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What does Yahweh desire from us? A different take on things!
The prophet Hosea reasoned with Israel saying:
Hosea 6:1 “Come, let us a return to Yahwéh…
Yahwéh is the covenantal El {=God} of Isra’el. [1]
“Yahwéh … set his love upon you and chose you… he is the faithful El … keeping covenant and kindness” Dt. 7:6-9
Obviously, they had left Yahwéh and were so delusional they did not even know it!
—to return to is the root of repentance: to change the mind and direction—
to return to the Covenanted/Contracted of love with Yahwéh. Hosea said, that when they do so,
“He will heal us…He will bandage us…He will restore us…”
—then Yahwéh by inspiration spoke through Hosea to his straying people in Israel saying—
7 “For I desire loyal love [from you] and not [bloody animal] sacrifice; and [for you to attain] knowledge of
Elohiym [God] rather than [offering] burnt offerings [of animal flesh and blood from a stone altar].
But like Adam [and Eve in the beginning,] they [Israel] transgressed the Covenant;
there they dealt deceitfully with me... 9b the priests band together to murder on the way to Shechem.”
By crime, infidelity, and unfaithfulness, Israel is defiled. They are deceived into thinking that is all okay as long as they send up the smoke of burning flesh into the heavens as a sacrifice, all is well!!
The Supreme One reminds them about what he does and does not desire!!
Take note of what the Eternal Creator desires? Loyal steadfast love and faithfulness.
His very being is foundational to his creation. His attributes and moral character traits do not change. However, he will alter his plans toward people when they change their heart and actions toward him. He will respond to us.
The word “Covenant” is not used in the Bible until it is confirmed with Noah and the Animals, and is called, The Everlasting Covenant, long after Adam’s death, “What Covenant did Adam transgress?”
What is implicit in the Prophet Hosea’s words is that:
Adam and Eve, transgressed the original Covenant by violating the Spoken-Words of The Creator (Gen. 1 ; John 1:1). The very words that set in motion our environment and existence laid the foundational instructions of natural law that we were to live by—stated both explicitly and implicitly (Gen 1:1 – 2:3; 2:4 – 3:24; 9:16; Isaiah 24:5; 6). Even by what we were to eat, the covenantal agreement was made and was symbolized by the fruit of trees — they were told to eat from every tree in the Garden and by doing so, they would have Life and Good; but, do not eat from one particular tree, for it will bring about Death and Evil, they transgressed by eating the one that brought Death and Bad (Evil) for the world. They disobeyed the Covenant.
The text of Genesis 6:11 describes the progression of matters after Adam transgressed:
11 “And the earth was corrupt before Elohiym (God), and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And Elohiym looked [in review] upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt – for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.” Gen. 6:11-12
Virtually all flesh – mankind and animals corrupted themselves from the original good-order of the Creator. In violence, they began to kill and eat one another and in a distorted mindset attempted to appease and obtain favor from “God(s)” with animal and human blood. Yeshua was sent to repair and restore.
GHT 51:1 THEN Yeshúa said to those Judæans that trusted in him, “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed. And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.”
Reflecting a different take on the prophets we read…
33:6 “And what does The Eternal command you but to do justice, love mercy,
and walk humbly with your Elohím? [Micah 6:6-8]
Is it not written that in the beginning Elohím ordained the fruits of the trees and the seeds and the herbs to be food for all flesh? 7 But they have made the House of Prayer ‘a den of thieves’ [Jer 7:11], and for the pure Oblation with Incense, they have polluted my altars with blood, and eaten of the flesh of the slain. 8. But I say to you, shed no innocent blood nor eat ye flesh. Walk uprightly, love mercy, and do justly, and your days shall be long in the land.
The Gospel of the Holy Twelve (GHT) 51:1 ; 33:6-8
According to these texts and others, though new realities were set in motion by peoples’ transgressions, there was no rescission of The Word of The Everlasting Covenant–meaning, there was no alteration of Yahweh’s desires! But corruption ensued and matters were confused. According to ancient testimonies, deviant priesthoods arose who sought to appease the gods with bloody animal sacrifices. Even in Israel, the Aharonic priesthood strayed into this practice. They altered their texts, to normalize such corrupt ideology and behavior. But, the truth is still present to perceive if we can get past the control narratives we inherited. We have reconstructed and returned several to their harmonious and coherent continuity with the original instructions of Genesis One.
The Everlasting Covenant
The Everlasting Covenant with its Decrees and Teachings of good-order, applied to all and was passed down from the beginning of creation. It was disdained by Cain and that led to perversion and disaster under rebellious Angels and their hybrid offspring. It was renewed under the priesthood of Noah, and passed down from his sons, especially Shem, Eber (Eberi = the Hebrews; The Hebrews spread it to other nations as well); But, a particular line of Melchizedekian–Hebrew transmission was singled out to be a universal example to teach others in The Way of Yahweh (Genesis 18:18, 19; 26:5; Jubilees 24:11).
In line with the Everlasting Covenant, its’ decrees and teachings, the Earth was divided among Noah’s sons by mutual agreement. The Land of Israel was a portion of a larger land inheritance divided out to the descendants of Noah’s son, Shem. But, according to the the Book of Jubilees, it was unlawfully occupied by Canaan (son of Ham) and his descendants and called Canaan. It was gradually returned to a faithful line of Shemites: to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel) and his offspring – the 12 Tribes of Israel, but also would include the Foreigners and Gerim (strangers) who were lawfully absorbed into each tribe.
The Eberim (Hebrews) passed “The Way” of the Everlasting Covenant on to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob along with their promised Land heritage. Later, the same Covenant was nationally renewed with the Tribes through Moses as Mediator. They were nationally organized and prepared to take possession of their Land heritage. It took 40 years of preparation under Moses and his successor, Joshua ben Nun who led them into the Land after the death of Moses.
After the era of Moses, Joshua, and the Elders (of the Book of Joshua), there was a problematic period of decline that lasted centuries (Judges thru 2 Kings), with positive and negative times. To me, there seems to be a rivalry between the school/company/sons of the Prophets” (1Samuel 5:5-13; 19:19-24; 2Kings 2:5; 4:1, 38-44) and the deviating Aharonic priesthood (as portrayed by Eli and his sons, who incorporated the ideology of foreign bloody rituals into their services and writings.)
Samuel the Prophet set a powerful reform into motion and anointed David as King. David returned the Ark of the Covenant lost under Eli–not back into the Temple but into a Tent where it remained for decades—until after his death. This was a significant time when David wrote most of his Psalms. He made music to Yahwéh instead of offering bloody animal sacrifices. However, centuries after their deaths, the deviant priesthood rebounded and made permanent alterations to the scriptural records that are with us to this day.
Notice this verse from Galatians 3:19 ;
“The Law was added until “The Seed” should arrive to whom the promise was made …“Now notice it with brackets filling in the meaning:
The Everlasting Covenant was carried forward from Creation, from Adam through to Abraham.
“The Law [code of deviant priests] was added [inserted] because of transgressions [to the promise of reward made to Abraham] until “The Seed” [Yeshúa the seed spoken of in Genesis 3:15],
should arrive to whom the promise was made.” Gal. 3:19
[The covenant was made first, in the Garden of Eden (Gen. 3:15), and further to Abraham, to Moses, to David,
and the Prophets. The promise of blessing would come upon Abraham and his seed for
loyal covenantal love. Yahweh said Abraham:
“Walk before me and be perfect!” I make “an Everlasting Covenant with you and your offspring” …
“And I will be their God.” … “I have chosen him, that he may command his children and
his household after him to keep the Way of Yahweh by doing righteousness and justice,
so that Yahweh may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.” Gen. 15:1-9; 18:19
The bloody additions of the priests to this covenant of promise of reward were
temporarily permitted and tolerated because of the callousness of the peoples’ hearts.
But from The Beginning, this bloody butchery was not commanded nor condoned!Out of the many ancient records passed down to and maintained by Scribes of the Levites and the School of the Prophets, a narrowed Narrative was written (a Readers’ Digest Version). It variously supplemented after the death of Solomon. It spanned Genesis 1 into Samuel and Kings. It was supplemented and edited by Aharonic Priests during and/or after the reign of Hezekiah and/or Josiah and during the Babylonian Exile. This inspired process is known as JEPD or EJPD, depending on how one orders the four-plus authors and editors and the presuppositions that they carried forward. See, The Supplementary Hypothesis.
In short, by the end of the Persian Empire and beginning of the Greek Empire, The Northern Samaritan and Southern Judean priesthoods, in rivalry, each had created their own version of the Mosaic Law, which culminated with “The 5-Books of Moses” and a further edited historical narrative (Joshua thru 2Kings). This, their amended and augmented Law, that Yeshúa called, “Your Law”, fraudulently legalized their blood cults, as if authorized by Moses. Jeremiah called this the lying pen of the scribes. (Jer 7:8; 8:8) (We will publish how this likely took place at a future date.)2
So then, the priority is to read, digest, and conform to, The Gospel of the Holy Twelve, for it may be closer to the original fuller Gospel of The Master, Yeshúa the Netsar (Guardian), the Messiah — the son of Joseph and Mary. What is most important is that, he, The Elect One, was foretold to the Patriarchs and Prophets and is greater than they—and he has given us the higher law to obey, which, I believe, was partially edited out of the shortened 4-Gospels of the New Testament. He, as such, by receiving and reasserting the original Everlasting Covenant, he pronounced the nullification and end of their priestly temple butchery and their covenant with death.
He publicly announced that the end of that era/age would come within that generation (30-70 AD). At its end in 70 AD, the Herodian Temple was destroyed as he had foretold and as it was anticipated throughout the Netsarian Testimony. But, the Everlasting Covenant was standing, renewed and operative — A New Covenant made with the Elect from House of Israel and the House of Judah and the Nations who embraced it. And, the full effects of that New Covenant that the prophets predicted, will eventually come to pass.
Isaiah 24:5; 6 The Earth also is polluted under its habitants, because they have transgressed the Teachings,
violated the Decree, and broken the Everlasting Covenant. Therefore the curse has devoured the Earth,
and those who dwell therein are found guilty.
BUT“And from the stock of Jesse, there shall come forth a Shoot, a Branch
(a Netsar: A Guardian of the Everlasting Covenant, its’ Decrees and Teachings)
…And the Spirit ofshall rest upon him…And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb…
for the earth will be full of the knowledge of
I,
Those who shall be of you shall be called…’Restorer of paths to walk in’…
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more.” Isaiah 11:1; 6; 9; 42:6; 58:12; 2:4
- El, Eloah, Elohim, were Semitic and Mesopotamian names maintained in the area after the Tower of Babel and the confusion of the languages—even as ‘God’ was a European name for the heavenly supernatural Being(s). Jacob was renamed, Yi-s’ra-El in a divine encounter and means, “he will rule with El/God”. ↩︎
- The Documentary and Supplementary Hypothesis’ of the Construction of the Hebrew Tanakh or Old Testament. Richard Elliott Friedman, PhD, is a good place to begin in, Who Wrote The Bible? and, The Bible with Sources Revealed; and then, Dr. Tzemah Yoreh, Why Abraham Murdered Isaac. And, I have my own views within this website! However, not many have the time for such research. ↩︎