The Refining Fire

How did the Hasmoneans set the fire that refined the Children of Truth?

The Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) came to this earth in the fullness of time to live a perfect life in accordance with the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law), so he could bring redemption to those who could not live a perfect life in accordance with the Law of Truth  (Galatians 4:4-7).

One reason it was the fullness of time, was that the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) had been suffering persecution from those in charge of the religious institutions, since the time of the Hasmoneans.  These religious institutions included the Sanhedrin, and the courts that convened in synagogues throughout the Jewish world.  These religious institutions were controlled by the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the priests of the Temple.

The Sanhedrin carried out the unjust trial of the Man of Truth.  The Sanhedrin, and the unjust courts spread throughout the Jewish world, were one of the major persecutors of the Children of Truth until well after the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD.

This persecution was the refining fire that separated those truly committed to the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD), from those who only gave Him lip service.  It left no room for being half-committed.  The refining fire forced the Children of Truth to be all in, and everyone else to be all out.

This refining fire caused the gift of the Maccabees to continue to be the gift that keeps on giving.  This refining fire was needed, so the Children of Truth could be part of how the Maccabees help spread the Gospel.  This refining fire was so important, that the Father of Truth caused the rise and fall of empires to bring it about.  Those going through this refining fire, often could not see the hidden hand of the Father of Truth in their circumstances.

The story of how the Hasmoneans helped bring about the fullness of time is tied to the Greeks and the Maccabees.  This is just another example of Greco-Judeo wrestling.

The Father of Truth brought about the unified Greek Empire, and then split it into four smaller Greek Empires, including the Seleucid Empire (Daniel 11:2-4).

Later, an emperor of the Seleucid Empire, Antiochus Epiphanes (Antiochus IV), waged war on the Law of Truth in an effort to assimilate the Jews into the Greek culture, and many of the Jews joined him in this effort (Daniel 11:28-31).   However, the Jews loyal to the Law of Truth, were led by the Maccabees into doing great exploits to resist him to preserve the Law of Truth (Daniel 11:32).

The Hasideans (Chasidim) were the Children of Truth that became part of the Maccabees, because they accepted the Original Covenant (Tanakh aka The Old Testament) as the complete message of the Father of Truth, until the Messiah of Israel should appear.

After the Maccabees, the refining fire came to separate out those Jews unwilling to compromise on the Law of Truth, from those Jews willing to be assimilated into Greek culture (Daniel 11:33-35).

The Hasmoneans were the rulers of Judea during those years.

During the reign of the Hasmoneans, the Pharisees came out of the Hasideans.  When the Pharisees, began adding the Oral Torah to the Original Covenant, the Hasideans did not just go along to get along.  Eventually, the Pharisees had to leave the Hasideans to form their own party.  The Hasideans ceased to exists a party at this time, but the term still applied to those, who were faithful to the Father of Truth.

The Sadducees, on the other hand, came from those Jews, who were willing to assimilate completely into Greek identity, that sided with Antiochus Epiphanes against the Maccabees.  During the reign of the Hasmoneans, they came to accept that the Law of Truth as the complete message of the Father of Truth, and rejected the rest of the Original Covenant.  They then applied Greek philosophy and logic to interpreting the Law of Truth.

The Hasmonean High Priests were corrupt, and soon corrupted most of the chief priests, as well as many of the regular priests of the Temple.  Over time, almost all of the chief priests were Sadducees.  After the last Hasmonean High Priest, all of the High Priests were Sadducees as well.

Also during the reign of the Hasmoneans, the Sanhedrin rose to power, and it was controlled by the Pharisees and Sadducees, with many of its members being chief priests.  Soon, the corrupt rulings of the Sanhedrin, became the basis for the rulings of the local courts as well.

All during this time, the Hasideans continued to be a small, and often persecuted minority.  They were often faced with the choice of persecution or compromise.  Those who chose persecution, remained Hasideans, and became separated from those, who chose compromise.  So, the Hasideans became smaller in number, but greater in commitment.  They were the first to go through the refining fire started by the Hasmoneans.

The synagogues that the Hasideans attended eventually came under control of the Pharisees.  They had little choice but to attend the synagogue, since their entire community was literally built around the synagogue.  It was the only place that gave them access to the Original Covenant, since the hand written scrolls were very expensive.

The Pharisees made things harder and harder for the Hasideans, as they added more and more of their traditions to the Law of Truth.  While some of these traditions were harmless, others were actually contrary to the Law of Truth.

Those Hasideans, who spoke against these traditions in the synagogue, were persecuted.  In some cases, they were ostracized to the point, that other members of the synagogue would not even eat with them.  In some cases, they were tried and beaten in the synagogue.  In some cases, they were put out of the synagogue, leaving them no choice but to move to an unfamiliar city, or a far away land.  In some cases, they were killed.

The struggle of the Hasideans was not in vain, for they set an example of remaining faithful to the Father of Truth in the face of fiery persecution by corrupt religious leaders.

This same refining fire that the Hasideans went through, still burned when people began following the Man of Truth.  

Like the Hasideans, corrupt religious leaders raised up persecution against the followers of the Man of Truth (Acts 13:50).  Corrupt religious leaders also stirred up other people to persecute them (Acts 14:2-5).  Corrupt religious leaders created trouble for them as well (Acts 17:5-8).  Corrupt religious leaders raised up civil unrest against them too (Acts 18:12).

Like the Hasideans, corrupt religious leaders raised up false witnesses against followers of the Man of Truth (Acts 6:11-14).  Corrupt religious leaders made false accusations against them also (Acts 21:27-29).  Corrupt religious leaders brought charges without evidence against them as well (Acts 25:7-8).

Like the Hasideans, followers of the Man of Truth were delivered up to councils of the corrupt religious leaders, and they were flogged in synagogues (Matthew 10:17).  They were also beaten in the synagogues (Mark 13:9).  They too were persecuted in the synagogues (Luke 21:12).

Like the Hasideans, followers of the Man of Truth were put out of the synagogues (John 9:22).  They were also put out of the synagogues for telling the truth (John 9:31-34).  Those, who were rulers of the synagogues, were put out of the synagogues as well (John 12:42).

Like the Hasideans, followers of the Man of Truth were not only put out of the synagogues, but killed by corrupt religious leaders (John 16:2).  They too were killed by corrupt religious leaders (Acts 7:58-60).  Corrupt religious leaders stirred up those worshiping in the Temple to kill them also (Acts 21:30-31).

Like the Hasideans, corrupt religious leaders looked for opportunities to kill the followers of the Man of Truth (Acts 9:23-24).  Corrupt religious leaders laid in wait to kill them also (Acts 20:3).  Corrupt religious leaders conspired to kill them too (Acts 23:12-15).

Like the Hasideans, followers of the Man of Truth were handed over to be killed by their own families (Matthew 10:21).  They were also betrayed by their own families (Mark 13:12).  They too were betrayed by their friends (Luke 21:16).

Like the Hasideans, followers of the Man of Truth were forced to flee to different cities to escape this persecution (Matthew 10:23).  Corrupt religious leaders pursued them into other cities, to bring persecution there as well (Acts 14:19).  Corrupt religious leaders also pursued them into other cities, to stir up those cities against them (Acts 17:13).

Like the Hasideans, this persecution was the refining fire that forced the Children of Truth to be completely committed to following the Man of Truth.   The Hasmoneans shaped the Jewish world to leave no room for compromise by setting the refining fire.

This fire refined some of the Pharisees.

Not all of the Pharisees were enemies of the Man of Truth, for some of them warned him to escape, when Herod Antipas (Antipas II) sought to kill him (Luke 13:31-33).

("Herod" had became a title by this point of those claiming the right to rule as a descendant of Herod the Great.  This was similar to the Hasmoneans adopting the title Hasmonean to show that they came from Matthias the Priest.  None of the descendants of Herod the Great were given the name of "Herod" as a baby, except for Herod the Great.)

Some of the Pharisees, believed that the miracles that the Man of Truth did, showed that he was the Messiah of Israel sent by the Father of Truth, even though he did them on the Sabbath, contrary to the Oral Torah (John 9:16).

There were Pharisees, who believed that the Man of Truth was the Messiah of Israel, in the congregation of the Children of Truth in Jerusalem, but thought that Gentiles had to be circumcised to be saved (Acts 15:4-6).  These Pharisees were later convinced by the writings of the Prophets of Truth that this was not the case, and were part of the entire congregation that sent out messengers confirming this (Acts 15:13-22).

Among these believing Pharisees, was Paul the Jew, who still identified himself as a Pharisee, after he completed his third mission to the Gentiles to tell them about the hope and resurrection that came from the Man of Truth (Acts 23:6).  It was the Pharisees in the Sanhedrin, who sought to release Paul the Jew in the trial, because he was a Pharisee (Acts 23:9).

Paul the Jew had learned to live by the strict requirements of a Pharisee from a young age (Acts 26:4-5).

Paul the Jew had learned to fast often, as all Pharisees did (Matthew 9:14).  In fact, he had learned to fast twice every week (Mondays and Thursdays), besides fasting for certain holidays (Luke 18:11-12).  He continued to keep up the useful disciplines required of Pharisees, like fasting often, the entire time that he spent going on missions to tell people the Good News about the Man of Truth being the Messiah of Israel (2 Corinthians 11:23-27).

Paul the Jew had learned to keep the Law of Truth as a Pharisee (Philippians 3:3-5).  When he came into the House of Truth, he threw out useless things that he had learned as a Pharisee, like the Oral Torah, which had blinded him from seeing that the Man of Truth was the Messiah of Israel, but still kept the useful things for spreading the Good News that he had learned (Philippians 3:6-9).

Paul the Jew continued to live as a Pharisee, in order to bring the Good News to Jews everywhere he went (1 Corinthians 9:20-23).

Since Paul the Jew had continued to dress and live as a Pharisee, he was invited to speak whenever he visited a synagogue, and then used that opportunity to tell the people there the Good News about the Man of Truth (Acts 13:14-39).  Since he was a Pharisee, the Jewish people in Rome came to hear his explanation of how the Man of Truth fulfilled what was written about the Messiah of Israel in the Original Covenant (Acts 28:16-23).  For this reason, people continued to come to his house to hear him for two more years (Acts 28:29-31).

This fire refined some of the priests.

Zacharias the priest and his wife, the daughter of a priest, were obedient in every way to the Father of Truth, even though they were old and never been given children (Luke 1:5-7).  This priest was faithful to carry out his duties in the Temple in the way commanded in the Law of Truth (Luke 1:8-10).

His son, John the Baptist (Yochanon the Mikvah Man), was the Faithful Priest that prepared the people of Israel for the Messiah of Israel.

After the Apostles of Truth resumed teaching in the Temple, many of the priests came into the House of Truth (Acts 6:7).

This fire refined some in the Sanhedrin.

Joseph of Arimathaea was also a follower of the Man of Truth (Matthew 27:57).  He was one of the leaders of the Sanhedrin (Mark 15:43).  He had voted against condemning the Man of Truth in his unjust trial before the Sanhedrin (Luke 23:50-51).  He had kept his relationship with the Man of Truth a secret, out of fear of the Sanhedrin, until he asked Pilate for the body of the Man of Truth, so he could bury it in his own tomb (John 19:38-42).

Nicodemus was a Pharisee, and part of the Sanhedrin that ruled over the Jews in religious matters, but he sought out the Man of Truth secretly, to learn what he needed to do to be in right standing with the Father of Truth (John 3:1-21).  He spoke up for just treatment of the Man of Truth, when other members of the Sanhedrin were plotting against him (John 7:45-51).  He helped give the Man of Truth an honorable burial (John 19:39-42).

After the resurrection of the Man of Truth, Gamaliel, a Pharisee, and possibly the head of the Sanhedrin at the time, warned against mistreating the Apostles of Truth, when the Sanhedrin sought to kill them (Acts 5:33-39). This famous Pharisee, and member of the Sanhedrin, was the teacher of Paul the Jew (Shaul aka Saul aka The Apostle Paul) (Acts 22:3).  (While Gamaliel is revered by some Rabbinic Jews, his name has been blotted out by others, who contend that he became a follower of the Man of Truth.)

This fire refined some in the synagogues.

Multitudes from the synagogues followed the Man of Truth (Matthew 4:23-25).  So many from the synagogues followed him, that he told his disciples to pray for more laborers (Matthew 9:35-38).

Everyone gave glory to the Man of Truth when he operated in the power of the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) in the synagogues (Luke 4:14-15).  The people of the synagogue rejoiced when the Man of Truth healed on the Sabbath, even though the corrupt religious leader was angry about it (Luke 13:14-17).

The ruler of a synagogue sought out the Man of Truth to heal his daughter (Mark 5:22-23).  This ruler of a synagogue had faith that the Man of Truth would raise his daughter from the dead (Mark 5:35-43).

Many of the Jews and Gentiles in the synagogue at Antioch in Psidia believed Paul the Jew, when he preached that the Man of Truth was the Messiah of Israel (Acts 13:14-43).  Many of the Jews and Gentiles in the synagogue at Iconium believed the Good News (Acts 14:1).  Some of the Jews and Gentiles in the synagogue at Thessaloniki believed Paul the Jew, when he preached that the Man of Truth was the Messiah of Israel (Acts 17:1-4).  Many of the Jews and Gentiles in the synagogue at Berea believed, that the Man of Truth fulfilled what was written in the Original Covenant about the Messiah of Israel (Acts 17:10-12).  Many of the Jews and Greeks in the synagogue at Corinth were persuaded by Paul the Jew (Acts 18:1-4).  The Jews at synagogue of Ephesus desired to hear more about the Man of Truth (Acts 18:19-21).  The people at synagogue of Ephesus listened as Apollos the Jew spoke boldly about the Man of Truth (Acts 18:24-26).

The chief ruler and the angel of the synagogue of Corinth believed, that the Man of Truth was the Messiah of Israel, and were baptized as a public witness of their faith (Acts 18:7-8).

This fire refined some in the Temple.

Simeon prophesied in the Temple, that the Man of Truth was the Messiah of Israel (Luke 2:25-35).  Annas the Prophetess of Truth in like manner testified in the Temple, that he was the Messiah of Israel (Luke 2:36-38).

The blind and the lame were healed by the Man of Truth in the Temple, because they recognized that he was the Messiah of Israel (Matthew 21:14-15).

The people of Israel were very attentive to hear the Man of Truth teaching in the Temple (Luke 19:47-48).   They came early in the morning to the Temple to hear him (Luke 21:37-38).  They sat in the Temple to hear his teachings (John 8:1-2).

The disciples of the Man of Truth were continually praising the Father of Truth in the Temple for his resurrection and ascension back to Heaven (Luke 24:51-53).  They praised Him in the Temple for the signs and wonders, which confirmed the message of the Apostles of Truth about the Man of Truth (Acts 2:42-47).

When the lame beggar at the gate of the Temple began dancing in the Temple after being healed, then many people in the Temple ran to hear Peter the Jew and John the Jew tell them about the Man of Truth  (Acts 3:8-11).  Multitudes in the Temple came into the House of Truth, when signs and wonders confirmed the message of the Apostles of Truth in the Temple (Acts 5:12-14).

This fire refined some in other places.

Many people in Israel believed the preaching of John the Baptist to repent of breaking the Law of Truth, and were baptized, even though the corrupt religious leaders sought to be baptized without repenting (Matthew 3:1-8).  They believed that he was a Prophet of Truth, even though the corrupt religious leaders of the Temple did not (Matthew 21:23-27).  They believed that he was that Prophet of Truth, who would prepare people for the Messiah of Israel (Mark 1:2-5).

The corrupt religious leaders knew, that many people in Judea came to the Man of Truth to be baptized (John 4:1-3).

The lame man testified to the corrupt religious leaders in Jerusalem, that he had been healed by the Man of Truth (John 5:8-15).  The man born blind also testified to the corrupt religious leaders in Jerusalem, that he had been healed by the Man of Truth (John 9:13-15).

Many of the people of Israel came to hear the Man of Truth in Bethany, because they believed that he was the Messiah of Israel, after he had raised Lazarus from the dead, even though the corrupt religious leaders wanted to kill Lazarus (John 12:9-11).

Multitudes near Jerusalem rejoiced, that the Man of Truth was the Messiah of Israel (Matthew 21:8-11).  They rejoiced, that he would restore the kingdom of David (Mark 11:8-10).  They rejoiced, that he was the King promised by the Father of Truth, even though it displeased the corrupt religious leaders (Luke 19:37-39).  They rejoiced, that he was the Savior sent by the Father of Truth, despite the opposition of the corrupt religious leaders (John 12:12-19).

About three thousand people in Jerusalem came into the House of Truth, when Peter the Jew preached about the resurrection, after the corrupt religious leaders had the Man of Truth crucified (Acts 2:31-41).  The Gentiles with Cornelius the Italian were also baptized, when they believed the same Good News about the Man of Truth overcoming the corrupt religious leaders (Acts 10:44-48).

When the unbelieving Jews persecuted Paul the Jew at the synagogue in Ephesus, the believing Jews and Greeks left the synagogue to hear him in the yeshiva (school of disputing) of Tyrannus (Acts 19:8-10). 

When Paul the Jew returned to Jerusalem, there were many thousands of Jews following the Man of Truth while keeping the Law of Truth, despite the false accusations of the corrupt religious leaders against Paul the Jew (Acts 21:17-24).

All of these chose to follow the Man of Truth whole-heartedly, because the refining fire of persecution by the corrupt religious leaders left them no option of following him half-heartedly.

By the time that John the Jew was on the isle of Patmos, twenty-five years after the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD, the refining fire had accomplished its purpose for that time.

The true Jews are Jews in their heart, not only in their flesh (Romans 2:28-29).  The synagogues ran by the corrupt religious leaders had driven out the followers of the Man of Truth, so that they had no more true Jews in them (Revelation 2:9).  So, these synagogues were ruled by the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan Aka The Devil), instead of the Father of Truth (Revelation 3:9).

However, the refining fire started by the Hasmoneans has been continued by the corrupt religious leaders of the False Church of Rome since that time.  This has forced people to choose to be committed to the Man of Truth or the False Church of Rome over the centuries.  Those refined by the fire even died to keep the incorruptible Word found in the Book of Truth from being corrupted.  People like John Wycliffe chose the Man of Truth, and were killed by the False Church of Rome for doing so.  Others, like the Pilgrims, completely separated themselves from every custom of the False Church of Rome to the point of fleeing to first an unfamiliar city, and then a far away land, just like many of the Hasideans.

The refining fire continues to burn in many places today, where the Children of Truth face persecution from corrupt religious leaders of various religions.  The fire has been refining them in places dominated by Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, and Animistic religions.  Ironically, one of the few countries where such persecution has greatly lessened over the last century is Israel, where the Hasmoneans started the refining fire.

In countries historically dominated by the False Church of Rome, like those in Europe, the refining fire has largely gone out.  The corrupt religious leaders have adopted a different tactic in most of these countries.  They have been following the successful model of corrupt religious leaders in America.

Corrupt religious leaders are the hidden danger, that has Americans deceived into believing that following the Man of Truth half-heartedly is an option.  They have spread the great deception in American churches, that people can be followers of the Man of Truth, without following the instructions of the Man of Truth  They have American church members unaware of the danger they are in, like those who were sleeping in Galveston.  They are the reason, that those Americans following the Man of Truth whole-heartedly, feel like they are drowning in a lukewarm sea. 

Corrupt religious leaders have changed the American Spirit to be another spirit besides the Spirit of Truth.  They have worked through a subtle influence to change the laws of America to no longer be based on the Law of Truth.  They are the reason that the death of America is certain. 

Corrupt religious leaders in countries without the refining fire have done this subtly, like a snake in the leaves.  They have thrown a global Christmas party as part of their efforts to redefine what a Christian is.  They have been quietly attacking the Doctrine of Truth, and casting doubt in the minds of congregations about the integrity of the Book of Truth.  They have called for a "Christian unity", which relies on the Children of Truth compromising the teachings of the Man of Truth, so they can unite with the False Church of Rome.

The truth is that people can only be saved by being completely committed to the Man of Truth.  He would rather have people completely committed to the Father of Lies, than half-committed to himself (Revelation 3:14-16).

For this reason, the refining fire is soon going to cover the Earth, to force everyone to either be completely committed to the Father of Truth or completely committed to the Father of Lies!

There will be no option of half-commitment, when people have to either accept the mark of worship of the Man of Lies (The Antichrist aka The Beast), OR die for the Man of Truth (Revelation 20:4)!

The Man of Truth is coming to take away only those completely committed to obeying him, before the refining fire engulfs the world (Luke 21:36).  It is only those, who heed the warning of "People get ready!", who will escape the refining fire that is coming!

You must come into the House of Truth now, in order to not be on the earth, when the refining fire spreads over the entire globe!

You must make a commitment to follow the Man of Truth whole-heartedly, because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9)!  You must come into the House of Truth now, to avoid going through the refining fire later (2 Corinthians 6:2)!

Come into the House of Truth!

Global Christmas Party

Why is Christmas celebrated in countries with very few Christians?

A couple of years ago, I turned on my TV and there was a show called, "Christmas Around The World".  We do not celebrate Christmas, but I was curious about how people in other places celebrated it differently than America.  So, my wife and I started watching it.

It was not at all what we expected.  Instead of footage of various celebrations in far away lands, it was a single celebration service that featured people of different religions using customs from different holidays to create a globally inclusive celebration of Christmas.  It was some sort of global Christmas party.

We thought about turning it off, but we both felt compelled by the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) to watch the entire show.  This is how it went, to the best of my memory.

A man came out and lit a large candle, then went on to explain how this light was to remind people that life is born again every day.  A woman came out next, and talked about how the light of humanity was not in knowing the answers about the meaning of life, but in asking the questions. Then they talked about the miracle of birth and the interconnection of existence.

Then a man dressed in traditional Persian clothing told about Zoroaster's laughter at birth.  Next a woman in traditional clothing of India had a short ceremony involving Indra's Net.  Then a man in ancient Chinese clothing explained how the Sun is reborn every day when it rises.

After that, an American woman in a traditional red and green Christmas dress read some passages out of the Book of Truth (The Bible) about the birth of the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ), and then lit an Advent Wreath.  This was followed by a brief ceremony of erecting and lighting a Christmas tree by a man dressed in traditional German clothing.  Then everyone sang "O Christmas Tree" in English and German.  Finally, a man dressed like a Puritan explained the two hundred year struggle to get Christmas made legal in America, and to get Christmas trees accepted as part of American culture.

Next people dressed in the traditional garb of various places around the world, showed how their cultures added their own local customs to celebrate Christmas, by doing things like decorating mango and banana trees, instead of evergreen trees.

This was followed by a man dressed in Arabian clothing reciting Muslim traditions about the birth of the Man of Truth.  He also performed some sort of short Muslim ceremony.

This was followed by a man in Jewish clothing from Biblical times reading the creation account from the Book of Truth, then a man dressed like an ancient Babylonian reading the creation account found in the Enuma Elish, and finally a woman in Hindu clothing reading the Hindu account of creation.

Next, came a man dressed like a Rabbi came out with a Chanukiah.  He told about how Chanukah was a celebration of the gift of light.  He then briefly told the Chanukah story, followed by some traditional Jewish fables about winter solstice, a few verses of 1 Maccabees, and finally shared some wisdom from the Talmud.

After that, he lit the Shamash (servant) candle and explained how we should all be servants of one another.  Then he used the Shamash to light the other eight candles, one at a time, and explained that each one represented a virtue that all humans should strive to achieve.

Next, a man dressed in a modern American suit came out, and gave a brief sermon extolling people to use their human and natural gifts to better each other and the world.  The man then read a passage from the Carl Seaburg book, "Anthology".

This was followed by displays of Christmas art from various places across the centuries, as well of religious art from a variety of religions.  Many of them featured some image of a mother holding a baby with some sort of light illuminating or coming out of the two.

Finally, the entire cast gathered together to lead the congregation in singing some traditional Christmas carols in various languages, including "Silent Night" in the original German.

Well, it turned out that this "Global Christmas Party" was really the Christmas pageant of a Unitarian Universalist congregation.  However, this Global Christmas Party got me thinking about which countries celebrate Christmas. When I looked into it I found some surprising results.

Only fourteen countries in the world do not allow any celebration of Christmas.  All of them are ran by brutal despots including North Korea. Almost all of them are predominately Muslim countries in Africa or Asia.

Only twenty countries in the world do not observe Christmas as a public holiday, but allow the private celebration of it.  These are mostly countries with small Christian minorities like Israel.

Two countries have a different public holiday that coincides with Christmas, which many people use to celebrate Christmas.

All of the remaining countries in the world, more than 160, observe Christmas including every country in Europe, North America, and South America.  Most celebrate Christmas on December 25th, but a minority celebrate on several other days.

This includes countries like India, which only has five national holidays.  (Each state has additional holidays as well.)  This is despite the fact, that only a little over two percent of the people of India claim to be Christians.

People who claim to be Christians are a clear minority in most of the countries where Christmas is celebrated as a national holiday, including predominately Muslim countries like Nigeria, North Sudan, and Iraq.  Across the world there is truly a Global Christmas Party going on.

So why do all of these countries with very few Christians celebrate Christmas?

Sometimes the obvious answer is the correct answer: Christmas is not a Christian holiday.

Christmas was indeed outlawed by the Pilgrims in 1621 AD and by the Puritans in 1630 AD.  In fact, the only original colony where it was not outlawed was Maryland, which was started by English members of the False Church of Rome.

Christmas continued to be outlawed in the other colonies, until enforcement of the ban was relaxed during the Revolutionary War.  Since the Americans did not observe Christmas for the most part, George Washington had no qualms about mounting an attack on Hessian mercenaries hired by the British on Christmas in 1776 AD.

However, Unitarian Universalists were the first congregations to celebrate Christmas in New England, starting around the time when the American Revolution ended in 1783 AD.  Yet, the Congress of the United States held Christmas in such low regard, that the very first session of Congress began on December 25th, in 1789 AD.

Around 1800 AD, Unitarian Universalists called for public observance of Christmas, because it was not sanctioned by the Book of Truth, and they wished to celebrate a secular holiday.

A Unitarian Universalist minister named Charles Follen, who moved to America from Germany in 1824 AD, erected one of the first Christmas trees in the United States.

By 1840 AD, Unitarian Universalists had convinced many other Americans to start celebrating Christmas.  Laws outlawing its observance began being abolished at this time.

In 1843 AD, Charles Dickens, who was considering becoming a Unitarian Universalist at the time, wrote "A Christmas Carol".   It was used as a tool by the Unitarian Universalists to popularize Christmas in America.

About 1847 AD, a Unitarian Universalist minister named Edmund Sears, wrote the Christmas carol, "It came Upon A Midnight Clear".

In 1856 AD, Christmas became a legal holiday in New England, perhaps the last part of the United States to legalize it, due to the efforts of Unitarian Universalists.

By 1870 AD, Unitarian Universalists had won enough people over to celebrating Christmas, that it was declared a national holiday in the United States.

In 1881 AD, a Unitarian Universalist minister named James Pierpoint, wrote the song "Jingle Bells".

In 1962 AD, a Unitarian Universalist minister named Noel Regney, wrote the Christmas carol, "Do You Hear What I Hear?".

The False Church of Rome invented Christmas in Europe by adapting the customs of the Roman holidays of Sol Invictus and Saturnalia.  Their original twelve day holiday featured the same lawlessness, drunken orgies, and acts of violence as the Roman holidays.  This was the initial reason that Christmas was banned by most of the original colonies.

So, Unitarian Universalists created their own version of Christmas, which they could merge with the Christmas of the False Church of Rome.  Their version of Christmas was a tamer, more family friendly, celebration of Christmas that Americans would find less objectionable.

Unitarian Universalists then called on all "Christians" to join them in celebrating Christmas as an act of Christian Unity.  It was part of their plan to change the American Spirit to another spirit that is very different than the Spirit of Truth.

So, the celebration of Christmas as a national holiday in the United States, along with many of the traditions of it, were largely the creation of Unitarian Universalists.  They were responsible for putting the "Christ" in "Christmas" in America, by adapting the customs of a holiday of the Druids, called "Yule", to fit in with the customs and religion of a predominately Christian nation.

Unitarian Universalists have not just done this in United States, but have been successful in adapting Christmas to fit in with the religions and cultures of many countries throughout the world.  They have been instrumental in first popularizing, and then getting Christmas recognized as a national holiday in countries, that not only have very few Christians, but that even have laws against practicing Christianity!

Unitarian Universalists have been successful in doing this, because they have created another "Jesus", that in no way resembles the Man of Truth.  This other "Jesus" is an "enlightened" human being, no different than how they describe many of the Unitarian Universalist leaders.  They hold him up as example of Unitarian Universalist doctrine in practice.

Most Unitarian Universalists reject the virgin birth of the Man of Truth recorded in the Book of Truth as illogical.   They instead are celebrating "the miracle of birth" in general - which by definition is not a miracle at all.

Unitarian Universalists likewise reject that the Book of Truth is the incorruptible word of the Father of Truth.  In fact, they have created another Gospel that is not like the Good News found in the Renewed Covenant.  They are part of the hidden danger lurking in many congregations.

So, Unitarian Universalists have been able to get Christmas celebrated in countries where Christians face persecution by the government, by making the "Christ" in Christmas in those countries to be the "Jesus" of the dominant religion in those countries.

This has not been hard to do, since almost every religion on earth has created a figure called "Jesus", that fits in with their religion.  Not only do religions created after the Man of Truth rose from the dead, like Islam, have a "Jesus", but religions that existed before the Man of Truth was born, have been retrofitted with a "Jesus" as well, like Hinduism.

This using whatever "Jesus" is favored in each country in the celebration of Christmas in that country, fits in with the Unitarian Universalists goal of creating a more universal religion from Christianity and Islam called "Chrislam".

No wonder that the Unitarian Universalists were celebrating "Christmas Around The World".  This Global Christmas Party is their most wide spread accomplishment.

The Global Christmas Party thrown by the Unitarian Universalists has nothing to do with the Man of Truth.  The Christmas Story that they tell has nothing to do with the story of his birth told in the Gospels.  The time of year when they throw their Global Christmas Party is not even close to when he was born.

The Global Christmas Party thrown by the Unitarian Universalists, encourages Christians to lie to their children each year by invoking the Satan Clause to tell them fabrications about a man, who will bring their children gifts from the North Pole.

The Unitarian Universalists are right that Christmas is not sanctioned in the Book of Truth.  Christmas is built upon one lie after another - from the traditions concerning the birth and childhood of the Man of Truth, which are contrary to the facts laid out in the Book of Truth in so many ways - to the total deception of Santa Claus.  The lies of Christmas come from the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan Aka The Devil) - like all other lies (John 8:44).

The Unitarian Universalists are right that Christmas is secular, meaning it belongs to the world.  For this reason, the Children of Truth (those who obey The Father of Truth because they love Him) should avoid celebrating it, for we are not to love the world and the things belonging to the world, because they did not come from the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) (1 John 2:15-16).

The gifts from the tree that the Children of Truth should be encouraging their children to pursue, are those that the Man of Truth purchased when he hung on a tree at Calvary.

So, like the Mensch who killed Christmas, the Children of Truth should not only refusing to join in the Global Christmas Party, but helping other people in escaping the Christmas Trap.  They should be cleaning up the Christmas mess created the Unitarian Universalists.

Instead, those who follow the Man of Truth, should celebrate the Feast of Dedication, called Chanukah, just like he did (John 10:22-23).

Chanukah is the story behind the story of the birth of the Man of Truth.

The Chanukah story tells about the gift of the Maccabees that made the Good News possible.  It tells about how Matthias the Priest set the pattern of the Faithful Priest, who prepared the people of Israel for the Messiah of Israel.  It tells about how the Maccabees helped spread the Gospel by preparing the Jewish world for the spreading the Gospel to the Gentiles.

The story of Chanukah shows the Children of Truth that resistance is essential, when the pressure is on to conform to the ways of the world.  Chanukah reminds them to be dedicating the Temple by keeping their bodies pure from sexual sin.

The Children of Truth are to keep their temples pure by separating themselves from everything that came from idolatry, like Christmas (2 Corinthians 6:16-18).  They are not to observe the holidays that came from idol worship, like Christmas, like those who do not know the Father of Truth (Galatians 4:8-11).  They are to no longer live like they are in darkness, by celebrating the same holidays as those who live in darkness, like Christmas, but are to do the things that acceptable to the Father of Truth, like celebrating Chanukah (Ephesians 5:8-11).  They are to live differently than other people in every way, including what they celebrate, to show what it means to be called out darkness to live in the marvelous light of the Father of Truth (1 Peter 2:9).

Like the Maccabees, the Children of Truth should be strong and doing exploits, because they know the Father of Truth (Daniel 11:32).  They should be willing to lose their lives in this world to obey the Father of Truth, so they can gain their life in the world to come (Mark 8:35).  They should never stop doing what is right, so they can reap the reward of the righteous (Galatians 6:7-9).  They should continue to fight the good fight of faith in the Father of Truth until they have breathed their last breath (2 Timothy 4:6-8).

So, come out of the Global Christmas Party thrown by the Unitarian Universalists, and come into the House of Truth!

Come into the House of Truth, and start celebrating the Festival of Lights instead, because it's not just a Jewish thing to do so.  Chanukah is for all of the Children of Truth, not just the Jewish ones, because it has always been about the Gentiles.

Come into the House of Truth, and learn to party with the Father of Truth at the Feasts of Truth, which form the Greatest Play Ever!  Join in the celebration of Purim, because you are living to please the King!  

It all begins by making the Man of Truth your boss, because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).

Come into the House of Truth!

The Faithful Priest

Why did John the Baptist baptize people in the wilderness?

The Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) came to this earth in the fullness of time to live a perfect life in accordance with the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law), so he could bring redemption to those who could not live a perfect life in accordance with the Law of Truth  (Galatians 4:4-7).

One of the conditions that made it the fullness of time, was John the Baptist (Yochanan the Mikvah Man) baptizing the people of Israel in the wilderness.  The Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) brought about the rise and fall of empires, to make this possible. 

The story of how this came to be, begins with the Greeks.  This is just another example of Greco-Judeo wrestling.

The Father of Truth brought about the unified Greek Empire, and then split it into four smaller Greek Empires, including the Seleucid Empire (Daniel 11:2-4).

During the time of the Seleucid Empire, some of the priests in the Temple became corrupt.  At first, the High Priest would put them out of the Temple, until they repented.  However, the High Priest had to be approved by the Seleucid Emperor, under the agreement that the people of Judea made with Alexander the Great.  For a long while, this was just a formality of informing the Seleucid Emperor who the new High Priest was, when there was a change.

However, a Seleucid Emperor arose, who was willing to appoint as High Priest, whoever gave him the largest gift to gain his favor.  Soon, one of the corrupt priests was appointed as the new High Priest.  This corrupt High Priest then began appointing other corrupt priests to positions of chief priests, based on whoever offered him the largest gift to gain his favor.

Soon, the Temple was a place of corruption, instead of holiness.

The main job of the priests was to teach people how to keep the Law of Truth (Leviticus 10:9-11).   

However, they were not allowed to do this in the Temple, when the Temple was ran by corrupt priests, who did not keep the Law of Truth.

This led to the Maccabees restoring faithful priests in the Temple.

Some of the priests, who were not corrupted, like Matthias the Priest, began performing many of their functions away from the Temple, in places like Modi'in.

They also carried out other functions of the priests, that did not rely on the Temple, in these places.  One of these was the mikvah (miqvah) ceremony (baptism).   They often performed these ceremonies in a stream in the wilderness, since immersion was required to be done in living (running) water for abnormal discharges of bodily fluids, such as a festering sore, a week after the symptoms had disappeared (Leviticus 15:2-13).

Eventually, a new Seleucid emperor, Antiochus Epiphanes (Antiochus IV), came to power and waged war against the Law of Truth (Daniel 11:28-30).  He was joined by the corrupt priests, who ran the Temple, and all among the Jewish people, who were not obedient to the Law of Truth (Daniel 11:30-32).

These corrupt priests, and these Jews by birth only, then helped Antiochus Epiphanes desecrated the Temple by erecting a giant statue of Zeus, with his own face on it, in the courtyard of the Temple, and sacrificing three pigs and a dog on The Altar to this idol (Daniel 11:31).

However, the Maccabees, the followers of Matthias the Priest, the people who knew the Father of Truth and did exploits, rose up against this vile and evil man (Daniel 11:32).

The Maccabees waged a war against the Seleucid Empire.  Among the first to become Maccabees were the Hasideans (Chasidim), who were very zealous in keeping the Law of Truth.

Some Gentiles, mostly Greeks, also gave help to the Maccabees during their long, hard fight against the Seleucid Empire, because they had come to know the Father of Truth (Daniel 11:33-34).  These Gentiles were immersed in a stream in the wilderness in the mikvah ceremony of repentance.  This ceremony showed that they had turned from idolatry, and to obeying the Father of Truth, in at least the same manner as Noah (Noach).

Finally, the Maccabees and their Gentile allies defeated the army of the Seleucid Empire in Judea, and the Seleucid Empire gave control of religious life, the Temple, and the appointment of the High Priests to the Maccabees, after Antiochus Epiphanes was killed in Persia.

So, the Maccabees went to the Temple to clean house, both literally and figuratively.  This process took a week, and on the eighth day the Temple was dedicated to the Father of Truth once again.  The gift of the Maccabees included not only purifying the Temple, but also putting only faithful priests in the Temple.

After that, there was an eight day holiday every year to remember the Maccabees cleansing and dedicating the Temple.  Most people know this holiday as Chanukah, which means "Dedication".  It is also known as the Festival of Lights.

This is the Feast of Dedication, which the Man of Truth thought was so important, that he walked two or three days in the winter to celebrate it in Jerusalem (John 10:22-23).

After the Maccabees, corrupt priests began appearing in the Temple again.

After the Maccabees, there was continual war and conflict for many years, to separate those like the Maccabees, who had faith in what was written in the Original Covenant (Tanakh aka The Old Testament), from those who would take away from or add to the Original Covenant (Daniel 11:35).

The Hasmoneans, the descendants of the Maccabees, were the High Priests of Israel during those years.

During this time, some split off from the Hasideans to become the Pharisees.  They added the traditions of the elders developed in Babylon, called the Oral Torah, to the Law of Truth.

Many of the descendants of those Jews who sided with Antiochus Epiphanes became the Sadducees. They accepted only the five books of the Law of Truth as legitimate, but rejected the rest of the Original Covenant.  They interpreted the Law of Truth using Greek philosophy and logic.

The Pharisees and Sadducees fought for control of the Temple and religious life in Judea during the time of the Hasmoneans.

During the time of the Hasmoneans, many mivkot (baptismals) were built around the Temple in Jerusalem.  People were immersed in a mikvah in Jerusalem to be made clean, before they entered the Temple.  To date, about two hundred for them have been uncovered near the south wall of the Temple Mount, where Josephus described them being located, before the Temple was destroyed in 70 AD.

After the High Priest ceased to be one of the Hasmoneans, the priests became even more corrupt.  However, there was still at least one faithful priest.

King David had divided the time the priests spent ministering in the Temple into twenty four courses, with a chief priest over each course (1 Chronicles 24:3-18).  Zacharias the Priest, the father of John the Baptist, was only ministering in the Temple during the course of Abia (Abijah), which occurred about every six months (Luke 1:5).

Zacharias the priest was faithful to carry out his duties in the Temple, in the way commanded in the Law of Truth, during the course of Abia (Luke 1:8-10).  This faithful priest was told by an Angel of Truth in the Temple, that he and his wife would soon have a son, who would prepare the people of Israel for the Messiah of Israel (Luke 1:11-17).  He came out of the Temple afterwards, then went home when his course was over, and his wife conceived (Luke 1:21-25).

His son, John the Baptist, also a faithful priest, was sent to reveal the Messiah of Israel (John 1:6-8).

King David had changed the age when a priest started their ministry to thirty years of age (1 Chronicles 23:1-3).  John began his ministry of calling people to return to the Law of Truth when he was thirty, since the Man of Truth came to him when he was almost thirty for the mikvah ceremony (Luke 3:20-23).

The course of each priest was hereditary, so John the Baptist was also a priest in the course of Abia. This would have been the only time the Faithful Priest would have been required to be in the Temple to do his work as a priest, except for some of the Feasts of Truth.

So, if the course of Abia had ended right before John the Baptist had turned thirty, then the Faithful Priest could have been teaching the Law of Truth and performing the mikvah ceremony for almost six months, when the Man of Truth came to him.

Like in the days of the Maccabees, the faithful priests were not allowed to teach people how to keep the Law of Truth in the Temple, when the Temple was ran by corrupt priests, who did not keep the Law of Truth.

So, John the Baptist could not perform the mikvah ceremony near the Temple.  Like Matthias the priest, the Faithful Priest had to teach people how to keep the Law of Truth away from Jerusalem, and had to perform the mikvah ceremony in a stream in the wilderness.

John the Baptist began performing the mikvah ceremony that was given to him from the Father of Truth, instead of the rituals performed by the chief priests (Matthew 21:23-25).  The Faithful Priest began performing the mikvah ceremony of repentance in the wilderness, far from the Temple, which was controlled by the wicked High Priests, Annas and Caiaphas (Luke 3:2-3).

For this reason, some of the chief priests were sent to ask John the Baptist, if he was the Messiah of Israel, but the Faithful Priest told them that he was not the Messiah of Israel (John 1:19-20).  The Faithful Priest told them, that he was performing the mikvah ceremony in the wilderness, because he was preparing the people of Israel for the Messiah of Israel (John 1:25-28).

Yet, they did not believe that John the Baptist was performing the mikvah ceremony at the command of the Father of Truth (Matthew 21:25).  They did not believe that the Faithful Priest was doing this, by the same authority that the Messiah of Israel did his works (Mark 11:29-31).  They did not believe that the Messiah of Israel had the same authority to teach in the Temple, as the Faithful Prophet of Truth had to perform the mikvah ceremony in the wilderness (Luke 20:1-5).

However, many of the people of Israel came to the wilderness for John the Baptist to perform the mikvah ceremony in the Jordan River (Matthew 3:5-6).  The Faithful Priest, who lived in the wilderness like a wild man, performed the mikvah ceremony on everyone, who repented of breaking the Law of Truth (Mark 1:4-6).

When the Pharisees and Sadducees came to participate in the mikvah ceremony, John the Baptist told them, that they must produce evidence of repentance to escape the wrath to come (Matthew 3:7-10).  The Faithful Priest told everyone, who came to him for the mikvah ceremony, that they must repent of their disobedience to the Law of Truth to saved from the wrath to come (Luke 3:7-9).  The Faithful Priest taught them, that they must do what the Law of Truth says is right, in order to be saved (Luke 3:10-14).

Some of the people of Israel wondered, if John the Baptist was the Messiah of Israel (Luke 3:15).  The Faithful Priest told them, that the Messiah of Israel, who had existed before him, was coming soon (John 1:15).  The Faithful Priest told those sent by the Pharisees, that he was performing the mikvah ceremony to prepare the people of Israel for the soon coming Messiah of Israel (John 1:24-28).

John the Baptist told them that the Messiah of Israel was coming, who would perform the mikvah ceremony with something better than water (Matthew 3:11).  The Faithful Priest told them that the Messiah of Israel would perform the mikvah ceremony with the Spirit of Truth (Mark 1:7-8).  The Faithful Priest told them that the Messiah of Israel would perform the mikvah ceremony with fire (Luke 3:16).

John the Baptist warned them, that the Messiah of Israel was coming to clean house, like the Maccabees had done in the Temple (Matthew 3:12).  The Faithful Priest warned them, that the Messiah of Israel would destroy from among the people of Israel, those who did not repent (Luke 3:17).  The Faithful Priest gave everyone this warning, even King Herod Antipas (Antipas II) (Luke 3:19).

("Herod" had became a title by this point of those claiming the right to rule as a descendant of Herod the Great.  This was similar to the Hasmoneans adopting the title Hasmonean to show that they came from Matthias the Priest.  None of the descendants of Herod the Great were given the name of "Herod" as a baby, except for Herod the Great.)

Many of the people of Israel returned to walking the righteous way of the Law of Truth, like the Faithful Priest did (Matthew 21:32).

John the Baptist taught people to fast often, just like the Pharisees (Matthew 9:14).  The Faithful Priest taught them to fast, like the Pharisees taught their disciples to fast (Mark 2:18).  The Faithful Priest taught people to spend time in prayer, like the Pharisees (Luke 5:33).  The Faithful Priest taught people how to pray in agreement with the Law of Truth, just like the Man of Truth (Luke 11:1-4).

When John the Baptist performed the mikvah ceremony on the Man of Truth, signs came from heaven to confirmed that the Man of Truth was the Messiah of Israel (Matthew 3:13-17).  When the Faithful Priest performed the mikvah ceremony on the Man of Truth, the Father of Truth confirmed that he was the Messiah of Israel (Mark 1:9-11).  When the Faithful Priest performed the mikvah ceremony on the Man of Truth, the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) confirmed that he was the Messiah of Israel (Luke 3:21-22).  The Faithful Priest then announced, that these signs were given to identify the Messiah of Israel (John 1:29-34).

John the Baptist then directed his disciples to follow the Man of Truth, instead of himself (John 1:35-37).

His disciples later asked John the Baptist, how the Messiah of Israel could have his disciples perform the mikvah ceremony, since they were not priests like him (John 3:22-26).  The Faithful Priest told them, that the Messiah of Israel had this authority, because the Father of Truth had given him this authority, as well as the Spirit of Truth without measure (John 3:27-34).  Even the Pharisees had heard, that the disciples of the Messiah of Israel were performing the mikvah ceremony on more people than the Faithful Priest (John 4:1-2).

Then King Herod Antipas arrested John the Baptist, to please his wife (Matthew 14:3-4).  The Faithful Priest was arrested for rebuking him for transgressing the Law of Truth, by marrying the wife of his living brother (Mark 6:17-18).  He did this, because the Faithful Priest had rebuked him for all of his wicked ways (Luke 3:19-20).

Yet, even this wicked king acknowledged that the Faithful Priest lived a righteous and holy life (Mark 6:20).

Those taught by John the Baptist, told him about what the Man of Truth had done (Luke 7:11-18).

After John the Baptist was arrested, he sent two of those he had taught to the Man of Truth, for confirmation that he was the Messiah of Israel (Matthew 11:2-3).  The Faithful Priest wanted proof, that he was the Messiah of Israel, spoken about in the Law of Truth (Luke 7:19-20).

The Man of Truth sent word to John the Baptist, that he had done those things spoken by the Prophets of Truth, which showed that he was the Messiah of Israel (Matthew 11:4-6).  The Messiah of Israel gave the Faithful Prophet of Truth proof, that he was the one spoken about in the Law of Truth (Luke 7:21-23).

Many of the Pharisees and scribes rejected the testimony of the Faithful Priest, and the testimony of the Messiah of Israel (Luke 7:30-35).

So, John the Baptist had finished his mission of preparing the people of Israel for the Messiah of Israel, and soon the Faithful Priest was executed due to a plot by the wife of King Herod Antipas (Mark 6:21-28).

The headless body of the Faithful Priest was buried by those he had taught, before they started following the Messiah of Israel (Matthew 14:12).  They gave the headless body of John the Baptist an honorable burial, worthy of the Faithful Priest (Mark 6:29).

Yet, King Herod Antipas did not realize, that the Man of Truth was not John the Baptist (Matthew 14:1-2).

Eventually, many of the priests of Israel became so corrupt during this time, that they conducted the unjust trail of the Man of Truth.  This set the pattern for the unjust courts that persecuted his followers.  So, they had also desecrated the Temple, like Antiochus Epiphanes.

John the Baptist had indeed prepared the people of Israel for the death, burial, and resurrection of the Man of Truth by performing the mikvah ceremony of repentance in the wilderness (Acts 10:37-41).  The Faithful Priest had prepared the people of Israel for these events, when he performed the mikvah ceremony of repentance in the wilderness (Acts 13:24-31).

It was the hidden hand of the Father of Truth that caused this mikvah ceremony with water to be performed in the wilderness.  The mikvah ceremony of the Faithful Priest helped prepare the Jewish world for spreading the Gospel, similar to how the Maccabees help spread the Gospel.

The mikvah ceremony with water that John the Baptist performed, does prepare people to be used mightily by the Father of Truth, but there is a better mikvah ceremony that only the Man of Truth can perform (Acts 18:24-26).

After the Man of Truth rose from the dead, he told his disciples to wait for him to perform the mikvah ceremony with the Spirit of Truth, instead of the mikvah ceremony that John the Baptist had performed with water (Acts 1:1-5).  The Messiah of Israel performs the mikvah ceremony with the Spirit of Truth on both Jews and Gentiles (Acts 11:15-18).

The mikvah ceremony of the Faithful Priest in water shows the repentance of those, that it is performed on, but the mikvah ceremony of the Messiah of Israel shows the Spirit of Truth speaking through those, that it is performed on (Acts 19:2-6).  The mikvah of the Messiah of Israel produces the sound of power!

The mikvah ceremony of the Faithful Priest in water is only meaningful, when people have become dead to sin (Romans 6:2-4).  There is no salvation without true repentance (2 Corinthians 7:10).  There is no true repentance without total surrender to the Messiah of Israel (Hebrews 6:4-6).

While the Man of Truth is first and foremost the Messiah of Israel, it has always been about the Gentiles coming to salvation as well.  He demands total surrender from both Jews and Gentiles.  Do not be taken in by the great deception, that you can follow the Man of Truth without following his instructions.  You must come into the House of Truth!

You come into the House of Truth, when you come to the Man of Truth in total surrender, because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9)!  Then the mikvah ceremony in water of the Faithful Priest is a sign of your salvation (1 Peter 3:21)!

Come into the House of Truth!