WAKE-UP CALL: Part 4 – Come out of Babylon! OVERCOME the WORRIES of the WORLD, the LOVE of MONEY & the PLEASURES of LIFE

31 October 2025

We are proceeding today with studying the WORD on HOW WE SHOULD COME OUT OF BABYLON as Abba Father calls us to do in Revelation 18:4-5 “Then I (John) heard another voice out of heaven say: ‘My people, COME OUT OF HER (Babylon)! So that you will not share in her sins. So that you will not be infected by her plagues, for her sins are a sticky mass piled up to heaven, and God has REMEMBERED her crimes.”

Yeshua our Messiah provides us with the reasons why we can find ourselves being STUCK (trapped) in Babylon, the implications thereof and how to get out in His PARABLE on the SOWER and the SEED in Matthew 13:1-23 (also read Mark 4:1-20 and Luke 8:4-15). We have now studied TWO of these REASONS, namely:

1. HEARING the MESSAGE of the KINGDOM of YHVH but not UNDERSTANDING it due to a HARDENED HEART; and
2. HEARING the WORD and ACCEPTING it with JOY, but not being GROUNDED (rooted, firmly established) in it and FEARING PERSECUTION.

And today we are focusing on the THIRD REASON, namely:

3. HEARING the MESSAGE, but it gets choked by the WORRIES of the WORLD and the DECEITFUL GLAMOR of WEALTH and the PLEASURES of LIFE.

In the PARABLE of the SOWER told by Yeshua in Matthew 13:7 some SEEDS SOWED, fell among THORNS, which grew up and CHOCKED the plants.  He then explained in verse 22 this means: “The SEED SOWN among THORNS stands for SOMEONE who HEARS the MESSAGE, but it is CHOCKED (blocked, stopped) by the WORRIES (doubts, uncertainties, fears, concerns) of the WORLD and the DECEITFUL (deceiving, untrustworthy) GLAMOUR (allure, charm, appeal, attraction, excitement, desirability) of WEALTH (prosperity, riches, mammon/ money), so that it produces nothing.  The Luke 8 version includes the GRATIFICATIONS (satisfactions, pleasures, delights) of LIFE.

Ecclesiastes 5:10 says: “The LOVER of MONEY never has enough money; the LOVER of LUXURY (extravagance, indulgence) never has enough income.” The Jewish Study Bible, insight for Jews and Christians explains: Money does not bring satisfaction (fulfillment, happiness, contentment). It is often hoarded (stored up, accumulated), squandered (wasted) or misused. Since it must be left behind when one dies, toiling (striving) for it is a futile (useless, pointless) enterprise.

The Book of Proverbs also has a lot to say about money. We read in Proverbs 1:19 “So are the ways of ALL GREEDY FOR GAIN, it TAKES the LIVES of those who get it”. Proverbs 10:2 says: “No good comes from ill-gotten (illegal, fraudulent, unlawful, dishonest) WEALTH (prosperity, riches, mammon/ money/greed), but RIGHTEOUSNESS RESCUES FROM DEATH.” Proverbs 11:4 & 28 warns: “On the DAY of WRATH (referring to Judgement Day), WEALTH doesn’t help; but RIGHTEOUSNESS RESCUES FROM DEATH” and “He who TRUSTS (have faith, believe, hope) in his RICHES (material possessions) WILL FALL, but the RIGHTEOUS WILL FLOURISH LIKE SPROUTING LEAVES. Proverbs 18:10-11 says: “The NAME of YHVH is a STRONG TOWER; a RIGHTEOUS PERSON RUNS TO IT and is RAISED HIGH (above danger). The WEALTH of the RICH, is his FORTIFIED CITY (a place where he thinks he is save), like a high wall, in his own imagination.  And Proverbs 28:22 warns: He who is GREEDY (covetous, desirous, materialistic, money-oriented) rushes after RICHES (material possessions), not knowing that WANT (poverty, famine, need) will overtake him.”

Yeshua our Messiah tells us in Matthew 6:19-21 “…not to store up for ourselves WEALTH here on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and burglars break in and steal. Instead, store up for yourselves WEALTH IN HEAVEN, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and burglars do not break in or steal. FOR WHERE YOUR WEALTH IS, THERE YOUR HEART WILL ALSO BE.” And He warns in verse 24: “No one can be a slave (servant) to TWO MASTERS; for he will either HATE the first and LOVE the second, or SCORN (disrespect) the second and be LOYAL (faithful) to the first. You can’t be a slave (servant) to both GOD and money. And then Yeshua gives the following advice in verses 25-34, NOT to worry about our lives – what we will eat or drink or will wear. We should look at the birds, they neither plant nor harvest, nor gather food into barns, yet our heavenly Father FEEDS them. And we are WORTH much more than they. No one can add a single hour to their lives by worrying. And why be anxious about clothes? Think about the fields of wild irises and how they grow, they neither work nor spin thread and yet they are clothed beautifully. If this is how God the Father clothes grass in the field – which is here today and gone tomorrow, won’t He much more clothe us? What little TRUST (believe, hope, faith) we have! Our heavenly Father KNOWS what we NEED. But what we should do is: “…SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM and HIS RIGTEOUSNESS (conforming to God’s ethical and moral standards), and ALL these things will be given to you as well.”

We read in Luke 12:13-21 A person asked Yeshua to tell his brother to share with him the property he inherited. And then Yeshua said to the people: “Be careful to GUARD against ALL forms of GREED (insatiability, never having enough, never being content with what you have), because even if someone is RICH, his LIFE (lifespan, duration of life) does not consist in what he owns. And Yeshua then told them the following parable as illustration: “There was a man whose land was very productive. He debated with himself, ‘What should I do? I haven’t enough room for all my crops.’ Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I’ll tear down my barn and build bigger ones, and I’ll store all my wheat and other goods there. Then I’ll say to myself, You’re a lucky man! You have a big supply of goods laid up that will last many years. Start taking it easy! Eat! Drink! Enjoy yourself!’ But GOD SAID TO him, you fool! This very night you WILL DIE! And the things you prepared – whose will they be? That is how it is with anyone who stores up WEALTH for himself without being RICH TOWARD GOD (the Father). Meaning his focus was only on his worldly possessions and pleasure, without giving thought to the relationship with his Creator and understanding that his eternal life is more important than his brief earthly life.

In Mark 8:36 Yeshua asks the important question: Indeed, what will it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits (loses) his (eternal) life?

In Luke 16:14 we read the Pharisees were MONEY-LOVERS and they ridiculed (mocked, scorned) Master Yeshua and then Yeshua tells the parable of the RICH MAN and LAZARUS in verses 19-31. For the Pharisees wealth was proof of God’s blessing and they were shocked that God blessed a poor beggar and punished the rich man. The rich man was not sent to Sheol (hell, the place of the unsaved dead) because he had money, but because he was selfish. He did not care about Lazarus and did not provide for any of his needs although he was more than capable to. He was so blessed but his heart was hardened. The wealth we have is not as important as how we decide to spend it. We have to evaluate how we spend our money and possessions God blesses us with. Do we apply it in accordance to God’s instructions in His Word or in accordance to our own selfish needs and desires?

In Ephesians 5:5-6 Paul explained: “For of this you can be sure: every sexual immoral, impure or greedy person – that is (meaning), every idol-worshipper – has no share in the Kingdom of the Messiah and of God (the Father). Let no one deceive (mislead) you with empty talk; for it is because of these things that GOD’s JUDGEMENT IS COMING ON THOSE WHO DISOBEY HIM. So don’t become partners with them!

In 1 Corinthians 10 Paul referred back to the people of Israel, saved by God from slavery out of Egypt but their hearts were still set on evil things and Paul warns in verse 7: “Don’t be IDOLATERS (idol worshippers), a some of them were – as the Tanakh (the Old Testament) puts it, ‘The people sat down to EAT and DRINK, then got up to INDULGE in REVELRY (partying).

And we further read in Ephesians 5:8-16 “For you used to be darkness; but now, UNITED with the Master (Yeshua), you are LIGHT. LIVE LIKE CHILDREN OF LIGHT, for the FRUIT of the LIGHT is in every kind of GOODNESS, RIGHTNESS and TRUTH – try to determine what will please Master (Yeshua). Have nothing to do with the deeds produced by darkness, but instead EXPOSE them, for it is shameful even to speak of the things these people do IN SECRET. But everything exposed to the light is revealed clearly for what it is, since anything REVEALED is a LIGHT. This is why it says ‘Get up, sleeper! Arise from the dead, and the Messiah will shine on you!’ Therefore, pay careful attention to how you conduct your life – live WISELY (carefully, sensibly), not unwisely (foolishly, impulsively, recklessly). Use your time well, for these are evil times. So don’t be foolish, but try to understand what the will of Master (Yeshua) is.”

Paul also says in Colossians 3:5-10 “Therefore, put to death the earthly parts of your nature – sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed (which is a form of idolatry); for it is because of these things that God’s anger is coming on those who DISOBEY Him. True enough, you used to practice these things in the life you once lived; but now, put them ALL away – anger, exasperation (frustration, irritation), meanness (nastiness, unkindness, spitefulness), slander (defamation, insult, offence)  and obscene (indecent, offensive, crude) talk. Never lie to one another; because you have stripped away the old self, with its ways (habits, behavior, traditions), and have put on the new self, which is continually renewed in fuller and fuller knowledge, closer and closer to the image of its CREATOR. The new self.”

Paul says to Timothy in 1 Timothy 6:6-19 “Now TRUE RELIGION (faith, belief) does bring riches, but only to those who are content (satisfied, pleased, happy) with what they have. For we have brought nothing into the world; and we can take nothing out of it; so if we have food and clothing, we will be satisfied (content, happy) with these. Furthermore, those whose GOAL is to be RICH FALL INTO TEMPTATION; they get TRAPPED in many foolish (unwise, rash) and hurtful (unkind, spiteful, vindictive, mean, nasty insensitive) ambitions (drives, desires, goals) which plunge them into RUIN and DESTRUCTION. For the love of money is a ROOT (the source) of all the evils (sins, iniquities, wickedness); because of this CRAVING (desire), some have wandered away from the faith and PIERCED themselves to the HEART with MANY PAINS (cares, troubles, worries, distresses, suffering). But you, as a man of God, flee from these things; and pursue RIGHTEOUSNESS (virtue, morality, uprightness, blamelessness/ innocence), GODLINESS (holiness, sacredness, purity, goodness), FAITHFULNESS (truthfulness, honesty, reliability), LOVE, STEADFASTNESS (commitment, dedication, loyalty, persistence), GENTLENESS (calmness, kindness, compassion). Fight the GOOD FIGHT of FAITH, take hold of the ETERNAL LIFE to which you were CALLED when you testified so well to your faith before many witnesses.

I charge you before God (the Father), who gives life to all things, and before the Messiah Yeshua, who in His witness to Pontius Pilate gave the same GOOD TESTIMONY, to OBEY your commission (assignment) spotlessly (perfectly, absolutely) and irreproachably (blameless, innocently) until Master Yeshua the Messiah appears. His appearing will be brought in its own time by the blessed and sole (the only) Sovereign (Supreme Ruler) , who is the King of kings and Master of masters, who alone is immortal (eternal), who dwells in unapproachable LIGHT that no human being has ever seen or can see (remember as we read in 1 Corinthians 15:42-50, we cannot enter eternity with our human bodies, only with our spirit, soul and resurrected bodies) – to Him be honor and eternal power. Amen.

As for those who do have riches (resources, treasures, possessions) in this present world, charge them not to be proud and not to let their hopes rest on the uncertainties of riches, but to rest their hopes on God (the Father), who richly (abundantly) provides us with all things for our enjoyment. Charge them to Do GOOD, to be RICH in GOOD DEEDS, to be GENEROUS and READY to SHARE. In this way they will treasure up for themselves a GOOD FOUNDATION for the FUTURE, so that they may lay hold of the REAL LIFE.”

We read in Isaiah chapter 5 a lot of WARNINGS for the people of GOD (believers), namely in verses 8-25:

• “Woe to (anguish/suffering/torment/pain, grief/sorrow/heartache, despair, misery/ sadness awaits) those who add house to house and join field to field until there is no room for anyone else, and you live in splendor alone on your land (growing richer and richer and not caring for the poor). YHVH-Tzva’ot (the God of Heavens Armies, a term used when God is angry and He means WAR) said: Many houses will be brought to ruin, large magnificent ones left empty; and a ten acre vineyard will produce only five gallons (about 19 liters) of wine and seed from five bushels (loads) grain (about 160kg) will yield but half a bushel (about 16 kg)”. (Isaiah 5:8-10).
• “Woe to (anguish, grief misery awaits) those who get up early to pursue intoxicating liquor; who stay up late at night, until wine inflames (aggravates, fuels, arouses) them. They have lutes (a pear shaped guitar) and lyres (a small U-shaped harp), drums and flutes, and wine at their parties; but they pay no attention to how YHVH works and never look at what His hands have made. For such lack of knowledge my people go into exile (banishment), this is also why their respected men starve and their masses (multitudes of people, the general public) are parched (dehydrated) from thirst. Therefore Sheol (hell, the place of the unsaved dead) has enlarged itself and opened its limitless jaws – and down go their nobles (the upper-class, the rich) and masses (multitudes of people, the general public), along with their noise and revels (festivities, parties). The masses (multitudes of people, the general public) are lowered; the nobles (the upper-class, the rich) are humbled – proud looks will be brought down. But YHVH-Tzva’ot (the God of the Heavens Armies) is exalted through JUSTICE (fairness, impartiality, righteousness, uprightness), God, the Holy One is consecrated (sanctified, set apart) through RIGHTEOUSNESS (Isaiah 5:11-16).
• “Woe to (anguish, grief misery awaits) those who begin by pulling at transgression (wrongdoing, misbehavior, disobedience) with a thread, but end by dragging sin (wickedness, iniquity/ injustice/crime, depravity/corruption, immorality, evil) along as if with a cart (a wagon) rope”. (Isaiah 5:18).
• “Woe to (anguish, grief misery awaits) those who call evil good and good evil, who change darkness into light, who change bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter!”. (Isaiah 5:20).
• “Woe to (anguish, grief misery awaits) those seeing themselves as wise (astute/smart, intelligent/ intellectual, knowledgeable, educated, experienced), esteeming (valuing, praising, admiring) themselves as clever”. (Isaiah 5:21).
• “Woe to (anguish, grief misery awaits) those who are heroes at drinking wine, men whose power goes to mixing strong drinks, who acquit (free, release) the guilty for bribes but deny justice to the righteous! Therefore a fire licks up the stubble, and the chaff is consumed in the flame; so their root will rot, and their flowers scatter like dust (meaning they will die); because they have rejected the TORAH (Genesis to Deuteronomy summed up in the Ten Commandments) of YHVH-Tzva’ot (the God of the Heavens Armies). They have despised (hated, detested) the WORD of the HOLY ONE of ISRAEL. This is why YHVH’s anger blazed up against His people (believers), why He stretched out His hand against them and struck them (so hard that) the hills shook, and corpses lay like trash in the streets. Even after all this, His anger remains, His upraised hand still threatens. ” (Isaiah 5:22-25). And then we read in verses 26 -30 He gave them over to faraway nations that will war against and overcome them.

And in Jeremiah 4:18 we get a good idea of what causes our downfall, we read here: “Your OWN WAYS (habits, practices, traditions, behavior) and you ACTIONS (deeds) have brought these things on yourselves. This is your WICKEDNESS (evil, sin), so BITTER (unpleasant, hostile, harsh)! It has reached your very HEART (your emotions, your soul).”

So let’s explore the WORD on WHO WILL ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

In Psalm 5:7-8a David tells us: “I can enter Your house because of Your great GRACE and LOVE; I will bow down toward Your holy Temple in reverence (respect, admiration) for You. Lead me, YHVH in Your RIGHTEOUSNESS. And in verses 11-12 David says: “…let ALL who TAKE REFUGE in YOU REJOICE, let them FOREVER SHOUT for JOY! SHELTER them; and they will be GLAD, those who LOVE YOUR NAME. For YOU, YHVH, BLESS the RIGHTEOUSS; YOU SURROUND then with FAVOR like a SHIELD.”

Yeshua our Messiah says in His sermon on the mount in Matthew 5:3, “How BLESSED (happy and fortunate) are the POOR in spirit (meaning the humble, those who know how dependent, reliant, in need of Him they are). That is why He also tells us we need to become as humble as children to enter the KINGDOM of HEAVEN. Read Matthew 18:2-4 and 19:14, Mark 10:15 and Luke 18:17.

But in James chapter 2 we also see a WARNING about despising POOR people. James encourages believers to practice the faith of our Master Yeshua, the glorious Messiah, without showing favoritism to rich people and being accused of making themselves judges with evil motives. And we read in verses 5-8: “Listen, my dear brothers, hasn’t God chosen the POOR of the world to be RICH in FAITH and to receive the KINGDOM which He promises to those who LOVE HIM? But you despise the POOR! Aren’t the RICH the ones who oppress you and drag you into court? Aren’t they the ones who insult the GOOD NAME of HIM to whom you belong? If you truly attain (reach, achieve) the GOAL of KINGDOM TORAH (Genesis to Deuteronomy), in conformity with the passage that says, “LOVE YOUR NEIGHOR AS YOURSELF (referring to Leviticus 19:18), you are doing well. But if you show favoritism, your actions constitute sin (wickedness, iniquity, evil), since you are convicted under the TORAH as transgressor (wrongdoer, lawbreaker).

We further read in Matthew 5:10, How BLESSED (happy and fortunate) are those who are PERSECUTED because they PURSUE RIGHTEOUSNESS! For the KINGDOM of HEAVEN is theirs.” And in Matthew 5:17-20 Yeshua says: “Don’t think I have come to abolish (eliminate/ discard, eradicate/ remove/ wipe out, end) the Torah (Genesis to Deuteronomy, summed up in the Ten Commandments) or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish, but to complete (to make full our understanding, to demonstrate obedience to it). Yes indeed (certainly, truly)! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud (the smallest letter in the Hebrew Alphabet) or a stroke will pass from the Torah – not until everything that must happen, has happened. So whoever disobeys the least these mitzvoth (commandments) and teaches others to do so, will be called the LEAST in the KINGDOM of HEAVEN. But whoever obeys them (the commandments in the Torah) and so teaches will be called GREAT in the KINGDOM of HEAVEN.”

In Matthew 3:2 John the Baptist arrived in the Judean desert and began proclaiming the message: Turn from your sins to God, for the KINGDOM of HEAVEN is near! He is then identified as the man Isaiah referred to in Isaiah 40:3 being a voice crying out in the desert: “…prepare the WAY of YHVH! Make straight paths for Him!”  The Jewish Study Bible – Insight for Jews and Christians explains the underlying concept in the Hebrew is seen in the word teshuvah (TURNING, RETURNING), meaning to TURN from one’s sins back to God the Father. We therefore see the REQUIREMENT (condition) of REPENTANCE to RETURN to God the Father with sincere regret.

Yeshua the Messiah calls us in Matthew 7:13-14 to “Go through the NARROW GATE; for the gate that leads to destruction is wide and the road broad, and many travel it; but it is a NARROW GATE and a HARD ROAD that leads to LIFE, and only a FEW find it.

In Matthew 7:21 He further says: “Not everyone who says to Me, Master, Master! Will enter the KINGDOM of HEAVEN, only those who DO what My Father in heaven wants (the NIV says: “who does the will of My Father in heaven”).”

In Matthew 12:22-27 Yeshua healed a man controlled by demons who was blind and mute so that he could not speak or see. But when the Pharisees heard about it they accused Yeshua that He makes use of Baal Zibbul (the ruler of the demons) to drive out demons. Yeshua knowing what they were thinking said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against himself will not survive. If Satan drives our Satan, he is divided against himself; so how can his kingdom survive?” And then Yeshua says in verse 28: “But if I drive out demons by the SPIRIT of GOD (the Father), then the KINGDOM of GOD has come upon you! (Also read the Luke 11:20 version where the HOLY SPIRIT is referred to as the FINGER of GOD the Father, therefore we know that the Ten Commandments were also written by the Holy Spirit! Read Exodus 31:18).

In Matthew 13:44 Yeshua explained: “The KINGDOM of HEAVEN is like a treasure hidden in a field. A man found it, hid it again, then in GREAT JOY went and sold everything he owned, and bought that field.” This means, if we seek FIRST for the KNGDOM and GOD’s RIGHTEOUSNESS, as Yeshua our Messiah told us in Matthew 6:33, it becomes our GREATEST TREASURE when we FIND it, and we are not concerned any longer about worldly treasures, knowing that our heavenly Father will provide us with all the things we need and therefore we do not have to worry about the future.

In Matthew 25 from verse 31 we read about the SECOND COMING of YESHUA THE MESSIAH and Him separating the sheep from the goats, with the sheep on His right hand and the goats on His left. And we read in verses 34-40: “Then the King will say to those (the sheep) on His right, ‘Come you whom My Father has BLESSED, take your INHERITANCE, the KINGDOM prepared for you from the founding of the world. For I was HUNGRY and you GAVE Me FOOD, I was HTIRSTY and you GAVE Me something to DRINK, I was a STRANGER and you made Me a GUEST, I NEEDED CLOTHES and you PROVIDED them, I was SICK and you TOOK CARE of Me, I was in PRISON and you VISITED me. Then the people who have DONE what God the Father wants will reply, Master, when did we see You HUNGRY and FEED You, or THRISTY and GIVE You something to DRINK? When did we see You a STRANGER and make You our GUEST, or NEEDING CLOTHES and PROVIDE them? When did we see You SICK or in PRISON, and VISIT You? The King will say to them, Yes! I tell you that whenever you DID these things for one of the LEAST important of these brothers of mine, you did it for Me!”

In Luke 12:22-31 Yeshua told His disciples not to worry about their lives, what they will eat or drink; or about their bodies – what they will wear. For LIFE is more than food, and the body is more than clothing and they can’t add one hour to their lives by worrying. God feeds the birds and clothes the flowers in the field. Therefore, they should not be anxious and strive after what they will eat and drink. The pagan nations in the world (unbelievers in God the Father) set their hearts on these things and their heavenly Father knows they need these things. And then Yeshua says to His disciples in Luke 12:32-37 “Rather, SEEK His (God the Father’s) KINGDOM; and these things will be given to you as well. Have no fear, little flock, for your Father has resolved to GIVE you the KINGDOM! Sell what you own and do tzedakeh (charity, give generously to those in need) make for yourselves purses that don’t wear out, riches in heaven that never fail, where no burglar comes near, where no moth destroys. For where your wealth is, there your heart will also be. Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit (be filled with the Holy Spirit), like people waiting for their Masters’ return after a wedding feast; so that when He comes and knocks, they will open the door for Him without delay. Happy the slaves (servants) whom the master finds alert when He comes! Yes! I tell you He will put on His work clothes, seat them at the table, and come and serve them Himself!”

Paul says in line with Yeshua’s words in Romans 14:17 “…for the KINGDOM of GOD is not eating and drinking, but RIGHTEOUSNESS, SHALOM (peace) and JOY in the RUACH HA KODDESH (the Holy Spirit).”

In Luke 16:16-17 Yeshua said to the Pharisees: Up to the time of John (the Baptist) there were the Torah (Genesis to Deuteronomy, summed up in the Ten Commandments) and the Prophets. Since then the GOOD NEWS of the KINGDOM of GOD (the Father) has been proclaimed, and everyone is pushing to get in. The Matthew 11:12 version says: “Form the time of John the Baptist until now, the KINGDOM of HEAVEN has been suffering violence (forcefulness); yes violent (fierce, aggressive, vicious, powerful, influential) ones are trying to snatch (grab, steal) it away. And in Luke 16:17 Yeshua confirmed again: “But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the TORAH to become void (annulled, canceled).”

In John 3:3-6 Yeshua explained that: “…unless a person is born again from above, he cannot see the KINGDOM of GOD…Yes, indeed, I tell you that unless a person is born from WATER and the (HOLY) SPIRIT, he cannot enter the KINGDOM of GOD. What is born from the flesh is flesh, and what is born from the Spirit (the Holy Spirit) is spirit.” This is a picture of the NARROW WAY to God the Father as depicted by the first four feasts of YHVH, from Passover to Pentecost, through Yeshua the Messiah’s death for our sins, baptism in water involving dying to the old nature (the flesh), being raised as a new person, being taught the Word by the Holy Spirit, writing the commandments of God the Father in our minds and in our hearts and remaining clean (holy, set-apart) by doing daily repentance for accidental sins. And being baptized with the Holy Spirit and fire, becoming a fearless witness of the Good News of Salvation and walking in the Holy Spirit, bearing the fruit of the Holy Spirit, wearing the armor of God the Father and using His weapons of light against the enemy. Living a life in prayer and worship to Abba Father and being obedient to His commandments, LOVING HIM above ALL else and other people as ourselves while knowing that we are protected by Yeshua our Messiah serving as our High Priest and interceding for us.

In Revelation 5:9 we read: Yeshua the Messiah ransomed people at the cost of His blood for God the Father, persons form every tribe, language, people and nation and verse 10 it is declared “You made them into a KINGDOM for God (the Father) to rule, priests to serve Him; and they will rule over the earth. And in Revelation 20:4-6 we read about the FIRST RESURECTION of the souls who had been beheaded for testifying about Yeshua and proclaiming the WORD of GOD, also those who had not worshipped the beast or its image and had not received the mark on their foreheads and on their hands and they ruled with Messiah for a thousand years and they are BLESSED and HOLY and the SECOND DEATH has no power over them. On the contrary they will be priests of God (the Father) and of the Messiah and rule with Him for a thousand years. Also read Daniel 7:27.