​GOOD INTENTIONS ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
I realize that there are many sincere people of faith. These people love the Lord and serve Him with the knowledge they have of Him, however limited that is. And we praise the Lord that we are not saved by knowledge but by grace through faith, Eph 2:8-9. But that does not give us the excuse to live a life of Biblical illiteracy. I am sure that everyone would agree with me on that point, as the Scripture says, “Faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word of the Lord,” Rom. 10:17. Good intentions – no matter how sincere we are – do not trump obedience.
We see this example in the life of King Saul when he refused to obey the instructions of the Lord in 1 Sam 15:1-3
1 Then Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD. 2 "Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt. 3 'Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'" 
1Sa 15:9-11
9 But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to destroy them utterly; but everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.  10Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying, 11 "I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not carried out My commands." And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all night. 
1 Sa 15:13-23
13 Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed are you of the LORD! I have carried out the command of the LORD." 14But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?" 15Saul said, "They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed." 16Then Samuel said to Saul, "Wait, and let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night." And he said to him, "Speak!" 17Samuel said, "Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the LORD anointed you king over Israel, 18and the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, 'Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are exterminated.' 19"Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but rushed upon the spoil and did what was evil in the sight of the LORD?" 20Then Saul said to Samuel, "I did obey the voice of the LORD, and went on the mission on which the LORD sent me, and have brought back Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21"But the people took some of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the LORD your God at Gilgal." 22Samuel said, "Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams. 23"For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king." 
 
This might seem rather harsh to some, but let me assure you that the Lord had a very good reason for the destruction of the Amalekites. Because Saul would not do what he was told, the Amalekites came back to haunt Israel in the form of Haman, a descendant of Agag. This is recorded in the book of Esther.
 
Not only was Saul claiming that he had good intentions, but when he was caught in his string of excuses, he actually tried to place the blame on the people.
 
1Sa 15:21 
"But the people took some of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the LORD your God at Gilgal." 
 
This is why the Lord rejected him; He refused to repent and take responsibility for his disobedience and he then he placed the blame on to a scapegoat, the people of Israel. We can see that when the Lord tells us to do something, He does not mess around. There is no wiggle room when it comes to disobedience. There is no excuse.
When the children of Israel came out of Egypt, they were instructed to take the blood of the lamb and place it on the doorposts and lintel of their houses, Ex 12:7. They were also instructed by the Lord to stay indoors until the morning.
 
Exo12:21-23
21Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go and take for yourselves lambs according to your families, and slay the Passover lamb. 22"You shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning. 23"For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you. 
 
There was no wiggle room here either. After the application of the blood, we were instructed to stay indoors until the morning, no excuses. If you weren’t in the house covered by the blood of the lamb, there was no protection from the Angel of death. We couldn’t say to the Lord, “Hey Lord, I have a few schlemiel Egyptians that want to buy some swamp property from me. It’s a good deal. Would you hold off the Angel of death for me for a couple of hours so I can get this deal through? I am coming, just going to be a little late.” As I said, the Lord was pretty emphatic about His instructions – His time, His way.
 
We also see another example of the Lord being very specific about His instructions when it came to handling the Ark of the Covenant. The Lord is holy, His presence is holy. There was no compromise for the children of Israel; they needed to know who they were dealing with. It wasn’t like their past history showed that they were faithful when it came to listening to His Word. The history of Israel is totally checkered with nothing but disobedience. This is why they went into captivity.
 
1 Sam 6:19-20
19 He struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the LORD. He struck down of all the people, 50,070 men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck the people with a great slaughter. 20The men of Beth-shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? And to whom shall He go up from us?" 
The Ark Brought to Jerusalem
1Ch 13:1-14
1Then David consulted with the captains of the thousands and the hundreds, even with every leader. 2David said to all the assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you, and if it is from the LORD our God, let us send everywhere to our kinsmen who remain in all the land of Israel, also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their cities with pasture lands, that they may meet with us; 3and let us bring back the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul." 4Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. 
Uzza and the Ark
5So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim. 6David and all Israel went up to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim, which belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, the LORD who is enthroned above the cherubim, where His name is called. 7They carried the ark of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. 8David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, even with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals and with trumpets. 9When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, because the oxen nearly upset it.  10The anger of the LORD burned against Uzza, so He struck him down because he put out his hand to the ark; and he died there before God. 11Then David became angry because of the LORD's outburst against Uzza; and he called that place Perez-uzza to this day. 12David was afraid of God that day, saying, "How can I bring the ark of God home to me?" 13So David did not take the ark with him to the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 14Thus the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months; and the LORD blessed the family of Obed-edom with all that he had.  (Also found in 2 Sam 6)
 
Until we get to the place where we realize who the Lord is, we will always come before Him thinking we have a better plan. Then we find an excuse as to why we think the Lord endorses our plans over His. This has also played out in the history of the Church. This standard shouldn’t be the way we conduct our own lives. If the Lord said don’t touch the Ark then…DON’T TOUCH THE ARK. If He says something is forever in all of our dwelling places throughout our generations, then we should not take this lightly. He was setting up foundational principles to help us in our walk. These were the things we were to do to keep us on the straight and narrow track. They were also events that prophecied the coming of the Messiah.
 
Prov 16:1-4
Contrast the Upright and the Wicked
1      The plans of the heart belong to man,
      But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
2      All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight,
      But the LORD weighs the motives.
3      Commit your works to the LORD
      And your plans will be established.
4      The LORD has made everything for its own purpose,
      Even the wicked for the day of evil.
 
Is 55:8-11
8      “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
      Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
9      “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
      So are My ways higher than your ways
      And My thoughts than your thoughts.
10      “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
      And do not return there without watering the earth
      And making it bear and sprout,
      And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
11      So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth;
      It will not return to Me empty,
 
This is what obedience in the New Covenant Scriptures looks like.
The Sons of Sceva
Act 19:11-20
11God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, 12so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out. 13But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches." 14Seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. 15And the evil spirit answered and said to them, "I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?" 16And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them and subdued all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. 17This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified. 18Many also of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices. 19And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20So the word of the Lord was growing mightily and prevailing. 
 
Where do we think that Paul received his instructions about witchcraft and sorcery? From Deuteronomy 18 of course.
 
Abominable Practices
 
Deut. 18:9-14
9"When you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations. 10"There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. 12"For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God will drive them out before you. 13"You shall be blameless before the LORD your God. 14"For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners, but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so. 
 
These were the only Scriptures they had. They were the same Scriptures that Rav Shaul spoke about to Timothy when he said…
 
2 Tim 3:14-17
14You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
The only Scriptures which were able to do this were the Hebrew Scriptures, the Tenach (Old Testament). They not only read them, but they obeyed them. They were believers in Yeshua and followers of the Torah.
 
 
The Lord gave the Jews some pretty simple and concrete things to do and not to do. They were not hard to follow. We may be two thousand years into the future,  but the Lord has not changed. He still expects us to live as the first century believers did.This is what they were taught by the Lord.
 
Deuteronomy 7:1-6
Warnings
1“When the LORD your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and stronger than you, 2and when the LORD your God delivers them before you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them and show no favor to them. 3“Further-more, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons. 4“For they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods; then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you and He will quickly destroy you. 5“But thus you shall do to them: you shall tear down their altars, and smash their sacred pillars, and hew down their ◙Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire. 6“For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.”
 
We were to have nothing to do with the paganism of the unbelievers. There was to be no co-opting of anything pagan, no matter what your intentions were, just like King Saul. The New Covenant says the same thing in the book of Corinthians  6:14-18
14Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? 16Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said,
      “I will dwell in them and walk among them;
      And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
17   “Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord.
      “And do not touch what is unclean;
      And I will welcome you.
18   “And I will be a father to you,
      And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,”
      Says the Lord Almighty.
 
What, you don’t think Rav Shaul is reflecting on this passage in Deut 7? Where else would he come up with this precept? For emphasis sake, the writer of Deuteronomy goes on to reiterate in 7:25-26:
 
25“The graven images of their gods you are to burn with fire; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, or you will be snared by it, for it is an abomination to the LORD your God. 26“You shall not bring an abomination into your house, and like it come under the ban; you shall utterly detest it and you shall utterly abhor it, for it is something banned.”
 
I think it is pretty clear that the Lord didn’t want paganism in any way, shape or form to creep into our faith. It matters not what your good intentions are.
 
Why can’t we just obey and do what He says without making the excuse of King Saul? The Church cannot presume that their Easter offering is acceptable to the Lord when the majority of its practices are from a pagan origin, no matter what they call it or their good intention. Easter denies the actual prophetic timeline of Passover and First Fruits, the real time that Yeshua arose from the dead. Easter was birthed and made the official day of the resurrection from the Roman Emperor Constantine in 325 AD as an attempt to divorce the resurrection and the Gospel from its Jewish roots entirely and once and for all. He was an agent of Satan then and his legacy continues today. The Church has been deceived for over 1700 years. It is time for the people who call themselves believers in the King of the Jews to act as they were commanded, not according to their “GOOD INTENTIONS”.
 
These are the words of Constantine himself.
From the letter of the Emperor (Constantine) to all those not present at the Council of Nicea. (Found in Eusebius, Vita Const., Lib III 18-20)
“When the question relative to the sacred festival of Easter arose, it was universally thought that it would be convenient that all should keep the feast on one day; for what could be more beautiful and more desirable than to see this festival, through which we receive the hope of immortality, celebrated by all with one accord and in the same manner? It was declared to be particularly unworthy for this, the holiest of festivals, to follow the customs (the calculation) of the Jews who had soiled their hands with the most fearful of crimes, and whose minds were blinded. In rejecting their custom we may transmit to our descendants the legitimate mode of celebrating Easter; which we have observed from the time of the Saviour’s passion (according to the day of the week).
   We ought not therefore to have anything in common with the Jew, for the Saviour has shown us another way; our worship following a more legitimate and more convenient course (the order of the days of the week: And consequently in unanimously adopting this mode, we desire, dearest brethren to separate ourselves from the detestable company of the Jew. For it is truly shameful for us to hear them boast that without their direction we could not keep this feast. How can they be in the right, they who, after the death of the Saviour, have no longer been led by reason but by wild violence, as their delusion may urge them? They do not possess the truth in this Easter question, for in their blindness and repugnance to all improvements they frequently celebrate two Passovers in the same year. We could not imitate those who are openly in error.
    How, then, could we follow these Jews who are most certainly blinded by error? For to celebrate a Passover twice in one year, is totally inadmissible.
    But even if this were not so it would still be your duty not to tarnish your soul by communication with such wicked people (the Jews). You should consider not only that the number of churches in these provinces make a majority, but also that it is right to demand what our reason approves, and that we should have nothing in common with the Jews.”
(Gleaned from Dr. Henry R. Percival’s “The Nicean and post Nicean Fathers”. Vol. XIV Grand Rapid: Erdmans pub. 1979,pgs. 54-55)
In contrast these are the words of our Lord.
Exo 12:14
 'Now this day will be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance.
Exo 12:17 
'You shall also observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore, you shall observe this day throughout your generations as a permanent ordinance.
Exo 12:19 
'Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land.
Exo 12:24 
"And you shall observe this event as an ordinance for you and your children forever.
How is it that Passover is totally ignored by the “Church” and has been subverted, replaced, by Easter? Please forgive me for asking, but what Biblical passage commands me to celebrate Easter? What is it that we do on that day that shows the prophesied and risen Messiah? It doesn’t make it so just because we say so, no matter what our intentions are.
Once you take the death. Burial, and resurrection out of the context of the Passover, you can no longer show the resurrection of Yeshua as a fulfilled event. Because Ishtar, the goddess of fertility, just doesn’t pack the prophetic punch that Passover and First Fruits do. Ishtar was not appointed by the Lord, it was appointed by Constantine.  Who gave him the authority to declare God’s appointments null and void?
For Yeshua to be our Passover Lamb (1 Cor 5:6-8), He must die during the time the Passover lambs are killed. For Yeshua to be the First Fruits resurrected from the dead (1Cor 15:20-23), He must be raised 3 days and 3 nights later, as he said, on the Biblical feast of First Fruits (Lev 23:9-11).
                                                    
There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it. We either do as the Lord said, or we are making it up as we go along, just like Constantine and King Saul did. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to be in that place.
 
The scariest words ever said in the Scriptures for a professed believer are…
Matt 7:21-23
21“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22“Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ 23“And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’
 
I know this is late, but I hope you had a blessed Passover and First Fruits celebrating the true Holy days that speak of our Lord’s prophesied death and resurrection. If not, there is always next year. Beloved, cast off all the paganism from your life and practice and celebrate according to the Lord’s prescription and not Constantine’s.
 
Shalom uvracha b’Yeshua Rabbi Henry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

​ Speaking truth about a subject is not a statement of hatred or prejudice. We as believers are called to speak out against lies and expose them.
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Eph 5:11  Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; 
 
That being said, there is something that needs to be revealed about this Syrian refugee crisis that is not being brought to light.
 
There is a well-known doctrine in Islam known as Hijrah. This doctrine states that it is obligatory for a Muslim to migrate from a dominant Islamic society to a non-Muslim society for the purpose of conquest through demographics. This is based on the movement of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina in 622 AD when he fled for fear of his life from the local tribes of Mecca, who he was unable to conquer through the preaching of his so-called “revelation”. During this move he realized that winning the world over was not going to happen through the preaching of his new religion, so he changed his tactics and realized that growth was to be reached by movement and military conquest.

To emigrate in the cause of Allah – that is, to move to a new land in order to bring Islam there – is considered in Islam to be a highly meritorious act. “And whoever immigrates for the cause of Allah will find on the earth many locations and abundance,” says the Qur’an. “And whoever leaves his home as an emigrant to Allah and His Messenger and then death overtakes him, his reward has already become incumbent upon Allah. And Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.” (4:100)
 
From the website www.missionislam.com/knowledge/hijrah.htm

“As Islam is the religion of dignity and authority, it was impossible to think of any Muslim submitting himself to the disbelievers; indeed it is forbidden for a Muslim to go to live amongst them and acknowledge their authority over him, because his presence amongst them would make him feel weak and isolated, and then he would become docile and apologetic before them. He would first be called upon to approve of them, and then to follow them. But Muslims should be filled with morale and confidence; they should be leaders, not followers. They should hold the reins of power; no power should be above them but that of Allah. Therefore, Muslims were forbidden to remain in countries where Islam is of no account, except when they are able to freely practice their religion and to observe it without any impediment, and without any fear that their presence there could damage them in any way. If this is not the case, then they must migrate to a better place where the authority of Islam is of some account. If they refuse to do so, while they are able, then they would have no further claims on this religion. About this Allah has spoken in Surat an-Nisa:”

Remember, to the faithful Muslim the free practice of their religion means that they are able to spread Sharia Law throughout the land so that Islam will dominate any culture already in existence.

“The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “I am not responsible for any Muslim who stays among polytheists. They asked: 'Why, Apostle of Allah? He said: ‘Their fires should not be visible to one another.’, and he (peace be upon him) said, “Who joins the polytheists and lives with them then he is like them” and he (peace be upon him) said: “Migration will not end until repentance ends, and repentance will not end until the sun rises in the west.”[36]”

This is why Muslims who practice their religion cannot assimilate into our country. They must dominate or move to a place where they can. This is the Hijrah. All one needs to do to see a modern example of this is to see what has happened in England, France, Germany, Belgium and other European countries that have taken large numbers of Muslims in as refugees into their country.

There are a number of Koranic verses that support this.

Surah al-Baqarah ayah 218 “Indeed, those who have believed and those who have emigrated and fought in the cause of Allah – those expect the mercy of Allah. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.”

Surah at-Tawbah “The ones who have believed, emigrated and striven in the cause of Allah with their wealth and their lives are greater in rank in the sight of Allah. And it is those who are the attainers [of success].”

Surah an-Nisa, “And whoever emigrates for the cause of Allah will find on the earth many [alternative] locations and abundance. And whoever leaves his home as an emigrant to Allah and His Messenger and then death overtakes him – his reward has already become incumbent upon Allah. And Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.”

Ultimately Hijrah is Jihad through emigration and demographics.

I am not endorsing that we as believers in any way shape or form should try and conquer Islam through the sword. But we absolutely should try and conquer Islam. The weapon that we have is the Gospel. It is the best weapon fashioned against this demonic faith.

From the website http://network.crcna.org/muslim-ministry/what-hijrah-and-it-trojan-horse

The Islamic doctrine of Hijrah or conquest via immigration is alive and well.  In a similar fashion to the movement of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina, the purpose is to first establish a beach-head, and then slowly gain increasing influence and power, likely in a peaceful way at first, and then more violent later. The goal, as it was in Medina, is not to cooperate and to assimilate to the local customs and culture—although that can be done for a short time in order to gain a critical mass of Muslims—but it is to strategically take over more and more areas of religious and political influence. Recall that the Albanian leader of ISIS said (quoting the example of Abraham from Sura 60:3), "We say to you as Ibrahim said to his father: "Verily we are free from you and whatever you worship besides Allah. We have rejected you, and there has started between us and you hostility and hatred forever, until you believe in Allah alone."  If one looks at areas of London, Amsterdam, Paris and Stockholm, this replay of Islamic history is patently obvious. At present four Hijrah tactics are being used to gain control of certain areas:

1. Multiplication of Muslims by birth rates
2. Multiplication of Muslims by immigration
3. Multiplication of Muslim influence via political systems
4. Expulsion of non-Muslims from certain areas by numerical and sometimes dominance by force—[think of the effect of documented rape-gangs in areas of Great Britain]

So what does this have to do with refugees?
ISIS has gone on record that it will swamp Europe with refugees. It is doing so and is simply using the playbook of Mohammed at Mediina as very consistently ISIS is living out the adage "What Did Mohammed Do?" If we had a chance to replay history or to re-write history, the Jews of Medina who either were forced to convert to Islam, turned into sex slaves, killed or expelled, might have second thoughts about welcoming the "poor and oppressed and weak" band of followers of Mohammed and him as their leader. It would appear that non-Muslim countries today would need a great deal of discernment as to who is truly "poor and oppressed and weak" and whether or not they have any other agendas.

There are 57 Islamic states in the world. If we took all of those states and put them into one place, we would have a country the size of America one third of Canada, Alaska and Hawaii. Why are no Syrian refugees being relocated into any of those Islamic countries? That is because Islam is looking to spread around the world through Hijrah. Unfortunately, there are always going to be innocents who suffer because of those who are in power. The solution is to work harder to determine who are the good guys in this battle and stop pandering to politics. Once we determine whose side we should be on, then we help them help themselves. If all sides of the conflict are not to be trusted, then we do a regime change just like we did in WW2 and put in power someone who will treat their people with justice.

You might say we can’t just go around affecting regime change throughout the world. But be assured we have been doing this behind the scenes for years anyways. Why should we send our boys over there to fight a war we cannot win? Why should we give our country over to refugees who want to change the very fabric of our nation? If they want to live in peace with their neighbors and make a better future for their wives and children, then—and only then—should we interfere. We can’t be the world’s police force, but we can teach them to police themselves, but only if they want to. As for ISIS, this is a different issue because they desire world conquest just like the Axis powers of Germany, Italy and Japan. We should fight Isis like we fought the Axis then. We need to go in destroy the enemy and bring our boys home.

The Lord has given the right for our authorities to protect our society, and until they take that responsibility seriously and begin to protect the people they have been given charge of, they cannot even begin to take in the refugees of the world; especially if these refugees want to change our country to look more like the ones they came from. These are not statements of hate or prejudice—this common sense.

Rom 13:1  Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. 
Rom 13:2  Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. 
Rom 13:3  For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; 
Rom 13:4  for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil. 
Rom 13:5  Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience' sake. 

Obviously subjection to our leadership is not to be above the Scripture. He is speaking about Godly leadership which enforces righteous behavior.

So if our Government leads us in righteousness, we have no issues with them; but if not, we follow the Word of the Lord. But what we don’t do is to force anyone else to serve or convert to the Messiah. Neither do we revolt against the government trying to take over by means of violence. We, as believers, have a higher calling. Yeshua said turn the other cheek, Mohammed taught his followers to slap it. Let us not be foolish to the tactics of the enemy, but let us also not replicate those same tactics.

In the mean time I end with this. 
 
2Ti 4:1  I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: 
2Ti 4:2  preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. 
2Ti 4:3  For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, 
2Ti 4:4  and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. 
2Ti 4:5  But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. 
2Ti 4:6  For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. 
2Ti 4:7  I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; 
2Ti 4:8  in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing. 

To be sung to the tune of Santa Clause is coming to town.
 
Chorus:
Oooooh  ya better watch out, ya better not cry,
Ya better not shout, I’m telling you why
The anti Christ is comin’ to town.
He’s got a big list of sins that aren’t nice.
He’s tried to pollute the world once or twice.
The anti Christ is comin’ to town
He knows about Messiah, He knows the Word is true,
He knows about the promises that the Lord made to the Jew.
Chorus
He knows how to deceive you. The things he says are fake.
He knows if you’ve been true to God, so be true for your own sake
Chorus:
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Dan 7:19  "Then I desired to know the exact meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its claws of bronze, and which devoured, crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet, 
Dan 7:20  and the meaning of the ten horns that were on its head and the other horn which came up, and before which three of them fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth uttering great boasts and which was larger in appearance than its associates. 
Dan 7:21  "I kept looking, and that horn was waging war with the saints and overpowering them 
Dan 7:22  until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was passed in favor of the saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the saints took possession of the kingdom. 
Dan 7:23  "Thus he said: 'The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it. 
Dan 7:24  'As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings. 
Dan 7:25  'He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time. 
Dan 7:26  'But the court will sit for judgment, and his dominion will be taken away, annihilated and destroyed forever. 
Dan 7:27  'Then the sovereignty, the dominion and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey Him.' 
Dan 7:28  "At this point the revelation ended. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts were greatly alarming me and my face grew pale, but I kept the matter to myself." 
 
This passage in Daniel seems to be related to a number of passages found in the book of Revelation, specifically Revelation chapters 17 through 20. Time and room do not allow me to address all the specific details on this matter. That will be addressed in a later blog. But suffice it to say that I believe that the beast in Daniel 7 is the same beast in these chapters in Revelation. The job of this beast is to defile the saints. cause them to worship a false god and make sure they abandon the Torah and the feasts of the Lord. He does this very aggressively.
There have been many historical figures and kingdoms who have tried to fulfill this job description as posted by the devil himself. Pharaoh, Haman, Nebuchadnezzar, Belteshezaer, Darius, Antiochus Epiphanes, the Caesars, 70 AD Titus’ destruction of Jerusalem, 135 AD Hadrian’s expulsion of the Jews from Israel, the formal establishment of the Catholic Church in 325 AD under Constantine, the establishment of Islam by Mohamed in approximately 622 AD. Martin Luther in his writings against Jews, Stalin, Hitler, Sadam Husain, Amadinijad. The list could go on.

The job description, if it were to be posted in the newspaper. would go something like this. “Looking for a charismatic, yet vile personality who is willing to pose as a demigod. Good communications skills are a must. Tasks will be to undermine the Torah and forbid the Jews to celebrate the Biblical feasts found in Lev. 23. Must be willing kill all those opposed to this agenda. Experience in beheading is a plus. Applicants will be judged by past performances of despotic behavior. Knowledge of the Scriptures is mandatory as it will be rewritten and reinterpreted by the applicant. If interested, please apply in person and be prepared to bring recommendations of despicable, despotic murderous past behavior.”
This is the behavior that has been typical of all of the above-mentioned despots who were prototypes of this beast found in Daniel and Revelation. The one thing that we can be assured of is that Satan has, for centuries, tried to install his anti Messiah and Beast as soon as he can.

The Lord however has a prophetic time line and will not allow this to happen until He says it is time. Satan has tried to undermine this time line by getting this anti Messiah character inaugurated many times throughout history. His thought is this: if he can install his man before the Lord allows it, then the prophesies will be out of their time. This will confound the Lord and His will. This is why so many of these despots look the same and have done the same thing. They refuse to allow the Jews to practice living Torah-observant lives, and they outlaw the celebration of the Biblical feasts. This is no small plot. The Torah and the feasts are foundational elements that make the Jewish people who they are. Separate the Jews from their Torah and feasts and there is nothing left of their identity.
The Holy days are the events that speak of the Lord’s great acts of salvation to Israel and the world. The Torah is the Lord’s standard of behavior for the nation of Israel. It is also the testimony to the world.

Moses Commands Obedience
Deu 4:1  "Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. 
Deu 4:2  "You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. 
Deu 4:3  "Your eyes have seen what the LORD has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who followed Baal-peor, the LORD your God has destroyed them from among you. 
Deu 4:4  "But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive today, every one of you. 
Deu 4:5  "See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do thus in the land where you are entering to possess it. 
Deu 4:6  "So keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.' 
Deu 4:7  "For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as is the LORD our God whenever we call on Him? 
Deu 4:8  "Or what great nation is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today? 
Deu 4:9  "Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons. 
Satan wants to do everything he can to keep Israel from fulfilling their calling to be a light to the world.
Isa 42:6  "I am the LORD, I have called You in righteousness, I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You, And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the nations.”
 
This is why Christmas is such an affront to the Lord. It is a very subtle attempt by Satan to make us think that the message is being preached through the lie of Christmas. It has all the appearances, entrapments, and false promises for peace on earth and good will to men. but it is a poor substitute to replace and delegitimize the Lord’s prophetic appointed times and seasons fulfilled by Yeshua. If Satan can’t inaugurate his man early, he will do the job through the back door. The establishment and celebration of Christmas is all part of that scheme – destroy the Torah/instruction of the Lord and alter the times and season, replace it with a man-made hollow day that is steeped in Catholic and pagan rituals and traditions, then sprinkle it with holy water and try to redeem it for the Lord.

Dan 7:25  'He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time. 

Satan’s plot always looks good but never truly does what it promises to do. All of the half truths will be exposed in the end. The true Messiah will be revealed, and there will be no mistaking who He is and what He really wants from His people.
 
Isa2:1  The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 
Isa 2:2  Now it will come about that In the last days The mountain of the house of the LORD Will be established as the chief of the mountains, And will be raised above the hills; And all the nations will stream to it. 
Isa 2:3  And many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths." For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. 
Isa 2:4  And He will judge between the nations, And will render decisions for many peoples; And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, And never again will they learn war. 
Isa 2:5  Come, house of Jacob, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. 

The Lord changes not…
Mal 3:6 “For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.”

If the Lord is the same yesterday today and forever…
Heb 13:8 “Yeshua Hamashiach  is the same yesterday and today and forever.”

If the Lord has decreed that His Word should not be added to or anything taken away…
Deut 12:32 “Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take away from it.”
Prov 30:6 “Do not add to His words or He will reprove you, and you will be proved a liar.”

If The Lord would not allow Nadab and Abihuto to offer strange fire…
Leviticus 10 “1Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective fire pans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. 2And fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD. 3Then Moses said to Aaron, ‘It is what the LORD spoke, saying,‘By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy, and before all the people I will be honored.’ So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.”

If King Saul’s offering was rejected…          
1Sam 13: 8Now he waited seven days, according to the appointed time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him. 9So Saul said, “Bring to me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” And he offered the burnt offering. 10As soon as he finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him and to greet him. 11But Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash, 12therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked the favor of the LORD.’ So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering.” 13Samuel said to Saul, “You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, for now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. 14“But now your kingdom shall not endure. The LORD has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has appointed him as ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you.”
 
...then why do we think it is wrong for the anti Messiah to attempt to do this when the Church is guilty of the same thing by substituting His Word with the traditions of men?
 
Concerning that Yeshua said…
Mark 7
1The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem, 2and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed. 3(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thus observing the traditions of the elders; 4and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots.) 5The Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with impure hands?” 6And He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far away from Me.7 ‘But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’8“Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.”
 
Mark’s explanation of this ritual of hand washing in these verses corresponds to the commentary and details set forth in the Mishna tractate called Yadayim. This ritual is called n’tilat-yadayim. The issue here is not washing one’s hands. It is about putting the traditions and authority of men on the same level as the Word of the Lord. Just like King Saul; just like Nadab and Abihu; just like so many in the Church do with Christmas. So we have to ask ourselves, do we celebrate the Word of the Lord or the traditions of men elevated to an inordinate stature as the some in the Church have done? This is the lie of Satan and his anti Messiah to confuse the saints with a false narrative that goes against the nature and commands of the Lord. We need to recognize this subtlety and not be fooled now so when the time comes and the Lord does allow the real anti Messiah to make his appearance, we won’t be fooled again.

If you find yourself getting offended with this message, then feel free to prove me wrong. But just remember, if you can’t defend your point by the Word of the Lord, then your defense is only based on the traditions and authority of men. This is what the anti Messiah will do as well.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

​I realize that I am not the brightest bulb in the pack. Neither am I the most formally-educated theologian. All I have is a Bachelor’s degree in Bible and Theology from a small Bible college in Missouri. But with that being said, there are some theological issues that are so clear and remedial that even a lightweight like me can see the simple truth. Although I am sure some will read this and say, “Judge not lest ye be judged”, Rabbi, remember this; there are judgments of observation and judgments of condemnation. While the Lord is the eternal judge, we are still called throughout Scripture to make proper judgments of observation. We are called to judge a tree according to its fruit,
Mat 7:15  Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
Mat 7:16  By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Mat 7:17  Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Mat 7:18  A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Mat 7:19  Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Mat 7:20  Therefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
Mat 7:21  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Mat 7:22  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?
Mat 7:23  And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
 
This is not our judgment, it is the Lord’s. All we are required to do is apply this standard to our lives and declare it. That being said, I would like address a very pressing issue that has been brewing about in the Messianic movement that is not only dangerous, but so insidious as to pollute an entire segment of the Messianic community. This is not an issue that I am speaking about from a second-hand source. I am very aware from a first-hand perspective of the details concerning this subject.
There is a movement in the Messianic community that has made its allegiance with the Roman Catholic Church. They have for a number of years been meeting with priests and representatives of the Vatican in an attempt to form some ungodly alliance. Some of the leaders of this movement are Mark Kinzer, Daniel Juster and Rich Nichol. In the past I attended a number of these meetings trying to understand their reasons for this alliance.
Not once in the year that I attended were any topics discussed that ever dealt with the Catholic Church’s biblical inconstancies. I tried to address some of the pertinent issues like: icons (idols); prayers to Mary and the saints; the clergy’s sex abuse scandal; the persecution and murder of the Jews for 1,700 years; the adoration of the Eucharist; indulgences; confession; salvation by infant baptism; last rights; the Pope as the “Vicar of Christ” on the earth; Encyclical authority of the Pope. The list could go on ad nauseum. Every time I tried to address any issue, I was dismissed as “one who came to bring dissension”. All they wanted to do was pretend that all was just fine in Roman land and sing “Kumbaya”.  The meetings consisted of lunch, schmoozing, and prayer.
I brought forth the issue of praying in agreement with someone I could not agree with from a Biblical perspective. I argued that we should deal with some of these serious theological issues before we could ever agree in prayer. How could I pray in agreement with someone who breaks so many Biblical commandments? I was dismissed as an impediment to their unity.
Scripturally speaking, I have no choice but to call out the Catholic Church according to its fruits, past and present. The Catholic Church seems to find it appropriate to pray with anyone of any faith all in the name of ecumenism. This Pope has prayed with Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Non-Messianic Jews, Messianic Jews, etc. He has made these meetings very public for all to see. Based upon the Catholic Church’s Doctrines and actions for the last 1,700 years, I can only conclude that they are a pagan cult and that I have nothing in common with them. Therefore, how could I pray with them or have any spiritual fellowship? How in the world any of these so-called Messianic Leaders could have anything in common with the Catholic Church is beyond my understanding.
 
1stCor 5:9-13
“9I wrote you in my letter not to associate with immoral people; 10I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world. 11But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler—not even to eat with such a one. 12For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those who are within the church? 13But those who are outside, God judges. Remove the wicked man from among yourselves”
When the Catholic Church calls itself the Mother Church, and truly believes that they are the organization that the Lord ordained to represent Him on this earth, and act like they have for the last 1,700 years without being accountable to anyone, then I would say that this passage above applies to them in every way. It is pretty clear that their history, doctrines, and actions reveal who they really are.         
Knowing their past history, this actually becomes an obstacle for the Jewish people to come to their Jewish Messiah as they associate Catholics with idol-worshiping pagans. This ends up being a total misrepresentation of who the Messiah really is and what our faith is all about. Even when I was a boy going to Hebrew school I thought “Jesus” was the founder of Catholicism. I never thought of Him as a Jew. 
Here is just a brief synopsis of Catholic persecution of the Jews. Unfortunately, I cannot say their behavior has changed at all when they won’t even call Jerusalem the eternal capital of Israel.
325 A.D.: TheCouncil of Nicea separated the celebration of Easter from the Jewish Passover. They stated: "For it is unbecoming beyond measure that on this holiest of festivals we should follow the customs of the Jews. Henceforth let us have nothing in common with this odious people...We ought not, therefore, to have anything in common with the Jews...our worship follows a...more convenient course...we desire dearest brethren, to separate ourselves from the detestable company of the Jews...How, then, could we follow these Jews, who are almost certainly blinded."
337 A.D.: Christian Emperor Constantineus created a law which made the marriage of a Jewish man to a Christian punishable by death.
379-395 A.D.: Emperor Theodosius the Great permitted the destruction of synagogues if they served a religious purpose. Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire at this time.
528A.D.: Emperor Justinian (527-564) passed the Justinian Code. It prohibited Jews from building synagogues, reading the Bible in Hebrew, assembling in public, celebrating Passover before Easter, and testifying against “Christians” in court.
613 A.D.: Very serious persecution began in Spain. Jews were given the option of either leaving Spain or converting to Christianity. Jewish children over six years of age were taken from their parents and given a Christian education.
1096 A.D.: The first Crusade was launched in this year. Although the prime goal of the Crusades was to liberate Jerusalem from the Muslims, Jews were a secondary target. As the soldiers passed through Europe on the way to the Holy Land, large numbers of Jews were challenged: "Christ-killers, embrace the Cross or die!" 12,000 Jews in the Rhine Valley alone were killed in the first Crusade. This behavior continued for eight additional crusades until the ninth Crusade in 1272.
1099 A.D.: The Crusaders forced all of the Jews of Jerusalem into a central synagogue and set it on fire. Those who tried to escape were forced back into the burning building.
1189 A.D.: Jews were persecuted in England. The Crown claimed all Jewish possessions. Most of their houses were burned.
1229 A.D.: The Spanish Inquisition starts. Later, in 1252, Pope Innocent IV authorizes the use of torture by the Inquisitors.
1290 A.D.: Jews are exiled from England. About 16,000 left the country.
1306 A.D.: 100,000 Jews are exiled from France. They left with only the clothes on their backs and food for only one day.
1320 A.D.: 40,000 French shepherds went to Palestine on the Shepherd Crusade. On the way, 140 Jewish communities were destroyed.
1492 A.D.: Jews were given the choice of being baptized as Christians or be banished from Spain. 300,000 left Spain penniless. Many migrated to Turkey where they found tolerance among the Muslims. Others converted to “Christianity” but often continued to practice Judaism in secret.
 
These persecutions were all endorsed by the Catholic Church. The persecutions of the Jews continued in a serious degree all the way up until the Second World War. With the continuance of their pagan practices and sexual scandals, why would anyone trust that this leopard all of a sudden is going to change its spots? Tell me, who should I trust? Is the word of some deceived so-called “Messianic Rabbis” more reliable than the history and bad testimony of a religio-political mafia-styled organization? The Catholic Church is an organization guilty of the murder of more Jews than anyone in history? You be the judge. Just judge them by their fruits.
1stCor 6  Watch your allegiances.
14Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership has righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15Or what harmony has Messiah with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? 16Or what agreement has the temple of YHVH with idols? For we are the temple of the living Elohim; just as YHVH said,
      “I will dwell in them and walk among them;
      And I will be their YHVH, and they shall be My people.
17      “Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord.
      “And do not touch what is unclean;
      And I will welcome you.
18      “And I will be a father to you,
      And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,”
      Says the Lord Almighty.
It is and always has been about who we make an allegiance with. But we are not to confuse that with our call to be a witness. 
As I said above, the Catholic Church has made allegiances with some of the most nefarious characters in all of history. In an excellent article entitled, Hitler’s Pope by John Cornwall, June 5, 2000, it chronicles the refusal of Pope Pius the 12th to act on behalf of the Jews in light of the Nazi’s final solution to destroy all of world Jewry.  It is a must read to put perspective on this ungodly alliance of these so-called Messianic Rabbis and the Catholic Church. The article can be found at, http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/vatican/esp_vatican55.htm.
One more point I want to stress before I conclude. Nothing has or ever will change with the Catholic Church. If we look at just a few statements made in the second Vatican documents known as Lumin Gentium, we can clearly see with whom the Catholic Church makes its modern day allegiances. I am including in the quote the full paragraph to keep it in context. I also posted the commentary on this quote by the unnamed person who submitted it in the website,
http://www.catholic-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?32756-Lumen-Gentium-16-Islam
 
From Lumen Gentium, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, article 16:
“Finally, those who have not yet received the Gospel are related in various ways to the people of God. In the first place we must recall the people to whom the testament and the promises were given and from whom Christ was born according to the flesh. On account of their fathers this people remains most dear to God, for God does not repent of the gifts He makes nor of the calls He issues. But the plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator. In the first place amongst these there are the Mohammedans, who, professing to hold the faith of Abraham along with us, adore the one and merciful God, who on the last day will judge mankind. Nor is God far distant from those who in shadows and images seek the unknown God, for it is He who gives to all men life and breath and all things, and as Saviour wills that all men be saved. Those also can attain to salvation who through no fault of their own do not know the Gospel of Christ or His Church, yet sincerely seek God and moved by grace strive by their deeds to do His will as it is known to them through the dictates of conscience. Nor does Divine Providence deny the helps necessary for salvation to those who, without blame on their part, have not yet arrived at an explicit knowledge of God and with His grace strive to live a good life. Whatever good or truth is found amongst them is looked upon by the Church as a preparation for the Gospel. She knows that it is given by Him who enlightens all men so that they may finally have life. But often men, deceived by the Evil One, have become vain in their reasonings and have exchanged the truth of God for a lie, serving the creature rather than the Creator. Or some there are who, living and dying in this world without God, are exposed to final despair. Wherefore to promote the glory of God and procure the salvation of all of these, and mindful of the command of the Lord, "Preach the Gospel to every creature", the Church fosters the missions with care and attention.”
“Specifically regarding the passage that pertains to Islam, it's interesting to note that the authors of this document have written that the Mohammedans “profess to hold the faith of Abraham” (indeed, a good deal of Abraham’s history in the Qur’an differs markedly from the accounts in the Septuagint). But in any case, I wonder about the phrase “along with us [they] adore the one and merciful God.” If there is only one God, how can anyone believing that God dispatched a definitive revelation to an Arabian shepherd some six centuries after the time of Christ be said to believe in the same God as Christians? In my light, the two concepts appear to be manifestly dissimilar (and certainly not unified).”
 
My simple thought about this is that the Catholic Church is the master of doublespeak. They will say anything to win allegiance with anyone whom they feel they can consume under their authority. Is this the group we should align ourselves with? The group who in one sentence calls Islam the people “who, professing to hold the faith of Abraham, along with us adore the one and merciful God, who on the last day will judge mankind.”
Do Muslims worship the same Lord as I? If not then Catholicism has now implicated itself in the worship of a generic “one size fits all” god who embraces all faiths, including Islam. This is not the Lord I serve. I serve YHVH and the Messiah of Israel, Yeshua. His claims are exclusive and there is none like Him.
 
John 14:6  
“Yeshua saith unto him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.’”
I don’t hear any mention of the Pope, the Catholic Church, or Mohammed here.
So in conclusion, the leadership and community of Messianic Congregation Sha’ar Hashamayim, in no uncertain terms, wholeheartedly reject this ungodly allegiance with the Catholic Church, and we will call out any one as a false prophet who does.
 
Signed:
Messianic Rabbi Henry M. Morse and the Elders of Sha’ar.