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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 hatredagainst 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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