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What/Who is Paganism? Let us start with a clear definition of what the term means from 3 different sources. 1 st from the perspective of a Pagan “Collectively, Paganism is one of the most rapidly growing religions in the world. It is beautiful, life-affirming faith that honors the land and all its creatures. Because it has revived the old gods, it is sometimes called the old Religion. Whatever the name, many people have found that the faith fills a void they’ve long carried. Have you ever wondered what happened to the ancient gods you learned about in grade school?” (pg. xi The Everything Paganism Book by Selene Silverwind). Now from http://www.merriamwebster.com paganism: a religion that has many gods or goddesses, considers the earth holy, and does not have a central authority Finally, from a Christian point of view: God clearly commanded the descendants of Abraham not to have any other gods besides him ( Exod 20:3 ). This strict, undivided loyalty was the basis of the covenant relationship God established between himself and the people of Israel. http://www.biblestudytools.com I often wondered who was Yaweh referencing when He stated about the “other gods”. I am putting forth that He was mainly referencing an ancient anti-christ figure named Nimrod! After the evidence is put forth you will decide for yourself.

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What/Who is Paganism?

• Let us start with a clear definition of what the term means from 3 different sources. 1st from the perspective of a Pagan “Collectively, Paganism is one of the most rapidly growing religions in the world. It is beautiful, life-affirming faith that honors the land and all its creatures. Because it has revived the old gods, it is sometimes called the old Religion. Whatever the name, many people have found that the faith fills a void they’ve long carried. Have you ever wondered what happened to the ancient gods you learned about in grade school?” (pg. xi The Everything Paganism Book by Selene Silverwind).

• Now from http://www.merriamwebster.com paganism: a religion that has many gods or goddesses, considers the earth holy, and does not have a central authority

• Finally, from a Christian point of view: God clearly commanded the descendants of Abraham not to have any other gods besides him ( Exod 20:3 ). This strict, undivided loyalty was the basis of the covenant relationship God established between himself and the people of Israel. http://www.biblestudytools.com

• I often wondered who was Yaweh referencing when He stated about the “other gods”. I am putting forth that He was mainly referencing an ancient anti-christ figure named Nimrod! After the evidence is put forth you will decide for yourself.

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Other names of Nimrod:• This infamous character Nimrod (in the bible) has many names

just as Yeshua/Jesus does. In fact when you look through scripture and history you will find that Nimrod is of equal status and exposure like our Messiah Yeshua. Just take a look at these names and begin to sink in to how many of these names you recognize that are used in many different ways in our lives.

• Nimrod (the rebel in Hebrew): Gilgamesh, Apollo, Baal (Yup that one!), “The Lord” (sorry people he was first called Lord), Athan from Greece, Osiris, Orion, Ninus, “husband of the Mother”, Linus, Narcissus, Kamut, Marduk, god of Fortresses (Dan 11:38), Kronos, Saturn, “The horned one”, Zer-Nebo-Gus, Cupid, Khons, Apis, “The Hidden one”, Phoroneus the apostate, Destiny, Gibbor, “The mighty one”, Molech, Beles, Zoroaster, Branch of Cush, “The Eternal Boy”, Dagon, "Lord of Light"—the great Mahatma, Ra, Amraphel (Jasher 11:6)

• Although this list isn’t a complete list it is very lengthy and you must be wondering how did he get so many names? Easy, when Yaweh confused the language of the people who were building the tower of Babel (Gen 11:1-9), He broke up the languages into many different tongues. So as distance and language began to spread, so did the stories and names of Nimrod.

• Interesting to note we see many times Nimrod tanking a Lion, which is a reference to the Lion of Judah. After this study you might agree that certainly he has tamed the followers of The Lion.

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History of Nimrod:

• Before I begin here I want to point out that there are MANY versions of who he was. I am going with what I believe is the best historical version of the story. I am taking ancient clips from The epic of Gilgamesh, The works of Josephus and the Bible and putting it in front of you to discern and make your own conclusions about his character.

• 1st the Biblical account: Genesis 10:8 says about Nimrod: And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

• Three sections in this unprecedented verse indicate something very peculiar happened to Nimrod. First, note where the text says, “he began to be.” In Hebrew, this is chalal, which means “to become profaned, defiled, polluted, or desecrated ritually, sexually or genetically.” Second, this verse tells us exactly what Nimrod began to be as he changed genetically—“a mighty one” (gibbowr, gibborim), one of the offspring of Nephilim. As Annette Yoshiko Reed says in the Cambridge University book, Fallen Angels and the History of Judaism and Christianity, “The Nephilim of Genesis 6:4 are always…grouped together with the gibborim as the progeny of the Watchers and human women.”[1] And the third part of this text says the change to Nimrod started while he was on “earth.” Therefore, in modern language, this text could accurately be translated to say: “And Nimrod began to change genetically, becoming a gibborim, the offspring of watchers on earth.” By Thomas R. Horn, November 17, 2010 NewsWithViews.com

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Gilgamesh a hero? Nahhh, at least not in my book!

• The Epic of Gilgamesh is a collection of ancient (composed around 2000 BC) Babylonian poems that tell the story of Gilgamesh. Let us take a look at what followers of Nimrod had to say about him.

• “I WILL proclaim to the world the deeds of Gilgamesh. This was the man to whom all things were known (watch out Einstein); this was the king who knew the countries of the world. He was wise, he saw mysteries and knew secret things (yeah I was wondering about that too? How did he get that knowledge?), he brought us a tale of the days before the flood(oh you mean when the DNA of man was almost entirely wiped out and Yaweh flooded the world because of the violence of the children of the Fallen ones?)…two thirds they made him god and one third man.”(that’s right Nimrod was straight up the product of Nephilim DNA-but let me be clear he choose to change his DNA from totally human to something else)

• Nimrod was loved for protecting his kingdoms but hated equally because of the next portion: “GILGAMESH went abroad in the world, but he met with none who could withstand his arms till be came to Uruk. But the men of Uruk muttered in their houses, ‘Gilgamesh sounds the tocsin (warning bell) for his amusement, his arrogance has no bounds by day or night. No son is left with his father, for Gilgamesh takes them all, even the children(the offspring of the Nephilim love pedophilia so this didn’t surprise me); yet the king should be a shepherd to his people (Oh you mean like the Good Shepherd Yeshua our Messiah John 10:10-11). His lust leaves no virgin to her lover, neither the warrior's daughter nor the wife of the noble; yet this is the shepherd of the city, wise, comely, and resolute. (that’s right he would make the Playboy mansion look like a convent for nuns)” From The Epic of Gilgamesh

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Quotes from the works of Josephus “Now it was Nimrod who excited them to such an affront and contempt of God. He was the grandson of Ham, the son of Noah, – a bold man, and of great strength of hand. He persuaded them not to ascribe to God as if it was through his means they were happy, but to believe that is was their own courage

• which procured that happiness. He also gradually changed the government into tyranny, – seeing no other way of turning men from the fear of God, but to bring them into a constant dependence upon his power. He also said he would be revenged on God, if he should have a mind to drown the world again; for that he would build a tower too high for the waters to be able to reach and that he would avenge himself on God for destroying their forefathers.” Quotes from: “Antiquities of the Jews” pp 79-80 (Vol II of Works of Josephus”)

• Josephus points out some interesting things about Nimrod. Let’s take a look at key words…excited, affront, contempt, bold, strength of hand, persuaded, his means they were happy, their own courage, government into tyranny, constant dependence, avenge himself on God for destroying their forefathers. I hope these words don’t reflect your character.

• Gilgamesh clearly had anger issues with Yaweh. He felt his Nephilim lineage was unjustly taken away by the flood. So much hatred ran through his changed DNA blood that he set up this tower or Ziggurat to confront Yaweh. I won’t get into this now because it would require many more pages, but the research suggests that the ziggurat was being set up as a portal to get into another dimension. Today we see a similar example with CERN/Large Hadron Collider. http://home.web.cern.ch/topics/large-hadron-collider Check out their logo by the way! If you can’t see it, you certainly need a new set of spiritual glasses.

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Abraham-Idol Smasher!I always wondered why Abraham was chosen to be the Father of the chosen people. In my opinion I believe it was because in a time when everyone was following orders and bowing down to Nimrod, Abraham was the only one to take a stand. Now I am going to be using the Book of Jasher as a commentary to help us fill in the gaps that The Bible leaves out. By the way the book of Jasher was known and used by the authors of The Bible (Joshua 10:13 and 2nd Samuel 1:18)

• 1st lets begin with Nimrod trying to kill Abraham as a child (Jasher chp.8). You can read the full account on your own but a quick summary of what happens: The princes, soothsayers and sages, of Nimrod predict that a child is born “who will grow up and be fruitful, and multiply, and possess all the earth, he and his children for ever, and he and his seed will slay great kings, and inherit their lands.” Jasher 8:4. Nimrod decides he is going to kill the child to prevent this from happening. He talks to Terah the father of Abraham, and is convinced by Abraham to wait for three days. During those three days Terah arranges for Abraham and his wife to escape to a cave for ten years. Terah takes a child from his maid and gives it to Nimrod which Nimrod then smashes the child’s head on the ground and thus everyone believes Abraham to be dead. Something interesting occurred here to me because we have Moses and Yeshua who were also persecuted at birth. We continue to see patterns in the Bible of the enemy trying to stop the plan of salvation.

• Then this happens: And when Abram came out from the cave, he went to Noah and his son Shem, and he remained with them to learn the instruction of the Yaweh and his ways, and no man knew where Abram was, and Abram served Noah and Shem his son for a long time. And Abram was in Noah's house thirty-nine years, and Abram knew Yaweh from three years old, and he went in the ways of El Shaddai until the day of his death, as Noah and his son Shem had taught him; and all the sons of the earth in those days greatly transgressed against Yaweh, and they rebelled against him and they served other gods, and they forgot Yaweh who had created them in the earth; and the inhabitants of the earth made unto themselves, at that time, every man his god; gods of wood and stone which could neither speak, hear, nor deliver, and the sons of men served them and they became their gods. And the king and all his servants, and Terah with all his household were then the first of those that served gods of wood and stone.” Jasher 9:5-7

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So as Abraham learns the ways of Yaweh from Noah and Shem he then goes back to visit his father Terah and then we see that sometimes blood is not thicker than wood and stone. In Jasher 11 (highly recommend you read the entire chapter, it would clarify a ton of things) is the complete story of how Abraham chops all of his fathers idols into little pieces and then tells his father that the large idol did all of this with a hatchet. Of course Terah doesn’t believe a word of it and then Abraham goes on to give a fiery message of repentance to his father. Terah doesn’t take this rebuke quite well and then snitches on his son to Nimrod.

Abraham gives an awesome, over the top rebuke on Nimrod right in front of all his subjects and completely mocks him and his gods. “Abram answered the king, saying, And if there be no power in them why dost thou serve them and cause the sons of men to err through thy follies? Dost thou imagine that they can deliver thee or do anything small or great, that thou shouldst serve them? And why wilt thou not sense Yaweh of the whole universe, who created thee and in whose power it is to kill and keep alive? 0 foolish, simple, and ignorant king, woe unto thee forever. I thought thou wouldst teach thy servants the upright way, but thou hast not done this, but hast filled the whole earth with thy sins and the sins of thy people who have followed thy ways.” Jasher 11:54-57Not sure if you missed that but Abraham just gave Nimrod a public curse, told him he was a fool (hence the term Nimrod for dumb) and embarrassed him in front of all his people. Then ends it with this “when Abram had ceased speaking before the king and princes, Abram lifted up his eyes to the heavens, and he said, The Lord seeth all the wicked, and he will judge them. Jasher 11:61Not sure about you but there is an amazing man of Yaweh right here standing before the tyrant Nimrod and knows he is in the firing line so to speak and doesn’t hold back one inch. Nimrod then is angered and embarrassed of course and throws Abraham into the burning fire similar to Shadrach, Meshach and Abendago. He comes out of it unharmed and Nimrod allows him to worship Yaweh. Many people then follow Yaweh because of this and follow Abraham. “And Abram went forth from the king in peace, and many of the king's servants followed him, and about three hundred men joined him. And Abram returned on that day and went to his father's house, he and the men that followed him, and Abram served the Yaweh his Elohim all the days of his life, and he walked in his ways and followed his law/Torah. And from that day forward Abram inclined the hearts of the sons of men to serve Yaweh .” Jasher 12:41-43Awesome revival we see here and it all started with one man smashing idols, rebuking a tyrant publically, not wavering in the face of death and praising Yaweh in front of all. I don’t know about you, but Abraham certainly had active faith like James says we should! (James 1:22-25)

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Influencing our children every chance they get!

• Let us now turn our attention to what our children are taking into their mind as the minions of Nimrod begin to prepare our children for what is to come.

• Starting off with the Nickelodeon image we see ten images of the Eye of Nimrod, and a lightening bolt-representation of Zeus or Satan falling to earth.

• Next we see in Duck Tales, the poster behind it reads Ask About Illuminati. Goofy holding up the Eye. Next, we have the logo of Walt Disney with 666. Finally, another clear example of the Illuminati on the chalkboard of a Disney sitcom.

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• In 2012, I have to admit Disney really pulled out all the punches and simply went full throttle into promoting Paganism/Nimrodism to children all around the world. When my children pointed this cartoon out to me we were all floored. Here are just SOME images of what the enemy is feeding our children and they are thinking it is cool because they don’t know any better and are not taught what is from the enemy. (John 3:19-21 and Ephesian 5:11-12) It saddens my heart that our children are being slowly persuaded to join in with the enemy.

• Just watch ten minutes of one episode and count how many times the references to Nimrod/Semiramis (his wife/mother)/Tammuz (his illegitimate son)/and Satan you will find.

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One of the most amazing things about our Messiah is His name. In Hebrew each letter corresponds to certain meaning and numbers. Well you can do some research on the multiple meanings of His name but ONE meaning is very revealing. Yud = hand • Shin = destroy • Vav = establishment • Ayin = eye; this put together means The hand that destroys the establishment of the eye. The name of Osiris/Nimrod means: One who has HIS EYE on the THRONE. Now look at Isaiah 14:13-14 and read what Lucifer says about himself “I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation, On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.”

*So thousands of years ago before the symbol of the eye was revealed to the modern world the meaning of our Saviors name meant the ultimate destruction of the Anti-Messiahs kingdom in the last days. It gave me great peace in my heart when I discovered this. It was comforting to know that Yeshua was coming back to destroy this establishment of Babylon.*Another amazing thing I realized is that the name Joshua is the same as Yeshua. So Joshua also was the hand that destroyed the establishment of the eye because the Caananites were none other than the relatives and friends of Nimrod. *Anakims (“long-necked; giants”) aka Anakites, Descended from Anak (“long-necked; giant”) Anak was the son of Arba (in Hebrew, “Strength of Baal”) Arba was one of the “sons of Heth” who built the city of Hebron (called Kirjath Arba, meaning the city of Arba) Anak, Arba’s son had three descendants in the days of Moses and Joshua who were giants: Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai. They dewlt in Hebron circa 1490 BC (Joshua 15:14) Mentioned: Deuteronomy 1:28, Deuteronomy 2:10, Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:21, Deuteronomy 9:2, Joshua 11:21-22, Joshua 14:12, Joshua 14:15, Joshua 15:14

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Nimrod-Found?On April 29th 2003 BBC reported on a very important discovery in Iraq by a group of

German archaeologists who believed they found the tomb of Nimrod/Gilgamesh.

• Now, a German-led expedition has discovered what is thought to be the entire city of Uruk - including, where the Euphrates once flowed, the last resting place of its famous King. "I don't want to say definitely it was the grave of King Gilgamesh, but it looks very similar to that described in the epic," Jorg Fassbinder, of the Bavarian department of Historical Monuments in Munich, told the BBC World Service's Science in Action programme.

• In the book - actually a set of inscribed clay tablets - Gilgamesh was described as having been buried under the Euphrates, in a tomb apparently constructed when the waters of the ancient river parted following his death. "We found just outside the city an area in the middle of the former Euphrates river¿ the remains of such a building which could be interpreted as a burial," Mr Fassbinder said. He said the amazing discovery of the ancient city under the Iraqi desert had been made possible by modern technology.

• "The most surprising thing was that we found structures already described by Gilgamesh," Mr Fassbinder stated. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2982891.stm

• It seems that the team is non-committed to claim absolute assurance that they had found the body of Gilgamesh. In addition after this article nothing else has ever been stated publically concerning the tomb of Nimrod. I find this quite peculiar because we all know that when a discovery is made especially one of this magnitude, it would be big news. It just floated into nothingness. Why is this important? Because they want to reproduce his DNA and perhaps fulfill Biblical prophecy. The DNA of Nimrod is so foundational to bringing him or his spirit back into our world. Either Germany or the USA have the body and that has been since 2003. You can only imagine with all the genetic discoveries since then what they have been able to do with his DNA.

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So, Are You following Nimrod or Yeshua?

*Many believers today in most churches believe Paganism/Nimrodism is all but gone, or have no clue what that means in a Biblical perspective. I have heard “it’s an old Testament thing.” One of Satan’s main ways to turn the hearts of men away from Yaweh has been Paganism and one of his new plans has been to infiltrate the enemy with powerful symbols (obelisks all around our Nation) and playing on the emotions of the people (X-mas, Easter, Halloween). I hope so far The Holy Spirit is igniting your heart to comprehend what or who this ancient character is that has infiltrated our churches and really has placed many curses not only in our churches but on our Nation as well.*Let us look at the words of our Messiah/Jesus and see what is his opinion on this matter: Matthew 22:34-40 (NKJV) But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Torah?” Jesus/Yeshua said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’[a] This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] On these two commandments hang (not cut) all the Torah and the Prophets.” *The scripture Yeshua was referencing was Duet 6:5 and Lev 19:18 (you mean Torah teaches us to love our Neighbor? Oh yeah and more!) It should cme to no surprise that our nation is falling hard into Lawlessness/Torahlessness because we as people of the Living Elohim have forgotten his instructions!

Lion of Judah (Rev 5:5)vs

Anti-Messiah Messiah

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But, God knows my heart theory!

• Before we go down the road of giving a lame excuse to continue in the sin of Paganism/Idolatry/Nimrodism, I want to ask you some key questions.

• #1 Do you know the heart of Our Father as it relates to paganism?

• #2 Would you be willing to repent/teshuvah once you find out his attitude towards sin (by the way the original definition of sin is a moon god, very interesting huh) http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/545523/Sin

• #3 What are the ramifications if one continues to walk in the path of the Anti-Messiah?

• We all know that Abba hates divorce (Malachi 2:16). So why would he divorce Israel/Northern ten tribes?

• Read Jeremiah 3:1-5 and now read this: Yaweh said also to me in the days of Josiah the king: “Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree (merry x-mas or is it marry nimrod), and there played the harlot. And I said, after she had done all these things, ‘Return to Me.’ But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also. So it came to pass, through her casual harlotry, that she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees. And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense,” says El Shaddai. (Jer 3:6-10) more proof of this in Isaiah 50:1 and all of Hosea 2

• I want you to think about this for a minute let it sink in that Yaweh actually got a divorce from the Northern tribes for PAGANISM/NIMRODISM and yet we have the leaders in 90% of our churches today that think they are going to get away with it? I hope Abba got the memo that you are special and can do anything you dang please, especially paganism! We may live in spiritual Babylon, but that doesn’t mean we take on their spiritual customs, Christianity hasn’t impacted the culture-the culture (of Nimrod) has impacted Christianity.

• I always hear this from the pulpit: Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. But, I have to ask you if this is true then why are we testing Him so much by walking with the enemy. For with one hand we hold Yeshua preparing for the wedding and with the other we hold the hand of Nimrod and let him defile us…for those who can take a harsh rebuke here it is…STOP BEING A TWO NICKEL WHORE!

• How long will we continue to spiritualize paganism? Why don’t we spiritualize adultery, abortion, breaking the laws of our nation, domestic abuse, drug use, murder and everything under the sun! Do you see how absurd this is? We simply throw Jesus into anything like the festivals of Nimrod (x-mas, Easter, etc) and claim everything is acceptable. Not so my brethren we are bringing judgement on our Nation as we speak because His people have forgotten his Commandments! We are lawless/Torahless…

Yikes…I didn’t know

that

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Basic Examples of Paganism in our Churches• I could list a very long list of how Nimrod and

his family (Semiramis and Tammuz-I talk about them in the X-mas and Easter study) has infiltrated the church. But, in the essence of not overwhelming the people of Yah. I will only focus on the very clear ones that are right in our midst that even the very common church folk admit is of pagan origin. Most Pastors I have spoken to are VERY aware that Paganism is in the church, but simply think it is a non-issue. Maybe there is a special pagan pass that I somehow missed in scripture because it sure is a huge point of contention with our Father! The prophet Ezekiel recorded the following words of God. Ezekiel 44:23 “Moreover, they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.” The apostles of the New Testament also commanded all Christians to separate themselves from idolatrous practices and all that pertains to Satan. II Corinthians 6:14-18

• X-mas, Easter, Halloween, Holy week, Good Friday, New Years, Sunday worship, Valentines Day, the use of Symbols that have occultic/hidden meanings.

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Warnings of Paganism From Yaweh!

• 2 Kings 7-12 For so it was that the children of Israel had sinned against Yaweh, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they had feared other gods, and had walked in the statutes of the nations whom El Shaddai…Also the children of Israel secretly did against Yaweh things that were not right, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from watchtower to fortified city. They set up for themselves sacred pillars and wooden images[a] on every high hill and under every green tree. There they burned incense on all the high places, like the nations whom Yaweh had carried away before them; and they did wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger, for they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.” (1st commandment)

• 2nd Kings 13-18 Yet Yaweh testified against Israel (lost ten tribes-we have an identity crisis) and against Judah (Jews as we know them today), by all of His prophets, every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways, and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the Torah which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets.” Nevertheless they would not hear, but stiffened their necks, like the necks of their fathers, who did not believe in the Lord their God. (stiff necked people is always a reference to people who will not turn away from paganism) And they rejected His statutes and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He had testified against them; they followed idols(all our national monuments), became idolaters(ignoring the 1st commandment), and went after the nations who were all around them, concerning whom Yaweh had charged them that they should not do like them(accepting ancient Babylonian symbols). So they left all the commandments of El Shaddai, made for themselves a molded image and two calves, made a wooden image and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal(Nimrod). And they caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire(abortion), practiced witchcraft (our generation in love with evil and the ouija board)and soothsaying(psychics, astrology), and sold themselves (we are consumed with what we have in material goods) to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them (judgement on this Nation is coming very soon) from His sight; there was none left but the tribe of Judah alone.

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• More warnings from Abba, I would highly encourage to read the entire chapter of Isaiah 57 as it is a very powerful display of the results of paganism. But here are some highlights: Isaiah 57:8-13 “Behind your doors and your doorposts (better check what you put up in your house) you have put your pagan symbols(I keep telling you He isn’t messing around with this stuff). Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed, you climbed into it and opened it wide; you made a pact with those whose beds you love(remember following Him is a wedding contract, will you be a blemished bride to be?), and you looked with lust on their naked bodies. You went to Molek[or to the king/Nimrod] with olive oil and increased your perfumes…13 When you cry out for help, let your collection of idols save you! (Anything made with hands to worship cannot protect you)The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But whoever takes refuge (Yes you need to humble yourself as Isaiah 57:15 says) in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.”

• Micah 5:12-15 I will destroy your witchcraft and you will no longer cast spells. I will destroy your idols (You might as well do it yourself before He does) and your sacred stones (all our silly statues to Nimrod and his family will be shattered) from among you; you will no longer bow down to the work of your hands. I will uproot from among you your Asherah poles[Semiramis] when I demolish your cities (I told you it is coming, get your family OUT of paganism). I will take vengeance in anger and wrath on the nations that have not obeyed me.” • Now some will say oh come on that’s OT stuff, ok here is NT

proof that our Abba doesn’t change: 1st Corinthians 10:1-22 (7) Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” (8) We should not commit sexual immorality (they were acting out an ancient Babylonian practice of having sex in front of the temple of Semiramis-this is why Yaweh blessed Pinchas for his response, read Numbers 25 for the entire story), as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died…(14) Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. (15) I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.

• Acts 17:16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols.

• Romans 1:22-23 Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible Yaweh for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.

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Yaweh bless America? Why?

• So how many times have you heard a Pastor ask the congregation to repent of IDOLATRY/Nimrodism? In my lifetime I think I have heard it ONE time in over 1,500 sermons I have sat in. Funny how such a HUGE concept in the Bible is rarely touched upon. Oh, they may talk about it as something in the past, but I just showed you how in many ways Paganism is alive and well in the lives of believers. Let me share with you just ONE aspect of Baal worship-sacrificing our children “According to a study by the Guttmacher Institute, "Almost three-quarters of women obtaining abortions in 2008 reported a religious affiliation. The largest proportion were Protestant (37 percent-I have read up to 43%), and most of the rest said that they were Catholic (28 percent) or that they had no religious affiliation (27 percent). One in five abortion patients identified themselves as born-again, evangelical, charismatic or fundamentalist; 75 percent of these were Protestant.” Though the study suggests that attending religious services regularly indicates a lower-than-average rate of abortion, the fact remains: Professing Christians abort their children in large numbers. We estimate one in three adults in America today is the parent of an aborted child, and that rate is likely the same both inside and outside the church.”

• Yeah I was shocked too when I read that, but really as I studied more about Paganism and it’s effects (the rise of Hitler inspired by Madam Blatvasky) The Holy Spirit was speaking to me through the scriptures and showing me physically as the past two years I have taken trips back east to National landmarks and challenging me to consider the ways of my nation. It literally broke my heart and answered so many questions about why the people of Yaweh or God (you should be wondering why I haven’t used that name-yup paganism) are a complete mess. We simply follow the pastors who have allowed believers of Yeshua to walk hand in hand with Baal. 2nd Corinthians 6:15 (NIV) What harmony is there between Christ and Belial[Baal/Nimrod]? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? Unfortunately the answer is Baal!

• 55 million children sacrificed since 1973, you really think we are going to get away with it? Guys we are in HUGE trouble and if you are walking with Nimrod and a follower of Yeshua you really need to clean your house-LITERALLY! We have forgotten the commands of our Abba but especially the 1st one that Yeshua commanded us to follow “Do Not put other gods before Me”. The remnant of Yaweh is preparing themselves as a spotless bride for our husband Yeshua-are you ready?

Rev 19:6-7 Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, "Hallelujah! For Yaweh, the Almighty, reigns. "Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready."

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Resources:1st and Foremost Yeshua as

your Messiah-then the Ruach/Holy Spirit will

enable you to follow His commands…

• http://biblehub.com/ The Bible• http://robskiba.com/man-of-many-names / One of the leading experts on Nimrod• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2982891.stm• http://vigilantcitizen.com/• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Jc1-9cIK8 Fantastic music video about end times• http://godinanutshell.com/• http://

www.charismanews.com/opinion/40519-why-do-so-many-churchgoers-have-abortions• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1fMk77mecw Gravity Falls video explaining the

symbols• The Return of Yahusha by Lew White, Nazi Oaks by R. Mark Musser • http://www.slideshare.net/FearYaweh77/xmas-nono Here is the link to my other 3

studies (X-mas, Easter, and The Feasts of Yaweh)• Questions, comments, or fellowship please email me at [email protected]