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      We are living in a world that has never existed before. Yahweh created the earth and all things with Yahshua roughly six thousand years ago and since that time mankind worked from his home with mostly agriculture, cared for his family and schooled his children, and probably never went more than 50 to 100 miles away from his property in his whole lifetime. Whatever you focus on becomes most real to you, and the focus for almost 5900 years was simply planting and harvesting one’s food, caring for his family and worshipping his Creator.

      That all changed about 100 years ago with the bringing in of the Industrial Revolution, World War 1, and also the invention of the train and the automobile. This changed the world dramatically and for the first time ever in the history of mankind people started changing from working from an agrarian society from home to traveling away from the home to work in factories in an environment that is unnatural.

      Then, starting in the 1950’s and 60’s came the computer age and the invention of the television set and completely changed everything in such an abnormal way it would be impossible for humanity to last even one generation in these completely unnatural surroundings.

      And, to add to that, in the 1990’s the Internet has come, and now 24 hours a day 7 days a week people all over the world are infatuated with texting, Internet, tweeting etc. The world has become so unnatural with people working and sitting on a chair behind a computer screen that most people in this world are so falsely conditioned they do not even know what is normal any longer.

      Normal to most is the infanticide, the murdering of millions unborn children, homosexuality, the progressive public school system, and reality TV, which is anything but true reality in a Kingdom mindset. And every human being on this planet has been affected by this abnormal change in lifestyle to one degree or another. And the biggest affect is in the mind. Maybe you don’t agree with abortion or homosexuality, but your mind is indeed being perverted by the totally abnormal society around you because most are not home schooling and raising their own children, or working from home and growing their own food, but are working in this abnormal world and, again, “whatever you focus on becomes most real to you.”

      If you were locked in a room for one month, that room would become your reality. You would start to see things in that room you never knew before, because you would be only focusing on that room day after day. In the same way, by living in this perverted, abnormal world day after day, and living and working in a totally perverted society, it is indeed infecting your mind and affecting your thoughts as this world is not the mind of Messiah. It is the mind of the Devil!

       Also, and of most importance, is that in this electronic fast past world of reality TV, talkback to every article read on-line and simply having an opinion to everything whether it affects you or not has developed a world of gossip, dissatisfaction, and false perception that affects almost every aspect of life in western society today. And this is the crux of the problem; A BIG PROBLEM! A problem that is not realized by most because it is so normal; but in reality it is a problem that will keep you out of the Kingdom of Yahweh.

      Yahweh’s word says in Proverbs 10:19 “In the abundance of words sin does not cease, but one restraining his lips is prudent.”

      Also, in the book of Jacob 1:19 it states “Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.”

In the western society today people have an opinion on everything, and many times brethren are falsely accusing other brethren simply because someone is doing something different than they would have done. Western society and end time America/Babylon has so conditioned people to have an opinion on any matter whether it concerns them or not, and this winds up many times not only falsely judging a brother or a sister but being outright sin, as Yahweh tells us we should not be judging matters that don’t pertain to us.

Prov 26:17 One passing by, crossing himself over strife that is not his own, is like one who grabs a dog’s ears.

If someone was given the job to decorate a room for a Sabbath meeting why do you need to have an opinion on how they should do it? Or why would you need an opinion on how the Remnant’s Walk is formatted, or how the Israeli Intelligence Report is outlined or for that matter on anything that does not pertain to you? I can tell you as the leader of the Congregation of Yahweh Jerusalem, and someone who has traveled worldwide and met many brethren from all over the world, that third world brethren simply don’t think this way. They just accept things for what they are ‘not what they want them to be’. They follow instructions in matters that are not under their judicial order without always trying to figure out a better way. But westerners always want to look at every situation through their own eyes and make things right by their own false perceptions and standards.

There are many rules we all have in life from hygiene, to health, to work ethic, to cooking choices, and simply because someone doesn’t have the same standard we do we should not have an opinion about it. Our only standard should be the Torah, and if something does not violate the Torah and is not our responsibility, then we should learn to keep our mouth SHUT!

I will give you another example. Many times when westerners meet third world brethren they feel sorry for them because they have less money and material things than they do. They, in turn, will try to privately give them tithe money, instead of sending in the tithe through Jerusalem, thinking with a wrong perception that it is money that these third world brethren lack, when it is not money, but bibles and other spiritual materials that they desire.

In reality, it is this wrong faulty perception that has corrupted good third world brethren, and even elders, by tempting them with money that they never had nor needed. And it is these false Laodicean brethren who are blinded to their own false belief system and perception by their pride and Babylonian conditioning to always have an opinion, who many times have even caused some of these third world brethren to fall away.

It is these same Laodicean opinionated people that will be highly offended if you even lovingly give them the smallest part of constructive criticism, or even worse, correction. They are highly offended because they are highly opinionated, it’s that simple. And these same false brethren will take no shame in telling everyone else where they are wrong, even if they are falsely accusing someone, and many times inaccurately. Some have even come to the feast in Jerusalem, and instead of being thankful and blessing Yahweh for allowing them to be in His set apart city, they will complain about the music, the food, the rules etc, when in reality the only problem was their over-opinionated perception of how they thought things should be like.

Titus 1:15 Truly, all things are pure to the pure, but nothing is pure to those being defiled and faithless, but even their mind and conscience has been defiled.

Titus 1:16 They profess to know YAHWEH, but by their works they deny Him, and they are abominable and disobedient, condemning every kind of good work.

The problem is that they can only see things through their own eyes because they have been hypnotized and brainwashed by the system of Babylon and the Laodicean prideful spirit. And although they have an opinion for everything, their pride simply can’t allow them to see where they are wrong. Many times they will also think they know more than Yahweh’s ordained elders who have been handpicked by Him for the last 2,000 years, and also the doctrine that has been handed down in a line of succession for the same time period. They will boldly, and many times disrespectfully, want to tell a true ordained elder of Yahweh where they are wrong on doctrine, and pridefully want to explain how they know better, even though it is the priest or elder who has been given the position of responsibility in matters of doctrine in the congregation.

Mal 2:7 For the lips of the priest should guard knowledge, and they should seek the Torah from his mouth; for he is the messenger of YAHWEH of Hosts.

Eph 4:11 And indeed He has assigned some to be apostles; and some prophets; and some evangelists; and some shepherds and teachers;

Eph 4:12 for the perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of Messiah,

Eph 4:13 until we all may come to the unity of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of Elohim, to a full-grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Messiah,

Eph 4:14 so that we may no longer be children, being blown and carried about by every wind of false doctrine of men, who through their craftiness are very skillful in deceiving the people;

Quite frankly, it is not the responsibility of members to form doctrine, but the elders in the congregation. The members should prove all things and study to see if the doctrine is true, but then, once it is proven in faith of where Yahshua’s congregation truly is, then they should be following the elderhood set in place by Yahshua Himself; and not be questioning every decision to whether it meets their personal standard and opinion, which again is rebellion, disloyalty and sin. And when one is acting in such a treacherous way, they are not being disloyal to man, but to Yahweh, who has ordained and placed the man in his position.

Exo 16:2 And all the congregation of the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness.

Exo 16:6 And Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel, At evening you shall know that YAHWEH has brought you from the land of Egypt;

Exo 16:7 and in the morning you shall see the glory of YAHWEH, in His hearing your murmurings against YAHWEH; and we, what are we that you murmur against us?

Exo 16:8 And Moses said, When YAHWEH gives you flesh to eat in the evening, and bread in the morning, to satisfaction; when YAHWEH hears your murmurings which you are murmuring against Him, you will see. And what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against YAHWEH.

Likewise, when we judge a brother or sister for how they are doing a particular job in the congregation or ministry in the body of Messiah because they are not doing it as we would, we are also brokering on disloyalty, gossip and sin.

Brethren, Revelation 18:4 states ‘Come out of her My people’. This scripture is primarily speaking of coming out of the physical land of Babylon, but is also speaking of coming out of its culture. A culture of immorality, and laxity, and a culture of opinionating on every subject, whether it pertains to the person or not. We need to cleanse our minds of all filth and gossip, and start to only have thoughts that are of encouragement, love and support.

Php 4:8 Finally, my brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honest, whatever is just, whatever pure, whatever lovely, whatever of good report, if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things.

Php 4:9 And what things you learned and received and heard and saw in me, practice these things, and the Elohim of peace will be with you.

This is a serious matter and will keep some out of the Kingdom of Yahweh. We must search deeply into our hearts and minds and daily ask ourselves if we are partaking in such a spirit of Laodicea/Babylon. We must be putting on the mind of Messiah and not allow commercial Babylon to affect our mind and thoughts.

We must have a spirit of appreciation to Yahweh in all things that is filled with true humility, which will help to eliminate pride and a position that always thinks it knows better than everyone else. We must also get rid of the Babylonian mindset that always has an opinion on everyone and everything in life, and learn to enjoy life, and things, and people simply for what they are and not what we think they should be.

So, now I can ask; “So what do you think about this article”?