Chapter 1

Makar

The Exchange

A New Cast of Characters...

The Yahudim were the first to be offered the blessing of Yahuweh's favor - the opportunity to accept Yahushua's gift. This present was presented to Yisra'el during the Messiah's redemptive advent. Had they accepted Him, there would have been no need for a separate body of believers to be called-out as witnesses between His ascension and His return. But Yahweh knew His chosen people would reject Him and His offer, so He foretold this troubled future through His prophets. They presented the appearances of Suffering Servant and the reigning King side by side with a rather unpleasant account of Jewish behavior in between.

Studying the Yahudim as they fall in and out of favor with God is important for several reasons. These developments were prophetic when they were written, and we are about the task of unraveling the messages contained in predictive Scripture. They delineate the behavior that prompts Yahuweh to distance Himself from one group of people and approach others. And they explain the appearance of the Gentiles in what has been a Jewish drama.

The book of Hosea was focused on this divorce. By using the Northern Kingdom, called Ephraim, as an example, Hosea painted a prophetic picture of what will happen to America and the West because we are following their example. Yasha'yah covers the vicissitudes of Yahuweh's family life as well. One interesting discussion begins in the 63^rd chapter. Yahweh, having sacrificed Himself to redeem His people looks around and sees no one to save. Considering what it cost Him, God wasn't pleased. "I looked about and there were none to help or support. I was appalled (shamem - stunned that I was deserted, devastated by their desolation) that there were none to uphold, revive, and sustain (camak), therefore My sacrificial Lamb (zarow'a) of salvation (yasha') and support (camak) was displeased (chemah - indignant and angry). I will reject the family ('am - My kin, the tribes of Israel) in My anger and intoxicate them in My indignation, pouring out their life-blood upon the earth." (Yasha'yah/Isaiah 63:5-6)

This was tough medicine, but there was no other sensible alternative. Sometimes loving parents have to turn away and shut the door, hoping that exposure to the harsh realities of a hurtful world will help their wayward children to come to their senses and appreciate the value of family. While Yahuweh will open the door for any individual who honestly and humbly seeks Him, collectively Jews had become disingenuous and arrogant. Throughout this transition from Yahudim to Goyim, God will constantly remind us that deceit and pride irritate Him more than all other sins combined.

His frustration with His wayward children would endure more than two thousand years. Yasha'yah details Yahuweh's on and off, hot and cold, relationship with His fickle children. The prophet said: "I remember the kindness, goodness, and faithfulness (checed) of Yahuweh and sing praises of adoration and thanksgiving (tahilah) on the basis of ('al) all that Yahuweh has dealt out bountifully (gamal) upon us, and the great goodness toward the house (bayit - household and family) of Yisra'el, which through relationship ('asher) He has provided merciful recompense (gamal raham) according to the abundance of His grace. For He said hopefully, 'They are My family, sons who will not deal falsely (shaqar - be unfaithful and deceive),' so He has and will exist (hayah) as their Savior (yasha'). In all of their [Yisra'el's] affliction, He [Yahushua] was afflicted, as the representative (mal'ak - messenger) of His [Yahuweh's] presence (paniym), saving (yasha') them. In His love and mercy He redeemed them (ga'al), lifting them up (nasa'), carrying their burdens, and caring for them (natal), every day and forever. But they were contentious and rebellious (marah), grieving ('atsab - vexing and causing pain for) the Set-Apart Spirit. He [Yahuweh] was transformed (haphak - changed into) into their enemy ('ayab - foe) in open hostility to them (lacham)." (Yasha'yah/Isaiah 63:7-10)

This is a wonderful portrait of salvation by grace, of Yahushua, God's physical presence, redeeming us by being willing to be afflicted with our troubles.  It explains the personal and loving family relationship Yahweh desires with us, and the use of redemption and resurrection to achieve that end. Here we see the roles of Yahuweh, Yahshua, and the Set-Apart Spirit in the restoration process, and of the damage we do to ourselves when we grieve our Spiritual Mother, turning our Father from friend to foe.

Remembering what His people had forgotten, the prophet asks some very pointed rhetorical questions: "He recalled the days of old, of Moses and the family. Where ('ayeh - as a rhetorical question) is He who met with them, bringing them up out of (salaq) the sea, the Shepard with His flock? Where is He who placed the Set-Apart Spirit in their midst, the beautifully radiant and glorious (tiph'eret) sacrificial Lamb (zarow'a) who waked with them (halak), the right hand of Moshe dividing (baqa' - splitting and breaking open) the waters, performing ('asah) on account of (min) the presence (paniym) of the eternal ('owlam) name (shem)? He walked them through the depths of the abyss in the wilderness so they wouldn't stumble." (Yasha'yah/Isaiah 63:11-13) In examining the Exodus account earlier, we discovered that Yahushua parted the seas and safely led His people through and out of the depths of death.

While the Yahudim were stumbling, forgetful, disrespectful, and alone in the dark, Yasha'yah knew his God. "Doubtless, You are our Father. Though Abraham doesn't know us, and Yisra'el doesn't recognize Yahuweh, You are our Father, our Redeemer. Your name is everlasting." (Yasha'yah/Isaiah 63:16) "Father" says a great deal about Yahweh and what He wants. A father in a father-child relationship is available, approachable, conversant, desirous of being intimate, relaxed, loving, caring, protective, and supportive. Most fathers would willingly sacrifice their own lives to save their children. A father does not want to be worshiped or feared.

Continuing with rhetorical questions: "Yahuweh, why have we wandered away, staggering in our intoxication (ta'ah), erring from Your way (derek), hardening our hearts out of fear (yir'ah)? Return for the sake of Your servants..." (Yasha'yah/Isaiah 63:17)

One of Scriptures more vivid depictions of man's worth apart from God is found in the midst of this discussion. "We all exist (hayah) unclean (tame'). All of our justifications (tsadaqah) bear witness to ('edah) our deceitfulness and faithlessness (begged). Playing the fool, we wither (nabel) like a burnt leaf ('aleh), the spirit (ruach) of iniquity and perversity ('avon) carries us away (nasa')." So..."No one proclaims or summons (qara') Your name." (Yasha'yah/Isaiah 64:6-7)

The essence of religion is "justification." The Church justifies satanically inspired Sunday worship, Christmas and Easter. But in so doing, they "bear witness to their own deceitfulness and faithlessness." Pretending to be pious and wise, popes and priests are perverted fools carried away by the spirit of iniquity - better known as Satan. Of course, they are not alone. Adam Weishaupt conceived his socialistic New World Order based upon the same lie Muhammad used to establish Islam: the end justifies the means.

Yahuweh has made it His business to reveal Himself and His plan of salvation to mankind. When Yahudim stopped using His name and rejected His gift, God was compelled to find people who would. As a result, Yahweh opened the door of opportunity and Gentiles stumbled through: "I Am sought (darash) by those who did not inquire about (sh'al) Me. I Am found (matsa - discovered and experienced by) those who did not search for (baqash) Me. I said, 'Behold, Here I Am (hinneh hinneh)' to Gentiles (Gowyim) that were not called by (qara') My name (shem)." (Yasha'yah/Isaiah 65:1) The Hebrew name for Jew is Yahudi. They were literally called by Yahuweh's name. Gowyim/Gentiles were not. But that did not preclude us from being adopted. And once adopted, we call upon, and are called by, His name. We become Yahuweh's Yahudim.

Isaiah's passage was prophetic, so it went on to predict that Yahuweh's new relationship, His New Covenant, with the Gowyim would coincide with the rejection of the Old Covenant by the Yahudim. This would lead directly to the dispersion of the Jews - who, by the way, are no longer called by His name. There is no "Yah" in "Jew."

The prophetic proclamation that follows is as sad as any I have ever read. "I have spread out (paras) My open hands (yad) all day (kol yowm - throughout time) unto My rebellious and stubborn (sarar - obstinate and unwilling to change, defiant, dishonest, and unstable; felonious and evil ) family ('am - related people, specifically Yisra'el) who walk (halak) in a way (derek) that is not (lo) good (towb - right, agreeable or prosperous, healthy or sound), after ('achar) their own thoughts, plans, purposes, and inventions (machashabah - contrivances, creations, cunning schemes, musings, reasoning, thinking, designs, devices, and imagination). A family ('am - a group of related people) who constantly and continually (tamiyd) provoke Me (ka'ac - grieve and vex, anger, incense, displease, and distress Me) to my face (paniym - in My presence), who slaughter, offering sacrifices (zabach - killing living things as an act of worship to seek a deity's favor) in groves (ganah) and burn incense (muqtar) upon whitewashed bricks (lebanah)." (Yasha'yah/Isaiah 65:2-3)

In this passage Yahuweh explains why He reached out to the Gentiles and separated Himself from the Jews. A relationship requires mutuality. Justice is predicated on consequence. A witness is only as good as their testimony. While Yahweh's words are emotional, this is what underpins them. The Yahudim were held in His hands; Yahweh lived with them, He cared for them, He rewarded them, He empowered them, He revealed Himself to them, and He formed a family oriented covenant relationship with them. But they turned away. They rejected the relationship, were rebellious, and withdrew from the covenant. The Yahudim chose to follow the way of man, and engage in behavior that was not good. Their path was contrived, created out of their own imaginings. Today it's called the "oral law." Memorialized in the Babylonian Talmud, it represents the traditions of men, the thoughts, plans, and devices of men. Presented in the context of religion and in the name of God, such cunning schemes deceive, destroying the hope of relationship and the promise of salvation. Desolate, they lead countless captives to their death. Pursuing the favor of celestial deities, the Yahudim were unfaithful. As a consequence Yahweh invoked the terms of the covenant and dispersed the Jews out of His family and out of His land.

While the Jews would be exiled in the near term, and for the short term, into Babylonian captivity, that is not what the prophet was addressing here. This dispersion is for an entire age, one that coincides with the time of the Gentiles and their ekklesia/called-out assembly. Unlike the Babylonian captivity, this time there would be a new chosen people and an adopted family. And unlike the first exile, this time the Yahudim would be broken apart; they would be scattered and spread abroad.

The precision with which Yahuweh chooses His words inspires me - even when the words are heartbreaking. Machashabah is a foreboding and impressive example. Jews have always been at the center of ill-advised contrivances. Rabbinical Masters conveyed their agenda in the Talmud - turning Yahweh's relationship into the Jewish religion. They plotted against Yahweh, demanding the crucifixion of their Messiah, giving rise to Christendom. In that Muhammad's mother was from Yathrib, a town dominated by Yahudim, he was most likely a Jew on his mother's side. Allah's prophet created the most cunning and demonic deception ever perpetrated on humankind, using as his principle source, the oral traditions he bought from local rabbis. Adam Wieshaupt invented Communism, the poligion (the poisonous blend of politics and religion) of man. Karl Marx perfected it and Vadimir Lenin implemented the socialist, secular humanist scheme devoted to the rights of man. All were Jews. Even Hitler was Jewish, which is why his first aggressive act was to use the Austrian building which held his birth records as a target for his artillery. His National Socialism, like Weishaupt's Communism, was born out of Qabbalah, Jewish spiritualism.

Never have a people been more suicidal with their own machashabah - "thoughts, plans, purposes, inventions, contrivances, creations, cunning schemes, musings, reasoning, thinking, designs, devices, and imagination." For three thousand years Jews have been their own worst enemy: "sarar - a rebellious and stubborn, obstinate and defiant, dishonest and unstable, felonious and evil" people. While their own history indicts them, these are not my words but instead, they represent Yahuweh's conclusion.

Set yourself on Yahweh's throne for a moment. This compassionate and engaged Spirit loves Yahudim so much He was willing to become one of them, hang on a death stake for them, and yet they rejected His gift and snarled in His face. Worse, they went on to invent and promote the most lethal false doctrines in human history - including their own despicable religion. That grieved the Spirit who created and loved them more than anything else. They were unfaithful, divorcing their God and marrying Rahab Halal ben Shachar, the Serpent. It was to Satan that they were making sacrifices, making the Jewish witness corrupt and unusable.

Lebenah is symbolic of things Yahuweh despises. The term occurs in contexts like the tower of Babel, demonstrating the toil and futility of human effort. Mankind cannot work his or her way to God. We cannot earn His favor, bribe Him, or contribute in any way to our own salvation. Religious schemes which demonstrate otherwise are desolate, lifeless, and unforgivable deceptions.

Leben, the root of lebenah, is the Hebrew word for "making something white." Whitewashing the truth, creating a counterfeit that appears white, covering over Yahuweh's light with the illumination of man, is profoundly displeasing to God. It is Satan's favorite disguise. Masquerading as a messenger of light, the Devil builds his false religions right on top of Yahweh's relational prescriptions so that the serpent's schemes not only appear credible, but so that they also conceal the truth. It is why I despise Islam and Roman Catholicism and why Yahuweh calls them "the seat of Satan."

From the same root, lebana, is "the moon," an object of false worship and of reflected, rather than radiant light. The crescent moon is the symbol of Islam, modeled after the Babylonian moon god Sin. Lastly, Lebanon is the name of the nation whose poligious schemes and proud cedars are associated with the Antichrist and his demons, Satan in human garb. Lebanon represents the way of man.

Through a prophet named Yah-Has-Saved, Yasha'yah, Yahuweh explained that religious rituals don't work. Those who perform them are the walking dead. By sharing this, Isaiah is foreshadowing the "age of the Gentiles," better known, albeit incorrectly, as "the Church Age." Yahweh isn't about the business of replacing one religion with another; He doesn't want to substitute Christianity for Judaism. He is exposing and condemning all religion as the way of man. Yahweh is explaining why He is separating Himself from unfaithful Yahudim and adopting Gowyim into His family. There is but one God, Yahweh, one way to Him, Yahushua, and one purpose, relationship. He wants those simple truths revealed. The Jews were unwilling and became unusable. The Gentiles were willing and they were used. Although, as we shall soon see, we have not done a significantly better job. As a result, we are about to be replaced. The original cast of characters is being called home.

Still speaking to His unfaithful children, Yahuweh once again calls them the walking dead. "They dwell in (yashab - abide in, sit in, inhabit, and remain in) graves (qeber - sepulchers and tombs, the abode of the dead), lodging at night (luwn - passing the night) in secret, mysterious places (natsurim), devouring ('akal - consuming the destructive waste of) wild boar's (chaziyr - swine's, an unclean animal's) flesh (basar), a broth (maraq - a brew) of foul refuse and unclean abominations (pigguwl) in their vessels (kaliy - implements and apparatuses)." (Yasha'yah/Isaiah 65:4)

Confirming this thought, 700 years later Yahushua would say of journalists, academicians, political and religious leaders: "Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you are like whitewashed sepulchers which appear beautiful on the outside but inside are filled with dead bones and all uncleanliness." (Matthew 23:27) The vassals of revised perceptions are not only unclean, they pollute others. They are not only dead, they lead others to their death. That is why political and religious leaders seldom serve as Yahuweh's witnesses. By their whitewashing and hypocrisy they disqualify themselves.

Whitewashing is the worst form of "justification" because it prevails by covering over God's absolute truth, replacing it with one of man's justifiable counterfeits, a believable deception. Easter isn't evil only because the observance reenacts the seminal celebration of Satanism, where Mother Earth is impregnated by the Sun at the vernal equinox, or because it is always falls on the sungod's day, but because Easter covers over and plausibly replaces Passover, Unleavened Bread and FirstFruits - hiding redemptive truth.

The Babylonian religion was called "Mystery Babylon" because its rites and rituals were "kept secret." Many of the "secret societies" this whore has spawned emulate her mysteries and agenda, both in style and substance. The Illuminati, Freemasonry, and the Council on Foreign Relations are secret societies dedicated to a New World Order predicated on the rights of man. United with Communism, Islam, and Catholicism, they will come within a day of achieving Satan's mission, the elimination of life and choice. Through the poligious, societal, and financial schemes of men, our generation has been conditioned to willingly accept their dark and deadly poison and insufferable dominion. So complete has been the indoctrination, when someone exposes their conspiracy, the messenger is discounted as a fool by the fools the foolish have fooled.

Chaziyr (חֲזִיר), from Isaiah 65:4, could easily be confused with chaziyz (חֲזִיז) in Babylonian Hebrew. The latter is "the blinding light of a storm cloud." As such, the Jews were devouring Satan's deceptions and feeding upon his spirit.

Men's religious schemes are called "pigguwl/vessels of maraq/foul refuse;" they are the implements men use to spread their unclean abominations. It is why religion is the quickest, surest, most direct and permanent way to get thrown out of Yahuweh's family and home.

Incidentally, a diet of swine is deadly. Pork contains more parasites, worms, and toxins than any other meat. The pig's diet and their rapid metabolism render them unclean, as are most scavengers and shellfish. Yahuweh knew this and told us. Gentiles ignored His advice, and Jews turned "don't eat pork, scavengers, and shellfish because it isn't healthy food" into complex Kosher rules. Laughably, religious rabbis based their devotion to their oral law, in part on an argument that says: since their Kosher rules aren't detailed in Yahweh's Torah, an oral tradition was required to explain that which was not covered by God. Dunderheads: Yahweh didn't list Kosher rules because He thinks they are stupid, the schemes of clerics designed to control and fleece their brethren. All Yahweh said was that certain flesh was not good to eat, in the sense of them being unhealthy. Since He made us He ought to know what is good for us. That's why you shouldn't be surprised that, without exception, Yahweh's don't eat list is comprised of the disease, toxin, and parasite prone flesh. We know it now; He knew it then.

Those who promote misleading and ill-conceived human schemes: "say ('amar - think, command, and promise), 'Come not unto God (lo nagahs 'el), draw near and approach me, state your desires and make a sacrifice (qarab - come into my presence, enter into my company, and present an offering), for I am holier than thou (qadash - justified, sanctified, consecrated, hallowed, and holy).' These are those who incite ('el-leh - against God and are not God thereby precipitating) furious and angry smoke ('ashan), fires that burn ('esh) out of My nostrils each and every day (kol yowm)." (Yasha'yah/Isaiah 65:5) There is nothing that angers God more than men pretending to speak for Him. Those who act as if they are "holier than thou" are spiritually enveloped in 'ashan - "a cloud-mass of carbon and dust particulates floating together which are dense enough to be opaque to radiant light." It's like the black smoke that comes out of the Vatican chimney when cardinals burn the evidence of their votes cast for their new pope.

'El-leh is a compound word which means "the movement toward false gods." It begins with'el, which denotes many things, including "those" "against" "God," and "not" "God." 'El-leh concludes with a contraction of 'alah, meaning "unable and unfit, a curse which invokes Divine retribution." 'Alah is the "accursed," the one who has earned God's sanction for having broken the covenant." 'Alah is "to wail and shriek," to "utter a curse," and to "take an oath the binds." 'Alah is against God. 'Alah is Islam. 'Alah is Ba'al. 'Alah is Satan. 'Alah is religion and politics, especially as they are manifest in Rabbinical Judaism, Catholicism, and Communism.

In all of Scripture there may not be a more sobering thought. "Behold, it is written in My presence that I will neither be silenced nor remain inactive (chashah - be hushed nor still, taking no action). Indeed (kiy - burning and branding) I will repay them (shalam - require recompense and restitution). As a consequence ('im) I will take restitution from their midst." (Yasha'yah/Isaiah 65:6) Yahuweh is saying that He is going to require payment in kind, an equivalent penalty, an eye for an eye, a life for a life. Clerics and kings, Popes and Presidents, will suffer for every person they have condemned, for every life they have destroyed, for every soul they have damned. George W. Bush, for example, will be drenched in the blood of the tens of thousands who have died in his war to replace a secular dictatorship in Iraq with an Islamic government.

Yahushua said: "You are witnesses unto yourselves...you serpents, you who are born of poisonous snakes. How will you escape the damnation of Hades? I send prophets, wise men, and scribes and you murder and crucify them, scourging them in your assemblies, persecuting them in your cities. So upon you shall come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah whom you slew between the temple and the altar." (Matthew 23:31-35)

So that we wouldn't miss the message, God reconfirmed that there is a price to be paid for false teaching. "'Because of your perversity and depravity ('avon) and the consequence of the guilt ('avon) of your fathers,' Yahuweh Yachidiy'el [the unity of God] said, 'whoever through relationship ('asher) joins those who burn incense (muqatar) on the mountains and rebukes or disapproves of Me (harap - reproaches or discredits, speaking insulting words which harm) on hilltops of illicit worship (gib'ah) against Me ('al), I will evaluate their lifeless words and measure out (madad/midbar) their former (ri'shown) deeds to their hollow bosom (howq).'" (Yasha'yah/Isaiah 65:7)

There is a better choice. Yahushua is the "new wine" of the new covenant. His blessed gift nurtures a restored relationship that grows out of the vine that is Yisra'el. "Thus says Yahuweh, 'A new wine (tiyrowsh) is found (matsa' - detected in, encountered, and recognized) in the cluster of grapes ('eshkowl - fruit of the vine), saying "Don't destroy it (shachath - corrupt or ruin it, letting it rot) for there is a blessed gift (barakah - a present of prosperity and peace) in it," so therefore (ken - this is honest, true and verifiable), I will work ('asah - perform and produce) for the sake of (ma'an) My servants ('ebed) and will not destroy them all.'" (Yasha'yah/Isaiah 65:8)

The reason was to deliver salvation and usher in the age of the Gentile ekklesia/calling-out, an assembly based upon Yahuwdah's heir, the Chosen One, the Tabernacle of God on earth. "I will bring forth the seed (zera' - descendant) of Ya'aqob, out of (min) Yahuwdah (Judah) My heir (yarash) the Chosen One (bachiyr) who will inherit My Mount. My Servant will tabernacle there." (Yasha'yah/Isaiah 65:9) A new set of characters were cast in Yahuweh's story. The Jews were whisked off center stage, replaced by the Gentile Ekklesia. Seven centuries before the first Christian tread upon the earth, Isaiah had been inspired to announce our eventuality and opportunity.

Yasha'yah said as much in his introduction to the Messiah in the 9^th chapter, introducing the Renewed Covenant and the role the Messiah and Gentiles would play in it. "There will be no more darkness and abandonment for those who experienced oppression. On previous occasions He [Yahuweh] receded, disdainfully humbling the land of Zabuwluwn and Naphtali, holding them of little account. But later, in a subsequent time I will make them significant and worthy by the way of the Sea of Galilee, by passing over the Jordon of Gentiles. A family walking in darkness and obscurity shall see a great light. Those who reside in the land of the shadow of death shall see the light shine on them. The Gentiles shall increase in authority, becoming many, growing in gladness and joy, happy as a result of being lifted up, rejoicing in freedom and gladness in His presence, taking great pleasure at the harvest as men celebrate their favored circumstance when they apportion gain."

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given, eternally bestowed, delivered up, and allowed to pay. Supreme authority shall always exist on His shoulders for Him to carry our burdens away. His name has been, is, and will be called-out, summoned, and read aloud: Wonderful Councilor, Almighty God, Eternal Father, Patron of Redemption. Of the exceeding greatness and magnitude of His favor and restoration, friendship and reward, and His supreme authority and power, nothing will ever end throughout all space-time. He shall rule upon the throne of David and over His realm, rendering it sure and prosperous and will restore and renew it with vindication leading to justification and salvation from this time forth and forevermore. The passion of Yahuweh will perform this as 'Yshayah'el [God Existing As Man]." (Yasha'yah/Isaiah 9:1-3, 6-7)

Yasha'yah said the same thing once again in the 42^nd chapter. "Behold, My Servant whom I support (tamak - grasp hold of, making a physical attachment to so as to empower and uphold), My Chosen One (bachir - selected based upon a special relationship and affection) in whom My soul (nepesh) is pleased (ratsah - is satisfied, approves, and delights; finds acceptable; the favored one who makes acceptable, pardons, restores, and reconciles)! I have bestowed (nathan - given, applied, and assigned; set apart and distributed) My Spirit (ruach) upon Him. He will go out and bring forth (yatsa') a just verdict (mishpat - justice, a formal decree and privilege; a plan and a prescription) to the Gentiles (Gowyim)." (Isaiah 42:1) The torch is being passed, an exchange is being made. This Jewish drama is becoming a Gentile performance.

Still speaking of the Messiah, and to the Gentile Ekklesia/Called-Out Assembly, God says: "I, Yahuweh, have called you vindicated (tsadaq - justifying you and delivering you, redeeming and saving you), firmly grasping your hand and restoring your strength (hazaq yad). I have watched over and preserved (natsar - guarded and protected) the Gentiles (Gowyim), giving you the gift of (nathan) light ('owr), a relationship, covenant, and marriage (beriyth) into the family ('am)." (Isaiah 42:6)

In this context Yahweh explains the blessing of vindication and provides an important admonition: He will "Open blind eyes, releasing those who are bound and abandoned (masagar - caged in, enclosed in dungeons; from sagar, meaning forsaken), dwelling in (yashab - living in) dark (choshek - obscure and lightless) houses of imprisonment (kele' - restraint and religion)." (Isaiah 42:7) Since "restrain and bind" comprise the root meaning of "religion," synagogues, cathedrals and churches become "the dark houses which imprison." Yahuweh's light shining brightly from our lives is the key to liberating those who have been bound and blinded by such institutions.

Yasha'yah's prophetic portrait of the Messiah continues to be vivid and bold; "I Am Yahuweh. That is My name. My glorious presence, manifestation of power, inner nature, splendor, significance, reward, riches, respect, reverence, and reputation (kabowd) I will not entrust (nathan - deliver up, yield to) another, so do not praise, pray to, or sing to, adore, ascribe attributes to, or give thanks to graven images (paciyl - carved idols of worship)." (Isaiah 42:8)

With this the prophet transitions to the Renewed Covenant: "Behold, look and see (hinneh), the first, former, and foremost (ri'sown - pertaining to a series of things evolving in space and time, from first to last) have come to pass (bow' - have arrived and happened, been fulfilled) and I am announcing (nagad - declaring, reporting, publishing, and providing a messenger to confess) a renewed, restored, repaired, and reaffirmed condition (chadash). Before they/I spring up and make it happen, I share this with you. Sing to Yahuweh a renewed and restored song of praise to the extremity of the earth... Let them shout for joy from the tops of the mountains. Let them give the glory to Yahuweh." (Isaiah 42:9-12)

Jeremiah also spoke of the Renewed Covenant, saying that it would be born out of the house of Yisra'el, by way of Yahuwdah. "Behold, the day is coming (bow' - will arrive and will happen, will be included in association with others, and will be pursued for the purpose of a harvest) declares Yahuweh that I will make (karat ­ - cut) a Renewed (chadash - repaired and restored) Covenant (beriyth - relationship, alliance based upon friendship, agreement between parties, marriage) with the household (bayith - home or family) of Yisra'el (those who have power with, strive and persist with God) and with the family of Yahuwdah (from yadah and Yah, those who thank, praise, and confess the name of Yahuweh)." (Jeremiah 31:31)

In this case, and at this time, the Household of Yisra'el was the Goyim Assembly. As a nation, Yisra'el would be completely destroyed and renamed by the Romans upon the initiation of the Renewed Covenant. It would remain that way for nearly 2,000 years. Gowyim, not Jews, were now striving with God, empowered as they were by His Spirit. As further evidence, the authors of the Renewed Covenant were hunted down and murdered by Jews for "Yahuwdah" - confessing Yahuweh's and Yahushua's names.

Continuing to speak of the Renewed Covenant, Jeremiah was inspired to give the restored relationship a new name: the 'Yshayah'el Beriyth - "God existing as man so that man can exist with God." He revealed: "This 'Yshayah'el Covenant (beriyth) which I will make (karat - cut by way of circumcision) with the family (bayith - household and home) of Yisra'el in those days declares Yahuweh, I will put (nathan - give, set, commit, entrust, deliver, assign, and bestow in a healthy and enduring fashion) My instructions (torah - directions and prescriptions) inside them (qereb - in their midst and inner parts so they can approach, come near and draw close), engraving them (kathab - in writing, inscribing, and describing by recording them) in their hearts. I will exist as (hayah) their God and they shall exist as (hayah) My family." (Jeremiah 31:33) The principal trademark of the New Covenant is the universal embodiment of the Spirit of Truth within us.

The 'Yshayah'el Beriyth means: "They shall all yada'/know Yahuweh...for I will forgive (calach - pardon them, release them from punishment; remove the guilt associated with their wrongdoing) their iniquity (chatta'ah - sin, violation of the standard) forever, no longer (halo' 'owd) remembering (zakar - calling to mind, recalling, recording or mentioning) their sin." (Jeremiah 31:34) That is the second hallmark of the New Covenant, redemption, unlike atonement, is forever.

The Gentile Ekklesia, without the benefit of a miraculous national identity like that bestowed upon the Yahudim, and without prophets to call our own, were adopted by the Elohiym of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. To witness the predicted birth of this remarkable turn of fortune unfold, let's return to Deuteronomy.

Moses opens the 32^nd chapter speaking about the nourishing effect of Scripture: "Listen heavens and I will speak. Hear O Land ('erets - earth) the words of My mouth. My teachings and insights (leqach - revelations, instructions, and words) fall like drops of rain. My Word ('imrah) descends and distils like the dew." (Deuteronomy 32:1-2)

Had Moses lived during the reign of the Rabbinical Masters, they would have murdered him for this: "I proclaim (qara - call out, pronounce, preach, and publish) the name (shem - honor, authority, and character) of Yahuweh." How is it that Rabbinical Masters have found 613 laws in Yahuweh's Torah prescriptions to impose on their brethren but missed this bit of advice? And by whose authority is it that clerics are empowered to copyedit God and change His name as the JPS, KJV, NKJV, NASB, and NIV have done with this verse?

The great liberator and law giver urges the Yahudim to heed the intent of the Fifth Commandment and follow his example: "Ascribe great magnificence (godel - enormous magnitude and majesty) to our God ('elohiym)." That's hard to do when you don't know who He is, and even harder when you refer to Him by the Adversary's title.

Roman Catholics have built an institution of men based on the deception that the apostle Peter was the "Rock" rather than the Redeemer, Yahushua. Moses begs to differ. According to the Torah, the Rock is God. "The Rock's (tsur - the protective stone, the enclosure which is fashioned) works (poa'l - creations, deeds, and acquisitions) are perfect and complete (tamiym - whole, sound, healthful, and unimpaired, rendering innocent and right). Indeed, all His Ways (derek) are just (mishpat - planned, fitting, measured, and proper; verdicts pronounced judiciously), a God ('el - Mighty One) who is faithful, trustworthy, and steadfast ('emuwnah  - honest, dependable, and secure), without dishonesty, fault, or error (evel). He is upright (yashar) and just (tsaddiyq - manifesting justification and vindication)." (Deuteronomy 32:4)

While it's far less important in light of the number of people popes have deceived into believing that that Peter was the Rock, that Peter was a Pope, and that current Popes somehow sit in Peter's alleged seat, God has communicated something that is worthy of our attention. The Almighty has chosen to limit His choices. He cannot be capricious. He cannot be unreliable. He cannot lie. He cannot be unfair. He cannot deceive. He is committed to upholding what He has revealed without exception. If God has said it, man cannot change it.

Moses wasn't being unkind when he told the Yisra'elites that they had become corrupt or that they would be expelled from Yahweh's family. They had, after all, exchanged their relationship with God for and association with Ba'al. "They have corrupted (shachath - marred and spoiled, injured and decayed, perverted and ruined, cast themselves off and destroyed) themselves. They are no longer His children because of their blemishes, defects, and imperfections (mum - verbal abuse, slanderous words, shame and guilt)." (Deuteronomy 32:5) Worshiping the sungod, Satan, by molding a golden bull statue in the desert after having been rescued and preserved by Yahuweh was somewhat less than prefect behavior.

There are three important lessons here for the Gentile Ekklesia. First, to be part of God's family we have to be perfect, unblemished and pure. And since none of us are without fault, we all require a redeemer. In that light, shachath/corrupted, is a revealing term. It means "to change from good to bad in morals, manners, and thoughts, to be degraded by unsound principles." 'Adam/man was created perfect and he enjoyed a perfect personal relationship with Yahuweh. But bad choices based upon unsound principles have degraded us, just as Satan's deceptions corrupted 'Adam. Most everyone has been seriously and fatally injured by unsound political, religious, societal, and academic principles. The ways of man have caused men and women to descend from good to bad. To reverse this process, to be restored to what we once were, to be repaired to what we were created to be - in relationship with Yahweh - we need to be vindicated. We need a savior to make us right again.

Second, our slanderous words betray us. When we ascribe satanic rituals like Sunday worship, Christmas, Easter, and prayerful devotion to Mary, to God, we have slandered Him. When we verbally abuse God by replacing Yahuweh with "Lord" and Yahushua with "Jesus," we are guilty of a crime against God, and thus imperfect, expelling ourselves from His family.

Third, according to this verse, Pope John-Paul II, the man masquerading as the "Holy Father," was wholly errant when he established "the dignity of man" as the principal theme of his papacy. Not only does God say otherwise, the dignity of man is the foundation of the Illuminati, secular humanism, socialism, and the new world order.

Moses explains that Yahuweh has a low tolerance for false doctrines, or for that matter, any perversion of His truth. God is prejudiced when it comes to guile, willful stupidity, and ignorance because they separate us from Him. "They are a twisted and perverse ('iqesh - warped, distorted, false, and perverted), deviant and crafty (patlatol), generation (dowr)." (Deuteronomy 32:5) What was said of them, must be said of us because we are more corrupt than they.

'Iqesh describes the process and the result of being deceived by the ways of men. Twisted and perverse notions warp and distort our thinking leaving us perverted. Politicized clerics seldom invent their schemes out of nothing, but instead convolute the truth, twisting and warping it to suit their agenda. Satan and Nimrod, Constantine and Muhammad, Weishaupt and Hitler were master counterfeiters.

Pataltol is defined identically to 'iqesh by Strong's, despite the fact that pataltol's root is wholly dissimilar. So perhaps we can differentiate pataltol by considering the words which share its root. Patal is to be "hostile, causing strife and opposition." As such it defines Satan's nature and ambition. Patal also describes Satan's style: "shrewd, wily, sly, and cunning, known for subtlety and beguiling schemes." That may be why peten follows pataltol in Hebrew dictionaries. Peten is the "serpent, the poisonous snake associated with Satan and his political and religious stooges. When we investigate the root of pataltol we also discover that it, like religion, means "to bind." Pataltol conveniently completes the picture by adding the effect of religion: "to torture."

With insights that are as germane for us today as they were when they were inspired, Moses says: "This is how (zoh) they repay (gamal - deal and treat, recompense) Yahuweh, O senseless (nabal - foolish, stupid) and ignorant (lo chakam - unknowing and unwise) people." (Deuteronomy 32:6) The Jews caused Yahweh to cast them aside because they were ungrateful. They foolishly substituted the serpent for their Savior. And they were easily beguiled by Satan's schemes, becoming his prey, because they were ignorant. So ignorance isn't bliss; it's deadly.

When we stupidly follow blind guides into churches on Sunday and senselessly sing our praises to the Ba'al/Lord known as 'Adoni/Adonis, we are repaying Yahweh's favor by substituting the serpent for the Savior. Since God has told us that He expelled the Yahudim for this offense, and has told us that He is consistent in His application of justice, what does this say about our fate?

Yahuweh is judgmental when it comes to corruption, the twisting of His message, but He is also judgmental of ignorance. They lead to the same place.

Yahweh's views are not in harmony with the inclusive, albeit irrational, myths of the secular humanists and post-modernist "thinkers" of our day. While the world may applaud them as intellectual, Yahweh says their ideas are "stupid."

Moses asked the Yisra'elites: "Is He not the Father who redeemed you (qanah - acquired you by making a payment), performing to establish and support you?"

Over the course of the next seven verses, Moses recounts the blessings Yahweh provided His people and articulates the nature of their special place in His heart. But then there was another "but," a consequence. The Yahudim would reject Yahshua, became gross and would therefore be trampled down. They smote God, despised Him, and dishonored Him, requiring Yahweh to adopt Gentiles into His family.

English renderings of the following verse are universally senseless. Since I don't think God is foolish, this is what I think He wanted us to know: "When the Most High ('elyowm) gave an inheritance (nahal) to the Gentiles (gowy), when He separated the sons of 'Adam, standing them upright (natsab) within the boundaries (gebulah - borders) of the family ('am - related group of followers who are alive), He numbered them (micpar - counting them as in relation to) with the children (ben) of Yisra'el (those who endure and strive with and are empowered by God). For indeed (kiy), Yahuweh's territory (cheleq) is His family ('am). Ya'aqob is a part (chebel - share) of His great inheritance (nachalah)." (Deuteronomy 32:8-9)

Yahuweh had it planned all along. He came to redeem everyone, not just Jews. Gentiles have an inheritance too. We are called to become upright, separated unto God. We are invited to live within the confines of territory which is His family. We are given the opportunity to be numbered with the children of Yisra'el - to live and endure with God, to be empowered by God. This is the message of the Renewed Covenant. The ekklesia, the people who are called-out, become Set-Apart. We become Yisra'el and adopted Yahudim. We become heirs to His inheritance: eternal life in His home.

The "great inheritance" is redemption leading to great abundance and life with God. The source is Yahushua, Ya'aqob's heir by whom all mankind was blessed. "He [Yahuweh] encountered and possessed (matsa') Him [Ya'aqob and Yahushua] in a desolate place (midbar 'erets - in a world of lifeless words), in the howling (yalal) formless confusion of nothingness (tohuw), the lonely, lifeless waste of a desolate age (yashiymown), surrounding and enveloping Him, keeping and maintaining Him (nasar) in the center of His sight ('isown 'iownah - pupil of His eye)." (Deuteronomy 32:10) If Yahuweh were only talking about Ya'aqob, using tohuw and yashiymown would be over the top. Tohuw is the word God used in Genesis 1:2, speaking of the time before any material thing existed.

In the midst of this treatise on Yahshua redeeming Gentiles, Yahweh introduces another creation account term, rachaph, this time in a metaphor. "As an eagle arouses and stirs ('ur - awakens and raises) her nest, cleansing, purifying, hovering over and protecting it (rachaph) on behalf of ('al - above and together with) her young, spreading out her wings like a garment covering them (paras kanap), receiving and keeping them (laqah - grasping and acquiring them, instructing and carrying them), lifting them up and carrying them away (nasa') upon her wings ('ebrah), so Yahuweh alone, separated from others (badad), led the Way (nahah - provided the spiritually correct path). And there was no foreign or false (nekar) god ('el) working or associating with ('im) Him." (Deuteronomy 32:11-12)

The eagle is depicted as a mother bird and we are her children. In this metaphor, Yahuweh's Ruach/Spirit is our Mother and we are Her offspring. She is not only the source of new life, but also our purification and protection, hovering over us forever, keeping us pure and safe. Yahweh's Maternal Spirit gives us life, washes us, feeds us, nurtures us, clothes us, comforts us, protects us, instructs us, empowers us, and in the end, carries us away on Her wings. The Spirit's maternal attributes provide the connection between Father and Son, making Yahushua 'Yshayal'el.

Yahshua used a similar metaphor: "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets and stone those who are sent (apostello) to you. Many times I have wanted to gather your children together the way a bird (ornis) gathers his chicks (nossiom - young family) together in one place beside him (episunago) under his wings, but you were unwilling. So behold, your house (oikos - tabernacle) is left lifeless and alone (eremos - desolate and lonely)." (Matthew 23:37-38) Ornis/bird is a masculine noun, befitting Yahshua, and thus not a "hen" as claimed in the KJV.

This comparison between the gender of these birds is intriguing in another way. While the Hebrew ruach/spirit is decidedly feminine, the Greek pneuma/spirit is gender neutral. I think the reason is that Yahushua wanted us to equate the Pneuma/Spirit with Himself and with the Father. While the Spirit's roles are still all maternal in the Renewed Covenant, a gender neutral noun more accurately represented the unity of God.

Returning to Moses' sermon, we discover that the Yahudim were acting as we are acting, serving as an example for us. This next verse encapsulates the worst choice Yahudim would ever make. It is the most vexing prophecy they ever fulfilled. And they can't say they weren't warned. Yahuweh had Moses commit these predictions to parchment twelve hundred years before Jews played them out in ignorance. Moses even gave them the Messiah's name. "Yasharuwn (from yashar, meaning upright; a proper name symbolic of Yisra'el when the people were enjoying a relationship with God) grew fat, gorged with food and gross, forsaking (natash - rejecting and abandoning) God ('elowha). They stubbornly made ('asah) fools of themselves, rejecting (nabel - lightly esteeming, seeing as unworthy, foolishly feeling contempt for) and kicking (ba'at) the Rock, Yashuw'ah (their Savior)." (Deuteronomy 32:15)

Living in times of plenty, we have a tendency to become rather full of ourselves. Self-reliant and self-absorbed, we become grotesque. Rather than walking with God, we wander away. Rather than relying on God, we kick Him.

Beyond the wealthy, politicized rabbis of Yahshua's day, whose example was condemned in Matthew 23, there is another exemplar of growing fat and becoming gross, of being foolish, forsaking and kicking God. It is also found in a reference to "the Rock, Yahushua." The Roman Catholic Church twisted Yahuweh's Word to serve the interests of their ostentatious human institution. Beguiling people into believing that a man named Shim'own Petros was the "Rock" upon which the "Church" would be built, they became grotesquely foolish.

The Savior for whom the Rock was named, asked His disciples the most important question ever posed: "Who do you say (lego - affirm and maintain, advise and teach) I Am (eimi - I exist and am present as)?" To which, a disciple named for the astuteness of his revelation, responded: "Simon (a transliteration of the Hebrew name Shim'own, meaning to listen, understand, discern, regard, and proclaim) Petros (a masculine proper name meaning pebble or stone) gave the answer, 'The Messiah, the Son of the living God.'" (Matthew 16:15-16)

Affirming this live-saving truth, "Yahushua said (lego), 'Blessed (makarios - a poetic term denoting transcendent happiness in a life beyond labor and death) are you Shim'own (the one who listens, understands, discerns, regards, and proclaims), son of (bar) Yonah (from yownah, meaning the dove; the name of a Yahudi sent to Nineveh, Assyria whose life and book serve as a prophetic metaphor for Yahushua saving Gentiles), because flesh and blood did not make this manifest (apokalupto - disclose by baring), but My Father who is in Heaven." (Matthew 16:17) As is usually true with Scripture, every name and nuance was carefully chosen, revealing subtle and profound truths.

What follows is important. Petros/Peter isn't the petra/bedrock. The recognition that "Yahushua is the Messiah, the Son of the living God," is the foundation upon which the ekklesia/called-out assembly would be restored and established. Beyond the evidence sprinkled throughout the Tanach, identifying the Rock with Yahshua, "Petros" was a man and every reference to "petra/bedrock" is feminine.

"Indeed (de), I (kago) say (logos) concerning this (hoti - as a marker of equivalence for identifying and explaining this) to you (soi), you (su) are (ei) Petros (a masculine proper noun meaning pebble or stone), and (kai) upon/by/in/with (epi - "upon" when used with things that are at rest, "by" when used in relationship to people, "with" when used in connection with authority, and "in" used in reference to an observation) this one (taute - singular feminine demonstrative pronoun) Rock (petra - bedrock, a feminine noun; a large stone which projects itself) I shall build by edifying, promoting, and restoring (oikodomeo - rebuild and establish, strengthen and enable, instruct and improve) My (mou) called-out gathering (ekklesia)." (Matthew 16:18)

English translations all leave "hoti/concerning this" out of their renderings of Yahshua's answer. Had it been included, no rational person would have thought that Petros, rather than his answer, was the foundation of the ekklesia. The source of edification and restoration is the Savior, not his flawed and imperfect disciple.

Moses would tell us that the Yahudim, like the Catholics after them, violated the Second Commandment. God does not want to share reverence or respect with idols, institutions, or the ideas of men. "They have provoked Him to jealousy (qana' - frustrated His desire for an exclusive relationship), becoming strangers (zuwr - going astray, alienated and deserted). Their disgusting abominations (tow'ebah - confused, repulsive, and abhorrent lies) have provoked His wrath (ka'ac - indignation and anger)." (Deuteronomy 32:16)

The verb qana' expresses a very strong emotion, demonstrating God's zeal, His impassioned eagerness to pursue and cultivate a relationship with His creation. Within the context of marriage and family, this could be expressed as jealousy, whereby Yahuweh is vigilant in guarding those He loves and intolerant of rivals and unfaithfulness. Yahweh uses qana' in the Second Commandment, putting us on notice as to how serious He is in this regard. God is provoked to jealousy when a billion Catholics bow down before images of Mary and carved crucifixes. God is provoked when a billion Muslims prostrate themselves facing the dark Spirit of Satan as He is manifest in the Ka'aba's Black Stone. But there is far more to this than idolatrous worship. Yahweh has used qana'/jealousy in the context of human schemes, the twisting and convoluting of the beriyth/relationship into the abomination of religion, alienating the Creator from His creation.

God has presented Himself as a bird who wants to hover over, nurture, and protect His children. He has told us that He is the bedrock of our salvation, that He has redeemed us at a great price so that He can freely share His great abundance with us, calling us His children and His heirs. Yet we have chosen to become strangers, revering the ways of man instead. So zealous is Yahweh for our love, so passionate and caring is He regarding His family, He calls those who wreak it through their words and deeds "disgusting abominations, abhorrent confused liars." Tow'ebah is the most offensive term in the Hebrew language.

Man's tow'ebah/abominations lead to and earn God's ka'ac/wrath. Ka'ac is defined as "indignation," which is "anger aroused by someone doing or saying something that is unworthy, unjust, and mean-spirited." Ka'ac is "vexation" which means that tow'ebah, disgusting abominations caused by revolting confused liars, "irritate" God, and that is something we should strive to avoid. And that is the lesson here. God has identified as abominable behaviors which confuse and deceive, leading people away from Him and to false gods. It matters not if the rival suitor is man or beast.

Interestingly, murder isn't an abomination but lifeless preaching is. The sexual sins of incest, pedophilia, adultery and homosexuality are abominations, because they corrupt the nature of the loving family relationship Yahuweh desires with us, demonstrating a spirit of unfaithfulness. Cheating in business is an abomination because God's business is the redemption of man, and He doesn't want man cheated out of his prize. Religion, especially those based upon the foolishness of Mystery Babylon, are abominations because they lead mankind away from the Creator and into the depths of the creation.

By using Jewish behavior as an example, God has forewarned the Gentiles. Becoming fat, satiated, and self-reliant is grotesque, undermining the foundation upon which the covenant is built. Kicking Yahushua separates us from God. It is an abomination that irritates Yahweh to the point of wrath.

Scholars would have us believe that the Old Covenant is preoccupied with a vengeful God and His never-ending wrath. But that simply isn't true. While tow'ebah/abomination appears 117 times in the Tanach as a warning to us, so that we won't provoke Yahweh, ka'ac/wrath, appears in only 54 verses. By comparison, the opposite of God's wrath, yasha'/salvation, tsadaq/vindication, chesed/mercy, and ga'al/redemption, are presented in 1,385 verses (450, 525, 295, & 115 occurrences respectively) - a ratio of twenty-five to one. While God is fixated on salvation, not wrath, man seems focused on irritating God.

Yahuweh did not simply shift gears, moving aimlessly from Yahudim to Gowyim. He let Jews know precisely why they would be passed by. "They offered sacrifices to (zabach - slaughtered and killed for) demonic spirits (shed - devils who oppose, oppress, spoil, and destroy; demons who devastate and desolate), not to God ('elowah). They have drawn close to (qarowb - forming an intimate relationship with) gods ('elohiym) they don't know, coming to be included with (bow') those recently conceived (hadas), which their fathers ('ab) did not (lo) respect or regard (sa'ar)." (Deuteronomy 32:17) The literal meaning of sa'ar is: "to be swept away and destroyed by a tempestuous and horrible wind storm which terrorizes."

Whether Yahweh was speaking of Islam in which a new god - Allah - was conceived in the image of the Devil, or of Communism, in which devilish men elevated man above God, there was no mistaking God's abhorrence of man's alliance with demons.

The tempestuous, horrible wind storm which sweeps away and destroys is Satan, the prince of demons. Those deceived by Rabbinical Judaism, like Catholics and Communists, Muslims and Fascists, Secular Humanists and Socialists, are all lost in a swirl of lies, swept away and destroyed by a malevolent, demonic spirit.

Self-reliance is a problem because God wants us to rely on Him. When we focus on material things and revere human social, political, and religious institutions, we devalue God and His gift. We cease to care about the reason we exist. "They neglected and forgot (shayah - did not respond to and were deprived of) the Rock (tsuwr) who begat them (yalad - caused them to be born and grow as children). You have ignored and ceased to care about (shakach - become stubborn, crippled, and fat; headstrong, self-willed and difficult to be around in relation to) the God ('el) who gave you birth."  (Deuteronomy 32:18) It's really this simple. We are alive because Yahuweh made us. We were created for the purpose of establishing a loving, familial, relationship with Him. When we ignore, or worse deny, this fundamental truth, we are cut off from the only source of life and we die.

Yahweh has warned us: treat Him as if He doesn't exist, and we will not exist. Reject His gift of life, and He will reject us. "Yahuweh saw this and spurned them (na'ats - rejected them with distain, seeing them as being beneath His dignity and abstaining from them, refusing them), because of (min) the provocation (ka'ac - vexation, anger, and grief) of their sons and daughters." (Deuteronomy 32:19) Forget gratitude and relationship for a moment. The problem with provoking God is that there is only one of Him, and without Him there is nothing. To be rejected by God is to die and stay that way.

False doctrines, false prophets, false gods and false religions do more than damn the perpetrators. They inflict temporal and eternal, physical and spiritual, pain on their victims. That is why Yahuweh is so intolerant of them. That is why God is anti-religious.

The hell Jews have endured over the past 2,700 years hasn't been Devine wrath, but instead Devine apathy. Yahuweh turned His attention away from them. Indifferent towards Jews as a result of their attitude, Yahweh's blessings and protection ceased. The chosen people were confident they could fend for themselves, so God has let them. The same is true today of the self-reliant church. "He said, 'I will hide (cathar - conceal, making unknown) My presence (paniym - face and person) from them and see (ra'ah - observe) what (mah) their end ('acharit - future) shall be. For they are an upside down and turned around (tahpukah - perverse, irrational, and blusterous procession of confused hallucinations operating on false perceptions as a) generation (dowr - circle) of children in whom there is no faithfulness or trust ('emuwn - fidelity, truth, reliability, or trustworthiness)." (Deuteronomy 32:20)

You can't fault God for being coy, for not telling it like it is, or would be. The Yahudim became perverse liars without faith, trust, or hope. They abandoned their foundation and suffered the consequences.

Tahpukah, based upon haphak, identifies the core issue associated with Communism, Catholicism, Secular Humanism, Socialism, and Islam. Man is confused. We are dizzy and disoriented, turned around and upside down. Our priorities and our perspectives are perverse. According to Webster, "perverse" is "to be turned away from what is good, to be incorrect, to act in a manner that is contrary to the evidence, and to be obstinate in opposing that which is right and reasonable." Perverse, like this verse, isn't about behavior but instead about errant and irrational thinking, or to use Yahuweh's words: "grotesque foolishness."

I have done over 1,500 hours of live talk radio interviews all across America these past two years. My experience confirms Yahweh's prophetic observation. Very few people are informed, possessing an adequate foundation of historic and contemporary, social and scientific, scriptural and philosophical knowledge to form sound conclusions. Devoid of sufficient evidence they routinely spout errant opinions as if they were thoughtful. Worse, most American's seem unable to reason, preferring instead to rationalize. As a nation we see a foggy world as we want it to be, not as it clearly is. The purposeful deceptions of the societal, political, religious, academic, and media shepherds have produced a generation of sheep who are disoriented, upside down and turned around.

The lesson here is central to scripture. Those who have turned away from God, whether it be out of ignorance, deception, or arrogance will find that God has turned away from them. If you make light of God, diminishing Him, God will make light of you, diminishing you. Ignore God and He will ignore you. It's all about choice. And unfortunately, man's are often, if not usually, wrong.

The last time we came upon qana'/jealousy, Moses used it in the context of being included within the family as apposed to being strangers, going on to say that abhorrent lies made God mad. This time Moses has upped the ante, saying that upon further review, Yahweh is no longer jealous, in the sense of wanting to mend and maintain the relationship, but just mad. "They (hem) have not (lo) motivated God to desire an exclusive relationship with them (qana' 'el - not provoked God to jealousy). They have provoked His wrath (ka'ac - indignation and anger) with their vanity (hebel - vapor and breath, thus insignificant existence, words, and soul)." (Deuteronomy 32:21) Our arrogant attitude is not endearing. Our foolishness is repulsive.

"Vain" is an interesting word with many meanings. Webster defines "vain" as: "having no real value, to be idle and worthless." Vain is "to be futile, ineffective, unsuccessful, and useless, unable to achieve a result." Vain is "foolish and silly." Vain is also "conceit: undue and excessive pride in one's appearance, achievements, or value."

Hebel/vanity is thus perfect in this discussion of the futility, foolishness, and conceit of man. It is unwarranted pride and ineffectual self-reliance, the sins which led Satan, and all who follow him, to their demise. Hebel/vanity does not, however, fit within the context of the Third Commandment which is why Yahuweh used shav'/lifeless desolation in reference to the unforgivable sin. The hebel/vain (futile, foolish, and conceited) Yahudim will be restored. Those who promote shav'/desolation will not be.

Slow learners, it would take the chosen people 3,000  years to learn this lesson. The prophetic implications of what follows are horrific. When it comes to abandonment and deception, especially perversions of His Scripture and satanically inspired false religions, Yahuweh isn't to be trifled with. "So I will motivate them to desire an exclusive relationship (qana) with those who are not family (lo 'am). I will provoke them to grieving and vexation (ka'ac - anger, indignation, and wrath) with the foolish and senseless (nabal - fallen and languishing) Gentiles (Gowy)." (Deuteronomy 32:21)

Yes, Yahuweh just said that, as a whole, Gentiles are foolish and senseless, no wiser than Jews. Most Gentiles are outside the family of Yahweh, caught up in all manner of political and religious schemes. As such, we have provoked Jews to grieving, in a world that remains grotesquely anti-Semitic. This is especially true of the descendants of Ishmael - today's Muslims. They epitomize these words. And the terror they perpetrate against Israel has moved Jews to anger and wrath.

My favorite country is Israel. My favorite people are Jews. But that does not mean that I'm going to color Yahuweh's revelation to suit my preferences. God has made it clear that Jews have squandered their blessings and rejected salvation. And for that, there has been and will be a price to pay. So rather than have them suffer and perish for naught, Yahweh has elected to present their plight as an example of what not to do. Unfortunately, Gentiles are no better, especially those who call themselves "Christians." The "religion of Christianity" was designed to replace Judaism, systematically removing Scripture's Yahudim foundations, names, feasts, lessons and terminology.

Relationship isn't a game to God; life isn't something He takes lightly. "For a fire (esh - burning) has been kindled (qadach - inflamed) invoking My ire that shall burn (yaqad - and be kept burning) unto ('ad) the lowest depths (tachtiy) of She'owl (the realm of the dead and place of questioning). It shall devour (akal - consume) the land ('erets - earth) and her harvest (yabuwl - fruit and productivity; household possessions), inflaming (lahat - scorching and burning) the foundations (mowcad) of the mountains (har)." (Deuteronomy 32:22)

By using yabuwl/harvest in connection with She'owl, "the realm where the dead are questioned," Yahuweh is telling us that the "burnt harvest" isn't about "fruit." Yahweh is talking about the souls of men and where they will go. In the case of unfaithful Yahudim, they shall be "consumed" in the sense of "being burnt up." The "flames" in this case represent "judgment" in the "place of questioning." The result of which will be "desolation and destruction." And that is why 'akal means: "to devour, to consume, to burn up, to slay, and to destroy." 'Akal conveys the sense of "being consumed by being eaten away." It is a "state of destruction where life ceases to exist." It is the consequence of rejecting Yahuweh and kicking Yahushua.

Interesting, yabuwl/harvest, and yowbel/ram's horn or trumpet, are both based upon the same root: yabal, which means "to cause the transport of an object from one place to another." This would be significant in any context but it is preeminently important in the context of invoking Yahuweh's wrath, leading to abandonment in the depths of She'owl. The harvest of souls Yahushua facilitated by way of His Yowbel Passover sacrifice enables God to "transport" our souls from this temporal realm to eternity.

The descriptive title of the third Miqra', FirstFruits Harvest, begins with re'siyt, the first word in Scripture, meaning "first, beginning, best, highest, first-fruits, and first-born." The title concludes with qasiyr, meaning "harvest and reaping." The name "Feast of Trumpets," is derived from taruw'ah, which means to "signal by shouting, sounding, or blowing." It can be a "shout of joy announcing a victory," or the "cry of distress signaling destruction." Since the primary implement for communicating good and bad news was a trumpet comprised of a ram's horn, the Miqra' became known as Trumpets.

In this context we should not be surprised that Taruw'ah is the only Miqra'/Meeting where the offering is unspecified. The reason is that Trumpets signals Yahuweh's harvest of souls. It is a special Sabbath, or day of rest for the people, because God is the only one working. He is the lone, single, and solitary Reaper of souls.

All of these things are related and they are tied to our salvation: the taruw'ah/signal, of the yabuwl/harvest, made possible on the yowbel/ram's horn Jubilee, yabal/transports our souls from one place to another.

The use of "mountains" in this verse can mean a variety of things. The sungod religion of Lord/Ba'al was practiced upon har/mountaintops where the sun's rays first touched and last left the earth. In this context, Yahweh is saying that those who associate themselves with the Babylonian religotic will find themselves associating with Satan in She'owl.

Har/mountain is also associated with Yahuweh, His Tabernacle, and Passover because all of these were established on Mount Morriah. As such, Yahweh is saying that by inflaming Him, Jews have burnt the foundation of lone bridge to salvation.

Har/mountain is symbolic of "raising up," and thus the harvest of souls. By kindling God's wrath, many Yahudim will descend into the depths of She'owl rather than be lifted up to Heaven.

Lastly, har/mountain is often used as a symbol for religious and political power. For example, in Jeremiah 51:25, Yahuweh says that He is against "Babylon" because their poligion is "a destroying mountain." In that this chapter is dedicated to Yahweh's transition from Yahudim to Gowyim, an exchange predicated upon Jews arrogantly relying upon the foolish and failed ways of men, we'll develop this verse further.

There is the possibility that Yahuweh's prophecy is both literal and figurative. The "fire" which is "kindled and burns...devouring the land and her harvest, inflaming the foundations of the mountains," could be predictive of the end of the Magog war where Yahweh has promised to annihilate Muslims on the mountains of Israel by raining fire and brimstone down upon them. The atomic devastation that scorches the earth that grows out of the coming Islamic attack on Israel, combined with the fire and brimstone that is heaped upon the Muslim armies that seek to destroy her, will seem a lot like what Moses has predicted here. And the reasons for it have been made crystal clear.

The last battle of the Tribulation also involves a mountain, which is why it is called Armageddon - a Grecianized transliteration of "Har Megiddo," meaning the "mountain of rendezvous." Upon His return, Yahshua will destroy all of those who came to destroy Yisra'el.

Let's take a moment to consider what Yirmayah (to be anointed, healed, and raised up by Yahuweh), had to say about the "mountainous political and religious power" that was and is Babylon, before returning to Moses' transitional account in Deuteronomy. The discussion begins with: "All (kol - all means all, that's all, all means) men ('adam - mankind, descendants of Adam) are brutish (ba'ar - stupid barbarians, unreceptive and dull-hearted animals, burnt up beasts) on account of (min - based upon, out of, and as a result of; because of, through, according to, and by reason of) their knowledge (da'ath - discernment, understanding, perceptions, and wisdom)." (Yirmayah/Jeremiah 51:17) God just said "all men are stupid animals as a result of their own understanding." The smarter we think we are, the more foolish we become. If you want to see the proof, open your eyes.

To be "brutish" is to be "like a beast, to live a short animalistic life as a slave." A brute is someone who is "physically strong but mentally weak, sensual but not spiritual." The way of man, man's da'ath/knowledge, understandings and perceptions make us ba'ar/brutish - causing us to live and die as animals. There are no exceptions. Man's way is the way of war, it is the way of the master-slave mentality of the new world order. It is the sensuous morality of political correctness. Man's way leads to the foolish and futile dumbing down of people, indoctrinating the sheeple, so as to make them easier to control and fleece.

Da'ath differs from yada' in that da'ath signifies knowledge which is gained by the senses cogitatively, while yada' means to know in a relational sense, to be intimately familiar with someone. Da'ath is the way of man where yada' is the way to God.

"All who create things out of existing material (sarap - those who forge graven images) are confounded (buwsh - shamed, disappointed, disconcerted, and damned) by their (min) images and idols (pecel - icons of worship) because (kiy) their libations (necek - that which is poured out from a graven image) deceive and disappoint (sheqer - are fraudulent oaths, foolish, false, and futile lies) without (halo - devoid of) the Spirit (Ruach)." (Yirmayah/Jeremiah 51:17) No God, no Spirit. No Spirit, no life.

To be buwsh, is to "experience the pain of emotional anguish, shame, and humiliation." It is "to lose hope" by being "disapproved" for "having done something wrong." Buwsh carries with it the notion that the anguish will be "extended over a period of time." Buwsh is therefore not indicative of the "perpetual torment," that earned those who are "born of serpents," because their anguish will be everlasting. The distinction could be indicative of the time spiritless souls spend in the depths of She'owl awaiting their final judgment.

Continuing to speak of the ways of man within the context of the religious and political power of Babylon, Yirmayah/Jeremiah speaks of vanity leading to annihilation. Remember, "hebel/vain" is "something or someone without value, something or someone who is false, futile, ineffective, worthless, foolish and conceited." Hebel/vanity is arrogance manifest as self-reliance which precludes redemption. "They are vain (hebel - mere vapor and breath, thus meaningless words and souls), errant and delusional (ta'tua' - insincere imitations and deceitful derisions, mocking) pursuits (ma'aseh - undertakings, enterprises, and businesses). At the time of ('eth - on the occasion and occurrence of) their appointed reckoning, they will be mustered, examined, held accountable, and punished (paquddah - visited, judged, and penalized; from paqad), and they shall be annihilated, ceasing to exist ('abad - be destroyed and vanish, die and be exterminated, perish and be blotted out in divine judgment)." (Yirmayah/Jeremiah 51:18)

If there were any question that souls who are not reborn of spirit are mortal, or that their destiny is to be exterminated, 'abad/annihilation in connection with paquddah/appointed judgment and punishment, in the context of halo ruach/being spiritless, and ta'tua'/errant delusions, has removed all doubt.

I find it interesting that ta'tua' describes a special form of deceit, that of "insincere imitation." This is Satan's trademark. He likes to imitate God, fooling people into believing that he is God. Lacking creativity, Halal's favorite technique is the counterfeit corruption, an insincere imitation of God's revelation and plan of salvation.

Speaking of the Savior, the Adversary's adversary, Yirmayah reveals: "The apportionment of Ya'aqob is not like them for He is the creator of all. The Scepter and family (shebet) are His inheritance (nachalah), and Yahuweh who goes forth (tsaba') is His name." (Yirmayah/Jeremiah 51:19) Yahushua is the manifestation of Yahuweh who tsaba'/goes forth from Heaven to Earth. He is the Creator and King.

The next few verses are rather harsh. They telescope forward in time to the battle of Armageddon, where Yahshua's words serve as weapons, destroying the Gentile armies who have marched against Yisra'el. By the time we reach the 24^th verse, we have learned why. "I will repay (shalam - render onto) Babylon (Babel - the gate of god; from balal, meaning those who mingle and confuse, those who feed animals mixed up food), and all who dwell in (yasab - abide as) Kasdiymah (Chaldea - meaning sheep who are sacrificed), all the shepherds, rulers, teachers, preachers, friends, female companions, flock, and sheep (ra'ah/re'eh/re'ah), and those associated with them ('asher) for what they have done ('asah - prepared, instituted, advanced, brought about, and observed) in Zion in Your [Yahushua's] sight declares Yahuweh." (Yirmayah/Jeremiah 51:19)

The context of this verse is the battle of Armageddon, so the deceptions propagated by Babylon are still confounding people, even at the end of time. Kasdiymah/Chaldea is being presented as a state of mind or an association rather than as a place. By the time this battle is fought, the people who once lived in Babylonian Mesopotamia will be long dead. The Battle of Magog will have annihilated them. The Chaldeans are "sheeple" - the ignorant and apathetic followers of false prophets.

The most important aspects of 51:19 are "accountability" communicated by "shalam/repayment" and the universality of those who will be on the receiving end of this judgment. Ra'ah tells us that the shepherds and their flock will receive the same rendering. It will make no difference if you are a ruler, teacher, preacher, or just friends and associates of them.

Yahuweh has consistently been outspoken against those who use political and religious power to deceive. He has not changed in this regard. "Behold, I am against ('el) you, O corrupting and destroying (shachath - spoiled and rotten, perverted and devastated) mountain (har - political, religious, and military power), declares Yahuweh, which corrupts and destroys (shachath - deals corruptly, injures, and ruins) the whole world (kol 'erets - all the earth). And I will stretch out and extend (natah) My hand against you, rolling you down (galal - removing you) from (min) your rocky pinnacle (sela' - mountain stronghold of power), granting you in exchange (nathan - giving you) a burning (sarephah - the application of radiant energy to literally and destructively transform the composition of the) mountain (har - mountainous political and religious influence, power, and wealth)." (Yirmayah/Jeremiah 51:25)

Babylon is flat as a pancake. There are no mountains in Mesopotamia. Yahuweh is aware of that so it's clear that "mountain" is a metaphor for "the rise and scale of mountainous political and religious influence, wealth, power, and military might." That's significant for two reasons. The context of Yirmayah's prophecy is the battle of Armageddon, the only conflict in which the Messiah personally fulfills verses 20 through 23, destroying a large mechanized army. That tells us that the "corrupting and destroying mountain" of Babylon is the nation's legacy, and not the nation itself because Babylon was destroyed long ago.

So, where do you suppose we might we find the legacy of Babylon today, and her anti-Semitic, Satan-serving, poligious, self-reliant and overly indulgent, vicious, deceitful, and immoral codes of conduct? Come to find out, the Babylonian Talmud, the basis of Rabbinical Judaism, was conceived there. Every significant aspect of Constantine's Roman Catholicism traces to the myths of Babylon. All of the original books which comprise Islam, the Qur'an (Allah's Angelic Recital), the Hadith (Reports from Islam's Founders), the Sira (Biography of Muhammad), and Tak'rith (History of Islam's Beginnings), were first written just outside Baghdad, a stone's throw from ancient Babylon. Adam Weishaupt based his Illuminist creation of Communism and the New World Order on Babylon too. The three wealthiest, most powerful, and influential institutions on planet earth, Catholicism, Communism, and Islam, and the common foe which inflames them, are all made of the same stuff.

If you don't consider yourself to be one of the four billion people directly under the yoke of Catholicism, Communism, Islam, or Rabbinical Judaism, be aware that the misguided political agendas of religious Christians on the right and Secular Humanists on the left, which dominate Western cultures, are rife with Babylonian deceptions. Today, the humanists are winning the battle for supremacy, quickly establishing their one world agenda through academic indoctrination, political correctness, media dominance, and social democracies. The legacy of Babylon, inclusive of Catholicism's stepchild, Protestant Christianity, and Communism's stepchild, Socialist Secularists, have done precisely what Yahuweh has predicted they would do: "corrupt and destroy the whole world." Recognizing also that Hinduism was also derived from the Babylonian Trinity, virtually every soul on earth can be counted among the "shepherds, rulers, teachers, preachers, friends, female companions, flock, sheep, and associates of the Whore of Babylon.

As we find with many of Yahuweh's prophecies, Jeremiah, juxtaposes near and far prophecies, so that we would have a model from which to examine our future. The prophet returns to detailing the then future, but now historic, destruction of the city state of Babylon - a conquest that foreshadows America's demise. While Yirmayah did not live to see Babylon's rendezvous with his predictions, he did serve as the last paleo-Hebrew prophet, living to witness the Babylonians storm into Yisra'el, carrying the Yahudim out with them.

Returning to Deuteronomy 32, we find Yahuweh telling the Yahudim that they will become so foreign to Him that He will consider them Gowym - Gentiles. He is not only predicting that His family of witnesses will change from Yahudim to Gowyim, but also telling us why. "Indeed, when (kiy) they (hem) become Gentiles (Gowy), they will have wandered away, lost and destroyed ('abad - being squandered, perishing without value, wiped out and annihilated) without ('ayin) counsel ('etsah - advice or purpose) or understanding (tabuwn - insight or intelligence)." (Deuteronomy 32:28)

Their problem is our problem. We too have wandered away. Lost, we are perishing without value or values. We have squandered the gifts of redemption and inclusion. And to a large degree, our problem is that we lack wise counselors. Without good advice, we have neither understanding nor purpose.

Yahudim became Gowyim and Gowyim became Yahudim. A Yahudi is a follower of Yahuweh. A Gowy is a foreigner and often a heathen. We changed places.

Jews removed themselves from the family of Yahuweh. They chose the way of destitution, loneliness and lifelessness. "Oh, if only (luw' - used as hypothetical contrast by a speaker who is deeply involved in the setting; I wish) they were wise (hakam - instructed in wisdom) and were prudent and circumspect regarding (sakal - sensible, paying attention to and teaching, prudently considering, possessing insight and comprehension relating to) this, they would discern (biyn - perceive and realize) their future to the end of time ('acharit - their destiny, their descendant's prospects)." (Deuteronomy 32:29)

A rotten attitude is far more debilitating than bad behavior. The condition that ousted the Yahudim was errant thinking, not evil deeds. While one may lead to the other, an errant understanding of God leads to a far worse place than imprisonment. Devaluing Yahuweh leads to eternal separation and death. When we aren't circumspect, when we imprudently misrepresent Yahweh's Word, there is hell to pay. We literally damn ourselves and our children. We create a culture for our children akin to America. Truth is so foreign it sounds crazy. Lies are so common they become comforting. And within that milieu, the perspective and knowledge needed to make good choices vanishes.

Deuteronomy is a collection of prophetic sermons Moses delivered to the children of Yisra'el just prior to them entering the Promised Land. In this next verse, the liberator's audience was forewarned: "without Yahweh's protection people would become easy prey." But even more importantly Moses said: "If you abandon God He will abandon you, substituting others in your place." "How ('eykoh - and where) does one pursue and persecute (radaph) a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight (nuwc rababah - cause a multitude to flee) unless ('im lo) and except that (kiy) their Rock (tsuwr) surrendered them in an exchange (makar - traded people and possessions for other people and possessions in a quid pro quo substitution) and Yahuweh delivered them up, handed them over, abandoning them (sagar)." (Deuteronomy 32:30)

By using makar, Yahuweh announced His most monumental exchange - one people were substituted for another, Yahudim and Gowyim traded places. Our Redeemer, the Rock of our salvation who purchased us, sold them. Yahweh delivered up the Jews, handed them over to their enemies, and abandoned them. It was an exchange that would last two and one half millennia.

Comparing the Black Stone that is Allah to Yahushua, the Rock of our Salvation, Moses says of Yisra'el's most hostile foe: "For indeed (kiy - surely and with certainty), their hostile, adversarial, and covetous ('ayab) rock is not acknowledged to be (palil) our Rock." (Deuteronomy 32:31) Despite what Muslims would have us believe and what George Bush has said, Allah is not Yahuweh, Muhammad was not Yahshua. Being abandoned by Allah is good. Surrendering to his terrorist prophet is bad. All "rocks" are not the same, just as all gods are not the same. There is but one Savior.

Speaking of the fruit of demons, Moses compares the vine which is Yisra'el and the wine of the Rock which is Yahushua's blood, to Satan's alternative: "Surely, their vine is out of the vine of Sodom (to be scorched) and out of the fields of Gomorrah (to be submersed in sin). Their grapes are poisonous (ro'sh), their clusters ('eshkowl - fruits of the vine) are bitter and venomous (marorah). Their wine is the rage and hatred (chemah - the deadly fever) of serpents (tannin), the cruel, deadly, deceitful, and heartless ('adzar - ruthless and vicious) poison of snakes (peten)." (Deuteronomy 32:32-33) The Way to Yahuweh is singular and straight, leading to restoration and life. They way to Satan is several and serpentine, leading to deceit and death. The choice is before us all, just like it was for Adam and Chavah. One rock poisons, another heals. One rock hates, another loves.

Ultimately, the Yahudim will return and be restored. "Yahuweh shall vindicate His family, showing compassion and favor to His servants when He sees that their strength is exhausted ('azal - spent)." (Deuteronomy 32:36) To be saved we must first come to realize that we cannot save ourselves. Such arrogance prompted the exchange, just as it will prompt its reversal. As we move toward and into the Tribulation, humbled Jews (five million of fifteen million) will live to become Yahudim - followers Yahuweh. Gowyim (six billion of seven billion) will die.

Yes, a day will come, probably in the aftermath of the Islamic Magog war, when hundreds of millions of Muslims are annihilated on the mountains of Yisra'el by fire and brimstone, that this question will occur to the Yahudim: "Where are their gods, their rock whom they trusted and sought refuge (chacah)." (Deuteronomy 32:37)

In the verses which follow, Yahuweh reminds us that He is one, that He is God, and that He is the only God. He alone "heals and delivers," "lifts up to heaven" and "lives forever." Then, speaking of Yahushua's role during the battle of Armageddon, Moses foreshadows the phraseology that would be repeated by John in Revelation.

Moses' sermon crescendos with a fitting climax. At the end of the Tribulation, 6,000 years after the introduction of knowledge and the fall of man, evil will be avenged while man will be awakened, Yahudim and Gowyim alike, ultimately united in the family of God. "Awaken from your drunken stupor and shout for joy (ranan - become alert, signal the victory, and rejoice) His family ('am) of Gentiles (Gowyim), because He will avenge the blood of His servants, answering by returning (sub) vengeance upon His adversaries (tsar - the ones who oppress), forgiving and reconciling (kapar) His family ('am) and world ('adamah)." (Deuteronomy 32:43) The greatest story ever told has a happy ending.