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THE SOVEREIGNS OF THE EARTH HAVE COMMITTED WHORING WITH HER - REV 18:3

“And in her was found the blood of prophets and set-apart ones, and of all who were slain on the Earth.” Rev 18:24

WHAT INSTITUTION ARE WE TO “COME OUT” FROM IF NOT THIS MOTHER, SPAWNED BY THE CHURCH FATHERS?

“As much as she esteemed herself and lived riotously, so much torture and grief give to her, because in her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen, and I am not a widow, and I do not see mourning at all.’” Rev 18:7 ROMAN CATHOLICISM IS MODERN MOLOCH WORSHIP - AND IT HAS “DAUGHTERS”.

men cry on Mount Ephrayim, ‘Arise, and let us go up to Tsiyon, to Yahuah our Elohim.’ ” The word “watchmen” is the Hebrew word NATSARIM, and means guardians, protectors, preservers, and also means “branches”, as in “descendants”. Immediately, we see the connection with Yahusha’s words about Him being the Root, and His students the “branches”, the off-spring of His teachings. The name by which we are called has no Greek roots; the Hebrew roots of our name are profound. We guard Yahuah’s Name and His Word, the Covenant with Israel. The 1945 Encyclopedia Americana has this to say under to topic "GOD": "GOD (god); Common Teutonic word for personal object of religious worship, formerly applicable to super-human beings of heathen myth; on conversion of Teutonic races to Christianity, term was applied to Supreme Being." Natsarim do not refer to Yahuah by any Pagan titles or names, they use His true Name, being careful to guard it and not allow it to be destroyed (not using it destroys it). Torah is a relationship, not a religion. This relationship is the code of conduct for the government or kingdom of Yahuah, to reign with His bride, Israel. Human religion seeks to “rebind” the rift between our Creator and mankind with contrived efforts and rituals invented by men, often inherited from Pagan cultures (not ordained by Yahuah). Torah is the foundation for the relationship, and the Creator consistently refers to Torah as a marriage Covenant between Himself and Israel.

Our commission as Natsarim is to teach Torah to the nations, thus increasing Israel. The dragon hates this idea, the Covenant, and the Natsarim. The Covenant is between Yahuah and His bride (Israel); it’s a marriage. The dragon was never fond of Israel, and this sentiment was present in the church fathers and those doctrinal descendants of them. When false teachers say, “Gentiles don’t have to obey, the Torah is for the Jews”, they have been influenced by false teachings keeping them imprisoned in a stronghold (a mental fortress of false belief, stemming from Replacement Theology, a foundational error of Christianity). A sophisticated religious architecture exists, designed to promote a culture of rebellion. Unknowingly, the human combatants’ energies have been harnessed to perform the will of their enemy – a classic Sun Tsu maneuver, (The Art Of War) – implemented by Jesuitism.

THE GREAT COMMISSION

Matthew 28:18-20: “And Yahusha came up and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in Heaven and on Earth. Therefore, go and make taught ones of all the nations, immersing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Set-apart Spirit, teaching them to guard all that I have commanded you*. And see, I am with you always, until the end of the age.’” *His Natsarim, those following Him, the Mediator of the Covenant. Any who obey Torah become citizens of Israel, Yahuah’s Covenant people.

See Eph. 2:8-13

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THE ORIGINAL FOLLOWERS OF YAHUSHA OF NATSARITH:

NATSARIM - GUARDIANS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS The Catechetical School of Alexandria, Egypt and the “church fathers” who were trained and taught there, developed what ultimately became Christianity, and later Roman “Universalism”, Catholicism. What these early “church fathers” of Alexandria wrote about a certain “sect”, the Natsarim, may be of interest to those who want to trace back to the roots of their beliefs. Many of these early “Christians” were former sun-worshippers that adopted a belief in the Mashiach (Messiah) of Yisrael, Yahusha. They worked predominantly with Greek texts, yet from reading their Greek letters, we quickly discern that they despised the “Natsarim”, whose existence seemed to threaten their teachings. One of these church fathers’ indicated that these Natsarim possessed the writings of MattithYahu (Matthew), and stated that they were in Hebrew letters, as they had been originally written! These facts, and more to follow, clearly contradict what many people today have been led to believe about the original followers of Yahusha. Due to the church fathers, the Hebrew/Israelite roots of the faith were suppressed, and only the Greek roots were developed. The most uniform trait among all the church fathers was their condemnation of the Natsarim, and their rabid anti-Semitism. Modern seminaries (seed-plots) promote the teachings of the “church fathers”, the Greek and Egyptian men that sought to eliminate the former Natsarim. The Natsarim were spoken against by those in authority in the days of Shaul (Paul):

"And we think it right to hear from you what you think, for indeed, concerning this sect, we know that it is spoken against everywhere." (ACT 28:22). This sect, the NATSARIM, was suppressed by the early church fathers, and by the developing hierarchy at the earliest formal school of Christianity, THE CATECHETICAL SCHOOL OF ALEXANDRIA. ( FOUNDED CIRCA 190 CE )

The term by which the early followers of Yahusha of Natsarith were called is found at Acts 24:5, misspelled “Nazarenes”. The reason they were so despised by everyone is simple to understand. This entire planet is under the influence of a supremely dark force that has been in charge over mankind for the last 6000+ years, since Adam & Chuah lost sovereignty over Earth. This dark force is called “the dragon”, and we see in the following verse two reasons for the

ORIGEN OF ALEXANDRIA TAUGHT AT THE CATECHETICAL SCHOOL OF ALEXANDRIA. HE SUCCEEDED CLEMENT AS HEAD OF THE SCHOOL. SELF-CASTRATED, AND A VEGETARIAN LIKE CLEMENT, ORIGEN LIVED FROM 185 TO 254 CE. TERTULLIAN & IRENAEUS WERE CONTEMPORARIES OF ORIGEN. BEING CLASSICALLY EDUCATED IN PAGANSIM, MUCH ERROR WAS ADOPTED.

dragon’s hatred of the Natsarim:

Rev 12:17 “And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to fight with the remnant of her seed, those guarding the commands of Elohim and possessing the witness of Yahusha Messiah.” REV 12:17 NOTE THE WORD “GUARDING” Obeying the Commandments, and possessing the witness of Yahusha, are not what the church fathers did, and they weren’t going to stand for anyone else doing so either. The 4th century church father, Jerome, described the Natsarim as “those who accept Messiah in such a way that they do not cease to observe the Old Law.” This was in stark contrast with them! That “Old Law” is the Torah, the 10 Commandments, guarded by the Natsarim. The dragon (Rev 12) pursues the offspring (Natsarim) of the Woman (Israel) through systematic persecutions because of doctrinal competition and control. The “Hebrew roots” of the fig tree (Israel) remain a threat to this dragon’s “bad tree”, but Yahusha has given His Natsarim His Torah, and this is the “axe” (Sword, His Word) that will become the

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IRENAEUS was a mid-2nd century “church father”, and was perhaps the least error-ridden of all, but the few errors he made were magnified by others after him. He held that the bishops provided the only safe guide to interpretation of Scripture, laying a pathway toward papal primacy. Also, in his battle against Gnosticism, and in the interest of unity, doctrinal authority had to be solely established by Episcopal “councils”. “Episcopal” means governed by bishops; so we can see that these ideas laid a foundation for later Nicolaitanes and a hierarchical chain of command, culminating in the fascism known as the Roman Catholic Church. Catholic means “universal” in Latin, so Irenaeus’ vision for unity of doctrine became a reality; if only the doctrines mandated had been based on the TORAH of Yahuah, rather than men’s lust for power. MONKS, NUNS, POPES, SACRAMENTS, HOLY WATER, HALOES, BELLS, STEEPLES, CATECHISMS, ALTARS, SPIRES, PULPITS, CATHEDRALS, STATUES, SUN-DAY, EASTER, CHRISTMAS, CANONIZING SAINTS, INDULGENCES, SCAPULARS, MASSES, — AND NO ONE NOTICED THESE BEING ADDED TO SCRIPTURE, OR THEIR TRUE ORIGINS?

downfall of the false system (Roman beast) ridden by the Great Prostitute, which has made the nations drunk from the golden cup of abominations (like “sacraments”) she holds them in her control with. Yahusha’s cousin, Yahuchanon, said: “And even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.” Luk 3:9 Worldwide, there are about 1 billion people living (producing bad fruit) according to the doctrinal errors (a bad tree) of a few men called the “church fathers”. These men molded the patterns of early Christianity, and in their own words declare they were not Natsarim, but rather suppressed the Natsarim as heretics and accused them of perversion for obeying the Commandments. These “church fathers” were men who failed to adopt the Covenant, but instead pursued control over doctrines as they interpreted them. Some castrated themselves and others, became monks, took vows of poverty, celibacy, silence, and condemned the Natsarim for holding to the Torah while professing belief in Yahusha. False doctrine is like leaven, and their false doctrines have filled the whole Earth (the whole lump of dough). Those whose thinking has been affected by the false doctrines of these early apostates view the Natsarim today as heretics also, and it is the same “spirit of error” that possessed the church fathers that is at the root of the bad tree, producing bad fruit. The good fruit is the obedience of the set-apart ones, because obeying the Covenant produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control; this tree will not be cut down! The tree that is against the Covenant (lawless) will be elimi-

nated, and be left with neither root nor branch (offspring). Condemnation is derived from ones’ own words; so let’s see what the early church fathers had to say concerning Natsarim: The fourth century Church Father, Epiphanius, gave a detailed description of the Natsarim: “We shall now especially consider heretics who.. call themselves Nazarenes; they are mainly Jews and nothing else. They make use not only of the New Testament, but they also use in a way the Old Testament of the Jews; for they do not forbid the books of the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings... so that they are approved of by the Jews, from whom the Nazarenes do not differ in anything, and they profess all the dogmas pertaining to the prescriptions of the Law and to the customs of the Jews, except they believe in Messiah. They preach that there is but one God, and His Son Yeshua the Messiah. But they are very learned in the Hebrew language; for they, like the Jews, read the whole Law, then the Prophets...They differ from the Jews because they believe in Messiah, and from the Christians in that they are to this day bound to the Jewish rites, such as circumcision, the Sabbath, and other ceremonies. They have the Good news according to Matthew in its entirety in Hebrew. For it is clear that they still preserve this, in the Hebrew alphabet, as it was originally written”. Obviously, Epiphanius would “forbid” the Law, Prophets, and Writings (TaNaK), often referred to by Yahusha. The Sabbath observance (a day blessed at Creation) was observed by Yahusha, yet those who “walk” as He walked are heretics. This record hits on how doctrinally arrogant things had become very early, and why Christian doctrines are so different from the REAL first followers of

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“And whatever is concealed shall be revealed, and whatever is hidden shall be known.” Luk 12:2 The teachings hatched at the Catechetical School of Alexandria persist in every modern “Seminary” today. The apostasy (falling-away from Torah) became institutionalized, and men’s traditions were set up to conceal their former Pagan origins. Yahuah’s clean festivals reflect the redemption plan for Israel, but were forsaken (Dan 7:25). All the nations of the Earth are invited to “engraft” into the commonwealth of Israel through the Covenant (Eph. 2:8-13), but the “spin” put upon obeying the Covenant is very deceptive (calling it legalism). If we are “legal” then we are true citizens of Israel; if we are practicing lawlessness (illegalism), we are imposters, usurping what is not ours to claim. We cannot simultaneously claim to be Yahusha’s followers and not obey Torah. If we claim to know Him, then we obey the Commandments! 1 Yn. 3 THE NATSARIM? THEY’RE NOT CASTRATED MONKS!

Yahusha. After Irenaeus, a new flagrant error crept in called “Apostolic Succession”, along with the idea that the “church” hierarchy could supersede (trump) any Commandment, and usurp the title “Israel” for itself. There is evidence that the Natsarim Sect continued to exist until at least the 13th century. The Catholic writings of Bonacursus entitled Against the Heretics refers to “Nazarenes”, who were also called 'Pasagini'. Bonacursus says: “Let those who are not yet acquainted with them, please note how perverse their belief and doctrine are. First, they teach that we should obey the Law of Moses according to the letter - the Sabbath, and circumcision, and the legal precepts still being in force. Furthermore, to increase their error, they condemn and reject all the Church Fathers, and the whole Roman Church.” We were still around in the 13th century. Indeed, we Natsarim still obey that “Old Law” (the Covenant, as it is written), and we still “reject all the church fathers, and the whole Roman church”. We are accused of being “Jewish”, but we are really made up of all the lost tribes in captivity among the nations, as the Prodigal Son found himself and returned to the Covenant, the Father’s household (Torah). In fact, we are those described at Rev 12 & 14; 1. We hold to the testimony of Yahusha (we confess Yahusha and live according to what He taught), and 2. We obey the Commandments of Yahuah. For this, we are branded as perverse heretics. We call on the true (and only) Name, Yahuah, each time we utter the Deliverer’s Name, Yahusha ha’Mashiach. We have never been part of the accepted whole. Tertullus, a hired acc of Shaul, addressed the ruler Felix with these words at Act 24:5:

“For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Yahudim throughout the world and a ringleader of the sect (G139, hairesis) of the Nazarenes (G3480) . . .” The Greek word hairesis above gives us our word “heresy” translated “sect”. So we know the “sect” being spoken of was not the Christians, because Christians developed later. The word christianos was used twice in the Greek text as a device of scorn, since in the ancient world it conveyed a much different sense than it does today. The use of the word christianos did not “name” the sect, but it was a derisive, scornful label that meant they were like gullible, dumb beasts, or “cretins”. The word “christianos” (Latin, Christianus) was a term of scorn, traced back through a related word which history never “revised”:

cre·tin (krēt'n) n.

1. A person afflicted with cretinism. Slang: An idiot. [French crétin, from French dialectal, deformed and mentally retarded person found in certain Alpine valleys, from Vulgar Latin *christiānus, Christian, human being, poor fellow, from Latin Chrīstiānus, Christian; see Christian.] Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Seminaries would not appreciated having this shouted from the housetops, but it’s the truth. WHY THE TERM “NATSARIM”? The foremost reason is prophetic. We are described as a remnant of the scattered tribes by many prophets, but in the last days we are called by the term “NATSARIM” as we cry out on the “hills of Ephraim”, at Jer. 31:6: “For there shall be a day when the watch-