-the Wine of BABEL-

            For thus said YHUH Alahym of Yashar’Al to me, “Take this wine cup of wrath from My hand, and make all the nations, to whom I send you, drink it. And they shall drink, and shake, and go mad because of the sword that I am sending among them.” I then took the cup from the hand of YHUH, and made all the nations drink, to whom YHUH had sent me.

-YarmaYAHU/Jeremiah 25:15-17

Babel was a golden cup in the hand of YHUH, making drunk all the earth. The nations drank her wine, and that is why the nations went mad.

-YarmaYAHU/Jeremiah 51:7

            In the scriptures above it is shown that there is a cup that is in the Hand of YHUH, all the nations are to drink of it and the mixture of wine that it is filled with makes the nations mad. It is interesting that the word translated as “mad” is H1984 הלל, halal, which means to “shine”, it is the same word that is used in “HalelluYH”. It is also related to the word H1966 הילל, heylel, that is translated as “Lucifer” and is said to mean "light-bearer".

Even though the word halal is translated "praise" also, as in “Praise You YH!”, it is a specific type of praise. The word praise in a more general understanding is H3034 ידה “yadah”, to praise or give thanks. So HalelluYH then is a type of yadah that says, “YH You Shine!”.  Now then, let’s try to bring some comprehension as to why this wonderful word, “halal", is used in so many different, and seemingly contradicting ways.

It seems that whenever there is understanding given from the Ru’ach of YHUH, that it is normal that it can always be traced back all the way to the beginning. If, and when the knowledge of why man or Adam was created is gained, then so many other things can be revealed. In the beginning man/Adam was created to be the image and likeness of Alahym. When you see Adam you should be seeing the esteem and honor of YHUH. The creation of YHUH should only “shine” with the light that comes from Him only. And in this perception is the mystery of both Lucifer, and why the nations are mad. 

To “shine” or to “halal” with your our light is an abomination. WE ARE ONLY TO SHINE THE LIGHT GIVEN BY YHUH. THIS LIGHT DECLARES THE ESTEEM OF OUR FATHER AND HIS WORKS ONLY. It is clear that the Ben of Adam came to show us the WAY to bring esteem to our FATHER, for He did not come in His own light or will but to do the will of His FATHER in Shamaym/Heaven. As He said and as it is written, “I come to do the will of my FATHER in Shamaym.”

The exaltation of one’s self is the ru’ach of Lucifer and the “son of destruction”. It is not the true Ru’ach given from the FATHER, to take it upon one’s self to have one’s own breath is to drink of death. The only Ru’ach that should be breathed, is the breath that was given to Adam in the beginning and then restored by the coming of the Anointed-One, the Son of Alahym. This Ru’ach is the breath of Life breathed from the mouth of YHUH.

Now it begins to become a little clearer as to why the the nations are “mad”. The wine that is served in a golden cup that is called “BABEL” (Babel or Babylon = "confusion by mixing") is the mixing of one’s own Knowledge of “self” and the world with the knowledge that comes from YHUH only. It causes the nations to lift themselves up and to “shine” with a false light that brings wrath.

The world today is truly mad with self and with self-knowledge. This false illumination is the sole reason behind politics, religion, entertainment, sports, or any of the other endeavors that are undertaken for the lifting up of the creature above the Creator, who is Baruk forever.  

And one of the seven messengers who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying to me, “Come, I shall show you the judgment of the great whore sitting on many waters, with whom the sovereigns of the earth committed whoring, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her whoring.” And he carried me away in the Ru’ach into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast covered with names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup filled with abominations and the filthiness of her whoring.

-Hazon/Revelation 17:1-4

The wine of BABAEL has made the inhabitants of the earth drunk with whoring. They have forgotten that they were created to be clothed with the NAME of YHUH and have went out in their own names, the names of blasphemy. They have disregarded YHUH, the Fountain and Tree of Life, and have walked proudly in their own names and have forgotten the Shabbat (Rest) of YHUH in order to labor in the fire for their own works that do not profit them at all.

The hard part of proclaiming this message is that you can’t convince a drunk person that they shouldn’t do the things that they are doing. In order to see how intoxicated that one really is, they usually have to get sober first. And that is a very hard thing for a drunk to do, but with YHUH all things are possible.

And after these things I saw another messenger come down from Shamaym, having great authority, and the earth was lightened with his esteem. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the home of devils, and the prison of every foul spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird. Because all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her whoring, and the sovereigns of the earth have committed whoring with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the power of her riotous living. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.

-Hazon/Revelation 18:1-4

            The whore lives for today and has made many rich because for her riotous living. This is the place that the prodigal son went out to when he left the house of his father, “and he went away to a distant country and wasted his goods with riotous living.” This is the land of pleasure, the place where self rules in order to fulfill the lust of this life. Those that find themselves in this wasteland have forgotten the Knowledge of YHUH. Those that remain there until the end have rejected His rule and have chosen themselves as their new-alahym.

            All the idols that the masses walk after, TV, movies, religion, politics, fame fortune, power… ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE RU'ACH OF YHUH THAT DOES NOT BRING ESTEEM TO HIM AND HIS NAME are all part of BABEL’s confusion against the face of the rightful HEAD of all. Anything that this world tries to feed you as an alternative to being in UNITY with our FATHER is all part of the ways of the whore.

Notice that the messenger that is proclaiming this message to the people of YHUH has great authority and “he cried mightily with a strong voice.” YHUH is calling loudly for His people to come out of the filth and uncleanness of BABEL. There is no more time to be part of this world and to run after the idols of the nations. Our Alahym is our reward, our life, to be in His image and likeness is to put aside the self-knowledge of BABEL and to become a vessel for the True Light of YHUH ONLY! 

If you will come out of BABEL, you will begin to be able to see clearly the purpose that your FATHER in Shamaym has for you. His will is the only will that matters.

-Two Kinds of Knowledge: Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil Continued-

            Now when YHUH came into the parts of Kaisereia Philippos, He asked His talmidim (disciples) saying, “Who do men say that the Ben of Adam is?”

And they said, “Some Yahanan the Immerser, and others Al’YAHU, and others Yarma’YAHU, or one of the nebim.”

He said to them, “And you, who do you say I am?” And Shim’on Kepha answering, said, “You are the Anointed-One, the Ben of the Living Alahym.” And YHUH answering, said to him, “Baruk are you, Shim’on Bar-Yahah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My FATHER in the Shamaym. And I say to you that you are Kepha, and on this Rock I shall build My Assembly, and the gates of the grave shall not overcome it. And I shall give you the keys of the Reign of Shamaym, and whatever you bind on earth shall be, having been bound in the Shamaym, and whatever you loosen on the earth shall be, having been loosened in the Shamaym.”

-MattithYAHU/Matthew 16:13-19

            The scripture above probably has been quoted or partially quoted as much as any other I can think of. But even with all the attention that has been given to the “keys of the Reign of Shamaym” there doesn’t seem to be a lot written or talked about what those keys truly are. Kepha is called “baruk” (blessed) because something has been revealed to him, but the way this knowledge was gained did not come in the normal fashion that most receive understanding.

            Kepha understood that the One he was speaking to was “the Anointed-One, the Ben of the Living Alahym” but even though he had witnessed all the miracles and wonders that had been performed, this by itself was not enough to bring him to this conclusion. There had been many men sent by YHUH that came before and did mighty things, even raising the dead, but none of them had been called “the Anointed-One, the Ben of the Living Alahym”. So, experiencing these things couldn’t have given him this knowledge. In order to gain this lofty insight, Shim’on Bar Yahah had to lay aside his own awareness of this world and depend upon, or trust in the knowledge given to him by our FATHER in Shamaym.

            Trust in YHUH with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; know Him in all your ways, and He all your paths straight.

-Mishley/Proverbs 3:5-6

Experiential-knowledge (Self-knowledge): knowledge related to or derived from experience; empirical or experimental knowledge. Knowledge based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience.

Revelation-knowledge (YHUH-kowledge): knowledge given outside of experience; a surprising and previously unknown fact. The making known of a secret, the unidentified or nameless. Knowledge given by YH.

From the beginning, Adam’s or Man’s understanding of his world has always been a stumbling-block between where YHUH Alahym desired Adam to be and where he goes on his own. Self-knowledge is an idol that breaks the bones of Alahym’s people and causes them to error in all there ways.

YHUH made Adam naked, and he and his wife were unashamed in the garden, walking in the knowledge given to them by their FATHER. When their eyes were opened they placed their own knowledge and understanding of who and what they were above that of their FATHER. They became their own Alahym, having gained a separate enlightenment to good and evil other than what YHUH had given them.

This would be similar to my hand suddenly beginning to have its own idea of life and wanting to decide what it should and shouldn’t do.

“I’m naked!” it might say. “Why am I not covered?”

From that point forward the hand would have to be covered as long as it walked in its own knowledge of life.

Sounds crazy right?

But it is exactly what man looks like when he lives in this world based on his own experiential-knowledge. To be alone in this world with only your own knowledge is to be a headless creature, cut off from the source of life, an abomination that has no father but Abaddon or destruction.

The knowledge of this world is only temporary and it is designed to be subject to the greater authority that comes from the Shamaym/Heavens. Nothing in the earthly realm is supposed to exalt itself above the knowledge of Alahym. If we look at Kepha/Peter one more time we can find another example of what it is to walk in YHUH-knowledge and also experiential-knowledge.

          And in the fourth watch of the night YHUH went to them, walking on the sea. And when the talmidim saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled saying, “It is a phantom!” and for fear they cried. But immediately YHUH spoke to them, saying, “Take courage, it is l, do not be afraid.” And Kepha answered Him and said, “Master, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” And He said, “Come.” And when Kepha had come down on of the boat, he walked on the water to go to YHUH. But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid. And beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Master, save me!” and immediately YHUH stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and said to him, “O you of little belief, why did you doubt?”

-MattithYAHU/Matthew 14:25-31

            ~Our FATHER always seems to be able to use Kepha to show us both sides of the coin. As Kepha begins to trust in the Word of YHUH or YHUH-knowledge, he steps out of this ordinary world of earthly-understanding or Experiential-knowledge and does the impossible, he walks on water. He stepped out of the boat by the command of YHUH and began to walk towards his waiting Master. But then his eyes moved away from the knowledge of Shamaym and trust in YHUH and looked back upon the weak elements of this world. He saw the raging and howling wind and believed what his experience had taught him during all his years on the sea… STRONG WIND MEANS YOU SINK! This knowledge was a lie, wind plays no part in being able to walk on the water but his self-knowledge became an idol that exalted itself above the knowledge of YHUH.~

There doesn’t seem to be many people willing to put aside their own experiential-knowledge of this world and this current age in order to gain the revelation-knowledge that comes from the FATHER, YH, alone. The wicked false Alahym of self blinds the eyes of the masses to where the FATHER is leading. Their ears are dull to His voice and they cannot hear His Words. The world is drunken on the cheap wine of confusion that is sold in BABEL; its intoxication is fleshly satisfaction, sensual knowledge that cannot save.

Politics, entertainment (music, TV, movies, sports, hobbies, or any kind of fleshly gratification), money, families, houses, religion, or any of thousands of other things can and will choke the Word of YHUH in your life and become your self made Alahym. The heart, mind, and your ma’ad H3966 (above everything; exceedingly) were designed to be an engine by which YHUH could manifest Himself in us for His own esteem.

Self-exaltation based on self-knowledge is the embodiment of the son of perdition. The world sleeps in darkness because they walk after their own works and not after the will of YHUH. YashaYAHU/Isaiah 14 and Yachazaq’Al/Ezekiel 28 show the thoughts of a lifted of heart; this wicked condition will always exalt itself and its own haughty knowledge above the esteem of YHUH.

Knowledge that enters into man from the flesh should never become a foundation for what they believe and trust for it is written, “Thus says YHUH, ‘Cursed the man that trust in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from YHUH.’” After the Anointed Ben of Alahym rose from the dead, He set a pattern for our belief and trust to follow. He revealed that it is not those that believe because they see that are baruk (blessed) but it is those that believe having not seen that are baruk.

YHUH said to him, “T’oma, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Baruk are those who have not seen and have believed.”

-Yahanan/John 20:29

~The union between YHUH and man is the vehicle that is designated to bring all the knowledge that is needed. To be in unity with His Word and to have His Ru’ach as our guide and teacher is to have the Bread and Blood of Life. ~