by Pastor Don Elmore

October 5, 2014

Scripture Reading: 2 Timothy 4:3-4

Who is today's Scripture reading about?  When is this going to happen or has it already happened?  “They shall turn away their ears from the truth” means that they will not listen to the historical, biblical account, but instead they would believe a foolish or improbable story.

Did that happen in Timothy’s day or has it reoccurred over and over down through the centuries?  I used to belong to a church that taught that the Laws of God were nailed to the cross of Jesus Christ.  That, they said, meant that we do not have to obey His laws because they are now put away--abolished.  The only thing that now matters is Jesus and you must believe in Him.  I don’t think they considered the consequences of this doctrine!

by Pastor Don Elmore

September 21, 2014

Scripture Reading: Ephesians 2:14-15:

The Foursquare Church is continuing the vision of Aimee Semple McPherson to reach out to the Jewish community through the efforts, service, and support of the Foursquare Rabbis Caucus. “It is important at this stage that we carefully nurture the seed of Messianic hope that's been planted here tonight,” said Kurt Reust, a licensing Foursquare Messianic leader from The Rock, a Foursquare Church in Anaheim, California.

This Inaugural Messianic Passover Seder is intended to be the first of many. As the Foursquare Rabbis Caucus grows and matures, it hopes to sponsor similar events in order to build bridges between the Messianic Movement and the Church, bringing together Jew and Gentile to further the Kingdom of God. “For God Himself is our peace, who made both  groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall... that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace” Ephesians 2:14-15.

by Pastor Don Elmore

July 20, 2014

Scripture Reading: Judges 7:24, 25

This scripture reading tells of the victory that Israel had over the Midianites when they slew the two princes of that nation.  Remember that God had told Gideon 32,000 troops that Israel had, they would vaunt themselves against their God, saying, “Mine own hand hath saved me” (Judges 7:2).  So God instructed Gideon to eliminate 31,700 of the 32,000 troops:  Israel only had 300 soldiers left to fight the battle against the Midianites and Amalekites (Judges 7:6).  That is lowering the number of Israel’s army by over 99%!

The army of Israel was cut by over 99+%.  First, all those who were afraid were let go; that was 22,000.  Then 9700 men were let go who drank from the pond by putting their mouth in the water.  This left only 300 to fight against an army of over 135,000!  It lowered the odds from 1 to 5 to around 1 to 500.The soldiers of Gideon, which included men (no women) from the tribes of Manasseh, Asher, Zebulun, Naphtali and later Ephraim pursued after the Midianites and destroyed the enemy leaders named Zebah and Zalmunna and over 135,000 soldiers of the Midianites.   He was so successful that the “men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also; for thou hast delivered us, from the hand of Midian” (Judges 8:22).    Gideon answered:  “I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you; the LORD shall rule over you” (Judges 8:23).

Gideon dwelt in his own house for the last forty years of his life.  And he died when he was a good old age.  And it followed that after he was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the harlot with Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.

In Psalm 83, both of these nations, the Amalekites (verse 7) and Midianites (verse 9) are mentioned as being enemies of Israel.  This victory of Gideon is reflected in this Psalm when King David longed for the victory over Israel’s future enemies.  “Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb: yea, all the princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna, (verse 11).”  It looked forward to a time when their adversaries would be confounded forever (verse 18).

By Pastor Don Elmore

June 22, 2014

Scripture Reading:  Genesis 12:6-9

6) “And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh.  And the Canaanite was then in the land.

7) And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land:  and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

8) And he removed from there unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east:  and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. 

9) And Abram journeyed going on still toward the Negev.”

When one reads the Bible what does one find?  The contents are not what the average Christian thinks should be in there.  Most churches do not teach anything about biblical history; only most of their Sunday schools do--if they have one.  But they teach very little about the kings, battles, religious views and genetic purity or mongrelization of each country; and it is totally disorganized.  They believe that it is not important.  Maybe this is one reason that most Christians don’t read their Bibles:  because it is so different from what they are taught in church.

The Bible tells the story of different races, primarily two; one pure and the other mongrel.  What does history have to do with the story of Christ’s birth, death, resurrection and ascensions?   What does the history tell us about personal salvation?  One would think this is what the Bible teaches from what the churches instruct; practically no biblical history.

by Pastor Don Elmore

May 25, 2014

Scripture Reading:  Judges 10:6-9

Judges 3:7-8“And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the idols. There the anger of the LORD was HOT against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia; and the children on Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.”

What was the sin that was responsible for causing Israel’s God to be hot against them?  Verses 5 and 6 tells his that it was interracial marriages! 

Judges 3:5-6  "And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.”

Notice that the 2 ½ tribes of Israel that dwelt on the eastern side of the Jordon, lived in the land that was formerly controlled by the Amorites.  Moab dwelt in the southern portion of this land when they were in existence.

After Israel was delivered from this servitude, they once again committed evil in the sight of the LORD and they were put in servitude to Moab for 18 years.  But after the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raise up a deliverer who freed them from the Moabites and they had rest for 80 years. 

Bloodlines

I recently was sent a book via email that was written by John Piper.  He is one of the leaders of the reformed theology and he has already written twenty-eight books.  He is a Calvinistic preacher, who is a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church.  The book that I received was entitled, “Bloodlines; Race, Cross, and the Christian.” 

He was born in 1946; four years after I was born.  He lived his youth in Greeneville, South Carolina and when he was sixteen years old his home church voted to not allow Blacks into their services!  He lived in the middle of America’s separatism.  He confesses that he was a Southern racist. 

Well, what changed John Piper from a racist to an integrationist; from a separatist to a person that promotes interracial marriages? 

by Pastor Don Elmore

March 23, 2014

Scripture Reading: II Kings 17:29-35

The opening scripture reading tells of the history of the portion of land in Palestine known as “Samaria.”  It was the homeland of the tribes of Ephraim and Western Manasseh of the kingdom of Israel [northern kingdom].   But after the tribes of the Kingdom of Israel and most of the tribes of the Kingdom of Judah was captured and put into captivity by the Assyrians; it was repopulated by the five tribes of Babylonians and Lebanon/Syrians.

You will notice that I added Lebanon/Syrians.  That is because when I read my March edition of the Virginia Christian Israelite, written by L. E. Ernst, I was taken by surprise.  How encouraging is it that two different writers are writing about similar issues at the same time?  Let me quote from this article:

“…Today’s Jews may be accurately grouped under two categories:  The Ashkenazim and the Sephardim.  The former grouping comprises some 90% of all modern Jews.  Ashkenaz was the grandson of Japheth.  Japheth was a brother of Shem.  This means that 90% of all Jews are not descended from Shem, hence they are not ‘Semitic.’” 

Let’s review:  Noah had three sons; (1) Ham, (2) Shem and (3) Japheth.   All those descended from Ham are known as Hamites; all those descended from Shem are called Shemites; and all those descended from Japheth are called Japhethites.  Over 90 % of all Jews today are descended from Japheth; less than 10% are descended from Shem:  so how can anyone who is against the Canaanite/Jews honestly be called an “anti-Semite?” 

by Pastor Don Elmore

April 13, 2014

Scripture Reading:  II Chronicles 34:1-7

Josiah was King of Judah in the latter days of the kingdom, before it was taken into captivity by the Babylonians.  His grandfather, King Manasseh, was one of the worse, if not the worse King in the history of Judah and maybe in all of Israel.  Manasseh began his reign when he was twelve years old and he reigned for 55 years.  He did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.

He built the high places which his father, King Hezekiah, had broken down. He reared up altars for Baalim, and made idols, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.  Also he built altars in the house of the LORD.  He caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; also he observed times, and used enchantment, and practiced sorcery, and dealt with a medium, and with wizards.  He made and set an idol in the House of God.  So, Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the nations, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel. 

Think about that last sentence for a moment.  How bad were the Israelites?  It says that they were worse than the Canaanites. 

by Pastor Don Elmore

March 9, 2014

Scripture Reading: Acts 8:5-11

This is the story of two men with different views that are still in effect today, 2000 years later; two men with the same first name; Simon Peter and Simon Magus.  It started in the capital city of Samaria, whose name was identical with its state; Samaria.

Simon Magus was a Babylonian priest.  He was a part of the Babylonian community that had been living in the former land of Northern Israel.  When the Israelites had been defeated and taken into captivity by the Assyrians, they were replaced by five tribes of the Babylonians. They eventually claimed fraudulently to be the true people of God while at the same time practicing many of their previous heathen rites which came directly from Babylon.   

Simon Magus swayed the whole of the Samaritan nation that all gave heed to him for a very long time.  But when Simon saw the potential of Christianity, he endeavored to buy an apostleship in the Church.  But Peter knew what he was attempting to do and rebuked him sternly.

After his rejection, Simon Magus began to fashion his own “Christian” church.  His plan was to design a church, of which he was the head, to overthrow the true Church of God.  His idea was to adulterate Babylonian teachings with some of the teachings of Christ and thus create ONE LARGE FALSE UNIVERSAL CHURCH.  It was to go against the SMALL TRUE ISRAELITE-ONLY CHURCH.