Shalom Chaverim,
This site is a collective effort by several souls who are inquiring into the Malchut (Kingdom) of Elohim. As the "webmaster" my job is to facilitate teaching and revelation of haMashiyach Yeshua. It must be clearly understood that regardless of one's religious choices, we are here to help further each others relationship with the Almighty YHWH Elohim and His Mashiyach. Our intent is to encourage personal relationship with haMashiyach based on diligent study of His Word and personal experience in the Ruach haKodesh, regardless of religious persuasion. Having a relationship with YHWH is largely about being obedient to Him and His Word, from this flows discernment, deeper revelation and an ongoing spiritual relationship. As the facilitator of this site I am accountable for what I say to all who read these pages, I have no intention to offend anyone, I take no offense by those who disagree with me, however it is not acceptable to take a contrarian view of anything without providing reasonable explanation. I do not submit teaching or disciplines to others that I myself do not observe.
It's obvious to me that life has come into existence by flawless Architectural design and engineering. We will most certainly succeed or fail in this life based how we understand and acknowledge the Architect of Life and His design. My goal is to promote righteous living, through which we attain the deepest sense of self worth and accomplishment, and we also find freedom, peace and justice for ourselves and others as we observe Torah and life in Mashiyach. Many souls are way too quick to excuse themselves from righteous living and many choose religious substitutes, traditions, power, money or popularity as their identity. We need to count the cost of following our hearts to do what is right in our own eyes, versus doing what is pleasing to YHWH and His Mashiyach. It's a huge price to pay if one follows the crowd to destruction.
Righteousness Raises the Value of Life
For the value of one human life, all the world exists. Each soul is precious to YHWH beyond our comprehension, we know this because we are made in the image of the Most High Creator. Righteousness teaches us to respect the lives of others and protect their lives, even if they have little or no respect for life. Righteousness causes us to look beyond our own need, the Author of Righteousness gives us hope and solutions that are not otherwise accessible when we abrogate His Ways. We forgive. We trust. We grow. We cannot be defeated. Righteousness is truth that will always find its way to victory. We understand about conscience and duty, and we choose to ask for YHWH's guidance that will direct us through all reconciliation towards justice and peace. We speak to our hearts and train our hearts to lead us in the paths of righteousness for His Names sake.
Y'shua exemplifies mercy and respect for all life, He teaches that the strong must protect the weak. Y'shua gave instruction in Torah that is merciful and just to all souls equally. Religion divides, truth unites. Y'shua is the one who fulfills the prophecies of Mashiyach Ben Yoseph. He will return and fulfill the latter reign prophecies of Mashiyach Ben David. Y'shua is not sectarian, He extends His Kingdom to all souls. Torah brings liberty, freedom and power. Y'shua established the Torah, he is the master of Shabbat, because he taught us how to observe Shabbat, not by religious standards, but through a relationship with his Father YHWH. All the Moedim (appointments of YHWH) are for everyone to experience upon entering the Kingdom of Elohim. It is impossible to understand the "higher worlds" unless one lives righteously (Observes Torah) and keeps YHWH Set Times, or Appointments. Y'shua is haMashiyach, regardless of how He has been painted by institutionalized religions, his name means "YHWH is Salvation" and He fulfilled "all righteousness" as YHWH Tsidkenu, according to the Spirit of Mashiyach in him. Y'shua Mashiyach came as a Son to carry out His Father's will, which is to put Torah (instruction in righteousness) within the heart of man. The work of the Ruach haKodesh (Set Apart - Holy Spirit) is not to crush our will, but to nurture our will and unique gifts and abilities according to righteousness. We think of how a child needs to be nurtured in love, so must each of us be transformed into the image of Elohim, according to Mashiyach's example. Y'shua was martyred because of invoking the Name of Yahweh (according to Talmud) and by speaking according to the Spirit of YHWH. YHWH demands that we remove the names of pagan deities out of our mouths, all of them, and so how much more are we to removed substitute, man made, traditional names and titles of the One True Elohim whose Name is above all other Names? We are not to prefer religion or values over the Word of YHWH. YHWH is Kadosh, (set apart from iniquity) and His Name is Kadosh, it is tradition and false religion that has removed the Name of YHWH from peoples lips. YHWH distinguishes Himself as One who cannot be corrupted by injustice, the invocation of the Name of YHWH is Kadosh and must be reverenced by all of His creation. Y'shua taught that religious people negate "the commandments of YHWH" by imposing their own religious traditions. This inflamed religious sectarian Jews who were busy trying to set up their own kingdoms. Y'shua is THEE example of righteousness, we are to emulate Him, we are to dress modestly, our conversation is to be righteous and beneficial to the cause of the Kingdom of Elohim. Y'shua elevated Torah and fulfilled the promise to write the Torah upon our hearts, this one fact determines whether we become the head or the tail, if any so choose to enter into Mashiyach they will live by his Righteousness which is according to YHWH's Word and Authority. Y'shua did not seek a "following" of people for the sake of popularity, he strengthened the souls of his talmidim and by his example showed us how to strengthen ourselves and others. The more love a man has in his soul for others the less he needs the praise of others, his validation comes from YHWH and haMashiyach. Y'shua came for all people, those who were not Jews by birth are called to serve the Mashiyach, YHWH says of these souls that they, "will be given a name better than the sons and daughters of Israel, they will be given an everlasting name that will not be cut off." Isaiah 56:5 Y'shua is not sectarian or racist or denominational, those who uphold man made religious boundaries and marginalize others because of their own religion are enemies of Mashiyach.
A Bit of Personal Background I was born March 1960 in Vernon BC, Canada and came to believe in YHWH and Mashiyach from a young age through hearing about the Kingdom of Elohim through my Grandfather, Father and Mother. At the age of 6, I experienced the presence of the Ruach haKodesh after asking YHWH if He was "out there". One night while gazing at the stars I asked Him out loud, "YHWH are you there?" He was, and He answered me by giving me an experience of tremendous Joy, one I will not forget. As my search to know Him grew, I came to learn of the Kingdom of Elohim as taught by Y'shua Mashiyach. I've enjoyed an active life, tried many sports including racing a variety of cars and motorcycles. My work experience ranges from board membership of public mining company and non-profit international relief organization to truck driver, heavy equipment operator, realtor, and also hand framed (nails and a hammer) apartment buildings, worked in concrete hi-rise construction in Toronto and Vancouver Canada, worked on 45 km of 4 lane highway through the Kananaskis mountains of Alberta Canada. In 1987 I was a self employed silviculture contractor in the Monashee mountains of BC tree spacing, planting. In 1982 I was a government employee for the Okanagan Regional District milfoil week eradication program, driving a weed harvester up and down Okanagan Lake (great tanning experience). In 1979 I worked as a heavy duty mechanic helper, and as a concrete placer/finisher. And I did also work as an emergency fire and flood rapid response sales manager estimator and a general contractor, insurance and mutual funds broker, stock broker and a variety of sales management positions. From 1990 to 1996 I've was involved in contract sales, marketing consulting, producing marketing materials since then I've been involved in making and distributing health products and providing information on health. However from the time I was in my late teens I've been involved in serving YHWH's people, I was raised in a home where Torah is respected and observed. When I was 11 years old I used to help my grandfather to print off his torah studies and exhortations to others who were learning about Y'shua and interested in observing Torah. I've led several home groups at my home over the last 20 years and have lived 3 1/2 years in Israel.
An extraordinary life experience... August 15, 1978 I was involved in a motorcycle crash, my body tried to fly through the cab of a full sized pickup at 60 miles an hour... but didn't make it. The ambulance attendants didn't imagine that I would survive (they came up to my hospital room and shook their heads in amazement that I lived through it) my helmet broke in 3 pieces, I lost 9 units of blood, paramedics said I was like a soggy wet blanket when they scooped me off the pavement. I broke over 20 bones including a hip, ribs, crushed leg, jaw etc. The Doctors were doubtful about how well, or if I would even walk again. Two years and 3 months after the accident I was the "miracle boy", I set a record running the fastest mile on a university campus in California (before the crash at 17 years old, I ran a 4:16 mile). I had a few other crashes, on motorcycles, in cars and with a truck... all in the pursuit of exhilarating experiences... until I discovered it's better to learn to live... than to live and learn. :)
The fact of the matter is I think most of us grow to appreciate the value of life with each new year, I got my life handed back to me a few times, which made me contemplate my existence on earth much more.
For some it might rather difficult to comprehend this, but I experienced seeing my body below me while lying on an operating table. My understanding of that experience was that it was my Neshama (spirit) hovering over my body. People call it an "out of body experience", but I experienced the mystery of the Neshama (spirit) being separated from the physical body. Is there life after death, yes there is many people have proven this. I remember thinking to myself that I was dead as I watched the doctors and nurses patch me up on the operating table. I believe that we all experience something like this as we die the physical death, the scriptures say that many who "sleep in the dust shall awake", I see this as cognitive spiritual reality that YHWH wakens our Neshama into a new dimension. Unfortunately there is a lot of misconception about the resurrection, if you've experienced one of these "out of body" experiences (without doing mind altering drugs) you know that your conscious being moves into another dimension. A serious problem will arise when rebellion and injustice will have to meet Righteousness and Truth in the resurrection, the "conscience" will be evaluated based on righteousness, the part of the soul that sustains life (the Neshama) must be Just or it will find itself in disharmony with it's own existence, this I believe is what is known as "the final death".
Maybe you have had similar experiences? as haMashiyach reveals Himself we take our quest for truth more serious, there is nothing else as important to life as Truth and Righteousness, these ensure our future existence in the world to come. Now that you know a bit about me, I would be delighted to hear a bit about yourself!
YHWH be with you! Shalom U'Vrachot,
Baruch Ben Daniel
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