DAUGHTERS OF ZION

OUR BROTHER’S KEEPERS

Today I am going to discuss the topic of the daughters of Zion in relationship to our responsibility to one another in helping each enter into eternal life.

When YEHWEH came and asked Cain where His brother was, Cain’s response was, “How do I know, am I my brother’s keeper”

I will tell you that we are, unless we want to share in the guilt of our Brother’s blood, just as Cain spilled his brother’s blood to the ground.

Let’s examine that thought, what did Yehshua say the night before His murder;

John 13:12-15

12 So after He had washed their feet, and had taken His garments, and was set down again, He said unto them, do you know what I have done to you?

13 You call me Master and Lord: and you say well; for so I am.

14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another's feet.

15 For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.

Many have turned this into a Passover ritual when this did not even happen on the night of the Passover, it was the night before. Earlier that night, Yehshua had shown that the water is a symbol of His blood.

Yehshua is telling His disciples that we need to help keep one another cleansed in His blood, walking in the truth. We are each other’s servants.

He is referring to spiritual cleanliness. Peter had just responded that He wash his whole body. Yehshua responded, you are not all unclean, except one of you.

Why was He saying this, they had been forgiven, all but one who had not truly repented. Their sins had been wiped clean through repentance and
He was getting ready to turn the water that they were baptized in earlier, into His blood by fulfilling the contract to pay the price for their sins.

However, He knew that they would still sin; therefor these sins need to be brought under the blood as well. We are to help one another, not by turning our cheek and allowing them to walk in their sins.

We are to help keep one another on the narrow path, encouraging one another to walk in the light.

Being a servant has many responsibilities, one of which is being willing to lay down our life for one another and another is protecting one another from harm or danger.

I have mentioned before that I do not know if the author of the book of James was Yehshua’s earthly brother or the disciple James but I do believe He was guided by Elohiym’s spirit when he wrote;

James 5:19-20

19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one revert (or turn) him;

20 Let him know, that he which reverts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

This is serious business; our journey into the Kingdom is a fight. Our Creator wants us engaging in the building of His family, fighting for one another on each other’s behalf, helping one another into His family.

Yes, it is each individual’s choices that matter and we cannot give His way of life to anyone because each has to want it, however, it is our responsibility to show them their error out of love for them, not to stand idly by and watch them march into the lake of fire.

Whoever the author was of the book of Jude also spoke the truth when he wrote;

21 Keep yourselves in the love of Elohiym, looking for the mercy of our Lord Yehshua unto eternal life.

22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:

23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

Is it love to let someone continue to drive their car towards the cliff without yelling for them to stop and turn around?

Instead, we live in a culture that says none of us is without sin anyway; after all, nobody is perfect, we all sin, etc., etc…

People want to quote Yehshua saying make sure the log is out of your eye before trying to remove the spec out of another’s eye, this is solid advice that I will quote myself in a bit.

Yehshua is talking about judging and being hypocrites in our judging. He is also saying that our personal judgment, apart from our Creator’s judgment is worthless.

When He told the Pharisees that they had omitted the weightier matters of the law; “judgment,” mercy and faith, He was telling them that they had left out righteous divine judgment. He uses the Greek word “krisis” here which is judgment that leads to final judgment. We need Elohiym’s spirit for this kind of judgment.

They were full of man’s type of judgment; this type of judgment is described by Yehshua with the Greek word “krino.”

When He told them that they had omitted judgment, He certainly was not referring to their personal judgment because they were full of that and full of themselves. No, they had omitted the type of judgment that leads to damnation.

We must make sure that we have His Spirit living in us so we can exercise divine judgment and revert or turn a brother or sister if they are transgressing the law.

With that in mind, I am going to give some examples of some things that need to change as we make straight our paths to prepare for our Messiah’s return.

The following admonishment is being given out of love for all of you that I hope repent and come through the destruction that is about ready to begin. We are commanded to become perfect. Today I am going to start by discussing the daughters of Zion.

Yehshua was magnifying the law to His disciples and we read him telling them;

Matt 5:27-29

27 You have heard that it was said by them of old time, you shall not commit adultery:

28 But I say unto you, that whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

29 And if your right eye offends you (causes you to stumble), pluck it out, and cast it from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into the lake of fire.

Yehshua is using some pretty powerful symbolism here. He is telling these men that if they even look at a woman who is not their wife with desire, they have committed adultery on a spiritual plain.

He says if you cannot control your eye, it would be better that you pluck it out and be blind than to let your adulterous ways lead you to the lake of fire.

Women, as serious of an admonition that this is for men, do you think that you do not have a role in this? Do you think that women will be dressed like they are today in the millennium?

I can tell you on the authority of ‘EL Shadai, the answer is no. If you want to enter into that era of time, you will need to make straight your paths now. Here is the warning passage about the daughters of Zion for these last days, the prophesy has some dual meanings but the symbolism used pertaining to women is a powerful warning for the women of this generation;

Isa 3:16-26

16 Moreover YEHWEH says, because the daughters of Zion are lifted up, and walk with their necks spread open and coquettish or flirting eyes, walking in a flirtatious step as they go with their ankle decorations:

17 Therefore ‘Adonay will scrape the crown off of the heads of the daughters of Zion, and YEHWEH will discover their secret parts (this is a graphic description here using a word that is used elsewhere as a hinge referring to a hole and a pin, it used in a way denoting female shame).

18 In that day ‘Adonay will take away the ornaments and their ankle bracelets, and the braiding of their hair, and their necklaces,

19 their ear rings, and their bracelets, and their long veils,

20 their embellishing head dresses, and their ankle chains, and their ornamental girdles, and the life that is within their houses, and their eloquent prayers,

21 Their rings, their ear rings and their facial jewelry,

22 their easily drawn off clothing, outer garments, veils, and pockets. (ie; designer jeans)

23 Their mirrors, their skirt wrappers, their scarfs, and the spreading of their veils.

24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet fragrance, there shall be rotten stink; and instead of an apron belt, a rope; and instead of beautiful hair, baldness; and instead of a beautiful cloak, a girding of sackcloth; and a scar instead of beauty.

25 Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in war.

26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

This is does not sound good. Women, you need to take on modesty, cover your bodies, and be careful with your eyes.

Look up these words and see if this is not what Isaiah is saying. This is a powerful warning. Do you think if your actions cause a man to need to pluck out his eye that you will be held blameless?

This could even be said of the photos that you send to others or how you represent of yourselves.

Isaiah is describing modern ward robes for women to a “T”, how they expose their shoulders and necks, or even their breasts. How they adorn themselves with Jewelry and their hair embellishments and tight revealing clothing.

How about make-up? Surely that had to be covered;

Jer 4:30

30 And when you are spoiled, what will you do? Though you clothed yourself with scarlet, though you adorned yourself with shiny trappings, though you enhanced your eyes and painted your face, in vain shall you make yourself fair; your lovers will despise you, they will seek your life.

This verse has prophetic meaning in it as well but Jeremiah uses the physical scornful ways of women as symbolism because it has a dual meaning applying to women as well.

Women, these things will not be in the thousand year reign of Yehshua and the Kingdom of Elohiym, so if you want to live into that era of time, why not repent now.

Older women that think you have nothing to reveal, set the example and teach the younger women modesty by your example.

If you don’t believe me, you simply do not believe your Creator, because like Isaiah and Jeremiah, I am speaking on His behalf.

Why do you dress the way you do anyway? What is the adorning of jewelry for, what is its purpose? Why do you need to paint your eyes and face and all of the other embellishments? Why do you need the revealing clothing and tight pants? Why does the skin have to show?

What is the potential of being a stumbling block to a brother by exposing your legs or your breasts or drawing attention to yourself in any way?

There is a self-proclaiming prophet in the world today who claims that he is one of the two witnesses and his wife who adorns herself is the other.
I think that I actually remember him saying that HIS church, the church of god-pkg owns some of her elaborate jewelry?

The reason that he gives for it, that when they are stuck somewhere in the coming tribulation, they might need the jewelry for bartering power, he calls it being wise.

Do you think that ‘El Shadai’s two witnesses are going to need jewelry for bartering power when this all begins?

If you women want to hold onto your adorning, you might want to follow him, he preaches moderation on these things, as well as with all things.

With his teachings you will not have to put your complete trust in Elohiym because you can go to doctors and you don’t have to keep all of the commandments, just his organization’s false version of YEHWEH’s feasts and Sabbaths.

And, of course he throws in some other smooth sounding teachings that are laced with part truths just like Paul and all other false teachers do.

I am telling you it does not matter what He thinks is true nor what you or what I think is true, it is only what YEHWEH tells us is true. If your father is telling you something different than what I am telling you today, your Father is a liar and the Father of lies.

My Lord and elder Brother did not speak lightly when He told those men that if their eye causes them to lust, to pluck it out. I can assure you that He will not hold you women guiltless if you reject what He has told me to tell you.

Men, you are not exempt from this either. If you think your spandex at the gym is okay, you lie to yourselves. Do you think that you cannot have flirtatious eyes? We need to cover our bodies when we are in public. I am not talking about semi-modesty; I am talking about complete modesty, loving one another enough to care about being a stumbling block to them.

Our true beauty is that which comes from with-in, but our physical appearance shows where our hearts are. If you think it does not matter how your actions can affect another, you simply lie to yourself and the truth is not in you.

You might ask me where is the love in what I am saying? I am sick of seeing the world murder one another. Yes, if you are causing your brother or sister to stumble, you are murdering them.

If you fail to correct them and let them continue on their journey to the lake of fire, you are guilty of their blood as well. I am just using the example of modesty today but this warning applies to all sin or all stumbling blocks.

The following prophesy that was given to Ezekiel to record is being lived out before our eyes as so many prophesies that are recorded are, but this one applies to us all if you see that the Messiah is soon to return.

We must all sound the warning trumpet because the destruction is on its way, and yes, we had sure better make sure that the log is out of our own eye before we do;

Ezek 33:1-20

1 Again the word of YEHWEH came unto me, saying,

2 when I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

3 If when he sees the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

4 Then whosoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and takes not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; HIS BLOOD SHALL BE UPON HIM. But he that takes warning shall deliver his soul.

6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; BUT HIS BLOOD WILL I REQUIRE AT THE WATCHMAN'S HAND.

7 I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die; if you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; BUT HIS BLOOD WILL I REQUIRE AT YOUR HAND.

9 Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, HE SHALL DIE IN HIS INIQUITY; but you have delivered your soul.

10 If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we live then?

11 As I live, says YEHWEH ELOHIYM, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn you, turn you from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?

12 The righteousness of the righteous (our own righteousness) shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live because of his righteousness in the day that HE SINS.

13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trusts to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all of his righteousness shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he has committed he will be remembered, HE SHALL DIE FOR IT.

14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, YOU SHALT SURELY DIE; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; HE SHALL SURELY LIVE, HE SHALL NOT DIE.

16 None of his sins that he has committed shall be mentioned to him: he has done that which is lawful and right; HE SHALL SURELY LIVE.

17 Yet the children of your people say the way of YEHWEH is not fair: but as for them, their way is not fair.

18 When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, HE SHALL EVEN DIE THEREBY.

19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, HE SHALL LIVE THEREBY.

20 Yet you say, the way of YEHWEH is not fair. O you house of Israel, I WILL JUDGE YOU EVERY ONE AFTER HIS WAYS.