Sanctification and separation

Why Sanctification and separation?

 You will soon learn, if you haven't already discovered. That the Lord is the God of a people, not a religion. 

And those people are protected, judged, rejected, blessed and cursed by the Lord directly. 
We are reminded of these horrific historical events, when we read what happened to our ancestors under the Old Covenant.

One of the main reasons for this judgment is because of the association and imitating of other nations' religious practices and beliefs. 
Many have learned to accept a life alienated from the Lord, and replace his divine guidance with temporal material wealth and the leadership of ungodly people (which is a form of idolatry). That will eventually cost them their eternal soul.

True Israel was very serious about their relationship with the Almighty in all aspects of their lives.

This is also true in marriage. Their tribes had to stay pure; they could only marry in their own tribe (Numbers 36:5-9 ……. Every daughter who inherits land, regardless of the tribe she is in, must marry a man from within her father’s tribal clan. Every Israelite is responsible for making sure the inheritance stays within the ancestral tribe. No inheritance-land may be passed from tribe to tribe; each tribe of the People of Israel must hold tight to its own land.”) and definitely could not marry into another nation.

Below is a sad account of what happened to Yisrael when they married outside of their nation.

Ezra 9:1-7. Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, the people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. And when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astounded.

Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astounded until the evening sacrifice. And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God, And said, O my God,

I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

As you can see, marrying women of other nations caused many problems for True Israel. Though this was a very difficult decision, they had to put away the strange wives, and the children of those women, to purge themselves of the problems that arose from that choice.

Historically, Yisrael had many hard lessons like these and that is what shaped their culture helping them to become a great nation. This is how Yisrael will be capable of producing 144,000 men that the Lord will give Divine protection. Because they are pure and undefiled.

Though the world had temporarily learned the benefits of social distancing, this was a common practice and a way of life for true Hebrew Israelites since Abraham..

 Not only were they distant but also remained separate their entire lives.

The reason is, they wanted to avoid communication with any entity, other than Elohim, because (the serpent in the garden) through communication with it, caused disobedience that brought the sin nature into the world..

Just about every person born into this world, arrives with a pure body, soul, mind and spirit. All three can be purged but after the purging you must stay pure.

As some of you may know that Paul the apostle, a true Hebrew Israelite, encourages Timothy who is half Greek and half Jew to remain pure (1 Tim. 5:22. Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep yourself pure.)

In the following verses he teaches Timothy in his final epistle to stay away from youthful lust and to associate only with people that also had a pure heart. 2 Tim. 2:22. Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

The reason for keeping or developing a pure heart is because our Lord says that only the pure in heart, shall see Elohim. (Matthew 5:8. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see Elohim.)

How you got to where you are; is that though their intentions were good, everyone around you helped to pollute you.

You will not meet the Lord in an impure state; you must be purged. (1 John. 3:2 -3. but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope, purifies himself, even as he is pure.)

In all of their epistles to the gentiles, the apostles encourage their students to cleanse themselves, purify themselves, and avoid anyone living contrary to their teachings.