Did YAHUAH Give The Fourth Commandment Only To The Jews And The Other Nine To Everyone?
Someone always raises the stale argument that the Sabbath is only a sign of holiness for the Jews, but let me remind them of this inspired text: “if ye be Messiah’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Galatians 3:29. All born again Followers of YAHUSHA are the true Yisra’el today and have been sanctified unto YAHUAH. Therefore, the Sabbath is for anyone who is Messiah’s regardless of these fourth coming facts.
The fourth Commandment is constantly being called the Jewish Sabbath yet this phrase does not occur once in the entire Scriptures. This is because the Sabbath was created in the first week of this planet’s existence long before Jews ever existed.
Most do not realize the Hebrew word for rest in Genesis 2:3 is “shabbath” and means Sabbath and if not for this Commandment we would only have a six day week. It was YAHUSHA who made the Sabbath at creation and is the reason for His claim to be Master of the Sabbath day. (Mark 2:28) If YAHUSHA is the Master of the Sabbath day, then the Sabbath is the Masters’s Day. John had a vision on “the Masters’s day” according to Revelation 1:10. That day had to be the Sabbath. It is the only day so designated and claimed by YAHUAH in the Scriptures. In writing the Ten Commandments, YAHUAH called it “the Sabbath of YAHUAH your ELOHIYM.” (Exodus 20:10) It is impossible for the Sabbath to be Jewish.
Adam and Eve were not Jewish “YAHUAH blessed the seventh day and sanctified it.” (Genesis 2:3) Sanctified means “to be QODESH (Set-Apart) for holy use.” This was pre-sin and the only ones in Eden to “Set-Apart” the Sabbath were Adam and Eve. Were the other Nine “Just for the Jews?” The Sabbath is also for the “stranger” who are Gentiles (Ephraim Yisra’el). (Exodus 20:10) In “the new earth … from one Sabbath to another, shall ALL FLESH come to worship before me, saith YAHUAH.” (Isaiah 66:22-23) Grace saved Gentiles kept the Sabbath. “The Gentiles besought that these words be preached to them the next Sabbath … Paul and Barnabas … persuaded them to continue in the grace of YAHUAH.” (Acts 13:42-43) Luke was also a Gentile (Ephraim Yisraelites) who kept the Sabbath.
The Babylonian language was in use hundreds of years before the Hebrew race was founded by Abraham. That language designated the seventh day of the week as “sa-ba-tu”, meaning rest day and is another indisputable proof that the Scriptural Sabbath was not and is not exclusively Jewish. Very few realize that the word Sabbath and the concept of resting from work on the seventh day of the week (Saturday) is common to most of the ancient and modern languages of the world, which dates back to Babel in Genesis chapter 11.
This is evidence totally independent of the Scriptures that confirms the Scriptural teaching that YAHUAH’s seventh day Sabbath predates Judaism. The concept of a Saturday QODESH (Set-Apart) day of rest was understood, accepted and practiced by virtually every culture from Babylon through modern times. In the study of the many languages of mankind you will find two important facts:
1. The seventh day of the week is called the “Sabbath” in the majority of principal languages in the world. (English names are of pagan origin)
2. There is not even one language which designates another day as the “day of rest.”
Many fifth century Christians kept the Saturday Sabbath and Sunday
In spite of the rising popularity of Sunday sacredness, Church historian Socrates Scholasticus (5th century) wrote: “For although almost all churches throughout the world celebrate the sacred mysteries [of the Lord’s Supper] on the Sabbath of every week, yet the Christians of Alexandria and at Rome, on account of some ancient tradition, have ceased to do this.” Socrates Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History, Book 5, ch. 22. Another historian confirmed this, stating, “The people of Constantinople, and almost everywhere, assemble together on the Sabbath, as well as on the first day of the week, which custom is never observed at Rome or at Alexandria.” Sozomen, Ecclesiastical History, Book 7, ch. 19. Thus even in the 5th century, Sabbath keeping was universally prevalent (except in Rome and Alexandria), along with Sunday keeping.
Many Christians kept both days. But as the centuries wore on, Sunday-keeping grew in prominence, especially within Roman Catholic territories. So as a result, all but just over 550 different denominations now observe Sunday, but the question remains, What does the Scripture say?
Quotes from the Catholic Church on the Sabbath to Sunday change
Below are quotes from the Roman Catholic Church which further reveal why most Churches now keep Sunday as the Sabbath. The Catholic Church may be wrong on many things, but everything about these quotes below is true. When they say they are responsible for the final change of the Sabbath to Sunday, they are not delusional and they speak truth. Revelation 13 tells us that Satan gave his power and authority to the Roman Catholic Church. Why? It was Satan’s plan to have this Church change the Sabbath to Sunday.
Why did Satan do this? The fourth Commandment is a SIGN as to who we worship and give our allegiance to. If we obey YAHUAH and keep His Sabbath day QODESH (Set-Apart), we give our allegiance to YAHUAH. If we obey the Commandment of the Catholic Church and keep their day Holy, who do we give our allegiance to then?
The Catholic Church answers this question below with two of their quotes. But looking even deeper, who gave this Church power so YAHUAH’s true day of worship could be changed and why? The picture left is just one of many that reveal the extent of Sun worship in the Catholic Church. Those who did not obey the commandment of the Roman Catholic Church during the dark ages suffered dire consequences. The Scriptutre says they will be doing it again.
Does the Scriptures support the change to Sunday?
“For example, nowhere in the Scriptures do we find that Messiah or the Apostles ordered that the Sabbath be changed from Saturday to Sunday. We have the commandment of YAHUAH given to Moses to keep QODESH (Set-apart) the Sabbath day, that is the 7th day of the week, Saturday. Today most Christians keep Sunday because it has been revealed to us by the [Roman Catholic] church outside the Scriptures.” — Catholic Virginian, October 3, 1947, p. 9, article “To Tell You the Truth.”
“Is not every Christian obliged to sanctify Sunday and to abstain on that day from unnecessary servile work? Is not the observance of this law among the most prominent of our sacred duties? But you may read the Scripture from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify.” — James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers (1917 edition), p. 72-73 (16th Edition, p 111; 88th Edition, p. 89).
Who Made Sunday Holy?
“Question – Which is the Sabbath day? “Answer – Saturday is the Sabbath day. “Question – Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday? “Answer – We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church, in the Council of Laodicea (A.D. 364), transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday.” — Peter Geiermann, C.S.S.R., The Convert’s Catechism of Catholic Doctrine, p. 50, 3rd edition, 1957.
“Perhaps the boldest thing, the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, happened in the first century. The holy day, the Sabbath, was changed from Saturday to Sunday. ‘The day of the Master’ was chosen, not from any direction noted in the Scriptures, but from the (Catholic) Church’s sense of its own power…People who think that the Scriptures should be the sole authority, should logically become 7th Day Keepers, and keep Saturday QODESH (Set-Apart).” — St. Catherine Church Sentinel, Algonac, Michigan, May 21, 1995.
President Trump silently affirms the Jewish Noahide Laws
Thursday, April 4, 2019
“Education Day U.S.A” has been acknowledged and affirmed by every US President, every year, since Jimmy Carter in 1978.
The joint resolution confirms the importance of “education to the lives of [the Country] and the well-being of the Nation” and celebrates the birthdate of Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. While the 1978 proclamation did not specify what sort of education was important to the nation, the 1982 proclamation by Ronald Reagan states that this education included the “eternal validity of the Seven Noahide Laws, a moral code for all of us regardless of religious faith.”
The 1991 proclamation states that the Jewish Noahide Laws are the “principles which are the basis of civilized society and upon which our great Nation was founded” and that it is our “responsibility to transmit these historical ethical values from our distinguished past to the generations of the future”; it also promises that “this will be reflected in an international scroll of honor signed by the President of the United States and other heads of state.”
Donald Trump has signed the Education Day U.S.A. proclamation every year of his presidency since he has been in office, yet his versions of the proclamations do not mention the Jewish Noahide Laws, only the importance of “education” and the remembrance of Rabbi Schneerson who dedicated much of his life to advancing the Noahide agenda. Even though Trump’s versions of the resolution do not mention Noahide Law, the Chabad-Lubavitch website reminds us that the Jewish Noahide Laws are the “unifying idea” of all these proclamations, including Trump’s, and are what our presidents are referring to when they say “education”. Jewish Noahide Law calls for the death of anyone practicing idolatry, blasphemy or sexual morality, it also obligates non-Jews to set up courts to carry out these executions.
Rabbi Schneerson whose birth we commemorate stated that according to Jewish law non-Jews have no other purpose than to serve Jews who are the reason for creation.
Trump’s daughter Ivanka is a high ranking Chabad-Lubavitch cultist, she prays at Rabbi Schneerson’s grave and has been blessed by Rabbis who demand non-Jews follow the Noahide Laws and refer to them as “animals.”
Seeing that his daughter is such a high ranking member of the Chabad-Lubavitch cult and that both her associations and the Education Day U.S.A. have drawn so much criticism, it is very hard to believe that Donald Trump does not understand the ramifications of his signature on these proclamations… is this treason?
Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., a day of national commemoration designated by each president since Jimmy Carter in 1978, turns 40 this year. Across the country, the milestone is being marked with events and discussions focused on education. Education Day this year occurs on March 27, 2018, corresponding to the 11th of Nissan on the Jewish calendar, the 116th anniversary of birth of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory.
Speaking at a gathering for his 75th birthday in 1977, the Rebbe concentrated on the importance of education and announced the coming year as the “Year of Education,” spearheading the establishment of new schools, summer camps and educational programs. At its culmination, in April of 1978, Congress passed a joint resolution calling upon President Carter to establish a permanent Education Day, noting “the importance of education to the lives of [the country’s] citizens and to the well-being of the Nation.”
Since then, the idea of one day dedicated to thinking about the education of youth in the United States, focusing particularly on the higher meaning of education, has resonated across party lines—a rare unifying space in an often fractured political and societal arena.
President Donald J. Trump followed the previous six presidents—from Carter to Barack Obama—when he issued the proclamation marking Education and Sharing Day, the second of his presidency. A delegation of Chabad-Lubavitch leaders met with the president in the Oval Office for the signing. Since the day’s inception, states, cities and localities have likewise designated the Rebbe’s birthday as Education Day. This year, for the first time, proclamations or the equivalent have been issued by the governors of all 50 states and the mayor of Washington, D.C., recognizing the day and what it stands for. Some 100 more city and local proclamations have been issued—from Alameda, Calif., to Tumwater, Wash., to El Paso, Texas.
Education Day is about highlighting the higher purpose of education, with the Rebbe stressing, in 1978, that “the educational system must … pay more attention, indeed the main attention, to the building of character, with emphasis on moral and ethical values. … Education must put greater emphasis on the promotion of fundamental human rights and obligations, justice and morality, which are the basis of any human society … .”
And thus the need for a specific day, similar to Mother’s Day or Father’s Day, when awareness could be raised for a vital societal institution, in this case, education. Because of education’s pervasive role in shaping the next generation, it would, in fact, bolster other days on the calendar, such as Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.
“Amid the distractions and concerns of our daily existence, it is appropriate that Americans pause to reflect upon the ancient ethical principles and moral values which are the foundation of our character as a nation,” Ronald Reagan noted in his 1982 proclamation for the day. “We seek, and steadfastly pursue, the benefits of education. But education must be more than factual enlightenment—it must enrich the character as well as the mind.”
Fifteen years later, Bill Clinton reiterated this same universal idea, noting that American children must have the tools they need to “make the most of their God-given potential,” and be assisted in harnessing the forces of technology so that “those in the most isolated rural towns and those in the poorest inner-city schools” have access to the vast universe of knowledge. “However,” Clinton wrote, “education involves more than books, facts, and homework assignments. Education also concerns the building of character. Character is an anchor of our society, and we should work hard to cultivate it among our young people. If our Nation is to continue to thrive and prosper, we must continue to live up to our ideals.”
It is this idea, and furthering discussions surrounding it, that lies at the heart of Education Day.
Rabbi Avraham Shemtov, national director of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad) and chairman of Agudas Chassidei Chabad—the umbrella organization of Chabad-Lubavitch—coordinated the activities surrounding the very first Education Day celebration in Washington, D.C., back in 1978, and will lead the delegation today. His son, Rabbi Levi Shemtov, the organization’s executive vice president, continues his father’s work. The younger Shemtov says that the 40th-anniversary milestone and the record number of states, counties, cities and towns around the nation officially marking Education Day could not have come at a better time.
“Education Day is all about looking a bit deeper, finding the greater meaning that life brings,” says Shemtov. “If ever there has been a time for that type of effort, it’s now. Education Day can be the vehicle to help this meaning come to the fore. Right now, we’re seeing the start of a community conversation, from this country’s leadership to the rank and file.”
How Does One Celebrate Education Day?
At a public talk on his birthday in 1982—that year it was called the “National Day of Reflection”—the Rebbe highlighted the importance of setting aside time during which to think about and discuss education. More than simply honoring the Rebbe’s life and work dedicated to expanding educational opportunities for everyone—an honor the Rebbe said he accepted not on his own behalf, but on behalf of the entire Lubavitch movement—the Rebbe said he wanted it to spur thought, conversation, and, hopefully, concrete action.
This year, aside from every governor in the nation signing a proclamation, a number of resolutions have been passed on the state legislative level.
“When we talk about educating our kids, we sometimes say that they need a good education to ‘make a better living,’ ” noted State Rep. Robert Wittenberg (D-Mich.), who sponsored the Education Day resolution in the Michigan House of Representatives. “But making a better living doesn’t just mean making a bigger paycheck.”
That education is not simply the gaining of skills is not a new concept in American public discourse. George Washington noted it in his famed Farewell Address of 1796, as did Benjamin Franklin when he wrote his Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania [sic]in 1749, which led to the eventual establishment of what is today the University of Pennsylvania.
Writing in On the Education of Youth in America (1788), father of American education Noah Webster outlined that every district should have its own schools, each one run by a reputable and well-informed individual. “Here,” in addition to “the usual branches of learning … the rough manners of the wilderness should be softened, and the principles of virtue and good behaviour inculcated. The virtues of men are of more consequence to society than their abilities; and for this reason, the heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.”
It was these American ideals that the Rebbe echoed when he spoke of Education Day, and hoped to inspire around the country. Which is exactly what is happening. During an Alaska Senate Education Committee hearing held last week, senators heard from Rabbi Yosef Greenberg, co-director of Lubavitch Jewish Center of Alaska in Anchorage, and his son, Rabbi Mendy Greenberg, co-director of Mat-Su Jewish Center in Wasilla. Testimony also came from Rosemary Lebowitz, a semi-retired schoolteacher in Hoonah. During her long career, she recalled, she had one student who cheated during an exam. At the time, the school attempted to rectify the problem by dealing with the parents, and they thought they had resolved the issue. Years later, Lebowitz says she made multiple visits to the former student in prison.
“This is only to bring up the point of how important these values are,” she explained. “They are important at a young age.”
The Education Day resolution was brought to Alaska’s Senate floor by Sen. Shelley Hughes (R-Alaska), who spoke of the Rebbe’s legacy, and his life-long dedication “to education and to the youth and this important cornerstone of humanity. As far as education, he felt that it was very important that in addition to academics, Mr. President, that the discussion of morals should also be part, and should not be neglected, and he encouraged Americans to teach and share with the next generation, those values that make good citizens and a strong nation and a better world.”
Noting the bipartisan support for Education Day on the national level, Hughes continued that with the rise in Alaska’s suicide rates, domestic violence and assault problems, “we shouldn’t be veering away from these discussions … this resolution … encourages us to think and recognize that these discussions with our youth are important conversations to have, whether it’s in a public school, a private school, homeschool, whether it’s around our dinner table, whether it’s at our places of worship or whether it’s just out in our community.”
Following Hughes’s floor speech, Alaska Senate Minority Leader Berta Gardner (D), rose and commended her colleague, adding some of her own thoughts to the discussion at hand.
“There’s one part of it that I think deserves specific mention, and that is about the value of instilling a spirit of service in our children,” said Gardner. “That’s a part of it I particularly appreciate—and I think it sometimes goes unnoticed and unsaid—and when we do try to impart that to our kids, it’s an ongoing effort, and I’d just like to draw people’s attention to it.”
A concurrent Education Day bill in Alaska’s House, sponsored by Democratic State Rep. Harriet Drummond, passed the House with similar respectful, introspective dialogue. Such Education and Sharing Day conversations are taking place across the country.
Unifying Idea
For the Rebbe, the bedrock of education were the moral values imbued by the knowledge that there is a Creator of the universe to Whom each and every person is responsible. In discussing Education Day and the idea of encouraging young people to grow into responsible citizens and ethical human beings, the Rebbe spoke of the Seven Noahide Laws, the foundation of a civilized society, and ways to facilitate young people reminding themselves of the existence of a Supreme Being, the ultimate arbiter of right and wrong, with “an Eye that sees, and an Ear that hears.”
At the same time, the Rebbe understood and appreciated this country’s separation of church and state, and therefore searched for ways to find common ground with those who might have a different opinion. Looking for a way for young people to be able to recognize, on a daily basis, something greater than themselves, the Rebbe called for a Moment of Silence in public schools, a measure ruled constitutional by federal courts and acceptable by school prayer opponents.
The Rebbe encouraged Education Day to be used by everyone to advance the cause of education in the way that they see fit, and in the interests of furthering the cause of justice and morality in this world. Over the years, various presidents have used the annual proclamation to further specific educational programs they supported. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush touted his National Educational Goals, which he hoped the country would reach by the year 2000, noting that “if the application of one’s knowledge and skills is to be truly fruitful and rewarding, it cannot be divorced from high moral purpose.” In 2003 Pres. George W. Bush spoke of the success of his “No Child Left Behind Act,” saying that “as part of our commitment to our children’s future, we must also teach young Americans to live lives of integrity and purpose, and to realize the importance of loving others and contributing to their communities.”
“In an era where a woman’s education was not valued the same as a man’s, the Rebbe worked to tear down barriers that stood in the way of girls who wanted to learn,” President Barack Obama’s 2015 Education and Sharing Day proclamation states. “He established a Jewish organization for women and directed his teachings of service and scholarship equally to young girls and boys. He was even known to write, ‘There must be a girl!’ on educational materials that depicted only boys.” Noting that there are 62 million girls around the world who should be in school but are not, Obama drew attention to first lady Michelle Obama’s “Let Girls Learn” initiative.
Each president has their own vision of educational success and excellence, yet the thread of recognizance of a higher purpose to education runs through each and every proclamation and public statement on the topic. This is reflected at the state and local level as well.
In 1981, the people of Burlington, Vt., unexpectedly elected a young socialist as mayor: Bernie Sanders. Two years later, he marked Education Day in his city for the first time, lauding the Rebbe for seeking “out the materially oppressed and disadvantaged, thereby effecting their enfranchisement through education; and by stressing the universal implications of education as a source of continuous creativity through which the human condition is perfected.” The language on Sanders’ proclamation, it is safe to say, was different from, say, Ronald Reagan’s.
Sanders’ roommate at the time was Richard Sugarman, today professor of religion at the University of Vermont and a renowned expert on the thought of philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. “I’d say that’s still a good representation of Senator Sanders’ thinking,” says Sugarman. “It was a moral message embodied in practical words, which he sent to a great religious leader.”
Sanders, says Sugarman, saw that the Rebbe, a religious figure, would always pay attention to the material conditions of other people, not only the spiritual. “Bernie was very impressed by that.”
Sugarman recalls hearing that some who saw Sanders’ Education Day proclamation had laughed, but not the Rebbe, who wrote the mayor a “thank you” letter.
“I sincerely appreciate your thoughtfulness in designating this Education Day in honor of my birthday,” the Rebbe wrote in 1983. “I trust that your action will stimulate greater awareness of the vital importance of education, not only among all your worthy citizens, but also in the State of Vermont.”
The Rebbe believed that if only people would put aside their differences and focus their thoughts and energy towards bettering the education of the next generation, the world would be a better place. Education Day’s 40th anniversary comes at a time when this country needs such focused determination more than ever.
President Trump silently affirms the Jewish Noahide Laws
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If You would allow me a moment of your time let me start with this Expose’ with a question.
Do any of you remember the old Oil Lamps that were used a few generations back?
Let’s take a closer look…
They are a few basic parts that makes a Oil Lamp work. Of course there is the Vessel/Basin of the Lamp. That is what holds the Oil that you will need in it to Burn with Fire. Also, you must have a Wick that is Submerged or put into the Vessel where the Oil is and have one end of the Wick at the top of the Vessel. There is a mechanism at the top of the Vessel that holds part of the Wick out from the Oil so the Oil is Wicked up to the Top of the Vessel. Then to cap if off you have the Chimney that is placed over the Wick and on top of the Vessel to protect the Flame or Fire and keep from going out, and there you have it a Oil Lamp.
Now the next question is how do we get it to work and when is it used? Well that’s pretty simple. To get the Lamp to burning you removed the Chimney and you Light Up that top part of the Wick then adjust the Wick to get the Flame or Fire where you need it. Then replace the Chimney to keep the Flame or Fire from going out. Then you use your Oil Lamp when there is Darkness around and you need to see where you are going.
Now lets say we have used our Lamps in the pervious Darkness that we were in. It worked fine. We were able to see in the Darkness that we walked in the night before.
Now we discover! The Day is past and It’s Dark again. What do we do? Yes we Fire Up Our Lamps so we can see clearly where we are going. So you removed the Chimney and you set Fire to the Wick and you place the Chimney back just like you did in the Previous Darkness and all of a sudden you notice that part of the Wick you set Fire to is “Smoking Up The Chimney” and you are not getting any Light to produce from your Lamp.
Now why is that? You are using the same type of Vessel, You have the same type of Oil and you even have the same type of Chimney and you did the same thing that you did in the previous Darkness and it’s just not working. What do we need to do to get the Light to Shine?
What have we done wrong here to cause the Chimney to Smoke up and not get any Light?
It’s simple my Friends. When you are in a New Season of Darkness and needing Light badly to see what we must do once we have Smoked Up the Chimney we have to get that Chimney Clean from the Inside where all that Smoke messed it up.
Once you have a Clean Chimney you Must elevate or raise that Wick up some where you can CUT completely off that part that you had burned in the Darkness the night before.
Once you Cut The Wick then you can set Fire to it and replace the Clean Chimney back on top of the Vessel and you will get Light to Walk in for Todays Darkness.
Friends Your Brother said all of that to say this. We are living in a time where there is Gross Darkness across the land. We are trying to see in this Darkness and make since of it all by Walking in Yesterdays Light that our Parents and Grandparents Walked in. The Light that our Elders Walked in back in their day was for them to see in the Darkness they were in.
TODAY is a New Day it is a New Season and a Gross Darkness that is around and about us. We will Not be able to see Clearly if we are trying Walk in the Light that they walked in the past, all that can do is Smoke Up Your Chimney.
WE HAVE to CUT that Religious Past in what the Generations Walked in before us. What we are trying to do is see through this darkness but the Light that was given them in the past, and all we are doing is Smoking Up the Chimney and we are not going anywhere if we can’t see ahead.
So I encourage you to Clean up your Chimney and Cut the past. The part of the Wick that we walked in yesteryear.
We have been trying to get to the Bridegroom/MessiYah with a Smoked Up Chimney. Cut that Wick in the Light that our ancestors walked. That Light was for them in their day. It’s not going to work for us today. And not only Clean up the Chimney but you have to Cut the Past religious views. Cut yesterdays Revival Cut that what was Walked in in Yesterday. Yesterday was for Them and not for us today. We needing a Fresh ResTORAHation for Today.
We need a Fresh and Renewed Light for the Darkness we are in today. WE can’t make it on grandpas and grandmas religious experience. What they Saw brought us to this point in time. Now it’s time to get Fired Up and let Our Light Shine in todays Darkness and the only way is to Cut the Past lose.
Now if you notice you do not disregard the Vessel, You do not disregard the Oil… It’s the same Oil. You do not disregard the Wick…. You just have to Cut the part of the Wick that was burnt in Yesterdays Darkness so we can Light Up Our Lamps with Clean Chimneys so we can See Our Way to the Bridegroom.
Notice in the Parable, told by Our MessiYah , of the Ten Virgins. What was the very First thing they Did when they heard the Shout or Message, at the Midnight Hour, that the “Bridegroom” is coming? To go out and Meet Him…. The VERY FIRST THING THEY DID WAS “Trimmed Their Lamps” They Cut the Wick. Are you getting this?
Children, if you do not Cut the Past in what you are walking in all you will get is more Darkness and will not be able to see what’s going on around us in these Dark Days and make it to your Bridegroom YAHUSHA HA’MASHIACH.
Please Clean Up the Chimney and Cut that Wick and Let your Light Shine.
If you want to “Come Out of Her” (Babylon) AND “Come Out to Meet Him”, The MessiYaH, it’s gonna take a Cuttin’ of the Religious Past we’ve been walking in. We can’t make it on what our parents and grandparents saw and walked in.
Cut it loose friends and Receive a Fresh Revelation of Who He Is. A Fresh Anointing and a Fresh Light is what is needed in these Dark Days.
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THEN shall the Kingdom of YAHUAH be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go ye out to meet him.
Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
MATTITHYAHU (MATTHEW) 25:1-7
My son, guard your father’s commandment, and forsake not the Torah of your mother:
Bind them continually upon your heart, and tie them about your neck.
When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall guard you; and when you awake, it shall talk with you.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the Torah is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
MISHLEI (PROVERBS) 6:20-23
ARISE, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of YAHUAH is risen upon you.
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but YAHUAH shall arise upon you, and his glory shall be seen upon you.
And the other people shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
Lift up your eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to you: your sons shall come from far, and your daughters shall be nursed at your side.
Then you shall see, and flow together, and your heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned back unto you, the forces of the other people shall come unto you.
YESHA’YAHU (ISAIAH) 60:1-5
For the commandment is a lamp; and the Torah is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
As we have already seen, Catholic customs stem from ancient pagan practices and beliefs. Pagan priests were celibate, tonsured, and received the power of sacrificing for the living and the dead. The same power is given to Roman Catholic priests. Pagan celibate priests are dedicated to the mother goddess, and Catholic priests to Mary the mediatrix.
Elevating Mary
In 1854, the Papacy declared Mary sinless, and in 1951, they declared that she had ascended unto heaven, where she was crowned as the “Queen of heaven.” This was called the Assumption of Mary. Since then, the complete system of Babylonian worship, with Mary taking the role of the mediatrix, has thus been established within Catholicism.
The goddess in ancient religions was worshiped as the life giver and nurturer and, as such, this religion was full of sexual undertones. Phallic symbols, as well as symbols of femininity and divine intercourse, were common in ancient temples, as they are in modern temples, particularly in India. These symbols are equally common in Roman Catholic cathedrals.
The breasts of the goddess formed a prominent part of the goddess cult, goddesses often being depicted with many breasts to nurture the world. Even the sun god was depicted nurturing at the goddess’ breast.
Catholicism carries the same mythology. Take for example the Magharet Sitti Mariam, or “Milk Grotto” as it is commonly known, where Catholic tradition has it that Mary spilt milk from her breast while feeding Jesus. This milk supposedly squirted onto the walls of the cave and formed white markings. The grotto has become a shrine, revered today as a place of pilgrimage for healing and fertility.
The sinner that ventures directly to Christ may come with dread and apprehension of his wrath; but let him only employ the mediation of the Virgin with her Son and she has only to show that Son the breasts that gave him suck and his wrath will immediately be appeased.
Pope John Paul II believed that Mary intercedes for the faithful who honor her during mass:
As they listen to the word proclaimed in the Sunday assembly, the faithful look to the Virgin Mary…From Sunday to Sunday, the pilgrim people follow in the footsteps of Mary, and her maternal intercession gives special power and fervour to the prayer which rises from the Church to the Most Holy Trinity.
Paganism and Catholicism: The Worship of Mary
The Catholic Church has elevated Mary to the level of mediator, advocate, and co-redeemer of humanity, in direct contradiction of the Scriptures. In 1854, Pope Pius IX declared Mary “immaculate,” or sinless, thus giving her the position of mediator.
Catholic Mary takes the place of YAHUSHA in Catholic teaching. Instead of the faithful looking to YAHUSHA as the Author and Finisher of their faith, they look to Catholic Mary. In Mary they find access to God. In her the Church is all holy and can learn obedience to God.
“The Church’s devotion to the Blessed Virgin is intrinsic to Christian worship.” The Church rightly honors “the Blessed Virgin with special devotion. From the most ancient times the Blesses Virgin has been honored with the title of ‘Mother of God,’ to whose protection the faithful fly in all their dangers and needs.”
The way to salvation is open to none otherwise than through Mary. The salvation of all depends on their being favoured and protected by Mary. He who is protected by Mary will be saved: he who is not will be lost. Our salvation depends on thee. God will not save us without the intercession of Mary.
Mary takes the place of God and she herself is treated like a goddess, a teaching to which the Catholic Church is not averse if we study even her modern statements on this issue.
But while in the most Blessed Virgin the Church has already reached that perfection whereby she exists without spot or wrinkle, the faithful still strive to conquer sin and increase in holiness. And so they turn their eyes to Mary: in her, the Church is already the “all-holy.”
Here are some of the names Mary is given, from the book Thunder of Justice:
Prophetess Of These Last Times, The Immaculate Conception, Mother Of The Church, Mary As The New Eve, Queen Of Heaven and Earth/Queen of Peace, The Assumption, Queen of the Holy Rosary, Queen and Mother of Families, Mary as Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix, Advocate, Our Lady of all Nations, Ark of the New Covenant, Mother of the Second Advent.
The titles Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix, and Advocate in particular raise serious concerns, as they contradict the plainest teachings of Scripture. The Scriptures clearly teaches that there is but one Redeemer, Mediator, and Advocate, and that is HAMASHIACH YAHUSHA.
For there is one ELOHIYM, and one mediator between YAHUAH and men, the man MASHIACH YAHUSHA (1 Timothy 2:5)
Blessed be ASONI YAHUAH of Yashar’el (Israel); for he hath visited and redeemed his people (Luke 1:68).
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, YAHUSHA HAMASHIACH the righteous (1 John 2:1).
In spite of these words, the Catholic Church is willing to accept Mary in the place of YAHUSHA HAMASHIACH, depriving Him of His mediatory role.
Even more surprising is the willingness of the Catholic Church to acknowledge Mary as goddess and part of the Godhead. This teaching is already covertly in place and is, in effect, nothing other than pagan goddess worship.
Although April Fools’ Day, also called All Fools’ Day, has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, its exact origins remain a mystery.
Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563.
People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes.
These pranks included having paper fish placed on their backs and being referred to as “poisson d’avril” (April fish), said to symbolize a young, easily caught fish and a gullible person.
Historians have also linked April Fools’ Day to festivals such as Hilaria, which was celebrated in ancient Rome at the end of March and involved people dressing up in disguises.
There’s also speculation that April Fools’ Day was tied to the vernal equinox, or first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, when Mother Nature fooled people with changing, unpredictable weather.
April Fools’ Day spread throughout Britain during the 18th century. In Scotland, the tradition became a two-day event, starting with “hunting the gowk,” in which people were sent on phony errands (gowk is a word for cuckoo bird, a symbol for fool) and followed by Tailie Day, which involved pranks played on people’s derrieres, such as pinning fake tails or “kick me” signs on them.
In modern times, people have gone to great lengths to create elaborate April Fools’ Day hoaxes. Newspapers, radio and TV stations and Web sites have participated in the April 1 tradition of reporting outrageous fictional claims that have fooled their audiences.
In 1957, the BBC reported that Swiss farmers were experiencing a record spaghetti crop and showed footage of people harvesting noodles from trees; numerous viewers were fooled. In 1985, Sports Illustrated tricked many of its readers when it ran a made-up article about a rookie pitcher named Sidd Finch who could throw a fastball over 168 miles per hour.
In 1996, Taco Bell, the fast-food restaurant chain, duped people when it announced it had agreed to purchase Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell and intended to rename it the Taco Liberty Bell. In 1998, after Burger King advertised a “Left-Handed Whopper,” scores of clueless customers requested the fake sandwich.
Don’t say “No” before you investigate, or you may have to change your mind.
“He that judgeth a matter before he investigates is not wise. MISHLEI (PROVERBS) 18:13”
COMMENDATION
“Unto the messenger of the congregation of Ephesus write: These things saith He that holdeth the seven stars in His right hand, Who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks. I know thy works, and thy labors, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and has found them liars: And hast borne and hast patience, and for my NAME’S sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember, therefore, from whence thou hast fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place except thou repent. But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the NICOLAITANS, which I also HATE.” (Rev 2:1-7)
CONDEMNATION
“AND unto the congregation of Pergamos write; these things saith He which hast the sharp sword with two edges; I know thy works and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is, and thou holdest fast my NAME, and hast not denied MY faith, even in those days wherein Anti-Pas was My faithful martyr, who was slain among you where Satan dwelleth. But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast, there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto IDOLS, and to commit fornication. So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the NICOLAITANS, which thing I HATE. Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth, He that hath an ear let him hear what the SPIRIT says unto the congregations.” (Rev 2: 12-17.)
Are you a Nicolaitan? Don’t say “No” before you investigate, or you may have to change your mind. He that judgeth a matter before he investigates is not wise. (Proverbs 18:13)
The Savior said that He hated the deeds and the doctrines of the Nico-laitans, even though they were members of His congregation in Ephesus and Pergamos; and I am sure you would not want to be numbered among them, nor to fellowship with them if you knew who they were. When these Nicolaitans were in the minority, the Savior said to the congregation, “Put them out from among you” (I Cor. 5:13). But now, when these Nicolaitans (idolaters) have taken over the congregation, Abba says to the believers, “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, “saith YAHUAH,” and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,” (2 Corinthians 6:17)
These Nicolaitans have been masquerading with us for a long time, and have made converts of us all, whether we admit it or not. It is no wonder that Isaiah was told to inquire, “To whom shall he teach knowledge, and whom shall he make to understand doctrine?” Then to make sure we would get the right answer, he continues, “Them that are weaned from the milk and drawn from the breast” (Isa 28:9). Have we really left the milk stage? Or have we left Mother Babylon’s breast only to feed on the milk bottles drawn from the same sources and given to us by her nursing daughters, the Protestant Churches?
Sunday worship; Christmas, with its Sat-urnalian excesses; New Year’s, with its watchnight and attendant debaucheries; Easter with its eggs, bunnies, hot-cross-buns, and sunrise worship; May Day with its May-poles and Lawn Festivals; Halloween, and its attending misrule, are not the feasts of YAHUAH as commanded in the Scriptures, but are definitely perpetuations of the old pagan Babylonian feasts, belonging to the pagan deities: “Lord, God, Jesus Christ, and Ma-Rhea, or Maria, the English Mary”.
The doctrines of an ever-burning hell, Purgatory, going to heaven when you die, immediate transition, infant baptism, sprinkling, the conscious state of the dead, are not Apostolic, but purely and simply Babylonian. Their presence in the Christian Church identifies Christianity as the Simon-pure product of Babylon’s fornications as evangelized by the Nicolaitans.
For a long time we have heard of the despicable Nicolaitans in the book of Revelation, but we have never really understood the meaning of their condemnation, because we have never really known who, or what, these Nicolaitans were. Many Bible students have tried to identify the Nicolaitans, but without success. Some have suggested that they were followers of a certain Nicholas, but can find no record of any such leader to substantiate their alibi. Then there is the Schofield School, or shall we say the editors of the Schofield Reference Bible, who say that the Nicolaitans are, and I quote:
“From Nakao, to conquer and Laos, the people or laity. There is however, no ancient authority for a sect of Nicolaitans. If the word is symbolic, it refers to the earliest form of the notion of a priestly order, or clergy, which later divided an equal brotherhood into priests and laity. What in Ephesus were deeds (Rev. 2:6) had become in Pergamos, a doctrine (Rev. 2:15).”
The above quotation is taken from the comment at the bottom of page 1332 of the Schofield Reference Bible. Please note that these wise theologians, who edited the Schofield Bible, admit that “there is no ancient authority for a sect of Nicolaitans” and, as for the other explanations, notice that it is based on an “IF the word is SYMBOLIC.” That is the best explanation the Christian clergy can give, because they are blind and cannot see the forest because the trees are in the way. The truth of the matter is that the more orthodox they are, the nearer they identify themselves with the Nicolaitans, whose doctrines and deeds YAHUSHA the Saviour said He hated.
They themselves are blind, having been made so by their teachers. The teaching that the New Testament was originally written in the Greek language, is not only false but deceptive. The Hellenization of the Church not only produced a corrupted New Testament, but made a Greek deity displace the Hebrew Messiah. This was the work, or deeds, done by the Nicolaitans in the early days and which is now perpetuated by the Christians in these latter days, since they are the offspring of the sect that the Saviour condemned (Rev. 2:6 and 15).
Many people think that we are just trying to be different and make another cult, but let us examine the facts. It is admitted that YAHUSHA HAMASHIACH the Saviour never heard himself addressed as Jesus Christ, not even when Greeks went to Philip and said, “We would see YAHUSHA” (John 12:20-21). The Greek proselytes knew him as YAHUSHA, and as the MASHIACH (Messiah), for there is no other NAME under heaven, given unto men, whereby we must be saved. The name “Jesus” was never applied to the Saviour during His lifetime, nor for nearly 300 years after His death and resurrection.
The Nicolaitans infiltrated the early assembly and finally took over the policy-making. Having overcome the resistance of the saints who were contending for the faith, they opened the way for Jezebel, the ancient symbol for seductiveness, to come in and seduce the servants of YAHUAH by saying that le-sus Kris-tos (Jesus Christ) was the Greek translation of YAHUSHA the Messiah. This RUSE was so successful that it has deceived all the nations of the earth!
Who were the Nicolaitans? The evangelists of Zeus! (Jupiter) who overcame or conquered the Jewish congregation. The Nicolaitans were not the followers of any leader Nicolas, but were NikoLaos themselves. The word Nicolaitans is a compound of the Greek words “Nike” and “Laos”, Nike-Laos (Nicolas). Nike is the name of the Goddess of Victory, or the Winged Victory, and Laos is the Greek word for laity, devotees, or followers. Therefore, without any guesswork or speculation, we can identify the Nicolaitans, of the King James version of the Bible, as the Nike-laity, or Nike laos of the original manuscript of Yahuchanon (John) the Revelator. And without any stretch of the imagination, we can identify the same old fellow, Saint Nike-Laos, or Santa Claus, who appears every year in the month of December, to remind us that Zeus, Jupiter, Mithra, Nimrod, Baal, Addon, Appolo, Tamuz, Bacchus, whose birthday is on the 25th day of December, is to be memorialized.
He seduces the minds of the young, who in turn play upon the heartstrings of their parents, forcing them to celebrate, even against their will! Even the independent churches, when they originally came out from the worldly churches, had repudiated Christmas and Easter as pagan holidays; but now they have compromised and taken notice of these days. Why? Because it is a part of the Satanic deception.
You cannot divorce Christmas from Saturnalia, with its tree worship, laurel, holly, mistletoe, cakes, and wine; nor from Easter with its hot-cross-buns (cakes to the Queen of Heaven, Astoreth), bunnies and the show of pride. All these were, and still are, part and parcel of the Babylonian doctrine perpetuated in the Christian churches today.
In Greek mythology, Nike is represented as the Goddess of Victory whose function was to proselytize or evangelize for Zeus, the Greek deity, and ascribe to him all the honor and glory of all the other gods, and thus displace them that he might be worshipped in their stead. If you look in Webster’s International Dictionary under the heading, Zeus, you will find a picture showing Zeus sitting on a throne with Nike in back of him, in the act of putting a crown of laurel upon his head. This was the symbol that he had won the victory over the other deities.
Even our institutions of learning have been contaminated with this pagan idolatry, for when the students of schools, colleges and universities win distinction in the course of study, they are made to don the cap and gown, while a Christian minister or priest, is called upon to do the honors and pronounce upon them the Baccalaureate, or the Laurel of Bacchus. And who is Bacchus? Bacchus, the meaning of which is “son of Cush”— Nimrod the personification of Satan, the enemy of YAHUAH (see Gen. 10: 8, 9).
Returning to Zeus in Webster’s International Dictionary, you will find that he is the same as the Latin Jupiter, the Spanish Dios, and the French Diu. He is known as the Father of Gods and Men. (Pope-Pappa of Gods and Men). No wonder Yahuchanon (John) the Revelator calls the Martyrs the Anti-Pas for they were against the father of gods and men! Among the many characteristics ascribed to him, he is known as Zeus-Soter, which means Zeus the Saviour. Whose Saviour is he? Is he yours?
Of course this is all mythology; but remember that mythology was, and is, the religion of the pagans; so that the devotees, a laity, of the mythological goddess Nike, do the work that she is ‘supposed to do’. In other words, the deeds the Nicolaitans of the King James version accomplished, was to exalt the Greek deity Zeus above the Hebrew Messiah YAHUSHA. What they started in the Ephesian Assembly and failed to do, they finally succeeded in making a doctrine in the Assembly of Pergamos.
It is the duty of every sincere believer to come out and to leave all these paganisms behind, and return to the Law and the Testimony (Isa. 8:20), and to keep the commandments of YAHUAH, and the testimony of YAHUSHA the Messiah. (Rev. 12:17)
When following the great impact of PENTECOST, which launched the great evangelistic campaign to bring the people back to YAHUAH and His righteousness through YAHUSHA the Messiah, the leaders of the then existing religions began to tremble. In order to uphold these false religions, the leaders resorted to the persecution of the Apostles (See Acts 19:19, 20; Acts 16:17,24; Acts 19:17-35; Fox’s Book of Martyrs).
But persecutions could not quench the fire of the Set-Apart Spirit in those who had received it. Under persecution, the Assembly of Believers increased, since, for every one of the faithful martyrs of the Lamb of YAHUAH who went down, five would spring up to join the ranks; for the blood of the martyrs was the true seed of the congregation of the Messiah.
When, after three centuries, these measures of persecution failed in the suppression of the FAITH once delivered to the saints, then the Babylonian clergy, in conjunction with their governments, resorted to tactics of infiltration: that is, to profess conversion and join the church, then influence the government to cease persecution and give the assemblies rest and security. The stopping of persecution among the saints had a bad effect on them as it took away their ardour and zeal and made them soft. They no longer felt as much need of prayer as they had under persecution, and in their apparent ease and security began to lose their first love.
Following this, the false teachers began to cast stumbling blocks in the way of believers, as YAHUSHA the Saviour diagnosed their condition in Rev. 2:14-15. When speaking to the Assembly of Pergamos, He says, “But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold to the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to IDOLS and to commit fornication. So hast thou also them that hold to the doctrine of the Nike-laitans WHICH THING I HATE. REPENT OR ELSE.”
So you see, dear believer, whoever you are, that the doctrine of Balaam was just as active in the Renewed Covenant (New Testament) Congregation/Assembly as it had been in the Old Testament at the time of Moses; any variation of the old was only an adaptation of the new condition. The eating of things sacrificed to IDOLS, which was PAGAN back there, is CHRISTIAN today; for the eating of the Christmas goose and the delightful roast SWINE, was a delicacy to be eaten on the memorial of the birthday of Baal, Mithra, Jupiter, Zeus (See I Maccabee 1: 54—59). The month of Casleu is the equivalent of the modern December.
The tree worship of Jeremiah 10 was also connected with the worship of Jupiter. The Easter eggs, bunnies and hot-cross-buns were things sacrificed to the Goddess Astoreth, Easter, or Oas-tre. (See Jer. 44:19 and Jer. 7:18). The clergy say that these things are offered to the Heavenly Father, but the Bible answers that YAHUAH has repudiated such. (See Amos 5:25-26; Zephaniah 1: 4-5; Hosea 2: 5-8; Isaiah 65:11; Eze. 23: 38-44; I Cor. 10:20-22; Num. 25:1-9; John 4:22.)
The time has come that YAHUAH is calling on His people, whom He has favored with His mercy, to seek Him and His SET APART NAME, by having their mouths purged from the pollutions of pagan names of the deities. Through the prophet Hosea He says, “Thou shalt call me no more Baal (LORD). For I will take away the names of Baalim (Lords) out of her (the Church’s) mouth, and they (the lords shall no more be remembered by their name.” (Hosea 2:16-17).
Of these days the prophet Micah says, “The voice of YAHUAH crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom will see THY name.” (Micah 6:9). Isaiah saw the Set Apart One of Yashar’el (Israel) looking down on the condition of His people as they were going through tribulation and said, “Therefore my people shall know my name, therefore they shall know in that day that I am HE that doth speak; behold it is I” (Isa. 52:6). And the Psalmist saith, “And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee, for Thou, O YAHUAH, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee” (Psalm 9:10) “For some trust in chariots and some in horses; but we still remember the name YAHUAH our Elohim” (Psalm 20:7).
Worshipping the Creator-Redeemer by the names of pagan deities is not honoring Him, but is ascribing to another the honor that ought to be ascribed to Him. So He complains through Yesha’yahu (Isaiah) thus, “I am YAHUAH: that is my name, and my honour I will not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.” (Isa. 42:8) Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) is hopeful of the people coming to the light of the true name of YAHUAH, for he, speaking for YAHUAH says, “Shall a man make elohim unto himself, and they are not elohim? Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know. I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is YAHUAH” (Jer.l6:20-21).
Let us take the advice of the prophet Husha (Hosea), for he says, “Come let us return unto YAHUAH; for He hath torn, and He will heal us: for He hath smitten and He will bind us up” (Hosea 6:1). In closing, let me say with Miykah (Micah) that, while all the people (Christian-Nicolaitans) will walk every one in the name of his elohim (gods) and we will walk in the Name of YAHUAH our ELOHIYM forever and ever. (Micah 4:5).
The Nicolaitans will have the names of blasphemy upon them, and they will eventually receive the mark (Rev. 13:16-17) if they refuse to repent. But the Assembly of the Redeemed will be protected. They will have the Name of the Lamb and the Name of His Father upon their foreheads. (Rev. 14:1).
Ma’asiym (Acts) 2:38 Repent and be baptized every one of you in the NAME of YAHUAH YAHUSHA the MASHIACH (Messiah), for the forgiveness of sins, and you shall receive a gift of the RUACH HA’QODESH (Set-Apart Spirit).
“The scheme essentially merges the Fed and Treasury into one organization. So meet your new Fed chairman, Donald J. Trump.”
The Fed’s Cure Risks Being Worse Than the Disease
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The economic debate of the day centers on whether the cure of an economic shutdown is worse than the disease of the virus.
Similarly, we need to ask if the cure of the Federal Reserve getting so deeply into corporate bonds, asset-backed securities, commercial paper, and exchange-traded funds is worse than the disease seizing financial markets. It may be.
In just these past few weeks, the Fed has cut rates by 150 basis points to near zero and run through its entire 2008 crisis handbook.
That wasn’t enough to calm markets, though — so the central bank also announced $1 trillion a day in repurchase agreements and unlimited quantitative easing, which includes a hard-to-understand $625 billion of bond buying a week going forward. At this rate, the Fed will own two-thirds of the Treasury market in a year.
But it’s the alphabet soup of new programs that deserve special consideration, as they could have profound long-term consequences for the functioning of the Fed and the allocation of capital in financial markets. Specifically, these are:
CPFF (Commercial Paper Funding Facility) – buying commercial paper from the issuer.
PMCCF (Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility) – buying corporate bonds from the issuer. TALF (Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility) – funding backstop for asset-backed securities. SMCCF (Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility) – buying corporate bonds and bond ETFs in the secondary market. MSBLP (Main Street Business Lending Program) – Details are to come, but it will lend to eligible small and medium-size businesses, complementing efforts by the Small Business Association.
To put it bluntly, the Fed isn’t allowed to do any of this. The central bank is only allowed to purchase or lend against securities that have government guarantee. This includes Treasury securities, agency mortgage-backed securities and the debt issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. An argument can be made that can also include municipal securities, but nothing in the laundry list above.
So how can they do this?
The Fed will finance a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for each acronym to conduct these operations. The Treasury, using the Exchange Stabilization Fund, will make an equity investment in each SPV and be in a “first loss” position.
What does this mean?
In essence, the Treasury, not the Fed, is buying all these securities and backstopping of loans; the Fed is acting as banker and providing financing. The Fed hired BlackRock Inc. to purchase these securities and handle the administration of the SPVs on behalf of the owner, the Treasury.
In other words, the federal government is nationalizing large swaths of the financial markets. The Fed is providing the money to do it. BlackRock will be doing the trades.
This scheme essentially merges the Fed and Treasury into one organization.
So, meet your new Fed chairman, Donald J. Trump.
In 2008 when something similar was done, it was on a smaller scale. Since few understood it, the Bush and Obama administrations ceded total control of those acronym programs to then-Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. He unwound them at the first available opportunity.
But now, 12 years later, we have a much better understanding of how they work.
And we have a president who has made it very clear how displeased he is that central bankers haven’t used their considerable power to force the Dow Jones Industrial Average at least 10,000 points higher, something he has complained about many times before the pandemic hit.
When the Fed was rightly alarmed by the current dysfunction in the fixed-income markets, they felt they needed to act. This was the correct thought. But, to get the authority to stabilize these “private” markets, central bankers needed the Treasury to agree to nationalize (own) them so they could provide the funds to do it.
In effect, the Fed is giving the Treasury access to its printing press. This means that, in the extreme, the administration would be free to use its control, not the Fed’s control, of these SPVs to instruct the Fed to print more money so it could buy securities and hand out loans in an effort to ramp financial markets higher going into the election.
Why stop there?
Should Trump win re-election, he could try to use these SPVs to get those 10,000 Dow Jones points he feels the Fed has denied everyone.
If these acronym programs were abused as I describe, they might indeed force markets higher than valuation warrants. But it would come with a heavy price. Investors would be deprived of the necessary market signals that freely traded capital markets offer to aid in the efficient allocation of capital. Malinvestment would be rampant.
It also could force private sector players to leave as the government’s heavy hand makes operating in “controlled” markets uneconomic. This has already occurred in the U.S. federal funds market and the government bond market in Japan.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell needs to tread carefully indeed to ensure his cure isn’t worse than the disease.
This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Bloomberg LP and its owners.
Jim Bianco is the President and founder of Bianco Research, a provider of data-driven insights into the global economy and financial markets. He may have a stake in the areas he writes about.
Will 5G Technology become the new Operation Sleeping Beauty? – a Defense Department study of remote microwave mind-influencing techniques.
The concept of electronic mind control to the average person sounds like science fiction and anyone who takes it seriously gets ridiculed. However, some serious research will reveal that not only is it possible, but also America’s very own government has that capability.
As of 1990, the DoD declared in its review of Soviet weaponry that the Soviets had the ability to produce radio-frequency weapons that could “disorient” personnel at a distance of a half mile.
During the Reagan Administration, a top-secret project Operation Sleeping Beauty was initiated. Its purpose was to examine the possibility of using electromagnetics to disrupt the functioning of the human nervous system. They explored a list of what seemed to be foolishly impossible notions; but in fact, are nearing technical reality.
Some of the ideas explored were focused on the use of artificially generated electromagnetic fields to:
Unhinge a man’s mind;
Paralyze the capacity to reason and react;
To induce a fit of rage, a state of panic, or a lethargic state of indifference — all at the throw of a switch;
To induce physical reactions.
Later, they developed a number of scenarios which could be handily resolved through the use of these terrifying futuristic electromagnetic weapons… Quelling rampaging mobs by zapping them with a beam that would cause them to involuntarily vomit.
Dr. Michael Persinger is an American-born neurophysiologist who runs the Environmental Psychophysiology Lab at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario.
He was asked if he could quell a crowds appetite for violence through electromagnetic means. Persinger then came up with the idea of inducing vomiting. Persinger found that he could do this in rats consistently by using time-varying electromagnetic fields of low intensity in the extremely low frequency (ELF) range of one to ten Hertz. The power source was only a few feet away from the rat cages, but it is completely conceivable that this could be scaled up for use on humans real soon in the future.
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