Like a Roaring Lion

The counterfeit of the Lion of the Tribe of Judah . . . Peter prophesied it, and the Revelation appears to confirm it.  To be perfectly honest, I'm truly tired of hearing how powerful the devil is . . . It seems Christianity has deified him and that is simply wrong!  I've yet to attend a church service that someone doesn't testify about how much they've been under attack by the enemy . . . I've spoken against that theology and mindset, but seemingly; to no avail.

The enemy has been defeated!  Yes, he's still irritating and annoying, but he is only a fallen angel, not a god!  He is not omniscient, he is not omnipotent, and he is no match for YHWH and His Son.  I have stumbled across a serious issue, however; and I'd like to share not only the problem, but the solution.  II Thessalonians 2, describes the problem.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.   7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.  KJV

Iniquity is translated from the Greek word "anomia" meaning:

1. the condition of without law
   1. because ignorant of it
   2. because of violating it 

When Rome abandoned Torah, the enemy took a foothold, then gained prominence.  Through the years of Rome's separation from Judaism, many traditions became intertwined with New Testament passages.  When the Protestant reformation took place, there really wasn't much of a protest, other than to translate Scripture out of Latin into the common languages.  There is no "J" in Hebrew, Greek, or Latin, therefore the name "Jesus" evolved through the various translations and printings.  Hardly fitting for the Name above all Names!

Humanity has used the term "Jesus" as an expletive, so it's no stretch of the imagination to see that the enemy could actually use the same term and mimic our precious Messiah.

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.  Acts 4:12

As a Roaring Lion

Christianity has taken this and run with it as well.  There's big money and worldly favor in much of Christianity, if you have the right "roar."  I have personally spoken with people who follow the big names, and they invariably have told me how good those teachings make them feel.  They are still living their lives according to their own standard, but they feel good doing it.  How many of them are blindly being led away from The Word of G-d, who is Y'hshuwah?  It's never been popular to speak of repentance amongst the religious or powerful crowd.  Elijah and John the Baptist spring to mind as outstanding examples!

I got very frustrated and down heartened with the church years ago, when I read of repentant Israel standing to hear Torah read, and it was no short passage. And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the Torah of YHWH their G-d one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped YHWH their G-d.  Nehemiah 9:3  I was new to my call when the prosperity message went from a jail sentence for Jim Bakker to the way of life for televangelism, and then spread into the local gatherings.

The agenda was so similar.   After the "praise and worship team" finished and the offering buckets were passed, seems most were pastors or bishops, rose sanctimoniously on the stage and headed for the pulpit.  Somewhere in my religious MIA time, churches went from having bemas and platforms to stages . . . yet I digress.  The pastor or bishop or visiting bigger name "prophet" or evangelist would tell a joke or an anecdote, open his Bible to read a half verse, expound for 30 to 45 minutes depending.  Some, went the other way, and that was to keep people flipping in their Bibles chasing several 1/2 verses to give the impression, it was throughout Scripture, but context was lost! Once context was lost, the meaning and point soon followed.

I hear many testimonies and mine is no exception.  Churches and synagogues still serve as a beacon for those who are seeking G-d, but most of the ones who find Him, soon leave, or are asked to.  Mainstream Judaism is still not open to Y'hshuwah as Messiah, and most of Christianity believes 3/4 of the Bible has been rendered obsolete and irrelevant to their own lives.  Messiah is Torah in the flesh.  You simply cannot believe half and be made whole!

Here is a quote of the day by one of the big names.
"After the challenge, after the disappointment, you’re going to come out with great abundance. It may have been meant for your harm, but it’s going to thrust you into the fullness of your destiny."


Here is a quote by Messiah, John 17:14
 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

The enemy isn't out destroying the world, people are doing that, in and of free will and choice.  The adversary, as a roaring lion is providing entertainment and empty promises.  The adversary is counterfeiting and twisting the message of the Lion of the Tribe of Judah!

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;  Paul to Timothy