What follows is a very nice note from "DT" to Yada. Yada's comments follow the quoted text:



"D,"

Yahweh’s Word and Church teaching differ immensely, and in every place they differ, Yah makes sense and the religion doesn’t. I grew up in the same environment of which you speak and had to fake my faith because far too many things didn’t add up or make sense. Today, my soul is both full and free of concern. I’ve gone from weak faith to trust, from questioning belief to reliance. Truth has a powerful, liberating effect. It’s a shame Christian churches avoid it out of indoctrination and ignorance. If we were all liberated from religion, the way to God would not be narrow, and many, rather than few, would find it.

As you know, Yahweh didn’t turn His back on His Chosen People. They turned their back on Him. But in spite of them, because of who He is, Yah loves His people and is looking forward to the day they turn around and recognize Him again. And He doesn’t have long to wait. His return is now less than 26 years away.

As for the “church,” Yahushua had a great deal to say about them in His open prophetic letters in Revelation. With the exception of the Ephesians and Philadelphians, it’s mostly bad.

I’m pleased that you titled your note “Festivals” because the seven Miqra’ are the foundation of Yah’s plan, or His timeline and our salvation. It’s a shame Christians are universally ignorant of them.

Yada