ReturnToYehovah: The People Shall Know that "I AM YEHOVAH"

ReturnToYehovah: The People Shall Know that "I AM YEHOVAH": I believe God's Name is great.  It has been great in ancient times.  It WILL BE GREAT again in the future!  This site and our YouTube c...

The People Shall Know that "I AM YEHOVAH"

I believe God's Name is great.  It has been great in ancient times.  It WILL BE GREAT again in the future!  This site and our YouTube channel (ReturntoYehovah) are both done with that in mind.  The Name of the God of the Bible needs to be known, proclaimed and sanctified.

 Are you one of those people who thinks it really doesn’t matter what we call God?  He is big enough to handle that we call him by titles instead of His Name, right?  I don’t see it that way.  There are way too many places Yehovah has had His name written into our Bibles. It seems that it is important to Him.  Very important.

Of course, you have the right to your own opinion. This is mine.  Maybe when you hear (read) it you’ll agree.

After this search in just the book of Ezekiel, see how many times God says, “Ye shall know that I am YEHOVAH.”

Once or twice we could ignore.  How about 63 times?  Let’s take a look:

I don't expect you to read every one of them, but if you did, you would get a picture of what God is saying.  If you only saw how many times he said "You, ye, they or the heathen shall know that I am YEHOVAH", you could see this is a big deal to God.  We may not understand it, but that shows our lack of understanding for the God we love and serve.

Ezekiel 6:7 And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 6:10 And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them.

 Eze 6:13 Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savor to all their idols.

 Eze 6:14 So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 7:4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 7:9 And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smites.

 Eze 7:27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 11:10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 11:12 And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you.

Eze 12:15 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries.

 Eze 12:16 But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 12:20 And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 13:9 And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

 Eze 13:14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 13:21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 13:23 Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 14:8 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 15:7 And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

 Eze 16:62 And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD:

Eze 20:12 Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.

Eze 20:20 And hallow my Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.

Eze 20:26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 20:38 And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 20:42 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers.

 Eze 20:44 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

 Eze 22:16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 23:49 And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

 Eze 24:24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

 Eze 24:27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 25:5 And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 25:7 Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 25:11 And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

  Eze 25:17 And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

Eze 26:6 And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 28:22 And say, ‘Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee:’ and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.

 Eze 28:23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 28:24 And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

 Eze 28:26 And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.

 Eze 29:6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

 Eze 29:9 And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, ‘The river is mine, and I have made it.’

 Eze 29:16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

 Eze 29:21 In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Eze 30:8 And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.

 Eze 30:19 Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 30:25 But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

Eze 30:26 And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 32:15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 33:29 Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

 Eze 34:27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

 Eze 35:4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 35:9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 35:12 And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, ‘They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume’.

 Eze 35:15 As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 36:11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

 Eze 36:38 As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 37:6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Eze 37:13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

 Eze 38:23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 39:6 And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

 Eze 39:7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.

 Eze 39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.

 Ezekiel 39:28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them anymore there.

Keep in mind, the Name of God has been blasphemed daily by someone somewhere.  God's people don't know His Name.  Many don't care.  What an insult to Him. If it wasn't important, why did He do all this?  He wants to world to know who He is.  He is the God who sent Yeshua (Jesus) to die for our sins.  Yeshua calls Him Father and worshipped Him and still does.  Yeshua our Messiah wants the Name of God to be great!  That is why He did what he did here on earth.

Gregg

 

A Different Way to PREP for the End Times!

Okay.  I've been doing a lot of praying lately.  I've also been rethinking a lot of things I was set on.  If you've been paying attention the past couple years, you know that there are many voices telling us we are in the Last Days, or the End Times.  I have agreed with that and have been doing several things to "prepare".  Some are the physical (food, water, weapons,etc), some has been spiritual.  But God has a way of showing us a different way.  It's generally safe to say, His way is the best.

It started with a local church having a week long prayer meeting in a couple of days.  I've been attending there the past few weeks - sort of spying out the land - to see if it might be a place for me and my family.  I am at a place in my walk with God where I am dry.  I need more of Him.  I have spent the past 9 years learning the Hebraic Roots of my faith.  This blog and my YouTube channel of the same name (Return to Yehovah) arose because of that learning. My understanding of God and His Ways has grown.  My love for my heavenly Father has grown.  My faith in Yeshua/Jesus my Messiah has grown a ton!  So why am I dry??

I had several of my own ideas and some were good, but I kept seeking - wanting more.  I decided to pull out a book I had purchased a few years ago:  Pentecostal Pioneers Remembered by Keith Malcomson.  This had been a blessing to me when I first read through it, and it was and is again to me now.  You can look it up on www.pentecostalpioneers.org. 

Keith is affiliated with the School of Christ, International - http://www.schoolofchristinternational.com/

His book is almost like an encyclopedia of some of the great men and women of God who helped to pioneer the pentecostal movement with his focus mainly on British and Irish pioneers.  He discusses some prior leaders like  William Booth, D.L. Moody, Hudson Taylor and A.B. Simpson. Then comes the Welsh Revival (1904) and the Los Angeles Outpouring (1906) - aka- Azusa Street. From there, he goes into the lives of several pioneers.  Each has an amazing story of the working of God through them.  Some you have heard of, some maybe not.  Here are some of the names:  T.B. Barratt, A.A. Boddy, Cecil Polhill, Arthur Booth-Clibborn, Thomas Myerscough, Smith Wigglesworth, and many more.  Two of my favorties are Stephen Jeffreys and his brother George Jeffeys.  Both were amazing men of God.

So what is my point? In reading how God worked in the lives of these men, I was not only thrilled and amazed, but jealous for God to work like that again.  The more I read, the more I noticed a common thread.  Almost all of the pioneers had their ministries either preceded by a great Revival  or some just had their ministries greatly infused with POWER!

All of them were focused on one main thing: the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Yes, they were new in the Pentecostal Movement and all preached the need for the Baptism of the Holy Ghost for power in ministry.  All of them had their "Pentecost experience" and all saw the Spirit of God do amazing things - thousands were saved, healed, and filled with the Spirit of God.  The kingdom of God was greatly enlarged during these years.   I could go on and on but I hope you get the point.  If not, get the book and read for yourself.  Our God does amazing things through people who will let Him.

Then it finally hit me.  God used Revival to birth all sorts of ministries.  There were evangelists, pastors, missionaries and more.  These were just regular people.  The supernatural God baptized them with the Holy Ghost and fire and they went out to change the world. Two world wars didn't seem to both these pioneers.  They traveled across Britain, Europe and much of the world.  It's as if God works in spite of what nations are doing.  He's not stopped by world wide wars.  As long as there are men and women willing to give their lives for the Gospel, God will make a way.

My desire is now changed. My decision to prepare for the End Times has too.  I am praying for Revival.  That will be the focus of my prayers from now on (Lord willing).  It is that important.  I'm just one man, I don't claim to have great power in prayer, but I can pray.  Hopefully whoever reads this will decide that they too can pray.  Pray for Revival.  Whatever your area, pray God will pour out His Spirit on it.  Pray He will save thousands of your friends, family and neighbors.  When Revival comes, be ready to offer Him your life.  There is NO reason God can't do even mightier works than He did during the last great Revivals!  I don't know when it will come.  I don't know how it will come.  But if we pray fervently and expectantly I believe God will answer.

I don't know about you, but I NEED this.  Rather than wait for God to judge our sinful wretched nation, how about ask him to turn things around on the devil?  I heard Reinhard Bonnke say a couple times - "let's plunder Hell and populate Heaven"!  Judgment can always come on America.  Lets ask God to delay that while we have Revival and save millions for Jesus !  Just a thought.  Anybody want to pray?

Your brother,

Gregg

ReturnToYehovah: Reform Always meets with Resistance

ReturnToYehovah: Reform Always meets with Resistance: These past couple of weeks I've seen or read multiple blogs, newsletters or emails all with the same theme:  attacking the belief in t...

Reform Always meets with Resistance

These past couple of weeks I've seen or read multiple blogs, newsletters or emails all with the same theme:  attacking the belief in the Law as NOT done away for believers in Yeshua (Jesus).  It is from what I call the "old guard" believers of the previous generation who are at the tail end of the last move of God (at least in the West).  They are hanging on to what they know and have believed all their Christian lives.  What many of them can't do is accept that God might be moving again but with something they never expected.

They were told early on that the Law is done away with.  Paul is quoted 2 or 3 times and they are told that is enough to do away with all that the Torah, Prophets and Writings taught about or emphasized regarding God's commandments.  They even believe Yeshua agreed with all this twisted understanding of God's word.  But, I can't blame them.  I will get to that after the next portion below.

I was reading a favorite blog site:  kaseyburt.blopspot.com

http://kaseyburt.blogspot.com/2015/12/gods-law-vsfalse-mercy.html

She was having similar frustrations along of the lines of the enemy not wanting her to keep God's Law. Her solution came from the LORD via the book of Maccabees.  It was so similar to what I had just gone through, that I had to write to her.

"Sister Kasey, I was feeling hit from all sides recently along the same lines as you mentioned above. Trying to follow God's Law and His Ways is not popular nor understood with most of the Church of Jesus Christ. The world comes at us from every angle, friends, family, Christian brothers or sisters. I also found myself going to the book of Maccabees for encouragement. I didn't plan that, but it worked out that way. How interesting that it happened during the time of Hanukkah this year. I have wondered if this is the kind of push back the reformers got from the church of their day. People are comfortable with what they believe and many don't want to be challenged to prove their beliefs with the Bible. I also am pretty sure the early Pentecostal believers (early 1900's) were rejected, laughed at and ridiculed for their faith, but they KNEW that the Spirit of God had done the work, not they themselves. I see this true with the Messianic Jewish , or Hebrew Roots or whatever else you want to call the "movement" that God has birthed. HE is bringing people back to HIS TORAH - His Commandments. But it is not Jewish people he is doing this with, it is Christians. True believers who know there is more have found it when they dig into the truths of the Tanakh. Not only do they know and understand the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob better, but they greatly increase their understanding of who Yeshua was and is, and what He has done for us! It is so widespread, and so unplanned by men. No one could make this happen; only God. I share your struggles and frustrations, but let us all remember what the many heroes of the faith went through. Daniel, Joseph, Moses, Gideon, Shadrach/Meshach/Abednego and so many others. In addition to the various martyrs and heroes of the Maccabees. All were meant to prepare us for our future struggles. I can't help but think of Revelation 12 - the enemy is making war on those of us who "have the testimony of Yeshua, and keep the commandments of God"! We are not two different groups, we are believers who have come to know BOTH parts. We love God for saving us through Yeshua and because we love Him, we want to keep His commandments. Thank you for encouraging me with this as I am sure there are others of us out there who needed to hear. YVHV bless you. Gregg"

 ------------------------------------

Not sure if that would resonate with anyone who might stumble across this blog, but wanted to pass it on.

Now, back to why I don't blame the "old guard" believers...

Partly as I mentioned to Kasey above, I think we Torah following (or attempting to) Believers are in a weird place.  In some ways, we must be like the 1st Century believers.  For centuries, the people of Israel - which were composed of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and some Levites - called the Jews - had very fixed definite beliefs.  When they followed God's ways (which was not often) they did their best to keep his commandments and looked forward to the coming of a great Messiah.  

When Yeshua came, he spoke against many of their false beliefs and practices. He explained how their traditions were "making void the Law of God".  Many didn't like that.  Some however, listened and agreed with him!!  Hmmm.  He was starting to "reform" things - get them back on the correct track that God wanted.

After He rose and ascended to Heaven, the disciples were left to go forth.  They still had to deal with the same resistant people who had not accepted Yeshua's words.  Add to that the enemy did not want this New Covenant truth spreading to others!  As always, our Father gives us help.  He sent the promised Comforter - His Mighty Holy Spirit - the Ruach Ha Kodesh.  He gave power, boldness and strength of faith to the followers of Yeshua.  They were able to stand against the enemy and spread the gospel across the world.  

Of course books could be written on that topic alone!  But let's fast forward several centuries.  This past week when I was struggling with this frustration, Rick Joyner just happened to post an article about John Hus.  I had heard of John, but didn't know much about him.  In short, he was one of the earliest (if not the earliest) of the reformers.  He wanted to "reform" the church of his day, but the "old guard" in the form of the Roman Catholic Church, wanted nothing to do with it.  He was tried as an heretic and burned at the stake.  You can read more about him, a great man of God, who later inspired the next wave of reformers. 

I couldn't help but think that he faced the same opposition that many of us Hebrew Roots believers face today.  Whenever people are moved by God to "reform" the status quo - specifically with the way the Church of God is working - they will meet opposition.

I have also read how that the early Pentecostal believers who had received the Baptism in the Holy Ghost - were opposed.  They too had their "old guard" to deal with.  Mainline Christian denominations just knew this new movement must be "of the devil".  It didn't stop God from spreading the power of His Spirit in signs and wonders.  People were saved, healed, delivered from bondage, and saw all of the gifts of the Spirit at work in churches.  You will notice, they had to start NEW churches.  The old ones didn't want them.

Maybe that is what needs to happen again.  The early believers were eventually kicked out of 'mainline' synagogues. The reformers were kicked out of the 'mainline' churches.  The Pentecostals were not welcomed at 'mainline' churches of their day.   So too, many of us are finding a less than warm welcome when we try to tell people to keep the Sabbath, the Feasts of the LORD, or any of God's Law.  At this time of Hanukkah, we can add the Maccabees to our list of believers persecuted for wanting to keep God's Law.

So, we are in good company.  No matter how you look at it.  All through history, when God wants to do something in this world, the enemy fights it.  He can use the "old guard" in various forms.  We just need to persevere like all those mentioned above.  We still have the Spirit of God with us and within us. All we need now is for God to bring us together in some way.  

We need to preach the Gospel of salvation through faith in Yeshua.  We need to be filled with the Holy Spirit with power.  We need to teach believers the Truth found in the Torah and Tanakh (Old Testament).  We need our God to confirm His Word, His Truth with signs and wonders as Has always done.  Then, the people will know that we speak His Truth. Pray that this will come soon.  

YEHOVAH bless you and keep you all.

Gregg

 

 

ReturnToYehovah: Yeshua came from God

ReturnToYehovah: Yeshua came from God: Yeshua came from God There are many people today who doubt Yeshua / Jesus.  They doubt who he is, who he was, whether the scriptures can ...

ReturnToYehovah: Yeshua has ALL Authority

ReturnToYehovah: Yeshua has ALL Authority: Yeshua has ALL the Authority Daniel 7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven,...