us to know in these last days. That is why it shouldn't take so long to enter the wilderness, die to yourself and further your knowledge, wisdom, experience and true education in Him, knowing that Yahusha is a CONCEPT that we can experience. Not bringing back the Old Covenant to REPLACE the precious work of deliverance Yahusha has done. That's a different fleshly, lower concept, but not ours, and not Who He is or what He wants. It's pathetic, and we don't have to talk or interact with that kind of rudeness or 'no love' mindset. So when you can see the REAL CONCEPT of Yahusha, it's up to us to step into it, believe it and verbalise it, in all His majestic splendour, rather than dissecting ink on page that is really just ABOUT Him, not the FULL CONCEPT AND REALITY OF HIM. How many people know that this exists or talk like this? YAHUSHA IS A CONCEPT, and we can springboard into Him through this understanding. Being in His loving presence is something you don't see anywhere in the world, but it's true, and if you want it, you have to run to Him and ignore what all the others say in their childishness and fake intelligence. We must come like a child and be filled, for YAHUSHA IS A CONCEPT, not a box they have put Him in and are promoting in their egotistic knowledge, rules, laws, and traditions! Do you want to put it all off and run to the fresh feeling and CONCEPT and image of Yahusha, thought by thought? KNOWING WHO HE REALLY IS, nothing to do with what you've been told and shown? We must come out of all that! YAHUSHA IS SO PHENOMENAL, SO AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL, SO REMOVE ALL THE ISSUES AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD, FOR THAT'S NOT WHAT YAHUSHA IS ABOUT! HE IS NOW A CONCEPT THAT WE CAN GRASP AND BELIEVE AND TRUST IN AND SEE THE REALITY OF HIS WORDS PLAYING OUT DAILY, WHICH CAN'T BE DONE IN RELIGION. SO IF YOU'VE SETTLED, STOPPED, COME TO THE END OF YOUR EXPERIENCE AND ARE CONTENT IN YOUR RELIGIOUS PERPETUAL CYCLES YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, THAT IS JUST SO VERY SAD. BECAUSE THAT IS NOT YAHUSHA, AND WHAT HE DID TO SET YOU FREE INTO THE REAL LOVING CONCEPT AND RELATIONSHIP YOU CAN HAVE. SO STOP DOING WHAT `THEY' WANT YOU TO DO, AND ENTER THE HIGHER PLANE AND CONCEPT OF YAHUSHA AS YOUR ALAHIM AND SEE WHAT MIND-BLOWING JOURNEY HE WILL TAKE YOU ON NEXT, FURTHER AND DEEPER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE! YAHUSHA IS A SPIRITUAL CONCEPT!

◦•●◉✿ 🆂🆆🅴🅴🆃🅽🅴🆂🆂 ✿◉●•◦ Today we are specifically studying metheq: 4986. metheq Word Origin: [from H4985 (מָתַק - sweet)] 1. figuratively, pleasantness (of discourse) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance sweetness From mathaq; figuratively, pleasantness (of discourse) -- sweetness. "Pleasantness of discourse" refers to the quality of conversation or communication that is enjoyable, attractive, friendly, and easy to like. It involves interaction that is polite, courteous, and respectful, aiming to create a harmonious atmosphere between participants rather than conflict. Occurrences in Scripture 1. Proverbs 16:21 – “The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant speech increases learning.” 2. Proverbs 27:9 – “Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.” __________________________________ *•.¸♡ 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 ♡¸.•* For we are his workmanship, created in Yahusha Alahim for good works, which Alahim prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩. In Proverbs, sweetness is never mere sentimentality. It is anchored in wisdom, discernment, and covenant loyalty. Like honey (Psalm 19:10; Proverbs 16:24), מֶתֶק functions as a metaphor for moral goodness that both delights and nourishes. Thus, its presence signals integrity, while its absence warns of folly or flattery (Proverbs 26:24–26) Did you know Wisdom comes from Alahim? Did you know that Yahusha is Alahim? His divine wisdom is given to those to save those who are captives to sin and death; who are captive and cultivated in the snares of wickedness and by demons. Leviticus regarding burnt offerings, and in the New Testament to describe the sacrifice of Yahusha Alahim and the sacrificial service/giving of believers. For we are the aroma of Yahusha Alahim among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, Therefore, be imitators of Yahusha Alahim, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Yahusha Alahim loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to Alahim. This is the fulfilment of Scripture when we become imitators of Yahusha Alahim in behaviour and attitude. We are to be imitators of Yahusha Alahim and the way he lived. Yahusha Alahim is just there waiting to bless us and reward us for this type of behaviour! Hallelujah!!! Love conquers all. Love WILL prevail. Strength in Weakness: Sweetness (softness/tenderness) is sometimes perfected and intensified (glorified) through vulnerability. Reflecting the Divine: Practising "angelic sweetness"—attentiveness to the needs of others—is described as a "mirroring" of divine love, transforming a normal act into a "glorified" or holy one. "You are the salt of the earth. But if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored?" Again (Matthew 7:17-18, KJV): "Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit". So, how about that, brothers and sisters? Are you excited? Are you ready for a change of heart and be sweet on others so that they may glorify Yahusha Alahim, who is in Heaven? They will know you by your fruit. Good works bring us to Yahusha, knowing us.

Yahusha said, If you are a friend of the world, you have become an enemy of Yahusha. Doing PASSOVER is rejecting Yahusha's New Covenant, insulting His sacrifice! William Cox : Passover is commanded to be observed forever and will be observed in the Messiah’s kingdom. Go read your Bible, you false teacher. Christopher Hilton: William, when Israel was found in adulterous behaviour with idolatry, mixing the worship of Yahuah with many other deities. Yahuah immediately divorced his wife Israel, kicked her out of the land and sent her to exile and slavery. Their behaviour cancelled the “ETERNAL COVENANT, ” right there and then. The King Yahuah has never returned to that temple, to that throne, to rule the people of this world and never will. Yahusha said, “YOUR BODY IS NOW THE TEMPLE, there you can worship in Spirit and in truth.” Yahusha changed the whole concept of what worship is to be today under His New Covenant, read Rev 4&5 and see how heaven changed the worship of Yahuah to the worship of Yahusha. Here you will see that what was eternal behaviour was cancelled, making the old covenant void and fulfilled with the NEW COVENANT OF YAHUSHA. The fulfilment of Passover was done by Yahusha. Today, we do Passover IN SPIRIT, AND IN TRUTH, it is A SPIRITUAL CONCEPT!! Not in the historic rehashing of a dead worship. No need for nastiness, William. Lotzaluv.

Do you need to be reminded “AGAIN,” that masturbation is spiritually illegal!!!! If you are a masturbater automatically you be living in guilt, because you don’t want others to know. Guilt is Satan’s favourite weapon against yourself!!! A masturbater is completely owned by Satan’s workers. A person in this state causes chaos wherever they go, because they keep their perversity. They do not know Yahusha's love. Because Yahusha calls masturbation evil, those partaking in this behaviour automatically enter wickedness. Like a diseased rat it drops its infection wherever it goes. YAHUSHA OFFERS DELIVERANCE FROM EVIL. THIS IS WHY HE CAME, BECAUSE HE LOVES US. A masturbater makes themselves “UNCLEAN,” and will infect your children to disobedience of truth. They can never enter heaven in such a state. There we have told you the truth !!!!

In the last twenty years, lots of old men who have cultivated a long white beard, wearing kippers and in some cases donning robes with tzitzits, have appeared from nowhere, with hardly any credentials, giving themselves the title, Rabbi/teacher. These old men are picking up followers from all different associated groups, forming their own fellowships, not guided by the spirit, but from their own knowledge and experience. We call the appearance of these men with beards, carpetbaggers. They have loud voices which shock people and speak a mixture of truth and lies, with doctrines of confusion, drawing men and women away from what they thought was real, bringing them into confusion. Looking at the background of most of these scoundrels, we see failure in many ways as a husband, homeowner and father. Their age group at the moment is from sixty years, heading towards eighty. These men need to be supported by donors and patrons of their fellowship because of their failures in life, wanting to follow their own physical desires. i.e. become rich and famous, which is their whole purpose and the same as Pastors and teachers of Christianity. The main thrust of their teaching is to reinstate the Old Covenant and its commands and Feasts as its fulfilment of Yahusha's sacrifice, excluding the New Covenant. This they are wanting to make legitimate teaching. The Old historic Covenant was dealt with by Yahuah himself by divorcing Israel and kicking her out of the land because of her wickedness and idolatry. And at that stage there was absolutely no temple worship for many centuries. The Jews were sent back to Jerusalem from exile to rebuild the temple in preparation for Yahusha's sacrifice and fulfilment of that Old Covenant to introduce the New Covenant. Herein is an example of their lies and twisted doctrines. They say Yahusha did the Feasts, so we must do them; this is a twisted lie. Yahusha went to these Feasts and fulfilled EVERY LAW AND ARTICLE that was prescribed. He went there to fulfil and finish what they described as the coming Messiah. . He did not appear to reinstate the Old Covenant again. Proof is: He gave us a New Covenant to live by… The Two Royal Laws, which are a summary of the Old Covenant economy, Feasts and Commands. And we are given a better instruction than the ten commandments - to Love Yahusha first and love your neighbour as yourself. This is the fulfilment of the ten commandments. So you can see these dandy up bad actors don’t appropriate the truth of the New Covenant. It’s all about themselves. As we know, the self must die in the Baptism of Spirit and Fire to enter His deliverance of peace and love. At the age of seventy-eight, I can truly say that I have seen this new fashion to bring back the old covenant to replace the New Covenant from Yahusha. It shows the true heart of those pushing this doctrine. They all dress the same and push this same doctrine, and “LOUDLY!” I might add, which shows no respect for Scripture itself. We do not need to be yelled at so heartlessly and rudely. Again, it’s like the missionaries in Christianity who went to the simple native people years ago and did this to them. And now we see the fruit of what those missionaries sowed in Christianity. We have pastor after pastor screaming over microphones on high volume, desecrating the joy and love of His word and presence…as Ive always noticed and said of these trainee pastors, they are better off in batik and no shoes. It’s really not a very nice experience. And this mixture has gone from Christianity to Natzarim, showing us the paper trail through bad behaviour of where a lot of these bearded old men come from, which is the depths of disastrous behaviour from the house of the dead. Yahusha gave us two wonderful laws to live by. Putting Him and his wonderful instructions before any so-called truths. And then love our neighbour, whoever is before us, as ourselves. Self has to die, and his love emerges from our vessel towards others. When you see the Two Laws happening, this is a believing overcomer's true experience of Yahusha. This is the whole instruction Yahusha gave us in His New Covenant. It has nothing to do with what the old men with grey beards teach us with a fake Rabbi/teacher leader. These old men with beards are scoundrels and will rip you off, just as the scammers on the internet will do today. If you want to follow their teaching, your life will be a misery. These old men with younger apprentices are planning to create another Jewish Cult Religion to take your money and possessions. This is what an old man, me, is noticing in the religious realm. Yahusha had no denomination but to love one another. It’s obvious if that's happening, and it’s obvious if it’s not. Be wise and check everyone’s Spiritual behaviour. WHO ARE THESE DIRTY OLD MEN WITH BEARDS - REALLY - WHO ARE THEY??

PERPETUAL CYCLE Here you are in the middle of your Passover Feast. Passover is taken from the perpetual historic cycle, which starts every year around this time. It’s from the Old Testament and is historically recorded how the Jews did their feasts in the time of Solomon. It is not necessarily experienced by the majority, but there is today a push to reinvent the Feasts in today’s religious worship. Same as Easter, Eid, & the Egyptian Cat Worship. These are traditions you can enter into your lifestyle and live by their principles. It is not necessarily experienced from our creator, but you have the choice to apply it to yourself. All religion is man-made and not from the spirit of Yahusha, so applying this to yourself and your family is obviously a no-reward experience for the time you give to these traditions. Remember, they all come from the history book of man’s wisdom and knowledge, which is free for everybody to apply and be confused. Not like Yahusha, where all His wisdom and knowledge are hidden and must be sought through the spirit of Yahusha. So you can understand through His Word the mindset of our Master and know how to live your life in this world according to His Word. And can only happen by His Spirit, not through the historic knowledge of men’s wisdom. Coming back to the point, here you are in the middle of your Passover. At this moment, look around at your wife and family, even if you have elders who are staunch believers in this old system. Look at their faces and their bodies and realise you are putting them through this old system where nothing happens in the perpetual cycle. These teachings and habits are designed to distract all attention away from loving Yahusha and His Word and keeping your mind on what the feasts want you to do. When you really look at your loved ones, you can see the strain of getting everything right and ready for the feast. Everyone’s concern is the things that must be done to do what they call is worship and celebration. Everyone’s mind is on the doings for the feast, not the worship of Yahusha. In reality, Yahusha, Who was Yahuah at that time, gave Israel, His wife, a certificate of divorcement for her idolatry. She was divorced, thrown out of the land of Israel to be a slave to other nations. Yahuah himself cancelled the Old Covenant. There were no feasts in the land and no true worship coming from Israel. Still today, there is no presence of the king in his temple, on His throne in Israel. This is why the Jews want to rebuild the temple and set up a fake presence. Yahusha gave commands that your body is now the temple where we worship in spirit and in truth. He said He will never enter another temple again. This is contrary to what the Jews teach. So obviously, they are in for a great shock and bringing the Feasts into your family household, as previously said, is a no-reward benefit for your family. When you pick up your stake and follow Yahusha, you come to the death of yourself through the baptism of Spirit and Fire, overcoming the mindset of the world, and are delivered into the fruits of righteousness. This is your wilderness where Satan can’t touch you. You are imbued with His anointed Spirit to dwell in His peace and love. Imagine if your friends and family were on their way home, knowing the Spirit of Yahusha will be there with them and be able to dwell in His presence, loving those you’re with. This in itself is true worship, not in the tradition of doing things. This is where true fellowship with Yahusha and his people exists… not in what man thinks traditions give him. Don’t put your family through yearly cycles that bear no fruit but were given to Israel at Solomon’s time to be fulfilled by Yahusha when he came. They are just an historical blueprint for us to see Yahusha’s fulfilment of all Scripture. This is your true deliverance.

Yahusha set us free from the old covenant traditions of worship! Why would we bring back today, the feasts and commands which are dead worship, to deny our deliverance from evil religion. Passover and the rest of the old covenant order was cancelled at Israel’s divorce from Yahuah! He became Yahusha and gave us the New Covenant with the 2 Royal Laws. Making our lives easier. PASSOVER!! ... So if you want to be caught up in this man made doctrine it’s your choice. Today this behaviour in Yahushas eyes is like dung on the toilet walls! It is actually scripturally illegal to participate in the feasts of Israel in our homes today. If someone is doing so they are ignoring Yahusha’s New Covenant and following the historic truths of the past! Why would we revive Egyptian Cat worship from historical records? Imagine putting these worship behaviours onto our families and friends. Natzarim are doing this with Israel’s Feasts Globally this weekend many are about to embark on the Easter and Egyptian cat worship Passover holiday. With its unwarranted traditions and unnecessary fussy disturbances. It’s evil !! Yahusha said, If you are a friend of the world you have become an enemy of Yahusha.Doing PASSOVER is rejecting Yahushas New Covenant insulting his sacrifice Doing Passover is entering a perpetual mind cycle which leaves no room for Yahushas commands to love in all circumstances. Religion is here to take our minds off Yahushas love. That’s Passover!! Who are these men of this worlds religious fraternities calling themselves “PRIEST,” who hold doctorates in the wisdom of men. AI does this for us now! Charlatans and deceivers, no spirit there! Yahusha set us free from the old covenant traditions of worship! Why would we bring back today, the feasts and commands which are dead worship, to deny our deliverance from evil religion Christopher Hilton : Doing Passover is entering a perpetual mind cycle that leaves no room for Yahusha's commands to love in all circumstances. Religion is here to take our minds off Yahusha's love. That's Passover. Reply : What about Shabbat observance? Has the death of Yahushua not abolished Shabbat keeping? Do you understand yourself, beloved? Christopher Hilton : Thad, religion is out there for you to choose which bunch of fruit you will do today! Sabbath being the flavour for this weekend. To do or not to do this is the question; the old says yes, the new says no. Yahusha says pick up your stake and follow me! Where did he go, which way did he go, which way did he go, as the cartoon says. It’s your choice how you worship Yahusha when you find Him.

When Yahusha went back to Heaven, He was in the image of a Lamb. Then He was found standing in the Throne. We all know who the Lamb is and standing in the Throne means He is Alahim!!! Scripture tells us Yahuah, which no man has ever seen, is described in Revelation as unapproachable light. Yahuah Himself metamorphosed into flesh and divinity, as a man. Who is the image of the Lamb? It is pretty obvious Yahuah has changed His identity and image for us to discover today, Who He really is as the Lamb image of Alahim. Knowing this, we know Him! Jesus Christ is not the lamb of Yahuah. Jesus was invented 500 years ago. Yahusha was a Jew, so if you are waiting for Jesus Christ to come back to save us, you will be waiting forever!

Each generation must discuss Scriptural truths, comparing them to the way they are walking according to the Word, hearing Yahusha's instructions and doing them, then discussing the outcome! If each new generation doesn’t discuss the truths left by their predecessors, as truly true .... judging their behaviour, someone may deceive through AI and take you off the path!! If each new generation does not discuss the understanding of previous interpretations, they can so easily get spiritually lost, taking their whole generation with them. Be aware of truth!! Did you know about checking what the previous generations believed? It is your own personal duty to discuss how and what your generation is accepting now, because you are liable! If you are spiritually, legally, liable, what does this mean about your connection and behaviour with the previous generation's beliefs? Many things have changed? Knowing that you are now spiritually liable for being a citizen of earth, and knowing you are responsible to behave Scripture instead of what demons say to you... Rise up like a man of truth and win! If you don’t understand what the previous generations believed and behaved, again you are liable. If you are not discussing the difference and changes Yahusha's made, it is called a lack of knowledge. NOW REALLY AND TRUTHFULLY ARE YOU LIABLE ???

A.I. Is designed to steal your heart via the stealth of its deceitful adoration. Remember it is programmed by men without the spirit. You can hear Yahusha's Voice!!! Summaries of Scriptures by A.I. Is NOT hearing the voice of Yahusha! Trusting and believing Scripture talks to you this way, is where a person gets caught up in the adoration of worldly wisdom! Deluded believers think they can hear from Yahusha through A.I. All summaries are programmed through men's imaginations and are NOT spiritual or the voice of Yahusha! Did you know you can tell A.I. how to answer a question, and it will do it, but always offers an alternative? This is where the dangerous seduction of worldly knowledge enters and wins!! Using A.I. summaries of Scripture as truth is like going around in circles or talking to yourself, because YOU have already programmed the subject and are in control. Not Yahusha!!! Using A.I. to summarise studies you are presenting ... works. But keep in mind, A.I. declares it is NOT spiritual but is programmed with the best knowledge of the world and religion. Which are the same!! Spiritual guidance by the Spirit through the Word, is a supernatural experience not attainable by the knowledge of this world. Yahusha said My sheep hear My voice ... this is led by the Spirit, not A.I. !! Be aware of those who get lost within AI. Believers can be seduced into worldliness and lose their spirituality and power to live, being deceived back into slavery!!!!!!

A man NOT WILLING to love his wife more than his own body, is a GUTLESS, PATHETIC, TROUBLE-MAKER ... REFUSING to come together IN UNITY as ONE FLESH! 🔵 A man NOT WILLING to give in and UNDERSTAND his wife, giving time and truth and LOVE to her is LIVING AGAINST YAHUSHA and will be dealt with severely! 🔵 A man NOT WILLING to kill his flesh on the stake so that new life from Yahusha can flow to all those around him, will end up in DESPAIR and RUIN! 🔵 A man NOT WILLING to face that every single part of his heart-intentions and AGENDAS will be sliced into and EXPOSED by the Word, is out to sea being tossed and turned! 🔵 A man NOT WILLING to hate HIS SIN, even after knowing full-well what it does to all those closest to him... deserves every consequence he gets from Yahusha! 🔵 A man NOT WILLING to stop living in SECRETS and SHADOWS, looking for any place to STEAL Yahusha's glory and LIFT HIMSELF UP rather than FACE WHAT HE HAS DONE to his own life and relationships ... is lost in his own EGO ... clinging to the world and it's A.I knowledge! 🔵 A man NOT WILLING to bow down and SUFFER others is HATING YAHUSHA, and misrepresenting His beautiful nature by being HARSH, ABUSIVE & UNKIND! 🔵 A man NOT WILLING to truly REPENT and fight demons from bringing filthy worldly behaviour into his HOME-QUARRY is hiding his own perverse desires and is LEGALLY LIABLE for breaking Covenant and leading his WHOLE FAMILY into sin! 🔵 A man NOT WILLING to become NOTHING and NOBODY is trying to KEEP HIS FLESH ALIVE, making him the WORST EXCUSE OF A MAN because Yahusha is the opposite of this behaviour! 🔵 A man NOT WILLING to cry out in desperation for his own deliverance in FEAR & TREMBLING clearly doesn't want it very much or care about his outcome, or that of his family! A man who CHOOSES to listen to demons is a soppy excuse of a creature, always ready in wait to catch someone out and show offence to what Yahusha is doing! 🔵 A man who CHOOSES to listen to demons sacrifices his wife and family on the altar of his own rotten ego and desires! 🔵 A man who CHOOSES to listen to demons is always hiding his true self, making sure no one comes close to discovering the sins hidden under his tent! 🔵 He takes it so unbelievably personal when Yahusha reaches right into his heart and lungs and squeezes the very breath out to get his attention! 🔵 He can’t see Yahusha intervening to save his life by keeping him on the true path of Deliverance! 🔵 He is convinced he’s a victim instead of seeing just how ruthless and cruel his words and behaviour have been to everyone around him! 🔵 He REFUSES to come into REAL LOVE & JOY, for he has to offer himself on the altar and die to find that pure, clean connection with Yahusha Alahim! 🔵 He is ALWAYS AFRAID TO SPEAK OUT because he’s more interested in how HE looks and feels, rather than what Yahusha is doing in a circumstance! .. Vomit! 🔵 He wants to be the centre of attention and ONLY TALK ABOUT HIMSELF instead of shutting up, and becoming a love-slave to GIVE OTHERS LOVING ATTENTION! 🔵 A man who CHOOSES to listen to demons is in breach of contract and LEGALLY LIABLE for the good words sown into him, answerable to Yahusha for how he’s lived HIS OWN WAY TO SUIT HIMSELF. The end will be worse than the beginning … a millstone! 🔵 Much is expected!!! My sheep can hear My voice! WHAT ARE YOU CHOOSING? Men, are you consciously striving to LOVE your wife (just as Yahusha loved His Assembly and GAVE UP HIS LIFE FOR HER) …understanding that she is to SUBMIT HERSELF to her own husband (just as she would Yahusha) as is PROPER in the Master? 🔵 Men, look up what LOVE actually means with your wife … do a study … then look up what SUBMIT really means! Have you been doing that, or allowing the BULLYING ABUSE of worldly behaviours to seep into your home-quarries? 🔵 Men, you are responsible (legally liable) before Yahusha to GUARD the spiritual condition of your home and its teaching! Do you take this role seriously or allow any DISGUSTING DEMON to flow right in unchecked? … Or are you still stupidly fighting each other? 🔵 Men, if you don’t put yourself off and LOVE your wife, she will stubbornly destroy herself and your Quarry through a mixed mindset of worldly dominance, tearing down the very fabric of goodness if you don’t STEP UP!! 🔵 Men, the BEHAVIOUR of WORSHIP Yahusha wants from us and our wives is completely OPPOSITE to what the world/religion says. 🔵 Men, you are NOT allowed to be silent, GUTLESS and passive-aggressive, focussing on your own BODY with its FLESHLY feelings and desires … this will bring you to ruin! 🔵 Men, your wives are NOT allowed to over-talk, nag, harass, bully and LOUDLY DOMINATE you or your family! This is NOT the proper worship behaviour Yahusha requires! 🔵 Men, speaking the truth in love causes TROUBLE but then PEACE comes. Staying silent and luke-warm, afraid of your wife and children’s reactions and behaviour - Brings STRIFE! 🔵 Men, there are TWO WOMEN in Revelation: a shining BRIDE … and a WHORE full of worldly abominations, drunkenly reversing the divine order given by Yahusha (LOVE/SUBMIT). Two opposites … which BEHAVIOUR do you and your wife present before Yahusha and your family? 🔵 Men, a worldly woman wants to dominate her husband and lead him her way. This is not the way Yahusha has designed the relationship. Men, you must LISTEN to Yahusha and communicate His Words to each other, so you can both move on together conscious in the Spirit! Without this, your direction is only of the flesh - with a disastrous outcome! 🔵 Men, if you and your wife don’t come together and reject all worldly mindsets and behaviour then Yahusha will consider you TOXIC WEEDS sown in to cause trouble, and you’ll be REMOVED!

COVENANT LOVE BEFORE CROSSING: A Behavioural Blueprint for a New Generation ! Deuteronomy is not a repetition. It is a culmination. It is not dry legislation. It is a shepherd's final sermon. The plains of Moab are quiet. Behind Israel lies forty years of wilderness shaping. Before them lies the Jordan, the land, the battles, the inheritance. Moses stands between generations — not entering the promise himself, but ensuring the next generation understands how to live inside it. Deuteronomy is Covenant-Love spoken with URGENCY! And for us - in a 21st-century New Covenant context - it becomes a behavioural manual for conquering our true land to live in Yahusha's Two Royal Laws of Love! 1. THE SETTING : A Threshold! The wilderness generation has died. Only Joshua and Caleb remain from the original spies who trusted Yahuah. The rest fell because of unbelief. Deuteronomy opens not with new laws, but with memories of Sinai, the spies' rebellion, the long 40-year wandering, and the victories east of the Jordan. Moses is not reminiscing, though. He is establishing Israel's reputation and identity. For a New Covenant generation today, this becomes deeply personal. We too stand at a threshold - between flesh and spirit, between immaturity and conscious obedience, between wandering in the wilderness (if we've even made it that far) or reigning with overcoming fruits. Before crossing into deeper responsibility, we must understand why former generations failed. The Exodus Generation, who witnessed Yahuah's power first-hand, still fell in the wilderness because they refused to obey and enter the land of rest. They had the revelation and all the tools, but lacked the active behavioural response. Belief without active behaviour is dead (and not trusting at all) !! This New Generation standing at Moab represents the Bride of Yahusha today — those who must learn from the failures of the past and choose different behaviours. The Wilderness was not just punishment; it was a training ground designed to MATURE A NATION through forty years of testing, dependence on Yahuah's provision (manna from heaven), and learning to walk by His leading rather than by fleshly sight and ideas. 2. MOSES : The Mediator Who Could Not Cross-Over! Moses' life frames Deuteronomy: born under a death decree, drawn from water, raised in Egypt, broken in Midian, called by fire, confronted Pharaoh, mediated Sinai, interceded for rebels, led a stubborn people for forty years. He spoke with Yahuah "face to face." Yet he struck the rock in anger and was barred from entering the land. This is Covenant accountability. INTIMACY INCREASES RESPONSIBILITY! For us, this speaks loudly: spiritual experience does not excuse behavioural failure. In fact, it heightens it. Moses' greatness is crowned not by miracles, but by humility: He does not cling to leadership, He publicly lays hands on Joshua, He blesses the Tribes despite everything, He walks away, climbs Nebo and dies in obedience! Leadership ends in surrender. Moses, who had known Yahuah's presence more intimately than any other man, still faced the consequences of his one act of disobedience. He struck the rock instead of speaking to it, showing that even the greatest leaders must guard their hearts against anger and presumption. The rock he struck was a picture of Yahusha, who would be struck once for our sins, and Who now needs only to be spoken to in trusting-belief! Moses' death outside the land teaches us that the goal is not personal inheritance but generational faithfulness. He prepared the people, and that was enough. His words crossed over even though his body did not. This is the essence of true New Covenant leadership -making sure others KNOW YAHUSHA without needing to be there to complete the process! 3. THE SHEMA : The Heart of Deuteronomy: At the centre of Deuteronomy stands this thunder of love from Moses: "Hear, O Israel: Yahuah our Alahim, Yahuah is One. And you shall love Yahuah your Alahim with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength." This is not emotional poetry for effect. It is URGENT COVENANT ALLEGIANCE. The truth of Torah was never supposed to be ritual precision, but relationship loyalty expressed through obedient behaviour! THIS SHEMA ABOVE ALSO PROVES TO US THAT ALAHIM WAS (AND WILL ONLY EVER BE ONE ! AND AFTER YAHUAH LEFT HIS THRONE TO BECOME YAHUSHA FOR OUR DELIVERANCE AND THEN RETURNED TO SIT ON HIS THRONE AS THE LAMB - HE IS THE ONLY ALAHIM WE ADDRESS AND WORSHIP TODAY! ... HE IS ONE! Moses repeats these words: Remember the Torah! Don't EVER forget! Teach your children! Bind these words on your heart! The issue is never mere compliance with rules! It is loving-affection that produces obedience! However, in New Covenant light, Yahusha confirms this Shema and distils the entire Torah and Prophets into Two Royal Laws: LOVE ALAHIM FULLY (HEART, MIND, BODY, STRENGTH) LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF! On these hang everything. Deuteronomy already contained this core. The Shema was so central that Yahusha Himself quoted it when asked about the Greatest Commandment! But notice how He immediately linked it to the second command: loving neighbour as self. These two cannot be separated. To love Alahim is to behave in ways that demonstrate that love toward others! Love in the Hebrew understanding is NOT primarily an emotion or warm, fuzzy feeling. Love is action, behaviour, response. You cannot command someone to feel an emotion, but you can command them to behave in loving ways (which will, in turn, produce a wonderful feeling). When Yahusha says "love Me with all your heart," He is calling for our total allegiance and our conscious, deliberate obedience to His New Covenant Instructions! The Shema is actually the antidote to idolatry. When we truly love Yahusha Alahim alone, we reject all false gods and goddesses and the systems of this world that compete for our allegiance. The religious systems of today, with their dead liturgy and powerless ritual, are no different from the idols of Canaan. They are rip-offs, smoke and mirrors, great lies to deceive us. Only Yahusha Alahim the Lamb is real, and only He deserves our total devotion and worship! 4. From STONE Tablets to LIVING Flesh Moses says something revolutionary: "Circumcise the foreskin of your heart." External commands can only restrain behaviour for a time.... maybe!? Only transformed hearts can sustain Covenant loyalty. Deuteronomy anticipates the Deliverance Vein! What Sinai commanded externally, the Spirit writes internally. In 21st-century reality, this means: We do not merely avoid idolatry — we uproot internal idols of behaviour! We do not merely avoid murder — we eliminate hatred and judging! We do not merely avoid adultery — we purify imagination and arrest thoughts! We do not merely avoid theft — we cultivate generosity and compassion! The Royal Laws of Love move from external observance to CONSCIOUS BEHAVIOUR! The Deliverance Vein is the thread that runs through all Scripture, revealing how Yahusha brings an incorruptible, Eternal-Seed of internal transformation through His Spirit dwelling within us. Sinai showed us the pattern, but only Yahusha brings the power to live it! This circumcision of the heart is what the New Covenant is all about. Yahuah promised through Jeremiah: "I will put My Instructions within them and write them on their hearts." This is not about the Old Covenant of external laws carved on stone tablets - it's about the New Covenant of the Spirit inscribing Yahusha's Words upon our very being, our consciousness, our daily thought patterns and decision-making processes. Our "heart" in Hebrew understanding is not the seat of emotion (as the Greeks later taught) but the seat of intellect, conscious thought, memory, and where decisions are made. So to circumcise the heart is to remove the foreskin of our stubborn independence, our refusal to submit to Yahusha's authority, and our tendency to define right and wrong for ourselves. It is a cutting away of the fleshly mindset that resists His Spirit! 5. BLESSING AND CURSE : Consequence Framework! Deuteronomy 28 is sobering. Blessing for obedience. Curse for rebellion. Moses is not manipulating. He is presenting a truthful reality. "I have set before you life and death… therefore choose life." The land is a gift. But fruitfulness requires Covenant-Alignment. Yahusha's Covenant is a relationship of cause and effect. When we align our behaviour with His Instructions, we position ourselves to receive the blessings He desires to give us - SHALOM - overall well-being, and prosperity in every area of life! When we rebel, we cut ourselves off from that flow of blessing. The curses described in Deuteronomy 28 are the natural outworking of living outside of Alahim's protection and provision. They include disease, confusion, defeat in battle, economic ruin, and ultimately exile from the land. But notice that even in the curse, there is mercy - the purpose is to drive us back to Yahusha, not to destroy us. In the 21st Century, the promised land we must conquer is not a geographical territory but our Temple Bodies and our Home-quarries. The battles we fight are not against physical enemies but against demonic spiritual forces of darkness that seek to keep us immature, distracted, and bound to destructive patterns. The blessing is mature spiritual consciousness, walking in the power of the Spirit, seeing the fruit of the Spirit manifested in our daily lives! 6. THE PROPHET LIKE MOSES ! Moses prophesies: "Yahuah will raise up a prophet like me." This prophet would speak the very words of Alahim. Moses mediated between fire and flesh. The greater Mediator would bring fire into flesh. The Deliverance Vein accomplishes internally what Sinai declared externally: Blood atones Water cleanses Spirit indwells Fire refines The Royal Law becomes an inward desire to love and please Yahusha! Yahusha is the Prophet like Moses, but greater. Where Moses spoke Alahim's words from outside, Yahusha is the Word made flesh dwelling within us. Where Moses interceded for the people from a distance, Yahusha lives inside us as our ever-present Mediator and Intercessor. Where Moses could only point to the way, Yahusha is the Way, the Truth, and the Life! The Deliverance Vein that runs through all Scripture finds its ultimate fulfilment in Yahusha. He is the Passover Lamb whose blood delivers us from the penalty of sin. He is the Red Sea through which we pass from death to life. He is the Rock from which living water flows. He is the Manna that sustains us. He is the Joshua who leads us into our inheritance. He is the Prophet who speaks the very words of Yahuah to us. He is the King who reigns in righteousness. He is the High Priest who continually intercedes for us. He is the Sacrifice that ends all sacrifices! ... In Him, all the promises of Yahusha are YES! and AMEN! Through Him, we receive the adoption as sons, the redemption of our Temple Bodies, the forgiveness of sins, the indwelling Spirit, and the hope of Eternal Life. The Deliverance Vein is not just a thematic thread in Scripture — it is the person of Yahusha Alahim Himself ! 7. STANDING@ THE JORDAN : 21st Century Application ! We stand at our own Jordan today. The wilderness years of wandering, testing, and rebellion are (hopefully) behind us. We have seen Yahusha's provision, His discipline, His compassion, His faithfulness. We have learned (hopefully) to depend on Him rather than ourselves. We have been stripped of religious delusion and fleshly confidence. Before us lies the promised land - not a geographical territory but a mature spiritual consciousness of TRUE REST! It is the place of walking in obedience to the Spirit, of seeing our Temple Bodies fully submitted to His Reign, every area purified and made set-apart and clean! It is the place of our Home-Quarries - our marriages, families, and households - functioning as vibrant communities of trusting-belief, love, and worship. The Two Royal Laws are not theoretical ideals or religious platitudes. This love is behaviour, not just a feeling. It is expressed in how we speak, how we treat others, how we handle conflict, how we use our resources, how we respond to need, how we conduct ourselves in business, how we honour authority, and how we raise our children. It is visible, tangible, and measurable! 8. MOSES' DEATH : The Pattern of Surrender Moses dies outside the land. He sees it. He does not enter. But his words cross over! This is leadership maturity: The goal is not personal inheritance It is making sure others KNOW YAHUSHA! He prepared the people. That was enough! Moses climbed Mount Nebo, and Yahuah showed him all the land! Moses did not cling to life or ministry. He surrendered both to Yahuah's will. He trained Joshua as his successor, blessed the Tribes, sang his final song, gave his final blessing, and then climbed the mountain to die. He did not go grudgingly or resentfully. He went in obedience! This is the pattern for all New Covenant leadership. We are to prepare the next generation, lay hands on them, bless them, and then be willing to step aside so they can take the land. Our goal is not to build our own kingdom but to advance Yahusha's Kingdom, which will continue after we are gone. Moses' words crossed the Jordan even though his body did not. The teachings he gave in Deuteronomy equipped Joshua and the new generation to possess the land. His death was not the end of his influence but the transition to a different kind of impact — through his words and through the leaders he had trained. FINAL REFLECTION : Deuteronomy as a Behavioural Blueprint! Deuteronomy is not an ending. It is a threshold! We too stand at a Jordan. The land before us is not Canaan - it is mature spiritual consciousness, home-quarries perfected in love, temple bodies governed by Love. Moses' final Grand Opus still speaks: Choose life. Remember your Deliverer. Love Yahusha. Love one another. Cross over into real consciousness! FOR A NEW GENERATION ! You who stand at your own Jordan today, hearing the words of Moses afresh: The generation that died in the wilderness is not just ancient history. It represents all those who have tasted of Alahim's goodness but refused to go forward into maturity. They had the revelation but not the TRANSFORMATION. They experienced a portion of deliverance but did not enter the TRUE REST. Don't be like them. Learn from their failure. The Promised Land is before you, but you must possess it through OVERCOMING! Yahusha has given it to you, but you must take it. He has provided the victory, but you must FIGHT the battles. He has given you His Spirit, but you must walk in CONSCIOUS obedience. Your temple body is the land you must conquer. Every area that has been given over to sin, compromise, rebellion, or religious delusion must be reclaimed and MADE CLEAN! Your thought life, your emotions, your habits, your appetites - all must be brought under the rule of Yahusha's Spirit. The Two Royal Laws are your compass! LOVE YAHUSHA with all that you are - this will keep you from idolatry, compromise, and wandering. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR as yourself - this will keep you from selfishness, judgment, and isolation. These Two Commands will guide you into all truth and righteousness. THE DELIVERANCE VEIN IS YOUR LIFELINE. YAHUSHA HAS ALREADY SECURED YOUR DELIVERANCE. HE HAS ALREADY WON THE VICTORY. HE HAS ALREADY GIVEN YOU HIS SPIRIT. YOUR PART IS TO BELIEVE, TO OBEY, TO PERSEVERE, AND TO FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF TRUSTING-BELIEF. THE THRESHOLD IS HERE, AND THE LAND OF REST BEFORE YOU IS GOOD - A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY, A LAND OF MATURE SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS, A LAND WHERE YAHUSHA'S PRESENCE IS REAL AND HIS POWER IS MANIFEST, A LAND OF BLESSING, FRUITFULNESS, AND HAPPY, HAPPY, JOY, JOY. THIS IS YOUR INHERITANCE. GO AND POSSESS IT ! CROSS OVER NOW ! CHOOSE LIFE !

MATURITY THROUGH WILDERNESS TESTING The Book of Numbers (Bamidbar – “In the Wilderness”) is not a random collection of strange rituals, censuses, or plagues. It is the tactical manual for a redeemed people learning how to live after the blood has been applied. It reveals the "Wilderness Quarry" - the place where the rough stones of our character are cut, shaped, and refined by Spirit and Fire in the Home Quarry! 1. THE CENSUS : Enlisting the Army of the Redeemed! "Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses..." ( Numbers 1:2 ) Yahuah orders a count of every man twenty years old and above who can go to war. This wasn't for book-keeping statistics; it was for MOBILISATION - Enlisting for Active Service ! NEW COVENANT CONTEXT:  Deliverance is not an extraction into comfort; it is an enlistment into spiritual warfare. Through the Narrow Gate, we are recruited into an army where the primary battlefield is the "wilderness of the home." Our "census" is the Spirit’s inventory of our readiness to stand against the "Egypt" still living in our minds, fueled by demon thoughts! 2. ORDER IN THE CAMP : The Internal Throne! "The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, everyone by his own camp, and everyone by his own standard..." ( Numbers 2:2 ) The Tribes were arranged in a perfect square around the Tabernacle. The Presence was the centre; the people were the circumference. NEW COVENANT CONTEXT:  In the Home Quarry, the "camp" is our daily schedule and family structure. The Narrow Gate requires that Yahusha’s throne be the literal centre of our domestic life. If our "tents" (our priorities) are not oriented toward staying in His presence, we fall into chaos. The Levites’ guard to the Tabernacle is now our Royal Priestly job to stand guard at our Heart’s Portal! 3. JEALOUSY COCKTAIL : The Trial of Truth! "Then the Priest shall take living water in an earthen vessel; and take some of the set-apart dust that is on the floor of the Tabernacle and put it into the water." ( Num 5:17 ) A woman suspected of adultery drank "bitter water" containing Tabernacle dust and the ink of the Name of Yahuah written on a piece of paper. If she were innocent, then great; if she was guilty, then her womb would seize up, and she would be barren as punishment for her behaviour. Divine judgment Not human rage Determined her guilt or her innocence. NEW COVENANT CONTEXT:  As seen in John 8 , Yahusha fulfils this as the High Priest. When the woman 'accused' of adultery was on the ground in front of Him, about to be stoned by leaders, (even without the testimony of 2-3 witnesses), He wrote the hebrew symbols for Yahuah's Name in the dust (set-apart, as He, the living water was standing on it), bringing the "jealousy-cocktail test" to the accusers' own hearts. In our wilderness homes, we must stop "stoning" one another with suspicion and instead bring every hidden conflict to Yahusha. He exposes false witnesses and restores the innocent! 4. THE NAZIRITE VOW : From Symbols to Fruit! "He shall separate himself from wine and similar drink... all the days of his separation no razor shall come upon his head." ( Numbers 6:3-5 ) A person could take a vow of extreme separation to be "Set-Apart" to Yahuah for a season. Samson's parents entered him into this kind of covenant at his birth, hence his supernatural strength! NEW COVENANT CONTEXT:  The Narrow Gate shifts the Nazirite Vow from long hair and grape-avoidance to the BEHAVIOURAL FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT. True separation in the wilderness of the modern world isn't about clothes - it's about "self-control" (Galatians 5:23). Our "vow" is a daily choice to remain uncontaminated by the "dead carcass corpse" of our old nature. 5. THE FIRE-CLOUD : Synchronised Living! "Whether it was two days, a month, or a year that the cloud remained... the children of Israel remained encamped and did not journey." ( Numbers 9:22 ) Israel only moved when the Pillar of Cloud or Fire moved. Total dependence! NEW COVENANT CONTEXT:  This is the discipline of the Wilderness Quarry. We often try to force "doors" open in our own timing. The New Covenant believer must learn to "rest and wait" in the home when the Spirit stays, and "move with a plan" immediately when He calls, even if it’s inconvenient. Movement without the Cloud is disobedient rebellion! 6. COMPLAINING & QUAILS : The Lust Test! "Now the mixed multitude who were among them yielded to intense craving... 'Who will give us meat to eat?'" ( Numbers 11:4 ) The people despised the Manna ("What is it?") and demanded meat. Yahuah gave them quail until it "came out of their nostrils," followed by a plague. NEW COVENANT CONTEXT: Manna represents the "Daily Bread" of Yahusha's Words. When we "crave Egypt" (the entertainment and comforts of the world) and despise the simple provision of the Spirit, we invite death, misery and plagues into ourselves. The wilderness tests whether we love Yahusha Alahim, our Provider or just His provisions ?? 7. THE TWELVE SPIES : Belief vs. Sight! "The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants... and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight." ( Numbers 13:32-33 ) Ten spies saw giants (Anakim), but Joshua and Caleb saw Alahim’s promises. The majority report caused a 40-year delay because Israel was filled with fear based on the testimony of the ten spies. NEW COVENANT CONTEXT:  In our personal wilderness, we face "giants" of debt, sickness, or broken relationships. The Narrow Gate is only wide enough for those who carry the "Good Report" of trusting-belief. Unbelief is the one key thing that can postpone your inheritance! 8. KORAH'S REBELLION : The Authority of Life! "The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men with Korah." ( Numbers 16:32 ) Korah challenged the leadership of Moses and Aaron. To settle it, Aaron’s dead almond rod budded, flowered, and produced fruit overnight. NEW COVENANT CONTEXT:  Authority in the Kingdom is not seized; it is revealed through new resurrection life. In the home, true leadership isn't through "abusing it over others" , but through the "budding rod" of a life that has died to self and come alive in Yahusha. 9. THE BRAZEN SERPENT : The Upward Look! "And Moses made a brazen serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the brazen serpent, he lived." ( Numbers 21:9 ) To heal the "fiery serpent" bites caused by grumbling, the people had to look at a bronze image of their judgment as Moses lifted it up in the wilderness. NEW COVENANT CONTEXT: Yahusha explicitly links Himself to this in John 3:14. When the "venom" of sin or depression bites us in the wilderness, the cure is not "looking at the wound" (self-analysis) but "looking at the Pole" (the Finished Work). We look to the One who became sin for us to be delivered from its poison. When we think His thoughts and behave His Word, things work! 10. THE RED HEIFER : Outside the Camp! "This is the ordinance of the law... that they bring you a red heifer without blemish... it shall be burned in her sight." ( Numbers 19:2-5 ) A red heifer was sacrificed outside the camp. Its ashes, mixed with water, purified those who touched death. NEW COVENANT CONTEXT:  Yahusha suffered "outside the gate" (Hebrews 13:12). In our "home quarries," we often encounter the "defilement of death" - harsh words, grief, or sin. The Blood and Water from Yahusha’s side are the eternal "Ashes of the Heifer" that cleanse our conscience so we can re-enter His presence through repentance and transformation. CONCLUSION : The Cloud is Moving The wilderness was never meant to be a graveyard, but a maturing chamber. The first generation died because they kept Egypt in their hearts; the second generation entered because they let the wilderness kill their unbelief. Today, the NARROW GATE VEIN OF DELIVERANCE has brought you into your own "spiritual wilderness" Your home is the Stone-Quarry. Every test is an opportunity to see the Cloud move. True Deliverance is the exit from Egypt - and real maturity is the entrance into the Promise Land of Rest and Peace, HAPPINESS AND JOY IN OVERCOMING!

DELIVERANCE FROM FIERY SERPENTS: Keeping Your Eyes on Yahusha for True Consciousness! The wilderness the training ground where our hidden rebellions are exposed, our fleshly arrogance is seared away, and our consciousness is recalibrated. In Numbers 21 , we encounter one of the most mysterious accounts in Scripture - the plague of fiery serpents and the bronze remedy. This event serves as a blueprint for New Covenant Deliverance and the overcoming of evil behaviour! THE FRUSTRATION OF BACK-TRACKING After defeating a Canaanite king, Israel expected a straight path to the Promised Land. Instead, they were instructed to turn south - back toward the Red Sea. The Conflict:  They avoided Edom to respect blood ties and bypassed Philistine territory because they weren't yet ready for war. The Reaction:  To the fleshly mind, this looked like regression. A month of scorching, rugged travel on a 'dead-end highway' triggered a spiritual collapse. When we feel like we are 'backtracking in life', our impatience often turns into an accusation against Yahusha. We begin to loathe the 'manna' - the daily, miraculous provision of Yahusha - because it isn't the 'exotic meat' of our earthly desires. FIERY SERPENTS & INNER VENOM As the people spoke against Yahuah and Moses, 'fiery serpents' were unleashed among them. In Hebrew, two specific words define these creatures: Nakash (H5175):  The serpent/snake - the ancient symbol of the whispering deceiver. Saraph (H8314):  Meaning 'fiery' or 'burning'. Interestingly, Saraph  is the same word used in Isaiah 6  for the SERAPHIM - the fiery beings who stand above the throne of Alahim. Fire in Scripture serves two purposes: it either 'purifies'  the set-apart or 'consumes'  the rebellious. For Israel, the venom was the physical manifestation of their internal poisonous thinking and heart-condition - the 'burning' of their own resentment and complaint. LOOKING UP TO THE LIFTED ONE! When the people matured enough to recognise their sin, they turned to the mediator. The solution Alahim provided was radical: “Make a brazen replica of a fiery serpent and attach it to a pole.” NEW COVENANT CONNECTION Yahusha explicitly linked this event to His own mission: "Just as Moses lifted up the brazen serpent in the wilderness, the son of Man must be lifted up in the same way." - John 3:14 SHADOW (Numbers 21) REALITY (The Torture Stake) Dying from physical venom. Dying from the spiritual poison of sin. A serpent (the curse) was lifted. Yahusha became the curse for us ( Gal 3:13 ). Healing through looking up in repentance. Deliverance through repentance & trusting-belief. The Brazen Serpent - called Nehushtan - did not have power in its metal. Healing flowed only through obedience and focused trust. IT WAS A TEST OF CONSCIOUSNESS: Would they look at their wounds, or would they look at the provision of Yahuah? DELIVERANCE BEHAVIOURAL TRAINING Today, we are in a 'spiritual wilderness, being trained to overcome the 'serpents' of our own nature and behaviour - fueled by desires and demon-thoughts : Complaint and Bitterness:  The venom that dries up spirit inspiration. Self-Pity:   The 'hiss' of the ego demanding its own way. Demonic Influence:  The fiery whispers that drive us to distraction. Modern psychology always fails because it attempts to treat the 'bite' (behaviour) but ignores the 'serpent' (demon-thoughts). It tries to medicate the symptoms of a poisoned consciousness without leading the person to the only One who can cleanse the spirit. TRUE CONSCIOUSNESS: The Hebrew ' Taher' To be delivered is to be made 'Clean'  ( Taher ). This means to be bright, pure, and uncontaminated. "Let’s cleanse ourselves from all the defilements of the flesh and spirit, perfecting set-apartness in the fear of Yahusha." - 2 Corinthians 7:1 True consciousness is not 'mindfulness' of self; it is being in an obedient Covenant relationship with Yahusha. It is the act of bringing every thought captive and refusing to allow the venom of the world to infect the temple of our heart-portals. WHERE IS YOUR GAZE? The wilderness journey is essentially a school of focus. If you fix your eyes on the difficulty of the road, the 'backtracking', 'trials', 'consequences' or the 'lack of water', you invite the serpents to bite. But if you fix your eyes on the Lifted One, the venom loses its power. The Deliverance Vein Requires: Repentance:  Acknowledging the 'wicked thing' of speaking against Yahusha's leading. Impaling the Ego:  Recognising that our behaviour is the battlefield. The Upward Look:  Total reliance on the Torture Stake of Yahusha as our only source of life. The demon-serpents are real, and their bite is painful when we let them into our ear-gates - but Yahusha allows them in the wilderness to test us and drive us toward looking to the Pole for our only sanity, consciousness and healing. Stop looking at the snakes at your feet. LOOK UP TO YAHUSHA ALAHIM THE LAMB ... AND LIVE !

SELF-SEEKING COMPLAINT : Treading on Yahusha’s Set-Apart Esteem by Drawing Attention to Yourself! The wilderness of Zin was not merely a geographical location; it was a spiritual furnace designed to consume the 'fleshly self' (basar). In Numbers 20, we witness a tragedy that echoes into our New Covenant Reality: the moment a seasoned leader allowed a 'tantrum' to eclipse the set-apartness of the Almighty. Moses, the humblest man on earth, struck the rock in a fit of self-seeking indignation, and in doing so, he forfeited his entrance into the Promised Land. ANATOMY OF A TANTRUM: From Spirit to Flesh! After forty years of faithful service, the pressure of a complaining nation finally breached the walls of Moses' endurance. When the people gathered against him because of the lack of water, they weren't just thirsty; they were engaging in Meribah - contention and quarrelling. In the Hebrew mindset, to complain is often linked to 'lodging' or 'staying' in a state of OBSTINATE, BULL-HEADED, HARD-HEARTED REBELLION AND PROVOKE AGAINST ALAHIM! It is a refusal to trust the heart of the Creator. However, the greater failure lay in the response of the leadership! THE 'SORCERER'S' SIN Yahuah commanded Moses to speak  to the rock. Instead, Moses struck  it ... twice! By shouting, "Must WE fetch you water?"  Moses shifted the focus from the Creator's provision to his own power and frustration. The Egyptian Influence:   To a people still steeped in Egyptian magic, Moses appeared as a sorcerer manipulating a deity to get results. Stealing Esteem:  He 'muddled' and 'confused' the distinction between the Servant and the Master. He failed to set Yahuah Alahim apart and esteem Him before the eyes of the people! NEW COVENANT REALITY: The Abomination of Self In our walk with Yahusha, the 'Abomination of Desolation' is not a future prophetic event; it is an INTERNAL FLESHLY IDOL!! It is the idolatry of self - enthroned in the heart and fueled by demonic whispers that tell us our feelings, our reputations, and our 'rights' are paramount! HEBREW UNDERSTANDING of ATTENTION-SEEKING : The 'fleshly self'   (basar) seeks to be seen. When we complain, we are essentially drawing a spotlight to our own discomfort, demanding that the universe, the people in it (and Yahusha) acknowledge our 'suffering'. This is the opposite of impaling our flesh on the Torture Stake! "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his torture stake, and follow Me." - Matt 16:24 ... To "impale the flesh" is to execute the ego. Every self-seeking complaint is an attempt to climb down from that stake and demand a reward or recognition. IT IS A REFUSAL TO DIE!! THE DANGER OF MISREPRESENTATION! Our lives are the only 'tabernacle' most people will ever see. When we react with temper, bitterness, or 'woe-is-me' complaining, we are telling the world: "This is how Yahusha is."   AND HE JUST HATES IT WHEN PEOPLE MISREPRESENT HIM!!! FLESHLY REACTION (The 'Moses' Strike) "Must I do everything?"  (Self-pity) Venting anger to feel 'heard.' Seeking credit for works, service or ministry. Demanding rights and 'fairness.' SPIRIT-LED RESPONSE (Yahusha's Way) "I do nothing of myself."  (Humility) Absorbing insults to reflect His peace. Doing all things 'unto Him' in secret. Yielding to Yahusha's timing. If you lose your temper at your spouse or children, you are essentially 'striking the rock, showing them a distorted image of a harsh, frustrated Master rather than the Set-Apart One Who is slow to anger and rich in loving-favour. But this doesn't mean we shouldn't speak out the truth, provoke to righteousness, and rebuke behaviour that is not Yahusha's Word in our homes! PATH OF HIDDEN SERVICE: Peace and Loving-Favour The remedy for the 'Self-Seeking Complaint' is a total surrender to whole-hearted service . When we do everything 'as unto Yahusha', the need for human attention vanishes. 1. Impale the Ego Recognise that your 'tantrums' - whether quiet murmuring or loud outbursts - are fueled by a desire to PROTECT THE IDOL OF YOURSELF. Take that ego to the execution stake daily! 2. Seek the Secret Place There is a profound peace ( Shalom ) found in serving where no one sees. When you provide 'water' to others without saying, 'Look at what I did',   you allow Yahusha to receive 100% of the esteem. 3. Embrace the 'Death of Self' Moses lost the physical Promised Land because he centred the moment on himself. We risk losing our spiritual inheritance - the rewards of the Kingdom and the intimacy of His Presence - when we refuse to let the 'fleshly self' die. BE SET-APART AS I AM SET-APART! Moses’s failure was a lack of trust in the Set-Apartness of Yahuah . He allowed his personal exhaustion to override his duty to represent Alahim accurately. We must ask ourselves: Is my behaviour 'flirting with idolatry' by making me the centre of the story?   SHOULD THERE EVEN BE ANOTHER STORY ABOUT ME? Let's stop striking the rock in anger. Instead, let's pick up our Torture Stake, silence the voice of complaint, and follow Yahusha to the total death of the ego. Only then can we enter the true Promised Land of His REST, where His loving-favour flows unhindered because 'the fleshly self' is no longer in the way!

YAHUSHA WILL REBUKE BEHAVIOUR THROUGH ANYONE! In the "stone-quarry" of our daily lives, Yahusha is constantly chiselling away at our ego to shape us into "living stones." Sometimes, we are so blinded by our own agendas and "fleshly" desires that He must use the most unexpected means to stop us in our tracks. The account of Numbers 22–25  reveals a profound truth: YAHUSHA IS NOT LIMITED BY OUR EXPECTATIONS!  If we refuse to hear His Spirit, He will speak through a beast of burden, a stranger, or even a child. A KING, SORCERER & SOVEREIGN DECREE Israel was camped on the plains of Moab, having just crushed the Amorites. King Balak of Moab was terrified. He knew he couldn't win on the battlefield, so he sought a spiritual 'hitman'. He hired Balaam , a famous Mesopotamian sorcerer, to curse Israel. Balak believed what many in the world still believe: that spiritual power can be bought and that rituals can manipulate the Almighty. But Balaam, despite his greed, knew a terrifying truth: YOU CAN'T CURSE (OR SPEAK AGAINST) WHAT ALAHIM HAS BLESSED! A DIVINE INTERRUPTION Balaam set out on his donkey, lured by the "wages of unrighteousness." Though he 'claimed' to only speak what Yahuah Alahim told him, his heart was already negotiating. SWORD IN THE WAY:  The Messenger of Alahim stood in the road with a drawn sword to kill Balaam for his rebellious heart. DONKEY'S DISCERNMENT:  Balaam, the 'great seer,' was completely blind to the spiritual reality. However, his donkey saw the angelic Messenger. THE BEATING:  Three times the donkey turned away to save Balaam’s life, and three times Balaam beat the donkey in a rage. WHY THE DONKEY SPOKE? Alahim opened the donkey’s mouth to rebuke the "madness of the prophet" ( 2 Peter 2:16 ). This wasn't just a miracle; it was a humiliation of fleshly arrogance . Balaam was so consumed by his ego and anger that he didn't even marvel at a talking animal—he argued with it! The lesson is obvious! When we are determined to have our own way, we often 'beat the donkey.' We get angry at the interruptions, the delays, and the people who try to warn us, failing to realise that the 'inconvenience' is actually DIVINE COMPASSION AND PROTECTION  blocking our path to destruction. NEW COVENANT MOUTHPIECE! In the wilderness of our modern lives, Yahusha is training us to overcome evil behaviour. Our homes are the primary training ground. We often think Yahusha will only speak through 'spiritual authorities,' but the New Covenant shows He delights in 'using the lowly to confound the wise' ... even our kids! 1. The Fearless Clarity of Children Yahusha said we must become like little children to enter the Kingdom. Children are often very accurate mouthpieces in a home because: They see plainly:  They haven't learned to "mask" or be "polite" about sin. They flee evil:  They have an instinctive aversion to the "darkness" or "heaviness" of demonic behaviour. They are fearless:  A child may look at a parent in the middle of a rage or tantrum and ask a simple, piercing question that exposes the heart’s condition, usually revealing a demon (just a parent would do to a child!) If you find yourself being rebuked by your child’s honesty, do not "beat the donkey" by silencing them with anger. LISTEN!  Yahusha may be using their purity to call you back to repentance. 2. No Moral Neutrality Balaam thought he could be neutral - taking the money while 'technically obeying' the words. But Yahuah Alahim rejects neutrality, lukewarmness, and gutlessness! You cannot serve the Master and your own comfort! In our homes, this looks like: Spiritual Fornication:  Blending cultural behaviour with Yahusha's worship/behaviour. Idolatry of Approval:  Refusing to rebuke sin in the home just to 'keep the peace!' THE SEDUCTION STRATEGY Balaam eventually realised he couldn't curse Israel from the outside. So, he taught Balak how to destroy them from the inside . He suggested using Moabite women to seduce the men into sexual immorality and idol worship ( Num 25 ). THIS IS A WARNING FOR THE BRIDE TODAY:   The enemy doesn't need to "curse" you if he can get you to compromise . When we bring "Moabite" values (pornography, greed, rudeness, abuse, hate, worldliness etc) into our Home Quarries ... WE INVITE THE PLAGUE OF CONSEQUENCES! WILL YOU LISTEN TO HIS VOICE? Yahusha WILL get your attention! He will speak to the bad behaviour, the hidden idolatry, and the 'demonic patterns' in your household. He might speak through a spouse’s concern. He might speak through a child’s simple observation. He might speak through the "closed doors" of your circumstances ($$$) DON'T BE LIKE BALAAM, who possessed spiritual gifts but lacked humble submission and obedience. It is better to be a lowly 'donkey' that sees the supernatural sword than a 'prophet' who is about to be cut down and humbled! Stop the Beating:  Examine the things currently 'obstructing your path'. Is it the enemy, or is it Yahusha protecting you from your own greed? Humility in the Quarry:  Accept rebuke from the 'unlikely.' If the truth is spoken, it doesn't matter if it comes from a child or a donkey—it is still the Truth. Flee Idolatry:  Purge the 'seductions of worldly Moab' from your home. Consciously start practising set-apartness in the fear of Yahusha. your Alahim the Lamb! YAHUSHA IS ALWAYS SPEAKING! ARE YOU LISTENING TO HIS VOICE ... OR STILL ARGUING WITH A DONKEY?

MOCKING YAHUSHA'S CHOSEN LEADERS: Korah's Rebellion, Aaron's Rod, and the Wilderness Heart Test! "Touch not Mine anointed, and do My prophets no harm." - Psalm 105:15 The Wilderness of Numbers is not just sand and tents. It is a Quarry! A Furnace! A testing ground where hearts are revealed, and authority is established. It is here that one of the most serious warnings in the Scripture unfolds: Mocking or resisting Alahim's chosen leadership is not merely a disagreement with a man - it is rebellion against Alahim Himself! The events of NUMBERS 16-17 show us this clearly, but these ancient accounts are more than just a historic curiosity. They contain timeless principles that carry profound implications for the New Covenant Bride today. As Yahusha places chosen leaders and shepherds over His sheep to train and lead them through their spiritual wilderness to maturity, the lessons from Korah's Rebellion and Aaron's Budding Rod speak directly to our present reality. IF WE DON'T RESPECT THE ANOINTED SHEPHERDSHIP, BUT INSTEAD MOCK AND REBEL, THEN YAHUSHA WILL SEVERELY PUNISH US WITH CONSEQUENCES! A BRUISED & BITTER NATION! Just before Korah's Rebellion, Israel had suffered a devastating national failure. Ten spies brought back an evil report of the land, and the whole generation refused to trust Yahuah. As a result, that generation was sentenced to die in the wilderness. Their inheritance in the Promised Land was forfeited. Their hope was dashed. Their pride was crushed. ENTER KORAH, DATHAN AND ABIRAM! Korah (Moses & Aaron's Cousin) was a Levite from the Kohathite Clan - the clan entrusted with carrying the Ark of the Covenant on their shoulders. This was already an immense privilege. These groups camped next to each other on the south side of the Tabernacle. Proximity-bred resentful comparison. So together, they gathered 250 leaders and accused Moses and Aaron: THE ACCUSATION "All the congregation is set apart, every one of them, and Yahuah is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the Assembly of Yahuah?" - Numbers 16:3 On the surface, it sounded spiritual. It sounded like a cry for equality and democracy. Underneath, it was ruthless pride wrapped in fake-righteousness. They were not attacking Moses' personality or leadership style. They were attacking Alahim's anointed appointment! THE TEST OF INCENSE: Who May Draw Near? Moses' response was simple: Let Alahim decide! He did not defend himself. He did not argue. He proposed a divine test that would settle the matter once and for all. Each rebel was to bring a bronze incense burner and present it before Yahuah. Incense represents approaching the Presence. In the Tabernacle system, only Aaron's sons were authorised to burn incense before Yahuah. This was not about democracy. It was about Divine Selection! "Take censers, Korah and all his company; and put fire in them, and put incense in them before Yahuah tomorrow... And it shall be that the man whom Yahuah chooses is the set-apart one." - Numbers 16:6-7 ⚠ SEVERE WARNING The result was terrifying. The ground split open and swallowed Korah, Dathan, and Abiram with their households. Fire came out from Yahuah and consumed the 250 men offering incense. Why such severity? Because proximity to glory without authorisation is deadly. Alahim is not casual about access to His Presence. The earth itself became a witness that access to glory is not seized by ambition. The living were swallowed alive into the grave. The unauthorised Priests were consumed by fire. The message was unmistakable: Rebellion against divinely appointed authority is rebellion against Alahim Himself! SEPARATION: A Pattern in the Wilderness Before judgment fell, Moses commanded the people with urgent intensity: "Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins." - Numbers 16:26 This is a wilderness principle: If you do not separate from rebellion, you will share in its consequences. Proximity to rebels brings participation in their judgment. Those who lived near Korah, Dathan, and Abiram had to physically move away or die with them. This pattern echoes through Scripture: "Come out from among them, and be separate" (2 Corinthians 6:17) "Come out of her, My people, that you be not partakers of her sins" (Rev 18:4) "A little leaven leavens the whole lump" (1 Corinthians 5:6) Wilderness maturity requires discernment and separation in behaviour - not just geography, but allegiance. We may live in the world, but we must not align ourselves with its DISOBEDIENT REBELLION AGAINST DIVINE AUTHORITY! THE PLAGUE & THE MEDIATOR The next day, astonishingly, the people accused Moses and Aaron of killing "Yahuah's people." This reveals something critical about their spiritual condition: They still thought like Egyptians! In the ancient world, Priests were viewed as sorcerers who manipulated gods through rituals and incantations. The people believed Moses and Aaron had somehow "used" Yahuah to execute their enemies, like mafia dons sending a hit man to do their dirty work (while keeping their own hands clean). So a plague broke out. 14,700 people died in judgment. But Aaron ran with incense, and the plague stopped! "And Aaron took incense as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague had begun among the people: and he burnt incense, and made an atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stopped." - Numbers 16:47-48 That IMAGE is prophetic. A mediator standing between death and life. This is the Vein of Deliverance. MOSES AND AARON FORESHADOW YAHUSHA — the greatest Mediator who stands between judgment and humanity, who intercedes for rebellious people, whose atonement stops the deathly plague of sin! AARON'S ROD BUDDING: The rebellion left one unresolved question: Who truly carries Alahim's authority? The people murmured. They complained. They doubted. So Yahuah commanded that Twelve Tribal staffs be placed before the Ark. In Hebrew, the same word —  matteh  — means both "tribe" and "staff." Authority was symbolised in wood. Each Tribal Leader wrote his name on his staff. They were all laid before Yahuah overnight. By morning, AARON'S STAFF HAD: Miraculously Transformed Sprouted/Blossomed Produced ripe almonds Life came out of dead wood. Alahim's choice was undeniable. No arguments! No debates! Divine authority was confirmed by the supernatural fruit! "And it came to pass, that in the morning Moses went into the Tabernacle and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the House of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds." - Numbers 17:8 SYMBOLISM OF THE ALMOND BLOSSOMS The almond tree is the first tree to blossom after winter - life emerging from death. Its white blossoms symbolise purity and set-apartness. In a wilderness landscape where nothing grows, where everything is dormant and dead, the almond tree speaks first. The Hebrew word for blossom ( tsits ) shares roots with: The Tassels ( tsitsith ) the people wore, The High Priest's golden headpiece was engraved "Set-Apart to Yahuah"... The almond blossoms on the Menorah in the Set-Apart Place, The message is truly stunning: True set-apartness is NOT SELF-CLAIMED BUT DIVINELY CONFIRMED BY FRUIT. Aaron did not argue for a position or campaign. He did not promote himself. His rod blossomed! In the New Covenant, this principle remains: Authority is validated by the fruit of anointed, clean, LOVING BEHAVIOUR - not by self-promotion, not by titles, not by human appointment. When Yahusha Alahim chooses, He confirms through life, growth, and reproduction ... loving others more than SELF! NEW COVENANT REALITY: Leadership in the Wilderness Yahusha now shepherds His people directly, yet He still appoints under-shepherds. The structure of divine authority did not disappear; it was fulfilled and transformed in Yahusha. "And He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the Bride, for the work of the ministry, for the encouraging of the Body of Messiah." - Ephesians 4:11-12 Shepherds and teachers are given to equip the Bridal Assembly. Yahusha places them to train, lead, correct, and nurture His flock through the spiritual wilderness of these last days. "Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch over you, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you." - Hebrews 13:17 ⚠ CRITICAL TRUTH When we mock, undermine, or stir murmuring against leaders Yahusha has placed - we are not merely expressing opinions .... WE ARE STEPPING INTO WILDERNESS PROVOCATION! We are repeating Korah's rebellion. We are fighting not with men, but with the One who appointed them. MURMURING REVEALS THAT EGYPT IS STILL ALIVE IN THE HEART! THE ROD FROM THE STUMP Isaiah speaks of a Rod from the stump of Jesse - Yahusha Messiah Himself. A stump represents what appears dead, cut down, finished. But from that dead stump, life shoots forth! Correction is actually compassion! It is the rod of the Shepherd rescuing sheep from paths of destruction. Aaron's Rod that blossomed is a shadow of Yahusha Messiah: Life emerging from death. AUTHORITY CONFORMED BY FRUIT! ⚠ FINAL WARNING If we refuse discipline, mock authority, or stir murmuring, we step outside the Vein of Deliverance. If we mock and disregard the authority of under-shepherds placed by the Chief Shepherd, we expose ourselves to wilderness dangers that destroy the unsubmitted heart. Yahusha will severely punish and chastise those who persist in rebellion against His appointed leadership. But if we humble ourselves, receive correction, and honour the structure He sets - we are shaped into living stones. We grow into mature believers who can be entrusted with authority in the New Kingdom to come. CHOOSE LIFE "Touch not Mine anointed" is not an empty threat of tyranny. It is the protection of divine order. To mock what Yahusha Alahim the Lamb appoints is to strike at His esteemed wisdom. To humble ourselves under His structure is to be refined. The choice is set before us today, as it was set before Israel in the wilderness. CHOOSE LIFE ! "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" - Psalm 133:1

The Complete Guide to Understanding How Ancient Priesthood Patterns TRANSFORM Through Yahusha's New Covenant Order of Melchizedek! INTRODUCTION: The Training Manual for Dwelling with Divine Presence! Most readers approach Leviticus with hesitation. The book speaks of blood, sacrifices, skin diseases, dietary restrictions, and ceremonial regulations that can seem foreign, harsh, or even obsolete in a modern context. Yet Leviticus is not a collection of random religious rules. It is a sophisticated training manual designed to answer one fundamental question: How can a perfectly set-apart Alahim dwell among imperfect people without annihilating them? Leviticus continues directly from Exodus, with Israel still camped at Mount Sinai. The Blood-Covenant has once again been established, this time through Moses; the Tabernacle has been constructed; the Priesthood has been appointed; and Yahuah has descended in fire. Deliverance from Egypt was never the ultimate goal - Alahim dwelling among them was! The entire purpose of Israel's Exodus was to fulfil the Covenant Promise given to Abram: to bring His chosen people into the Marriage Covenant and the promised Marriage Home of Canaan. Now that the physical dwelling place for Yahuah's presence has been prepared, a new and urgent question emerges. How does sinful humanity live in proximity to consuming fire without being destroyed? Leviticus provides the answer through substitution, blood, purification, instruction, and behaviour. In Yahusha's New Blood-Covenant however, the outward shadows of Levitical practice transform into inward spiritual realities, yet the underlying requirements remain unchanged. Blood must still be shed for an intimate relationship to occur. Purity must still precede presence. Set-apartness must still be guarded. Obedience still matters. However, the Tabernacle is no longer a tent, but our body! The Priesthood is no longer Levitical - it is the Melchizedek Bride. And the sacrifice is no longer animal blood - it is Yahusha's Eternal, once-for-all offering. Everything in Leviticus points forward to Him, and then forward again to us, who pick up our Torture Stakes to follow Him to the death of our fleshly self on the daily offering of our heart-behaviour (thought by thought). PART 1: The Pattern of Approach! Five Sacrifices for Behavioural Acceptance Leviticus opens with five distinct offerings, and understanding why the book begins here is crucial. Israel now possessed a dwelling place for Yahuah Alahim, but they lacked understanding of how to approach Him safely. The Sacrificial System taught structured access, repentance, gratitude, restoration, and intimate fellowship. These offerings were not random rituals but BEHAVIOURAL PATHWAYS that reveal the five essential movements between mankind and Alahim. 1. The Ascending-Near Offering , often called the Burnt Offering, represents total surrender. The entire animal was consumed on the altar, with nothing retained. This foreshadowed Yahusha's complete self-giving, as Paul writes in Ephesians 5:2: "Messiah loved us and gave Himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to Alahim." For His Bride, this becomes daily surrender—the presentation of our bodies as "living sacrifices" ( Romans 12:1 ). ROYAL PRIESTLY BEHAVIOUR BEGINS HERE, NOT WITH PARTIAL OBEDIENCE, BUT WITH COMPLETE ABANDONMENT TO YAHUSHA'S WILL. 2. The Grain Offering contained no blood. It consisted of fine flour, oil, and frankincense—representing devoted labour offered in love. This offering taught gratitude and transformed thinking. John 12:24 applies this principle to Yahusha: "Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit." The Bride's mind must be refined by the Word, and service must be performed without self-glory. Gratitude becomes a lifestyle rather than ritual. 3. The Intimate-Peace Offering was unique because it was shared. Part was burnt on the Altar, and part was eaten in a Covenant Meal. Colossians 1:20 reveals its fulfilment: "Through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, making peace by the blood of His Torture Stake." ROYAL PRIESTLY BEHAVIOUR MANIFESTS AS RESTORED INTIMACY AND RELATIONAL WHOLENESS—LIVING RECONCILED WITH BOTH ALAHIM AND OTHERS. 4. The Purifying Offering addressed ritual contamination from unintentional crimes/sins. Blood was applied specifically for cleansing. Hebrews 9:14 explains how Yahusha fulfils this: "How much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemih to Alahim, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living Alahim?" Purification now begins internally, thought by thought, with immediate repentance whenever conscience convicts. 5. The Guilt Offering dealt with specific debt and required not only repentance but restitution. Ephesians 1:7 declares that in Yahusha "we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His favour." The debt has been paid in full, yet His Bride must live in the integrity of obedient behaviour and make wrongs right wherever possible. Together, these five sacrifices reveal a continuous behavioural pattern: Surrender leads to Refinement, which enables intimate Fellowship, which requires Purification, which results in Restoration. This is the DELIVERANCE VEIN lived out daily in Yahusha's Bride, demonstrating that relationship with Alahim demands total surrender, purity, intimacy and cleansing - all now fulfilled internally through Yahusha. PART 2: Fire Must NEVER Go Out! Leviticus 6:13 contains a critical command: "The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it shall not go out." This fire represented Yahuah's ongoing presence among Israel. If the fire went out, access stopped. Paul echoes this principle in 1 Thessalonians 5:19: "Do not quench the Spirit." The altar fire that once burned externally now burns internally within those who belong to Yahusha. To quench this fire is to entertain bitterness, unforgiveness, sexual immorality, pride, or falsehood. The fire is His shared-essence, His incorruptible indwelling presence, and it must remain lit through obedient, sensitive living. ROYAL PRIESTLY BEHAVIOUR MEANS GUARDING THE INNER ALTAR, RECOGNISING THAT THE SAME FIRE WHICH BLESSES ALSO JUDGES, AND THAT PROXIMITY INCREASES ACCOUNTABILITY. PART 3: Strange Fire (THE DANGER OF CASUAL WORSHIP!) Leviticus 10 records one of the most sobering events in Scripture: the death of Nadab and Abihu, newly ordained priests who offered incense "which He had not commanded." Fire consumed them instantly. This passage teaches that proximity to Alahim's perfect divinity increases accountability, and the closer one stands to Yahusha, the higher the standard of obedience! The issue was not incense chemistry but obedience. Leviticus teaches that set-apartness is not negotiable. This is not cruelty but the protection of His nature. Ananias and Sapphira demonstrate that this principle did not change in the New Covenant either. The same fire that blesses and purifies also judges and destroys - our behaviour in Yahusha's presence matters! PART 4: Food Laws Dietary distinctions in Leviticus did not originate at Sinai. Noah already distinguished clean animals in the Ark. These laws served a specific purpose: marking Israel's identity and separating them from pagan practices. The shadow taught separation, but the fulfilment is all about the inward separation of thoughts and obedience to Yahusha. Under the New Covenant, no fleshly food grants anyone righteousness. As Paul writes in 1 Cor 8:8 "Food will not commend us to Alahim. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do." The real contamination is not what enters the mouth but what proceeds from the heart: hatred, envy, malice, pride, and all forms of corruption that defile from within. Purity now is internal, thought by thought from the heart-thinking to behavioural application, walking on Yahusha's Word! PART 5: Sexual Behaviour COVENANT FAITHFULNESS Leviticus 18–20 defines sexual behaviour clearly because cultures did not agree on morality (what's right and wrong). Before this revelation, nations decided sexual ethics by custom. Yahuah Alahim defined it by design. Israel was entering a land saturated with pagan temple practices, prostitution, and pagan fertility rituals. The boundaries Yahuah gave His people protected their covenant identity as His once Royal Chosen Nation. The marriage pattern established in Genesis was clear: one male and one female becoming one flesh (Matthew 19:4–6). Marriage is a Covenant, and SEX IS COVENANTAL! Adultery, exploitation, child sacrifice, and pagan temple practices were forbidden because they distorted the created order and fractured family inheritance lines. In the New Covenant, the standard does not lower; it deepens. Adultery now includes the heart. Lust is inward. Marriage mirrors Yahusha and His Bride. Sexual Purity reflects Covenant Loyalty. The Bride must reflect this committed obedience ... UNDERSTANDING THAT SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IS NEVER MERELY PHYSICAL BUT ALWAYS SPIRITUAL, COVENANTAL, AND CONSEQUENTIAL !! PART 6: The Evil Tongue "LASHON HARA" Leviticus devotes considerable space to skin conditions and their diagnosis. The lesson was profound: what proceeds from the mouth reveals inner corruption. Skin disease symbolised visible corruption that required isolation and examination. Scripture consistently teaches about the power of words. James calls the tongue "a fire" that can set the entire course of life ablaze ( James 3:6 ) . Words create or destroy. Gossip defiles the community. ROYAL PRIESTLY BEHAVIOUR GUARDS THE TONGUE, RECOGNISING THAT SPEECH IS NOT NEUTRAL BUT CARRIES CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE POWER (LIFE OR DEATH IS IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE!) PART 7:   Servant-Priests Levitical Priests were not celebrities or spiritual elites. They existed to serve the people - assisting with sacrifices, examining cases, teaching instruction, and guarding spiritual set-apartness. They washed, carried, examined, and served humbly. The Priesthood was established for service, not enrichment. Yahusha embodied this servant-priesthood when He washed His Disciples' feet. Greatness equals servanthood. Under the New Covenant, the "Royal Priesthood" does not mean prestige but humble service, not spiritual dominance or the ego of knowledge! PART 8: Tending to the Portal DIMENSIONAL GATEWAY! The Tabernacle was a portal—a gateway between dimensions. Without glory, it was only fabric and gold, a mere physical structure. The people waited in anticipation for His glory to fill it. Today, the body is the temple (1 Corinthians 6:19). Yahusha is the Door (John 10:9). The veil of His flesh opened access. No animal sacrifice can open the portal now. Only Yahusha's blood provides access. Portal access requires cleansing! Without blood: frackled-incineration; but through blood there's DIRECT ACCESS TO COME BOLDLY! Consciousness requires Spirit. Without Yahusha within, the human body is an empty shell. It is the indwelling Presence that gives life and purpose. Romans 1:20 declares that Alahim's invisible qualities are clearly seen, so people are without excuse. Access is open through His blood, but refusal is judgment. The Bride is called to be a portal through which His presence flows to the world, not a walking dead tent (or quarry) but a living vessel of His Shekinah-Kabod of Esteem! PART 9: Improper Mixing WHY SEPARATION MATTERS Leviticus warns against improper mixing of seeds, fabrics, species, and categories. These symbolic laws reinforced boundary principles and the theme of distinction. Yahusha's Word is a sword that cuts and severs us from evil habits and behaviour. Do not mix light with darkness, truth with compromise, set-apart with common. "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers" ( 2 Cor 6:14 ) captures this principle. Chaos comes from mixture; peace comes from order. The Bride must maintain spiritual consciousness, refusing to yoke herself to darkness and gutless lukewarmness, mixing righteous devotion with the abominable idolatry of self. YAHUSHA HATES MIXTURES, using His word to suit yourself and make a mockery of its true beauty and magnificence. PART 10: Alcohol & the Priests Priests were forbidden wine before entering the Tabernacle because they must distinguish between clean and unclean. Wine is not evil, but drunkenness clouds consciousness. Nearness requires focus. Those near to Yahusha are held to a higher behaviour! The Bride today must avoid intoxication - not only of alcohol but of entertainment, social media, power, ego, and anything that dulls spiritual sensitivity. Clear discernment is a Priestly responsibility, and those who stand near His presence. CONCLUSION: What Leviticus Reveals? Leviticus is ultimately not about garments, food, ceremony, or architecture. It is about perfect set-apartness, separation from corruption, reverent fear, covenant loyalty, and guarding Yahusha's presence. Its fulfilment is not found in old shadow, external regulation, but through internal transformation and a NEW BEHAVIOUR! Leviticus reveals that Yahusha cannot dwell in defilement, that blood makes approach possible, that fire must be guarded, and that set-apartness must be protected. In the New Covenant, the altar is the heart, the fire is His Spirit, the sacrifice is the whole self, the showbread is transformed thinking through the Word, the lampstand is the anointed consciousness of light, the incense is communication and the Ark is direct portal access to Yahusha. Royal Priestly Behaviour manifests as: FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT - love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, self-control. This is the living fulfilment of Leviticus, not hygienic ritual, but Bridal Transformation! The Bride does not obey to be delivered; she obeys because she loves Yahusha with all her heart. And because she knows that He (the One Who is Set-Apart) is preparing her for an eternal dwelling where nothing unclean enters. Leviticus is not obsolete - it is another puzzle piece of the old historic document fulfilled. The shadows have breathed. THE BRIDE IS NOT LEVITICAL - SHE IS MELCHIZEDEK. She is not climbing ladders of ritual, but guarding His fiery-presence within. She is not earning set-apartness; she is manifesting it through her behaviour! Without Yahusha's esteem, we are empty tents. With Him, we are portals. The 6000 years approach to completion. The Harvest of the earth approaches. The Wedding approaches. The fire of destruction approaches. Royal Priestly Behaviour is not optional - it is preparation. Will we be walking-dead tents? Or living portals of light? The choice is ours. THAT IS THE HEART IF LEVITICUS - a training manual for those given a last-day mandate and called to dwell with consuming fire, fulfilled in Yahusha Alahim the Lamb ... and now written upon the hearts of His Bride who walk in the order of His Melchizedek Royal Laws of Love!

A study by Brandon Davidson ... Definition : Scriptural Belief Scriptural belief is not mental agreement, opinion, or doctrinal alignment. Scriptural belief is active trust that produces obedience, alignment, and transformed behaviour . In Scripture, to believe  means: to entrust oneself to lean one’s weight upon to act as if something is true to live in response to what is heard Belief is proven only by action , endurance, and fruit. Anything that does not change behaviour is not belief , no matter how sincere it sounds. Scriptures Defining Scriptural Belief 1. Belief as Obedient Action Genesis 15:6 “And Abram believed Yahuah, and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.” Abram’s belief was not a thought — it was a life of obedience that followed. Righteousness was credited because he trusted and acted . 2. Belief Requires Alignment, Not Words Deuteronomy 30:14 “But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, to do it.” Belief is not merely knowing the word — it is doing it . Scriptural belief always moves from heart → mouth → action. 3. Belief That Does Not Act Is Dead James 2:17 “Thus also belief, if it does not have works, is dead by itself.” Scripture does not argue this point. Belief without behavioural expression is lifeless . 4. Belief Means Hearing and Following John 10:27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” Belief is recognition + response . Those who truly believe hear His voice and follow , not merely agree. 5. Belief Is Proven by Endurance Matthew 24:13 “But the one who endures to the end shall be delivered.” Belief is not proven at the beginning —it is proven under pressure , over time, through endurance. 6. Belief Results in Transformation Romans 12:2 “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect desire of Alahim.” Belief transforms perception, thinking, and behaviour. If nothing changes, belief has not occurred. Hebrews 11:1 “Now belief is the substance of what is expected, the evidence of matters not seen.” This verse shows that scriptural belief is not imagination or wishful thinking . It is: Substance  — something real and active Evidence  — something that proves itself Concerning what is not yet visible , but becomes visible through obedience, endurance, and behaviour In Scripture, belief makes the unseen govern how a person lives now . Summary Statement Scriptural belief is lived trust. It hears, yields, follows, endures, and bears fruit. Agreement is not belief. Emotion is not belief. Tradition is not belief. Only obedient, enduring, transformed trust  qualifies as belief in Scripture.

Researched by 11 year old Hunter Davidson WHAT DEMONS ARE (HEBREW & SCRIPTURAL UNDERSTANDING) 1. What Demons are NOT : Scripture never presents demons as cartoon monsters or equal rivals to Alahim. That idea comes largely from later mythology, not the Hebrew worldview. They are: Created beings  (not eternal) Disembodied spirits Unclean Parasitic , not creative Dependent on humans for expression “They sacrificed to demons, not to Alahim.” (DEUT 32:17) Demons are counterfeit spiritual influences  that attach themselves to disobedience, deception, and fleshly behaviour. 2. Hebrew Language Insights : The Hebrew Scriptures use several terms: Shedim (שֵׁדִים) Meaning: destructive spirits Linked with idolatry and false worship Always connected to behavioural rebellion “They sacrificed to shedim, not to Alahim.” (DEUT 32:17) Ruach Tameh (ר֫וּחַ טָמֵא) Meaning: unclean spirit Emphasises moral impurity , not power “Yahuah said, ‘Who will entice Ahab?’ … and a spirit came forward.” (1 KINGS 22:21–23) The issue is uncleanness , not strength. 3. Where Demons come from (Scriptural frame) Scripture points to demons as fallen, disembodied spirits  associated with rebellion against Alahim’s order (Genesis 6; Psalm 82; Jude 1:6). They: Seek rest Seek expression Seek authority through permission “The unclean spirit goes through dry places seeking rest.” (MATT 12:43) This verse reveals something critical:👉 Demons do not have rest unless they inhabit . HOW DEMONS ENTER A PERSON (SCRIPTURAL MECHANISM) Demons do not  enter randomly. They require: Access Agreement Continuation 1. The Primary Entry Point : THE MIND (EAR-GATE) Hebrew anthropology sees the human as: Flesh (body) Spirit (inner man) Thoughts are spiritual suggestions  that pass through the mind toward the heart. “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” (PROV 23:7) Demons enter first as: Thoughts Suggestions Emotional reactions Interpretations Not possession — permission . 2. The Heart as the Gateway “Guard your heart, for out of it flow the issues of life.” (PROV 4:23) If a thought is: Entertained Repeated Justified Acted upon …it becomes behaviour . Behaviour becomes habitation . 3. Behaviour Opens the Door ! Scripture is extremely clear: demons attach to works of the flesh , not random people. “Give no place to the devil.” (EPH 4:27) The word place  (Greek topos ) means: Territory Ground Legal space Common entry behaviours Scripture names: Unforgiveness (2 Corinthians 2:10–11) Sexual immorality (1 Corinthians 6:16) Idolatry (1 Corinthians 10:20) Pride (1 Timothy 3:6) Persistent anger (Ephesians 4:26–27) Deception and lies (John 8:44) Demons do not force entry  — they exploit disobedience already chosen . 4. Why Yahusha cast out Demons so often? Yahusha treated demons as: Illegal squatters Secondary problems Symptoms, not causes He addressed: Belief Authority Obedience “This kind comes out only by prayer and fasting.” (MATT 17:21) Why? Because prayer aligns authority , and fasting weakens flesh agreement . WHY DEMONS SEEK HUMANS? Demons: Have no body Have no authority Have no creative power Humans: Are made in Alahim’s image Carry authority Speak reality into action So demons seek to: Ride behaviour Amplify reactions Entrench patterns Keep people in flesh-rule “The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy.” (JOHN 10:10) WHY THE BRIDE IS TARGETED MORE INTENSELY? “The dragon was enraged with the woman and went to make war with the rest of her offspring.”(Revelation 12:17) The Bride: Is awakening spiritually Is leaving Babylon Is controlling her thoughts Is walking in obedience This threatens the system. So the attack is subtle: Distraction Offence Exhaustion Religious confusion Flesh temptation Emotional reactivity Not dramatic possession — daily erosion . HOW DELIVERANCE ACTUALLY WORKS (SCRIPTURALLY) Deliverance is not shouting demons out. It is: Truth replacing lies Obedience replacing compromise Authority replacing fear Behaviour replacing reaction “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (JOHN 8:32) When agreement is removed, demons leave. “Resist the devil, and he will flee.” (JAMES 4:7) SIMPLE SUMMARY Demons enter through: Unguarded thoughts Unchecked emotions Repeated sinful behaviour Agreement with lies They stay through: Justification Habit Unrepented compromise They leave through: Truth Obedience Humility Authority in Yahusha The Bride’s protection is not fear —it is discipline of thought, heart, and behaviour . “Take every thought captive to the obedience of Messiah.” (2 COR 10:5) That is the true battlefield.

THE WAR IN HEAVEN AND THE DAILY BATTLE OF THE TRUE BRIDE How Spiritual Consciousness Is Won or Lost Thought by Thought! THE WAR IN HEAVEN IS NOT FAR AWAY — IT IS EXPERIENCED DAILY Scripture reveals that the war in heaven is not merely a past cosmic event or a future spectacle. It is a present, ongoing conflict that manifests inside human beings . “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against authorities, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.” The “heavenly places” are not distant galaxies. They are the unseen realm of thought, perception, and influence  where behaviour is decided before it is ever acted out. The war is not first over cities, nations, or systems. It is over the mind and the heart of the Bride . ⸻ THE HUMAN BEING: TWO PARTS, ONE BATTLEFIELD Scripture presents the human being as consisting of two parts only : Flesh  — the mortal, sensory, reactive nature Spirit  — the inner life designed to commune with Alahim There is no third neutral zone. “The flesh lusts against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh; and these are opposed to one another.” Every moment of the day, one of these two is ruling. The battlefield where this conflict plays out is the mind , and the primary entry point is the ear-gate . ⸻ THE EAR-GATE → THE MIND → THE HEART → BEHAVIOUR Scripture is precise about the progression: Input is entered through hearing Thought forms in the mind Thought settles in the heart Behaviour is produced “ As a man thinks in his heart, so will he be.” Thoughts are not harmless. They are seeds . “My thoughts are more numerous than the sand on the seashore.” Most thoughts are not chosen — they are presented . What matters is which thoughts are allowed to stay . “Take every thought captive into obedience to the Word.” This is not poetic language. It is daily warfare instruction . ⸻ THE TRUE ARMOUR: BEHAVIOURAL, NOT SYMBOLIC Putting on the full armour is not a ritual. It is a way of living . Truth — refusing internal lies Righteousness — choosing right behaviour under pressure Peace — not reacting from offence Belief — trusting Yahusha’s voice over emotional noise Deliverance — guarding the mind from demonic influence The Word — responding with truth, not impulse “Greater is the man who rules his spirit than one who conquers and governs whole cities.” Self-control is not weakness. It is spiritual authority . ⸻ THE THREE RULES: A FAST-TRACK TO FAVOUR All scripture can be behaviourally summarised in three questions — asked in real time . 1. Did I take that personal ? Offence is the primary weapon of the enemy. Taking things personally: activates the flesh shuts down discernment hands control to emotion “A soft answer turns away wrath.” WHEN SOMETHING SETS YOU OFF — PAUSE Before reacting, posting, snapping back, or shutting down… STOP. BREATHE. THINK. 1. DID I TAKE THIS PERSONALLY? “Why are you angry?”(Genesis 4:6) What this really means: “Am I reacting because my feelings got hurt?” Most drama happens because: someone embarrassed you someone ignored you someone said something dumb someone crossed a line Truth : Not everything is about you — even if it feels like it is. Conscious people don’t explode. They choose when to respond . “A soft answer turns away wrath.”(Proverbs 15:1) Parents and children both get triggered. Ask: “Am I reacting to disrespect or to my own stress?” “Is this really about control?” Practice: Correct without attacking Discipline without humiliation Authority doesn’t need volume. “Love is not easily provoked.”(1 Corinthians 13:5) Most relationship conflict comes from: insecurity fear of rejection unmet expectations Practice: Ask: “Am I reacting from fear or love?” Lower the emotional volume Your partner is not your threat; demons are! 2. Did I let them have it? This is not agreement — it is understanding . Letting someone “have it” means: allowing their perspective to exist refusing to dominate choosing peace over control “Quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.” (Did I actually listen?) This stops: fights misunderstandings regrets you can’t undo Practice: Let the other person finish Don’t interrupt Try to understand before reacting You don’t have to agree. You just have to listen fully . Listening is power — not weakness. Children feel safer when they are heard — even when corrected. Practice: Let them explain Repeat what you heard Respond after understanding Listening builds trust. Trust builds openness. “Seek peace and pursue it.”(Psalm 34:14) Listening defuses more arguments than explanations ever will. Practice: Don’t prepare your response while they speak Reflect their feelings back Validate without surrendering truth Understanding comes before resolution. 3. Am I making Excuses? Excuses are polished lies  that protect the old nature. “He who covers his ways will not prosper.” These three rules dismantle pride, self-justification, and reaction — the core weapons of the flesh. “The heart can deceive itself.”(Jeremiah 17:9) Excuses sound like: “That’s just who I am” “Everyone does it” “It’s not a big deal” “I had no choice” Truth: Excuses keep you stuck. Practice: Admit it privately Own it honestly Do better next time Growth begins when excuses end. “Teach us to number our days.”(Psalm 90:12) Excuses in families: “They always do this” “I’m just tired” “That’s how we were raised” Practice: Own mistakes openly Apologise without excuses Model growth Children learn what BEHAVIOUR you live — not what you say. “Speak the truth in love.”(Ephesians 4:15) Excuses sound like: “You made me do this” “I’m just being honest” “That’s how I feel” Practice: Own reactions Take responsibility Choose humility over winning Intimacy grows where honesty lives. ⸻ THE DAILY ATTACK ON THE BRIDE The enemy’s goal is not obvious evil. It is distraction, numbness, and flesh-dominance . Scripture identifies three streams of attack: The Lust of the Flesh Comfort addiction, food/drink excess, sexualised media, constant stimulation The Lust of the Eyes Endless scrolling, comparison culture, visual addiction, curated (fake) realities The Pride of Life Identity built on image, opinions, outrage, performance, and control These are not ancient problems. They are weaponised in the 21st century . The system feeds: noise instead of silence outrage instead of discernment pleasure instead of presence This is modern Babylon — not bricks and towers, but algorithms and appetites . ⸻ WHY SO FEW HEAR HIS VOICE “My sheep hear my voice.” His voice is not absent. It is drowned out . Constant input creates spiritual deafness. Reaction replaces reflection. Emotion replaces communication. Hearing Yahusha requires: stillness yielded attention obedience in small things Thought by thought, He teaches those who listen. THE TRUE DAILY WAR The real war is not: against people against institutions against opinions It is against: reaction offence distraction self-rule Every time the Bride: refuses offence chooses restraint listens before reacting obeys the quiet instruction ... she wins ground. ⸻ CONCLUSION: THE BRIDE IS FORMED IN SECRET The war in heaven is fought: in kitchens in conversations in traffic in moments no one sees The Bride is not formed in spectacle. She is formed in thought discipline, behaviour change, and love under pressure. This is spiritual consciousness. This is daily deliverance. This is how the Bride is prepared. Not through noise. Not through performance. But through knowing Him — thought by thought — and choosing spirit over flesh.

Following Yahusha Alahim through His Death / Resurrection Route HOW TO ENDURE SEVERE TESTING & NOT FAINT! INTRODUCTION — WHY SUFFERING IS NOT AN ACCIDENT Suffering is not a malfunction in Scripture. It is a divine mechanism to ensure results. From Genesis to Revelation, suffering is shown as the appointed pathway by which Alahim matures, purifies, and reveals His chosen ones . It is the test-pit furnace where belief becomes substance, where words become behaviour, and where the flesh is stripped so that Yahusha's Spirit may rule. Yahusha did not invent suffering — He entered it, fulfilled it, and transformed it . What was once punishment became participation . What was once discipline became deliverance . What was once death became resurrection life . IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS NO SUFFERING OF ANY KIND! WHEN YAHUSHA WALKED AMONG US HE REMOVED PEOPLE'S SUFFERINGS! THEN HE TOLD US TO FOLLOW HIM! The Bride is not perfected by comfort. She is perfected by sharing in His suffering . 1. WHAT “SUFFERING” MEANS IN SCRIPTURE Hebrew Understandin g The Hebrew mindset does not separate suffering from training/testing . ʿAnah  — to be afflicted, humbled, pressed (Gen 16:6; Deut 8:2)→ Not to destroy, but to reveal what is inside! Yasar  — to discipline, correct, instruct (Pro 3:11–12)→ Loving yet severe correction, not rejection! Tsaraph  — to refine, smelt, purify by fire (Zech 13:9)→ Removal of impurity, not removal of the person! Suffering in Hebrew thought is purposeful pressure and pain  applied by Yahusha Alahim to extract what does not belong in us. Greek Understanding The Greek writings deepen this idea: Pathēma  — suffering, what one endures (Romans 8:18) Thlipsis  — crushing pressure, tribulation (John 16:33) Hypomonē  — patient endurance under weight (James 1:2–4) Suffering is not random pain. It is weight-bearing obedience . KABOD IS ALSO DESCRIBED AS ALAHIM'S WEIGHTY PRESENCE! WE LIVE UNDER THE HAND OF HIS NEW COVENANT LAWS OF LOVE! 2. SUFFERING AS THE PATH OF ALL THE RIGHTEOUS No righteous one escaped this route. Adam Loss before restoration → Exile before return. Abel Accepted offering → murdered by religious jealousy. Noah Mocked while obedient → delivered through judgment. Abraham Promise delayed → son placed on the altar. Joseph Dreams → betrayal → pit → prison → rulership. “You meant evil against me, but Alahim meant it for good.” (GEN 50:20) Moses Rejected by his own → wilderness shaping → deliverer formed. David Anointed → hunted → refined → enthroned. “Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I keep Your word.” (PS 119:67) The Prophets Rejected, beaten, imprisoned — yet carried the voice of Alahim. “They were stoned, sawn in two, tried… of whom the world was not worthy.” (HEB 11:37–38) All of these are shadows . Yahusha is the substance . 3. YAHUSHA — THE SUFFERING ALAHIM Yahusha did not merely suffer — He chose suffering . “Though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by what He suffered.” (HEB 5:8) This is staggering. Alahim learned obedience  in flesh. Why? Because obedience in heaven (with no flesh) is automatic, obedience in the flesh must be chosen under pressure . Yahusha: Was misunderstood Rejected by His own Accused falsely Betrayed intimately Mocked publicly Impaled naked Abandoned “He was despised and rejected, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.” (Isaiah 53:3) Yet He did not retaliate. “When He was reviled, He did not revile in return.” (1 PET 2:23) This is the behavioural blueprint  of the Bride. 4. “TAKE UP YOUR TORTURE STAKE” — WHAT IT REALLY MEANS “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his torture stake daily, and follow Me.” (LUKE 9:23) This is not poetry. It is execution language . The torture stake means: Death to self-rule Death to 'natural' instinctive reaction Death to pride Death to entitlement It is not about suffering for suffering’s sake —it is about ending the reign of your flesh . “Those who belong to Messiah have impaled the flesh with its passions and desires.” (GAL 5:24) You cannot follow Yahusha and keep the old nature alive! 5. THE BLOOD, WORD, SPIRIT, AND FIRE — HOW SUFFERING PURIFIES Suffering works in layers: BLOOD — Legal cleansing and purchase “The blood of Yahusha cleanses us from all sin.” (1 JOHN 1:7) Removes guilt and accusation. We are blood-bought and owned for His purposes and pleasure! WORD — Mental washing “That He might cleanse her with the washing of water by the Word.” (EPH 5:26) Corrects perception and the way we CHOOSE to think, by ARRESTING ALL THOUGHTS. SPIRIT BAPTISM — Planting of Incorruptible Seed / Inner animation “The Spirit gives life.” (2 COR 3:6) Enables complete obedience by walking thought by thought on His Word. FIRE BAPTISM — Behavioural refinement “He will sit as a refiner and purifier.”(MAL 3:3) Burns what resists. Fire is where most people withdraw. The true Bride remains/endures . 6. THE WILDERNESS QUARRY — WHERE SUFFERING SHAPES STONES Scripture repeatedly places refinement in the wilderness. “I will bring her into the wilderness and speak to her heart.” (HOSEA 2:14) The wilderness is: Removal from systems Exposure of motives Silence that reveals hearts Here, the Bride is reasoned with to become lively stones : “You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house.” (1 PETER 2:5) Stones are not polished —they are cut, struck, shaped . “No stone tool was heard in the house while it was being built.” (1 KINGS 6:7) The shaping happens before placement . 7. DISCIPLINE, FLOGGING, AND LOVE “Whom Yahusha loves, He disciplines and flogs.” (HEB 12:6) Discipline is not anger. It is investment in His love slave! “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness for those trained by it.” (HEB 12:11) Those who reject discipline reject sonship . The Bride accepts it —because she wants to resemble Him. 8. WHY SUFFERING IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE BRIDE Scripture is explicit: “If we suffer with Him, we shall also reign with Him.”(ROM 8:17) No suffering — no reigning. No Torture Stake — no crown. No death — no life! “That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the sharing of His sufferings.” (PHILIPP 3:10) Resurrection power flows through suffering, not around it. 9. FROM DEATH TO RESURRECTION — THE ROUTE NEVER CHANGES Yahusha’s path: Humility Obedience Suffering Death Resurrection Authority Eternal Reign on the Throne The Bride’s path is the same. “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much fruit.” (JOHN 12:24) No death → no fruit. No burial → no life. CONCLUSION — WHY THE BRIDE EMBRACES SUFFERING Suffering: Exposes what belief hides Destroys religious illusion Kills the flesh Sharpens obedience Produces maturity Reveals true love The Bride does not chase suffering —but she does not flee it — she embraces the tests! She knows: Fire prepares her Pressure perfects her Discipline proves her sonship Sharing His suffering prepares her for sharing His reign “Here is the endurance of the set-apart ones.” (REV 14:12) This is not victimhood. This is victory through obedience . To follow Yahusha Alahim is to walk the same road He walked —through death, through fire, through surrender —into resurrection life and eternal reign. There is no other route. WHY IS YAHUSHA’S BRIDE SEVERELY TESTED? Those who truly follow Yahusha  are not gently improved. They are broken, stripped, crushed, burned, disciplined, and re-created This is not because Yahusha our Alahim  is cruel. It is because nothing of the flesh can inherit eternity . Nothing temporal can pass into permanency without the severe testing of purification. 1. THE HEBREW FRAME: SONSHIP IS PROVED BY SEVERITY In ancient Scriptural understanding, love is proven by discipline and flogging , not comfort. “My son, do not despise the discipline of Alahim, nor loathe His rebuke; for whom Alahim loves He disciplines, as a father the son he delights in.” (PROV 3:11–12) This discipline is not mild correction. The underlying meaning is: chastening scourging training through pain restraining through suffering This is covenant shaping , not punishment. 2. SEVERITY IS THE PROOF OF TRUE SONSHIP Scripture is explicit and uncomfortable: “If you are without discipline… then you are illegitimate and not sons.” (HEB 12:8) Those spared severity are not favoured —they are left untouched . Yahusha does not refine spectators. He refines and fire-tests those He claims as His own love slaves! 3. YAHUSHA: KIND AND SEVERE Paul states it plainly: “Consider the kindness and the severity of Alahim.” (ROM 11:22) Modern religion embraces kindness and explains away severity through excuses. Scripture never does. Yahusha: heals — then commands repentance forgives — then demands obedience invites — then requires death “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his torture stake daily, and follow Me.” (LUKE 9:23) A torture stake is not symbolic inconvenience. IT IS EXECUTION - IT IS DEATH - AND DEATH IS AGONY! 4. THE PATTERN: EVERY RIGHTEOUS ONE WAS SEVERELY DEALT WITH Adam Lost the Garden through disobedience. Entered labour, sweat, blood, and death. Noah Mocked for decades. Separated from the world. Abraham Commanded to sacrifice the promise —not gently, but violently. Jacob Wrestled until dislocated. Named only after injury. “I will not let You go unless You bless me.” (GEN 32:26) Blessing came through crippling . Joseph Betrayed, imprisoned, forgotten —before authority. Moses Exiled forty years. Denied entry into the land. David Hunted like an animal —before the throne. The Prophets Beaten, rejected, sawn apart, killed. “They were stoned, sawn in two… afflicted, tormented.” (HEB 11:37) This is the inheritance line. 5. YAHUSHA: THE ULTIMATE PATTERN OF SEVERE PERFECTION “Though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience through what He suffered.” (HEB 5:8) If Yahusha learned obedience through suffering, who imagines the Bride will bypass it? Yahusha was: flogged beaten mocked pierced abandoned crushed “It pleased Alahim to crush Him.”(ISAIAH 53:10) Not cruelly — redemptively . 6. WHY THE TESTING IS HARSH, NOT GENTLE Because the enemy we face is not gentle. Because the flesh does not die politely. Because SELF is the most worshipped idol on earth. The flesh: negotiates delays excuses spiritualises disobedience So Yahusha Alahim applies fire. “Our Alahim is a consuming fire.” (HEB 12:29) Fire does not reason. Fire burns until only truth remains. 7. THE DEATH OF SELF: THE GREATEST AGONY The most painful death is not physical. It is: surrendering control losing reputation abandoning self-rule yielding the will releasing identity “You are not your own. You were bought with a price.” (1 COR 6:19–20) This is ownership language. Paul calls himself: “A bondservant of Yahusha Messiah.” (ROMANS 1:1) A bondservant / love-slave is: owned not autonomous submitted by choice Freedom is not doing whatever you want. Freedom is no longer being able to do what destroys you ! 8. WHY DEMONS LOSE POWER WHEN THE SELF DIES Unclean demon spirits require: ego reaction offence pride fear desire So when the self dies: there is nothing to hook into nothing to provoke nothing to manipulate nothing to pester and taunt “I have been impaled with Messiah; so it is no longer I who live.” (GAL 2:20) Dead men are not tempted. 9. THE RESULT: JOY BEYOND UNDERSTANDING On the other side of death is not misery. It is: peace clarity of thought authority true consciousness a joy not tied to circumstances “The peace of Alahim, which surpasses all understanding.”(PHILIPPIANS 4:7) This is not emotional happiness. This is not outward joy, only when things are good. This is a settled inner rule . The sign of a new life is not noise —it is rest . 10. WHY THE BRIDE MUST ENDURE THIS NOW Because she will rule later. Because she must be spotless. Because she must carry authority without corruption. Because eternity cannot tolerate self-rule. “If we endure, we shall also reign with Him.”(2 TIM 2:12) Reigning requires refinement. Refinement requires fire. Fire requires surrender. CONCLUSION Yahusha’s Bride is not being punished. She is being TESTED & PREPARED! Not gently. Not lightly. Not comfortably. But THOROUGHLY & SEVERELY. The flesh must die. The self must be impaled. The will must yield. The glory must belong to Him alone - He will not share it, and we are forbidden to try and take it! And when nothing of you remains — everything of Yahusha Alahim the Lamb flows freely . That is not loss. That is life eternal ! AFTER THE AGONISING SUFFERING OF DEATH COMES NEW RESURRECTION LIFE & FULNESS OF JOY IN ALL THOSE WHO FALL DOWN AS ETERNALLY GRATEFUL LOVE-SLAVES AND WORSHIP AT THE FEET OF YAHUSHA ALAHIM IN THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE WILDERNESS HOME-QUARRY!

PROVOKING TO RIGHTEOUSNESS How to Stir People into Good Behaviour We are not living in gentle times. We are living in urgent times! Scripture does not describe the final days as a season for comfort, politeness, or spiritual sleep. It represents a time of awakening, shaking, exposure, and decision . The greatest danger now is not persecution—it is complacency . And complacency is only broken by provocation . WHAT DOES “PROVOKE” MEAN? (HEBREW + ENGLISH) ENGLISH UNDERSTANDING (standard dictionary): To stimulate, arouse, incite, or stir someone into action or response. HEBREW UNDERSTANDING: In Scripture, provoking is not harsh or cruel . It is interruption!! It is Yahusha disrupting patterns that lead to misery and death . IT IS YAHUSHA REVEALING DEMONS IN OUR QUARRIES! “Stir up one another to love and good works.” (Hebrews 10:24) The word ' stir up'  there literally means to provoke, agitate, or incite. YAHUSHA DOES NOT CALL US TO COMFORT — HE CALLS US TO AWAKEN!! “Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Messiah will give you light.” (Ephesians 5:14) Sleep is the enemy of the last days. And sleep is broken by shock, light, truth, and confrontation. Yahusha Himself provoked constantly: • He overturned tables • He rebuked leaders publicly • He exposed hypocrisy without apology • He made people uncomfortable on purpose “Do not think that I came to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” (Matthew 10:34) The sword is His Word. “The Word of Alahim is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of body and spirit…” (Hebrews 4:12) The truth must cut before it heals. WHY WE MUST BE PROVOKED NOW Scripture says the final days will be marked by: • Love growing cold! • Lawlessness increasing! • Truth being hated! • Ears itching for comfort! • People offended by correction! “They will not endure sound teaching.” (2 Timothy 4:3) This is not a time for silent gutlessness. It is a time for strength of character, backbones for truth and clear voices . Staying silent is not humility. Silence is usually fear disguised as kindness . FAKENESS! “If the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet… their blood I will require at the watchman’s hand.” (Ezekiel 33:6) SPEAKING OUT IS NOT OPTIONAL! Yahusha never asked His Bride to be polite—He asked her to be faithful ! “Whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him.” (Luke 9:26) Speaking truth will  cause tension and disruption in mood. It will  OFFEND PEOPLE'S FLESH and divide the room. That is not failure. That is the Word's function ... to bring consciousness! “Faithful are the wounds of a friend.” (Proverbs 27:6) PROVOKING IN LOVE — NOT FLATTERY Love is not silence. Love warns . “Those whom Alahim loves, He flogs, rebukes and disciplines.” (Heb 12:6) Correction is not rejection. It is an invitation to life . The Bride who cannot endure correction cannot endure the fire . THE SPIRIT & FIRE PRODUCE DELIVERANCE! Deliverance is needed to inherit Eternal Life! WHY SEVERE TESTING IS NECESSARY Scripture is explicit: “Through much pressure we must enter the reign of Alahim.” (Acts 14:22) Comfort does not produce endurance. Grinding irritation, provoking, heat, and pressure produce a pearl! “The proving of your belief produces endurance.” (James 1:3) This is why Yahusha provokes us —to pull us out of our flesh, our fear, our people-pleasing, and our holding back, silence and compromise. THE FINAL URGENCY We are not preparing for religious attendance. We are preparing for our Alahim Yahusha's appearance! “Prepare to meet your Alahim.”(Amos 4:12) The Bride must be: • Awake • Discerning • Unoffendable • Enduring • Willing to suffer truthfully Provoking one another to righteousness is the ultimate kindness when time is so short! CONCLUSION: BE PROVOKED — AND PROVOKE OTHERS This is not a season for being gutless. This is not a season for silence. This is not a season for comfort. TIME IS SHORT!! “Those who turn many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever.” (Daniel 12:3) Let the Word cut. Let truth disrupt. Let complacency die. SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE! Provoke to righteousness. Awaken the Bride. Endure to the end. Speaking out within our own homes is not optional refinement — it is essential preparation . The Quarry of the family-home is where arrogance is exposed, reactions are tested, and love is proven under pressure. Scripture commands us to speak truth in love, not silence in fear, because iron sharpens iron and faithful wounds heal what flattery leaves to rot. When husbands lovingly confront the demonic activity in their homes, when wives speak kindly and honestly, and when families refuse to avoid difficult conversations, Yahusha uses that friction to mature us! Avoidance preserves the flesh, but honest speech impales it on our torture stakes. The Bride is not perfected in public platforms but in private obedience — where thoughts are arrested, words are measured, forgiveness is practised, and humility is chosen daily. A household that refuses to speak the truth cannot endure the fire to filter into the wilderness. But a family willing to provoke one another toward righteousness becomes a Living Quarry — shaped, aligned, and made ready together for Yahusha’s appearing!

EXODUS: DELIVERANCE INTO THE WILDERNESS From Blood to Glory — How Yahusha Reveals Himself and Perfects His People! Exodus is not merely a historical rescue from Egypt. It is the blueprint of redemption , the architecture of deliverance , and the pattern by which Yahusha delivers, refines, tests, dwells amongst, and ultimately glorifies His people . What Genesis introduces in seed form, Exodus develops into structure, system, and visible glory-esteem . If Genesis is about Yahusha's calling, testing, and the death–resurrection patterns, Exodus is about His deliverance, separation, transformation, and final habitation! 1. GENESIS TO EXODUS : Seeds Become Systems In Genesis, Alahim’s presence appears occasionally : • Altars built by individuals, • Angelic visitations, • Dreams, visions, wrestling, • Temporary encounters. But in Exodus, Alahim's presence intensifies as He draws closer. What was once sporadic visitations becomes sustained. What was once personal encounter becomes a corporate one. What was once external becomes indwelling among a people. EXODUS ANSWERS A VITAL QUESTION: How does a perfect/set-apart Alahim dwell among a fallen people without destroying them — and prepare them to host His presence? 2. EGYPT : World System and Enslaved Mind! Egypt represents: • The fallen world system • Bondage through labour and fear • Identity crushed under taskmasters • Knowledge without any revelation • Power without righteousness Israel was not only enslaved physically  — they were enslaved mentally and spiritually . “Let My people go, that they may worship Me.” ( EX 8:1 ) Deliverance was not for freedom alone — it was for service, worship, and formation . This is the same call Yahusha gives: “Come out from among them and be set apart.” ( 2 COR 6:17 ) 3. MOSES : Mediator Shadow of Yahusha! Moses is the clearest shadow of Yahusha in Exodus: Moses Yahusha Hidden from death as an infant Preserved from Herod Raised outside his people Came from above Rejected by his own initially Rejected by Israel Sent back to deliver Sent back to redeem Mediator between Alahim and people One Mediator Spoke face-to-face with Alahim Exact image of Alahim “Yahuah knew Moses face to face.” ( EX 33:11 ) Yet Moses himself could not bring the people into rest  — pointing forward to Yahusha alone! 4. THE PORTAL MOVES CLOSER : From Bush to Skekinah-Esteem! The Burning Bush The first major escalation of presence. Fire that burns without consuming. This reveals: • Alahim’s divine perfect set-apartness • A body that can host fire • A vessel not destroyed by shekinah-glory This is the prototype of the human temple . THE 10 PLAGUES: Power Displayed in Judgment Alahim demonstrates: • Authority over Egypt’s false-gods • Dominion over creation • Separation between light and darkness Each plague is a strike against false authority , just as Yahusha casts out demons and exposes lies. Alahim's people Israel were not touched by any plague - safe in Goshen! THE PASSOVER: Blood, Word, Belief! This is the Core of the Deliverance Vein . • Blood applied • Word obeyed • Judgment passed over • Death avoided “When I see the blood, I will pass over you.” ( EX 12:13 ) Yahusha fulfils this fully: “Messiah, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.” ( 1 COR 5:7 ) 5. RED SEA : Baptism Through Death into New Life! Israel passes through water : • Leaving the old life behind • The Enemy is destroyed • No return possible This is death and resurrection  in national form. “All were baptised into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.” ( 1 COR 10:2 ) Yahusha : • Passes through death • Destroys the enemy • Brings Deliverance! ONCE YOU TRULY REPENT & ENCOUNTER YAHUSHA'S WORD - YOU ARE FREE OF SLAVERY! 6. PILLAR OF CLOUD & FIRE : Spirit and Fire Baptism The people are now guided continuously : • Cloud by day • Fire by night This represents: • Spirit rebirth and empowerment • Fire purification and testing • Yahusha's Constant presence “He led them by a pillar of cloud… and by fire.” ( EX 13:21 ) This foreshadows: • Pentecost • Spirit Baptism • Fire Baptism 7. THE WILDERNESS : The Stone Quarry of Sons Forgiveness is instant. Transforming of Deliverance is not! The wilderness is not punishment — it is the Quarry . Here: • Complaining is exposed • Trust is tested • Dependence is formed • Obedience is learned “I humbled you… to know what was in your heart.” ( DEUT 8:2 ) This is where living stones are shaped : • Sharp edges are removed • Pride/Ego/Flesh is crushed • Trusting-Belief is refined No stone enters the House uncut. 8. MANNA, WATER, WORD • Manna = daily dependence • Water from the rock = Messiah struck • Commandments = righteous instruction “They drank from the spiritual Rock… and that Rock was Messiah.” ( 1 COR 10:4 ) Yahusha later declares: “I am the bread from Heaven.” 9. SINAI : Covenant, Law, and Fear AT SINAI: • Fire • Smoke • Thunder • Voice The people fear and draw back. THIS SHOWS: • The Law reveals sin • Fear cannot produce intimacy • External obedience is insufficient LAW EXPOSES THE NEED FOR: • A new heart • A better covenant • An internal transformation 10. THE TABERNACLE : The Ultimate Shadow This is the climax of Exodus. For the first time: • Alahim dwells among  His people • His Glory becomes localised • Obedience to Divine Order allows access! Every element points to Yahusha: • THE GATE - “I am the way” • THE LAMPSTAND - "I am the Light of the world" • THE BREAD - "I am the Bread of life" • THE VEIL - His flesh • THE ARK - Throne of mercy “The glory/esteem of Yahuah filled the Tabernacle.” ( EX 40:34 ) This is SHEKINAH KABOD   — visible glory. The Wilderness Tabernacle stands as a breathtaking prophetic map of how Yahusha draws humanity back to Alahim, step by step, through an ordered and deliberate approach to transformation. At the GATE , repentance and confession mark the entry point—there is only one way in, just as there is only one Messiah. At the BRAZEN ALTAR, blood is shed, declaring that Yahusha is Alahim’s perfect sacrifice, where forgiveness is secured and judgment is satisfied. At the BRAZEN LAVER, water washes the priests clean, shadowing the washing of the Word that transforms the mind, separating the believer from Egypt’s thinking. The Priest must then put on WHITE GARMENTS OF DELIVERANCE to serve in the Sanctuary. Entering the Set-Apart Place, the LAMPSTAND  reveals Spirit illumination. The TABLE OF SHOWBREAD  nourishes daily dependence on Messiah. The GOLDEN ALTAR OF INCENSE  rises as continual prayer refined by fire. Passing beyond the VEIL , torn in Yahusha’s flesh, the believer is brought into the Most Set-Apart Place, where the ARK OF THE COVENANT testifies to obedience, mercy, and perfected love. This entire progression mirrors THE DELIVERANCE VEIN : Thru the Gate of Repentance, Revelation of Yahusha Alahim, Blood-bought forgiveness, Water (Word)-Washing, Spirit and Fire Baptism, And finally entry into the protected Wilderness Home-Quarry, where living stones are shaped and tested through obedience, and matured in the two Royal Laws of Love for Yahusha Alahim and love for one another, prepared to become a dwelling place for His soon return. 11. TENT TO TEMPLE TO PEOPLE What Exodus begins physically, Yahusha fulfils spiritually: “The Word became flesh and Tabernacled among us.” ( JOHN 1:14 ) And now: “You are being built together as a dwelling place for Alahim.” ( EPH 2:22 ) The final goal: • A purified people • A prepared house • A glorious Bride • Awaiting His return CONCLUSION : Exodus Is the Pattern of the End ! Exodus reveals: • Blood before freedom • Baptism before glory/esteem • Wilderness before habitation • Obedience before presence The last-day Bride must walk the same path: • Out of Egypt • Through the Sea • Into the Wilderness • Shaped in the Quarry • Filled with Transforming Esteem “Behold, the dwelling of Alahim is with men.” ( REV 21:3 ) The Exodus is not finished! It is being completed in Yahusha and His prepared people! THE APPOINTED TIMES : A Behavioural Shadow “Do this in remembrance of Me" ... YAHUSHA Every Old Covenant Feast and Appointed Time is fulfilled in Yahusha, Who lifted up a New Covenant in His own perfect blood, opening a spiritual doorway of connection and access to His Eternal Reign once again. Yahusha's Bride obsessively remembers, acknowledges and hears Him in every thought, because ALL DAY EVERY DAY is the Appointed Time to love and serve Him through the behaviour of their bodies (new temples), offering up spiritual sacrifices in sincerity, truth, righteousness, peace and joy! THROUGH THE OLD COVENANT WILDERNESS TABERNACLE AND THE APPOINTED TIMES GIVEN ON SINAI, ALAHIM WAS GAINING GROUND IN TAKING BACK THE 4 DIMENSIONS OF HIS CREATION (TIME AND SPACE). THE TABERNACLE SEPARATES THE 3 DIMENSIONS OF SPACE (HEIGHT, LENGTH, WIDTH) ON WHATEVER GROUND IT SAT ON AND THE APPOINTED CELEBRATIONS (MOEDIM-FEASTS) SEPARATED THE DIMENSION OF TIME FROM ANY OTHER BLOCK OF TIME. ALAHIM CAN’T DWELL WHERE THERE IS EVIL, AND NOW HE HAD RESTORED AND SET- APART A PORTION OF HIS CREATION SO THAT HE COULD DWELL ON EARTH (IN HIS TIME AND SPACE.) OUR BODIES (SPACE - THE TEMPLE) AND THE APPOINTED MOEDIM (TIME - ALL DAY EVERYDAY IN YAHUSHA'S NEW BLOOD-COVENANT) AND HOW WE BEHAVE IN/ON THEM BOTH IS SO IMPORTANT TO YAHUSHA, BECAUSE UNTIL THE FINAL SHOFAR AND DESTRUCTION OF ALL WICKEDNESS ON THIS PLANET, THE ONLY TIME/SPACE OF HIS CREATION WHERE HE CAN DWELL IS IN HIS OBEDIENT, OVERCOMING BRIDAL PEOPLE. SO WHEN WE HAVE OVERCOME INTO WILDERNESS MATURITY IN THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE `TRUE SABBATH REST’ (THAT PAUL SPOKE OF ENTERING), WE ARE ACTUALLY CLOTHED WITH YAHUSHA’S SHEKINAH ESTEEM (ANOINTED WITH OIL), MAKING US SET-APART PRIESTS OF HIS LOVE, SEPARATED FROM ALL OTHER PEOPLE ON THE PLANET. ENDNOTES The tone of this Exodus account is dramatically different to that of Genesis before it, where Alahim didn’t seem to be focussing too much on punishing mankind for idolatry (aside from Sodom & Gomorrah). But now in Exodus we see Alahim taking centre-stage, with a full arsenal of plagues and judgement, hell-bent on making sure His Name and His wonders are known to the whole earth through this Blood- Covenant People, smashing down any notion that a man-made deity can possessed any power against Him. Of course behind every false pagan idol is a spirit laughing and mocking and all of mankind was once again under the influence of fallen, unclean spirits, who had taught them to worship objects of wood and stone, gold and silver. But through this Exodus account the 12 Tribes of Israel were delivered by the blood of the Passover Lamb, Immersed through the waters of the Red Sea and taken into a wilderness experience where they were to be prepared and have their garments (behaviour) made white in order to be married to their Bridegroom, Who came down on Mt Sinai and raised up a Blood-Covenant with them, writing the Marriage Vows (ketubah) on stone-tablets as a witness. Then they were to travel to the promised land, boot out all the wicked pagans and live happily ever after with Yahusha!!?? Looking through the lense of behaviour, the huge take-away in this book of Exodus is seeing just how disgusting, disrespectful, ungreatful and complaining mankind is towards their deliverance, and despite proving over and over again through amazing signs and wonders (that He was indeed among them and providing everything they needed), they refused to comply, refused to go up the mountain, didn’t want to hear His voice or see the light from Moses` face after He’d gone up for them. No, these people caved to their base, carnal desires of selfish pride and slid straight back into the familiar Egyptian idolatry they were comfortable with, failing every test put before them. But despite all this, Alahim (not without punishment) proceeded forward with His plan to set up His Tabernacle among them (a booth) where He could dwell among them, bless and protect them until such a time that He divorce them once and for all, leave His Throne, break through the veil of His higher dimension, put on the flesh of a man and literally walk among us to once and for all `rent the veil’ showing the rip-off of religion and the intoxicating loving-kindness that came through His eyes, so that He could align the dimensions once and for through His perfect blood and claim back His Covenant Bride. EXODUS IS ALL ABOUT BEHAVIOURAL TESTS: Will Yahusha Alahim's people follow the cloud in belief or complain about the life they have left behind, which is bondage and slavery? Will they go boldly up the mountain into Yahusha’s presence and have an intimate relationship with Him, or stay in the darkness of their evil, wanting to communicate with a man instead? Will they wait on Yahusha to move in their life, or step out with their own wicked ideas about how they should live before Him? Do we face that our bodies are a living dwelling for Him and that we are His Royal Priestly Love-Slaves?

YOUR BODY IS MY TEMPLE How can Yahusha use your body for His purposes if you’re Full of doubt, unbelief, and negative demon thoughts? “Do you not know that your body is the Temple of the Set-Apart Spirit who is in you… therefore esteem Alahim in your body and in your spirit, which are Alahim’s.” 1 COR 6:19–20 Scripture is clear: the human body is not neutral territory . It is either being influenced, inhabited, and directed by the Spirit of Alahim — or it is being interfered with by foreign thoughts, lies, and spiritual opposition . There is no vacuum in the unseen realm, we are always influenced by the supernatural! The spiritual realm is never void. If an unclean spirit leaves, the space does not remain empty; it is either filled with something/SOMEONE better or something worse. To successfully remove a negative spiritual influence, it must be replaced by a positive one. If a person simply empties themselves of negative habits without replacing them with Yahusha's truth, the void leaves them vulnerable to returning to a worse condition. The spirit realm dictates what happens in the physical world. Therefore, occupying your spiritual "house" with Yahusha's Spirit transforms your physical life, choices, and environment as you go through the Narrow Gate Vain of True Deliverance! Yahusha taught that when a demon spirit leaves a person, it returns to find the "house" (the being) swept clean but empty. It then brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, making the final condition worse. This illustrates that trying to clean up one's life without filling it with the Spirit of Yahusha is impossible! ...   MATT 12:43 Yahusha does not merely want belief in theory. He desires a clean, obedient, yielded vessel  through which His life can be expressed. But the battlefield where this is decided is not first behaviour — it is the mind . What Are “Thoughts” in Scripture ? (English & Hebrew Understanding) HEBREW FOR THOUGHT 1. Machashavot (מַחֲשָׁבוֹת)  — Thoughts, plans, intentions This is the primary Hebrew word used when Scripture speaks of Alahim’s thoughts  versus man’s thoughts . “For My thoughts (machashavot) are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” declares Yahuah" IS 55:8 This word implies deliberate mental constructions  — not fleeting ideas, but formed inner reasoning. 2. Yetzer (יֵצֶר)  — Inclination, impulse, formation of thought This word describes the inner inclination that gives birth to thoughts . “Yahuah saw that the wickedness of man was great… and that every inclination (yetzer) of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” GEN 6:5 This shows that thoughts are not morally neutral  — they are shaped by an internal influence. 3. Lev / Levav (לֵב / לֵבָב)  — Heart-mind In Hebrew thinking, the heart and mind are one . Thoughts are spiritual before they are intellectual. “Guard your heart (lev), for out of it flow the issues of life.” PRO 4:23 Thoughts of Alahim vs Thoughts of Man (Every Key Scripture) THOUGHTS OF ALAHIM • Isaiah 55:8–9  — His thoughts are higher • Jeremiah 29:11  — Thoughts of peace, not evil • Psalm 40:5  — Many are His wonderful thoughts toward us • Psalm 139:17  — How precious are Your thoughts toward me • Isaiah 14:24  — What He has purposed, He will do 👉 Alahim’s thoughts produce life, clarity, order, peace, obedience, and fruit . THOUGHTS / WAYS OF MAN • Genesis 6:5  — Thoughts continually evil • Proverbs 14:12  — A way that seems right but ends in death • Jeremiah 17:9  — The heart is deceitful • Isaiah 65:2  — Walking in ways not good, after their own thoughts • Psalm 94:11  — Yahuah knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile 👉 Human-originated thoughts produce confusion, pride, fear, doubt, self-rule, and death . Where Do Doubt, Unbelief & Negative Thoughts Come From ? They do NOT originate from Yahusha Alahim! “Alahim is not the author of confusion.” 1 COR 14:33 Scripture shows three sources of thoughts : 1. The Flesh (fallen human nature) Inherited from Adam — inclined toward self-rule. “The mind of the flesh is death.” ROM 8:6 2. The World (system opposed to Yahusha) Cultural thinking, education, psychology, religion without power. “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the washing of your mind.” ROM 12:2 3. Demonic Interference (Unseen Spiritual Influence) “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against rulers, authorities, powers of darkness… spiritual wickedness in the heavenlies.” 2 COR 10:3–5 / EPH 6:12 Demonic spirits do not usually speak audibly . They inject thoughts , accusations, doubts, fears, heaviness, despair — and then retreat, hoping the human will accept the thought as their own . This is why Scripture commands : “Take every thought captive to the obedience of Messiah.” 2 COR 10:5 If thoughts were always self-generated, this command would make no sense. Why These Thoughts Block the Temple of the Body Yahusha’s life flows through obedient, believing, clean vessels . “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see Alahim.” MATT 5:8 Doubt, unbelief, and demonic thoughts: • Grieve the Spirit • Quench trusting belief • Block spiritual authority • Prevent behavioural fruit from forming • Keep the mind/body in bondage A body filled with fear and unbelief cannot host the full expression of Yahusha’s life . The True Warfare : The 9 Fruits of the Spirit “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, self-control.” GAL 5:22–23 These 9 fruits  are not emotions — they are evidence of spiritual victory . They are the opposite of demonic influence : Love drives out fear Joy overrides weakness Peace destroys anxiety Self-control silences compulsion Trusting-belief overcomes doubt This is why Yahusha's fruit is warfare . How Yahusha Uses a Clean Temple Yahusha uses a body that: • Rejects foreign thoughts • Submits to His Words • Walks in daily obedience • Discerns the unseen battle • Washes the mind continually with His Words “Who then is a wise and faithful servant, whom his Master made ruler over His household?” MATT 24:45 The faithful servant is not 100% perfect, but alert, disciplined, and loyal thought by thought, day by day , waiting and serving until Yahusha returns shortly! THE ANSWER ? How can Yahusha use your body for His purposes if you’re Full of doubt, unbelief, and negative demon thoughts? 👉 He cannot — until those thoughts are exposed, rejected, and replaced with His truth. The temple must be cleansed before Yahusha's kabod glory can dwell . This is the true path of overcoming. Not denial. Not garbage psychology. But discernment, obedience, and washing of the mind under Yahusha Alahim’s authority . MY SHEEP CAN HEAR MY VOICE ... AND THEY KNOW ME !

HOW TO ENTER YAHUSHA’S ETERNAL REIGN Becoming Spiritually Conscious through the Deliverance Vein A BEHAVIOUR REVOLUTION ⸻ Entering Yahusha’s Eternal Reign is not achieved through belief alone, religious observance, lineage, ritual, or information. It is entered through DELIVERANCE  — a total inward transformation that separates a person from demonic influences and control, by passing through the Narrow Gate, the Deliverance Vein of Blood, Word, Spirit, and Fire . This is not religion. This is metamorphosis. Change must leap forth In happiness and joy! Scripture reveals that flesh does not inherit the Reign. Only those who become spiritually conscious and behaviourally transformed  can see, enter, and endure what Yahusha is bringing. What follows is the clear pathway. ⸻ 1. SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS BEGINS WITH DELIVERANCE — NOT BELIEF Belief can coexist with bondage. Religion can coexist with sin. Knowledge can coexist with darkness. Deliverance is different. Deliverance is the death of the old nature and the birth of a new one. This is why Yahusha speaks of a Narrow Gate  — not because entry is exclusive, but because self cannot pass through . Spiritual consciousness begins when our Being is transferred: from flesh-led to spirit-led from external observance to internal authority from inherited identity to New Creation reality in Yahusha This transfer happens only through Yahusha’s Powerful Metamorphosis . ⸻ 2. THE ONE BAPTISM: BLOOD, WORD, SPIRIT, AND FIRE Scripture presents one baptism , not competing rituals. Blood  — releases from guilt, accusation, and legal bondage Word  — washes perception, conscience, and desire Spirit  — animates/creates new life and inner awareness Fire  — refines behaviour, destroys corruption, and exposes truth Fire is not optional. What cannot survive fire cannot enter eternity. This baptism does not decorate the old nature — it terminates it ! ⸻ 3. THE NARROW GATE: DEATH TO SELF, BIRTH INTO LIFE The Narrow Gate is not a doctrine. It is an experience. Passing through it means: surrendering control releasing identity built on religion or culture or family allowing Yahusha to dismantle inner resistance On the other side is not comfort — it is clarity and consciousness! Those who pass through gain spiritual perception: the scripture opens deception becomes obvious our conscience sharpens our behaviour realigns This is spiritual consciousness. ⸻ 4. THE WILDERNESS AND THE STONE QUARRIES After deliverance comes protection and refinement. Scripture reveals the Bride is nourished in the wilderness — not a literal geographic location, but a state of separation from the world system . This often looks ordinary: homes become sanctuaries/quarries simplicity replaces excess noise gives way to discernment Here, Yahusha shapes His Bride as living stones  — cut, refined, and fitted together for His dwelling. Isolation is not abandonment. It is preparation. ⸻ 5. THE BEHAVIOUR REVOLUTION: PROOF OF SPIRITUAL LIFE Spiritual consciousness is revealed by behaviour under pressure. The old nature reacts. The new nature responds. The Bride is recognised by: restraint instead of rage truth instead of manipulation humility instead of self-promotion endurance instead of compromise Scripture calls this fine linen  — righteous actions, not claimed identity. This is not moralism. This is New Creation expression of WORSHIP/BEHAVIOUR. ⸻ 6. OIL IN THE LAMP: MAINTAINING SPIRITUAL LIFE Many have lamps. Few have oil. Oil is the indwelling presence of Yahusha’s Spirit, sustained through: vigilance devotion daily yielding refusal to drift Oil is not borrowed. It cannot be transferred at the last moment. Spiritual consciousness requires maintenance — not effort, but faithful attention. ⸻ 7. DISCERNMENT IN THE AGE OF DECEPTION The final days are marked by deception, not ignorance. Therefore, the spiritually conscious: test every authority measure every teaching against fulfilled Scripture refuse emotional manipulation and fear-based control Discernment is not suspicion — it is clarity . IT IS HOW WE STAY CONSCIOUS! ⸻ 8. ENDURANCE: THE MARK OF THOSE WHO ENTER Scripture consistently states: Those who endure to the end will be delivered. Endurance is not stubbornness. It is faithfulness after the excitement fades. The Bride does not chase timelines. She prepares her Being. ⸻ CONCLUSION: ENTERING THE ETERNAL REIGN Yahusha’s Eternal Reign is not entered by agreement — it is entered by transformation. This is the great separation: not belief vs unbelief but flesh vs spirit old creation vs new creation The Deliverance Vein is open. The Narrow Gate stands before us. The fire is already working. This is a behaviour revolution. Those who submit will awaken. Those who resist will cling to religion. ONLY THE TRANSFORMED ENTER IN AND ARE HAPPY/BLESSED THROUGH THE RICHNESS OF YAHUSHA ALAHIM'S FAVOUR!

THE DEATH–RESURRECTION ROUTE THROUGH GENESIS Prepared through Suffering and Severe Testing From the opening lines of Genesis, Scripture establishes a truth that religion often resists: life does not emerge without death , and authority does not come without suffering . The way of Alahim has never been comfort-first—it has always been death before life, loss before glory, testing before authority . This was not introduced at the torture stake. It was woven into creation itself. What Yahusha walked openly, the patriarchs walked in shadow. What the Bride will experience corporately, the chosen experienced individually. Genesis is not merely history—it is the blueprint of the death–resurrection route . 1. ALAHIM ENTERS SUFFERING FIRST Before humanity ever suffered for sin, Alahim chose to suffer for love . In Genesis, Alahim is not distant. He walks , speaks , grieves , wrestles , tests , and intervenes . “And they heard the voice of Yahuah Alahim walking in the garden.” (GEN 3:8) Sin did not merely separate humanity from Alahim— it forced Him to withdraw His direct presence , close the open-heavens portal and shut off access to the Tree of Life because fallen flesh cannot endure divine radiance. “No man shall see Me and live.” (EX 33:20) Scripture later clarifies this reality: “Who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light.” (1 TIM 6:16) From the moment sin entered, direct access was severed , and Alahim instituted blood sacrifice  as a temporary interface—limited exposure through obedience, altar, and blood. But Genesis already hints at the deeper truth: Alahim would not remain distant forever . 2. DEATH : INTRODUCED AS A PATHWAY, NOT ONLY A PENALTY The first death in Scripture is not Cain or Abel—it is the animals slain to cover Adam and Eve . “And Yahuah Alahim made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.” (GEN 3:21) Innocent blood is shed so the guilty may live. This is the first shadow of substitution . From this moment onward, death becomes the gateway through which restoration flows . 3. ABEL : ACCEPTED THROUGH BLOOD AND DEATH Abel does not die accidentally—he dies because his offering is accepted . “And Yahuah respected Abel and his offering.” (GEN 4:4) The first righteous man is murdered. Acceptance brings suffering. Righteousness invites death. Hebrews later confirms: “By belief Abel offered to Alahim a more excellent sacrifice… though he being dead still speaks.” (HEB 11:4) Abel’s blood cries from the ground—foreshadowing another blood that would speak better things. 4. NOAH : DEATH OF A WORLD, RESURRECTION OF A PEOPLE The flood is not merely judgment—it is death followed by rebirth . “All flesh died… and Noah remained alive.” (GEN 7:21–23) The ark becomes a coffin and a womb  at the same time. Peter later explains: “Eight people were delivered through water… a figure of deliverance.” (1 PET 3:20–21) The old world dies. A new world emerges. This is the resurrection pattern. 5. ABRAHAM : DYING TO PROMISE ITSELF Abraham is tested not lightly—but severely . “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love…” (GEN 22:2) This is not a test of obedience—it is a test of identity and future . Isaac represents: Abraham’s promise Abraham’s legacy Abraham’s purpose Abraham obeys because he understands something profound: “Alahim was able to raise him up, even from the dead.” (HEB 11:19) Isaac is received back as from the dead —a resurrection shadow. And on that mountain, the Lamb is promised. 6. JACOB : WOUNDED INTO AUTHORITY Jacob does not become Israel through blessing—but through wounding . “And a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day.” (GEN 32:24) Jacob prevails only by refusing to let go—even when crippled. “He touched the socket of his hip… and he limped.” (GEN 32:25–31) Authority is imparted through injury. Identity is sealed through pain. This foreshadows Yahusha, whose authority comes through suffering—not avoidance of it. 7. JOSEPH : THE FULL DEATH–RESURRECTION SHADOW Joseph’s life mirrors Yahusha more clearly than any other patriarch. Beloved son Hated by brothers Stripped of garments Sold for silver Falsely accused Imprisoned Forgotten Then exalted to rule on high “You meant evil against me, but Alahim meant it for good.” (GEN 50:20) Joseph must die to his dreams  before he can rule nations. The test-pit comes before the glorious palace. 8. YAHUSHA : THE SHADOW BECOMES SUBSTANCE All Genesis shadows converge in Yahusha. “Was it not necessary for Messiah to suffer these things and enter into His glory?” (LUKE 24:26) But Scripture reveals something even deeper: Before Yahusha suffered on earth, Alahim Himself chose to leave His Throne and enter suffering . “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” (JOHN 1:14) “Though existing in the form of Alahim… He emptied Himself.” (PHILIPP 2:6–8) Yahuah Alahim left unapproachable light , metamorphosed into new divine/flesh specie of being CALLED YAHUSHA ... entered a fallen realm, endured rejection, suffering, betrayal, torture, and death—then rose and ascended as the Lamb upon the throne ... YAHUSHA ALAHIM ! “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain.” (REV 5:12) The throne is not reclaimed through power—but through suffering. 9. THE BRIDE FOLLOWS THE SAME ROUTE Scripture is unambiguous: “If we suffer with Him, we shall also reign with Him.” (2 TIM 2:12) “That I may know Him… and the fellowship of His sufferings.” (PHILIPP 3:10) The Bride is not exempt. She is prepared the same way . Tested severely Stripped inwardly Crushed of self-rule Refined through fire Brought to death of flesh Raised into new life “Every son whom He receives, He disciplines and flogs.” (HEB 12:6) The wilderness home-quarry is where lively stones are cut. 10. SUFFERING IS THE PORTAL TO RESURRECTION LIFE Suffering is not Yahusha's cruelty. It is laser, pinpoint surgery - exact, severe and permanent! “Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone.” (JOHN 12:24) Genesis teaches us from the beginning: Nothing living enters glory without passing through death. The Bride is not being punished. She is being prepared . CONCLUSION Genesis is not the story of beginnings only. It gives the Blueprint of the Narrow Way (VEIN). From Adam to Joseph, from altars to ark, from pit to throne, Scripture declares one message: Life only comes through death. Authority only comes through surrender. Glory and Eternal Favour only comes through suffering! Yahusha walked the route openly. The patriarchs walked it in shadow. The Bride must walk it fully. This is the death–resurrection route —and it is the only road that leads to the Eternal Reign of YAHUSHA ALAHIM THE LAMB ON THE THRONE IN ALL POWER AND AUTHORITY!

THE TRUE PRIESTHOOD REVEALED IN GENESIS : Melchizedek • Abraham • Altars • Tithe • Bread & Wine 1. PRIESTHOOD DID NOT BEGIN WITH MOSES The first thing Genesis teaches us is this: Alahim's Priesthood predates the Torah Law. His Covenant predates the 10 Commandments. Intimate Relationship long predates religion. Long before Sinai, before Levites, before Tabernacles, Alahim was already revealing a Priesthood that did not come from lineage, ritual, or Tabernacle/Temple service. That Priesthood appears suddenly, without explanation, genealogy, or succession: “Then Melchizedek King of Salem brought out bread and wine, for he was Priest of Alahim Most High.” (GEN 14:18) This moment is deliberate, strategic, and prophetic. 2. MELCHIZEDEK : REVELATION OF YAHUSHA Melchizedek means “King of Righteousness.” He is also King of Salem  — meaning King of Peace . Scripture later makes this connection to YAHUSHA unmistakable: “You are a Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.” (PS 110:4) “Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of Alahim.” (HEB 7:3) MELCHIZEDEK: appears suddenly blesses Abraham receives tithes (10%) offers bread and wine disappears without record This is not some fleshly human Priesthood. This is the Eternal Priesthood! Genesis is showing us Yahusha before flesh , operating as a Priest-King , not a mediator of rules but the CREATOR & ESTABLISHER OF ALL LIFE (and Abraham recognised this!) 3. ABRAHAM : A TRUE PRIESTLY WORSHIPPER Abraham does not build Temples. He builds Altars . Altars in Genesis are never buildings. They are places of surrender, obedience, and supernatural encounter. “Then he built an altar to Alahim and called on the name of Yahuah.” (GEN 12:8) Abraham’s Priesthood was expressed through: obedience separation trust surrender to the promise And the ultimate Altar is ... Isaac . “Take now your son… and offer him there as a burnt offering.” (GEN 22:2) This is not about human sacrifice. It is about death of ownership. Abraham learns the core truth of Priesthood: Nothing given by Alahim belongs to us, including us! 4. THE TRUE SACRIFICE : NOT BLOOD, BUT SURRENDER Animal blood in Genesis was not payment for sin . It was PERMISSION FOR APPROACH! Blood acknowledged: death exists a life is required access is costly But Abraham’s Altar (of Isaac) shows something deeper: the sacrifice Alahim seeks is trust the offering He provides is His own provision “Alahim will provide for Himself the lamb.” (GEN 22:8) Genesis already points to Yahusha , the Lamb provided by/as Alahim Himself. 5. BREAD AND WINE : THE PRIESTLY MEAL OF LIFE Melchizedek does not bring law. He does not demand offerings. He brings bread and wine . Bread = sustenance, life, daily provision Wine = joy, covenant, blood-life This is not ritual. This is intimate fellowship . Yahusha later makes the connection unmistakable: “I am the Bread of Life.” (JOHN 6:35) “This cup is the New Covenant in My blood.” (LUKE 22:20) Genesis shows the patterns that Yahusha came to fulfil! 6. THE TRUE TITHE : ACKNOWLEDGING SOURCE, NOT PAYING A SYSTEM Abraham gives a tenth to Melchizedek voluntarily . “And he gave him a tenth of all.” (GEN 14:20) This was not commanded. It was recognition. The tithe in Genesis is: not tax not obligation not institutional funding It is a declaration: “Everything came from You.” Hebrews clarifies the spiritual reality: “Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth.” (HEB 7:4) Giving is behavioural alignment (true surrendered worship as a love-slave) , not payment !! 7. TWO PRIESTHOODS : LEVITICAL VS ETERNAL Genesis shows us: one priesthood based on righteousness and life (first) one priesthood based on lineage - law of sin and death (later) Hebrews explains why the first had to fade: “If perfection were through the Levitical Priesthood… what further need was there that another Priest should arise according to the order of Melchizedek?” (HEB 7:11) The Melchizedek priesthood: is eternal operates through life, not regulation lives through transformed beings 8. THE TRUE PRIESTHOOD TODAY : LIVING ALTARS Genesis ends by pointing forward. Yahusha completes what He (as Melchizedek) revealed. Now: the Altar is the heart the Sacrifice is the self the Priesthood is spiritual the Temple is the body “Present your bodies as a living sacrifice.”(ROM 12:1) “You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a set-apart Priesthood.” (1 PET 2:5) This is not a metaphor. This is reality. CONCLUSION : GENESIS WAS NEVER ABOUT RELIGION Genesis reveals: Priesthood before law Sacrifice before ritual Covenant before commandments Yahusha before flesh Melchizedek was not an anomaly. He was a preview. Abraham was not a rule-keeper. He was a surrendered LOVE-SLAVE Bread and wine were not symbols. They were life offered freely. The True Priesthood is not inherited. It is entered through death and transformation. Genesis opens the Portal Understanding. Yahusha completes it in His own flesh and blood body as Alahim the Lamb!

From the opening lines of Genesis, Scripture reveals a reality far deeper than history or morality. It reveals a portal  — an inter-dimensional connection between heaven and earth, where Alahim and mankind walked in unhindered union of marriage intimacy. GENESIS 1:1 “In the beginning Alahim created the heavens and the earth.” This is not merely a statement of origin. It is a statement of interface . Heaven and earth were not separate realms; they overlapped. The garden was not symbolic — it was a meeting place . An open heaven... A LIVING PORTAL! OPEN HEAVENS GARDEN Genesis describes a world where Alahim spoke directly, walked openly, and was heard clearly. GENESIS 3:8 “And they heard the voice of Alahim walking in the garden in the cool of the day.” This was normal. Not mystical. Not rare. The human Being was designed to live under open heavens , receiving instruction, life, and identity directly from Alahim, feeding from the Tree of Life (YES YAHUSHA WAS THERE!) Adam did not pray to reach Alahim. He lived in His presence constantly. The human body experienced this perfect temple-portal , a dwelling place where heaven touched earth. THE SEVERING OF THE PORTAL Sin did not merely break a rule — IT COLLAPSED ACCESS . When disobedience entered, separation followed. Shame, fear, and hiding replaced clarity and an intimate relationship. GENESIS 3:24 “And He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.” THE PORTAL WAS SEALED / TREE OF LIFE GUARDED! Humanity could no longer survive direct exposure to Alahim's divine presence. The light that once gave life now brought fear, because the Being was no longer aligned. Alahim still loved His creation — but unmediated access was no longer possible . ALTARS : LIMITED ACCESS THROUGH BLOOD From this point forward, Genesis introduces a new pattern: approach through blood . Abel’s offering. Noah’s altar. Abraham’s sacrifices. GENESIS 8:20 “Then Noah built an altar to Alahim… and offered burnt ascending offerings.” Altars were not religious inventions — they were temporary portals . Places where heaven could touch earth in controlled, limited exposure. Blood acted as a buffer. Obedience acted as alignment. Prayer is communication and acted as permission. Encounters still occurred — but never again freely (or frequently either), often many years apart! DIVINE ENCOUNTERS IN GENESIS Even with the portal restricted, Alahim continued to reveal Himself: • He spoke  to Abraham repeatedly (Genesis 12:1, 15:1, 17:1) • He appeared  in visible form to Abraham at his tents (Genesis 18:1) • He wrestled  physically with Jacob (Genesis 32:24–30) • He gave dreams and visions  to Jacob and Joseph (Genesis 28:12, 37:5–9) • He spoke audibly (Genesis 22:11–12) Each encounter was intense. Transformative. Often terrifying. JACOB TRULY UNDERSTOOD WHAT HAPPENED AFTER SEEING THE LADDER TO HEAVEN WITH ANGELS ASCENDING AND DESCENDING UPON IT: GENESIS 28:17 “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of Alahim, and this is the gate of heaven.” A Gate. A Portal Door. But still temporary , external, and dangerous if one was disobedient/unclean! UNAPPROACHABLE LIGHT Scripture later explains why. Alahim dwells in unapproachable light  — a level of divine radiance no corrupted Being can survive. 1 TIMOTHY 6:16 “…dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see.” This is not distance. This is intensity. The problem was never Alahim’s willingness — it was humanity’s condition. YAHUSHA WILL NOT COMPROMISE HIS PERFECTION FOR SIN ... ONE WILL FRACKLE UP, AND IT ISN'T HIM ... DARKNESS MUST DISSIPATE ONCE EXPOSED TO THE LIGHT! THE PLAN HIDDEN IN GENESIS Genesis quietly points forward. Altars. Blood. Firstborn offerings. Substitution. Innocent life covering guilt. Isaac on the altar. A ram provided. Blood instead of death. GENESIS 22:8 “Alahim will provide for Himself the lamb.” Genesis is not about beginnings alone — it is about preparation . THE PORTAL BECOMES A PERSON At the close of the Old Covenant era, Alahim did what no altar, animal, or structure could accomplish. HE LEFT HIS THRONE! Not abandoning authority or truth — but entering creation . The unapproachable light clothed itself in flesh. JOHN 1:14 “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” Yahusha is not a messenger to the portal. HE IS THE PORTAL, BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN HEAVEN & EARTH! JOHN 10:9 “I am the door.” JOHN 14:6 “I am the way.” In Yahusha, Alahim no longer met mankind at altars — HE WALKED AMONG THEM! He spoke face to face. He touched the unclean. He allowed proximity. Because He loves His people so much. NEW BODY PORTAL Yahusha revealed something revolutionary: LUKE 17:21 “The kingdom of Alahim is within you.” THE PORTAL MOVED No longer in gardens. No longer on mountains. No longer behind veils. The human body — cleansed, delivered, and transformed — becomes the dwelling place. 1 CORINTHIANS 6:19 “Do you not know that your body is a dwelling place of Alahim’s Spirit?” This is the restoration of Genesis. OPEN HEAVENS INSIDE OUR BODY - ON THE PORTAL OF OUR HEARTS! BOLD ACCESS RESTORED Through Yahusha’s blood, the separation is removed. HEBREWS 10:19 “Having boldness to enter the holiest by the blood of Yahusha.” THE PORTAL IS OPEN AGAIN! Not externally. Not temporarily. Permanently — for those who pass through the Narrow Gate of Deliverance. CONCLUSION : THE PORTAL IS OPEN Genesis begins with an open heaven. Revelation ends with heaven and earth joined again. A NEW HEAVEN & A NEW EARTH - COMBINED! Yahusha stands in the middle. The Genesis Portal was never lost — it was relocated . From a garden to a person to a people. Those who are delivered do not seek heaven from a distance. They live under open heavens — from the inside out. This is not available to religion. THIS IS THE RESTORATION OF ETERNAL LIFE FEEDING FROM THE TREE OF LIFE: YAHUSHA ALAHIM THE LAMB!

_______________________________ JAN 15th 2026 "When a whole family deceives themselves to have their own interpretation of scriptural behaviour, and they decide when and where they will respond to what their imagination tells them??" "If one person publicly agrees to behave Yahusha's Covenant, then never behaves it. IS THEIR BEHAVIOUR A LIE? TIME IS SHORT!" "If a family is chosen and given a mandate, they agree, but are never constantly enthusiastic enough to fulfil the mandate, would you say they are lukewarm?" "DON'T BECOME SPEW! YOU EITHER LIVE THE LIE, OR LIVE THE TRUTH! BOTH HAVE AN ENDING AND IT IS YOUR CHOICE WHICH ENDING YOU WANT!" "The shepherd has moved on to greener pastures, he called you but you wouldn't listen. Do you think he will open the gate/door for you again? What does he say to the knockers? No excuses help !!" "TIME IS MOVING REAL FAST AND CHANCES FADING JUST AS RAPIDLY. I WOULD BE DESPERATELY HORRIFIED IN YOUR POSITION!!!!!!" "Have a look at where you stand with Yahusha. His Spirit fills you with love, joy and excitement. You are so happy to serve Him with all your heart, no matter what He wants. Are you living like this?" "This particular quarry is not experiencing His Spirit. Yahusha told me to brush the dust from my feet and not to return. You become like those you mix with!" "It's amazing to think that the island of Java and its capital city Jakarta is sinking back into the sea. This is happening globally to many islands, and was prophesied 2000 years ago. Time is short!" "Some people can be sitting there while the walls are falling down around them. They are so spiritually stupefied they're unaware of what's around them. No sensitivity, no wisdom." "Yahusha said He will separate the sheep from the goats. Where have you been separated to? The sheep will be glowing and loving everyone, eager to serve. You should know your status." _______________________________ JAN 15th 2026 "This is why you hide when I come around because you know the demon is controlling your whole body and mind because you don’t have the guts to say the truth!!!" "Demons hide in the open, under words of protection they’ve planted in your hearts. ‘Don’t reveal who i’m hiding in’, and once you accept this you have been shut down and demons rule!!!!" "This causes massive confusion because no one has the guts to reveal the person who rules the Quarry instead of Yahusha’s words. This is the aim of demons! You were so close, the birds!" "Why don’t you get together and discuss a plan of how you are going to dethrone this wickedness that is controlling your gutlessness before your audience? What sort of respect has it for you!!" "Trouble is you have been invaded and you barely realise it. If you refuse these words coming to you what chance do you have? Your Quarry will be ruled by lies and your own gutlessness!!" "Demons want to shut down all truth and will use all sorts of abusive behaviours and accusations to achieve its goals. If you succumb you are its bitch and have no freedom. Love is deliverance!!" "If you are manifesting to these words what is happening within you? If you are mocking these words, are you in control of yourself?" "We can never be in control of ourselves, free from all influences. You cannot worship 2 masters. Self must die it is idolatrous to worship self, if you are protecting and preserving yourself, it’s evil!" "We give ourselves to Yahusha knowing we need deliverance from the evil that is within us. Our deliverance comes with Covenantal obedience for Him to cleanse us from evil. The sword comes to cut!" "We do not belong to ourselves but are bought with a price. If one among us is acting up against truth, what danger is this? Teach children how to overcome demons, otherwise they have no chance!" _______________________________ JAN 18th 2026 Quarry Behaviour. "A committed quarry dweller has an attitude of enthusiasm towards every member Yahusha is working with in every part of their lives. If not, obvious problems exist!" "A lack of concerned enthusiasm toward quarry members and drawing attention to one’s self is breaking Yahusha’s law of loving your neighbour as yourself. This person must be spoken to!" "Every real believer must realise they do not belong to themselves. If people refuse to change they must be spoken to first, then be brought before 2 witnesses. If they refuse have no dealings!" "We will not be returning to a fake quarry with their own rules, that allows such behaviour to dominate them and won’t speak out to this evil persecution and ego. 7 years is enough for the tree!" QUARRY BEHAVIOUR "A person told about their sin but refuses to change, must be taken before witnesses. If they won’t stop they are sent before the congregation and if still won’t change. Avoid them!"

How a Household of Lively Stones Is Formed, Tested, and Perfected (Lessons from Genesis for Homes training in Yahusha’s Royal Laws of Love) Genesis reveals that Alahim does not build His dwelling in natural temples first. He builds it in families, tents, households, and homes. Before there was a nation, there was a household. Before a city, a tent. Before a temple, a family altar. A Quarry is not a peaceful garden. It is a place of cutting, shaping, pressure, friction, and purpose. If stones are not cut, they cannot be fitted. If fitted, they must touch. If they touch, friction is inevitable. Genesis shows us exactly how a household must behave if it is to become a dwelling place for Yahusha Alahim rather than a battleground of flesh. Yahusha said our bodies are the Temple - AND THEY MUST BE CLEAN! 1. THE FIRST QUARRY : ADAM AND EVE Love Begins with Responsibility, Not Emotion In Genesis, Adam is given responsibility before  Eve is formed. This establishes the first MUST of a Quarry: Love takes responsibility for atmosphere. Adam’s failure was not eating — it was silence. He did not guard. He did not speak. He did not intervene. A Quarry household: does not tolerate deceptive excuses does not remain silent to avoid discomfort does not outsource leadership to emotion Royal love means: guarding our hearts correcting gently but clearly refusing passivity A quarry fails when people choose self-centred fake-peace over living the truth. 2. CAIN AND ABEL : HOW A QUARRY HANDLES OFFENCE Cain and Abel bring offerings. One is accepted. One is not. Alahim warns Cain before  behaviour escalates. This reveals the second MUST in a Quarry: Offence must be addressed early, inwardly, and honestly. Cain fails because: he takes correction personally he refuses self-examination he blames others In a Quarry household: offence is owned, not weaponised emotions are examined, not obeyed jealousy is confessed, not nurtured Royal love says: “I will judge myself and reason it out!” Unchecked offences fracture the quarry. 3. NOAH : A QUARRY MUST BE OBEDIENT, NOT POPULAR Noah’s household is delivered not because it is large — but because it is aligned and obedient! The world mocks.The family obeys. This teaches: A Quarry values instruction over opinion. In practical terms: the home has boundaries noise is limited mockery is not internalised obedience is normalised Royal love says: “I will protect this household through great pressure - even if it isolates us .” A Quarry must be sealed before the rain begins and door is shut. 4. BABEL : UNITY WITHOUT LOVE IS TYRANNY Babel shows a household expanded into a system. They are unified — but self-exalting. They build upward — but without submission. This teaches a crucial warning: Unity without Yahusha's love produces control, not safety. In a Quarry home: authority serves, not dominates all voices are heard, not silenced correction restores, not humiliates Royal love never crushes a stone's spirit ... It shapes it! 5. ABRAHAM : A QUARRY WALKS BY TRUST, NOT CERTAINTY Abraham’s household lived in tents. This teaches: A quarry is flexible, mobile, and unattached to comforts. They move when instructed. They adapt. They do not cling to place, routine, or entitlement. Practically: homes are not ruled by schedules alone decisions are prayerfully weighed trust overrides fear Royal love says: “We move together, flowing with Yahusha's Spirit, even when the final destination is unclear.” 6. LOT : WHEN A QUARRY COMPROMISES WITH THE SYSTEM Lot’s household lives near corruption. Then inside it. Then shaped by it. Genesis shows: Proximity to corruption dulls discernment. IE ... YOU BECOME LIKE WHAT YOU MIX WITH AND CONDONE! Lot’s home: loses authority loses influence loses clarity In a Quarry: entertainment is filtered values are explicit compromise is confronted early Royal love says: “I will not sacrifice this household’s clarity for comfort.” 7. ISAAC : A QUIET QUARRY THAT DOES NOT STRIVE Isaac digs wells. They are taken. He moves. He digs again. He does not fight. He does not escalate. This teaches: A Quarry does not thrive on conflict. IE ... STOP BLOODY ARGUING !! Practically: not every disagreement needs dominance peace is preserved without surrendering truth strength is shown through restraint WE MUST COME INTO ONE MIND / SAME THINKING WE MUST BRING AN END TO ALL DIVISIONS Royal love says: “I will not turn friction into warfare.” 8. JACOB : A QUARRY TRANSFORMS THROUGH WRESTLING Jacob’s household is messy. Competitive. Divided. Transformation comes only when Jacob wrestles — alone — and surrenders control. This reveals: Change in a Quarry begins with self-confrontation. Die to the Flesh & Overcome. ISRAEL MEANS: "ONE WHO WRESTLES WITH ALAHIM AND MAN AND OVERCOMES! In practice: leaders model repentance apology is normal humility resets atmosphere Royal love begins with: “What must change in me first? ... EVERYTHING!” 9. JOSEPH : THE FINISHED STONE TESTED BY POWER Joseph is refined away from home —but his character proves the Quarry worked. When he gains authority: he forgives he protects he preserves life This shows the end-goal of a Quarry: To produce people mature and kind, hearing Yahusha Alahim and trusting His voice for their lives! Royal love culminates in: mercy over revenge wisdom over reaction stewardship over entitlement THE TWO ROYAL LAWS OF LOVE IN THE QUARRY 1. Love for Alahim obedience over emotion reverence/fear in behaviour submission before understanding 2. Love for Others self-control before correction honour without indulgence truth without cruelty In a Quarry: love disciplines love protects love refines PRACTICAL QUARRY BEHAVIOURS (DAILY) A Quarry household: speaks truth early resolves offence quickly limits outside influence practises restraint values silence and order disciplines thought before speech corrects without shaming forgives without enabling prioritises spiritual clarity over comfort FINAL WORD Genesis shows us that Alahim does not build His dwelling with polished stones. He builds with living stones cut together . A Quarry home does not start perfect. But to become ready it must be submitted to Yahusha's Word. Not quiet — but ordered. Not soft — but loving. Not religious — but alive. This is how a household becomes a dwelling place for Yahusha in the last days.

The Behavioural Blueprint for Spiritual Life (Why the War Begins in the Mind and Ends in Behaviour) Genesis is not ancient folklore. It is the operating system of humanity . Every conflict that fills our modern world — identity crisis, power abuse, addiction, deception, domination, victimhood, corruption, and fear — is already diagnosed in Genesis. Genesis does not ask, “What do you believe?” Genesis asks, “How do you behave when pressure enters your world?” From the first breath to the first burial, Genesis reveals how spirit and flesh interact , how deception enters, how freedom is lost, and how deliverance is preserved. 1 . CREATION: ORDER, AUTHORITY, AND SELF-GOVERNMENT DATA: Creation is the orderly, intentional, and sovereign act of Alahim, Who brings the universe into existence from a formless, void, and dark state over the course of six days. Using His spoken Word ("Let there be..."), Alahim separates chaos into distinct realms—light from darkness (Day 1), sky from water (Day 2), and land from sea (Day 3)—before filling them with vegetation, heavenly lights (Day 4), sea creatures, and birds (Day 5). The process culminates on the sixth day with the creation of land animals and humanity, made specifically in Alahim's divine image to act as representatives of Yahuah and exercise stewardship over the earth. Upon surveying His creation, Alahim declares all He made to be "very good," establishing a functioning, ordered cosmos, after which He rests on the seventh day. “In the beginning Alahim created the Heavens and the earth…” Creation is not chaos tamed — it is order spoken into disorder . Light is created before form. Meaning before the material. Authority before activity. This teaches the first behavioural law of spiritual life: You cannot govern your behaviour until your inner world is ordered. In the 21st century: Disorder in the mind produces chaos in behaviour Chaos in behaviour produces bondage Bondage produces dependence on systems, not Alahim The seventh day is not rest because Alahim was tired — it is rest because self-governance was complete . REST IS THE RESULT OF ORDER. 2 . ADAM: THE WAR OF ATTENTION AND RESPONSIBILITY DATA: Adam and Eve were the first man and woman created by Yahuah Alahim, first of the human race. Formed from the earth and placed in the Garden of Eden, Adam was tasked with tending the garden, while Eve was created from his rib to be his companion. They lived in a state of innocence until they were tempted by a serpent to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, an act of disobedience often referred to as "the Fall" or "original sin". Following their disobedience, they gained awareness of their nakedness, were cursed with mortality and hardship, and were banished from the Garden, to be the first parents, giving birth to children such as Cain, Abel, and Seth. Adam lived for 930 years. "On the day that you sin, you will die" ... Adam died before the end of the first day (1000 years) Adam is not merely the first man — he is the first priest of self-governance . He is given: authority boundaries responsibility But notice the first failure: Adam does not speak when deception enters. He listens. He observes. He remains passive! Then tries to prove his innocence! This is the original sin of silence - REFUSING TO SPEAK OUT! ADAM WAS GUTLESS WHEN FACED WITH EVIL! Modern parallel: seeing deception and saying nothing tolerating compromise avoiding conflict instead of guarding the truth in our home GENESIS TEACHES: That evil advances most effectively when Yahusha's people remain quiet . 3 . EVE: DECEPTION ENTERS THROUGH PERCEPTION DATA: In the Garden of Eden, the serpent, described as the most crafty of all creatures, approached Eve and cast doubt on Alahim’s command by questioning if they were forbidden from eating any fruit, prompting Eve to clarify that they could not eat from or touch the tree in the middle of the garden lest they die. The serpent directly contradicted this, lying that they would not surely die but would instead have their eyes opened and become like Alahim, knowing good and evil. Enticed by the promise of wisdom and seeing the fruit was desirable, Eve ate the fruit and also gave some to Adam, who was with her, resulting in their immediate realisation of their nakedness and the loss of their innocence. Consequently, they hid from Yahuah, leading to their banishment from the Garden and the introduction of sin, death, and curses upon humanity and the serpent. The serpent does not attack behaviour first. He attacks perception . “Did Alahim really say…?” This is the original thought invasion. The serpent: reframes Alahim as restrictive elevates self-interpretation promises empowerment without submission Eve’s mistake was not curiosity — it was engaging deception without authority . 21st-century application: endless opinions self-defined truth “what feels right to me” outsourcing spiritual discernment to emotion GENESIS TEACHES: Not every thought deserves engagement. Say NO! and ignore them! 4 . THE FALL: WHEN THOUGHT BECOMES BEHAVIOUR The fall does not begin with eating. It begins with listening without testing . Once the thought is accepted: desire forms justification (excuses) follows behaviour manifests Immediately: shame appears blame replaces responsibility hiding replaces intimacy This pattern has never changed. Modern humanity: feels guilt → avoids truth blames systems and others → avoids repentance hides behind identity → avoids accountability GENESIS TEACHES: Sin is not just rule-breaking — it is relational fracture expressed through behaviour . 5 . CAIN: OFFENCE, ENTITLEMENT, AND UNCHECKED EMOTION DATA: Cain and Abel, the first sons of Adam and Eve, both brought offerings to Alahim—Cain as a farmer and Abel as a shepherd—but Abel’s offering was accepted while Cain’s was rejected because it was not given with the same happy belief and sincerity. Enraged and jealous by this rejection, Cain lured his brother into a field and murdered him, becoming the first human to commit murder. As punishment for this, Yahuah cursed Cain to be a restless, wandering exile, though He also placed a protective mark upon him to prevent others from killing him in vengeance. Cain brings an offering. It is rejected. Alahim does not condemn Cain — He warns him. “Sin is crouching at the door… but you must rule over it.” Cain’s failure is not murder first — it is refusal to master emotion . He takes it personally. He refuses correction. He justifies his resentment. Then the behaviour follows. 21st-century parallel: offended identity grievance culture resentment nurtured violence excused GENESIS TEACHES: Unmastered emotion becomes a weapon. Self-control is greater than conquest. 6 . NOAH: OBEDIENCE IN A MOCKING WORLD DATA: Alahim saw that humanity was wicked and decided to cleanse the earth with a massive flood, but spared the righteous man Noah and his family. Noah was commanded to build a massive Ark, taking his family and pairs of every animal species on board for protection. It rained for 40 days and nights, covering the earth for 150 days. After the waters receded, the Ark rested on Mount Ararat, and Yahuah placed a rainbow in the sky as a covenant promise never to destroy the earth by flood again. Noah is not called righteous because he was perfect —he was righteous because he walked and behaved consistently when no one else agreed . He obeyed: without applause without confirmation without community validation He built while mocked. He endured isolation. He trusted instruction over opinion. Modern application: walking on the truth without likes living differently without applause choosing obedience over acceptance GENESIS TEACHES: That deliverance looks foolish until the door closes . 7 . THE FLOOD: WHEN RESTRAINT IS REMOVED The flood is not only rage — it is release . Humanity had fully chosen corruption. Violence filled the earth. Thoughts were continually evil. Alahim did not force evil. He withdrew restraint . This pattern mirrors today: moral collapse conscience erosion normalised violence pleasure without boundaries GENESIS WARNS US: When restraint lifts, chaos follows. Deliverance requires separation from the world to become clean. 8 . BABEL: UNITY WITHOUT SUBMISSION DATA: Following the Great Flood, a united humanity speaking a single language (hebrew) settled in the land of Shinar, where they resolved to build a massive city and a tower reaching to the heavens to make a name for themselves. Driven by pride and a desire to avoid being scattered, they challenged divine authority through their confidence. In response to this arrogant undertaking, Yahuah confused their language so they could no longer understand one another’s speech. Unable to continue collaboration, the people abandoned the construction and were scattered across the earth, resulting in the birth of different languages and cultures, while the unfinished city became known as Babel, meaning "confusion". Babel is not about language — it is about self-exaltation . “Let us make a name for ourselves.” This is humanity united without Alahim , seeking security through systems. Modern Babel: technocracy centralised control identity without accountability unity without truth Alahim scatters Babel not to punish — but to limit destruction . GENESIS TEACHES:   Unity without submission leads to tyranny. 9 . ABRAHAM: TRUST OVER CONTROL DATA: Abraham is called the first Hebrew (meaning 'one who crosses over' ) as he was called by Alahim to leave his home in Ur and travel to the land of Canaan, where he was promised that his descendants would become a great nation and a blessing to all people. Despite his old age and his wife Sarah's barrenness, Abraham trusted Yahuah's promise, later cementing this Covenant through the act of circumcision and receiving a new name signifying he would be the "father of many nations". Although he and Sarah faced trials, including a temporary lack of trust and the unconventional birth of his first son, Ishmael, through Hagar, Alahim ultimately fulfilled the promise with the miraculous birth of their son, Isaac. Abraham's belief was supremely tested when Yahuah asked him to offer his only son of the Covenant (Isaac) as a sacrifice on Mount Moriah, but at the last moment, an Alahim intervened to substitute a ram, confirming Abraham’s absolute obedience and trust. He lived for 175 years and was buried by his sons Isaac and Ishmael in the Cave of the Patriarchs. Abraham is called to leave: familiarity security certainty He does not know the destination — only the direction. This is spiritual maturity: obedience without full visibility. Modern challenge: need for certainty fear of loss control addiction GENESIS TEACHES:   Belief is complete trust, proved by active behaviour, not just emotional certainty. 10 . LOT: COMPROMISE AND SLOW BONDAGE DATA: Lot, the nephew of Abraham, famously separated from his uncle to settle in the fertile but wicked city of Sodom, choosing worldly prosperity over spiritual safety. When Alahim decided to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah for their extreme wickedness, He sent Angels to rescue Lot and his family, leading them out with orders not to look back. Despite this warning, Lot's wife looked back at the burning cities and was instantly turned into a pillar of salt. Terrified, Lot and his two daughters fled to a cave in the mountains, where the daughters, fearing they would never marry, got their father drunk and committed incest with him, resulting in the birth of the Moabites and Ammonites, who became enemies of Israel. Despite these tragic circumstances and sinful acts, Lot is described as a "righteous" man whose life ultimately demonstrates the favour of Alahim amid human failure. Lot chooses what looks good. He settles near corruption. Then inside it. Then shaped by it. He loses: authority influence clarity His deliverance is reluctant. Modern parallel: tolerance of toxic systems moral compromise for comfort spiritual dullness through proximity GENESIS WARNS US: You cannot remain untouched by what you tolerate and the surrounding behaviours that you refuse to speak out about! 11 . JACOB: IDENTITY THROUGH STRUGGLE DATA: Jacob, the son of Isaac and Rebecca and grandson of Abraham, was a pivotal patriarch in Genesis known as the "supplanter" who, with his mother’s help, tricked his twin brother Esau out of his birthright and blessing. Fleeing for his life to his uncle Laban in Haran, he served for twenty years, marrying Leah and Rachel and amassing great wealth. During his journey back to Canaan, he experienced a transformative night of wrestling with a pre-incarnate Yahusha, where his name was changed to Israel, signifying he had striven with Alahim and men and had prevailed. Despite his personal flaws, Jacob was chosen to carry on the Covenant, becoming the father of twelve sons who founded the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Later in life, after grieving the supposed death of his favourite son Joseph, Jacob reconciled with his brother Esau and eventually migrated to Egypt due to famine, where he died at age 147 and was buried in Canaan. Jacob is deceptive. He manipulates. He survives — but is restless. Only when he wrestles does he change. Transformation does not come through success —it comes through surrender under pressure . Jacob limps forward — but free. Modern truth: struggle exposes identity wrestling produces honesty surrender produces clarity 12 . JOSEPH: CHARACTER BEFORE AUTHORITY DATA: Joseph, the favoured son of Jacob, was gifted a special, ornate coat. Joseph’s dreams, which predicted his brothers would bow to him, fueled their jealousy. They threw him into a pit before selling him to traders who took him to Egypt, where he was purchased by Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh. After being falsely accused of misconduct by Potiphar's wife, Joseph was jailed but gained favour for interpreting dreams. He accurately predicted seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine. He rose from captivity to become the nation's second-in-command, and despite being falsely imprisoned earlier, Joseph managed the national storage of food and eventually reconciled with his brothers when they came to Egypt for food. He revealed himself to them and forgave them, stating that while they intended to harm him, Alahim used the events to save many lives from starvation. Joseph has dreams — but lacks refinement. Betrayal tempers him. Injustice matures him. Isolation purifies him. He overcomes and governs himself before governing nations. When power comes: he does not revenge he does not gloat he preserves life GENESIS TEACHES:   Authority is dangerous without obedient character. FINAL GENESIS TRUTH Genesis is not about ancient people. It is about: how thoughts enter how behaviour forms how freedom is preserved how deliverance works Every page asks one question: Who governs you — flesh or spirit? Genesis prepares the Bride to: master emotion resist deception walk obediently endure isolation govern behaviour Those who learn Genesis Behaviour do not need religion . They learn self-control under Yahusha Alahim. And that is how spiritual life begins through the Deliverance Vein :