A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE!!
Once again it is the time of year when as followers of
Yahushua Ha Mashiach (Jesus Christ), we celebrate His Birth and First Coming to
this world. It is also the time of cheer and good will, joy and happiness because Yahushua the Elohim of love is the
“Reason for the Season”.
This wonderful time of year is to keep before us that indeed
our Creator and Redeemer, Yahushua Ha Mashiach (Jesus Christ) came to this
world in human flesh.
Although His actual date of Birth was not on December
25, each year it is a constant reminder that
He, the King of Glory, came to this world on a Mission. That Mission
was rescue mankind from the Adversary Satan,
and save them from the torments
of hell, when they die and from the lake of fire and brimstone in the final
judgment ahead of this world. Most importantly to give those who would accept
Him as their Saviour and Adonai, a home with Him in Heaven and then to live and
dwell with them when He creates the New Heaven and the New Earth.
ELOHIM’S FOREKNOWLEDGE OF SIN AND PLAN TO REDEEM!!
Before our Elohim created this world, being omnipotent, He
knew that the Man and the Woman whom He would
create WOULD SIN, and so would their descendants. He knew also that SIN would result
in DEATH, which is the wages of sin
(Romans 6: 23). Elohim also knew that He would have to redeem
or buy them back to Himself through His own suffering and death. Thus before
this world was created the PLAN was made to redeem the human race (1 Peter 1:19-21).
There were prophecies in the Scripture concerning the Birth and
work of the Promised Redeemer, Yahushua Ha Mashiach. Among those prophecies
were:
“Behold, a virgin shall be with
child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,
which being interpreted is, God [Elohim] with us”. Matthew 1: 23.
“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his
name JESUS [YAHUSHUA]: for he shall save his people from their sins”. Matthew 1: 21.
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is
given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be
called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6.
These prophecies were fulfilled four thousand years
after this world was created by Yahweh
Shua (Yahushua), Himself (John 1:1-3).
At that time, two thousand years ago, Yahushua, Who was to “save His
people from their sins”, laid aside His glory and divinity in Heaven and
came to this world in human flesh as a humble Babe. He did not have a biological father as we do
and carried no human DNA. The Ruach Ha
Kodesh, the Holy Spirit, chose the virgin Mary to be the surrogate mother
of Yahushua Ha Mashiach.
At the appointed time He, the Ruach Ha Kodesh, overshadowed the
virgin Mary and placed the fertilised
Ovum in her womb (Luke 1: 26-35).
There in the womb of the virgin Mary the human body of the Holy Child, Yahushua Ha Mashiach, developed
and grew until maturity. The Ruach Ha Kodesh watched over her during the nine
months of pregnancy and saw to His safe delivery into this very dark and sinful
world.
The body which Yahushua had was that which is recorded in Hebrews
10:5.
“Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith,
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me.”
His body became the Child which was born. However, the Son which inhabited the body was sent by Yahweh,
the Father as we read in Isaiah 9: 6:
“For unto us a child is born,
unto us a son is given”
At the Birth of Yahushua angels came down from Heaven and sang to announce
and welcome His Birth into this world. As
they sang they marked the Birth of the Holy Child, Yahushua, and welcomed the FIRST CHRISTMAS, so that His Birth would always
be remembered and not forgotten.
MILLIONS OF GODS IN THE WORLD BUT YAHUSHUA IS THE ONLY TRUE
ELOHIM!!
In this world there are millions of gods, all claiming to be
true. Elohim Yahushua Ha Mashiach,
however, is the ONLY TRUE ELOHIM. He is
the Creator, Saviour and King Who laid His divinity aside and came to this sin-cursed
world to save the human race (John 1:1-14).
He is the ONLY ONE Who suffered
and died for the peoples of this world. There are millions of gods and lords whom the
majority people in this world worship, including Allah, Confucius, Buddha
and Brahman but none of them gave their lives for any of
their followers. Rather, it is their
followers who gave their lives and continue to give their lives for them.
Elohim Yahushua is the ONLY CREATOR, SAVIOUR, REDEEMER AND SOON COMING KING. He is NOT Allah, NOT Confucius,
NOT Buddha, NOT Brahman or any of the
other millions of gods who are
worshiped in this world. Likewise,
Elohim Yahweh, the Father and the Ruach Ha Kodesh, the Holy Spirit, are NOT those
gods.
The Elohim of both
Jews and the Christians, is a Triune
Elohim consisting of: Yahweh, the Father, Yahushua Ha Mashiach our Saviour and
the Ruach Ha Kodesh, the Holy Spirit. These Three Holy Beings are the ONLY true and living
Elohim. They are the ONLY true Elohim to be worshipped praised and adored and the
ONLY Elohim Who has the world in His hands and loves and cares for His children
and all things which He created in this world.
Here in this world Yahushua
lived as an ordinary person for 30 years. His life was a humble one. He knew hunger, pain and suffering just as we
do and He was tempted in every point as we are tempted. However, HE DID NOT SIN. Not even once (Hebrew 4:15). The life of our Saviour, Yahushua, was not an idle
one because He chose to work as a humble
Carpenter.
FIRST COMING OF YAHUSHUA _HIS SACRIFICE AND DEATH FOR ALL
MANKIND!!
The first coming of Yahushua to this world was for a
specific purpose. That purpose was to engage in a war with the adversary Satan
(who was once in Heaven as an archangel) in order to deliver and save the human
race whom he, Satan, had deceived and enslaved in sin. Yahushua
knew when His ministry in the world would begin and at the appointed time, the
age of Thirty, He packed away His carpenter’s tools and began the work of
ministry which He had come to this world to do. That work He did for three and
a half years.
During those last three and a half years of His life in this
world, He taught the people and did many
mighty works and great miracles, including healing the sick, raising the dead,
cleansing the lepers and walking on
water (Acts 10:38). At the end of those three and a half years, He was arrested and
tortured and then crucified as a common
criminal. He was not humiliated, spat
upon and brutalised for any sin He had committed because He was sinless. He willingly
suffered all that was done to Him on behalf of the entire human race.
This He willingly did so that He could buy them back or redeem them from the
curse of sin, death and eternal torments in hell and the lake of fire and
brimstone.
Yahushua’s suffering,
torture and death was the ONLY WAY HE COULD PAY THE PRICE FOR THE SINS OF THE HUMAN RACE IN ORDER TO REDEEM
THEM BACK TO HIMSELF. That was the war He had to fight with Satan, who had
taken dominion upon the earth and control over the human race. Satan succeeded
in taking dominion away from our first parents, Adam and Eve, through his deception. He was persuasive
enough to cause them to sin by being
disobedient to the command Elohim had
given to them in the garden of Eden.
The War Yahushua fought for our redemption was not a war
fought with swords, bullets and bombs. It was a war which He fought in His own body
(1 Peter 2:24). It was a vicious war
that led to severe torture and a very cruel and disgraceful death upon a cross,
meant for the vilest criminals.
DEATH DEFEATED!! YAHUSHUA ALIVE FOR EVERMORE!!
Following His death, the body of Yahushua Ha Mashiach was
buried but He did not remain in the sealed and guarded sepulcher. He had declared that no man could take His
life but that He had chosen to lay it down because He had the power to lay down
His life in death and that He had the power to take it up again (John 10:
17,18). Three days later following His
death and burial, that power was displayed
as He was resurrected from the dead and came
from the tomb which He has left behind for all to see.
Yahushua, our Saviour, paid the greatest of prices for us, His
children. He purchased our salvation by
suffering in His own body for us and then willingly died for each one of us.
Thus He won the victory in the War with
the Adversary, Satan, whereby He purchased our salvation with His own precious
blood. Such was His great love for us that He, the King of Glory and our
Creator, took the punishment for our
sins in exchange for His own pure and perfect life. He willing gave His life for ALL who are born
into this world so that we can be with
Him and have eternal life with Him (John
3:16).
After Yahushua was resurrected from the dead and came from
the sepulchre, He remained for Forty
days in the world. During those forty days post resurrection, He was seen by
His disciples and up to five hundred other persons (1 Corinthians 15:6-8). On the fortieth day following His
resurrection, while He was walking and talking with His disciples, He ascended to His throne in
Heaven (Acts 1:8-11). His ascension was not a secret and was seen by His
disciples.
Yahushua chose to live as a human being when He came to this
world to redeem us from the curse of sin, hell and the second death (Revelation 20).
Therefore, due to what He did for us by suffering and then giving His life for us,
He has chosen to retain His humanity.
However, He is now in a glorified body which can no longer die. Such was His great love
for the children of men that He, Yahushua Ha Mashiach, the King of Glory, our
Creator, chose to remain a Human Being (Luke 24: 1- 51; 1 Corinthians 15:6-8).
By His grace, He will also give to His faithful followers glorified bodies like unto His own when He
returns for them. A time, which ALL the followers of Yahushua should be looking and waiting for.
Yahushua Ha Mashiach, our Saviour came to this world two
thousand years ago and paid the FULL PRICE for our redemption. Before His
suffering and torturous death, He made the Promise to His disciples and ALL who
would accept Him as their Saviour:
“ Let not your heart be troubled:
ye believe in God [Elohim], believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are
many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a
place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come
again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also” John 14:1-3.
Yahushua Ha Mashiach also told us in Matthew 24:44:
“Therefore be ye also ready: for
in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh”.
Our Saviour, Yahushua Ha Mashiach, the King of Glory, greatly loved us. So great was that love for us that He gave up
His throne in Heaven and came to this world as a humbly Babe in human flesh two
thousand years ago. He had come to buy
us back to Himself because as sinners we could not enter the kingdom
of Heaven and live with Him.
Therefore, He came and shed His precious
blood for us, the blood which cleanses all who come to Him and accept Him as
their personal Saviour.
YAHUSHUA PROMISED TO RETURN FOR
HIS FOLLOWERS!!
It is almost two thousand years
ago since Yahushua Ha Mashiach, our loving Saviour returned to His throne and
dwelling place in Heaven. Before His
death He made the Promise that He was
going to build homes for us in Heaven and then He would return for us and take
us to be with Him (John 14: 1-3).
At any time now Yahushua will fulfil His Promise and return for His
people. In recent years He has resurrected
many person from the dead including Pastor
Ian Mc Cormack from New Zealand
and Pastor Daniel Ekechukwu from Nigeria.
He has sent them back to this world with the message that He is coming soon and we are to be ready to
meet Him. His coming could be any time
now and when He does, He is not coming
to set up His kingdom in this present world.
Instead, He is coming for His faithful children who are praying, waiting
and looking for His return. At that time
He will take them to Heaven to be with Him as it is recorded in 1 Thessalonians
4: 16, 17.
THE FINAL JUDGMENT AND THE EARTH MADE NEW.
Heaven is not meant to be our home and after one thousand
years there, Yahushua will convene the final Judgment. At that
time He will judge and reward all
those who have rejected His love and sacrifice for them. No one in the judgement will be saved.
Instead, they will be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where their
spirits will be tormented day and night forever because the spirit (spirit and
soul) do not die (Luke 16:19-21). At
that time, Satan who deceived them, will
also receive his reward along with his demons when they, too, will be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where
they will be tormented day and night forever (Revelation 20: 10).
Following the final Judgment, Yahushua will purify and
cleanse the world with fire. He will then create the new heavens and the new
earth as He has promised in Isaiah 65 :17; Revelation 21: 1. There in the earth
made new, He will live and dwell with
His children whom He has redeemed. They will enjoy the blessings which Yahushua
has promised in His Word, including Isaiah 65: 17, 21-15; Revelation 21:1-7,
22-27; Revelation 22.
Yahushua Ha Mashiach has done everything for us to give us everlasting life with Him,
accompanied with all the blessings He has promised. Such blessings we cannot
even imagine for we are told in 1 Corinthians 2:9:
“But as it is written, Eye hath
not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things
which God [Elohim] hath prepared for them that love him”.
IT WAS YOUR SALVATION AND MINE THAT BROUGHT YAHUSHUA TO THIS
WORLD 2000 YEARS AGO AS A HELPLESS AND INNOCENT BABE. IT IS ALSO THE REASON WE ARE CELEBRATING HIS BIRTH IN THIS WORLD AT
HIS TIME.
As we celebrate the Birth of Yahushua Ha Mashiach at this
time, let us be ready to meet Him at His return for He loves us and paid the price for our redemption. Soon He
is returning for His
children. Let us be faithful and remain
in a state of readiness at all times.
IMPORTANCE OF INVITING YAHUSHUA IN OUR LIVES TO BE OUR
PERSONAL SAVIOUR!!
Yahushua has lovingly and kindly done everything for our
salvation. This Salvation He has given
free to everyone who will accept Him as their Saviour. However, for us to receive His free gift of
salvation, each of us MUST ACCEPT HIM FOR HIM/HERSELF. It is a PERSONAL
DECISION.
My question to you is: Have you accepted King Yahushua Ha
Mashiach as your precious Saviour? Should He return today, Would you be ready
to be among those who will be caught up to meet Him in the air and to go and
live with Him in Heaven? (1 Thessalonians 4: 16, 17).
Yahushua, our Saviour, has done everything in His power to save us
and give us eternal life with Him. However, each of us MUST choose to accept
Him as our own personal Saviour because that
is only thing He cannot do for any of us.
WE MUST PERSONALLY CHOOSE HIM FOR OURSELVES AND ASK HIM TO BE OUR SAVIOUR AND
LORD. If you have not accepted Him as
your personal Saviour, He now extends His personal invitation to you so that
you can do so before it is too late to
make that decision.
If you would like to ask Yahushua to come in your life and be your Saviour, Please repeat the
following prayer:
“Gracious Yahweh, in Your Word I am told that if I confess with thy mouth that
Yahushua is my Saviour and believe in my
heart that You, Father, raised him from
the dead, I will be saved. (Romans 10:9).
Yahushua, I believe You are the
Son of Yahweh (God) and that You came to this world and died for me. I believe
that Yahweh our Father raised You from the dead. Upon this confession I believe that I am
saved.
Yahushua, I am sorry for the sins
I have committed. Please forgive
me. Today, I accept You as my personal
Saviour. Please come into my life and take full control. Please
cleanse me from all my sins and
be the Adonai (Lord) of my life.
Yahushua, through Your grace I
declare that I am now born again and have passed from death to eternal
life. From this day forward I am
Yours. Please baptise and fill me with
the Ruach Ha Kodesh (the Holy Spirit) and please use me in Your service.
Gracious Yahweh, my Father, I
pray this prayer in Yahushua’s Name. Amen.
As we celebrate this Christmas Season, let us remember its
true meaning that Yahushua Ha Mashiach is the REASON FOR THE SEASON. By His
grace let us remain faithful and true to Him.
Let us be ready to meet Him in
peace at His soon return.
By Yahushua’s grace his coming will be very soon. When He
returns we shall be with our precious Saviour forever and enjoy the ceaseless ages of
eternity. At that time the sacrifice
which He made for us in coming to this world and the sufferings which He
endured for us and His terrible death upon the Cross will be worth it all. Thus with great joy and satisfaction He will
live and reign with His children, whom
He has redeemed, throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity. His children will
be with Him for one thousand years in Heaven, followed by the rest of eternity in
the new earth which He will create (Revelation 20-22). CHRISTMAS THEN WILL NEVER END BUT WILL BE CONTINUOUS
THROUGHOUT ETERNITY!!
BY THE GRACE OF YAHUSHUA I WILL BE THERE AND WILL LIVE AND DWELL
WITH HIM. WHAT ABOUT YOU?
ALL SCRIPTURES IN THE POST ARE TAKEN FROM THE KING JAMES VERSION OF THE BIBLE.
