The F-Rod

The madness turned into a system which was supported and driven by the big wheel of lies.

The big wheel which drives the system of the Lie is powered by smaller wheels fashioned in the image of the big wheel.

Within the multitude of smaller wheels, individual cogs cause these wheels to rotate.

These cogs sacrifice their life-energy for the sake of creating a perpetuum mobile of the wheel they are part of.

This creates a self-replicating and self-perpetuating system fueled by the life-force of the individual cogs.

The smaller wheels which are part of the big wheel of lies thrive on the exact same principles as the big wheel they are part of.

They are like children of the big wheel, built from the same DNA of lies as their parents.

These smaller wheels are schools, companies, the multitude of social circles, clubs, rock bands, political parties, movements, families.

The smaller wheels are everywhere.

They serve to devour souls by forcing them into the position of cogs within the smaller wheels.

Some of these smaller wheels are religious systems, denominations and religious movements which are structured in the image of the big wheel.

They persuade the cogs to keep the smaller wheel in motion with the lubricants of lust and guilt, and although purporting to have an exterior image of standing apart from the big wheel, they are just as much part of it as anything else.

The big mistake the founders of a religious movement or denomination make is that they employ the ways, structure and tactics of the big lie, believing that they can build a house of truth upon a foundation derived from the big Lie.

Of course it always ends up failing.

These smaller wheels have an amazing ability to take truth as an ingredient of a recipe which will eventually grow into the glossy cake of lies they feed to the cogs who are part of the smaller wheel.

The whip of creating hungers driven by manipulation through guilt and fear has shown itself to be a very effective tool in forcing the cogs to partake from the cake.

The manipulation through guilt and fear creates a belief system of the individual cogs which turns these wheels into cages with bars to keep the partakers locked into the grip of the wheel.

The bars all too often are made from an iron amalgam of guilt and fear, and they exert a tight control over the mind of the ones who identify with the bars in their imprisoned state of being.

Christian churches, synagogues, evangelical organizations, cults, they all are made over in the image of the big wheel.

All claim to be in possession of the exclusive entry tickets into paradise, yet all too often the price paid for those entry tickets creates a financial earthly paradise for the top dogs in the organization.

An organized church is just a business set up to function in the same way as any other business, and just like any other business it ends up sacrificing truth on the altar of Mammon for the sake of financial gain.

Churches, religious movements, denominations may gloss it over with the excuse that it is for the greater good of spreading the gospel, yet they fail to see that the gospel they spread has Mammon written all over it, a gospel of financial gain and power.

I have no doubt in my mind that there's a number of sincere people seeking fellowship with each other and their Creator in churches, but there always are sincere people among the cogs which collectively keep the wheel in motion.

Yet the system and the key operatives in that system employ the exact same principles as the system of the big wheel of lies, using the exact same psychological tactics, presenting the worshippers with the culturally determined mirror embodying the creed of the organization, the collective values one has to live up to in order to get a perfect reflection in that mirror.

Ranks, rites, a punishment-and-reward system, a cultural identity, a dress-code, a behavioral code, values inherent to the company doctrine: there is little difference between a church denomination and MacDonald's.

You go to one to eat a Big Mac, and you go to the other to eat a piece of the denominational god-cake they bake in their oven.

Perhaps I expressed myself in a crude way, but nevertheless, that is what it comes down to.

All they need to do is to work up an appetite in you for the commodity they have to offer in order to hook you and begin to exploit you.

Just like any other company, a religious organization needs money to carve out its place in the big wheel of lies.

There is nothing wrong with companies selling products to make money or people donating money to a good cause.

But it becomes very questionable if tactics are used to manipulate people into buying products or donating to a good cause, especially if those tactics make use of the Bible to create a private financial paradise.

'Give your offering today, and be blessed beyond your wildest expectations tomorrow'.

This is how a famous TV-evangelist financed his private jet.

The preaching of the gospel was good news to him indeed!

These frauds use YHWH's word as a means to manipulate people into donating their money out of guilt and/or greed, the lust for money.

They equate blessings with financial gain.

Yet YHWH loves us so much that He wants to bless us with gifts which last an eternity.

When our time on earth is up, do we take our money and our possessions with us?

No, we will leave everything behind in the realm of dust, and what we built up out of dust will eventually return to the dust.

Yet it is the dust upon which dreams and illusions are built,the dust which becomes an everlasting quicksand to the souls who sell out to vain dreams and empty illusions.

Everything in this realm has a beginning, AND an end, yet everything we build up in the spiritual realm will remain part of us.

The guilt trip by means of which religious predators try to manipulate people into donating their hard earned money to them is fuelled by making people feel as if they are robbing YHWH if they do not donate their money to the preacher.

Secondly, they use greed as the additional incentive to give.

They first install in the minds of the people the idea that blessings equals material gain.

Then they proceed to explain that if people give, 'God will make sure to bless them by multiplying back unto them whatever they gave'.

So, the more they give, the more they will receive, which translates in the minds of people as a financial investment they make, and the motivation of giving out of the goodness of their hearts is replaced by the corrupt desire to see an increase of their finances when they donate.

Now, think about that.

If that were true, than everyone who has donated money to these religious swindlers would have been very wealthy by now, because whatever they gave is multiplied back unto them, and Christians would stand out in the world as the wealthiest people on the planet driving Lamborghinis and Rolls Royces. 

Well, are they?

Furthermore, did Bill Gates give tithes and free will offerings to a church or a religious leader? Or George Soros?

No?

How come they are so 'financially blessed' then?

If I were to present a questionnaire to everyone who donated to religious figures who promised that 'God would multiply their finances to reward them for their donation', how many do you think would be able to report an increase of finances?

I am willing to bet that only a small minority would be able to claim that their finances have improved considerably, a VERY small minority if any.

And that small minority very likely is just a case of statistics, or, luck in other words.

Instead of letting YHWH's Spirit build people up in the image of YHWH where they donate to those in need out of the goodness of their heart without expecting anything in return, the religious fund-raisers teach people to 'give to get', 'invest and reap a profit'.

As they rob the sincere goodness out of the hearts of people and replace it with a manipulative rod of guilt and lust for money, they replace YHWH for Mammon to build their own empires upon the corruption of souls and the abuse of YHWH's name.

I have noticed that some of the Messianic 'leaders' are carbon copies of the money-loving TV-evangelists when it comes to tricking the people into giving their money to them for their 'work in the kingdom of YHWH'.

I know some of them devote large segments of their Shabbat services to fund-raising.

Even though they know about Yahshua's attitude towards business transactions mixed with worship of YHWH in the temple, they have no qualms about making themselves guilty of the same sin as those who were driven out by Yahshua by turning their Shabbat meetings, where people are supposed to gather to worship YHWH, partly into a fund-raiser for their own 'religious' ambitions.

But they claim it is alright because they work in service of YHWH, and their fund-raisers are for the benefit of furthering the gospel in the world as well as being for the benefit of those who are part of the Shabbat service, because by giving those who donate end up receiving, and if the Messianic teacher had not underlined that principle of Torah he would be robbing the people of the potential of receiving blessings...

Who is robbing whom?

'Refrain from tithing to us, and you are robbing YHWH, just read Malachi'.

Apart from the fact that Malachi all too often  is misinterpreted, they use a devious psychological trick to manipulate people into giving and giving until there is nothing left to give anymore.

And if that person is left with nothing, then obviously that person is guilty of sin which blocks the blessings they have not received.

'You have seen no financial gain although you have tithed and kept the holy feast days?

Then you must have some secret sin in your life blocking the blessings you could have received.'

Imagine being an honest soul who just has been dealt a raw deal in life -and all of YHWH's servants face a measure of hardship in this world since this theater is ruled by the dark shadows-, and some religious figure adds to the misery by accusing him of secret sins while in fact he did so much his best to lead a holy life.

It is cruel and mean, the equivalent of kicking someone who is lying on the ground.

But it happens, even by those who pride themselves on being 'God's chosen prophet'.

Some people have even put themselves into debt to keep up the appearance of being 'blessed', while those who preyed on their finances by manipulative means thrived at their expense.

The dupes were the ones with the debt; all the religious authority figures had to do was to keep stressing the principle of 'give to get', and hold up their hands to receive.

Apparently these religious leeches suffer from a persistent form of dyslexia where they cannot distinguish the difference between 'pray' and 'prey'.

It is a predatory game where predators leech the money off the serving cogs to keep their system alive and well, and their system becomes a small wheel which is perfectly integrated into the big wheel of lies.

The smaller wheel may be painted in a completely different color than the big wheel, but it is an exact replica in the way it uses manipulation and falsehood to keep itself in motion.

Even the name of YHWH is used as grease for the cogs to help them operate smoothly.

YHWH's blessings do not automatically equate with material blessings.

They can come in the form of material blessings, but you can be sure that if you love YHWH, He will give you the best blessings available.

And the best blessings are the ones which do not perish, but which are seeds which will bring forth more blessings after their kind.

'Seek first the Kingdom of Heaven, and all things will be added unto this'.

This world is temporary, and material blessings will perish just as easily as they came.

But understanding and wisdom, love and patience, kindness and goodness of heart are priceless jewels which will remain a part of you when you leave this world.

They will remain part of you and help you in the supernatural world where you came from, and to which you will return, the REAL world as opposed to this temporary artificial realm of the theater where the shadows make life hard for the ones who belong to the real world.

Tell me, if blessings equate with financial prosperity, does that mean that Yahshua and His disciples were not blessed?

And to reason further along the lines of some Messianic teachers, does that mean that Yahshua and His disciples had some hidden sins blocking the blessings?

After all, being sent to prison, being stripped of your possessions, even being exiled from your home or ending up killed do not really equate with the prosperity ideal of blessings, do they?

Could it be that perhaps there is something very fundamentally wrong with the idea of blessings equating financial prosperity?

And perhaps this wrong idea has led to a form of idolatry in the guise of Christianity, including the Messianic denomination, where the gospel being preached has Mammon's stamp of approval all over it?

Who do you worship, YHWH, or your financial and social security?

The Messianic movement has good things to offer, and there is no doubt in my mind that it was inspired by YHWH.

But as is the case with anything which YHWH sets in motion, the dark shadows try to destroy it by means of setting up pseudo-Messianic movements as well as infiltrating the movement from within to sidetrack and destroy it.

The biggest mistake ALL religious movements make is that they fashion themselves in the image of the great big wheel of lies.

This is how they end up becoming sub-systems of the great big wheel, little wheels rotating to keep the big wheel in motion so that the image of the system, which is the image of the Lie, remains alive and well in this world.

The latest reform movement in Christianity seems to follow in the exact same footsteps as its predecessors.

The Messianic movement may purport to be different because it rejects the elements originating from paganism and it advocates a return to the Hebrew roots, yet in the way it operates it all too often is no different than any of the other movements preceding it.

This movement, like all the other preceding religious movements, derails in the same way as the movements before the return to the Hebrew roots ideal, simply because they want to model the movement after the great big wheel of lies which makes the world go round.

It's the human condition which lies at the root of the derailment.

In our deepest essence we all are schizophrenic, split into a good and an evil side.

Unfortunately, where the good side may have started out with genuine sincere ideals, the evil side tends to sidetrack it and seize control.

So too the Messianic movement employs the principle of turning its value system into a mirror which is used to reflect back an image of the definition of a believer.

The movement uses the same culturally determined identity shaping rod, the same reward-punishment system, the same ranking order, the same rituals.

In short, it is shaped according to the exact same specifications as the big wheel of lies which brings forth individuals whose souls are transformed into the image reflected in the mirror through the enforcement of conformity.

Yet a big wheel of lies can never produce truth, no matter if it pretends to stand for truth.

The reason for this is found in the mode of operation which makes this system thrive.

Its foundation is built on the Lie, and when it manifests the Lie it acts in accordance with its design.

And so it should come as no surprise that within the Messianic circus individuals lusting after money, fame and fortune have sprouted up as wicked seeds spreading weeds among the good seed.

In their hearts they have already sold out to the false promise of the big wheel of lies, and they seek to build smaller wheels in the image of the big wheel, using tactics in the fabrication process which have proven their value in the past, tactics such as fear mongering, giving people a cultural identity they can take pride in, using a system of religious authority while drafting the Bible in service of the hunger of their ambition.

This combined package of a cultural religious identity, pride, fear, guilt mongering, good/bad cop routines, false promises, is the collective which makes up the mirror in which the ones who belong to the movement can behold their reflection.

They have to live up to the perfect image in that mirror if they want to wear the badge of approval, and the method to get them into shape is provided by the rod next to the mirror.

This rod incorporates the values of the mirror and therefore becomes a rod in service of Falsehood, an F-Rod, the perfect tool in the hands of the religious F-rauds to create a self-serving religious slave system.

Like other religious movements, the Messianic reform has fostered a cultural identity where members dress, speak and act in harmony with what is expected from them within the movement.

Everyone learns to paint exactly within the perscribed lines in order to have an accepted identity status as a Messianic believer.

Davidic dances, learning to speak Hebrew, lighting the candles on Shabbat, all these things are nothing other than the same ancient patterns of the big wheel manifesting in the smaller wheel where compliance with a cultural identity passes for salvation, and which gives everyone a sense of belonging.

People dress up to meet the requirements of the movement as an external cultural veneer replacing true internal renewal.

Like the big wheel, among Messianic believers a rank system has evolved, a domino parade of titles.

Many of those seeking leadership revel in the title game where certain individuals who think themselves to be special feel the need to distinguish themselves from 'the other believers'.

'I am an apostle, I am a teacher, I am a prophet, I am a MAJOR prophet, I am a MAJOR prophet sent unto the nations...', I am sure you all are familiar with this phenomenon.

The title bestows an air of authority on them and gives them a standing within the rank of the hierarchy of the smaller wheel. 

The rank puts an extra weight of importance on their words.

It gives them access to the gatherings and conferences of those carrying the same title so that you can read news clip about the 'latest prophecy conference' where they agree on what YHWH is going to do.

Guess what?

Nobody decides what YHWH is going to do.

He has got a few surprises up His sleeve no one knows about but Him.

And that is what makes the Satan unsecure.

The Satan is a master of human psychology and he can predict our responses very accurately, but when it comes to YHWH he fails time and again to anticipate YHWH's moves.

Yahshua instructed us that we should learn to serve each other instead of operating in a rank system.

Serving does not mean that you take a bowl of water and a towel during a Shabbat meeting,  you wash the feet of those who attend, and then proceed to play to same old game of lording it over the flock, authorized by your self-acquired badge of authority.

That is just a phony external display, an empty ritual serving to distract and deceive people.

To serve is an attitude of the heart where you do not elevate yourself over another, but instead you seek the well-being of your fellow man and you SHARE things with him on basis of equality.

Learn to speak from understanding instead of holding up authority-based badges passing for understanding.

True understanding will light a spark of understanding in the hearts of others and in that capacity it feeds them the manna from Heaven.

Pseudo-understanding is just a ploy to trap others in the net which trapped you.

It uses the F-rod to enforce compliance with the words spoken.

The saddest effect of religious exploitation is the scalping of the personality of the targeted victim, and replacing the absence of the personality with a politically correct recording of the denominational doctrine.

Like a PR representative of a company they will no longer speak truth, but only what the company executives expect them to say, and just as a PR man bends over for the sake of receiving a monetary reward, the denominationalist bends over to receive a blessing from the authorities in the ranks of the denomination.

I hope you will take what I have written to heart, because Yahshua's judgment will come upon those who claim to preach and teach in His name, yet who use His name to further their own cause and ambition.

Beware that your ambition, no matter how noble it may seem to you, no matter how often you tell yourself that you do whatever you do to further the gospel, does not turn you into a stranger to Yahshua's kingdom, lest you find Him saying to you: "Depart from Me, for I never knew you".

Yahshua is about to return, and He will bring judgment to this world, beginning with those who claim to act in His name.

So purify yourself that you may stand before Him.

The Marketplace - II

As I left the market, I walked past someone sitting by wayside.
He looked shabby and lean, as if he had not eaten for quite some time, and at first I was under the impression that he probably was a homeless person.

To my surprise he was not begging or trying to sell something, even though he looked as if he really could use some money.
He was offering people bread and glasses of water, and when they wanted to give him money in return he refused to take it.

I stopped and asked him: 
"I have seen many merchants so eager to fatten their big bellies that they do not hesitate to sell lies to the people in order to get their money, and here you are, lean, dressed in shabby clothes, and although you probably could use some money, you are giving away bread and glasses of water. 
Why aren't you at least selling your bread and your water instead of just giving it away?"

"Money is just the dust of the big lie, so what use could I have for it?" the homeless person answered me, "I'm not in the business of selling or buying the food of lies".
"Should I ask people for money so that I might go out and buy the food of lies the marketplace has to offer, and grow myself a big belly as a monument to my deceit as they have? 
Their food is poison to me, and I cannot stand it.
The food I offer is made from the fibre of truth, and I give it unconditionally".

I felt I was in the presence of a kindred spirit when I heard his words, because I felt the same way about the display of hypocrisy I had just seen.
When the man looked at me his eyes seemed to pierce into the depths of my very soul.
This was no ordinary homeless person.

"So tell me, what did you see in the marketplace?", the man asked me.

"Well, as I walked past the various stands I could not help but notice one big common denominator", I answered the man, "they all seem to thrive on a great love of money. 
In every booth there seemed to be a constant flow of money from the visitors to the top salesmen of the booth.
Many who fell for the seductive offers of the salesmen ended up giving their last penny, even putting themselves into debt in order to donate whatever they have, and the salesmen used that money to build their little empires and carve out a special niche for themselves in the market, all too often a very luxurious niche if I may add".

"You have seen well", the man said.
"When these salesmen started out, I offered some of them bread and water without requiring any money from them. 
I gave them food to distribute among the people who visited the market that they might eat from my bread and be replenished by my water.

But when they saw how the hunger and thirst in the eyes of the people drove them to their stands in large numbers, the idea was born in their minds that the effort they put into distributing the bread and water could be turned into a financial 'blessing' for themselves as well.
They began to dwell on thoughts of how they might be able to afford a bigger booth with these financial 'blessings', and a more comfortable place.
And so, they decided to put a price on the food and drink I gave them freely. 
After all, if they helped the people, it is only reasonable to expect the people to help them as well, right?"

"When they noticed the stream of money flowing their way they began to wonder if perhaps they might be able to increase the flow of financial blessings for themselves by making the bread and the water more appealing to larger crowds.
Surely if they turned the bread into cakes and the water into liquor more people would want to buy what they had to offer. 
What is wrong with that? 
After all, didn't 'Jesus turn water into wine'?
If the Man had these powers, then surely they could do the same in His authority and bring forth the miracle of turning the bread and water of life into sweet cakes and liquor."

"They began to put their talents to work in service of acquiring a mastery of different sales techniques for their cakes and liquor to increase their blessings.
They forgot they received without paying, and began to put price tags on their bread and water which they managed to transform into the image of their unbridled lust for dust."

"In their minds, blessings were equated with the accumulation of gold dust, and they began to work in service of the pot of gold, resorting to a huge palette of different sales techniques, gimmicks and rituals.
After all, it was for the common good of 'feeding the people', right?"

"Without realizing it, instead of giving the people MY bread and MY water they began to work in service of Mammon, using my gifts to create their own merchandise that they might enrich, or 'bless' themselves."

"Whereas I blessed, they turned the blessing into a curse of exploitation.
Whereas I gave, they began to take.
Whereas I came to give life abundantly, they went out of their way to drain the last drop of life out of the souls reaching out to them.
Whereas I destroyed the yoke of slavery and returned freedom to those who eat my bread and drink my water,  they put the yoke of guilt, fear and greed on the shoulders of the people and thus lead them back into slavery."

"They have carved out a niche in the big wheel of lies for themselves, entirely in the image of the big wheel, a structure serving to exploit and corrupt in the name of blessing the people.
Although they may carry an image of standing in opposition against organized religion, they are just another subset of the big wheel of lies, another incarnation of the adulterous organized religion, even using the same kind of rank system where one exults himself over the other."

"I came and served, even to the point of giving my very own blood, yet instead of following my example and serve my family, they seek to rule over them and get drunk on the blood they draw.
Where I came and sacrificed myself, they came and devoured the sheep.
They pervert my food by turning the bread into adulterous cakes sated with the raisins of their own corruption, and they turned my water of life into brandy for the damned."

"Even though some of the stands may have started out with a noble ideal, a personal revelation, invariably they end up being derailed in the worship of Mammon.
They turned the message of the Gospel into a commercial commodity which fills their pot of gold, a support mechanism for their idol worship, and I abhor it."

"By unduly and incessantly emphasizing how people rob YHWH Himself if they refuse to donate, and how they will be punished for that selfishness, or by stressing the fact that whatever they will give will return to them a hundredfold, thereby appealing to guilt, fear and greed, they rob the people of the true wealth of the spirit. 
That is the wealth I always spoke of, the wealth which belongs to the real world, the kind which does not perish like all things which are of this world, but the kind which will be part of them for all eternity."

"When you give out of the goodness of your heart, you are blessed in the spirit and you grow in the spirit. 
This is a wealth which you will take with you when you leave this world.
The wealth of this world is temporary and part of this dream world only.
So what is more valuable then, the true wealth of real life of the eternal spirit, or the temporary wealth of this playground which will perish?"

"All this adultery and spiritual fornication stands in service of securing a firm financial foundation for their empires and a comfort zone for their desires, repeating to themselves that since they are doing Me a favor they are entitled to receive a fair measure of financial blessings.
And the adjective 'fair' becomes a very elastic concept in their minds when their lust for dust devours their hearts."

"How is it that when I warned them that this world brings hardship, trials and tribulations to My own, these words are so easily forgotten?
Have they forgotten the words of My servants James or Peter, or Paul?
This world is the stage of deception where the king of lies rules, a world where evil has the power to manifest itself and reverse life so that death is celebrated as the elixir of life, and true life is seen as death."

"This is why many of the rich in this world all too often are poor and wretched in the spirit, since they were required to sacrifice their sincerity, love, compassion and honesty on the altar of Mammon.
This is why the poor in this world, who believe in Me and hope for My salvation, are tremendously rich, because they refused to sacrifice on the altar of Mammon and held fast to My truth.
Yet the adulterous merchants of My Gospel deem the rich in this world blessed and the poor cursed."

"If financial prosperity equals My blessings, how is it that they cannot remember the letter I wrote to the called-out ones in Smyrna which I dictated to my servant John, where I told them these words:
'I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. 
Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation.'

By the standard of the imposters preaching their own words, this scene depicts being cursed, yet I tell you, they were blessed."

"How is it that they cannot remember the letter I wrote to the ones I called out in Laodicea when I dictated to John this message:
'I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. 
Would that you were cold or hot! 
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of My mouth. 
For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing; not knowing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.'

By the standards of the imposters sowing the seeds of their own gospel of lust this scene depicts a blessed church.
Yet by My standards these 'rich' people had cursed themselves with their faith in their financial prosperity.
When these words were written down, I spoke across time to these merchants and the souls they caught in their web of deceit."

"Have they forgotten Job, how everything he had was taken away from him, even his health, and how his so-called friends came to convince Job that he must have sinned that he would attract curses unto himself?"

They have not forgotten.
But the sweet cakes of the prosperity deception sell much better than the bread of truth which is not always pleasant and sweet.

"Their lust has blinded their eyes.
They wear the spiritual badge of teacher, apostle, pastor, yet cannot see with the spirit and therefore fall for the deception of the physical eyes.
For this world projects a lie and they believe in the sight of the lie, unable to see the spiritual truth through the eyes of faith."

"I have suffered, I have been rejected, beaten and abused even unto death.
Those who have been with Me when I walked with My own feet in the marketplace were abused, beaten, spat upon, lied about, even to the point where all but one were killed as I have been.
Doesn't this speak volumes about the satanic deception in the prosperity doctrine and the accursed tactics the merchants of prosperity use to push the buttons of people to sacrifice their money on the private altar of those working in service of this accursed lie?"

"How is it that those who teach in the name of Truth lack the knowledge of Truth when they promote the prosperity falsehood, even using the Torah to indulge in their fornication?"

"There is a good solid reason for the existence of trials and hardship, and why I allow them to manifest in the lives of those I love.
If you have never experienced the tug of doubt, how shall your faith be able to grow?
Whenever you overcome doubt by holding fast to faith, your faith grows stronger, and this stronger faith will bring the greater and lasting blessings in your life, blessings you will take with you when you leave this world."

"If you have always experienced abundance so that you have come to trust in your financial resources, how will you learn to rely on My provision and develop trust in Me?
You developed a reliance on your financial resources, and this kept you from experiencing my provision and grow in trust and reliance on that which does not perish.
Faith and trust go hand in hand, and a greater faith brings forth a greater trust."

"If you have not experienced rejection and hatred, how will your love grow?
Once you have partaken of the bitter taste of being rejected and hatred, you will experience the mirror reaction of your own feelings. 
Learning to let those mirror-feelings go and love where the reaction of this world might be to hate back means you grow stronger in love."

"This is the reason for the existence of adversity, and why your Heavenly Father allows trials and tribulations: that you might grow through trials and tribulation in His image and thus create a lasting eternal resource which will bring forth the fruit of untold blessings.

That is why Job had to endure suffering, that is why you will experience a measure of hardship when you follow Me.
The measure of hardship will be like a weight to your soul that it may build itself up to perfection.

So, hardship does not equal being cursed, nor does prosperity equal being blessed.
When you experience hardship it does not automatically follow that I am punishing you for your sins.
It may be that in My love for you I am giving you the opportunity to grow closer to Me.
It may be that the evil one has decided to manipulate your physical circumstances so that they project a lie which challenges your faith in My promises."

"How is it that the greedy shepherd seeks to twist my words and depict the circumstances of this world as truth where those circumstances all too often are manipulated to manifest a lie?
The manifestation of the hardship and tribulation do not equate with being cursed or living in sin, nor does the manifestation of wealth and success equate with having a good heart and being blessed.
Yet the false shepherds feed people with false expectations and faith in the lie."

"I care for the welfare of My people.
That is why, whenever there is a lack of faith, I need to allow for situations which will challenge faith that My own may overcome and grow stronger.

That is why whenever there is a lack of trust, I need to allow for situations which will make you see in your life that although everything seems to go sour, I provide, I give whatever you need, so that you come to realize I am trustWORTHY, and you are not moved by your circumstances the way you used to be since you learn to trust in Me.

That is why whenever there is a lack of love, I lead My own into situations where their lack is brought to light that they may overcome it and grow in love.
Adversity in the lives of My own serves a good purpose, for I use it to heal them and sow seeds of blessings in the fertile soil of their hearts, which will grow into blessings bringing forth fruit after their kind."

"Do you not believe Me when I tell you that My Father is the workman, the world is His workplace, and you are being carved out of the wood He holds in His hands?
Don't you know that the temptation, pleasure, success, faillure, hardship, suffering, obstruction you experience in life are used by Him to bring out your structure contained within the wood so that you may shine for all eternity as His unique work of art?
Don't you know that any temporary discomfort brings forth a great and lasting eternal joy?"

"By using guilt, fear and greed tactics you shepherds end up not only devouring and leeching the people of their earthly goods with your false motives, but you also rob the people of this eternal wealth.
The worship of Mammon turns the booths into predatory systems feeding on the weaknesses of the people who are part of the booth".

"Do you see the iron rod standing against the tree over here?" the Man continued.
"Soon I will return to the marketplace carrying this rod of iron in My hands. 
The first time I came, I drove out the merchants from the house of My Father, overthrowing their tables.
When I return the second time, this rod will make sure the merchants will never return again to promote their lies. 

When I am through, no booth or glass in the entire marketplace which stood in service of falsehood will be left unscathed. 
All that is found in the marketplace will be destroyed.
And I will bring in the ones who were rejected and at odds with the marketplace, the ones I gave My water to drink and bread to eat, and I will give them to stand in the place where the big wheel of lies once spun around.
No longer shall Mammon be revered nor shall the twin sisters of falsehood and pride be able to twist the words of My message, but I will make sure that the sound heard in this place will be the sound of Truth."

"But maybe some of these salesmen simply have been carried away and there still may be room in their hearts to remember their first love and turn back", I replied.

"Then speak to them.
Tell them to beware of using YHWH's Shabbats or their Sunday gatherings as fundraisers for their own cause.
Warn them to stop transforming every word of knowledge and understanding into food for their piggy banks."

"Ask them if they have forgotten what it means to trust in Me and My provision for them that they seek to exploit the people through clever manipulation of guilt, fear and greed.
Warn them that if they continue in this abuse of My words, my words shall become the sword that destroys them, for they are a two-edged sword cutting both ways. 
My sword sets the oppressed free, yet it cuts down the oppressor.

Ask them in whose service they really work, ask them if they were required pay for the bread and water I gave them.
Warn them that their perversion of this bread and water to serve their self-enrichment schemes will turn them into poison.
My food strengthens and brings life to those hungry for truth, yet it brings death to those who cling to lies.

Ask them why they put a price on the bread and water I gave them.
Warn them that the price they charged My people will become the price I set on their heads.

Tell them to repent and return, for I am coming, and when I come I shall destroy all booths of wickedness, first and foremost the booths of those who pretend to act in My authority.
Tell them to turn back to their first love in repentance, and learn what it means to trust Me again.
Tell them to come out of the marketplace and return while they can."

I sat in the company of this Man, drinking the water He offered me and gladly eating the bread He gave me.
His food was very different from that which was offered in the various booths, for it was undefiled, pure and tasty, given freely for my benefit without any secret hidden motive.
I believed that Man and opened up my heart to Him.
It felt as if I have known Him all of my life.

This Man spoke with an authority I had never encountered before, and so when He said that He would destroy the entire marketplace, I believed Him on His word.
The marketplace was evil to its very core, and I would be glad to see this manifestation of evil exploitation disappear.

And so, urged on by this Man I went back to the marketplace and I shout to all those with an ear to hear the message which I was supposed to deliver unto all the religious salesmen and the people who drank their words and ate from the bread of their message.

"Was the bread of truth too light a thing that you turned it into adulterous cakes filled with the raisins of your polluted ambition?
Was the water of life not enough to quench your thirst that you turned it into a potion which intoxicates the ones who drink from it?
Was your trust not strong enough to dam your lust that you damned your trust to satisfy the lust?

How is it that you devour your flock just like the prince of the world devours his harvest of souls from this world?
Who do you resemble in your deeds and your tactics, the Man sitting outside freely distributing food to the hungry and water to the thirsty, or do you resemble the prince of the marketplace who seeks to exploit the hungry and thirsty ones?
If you then carry the image of your father the devil in the ways you build your religious wheel into the structure of the big wheel of lies, how then can you claim to act in the authority of the One you rejected?
By it, you curse yourselves and you become a curse unto the ones you exploit.

You use guilt when you imply or tell the people that by not giving you money, they are withholding money from YHWH Himself.
By it, YOU become guilty before YHWH, for you steal away purity in the hearts of people.

You use fear as a push-button which generates donations by making people believe that when they do not donate to your cause, they sin against YHWH's commandment, and they will suffer the consequences.
Yet it is YOU who will come to know fear when you face the consequences of what you have become.

You use greed when you emphasize how the money given to you will return to the ones who gave it tenfold, even a hundredfold.
Yet it is YOUR greed that will devour you in its flames.

By guilt, fear and greed you become the shepherd devouring his own flock, even at the expense of the poorest among them who end up giving their last penny out of guilt, fear, or greed.

Return.
Did YHWH not seek to inspire holiness in you, the attitude of the One who resides outside of the marketplace? 
Why then do you seek to inspire unholiness, which is the prevailing attitude of the marketplace?

Did YHWH not give to you freely?
Why then do you set a price on what was given to you and take where you could give freely?

Did the Man not give you undefiled bread and pure water?
Why then have you transformed the food and water in the image of your own lust, your own recipe of salvation, using your gimmicks and your sales tactics to promote this image?

Did the Man not seek to serve you, wash your feet, and build you up?
Why then to you seek to rule, wallow in the mud, and tear your flock down to build yourself up?

To all those trapped in the booths where all your resources even including your very souls are devoured, I urge you to depart. 
Do not buy into the lie, because by it you are bought by the evil shepherds who do not care for their flock. 
They feed themselves at your expense.

Come outside, and learn what it means to act in purity and be set apart from the marketplace.
The marketplace is coming down, and those who are part of the little empires on the marketplace will be destroyed with it.

Come outside, and replenish yourself with the water of Life and Truth for which the Man asks no money in return, and eat from the Bread that your souls may be nourished and built up in the image of the Man who gave you the Bread, for He IS the Bread."

The Marketplace - I

I went to the market.

As I passed by the stands, I noticed one slogan after another, with huge sales signs trying the lure the people into surrendering their money into the hands of the salesmen.

"For a limited time only: three DVD's for the donation of one".

"Here's a must have gift offer, you cannot let it pass you by".

"Why be broke and poor when you can be blessed and rich beyond your wildest dreams?

Learn to give to receive a hundredfold".

The salesmen were very crafty in enticing people to give them their money.

In their hands the Bible was transformed into a sales manual bringing forth pots of gold.

It felt very strange to me that they referred to the price of their goods as 'donations', and how they would 'give' the item to anyone who 'donated'.

Just as when you 'donate' a certain amount of money at your local grocery you are 'given' certain groceries in return.

I could not help but feeling awkward at the sight of this hypocrisy where a simple economic sales transaction between a buyer and a salesman was transformed into a holy act of presenting an offering to YHWH Himself.

Looking across the marketplace I saw how it was compartmentalized into different categories of salesmen.

All of them had similar merchandise to offer to the public in spite of their claim that their sales items were unique and a one of a kind of revelation straight from the throneroom of heaven.

I noticed one group referred to themselves as the Great Teachers.

Each single one of them was promoting a collection of DVD's and books where those teachers expounded on why they were right and the others were wrong.

They were very good at marketing their products with slogans like 'Today only: a 50% discount on the DVD's we have on offer'.

I was amazed, not so much by what they were teaching, but by the professional way they were promoting their materials.

A used car salesman could learn a trick or two from them.

These Great Teachers had built private booths with fences built around them to keep them separate from the others, and in front of these booths they had placed miniature shrines they made for themselves.

On the other side of the market I noticed the booth of the protestants, and another booth of the catholics.

They too had fenced themselves in, with a hedge around their booths, and they spoke to each other with a perpetual smile on their face.

Their dress code was most peculiar.

Especially the catholic dresscode looked as if it was borrowed from the opera house.

Although friendly on the surface, they tried to set the other camp's booth on fire if no one was watching, rushing to the assistance of the other camp to help extinguish the fire so that their charitable works might outshine the charitable works of the other camp.

And so I walked over to the stand next to the teachers' booth, the stand of the watchmen.

Occasionally they tried to set all the other booths on fire by their very words, with no intention of lending a helping hand to extinguish the fire.

They simply enjoyed the sight of the fire since it brought them the confirmation of being right.

A peculiar phenomenon common to these watchmen was that they all wore glasses which were so thick that I could not help but wonder if they were able to actually see anything at all through these glasses.

I tried to shake hands with one of the watchmen, but I discovered that he was unable to respond to my outstretched hand because all the watchmen had the habit of walking around with pointing fingers.

They did have some neat tricks though, like bellowing fire when they felt the urge to burn down a booth.

Then I walked past the apostle's booth.

How fond they were of making contraptions with moving wheels!

These wheels were put into motion by people who were assigned in that capacity by the apostles.

Together they were part of a big machine which set a process in motion which ultimately produced pots of gold: Apostle's Gold.

And so I strolled over to the next stand, the stand of the evangelists.

Never have I seen a bunch of people as extremely happy and overjoyed as they were.

They seemed to have an eternal smile plastered on their faces as they tried to persuade those who passed by to repeat the same phrases as they did.

By repeating those phrases they were rewarded with the beads and candy the evangelist had to offer, and a special blessing printed on a piece of paper was given to them.

It was no wonder that they appeared to be smiling all the time; any individual would smile a lot if he were in the position of receiving the huge sums of money leaving the pockets of the people as donations to the evangelists.

The evangelists who used cameras to project their image unto a big screen gladly accepted the money as proof of how the almighty Creator had blessed them.

How inventive they were in causing the blessings to manifest in the most extravagant luxury for themselves!

But I noticed that not all of them kept the money they received.

Some of them were drafted in the service of the salesmen of the other booths, and those salesmen used the evangelist to expand their market share.

These evangelists ended up as workhorses for these salesmen, sacrificing all their money to finance the wealth of the salesmen in whose service they were drafted.

In return the evangelists received a supply of holy water from the salesmen, from which they drank all day long.

I distinctly got the impression that these evangelists may not have been capable of being aware of being exploitated because their holy water seemed to keep them in a drugged state.

Then I passed by the booths of the prophets.

A greater contrast between the left side of this booth and the previous booth was not possible, as if I walked from a high pressure zone on the tropical island straight into the low pressure zone of the cloud-covered barren icy plane of the North Pole.

The perpetual smile on the face of the evangelist met its opposite in the downward pointing crescent abiding on the faces of the prophets on the left side.

The prophets had built special chairs for themselves on a platform so that it seemed as if they were sitting on thrones when they addressed the people.

They had a certain acrobatic style of presenting themselves which I found most peculiar: one of the minor prophets would sit down on his throne on the platform, and the throne of another prophet would be positioned on top of his throne, upon which another major prophet would sit, so that it looked as if the minor prophet was sitting under a major prophet.

In this fashion they managed to build human towers where a minor prophet was sitting under a major prophet, the major prophet was sitting under an older seasoned major prophet, who in turn was sitting under a major prophet sent unto the nations, who in turn was sitting under a major prophet sent unto the nations in the spirit of Elijah.

The one on top would send a word to the one below him, who in turn would pass it on until it reach the minor prophet who would speak the word to the masses of people  proclaiming it to be the 'word of God'.

Sometimes these constructions collapsed because one of the prophets might begin to feel uncomfortable and attempt to wriggle out of this construction.

When that would happen there would be a lot of yelling and shouting, and a big cloud of dust rising up in the wake of those voices up as they fell to the ground, stinging the eyes of the people.

As the people would  rub the dust out of their eyes, the prophets would try to build up a new structure with a different prophet to take the place of the apostate one.

On the right side I looked straight at what appeared to be the negatives of the prophets on the left side: where one was looking miserable, the other was looking happy, where one preached death and destruction, the other declared prosperity and good times awaiting those who listened to them, one side preached with a stick in their hand, while the other side held up a big jar of molasses inside.

The prophets on the right side had the nasty habit of hitting their listeners with the stick, telling them that it was for their own good to be beat into submission at the prophet's feet. 

The other side loved to anoint the people who listened to them with molasses.

They would smear it all over their heads until everyone stuck together in a great big mess which attracted the attention of the flies.

Between these two camps a broad line was drawn which none of them dared to cross, because to do so would mean to cross over into what they perceived as the camp of the devil.

The camp of the devil 'consulted familiar spirits', so they claimed.

This made me wonder: if the spirits of one camp were called familiar by the other camp, then this surely implied that the other camp must be well acquainted with these spirits since they looked familiar to them?

Both of the camps had smaller booths for  the minor prophets, alongside bigger booths for the major prophets.

A third category consisted of a few really big booths for major prophets sent to the nations, and an extra-large version for prophets sent unto the nations in the spirit of Elijah.

These prophets were very entertaining as long as you did not get too close to them.

Being close to them was no problem as long as you nodded your head in agreement with them, but the moment you dared to question their prophecies you run the risk of being cursed for your 'rebellion'.

Some of them had discovered the lucrative business of giving personal prophecies.

Many people who visited the marketplace were uncertain about themselves and the course they should follow in life, which made them an easy target for a 'prophet' claiming to have access to the throne room of heaven.

Those people were all too eager to learn what message the Creator might have given those prophets as a guideline for their lives.

In doing so, they handed over not only their hard-earned money, but they also relinquished control over their lives to a stranger who claimed to be a prophet.

A few of them even used crystal balls and tea leaves to give these personal prophecies at a special discounted price, or, 'donation' as they called it.

They loved to walk around in hairy mantles carrying a cane which looked like their magic wand.

Those prophets sure were a profit unto themselves!

There seemed to be some sort of degree system which they referred to as 'Signs&Wonders' followed by a number written in Latin.

These numbers referred to different degrees ranging from basic magical tricks up to the highest degree which included the ability of raising the dead.

Many of them claimed to have at least the healing degree, but a few of them also advertized to have brought dead people back to life.

Of course that gave them a very prominent standing not only among the people, but also among the junior prophets.

Unfortunately, when I tried to verify their claims I was unable to find anyone who was raised from the dead, so I suppose their slogans were just part of their PR, having more in common with ambitious wishful thinking than anything else.

One thing is for sure: even if the prophets themselves did not live up to their degrees, their Signs&Wonders pedigree system at least was able to create the miracle of a financial deluge of blessings coming their way.

But, that was a very familiar trick I had already seen very often in the other booths.

The Messianic booth was a hoot.

Apparently they believed in the notion of measuring godliness by the length of the beard: the longer the beard, the holier they were reckoned to be.

I noticed women in the booth were wearing headscarves, and on top of the headscarf they wore a tallit, and to make sure they were covered some of them even wore XXL size tallits to top it off.

They were almost islamic in appearance.

Some wrapped themselves in their messianic attire to such an extent that the cleaning crew sometimes mistook them for laundry and carried them off to be washed and cleansed.

The Messianic crew had built something which looked like a metal skeleton with straps on it.

The spokes of the skeleton were connected to a machine which was able to move these spokes.

This machine in turn was operated by the 'Torah- operator'.

Whenever someone from the audience got involved with this booth, he or she would be tied to this skeleton with the straps around the ankles, the legs, the arms and the hands.

The Torah-operator would then proceed to push buttons and use the joy-stick so that he could cause an arm to move to the left, or a leg to the right.

I wondered why anyone would voluntarily tie themselves to a structure which defied the intent of that which it stood for.

But then again, the volunteers were told that the structure set the process of blessings in motion for the ones who were tied for the structure, so with the elusive carrot at the end of the stick some were persuaded to allow themselves to be tied to the skeleton and become the extension of the 'Torah-operator'.

I guess the joy-stick in the hands of the operator must refer to the joy the operators receive as they exercise control over their 'client' by holding out the 'stick' to the extent where they are able to empty their wallets.

With that thought in mind I proceed towards a very colorful and cheerful looking tent where people acted in a way which would best be described as 'not exactly normal'.

Although they were talking loudly, I could not understand a single word of what they were saying. 

Some of them even talked like a baby, 'gagagoogoo', and the more they indulged in baby-talk, the more excited the crowd became.

And as the excitement increased, so did the amount of money they ended up giving to the salesmen.

On the side I beheld the strange spectacle of a man guiding a woman on a leash, as if he was walking the dog, and the woman lifted up her head as she began to howl 'praises' with a shrill voice.

In another corner a man in a white suit pretended to be pouring virtual drinks for the visitors, calling himself the 'holy ghost bartender'.

Apparently they had no qualms about turning the Holy Spirit into a circus clown working in their service as their personal moneymaker.

Now, if you ask me, THAT is really dangerous, for evil spirits do not fear the Holy Spirit without reason!

I cringed at the sight of this circus and the blasphemy of the utterly weird surreal scenes.

They made Dali's paintings look quite normal in comparison.

The spectacle would cause even the most outlandish among the human species to question the practices displayed in the combined charismatic/pentecostal tent.

When I strolled over to the back, I came face to face with a huge, very expensive looking booth.

Close to this booth I saw a genuine sparkling Rolls Royce parked next to a golden dog house with a miniature replica of Solomon's portico built in front of it.

Through the window of the booth I caught a glimpse of the interior which made even king Solomon's palace look common in comparison.

I have never seen such a display of luxury and extravaganza!

Over the entrance of the booth there was a golden plate with the words 'Home of Blessings' spelled out in diamonds.

Judging by the standard of living of the ones in the booth I tended to agree that there was an unprecedented financial blessing on this booth.

When I turned my eyes back to the people in the tent, I noticed how everyone of them gladly donated their finances to the booth of blessings in the hope and expectation that they too could have a private booth of blessings.

Many of them paid with their credit cards, which made me wonder if they were not concerned about putting themselves in debt in pursuit of the image of being blessed.

But they did not seem to care, fully trusting that what they donated to the privileged few in the expensive booth would come back to bless them also.

After what I had witnessed on the market it did not come as a surprise to me that the extravagant luxury I had seen was financed with the money of gullible devotees, even to the point where people ended up putting themselves in debt for the sake of a lie which was held up to them as 'God's holy truth'.

I felt as if I was leaving the theater of the absurd as I walked over to yet another booth on the market on my way out.

Here too the salesmen were speaking loudly, but at least I could understand the words.

However, I completely failed to make sense of whatever they were saying since their statements did not add up in a logical and truthful way.

They were able to make people believe that the sky was green and the grass was blue, and all of those who were part of the booth would cheer and smile in great appreciation of this revelation.

I marveled and wondered if perhaps they were using drugs that they managed to see sense where I perceived madness, but I could not detect any.

Then I understood that they DID use drugs.

Their drug was the sound of words, and combinations of words and the conditioned reaction to words seemed to produce a state of mind where the emotional reaction triggered something they experienced as understanding.

It was just an elaborate word game.

I knew that word games and the conditioned reactions of people were used by all the salesmen of all the different booths, but here in this booth of the New Age it was turned into a form of art.

Looking past the booth I noticed in the back a greater and much more luxurious booth.

How odd, I thought, there's hardly any difference in the structure of these various booths on the market.

Why did they always place the biggest booths farthest back, out of sight of the people who visited the booths?

Here too the money streamed out of the pockets of the people who were part of the booth to the top salesman in the luxurious booth.

He used their money to build his own palace, while many of the people ended up with nothing but empty pockets and a glazed look in their eyes.

Yes, the booth of the New Age camp was not much different either.

Their message may have been different, but the same old sales techniques and psychological conditioning were used to turn the message into a moneymaker for the ones exploiting the message.

I was utterly disgusted by what I had seen, and I hated the place.

It was filled with lies, pretence and exploitation, and I made up my mind to get out and never return again.

I did not bother walking past the other booths, for there were many different booths, yet they all looked like variations on one and the same theme.

How could any sane and honest human being enjoy the phony spectacle which I had just seen?

Not only were those hypocrites not satisfied with the last penny they managed to leech from the people who believed them, they also installed a false image of YHWH in their minds where they would expect financial blessings for giving their last cent in obedience to what they were told was 'YHWH's commandment to give to the salesmen'.

They had no qualms about exploiting YHWH's name and turning the One who created all into a pretext for exploitation and self-enrichment.

Inevitably this disappointment would reflect badly on YHWH's name they so frequently loved to toss around.

Yes, in their mouths 'Yah' truly became 'Hovah', which is the Hebrew word for ruin and disaster.

As I left the market, I saw a person sitting by wayside.

He looked shabby and lean, as if he had not eaten for quite some time, and at first I was under the impression that he was a homeless person.