From: Jerry Healan
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: The Covenant of Clean and Unclean (Part 3 of 3)

TRAMPLING THE TRUTH

Daniel was inspired to record, "And out of one of them came forth a
little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward
the east, and toward the pleasant land. And it waxed great, even to
the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars
to the ground, and stamped upon them. Yea, he magnified himself even
to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken
away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And an host was
given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and
it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and
prospered," Dan. 8:9-12.

This little horn can be none other than Constantine Caesar. Dan. 2
reveals the four world ruling kingdoms that would arise. The fourth
would be divided. Dan. 7 reveals the rise of the fourth kingdom or
beast power while Dan. 8 embellishes on its division.

When Rome became divided between east and west (which was initiated by
Constantine) the western kingdom was a Latin kingdom, but the eastern
kingdom was Greek. Constantine not only initiated the eastern and
western division, but he was also instrumental in casting the truth to
the ground.

Constantine even magnified himself to the Prince of host (YAHshua) by
declaring himself as Pontifex Maximus over the New Testament Assembly.
The assembly was to have one and only one High Priest mediating
between them and YAHWEH. Constantine exalted himself to that position.

Verse 25 of Dan. 8 says this about the little horn, "And through his
policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall
magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he
shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be
broken without hand."

The word "craft" comes from the Hebrew word `mirmah' which is defined
in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Hebrew Lexicon as from 7411 in the
sense of deceiving; fraud:-craft, deceit (-ful, fully), false,
feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.

#7411 is the word ramah which is defined as a primitive root; to hurl;
spec. to shoot; fig. to delude or betray (as if causing to
fall):-beguile, betray, [bow] -man, carry, deceive, throw.

Constantine (and his successors) is the bowman who rides the white
horse of Rev. 6:2 going forth conquering and to conquer. He has
conquered the people through tremendous deceit, fraud and
treachery. He has dictated that the people observe unclean and unholy
practices.

THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

Constantine's supposed conversion to the new faith and subsequent
entry into the corrupted remnants of the New Testament Assembly was a
ruse to give him authority over the faith. He and his successors
deceived the masses into believing that the kingdom of heaven had
finally come to earth.

Here is what Henry Halley observed in his work entitled Halley's Bible
Handbook, "Emperor Constantine (A.D. 306-337), when he became a
Christian, issued an Edict granting Everybody the right to choose his
own Religion. (Note: .Isn`t this much like America of today?)

"Emperor Theodosius (A.D. 378-398), made Christianity the State
Religion of the Roman Empire, and made Church Membership Compulsory.
This was the Worst Calamity that has ever befallen the Church. This
Forced Conversion filled the Churches with Unregenerate People.
(Notice the combining of the clean and the unclean, there is no
difference made between them.)

"Not only so, Theodosius undertook the Forcible Suppression of all
other Religions, and Prohibited Idol Worship. Under his decrees,
Heathen Temples were torn down by mobs of Christians, and
there was much bloodshed.

"Chr-st has designed to conquer by purely Spiritual and Moral Means.
Up to this time Conversion was Voluntary, A Genuine Change in Heart
and Life. "But now the Military Spirit of Imperial Rome had entered
the Church. The Church had Conquered the Roman Empire. But in reality
the Roman Empire had Conquered the Church, by Making the Church over
into the Image of the Roman Empire.

The Church had Changed its Nature, had entered its Great Apostasy, had
become a Political Organization in the Spirit and Pattern of Imperial
Rome, and took its Nose-Dive into the millennium of Papal
Abominations.

"The Imperial Church of the 4th and 5th centuries had become an
entirely different institution from the persecuted church of the first
three centuries. In its ambition to Rule it lost and forgot the spirit
of Chr-st.

"Worship, at first very simple, was developed into elaborate, stately,
imposing ceremonies having all the outward splendor that had belonged
to heathen temples.

"Ministers became Priests. The term `priest' was not applied to
Christian ministers before A.D. 200. It was borrowed from the Jewish
system, and from the example of heathen priesthood. Leo I
(440-61) prohibited priests from marrying, and Celibacy of priests
became a law of the Roman Church.

"Conversion of the Barbarians. The Goths, Vandals and Huns who
overthrew the Roman Empire accepted Christianity; but to a large
extend their conversion was nominal and this further filled the
Church with Pagan practices.

Conflicts with Heathen Philosophies. Even as every generation seeks to
interpret Chr-st in terms of its own thinking, so, no sooner had
Christianity made its appearance than it began its process of
amalgamation with Greek and Oriental Philosophies; and there arose
many Sects: Gnosticism, Manichaeism, Montanism, Monarchianism,
Airanism, Appolinarianism, Nestorianism, Eutychianism,
Monophysites. From the 2nd to the 6th centuries the Church was rent
with controversies over these and similar Isms, and almost lost sight
of its true mission." (pp. 760-761)

Do you understand what is being admitted here? The state religion of
the Holy Roman Empire, the fourth beast of Dan. 7, the great, terrible
and exceedingly strong beast was [Greco / Roman] Christianity! People were
forced to convert to [Greco / Roman] Christianity on pain of death!

If you are a Christian and trust in the principals of [Greco / Roman]
Christianity, you have been greatly and terribly deceived by the master deceiver
Satan the devil! Truly, Rev. 12:9 is appropriate here, "And the
great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil and
Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the
earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

Satan has deceived the whole world into following the religion of the
beast power!

THE PRODIGAL SON

Remember the parable of the prodigal son? One thing to remember is
that the story is a parable which is related to hide the true meaning
to the overall majority, only revealing the truths contained
therein to the few obedient and faithful.

A father had two sons. The two sons in this story would be compared to
the nation of Judah and the nation of Israel. The younger son asked
for his inheritance in the present realm. The father obliged
which the son took and left to sojourn in a far country. The son
wasted his substance with riotous living. When there was a famine in
the land, the son began to suffer want (Lk. 15:11-14).

He joined himself to a citizen of that country who sent him into his
fields to feed swine (chaziyr, Kaiser, Caesar). Much of the overall
preponderance of the Christian faith in Europe, Britain,
America, etc. are descendants of the ancient kingdom of northern
Israel. Their living is presently being spent with riotous living
while they continue to feed the swine's religion.

The prodigal son finally came to his senses and returned to his father
who joyfully received him. Such is what the descendants of ancient
Israel, the prodigal sons, must do. They must repent and turn to
the Heavenly Father YAHWEH and His Beloved Son YAHshua.

THE COVENANTS

There are two covenants. There is the covenant of the clean and there
is the covenant of the unclean. The clean will embrace the word of
YAHWEH and allow His word and His law to lead, guide and
feed them. To them, whatever YAHWEH has declared as holy is holy,
whatever YAHWEH has declared to be clean is clean, whatever YAHWEH has
declared to be the truth is truth. They will utilize YAHWEH'S word in
order to warn them away from the unclean.

The unclean are the reverse. Whatever YAHWEH has declared to be holy
is no longer holy. Whatever YAHWEH has declared to be clean is no
longer clean. Whatever YAHWEH has declared to be truth is no longer
truth. The unclean actually prefer unclean and unholy practices as a
way of life. They delight more in the practices of the pagans and
heathen than they do in the righteous ways of YAHWEH.

One example is the Christmas ham versus the Passover Lamb. The world
relishes and revels in the pagan practices of Christmas with its
unclean food, but hardly gives notice to YAHWEH'S commanded Passover
observance. As a matter of fact, the world had rather observe pagan
Easter (Ishtar) Sunday with its pagan messiah (Tammuz) and colored
eggs (pagan fertility symbols) which come from Peter Rabbit (another
pagan fertility symbol) rather than observe the Passover with its
emblems of bread and the cup representing the body and blood of the
Messiah.

The Apostle Paul writes, "Know ye not that ye are the Temple of
YAHWEH, and that the Spirit of YAHWEH dwelleth in you? If any man
defile the Temple of YAHWEH, him shall YAHWEH destroy; for the Temple
of YAHWEH is holy, which temple ye are," 1 Cor. 3:16-17.

If you are the temple of YAHWEH, then what are you offering on your
altar? Have you been deluded into offering swine on the altar of your
temple? Is your sacrifice the unclean swine or is it YAHshua the
Messiah, the true Messiah and Passover Lamb?

You must embrace one covenant or the other. You must embrace one
messiah or the other. You cannot embrace both.

THE SWORD

YAHWEH promises His people, "Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners
of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;
When I have bent Judah for Me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised
up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the
sword of a mighty man. And YAHWEH shall be seen over them, and His
arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Sovereign YAHWEH shall
blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the
south. YAHWEH of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and
subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as
through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as
the corners of the altar. And YAHWEH their Elohim shall save them in
that day as the flock of His people: for they shall be as the stones
of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon His land. For how great is His
goodness, and how great is His beauty! Corn shall make the young men
cheerful, and new wine the maids," Zech. 9:12-17.

Notice it! The true sons of Zion are going to be made as a sword of a
mighty man and they are going to rise up against the sons of Greece.
Yes Greece, the kingdom that originally exhibited its hatred
against YAHWEH and the Hebrew people. The kingdom that sought to cause
the Hebrews to worship Zeus and to eat unclean foods will suffer at
the hands of the sons of Zion.

The Psalmist declares, "Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them
sing aloud upon their beds. Let the high praises of Elohim be in their
mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; To execute vengeance upon
the heathen, and punishments upon the people; To bind their kings with
chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; To execute upon them
the judgment written: this honour have all His saints. Praise ye
YAHWEH," Psa. 149:5-9.

We are to take the two-edged sword of the Scriptures and overthrow and
destroy every abominable heathenistic practice! May YAHWEH give you
the strength, wisdom and courage to turn to the covenant of the clean
and to begin to eradicate the covenant of the unclean completely
from your life. HalleluYAH!!!

(End Part 3 of 3)

By Jerry Healan

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