THE REASON I STARTED THIS BLOG
As we begin the new year I wanted to share the reasons that caused
me to start this blog.
It began when I started to seek the truth about the issues,
dogma, teachings, beliefs, and creeds I’d been taught in the Roman Catholic
faith, Protestant, and other sects of Christianity.
At the age of 58 I began to earnestly seek the truth alone
in my room with a Bible, a computer, prayer and fasting.
I simply asked to be shown the truth about all that I had learned
up to this point in my life’s journey. I was willing to change everything if I
felt God the Father could prove it to me. This began in 2009.
I had many questions about many issues. I prayed, read the
word, surfed the internet, spoke with others and did some simple short fasting
not beyond three days at a time.
What you read on the blog are the issues I was asking about and
seeking answers to.
I did not make snap decisions about anything. Sometimes it
took up to three years for me to be convinced on a specific issue or teaching.
It took me a year and a half to finally accept that the seventh day Sabbath is
the true Sabbath which the Father desires we observe.
Once I was convinced it appeared on the blog.
The truth was first based on allowing the Bible to interpret
itself. What does the Bible say…without any outside influence, beliefs, the
church, or men’s teachings about specific problems or issues regarding what we
believe.
Second was the historical record in the Bible and outside of
the Bible. These would be the historical record of how these beliefs and
conclusions were arrived at and the events surrounding these particular
questions.
Thirdly after speaking with others whom I had respect for,
it all had to witness to my spirit. That is the God given spirit that resides
in each of us.
It was a simple process which required a lot of hard work
seeking out sources, etc.
In seeking out truth I was often surprised at where or what
source I was finding out truth. At this time I came across a quote by
Shakespeare in Hamlet: “By indirections find directions out.”
The Lord was teaching me things sort of by indirection—from all
kinds of places, people, organizations, and history.
There are snippets of truth found in many places we would
not expect to find it.
Often within a sect or denomination in Christianity, for
example, that many disapprove of or avoid, we find a truth.
There are many things I disagree with in the Seventh Day
Adventist organization, but they got the Sabbath part right!
My search led me to the Hebraic roots or foundations of the
entire Bible. Christianity has “Christianized” the Bible and by so doing have
lost the understanding of the faith.
Jesus was a Jew. Everything He did was based on this fact.
Paul says we are grafted into Israel in Romans 9 through 11.
What does this mean?
The most basic issue is the calendar. In Christianity, and
most of the world, we follow a Roman calendar in which a day begins at
mid-night. The Biblical calendar day begins at sunset. Six PM is considered the
end of and beginning of a 24 hour Biblical day.
This is six hours different then a Roman calendar in which
the day begins and ends at 12 mid-night.
If Jesus says the only sign He will give this generation is
the sign of Jonah—three days and three nights in the earth—then if He said it,
He must mean it (Matt 12.39-40).
It is impossible for Him to be in the grave three days and
nights if we use a Roman calendar and the Good Friday crucifixion day. We must
use the Biblical calendar in order to understand that Jesus was buried before
sunset on Wednesday evening. https://burningbush647.blogspot.com/2014/08/yeshua-was-in-grave-for-three-days-and.html
The Biblical calendar explained it. This truth began to
change my beliefs. Why had I not heard this in any church schooling?
The Biblical calendar explains the end times. The Biblical
calendar explains things to come. It is
important to understand this truth and build your doctrine around it. It takes
much study and understanding of the Old Testament.
This led to a study of Judaism. This eventually helped me to
understand parables and events which took place in the New Testament with a
completely fresh understanding. Things began to make sense. You will discover
these things if you walk this path.
As we begin the new year keep this in mind as you research
the blog. You may not agree with everything but knowing the manner in which I
sought these answers may help you in your own search for truth.
Eventually you will see it by revelation of the Father who
draws those whom he will. Then it doesn’t matter what others think. The truth
will set you free.
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