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Pamphlet 1940 Hebrews kc 6-4
Consider that this (our) generation
has witnessed greater miracles
than any generation in the history
of mankind!
We also have His Word printed and made available
to any and all as never before in the history of mankind.
But STILL our people do err in
their hearts (minds) and have NOT known His ways.
And the problem is... time is running out on this final
generation
and Yeshua (same in Hebrew as Joshua) will soon lead
His people across the river to the promised land.
Hebrews
3:10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They
do
alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
[11] So I sware
in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
This is a sad lamentation.
So many of our dear brothers
and sisters do not have "ears to hear" nor "eyes to see"
though they have His Word in
their possession, readily available to them in their own language.
They do err in their hearts (minds)
which means what they believe is FALSE doctrine,
those beliefs made up of those
pre-conceived ideas they have been "indoctrinated" with since their youth.
They truly believe that what
they do in their traditions is pleasing to our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ, but it is written that MANY will come to Him crying Lord, Lord,
we have done all these wonderful
things we were told were pleasing to you.
Here is what is written concerning them:
Matthew
7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into
the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven.
Are you faithful and trustworthy to do those things
which He has directed His servants to do?
Do you know from His Word what is
pleasing to God?
Many, even the majority, do not.
They do err in their hearts,
in what they "perceive" to be Christianity as exampled in the next verse.
[22]
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in
thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many
wonderful works?
These are Christians who are
very busy with church and church activities
and Sunday schools and doing wonderful
works,
but have not in all their years
as Christians ever "considered" Jesus Christ as per Paul's instruction
in verse one,
i.e. according to the foreshadowings
of old.
They are still Biblically illiterate
along with the majority of our people and consequently they do NOT KNOW
Him!
[23]
And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart
from me, ye that work iniquity.
They have provoked Him to anger in their ignorance
and their adultery/idolatry and so neither shall they
enter into His rest.
You see, iniquity is "lawlessness", that which is contrary
to the Word of God.
It is the traditions of men that our people so adamantly
(hard headedly)
hold on to that are contrary to the Word of God.
And it is written, those vain traditions make void the
Word of God (Mark 7:13).
The Greek word for "err" used in Heb. 3:10 is "plano"
which means to roam,
to go astray, deceive, seduce, wander, be out of the
way!
The corresponding word "err" in Psalm 95:10 means to vacillate,
to waver or reel,
to go astray, as in to stagger and wander.
In conclusion, let us go to the prophet Isaiah once again
and see why our people "stagger".
Isaiah
29:9-13 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken,
but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
You know why they waver and
stagger, i.e. why they do "err"!
They are drunk on religion.
If they had a sure foundation in His Word, the Rock of
our salvation,
they would not stagger nor would they fall to their spiritual
death in the final day of temptation.
[10]
For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath
closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
Paul documents in Romans 11 that God has allowed
the spirit of slumber to befall His children
for they wish to hold fast to their
blind traditions
and follow after their blind pastors
and ministers who may hold men's degree's
but have not the key of David (Rev.
3:7) to unlock the sealed visions of prophets.
To wit, most do not even know that
many of the people of the US and Great Britain and Canada,
etc. comprise the so-called "lost"
tribes of the House of Israel.
[11]
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is
sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I
pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for
it is sealed:
It really is truly amazing that the "learned" men
who sit in the high places of worship (churches)
and the scholars who teach in colleges and universities
have so little understanding of our Father's Word.
They cannot see the simplicity of His truth for as it
is written,
no man in heaven or earth can open the seals of the book!
Only Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God,
can do that,
and in order for Him to do that,
you must come to Him.
Rev. 5:3 "And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither
under the earth,
was able to open the book, neither to look thereon."
[12]
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this,
I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
What a "catch 22" situation this is!
Our brothers and sisters are told that one must be "learned"
as in have a ThD
or PhD or a seminary degree of some sort in order to
be able read with understanding
the letter their own Father wrote to them.
However, many of those who do have those degrees are all
but clueless themselves
regarding His truth and so they continue to perpetuate
the idolatrous traditions of men
and substitute praise and worship services in place of
teaching His Word chapter by chapter and line by line.
[13]
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with
their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have
removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me
is taught by the precept of men:
How is it that their hearts
(minds) are removed far from Him?
It is really quite simple.
They just do not know His Word.
They have been fed milk all their adult Christian lives
according as Paul declares in Heb. 5.
Therefore, all that most of our people know about the
fear (reverence, i.e. love) of God
is what they have been taught from the traditions of
men, which are pre-conceived, pre-impregnated ideas!
So remember that the generation
who wandered in the wilderness
was a type for our admonition which
Paul brings to our attention here in his teaching to the Hebrews,
to the dispersed tribes of the
House of Israel
"in these last days upon whom the
ends of the world (earth age) are come" (1 Cor. 10:11).
Remember too that the final generation
now wandering in the wilderness
since the fig tree was planted
on May 15, 1948, is growing old.
In other words, it will not be "Today" much longer!
Tomorrow is coming when Joshua (Yeshua) will come
and lead His people into the promised land.
Will you enter into that promise
land, into His rest, or will you spiritually die in the wilderness?
By the way, did you know you can
enter into His rest right now, today, if you "believe"?
Stay with us in this study of Hebrews and learn all about
the "sabbath",
His peaceful rest available to you right now.
In our next study we shall learn what to do and how to
avoid "erring" and keep from "going astray"!
To study the Bible is the noblest of all pursuits;
to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, you accomplish both.
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