Come out of her, My people!

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Rejecting the Pagan Counterfeits

Yahuwah is abundantly clear that He does not want to be worshipped in the same way that the pagans worship their false gods.  Scripture forbids us to incorporate pagan customs¹ into the worship of Yahuwah.

Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of Yahuwah thy Elohim.

When Yahuwah thy Elohim shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;

Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

Thou shalt not do so unto Yahuwah thy Elohim: for every abomination to Yahuwah, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. (Deuteronomy 12:28-32)

Those who persist in clinging to pagan customs and holidays, while insisting that they are doing so in the service of Yahuwah, are walking in the footsteps of Nadab and Abihu, who thought it would suffice to offer to Yahuwah something other than what He had instructed.

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before Yahuwah, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from Yahuwah, and devoured them, and they died before Yahuwah. (Leviticus 10:1-2)

Nadab and Abihu made a very grave mistake in assuming that Yahuwah would be pleased with their haphazard decision to offer worship in a manner contrary to His revealed will.

There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. (Proverbs 16:25)

We are continually admonished throughout Scripture to wholly separate ourselves from error, from uncleanness, and from the ways of the heathen.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? . . . Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith Yahuwah, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith Yahuwah Almighty. (2 Corinthians 6:14, 17-18)

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if Yahuwah be Elohim, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. (1 Kings 18:21) [Note: Christmas, with all of its pagan traditions and accoutrements honors Baal, not Yahuwah.]

The final invitation of mercy ever to be given mankind is preserved in the last book of the Bible.  This is earth's final warning, the world's last chance.  There will never be another given so it is of the utmost importance that everyone living hear and give heed to this solemn warning.

Yahuwah's Feasts: Perpetually Binding

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. (Revelation 18:4)

Rather than compromising with the idolatrous ways of this fallen world, we must separate ourselves; we must make a distinction between the clean and the unclean, the holy and the profane.  Yahuwah's faithful in these last days must worship Him in spirit and in truth, in accordance with His revealed will.

Thus saith Yahuwah, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. . . . (Jeremiah 6:16)

Let us, as His peculiar people, not only shun Babylon and her counterfeit worship days, but let us with sincerity and zeal return wholeheartedly to Yahuwah and worship Him according to His revealed will upon His holy days.

Yahuwah's Feasts are listed in Leviticus 23.  They are:

1. Seventh-day Sabbath
2. Passover
3. Feast of Unleavened Bread
4. Wave Sheaf
5. Pentecost
6. Feast of Trumpets
7. Day of Atonement
8. Feast of Tabernacles

New Moon Day is also a worship day and, along with the seventh-day Sabbath, will be observed throughout eternity.

For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith Yahuwah, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith Yahuwah. (Isaiah 66:22-23)

For more on the Feasts of Yahuwah:

• Sabbath (Content Directory)
• Annual Feasts (Content Directory)
• Creator's Calendar (Content Directory)

(Note: Many today teach that the Feasts ceased to be binding after the Cross.  The fallacy of this understanding is easily illustrated, though, in that the Apostles continued to keep the Feasts after Yahushua's resurrection.)

Yahuwah, in His infinite mercy, has overlooked our ignorance in erroneously celebrating the adversary's counterfeits (e.g. Christmas and Easter) in times past, but is now calling His people to repentance.

And the times of this ignorance Yahuwah winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent. (Acts 17:30)

The Final Call:

Come out of her [Babylon], my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. (Revelation 18:4)

Time is short.  Will you come out?