Moving Forward

Letting go of past errors is difficulty for some, but necessary.  When we let go, it opens new levels of growth and possibilities. Sometimes holding on to our own ways, half truths, and ideas that produce more harm than good only keep us in a low state.

We have been many error by our past teachers. For example, that Christ and the Israelites are Europeans or of Greek and Roman descent; that the black Jews of Africa, Spain, and the rest of the world were all white people; that the prophecies in the Bible are all fulfilled and God is no longer working in our current history. We have been taught by the missionaries that as followers of Christ our only duty is to love and not to concern ourselves with the events of the world and where we fit in in the world as a unique individual and people. Our teachers also taught us that Christ only belongs to the Israelites and not the nations, and many such things. They taught these error either out of malicious intent or out of ignorance.  But, we must move on, separating ourselves from errors.  By broadening your understanding and moving away from errors, Growth and development is achieved. The Bible states that a wise man will hear and increase in learning, but a foolish person will reject wise counsel ( Prov.9:9, Prov. 1:7). It is our duty then, as believers, to study and learn the truth ( 2 Tim. 2:15), to prove all things weather it is true or false( 1 Thess. 5:21), to test all things by the spirit of God(1 John 4:1); which is His word- "the words I speak unto you, they are spirit( John 6:63)").

In order for us to continue to develop as a people in our faith and have impact in our society, we must be willing to let go of past errors and misunderstandings. We can do this by going back to the source of our faith, which is the Holy Bible (Rom. 15:4, 1 Cor. 10:11, Is. 30:8, Jer. 30:2, Deut. 17:18,19). Go back and do as God says do- "seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read ( Is. 34:16)." Reading the book for ourselves will help us see the development of our history. It will reveal how we came from the other side of the flood and grew into a multitude of peoples. It will show the history from Abraham, to the twelve fathers, to a nation spreading all over the old world-calling many to the faith. And  it will show the progression through the ages of both Israel and the nations, moving along to the other side of the Atlantic.
When we read, we will come face to face with the God of prophecy, who rules in all nations in order to bring about his divine kingdom on earth( Dan. 2:20,21,22, Dan. 4:17). Reading the Bible ourselves will help us see God's movement throughout history in order to face the enemy of all mankind: Satan. It was this spiritual demon that initiates the collapse of the kingdom of Adam and ushered in our current state of chaos, which started immediately  after the fall of our first father Adam. You will see, when you read, God's intention to end all evil and bring mankind back into faith with Himself again. God designed the events of history to lead up to the birth and life-work of His Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth. And that at the completion of Christ's work a new era was ushered in, wherein all who sided with him were counted among the saints of God and all who refused him or twisted his message were on the side of evil.
And as we continue to read the saga of our times, we will come to understand that in the end God intends to meet those who belong to the evil one face to face in the final war in the land of Israel. This is the war of Armageddon, as stated in the Bible. It will be a decisive moment in history, when God will become evident to all the world by His physical presence and actions. To those of us who have faith in the Bible and seek to understand the truth of it, that day will be a confirmation of our beliefs and hope. But, if we hold on to half truths, misunderstandings, and our own ideas about the Bible, that day will be a shock and dissolution only( 2 Thess. 2:11,12). We will be just as those who hold to the side of the evil one. It will be to us and them as Christ said, " For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth(Luke 21:35)"- read Luke 21:34-36. Therefore, brethren, I urge you, reconsider what you've been taught thus far and ask yourself, does it match what the Bible says? If not, let it go and open the book of the Lord and read it for yourself-seek the truth(2 Thess. 2:13).
And to help you avoid errors also, do what our master teacher, Christ, taught us- ask God to reveal to you what you don't understand through His Holy Spirit, and by the use of the holy scriptures-            2 Tim.2:7, Phil. 3:15, 1 Cor. 2:7,8,9,10,11, Gal. 1:11,12, John 16:12,13,14, 1 John 2:20,21, 24,25,26,27,28,29.


Shalam,
Zarach