Yahsheba,
You ask about background and how we came to know Yahweh and of what faith were we raised?
I am sure each and everyone has a story of how great is the Salvation of Yahuweh and how long suffering he is with all of us, yet gentle and kind and considerate, ever leading and teaching and helping us all to become more like Him’ the ONE and ONLY TRUE GOD, Yahuweh, King of Kings, The I AM that I AM, ever existent ONE.
I was raised by a Godly family who were not followers of Yah. They were a law unto themselves. My family was a people of good character, moral, upright and trustworthy, where their word was a code of honor, yet of the world and from the world. It was a different time and space in those days. Now do not get me wrong, every Easter we got new clothes and shoes to go to Easter Sun Rise Service and then return home for HAM and eggs and do not forget Ham dinner and lots of Easter eggs to hunt. The early morning event was cold but refreshing when the warmth of the SUN could touch the faces of the worshiper, something about seeing the SUN RAISE UP. Do not forget we always celebrated CHRISTMAS, NEW YEARS, HALLOWEEN AND OF COARSE ST VALENTINE’S DAY. Like other pagan holidays that are celebrated by the secular, non-religious world, But NEVER the Lenten season for it is observed by dedicated religious believers of which we were not. NOW do not get me wrong we went to church on occasion and if ask we would say we were protestants. For my dad made sure we knew we were not to date or marry Catholics or act like the Holy Rollers.
We knew of God, the unnamed Christian God and that He wanted us to choose HIS TEN COMMANDMENTS, but for some worldly reason we were not able to keep all of them.
As I think about the Commandments I realize our family honored all of them to some extent. Therefore we realized they were what held the moral conscience of our family and country together.
Upon leaving home for College I decided I would rule my own life and be a person of THE TEN SUGGESTIONS, you know do them when convenient but then again when you felt like it or when conscience would not let you do anything else.
At twenty five and married with two children and attending a Methodist church. I had become an ELEDER in the church, lead young adult class, teaching positive mental attitude stuff and I almost never cracked a bible. Everyone loved my class as they were becoming the new socially and politically correct and acceptable believers of the day. Little did I know I was leading them all astray? SAVED, I had not heard that message yet; I was doing what was expected and acceptable in the eyes of the church and what was my religious duty.
One early morning while at work installing a three story tall boiler, I fell to my surprise some twenty to thirty feet to the concrete below. Yes I was hurt very bad but after my coworkers picked me up a few times, I said put me in my pickup truck and I will drive home. Well you guessed it I did get home and then to the doctors. Where I was laid upon a table all curled up from all the damage done to my body.
You will never guess what happened next. The Doctor said to me “do you know Jesus” “I said yes I know who he is” the doctor said “No I did not ask you if you knew who he was I ask you if you knew Him personally” again I said “Yes I knew who he was” the frustrated doctor said to me again “DO YOU KNOW JESUS PERSONALLY” I said “NO” “he said do you want to” “I said YES I DO” The doctor ask me do you believe in your heart Jesus was raised from the dead and can you say with your mouth Jesus come be King and Ruler of All MY LIFE? “I SAID YES I DO” It was started!!
About two one hundredths of a second later, out of my mouth came a sound and language I had neither heard nor been taught. I tried to bite my tongue because I thought not only am I going to die but I have now lost my mind!!
All my saved life I always had a relationship with my heavenly father and his son, and his Spirit, even if I did not know their personal and proper names. If ask what religion are you I would always say I am of the WAY or I do not belong to any religious organization I am a Believer. My friends at the Nazarene church would shake their heads and say you can’t be that you have to be A????
Well little did I know how instructive the Set-Apart Spirit really was He always led me to seek the Word of God and really hunger and thirst for more of it and what His Spirit was saying to me. My first bible was THE WORD and then an Interlinear Bible in Hebrew and English NIV and KJV then to my Hebrew and Greek NIV. The Interlinear was my first discovery of how English Translations were different than Hebrew.
A new search for truth was on. I discovered several years ago the personal and proper name of God, but I did not fully appreciate its value or meaning until late December 2006 I heard Yada on the Dr. Stan radio talk show
http://www.prophetofdoom...n_Radio_Interviews.Islam as I was driving home late one night with my child bride, my beloved wife. Yada was talking about Prophet of Doom
http://prophetofdoom.net/ and we were both very impressed by his words and scriptural references he spoke of and mentioning a book called Yada Yahweh he had written.
When we arrived home we went to the computer and started to read and listen. It has been a rocket ship ride every since. And for the first time we really felt relational with our Heavenly Father, because we finally knew his real and personal and proper name and the fullness of the meaning of Miqra and Sabbath. No longer did we have to say “I call on your name, but I do not know what it is” Nor do we partake of Sunday worship or celebrate man made holidays. We are still learning every day and following the lead of Daddy.
A few months ago while away we read Shabat found at this address at YY
http://www.yadayahweh.co...hweh_Genesis_Shabat.YHWH our lives have never been the same as we learned for the first time what Yahuweh meant when He said keep the Sabbath.
I can say I broke all the suggestions before being saved and some of them after being saved. Thanks to My Heavenly Father Yahuweh and Yada Yahweh, they helped lead me to today.
I am found in Yahuweh a member of His family a Yahhuwdym who stands up right with Him, exposing error and revealing truth as a fellow worker of the way.
Now you know the rest of the story.
FF
