This is a testimony from a former Hebrew Roots believer who received a warning from God about the movement.
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Hello brethren,
I know you do not know me, but I have been a fellow-follower of the Hebrew Roots/Messianic movement for several years, even as you. While sitting under the teachings of the Hebrew Roots/Messianic movement (henceforth I will refer to it as HR/M for brevity), I received an urgent message of warning to pass along to anyone in HR/M who is willing to listen. This may be a very difficult letter for some of you to read and accept, but I plead with you to please read it with a soft heart, an open mind, and take a moment to ask the Holy Spirit to provide a witness in your spirit to what I am going to say.
Before I give the urgent warning, I will first provide a little background information so you can see the whole picture better. I was made aware of and introduced to this movement back in late 2006, but I did not really have much interest in it, except I wanted to learn about the Old Testament on a deeper level. So I just kept it in the back of my mind and continued with my walk in the Lord apart from it.
The following year, I began to receive emails from friends who wanted me to understand why they thought this movement was such a blessing to their lives. I finally decided to give in and read a document about the Greek versus Hebrew mind written by Brad Scott. Most of it sounded logical and true, but my spirit became offended at a few comments he made, so I put it down and rejected it altogether.
Months later, the same brother sent me the same article, along with some other new ones, and insisted that I read them. I gave in again and began reading, only this time, it got my attention more, and even though there were a few things that still bothered me, this time, I focused more on the truth part rather than the offensive part.
This was my point of entry into the HR/M teachings. For a couple of years, I studied a bit on the feasts. My involvement in this movement consisted only of studying various materials, either text or video; however, I never became involved in a congregation. In more recent years, I stopped listening to these HR/M teachers because my spirit became increasingly disturbed, although I did not fully know why. But, even though I stopped listening to the teachings/teachers, I maintained some of their practices, such as observance of the Sabbath, abstained from unclean foods, etc. Just the very basic tenets of the doctrine.
I never got deeply entrenched, nor did I ever listen to the more extreme teachings, like Michael Rood and Avi Ben Mordechai. Quite honestly, my spirit sensed something seriously wrong with these, and I could not even open their websites.
One of the things that disturbed me the most about what I was seeing was the division, strife, and contention this movement was bringing to the body of Christ. Paul is very clear that the body of Christ is to be one body and function under one Spirit. This is not what I was seeing, and it began to grieve me deeply. That is why I have always maintained that we must not judge each other based on what names or titles we use for God. This alone causes a lot of friction.
Those who know me and have read my messages know that my focus in ministry is to turn believers’ eyes toward the Shepherd of our faith, Yeshua/Jesus and to learn how to hear the voice of HIS Spirit. If we do this, He will teach us and lead us into Truth. (John 16:13, 1 John 2:27) But I noticed the HR/M movement never spoke about this, so I began to distance myself even more (from teachers and teachings), although I maintained the basic tenets as truth.
Now that I have provided a little background information, I will proceed with the EXTREMELY URGENT WARNING I have been given to pass along to any of my brethren in HR/M who will listen. Please soften your hearts toward the Holy Spirit and seek Him diligently on what I am about to share with you.
Sometime last year, I suddenly began having some demonic attacks that I could not figure out. They were mostly subtle at first, but as months went by, they seemed to multiply and got worse. It got so bad, that I got to the point of severe mental and physical anguish. It was at this point that I decided to do extended fasting (a 40-day fast) to seek His face and find out what was happening. About 2 weeks into the fast, He began giving me dreams and visions that served to give me messages about the truth of what was happening. It was through this difficult struggle against the demonic (it was TOUGH) that I was able to break through into Father's Light and SEE what was actually happening. I will tell you about a few of the dreams and visions in a short while, but first let me back up to some things that led into this ordeal to begin with.
Up until the attacks began, everything seemed normal. I was living what I thought was according to the Word of Truth, including the basic tenets of the HR/M movement. Nothing out of the ordinary, as I saw it. I noticed the demonic attacks began growing in intensity and frequency. It got so bad after a while, I could not eat! I'll skip the details of what the demonic did to me and get to the main point. Sometimes, the only way to break through demonic strongholds, etc, is to fast and pray for extended amounts of time. The worse the bondage, or should I say, the more strategic the demonic web against you, the longer and harder the fight will be. This was the case with me here, as I will continue to explain.
The Lord gave me various visions after about the 2nd week of this fast (lots of patience also required when entreating the Father, especially when something is very wrong!). I'll share just a few dreams and visions that point to the main message I am going to give you. Two days in a row, He gave me the same message, only in two different visions. Both of these back-to-back visions showed a "breach" in my hedge of protection. As you know, when we sin, He removes His hedge of protection around us. The question for me then was, "What could possibly be causing a breach in my hedge. I'm so careful about sin!"
That leads me into the main vision of this experience that was extremely terrifying and also applies to many of you HR/M believers who are reading this. Please read the following with an open and sincere heart for the Truth. The very next day, after He showed me those two visions of the breach, He gave me another vision and a very specific Scripture. I will not discuss the details of the vision, but I will tell you the message of the vision itself, which was this: "You have lost your ability to receive forgiveness." What?!!!
The Scripture He gave me in the vision was 2 Corinthians 4:2 -
"But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God."
He then led me to look up the word "craftiness" in the original Greek, which is "Panourgia,"Strong's 3834. The meaning that the Holy Spirit slapped me in the face with was "specious wisdom." I had not heard this word before, so I looked it up, and this is what it means: apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or false.
OK, so I've lost my ability to receive forgiveness (loss of salvation) and I am doing something that is apparently true (looks correct) but is actually wrong! In a nutshell, He told me that the Messianic/Hebrew Roots Movement is FOOLS GOLD! The building looks good. The arguments fit together very well, but it is ON THE WRONG FOUNDATION and is therefore COMPLETELY FALSE.
Yes, I was completely stunned!
Before I continue discussing the rest of what the Lord explained to me after this, please know that I understand all the arguments of the HR/M teachings. I know what they see when they read the Scriptures. It's like those pictures that look like one thing when you look at them at first, and then after you stare a little longer, they look like something else completely (I forget what those are called). The Christians see the first picture (just at first glance) and the HR/M see something else completely after they look at it a bit longer. BUT IT IS AN ILLUSION. Also remember that when people are deceived, they cannot see it. Nor will they be able to see it unless God Himself shines His Light to illuminate that person's heart. I know I cannot convince HR/M believers with my words alone, but I am praying that you will seek Him with an open heart, because that is the only way a person can break free from deception. All I can do is provide seeds of Truth that the Lord can work with in your lives. The HR/M movement is EXTREMELY SEDUCTIVE, EXTREMELY DECEPTIVE, AND EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE! But it is “specious wisdom,” and not based on the whole Truth of His Word. It is a matter of salvation and not be taken lightly.
The HR/M movement looks true on the surface, but it is fundamentally wrong! (Do you think satan would be able to deceive people if he did not use the Word of Truth and make it look authentic?) HR/M is on the wrong foundation altogether! Our foundation of faith in the Messiah is the apostles and the prophets (Eph 2:20) The HR/M movement changed it to the torah/law and prophets, which is not Scriptural at all, per the New Covenant writings. This very subtle change moves the course of the HR/M path away from the straight and narrow! It leads to destruction!
After He corrected my understanding with the message of the last vision, He had me go read the books of Galatians and Hebrews, so I read them in a plain King James Bible over and over and over and over and over, until the TRUTH of those books broke through the indoctrination of the HR/M teachings. One of the principle problems in the HR/M movement is they redefine terms and ideas in the Bible from their plain meaning. They call it a "renewed" covenant instead of what the Scripture ACTUALLY says, which is "New Covenant." They call it "legalism" instead of being "under the law." I'm not going to go too much into these sorts of details, because until a person breaks through the blindness of that extreme indoctrination, they will not see the Scriptures from the correct perspective.
I will provide this, though. He explained to me that the HR/M foundation is wrong; therefore, their entire doctrine is wrong. ALL OF IT. As hard as it may be to believe, this is the spiritual reality. Christianity is not the enemy of God, as some HR/M teachings imply. Yes, they do imply this (using nice words), which is why there is so much underlying animosity, contention, and strife between Christians and HR/M believers.
Paul is very clear in Galatians, that the Old Covenant is different and separate from the New Covenant. The New Covenant is NOT a continuation of the Old Covenant, as HR/M teachings insist. This is fundamentally wrong and the person who believes this will be taken down a path of destruction!
Please bear in mind that a Covenant is not the same thing as the Torah. The law is essentially the same, but the Sinai Covenant and the New Covenant in Yeshua’s Blood are different, and so are the spiritual principles that govern the application of the law under these two Covenants. Did you get that? The Covenant is not equivalent to the Torah. It is the Covenant that changed, and thereby changing the spiritual principles governing how the Torah/Law is to be applied to mankind. This is key to understanding the fundamental error in HR/M. Ask the Holy Spirit to illuminate this truth for you, and you will be set free. Once you get this basic truth, it will all hit you like a freight train in fast motion! Furthermore, the Abrahamic Covenant and the Sinai Covenant are not the same either, which is another discussion altogether.
In Galatians chapter 4 beginning at verse 21-31, Paul makes a very clear distinction between the Old and New Covenants:
21Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
24Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Here, Paul makes it very clear that he is talking about the two covenants:
1) The bondwoman Hagar, is the Old Covenant, which was given at Mt. Sinai. This one is bound to the natural laws outlined in the Torah.
25For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
2) The freewoman Sarai, is the New Covenant, which is heavenly and spiritual. This one is free from the natural laws in Torah.
27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Those born to the bondwoman (Old Covenant), natural Israel/Jews/Messianics, persecute those born after the Spirit who are free, that is the Christians.
30Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
Cast out the Old Covenant (bondwoman)! Why? Because those still sitting under the Old Covenant CANNOT and WILL NOT be heirs with those who sit under the New Covenant. These are very DIFFERENT and SEPARATE covenants. It does not mean that God changed. It just means He made a new covenant. He can do that because He is so much smarter than we are, and He makes covenants all the time!
31So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
We are not under the Old Covenant (bondwoman) but under the New Covenant (freewoman). We cannot be both free and bound. These two covenants are diametrically opposed and cannot coexist. We either sit under the Old or the New. These are the only two options.
I am telling you the Truth as the Lord has shown me. The Lord told me I had lost my "ability to receive forgiveness" because of how deeply I had gotten into the HR/M (even though I did not get nearly so deep as many others out there). To put it in Paul's terms, I had "fallen from grace," and so is the case with all who accept the HR/M teachings and place themselves under the Old Covenant. This is a MAJOR concern for all those out there who have been ensnared by this deception. Trying to keep Old Covenant laws (which are simply ceremonial shadows) and also New Covenant walking in the Spirit is equal to MIXING flesh and spirit. This cannot be! The natural Torah was a shadow of the spiritual Torah revealed in the New Covenant. It’s a shadow of the Messiah to come. The Torah is a shadow, but Yeshua/Jesus Himself is THE LIGHT. If we sit under the shadow, we are sitting in darkness and cannot see His Light. Christianity has not been wrong all along -- HR/M has been wrong all along. From its very foundation!
I officially went through deliverance and renounced all my associations with the HR/M movement, and I will warn as many people as will listen to me. This is VERY SERIOUS DECEPTION! He even showed me a prophecy in the book of Revelation that pertains to those in the HR/M movement, and they will be in for the shock of their life once the Tribulation begins.
Please run far away from the HR/M movement and spend time seeking Him in prayer and fasting, just reading the plain text in the Scriptures - especially the New Covenant writings. You cannot see the deception when you are in it, but He will show it to you if you seek Him with an open heart. The Holy Spirit has gently warned many of you for a long time now, but you have dismissed His warnings over and over. Allow Him to lead you out of this dangerous path and back into the Light, which is only Yeshua/Jesus. The focus of our faith should be Yeshua/Jesus, the Cross, and His Blood, all of which the HR/M movement have neglected and trampled upon, without even realizing it.
Just to finish this testimony, I'd like to add that after I renounced all HR/M involvement, I was able to cast out all the demonic spirits tormenting me, and now I have more peace and joy than you will ever find sitting under the shadow of the Old Covenant. Spend a month away from HR/M and just read Galatians and Hebrews over and over in prayer and fasting, and you, too will see it. The HR/M spends 98% of the time focusing on Torah and other "deeper wisdom," yet they completely neglect the work of the Cross (dying to the flesh) or teaching people to walk in the Spirit, so they will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. Incidentally, one of the sins Paul lists under works of the flesh is "heresies." This HR/M movement is an absolute heresy that will cost many unsuspecting believers their salvation and lead them to destruction.
The apostle Paul calls “accursed” those who teach a gospel other than what he preached. (Gal 1:8-9) This absolutely applies to those who teach this HR/M doctrine. He also calls those people who spread this doctrine of bondage “false brethren.” (Gal 2:4) So we, must also consider those in the HR/M movement false brethren and be careful to stay away from their teachings. These HR/M believers are very sincere and devoted to God, but so was Paul when he was murdering Christians, thinking he was doing God a service. I, too, taught these HR/M doctrines to people, and that is why I am writing this letter. We must humble ourselves and acknowledge before God that we, too, are capable of being deceived, no matter how intelligent we think we are. This is a true test of tests.
1 Cor 3:18 - “Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.”
1 Cor 8:2 - “And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.”
To any who may be reading this and are a part of the HR/M movement, please understand that I have been there and know exactly what you have been taught. The only way to see this truth is fasting and prayer with an open and sincere heart before God. The demonic powers behind this movement cause severe blindness that can only be broken through true humility before God.
<br class="kix-line-break">To any who are reading but are not a part of HR/M or have never even heard of it, please take this warning to as many brethren as you can. Teach all brethren, as Paul did, to turn away from such dangerous and destructive doctrines. This is a powerful end-time deception that will cause many their salvation. Do not even give audience to the arguments or teachings of HR/M because they will plant seeds of doubt in your hear that the adversary can later use to lure you into his web of lies. This is what happened to me.
Having now explained all that, I will say that my heart and my prayers are with all those sincere believers who are ensnared in this demonic trap. May His Light shine into their hearts and expose the deception, even as our Merciful Father did for me. Whosoever is so inclined, please join me in the same prayer for our brethren.
- A sister covered by the Blood of the Lamb
yaresh
P.S. For any HR/M believers who do not believe that God is blessing non-HR/M Christians, please step out of that HR/M idea and watch some powerful testimonies on www.sidroth.org This may help give you some additional perspective.
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And remember Paul's admonishing words: "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling."
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Hello brethren,
I know you do not know me, but I have been a fellow-follower of the Hebrew Roots/Messianic movement for several years, even as you. While sitting under the teachings of the Hebrew Roots/Messianic movement (henceforth I will refer to it as HR/M for brevity), I received an urgent message of warning to pass along to anyone in HR/M who is willing to listen. This may be a very difficult letter for some of you to read and accept, but I plead with you to please read it with a soft heart, an open mind, and take a moment to ask the Holy Spirit to provide a witness in your spirit to what I am going to say.
Before I give the urgent warning, I will first provide a little background information so you can see the whole picture better. I was made aware of and introduced to this movement back in late 2006, but I did not really have much interest in it, except I wanted to learn about the Old Testament on a deeper level. So I just kept it in the back of my mind and continued with my walk in the Lord apart from it.
The following year, I began to receive emails from friends who wanted me to understand why they thought this movement was such a blessing to their lives. I finally decided to give in and read a document about the Greek versus Hebrew mind written by Brad Scott. Most of it sounded logical and true, but my spirit became offended at a few comments he made, so I put it down and rejected it altogether.
Months later, the same brother sent me the same article, along with some other new ones, and insisted that I read them. I gave in again and began reading, only this time, it got my attention more, and even though there were a few things that still bothered me, this time, I focused more on the truth part rather than the offensive part.
This was my point of entry into the HR/M teachings. For a couple of years, I studied a bit on the feasts. My involvement in this movement consisted only of studying various materials, either text or video; however, I never became involved in a congregation. In more recent years, I stopped listening to these HR/M teachers because my spirit became increasingly disturbed, although I did not fully know why. But, even though I stopped listening to the teachings/teachers, I maintained some of their practices, such as observance of the Sabbath, abstained from unclean foods, etc. Just the very basic tenets of the doctrine.
I never got deeply entrenched, nor did I ever listen to the more extreme teachings, like Michael Rood and Avi Ben Mordechai. Quite honestly, my spirit sensed something seriously wrong with these, and I could not even open their websites.
One of the things that disturbed me the most about what I was seeing was the division, strife, and contention this movement was bringing to the body of Christ. Paul is very clear that the body of Christ is to be one body and function under one Spirit. This is not what I was seeing, and it began to grieve me deeply. That is why I have always maintained that we must not judge each other based on what names or titles we use for God. This alone causes a lot of friction.
Those who know me and have read my messages know that my focus in ministry is to turn believers’ eyes toward the Shepherd of our faith, Yeshua/Jesus and to learn how to hear the voice of HIS Spirit. If we do this, He will teach us and lead us into Truth. (John 16:13, 1 John 2:27) But I noticed the HR/M movement never spoke about this, so I began to distance myself even more (from teachers and teachings), although I maintained the basic tenets as truth.
Now that I have provided a little background information, I will proceed with the EXTREMELY URGENT WARNING I have been given to pass along to any of my brethren in HR/M who will listen. Please soften your hearts toward the Holy Spirit and seek Him diligently on what I am about to share with you.
Sometime last year, I suddenly began having some demonic attacks that I could not figure out. They were mostly subtle at first, but as months went by, they seemed to multiply and got worse. It got so bad, that I got to the point of severe mental and physical anguish. It was at this point that I decided to do extended fasting (a 40-day fast) to seek His face and find out what was happening. About 2 weeks into the fast, He began giving me dreams and visions that served to give me messages about the truth of what was happening. It was through this difficult struggle against the demonic (it was TOUGH) that I was able to break through into Father's Light and SEE what was actually happening. I will tell you about a few of the dreams and visions in a short while, but first let me back up to some things that led into this ordeal to begin with.
Up until the attacks began, everything seemed normal. I was living what I thought was according to the Word of Truth, including the basic tenets of the HR/M movement. Nothing out of the ordinary, as I saw it. I noticed the demonic attacks began growing in intensity and frequency. It got so bad after a while, I could not eat! I'll skip the details of what the demonic did to me and get to the main point. Sometimes, the only way to break through demonic strongholds, etc, is to fast and pray for extended amounts of time. The worse the bondage, or should I say, the more strategic the demonic web against you, the longer and harder the fight will be. This was the case with me here, as I will continue to explain.
The Lord gave me various visions after about the 2nd week of this fast (lots of patience also required when entreating the Father, especially when something is very wrong!). I'll share just a few dreams and visions that point to the main message I am going to give you. Two days in a row, He gave me the same message, only in two different visions. Both of these back-to-back visions showed a "breach" in my hedge of protection. As you know, when we sin, He removes His hedge of protection around us. The question for me then was, "What could possibly be causing a breach in my hedge. I'm so careful about sin!"
That leads me into the main vision of this experience that was extremely terrifying and also applies to many of you HR/M believers who are reading this. Please read the following with an open and sincere heart for the Truth. The very next day, after He showed me those two visions of the breach, He gave me another vision and a very specific Scripture. I will not discuss the details of the vision, but I will tell you the message of the vision itself, which was this: "You have lost your ability to receive forgiveness." What?!!!
The Scripture He gave me in the vision was 2 Corinthians 4:2 -
"But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God."
He then led me to look up the word "craftiness" in the original Greek, which is "Panourgia,"Strong's 3834. The meaning that the Holy Spirit slapped me in the face with was "specious wisdom." I had not heard this word before, so I looked it up, and this is what it means: apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or false.
OK, so I've lost my ability to receive forgiveness (loss of salvation) and I am doing something that is apparently true (looks correct) but is actually wrong! In a nutshell, He told me that the Messianic/Hebrew Roots Movement is FOOLS GOLD! The building looks good. The arguments fit together very well, but it is ON THE WRONG FOUNDATION and is therefore COMPLETELY FALSE.
Yes, I was completely stunned!
Before I continue discussing the rest of what the Lord explained to me after this, please know that I understand all the arguments of the HR/M teachings. I know what they see when they read the Scriptures. It's like those pictures that look like one thing when you look at them at first, and then after you stare a little longer, they look like something else completely (I forget what those are called). The Christians see the first picture (just at first glance) and the HR/M see something else completely after they look at it a bit longer. BUT IT IS AN ILLUSION. Also remember that when people are deceived, they cannot see it. Nor will they be able to see it unless God Himself shines His Light to illuminate that person's heart. I know I cannot convince HR/M believers with my words alone, but I am praying that you will seek Him with an open heart, because that is the only way a person can break free from deception. All I can do is provide seeds of Truth that the Lord can work with in your lives. The HR/M movement is EXTREMELY SEDUCTIVE, EXTREMELY DECEPTIVE, AND EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE! But it is “specious wisdom,” and not based on the whole Truth of His Word. It is a matter of salvation and not be taken lightly.
The HR/M movement looks true on the surface, but it is fundamentally wrong! (Do you think satan would be able to deceive people if he did not use the Word of Truth and make it look authentic?) HR/M is on the wrong foundation altogether! Our foundation of faith in the Messiah is the apostles and the prophets (Eph 2:20) The HR/M movement changed it to the torah/law and prophets, which is not Scriptural at all, per the New Covenant writings. This very subtle change moves the course of the HR/M path away from the straight and narrow! It leads to destruction!
After He corrected my understanding with the message of the last vision, He had me go read the books of Galatians and Hebrews, so I read them in a plain King James Bible over and over and over and over and over, until the TRUTH of those books broke through the indoctrination of the HR/M teachings. One of the principle problems in the HR/M movement is they redefine terms and ideas in the Bible from their plain meaning. They call it a "renewed" covenant instead of what the Scripture ACTUALLY says, which is "New Covenant." They call it "legalism" instead of being "under the law." I'm not going to go too much into these sorts of details, because until a person breaks through the blindness of that extreme indoctrination, they will not see the Scriptures from the correct perspective.
I will provide this, though. He explained to me that the HR/M foundation is wrong; therefore, their entire doctrine is wrong. ALL OF IT. As hard as it may be to believe, this is the spiritual reality. Christianity is not the enemy of God, as some HR/M teachings imply. Yes, they do imply this (using nice words), which is why there is so much underlying animosity, contention, and strife between Christians and HR/M believers.
Paul is very clear in Galatians, that the Old Covenant is different and separate from the New Covenant. The New Covenant is NOT a continuation of the Old Covenant, as HR/M teachings insist. This is fundamentally wrong and the person who believes this will be taken down a path of destruction!
Please bear in mind that a Covenant is not the same thing as the Torah. The law is essentially the same, but the Sinai Covenant and the New Covenant in Yeshua’s Blood are different, and so are the spiritual principles that govern the application of the law under these two Covenants. Did you get that? The Covenant is not equivalent to the Torah. It is the Covenant that changed, and thereby changing the spiritual principles governing how the Torah/Law is to be applied to mankind. This is key to understanding the fundamental error in HR/M. Ask the Holy Spirit to illuminate this truth for you, and you will be set free. Once you get this basic truth, it will all hit you like a freight train in fast motion! Furthermore, the Abrahamic Covenant and the Sinai Covenant are not the same either, which is another discussion altogether.
In Galatians chapter 4 beginning at verse 21-31, Paul makes a very clear distinction between the Old and New Covenants:
21Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
24Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Here, Paul makes it very clear that he is talking about the two covenants:
1) The bondwoman Hagar, is the Old Covenant, which was given at Mt. Sinai. This one is bound to the natural laws outlined in the Torah.
25For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
2) The freewoman Sarai, is the New Covenant, which is heavenly and spiritual. This one is free from the natural laws in Torah.
27For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
Those born to the bondwoman (Old Covenant), natural Israel/Jews/Messianics, persecute those born after the Spirit who are free, that is the Christians.
30Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
Cast out the Old Covenant (bondwoman)! Why? Because those still sitting under the Old Covenant CANNOT and WILL NOT be heirs with those who sit under the New Covenant. These are very DIFFERENT and SEPARATE covenants. It does not mean that God changed. It just means He made a new covenant. He can do that because He is so much smarter than we are, and He makes covenants all the time!
31So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
We are not under the Old Covenant (bondwoman) but under the New Covenant (freewoman). We cannot be both free and bound. These two covenants are diametrically opposed and cannot coexist. We either sit under the Old or the New. These are the only two options.
I am telling you the Truth as the Lord has shown me. The Lord told me I had lost my "ability to receive forgiveness" because of how deeply I had gotten into the HR/M (even though I did not get nearly so deep as many others out there). To put it in Paul's terms, I had "fallen from grace," and so is the case with all who accept the HR/M teachings and place themselves under the Old Covenant. This is a MAJOR concern for all those out there who have been ensnared by this deception. Trying to keep Old Covenant laws (which are simply ceremonial shadows) and also New Covenant walking in the Spirit is equal to MIXING flesh and spirit. This cannot be! The natural Torah was a shadow of the spiritual Torah revealed in the New Covenant. It’s a shadow of the Messiah to come. The Torah is a shadow, but Yeshua/Jesus Himself is THE LIGHT. If we sit under the shadow, we are sitting in darkness and cannot see His Light. Christianity has not been wrong all along -- HR/M has been wrong all along. From its very foundation!
I officially went through deliverance and renounced all my associations with the HR/M movement, and I will warn as many people as will listen to me. This is VERY SERIOUS DECEPTION! He even showed me a prophecy in the book of Revelation that pertains to those in the HR/M movement, and they will be in for the shock of their life once the Tribulation begins.
Please run far away from the HR/M movement and spend time seeking Him in prayer and fasting, just reading the plain text in the Scriptures - especially the New Covenant writings. You cannot see the deception when you are in it, but He will show it to you if you seek Him with an open heart. The Holy Spirit has gently warned many of you for a long time now, but you have dismissed His warnings over and over. Allow Him to lead you out of this dangerous path and back into the Light, which is only Yeshua/Jesus. The focus of our faith should be Yeshua/Jesus, the Cross, and His Blood, all of which the HR/M movement have neglected and trampled upon, without even realizing it.
Just to finish this testimony, I'd like to add that after I renounced all HR/M involvement, I was able to cast out all the demonic spirits tormenting me, and now I have more peace and joy than you will ever find sitting under the shadow of the Old Covenant. Spend a month away from HR/M and just read Galatians and Hebrews over and over in prayer and fasting, and you, too will see it. The HR/M spends 98% of the time focusing on Torah and other "deeper wisdom," yet they completely neglect the work of the Cross (dying to the flesh) or teaching people to walk in the Spirit, so they will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. Incidentally, one of the sins Paul lists under works of the flesh is "heresies." This HR/M movement is an absolute heresy that will cost many unsuspecting believers their salvation and lead them to destruction.
The apostle Paul calls “accursed” those who teach a gospel other than what he preached. (Gal 1:8-9) This absolutely applies to those who teach this HR/M doctrine. He also calls those people who spread this doctrine of bondage “false brethren.” (Gal 2:4) So we, must also consider those in the HR/M movement false brethren and be careful to stay away from their teachings. These HR/M believers are very sincere and devoted to God, but so was Paul when he was murdering Christians, thinking he was doing God a service. I, too, taught these HR/M doctrines to people, and that is why I am writing this letter. We must humble ourselves and acknowledge before God that we, too, are capable of being deceived, no matter how intelligent we think we are. This is a true test of tests.
1 Cor 3:18 - “Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.”
1 Cor 8:2 - “And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.”
To any who may be reading this and are a part of the HR/M movement, please understand that I have been there and know exactly what you have been taught. The only way to see this truth is fasting and prayer with an open and sincere heart before God. The demonic powers behind this movement cause severe blindness that can only be broken through true humility before God.
<br class="kix-line-break">To any who are reading but are not a part of HR/M or have never even heard of it, please take this warning to as many brethren as you can. Teach all brethren, as Paul did, to turn away from such dangerous and destructive doctrines. This is a powerful end-time deception that will cause many their salvation. Do not even give audience to the arguments or teachings of HR/M because they will plant seeds of doubt in your hear that the adversary can later use to lure you into his web of lies. This is what happened to me.
Having now explained all that, I will say that my heart and my prayers are with all those sincere believers who are ensnared in this demonic trap. May His Light shine into their hearts and expose the deception, even as our Merciful Father did for me. Whosoever is so inclined, please join me in the same prayer for our brethren.
- A sister covered by the Blood of the Lamb
yaresh
P.S. For any HR/M believers who do not believe that God is blessing non-HR/M Christians, please step out of that HR/M idea and watch some powerful testimonies on www.sidroth.org This may help give you some additional perspective.
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And remember Paul's admonishing words: "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling."
