197Babel

Chemah

…Venomous

 

5

Nadach | Driven Away

 

God, Who Are You?

There is a considerable difference between what we have read and what we are about to encounter. The preceding 33 chapters of Ezekiel have been horrific because the Lord has been thrashing about in his natural state as a narcissistic tyrant and sadistic psychopath. He has been readily identifiable. And while the 34^th, 35^th, and 36^th chapters of Ezekiel are replete with copious flashbacks to the Devil we have come to know, there is a concerted effort to move in a different direction.

The reason is obvious. That was then and this is now. The Lord of Babel has been amused beguiling almost everyone, but the game is about to get serious. He is running out of time to convince religious and political Jews – his target audience – that he is not just God, but Yahowah, their G-d.

The second part of this initiative is a challenge because, to be seen as Yahowah, Satan must disavow his most popular and stupefying appeals – Christianity and Islam. It is no longer good enough to be the inspiration for the texts which proclaim him to be the Lord Jesus Christ or Allah because they disavow the recognition of Yahowah. So, the Lord must undo what he has done and destroy Islam and Christianity so that he can use Judaism in his quest to be accepted by Jews as Yahowah.

Considering the fact that religious Jews were responsible for incorporating Ezekiel into their Bible, and 198thereby demonizing and dehumanizing Jews, amongst Christians and Muslims, Satan realizes that the Haredi will be easy to manipulate once he has demonstrated his abhorrence for their step-children – Christianity and Islam, both of which the rabbis were complicit in creating. So, with time running out, the Lord of Babel is going to plagiarize the actual prophets to bolster his fledgling credibility. He will attack Judaism first, then Islam and Christianity, prior to ingratiating himself with the Haredi in a way that ordinary souls would find offensive.

So, spoiler alert: the intentions of the first 33 chapters of Ezekiel are now evident. They were written to cast aspersions upon Yahowah and Yahuwdym, degrading God and His people to the point that they would be seen as unlovable and reprehensible. His dignity assailed and their humanity usurped, nothing was left but an estranged and festering carcass desperate for renewed life.

The degradation of Jewish women and the annihilation of God’s people were calculated to make the House of Israel susceptible to the alternative – to the Adversary. He has presented the God of Israel as their problem, as the one who has been abusing them. So now, the Lord of Babel is going to assail Yahowah’s chosen shepherds. He intends to replace them, just as he intends to replace their God – using the same name, albeit with a different persona, approach, and attitude.

From this point at the beginning of Ezekiel 34 and running through the end of the book, we will witness Satan’s final appeal. Having torn the people down and besmirched Yahowah’s reputation, he is going to present an alternative. The Lord is in town, and he is on duty. Israel will have new shepherds as the people are resurrected. The Lord will take credit for defeating Israel’s foes as he establishes a gargantuan edifice for a new unnamed metropolis – more akin to Hitler’s vision of Berlin than Jerusalem.

199So please buckle your seatbelts because this will be a bumpy ride.

And a word is (wa hayah dabar) of This Is Not Him (#^^#!) to me (‘el ‘any) to say (la ‘amar), (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:1) child of human (ben ‘adam), it is imperative that you act like a prophet (naba’) over the shepherds (ra’ahy) of Israel (Yisra’el).

You are commanded to communicate the message of a deity (naba’) and have said to them (wa ‘amar ‘el hem), to the shepherds (la ha ra’ah), this is what thusly (koh) said (‘amar) my Lord and Master (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), Woe (howy), shepherd of Israel (ra’ah Yisra’el) who have been shepherding themselves (‘asher hayah ra’ah ‘eth hem). Why not the flock (ha lo’ ha tso’n)?

They are shepherding the shepherds (ra’ah ha ra’ah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:2)

While this is sufficiently wordy to qualify as something the Lowytan would write, it is a bit odd that Babel’s snake would be opposed to shepherding the shepherds. How else would they learn to tend sheep? Doesn’t someone need to mentor them?

But that is not the point. Satan wants Israel’s political and religious leaders to lead the flock to him. And for that to occur, he needs the political support to champion Cancel Culture and for the religious to expose the deep, dark secret they have been hiding – Yahowah’s name.

The Lord of Babel was aware that Yisra’el was lost at this time. But having read the Prophets, he knew that in the end, they would be found. Therefore, he is addressing shepherds when it matters most to him – during his great reveal. With Yahuwdym under the supervision of wardens at the moment, this is addressing our time.

200In captivity along the great river, the exiled Judeans would have been able to cultivate enough food to survive. But no one would have been living high on the hog. So, this is also addressing the gluttonous nature of rabbis today.

With the finest fat (‘eth ha cheleb), you eat (‘akal). With the wool (‘eth ha tsemer), you clothe (labash). The fat, shapely, and created healthy (bary’), you slaughter (zebach). The flock (ha tso’n), you do not shepherd (lo’ ra’ah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:3)

For sedentary religious shepherds, the fatty portions would have been the least desirable, and making clothes by weaving wool would have been universal, clothing their poor in captivity. Therefore, this is symbolic of Israel’s current shepherds rather than emblematic of their previous plight.

Before disavowing Islam, the Lord of Babel needs to reorient the thinking of Israel’s leadership so that they are prepared to accept his role in their deliverance.

With the diseased, weak, and sickly (‘eth ha chalah), you are not harsh or overpowering (lo’ chazaq). And with the diseased, weak, and sickly (wa ‘eth ha chalah), you have not healed (lo’ rapha’). And for the broken and suffering, the mauled and crushed (wa la ha shabar), you have not saddled or bound up (lo’ chabash).

And with the thrust aside and driven away, the banished and led astray (wa ‘eth ha nadach), you have not returned (lo’ shuwb).

And with the destroyed who do not exist, having become lost by wandering away (wa ‘eth ha ‘abad), you have not sought or inquired about (lo’ baqash).

And with harshness (wa ba chazqah), you have ruled and controlled them (radah ‘eth hem) and with 201ruthless brutality (wa ba perek). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:4)

While chalah | infirmed is new for Ezekiel, chazaq | harsh is among the Lord’s favorite words. They simply do not belong together in this context unless it is to disorient some of Israel’s shepherds while castrating others. I say this because, truth be known, Jewish political and religious leaders have had a profoundly detrimental effect on God’s people these past 2,500 years.

Acknowledging that this was inspired by the Adversary, even if chalah | diseased was used metaphorically, as members of the Covenant, we are not imbued with the capacity to rapha’ | heal the stigma of sin in others – it is God’s job. All we can do is point the lost in the right direction.

Waxing poetic, the Lord is no match for Dowd. Should a lamb be mauled or crushed, it’s too late for a bandage and a saddle would be of no value.

And let’s be clear, the Adversary prevails in convincing the religious that he is the Lord God by leading them away from Yahowah. This is the pot calling his own kettle black. Having studied Ezekiel up to this point, we have been inundated by Satan’s ruthless brutality and his overwhelming desire to lord over and control Israel.

Therefore, this is yet another projection. Satan would have his flock believe that he is their protector while Yahowah’s shepherds are abusing and misleading them. Mind you, his ruse doesn’t have to make sense, just be sufficiently stupefying to fool the faithful.

We will see this ploy repeated throughout this chapter. The Lord of Babel has been so devilish that even he recognizes that he must refrain from appearing too satanic if he is to be perceived as God. The best way to accomplish this sleight of hand is to pilfer otherwise accurate 202statements from legitimate prophets and then twist them to serve his interests. Therefore, for the first time in a long time, we should expect to see more traditional Babel | Intermixing – and thus truth and lies commingled.

For example, Yisra’elites had been led by the best of shepherds – Moseh and Dowd, so their dispersal wasn’t for a lack of shepherding but for a failure to listen.

And so, they were scattered (wa phuwts) because there was no shepherd (min baly ra’ah – from the lack of a shepherd). And they are food (wa hayah ‘aklah) for all of the animals, beast, or living creature (la kol chayah) of the broad and open way (ha sadeh – the cultivated environs). My flock (wa tso’n ‘any), they were scattered (puwts). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:5)

Yisra’elites were not scattered but, instead, taken away as slaves into Assyria. Yahuwdym were not dispersed either, because they were taken as captives to Babylon. The Diaspora would not transpire until the third Roman invasion circa 133 CE – well beyond the Lord’s horizon.

God’s people were never eaten as food by their foes, so Satan has gone from partially right to totally wrong. Further, the chayah | beast (singular) was allegedly deployed by none other than the author of Ezekiel. If she ate a Jew, we know who to blame.

However, that is not the point Satan is advancing. His goal is to discredit Yahowah’s shepherds – Moseh and Dowd – because without doing so, it’s his word against theirs. And having observed the Towrah and Mizmowr, Ezekiel is rubbish by comparison.

They were misled and wandered away (shagah) within all of the mountains (ba kol ha harym), upon every raised-up hill (wa ‘al kol giba’ah ruwm), and over the entire (wa ‘al kol) presence of the land (paneh ha ‘erets). They had dispersed and scattered (phuwts) my 203flock (tso’n ‘any) without anyone to search (wa ‘ayn darash) and none to seek (wa baqash). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:6)

Yisra’el had been privy to the best shepherds the world would ever know. They had been led into the most nourishing and protected of pastures. God’s people did not lack leadership or guidance.

While the Lowy would eventually fail them, and the rabbis who replaced them would be far worse, relatively few Yahuwdym have wandered into the mountains or camped out on the hilltops. Had they done so within the context of being a flock, they would have become easy prey. Further, it would have been impossible for them to have been dispersed in their own land – but again, that is not the point. Since they were not yet the Lord’s flock, they were seen as estranged from him.

If this had been Yahowah speaking rather than the Lord of Babel, this would have been good advice…

Therefore (la ken), those shepherding (ra’ah), it is imperative that you listen to (shama’) the word (‘eth dabar) of This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:7)

This means that the Lord wants Yisra’elites to listen to his voice as it is proclaimed through Ezekiel. He needs them to pay attention to this message at this time. And that is why we will continue to challenge every word of it.

“Alive Me” is convinced that there will be many Jews sufficiently foolish to call his beastly portrayal of himself, “my Lord.” Otherwise, why bother with any of this?

Alive me (chay ‘any), prophetically announces (na’um) my Lord (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), whether or whenever, if or even though (‘im), not because (lo’ ya’an) my flock (tso’n ‘any) are (hayah) for plunder and prey (la baz).

204And my flock are (wa hayah tso’n ‘any) eaten as food (‘aklah) by the entire beast (la kol chayah) of the open environs (ha sadeh) because there was no shepherd (min ‘ayn ra’ah) and my shepherds did not search (wa lo’ darash ra’ah ‘any) for my flock (‘eth tso’n ‘any).

So, they are shepherding the shepherds (wa ra’ah ha ra’ah) by themselves (‘eth hem), my flock (wa ‘eth tso’n ‘any), they have not fed (lo’ ra’ah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:8)

We cannot blame Satan for who he is, but we should expose what he represents. As a demonic spirit, he is naturally sadistic and duplicitous. While he would be correct in saying that the flock became easy prey, he is revealing his nature when he speaks of them being eaten. His carnivorous beast with a taste for human flesh is so macabre, it is obviously the product of a psychotic individual. Only Satan would announce 25 ways to exterminate the flock and then blame their demise on their shepherds, suggesting that it was their fault for not preventing his assault.

Therefore (la ken), those shepherding (ha ra’ah), it is imperative that you hear the word (shama’ dabar) of This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:9)

Here and now (koh) said my Lord (‘amar ‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), behold (hineh), I am against those shepherding (‘any ‘el ha ra’ah), and so, I will have searched for (wa darash) my flock (‘eth tso’n ‘any) from their hand (min yad hem).

And I will have stopped (wa shabath) them from shepherding (hem min ra’ah) the flock (tso’n). Then they will not be shepherding any longer (wa lo’ ra’ah ‘owd) those shepherding (ha ra’ah) for themselves (‘eth hem).

And I will save my flock (wa natsal tso’n ‘any) from their mouths (min peh hem) so that they do not exist as 205(wa lo’ hayah) food to eat (la ‘aklah) for them (la hem). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:10)

Yes, it sounds insane because it is both ignorant and irrational. And yet, it actually makes sense when viewed from the wrong perspective. For the Lord of Babel to rise above the Almighty, Yahowah’s shepherds – Moseh and Dowd – must be condemned and then replaced.

Moments ago, the Lord claimed that the shepherds were shepherding the shepherds and not the flock. This is important since the sheep cannot be influenced by Moseh or Dowd if the Lord is to be believed.

In reality, God does not have to search for His people. He has known from whence they will come for the past 3,000 years. He even made this information available to us and them.

The Beast of Babel’s ongoing fixation on cannibalism and zombie-like beasts with a hunger for human flesh is ghoulish. Jewish political and religious leaders are renowned for misleading the people, but they have not eaten them. So, while the Adversary is making his best case for Replacement Theology, he isn’t very good at it. His appeal is not for the informed and rational but, instead, for the religious and political.

Indeed, for thus said (ky koh ‘amar) my Lord and Master (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), look at me, at me (hineh ‘any ‘any), then I will search for (wa darash) my flock (‘eth tso’n ‘any) and I will look for them (wa baqar hem). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:11)

Oh great and mighty Wizard of Oz, we implore, would this search be before or after you cut us down with your sword, incinerate us in your inferno, plague us with your words, boil us alive in your pot, hunt us down as we flee, and after you feed us to your pet beast?

206Should you not want to be counted among the flock the Lord is corralling, this would be a fine time to turn to the Towrah and accept Yahowah as your God if you have not done so already. Consider yourself forewarned.

Now if the shepherd is in the midst of his flock, why would he be searching for them?

Like one shepherding (ka ra’ah) seeks (baqarah – ?, used only in Ezekiel; from baqar – to inquire about and reflect upon) his herd (‘eder huw’) in day he is (ba yowm hayah huw’) in the midst of (ba tawek) his flock (tso’n huw’) made intelligible, lucid, and clear by an informative declaration on secreting poison or by disemboweling the guts (parash), likewise (ken) I will inspect, think about, and look for (baqar) my flock (‘eth tso’n ‘any).

Then I will have saved them (wa natsal ‘eth hem) from every one of the places (min kol ha maqowm) where they were scattered there (‘asher puwts sham) in a day (ba yowm) of a cloud (‘anan) and a very thick, obscuring, and gloomy cloud (‘araphel). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:12)

I suspect that the Lord did not intend for “Ezekiel” to write parash based upon its ill-fitting connotations and rather conveyed paras. It means to spread out and to break into pieces. The statement would still be senseless with the shepherd in the midst of his flock, but it wouldn’t be completely unintelligible. Although, clearly, the Lowytan is an expert on secreting poison and then disemboweling his victims.

The concluding statement is a medley of half-truths. Yahowah is going to save a select number of Yisra’elites, doing so during a very dark time. He will not, however, rescue all of them, or even some of them, from every place. Moreover, one cloud isn’t going to make a difference, even if it is thick and gloomy.

207While better written elsewhere, Yahowah’s promise to gather His people upon His return and bring them home is among the most discussed topics throughout the prophets. So, the inspiration for this was not hard to find…

I will have withdrawn them (wa yatsa’ hem) from the people (min ha ‘am) and I will have gathered and assembled them (wa qabats hem) from the lands, the Earths, or the grounds, the countries or regions (min ha ‘eretsowth) and I will have brought them (wa bow’ hem) to their dirt, soil, or ground (‘adamah hem).

Then I will have shepherded them (wa ra’ah hem) to the mountains of Israel (‘el hary Yisra’el) in the ravines and stream beds (ba ha ‘apyqym) and in all of the settlements, seats, and dwelling places (wa ba kol mowshab) of the Earth, Land, or territory (ha ‘erets). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:13)

Yahowah is retrieving His people from the gowym | gentiles rather than the ‘am | family. And since ‘erets in this context would normally speak of the Land of Yisra’el, I do not know why it was presented as more than one of them.

The last time the Lord of Babel lost them, his flock was in the mountains. So why is he shepherding them to where he found them? It’s anybody’s guess why they would travel through ravines and settlements, but that is the Adversary’s intended route.

The best pastures are seldom on the summits of mountains, but then, again, why would we expect Satan to know of such things? His intentions are not to nurture the sheep but, instead, to divert their attention away from Moseh and Dowd as shepherds. In his scheme, he’s offering the neglected sheep a preferable alternative.

In good pasture (ba mire’ah towb), I will shepherd them (ra’ah ‘eth hem) and in the elevated heights of 208mountains (wa ba hary marowm) of Israel (Yisra’el) will be (hayah) their pasture and abode (naweh).

There (sham) they will lie down (rabats) in good pasture (ba naweh towb) and on deliciously fat, olive oil pastures (mire’ah shamen), they will be shepherded (ra’ah) to the mountains of Israel (‘el hary Yisra’el). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:14)

For those who have read both, it would be incredulous to think that the author of this drivel inspired the 23^rd Psalm. But nonetheless, Satan must convince the flock that they were neglected by the shepherds of old, especially the one who wrote of lying down in verdant pastures and who was anointed for His name’s sake.

Dowd proclaimed, “Yahowah is my Shepherd,” so now the Lord would have his people believe…

I, myself, will shepherd my flock (‘any ra’ah tso’n ‘any). And I, myself, will cause them to continually lie down (wa ‘any rabats hem), utters (na’um) my Lord (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:15)

The destroyed and perishing (‘eth ha ‘abad – the vanquished), I will seek (baqash). Then with the enticed, lured away, and scattered (wa ‘eth ha nadach – with the banished exiled outcasts), I will enable a return (shuwb).

As for the broken and destroyed, the crushed and mauled (wa la ha shabar), I will saddle, twist, and bind (chabash). So, with the ill and diseased, the internally wounded (wa ‘eth ha chalah), I will be firm and resolute (chazaq – I will be strong).

And then with the fat [read: the anointed] (wa ‘eth ha shemen – with the deliciously oily) and with the vocal and bold who stand firm (wa ‘eth ha chazaq), I will seek to decimate and exterminate (shamad – I will overthrow 209and then annihilate). I will shepherd her (ra’ah hy’) with judgment (ba mishpat). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:16)

This is what Satan needs Israel to accept if he is to be perceived as their God. His words must be regaled, his shepherding must be chosen over Dowd’s. Israel must submit to the Lord of Babel and voice of Ezekiel. But fair warning: those who do will never stand again.

The Adversary’s outreach is to those he has previously presented as destroyed and perishing. He wants Israelis to believe that he provides their final and best chance of survival. But these rats on the sinking ships of religion and politics will not find safety on lifeboats bearing the name SS Lowytan no matter how weak they may have become or how resolute their would-be rescuer’s voice may be.

And since Satan knows that this will be the voyage of the damned, he is quick to silence the voice of Yahowah’s Anointed and that of those who boldly speak for Father and son.

The God of the Covenant, Exodus, and Towrah, the God of Yisra’el, never works alone. He finds and guides the likes of ‘Abraham and Sarah, Moseh and Dowd. But the Lord of Babel purports to do it all by himself.

Having contributed to their demise, the Adversary is well-positioned to seek the whereabouts of those he has exterminated. Having lured many souls away from Yahowah and banished them as outcasts, he is being disingenuous about the right to return. Those who have been crushed, mauled, and destroyed cannot be saddled or bound. Dealing harshly with the infirm is cruel.

I’ve never considered being overweight, courageous, or being bold a crime, much less one which requires the universal imposition of capital punishment. But this is a hanging judge to be sure.

210And you, my flock (wa ‘aten tso’n ‘any), thus said my Lord (koh ‘amar ‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), notice me (hineh ‘any), I will judge (shaphat) between small four-footed mammals (bayn seh – among grazing animals; from sha’ah – to crash and be destroyed) of livestock (la seh) for the rams (la ha ‘ayil – the leaders and doorways) and for the rams (wa la ha ‘athuwd – to the male goats). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:17)

For this to be worth announcing, there must be a distinction between seh and seh | grazing animals and livestock that is moral. There must also be an intellectual and ethical distinction between ‘ayil | rams and ‘athuwd | rams. The notion that the Lord is separating lambs from goats cannot be discerned from the text – not that it would matter anyway.

The Lord of Babel is capricious and disingenuous. So, there will be nothing judicial or fair about his determinations. Nor will there be any benefit to anything he promises. This statement was designed to scare the flock into believing that the Lord would be classifying them as good or bad and deal with them accordingly. But it was so poorly written, it’s a wonder it fooled anyone other than the religious who are accustomed to being led astray.

Are there too few (ha ma’at) among you (min ‘atem) for you to shepherd (ra’ah) the good pasture (ha mire’ah ha towb)? And the remainder (wa yether) of your pasture (mire’ah ‘atem) you constantly trample with your feet (ramas ba regel ‘atem).

And settling (wa mishqa’ – ?, used only in Ezekiel; from my – to question shaqa’ – sinking down) waters (maym) to drink (shathah) and with the remainder (wa ‘eth ha yathar) with your feet (ba regel ‘atem) you stamp and continually muddy (raphas). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:18)

211So my flock (wa tso’n ‘any) trampled of your feet (mirmas regel ‘atem) are shepherded (ra’ah) and befouled mud puddle (mirphas – ?, used only in Ezekiel; from my – to question raphas – stamping) of your feet (regel ‘atem) drink (shathah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:19)

So likewise (la ken), here and now (koh), said (‘amar) my Lord (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), to them (‘el hem), behold me (hineh ‘any), myself (‘any), and I will have passed judgment (wa shaphat) between (bayn) obese (bary’ – fat) grazing mammals (seh) and between the gaunt (wa bayn razeh) livestock (seh). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:20)

Satan is taking another swipe at Dowd, his most formidable foe. The Messiah had written that Yahowah had led him to quiet waters, so the Adversary wants the religious to see them as muddied. Further, the paths of righteousness Dowd had celebrated, were trampled according to the Lord.

Satan is playing a different game, which is the only reason that the size of the flock matters. Yahowah was satisfied with ‘Adam alone in ‘Eden. So, while God prefers quality to quantity, since the Lord of Babel sees nothing of value in humans, the size of his flock is all that matters.

The Lord is also telling us that God’s sheep are of an inferior design because they cannot walk on a pasture without degrading it with their hooves. And if they cannot pass through a pasture, how can they be expected to walk the straight and narrow way of the Miqra’ey?

Trying to keep it real, if the pastures were all trodden underfoot, how did the animals become fat? Why would a wannabe deity be interested in condemning or exonerating the gaunt and obese? Other than to muddy the waters and confuse the path, what possessed the Lord of Babel to say any of this?

212Because (ya’an) with the side (ba tsad) and with the shoulder (wa ba katheph) you shove (hadaph) and with your horns (wa ba qeren ‘atem), you gore (nagah) all of the infirmed and weak, the sick and wounded (kol ha chalah) until which (‘ad ‘asher) you have scattered them (phuwts ‘eth hem) to the outside (‘el ha chuwts – toward the public places). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:21)

If the Lord is talking about people, they do not have horns. If he is speaking of sheep, they would be incapable of immorality. By instinct, they will graze with the fittest on the perimeter to protect the young, but that’s the extent of it.

However, Satan is actually suggesting that with God at their side, Jews have received a cold shoulder. They have been shoved and gored, becoming wounded and weak because his competitor has been derelict in His duties.

But never fear my four-footed grazers, the Lord is here…

So, I will rescue (wa yasha’) my flock (la tso’n ‘any) and they will choose to no longer exist (wa lo’ hayah ‘owd – so they will be no more by choice (qal imperfect jussive third-person feminine plural)) for plunder (la baz). Then I will have passed judgment (wa shaphat) between (byn) grazing mammals and pasturing animals (seh la seh). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:22)

This is foreboding of the way Christians compare the mythical ‘Jesus’ to the “God of the Old Testament.” Satan is auditioning as a spirit among the people, as approachable and forgiving. Even then, however, since fear is more effective at controlling people than earning their respect, the Lord has his courtroom all set up to pass judgment.

As we turn to the next statement, it is true that Dowd will accompany Yahowah upon his return to serve as Messiah and King. Satan is aware because this is an 213essential part of God’s story – something He has conveyed through many of His prophets. However, several times now, the Beast of Babel has boasted that “me, myself, and I, all by our lonesome, will be shepherding my flock.” So, while Yahowah’s story is incomplete without exalting Dowd, Satan must demote him to prevail.

And I have caused to stand over and upon them (wa quwm ‘al hem – I have for a limited time enabled the rise above the males (hifil perfect first-person singular)) one shepherding (ra’ah ‘echad – a single shepherd tending the flock (qal participle masculine singular)). And he will have shepherded them (wa ra’ah ‘eth henah – he will for a finite period act as a shepherd with the women (qal perfect third-person masculine singular)). With my servant (‘eth ‘ebed ‘any – my slave) Dowyd (Dowyd), he, himself, will be shepherding (huw’ ra’ah – he, himself will shepherd (qal imperfect third-person masculine singular)) them (‘eth hem – third-person masculine plural), and he, himself, will be (wa huw’ hayah – he, himself, will exist as (qal imperfect third-person masculine singular)) for the women acting as a shepherd (la henah la ra’ah – for them, third-person feminine plural, for demonstrably and actually tending a flock (qal participle masculine singular)). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:23)

Since Satan cannot get around the fact that Dowd is returning to lead Yahowah’s people throughout eternity as our king, the best he can hope to achieve is to lower expectations and influence people’s perceptions of Dowd. And that is the purpose of the previous statement.

It is indicative of what occurred in the Garden. This tactic serves as a preview of the strategy deployed in Paul’s Epistles and throughout the New Testament. The technique being deployed is the essence of the Babylonian Talmud and Muhammad’s Quran. It explains how Satan became the Lord God of religion. A snippet of truth from God is taken out of context, misappropriated and misconstrued, 214then blended with inaccuracies to create a believable result as a counterfeit.

At first blush, this seems appropriate, even prophetic, with the announcement of Dowd’s return. But that is not the intent of this pronouncement.

Dowd is returning as melek | king. Having been a shepherd was important because it equipped Dowd with the aptitude and attitude to lead God’s people. However, that will not be his role when he returns to serve as our king forevermore.

There will be many shepherds serving underneath our king – not ‘echad | one. Further, while Dowd, like Moseh, worked alongside Yahowah, serving with Him, ‘ebed | servant will not define Dowd’s relationship with his Father going forward. Dowd is returning as if he were God – brilliant as the sun. Moreover, spoken by a misogynist, the dual references to being over the henah | women were deliberately designed to be demeaning.

The Lord of Babel is demoting Dowd, whose name he has misspelled in this introductory assessment. It was written by someone who does not know him very well. For example, when Yahowah speaks of him through Shamuw’el, Yasha’yah, or Yirma’yah, the Messiah’s name is always written DoWD, as it is in the Mizmowr Dowd wrote with his own hand. It is only in the latter books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles that we find an onslaught of DoWYDs.

As Dowd’s adversary, Satan is manipulating the truth regarding the Son of God, our Messiah. His goal is for Yahuwdym | Jews to denounce the fulfillment of Chag Matsah by Father and Son and then discredit the realization that Father and Son are returning on Kipurym to reconcile their relationship with Yisra’el. Satan must control the narrative to forestall his demise and he isn’t bothered by how many die as a result of his lies.

215Since those are bold accusations, I’m going to substantiate them, starting with the most exacting aspect of Satan’s pronouncement. So, let’s begin with the false notion of “one shepherd.” Through His prophet, Yirma’yah | Jeremiah, Yahowah sets the scene…

“‘I saw all of the many occasions where, by turning away and renouncing the relationship, Yisra’el committed adultery.

So, I let her loose and I sent her away, giving her a written letter of divorce, thereby cutting ties. And yet, her treacherously deceitful sister, Yahuwdah, showed no respect, and went on to play the role of an idolatrous religious harlot. (Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 3:8)

It came to be through the voice of her infidelity and idolatry that she corrupted and profaned the Land and thereby committed adultery by engaging in religious worship with stones and with a wooden object. (Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 3:9)

And yet, considering all of this, her treacherously deceitful sister, Yahuwdah, has not changed her attitude and returned to Me with all of her heart, her attitude, inclinations, and judgment but, instead, is a disappointing and deceptive fraud and false witness,’ prophetically declares Yahowah. (Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 3:10)

Then Yahowah said unto me, ‘The attempts to appear righteous and justified of Yisra’el regarding her turning away by renouncing the relationship are more covert and dishonest, even duplicitous and disloyal than Yahuwdah. (Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 3:11)

Travel around (halak) and offer an invitation, calling out (qara’) with these words (‘eth ha dabarym ha ‘eleh) toward the north (tsaphown – to those who are treasured in Europe and America) and say (wa ‘amar),

216“I really want you to choose of your own volition to return (shuwb – it is My will for you to enthusiastically want to come back (qal imperative paragogic he cohortative energic)) from turning away and going in the wrong direction (mashuwbah), Yisra’el | individuals struggling with God (Yisra’el),”’ prophetically declares Yahowah (na’um YaHoWaH).

‘I will not continually diminish My presence with you, falling for you or neglecting you (lo’ naphal paneh ‘any ba ‘atem), although devotion, loyalty, and kindness define My nature and approach (ky chasyd ‘any),’ announces before this is experienced (na’um), Yahowah (YaHoWaH), ‘but I will not keep watch forever (lo’ natar la ‘owlam). (Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 3:12)

Truthfully (‘ak), you should be aware of and acknowledge (yada’) that you have missed the way by perverting and distorting the message (‘awon ‘ath) against Yahowah, your God (ky ba Yahowah ‘elohym ‘ath).

You have rebelled (pasha’) and your ways (wa ‘eth derek ‘ath) have caused you to be dispersed and scattered (pazar) with the illegitimate foreigners (la ha zarym) under the spreading trees (‘ets ra’anan). And to My voice (wa ba qowl ‘any), you have not listened (lo’ shama’),’ declares (na’um), Yahowah (YaHoWaH).” (Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 3:13)

This is the payoff line in the refutation of the single shepherd proposition…

“‘Rebellious children who have turned away (benym showbab), you should choose of your own volition to return (shuwb),’ prophetically announces (na’um), Yahowah (YaHoWaH), ‘because I am marrying you to be with you (ky ‘anoky ba’althy ba ‘atem).

217And so, I will grasp hold (laqach) of one of you (‘eth ‘atem ‘echad) from a city (min ‘iyr) and two (shanaym) from the people of a related family line as the nation is scraped bare (mishphachah). Then I will bring you at that moment (wa bow’ ‘eth ‘atem) to Tsyown | to the Signs Posted Along the Way (Tsyown). (Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 3:14)

I will offer to give to you, providing as a gift for you (nathan la ‘atem), shepherds (ra’ahym) similar to My thinking and inclinations, reflecting My attitude and aptitude (ka leb ‘any).

Then, they will be shepherding with you (wa ra’ah ‘eth ‘atem – so they, plural, will be tending the flock along with you (qal perfect third-person masculine plural)) with knowledge based upon the ability to learn by rationally processing information (de’ah) and through understanding, being able to teach from the insights they derive by paying attention and thinking (wa sakal).’” (Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 3:15)

The Lord of Babel was wrong. There will be multiple shepherds and Dowd is not listed among them. Very few individuals will gather unto Yahowah at this time, which is also counter to the Lord’s bluster. God’s people will come from elsewhere into Yaruwshalaim. The shepherds are a gift to be with the people – they are not imposed over them. And they will guide through knowledge and understanding rather than be compelled and act as authoritarians.

Proof provided; I’d like to remain here a moment longer because what Yahowah is about to say is pertinent.

“‘And there will be a moment, when you have grown in status, capability, and numbers (wa hayah ky rabah), and you are productive and flourishing (wa parah) in the Land (ba ha ‘erets) during those days (ba ha yowmym ha hem),’ Yahowah announces before it occurs (na’um Yahowah), ‘they will no longer say (lo’ 218‘amar ‘owd), “The Ark of the Covenant (‘Arown Beryth) of Yahowah (YaHoWaH)!”

It will not be lifted up and exalted (wa lo’ ‘alah) over one’s heart or mind, a person’s thinking and judgment (‘al leb) and it will not even be mentioned, such that there is any memory of it (wa lo’ zakar ba huw’).

It will not be counted as important (wa lo’ paqad), and it will not be made or engaged (wa lo’ ‘asah) ever again (‘owd).’” (Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 3:16)

Wow, just think of it. When Yisra’el and Yahuwdah are reconciled unto Yahowah and are flourishing in the Land, there will be no need for the Ark of the Covenant. It had dual purposes, and both will become obsolete. It served as the Kaporeth | Mercy Seat upon which we could be welcomed into Yahowah’s company – notably on Yowm Kipurym when the relationship is formally reconciled. It was also the place where the original autograph of the Towrah and its Instructive Tablets were kept. And this means that both have served their intended purpose because every soul has been reconciled and the Towrah has been scribed on our hearts by this time.

The city that the Lord of Babel was so insistent upon destroying and making uninhabitable will enjoy a different fate…

“‘During that time (ba ha ‘eth ha hy’), Yaruwshalaim | the Source of Guidance on Reconciliation (Yaruwshalaim) will be called (qara’) the throne of Yahowah (kese’ Yahowah). To her will gather (wa qawah ‘el hy’) all of the non-Yisra’elites (kol ha gowym) unto the name of Yahowah (la shem Yahowah) approaching Yaruwshalaim (la Yaruwshalaim).

And they will no longer walk, following after (wa lo’ halak ‘owd ‘achar), their adversarial nature or 219stubborn and troubling disposition (shariruwth leb hem ha ra’). (Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 3:17)

In those days (ba ha yowmym ha hem), the Household of Yahuwdah | the Beloved of Yah (beyth Yahuwdah) will walk alongside (halak) the Household of Yisra’el | those who Engage and Endure with God (‘al beyth Yisra’el) as they come together (wa bow’ yachdaw) from the northern region (min ‘erets tsaphown) unto the Land (‘al ha ‘erets) which, for the benefit of the relationship (‘asher), was received and inherited (nachal) by your fathers (‘eth ‘aby ‘atem). (Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 3:18)

And I, Myself, had said (wa ‘anoky ‘amar), “How will I establish you (‘ek shyth ‘ath) as sons (ba ha benym), and give (wa nathan) to you (la ‘ath) a desirable and treasured homeland (‘erets chemdah), a beautiful property and glorious inheritance (nachalah tsaby tsaby) for a confluence of people (gowym)?” And then I said (wa ‘amar), “You will call out to Me, inviting and welcoming Me (qara’ la ‘any) as ‘My Father (‘ab ‘any)!’ And you will not turn away (wa lo’ shuwb) from following Me (‘achar ‘any).”’” (Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 3:19)

Sounds appealing. I’m ready to begin life eternal with a thoughtful confluence of people.

To refute the rest of what the Adversary had said in Ezekiel 34 regarding Dowd, consider these excerpts from Mizmowr / Psalm 89. And please, as we contemplate just how important Dowd is to Yahowah and to ourselves, I trust that you will appreciate that he isn’t someone we should slight. Any renunciation of something Yahowah has said of His Son or, worse, an attempt to transfer God’s promises to another, such as the Christian Jesus, will invoke the ire of the Almighty. It is through Dowd that 220Yahowah made it possible for us to receive the benefits of the Covenant.

“‘I have established (karat – I have cut, making a resolution through separation) the Beryth | Covenant, the Home for the Family (Beryth – Family-Oriented Relationship Agreement) with My Chosen One (la bachyr ‘any – on behalf of the individual I have personally decided upon, having selected for a special relationship).

I have sworn an oath (shaba’ – I have made a binding promise and I will always affirm the truth of this statement) to Dowd (la Dowd – concerning the Beloved; from dowd – the one who is loved and who loves in return), My authorized agent who works on My behalf (‘ebed ‘any – My coworker, associate, and servant; from ‘abad – to work). (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:3)

I will establish (kuwn – I will appoint, prepare, support, and sustain) your offspring and that which you sow (zera’ ‘atah – your seed and what you have sown) as an eternal witness (‘ad ‘owlam – to provide testimony throughout time).

In addition, I will construct a home (wa banah) for your throne and seat of honor (kise’ ‘atah – your authority, authorization, and right to rule) on behalf of all generations throughout time (la dowr wa dowr).’

Selah | Pause now and contemplate the implications (selah). (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:4)

The spiritual realms (shamaym) know and appreciate (yadah – are aware and understand and thus extol) Your wonderful and marvelous contributions (pale’ ‘atah – Your amazing accomplishments and outstanding achievements), Yahowah (Yahowah – the proper pronunciation of the name of ‘elowah – God as directed in His towrah – teaching regarding His hayah existence and our shalowm – restoration), and also (‘aph) 221Your trustworthiness (‘emuwnah ‘atah – Your honesty and dependability, Your steadfast commitment to the truth) in the community (ba qahal) of the Set Apart (qodesh – of the separated). (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:5)

Indeed (ky) who (my) in the heavens (ba ha shamaym) can be equated (‘arak – can be put in the same position or compared) to (la) Yahowah (Yahowah)? Who is similar to or thinks like (damah) Yahowah (Yahowah) among the children of God (ba ben ‘el)?” (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:6)

There were only two names mentioned in this glowing endorsement and they are inseparable. So now as we consider the Zarowa’, recognize that this title is being used to describe Dowd’s roles as the Protective Shepherd, Sacrificial Lamb, and Strong Arm of God, sowing the seeds of our redemption, and not his profession…

“Beside You and on Your behalf (la ‘atah – to approach You and be by Your side) the Protective Shepherd and Sacrificial Lamb (zarowa’ – the Productive Ram who shepherds the flock, who prevails because he is effective and strong, fully resolved with the ability to accomplish the mission, the remarkably important and impactful individual of action who, as a leader and fighter is fruitful in his ways, especially when sowing the seeds of truth while denoting and advancing the purpose of the arm of God) with tremendous power and awesome ability (‘im gabuwrah – with the will to fight and the capacity to perform, who accomplishes what needs to be done) will be Your Strong Hand (‘azaz yad ‘atah – the means You will use to confidently prevail, applying the force required to establish and empower) raised up high (ruwm) at Your right side (yamyn ‘atah).” (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:13)

Dowd is the exemplar of the Covenant and the Arm of God. And while Yahowah is our God and Savior, He is 222committed to working with and through the man that He chose to be king. And his sacrifice, even as the Passover Lamb, is accomplished to empower and enrich God’s children rather than control them…

“Indeed (ky), Your power (‘oz ‘atah) is their adornment (tiph’erth hem) and (wa) our status and radiance (qaran ‘anachnuw – our illumination and source of light, our appearance as light) is lifted up (ruwm) by Your desire to be accepting (ba ratsown ‘atah – for Your pleasure and in concert with Your will). (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:17) For (ky) our deliverance and protection (magen ‘anachnuw) are from (la) Yahowah (Yahowah).

Accordingly (wa la), the Set-Apart One (qadowsh – the one who is distinct from the rest, prepared and dedicated) of Yisra’el (Yisra’el – of Individuals who Engage and Endure with God) is our king (melek ‘anachnuw – is our leader, our royal ruler, our authorized authority, and our sovereign). (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:18)

At the time (‘az) You spoke (dabar) in a revelation (ba chazown) to (la) those whose love for You and commitment to You are unwavering (chasyd ‘atah – Your dedicated and faithful ones, Your loyal and devoted, those who view You favorably and desire Your company), saying (‘amar), ‘I have provided (shawah) assistance, supplying what is needed (‘ezer) on behalf of (‘al) the One with the strength to prevail (gibowr – the mightiest of men, the strong and effective fighter, the valiant and brave one who battles as a champion for a virtuous cause). I have raised up and exalted (ruwm – I have elevated and lifted on high, acting to empower) the Chosen One (bachar – the one selected, tried, and tested, examined and found acceptable) from (min) the people (‘am). (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:19)

I discovered and then made known (matsa’) Dowd (Dowd – the Beloved; from dowd – the one who is loved 223and who loves in return), My coworker (‘ebed ‘any – My authorized agent who works on My behalf; from ‘abad – to work). Out of (min) My set-apart oil which uniquely distinguishes (shemen qodesh ‘any), I have anointed him (mashach – I have applied the oil, dedicating him to My purpose) (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:20) so that, to show the way to the relationship (‘asher), My hand (yad ‘any – My influence and ability to act) will be established and steadfast (kuwn – will be authenticated and sustained) with you (‘im ‘atah).

In addition (‘aph), My Protective Shepherd (zarowa’ ‘any – My Productive Ram who shepherds the flock, who prevails because he is effective and strong, with the overall ability to accomplish the mission) shall empower and embolden you, strengthening you (‘amets ‘atah – will help you grow, elevating your status, reinforcing you with the determination to persist and be courageous).’” (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:21)

Yahowah chose to anoint Dowd as our Messiah. And his mission is to lift us up, embolden, and strengthen us. Therefore, as God has done for His son, He will do for all of His children.

Yahowah also wants us to know that, when it comes to the Adversary, Dowd will prevail…

“‘The Adversary (‘oyeb – the hostile opposition, the enemy with animosity and rancor) will not nullify him (showa’ – will not negate his value nor annul his position or purpose) and (wa) the Son of Evil (ben ‘awlah – the Child of Malice and Injustice) shall not deny him nor denigrate him (lo’ ‘anah huw’ – will not silence him nor stop him, will not negate his answers nor nullify his responsive declarations). (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:22)

And so (wa), I will pulverize and crush (kathath – I will defeat and then vanquish) his foes, especially those who seek to constrain and restrict him (tsary huw’ – 224adversaries who display their opposition by diminishing his calling and purpose). Then (wa) out of his presence (min paneh huw’), I will plague (nagaph) those who shun him by attempting to decrease his status (sane’ huw’ – those failing to appreciate what his love represents). (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:23)

Therefore (wa), My steadfast commitment to the truth (‘emuwnah ‘any) and (wa) My love, devotion, and enduring favoritism, My unfailing affection and genuine mercy (chesed ‘any), are with him (‘im huw’).

In My name (wa ba shem ‘any), his light will radiate and enlighten (qaran huw’ – his glowing appearance and ability to enlighten will be brilliant, even his horns, symbolic of his status and strength when worn as a crown and of his role as the protective ram among the sheep, will be prominent, as will be his trumpet for gaining the people’s attention). (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:24)

He will call out to Me and welcome Me, announcing (huw’ qara’ ‘any – he will invite Me into his life, reading and reciting to Me, continually proclaiming unto Me), ‘You are my Father (‘ab ‘any ‘atah)!’ (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:26)

I (‘any), also (‘aph), will appoint him (nathan huw’ – bestowing him as a gift to be) My firstborn (bakowr ‘any – My son, serving as the basis of Bikuwrym), the highest of all (‘elyown – the most exalted in status, rank, and position, the supreme, a title so Divine in nature, it includes ‘el which is almost always reserved for God) of the kings and rulers (la melek – government leaders) of the Earth (‘erets).’” (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:27)

It is hard to fathom why Jews remain unaware of Dowd’s fulfilment of Chag Matsah as the Son of God in year 4000 Yah or of his return on Yowm Kipurym as our Messiah and King. Why did Christians, in light of this, elevate their mythical man and misnomer, Jesus, over him. 225Other than Yahowah, no one is more important than Dowd. Period.

Dowd is the exemplar and enabler of the Covenant, and nothing is more important to our Heavenly Father…

“‘For all eternity (la ‘owlam), I will keep watch over him, paying very close attention to him (shamar la huw’). My unwavering love, unrelenting devotion, and genuine mercy (chesed ‘any) as a part of My Family-Oriented Covenant agreement (wa beryth ‘any) are truthfully presented and will reliably endure with him (‘aman la huw’ – are established and verifiable, confirmed and credible, upheld and everlasting through him). (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:28)

And I will establish (wa sym) his seed, that which he sows, and his offspring (zera’ huw’), as an eternal witness forever (la ‘ed | ‘ad). And (wa) his throne (kise’ huw’ – his position and seat of honor) shall be equated to the days of heaven (ka yowm shamaym – will be as time in the spiritual realms, which is everlasting).’” (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:29)

Capitalizing upon what Dowd represents is essential to our understanding of a relationship with Yahowah, but so is observing His Towrah…

“‘However, if (‘im) his children (beny huw’) continue to forsake, ignore or reject (‘azab) My Towrah (Towrah ‘any – My Source of Teaching and Guidance, Instruction and Direction) and (wa) make a habit of failing to walk (wa lo’) according to My means to justly resolve disputes (ba mishpat ‘any – within the parameters I’ve set to execute good judgment and to be discerning; a compound of mah – to ponder the implications of and shaphat – making good decisions and being just), (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:30) if (‘im) they perpetually view My clearly communicated prescriptions for living with contempt (chuqah ‘any chalal), and further (wa) if they 226consistently fail to observe the instructive terms of the relationship (mitswah ‘any lo’ shamar), (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:31) then (wa) I will hold them accountable (paqad) with the measure (ba shebet) of their rebellion (pesha’ hem).

The consequence of their deviation from the way and of their willingness to pervert, twist, and distort (‘awon hem), will be a pestilence which causes widespread death (ba nega’).’” (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:32)

When we study Dowd’s magnificent 119^th Mizmowr | Psalm, his ode to Yahowah’s Towrah, we discover that God’s Guidance and His Son’s lyrics proclaim the same message. After all, it is the Towrah that made Dowd appear perfect in his Father’s eyes. It is the Constitution upon which he stands.

The Towrah encapsulates Yahowah’s promise to His people, and most especially to His favored Son…

“‘Accordingly (wa), My unwavering love, enduring devotion, and genuine mercy (chesed ‘any) I will never remove from him (lo’ parar min ‘im huw’) because I will never communicate something which is not true nor will I ever contradict (wa lo’ shaqar ba – I will never betray who I am regarding) My commitment to the truth (‘emuwnah ‘any).’” (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:33)

While many things are true, one truth stands apart as unique and special, indeed uncommon, and this is that Dowd exemplifies and enables the Covenant…

“‘I will never dishonor, nor will I poke holes in (lo’ chalal – I will never treat as if it were common) My Covenant (beryth ‘any – My Family, My Home, and My Relationship Agreement) nor will I ever alter nor change (wa lo’ shanah – and I will never rearrange, modify, or adjust) that which has gone forth from (mowtsa’ – that 227which at any stage of the journey has been uttered by) My lips (saphah ‘any). (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:34)

There is only One (‘echad) to whom I have affirmed the truth by having made a promise (shaba’ – to whom I have validated My commitment through a sworn oath) by My Set-Apart nature (ba qodesh ‘any).

If not to (‘im la) Dowd (Dowd), I will be proven a liar (kazab).’” (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:35)

This profound and irrevocable truth leads to the recognition that Dowd’s aura and authority will be as brilliant as the sun…

“‘His offspring and that which he sows (zera’ huw’) shall exist and endure (hayah – has been, is, and always will be) forever (la ‘owlam – eternally throughout all time). And (wa) his place of honor (kise’ huw’ – his throne, seat of authority, and sovereign leadership) will be as (ka – comparable to) the sun (ha shemesh) before Me (neged ‘any – close and conspicuous in My presence as My counterpart).’” (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:36)

Yahowah’s perception of Dowd is extraordinary, and in conflict with that of most people…

“‘But now (wa) you have refused to accept (zanach – your stagnation and lack of movement has caused a foul stench by spurning such that you have thrown out for a time) and (wa) you have rejected by diminishing the merit of, even over time becoming averse to (ma’as – you have repudiated by minimizing the value of, thereby limiting your relationship with) your Messiah (Mashyach ‘atah – your Anointed, the One set apart and prepared to serve you), improperly, and on your own initiative, meddling while presumptuously passing over (‘abar) any association with him (‘im)! (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:38)

You have repudiated and renounced (na’ar – you have disavowed, having no relationship with, refusing to 228even acknowledge) the Covenant (beryth – the Family, Home, and Relationship Agreement) with your coworker (‘ebed ‘atah – the one doing your work as your advisor and associate), dishonoring and defiling (chalal – treating with contempt and desecrating by making common and no longer uniquely special, sullying) his dedication and preparation, even his consecration and crown (nezer huw’ – his uncommon ability to separate himself, demonstrate his unparalleled devotion). (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:39)

All who pass by this way (kol ‘abar derek) plunder him (shasas huw’). It has become such that (hayah) he is scorned and abusively ridiculed (cherpah – he is insulted and taunted by this disgraceful reproach) by those who claim some affinity with him (la shaken huw’). (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:41)

His brilliance and its splendor (tahar huw’ – his luster, status, and illuminating approach) and his position of honor (wa kise’ huw’) you have truncated (shabath) because (min) you have hurled it to the ground (la magar ha ‘erets).’” (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:44)

When it comes to negating Dowd by transferring what Yahowah said about him to another, the most infamous is the father of Christianity, Sha’uwl | Paul. God views him as a deadly plague…

“What man (my geber) can live (chayah – be revived) and (wa) never see (lo’ ra’ah) death as a result of the plague (maweth – dying from the pandemic disease which infects and destroys a great many people), saving his soul (malat nepesh huw’) from the hand (min yad – from the influence and acts) of Sha’uwl (Sha’uwl – Question Him, the Benjamite wolf in sheep’s clothing who as a result of being demon-possessed changed his name to reflect his affinity with Rome, becoming Paul, the principal author of 229the New Testament)? Pause now and consider what this implies (selah). (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:48)

Where (‘ayeh – posing a rhetorical question regarding an individual’s position) is Your unwavering love and enduring mercy (chesed ‘atah – Your devotion to the familial relationship and unfailing kindness) which was expressed first and foremost in the beginning (ri’shown) which You promised (shaba’ – You truthfully proclaimed and affirmed as part of Your binding oath) to Dowd, the Beloved (la Dowd), in harmony with Your steadfast commitment to being trustworthy and reliable (‘emuwnah ‘atah), my Upright One (‘edown ‘any)? (Mizmowr / Psalm 89:49)

I ask because (‘asher) those in open opposition to You (‘oyeb ‘atah), Yahowah (Yahowah), are insulting with their bewildering derision and improperly discerned contempt (charaph) which is why (‘asher) they are confusing, responding improperly by ridiculing and defying (charaph – they mislead by treating with contempt, insulting and taunting, thereby diminishing the value and credibility of) the beneficial and trustworthy footsteps (‘aqeb / ‘eqeb) of Your Messiah (mashyach ‘atah).” (Mizmowr / Lyrics to be Sung / Psalm 89:51)

God is committed to working through His Son, our Messiah and King, forevermore. As for the shepherding, he has people for that.

This too is wrong. Dowd will be king, not prince.

And I (wa ‘any), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), will be (hayah) for them as God (la hem la ‘elohym). And my servant (wa ‘ebed ‘any), Dowd (Dowd – spelled correctly this time unlike the first instance), a leader such as a prince (nasy’) within their midst (ba tawek hem). I (‘any), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), have spoken (dabar). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:24)

230There are over 1,000 named references to Dowd in the Prophets and Psalms, so we know more about him than any other in God’s story. So, when something is amiss about him, it becomes obvious. We just read Yahowah’s presentation of what He intends to do through Dowd, His Son and our Messiah and King. And among all of those accolades, I do not recall seeing nasy’. Therefore, since Yahowah was speaking about His Son throughout the 89^th Mizmowr, and this differs, the spirit addressing Ezekiel is, well, This Is Not Him.

In the Psalm, Yahowah also had a lot to say about His Covenant and its fulfillment through Dowd. And never once did He mention it being “peaceful” or that it would “banish evil beasts.” And I recall reading that His relationship with His people would occur in Yaruwshalaim, not “the wilderness.” But as for “sleeping in the woods,” that is for the Devil to say.

I will have cut for them (wa karat la hem) a Covenant (beryth) of peace (shalowm – of safety, health, and prosperity). And I will stop (wa shabath) the evil beasts (chayah ra’ – the immoral animals) from the land (min ha ‘erets – from the Earth) so that they can live, dwell, and remain (wa yashab) in the wilderness (ba ha midbar – in the barren desert wasteland) for security, unsuspecting and naïve (la betach) while sleeping (wa yashen) in the woods (ya’ar – thickets and underbrush). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:25)

When comparing the voice of the 89^th Mizmowr to that of Yachezq’el, consider how different God’s children are treated. The former is a celebration of family values, of empowering and enriching God’s children while the latter would have them sleeping in the woods.

That is so bizarre. Can you imagine being a scholar whose job it was to write a commentary on this? You might take a pass on a Covenant of Peace because it sounds 231pleasant compared to everything else the Lord has been ranting about. But then how do you deal with “evil beasts and immoral animals?” If you are honest, you’d have to admit that there are no such lifeforms since animals are amoral. And why rid the world of things which make our planet more interesting, especially at a time when we will be celebrating life?

Even if you find a way around all of this, what can you say about being moved out into the wilderness? Is this the Exodus in reverse? Is the Lord actually proposing to send his children to camp out in the desert under some thickets? And is he so boring that he is going to put everyone to sleep?

In reality, the Lord of Babel knows nothing of parenting or family. This is simply the best he can muster. So, by keeping his Beast from eating his flock, he is being as merciful as he is able. It is not a favorable comparison with the God of the 89^th Mizmowr, but what were you expecting from Satan?

So, I will have given to them (wa nathan ‘eth hem) the surroundings of my hill (wa sabyb giba’ah) as a blessing (barakah).

And I will have brought down (yarad) the rainwater (ha geshem) in its time (ba ‘eth huw’), rainwater (geshem) for blessing (barakah) will be (hayah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:26)

Just as Hadrian did with the Temple of Jupiter and Muslims have done with the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Lord of Babel imagines that he will be enshrined upon the Temple Mount. And that is why he is only offering the area “surrounding my hill” to his flock and not the summit.

Further, rain will be irrelevant by this time. It did not rain in ‘Eden and God’s children will not need it now. But 232since the religious have long believed that the gods bring rain, the Lord was eager to play along.

If the following was not preceded by stopping evil beasts, living in the wilderness, and sleeping in the woods, and if it were written in the correct order, it would have been somewhat accurate. Although Lord knows why there was only one tree, a single field, and a token fruit since they were all singular. It sounds more wilderness than forest – and perhaps was the Lord’s take on the Garden experience.

And a tree (wa ‘ets) of the field (ha sadeh) will have given (nathan) his fruit (‘eth pery huw’). And the ground (wa ha ‘erets) will give her produce (nathan yabuwl hy’).

It will be for security (la betach) on their soil (wa hayah ‘al ‘adamah hem). And they will have known (wa yada’) that I am (ky ‘any) This Is Not Him (#^^#!) in breaking (ba shabar), myself (‘any), the yoke bars (mowtahowth) of their yoke (‘ol hem) and I save them (wa natsal hem) from the hand (min yad) of those who work (ha ‘abad) with them (ba hem). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:27)

With one tree and a single fruit to provide the product the Lord is offering, we have returned to the Gan ‘Eden. What Satan offered to Chawah and ‘Adam is being presented to all mankind. Care to take a bite and see what happens?

As we have witnessed, the Lord of Babel could read, and it is evident that he had copies of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the Psalms in his possession at the time of the writing. So, in trying to make Ezekiel appear as if he were a valid prophet, snippets of what was previously revealed were purloined from the legitimate prophets and then twisted and augmented to fit the Lord’s agenda. Only, he isn’t very good at it.

233For example, during the five days between Yowm Kipurym and Sukah in year 6000 Yah (from October 2^nd at sunset to sundown on October 7^th, 2033), Yahowah will transform the Land and Earth such that they reflect the conditions experienced in the Garden of Eden. This is well past the time in which loyalty to the relationship would have brought rain, and there will be more than one tree and lots of fruit. At that time, Yahowah’s presence will be our security.

Further, the time of breaking yokes is long past. Been there and done that. Jews are no longer slaves. And work is a virtue and not something from which to be saved.

Similarly, Yisra’elites are not plundered, and there are no beasts devouring them…

Then they will not be (wa lo’ hayah) any longer (‘owd) for plunder (baz) for the gentile nations (la ha gowym) and the beast (wa chayah) of the Land (wa ha ‘erets) will not continually eat them (lo’ ‘akal hem).

And they will have dwelt (wa yashab) unsuspectingly or confidently, believing they were safe (la betach), so that none will tremble (wa ‘ayn charad). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:28)

Having read Yasha’yah 27, the Lord of Babel would be aware of Yahowah’s intent regarding the only singular beast with a propensity to devour men’s souls – the Lowytan. So, by repeatedly confessing that he, himself, will rid the land of the Beast, the Lord is playing God. However, without the capacity to love, he isn’t very good at it.

There are no plantations in Israel and Jews are not starving. But having promised to starve God’s people to death, he must now offer to feed them if he is to draw them to him.

234Then I will have stood up and arisen (wa quwm) for them (la hem) a plant or plantation (mata’ – a plant or planting) of renown and for name (la shem) and they will not be (wa lo’ hayah) any longer (‘owd) gathered and harvested (‘asaph) of starvation (ra’ab – of famine) in the Land (ba ha ‘erets).

So, they will not be lifted up or carry (wa lo’ nasa’) any longer (‘owd) the humiliating confusion and insulting shame (kalimah) of the gentiles (ha gowym). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:29)

How quick he has been to change allegiances. As we near the end and he needs to lure them in, Israel is the prize and gentiles are no longer his accomplices. So, when he said otherwise, was he lying then or now?

Beyond these concerns, one plant isn’t going to accomplish anything, no matter its undisclosed name. And Jews are exceedingly productive agriculturally; so much so, they are substantial food exporters. Therefore, the Lord’s premise is faulty. And while a restored remnant of Yahuwdym and Yisra’elites will be harvested at this time, it is to be brought into the Land as part of Yahowah’s Covenant Family.

While it may seem Godly to poke a finger at the gowym – this is the wrong time to do so. Yahowah will not only have called His people home through the voice of a gowy, every surviving gentile at this point in time is part of the Covenant and celebrating life. They are now the antithesis of humiliated and confused.

But, of course, all of this misdirection and perversion leads us to an even more robust chorus of…

And they will have known (wa yada’) that I am (ky ‘any) This Is Not Him (#^^#!), their god (‘elohym hem) with them (‘eth hem). And they (wa hem), my people (‘am ‘any), the House of Israel (beyth Yisra’el), declares 235(na’um) my Lord and Master (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:30)

Methinks the Lord is wrong. By this time, he and his stooge, Ezekiel, will have been sent away and forgotten.

After trying to kill Jews 25 ways from Sunday, by claiming them as his sheep, the Lord has revealed that he is a wolf in the lord’s clothing.

So, you (wa ‘aten), flock of mine (tsown ‘any), small mammals (tso’n) of my pasture (mar’iyth ‘any), human (‘adam) you (‘atem), I (‘any) God (‘elohym) of you (‘atem), announces (na’um) my Lord and Master (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 34:31)

You are mine, you small and insignificant mammals. You are merely mortal men, and I am almighty god. And don’t you forget it – which would be hard since he’s repeated it a hundred times. But, hey, at least everyone knows their place.

As promised, it’s time for the Beast of Babel to divert his attention away from Jews for a moment and condemn Mount Seir, which will have become a concern for the Lord. Therefore, it is incumbent upon us to ascertain exactly what this barren landscape represents.

So a word is (wa hayah dabar) of This Is Not Him (#^^#!) to me (‘el ‘any) for saying (la ‘amar), (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 35:1) child of human (ben ‘adam), it is imperative that you set your face (sym paneh ‘atah) over Mount Seir (‘al har Se’yr) because you must act like a prophet against it (wa naba’ ‘al huw’). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 35:2)

236Normally, it would be insane to rant against an inanimate object, and ordering someone else to do so would be worse – especially when the object was a thousand miles distant, and the intent is to predict its future.

Very little is known about Mount Seir, or even if it is a single summit or indicative of a mountain range. The region was named after Seir the Horite, an early chieftain. Later, in the Towrah, Moseh revealed that Esau had moved into the area and that his descendants were living in Seir at the time of the Exodus. This is why Yahowah told the Yisra’elites not to go there. Then in 2^nd Chronicles 20, we discover that the Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the people living around Seir and killed them all. Therefore, there would be no reason to condemn it based on what it had once been.

When seeking its location, we learn based on the Towrah, that it would have been north of Aqaba and south of the Dead Sea. This narrows our search as we can draw a line between them.

Digging deeper, because Yahowah said that he hated Esau, and recognizing that the Islamic “Jesus” was named after him, I rather like the idea of Seir being synonymous with Petra – which was the actual birthplace of Islam. And with that in mind, everything the Lord will say about Seir makes sense.

But first, let’s see if we can further narrow our search and demonstrate that Seir is really Petra – the rock upon which Islam was founded. In the opening chapter of Dabarym, we are told that it was an 11-day walk from Choreb to Kadesh-barnea by the way of Seir, which would put the mountain or range between them. And while we can locate Choreb, there is some confusion as to whether Kadesh is in the Desert of Paran as stated in Numbers 13:26 or in the Desert of Zin as it is found in Numbers 20:1.

237Archeologists at Tell el-Qudeirat believe they have found the location, which is in the Sinai very close to the modern Israeli border, halfway between the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba and the Mediterranean Sea. And interestingly enough, the only trade route from Aqaba to Tell el-Qudeirat runs north through Petra. This was not only for water and supplies but also to avoid the Egyptians. Moreover, when we draw a line between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba, it intersects Petra.

Also, should Mount Seir be a metaphor for Edom, then why draw our attention to Seir / Petra now? The Lord lashed out against Edom in the 25^th chapter, assuring us that neither man nor beast would survive his destructive hand. And stranger still, in Ezekiel 25:8, Seir was synonymous with Moab, not Edom. So, once again, someone is either confused or trying to be confusing.

And have said to it (‘amar la huw’), thus said my Lord (koh ‘amar ‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), behold (hineh), I am against you (‘any ‘el ‘atah), Mount Seir (har Se’yr).

And so, I will have stretched out my hand (wa natah yad ‘any) over you (‘al ‘atah). Then I will have offered you the gift (wa nathan ‘atah) of astonishing desolation to the point of being uninhabitable (shamamah) and also being a dried-up desert wasteland (wa mashamah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 35:3)

If he had been addressing what the region once represented, it would have been a little late because the Ammonites and Moabites had decimated the place long ago. And there is no magic in turning a dried-up wasteland into a desert.

And continuing to make the case that Seir is Petra, and represents the birth of Islam, it is the only city of any consequence in the area. Either that, or the Lord’s attack was a preemptive strike.

238Your cities (‘iyr ‘atah) I will lay waste, turning to rubble (charbah sym), and then you (wa ‘atah) a lifeless desolation (shamamah) will become (hayah). And you will have known (wa yada’) that I am (ky ‘any) This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 35:4)

One would have thought that Satan would have felt at home in Petra should I be right about Seir. He possessed Muhammad by his own admission, and as a result, the false prophet modeled Allah after Satan. The Quran reads like Ezekiel and is every bit as violent, misogynistic, and anti-Semitic.

So, what’s the Adversary’s beef with Seir / Petra? And it is the answer to that question which unlocks our understanding of Ezekiel 35, bringing it all into focus. And while I will share it with you in a moment, there is no missing the fact that Islam is the most unrelenting source of hatred and hostility toward Israel – and that religion was born in Petra.

Because (ya’an) it is for you (hayah la ‘atah) unrelenting and eternal (‘owlam) hostility and animosity, rancor and hatred (‘eybah). And it spilled over (wa nagar) unto the Children of Israel (‘eth beny Yisra’el) unto the hand of the sword (‘al yad chereb) in the time of their destruction and distress (ba ‘eth ‘eyd hem), in the time of their final punishment for depravity and perversity from corrupting and twisting (ba ‘eth ‘awon qets). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 35:5)

After reading this, we are left with only two options. The Lord of Babel is just ranting and nothing he says makes sense or matters. Or there is a method to his madness, and that means he is revealing something which matters to him. And since the evidence is so overwhelmingly skewed toward this being Satan’s story from his perspective – he is exposing himself to us. Therefore, it is apparent he has a problem with Islam.

239This conclusion requires some head-scratching because Allah is virtually indistinguishable from the Lord of Babel. He hates Jews, demeans women, sanctions rape, and encourages mass murder. He attacks the notion of Satan being the Adversary and then presents himself as the God of the Towrah and Prophets. He writes poorly and brags well. Importantly, he is unable to produce a single accurate prophecy.

The differences are that Allah aligns with Arabs against Jews while the Lord does not care who attacks them. Allah is typically shown in Hell tormenting unbelievers, while the Lord projects his image in the heavens above Babylon. In the Quran, we are led to believe that Allah alone is God, while in Ezekiel, the Lord is desperately trying to convince us that he is Yahowah.

And that is what matters more to Satan than anything else. He does not want to be worshiped as Allah, Jesus, or HaShem any longer but, instead, as Yahowah. And that is the essence of the Book of Ezekiel – its most fraudulent and repeated theme.

Case in point, here the Lord is trying to prevent a final assault on Israel by Muslims, one last attempt to push Jews into the Sea. Should they prevail, he’d be relegated to being Allah, but should they fail, God’s people would celebrate him as their savior and worship him as Yahowah.

Therefore, addressing Muslims in pursuit of Jews, the Lord proclaims…

Therefore (la ken), Alive Me (chay ‘any), proclaims (na’um) my Lord (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), surely for blood (ky la dam). I will engage you (‘asah ‘atah) and blood will pursue you (wa dam radaph ‘atah) because no blood (‘im lo’ dam) did you shun or dislike (sana’). And so, blood will pursue you (wa dam radaph ‘atah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 35:6)

240More than any other religious cult, Muslims have demonstrated a lust for blood. Conceived in envy to plunder the men they murdered, enslave their children, and rape their women, Islam’s signature act is terror. The more carnage, the more they celebrate. It is so bad, Muhammad, himself, led 75 terrorist raids in the first decade of the Islamic Era, leaving a trail of blood and tears in his wake. Then, during the expansion of Islam in the century after his death, Islamic jihadists annihilated one-third of the world’s population. The religion is a bloody killing machine.

There is yet another difference between Allah and the Lord of Babel. While both seek to demonize and dehumanize Jews, Islam’s god wants to wipe “the People of the Book” off the face of the Earth so that he can torture them in Hell. Whereas the Lord of Babel is conflicted. He is enamored with the prospect of exterminating the Chosen People, but since he is pretending to be Yahowah, he is equally desperate for them to worship him. So, what is the Devil to do?

I will offer the gift of making (wa nathan) that which is associated with Mount Seir (‘eth har Se’yr – Petra as the birthplace of Muhammad, the Quran, Allah, Islam, and the Ka’aba) to be depopulated and devastated (la shamamah), an astonishing and lifeless ruin (wa shamamah). Then I will cut off from it (wa karat min huw’) those who pass through intoxicated trying to possess and return (‘abar wa shuwb). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 35:7)

And I will have filled (wa male’) its mountains (‘eth hary huw’) with the pierced, defiled, and slain (chalal huw’). Your hills and your valleys (giba’ah ‘atah wa gay’ ‘atah), and all of your ravines (wa kol ‘aphyq ‘atah), the pierced and slain of sword (chalal chereb) will fall (naphal) in them (ba hem). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 35:8)

241An uninhabitable desolation (shamamah) forevermore (‘owlam) I will give to you (nathan ‘atah). And your cities and shrines (‘iyr ‘atah) no one will inhabit (lo’ yashab). And you will have come to know (wa yada’) that I am (ky ‘any) This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 35:9)

It is actually Yahowah who will be forestalling the flood of Muslims rushing into Israel during the Last Days in a final attempt to wipe out His people. And Satan knows this, having read it in Yasha’yah 17, so he’s taking credit. In the end, the Lord needs to withdraw his support from the most satanic of religions if he is to prevail in his quest to rise above the Almighty.

Muslims have claimed Arabia and Israel as their own…

Because (ya’an) you said (‘amar) these two nations (‘eth shanaym ha gowym), and these two lands (wa ‘eth shanaym ha ‘erets), they will be mine (la ‘any hayah) and we will take possession of it (wa yarash hy’) because Yahowah (wa YaHoWaH) was there (sham hayah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 35:10)

The two nations coveted by Islamic terrorists are Jordan, which is where we find Petra, and Israel, which they call Palestine. They willingly die to claim them for their satanic cult.

The more we read, the more obvious it becomes that Seir represents Petra and, thus, the conception of Islam. In this chapter of Ezekiel, the Lord of Babel is announcing his war against what has heretofore been Satan’s greatest achievement.

While there are many subplots in the Adversary’s story, ha Satan is driven to be worshiped by men above and beyond Yahowah. He inspired Christianity, Judaism, and Islam as diversions while he bided his time for his final 242assault on the Almighty. And so, now with Dowd out of the way, and Jews, Christians, and Muslims beleaguered and confused, there is but a single obstacle in his path: he must disown all association with the Adversary to be worshiped as Yahowah.

Therefore (la ken), Alive Me (chay ‘any), announces (na’um) my Lord (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), I will act (wa ‘asah) according to your animosity and resentment (‘aph ‘atah) and according to your envy and jealousy, as well as your enflamed passions (wa ka qina’ah ‘atah) which you have expressed (‘asher ‘asah) out of your hatred and malice against them (min sina’ah ‘atah ba hem).

And so, I will become known (wa yada’) among them (ba hem) when I judge you (ka ‘asher shaphat ‘atah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 35:11) So, you will have come to realize (wa yada’) that I am (ky ‘any) Yahowah (YaHoWaH).

I have heard (shama’) all of your dishonorable and demeaning disputes, your contempt and defamation (‘eth kol na’atsah ‘atah) which you have said (‘asher ‘amar) over the mountains of Israel (‘al har Yisra’el), to boast (la ‘amar), they will be devastated and destroyed, depopulated and deserted, horrified and awestruck (shamem) by us (la ‘anachnuw) – given to us to devour (nathan la ‘aklah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 35:12)

Based upon what is prophesied about Satan in Yasha’yah / Isaiah 14, we do not know if the Beast of Babel, who is clearly a fallen spiritual being, will assume human form during the Last Days. Therefore, all we can forthrightly conclude is that his parting influence on political, religious, and military leaders will be considerable and catastrophic. To the degree that he is successful, he will not only thwart the zeal of Muslims to annihilate Jews, he will take credit for having done so.

243Although, prior to this point, it is the Lord of Babel who has been displaying his animosity and resentment against Yahowah and His people. Satan, like the Muslims he inspired and is now condemning, is jealous of God’s affection for what he views as lesser lifeforms. Since he and they are driven by envy, Ezekiel and the Quran are testaments to the extent of the Adversary’s malice.

This is yet another example of the Lord using others to reflect his nature, then judging them as he will be judged. In so doing, he is muddying the waters to confuse the faithful into believing that he is God rather than the Adversary. This ploy appears somewhat credible because Muslims have been similarly dishonorable in their defamation of Yahowah.

However, he’s still Satan and cannot seem to get out of his own way. The Lord squandered the fledgling credibility he was trying to garner when he predicted that Muslims would be devouring Jews as if they were eating dates on Ramadan.

While it may have been gratifying early on as they were murdering Jewish men, raping their women, and enslaving their children, I suspect Hylel ben Shachar has grown weary of Muslims screaming Allahu Akbar | Allah is Greater (or more literally: “Allah is a Mouse”). Even though it was intended to taunt the Jews they were terrorizing by claiming that their god, Allah, was greater than the Jewish God, Yahowah, since Satan is now fixated on being Yahowah, it has become counter to his interests.

And you continually boast (wa gadal) over me (‘al ‘any) with your mouth (ba peh ‘atem) and you have multiplied your prayers during worship and have voluminously shouted (‘athar). I, myself, have heard (‘any shama’) your speeches, accounts, and promises about me (‘al ‘any dabarym). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 35:13)

244The Lord of Islam is aware that Allah was modeled after him and that Muslims are mesmerized by his terrorizing and sadistic persona. And being mooned by them during their prayers for the past 14 centuries may have been somewhat satisfying. However, they are not Jews, the Quran is the dumbest book ever written, and Satan knows that Allah is no more God than a turnip. Since he wants to be known as the real God, he needs to silence Muslims – and that will take some doing. Never has a religious sect been more gadal in their ‘athar. But up until this moment, we did not know that all the fuss was beginning to annoy Satan.

Thus said my Lord (koh ‘amar ‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), accordingly (ka), the entire Earth and the Land (kol ha ‘erets) will rejoice and be glad (samach) when I act to devastate and eliminate you (shamamah ‘asah la ‘atah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 35:14)

Considering the blight they have been on the world, the terror they have inflicted, the way they have abused women, and the depressing effect they have had on human enlightenment, most will be delighted to see them go. Although, no doubt Muslims won’t be celebrating, nor Progressives who are quizzically supportive of misogynists, slave traders, terrorists, and pedophiles. But alas, Satan is a fangless serpent. It will take the real God to rid the world of this deadly plague.

Just as you rejoiced (ka simchah ‘atah) over taking possession (nachalah) of the House of Israel (beyth Israel) on account of it being devastated, abandoned, and destroyed (‘al ‘asher shamem), so I will deal with you (ken ‘asah la ‘atah). You will be desolated and uninhabited (shamamah hayah), Mount Seir (har Se’yr) and all of Edom (wa kol ‘Edowm – and everything man makes red, the ancient kingdom surrounding Petra) – all of it (kol hy’).

245Then you will have known (wa yada’) that I am (ky ‘any) This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 35:15)

Yasha’yah | Isaiah speaks of the events which usher in the final invasion of Muslims into Israel. And while they will initially overwhelm Jewish defenses, and act like savages, Yahowah will intervene to stop them and save His people. Israel will be bludgeoned but not destroyed – all of which will transpire with purpose. It is going to take a lot to get His people’s attention such that they return to Him before it is too late.

Islam has been good for Satan. Even he must be surprised that a god modeled after himself, promoted by a pedophile and rapist, an illiterate mass-murdering terrorist, through the dumbest book ever written, would have become so wildly popular. As a result, countless millions willingly die killing for him. So, to an extent, Islam proves his point – most people are so stupid, they will believe anything.

This chapter has been as revealing as it has been surprising. Recognizing that he prevailed in convincing billions of sufficiently ignorant and irrational people to believe that Allah is God, Satan is emboldened. The success of Islam gives Satan confidence that he will prevail in convincing his target audience that he is Yahowah.

However, since Muslims are not his prey, since they will never accept that Allah is Yahowah, it will be goodbye and good riddance to them. They had had a good run, but the most satanic of religions will soon be over.

And yet, Islam isn’t the last, or most formidable, obstacle which must be removed for Satan to prevail in his crusade to rise above Yahowah.

246Still barking at inanimate objects, the Lord continues to babel while pretending that he is God. The subjects of his wrath are mountains again, but this time they are in Israel, and they represent a different foe.

As we discovered in Yasha’yah, Satan wants to rise above the Almighty, so anything and everything big and tall is somehow seen as competition. And I suppose that makes some sense, especially for the time, because the mountains were seen as shrines to the gods, and in ancient warfare, the victor usually held the high ground.

And you, child of mortal man (wa ‘atah ben ‘adam), it is imperative that you act like a prophet (naba’) to the mountains of Israel (‘el har Yisra’el), and have said (wa ‘amar), mountains (har) of Israel (Yisra’el) you must listen to (shama’) the word (dabar) of This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:1)

The Yisra’elites were long gone, but the mountains were still there. So, at least, he had an audience. And while that’s an improvement, what do you suspect the Beast of Babel thinks they have done to offend him to the extent it is now imperative for the hills to be scolded? Curiously, we are provided an answer: apparently, the mountains have been trash-talking…

Here and now, thus said (koh ‘amar) my Lord (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), because you have said (ya’an ‘amar), Aha, the Adversary is over you (ha ‘oyeb ‘al ‘atem he’ach)!

As a result of Sha’uwl’s | Paul’s second letter to Thessalonica (2^nd Thessalonians 2:3-8), Christians believe that Satan will make a final appearance in Israel as the Antichrist during the Last Days. And since that is not how the Adversary wants to be perceived, Christians must now be silenced.

247Otherwise, if rocks were thoughtful and if dirt could talk, this would have been insightful. But since they cannot, I appreciate the Lord acknowledging that these alleged conversations were simply rhetorical devices. They have all been falsely projected to make otherwise innocent people – or mountains – seem complicit in their demise.

And also (wa), the most eternally elevated place (bamah ‘owlam – the eternally elevated places) has become possessed (la mowrashah hayah) according to us (la ‘anachnuw). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:2)

With the Beast of Babel once again lashing out at a metaphor representing his most recent foe as a result of a fabricated conversation, it is incumbent upon us to ascertain the nature of this irritant. And having moved north from the birthplace of Islam into Israel, it will be either Judaism or Christianity, both of which were conceived here.

Therefore (la ken), you must prophesy (naba’) and say (wa ‘amar), thus says (koh ‘amar) my Lord (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), because in because (ya’an ba ya’an) devastated and desolate (shamem), hounded and chased after (wa sha’aph) against you from all sides (‘eth ‘atem min sabyb) to become for you (la hayah ‘atem) possessed by the rest (mowrashah la sha’eryth) of the gentiles (ha gowym). And you lift up (wa ‘alah) on high your lips (‘al saphah), tongue (lashown), and slander (wa dibah) people (‘am). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:3)

To his credit, the visual image of mountains having lips and a tongue is creative, explaining how the earthen formations were slandering people. And now, in our search for answers, we have our first clues. Satan is frustrated that gentiles are claiming Israel as their own. And he seems irritated that they are hounding and slandering Jews from all around. And while this could still apply to Muslims, it 248is an even better fit for Christians because of their continual slander of Jews.

Should this be the case, the rationale would be somewhat similar. Just as he would with Muhammad centuries later, Satan manipulated Sha’uwl | Paul as adroitly as he is playing Yachezq’el | Ezekiel. And as a result, Yahowah, His Towrah, Beryth, Miqra’ey, and Mashyach were annulled and replaced, creating the most impenetrable stumbling block to knowing God and entering Heaven the world would ever know. And while Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and the various forms of Liberalism represent Satan’s greatest achievements, claiming billions of souls, should you think that he is going to fly a “Mission Accomplished” banner on the SS Lowytan, you haven’t been paying attention.

Jesus Christ, G-d, and Allah have been effective diversions. More importantly, they have taken mankind’s attention away from Yahowah to the point where He and His testimony are scarcely known. This was a vital aspect of Satan’s overall strategy because, if Yahowah and His word are known, then Satan is the Adversary and his desire to be worshiped as God becomes unobtainable. But in the end, after they have served their purpose, at a time when anyone with half a brain knows that Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Progressive Liberalism are irrational, the Earth will be ripe for the rise of Hylel ben Shachar as Yahowah – as the Lord God of the universe.

After having used the faithful, the Adversary will discard them with prejudice – viewing them as insolent and stupid – even slanderous. Jesus isn’t Yahowah, nor is G-d, Allah, or Mother Earth. And even Satan, especially Satan, knows it.

So, while the mindless redundancy, stunted vocabulary, and lack of literacy are irritating, there is a method to the babel…

249Therefore (la ken), mountains of Israel (har Yisra’el) you must hear (shama’) the word of My Lord (dabar ‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!). Thus said (koh ‘amar) My Lord (dabar ‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), to the mountains (‘el har) and to the hills (wa la ha giba’ah), to the ravines (la ha ‘aphyq) and to the valleys (wa la ha gay’), even to the ruins and rubble (wa ha charbah), the desolate and devastated (ha shamem), and to the cities (wa la ha ‘iyr) of the abandoned (ha ‘azab) which were (‘asher hayah) for plunder (la baz) and for scorn and ridicule (wa la la’ag) to the rest (la sha’eryth) of the gentiles (ha gowym) from all around (sabyb). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:4)

As Yahowah had predicted through His actual prophets, after Babylon, then Greece and Rome would ravage and plunder Judea. Out of the rubble, Christianity – the most invasive of weeds – would take root and grow. Yahowah would call its author, Sha’uwl | Paul, the Plague of Death. Able to read better than he writes, Satan would have known what was coming and how it would play into his manipulative hands.

And let’s be clear, one religion, more than any other, began life fixated on the notion of gentiles replacing Jews. Its founder vociferously claimed that his god had appointed him as the apostle to the gentiles, whom he often called Greeks. And nothing comes close to the degree of ridicule riddling the Christian New Testament.

And while the rise and fall of Christianity has been a great victory for the Devil, there was still a bigger prize. In the mother of all cravings, he must claim Israel and Jews as his own.

Therefore (la ken), thus said (koh ‘amar) My Lord (dabar ‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), if not in fire of my jealousy (‘im lo’ ba ‘esh qin’ah ‘any), I had spoken (dabar) over the rest (‘al sha’eryth) of the gentile nations 250(ha gowym) and over (wa ‘al) Edom (‘edowm), all who had given (kol ‘asher nathan) my land (‘eth ‘erets ‘any) to themselves to possess (la hem la mowrashah) with every revelry (ba simchah kol) of heart (lebab) with malice (ba sha’at) of soul (nepesh) with regard to (lama’an) her pastureland (migrash hy’) for plunder (la baz). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:5)

The Roman and Greek churches would not only claim the land, promises, and pastures of Israel, in a joyous orgy of malice, they would replace the acknowledged Shepherd, Messiah, King, and Son of God, even Israel, with a caricature of their own design.

Therefore (la ken), it is imperative that you act like a prophet (naba’) over the ground of Israel (‘al ‘adamah Yisra’el) and have said (wa ‘amar) to the mountains (la ha har) and to the hills (wa la ha giba’ah), to the ravines (la ha ‘aphyq) and to the valleys (wa la ha gay’), thus said (koh ‘amar) My Lord (dabar ‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), behold (hineh), my envy and jealousy (qin’ah ‘any) and in my venomous and toxic wrath (wa ba chemah ‘any), I have spoken (dabar) because of (ya’an) the insulting impropriety and lowly status, the disgrace and shame (kalimah) of the gentiles (gowym) you had lifted up and endured (nasa’). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:6)

From high to low and in between, when it comes to Israel, Satan is jealous. To be seen as Yahowah, he must claim Yahuwdym and Yahuwdah as his own. Therefore, the Lord of Babel recognizes that Christian Replacement Theology has become an impediment which must be challenged and removed. Israel isn’t Rome’s or its church’s; it must be his if he is to replace Yahowah.

In his envy, Satan inspired Christianity to deflect attention away from Yahowah, His Towrah and Prophets, and now he must destroy it because he has no interest in being Jesus Christ. Jesus is not Yahowah, and ha 251Mashyach is a man, not God. So Twistians are in for a rude awakening. Not only was their god inspired by Satan, the Lord does not want to be their god anymore. The gentile church will have lost its status, with grace devolving into disgrace.

Clearly, Satan’s vocabulary is impoverished, so we have to be careful and not make too much of anything he says. However, to the degree nasa’ | you had lifted up and endured was correctly chosen, it is indicative of the cause and consequence of Christianity. It was conceived by a rabbi and then endured because other rabbis were not only clueless as to how to confront the hearsay, their response doomed Jews to being demonized while they lived estranged from Yahowah. So, is it possible at long last that the Lord of Babel is being cogent? As we approach his long-awaited rise, is he becoming what he once was – clever and crafty?

Therefore (la ken), thus said (koh ‘amar) My Lord (dabar ‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), I, myself, lift up my hand, exalting my influence (‘any nasa’ ‘eth yad ‘any) on the condition of there not being any gentiles (‘im lo’ ha gowym) in relation to you (‘asher la ‘atem).

From all around them (min sabyb hem), they lift us and endure (nasa’) their shameful disgrace, inappropriate status, and humiliating claims (kalimah hem). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:7)

The basis of Christianity is Replacement Theology: the Lord Jesus Christ usurps Dowd’s titles to replace Yahowah, gentiles replace Jews, the church replaces Israel, and the New Testament is substituted for the Towrah as faith replaces knowing. One lie is piled on top of another until the truth is hidden and lies are all the people see. And all the while, Christians demean and dehumanize Jews – inappropriately denigrating their status.

252Even though the Lord has been exceedingly successful in hiding Yahowah’s identity from believers, making it possible for Satan to claim that he is Yahowah without everyone dying of laughter, fooling fools is no longer entertaining. To achieve his ambition, as conveyed through Yasha’yah, Hylel ben Shachar must disavow the three religions he inspired – Christianity, Judaism, and Islam – because they have all written Yahowah out of their scriptures and lives.

What is the point in claiming to be Yahowah if no one knows who He is? And where’s the satisfaction in hoodwinking morons dumb enough to believe that Jesus, Adony, or Allah are God, even that there is no god, into believing that he is Yahowah?

For Satan to prevail, it has to be with Jews in Israel and distinct from Christianity, Islam, and, yes, Judaism. This is the second step toward fulfilling that objective. And it, therefore, leads to the third…

So, you (wa ‘atem) mountains of Israel (har Yisra’el), the Branch for you all (‘anaph ‘atem), you will provide as a gift (nathan).

Then your offspring, that which you produce (wa pary ‘atem), you will lift up (nasa’) for my people (la ‘am ‘any), Israel (Yisra’el), for assuredly (ky), they will approach and draw near, presenting and offering themselves (qarab) to be pursued and included in the harvest (bow’). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:8)

Turning to Yasha’yah 14 for clarity, we find that the Lord of Babel is the rejected Branch which strove to rule upon the Mount of the Mow’ed in Yaruwshalaim. So, this is another confession by way of projection.

For indeed, if you look up to and behold my presence, I will move in your direction (ky hineh ‘any ‘el 253‘atem), and I will turn to and appear before you (wa paneh ‘el ‘atem).

You will all serve, even worship (wa ‘abad), what you have sown (wa zara’). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:9)

We have just witnessed the past 2,000 years pass before our eyes with the inception and demise of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. Satan has been playing the long game, biding his time, making God so unrecognizable that he will succeed in convincing more Jews that he is Yahowah than Yada Yahowah will convince that he is not.

This is the Adversary’s playbook. It has been available for 2,500 years, hiding in plain sight, open and available right before the most gullible audience. And in all of that time, no one has figured it out, exposed his scheme, or tried to hold him accountable. Even now, in 2023, just a decade before Yahowah’s return with Dowd, there are likely less than a handful of Jews in Israel who know Yahowah and could distinguish Him from the Adversary.

As irritating and crude as this journey has been up to this point, by having endured the gauntlet, we have reached the intended destination. Six thousand years after he fooled ‘Adam and Chawah in the Garden, the Serpent will mislead millions of Jews in Israel into believing that he is Yahowah. And this is how he intends to achieve this infamous goal.

Should his assessment be accurate, and it rings true, we ought not to be saddened by this outcome or disappointed. He can have the Haredim and the Progressives. Our mission has never been to amass the most Jews on Yahowah’s behalf but simply the best Yahuwdym. And if you want to know what defines best, go to the bookshelf at YadaYah.com and read about Dowd in Coming Home.

254Yes, we are both competing for Jewish souls. And, actually, we will both prevail. To Satan, his own, and to Yah, His own.

I feel inspired, even exhilarated and rewarded, for having been trusted with the opportunity to figure this out and share it with God’s people. And for those of you who benefit from this analysis, I look forward to sharing eternity with you.

The Adversary is verbose, but so am I, as was Dowd, and is Yahowah. So, he will continue to press his case and gloat, and we will follow along, but rest assured, the gig is over. Six thousand years have led to this. The sides are known. The choice is yours.

I have revealed the truth by exposing the original intent of Ezekiel. And I have done so in the name of the people and God I serve. But since it is not in Satan’s nature to do either, the following is not true. Neither Yahowah nor Satan will prevail with the entire household of Israel. So, while Shachar will gather more souls than Yahowah, the majority of Yisra’elites will continue to choose neither.

And so, I will increase and thrive, becoming great (wa rabah) over you, people (‘al ‘atem ‘adam), over the entire House of Yisra’el (kol beyth Yisra’el) – all of it (kol huw’)!

The cities (ha ‘iyr) and the desolate and depopulated ruins (ha charbah) will be rebuilt (banah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:10)

Based upon the stunted intelligence of the Haredim and Progressives in Israel, Satan will enjoy a bountiful harvest of spoiled souls. However, he will not prevail over all of them because Yowm Kipurym | the Day of Reconciliations will occur as promised upon Yahowah’s return. And while there will be many, so long as there is 255one Yisra’elite and one Yahuwd there to greet my Father, Yahowah will achieve His intent.

If you recall, the last time we turned to Yirma’yah | Jeremiah, Yahowah said…

“‘Rebellious children, who have turned away (benym showbab), you should choose of your own volition to return (shuwb),’ prophetically announces (na’um) Yahowah (YaHoWaH), ‘because I am marrying you to be with you (ky ‘anoky ba’althy ba ‘atem). And so, I will grasp hold (laqach) of one of you (‘eth ‘atem ‘echad) from a city (min ‘iyr) and two (shanaym) from the people of a related family line as the nation is scraped bare (mishphachah). Then I will bring you at that moment (wa bow’ ‘eth ‘atem) to Tsyown | to the Signs Posted Along the Way (Tsyown). (Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 3:14)

I will offer to give to you, providing as a gift for you (nathan la ‘atem), shepherds (ra’ahym) similar to My thinking and inclinations, reflecting My attitude and aptitude (ka leb ‘any). And they will be shepherding with you (wa ra’ah ‘eth ‘atem) with knowledge, the ability to learn by processing information (de’ah), and by understanding, with teaching based upon the insights derived by paying attention (wa sakal).’” (Yirma’yah / Jeremiah 3:15)

While one is likely 1,000, and two may be 2,000, with other places bringing the total to 7,000, should there be only three, that is one more than were in the Garden. And in combination with the gowym who have engaged in the Covenant, Yahowah will be pleased with the result.

Satan, however, needs a clean sweep to forestall the fulfillment of Kipurym. And that is not going to happen.

And so, I will increase and thrive, becoming great (wa rabah) over you, man and beast (‘al ‘atem ‘adam wa 256bahemah). And then they will increase and become great (wa rabah), even fruitful (wa parah).

I will cause you to live and remain (wa yashab ‘eth ‘atem) like you were formerly in the past (ka qadmah ‘atem), and I will do it better (wa towb) than the prior time in the beginning (min ri’shah) for you all (‘atem).

Then you will have come to know (wa yada’) that I am (ky ‘any) This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:11)

Satan is not great and never will be. He has been cut down (Isaiah 14:12), and he is about to be diminished for good (Isaiah 14:15). He has made many infamous (Isaiah 14:16), but none worthy (Isaiah 14:20). His temporal riches lead to eternal deprivation.

There were no good times, not for Yisra’el. Even during its brief union under Dowd and Shalomoh, there were divisions and infighting, foreign foes and civil wars. ‘Abraham and Ya’aqob were conflicted souls. The centuries in Mitsraym were miserable. The Yatsa’ | Exodus was only marginally better, with the worst of Yisra’el on display. And after Shalomoh | Solomon, there was no Yisra’el, and Yahuwdah was an abomination. The religious attitude led to one subjugation after another, all the way to the Holocaust. There is no going back to better times for Yisra’el.

The best we can hope for is what Yahowah is offering – turning the clock back to a time 2,000 years before ‘Abraham – and a return to the Gan ‘Eden. But here’s the rub: there will be no religion or politics, no atheists or agnostics, no Progressives or Communists, no Conspiratorialists or anyone who would rather believe than know.

257The Garden we are entering can only be improved by the quality of the people. It’s just that there will not be very many of them.

There is only so much saccharin the Devil can dish out without getting all hypoglycemic. Having formerly promised to kill Jews 25 different ways, he’s either itching for a 26^th, or he’s read Yasha’yah 14:20 and knows that his influence is going to be deadly for Yahuwdym before life improves…

So, I will let mankind walk all over (wa halak ‘al ‘atem ‘adam) my people (‘am ‘any), Yisra’el | Individuals who Struggle and Contend with God (Yisra’el).

And they will dispossess you such that you become destitute (wa yarash ‘atah). And you will be for them (wa hayah la hem) for an inheritance and as property, even as an incurable disease (la nachalah).

Then you will no longer find the means to (wa lo’ yashap ‘owd) bereave them of children (la shakal hem). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:12)

This is another example of misappropriating something from the prophets and then twisting it to the point it is more inaccurate than truthful. But I suppose it was necessary. Between Dowd’s last departure and upcoming return, life has been and will continue to be rough for Jews. Estranged from Yahowah, gentiles have had their way with them.

Having read about this and realizing it is going to occur, the Lord is claiming credit for Israeli subjugation. It is actually clever because Jews have integrated this peculiar notion of self-loathing into Judaism. After 3,000 years of upheavals, the religious have upended reality to suggest that the worse they are treated the more their god must love them. Their rationale, if we can call it that, is that 258the testing gives the religious the opportunity to prove their resilience and righteousness.

However, what began as conniving, quickly deteriorated into malignant. Gentiles will never dispossess Yisra’el or Yahuwdah. The Land has not been and never will be their inheritance. The Lord is not at liberty to give what is not his to those who are not Yahowah’s.

There is a myth among the conspiratorial that Jews are plotting to eliminate gentiles – even with all evidence to the contrary. Nonetheless, these conspiratorial ignoramuses believe that Jews have come up with ways, some claim through vaccines, to deprive gentiles of children. And now, we know where they came up with this stupid idea.

So now, it’s time for another imaginary conversation to reveal the source of yet another conspiracy…

Thus said (koh ‘amar) My Lord (dabar ‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), because they say to you (ya’an ‘amar la ‘atem), you eat people (‘akal ‘adam), and you bereave the gentile (‘ath wa shakol) by your existence (‘ath hayah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:13)

Therefore (la ken), people (‘adam), you will no longer eat (lo’ ‘akal ‘owd), and the gentile (wa gowy) you will no longer bereave, weaken, or overthrow (‘ath lo’ kashal ‘owd), prophetically announces (na’um) My Lord (dabar ‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:14)

By placing this trash in the midst of their Bible, religious Jews loaded the gun which has been used to shoot them. The conspiracy theory it inspired is that Jews secretly capture gentile babies, drink their blood, and then eat them while worshiping the Devil. The purpose, according to the theory, is because Jews clandestinely plan to weaken and overthrow Christians – just as they schemed against and 259killed the mythical Jesus. The fact that it is untrue, indeed preposterous, has done nothing to thwart its ghoulish appeal.

The best way to describe the juxtaposition of what we have just read with what follows is schizophrenia. After providing the fodder to fuel anti-Semitic conspiracies, the Lord of Babel offers to protect those he has made vulnerable. The effects of such trauma-bonding are explained by the Stockholm Syndrome.

So, then I will not allow you to hear (wa lo’ shama’ ‘el ‘ath) any longer (‘owd) the shameful and immoral retort and mocking insults (kalimah) of the gentiles (ha gowym). Then (wa), the contempt and degradation (cherphah) of the people (‘am) will no longer be accepted or tolerated (lo’ nasa’ ‘owd).

And the gentile (wa gowy), you will no longer cause to stumble or be overthrown (‘ath lo’ kashal ‘owd), prophetically announces (na’um) My Lord (dabar ‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:15)

I am glad we got that cleared up. And here I had thought that the Egyptians enslaved the Hebrews, that the Assyrians devastated Israel, and that the Babylonians reduced Judea to rubble. History must have it all wrong. According to this babel, Jews invaded Greece and Rome and sent both into Diaspora as exiles. God’s people then invaded Arabia rather than Muslims conquering Judea. According to this theory, the Inquisition and the Holocaust were also evidence of Jews running amuck and torturing and then exterminating European Christians. But I suppose Satan needs his people to picture the world upside down and in reverse for them to accept him as God.

Satan must think that the best way to relate to a Jew, to draw them into his company, is to demean them. And perhaps, that is why Jewish parents teach their children that 260self-loathing is the fourth food group routinely served in an Israeli home.

And it is the word (wa hayah dabar) of This Is Not Him (#^^#!) to me to say (‘el ‘any la ‘amar), (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:16) son of person (ben ‘adam), House of Israel (beyth Yisra’el) inhabited and dwelt (yashab) upon their dirt (‘al ‘adamah hem), but they defiled it (wa tame’ ‘eth hy’) with their ways and their deeds (ba derek hem wa ba ‘alylah hem) – similar to (ka) the impurity of menstruation (tuma’ah ha nidah) were their ways (hayah derek hem) before my presence (la paneh ‘any). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:17)

That is a lovely thought. The Lord is such an inspired orator.

So, I poured out (wa shaphak) my serpentine rage and snake venom (chemah ‘any) upon them over the blood (‘al hem ‘al ha dam) which they poured out (‘asher shaphak) over the Earth (‘al ha ‘erets). And with their idols (wa ba giluwlym hem), they defiled it (tame’ hy’). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:18)

Ever in character, the Lowytan is envenomating God’s people, which I suspect we can label as the 27^th way to kill a Jew. Either that, or he wants them incapacitated and paralyzed for his big reveal.

To the bitter end, he remains the Lord of Conspiracy by claiming the Jews have been ruthless in their conquest of nations. Well, it is either that, or they are spotting the Earth through their menstruation. But then again, since the ones doing the defiling and bloodletting are men, that doesn’t sound complimentary.

Previously, I had said that this chapter was written to woo Jews into accepting Satan as their Savior – indeed, as if he were Yahowah. So perhaps, you are wondering why he has done an about-face and is badgering and 261beleaguering his captive audience. And for that, I’d remind you of Jewish history, of their continual trauma-bonding, and of how the Stockholm Syndrome works. The Lord is playing right into their hands.

So, I dispersed and scattered them (wa puwts hem) among the gentiles (ba ha gowym) and they were spread out (wa zarah) in the Earth (ba ha ‘erets). Similar to their ways (ka derek hem) and like their deeds (wa ka ‘alylah hem), I judged them (shaphat hem). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:19)

To seek acclaim for gathering them to him, he must also take credit for their dispersal. To save them, he must be their judge.

Whichever way, his prognostication is too late or too early. The Yisra’elites were lost to history 15 decades previous to the Lord’s rant. And the Yahuwdym were not scattered in Babylon but, instead, assembled in a single place for a short while. The Diaspora would not occur for another 6 to 7 centuries. Moreover, God isn’t corrupt, so He did not judge them in a religious manner.

This next statement is so inaccurate, it is the antithesis of what occurred. In fact, had this occurred, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam would not exist today. And yet, the lie was needed to set up an even bigger one.

They came to the gentiles (wa bow’ ‘el ha gowym), wherever or whenever they had come there (‘asher bow’ sham), and they continually profaned, making common (wa chalal – they used so routinely, they defiled and dishonored (piel imperfect)), my holy name (‘eth shem qodesh ‘any – the literal meaning, my set-apart, special, and unique name, does not work in this context) in saying of them (ba ‘amar la hem), These or those are people of Yahowah (‘am YaHoWaH ‘eleh), and from His land (wa min ‘erets huw’), they had been withdrawn as in an exodus (yatsa’). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:20)

262But I showed pity, demonstrating mercy in a dangerous situation, to spare and show compassion (wa chamal) over my holy name (‘al shem qodesh ‘any) which (‘asher) the House of Israel (beyth Yisra’el) had profaned, making it common (chalal huw’ – they had used so routinely, they defiled and dishonored it (piel imperfect)) among the gentiles (ba ha gowym) which they had come there (‘asher bow’ sham). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:21)

First, let’s recognize that it was the Romans who became Christians who hauled Jews out of Judea into Europe. And that is where this would have occurred.

However, had they said Yahowah, had they written it, almost everyone would be aware that the name of the God who created the universe, conceived life, authored the Towrah, inspired the Prophets, formed the Covenant with Yisra’el, and liberated His people is Yahowah. Since almost no one knows Yahowah’s name, since most believe that God’s name is God, the Lord, Jesus, Christ, Allah, Jehovah, or that it cannot be pronounced and it does not matter, neither the House of Yisra’el nor Yahuwdah spoke it or wrote it.

Yahowah’s name was seldom mispronounced or perverted. It is the antithesis of commonly known.

Jews have said and have written a great many things over the past 2,500 years, but “These are people of Yahowah” has never been one of them. This alleged conversation is not only imaginary, it reveals that the Lord is either ignorant or lying. It would have been impossible to have popularized religions derived from the Torah and Prophets in which the gods were named “Jesus” or “Allah” had Yahowah’s name been retained by the religious Jews who removed it.

263This said, the reason for directing everyone’s attention to Yahowah’s name is because it is the thing the Serpent most covets. It is the Holy of Holies he seeks.

Continuing to critique the statement, there are problems with the terminology. Yatsa’ is the Hebrew word underlying the Greek title, “Exodus.” Exiled Jews of the Diaspora did not speak of an Exodus into Roman Europe. The House of Israel was not part of this equation and should not have been named. It was only Yahuwdym | Jews who were dispersed by the Romans causing the Diaspora.

While qodesh means set-apart, unique, special, and uncommon, these definitions are incongruent with chalal | to make ordinary in this condemnation. Therefore, I used the religious implication in the translation.

The notion that Yahowah chamal | showed pity for His name is ludicrous. Yahowah’s proper designation was unused and, therefore, was not in a dangerous situation requiring compassion to be spared.

However, if we were to view this from the Lord of Babel’s perspective, we can understand what he is trying to achieve. Since he is seeking to convince God’s people that he is Yahowah, he needs to blame them for having not accepted his claim up to this point. So, according to the Adversary, Israel is to blame for Jews failing to accept the absurd notion that Satan is Yahowah. And now, he says, is the optimum time to rectify that situation.

As a friendly reminder, it would have been impossible for the Lord to have had Ezekiel address the House of Israel which was long lost. And, therefore, they were not guilty of the crime of which they are being accused. And while truth is irrelevant to Satan, it matters to us. When lies are repeated and unchallenged, they gain acceptance. Such is the reason Judaism, Christianity, and Islam exist and remain popular. After a while, people become so indoctrinated, they stop questioning and start believing that 264the most popular and repeated positions must be right, even when they are typically wrong. Such is also the failure of democracy. Even a hundred million or a billion wrongs do not make a right.

Therefore (la ken), you must say (‘amar) to the House of Israel (la beyth Yisra’el), thus said (koh ‘amar) my Lord (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), not for your sake (lo’ lama’an ‘atem), for me I will act (‘any ‘asah), House of Israel (beyth Yisra’el), only for the exception of my holy name (ky ‘im la shem qodesh ‘any) which you have profaned by making ordinary and commonplace (‘asher chalal) among the gentiles (ba ha gowym) which you had come there (‘asher bow’ sham). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:22)

So, I will have made sacred and consecrated (wa qadash) my name (‘eth shem ‘any) of the great (ha gadowl – of the large in number, intensity, and importance) of being defiled by common use (ha chalal) among the gentiles (ba ha gowym) which you had profaned by making commonplace (‘asher chalal) in and amongst them (ba tawek hem).

Then the gentiles (wa ha gowym) will have known (yada’) that I am (ky ‘any) Yahowah (Yahowah), prophetically declares (na’um) my Lord (‘adony), This Is Not Him (#^^#!), in making sacred and consecrated (ba qadash) myself (‘any) with you (ba ‘atem) to their eyes (la ‘ayn hem). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:23)

While this is not Yahowah speaking, if it were, He would be justified in wanting to uphold the value of His name. However, this would not be at odds with reconciling His relationship with Yisra’el and Yahuwdah. So, it will be for the sake of both God and man that Yahowah will act, but not to the exclusion of either.

And as stated previously, while Yisra’el was nowhere to be found, Yahuwdym did just the opposite and hid 265Yahowah’s name, removing it from His Towrah and Prophets.

Yahowah’s name cannot be made great because it is great. It has never ceased to be great. The failure of Jews to say it or to write it only served to make Him and it less known – and them not-so-great.

Yahowah is returning on Yowm Kipurym in year 6000 Yah with Dowd to reconcile His relationship with Yisra’el and Yahuwdah. Those who survive to greet Him on this day will all know and love Yahowah. And while there will be gentile Covenant members alongside, celebrating Yahowah’s return and reconciliation with His people, God has never sought to impress gentiles.

Satan’s agenda is quite different, however. He is dreading Yowm Kipurym because it is game over for him. And his only way to forestall the inevitable is to convince every Yisra’elite that he is Yahowah. The name is all that matters – nothing else. He simply wants the gentiles to be his witnesses. And they have been, especially considering Christianity’s and Islam’s reverence for Ezekiel’s visions of the Lord, his desire to demonize Jews, and their affinity for the Magog War and New Jerusalem.

So now, after claiming ownership of Yahowah’s name, Satan is back to pretending to be God. Having read the prophets, he is aware of what will occur.

I will take, grasping hold of (wa laqach) you from the gentiles (‘eth ‘atem min ha gowym) and I will assemble you (wa qabats ‘eth ‘atem) from all of the lands (min kol ‘erets) and bring you (wa bow’ ‘eth ‘atem) to your ground (‘el ‘adamah ‘atem). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:24)

In actuality, Yahowah is calling His people home. He is not grabbing hold of them and taking them anywhere they have not chosen to go. But what does Satan know of 266freewill? It is hard for him to speak apart from the parameters he understands.

The means to reconciliation is not via baptism, although Christians must be thrilled by the nod to their preferred ritual…

I will sprinkle, lightly tossing some drops from the fingertips (wa qaraq), clean water (maym tahowr) on you (‘al ‘atem) and you will be clean (wa tahar) from all your uncleanness (min kol tuma’ah ‘atah), and from all of your idols (min kol giluwlym ‘atem), I will make you clean (taher ‘eth ‘atem). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:25)

That is not the way redemption or reconciliation from being religious works – not even close. The water will accomplish nothing other than to get the person wet. And since Satan knows it, that is the point. He has a single goal – for Jews to acknowledge that he is Yahowah. After that, they can all die. However, he has affirmed that his current foe is Roman Catholicism because baptism is essential to the religion as it allegedly purges a soul of sins committed before they were born.

Yahowah articulated and will continue to fulfill the seven Mow’ed Miqra’ey in conjunction with His Son, Dowd. Their intent is to make us immortal and perfect us so that our Father can adopt and enrich us, allowing us to come home. The last stop along that path prior to returning to Eden is Kipurym | Reconciliations. Then, there is a very specific process Yahowah will use when having Dowd anoint the Mercy Seat of the Ark of the Covenant to enable this reunion. There is no mention of water anywhere along the way. This is a Christian embellishment purloined from the popular Sibylline Oracles.

And since it is important, the first step toward reconciliation comes from mankind, not God. We must initially reject all religious and political affiliations and 267then accept the remaining conditions of the Covenant and attend the Miqra’ey. No bathing suits required.

No surgery or exorcism either…

I will have given (wa nathan) to you (la ‘atem) a new heart (leb chadash) and a new spirit (wa ruwach chadash). I will offer (nathan) in your inner parts (ba qareb ‘atem). And I will have removed (wa suwr) the heart of stone (ha ‘eben) from your body (min basar ‘atem) and I will have given (wa nathan) to you (la ‘atem) a heart of flesh (leb basar). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:26)

Since the religious have refused to address Yahowah by name for the past 3,000 years, it is going to take a considerable bribe to get them to ascribe His name to Satan. And so, to lure them in, the Lord is offering a heart transplant along with an unfamiliar spirit. Both are bad ideas. In God’s presence, our flesh is immaterial. And the last thing anyone needs is a spirit from ha Satan. That would come with an express ticket to She’owl.

The Lord didn’t come up with this counterproductive notion on his own. As with almost everything, he misappropriated and then misrepresented something from the Prophets, this time from Yirma’yah 31. There we are told that Yahowah will restore His Covenant with Yisra’el and Yahuwdah by placing His Towrah inside of us, writing it on our hearts to guide us throughout eternity. This is Satan’s serpentine approach to God’s plan. And as with all vipers, it’s deadly.

Satan wants company in She’owl. Any takers?

And with my spirit (wa ‘eth ruwach ‘any), I am offering to place (nathan) within your inner parts (ba qereb ‘atem). And I will have acted (wa ‘asah), because (‘asher) in my statutes (ba choq ‘any), you will walk (halak) and my judgments (wa mishpat) you will observe 268(shamar) and you will act (wa ‘asah). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:27)

By their own admission, Satan achieved this with Paul and Muhammad. And they inspired books that made them infamous in this life and immortal in hell. While it may be a little late to craft a religious tome, for a lot less work, the same terms apply.

But the point is made. Hylel ben Shachar is a spiritual being, and he is offering his spirit instead of Yahowah’s. The choice is ours.

Satan will not be perceived as Yahowah until God’s people buy into this myth…

Then you will have dwelt for a limited time (wa yashab – you will have inhabited for a period (qal perfect)) in the Land (ba ha ‘erets) that I had given for the moment (nathan – which I had offered for a finite period (qal perfect)) to your fathers (la ‘ab ‘atem).

For a while, you will have been (wa hayah – you will have existed for the moment (qal perfect)) for me as my people (la ‘any la ‘am ‘any). But I, myself, will continually be (wa ‘anoky hayah – I, myself, will always be (qal imperfect)) for you as God (la ‘atem la ‘elohym). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:28)

Amazingly enough, with a clever use of conjugations, he did not even have to lie, much… While Satan had no role in offering the Land to Yisra’elites, many will have enjoyed temporary residence, which is all that the perfect conjugation requires. Further, the Lord’s loyalty to these people will be fleeting according to the perfect conjugation while, with the switch to the imperfect conjugation, he will forever remain their god.

It is neither true nor possible, but the idea of something for nothing has been good enough for Christians. So now, 269the question is: how many Jews will accept the gift which keeps on taking?

And I will have temporarily delivered you (wa yasha’ ‘eth ‘atem – I will have saved you for the moment (hifil perfect)) from all of your uncleanness (min kol tuma’ah ‘atem).

I will have issued a summons (wa qara’) to the grain (‘el ha dagan). And I will have increased it (wa rabah ‘eth huw’). Then I will not continually offer the gift (wa lo’ nathan) upon you (‘al ‘atem) of famine (ra’ab). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:29)

Grain, like rain, would have been helpful during the Babylonian or Roman sieges, but now, it is of no value. Recognizing that Yahowah is taking us back to ‘Eden, I think we’ll have more than we need. However, should anyone find the enticement of a loaf of bread for your soul appealing, remember the many times the Lord swore he was going to starve Jews to death.

What’s changed, other than he is now desperate to be called Yahowah? But who in their right mind would trust someone whose reward is not sponsoring a famine?

More fruit, no lamb, I wonder why…

I will have increased (wa rabah) the fruit (‘eth pary) of the tree (ha ‘ets), the crop (tanuwbah) of the open environs (ha sadeh) in order that (lama’an ‘asher) you do not obtain (lo’ laqach) again (‘owd) the taunting scorn and slur (cherphah) of famine (ra’ab) with the gentiles (ba ha gowym). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:30)

Since only one tree will be productive in his scam, this is another allusion to the Garden and to the Lord’s preferred fruit. That did not work out very well for anyone. So surely, we humans have learned something since that day and will not make the same mistake again.

270When the purveyor of famine refers to mass starvation as a taunt or slur, he isn’t in his right mind. And the reference speaks volumes about the original attempts to starve every Jew to death. His threats were personal.

One of the many benefits of Yahowah’s plan of salvation is that when the fungus of religion is removed during Matsah we become perfect in God’s eyes. His light eliminates the darkness. However, in the Lord’s rendition of damnation, evil is celebrated during an eternal pity party.

Then you will remember, acknowledge, and proclaim (wa zakar) the evil of your miserable ways and how bad you were (‘eth derek ‘atem ha ra’) in addition to your deeds (wa ma’alal ‘atem) which were not good (‘asher lo’ towb), and so, you will injure and afflict yourself out of self-loathing and abhorrence (wa quwt) in your presence and with your appearance (ba paneh ‘atem) over your wrongdoing, missing the way, and guilt, your perversity and punishment (‘awon ‘atem) and over your appalling abominations and abhorrent repulsiveness (wa ba tow’ebah ‘atem). (Yachezq’el / Ezekiel 36:31)

Nothing spells fun in the hereafter more than exposing all of one’s faults to encourage self-hatred. And while this is how Satan perceives people, especially those whom he beguiles into worshiping or serving him, it is actually a clever ploy. Remember, his target audience are the Haredi, and so with all of the afflicting and self-loathing, he is appealing to the rabbinical approach to Yom Kippur. The Lord is preparing them to receive him on the day that enlightened and receptive Yisra’elites and Yahuwdym will be celebrating their reconciliation with Yahowah.

Therefore, while ha Satan will not prevail in convincing everyone from the House of Israel to acknowledge him as Yahowah, he intends to go out with a 271bang. There will be far more Jews accepting Satan as their Lord on Yowm Kipurym than will embrace Yahowah as their God. Satan will win the popularity contest by a wide margin. If this were yet another ill-conceived parliamentary election, the Lord would have no trouble forming a coalition in the Knesset with the unanimous support of the Haredi parties and the Progressives.

His win, however, is no loss. He’s playing an entirely different game. Yahowah isn’t concerned with being popular. Just the opposite: He wants to embrace those who have chosen to walk away from that which is popular among men – religion and politics, patriotism and government, culture and conspiracy. Being rid of those the Lord has claimed is the victory Yahowah desires.

So now you know how Satan’s story ends. After disavowing Islam and Christianity, realizing that Allah and Jesus are not God, the Lord of Babel will launch his appeal in person to Jews in Israel. Having claimed to have delivered them from harm’s way, both Progressives and Haredi will hail Hylel ben Shachar as Yahowah.

All we need now is a resurrection. The Christians have claimed theirs, so how about one for the Jews? Stay tuned.