Torah Portion VAYELECH – Devarim (Deuteronomy) 31:1-30 Haftarah: Hosea 14:2-10
So the king sought counsel and made two golden calves. He said to them, “You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough! Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” 1 Kings 12:28 TLV
Shabbat shalom, dearly beloved,
The sin of Jeroboam was a replacement theology sin. It describes what happened to the church from the 4th century on. But who is Jeroboam? He was the man that was ordained by YHVH to rule over the House of Israel at the time that Israel was split into two. The House of Judah was ruled by Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, the son of David, while the House of Israel was ruled by Jeroboam not from the House of David in Judah but from the tribe of Ephraim, and he sat in Shechem.
“Then Jeroboam rebuilt Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and resided there. From there, he went out and built Penuel.” 1 Kings 12:25 TLV
The split of the kingdom was a judgment from YHVH because of the many sins of King Solomon, who had 1000 women, mainly foreign, who taught him to worship their gods. This was so grievous to Yah that it cost the House of David 10 tribes, as prophesied by Ahia the Shilonite.
“Then Ahijah seized the new cloak that was on him, tore it into twelve pieces, and said to Jeroboam, ‘Take ten pieces for yourself, for thus says Adonai, God of Israel: “Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of Solomon’s hand and will give ten tribes to you.”’” 1 Kings 11:30-31 TLV
Jeroboam, the son of Nebat from the tribe of Ephraim, was not royalty; he was a commoner and a warrior. His problem was that he did not trust Yah, who put him in his position as king over Israel. He took matters into his own hands. To prevent the Israelites from returning to their Judean brothers, he replaced the prescribed worship of YHVH.
“He also made shrines on the high places and appointed priests from among the people, who were not sons of Levi. Then Jeroboam instituted a festival in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, imitating the festival that is in Judah. He went up to the altar that he had built in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves that he had made. He installed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he made.” 1 Kings 12:31-32 TLV
He established other centers of worship apart from Jerusalem and put golden calves in Bethel and Dan, thus repeating the sin of the past when Israel was delivered from Egypt.
“So the king sought counsel and made two golden calves. He said to them, “You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough! Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.” 1 Kings 12:28 TLV
He also replaced the feasts with feasts of his own making instead of celebrating the feasts of seven months, namely Yom Teruah (Feast of Shofars), Yom HaKippurim (Day of Atonements), and Sukkot (Tabernacles).
He totally replaced the system, object, and dates of worship. This was an anti-Messiah move, as described in the book of Daniel (that was written later).
“He will speak words against the Most High and will continually harass the kedoshim of the Most High and will try to change the appointed times and law. The kedoshim will be handed over to him for a time, times, and half a time.” Daniel 7:25 TLV
The same replacement sin propelled the Gentile believers into a system of worship called Christianity, established by Emperor Constantine in the 4th century. He wrote in the Council of Nicaea:
“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 hand 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 Savior’s passion (according to the day of the week). We ought not therefore to have anything in common with the Jew, for the Savior 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.” (Eusebius, Vita Const. Lib III 18-20).
Through this divorce from the Jews and everything Jewish, he replaced the system of worship. Now the object of worship was a god by the name of Jesus Christ, who did not resemble the Jewish Messiah at all, neither in name nor in appearance. His identity was stolen. This Christianity did not connect anymore with its Jewish foundations. The holy Biblical feasts were replaced by pagan-rooted feasts that were “Christianized.” Instead of Passover, Easter was established with traditions rooted in the worship of the goddess Ishtar that had nothing to do with the death, burial, and resurrection of the Jewish Messiah Yeshua. The Church fell into the Dark Ages, and even in the 21st century, we are still recovering all the truth and light lost.
“Do not think that I came to abolish the Torah or the Prophets! I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. Amen, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or serif shall ever pass away from the Torah until all things come to pass. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others the same shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever keeps and teaches them, this one shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:17-19 TLV
Other feasts like Christmas and All Saints/Halloween came to replace Sukkot and even the historical feast of Hanukkah. The Torah was also replaced by Greek philosophy and Roman-infused laws. The resemblance of Christianity to its origins was so far and remote that it translated into Jewish hatred and antisemitism.
Since the 4th century and until now, most of the Christians in the different denominations are divorced from the Jewish roots and origins of the faith in a Messiah. The disconnect from Israel and the Hebrew foundations of faith has been very, very costly:
Millions of Jews were murdered in the name of Christianity, and millions of Christians were broken off the Olive Tree.
“You will say then, ‘Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.’” True enough. They were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear, for if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will He spare you. Notice then the kindness and severity of God: severity toward those who fell, but God’s kindness toward you, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off!” Romans 11:19-22 TLV
Yah spoke to me in the 90’s that this is a matter of life and death. If the church is not replanted back, thus restoring the Hebrew foundation, it will die on the 3rd Day, the 3rd Millennium. We are in the 3rd millennium. Signs of that death are in many churches and pulpits. Antisemitism, siding with the Palestinian cause, incest, immorality, gender confusion, adultery, abortions, greed, dry religiosity, and so much more.
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in Your name, and drive out demons in Your name, and perform many miracles in Your name?’ Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness!” Matthew 7:21-23 TLV
Multitudes of Christians and children of Christians are flocking towards Islam, which offers a more moral, albeit deceptive, option. We see them flocking towards Islam in the prison system and outside of prison walls. The religion of Christianity is no match for the plan of Islam to take over the free world through DAWA, which means Islamic reeducation. The plan is that by 2064, Americans will be under Shariah law, and the plan is proceeding successfully.
Christianity, disconnected from its Jewish Roots, the Torah, Holy Feasts, and the Jewish Messiah Yeshua, is falling prey to Islam right and left. There is only one way to fight this:
The Church must go back to its Jewish Roots and foundations and reject religion and Replacement Theology in all of its aspects, including pagan-infused feasts. And return to the Jewish Messiah, Yeshua, in full.
“Thus says Adonai: ‘Stand in the roads and look. Ask for the ancient paths—where the good way is—and walk in it. Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We won’t walk in it.’” Jeremiah 6:16 TLV
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