The Right Choice Pt 4

Before reading this I recommend that you read the previous parts of this entry, The Right Choice Part 1-3

1 Kings 13

And the king answereth and saith unto the man of Elohim, `Appease, I pray thee, the face of YHWH thy Elohim, and pray for me, and my hand doth come back unto me;' and the man of Elohim appeaseth the face of YHWH, and the hand of the king cometh back unto him, and it is as at the beginning. And the king speaketh unto the man of Elohim, `Come in with me to the house, and refresh thyself, and I give to thee a gift.' And the man of Elohim saith unto the king, `If thou dost give to me the half of thine house, I do not go in with thee, nor do I eat bread, nor do I drink water, in this place; for so He commanded me by the word of YHWH, saying, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink water, nor turn back in the way that thou hast come.' And he goeth on in another way, and hath not turned back in the way in which he came in unto Beth-El. And a certain aged prophet is dwelling in Beth-El, and his son cometh and recounteth to him all the deed that the man of Elohim hath done to-day in Beth-El, the words that he hath spoken unto the king, -- yea, they recount them to their father. And their father saith unto them, `Where [is] this -- the way he hath gone?' and his sons see the way that the man of Elohim hath gone who came from Judah. And he saith unto his sons, `Saddle for me the ass,' and they saddle for him the ass, and he rideth on it, and goeth after the man of Elohim, and findeth him sitting under the oak, and saith unto him, `Art thou the man of Elohim who hast come from Judah?' and he saith, `I [am].' And he saith unto him, `Come with me to the house, and eat bread.' And he saith, `I am not able to turn back with thee, and to go in with thee, nor do I eat bread or drink with thee water in this place, for a word [is] unto me by the word of YHWH, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink there water, thou dost not turn back to go in the way in which thou camest.' And he saith to him, `I also [am] a prophet like thee, and a messenger spake unto me by the word of YHWH, saying, Bring him back with thee unto thy house, and he doth eat bread and drink water;' -- he hath lied to him. And he turneth back with him, and eateth bread in his house, and drinketh water. And it cometh to pass -- they are sitting at the table -- and a word of YHWH is unto the prophet who brought him back, and he calleth unto the man of Elohim who came from Judah, saying, `Thus said YHWH, Because that thou hast provoked the mouth of YHWH, and hast not kept the command that YHWH thy Elohim charged thee, and turnest back and dost eat bread and drink water in the place of which He said unto thee, Thou dost not eat bread nor drink water -- thy carcass cometh not in unto the burying-place of thy fathers.' And it cometh to pass, after his eating bread, and after his drinking, that he saddleth for him the ass, for the prophet whom he had brought back, and he goeth, and a lion findeth him in the way, and putteth him to death, and his carcass is cast in the way, and the ass is standing near it, and the lion is standing near the carcass. And lo, men are passing by, and see the carcass cast in the way, and the lion standing near the carcass, and they come and speak [of it] in the city in which the old prophet is dwelling.

In 1 Kings 13: 6-25, we see a prophet sent by YHWH to Jereboam to prophesy against the altar in Bethel. The prophet was told not to eat or drink there and to leave by a different way. He left by a different way and sat to rest under an oak tree. Many people would think this is harmless, but the sitting under an oak tree is a reference to Mithraism / Nimrodism, where Nimrod had set up an oak tree and made it a magical shade tree, where 100,000 people could sit under it to receive shade.

Its placement here showed that the prophet's heart was not totally for YHWH. That why he was so easily persuaded to disobey YHWH.

When we place our trust on an untruth, it is easy for the twin to influence us away from YHWH. That is how he persuaded Chavah (Eve) to eat the forbidden fruit.

That was why the prophet was easily persuaded to disobey YHWH. His heart was divid-ed between YHWH and Nimrod, who called himself mediator, son of elohim, the lamb of elohim and various other names.

YHWH told us in Deut 6: 13, "YHWH thy Elohim thou dost fear, and Him thou dost serve, and by His name thou dost swear;" We are to only serve YHWH. Deut 13:1-5 and Ex 20: 18-21 tell us that YHWH would test us, Deut 8:2,16.

2) and thou hast remembered all the way which YHWH thy Elohim hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to test thee, to know that which [is] in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not.

16) who is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness, which thy fathers have not known, in order to humble thee, and in order to test thee, to do thee good in thy latter end).

In 1 Kings 13, YHWH sent a prophet to this half hearted prophet to test him, to see if he laved YHWH with all his heart. This prophet was easily swayed with a lie and it cost him his life.

In the beginning YHWH planted a garden. What is a garden? A garden is a plot for growing plants, a place for / of recreation.

YHWH planted this garden in Eden. What is Eden? Eden means pleasure. So this was a garden of pleasure.

In this garden were two trees. The Hebrew word for tree is ets, (xu) (6086 SNS). It is derived from (hxu) etsah (6095 – 6098 SNS). One of the definitions of etsah is advice, a plan and prudence.

Prudence is caution, discretion, foresight, forethought, precaution, thrift, and husbandry. These speak of the ability to make choices and which choices will be chosen

Advice is counsel, information or report or intelligence.

A tree is something that contains food. Whether it is food for the mind, soul, heart or body. Food for the body is fruit and vegetables. Food for the heart, mind and soul is information.

There are two trees in question in the garden, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the tree of the life. Since Adam chose the tree of the knowledge of good and evil over the tree of the life, YHWH set a guard over the tree of the life. The best way to guard something is to hide it so it is hard to find, but it is not impossible to find, life.

In Deut 4 we read about the path to prosperity and life. At this point in the life of Israel, Israel had chosen YHWH as king, father and Elohim. Since they made that choice, YHWH could tell them all that that choice brings them and what they must do as a result of choosing that choice and what they can do with that choice.

In here we are told that Israel can not add to the instruction nor take away from the instruction or choice that they have made.

If the Bible contains both choices, where is the other choice? How is that choice incorporated into the word? Is YHWH fair in allowing that to be?

Let's begin by pointing out what the two choices are. The two choices are these, the worship of YHWH and the worship of the creation.

Where is the other choice? How is that choice incorporated into the word? The answer to these questions is the same. They are incorporated the same way we mix the worship of YHWH with the worship of creation.

In the beginning, we see some very basic things. We see two basic commands and we see how they are violated. The very first command YHWH gives to man is to be fruitful and multiply. If YHWH wants us to be fruitful and multiplying, would YHWH make a command to hinder that command? The answer to that is no, of course. So, since that is the case, any doctrine or command that would hinder that is of the creation and not of YHWH. YHWH is in the business of marriage and family, not celibacy. So, Gen 2: 24-25 are of YHWH and 1 Cor 7: 8, 26 is not YHWH, but of creation.