debunking myths 5

[Shmanu YAH]

shalom mishpacha, "ALL praises and glory to the Most High YHWH" from where all true wisdom and knowledge originates and let us not forget: "baruka ha'bo b'shem YHWH" - which accurately means: "blessed is your coming in the name of YHWH" @ Yahushua !

                     I pray all is well with you or will be soon, >>> todah YHWH

This time around I want to continue in the series of "debunking myths" that need be brought forth for the edifying of the saints. First off I need to briefly deal with everybody's favorite >>> FOOD! I don't need to deal with the dietary laws again because as we all know it's already been commanded in w'yqra / leviticus chapter 11, and as I often tell anyone that will listen: everything we are allowed to eat is called FOOD, and those things we are not to eat is referred to as the unclean >>> THING, ....translation: there is no such thing as UNCLEAN FOOD!

We should have learned that one of the most used of the Hebrew words for food is "lechem", pronounced lekh'-em, meaning: food ( for man or beast ), especially bread, or grain for making it (shew) bread, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. ( Strong's 3899 )

So let's get at what we need to have corrected dealing with our approach to food. We have been taught by our parents / guardians since childhood before we eat we should "bless the food" first, and there is nothing wrong with addressing the heavenly father for his provision, HaleluYAH! BUT did you notice they want us to "bless" the FOOD? This is another innocent misunderstanding from our loved ones based on what they have been taught.

Anytime you bless something it needs to be able to accept the blessing like a human can or even a mass of land, but if you bless food what that really shows is a form of worship to the food! .....YES, this is in itself IDOLATRY! What people really need to do is read torah and it's approach to food our consumption.

In Deuteronomy chapter 8 verse 10-14 of the torah it instructs us:

8:10 "When thou hast eaten and art full, then THOU SHALT BLESS YHWH thy Elohim for the good land which he hath given thee.

8:11 Beware that thou forget not YHWH thy Elohim, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

8:12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

8:13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

8:14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget YHWH thy Elohim, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage"
.....~ The Most High YHWH wanted them and us to always REMEMBER: after we get what "WE" want, to still keep his blessings to us in our hearts and minds. ( sometimes that's hard to remember when we are full! ).

So now ask yourself: when you are done eating, do you bless and thank YHWH for the food you just consumed? .......well? ........I didn't hear you!

Many of us have read but didn't pursue with any serious scholarship the accounts in Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:31-44; Luke 9:12-17; & John 6:1-14, where Yahshua feed the multitudes of 5000 with fishes and loaves of bread:

Matthew 14:19, And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, HE BLESSED, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

Mark 6:41, And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and BLESSED, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.

Luke 9:16, Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, HE BLESSED them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
John 6:11, And Yahshua took the loaves; and when HE had GIVEN THANKS, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

wait: when I examined this for the purpose of scholarship from a shemetic text what Yahshua actually did before they ate - it shows this: he looked to heaven / shamym and he baruk / blessed and praised and broke and gave .....but we now have to ask who's in the heavens he needed to to bless? -> he BLESSED ELOHYM, .....so as we grow in our understanding we learn he didn't bless or praise the food as we have been taught.

learn: This was Yahshua proving that only he was the "manna" aka the real "bread of life" to sustain them, and only his body would be food for them now and later for everlasting life (John 6:48-51). .....this was not hyperbole.

Again there is NOTHING wrong with saying "grace" before you eat because he has certainly been gracious to us continually no doubt!, .....but when you try to "bless the food" obviously you forgot: if you eat only what you should eat according to torah >>> THAT FOOD IS ALREADY BLESSED! .....selah
So we need to learn and adjust from now on to bless / praise the creator and NOT the created when it comes to all things. ....nuff said!

SO THAT "YOU NEED TO BE BLESS YOUR FOOD" IS ANOTHER MYTH!

Now we need to clean up yet another mis-taught myth about consuming food that was taken from 1st Corinthians chapter 10, ...let's revisit

10:25 Whatsoever is sold in the "shambles", that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:

10:26 For the earth is YHWH's, and the fullness thereof.

10:27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

10:28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is YHWH's, and the fulness thereof:

10:29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?

10:30 For if I by favour be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?

10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of YHWH.
.....~ you would be surprised how many people don't get this at all! ...people think Paul was writing that you can eat anything you want as long as it's not offered / dedicated to pagan idols >>> WRONG!

First, It's a shame that verse 25 has NOT been correctly taught and that's where a lot of misunderstanding starts, so let's get that finally fixed now for clarity. "Whatsoever is sold in the shambles" is simple - once you do some study, the term "shambles" is a old English word for "meat market" aka butcher shop & meat store. Today when we go buy meat it is normally at a grocer where the meat butchering and preparation is in a refrigerated area in the back out of site, and the meat for sell is then brought to the front and placed in the coolers in plain site ....simple enough. Back then they didn't have the technology like we do now for refrigerated cooling rooms so they butchered, rinsed, and then salted or smoked the meats outside in shaded area before bringing it to the front of the market to be sold >>> asap.

If you stop to think about it, if you ever been to a butcher shop - back in the cutting area the floor is a nasty mess with fat and blood and guts all over, that's why till this very day when any place is extremely messy it's said: THIS PLACE IS A SHAMBLES! .....selah.

So the "shambles" mentioned here in chapter 10 is a butcher shop run by the Israelites while they were still in captivity under Rome, the Roman government didn't provide them with the meats, they only taxed them for portion of the revenue. So ALL the meats sold in those "shambles" you can believe the Pharisee and Saducees made sure it was only that which was allowed according to Levitcus chapter 11. Now we understand that it was only "kosher" meat sold and NOT dedicated to any idols so there is NO need to stress over it's cleanness. .....nuff said!
So when you read verse 28 " But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is YHWH's, and the fulness thereof " .....~ He is simply stating: DON'T EAT ANYTHING THAT'S OFFERED TO OTHER THAN YHWH, that's a act of sincere disrespect and paganism ( psalms 24:1, 50:10-14 ).

Second we have to read the situation submitted in verse 27, " If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake"
......~ you would also be surprised how many people don't get this as well, Paul / Shaul's point was to / about the Israelites! He told them if any non-believers in Yahshua invited them to a feast and you have to go THEN GO!, because the only ones that would ever feast or dine with the Isrealites is other Israelites, the Romans didn't invite them to any of their pagan feast!

If you have proof that the heathen Romans disposed the captive Israelites "that did believe in Yahshua" to any of their own many pagan holidays please provide book, chapter and verse: ___________, _____, ____, ???

The invitation Paul mentioned was mainly from the Religious elite like: The Saducees, The Pharisees, and The High Priest, ...and you better know there was NO unclean thing there other than them! .....ba hahahahahaha

SO "IT'S OK TO EAT ANYTHING SET BEFORE YOU" IS ANOTHER MYTH!

Now we need to take the time to quickly address another mis-taught myth about us being commanded to search the word deep enough to answer EVERY question that could possibly be answered, >>> WRONG!

wisdom: A intelligent man knows he has a measured amount of knowledge wisdom and understanding, .....unlike a fool who knows EVERYTHING!

So let's start and finish as intelligent people so we can straighten this behavior out.
It's was probably first contrived and generated by the misunderstanding in some of these following scriptures :

Let's start in mishle' / provers 25,

25:2 "It is the glory of Elohim to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
.....~ and this is where some of the modern day "teachers" start and finish, but as always: They quit too soon, aka "premature e-scriptulators".....lol If they would have taken the time to continue reading they would see the intended context of what to search for, >>>

25:3 "The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable".
.....~ The Kings were not to search for the height of heaven or the depth of the Earth, >>> BUT TO SEARCH THEIR OWN HEARTS!!! ...but some still errantly teach this writing means if we want to prove ourselves honorable we are to search for answers to all things Elohym knows, >>> WRONG!

Remember what we saw in IsaiYah chapter 14,

14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of El: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; >>>I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH/span>

14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. .....~ So we see a clear example of a created being wanting to exalt himself above the creator by any means necessary, ...and being a "know-it-all" is one of the means.

Let's also look in Daniel where even this righteous and wise man was given much knowledge and prophecies but instructed twice in chapter 12,
12:4 "But thou, O Daniel, >>>shut up the words<, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased".

12:5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.

12:6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?

12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the set-apart people, all these things shall be finished.

12:8 And I heard, but >>> I UNDERSTOOD NOT < then said I, O my master, what shall be the end of these things?

12:9 And he said, "Go thy way, Daniel: >>>for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end< ". .....~ so we see even Daniel was not to know the who, what, when, where, why and how of ALL things. ( also read Acts 1:6-7 )

Let's also understand what was really meant in Malachi chapter 2,

2:7 >>>For the priest's lips should keep knowledge<, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of YHWH of hosts. 2:8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith YHWH of hosts.
.....~ This was a message about the Levitical Priest, They were not charged to know everything but just were supposed to speak the torah 100%, but they didn't and caused many to go awry and we saw that dealt with again in IsaiYah 9:15-16,

9:15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

9:16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

understand: in verse 15 we need not to ignore that the honorable is a responsible head and should lead, but a liar is irresponsible in the mouth and becomes the tail, >>> and tails get drug around in the dirt! .....nuff said!

Also we need to see another place where people read and amass the doctrine: we should try to know everything, from what they saw in 2nd Timothy chapter 4,

4:1 I charge thee therefore before YHWH, and the Master Yahushua the Messiah, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

4:2 "Preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine".
.....~ and no doubt we need to be at the ready to preach the word of YHWH "in season" >>> when people want to hear it, and "out of season" >>> when people may not want to hear it ...but still NEED TO HEAR IT! This charge was for us to prove what we teach using the scriptures, ...and be "longsuffering" aka "long in allowing" aka "very patient" while we do it.

Let's also revisit the instruction and wisdom about teaching given us in the apocrypha book of Ecclesiasticus aka Sirach,

Sirach 5:12,
"If thou hast understanding, answer thy neighbour; if not, lay thy hand upon thy mouth".
.....~ the key point here is: "IF you have" understanding, he never said: "I'm sure you have" ALL understanding.

I as well as many others have noticed because we are studying scripture more and more these days, we see some have started pretending like they know just about everything there is to know in life ...lol ( mainly due to their lazy internet researching ) and are quick to fire out responses, - But how often do these "know-it-all's" admit their errors when they find out their source was garbage? ( They need to read John 12:49 ). Seems everybody wants to be the "bastion of knowledge" through their much speaking but this in itself shows a lack of wisdom and maturity.

understand: a sure sign of maturity is realizing that not everything needs your commentary! .....nuff said!

Let's please not ignore what the perfect and blameless Yahshua who knew much and proved it, still explained to us in Matthew chapter 24,

24:34 "Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only".
.....~ this is more scriptural proof that some things we just will not know at this time till the Father himself tells us, so no need to search for responses to elevate ourselves in hope to be acknowledged as "higher level" because eventually we will have to give a fraudulent lying answer to appear smart and that in itself would be dumb, and tragic ( re-read Revelation 21:8 ).

wisdom: when Yahshua himself was interrogated by the religious elite and then later Pontius Pilot he knew -> If people don't understand your silence, they will NEVER understand your words! .....selah

my point: when the scripture remains silent on a matter, then so should we!

SO THAT "WE NEED TO ANSWER ALL THINGS" IS ANOTHER MYTH!

selah and shalom