Brother i am from India, my father is also excommunicated for a petty issue, glad i found your channel. We all quit along with our Dad. Love to join your meeting.
I saw the word Malayalam on your website. I once ordered a Malalayam Bible, and gave it to a Malayalam co-worker. The accepted it, but really didn't know what to do with it. Edit: That was before I woke up.
Thank you so much for your content I find it so soothing to hear. I was studying with an elder in my congregation and had to cut him off since I started to do heavy research and studied carefully if all things he was teaching were true. Things he told me didn’t make sense or harmonize with the Bible and felt confusing causing me great despair since I love and respect Jehovah and my lord Jesus Christ. I felt shame and guilt to question what I thought was Gods organization. Since then I feel great relief to study on my own and put my faith to action in my everyday life. I do my best to follow the example left to us by our lord Jesus Christ. Thanks for all you do.
I finally bought the book I've been waiting for so long. what makes me very happy is that it is translated into german. I always watch your videos, but I don't understand everything because my English is not good enough for these profound topics. Thank you for your work and research. Finally, I just want to say that you are a wonderful person!
@@BeroeanPickets Eric. Have you heard about the protest that is going to take place in Washington DC on October 31st 2023? This protest against Watchtower has been approved and permitted. If you wish, send me your email address. Thanks
@@tammyg8031 Tammy, I wanted more infirmation, but using Google doesn't give much. There is only skerchy bits of information available. "Permits" have been obtained. But where can I verify that? People will just "show up". But I would want more assurances before helping get the word out. How can I see the "permit" paperwork?
That point about the Watchtowers definition of " despicable fool" is good, I forgot about that. We were never given a break, being on the outside looking in now one can realize how much it was an (alleged) salvation by works religion. If you are missing on a Saturday, you could almost be guaranteed to have it mentioned by someone the next time you were at a meeting.
Thanks again and again for a refreshing view of biblical scripture Eric. Sounds right and feels right! All Best Wishes to you and those who take time to look and listen, and decide for themselves, AJ
So simple a child can follow it: "LOVE". For God Is Love! Some like to muddy up the waters of various simple teachings such as love its self. they do this for the purpose of being the only one who can explain the solution there complicated teaching, when in reality they become the sole guardian of teaching, forcing all to grovel at there feet to fully to fully understand the meaning of the teaching, thus positioning themselves into a superior teaching position, especially as this relates to the dynamics of the group the person typically associates with on a regular basis!
Hello Eric. Be blessed. You are RIGHT AGAIN!!! Carry on. Enjoying your video and material immensely. Many blessings from Jehovah and Christ. Amador, Kingdom Christian from sunny Puerto Rico.
Fantastic it's always been love an it,, remember what Jesus said to the apostles when they tried to stop a stranger preaching,,and told him your not one of us, Jesus said to the apostles ,,,,look if anyone is not against us then they are with us . I say carry on loving your father in heaven and try to do your best all we have is love and hope great video Eric Best wishes Phil UK England 👍
I really appreciated the point you made about Jesus raising the bar on keeping the commandments. One could overwork his servants 6 days but let them rest the 7th. Your point that this would fulfill the letter of the law but not the spirit of the law was nicely made. I took away the importance of following Jesus’ teaching and always fulfill the commandments with love of God and our neighbor in mind.
In minute 8:50 when referring to Matthew 5:22, verify the NWT 2022 on the online library (Internet version), Matthew 5:22 has an "Overview of Matthew" which explains the word "despicable fool" as: "You despicable fool: The Greek word for this expression sounded like a Hebrew term meaning “rebellious” or “mutinous.” It designates a person as morally worthless and an *apostate* . To *address* a fellow man in *this* *way* was tantamount to saying that he should receive a punishment fit for a rebel against God, that is, *everlasting* *destruction* ."
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Jesus was the sabbath. If you notice too that in genesis every day ended with, and the evening and the morning was the first day..but at the creation of the seventh day there was no and the evening and the morning was the seventh day.....he left it open as if it was eternally forward, not just a mere day but more, eternal life. I kept the sabbath for about 10 or more years until I actually read it all for myself, but something that really conveced me was Paul never mentioned it as an obligation, the apostle to the gentiles never chastised or warn anyone over breaking the sabbath, he warned about every sin..adultery, false witnesses, idolatry, stealing, coveting...but not once did he warn the gentiles over sabbath breaking...when I noticed that I realized I had Bern taught wrong...thank you for another great video.
Eric, your commentary of the Sabbath was spot on. A deep understanding of its true meaning, I was captive to every word throughout your presentation. I particularly got a kick of the comment on apostasy-- 'it had to be said'. Yes it did. 👍 I, like many others, are so proud of you and what you have accomplished, it's beyond words. In Jahs strength, keep it coming. Oh, by the way, your looking good up there. Your br. in christ.
@@BeroeanPickets Beroean, Jesus himself wrote the 10 Commandments in stone with his own finger. Have you really never read the whole Bible through yet?
@@BeroeanPickets Not good, in the bones and traveling fast, only months left according to my Doctors. I'm in Hospice now as a result! thanks for asking! on the plus side it has drawn me much closer to Jehovah and his Son and my efforts to take life seriously.
@@bobpfohl6268, Hulda Clark's book The Cure for All Advanced Cancers is good. Her book The Cure for All Diseases is free online as PDF. Get away from isoprophyl alcohol and kill parasites with herbs.
@@bobpfohl6268 “. . .Therefore, we do not give up, but even if the man we are outside is wasting away, certainly the man we are inside is being renewed from day to day. For though the tribulation is momentary and light, it works out for us a glory that is of more and more surpassing greatness and is everlasting; while we keep our eyes, not on the things seen, but on the things unseen. For the things seen are temporary, but the things unseen are everlasting.” (2 Corinthians 4:16-18) If the Lord is merciful to you and to me, then we shall meet up on the other side. “. . .Then he said: “Jesus, remember me when you get into your Kingdom.” And he said to him: “Truly I tell you today, you will be with me in Paradise.”” (Luke 23:42, 43) I believe the NWT has misplaced the comma. What Jesus was saying was that from the viewpoint of the evildoer, before the day was out he would be in paradise. The gap between his death and his resurrection would be instantaneous from his point of view, which for all of us is the only point of view that really matters.
here are the scriptural references you asked for let your viewers read and chose after all it all comes down to choice Amen Hebrews 10:16 Matthew 5:17-18 Genesis 2:1-3 Mark 2:27 Exodus 20:10 Exodus 20:11;31:17 Exodus 16:4,5 22-30 Exodus 20:1-17 Deuteronomy 4:12-13 also 10:1-5 Exodus 34:21 Ezekiel 20:12-13 and 20:20 Isaiah 58:13,14 Mark 2:23-28 Revelation 1:10 Revelation 14:12 Psalms 66:23 Here are some to look over so pleases read and pray that God gives you the light to see may God bless you and keep you Mr.B your friend and brother in Christ 🙏
The non Jew people, ( the gentiles) should reflect that God didn’t made covenants with us, the gentiles,both old and new. The gathering of gentiles is only through Jesus the Mesiah! John 10:16.
This question is somewhat irrelevant to the Sabbath but still related to something brought up in the video. When Jesus cured disabled men of their disability, he used his saliva to do so. I know this will be considered eisegetical, but could it be argued that Jesus performed a blood transfusion-like procedure when he healed these men? I've read that some ancient cultures considered blood and saliva to be brothers or that it's a sacred fluid. I've likewise read that saliva contains white blood cells that fight infection. Or that it also contains electrolytes that are found in blood plasma. Not to mention the claim I've heard all my life that dogs can heal cuts/wounds simply by licking them. I've read some online sources which argue that Jesus' purpose was to make a point about doing good deeds on the Sabbath. But still I wonder why he specifically used saliva in a miraculous act of healing muteness and blindness. I'm not sure if there's scriptural evidence stating that spit has healing properties or that it contains life similar to blood. I just think that the verses below could be used to argue against the prohibition of blood transfusion as saliva probably can be viewed like blood, and Jesus is portrayed as transfusing this fluid into another. Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue with the saliva (Mk 7 : 33 NASB). Taking the blind man by the hand, he brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying his hands on him, he asked him, "Do you see anything?" (Mk 8 : 23 NASB). When he had said this, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and applied the clay to his eyes (Jn 9 : 6 NASB).
@bombastoid -- Jesus could have cured a man with a touch or even at a distance as he had done on previous occasions. Some speculate that the odd procedure of mixing his saliva with mud and putting it on the eyelids of the blind man was a test for the onlookers, for what he did amounted to work to them as the healing took place on the Sabbath day. Jesus was making a point of testing the hearts of those who observed this miracle.
@@BeroeanPickets Thanks for your reply. I see what you mean and agree with you. Allow me to engage in a little more eisegesis. I'm no expert in the anatomy of the human eye and ear, nor of the Bible. But I've always viewed these healings different from some of the other healings that Jesus performed because they seemed to involve an extra step. When Jesus healed demoniacs, a paralytic, etc., he used prayer, touch or verbal command. I have always interpreted these "easy" or automatic healings as not requiring physical labor or Jesus' handiwork. The conditions the demoniacs and paralytics have seem the cause of injury or minor defect. However, when he healed this deafmute and this blind man, he seemed to exercise his creative power. It's almost as if these healings required Jesus to get his hands dirty, so to speak, due to a lack in the men's physical bodies, like being born without eardrums and retinas which Jesus had to fashion out of spit and mud. I haven't checked the passages, but there also seems to be an absence of prayer and verbal command in these healings. It makes me wonder if there's varying degrees of astonishment in some miracles, including the one involving the guard whose ear Peter chopped off. Would the healing seem less miraculous had Jesus spat on the dirt and crafted a completely new ear for him? Reattaching the mutilated ear instead of conjuring a new one from nothing, while miraculous, still seems less of a miracle.
It is true if you ever watch one of the JW propaganda movies they way they talk about Jehovah and what he expects out of you it will make stop liking G-d because just demands demands demands but if you replace His name with the name governing body or watchtower then you know where to place your discontent.
it means just what it says gods law never changed and never will. it also says when we are in heaven we still will be keeping the sabbath. so why wouldnit we keep it here on earth. the law thst was abolished was mosaic not God's law.
@kathiependergrass8258 --God's law was the Mosaic Law. The entire law code was from God. The inspired writer of Hebrews said that the Law code (not just the 10 commandments) was a shadow of the reality to come (Hebrews 10:2). The reality was Christ. Everything in the law was a foreshadowing of redemption made possible by his death.
All the rules that we must abide by are written in the new testament. Nine of the ten commandments are dealt with except the sabbath. There is no statement saying that those who do not observe the sabbath will not inherit the kingdom. In fact, if it was so important for christians it would most likely have shown up in 1 Cor. 6 : 9, 10. Strangely it was omitted.
well it shows we're paul and Jesus both preached on the sabbath day all thru the new testament . so if it wasn't something you were supposed to keep doing why did it continually to show to. also the greatest commandment was to love your God with all your heart and soul . if u do thst there will be know problem on keeping all of them. God's law don't change matthew 518 and 19 for truly I say 2 u until heaven passes not 1 jot or tittle shall no wise from the law until all is fulfilled. also isaiah 66 verse 23 teaches we will keep the sabbath in heaven.
I'm pretty sure God has a watch but wait a min will be with God so I'm sure he will know when it is. plus u have to get used to following God's commandment on sabbath and not the man's law and traditions. chapter March 7 vesrse8 neglecting commandments of God and keeping the tradition of man.
In my own personal understanding of Creation Day 7, God blessed it and made it holy because of His 6 day prior work of Creation. In Hebrew the word Sabbath (Hebrew- Shabbat) means "to rest". The word holy in Hebrew means "set aside or apart" or "not usual, uncommon". In my understanding the 7th day was created for rest from work, including home life duties, which all distract us from God. A day not common as the previous 6, it's set aside to be different and duty-free so that, not only can we devote that whole time to God and family and self, but it rejuvenates our bodies, hearts and minds. I don't see that Commandment as a law to go to church one day out of the week with other people and listen to "man" preach or teach God's Word. Jesus told us when we are His true followers, the Holy Spirit will give us all understanding of Scripture, not man, especially all who are self-ordained/man-ordained with a man signed certificate, many of which you can get online! Lol SMH Read the BIBLE! And pray continually for the Holy Spirit to guide you ❤️ 🙏 Every day we should worship God, not just one day.
leviticus chapter 23 verse 35 tell about coming together on sabbath to worship.convacation means to come together in worship. I still don't understand why people fight so hard to try to prove that the 1commandment God said 2 remember everyone seems to want to 4get and say it dont matter anymore but all the other commandments they keep.
@@kathiependergrass8258 have you read the whole chapter? That is the third book in the book of the Bible, also known as the Torah. Did you know your reference is speaking about sacrifices, and nothing to do with the seventh day of creation or the Sabbath, which is a rest day away from work?
I need to ask you about this. If we keep the other commandments why shouldn’t we keep the Sabbath (Saturday)? Jehovah sanctified it. The Catholic Church changed it to Sunday and this is one of the thing the reformers wanted to change back. It is not follow the Jews but it to follow Jehovah. Jesus followed it and I don’t think there’s anything in the New Testament where Jesus said not to do it. Please can you help me? I am not an Adventist and I’m looking for a place to go. I am looking because I think as the Bible says we need to get together to encourage one another and to worship and good works. Not for salvation but just to worship.. I’m confused. What prevents someone from partaking of the emblems? Why do jw’s call them cakes? thanks
Great points, thank you. (side point: The UN has created education day and at the core of their teaching is "noahide laws" which i believe that be the death of many in the future if not followed of course they are still weaving that web and other events would have to happen but i speculate topic will continue to be brought up as time continues.)
@exjwfromwyoming1275 --I wasn't aware of the Noahide Laws but in my next video I speculate on the possible future of the Organization as it confronts freedom of religion and freedom of choice laws in the various nations of Europe after the Norway debacle.
It amazes me how people continue to use (eisegesis) to interpret the Bible instead of (exegesis). Matthew 5 and the other scriptures used is not talking to us directly But those Commandments was for a specific group of people in the first century, in order that they can deal with Great Tribulation that was coming on Them and survive The great day of God the Almighty which happened in 70 ce / ad. Those Commandments are not for us directly in 2023 BUT if we apply the (principles) behind those Commandments we will do good for ourselves.
@@BeroeanPickets because they were specifically for the first fruits , those ones were in the first century we are not and cannot be the first fruits. When We use exegesis in Reading the scriptures notice at John 1: 12 &13. 12 To all who (did)( receive) him. Because (they) were believing in his name. 13 And (They) were born... It's good for us to live by the principles but the Commandments was for them. Context of scripture , exegetical interpretation and audience relevance are extremely important. These are things that we were never taught in the organization
@@borean5840 Another principle of exegesis which you overlook here is to read the immediate context. In the first chapter of his gospel, John is giving an historical account, so naturally everything will be in the past tense. However, it would require eisegetical thinking to draw the conclusion from that account alone that because he doesn't speak in the future tense, nothing said there can apply to us. For instance, he wrote: "by means of him WAS life, and the life WAS the light of all men." (vs. 4) Is life no longer possible? Has the light of the Word of God gone out? Verse 11-13 tells us: "He came to his own home, but his own people did not accept him. However, to all who did receive him, he gave authority to become God’s children, because they were exercising faith in his name. And they were born, not from blood or from a fleshly will or from man’s will, but from God.” (John 1:11-13) In that context, John 1:12 means that his own people, the Jews, received the authority to become God's children. If we apply your reasoning without looking for overall scriptural harmony (another facet of exegesis) we must conclude that only natural Jews of that time could become God's children and become born again. Yet a simple word search on "children of God" will show multiple references to the term being applied to gentiles who only came to know Jesus through the preaching of the early Christians after our Lord had ascended.
@@BeroeanPickets John 8:12. Then Jesus spoke again to (them) I am the light of the world whoever follows me Will by no means walk in Darkness (Darkness here represented the old Law Covenant) but will possess the light of life. (Light of Life) represents the New Covenant. Life comes from being a believer but we have to use exegesis an realize who he was specifically talking to
@@borean5840 You know, it isn't a sign of exegetical research to ignore the argument made by another and just plow ahead with your own interpretation, but be that as it may, you claim you're working by exegesis, so please, provide the bible proof that the "Darkness here represented the old law covenant". Also, John 8:12 doesn't speak of the "light of life." It speaks about Jesus who said in that verse "I am the light of the world." So, now you have two apparently eisegetical interpretations. Please provide Bible proof.
C'est toujours très instructif de vous écouter, cependant pénible de le faire via le traducteur de Google. La traduction est parfois surprenante et inattendue. Néanmoins, un grand et sincère merci pour tous vos efforts à vous et à ceux qui collaborent avec vous.
Can I ask if all thing s were created for his son and with him ...why did he have to sacrifice his life ?? .....I cant get my head around why the son. Had to suffer and die. For a people who dont really care about him and whom God destroys anyway later ....why not destroy the problem before yourself ? .......I just can accept that it all went wrong at what we believe is or was the first attempt at Jehovah's creating things for. And with his son .....and angels decided. To take him on ruin it all knowing they or it to was created ....if they were allowed to decive without being stoped then offcourse that influence will grow .....I'm trying to make sense of what I know and what I believe and what is true and what is not
@edwilliams170-- The issue is one of free will. To do things as you suggest would require God to create a bunch of robots to love him no matter what. In that case, they would not be made in his imagine and God would have failed to accomplish his purpose.
@@BeroeanPickets I. Understand that so as his son and he are one and the same which I understand them to be ...did his son sacrifice himself to take the place of what satan was to be and still have all things for him but he his time instead of just a son but as a god like figure a .... So he become a warrior a priest a son a savour a brother a friend a victim a human a sacrifice but to become a king who will not die but have eternal life and power like no other next to his heavenly father
Do you believe his son was asked to go or do you believe he went becueses he was the only son and not an angel therefore he was the only one who could have done w hat he did ... And why his son and not an angel ? Anyway I'm sure these don't matter but just wondering was there no other who could have come ?? But i suppose like you said choice to do what is right is the key given the fact you know what right and wrong is think I got what happend ....the control of th kind to mislead and have power over and the fight to re gain the power which was first in place ....
Peace to those present! I draw your attention to the author's statement that the difference between the law carved in stone and many other prescriptions approved by the Jews exists only in the imagination of some people. And also to the statement that none of the biblical authors ever made such a distinction. Of course, this is an incorrect statement, below is a link to biblical authors who make these distinctions: *"Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.* *So, has good become deadly to me? No way"* - _Romans 7: 12, 13._ We understand that what is considered holy, righteous and good in the eyes of God cannot cease to be so. In order to save everyone from hesitation on this score, Paul further himself says that the commandment to be righteous has not ceased. And in contrast, with regard to other prescriptions that can and do lose their significance and have already lost: *"Saying "new", he showed the oldness of the first; and that which decays and grows old is close to destruction"* - _Hebrews 8: 13._ -------------------------------------------------- That is, the difference was voiced by the apostles and prophets before them. And if someone says that the ten commandments have been canceled, then let him indicate which ones? Or let him hasten to prove that love can permit in some cases adultery, and in others greed... But someone will say - you are inattentive, because here we are talking about the fourth commandment about the Sabbath and it has been canceled and we have love. No - not cancelled. The Sabbath remains even now, for the children of God, every day is now the Sabbath, as it is included in the Sabbath, which the apostle writes about and which the author quotes in this video. ------------------------------------------------- Of course, those who observe today the allocated day - Saturday, do not understand its meaning, but even more mistaken is the one who preaches the abolition of the law, which, among other things, is also a guideline that helps to determine - what is this glorious love for the neighbor and his Creator, which is given such a sacred meaning to some, especially dreamers. If there had been "naked love", then the apostle would not have had to repeat to the congregations a thousand times what it is, listing the same commandments: *"Love consists in that we act according to His commandments. This is the commandment that you heard from the beginning, to act on it"* - _2 John 1: 6._ This is the denominator of the above. And if you understand _2 John 1: 6,_ as it is popular to understand that when it says *"we acted according to the commandments"* we are talking about the commandments only of love, then how would this text sound? *"Love is that we act in love ..."?* - perhaps simplified to the point of incomprehension ) Of course, we are talking not only about abstract love, but also about its tangible manifestation. You can, of course, conduct an endless debate on this subject, but you must admit that what is relevant has not been canceled. If the circumcision is irrelevant - yes, it is cancelled. If "honor your parents" is relevant, it has not been cancelled. And of course, the leitmotif - the right disposition of the spirit, which is love - has not been canceled, no one denies that we need to fulfill the commandment guided precisely by love for God and neighbor, and not dryly according to the letter of the law without spiritual participation. But this was actually required at all times and in the pre-Christian era as well. Tell me, friends, why, then, did the Creator carve the law on stone? And then, that he remains carved in stone today ...
One thing that you have failed to clarify in your comment is exactly how you believe Christians today are to keep the Sabbath? I ask because perhaps we are not so far apart on the subject as you might think.
@@BeroeanPickets , Thanks for the clarifying question. How should Christians celebrate the Sabbath? For Christians today, the Sabbath is the Sabbath, in simple words - each of our days is the Sabbath, to the glory of the Father: *"So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God"* - _Hebrews 4:9 (New American Standard Bible)_ The word translated as Sabbath in this scripture is: *"G4520: σαββατισμός"* That is, the fourth commandment is also not abolished, but expanded.
@@BeroeanPickets , Perhaps your question is that the fourth commandment meant that it was traditional not to work on the Sabbath? But was the purpose of the fourth commandment really to forbid earning a living? Obviously not, because although in the _book of Exodus, chapter 20_ a commentary is given on the fourth commandment about refraining from mortal deeds, an explanatory comment is also given - on what this abstinence is based: *"for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it"* - _Exodus 20: 11._ For although it is said that the Lord rested on the seventh day, at the same time it is said that He still thrives: *"Jesus said to them: My Father is working until now, and I am working"* - _from John 5: 17._ That is, we see that the sin of violating the Sabbath did not consist in labor on this day, but had as its goal the consecration of peace from the vanity of perishable things and meditation on incorruptible deeds. And if so, why were the Sabbath instructions given to Israel? For the reason that Israel on this day was freed from labor not for the sake of liberation from labor, but for the sake of attending sacred assemblies, reading scriptures and other things in this vein. And the fact that Jacob reduced the Sabbath day exclusively to the ritual side of the issue, Christ drew attention to this: *"He said to them: Which of you, having one sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, does not take it and pull it out? How much better is a man than a sheep! So, you can do good on the Sabbath"* - _Matthew 12: 11, 12._ Let us note here that the words that good deeds can be done on the Sabbath were uttered at a time when the observance of *"the whole law"* was not questioned by anyone. -------------------------------- So, Saturday remains, but we - modern Israel, do not need to limit our work schedule, since we are already in constant peace from selfish motives. In principle, if Israel itself was old - understood correctly the essence of the fourth commandment, then its observance in that distant pre-Christian era would have looked different. And we would not have to be imbued with contradictions that originate not in the law itself, which, according to the apostle, is perfect, but rather in its irrational interpretation. ---------------------------- I really hope that I was able to convey the main idea: if Israel showed an imbalance in keeping the Sabbath, this does not mean that we need to show an imbalance in not keeping it. Thank you.
Thank you Eric, for all you do! Love you man! You have a lot of good information! As you should be able to see below, there is error in some of your understanding...sin is the transgrssion of Yahweh's Covenant law, not the old book of the law, but the new Covenant law. Which is why John over emphasis, if you love Yahweh, you will keep his commandments... You are so wrong, in fact God Almighty Yahweh's law is the very definition of what sin is. For sin is the transgrssion of the law. To keep Yahweh 's law is to walk in Covenant with him., and in Covenant fidelity...while honoring Yahweh, the one we are supposed to be married to... We are no longer under the Book of the Law, the Hagar relationship. We now have the opportunity to enter into Covenant, "Sarah", type relationship. Of Which Covenant includes the relationship spelled out in Exodus 19:5 to 24:11 and also from Gen 1:1 to Exodus 24:11. The same Covenant relationship as our father Abraham, who kept all of Yahweh's Covenant laws, which are not the Levitical laws, or more specifically the Aaron's laws. When the Israelites broke the marriage Covenant with Yahweh, by making a golden calf, Yahweh was going to kill them all, and start over with Moses. So, we see, the israelites broke Yahweh's marriage Covenant, the ten 10 commandments within 40 days of receiving the Covenant...Yahweh was going to kill all israelites and start over with Moses, but Moses stood in the gap. At that point the israelites entered into the Hagar bond woman relationship, to save their lives, until Shiloh would come or the Messiah's reformation, which essentially frees us to enter into a Covenant relationship, "Sarah", type relationship again, which of course had Yahweh's commandments as it did before, restoring us to Covenant relationship with Yahweh, as it should have been, and was before the golden calf worship... Actually, it's so simple, Paul calls it the simplicity in Christ.
MATTHEW 16 ; JESUS MENTIONED COMMANDMENTS BUT SABBATH WASN'T MENTIONED FOR EVERLASTING LIFE; JESUS ALSO SAID I'M LORD OF THE SABBATH. JESUS TOLD US HOW TO LIVE .
th-cam.com/video/fOHSi-6et7A/w-d-xo.html Here is what one Christian who was led by God out of religious system told about her revelation about Sabbath. Father made her notice that commendment to honor the Sabbath is 4th out of 10. Do we still need to uphold the other 9? If so, why do away with 4? She continued that Law doesn't save us, which is why Jesus had to come and die for our sins. But just like Jesus asked us to partake in His Communion for what it symbolically represents, in the same way we are asked to partake of the Sabbath.
@@alcedo_kf These words were spoken to the Christians who observed the Sabbath. And we are talking here what is the Father revealing to His servants. And the one I quoted is far from the only one who got such a revelation.
@@alcedo_kf Yes, God is speaking to us and through the prophets as He did before. His Word is telling Joel 2:28: "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:"
@@alcedo_kf Me? I even don't know what she is teaching. You don't need to trust anyone. You have God's Word and Holy Spirit guiding you to ALL the truth. Always ask God is that is of Him. And yes, in those end times God sends His prophets, watchman and messengers to warn of His judgment and call people to repentance. And that video is one of those. She receives many words from the Lord and shares them, you may check and see.
@@alcedo_kf I was a Jehovah's Witness, now I'm a non denominational Christian. I was asking God (it was 2015, Ukraine, when we left the organization of Witnesses) what is He doing now and is it really end times. I was led to a video in TH-cam of the man reading the prophecy which stated that we live in end times and we need to repent in our sins and live holy lives. And many other things I learned - things that are in the Bible but are not taught by JW's, like accepting Jesus as your Lord, being born again, repentance and holiness.
Eric - time line 19: 40 As In the first episode you again dismiss the literal 24hour understanding of Genesis. Unlike the rest of your much appreciated information this is a opinion without biblical backing supplied. Again Please could you address this subject in a future broadcast.
I have provided bible backing in this video series for my dismissal of a literal 24-hour creative day. Since that isn't sufficient, perhaps this addition bible backing will help: If you are going to take each day as a literal 24 hour day then you need to take this “day” in the following scripture as 24 hours too, in which the 6 days are summed up as ONE day. “This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the DAY that the LORD God made them.” Genesis 2:4. If God wanted us to understand that he was speaking about literal 24- hour creative days, then so as to avoid confusion among his children, he would have stated the following: “This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the WEEK that the LORD God made them.” But he didn’t say that. A way for us to avoid being deceived, even by our own preconceptions, is to check out the Interlinear before drawing any conclusions. If you look for the meaning of the word day in Hebrew, it is Yom and does NOT only mean a 24-hour period. Notice all the meanings it can have in Strong’s Concordance, on Biblehub.com. Strong's Concordance yom: day Original Word: יוֹם Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: yom Phonetic Spelling: (yome) Definition: day NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin a prim. root Definition day NASB Translation afternoon* (1), age (8), age* (1), all (1), always* (14), amount* (2), battle (1), birthday* (1), Chronicles* (38), completely* (1), continually* (14), course* (1), daily (22), daily the days (1), day (1115), day of the days (1), day that the period (1), day's (6), day's every day (1), daylight* (1), days (635), days on the day (1), days to day (1), days you shall daily (1), days ago (1), days' (11), each (1), each day (4), entire (2), eternity (1), evening* (1), ever in your life* (1), every day (2), fate (1), first (5), forever* (11), forevermore* (1), full (5), full year (1), future* (1), holiday* (3), later* (2), length (1), life (12), life* (1), lifetime (2), lifetime* (1), live (1), long (2), long as i live (1), long* (11), midday* (1), now (5), older* (1), once (2), period (3), perpetually* (2), present (1), recently (1), reigns (1), ripe* (1), short-lived* (1), so long* (1), some time (1), survived* (2), time (45), time* (1), times* (2), today (172), today* (1), usual (1), very old* (1), when (10), when the days (1), whenever (1), while (3), whole (2), year (10), yearly (5), years (13), yesterday* (1). So the use of “day” in Genesis is a decision made by the particular translator of the Bible who will naturally carry his own doctrinal bias into his translation. If you accept that the Sabbath when God rested was a literal 24-hour day, then that means that God’s rest ended well over 6,000 years ago! Doesn’t it? It also means that there is no basis for Jesus to declare himself Lord of the Sabbath since that makes him the Lord of only one day out of SEVEN. Additionally, when God invites us to enter his Sabbath rest, we would be entering only a resting day of ONE 24-hour day out of seven. This doesn’t sound like much of a paradise to me. But on top of all this, the burden of proof lies with those demanding we accept each creative day as a literal 24-hour time period. I see no one providing that proof! All depend on a literal acceptance of one meaning for the word "day" disregarding not only that the original word in Hebrew had dozens of meanings, but also that even in English it does not only refer to a 24-hour time period.
@@BeroeanPickets Thank you Eric for your swift and lengthy reply. I am already aware of the different views regarding the use of the word translated ‘day’. We have a similar usage in English, and we rely on context to decide if we mean a period of time or 24hours. How long was Jesus in the grave or Jonah in the belly of the fish? Why does Genesis give, evening and morning, day number? If we assume this is helping a primitive peoples understand a complex issue what do we understand gardens, talking snakes strangle powerfully fruit trees. If we accept current scientific millions of years when did Adam come? They think death an disease ruled throughout this period etc etc Eric I’m happy to continue studying happy in my salvation in Christ. I’m sorry brother for me in this instance your explanations are not Biblically supported, it is an appeal to ‘reason’ and once down that rabbit hole you can make it all up.
Eric just in case you thought I disregarded your comments on the sabbath rest. Genesis 2:2 clearly states God rested from the WORKS he had been doing and unlike the other days there is no evening or morning designation and so however long his rest from creation was it does not limited the promise to 24 hours
@@dennisoleary7016 An appeal to reason is fundamental to understanding God, unless we assume that reason is a purely human capability and God has none.
I enjoy listening to your talks. Its very upbuilding. But I very confused, blood was mentioned. From what I understood and back in the late 90's and going into 2k's I did my own research. Isn't blood sacred. it's life giving force, something holy to Jehovah. How could anyone do that to themselves. You forgot to mention there are alterative measures people can take. I feel you need to look into this matter more fully. blood thinners . platelets and so on. just a food for thought.....
The blood issue God brought up and given to Noah the father of all living now is a mirror image of the dietary rule given Adam. You can eat from any tree but one. You can eat any thing but the blood. We still have have responsibilities to put our life on the line for certain things. All the Christian Romans had to do was put a pinch of incense before a statue of the emperor, instead they wouldn’t and they were thrown to the lions and sometimes with their whole families. Love for them would say just do it and save yourself and your whole family. But loving God more than family applied here. Not really associated with Jws but this early command stuck with me. Keep free from blood. I guess you could have smashed the forbidden tree fruit and inject into your body and tell Jehovah I didn’t eat it, but have a feeling that would not have gone over well.
from the start. wrong. you say "we do not have to keep the Sabbath. if you want to, then it is a personal decision". Is thou shalt not murder" a personal decision? is "thou shalt not commit adultery" a personal decision? People will go to great lengths to explain why we can ignore the 4th commandment.
Your human logic seems impeccable, yet it is human logic which fails to explain the Scriptures which tell us that we are not required to keep the Sabbath as the Jews did. So I can follow you, or follow God. Which would you advise to be the right course of action?
@@BeroeanPickets absolutely follow God. Here is the thing that most modern believers will not admit. The church is NOT a separate entity from Israel. (Acts 7:38) WE have to be grafted into Israel. (Mat 15:24) There are NO covenants for gentiles. (Rom 9:4) We MUST be grafted into Israel. The NEW covenant is for Israel. (Heb 8:8, Jer 31:31). The commandments ARE for us.
@@disciplemike1 By Israel, I assume you mean spiritual Israel, and not the physical nation of Israel over in the middle east, and by the commandments, I assume you mean the commandments of our Lord Jesus and not those from Moses? It must be that way, because otherwise, what you are saying is unsupported in Scripture. “Therefore, does the one who supplies you the spirit and performs powerful works among you do it because of your works of law or because of your faith in what you heard?” (Galatians 3:5) “Moreover, it is evident that by law no one is declared righteous with God, because “the righteous one will live by reason of faith.” Now the Law is not based on faith. Rather, “anyone who does these things will live by means of them.” Christ purchased us, releasing us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse instead of us, because it is written: “Accursed is every man hung upon a stake.”” (Galatians 3:11-13)
@@BeroeanPickets this is what happens when you let your (incorrect) interpretation of an epistle written by a MAN override what God said. It is craziness. You don't even know what you are reading. When Sha-ul (Paul) says "anyone who does these things (God's law) shall live by them", He is quoting from Leviticus. It is a positive thing, not negative. Your theology is FULL of contradictions if you say the commandments are not valid for believers.
Brother i am from India, my father is also excommunicated for a petty issue, glad i found your channel.
We all quit along with our Dad. Love to join your meeting.
I'm glad that you supported your Father. Leaving Watchtower will make you all happy.
I saw the word Malayalam on your website. I once ordered a Malalayam Bible, and gave it to a Malayalam co-worker. The accepted it, but really didn't know what to do with it.
Edit: That was before I woke up.
@@vintage6346where r u from, are you from india
@@vintage6346 very true.
Thanks for sharing that, and we look forward to knowing you at our meetings. The Schedule is posted here: beroeans.net/events/
Thank you so much for your content I find it so soothing to hear. I was studying with an elder in my congregation and had to cut him off since I started to do heavy research and studied carefully if all things he was teaching were true. Things he told me didn’t make sense or harmonize with the Bible and felt confusing causing me great despair since I love and respect Jehovah and my lord Jesus Christ. I felt shame and guilt to question what I thought was Gods organization. Since then I feel great relief to study on my own and put my faith to action in my everyday life. I do my best to follow the example left to us by our lord Jesus Christ. Thanks for all you do.
I finally bought the book I've been waiting for so long. what makes me very happy is that it is translated into german. I always watch your videos, but I don't understand everything because my English is not good enough for these profound topics. Thank you for your work and research. Finally, I just want to say that you are a wonderful person!
That is very kind of you to say. Thank you.
@@BeroeanPickets Eric. Have you heard about the protest that is going to take place in Washington DC on October 31st 2023? This protest against Watchtower has been approved and permitted. If you wish, send me your email address. Thanks
@@tammyg8031 Hi Tammy. No, I hadn't heard about it, but I would very much like to get details. My email is meleti.vivlon@gmail.com. Thank you!
@@BeroeanPickets You should have an email now
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Tammy, I wanted more infirmation, but using Google doesn't give much. There is only skerchy bits of information available. "Permits" have been obtained. But where can I verify that? People will just "show up". But I would want more assurances before helping get the word out. How can I see the "permit" paperwork?
Another well done. May Jehovah continue to bless you.
That point about the Watchtowers definition of " despicable fool" is good, I forgot about that. We were never given a break, being on the outside looking in now one can realize how much it was an (alleged) salvation by works religion. If you are missing on a Saturday, you could almost be guaranteed to have it mentioned by someone the next time you were at a meeting.
Thanks again and again for a refreshing view of biblical scripture Eric. Sounds right and feels right! All Best Wishes to you and those who take time to look and listen, and decide for themselves, AJ
Thanks Eric! Your YT messages are helpful to me.
So simple a child can follow it: "LOVE". For God Is Love!
Some like to muddy up the waters of various simple teachings such as love its self. they do this for the purpose of being the only one who can explain the solution there complicated teaching, when in reality they become the sole guardian of teaching, forcing all to grovel at there feet to fully to fully understand the meaning of the teaching, thus positioning themselves into a superior teaching position, especially as this relates to the dynamics of the group the person typically associates with on a regular basis!
Excellent vedeo! Thank you
Great Job Eric God Bless You
Jesus kept the 7th day Sabbath.
Loved this explanation on God's rest & entering it.
Hello Eric. Be blessed. You are RIGHT AGAIN!!! Carry on. Enjoying your video and material immensely. Many blessings from Jehovah and Christ. Amador, Kingdom Christian from sunny Puerto Rico.
"Who then is the lord of Monday" had me laughing pretty good
@MouseQueso-- Just love that you see the humor in that!
Thanks Eric for such clear understanding. 😊
Thank you brother to teach us the real truth about the bible.
The Hebrew Roots movement needs this
Fantastic it's always been love an it,, remember what Jesus said to the apostles when they tried to stop a stranger preaching,,and told him your not one of us, Jesus said to the apostles ,,,,look if anyone is not against us then they are with us .
I say carry on loving your father in heaven and try to do your best all we have is love and hope great video Eric Best wishes Phil UK England 👍
Thank you for the information and for your kind help 🥰💯
Awesome brother.
Love 🧡
Yes, true, good video, There remains a sabbath resting for The people of. God.
Hebrew 4 : 11.
Thank you Eric for the clarity
Great video and on point Eric. Loved what you said at 10:50. This is a very important point actually my favorite 🤩 Peace
Excellent job 🎉😊
Well Researched !! 🕵️📖. 🙂👌
Thanks , Brother man . . For taking the time to
Explain your findings , on This Subject ! 😉👍
Thank you brother.
I really appreciated the point you made about Jesus raising the bar on keeping the commandments. One could overwork his servants 6 days but let them rest the 7th. Your point that this would fulfill the letter of the law but not the spirit of the law was nicely made. I took away the importance of following Jesus’ teaching and always fulfill the commandments with love of God and our neighbor in mind.
In minute 8:50 when referring to Matthew 5:22, verify the NWT 2022 on the online library (Internet version), Matthew 5:22 has an "Overview of Matthew" which explains the word "despicable fool" as:
"You despicable fool: The Greek word for this expression sounded like a Hebrew term meaning “rebellious” or “mutinous.” It designates a person as morally worthless and an *apostate* . To *address* a fellow man in *this* *way* was tantamount to saying that he should receive a punishment fit for a rebel against God, that is, *everlasting* *destruction* ."
@jaimerivera8542 -- that is an excellent comment and shows another instance of hypocrisy in the Organization. Thank you for pointing that out.
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Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Jesus was the sabbath. If you notice too that in genesis every day ended with, and the evening and the morning was the first day..but at the creation of the seventh day there was no and the evening and the morning was the seventh day.....he left it open as if it was eternally forward, not just a mere day but more, eternal life. I kept the sabbath for about 10 or more years until I actually read it all for myself, but something that really conveced me was Paul never mentioned it as an obligation, the apostle to the gentiles never chastised or warn anyone over breaking the sabbath, he warned about every sin..adultery, false witnesses, idolatry, stealing, coveting...but not once did he warn the gentiles over sabbath breaking...when I noticed that I realized I had Bern taught wrong...thank you for another great video.
@jerryjamify - Thank you for that excellent and succinct line of reasoning. Very good!
Eric, your commentary of the Sabbath was spot on. A deep understanding of its true meaning, I was captive to every word throughout your presentation. I particularly got a kick of the comment on apostasy-- 'it had to be said'. Yes it did. 👍 I, like many others, are so proud of you and what you have accomplished, it's beyond words. In Jahs strength, keep it coming. Oh, by the way, your looking good up there. Your br. in christ.
@jameshughes135 - Thank you James! I really appreciate hearing all that.
Jesus said if you love him, you will keep his commandments.
@@statutesofthelord Now you have it. HIS commandments, not those of Moses.
@@BeroeanPickets Beroean, Jesus himself wrote the 10 Commandments in stone with his own finger. Have you really never read the whole Bible through yet?
@@statutesofthelord Ah, you're a trinitarian. So you are already starting out on a false premise.
"A bit off topic" I dare say the most important point you could make with this material as it involves the very lives of our brothers and sisters.
@bobpfohl6268 -- How's your health these days?
@@BeroeanPickets Not good, in the bones and traveling fast, only months left according to my Doctors.
I'm in Hospice now as a result!
thanks for asking!
on the plus side it has drawn me much closer to Jehovah and his Son and my efforts to take life seriously.
@@bobpfohl6268,
Hulda Clark's book The Cure for All Advanced Cancers is good. Her book The Cure for All Diseases is free online as PDF. Get away from isoprophyl alcohol and kill parasites with herbs.
@@vintage6346 THANK YOU
@@bobpfohl6268 “. . .Therefore, we do not give up, but even if the man we are outside is wasting away, certainly the man we are inside is being renewed from day to day. For though the tribulation is momentary and light, it works out for us a glory that is of more and more surpassing greatness and is everlasting; while we keep our eyes, not on the things seen, but on the things unseen. For the things seen are temporary, but the things unseen are everlasting.” (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)
If the Lord is merciful to you and to me, then we shall meet up on the other side.
“. . .Then he said: “Jesus, remember me when you get into your Kingdom.” And he said to him: “Truly I tell you today, you will be with me in Paradise.”” (Luke 23:42, 43)
I believe the NWT has misplaced the comma. What Jesus was saying was that from the viewpoint of the evildoer, before the day was out he would be in paradise. The gap between his death and his resurrection would be instantaneous from his point of view, which for all of us is the only point of view that really matters.
here are the scriptural references you asked for let your viewers read and chose after all it all comes down to choice Amen
Hebrews 10:16 Matthew 5:17-18 Genesis 2:1-3 Mark 2:27 Exodus 20:10 Exodus 20:11;31:17 Exodus 16:4,5 22-30 Exodus 20:1-17 Deuteronomy 4:12-13
also 10:1-5 Exodus 34:21 Ezekiel 20:12-13 and 20:20 Isaiah 58:13,14 Mark 2:23-28 Revelation 1:10 Revelation 14:12 Psalms 66:23 Here are some to look over so pleases read and pray that God gives you the light to see may God bless you and keep you Mr.B your friend and brother in Christ 🙏
The non Jew people, ( the gentiles) should reflect that God didn’t made covenants with us, the gentiles,both old and new. The gathering of gentiles is only through Jesus the Mesiah! John 10:16.
This question is somewhat irrelevant to the Sabbath but still related to something brought up in the video.
When Jesus cured disabled men of their disability, he used his saliva to do so. I know this will be considered eisegetical, but could it be argued that Jesus performed a blood transfusion-like procedure when he healed these men?
I've read that some ancient cultures considered blood and saliva to be brothers or that it's a sacred fluid. I've likewise read that saliva contains white blood cells that fight infection. Or that it also contains electrolytes that are found in blood plasma. Not to mention the claim I've heard all my life that dogs can heal cuts/wounds simply by licking them.
I've read some online sources which argue that Jesus' purpose was to make a point about doing good deeds on the Sabbath. But still I wonder why he specifically used saliva in a miraculous act of healing muteness and blindness.
I'm not sure if there's scriptural evidence stating that spit has healing properties or that it contains life similar to blood. I just think that the verses below could be used to argue against the prohibition of blood transfusion as saliva probably can be viewed like blood, and Jesus is portrayed as transfusing this fluid into another.
Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue with the saliva (Mk 7 : 33 NASB).
Taking the blind man by the hand, he brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying his hands on him, he asked him, "Do you see anything?" (Mk 8 : 23 NASB).
When he had said this, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and applied the clay to his eyes (Jn 9 : 6 NASB).
@bombastoid -- Jesus could have cured a man with a touch or even at a distance as he had done on previous occasions. Some speculate that the odd procedure of mixing his saliva with mud and putting it on the eyelids of the blind man was a test for the onlookers, for what he did amounted to work to them as the healing took place on the Sabbath day. Jesus was making a point of testing the hearts of those who observed this miracle.
@@BeroeanPickets Thanks for your reply.
I see what you mean and agree with you.
Allow me to engage in a little more eisegesis. I'm no expert in the anatomy of the human eye and ear, nor of the Bible. But I've always viewed these healings different from some of the other healings that Jesus performed because they seemed to involve an extra step.
When Jesus healed demoniacs, a paralytic, etc., he used prayer, touch or verbal command. I have always interpreted these "easy" or automatic healings as not requiring physical labor or Jesus' handiwork. The conditions the demoniacs and paralytics have seem the cause of injury or minor defect.
However, when he healed this deafmute and this blind man, he seemed to exercise his creative power. It's almost as if these healings required Jesus to get his hands dirty, so to speak, due to a lack in the men's physical bodies, like being born without eardrums and retinas which Jesus had to fashion out of spit and mud. I haven't checked the passages, but there also seems to be an absence of prayer and verbal command in these healings.
It makes me wonder if there's varying degrees of astonishment in some miracles, including the one involving the guard whose ear Peter chopped off. Would the healing seem less miraculous had Jesus spat on the dirt and crafted a completely new ear for him? Reattaching the mutilated ear instead of conjuring a new one from nothing, while miraculous, still seems less of a miracle.
It is true if you ever watch one of the JW propaganda movies they way they talk about Jehovah and what he expects out of you it will make stop liking G-d because just demands demands demands but if you replace His name with the name governing body or watchtower then you know where to place your discontent.
it means just what it says gods law never changed and never will. it also says when we are in heaven we still will be keeping the sabbath. so why wouldnit we keep it here on earth. the law thst was abolished was mosaic not God's law.
@That_70s_Bike - right on!
@kathiependergrass8258 --God's law was the Mosaic Law. The entire law code was from God. The inspired writer of Hebrews said that the Law code (not just the 10 commandments) was a shadow of the reality to come (Hebrews 10:2). The reality was Christ. Everything in the law was a foreshadowing of redemption made possible by his death.
All the rules that we must abide by are written in the new testament. Nine of the ten commandments are dealt with except the sabbath. There is no statement saying that those who do not observe the sabbath will not inherit the kingdom. In fact, if it was so important for christians it would most likely have shown up in 1 Cor. 6 : 9, 10. Strangely it was omitted.
well it shows we're paul and Jesus both preached on the sabbath day all thru the new testament . so if it wasn't something you were supposed to keep doing why did it continually to show to. also the greatest commandment was to love your God with all your heart and soul . if u do thst there will be know problem on keeping all of them. God's law don't change matthew 518 and 19 for truly I say 2 u until heaven passes not 1 jot or tittle shall no wise from the law until all is fulfilled. also isaiah 66 verse 23 teaches we will keep the sabbath in heaven.
I'm pretty sure God has a watch but wait a min will be with God so I'm sure he will know when it is. plus u have to get used to following God's commandment on sabbath and not the man's law and traditions. chapter March 7 vesrse8 neglecting commandments of God and keeping the tradition of man.
In my own personal understanding of Creation Day 7, God blessed it and made it holy because of His 6 day prior work of Creation. In Hebrew the word Sabbath (Hebrew- Shabbat) means "to rest". The word holy in Hebrew means "set aside or apart" or "not usual, uncommon".
In my understanding the 7th day was created for rest from work, including home life duties, which all distract us from God. A day not common as the previous 6, it's set aside to be different and duty-free so that, not only can we devote that whole time to God and family and self, but it rejuvenates our bodies, hearts and minds.
I don't see that Commandment as a law to go to church one day out of the week with other people and listen to "man" preach or teach God's Word. Jesus told us when we are His true followers, the Holy Spirit will give us all understanding of Scripture, not man, especially all who are self-ordained/man-ordained with a man signed certificate, many of which you can get online! Lol SMH
Read the BIBLE! And pray continually for the Holy Spirit to guide you ❤️ 🙏
Every day we should worship God, not just one day.
@followerofchrist8545 -- Agreed!
leviticus chapter 23 verse 35 tell about coming together on sabbath to worship.convacation means to come together in worship. I still don't understand why people fight so hard to try to prove that the 1commandment God said 2 remember everyone seems to want to 4get and say it dont matter anymore but all the other commandments they keep.
@@kathiependergrass8258 have you read the whole chapter? That is the third book in the book of the Bible, also known as the Torah. Did you know your reference is speaking about sacrifices, and nothing to do with the seventh day of creation or the Sabbath, which is a rest day away from work?
I need to ask you about this. If we keep the other commandments why shouldn’t we keep the Sabbath (Saturday)? Jehovah sanctified it. The Catholic Church changed it to Sunday and this is one of the thing the reformers wanted to change back. It is not follow the Jews but it to follow Jehovah. Jesus followed it and I don’t think there’s anything in the New Testament where Jesus said not to do it. Please can you help me? I am not an Adventist and I’m looking for a place to go. I am looking because I think as the Bible says we need to get together to encourage one another and to worship and good works. Not for salvation but just to worship.. I’m confused.
What prevents someone from partaking of the emblems? Why do jw’s call them cakes? thanks
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Great points, thank you. (side point: The UN has created education day and at the core of their teaching is "noahide laws" which i believe that be the death of many in the future if not followed of course they are still weaving that web and other events would have to happen but i speculate topic will continue to be brought up as time continues.)
@exjwfromwyoming1275 --I wasn't aware of the Noahide Laws but in my next video I speculate on the possible future of the Organization as it confronts freedom of religion and freedom of choice laws in the various nations of Europe after the Norway debacle.
@@BeroeanPicketsi think i know exjws that follow noahide laws. I don’t want to mention names. But it makes zero sense to me
It amazes me how people continue to use (eisegesis) to interpret the Bible instead of (exegesis). Matthew 5 and the other scriptures used is not talking to us directly But those Commandments was for a specific group of people in the first century, in order that they can deal with Great Tribulation that was coming on Them and survive The great day of God the Almighty which happened in 70 ce / ad. Those Commandments are not for us directly in 2023 BUT if we apply the (principles) behind those Commandments we will do good for ourselves.
Why do you say they are not for us? Are we not children of God? (John 1:12, 13)
@@BeroeanPickets because they were specifically for the first fruits , those ones were in the first century we are not and cannot be the first fruits. When We use exegesis in Reading the scriptures notice at John 1: 12 &13. 12 To all who (did)( receive) him. Because (they) were believing in his name. 13 And (They) were born... It's good for us to live by the principles but the Commandments was for them. Context of scripture , exegetical interpretation and audience relevance are extremely important. These are things that we were never taught in the organization
@@borean5840 Another principle of exegesis which you overlook here is to read the immediate context. In the first chapter of his gospel, John is giving an historical account, so naturally everything will be in the past tense. However, it would require eisegetical thinking to draw the conclusion from that account alone that because he doesn't speak in the future tense, nothing said there can apply to us. For instance, he wrote: "by means of him WAS life, and the life WAS the light of all men." (vs. 4) Is life no longer possible? Has the light of the Word of God gone out?
Verse 11-13 tells us: "He came to his own home, but his own people did not accept him. However, to all who did receive him, he gave authority to become God’s children, because they were exercising faith in his name. And they were born, not from blood or from a fleshly will or from man’s will, but from God.” (John 1:11-13)
In that context, John 1:12 means that his own people, the Jews, received the authority to become God's children. If we apply your reasoning without looking for overall scriptural harmony (another facet of exegesis) we must conclude that only natural Jews of that time could become God's children and become born again.
Yet a simple word search on "children of God" will show multiple references to the term being applied to gentiles who only came to know Jesus through the preaching of the early Christians after our Lord had ascended.
@@BeroeanPickets John 8:12. Then Jesus spoke again to (them) I am the light of the world whoever follows me Will by no means walk in Darkness (Darkness here represented the old Law Covenant) but will possess the light of life. (Light of Life) represents the New Covenant. Life comes from being a believer but we have to use exegesis an realize who he was specifically talking to
@@borean5840 You know, it isn't a sign of exegetical research to ignore the argument made by another and just plow ahead with your own interpretation, but be that as it may, you claim you're working by exegesis, so please, provide the bible proof that the "Darkness here represented the old law covenant". Also, John 8:12 doesn't speak of the "light of life." It speaks about Jesus who said in that verse "I am the light of the world." So, now you have two apparently eisegetical interpretations. Please provide Bible proof.
C'est toujours très instructif de vous écouter, cependant pénible de le faire via le traducteur de Google. La traduction est parfois surprenante et inattendue. Néanmoins, un grand et sincère merci pour tous vos efforts à vous et à ceux qui collaborent avec vous.
@rigoladejoyeuse2831 -Merci beaucoup pour vos aimables pensées. Je suis si heureux que vous ayez apprécié la vidéo.
Can I ask if all thing s were created for his son and with him ...why did he have to sacrifice his life ?? .....I cant get my head around why the son. Had to suffer and die. For a people who dont really care about him and whom God destroys anyway later ....why not destroy the problem before yourself ? .......I just can accept that it all went wrong at what we believe is or was the first attempt at Jehovah's creating things for. And with his son .....and angels decided. To take him on ruin it all knowing they or it to was created ....if they were allowed to decive without being stoped then offcourse that influence will grow .....I'm trying to make sense of what I know and what I believe and what is true and what is not
@edwilliams170-- The issue is one of free will. To do things as you suggest would require God to create a bunch of robots to love him no matter what. In that case, they would not be made in his imagine and God would have failed to accomplish his purpose.
@@BeroeanPickets I. Understand that so as his son and he are one and the same which I understand them to be ...did his son sacrifice himself to take the place of what satan was to be and still have all things for him but he his time instead of just a son but as a god like figure a .... So he become a warrior a priest a son a savour a brother a friend a victim a human a sacrifice but to become a king who will not die but have eternal life and power like no other next to his heavenly father
Do you believe his son was asked to go or do you believe he went becueses he was the only son and not an angel therefore he was the only one who could have done w hat he did ... And why his son and not an angel ? Anyway I'm sure these don't matter but just wondering was there no other who could have come ?? But i suppose like you said choice to do what is right is the key given the fact you know what right and wrong is think I got what happend ....the control of th kind to mislead and have power over and the fight to re gain the power which was first in place ....
Peace to those present! I draw your attention to the author's statement that the difference between the law carved in stone and many other prescriptions approved by the Jews exists only in the imagination of some people. And also to the statement that none of the biblical authors ever made such a distinction.
Of course, this is an incorrect statement, below is a link to biblical authors who make these distinctions:
*"Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.*
*So, has good become deadly to me? No way"* - _Romans 7: 12, 13._
We understand that what is considered holy, righteous and good in the eyes of God cannot cease to be so. In order to save everyone from hesitation on this score, Paul further himself says that the commandment to be righteous has not ceased.
And in contrast, with regard to other prescriptions that can and do lose their significance and have already lost:
*"Saying "new", he showed the oldness of the first; and that which decays and grows old is close to destruction"* - _Hebrews 8: 13._
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That is, the difference was voiced by the apostles and prophets before them. And if someone says that the ten commandments have been canceled, then let him indicate which ones? Or let him hasten to prove that love can permit in some cases adultery, and in others greed...
But someone will say - you are inattentive, because here we are talking about the fourth commandment about the Sabbath and it has been canceled and we have love. No - not cancelled. The Sabbath remains even now, for the children of God, every day is now the Sabbath, as it is included in the Sabbath, which the apostle writes about and which the author quotes in this video.
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Of course, those who observe today the allocated day - Saturday, do not understand its meaning, but even more mistaken is the one who preaches the abolition of the law, which, among other things, is also a guideline that helps to determine - what is this glorious love for the neighbor and his Creator, which is given such a sacred meaning to some, especially dreamers.
If there had been "naked love", then the apostle would not have had to repeat to the congregations a thousand times what it is, listing the same commandments:
*"Love consists in that we act according to His commandments. This is the commandment that you heard from the beginning, to act on it"* - _2 John 1: 6._ This is the denominator of the above.
And if you understand _2 John 1: 6,_ as it is popular to understand that when it says *"we acted according to the commandments"* we are talking about the commandments only of love, then how would this text sound? *"Love is that we act in love ..."?* - perhaps simplified to the point of incomprehension ) Of course, we are talking not only about abstract love, but also about its tangible manifestation.
You can, of course, conduct an endless debate on this subject, but you must admit that what is relevant has not been canceled. If the circumcision is irrelevant - yes, it is cancelled. If "honor your parents" is relevant, it has not been cancelled.
And of course, the leitmotif - the right disposition of the spirit, which is love - has not been canceled, no one denies that we need to fulfill the commandment guided precisely by love for God and neighbor, and not dryly according to the letter of the law without spiritual participation. But this was actually required at all times and in the pre-Christian era as well. Tell me, friends, why, then, did the Creator carve the law on stone? And then, that he remains carved in stone today ...
Brethren, may reason be with us!
One thing that you have failed to clarify in your comment is exactly how you believe Christians today are to keep the Sabbath? I ask because perhaps we are not so far apart on the subject as you might think.
@@BeroeanPickets , Thanks for the clarifying question.
How should Christians celebrate the Sabbath? For Christians today, the Sabbath is the Sabbath, in simple words - each of our days is the Sabbath, to the glory of the Father:
*"So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God"* - _Hebrews 4:9 (New American Standard Bible)_ The word translated as Sabbath in this scripture is: *"G4520: σαββατισμός"*
That is, the fourth commandment is also not abolished, but expanded.
@@BeroeanPickets , Perhaps your question is that the fourth commandment meant that it was traditional not to work on the Sabbath?
But was the purpose of the fourth commandment really to forbid earning a living? Obviously not, because although in the _book of Exodus, chapter 20_ a commentary is given on the fourth commandment about refraining from mortal deeds, an explanatory comment is also given - on what this abstinence is based:
*"for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it"* - _Exodus 20: 11._
For although it is said that the Lord rested on the seventh day, at the same time it is said that He still thrives:
*"Jesus said to them: My Father is working until now, and I am working"* - _from John 5: 17._
That is, we see that the sin of violating the Sabbath did not consist in labor on this day, but had as its goal the consecration of peace from the vanity of perishable things and meditation on incorruptible deeds.
And if so, why were the Sabbath instructions given to Israel?
For the reason that Israel on this day was freed from labor not for the sake of liberation from labor, but for the sake of attending sacred assemblies, reading scriptures and other things in this vein.
And the fact that Jacob reduced the Sabbath day exclusively to the ritual side of the issue, Christ drew attention to this:
*"He said to them: Which of you, having one sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, does not take it and pull it out?
How much better is a man than a sheep! So, you can do good on the Sabbath"* - _Matthew 12: 11, 12._
Let us note here that the words that good deeds can be done on the Sabbath were uttered at a time when the observance of *"the whole law"* was not questioned by anyone.
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So, Saturday remains, but we - modern Israel, do not need to limit our work schedule, since we are already in constant peace from selfish motives.
In principle, if Israel itself was old - understood correctly the essence of the fourth commandment, then its observance in that distant pre-Christian era would have looked different. And we would not have to be imbued with contradictions that originate not in the law itself, which, according to the apostle, is perfect, but rather in its irrational interpretation.
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I really hope that I was able to convey the main idea: if Israel showed an imbalance in keeping the Sabbath, this does not mean that we need to show an imbalance in not keeping it. Thank you.
Thank you Eric, for all you do! Love you man! You have a lot of good information! As you should be able to see below, there is error in some of your understanding...sin is the transgrssion of Yahweh's Covenant law, not the old book of the law, but the new Covenant law. Which is why John over emphasis, if you love Yahweh, you will keep his commandments...
You are so wrong, in fact God Almighty Yahweh's law is the very definition of what sin is. For sin is the transgrssion of the law. To keep Yahweh 's law is to walk in Covenant with him., and in Covenant fidelity...while honoring Yahweh, the one we are supposed to be married to...
We are no longer under the Book of the Law, the Hagar relationship. We now have the opportunity to enter into Covenant, "Sarah", type relationship. Of Which Covenant includes the relationship spelled out in Exodus 19:5 to 24:11 and also from Gen 1:1 to Exodus 24:11. The same Covenant relationship as our father Abraham, who kept all of Yahweh's Covenant laws, which are not the Levitical laws, or more specifically the Aaron's laws.
When the Israelites broke the marriage Covenant with Yahweh, by making a golden calf, Yahweh was going to kill them all, and start over with Moses. So, we see, the israelites broke Yahweh's marriage Covenant, the ten 10 commandments within 40 days of receiving the Covenant...Yahweh was going to kill all israelites and start over with Moses, but Moses stood in the gap. At that point the israelites entered into the Hagar bond woman relationship, to save their lives, until Shiloh would come or the Messiah's reformation, which essentially frees us to enter into a Covenant relationship, "Sarah", type relationship again, which of course had Yahweh's commandments as it did before, restoring us to Covenant relationship with Yahweh, as it should have been, and was before the golden calf worship...
Actually, it's so simple, Paul calls it the simplicity in Christ.
We are not called the Bride of Yahweh, but the Bride of Christ.
MATTHEW 16 ; JESUS MENTIONED COMMANDMENTS BUT SABBATH WASN'T MENTIONED FOR EVERLASTING LIFE; JESUS ALSO SAID I'M LORD OF THE SABBATH. JESUS TOLD US HOW TO LIVE .
th-cam.com/video/fOHSi-6et7A/w-d-xo.html
Here is what one Christian who was led by God out of religious system told about her revelation about Sabbath. Father made her notice that commendment to honor the Sabbath is 4th out of 10. Do we still need to uphold the other 9? If so, why do away with 4?
She continued that Law doesn't save us, which is why Jesus had to come and die for our sins. But just like Jesus asked us to partake in His Communion for what it symbolically represents, in the same way we are asked to partake of the Sabbath.
@@alcedo_kf These words were spoken to the Christians who observed the Sabbath.
And we are talking here what is the Father revealing to His servants. And the one I quoted is far from the only one who got such a revelation.
@@alcedo_kf Yes, God is speaking to us and through the prophets as He did before. His Word is telling Joel 2:28: "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:"
@@alcedo_kf Me? I even don't know what she is teaching. You don't need to trust anyone. You have God's Word and Holy Spirit guiding you to ALL the truth. Always ask God is that is of Him.
And yes, in those end times God sends His prophets, watchman and messengers to warn of His judgment and call people to repentance. And that video is one of those. She receives many words from the Lord and shares them, you may check and see.
@@alcedo_kf I was a Jehovah's Witness, now I'm a non denominational Christian. I was asking God (it was 2015, Ukraine, when we left the organization of Witnesses) what is He doing now and is it really end times. I was led to a video in TH-cam of the man reading the prophecy which stated that we live in end times and we need to repent in our sins and live holy lives. And many other things I learned - things that are in the Bible but are not taught by JW's, like accepting Jesus as your Lord, being born again, repentance and holiness.
@@alcedo_kf Another example of what I believe is true prophetic word from the Lord is this: th-cam.com/video/_kb86ng3iYQ/w-d-xo.html
Je comprends pourquoi les apôtres avant parler en langue pour qu'on comprenne la Parole de Dieu
Eric - time line 19: 40
As In the first episode you again dismiss the literal 24hour understanding of Genesis. Unlike the rest of your much appreciated information this is a opinion without biblical backing supplied.
Again Please could you address this subject in a future broadcast.
I have provided bible backing in this video series for my dismissal of a literal 24-hour creative day. Since that isn't sufficient, perhaps this addition bible backing will help:
If you are going to take each day as a literal 24 hour day then you need to take this “day” in the following scripture as 24 hours too, in which the 6 days are summed up as ONE day.
“This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the DAY that the LORD God made them.” Genesis 2:4.
If God wanted us to understand that he was speaking about literal 24- hour creative days, then so as to avoid confusion among his children, he would have stated the following:
“This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the WEEK that the LORD God made them.”
But he didn’t say that. A way for us to avoid being deceived, even by our own preconceptions, is to check out the Interlinear before drawing any conclusions.
If you look for the meaning of the word day in Hebrew, it is Yom and does NOT only mean a 24-hour period. Notice all the meanings it can have in Strong’s Concordance, on Biblehub.com.
Strong's Concordance
yom: day
Original Word: יוֹם
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: yom
Phonetic Spelling: (yome)
Definition: day
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
day
NASB Translation
afternoon* (1), age (8), age* (1), all (1), always* (14), amount* (2), battle (1), birthday* (1), Chronicles* (38), completely* (1), continually* (14), course* (1), daily (22), daily the days (1), day (1115), day of the days (1), day that the period (1), day's (6), day's every day (1), daylight* (1), days (635), days on the day (1), days to day (1), days you shall daily (1), days ago (1), days' (11), each (1), each day (4), entire (2), eternity (1), evening* (1), ever in your life* (1), every day (2), fate (1), first (5), forever* (11), forevermore* (1), full (5), full year (1), future* (1), holiday* (3), later* (2), length (1), life (12), life* (1), lifetime (2), lifetime* (1), live (1), long (2), long as i live (1), long* (11), midday* (1), now (5), older* (1), once (2), period (3), perpetually* (2), present (1), recently (1), reigns (1), ripe* (1), short-lived* (1), so long* (1), some time (1), survived* (2), time (45), time* (1), times* (2), today (172), today* (1), usual (1), very old* (1), when (10), when the days (1), whenever (1), while (3), whole (2), year (10), yearly (5), years (13), yesterday* (1).
So the use of “day” in Genesis is a decision made by the particular translator of the Bible who will naturally carry his own doctrinal bias into his translation. If you accept that the Sabbath when God rested was a literal 24-hour day, then that means that God’s rest ended well over 6,000 years ago! Doesn’t it?
It also means that there is no basis for Jesus to declare himself Lord of the Sabbath since that makes him the Lord of only one day out of SEVEN. Additionally, when God invites us to enter his Sabbath rest, we would be entering only a resting day of ONE 24-hour day out of seven. This doesn’t sound like much of a paradise to me.
But on top of all this, the burden of proof lies with those demanding we accept each creative day as a literal 24-hour time period. I see no one providing that proof! All depend on a literal acceptance of one meaning for the word "day" disregarding not only that the original word in Hebrew had dozens of meanings, but also that even in English it does not only refer to a 24-hour time period.
@@BeroeanPickets Thank you Eric for your swift and lengthy reply.
I am already aware of the different views regarding the use of the word translated ‘day’. We have a similar usage in English, and we rely on context to decide if we mean a period of time or 24hours.
How long was Jesus in the grave or Jonah in the belly of the fish?
Why does Genesis give, evening and morning, day number?
If we assume this is helping a primitive peoples understand a complex issue what do we understand gardens, talking snakes strangle powerfully fruit trees.
If we accept current scientific millions of years when did Adam come? They think death an disease ruled throughout this period etc etc
Eric I’m happy to continue studying happy in my salvation in Christ.
I’m sorry brother for me in this instance your explanations are not Biblically supported, it is an appeal to ‘reason’ and once down that rabbit hole you can make it all up.
Eric just in case you thought I disregarded your comments on the sabbath rest. Genesis 2:2 clearly states God rested from the WORKS he had been doing and unlike the other days there is no evening or morning designation and so however long his rest from creation was it does not limited the promise to 24 hours
@@BeroeanPickets nice Work
@@dennisoleary7016 An appeal to reason is fundamental to understanding God, unless we assume that reason is a purely human capability and God has none.
I enjoy listening to your talks. Its very upbuilding. But I very confused, blood was mentioned. From what I understood and back in the late 90's and going into 2k's I did my own research. Isn't blood sacred. it's life giving force, something holy to Jehovah. How could anyone do that to themselves. You forgot to mention there are alterative measures people can take. I feel you need to look into this matter more fully. blood thinners . platelets and so on. just a food for thought.....
The blood issue God brought up and given to Noah the father of all living now is a mirror image of the dietary rule given Adam. You can eat from any tree but one. You can eat any thing but the blood. We still have have responsibilities to put our life on the line for certain things. All the Christian Romans had to do was put a pinch of incense before a statue of the emperor, instead they wouldn’t and they were thrown to the lions and sometimes with their whole families. Love for them would say just do it and save yourself and your whole family. But loving God more than family applied here. Not really associated with Jws but this early command stuck with me. Keep free from blood. I guess you could have smashed the forbidden tree fruit and inject into your body and tell Jehovah I didn’t eat it, but have a feeling that would not have gone over well.
from the start. wrong. you say "we do not have to keep the Sabbath. if you want to, then it is a personal decision". Is thou shalt not murder" a personal decision? is "thou shalt not commit adultery" a personal decision? People will go to great lengths to explain why we can ignore the 4th commandment.
Your human logic seems impeccable, yet it is human logic which fails to explain the Scriptures which tell us that we are not required to keep the Sabbath as the Jews did. So I can follow you, or follow God. Which would you advise to be the right course of action?
@@BeroeanPickets absolutely follow God. Here is the thing that most modern believers will not admit. The church is NOT a separate entity from Israel. (Acts 7:38) WE have to be grafted into Israel. (Mat 15:24) There are NO covenants for gentiles. (Rom 9:4) We MUST be grafted into Israel. The NEW covenant is for Israel. (Heb 8:8, Jer 31:31). The commandments ARE for us.
@@disciplemike1 By Israel, I assume you mean spiritual Israel, and not the physical nation of Israel over in the middle east, and by the commandments, I assume you mean the commandments of our Lord Jesus and not those from Moses? It must be that way, because otherwise, what you are saying is unsupported in Scripture.
“Therefore, does the one who supplies you the spirit and performs powerful works among you do it because of your works of law or because of your faith in what you heard?” (Galatians 3:5)
“Moreover, it is evident that by law no one is declared righteous with God, because “the righteous one will live by reason of faith.” Now the Law is not based on faith. Rather, “anyone who does these things will live by means of them.” Christ purchased us, releasing us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse instead of us, because it is written: “Accursed is every man hung upon a stake.”” (Galatians 3:11-13)
@@BeroeanPickets this is what happens when you let your (incorrect) interpretation of an epistle written by a MAN override what God said. It is craziness. You don't even know what you are reading. When Sha-ul (Paul) says "anyone who does these things (God's law) shall live by them", He is quoting from Leviticus. It is a positive thing, not negative. Your theology is FULL of contradictions if you say the commandments are not valid for believers.
WRONG AGAIN we keep the law to be saved not to get saved
@joecabral7315-- Huh?? Can you please provide some scriptural references?
@@billyroland2758 no its we keep the law because we are saved not to be saved sorry God bless
@@billyroland2758 no the ten commandments thank you for asking God bless my friend
@@billyroland2758 The ten commandments were written by God him self
@@billyroland2758 yes that is right God bless also check out joes bible minute on u tube to learn more Gob bless