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And it came to pass that in that self-same day that I did go forward to preach unto the people. Behold, YHVH had also communed with Zenos and Zenock and Jerimiah and all the other prophets which He had called. And we did all come forward as one to preach unto the people.
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And behold, I did find myself near the temple mount. And behold, I did find myself preaching alone. And I did utter the words which the spirit did put into my heart, and these are the words which I did speak according to the spirit which was in me:
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Behold, you people of Jerusalem, and see! For it was not so long ago that I did stand above you and did preach unto you that you must give of all your substance even unto the priesthood and the priests and the teachers.
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And behold, in times past my eyes were darkened and my mind was blind, and I did preach unto you from that gospel, yea, even the very same gospel that has been taught by our forefathers since the time of Josiah, king of Judah.
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And behold, many words I did speak unto you concerning that gospel, and I did extol its virtues. Yea, I did teach that all men no matter their station was to give tithes and offerings unto the priesthood. And behold, I did teach that it was only through the priesthood and the Laws of Moses that you may be forgiven of your sins. And verily, I did teach that only a certain few may enter the temple, and that only the high priest could enter the Holy of Holies.
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And what’s more, I did preach against this rising faction in the north. And behold, I did teach that these prophets were liars and fools and did mock them to scorn. And behold, I did teach even still that no man may come unto Elohim save it be through the high priest and the Law of Moses. And that these prophets were false, for they did even all of them, claim to be visionaries, and that they had beheld Elohim, yea, even the Son of Elohim.
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And here lies my greatest abomination, for I did teach that there was no Son and that there was no Mashiach. Behold, I did preach against that very One who is mighty to save.
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And all this I did preach because of my station, yea, even to retain my station. For I did desire to retain my wealth and my riches. For great is the power of he who claims that he sees for the people.
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For when the people are blind, their rulers can drive them every which way. And they can take them here or there and it matters not.
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And behold, their rulers can say unto them: Give of me your mite that I may use it to help the poor and the needy. And their rulers can preach unto them all manner of falsities.
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And behold, that leader can make of his people a whore, going every which way. And that leader can lead them unto Assyria and unto Babylon. Yea, even he leads them unto the Hittites and the Moabites.
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And this leader does make bare his people before them. And because of the beauty of this people, behold Babylon does take her and does clothe her and does give unto her of his riches.
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And behold, the people and that nation does become wealthy because of her lover. For behold, her lover does lust after her because of her beauty. And behold, the Canaanites and the Moabites do in turn clothe her and do show her their ways.
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And she does become a shining city on a hill for all to see. And her people do become great in the sight of the world. And all this because that her great and knowledgeable leaders do lead her. For they are wise.
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But behold, oh people, that Assyria will become sore vexed because she does lay with Babylon. And the Hittites do come up in their jealousy because she does spend her energy with Moab.
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And behold, all her lovers do come up in their jealousy and they do all come up against her. And they shall lay her bare at their feet. And they shall take from her the garments that they did give unto her.
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And they shall run her men through with swords and shall hang her women from a tree. And behold, her wise ones will weep unto their Elohim and shall curse Him.
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And Babylon shall mock them, saying: Where are your garments now? Where are your bracers and your neck jewels and your ear jewels? Where do you keep your hoards? For behold, you have vexed us to anger and did break that promise which you did make unto us.
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For you have lied and have also promised Scyth and Kush and Moab. And behold, for your many lies we do judge you and condemn you. Yea, even all of us.
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And behold, in that day shall that once fair people cry out unto Elohim. And the blood of their fathers and mothers and their children shall cry out from the ground for vengeance. But behold, shall YHVH, in that day hear such a cry? Verily I say unto you, He will not.
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For He will not suffer an adulterer to enter the kingdom of heaven. And He will justify Assyria and Lebanon and Kush and shall bring no vengeance upon them for the sake of that harlot.
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But behold, I say unto you, oh people of Jerusalem. If you will repent and cast off those garments which have been given you by your many lovers, and return again unto your Elohim, behold He shall take you by the hand, and He shall clothe you in the robes of His righteousness.
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And behold, he shall stay the hands of Babylon and of Assyria as He has done before. And they shall have no power over you.
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And though all the armies of the earth may combine against you, they shall be no threat unto you. For YHVH, having forgiven all of your sins, will go before you and shall hew down your enemies, and the sun shall stay, and a great angel and a mighty sword, and your enemies shall flee before you.
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And behold, you shall become beautiful upon the mountains, and you shall be as it were, a candle on a hill, and this candle could be covered by no bushel.
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And behold, you people of Jerusalem, I say unto you, all this if you will only repent. Repent you, and your leaders shall not be blind. Repent you, and your people shall see. Repent you, and your wounds shall heal. Repent you, and your priests shall sing. Repent you, for you shall behold the kingdom of heaven. Repent you, for you shall see the Mashiach.
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And thus, when I had made an end of my speaking, behold, the people were angry with me, and did seek my life insomuch that they did begin to cast stones at me. But behold, YHVH Elohim did see fit to preserve me, and I fled from them that they injured me not.
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And I did come unto that place where Zenos and Zenock did preach. And behold, the sight there was exceedingly grim. For the people here did also seek to take away the lives of my fathers, insomuch that they did cast stones at them and did seek to slay them with swords and with slings.
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Yet, YHVH did also preserve them. Yea, insomuch that no stone nor sword could touch them. And we did flee.
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And when we did come into the house of the prophets, behold, many there were that had been cast out and stoned and imprisoned. Yea, even one had fallen by the sword. Yet, in His great mercy, YHVH had seen fit to raise him up again, and behold his wound was healed. And none there were that tried to harm him again.
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Nevertheless, the countenances of all the prophets were exceedingly downcast. For they had been cast out of their own city by their own people, and few there were that had accepted their message. And none from whence I had preached.
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And thus, we see how great wickedness can come among the people, and how speedily the devil does drag them down to hell.
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For behold, great is the power of the natural man which has been an enemy of Elohim, even from the beginning.
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For when a man lays up in store for himself the many lusts of his heart, behold, none save Elohim alone may save that one.
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And behold that one shall cling unto his many possessions thinking himself great and mighty. Yet, behold, all the possessions of that man are as the sands in a storm.
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For they shall not be kept, and they shall be blown this way and that. Yet shall the man continue to seek after these things, even when they are strewn and blown about like leaves.
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And thus does the devil lead that man here and there, chasing after that which he can never own, and that which was never his in the first. And thus does the devil keep them from that Way, even that Mashiach Yehoshua who is to come.
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Wherefore, I say unto you, all you ends of the earth, Store not unto yourselves any filthy lucre. Lust not after the wants and needs of the world, for such is as sand between your fingers.
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Nay but seek after Elohim and His Mashiach. For that which they give is as a great fortress, even a great wall that no man can assail, and no man can destroy. And thus, I make an end.