Shalom DR,

Thank you for your courage in sharing the truth in this email as well as in your "The Sacrifice of Praise article, to help us all better understand what is truly pure, unblemished worship of Yahweh. What is His Way, what is pleasing to Him. How He wants us to worship Him now, and in the future.

It has really been a blessing, and it took courage to share.

Act 2:17 'And it shall be in the last days, says Elohim, that I shall pour out of My Ruach on all flesh. And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams,

Your article biblically prophesies by instructing readers where most of us have gone wrong, and how to teshuva to YHVH's way, "HaDerech," per His instructions in the ten words, (as well as numerous places in the Tanakh, as you have quoted, e.g. Lamentations 3:40), and to comfort us. This is exactly the pattern of the prophets of YHVH, and probably what Shaul was instructing the early kehilah. This is also evidence of the spirit of Eliyahu.

Exo 20:1

And Elohim spoke all these Words, saying,

Exo 20:2

"I am יהוה your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, out of the house of slavery.

Exo 20:3

"You have no other mighty ones against My face.

Exo 20:4

"You do not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of that which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth,

Exo 20:5 you do not bow down to them nor serve them. For I,

יהוה your Elohim am a jealous Ěl, visiting the crookedness of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

Exo 20:6

Exo 20:7

"You do not bring the Name of יהוה your Elohim to naught, for יהוה does not leave the one unpunished who brings His Name to naught.

Thank you also for stating the truth about the pagan star of David. This also took much courage. This truth will be hard for many to accept because it has become such an established image of Jewish identity. And, sadly, at some point when haredi see the truth on the site and tell others in Israel, it may become an additional barrier to sharing Y'shua.

However, it is the truth, and you are correct, we cannot give up one set of pagan symbol for another; and we must speak the truth in love. The Ruach will help us know what to witness to them at the right time. Aviad Cohen used to have some credible resources on his site about the pagan origin of the magen David, from a man who set out to write a book about it, then during his research discovered it's straight from sorcery. Oy!

Garry Capps lesson was also good on Shabbat, especially where he encouraged us in Yehezekiel 36:16 ff. how YHVH will bring us all back and He will clean us up from our idols. So, while we are to be busy right here, right now, in teshua and cleansing our ways, now knowing better how to do so from your article, we also have the hope that if there is anything we miss, YHVH will complete the refining and purification so that we may dwell in His presence forever.

Shalom,
Ahava Moshiach Y'shua

I am just very grateful Yahweh had you speak up. It has changed my life forever.