Do you honestly think YAHUAH would approve of people eating Pork when He plainly said it was unclean and an Abomination?
It’s Hard For Churchianity To Give Up Pork
When They’ve Been Raised On It And Fed It Their Entire Lives.
1) A pig is a real garbage gut. It will eat anything including urine, excrement, dirt, decaying animal flesh, maggots, or decaying vegetables. They will even eat the cancerous growths off other pigs or animals.
2) The meat and fat of a pig absorbs toxins like a sponge. Their meat can be 30 times more toxic than beef or venison.
3) When eating beef or venison, it takes 8 to 9 hours to digest the meat so what little toxins are in the meat are slowly put into our system and can be filtered by the liver. But when pork is eaten, it takes only 4 hours to digest the meat. We thus get a much higher level of toxins within a shorter time.
4) Unlike other mammals, a pig does not sweat or perspire. Perspiration is a means by which toxins are removed from the body. Since a pig does not sweat, the toxins remain within its body and in the meat.
5) Pigs and swine are so poisonous that you can hardly kill them with strychnine or other poisons.
6) Farmers will often pen up pigs within a rattlesnake nest because the pigs will eat the snakes, and if bitten they will not be harmed by the venom.
7) When a pig is butchered, worms and insects take to its flesh sooner and faster than to other animal’s flesh. In a few days the swine flesh is full of worms.
Swine and pigs have over a dozen parasites within them, such as tapeworms, flukes, worms, and trichinae. There is no safe temperature at which pork can be cooked to ensure that all these parasites, their cysts, and eggs will be killed.
9) Pig meat has twice as much fat as beef. A 3 oz T bone steak contains 8.5 grams of fat; a 3 oz pork chop contains 18 grams of fat. A 3 oz beef rib has 11.1 grams of fat; a 3 oz pork spare rib has 23.2 grams of fat.
10) Cows have a complex digestive system, having four stomachs. It thus takes over 24 hours to digest their vegetarian diet causing its food to be purified of toxins. In contrast, the swine’s one stomach takes only about 4 hours to digest its foul diet, turning its toxic food into flesh.
11) The swine carries about 30 diseases which can be easily passed to humans. This is why YAHUAH commanded that we are not even to touch their carcase (Leviticus 11:8).
12) The trichinae worm of the swine is microscopically small, and once ingested can lodge itself in our intestines, muscles, spinal cord or the brain. This results in the disease trichinosis. The symptoms are sometimes lacking, but when present they are mistaken for other diseases, such as typhoid, arthritis, rheumatism, gastritis, MS, meningitis, gall bladder trouble, or acute alcoholism.
13) The pig is so poisonous and filthy, that nature had to prepare him a sewer line or canal running down each leg with an outlet in the bottom of the foot. Out of this hole oozes pus and filth his body cannot pass into its system fast enough. Some of this pus gets into the meat of the pig.
Pork is the most widely eaten meat in the world, making up about 38 percent of meat production worldwide. It’s especially popular in East and Southeast Asia, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, North America, South America, and Oceania. (1) If you’re at all familiar with the Scriptures, you probably remember that in it YHUH specifically instructed His people not to eat pork and shellfish. Many people are surprised to find this out, but in the Old Testament YHUH warned us that the pig was an unclean animal. Why? Because the pig is a scavenger and not meant for human consumption. (Check out Leviticus 11.)
No matter how you think about it, pigs are rather dirty animals. They’re considered the garbage and waste eliminators of the farm, often eating literally anything they can find. This includes not only bugs, insects and whatever leftover scraps they find laying around, but also their own feces, as well as the dead carcasses of sick animals, including their own young. At least one farmer has gone out to feed his pigs and never returned. On that morning in 2012, he literally became the pig’s breakfast. (2)
Just knowing what a pig’s diet is like can explain why the meat of the pig can be so dirty or at the very least not so appetizing to consume. And while being ‘”grossed out” may or may not be a valid reason not to eat something, it’s vital to understand a bit more about pork before reaching your own conclusion. Let’s talk about this popular yet seriously questionable protein source.
Problems with Pork and Why You Should Avoid Pork
1. The Pig’s Problematic Digestive System
There are reasons that the meat of the pig becomes more saturated with toxins than many of its counterpart farm animals. The first reason has to do with the digestive system of a pig. A pig digests whatever it eats rather quickly, in up to about four hours. On the other hand, a cow takes a good 24 hours to digest what it’s eaten. During the digestive process, animals (including humans) get rid of excess toxins as well as other components of the food eaten that could be dangerous to health. Since the pig’s digestive system operates rather basically, many of these toxins remain in its system to be stored in its more than adequate fatty tissues ready for our consumption.
Another issue with the pig is that it has very few functional sweat glands and can barely sweat at all. (3) Sweat glands are a tool the body uses to be rid of toxins. This leaves more toxins in the pig’s body. When you consume pork meat, you too get all these toxins that weren’t eliminated from the pig. None of us needs more toxins in our systems. In fact, we should all do what we can to eliminate and cut down on toxin exposure. One vital way to do this is by choosing what you eat carefully, and for me, that definitely includes completely avoiding pork products of any kind.
2. Increased Cancer Risk from Bacon and Other Processed Pork
According to the World Health Organization, processed meat like ham, bacon and sausage causes cancer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer actually classifies processed meat as a carcinogen, something that causes cancer. Researchers found that consuming 50 grams of processed meat each day raises your risk of colorectal cancer by a very significant 18 percent. (4)
Processed meat is considered to be food items like ham, bacon, sausage, hot dogs and some deli meats. Noticing a theme there? Those are mainly pork-derived food products. How much processed meat is 50 grams? That’s about four strips of bacon. Maybe you’re thinking that you only eat two pieces of bacon regularly. According to this research, that would likely equate to a 9 percent increase of cancer likelihood.
Unfortunately, pork and processed meat is often consumed by folks following the keto diet, as well as the Atkins diet, for example. Instead, they should be using healthier meat like beef, lamb, bison or chicken.
3. Swine Flu in Humans
The swine flu is another virus that has made the leap from pig to human. Influenza or flu viruses can be directly transmitted from pigs to humans, from humans to pigs and from humans to humans. (5) Human infection with flu viruses from pigs are most likely when humans are physically close to infected pigs.
Swine influenza virus infections in humans are now being called “variant virus infections in humans.” I wonder why the authorities removed the word “swine.” Was it scaring people away from eating pork? Probably.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, H1N1 and H3N2 are swine flu viruses that are “endemic among pig populations in the United States and something that the industry deals with routinely.” Outbreaks can occur year-round. H1N1 has been observed in pig populations since at least 1930, while H3N2 began in the United States around 1998. (6)
According to the CDC, swine flu has not been shown to be transmissible to people through eating properly handled and prepared pork. Properly prepared means cooking pork to an internal temperature of 160 degreesF, which is supposed to kill all viruses and other foodborne pathogens. But what if you consume pork from a pig that had influenza and it wasn’t cooked to that temperature guideline — then what? I certainly wouldn’t want to roll the dice and find out.
4. Trichinosis Dangers
Did you know that pigs carry a variety of parasites in their bodies and meat? Some of these parasites are difficult to kill even when cooking. This is the reason there are so many warnings out there about eating undercooked pork. One of the biggest concerns with eating pork meat is trichinosis or trichinellosis. This is an infection that humans get from eating undercooked or uncooked pork that contains the larvae of the trichinella worm. (7) In some countries and cultures, they actually consume pork raw.
This worm parasite is very commonly found in pork. When the worm, most often living in cysts in the stomach, opens through stomach acids, its larvae are released into the body of the pig. These new worms make their homes in the muscles of the pig. Next stop? The unknowing human body that consumes this infected meat flesh.
Similarly to what these worms do to the pig, they can also do to humans. If you eat undercooked or raw pork that contains the parasite, then you are also swallowing trichinella larvae encased in a cyst. Your digestive juices dissolve the cyst, but that only unleashes the parasite into your insides. The larvae then penetrate your small intestine, where they mature into adult worms and mate. If you’re at this stage of trichinosis, you may experience abdominal pain, diarrhea, fatigue, nausea and vomiting.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t end there. Approximately a week after eating the infected pork, the adult female worms now inside your body produce larvae that enter your bloodstream and eventually burrow into muscle or other tissue. Once this tissue invasion occurs, symptoms of trichinosis include:
And while no one particularly wants to consume worms, trichinosis is a serious illness that you should do virtually anything to avoid. Abdominal symptoms can occur one to two days after infection while additional symptoms usually start two to eight weeks after infection. According to Mayo Clinic, the severity of symptoms typically depends on the number of larvae consumed in the infected meat.
The CDC recommends thorough cooking of pork as well as freezing the pork meat prior to cooking to kill off any worms. I don’t know about you, but I don’t feel good about eating anything that I first have to kill off its worms to eat.
It’s actually been theorized that trichinellosis is the exact cause of Mozart’s rather sudden death at age 35. An American researcher theorized this after studying all the documents recording the days before, during and after Mozart’s death. This research published in Archives of Internal Medicine’s June 2001 issue found that Mozart suffered many of the above listed symptoms and he, himself, had recorded in his journal the consumption of pork just 44 days before his own death. (8)
5. Pigs Harbor Common Viruses and Parasites
Pigs carry many viruses and parasites with them. Whether by coming in direct contact with them through farms or by eating their meat, we put ourselves at higher risk of getting one of these painful, often debilitating diseases (not to mention put our bodies on toxic overload).
Pigs are primary carriers of:
Taenia solium tapeworm
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) — In developed countries, sporadic cases of HEV genotype 3 have occurred in humans after eating uncooked or undercooked pork. (9)
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, aka blue-ear pig disease
Each of these parasites and viruses can lead to serious health problems that can last for years to come.
Factory Farming and Pigs
If all these concerns aren’t enough or you think you’ll avoid them by cooking your pork really well, then you should also know about the common conditions of pork raised for consumption. Today, a whopping 97 percent of pigs in the United States are raised in factory farms. This means that these pigs never live a healthy life of fresh air and wide-open pastures.
If you’re a pork eater, you should know that it’s very likely (only 3 percent unlikely) that you’re eating the meat of a pig that spent all of its time in a crowded warehouses with no fresh air or exercise, fed a steady diet of harmful drugs to keep the pig breathing as producers make pigs grow faster and fatter. These drugs often cause the pigs to become crippled under their own excessive and unnatural weight gain. (11) Do these sound like conditions that yield a health-promoting piece of meat? Of course not, which is why you should avoid pork and other factory-farmed meats.
Drug Resistant Bacteria in Pork Chops and Ground Pork
It’s estimated that 70 percent of factory-farmed pigs have pneumonia when they go to the slaughterhouse. Unsightly factory-farm conditions of filth and extreme overcrowding lead pigs to have an extreme likelihood for serious diseases. The conditions are so bad that the only way to keep these pigs barely alive at times is to misuse and overuse antibiotics. I’ve talked a lot about what this does in humans. Similarly to humans, pigs are more commonly developing diseases that are resistant to antibiotics. You might like the taste of pork, but do you want to consume a pork product from a pig that had a “superbacteria”?
The bacteria-laden pork story continues. A 2013 Consumer Reports analysis of U.S. pork chops and ground pork samples found widespread (69 percent) presence of a bacteria called yersinia enterocolitica. This bacterium infects about 100,000 Americans a year, especially children, and can cause fever, diarrhea and abdominal pain in humans. (12)
History of Pork and Cultures that Don’t Eat It
The pig is one of the oldest forms of livestock worldwide. It’s said to have been domesticated as early as 5000 B.C. When it comes to the beginnings of pork consumption in the U.S., Hernando de Soto is called “the father of the American pork industry.” In 1539, de Soto landed in Florida with 13 pigs in tow, and pork consumption spread and grew from then on in America. Pigs were first commercially slaughtered in Cincinnati, which was nicknamed “Porkopolis.” (13)
Orthodox Jewish Kosher dietary laws and Islamic Halal dietary laws prohibit pork consumption. There are many other religions and cultures that avoid pork as well.
Christian religious denominations that forbid pork consumption include:
Ethiopian Orthodox
Hebrew Awakening
Messianic Jews
Rastafarian
Seventh-Day Adventists
United Church of God
Avoiding pork for these groups is based on Leviticus 11, Deuteronomy 14, Isaiah 65 and Isaiah 66.
Final Thoughts on Why You Should Avoid Pork
What you choose to eat is up to you. Myself, I choose to stay away from unclean pork (and shellfish). The reasons discussed here are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to eating pigs and your health.
If you think you can just opt for a “higher quality” pork product, think again. Don’t be fooled by a “no hormones added” claim when it comes to pork because even though it might be true, hormones are not allowed in the U.S. for any pork production. It’s the pig itself, the factory-farm conditions and the common use of drugs that are some of the main problems that “hormone free” will not get rid of or negate.
Do your own research, carefully consider what the Scriptures so many years ago warned us about, and then make your own educated decision about what you choose to feed yourself and your loved ones.
More than 700 worms found in man’s brain after he ate undercooked pork
A builder was found to have hundreds of parasitic worms in his brain after eating undercooked pork.
Zhu Zhong-fa, 43, went to a hospital in Zhejiang, China, foaming at the mouth, and drifting in and out of consciousness.
An MRI scan revealed he had more than 700 worms writhing in his brain and chest in a condition known as neurocysticercosis.
This occurs when parasitic larvae in undercooked pork build-up in the body, eventually invading the central nervous system and triggering seizures.
Mr Zhong-fa admitted to eating a hotpot a month ago he was “unsure about”, Newsweek reported.
He was treated with anti-parasitic drugs last week, which seem to be working well so far.
Mr Zhong-fa, who lives in the city of Hangzhou, arrived at the First Affiliated Hospital of College of Medicine at Zhejiang University around a month after his symptoms began.
With doctors initially unable to find what was wrong, scans later revealed the source of the problem.
“There are multiple presences of space-occupying lesions in the patient’s brain,” Dr Wang Jian-rong told Pear Video.
“It’s also in the lungs and fills up the muscles inside the chest cavity.”
The medic added there was already signs of damage to Mr Zhong-fa’s organs, which he blamed on the undercooked pork.
“We tend to have a lot of meat-based meals in our daily lives” Dr Wang Jian-rong said.
“If it’s undercooked, the tapeworm eggs will stay alive when ingested.
“And if you have had the uncooked meat, there’s a chance the tapeworms can travel through the body and inflict different diseases,” LADbible reported.
Mr Zhong-fa has reportedly been treated with drugs that kill the parasite and protect his organs from further damage.
He is awaiting tests that will decide the next course of treatment.
What is neurocysticercosis?
Neurocysticercosis occurs when the parasitic larvae Taenia solium invades bodily tissue from the intestine, and build ups in the central nervous system, muscles, skin and eyes.
Most cases comes about from eating undercooked pork.
Sufferers may also have swallowed microscopic eggs passed in the faeces of a person with an intestinal tapeworm if they do not wash their hands properly after going to the toilet.
Eggs in the stools can also lead to the contamination of water, produce or surfaces.
Once ingested, these hatch and penetrate the intestinal wall, reaching other parts of the body.
It is thought to cause around 1,000 hospitalisations a year in the US, with most cases being brought over from regions where the disease is common, like Latin America. Neurocysticercosis’ prevalence in the UK is unclear.
Some experience no symptoms, while others endure seizures, headache, loss of balance and brain swelling, the UK government reported.
In rare cases, the condition can be fatal.
Neurocysticercosis can be prevented through proper hand washing, cooking pork thoroughly and only drinking clean water.
Treatment often involves medication to reduce swelling in the brain and kill the worms.
So why did Satan give his power to the Catholic Church? Because he wanted to be like the most high and wanted to be worshipped as YAHUAH. So what did the dragon do? He gave his power and seat and great authority to the Roman Catholic Church and had them change the Seventh day Sabbath to SUN-day.
Isaiah 14:12-14 “How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how are you cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations! 13 For you have said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of YAHUAH: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.”
Satan desired to be worshipped as YAHUAH but how could he achieve this goal when no Christian in their right mind would do this. When Satan (the Dragon) gave him (the Pope) his power, and his seat, and great authority, Satan achieved his goal and got the worship he wanted and on his day in favor of pagan sun worship which YAHUAH detests and Satan knows it. So when the Catholic Church is being worshipped, by keeping their day, who is really being worshipped? Satan himself! This is called worship by representation.
The big issue is who we worship and what day we worship on. Do we give Satan our allegiance and worship on his day implemented by the Papacy, or do we place our allegiance where it should belong and worship on the day that YAHUAH blessed and sanctified? This is why Satan works so hard through so many people and web sites in attacking this one Commandment.
If Christians don’t start loving YAHUAH and the truth enough to stop listening to the thoughts and excuses and lies of the enemy, it is going to be a sad day in the end times as many Christians will be like lambs to the slaughter when it comes to who we choose to worship in the time of the mark of the beast. Do we worship the Papal beast power or do we worship YAHUAH. This is what the Seventh day Sabbath is all about. It is a sign as to who we worship and belong to. So who are you going to worship? As for me and my house, we will serve YAHUAH.
This should end all the Sabbath was changed to Sunday in the Scriptures arguments which is evidenced by the extreme measures Satan went to for such a very long time and the continued opposition to the Sabbath truth. In fact Sun-Day worship actually goes back more than 2000 years B.C. and coincides with the worship of Satan himself. See the history of Sunday worship for even more detail and the origins of the number 666.
The Origin of Sun Worship, Trinity, Babylon and Sunday Worship
Satan’s church had its beginning at Babylon with the construction of the Tower of Babel on the plain of Shinar by the River Euphrates many generations after the deluge. At the time of the construction of Babylon at the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-4), mankind had multiplied and spoken one language. Cush who was the son of Ham and grandson of Noah (Genesis 10:1, 6), helped to plan with his son Nimrod, a blueprint by which to rule the world of humanity through a wicked counterfeit religion. Nimrod was the originator of sun worship and founder of Babylon. A Scripture translation called the Targum says, “Nimrod became a mighty man of sin, a murderer of innocent men, and a rebel before YAHUAH ELOHIYM.”
YAHUAH “is not the author of confusion…” (1 Corinthians 14:33) or some fool that placed a law that is NOT Love and Eternal in with nine other laws that obviously ARE Love and Eternal. While most Christians understand that nine of the Commandments are love and eternal, most do not realize that the fourth is also a Commandment of love and why all Ten Commandments are Love and Eternal. Deuteronomy 6:5 proves this stating that LOVING YAHUAH with all your heart, might and soul is to keep ALL the Ten Commandments that had just been read 17 verses earlier. How many miss that loving YAHUAH supremely as YAHUSHA said in Matthew 22:35-40, is to keep the fourth Commandment also and why He stated all the law hang on these Commandments as he quoted this Old Testament verse? YAHUAH set aside the Seventh day specifically for us to rest and dedicate this day totally to Him in love. To not do so is just as much sin as breaking any of the Commandments and has the same consequences.
YAHUAH did not make a mistake when He placed the Sabbath in His Moral law of love, the Ten Commandments. The Sabbath is a perpetual (never ending) covenant (Exodus 31:13-17) that applies to anyone under the “Renewed Covenant” that many miss was actually made with Yashar’el only (Hebrews 8:10). Paul however describes two Yashar’el’s today and the one he says counts is the Yashar’el of YAHUAH, and not the Yashar’el of the flesh. (Romans 9:6-8) If we are Messiah’s, then we are Yashar’el today and heirs according to the promise made to Abraham. (Galatians 3:28-29) It is sadly amusing that some attacking YAHUAH’s law often say the Old Covenant was made just with Yashar’el so the Ten Commandments are gone with the “New” Covenant. This certainly reveals their ignorance and what spirit they are listening to. See also Romans 2:28-29 and Isaiah 66:22-23. See also Daniel’s 70 weeks prophecy or Prophecy of weeks.
One web site in their attack on the Sabbath Commandment stated, “Worshipping on a specific day would be idolatry. We worship the maker every day. G-d made all the days of the week and does not expect to be worshipped on only one day.” I guess what they are really saying to YAHUAH is, “Hey G-d, let me set you straight. Why are you Commanding the Seventh day? Don’t you know that we don’t have to do that because we worship you every day! Why would you make us sin and commit idolatry by Commanding us to worship on a specific day!?” I was totally dumbfounded when I read this as should anyone! YAHUAH clearly states the Seventh day is my Sabbath and people respond, “It does not matter what day G-d says.”
Does YAHUAH mean what He says or not? Do you remember how YAHUAH tested His people in Exodus 16, before He even gave the Ten Commandments to see if they would keep His law? He tested to see if they would keep the Seventh day or not. When they didn’t, YAHUAH accused these non-Jews of breaking His whole law. We do worship YAHUAH everyday but if we kept the Sabbath everyday, we would not be Holy, we would be lazy. It should be obvious that it is not possible to keep the Sabbath everyday and when YAHUAH specifically commands something, He means it!
Important Note: Satan has always had a long term plan in attacking the law of YAHUAH (this should be obvious to us) and is desperate to keep Christians from discovering the real truth on the Sabbath Commandment and so you will find that he has had no trouble in finding those he can bring against the truth.
They also often call the fourth Commandment the “Jewish Sabbath” (already seen to be impossible) and attack the issue of sun worship, Constantine and the Catholic Church saying that people quoting the truth cannot make up their mind how it happened and some even claim that none were involved and deny all the above historical quotes while giving some of their own quotes from those who did yield to temptation and began keeping Sunday in honor of the resurrection against YAHUAH’s will.
The truth that they avoid is that all three were involved in the Sabbath to Sunday change as we have seen. Colossians 2:16, Galatians 4:10 and Romans 14:5 are also typically quoted and these as you have seen are also quoted in ignorance, and if you do understand these passages you will be able to easily identify the deceived when they quote these passages that demonstrates they have no idea what the truth is.
See Colossians 2:16 for very detailed information on this passage as well as Galatians 4:10 and Romans 14:5. Galatians and the law
Answer: The law (or principle or rule) of first mention is a guideline that is used for studying Scripture.
The law of first mention says that, to understand a particular word or doctrine, we must find the first place in Scripture that word or doctrine is revealed and study that passage.
The reasoning is that the Scriptures first mention of a concept is the simplest and clearest presentation; doctrines are then more fully developed on that foundation. So, to fully understand an important and complex theological concept, Bible students are advised to start with its “first mention.”
Example:
“And Elohim called the light ‘day’ and the darkness He called ‘night.’ And there came to be evening and there came to be morning, one day.”
Berĕshith (Genesis) 1:5
And such as our lives we start in darkness and then the Son rises to finish the creation in us , so dusk to dusk is what I have believed for years as far as what constitutes a full complete Day in Scripture.
Ancient Hebrew is based on letters that form word pictures. Hebrew words are formed by joining pictures to illustrate the meaning of the word. The Hebrew word for covenant, berit, is a wonderful example of this.
Berit is formed by the Hebrew letters – bet, reysh, yood, and tav. Reading right to left it looks like this:
House is the word picture for bet, It can also mean the temple/house of YAHUAH.
Head is the word picture for reysh. It can also mean a person or the highest.
Hand is the word picture for yood. It also means work or deed.
Sign is the word picture for tav. It can also mean seal or cross.
In the four letters that make up the Hebrew word picture for covenant, we see the “house” that has on its “head” and “hand” is a “sign.” As we are called to be the temple or house of the living YAHUAH ELOHIYM, there should be a sign on our head and hand that we are in Covenant with the QODESH (Set-Apart) One of Yisrael.
What is one of the signs of the Covenant?
It is the annual celebration of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
And said, O YAHUAH ELOHAI of Yisrael, there is no ELOHIYM like you in the heavens, nor in the earth; which guards the covenant, and shows mercy unto your servants, that walk before you with all their hearts:
DIVREI HAYAMIYM SHENIY (2 CHRONICLES) 6:14
Know therefore that YAHUAH ELOHAYKA, he is ELOHIYM, the faithful EL, which guards his covenant and mercy with them that love him and guard his commandments to a thousand generations;
DEVARIYM (DEUTERONOMY) 7:9
And you shall show your son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which YAHUAH did unto me when I came forth out of Mitsrayim.
And it shall be for a sign unto you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that YAHUAH’S Torah may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand has YAHUAH brought you out of Mitsrayim.
You shall therefore guard this ordinance in his appointed time from year to year.
SHEMOTH (EXODUS) 13:8-10
The Scriptures teach, that as His covenant people, His Word is to be within us, in our mouths and in our hearts.
And these words, which I command you this day, shall be in your heart:
And you shall teach them diligently unto your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
DEVARIYM (DEUTERONOMY) 6:6-8
Take time to meditate on the meaning of berit and the eternal truths that are embedded in the beauty of the Hebrew language. Encourage your children to memorize the Word, to hide it in their hearts.
Being in covenant with the QODESH (Set-Apart) One has incredible promises for those who believe. Here are just a few delicious samples for you and all your household of faith:
Know therefore that YAHUAH ELOHAYKA, he is ELOHIYM, the faithful EL, which guards his covenant and mercy with them that love him and guard his commandments to a thousand generations;
DEVARIYM (DEUTERONOMY) 7:9
But the mercy of YAHUAH is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
To such as guard his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
YAHUAH has prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom rules over all.
TEHILLIYM (PSALMS) 103:17-19
So shall they fear the name of YAHUAH from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the RUACH YAHUAH shall lift up a standard against him.
And the Redeemer shall come to Tsiyon, and unto them that turn from transgression in Ya`aqov, says YAHUAH.
As for me, this is my covenant with them, says YAHUAH; My RUACH that is upon you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your seed, nor out of the mouth of your seed’s seed, says YAHUAH, from henceforth and forever.
YESHA’YAHU (ISAIAH) 59:19-21
Teaching our children and our children’s children the commandments of YAHUAH, connects us with the Covenant Community of Yisrael. Doing so out of love for Messiah YAHUSHA unites us in His Kingdom, and causes us to bear good fruit. A household of faith, Qodesh (set apart), dedicated, and in covenant with the true and living ELOHIYM of Yisrael brings heavens mercy down upon us.
And said, O YAHUAH ELOHAI of Yisrael, there is no ELOHIYM like you in the heavens, nor in the earth; which guards the covenant, and shows mercy unto your servants, that walk before you with all their hearts:
DIVREI HAYAMIYM SHENIY (2 CHRONICLES) 6:14
Know therefore that YAHUAH ELOHAYKA, he is ELOHIYM, the faithful EL, which guards his covenant and mercy with them that love him and guard his commandments to a thousand generations;
DEVARIYM (DEUTERONOMY) 7:9
Imagine the benefit this has toward us, and our children’s children!
The following is the origin of the pagan names in day order
1. Sunday – Dies solis (Latin) which means “day of the sun” from which we get Sunday. Sun worship was marked by the use of the halo, or nimbus, which originated with the pagan Greeks and Romans to represent their sun god, Helios. It was later on that artists then adopted it for use in Christian images.
The halo is actually the sun behind the person’s head, as shown in the illustration. It’s easy to recognize once one realizes what it is, although it’s also often stylized to make it less obvious. Originally a very devious way of mixing idolatrous sun worship with Christianity by converts who were not all that converted, and as a result the pagan halo became a very misleading tradition in Christian art.
2. Monday – Dies lunae (from which comes the word lunar), means moon day, from which we get the shortened version, Monday.
3. Tuesday – Dies Martis, means mars day, after Mars, the Roman god of war. The day was known to the pagan Germans after their own god of war, Tiw (pronounced too) as Tiw’s (pronounced tooz) day, from which we get Tuesday.
4. Wednesday – Dies mercuri, means mercury day. Woden (pronounced woe-den) was the Germanic version of the pagan god mercury, and they named the day Woden’s day, from which we get Wednesday.
5. Thursday – Dies Jovis means Jove’s day, or Jupiter’s day. Thor was the Germanic version of the god Jupiter, so they called the day Thor’s Day, from which we got Thursday.
6. Friday – Dies Veneris means Venus Day. The Germanic version of this female god was Frigg, or Freyja (pronounced fry-yah), so they called the day Freyja day, from which we got Friday.
7. Saturday – Dies Saturni means Saturn day, from which came Saturday. The pagans also observed their Saturnalia festival in the last week of December, a time when work ceased, gifts were exchanged, and slaves feasted with their masters.
The fact of the matter is that there is not one scripture that says, “The Sabbath is now Sunday.” After all, the Ten Commandments are the ONLY thing that YAHUAH spoke in such incredible fiery majesty, thundering His voice from the mountain top as everyone below trembled in fear and then personally wrote this magnificent law into stone tablets, yet there is not one clear scripture. Just assumptions! One of YAHUAH’s Commandments supposedly goes and we do not have even ONE clear scripture. Why not?
The answer is simple. It was never changed to Sunday by the authority of YAHUAH so no such scripture exists. It was actually changed as a result of SUN worship, hence the name SUN-day. The English names for the days of the week are pagan names. In over one hundred other languages in the world, Saturday is still called the Sabbath just as it was named at creation. This dates right back to Babel in Genesis 11 where Saturday was recognized as the Sabbath day and was incorporated into the very name of the day. This predates Judaism and the giving of the law.
The Story of How Hebrew Almost Became the Official U.S. Language
Just after the American Revolution, an English essayist named William Gifford reported that some Americans planned to substitute Hebrew as the official language of the United States.
Gifford got the story from an aide to Comte de Rochambeau, Marquis de Chastellux, who had traveled in America in 1780.
“In the rebellion of the Colonies, a member of that state seriously proposed to Congress the putting down of the English language by law, and decreeing the universal adoption of Hebrew in its stead,” Gifford wrote.
There were good reasons to believe his story. For one, some people believed a linguistic separation would follow the political separation of the United States from Great Britain.
For another, the New England Puritans brought with them a prejudice toward the original Hebrew version of the Old Testament.
NEW WORLD ISRAELITES
The New England Puritans identified with the Israelites who escaped Pharoah’s oppression by crossing the sea. They viewed the Scriptures as the ultimate authority, and they took their laws from the Old Testament.
William Bradford taught himself Hebrew because he wanted to read the Scriptures in their original language. His gravestone says, in Hebrew, “The Lord is the help of my life.”
And, of course, the Puritans didn’t celebrate Christmas.
Appropriately, Plymouth’s Jewish community in 1913 built a synagogue three blocks from Plymouth Rock.
NEWPORT
Newport, R.I., became a center of Jewish settlement in the late 17th century. George Washington in 1790 wrote a letter to the congregation of Newport’s Touro Synagogue. In it, he pledged ‘no assistance to persecution.’
Clement C. Moore, a Hebrew scholar, spent summers at his home in Newport. He wasn’t happy that his reputation rested on his poem A Visit From St. Nicholas. Moore put more store in his first American Hebrew dictionary, which he published in 1809.
Ezra Stiles served as pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Newport before he became president of Yale College. He befriended Rabbi Haim Isaac Carigal, who helped him improve his Hebrew.
Stiles sometimes gets credit for proposing that Hebrew replace English as the official language of the United States of America.
HEBREW SCHOOLS
As Yale president, Stiles made a course in Hebrew a freshman requirement. By then, the Hebrew words Urim and Thummim (the oracular will of God) were already on the Yale seal, along with the Latin Lux et Veritas (light and truth).
Harvard also taught Hebrew since the 1720s, and so did William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. Columbia College in New York required all teachers to know Hebrew.
During the American Revolution, feelings against the English ran high. As part of a new nation some Americans wanted to establish a separate identity from England.
“The passion for complete political independence of England bred a general hostility to all English authority,” wrote H.L. Mencken.
Mencken believed that the Englishman William Gifford disliked the United States. He also thought Gifford wanted to mock the new country by claiming it supported Hebrew as its official language.
The story persisted, though, and appeared in The Cambridge History of American Language.
In the end, Noah Webster helped create a uniquely American language. He set the standard for American English with his blue-backed speller and dictionary.
Wrote Mencken,
Webster harbored no fantastic notion of abandoning English altogether, but he was eager to set up American as a distinct and independent dialect.
This story about Hebrew replacing English as the official U.S. language was updated in 2018.
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