#67 Choose This Day Whom You Shall Serve

Zion’s Coming Salvation Isa 62:1  For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until its righteousness goes out as brightness, and her salvation as a burning lamp. Isa 62:2  And the nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; and you will be called by a new name,

which the mouth of Jehovah will name. Isa 62:3  You also will be a crown of glory in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. Isa 62:4  You will no more be called Forsaken; nor will your land any more be called Desolate; but you will be called My Delight is in her, and your land, Married; for Jehovah delights in you, and your land is married. Isa 62:5  For as a young man marries a virgin, so will your sons marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so will your God rejoice over you. Isa 62:6  I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, who will not always be silent all the day nor all the night; you who remember Jehovah, do not be silent. Isa 62:7  And give Him no rest until He establishes and makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth. Isa 62:8  Jehovah has sworn by His right hand, and by the arm of His strength, Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies; and the sons of strangers will not drink your wine for which you have labored. Isa 62:9  But its gatherers will eat it and praise Jehovah; and they who collected it will drink it in My holy courts. Isa 62:10  Pass! Pass through the gates; prepare the way of the people. Raise up! Raise up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a banner for the peoples. Isa 62:11  Behold, Jehovah has sent a message to the end of the earth, Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes. Behold, His reward is with Him, and His work before Him. Isa 62:12  And they will call them, The Holy People, The Redeemed of Jehovah; and you will be called, Sought Out, a city not forsaken. What is the Difference Between The Wheat and the tares? In the parable of the wheat and the tares (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 MKJV), Yehshua uses a real agricultural reality to illustrate a profound spiritual truth. Wheat (good seed sown by the Son of Man) produces full, heavy grains that bow the stalk under their weight—valuable, harvestable seed that becomes bread and sustains life. Tares (darnel, a poisonous weed sown by the enemy) look almost identical to wheat while growing, but when mature, their heads remain upright and their “seeds” are small, black, lightweight, and worthless for food (often toxic if ground into flour). Mat 13:24 He put out another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. Mat 13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat and went his way. Mat 13:26 But when the blade had sprung up and had produced fruit, then the darnel also appeared. Mat 13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then where have the darnel come from? Mat 13:28 He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Then do you want us to go and gather them up? Mat 13:29 But he said, No, lest while you gather up the darnel you also root up the wheat with them. Mat 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest. And in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, First gather together the darnel and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my granary. Yehshua explains the meaning of this parable in the following verses. Mat 13:36 Then sending the crowds away, Jesus went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field. Mat 13:37 He answered and said to them, He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man; Mat 13:38 the field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; but the darnel are the sons of the evil one. Mat 13:39 The enemy who sowed them is the Devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. Mat 13:40 Therefore as the darnel are gathered and burned in the fire, so it shall be in the end of this world. Mat 13:41 The Son of Man shall send out His angels, and they shall gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who do iniquity, Mat 13:42 and shall cast them into a furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Mat 13:43 Then the righteous shall shine out like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear. The wheat represents the true children of the kingdom—those who, by abiding in Yehshua, bear lasting spiritual fruit. Their lives produce “full grains”—righteous works, obedience to Torah, love, and souls won for the kingdom that endure into eternity. Jhn 15:1 I am the True Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser. Jhn 15:2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away. And every one that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bring forth more fruit. Jhn 15:3 Now you are clean through the Word which I have spoken to you. Jhn 15:4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. Jhn 15:5 I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. Jhn 15:6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered. And they gather and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. Jhn 15:7 If you abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done to you. Jhn 15:8 In this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit, so you shall be My disciples. Jhn 15:9 As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you; continue in My love. Jhn 15:10 If you keep My commandments, you shall abide in My love, even as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. Jhn 15:11 I have spoken these things to you so that My joy might remain in you and your joy might be full. Jhn 15:12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Jhn 15:13 No one has greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Jhn 15:14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. The tares, sown by the devil, may mimic wheat outwardly (attending services, speaking religious words, even performing signs), but they produce no harvestable fruit.Their “seed” is empty, poisonous, and worthless—lives that bear no lasting righteousness, only deception and destruction. At the harvest (end of the age), the difference becomes undeniable: wheat is gathered into the barn (eternal life), tares are bound and burned (judgment). This agricultural detail underscores Yehshua’s warning. Your fruitfulness or the lack thereof reveals your identity. Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Mat 7:16 You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? Mat 7:17 Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. Mat 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruits, nor can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Mat 7:19 Every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Mat 7:20 Therefore by their fruits you shall know them. I Never Knew You Mat 7:21 Not everyone who says to Me, Lord! Lord! shall enter the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven. Mat 7:22 Many will say to Me in that day, Lord! Lord! Did we not prophesy in Your name, and through Your name throw out demons, and through Your name do many wonderful works? Mat 7:23 And then I will say to them I never knew you! Depart from Me, those working lawlessness! The Greek word for “lawlessness” here is anomia—literally “without law” or “Torah-lessness.” These people performed impressive works and called Him “Lord,” but they lived in rebellion against Yehovah’s commandments. Yehshua did not “know” them because they did not truly know Him—they never entered the intimate relationship that comes through obedience to the Father’s will, which is keeping His Torah. Yehshua makes this explicit in the same chapter: “Not everyone who says to Me, Lord! Lord! shall enter the kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in Heaven”. Doing the Father’s will is not optional; it is signs and wonders—it is living according to His instructions. So how do we get to know Yehovah and Yehshua? The Bible repeatedly ties “knowing” God to obedience, love expressed through the commandments, and walking in His ways: 1Jn 2:3 And by this we know that we have known Him, if we keep His commandments. 1Jn 2:4 He who says, I have known Him, and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 1Jn 2:5 But whoever keeps His Word, truly in this one the love of God is perfected. By this we know that we are in Him. 1Jn 2:6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk even as He walked. Jhn 14:15 If you love Me, keep My commandments. Jhn 14:21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me. And he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him. 1Jn 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, whenever we love God and keep His commandments. 1Jn 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments, and His commandments are not burdensome. Hos 6:6 For I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. Those who called Him Lord refused to do what He commanded—keeping the Father’s Torah out of love. Knowledge of God is not intellectual or emotional alone; it is an intimate relationship, proven by walking in His commandments. Those who live in lawlessness, no matter their miracles or words, remain strangers to Him. The wheat full of fruit, bows humbly under the weight of its grain; the tares stand proud but empty. We are commanded to produce fruit worthy of repentance—visible evidence of a changed life through obedience, good works, and righteousness. This “fruit” is not optional but is the proof of genuine faith and repentance. Mat 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance; Act 26:20 But to those first in Damascus, and Jerusalem, and to all the country of Judea, and to the nations, I made known the command to repent and to turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance What are the fruits we are to be producing? As you read this, take note of the fruits of the flesh which we are not to produce. Gal 5:16 I say, then, Walk in the Spirit and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. And these are contrary to one another; lest whatever you may will, these things you do. Gal 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law. Gal 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are clearly revealed, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lustfulness, Gal 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, fightings, jealousies, angers, rivalries, divisions, heresies, Gal 5:21 envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revelings, and things like these; of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, Gal 5:23 meekness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Gal 5:24 But those belonging to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts. Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in theSpirit. Gal 5:26 Let us not become glory-seeking, provoking one another, envying one another. You now have a clear list of the works of the flesh. We must now include James’s infamous words on faith and works. Jas 2:14 My brothers, what profit is it if a man says he has faith and does not have works? Can faith save him? Jas 2:15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, Jas 2:16 and if one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give them those things which are needful to the body, what good is it? Jas 2:17 Even so, if it does not have works, faith is dead, being by itself. Jas 2:18 But someone will say, You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith from my works. Jas 2:19 You believe that there is one God, you do well; even the demons believe and tremble. Jas 2:20 But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Jas 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Jas 2:22 Do you see how faith worked with his works, and from the works faith was made complete? Jas 2:23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness, and he was called the friend of God.” Jas 2:24 You see then how a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. Jas 2:25 And in the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she had received the messengers and had sent them out another way? Jas 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. These verses show that fruit worthy of repentance is commanded—obedience, righteousness, and good works flowing from true faith. Without it, one risks being cut off. In these last days, let us examine our lives—are we producing the full, life-giving grain of the kingdom, or standing upright with nothing to offer at the harvest? Wheat bears good fruit; tares look similar but are false and bear nothing worth harvesting. This is very plain and simple. It is the obedience to Yehovah vs. rebellion. What does this look like today, in practical terms? Does your study life bring you to know Yehovah, or does it lead you away from knowing anything about Him? Do the things you study lead you to do works demonstrating your faith, or are they works not worthy of being followed by others? Paul warned us of these days we are in now. 2Ti 4:1 Therefore I solemnly witness before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who is going to judge the living and the dead according to His appearance and His kingdom, 2Ti 4:2 preach the Word, be instant in season and out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine. 2Ti 4:3For a time will be when they will not endure sound doctrine, but they will heap up teachers to themselves according to their own lusts, tickling the ear. 2Ti 4:4 And they will turn away their ears from the truth and will be turned to myths. 2Ti 4:5 But you watch in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fully carry out your ministry. Paul also wrote the following condemning words and each of us must consider them: 2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, my brothers, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, 2Th 2:2 that you should not be soon shaken in mind or troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word or letter, as through us, as if the Day of Christ is at hand. 2Th 2:3 Let not anyone deceive you by any means. For that Day shall not come unless there first comes a falling away, and the man of sin shall be revealed, the son of perdition, 2Th 2:4 who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself forth, that he is God. 2Th 2:5 Do you not remember that I told you these things when I was still with you? 2Th 2:6 And now you know what holds back, for him to be revealed in his own time. 2Th 2:7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already working, only he is now holding back until it comes out of the midst. 2Th 2:8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of His mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming, 2Th 2:9 whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 2Th 2:10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness in those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, so that they might be saved. 2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie, 2Th 2:12 so that all those who do not believe the truth, but delight in unrighteousness, might be condemned. The key scriptures I’m referring to are 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 and 2 Tim 4:3-4, which directly link a lack of love for the truth to a desire to seek out deception and myths. You cannot fall away from the truth unless you are first following Torah. This message is to the elect. Those same elect that if possible, Satan would be able to deceive. Mat 24:24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders; so much so that, if it were possible, they would deceive even the elect. 1Jn 4:1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but try the spirits to see if they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. It is the elect who know Torah that will follow false prophets and go after them, seeking these myths and deceptive teachings. Paul warns about the end times when the “man of sin” is revealed, which is our time right now. Those who reject the truth (the gospel and Yehovah’s commandments) and do not develop a love for the truth of the Torah, never embrace it with their whole heart. Because of this, Yehovah allows a “strong delusion” to come upon them, leading them to believe lies, and because they do this, they face condemnation. The phrase emphasizes that salvation requires not just hearing the truth, but loving and living it. A related verse reinforcing this is Hosea 4:6. Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being priest to Me. Since you have forgotten the Law of your God, I will also forget your sons, even I. Conspiracy theories, while often captivating, divert believers from the heart of Scripture: knowing Yehovah through obedience to His commandments as we just showed you in 1 John 2:3-4. And by this we know that we have known Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, I have known Him, and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. Think about this. All of these conspiracies are made up and/or flat-out lies. Are you serving Yehovah or Satan by spreading lies? Have some of these conspiracy theories become your god? This is then idolatry. We all know many “Brethren” who are experts in each and every one of them, spending endless hours reading or watching videos to learn more about them, chasing these deceptions—researching, debating, and spreading them—which, in the end, robs them of the time they could have spent studying Torah. They are spreading and fostering fear over faith and division over unity. Below, I examine each theory chronologically by origin so you can see when this myth or lie began. I will then assess whether it’s factual or a lie, and explain how it hinders understanding of Yehovah by prioritizing speculation over His revealed will. The will of Yehovah is that we keep the Commandments.   Link to the full article written by Joseph Dumond: https://sightedmoon.com/choose-this-day/   Sign up for our weekly Free Newsletter https://sightedmoon.com/newsletter-lp/ We are also giving away The Stones Cry Out PDF for FREE at this link https://sightedmoon.com/the-stones-cry-out-lp/ You can also order the following books to learn more about where we are in these last days according to the Jubilee Cycle. 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