Keep My Commandments

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Lately, I have been asked by numerous people why I choose to “put myself in bondage” by following Torah. By this, these people mean to say that we are freed from the Torah (law) because of the death, burial, and resurrection of the Messiah, Yeshua. Through this series of events, we no longer are bound by the Torah in which we are commanded to abstain from unclean meats, to observe Shabbat, to celebrate the Feasts and to not wear clothing that is mixed linen and wool. However, many of these same people will correctly say that we are bound by other parts of Torah: honoring your parents, worshipping only Elohiym, giving tithes, no lying, stealing, or committing adultery. By their own logic, then, they are still half-bound by Torah. In talking to people who believe this way, a group that I was a part of until the recent past, I have found that the lines are usually drawn on cultural and traditional boundaries. Here in the South, we love catfish and bacon, BBQ and shrimp, squirrel, and crawfish along with college football, country music, and soap operas. According to some, we can enjoy these things because we have freedom in Christ. My question is, however, are we using justification by faith as a justification for our lawlessness? Climb aboard, and let’s ride this train together.

Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works’ sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father…If ye love me, keep my commandments…he that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father; and I will love him and will manifest myself to him. – John 14:10-12, 15, 21

There are two things that must be established before any further discussion can occur. The first is that Yeshua and the Father (Elohiym) are one and the same. We see this in the passage we just read as well as John 10:30 among many other places (it must be noted here that Yeshua’s statement in John 10:30 where He said, “I and my Father are one,” so enraged the Jews that they tried to kill Him on the spot). Secondly, we need to agree that God never changes. James 1:17 says Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” There are many more places in Scripture that drive home the point that Yeshua is Yahweh, with whom there is no changing. He turns the hearts and minds of men as He will, and His methods will vary by circumstance and individual, but all His deeds and words are the same from everlasting to everlasting. If you disagree with me here, there is no point in going further. You must have this foundation to proceed. Now that we have the previous two foundations laid, we can go into why I made the decision to observe and follow the Torah as a 21^st century Baptist, of pure European lineage, living in the Southern United States. It shouldn’t be that surprising considering this is known as the “Bible belt,” but fellow Bible belters are who are misunderstanding this, so this is dedicated to you.

What are the Law and Commandments?

In our opening passage, Yeshua says 2 profound statements, followed by a promise. 1) He identifies Himself as Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. 2) He says if we love Him, we should keep His commandments. 3) If we love Him, the Father will love us and will manifest Himself to us. Having already established that Yeshua is Yahweh, we now turn our attention to the second statement: “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” Because the King James Version of the New Testament that I use was translated from the Greek, I looked up the meaning of the word “commandment” in the Greek from whence it was translated. The original word was ἐντολή (entole) which means an authoritative prescription or precept. The connotation is one of a parent who administers their child a medication that was prescribed from the physician. The medicine may be bitter and unpleasant, or perhaps it is smooth and sweet tasting, but the parent’s authority in compelling the child to take the medication is not dissimilar to the meaning of the word “commandment.” The parent commands the child to open and take the medicine for their own benefit, just as Yahweh commands us with authority to follow His precepts. The Hebrew counterpart to this thought is the word מִצְוָה (mitsvah) which means ordinance or precept. So, the idea here is that God’s commandments are precepts, ordinances, and mandated prescriptions. But prescriptions for what?

Sin is the disease. The commandments are the medicine. But the healing comes from the Great Physician, Yehovah-Rapha. Our faith in Him produces the cure as we read in Galatians 2:16

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified

So, the keeping of the Torah will not and cannot justify us in the sight of Yahweh, for they are works. It is faith alone in the Messiah that redeems us from the curse of sin. Look also at Galatians 3:24

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith

Torah brings us to the Messiah and points Him out to us. It did so for Shem, and Abraham, and Moses, and Joshua, and David, and Daniel just as it did for Justin Martyr, and Calvin, and Spurgeon, and Tyndale, and Wycliffe, and all other believers. Torah has a two-fold application: by showing us what the Father expects of us, it reveals our depravity and inability to live up to it, thus our desperate need for redemption. However, once we are redeemed, it is how we are sanctified and obey the will of Yahweh. Therefore, Yeshua said, “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” His commandments-the precepts, prescription, and principles-are to be followed to prove our love for Him. And because Yeshua is Yahweh, His commandments reach from Genesis to Revelation. And because He does not change, He wants us to obey ALL His commandments, from Genesis to Revelation.

The next word we look at is “law.” Found all throughout Scripture, the word often produces negative connotations to us. We see the law as a hard taskmaster, demanding more from us that we can possibly give, just as the Egyptian pharaoh demanded a bigger quota with fewer materials from the Hebrews before the exodus. However, when looking at the word at its original source, it takes on a much softer meaning. Before we find the definition, let’s read a few verses that contain the word.

And Yehovah said unto Moses, how long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? Exodus 16:28

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Joshua 1:8

Hold up here for just a second. Read that last verse again. Joshua says we are to mediate on the Law, and to do ALL that is written therein and in return our way will be prosperous and have good success. This same verse has been put to music and taught to hundreds, perhaps thousands of youths at Baptist church camps and rallies for who knows how many years (I learned it 20 years ago) by some of the same people who don’t follow the Law and teach that it does not matter to us anymore. That is disturbing to me. Just as disturbing is there is another children’s song that is taught to our little kids by people who deny what the song rightfully says. “Father Abraham had many sons, and many sons had Father Abraham, and I am one of them, and so are you…”. So, the same people who say we are not bound by the Law because we are not Jewish, but have faith in Jesus who redeemed us from the Law also teach our kids that we are children of Abraham. Therefore, whether they realize it or not, this is an admission that we are part of the Abrahamic Covenant, grafted in by adoption. The latter is true, in that we ARE part of Abraham’s seed once we are justified by faith. As a result, we are obligated to keep the commandments and precepts that were given for him and us to keep as a part of the covenant.

A few more verses speaking of the law:

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of Yehovah; and in his law doeth he meditate day and night. Psalm 1:1-2

There it is again: meditate on the law day and night.

O how I love thy law! It is my meditation all the day,” Psalm 119:97

So, what is this law that God chided Moses for disobeying and that Joshua and David fondly speak of meditating on constantly? It is the Hebrew תּוֹרָה (torah) and it means “precept or statute.” Torah, mitsvah, entole: precept, commandment, ordinance, prescription. They are spoken of with affection by those who obey it and with contempt by those who do not. Yeshua said if we love him, we will keep His precepts, which are from everlasting to everlasting. Is that not reason enough?

Besides the opening passage from John, what else did Yeshua Himself have to say about the law? Surely, He has the authority to announce that the Law is abolished. We find our answer in Matthew 5:17-19

Think not that I am come to destroy the law {torah}, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law {torah}, till all be fulfilled. Whosever therefore shall break one of these least commandments {entole}, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

In His first major sermon, the above passage immediately follows the Beatitudes. He delivers all the apparent paradoxical statements; Blessed are the…, and then follows that with saying He did not come to destroy or abolish Torah, but to fulfill it. Does fulfill mean that He kept the law so the rest of us don’t have to? No, not at all! To fulfill the law means that he satisfied the penalty associated with breaking the law. We know this by seeing what the original meaning of the word “fulfill” is, but Yeshua Himself clarified this immediately afterward. He says not one jot or tittle shall pass from the law until ALL be fulfilled at the passing of heaven and earth. Basically, neither the dotting of an “i” nor the crossing of a “t” will go away until the earth does. And last I checked the earth still exists. A quick example of the fulfillment of the Law is this. When you incur a speeding ticket and you pay the judge, did you abolish the law or fulfill the Law? Or better yet, when you do not speed at all, thus not requiring a speeding ticket, are you destroying the Law, or fulfilling it? Yeshua said He came to fulfill the Law; He fulfilled it because we cannot, not fully, not every time, and not sufficiently. Also consider this: one day, we will stand before Yahweh at the bemah seat to give an account. The Scripture says if we transgress one portion of the Law, we are guilty of breaking all of it. So, when the Father has us answer for our ways, I believe He will ask first, is this man guilty of breaking the law? It doesn’t really matter how many laws we’ve broken, or the magnitude of them. One is sufficient to damn us. But Yeshua the Son will step up and declare that He has fulfilled the Law despite our inability. At this point Yahweh will turn to us and ask us what did we do with this newfound redemption? And then we will have to answer for our stewardship of His gifts and precepts.

Yeshua then goes on to verse 19, which is often overlooked by many; He declares that anyone who teaches us that even the LEAST of the commandments is null will be called least in the kingdom. Notice He doesn’t say they won’t be in the kingdom, further proof that this is not a matter of salvation. But He does say they will be least. Their rewards will be few. If obeying out of love isn’t enough, how about coming in last place? Is that enough to motivate you to obey the Torah? What is the least of all the commandments of the Law? Is it keeping Shabbat, consuming unclean meats, or something else? I will leave that up to you to decide. Whatever you determine to be the least of them all, Yeshua said if you teach others that it is of no consequence, then you will be considered the least in the Kingdom. I don’t have any aspirations to be the greatest one in Heaven, but I would not want to disobey any commandments of the Father and do not want to be known as the least. He is the propitiation for my sins; my only hope is to hear “well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee rule over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord” (Matthew 25:23)

As an aside, the closest Yeshua ever came to overriding Torah was to make the law stiffer, and not laxer. Consider Matthew 5:21:22; 27-28

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, thou shalt not kill; and whosever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: but I say unto you, that whosever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgement: and whosever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosever shall say, thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire…ye have heard that It was said by them of old time, thou shalt not commit adultery: but I say unto you, that whosever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

So far, we’ve looked at 1) Yeshua is Yahweh, and as thus, He spoke the world into existence, gave torah to Moses (and wrote it on the hearts and probably spoke it to the God-fearing men before him). Therefore, when He said, “keep my commandments,” He was referring to all the law given since the beginning of time. 2) If we love Him, we will obey Him. If we don’t obey Him, we are not showing our love. It is a sad situation when a redeemed spirit cannot love it’s Redeemer enough to obey even in the least of things. 3) This brings us back to John 14:21. Yeshua says if we keep His commandments and love Him, the Father will love us. We know Yahweh already loved us as His creation in need of redeeming, and we see two examples of this in John 3:16 and Romans 5:8. He loved us WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS! But when we are redeemed by His son’s blood, His love for us deepens, and when we keep His commandments out of love for His son, we reach an unprecedented level of affection in the Father’s eyes. His love for us does not diminish when we disobey, but His blessings will, for He heaps His blessings upon us when we show ourselves faithful through our obedience and love for Him.

The entire premise of keeping Torah is loving Yahweh enough to keep His law. We do not fear the law – or the consequences of breaking it – because Yeshua took that upon Himself as the final sacrifice on the cross, but by His own words, He did not do away with the Law. He did not strike the laws from the books, or even the penalty of the law; He instead fulfilled the Law’s demand for justice. He is the propitiation – an atoning victim – for our sins (Romans 3:23, I John 2:2, 4:10).

Objections to Torah

One of the common objections I get from people who challenge my position that Torah still stands today is they point to Deuteronomy 21:18-21 and ask if I still believe this portion of the law applies today:

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: then shall his father and his mother lay ho on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, and he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard. And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

First, this is not a case of little Johnny having a moment of rebellious defiance over eating broccoli at dinner. Neither is this a teenager struggling with a rebellious streak. Notice he is a “glutton and a drunkard.” Not only does this suggest that he is a grown, but unmarried son, but it also shows that there is a clear pattern of this behavior that the son is not correcting, even to the exasperation of his parents. He, as an adult heir to the family name, is dragging it through the mud and dishonoring his parents (violation of the 4^th commandment). Yahweh, through Moses, established the penalty of dishonoring one’s parents to be death, because as we know from 1 Samuel 15:23, rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and “thou shalt not suffer a witch to live” (Exodus 22:18). HOWEVER, just as Yeshua paid our penalty for the sin of breaking Shabbat (“for the wages of sin is death”), He fulfilled the penalty for rebellion and dishonoring our parents. It is still a sin to break Shabbat just as it is still a sin to dishonor our parents, but He paid the sin debt for both. HalleluYah!

Another misconception is the clean vs. unclean meats question. Many say this law was abolished on the cross, but more vividly when Yahweh told Peter “what God hath cleansed, that call not thou common” (Acts 10:15) and when Paul said “let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink…” (Colossians 2:16) For the sake of time and space, I will address this topic alone in a separate study, but I must simply say those two passages and similar ones are grossly misinterpreted. Peter’s vision and Paul’s instruction simply do NOT nullify Yahweh’s commandments that predate Noah to abstain from unclean meats. Briefly, the vision of the sheet being lowered and full of all kinds of animals was a visual representation of all of humanity: some are the dregs of society, some are disgusting, some are simply barbaric while others are proper, respectable, and morally or physically clean people, but all are worthy of the redemption of Messiah. While Torah and the Abrahamic Covenant was given to the Hebrew people for safeguarding and cherishing, Yahweh was now telling Peter it is acceptable for all people to receive it, and how will they receive it unless he takes it to them? THAT is what the vision represented.

Conclusion

Revelations is the undisputed, well, revelation of the end times for humanity on earth. It was given by Yahweh to the Apostle John in a vision on the island of Patmos. Here, John was serving a life sentence of exile as punishment for preaching the message of Yeshua. As the last surviving member of the Twelve and even outliving Paul by at least 3 decades, he was the last person on earth to receive a message from Yahweh that would be canonized into Scripture. Revelations chapter twelve gives an account of the dragon (Satan) being at war with the woman (the Abrahamic Covenant) and her seed (Yeshua and those who abide in faith in Him). The entire chapter is worth reading in this context, but verse seventeen is what I will read here:

And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of Yahweh and have the testimony of Yeshua Messiah

Satan is not at war with the physical seed of Abraham. He hates the remnant that keep the commandments of Yahweh and have the testimony of Yeshua Messiah. It isn’t those who claim to follow Christ, who will one day say “Lord, Lord, have we not done many wonderful works in thy name?” that he is after. The remnant is those who keep His commandments and have the testimony (give evidence) of Yeshua Messiah. These are the same people of whom Yeshua said “if you love me, keep my commandments” and who “will be loved by the Father” if we love Him.

As I close, I want to be clear on something. I am NOT saying that those who disagree with me are condemned to Hell. I may be completely wrong in my conclusion of what the Bible says about keeping the commandments of old. However, I would rather err on the side of obedience than disobedience. However, I do believe there are millions of people who love Christ and are justified by faith but are wrong or unaware on the issue of keeping Torah, and I don’t think they will be refused eternal life because they are ignorant on this, but they will be judged according to how they obeyed the Father. You see, the word of God is everlasting to everlasting; before Moses, there was a distinction between clean and unclean animals and practices. Before Mt. Sinai, there was a proper way to sacrifice. Prior to the 10 Commandments, there was the seventh day Shabbat. Before the Apostolic era, there was a commandment to tithe. And so forth. Yahweh does not change.

Yeshua Messiah the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Hebrews 13:8

What Is Sabbath, and When?

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What is “Sabbath?” Hebrew: shabbath שבת (intermission; from shabath שבת’ (to repose; desist from exertion; cause to cease; celebrate, suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), rest, etc.). The word itself has no definition or suggestion on what day of the week should be the Sabbath, so we look to the context and examples given by the One who instituted the Sabbath.

The first mention of the word “Sabbath” in the Bible is Exodus 16:23.

“And he said unto them, This is that which Yehovah hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.”

Shabbath occurs 147 times in total, with about 1/3 of those in the Apostolic Writing (New Testament). Many mentions in the latter are in giving a reference point for an event (see if Yeshua healing on the Shabbath; a sabbath day’s journey; they reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath day, etc.). Although the word is not used until much later, the first Shabbath is found in Genesis 2:1-3

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day Elohiym ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And Elohiym blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which Elohiym created and made.

So we see here in the second verse of the second chapter of the Word of God that not only did He rest on the seventh day, but that He also blessed and sanctified it.

Sanctify, Hebrew: qadash לקדש (clean (ceremoniously or morally): consecrate, dedicate, hallow, keep holy, purify, etc.). Greek: hagiazo (purify or consecrate; to venerate – hallow, be holy, etc.)

Blessed, Hebrew: barak מבורך (to adore)

The word qadash (sanctify) in Genesis and throughout Torah and the Prophets and the word hagiazo in the Apostolic Writings have the exact same meaning. In the same way Elohiym’s chosen people are sanctified through Yeshua Messiah, so is the Shabbath sanctified by Him from the beginning of time. We will explore more on this sanctification later.

Did Elohiym move Shabbath to Sunday? It may be surprising to you, but nowhere in Scripture does it explicitly say or even suggest that Sunday – the first day – replaces the seventh day as Shabbath. Messiah rose on the first day of the week, this is true. Could this be because even He would not violate Shabbath to perform His greatest miracle ever done? I suggest that this is the precise reason He rose on the first day. One reason I believe so is because He rose immediately after Shabbath ended. Matthew 28:1-2

In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.”

The two Marys proceeded to the tomb at the end of Shabbath, which is at sundown. They purchased and prepared spices before Shabbath, “and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment” (Luke 23:56) and then “when the sabbath was past” (Mark 16:1) came “very early in the morning” (v. 2, Luke 24:1) on the first day in order to anoint Him. This timeline is important because they could not purchase the spices except before Shabbath, but they did so and then went to the tomb before first light after Shabbath (John 20:1) to anoint His body. By the time they arrived, He had already vacated the tomb.

Aside from the day of the week in which Messiah rose from the tomb, there are only 3 other passages from the Apostolic Writings that give any credence to the Christian worship day of Sunday. The first one that is commonly used is John 20:19

Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

It is important to note here two things. The first is rather obvious, if one reads the entire passage rather than just this verse. Going back to verse 1, we know it was the day Messiah rose from the tomb. The ensuing verses tell of the aftermath; Mary going to tell Peter, Peter and John racing to the tomb, the angel telling Mary not to weep, Yeshua finding Mary in the Garden and telling her not to weep, and then Mary going to the disciples again and telling them Yeshua was alive rather than missing. And then verse 19 says, “then the same day at evening.” This is putting into context the timeline. We know the Messiah did not wait days to appear to His faithful disciples; He came to them the same day, at evening. The Jewish day, following the example of the Creation, considers a day from sundown to sundown rather than midnight to midnight as we do in modern times. Therefore, Yeshua appeared to his followers in the evening on the first day, likely mere minutes before the second day began.

The second interesting point was they were assembled out of fear. The disciples were assembled on the first day, not because it suddenly replaced the Shabbath as a holy day, but because it was still the same day in which they believed the body of Yeshua had been stolen. Although Mary had told them Yeshua was alive, they were assembled because they were scared that the Pharisees and Sadducees and Romans were coming for them next, either to accuse or frame them for stealing the body of an executed criminal or to subdue the religious followers of that slain fanatic. This is certainly not something that we need to be commemorating every Sunday, the assembling out of fear. Remember, the first Sunday was fear-day, not a fun-day.

The second passage that is oft-cited as being proof the Shabbath moved to Sunday is Acts 20:7 where it says

And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight

All we know here is that the disciples in Troas (modern day Dalyan Village, Turkey) broke bread together and fellowshipped on the first day of the week, at least this one time that Paul was there visiting. There isn’t any evidence this was a weekly occurrence, although it certainly could have been. However, to say that this was a widespread practice among all believers in Messiah is pure conjecture.

Finally, we come to the most popular passage regarding first-day Sabbath, 1 Corinthians 16:2. Let’s read it:

Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

Ok, so Paul tells the believers at Corinth to bring their offerings together on the first day of the week. Again, he did not tell them to worship on the first day, or to preach on the first day, or to rest and keep the first day holy; he simply told them to bring their offerings. Notice this wasn’t even tithes, but rather offerings out of their abundance, much like the offerings the believers in Jerusalem did early in Acts, when they sold their possessions and gave the money to help the poor. They gave out of their abundance, and Paul told them to bring them all on the first day of the week. There is no evidence that this coincided with a day of worship, although it certainly could be true. It seems much more evident that Paul is commanding this out of convenience for himself, or at the very least, to have a uniform time of offering. This could be compared to the IRS saying, “bring your taxes to the storehouse on the 15th day of April, so that all the money is there when we’re ready for it.” I know that’s a bad analogy, but I think the similarity is there. Paul is telling them, “hey, when I get there is not the time to scramble together an offering for the congregations in Jerusalem. Bring all of your love offerings on the first day of the week so that when I get there it’s all ready to go.” It’s really that simple.

While we’re in the Apostolic Writings, let’s look at some examples of the post-Resurrection believers observing Shabbath.

But when they departed from Perga they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. And after the reading of the law (Torah) and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.” Acts 13:14-16

I encourage you to read on in this passage to verses 42-44 where the whole city, Jew and Gentile alike, came together on the following Shabbath to hear the word of God from Paul and Barnabas. Not the first day, but the seventh. I might remind you these are the same believers who were the first ones to ever be called Christian (Acts 11:26). Yes, that’s right; those called Christians assembled on the Shabbath in the synagogue to hear Torah read. That’s a far cry from the Christians of today. And we say we follow the example of the early church. I beg to differ.

Moving on to Acts 16, we find Paul once again meeting Gentile believers on the Shabbath. Verses 13-15 tell us the story.

And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

Another Gentile city, more Gentile believers, and they met and were ministered to by Paul on the Shabbath. Finally, two more verses.

And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures. Acts 17:2

And he (Paul) reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. Acts 18:4

There are many more verses we could read, but I think this suffices to make the point that Paul, who is often quoted as condoning the Christian belief that Torah is no longer of effect for believers, observed the Shabbath, as did the original apostles and believers in Jerusalem. One may argue that the Shabbath we see here in Acts is speaking of the “new sabbath,” i.e. Sunday, but why then is “the first day of the week” referred to as we previously read in other passages rather than simply being known as Shabbath. Paul, who considered himself a Pharisee, surely knew the distinction and as the author of the epistles would not interchange the terms unless it were true. Besides that, we know the Scriptures are given by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and if anyone would know what day the Shabbath is, it would be He who created it.

Also consider the many times Yeshua performed miracles on Shabbath: the man with the withered hand; the cripple at the Pool of Bethesda; a blind man, healed with clay; and perhaps many others. The only miracle we know that did not occur on Shabbath is the one that healed Himself. This could be an example of pulling the ox out of the ditch versus working for your own benefit, an analogy that Yeshua Himself used to counter the Pharisees who sought to stone Him for healing on Shabbath. While He healed the sick and lame wherever He found them, He chose His own time to be healed, and he chose the day after Shabbath. Although I know this was a fulfilment of prophesy, the prophesy foretold what would happen, and not that He rose in order to fulfill prophesy. He chose to stay in the grave an extra day rather than heal Himself on Shabbath. Are we not to follow His example?

If you’re still not convinced that the seventh day is still the Shabbath, I will meet you at your chosen day. Consider that Sunday is the Sabbath, the Lord’s appointed day of worship. “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy,” Elohiym tells us in Exodus 20:8. Remember that word “sanctify” from the beginning? It means to make holy. Elohiym made it holy, and He commands us to keep it holy by our actions and behaviors. What does it mean to keep it holy? Deuteronomy 5:14 says

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, no thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.”

Few of us today have servants or working animals, but we can still put this into context. In those days, the servants would have done much of the menial tasks for their masters; harvesting food, preparing meals, washing clothes, etc. In the absence of servants, each person must do these on their own. And if washing clothes and dishes and preparing meals is labor-intensive these days, imagine how much more so in those days. This is why the Hebrews, before Torah was ever given to Moses, were commanded to prepare enough food on the sixth day to carry them over until the end of the seventh day (Exodus 16:23, 25, 29). No person, master or servant alike, was to work. Period. If we disagree on the day of the week on which the Shabbath falls, can we at least agree that the commandment to rest still applies (as seen in Luke 23:56)? And if that be the case, why do you go out to eat on Sunday after church? Are you not causing your “servant” to work? What about momma preparing Sunday dinner? Going shopping, out to the movies after church, watching a football game (or the cheerleaders, whichever you do). Do you not think those things violate the commandment in Deuteronomy? Remember, this was serious enough that Elohiym gave the penalty for violation of this commandment to be death.

Let’s take this a step further, shall we? Ezekiel 22:26 has harsh words for those violators of Shabbath, and by extension, Torah.

Her priests have violated my law (Torah), and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and the profane, neither have they shewed the difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

And then verse 31

Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God

The most high God, El Elyon, is incensed and angered by the profaning of the holy committed by His own priests. Is not the Sabbath to be made, and kept, holy and sanctified? And we profane it every time we work, or cause others to work, or use it for carnal pleasures, or consume unholy foods. A rack of ribs and some golden fried catfish for Sabbath-day meal, prepared by a “servant” or someone within our household while we watch a football game rife with ungodly commercials and halftime shows and the dishwasher is running and we’re giving horseback rides to the kids. Any and all of that is profaning the holy Sabbath. Does this sound too hard to follow?

I understand the pushback against this idea. “We’re freed from the bondage of the Law!” some of you say. You are sadly mistaken, if you think so. We are not freed from obeying the Law, but from the penalty that comes from breaking the Law. The Law does not cease to exist. If it has, we must be free to murder or commit adultery or bear false witness. Of course we all know that is not the case, but why do Christians consider the 4th Commandment to be the only one of no consequence today while adhering strictly (in theory) to the other 9? That takes some impressive mental gymnastic skills.

Finally, I want to point you to Isaiah 56:1-2

Thus saith the Lord (Yehovah), Keep ye judgement, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from any evil.”

While He offers cursings and judgement for the violators of His Law, our Lord Yehovah promises blessings for us when we observe His holy commandments. Because I fear the Lord and His judgements and desire His blessings, I follow Him to the letter as much as I know to do. When He commands to “Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy,” I must obey, as hard as it is, and as much as it requires adjusting from my traditions and culture. When Yeshua said we have to hate our father and mother in order to follow Him, this is what He spoke of; not hating their persons, but forsaking their traditions that have been passed on to us that we are expected to continue on to our children. I have no other family that keeps the Shabbath, even though I know they love the Lord God, but the traditions that have been passed down through the millennia is contrary to what the Father commanded, and I choose to make a stand here.

Yeshua said in Mark 2:27-28

The sabbath was made for man and not man for the sabbath: therefore the son of man is Lord also of the sabbath

The Shabbath is a gift of the Father, given to us alongside grace. These are the greatest gifts He could give, and He is the Lord of both. We cannot afford to reject either of these gifts because the consequences are too great.

Shalom my brothers and sisters.

Why I Do Not Celebrate Halloween (or church-ified adaptations)

To listen to this podcast episode, click Why I Do Not Celebrate Halloween

Before I tell you why I oppose the celebration of Halloween, and yes, even the silly, cute, benign adaptations of it found in little community events and church functions, it is important to discover what Halloween is. Is the holiday just a day for children to dress up and get candy and have little innocent scares or is this a day of sacrifice to the evil one and the celebration of Death? The answer is yes.

The celebration of Samhain goes back well over 1,000 years to the Celtic pagans in the British Isles and France where they believed that on this day, in which they celebrated the harvest and anticipated the dark days of winter, the dead, underworldly spirits, and monsters were able to traverse the gap between this world and theirs. Once on this side of death, these spirits and creatures were free to roam and cause mayhem, even capturing and eating humans or imprisoning them in the underworld. It was for this reason the pagans placed sacrifices outside of their homes to ward off any prowling spirits, and they donned costumes of animals or monsters and went house to house singing songs to appease the dead and trick the evil spirits into thinking they were not human, and thus would not be molested. In return, the inhabitants of those homes would reward the singers with cakes (i.e. treats).

In the 9th Century, Pope Gregory moved All Saint’s Day, originally held in May for over a century, to November 1st to coincide with, and in an attempt to override, Samhain. As a result, Samhain was renamed All Hallow’s Eve, or, Halloween. In this, we see a continuing pattern throughout history of the Catholic Church stacking a “Christian” holiday on top of a pagan one in order to co-opt the latter and therefore Christianize the pagans. Unfortunately for the pagans, and the Catholics, this attempt did not achieve what it was intended to do. All that resulted was the pagans went along to get along and the Catholics lived and died believing they had brought Christ to the world. Nothing could be further from the truth.

In short, volumes have been written and the internet is full of articles on the origins of this festival. I do not want to belabor the subject with a concise history of Halloween, but rather, I will explain thoroughly why I do not, and believe no follower of Adonai should, participate in the rites and rituals (i.e. traditions) of this pagan holiday.

Celebration of death
- Now some will say that Halloween, and it’s sister holiday Dia de Muertos in Mexico, is not a worshipping of death as much as it is a celebration of those who have died in the previous year. This may be true, but both holidays are marked with depictions of skeletons, zombies, and other forms of dead and dying humans. While it is true we all must die (“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:” Hebrews 9:27), it is never approvable unto Adonai for us to celebrate the passage of one’s loved ones in a way that satirizes human corpses. Dead bodies, including bones, are unclean and must be handled swiftly and precisely, but never paraded about or glorified.

We are not to make markings or cuttings upon our own flesh for the dead
- “Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.“ Leviticus 19:28
  - This could, and probably does, speak directly of marring/scarring oneself, but almost certainly could include painting and dyeing skin to commemorate or appeal to the dead.
In several places in Torah, Adonai explicitly states that he who touches a dead body will be unclean for 7 days
- “And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.” Numbers 19:6
- This is not to say that one should never touch a dead body, because that would preclude any body from being buried or otherwise disposed of. However, the Father clearly considers death and dead corpses to be unclean, and we are not to glorify that which is unclean.
- “And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.” 2 Corinthians 6:16-17

Monsters: It is common for people to say, “Oh, look at all the little cute ghouls and goblins and witches and Mickey Mouse and Spiderman and Cinderella!” as if they are all one-and-the-same in cuteness and innocence. Hmm…
- Ghouls: A ghoul is a demon-like being or monstrous humanoid that originated in pre-Islamic Arabic religion and folklore. It derives its name from the Arabic “ghul” which means to cast spells, scream, and wrath, among other similar features. It is associated with death and dying, and especially is known (according to lore) to live in graveyards and consume human flesh, either from decaying corpses or through fresh kills. What immediately came to my mind when reading descriptions of ghouls is a passage from the Apostolic Writings in the Book of Mark and Chapter 5:
  - “And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: 4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. 6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, 7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. 8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. 9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. 10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. 11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. 12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. 13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.”
  - Notice this demoniac lived among the graves, howled and screamed, made cuttings in his flesh, and what did he eat? Most likely the flesh of the dead who were buried in the caves.
  - A ghoul is nothing less than a demon-possessed human being. If you are letting your kids dress up like that, the nicest thing I can say is, You are Stupid!!!

Goblins: Depictions of goblins vary in pop culture, but in their original depictions in European folklore, they derive their name from the Greek “kobalos” meaning “rogue” or “evil spirit.” They are usually depicted as being mischievous and malevolent, often committing acts of treachery, thievery, and murder for sport. Yeshua Messiah had words to say about unclean spirits in Matthew Chapter 12:43-45
- “When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.”
- This sounds like a malevolent spirit to me, who goes and finds more spirits to return and cause more destruction and mischief than before. This is neither cute nor innocent.

Witches: perhaps one of the most common depictions of the Halloween season aside from carved pumpkins is that of a witch. Sometimes whimsical, other times frightening, but always ugly, the witch is depicted as quintessential Halloween. Our little girls dress up as them, and women dress in witch-like lingerie at adult costume parties, but witches abound everywhere during the month of October. Are they harmless caricatures held over from the Middle Ages from whence their hooked noses, pointed hats, and broom-riding personas arose, or is there a more sinister side to them? Let’s look at their history and what Elohim has to say about them.
- Circe was a witch from Greek mythology who, in Homer’s Odyssey, turned men into pigs. Other witches, going by various names in folklore, cast all kinds of evil spells on unwitting enemies and ate babies, among other sinister and treacherous acts. While these practices were more likely than not “old wives’ tales,” and mythological, actual practitioners of witchcraft were more akin to necromancers and conjurers of spirits, using their spells and evil skills to speak to the dead and tell fortunes.
- Throughout history, women who were odd, practiced natural healing using herbs and potions, and were unmarried were often accused of witchcraft and ostracized or worse, tortured and executed. These women were often victims of an overzealous community that was either religious, superstitious, or (most often) both. These healers are most likely not actually witches, probably never ate babies or cast spells, almost certainly never rode a broom through the air. It is not this type of “witch” that is the problem, nor have I ever seen a trick-or-treater dressed as an herbalist (unless he was dressed as Willie Nelson or Snoop Dogg).
- Adonai strictly forbad His Chosen people to mimic or participate in the customs of the heathen. Here is what He had to say in Deuteronomy 18:9-12:
  - When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
  - He said these practices were abominations and He would drive out these people because of them. In other words, the reason these heathens were being slaughtered and conquered without mercy was because of these satanic practices! And your children dress up like cute caricatures of these evil people so they can get some free candy.
- In Galations 5:19-21, Adonai through the Apostle Paul equates witchcraft to murder and other abominations:
  - 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
  - Furthermore, He succinctly commands in Exodus 22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

A common defense of the little kiddies enjoying trick-or-treating is that they can dress up as cute animals, princesses, superheroes, and movie characters and just enjoy a good time, soliciting candy and running around town. My response to this is found in Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. and 1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Just as the Catholic Church did over 1,500 years ago, modern churches of every denomination don’t even think twice before incorporating pagan practices into their sanctuaries and childrens’ ministries. So-called “Harvest Festivals” and “Trunk or Treats” abound in parking lots and gymnasiums while children dressed in all sorts of costumes come from the nooks and crannies of their community to enjoy Satan’s day at God’s house. I’ve heard the justification of “well kids are going to go out and do it, so at least we can make it safe for them and give them God’s word while we’re doing it!” Well, why don’t you go ahead and make a bronze calf (instead of the golden one) and bring it inside the church. At least it isn’t *exactly* like the pagan one, right? That logic won’t hold water, and Adonai will not hold us blameless. You know what He said, and if you ignore it because you love your traditions more than His Word, then that’s what you’ll have to answer for.

If it sounds like I’m being harsh, understand I just shared multiple Scriptures with you explaining my position, and the Father did not sugarcoat His rules regarding dabbling in darkness. I don’t say this to prove that I’m right, but I wish to see Adonai’s people follow Him in His righteousness and to forsake all semblances of darkness. Standby on future discussions regarding Easter and Christmas and American Patriot holidays.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8

Who Will Save the Children?

If you are on social media, there is little chance you haven’t heard about human trafficking or seen the hashtag #SaveTheChildren in recent weeks. What I am writing about today is a culmination of several months of thought and prayer that has been circulating through me. I don’t know where this will go, but please read on to the end.

Pedophilia has been a plague for millenia. Even deeper than that, child sacrifice to various gods has existed probably since the beginning of time because evil has existed from the very beginning. I may lose some of you here because I’m going to wax religious a little, but hang on, because this issue should matter to everyone, no matter how religious you are or are not.

In the beginning, as Genesis tells us, the Almighty created the heavens and the earth. At some point before time began, He also created spirits who served Him: angels, to put it simply. According to the prophet Ezekiel, one of the chief angels, Lucifer, rebelled against God and was cast out from the heavenly realm along with his followers, roughly one third of all angels. This was the beginning of evil, which Lucifer, now called Satan, brought to earth and corrupted the Creator’s favorite creation, Man.

With evil now on earth, Satan rapidly began to challenge everything that the Almighty created that was good. Marriage, family, society, worship, and peace were all corrupted within the very first generation of humanity. In order to maintain control over man, Satan began to foment false religion in the minds of those who did not worship the Creator. Fear and power is what drove these new corrupted religions. Leaders used fear to feed their power and followers feared the power of the leaders. Some of the earliest religions that cropped up in the Mesopotamian region, known as the Cradle of Civilization, involved human sacrifice, and this included tossing children into pits of fire to appease the false gods, thus creating fear in the people and giving power to the religious leaders. While the gods themselves were not real, we can be sure the mastermind behind it, Satan, was well-pleased, but never appeased.

I’m going to step away from religion for a bit now because I want to fast-forward several thousand years and bring this discussion home. We’ve all heard about sexual abuse by clergy, teachers, babysitters, family members, etc. and it makes us angry. These cases seem a bit distant, like maybe they’re isolated or just perpetuated by a handful of perverted outliers. Recently, however, I’ve learned this atrocity goes much, much deeper than we…I…could ever have imagined. With the exposure of Pizzagate, Jeffery Epstein, and the coming forward of actors like Corey Feldman and Elijah Wood who are now adults but were abused as children in Hollywood the tip of the iceberg has begun to show. The pedophiles are now hiding in plain sight, as evidenced by the social media posts of several high-profile entertainers who practically flaunt their perverted crimes. There are disputable claims of Mel Gibson and Keanu Reeves coming forward exposing some of this, but the indisputable claims are boiling over until we are nearing a tipping point. It’s what I’m praying for.

A while back, I started to really dig into this topic. I don’t remember the first time I heard of it, but one day I just kind of “woke up” to the fact that this isn’t some conspiracy theory, but a very sinister reality. It’s more than sinister; it’s an abomination. Even then, I think that’s too soft of a word. Nevertheless, I started to read articles, watch videos, pay attention as whispers started to cross my ears. Then one evening, I stayed up late watching videos on YouTube about the use of adrenochrome and pedophila in Hollywood and among the elite in America. I had a hard time sleeping that night. This can’t be for real, I kept telling myself. There is no way this actually happens. The next morning, I went to work and put my nose to the grindstone, just trying to get my mind off of it and do my job. A customer came in that we had serviced a truck for in the past, but I hadn’t really gotten to know him. I began to gather information about the nature of his visit and we sat down in my office to write a repair order. He is a very outgoing guy and we settled into a discussion about politics or something. I really don’t remember. At some point, though, I brought up what had kept me up all night. I’m kind of a private guy, and I definitely don’t talk about things like this with complete strangers. Except I did. What happened next surprised me.

My customer, who we’ll call George, kind of dropped his eyes for a moment. When he looked at me, he was serious when he said, “You know I’m former military,” to which I nodded. I had seen the bumper sticker on his truck. “One of the companies I own does private contracting overseas. You’ve heard of the black market for human organs?” I replied in the affirmative. He continued, “We go after the doctors who harvest and sell those, mostly in Africa, but most of the customers are in North America and the Middle East. Wealthy, elite people, mostly Americans. We can’t take them out, but we can take out the providers. I can assure you everything you’re hearing is 100% true among American elites.” With that, the conversation was over.

I originally was going to list all of the instances where I’ve seen evidence of this. But I’ve decided to let you do the digging. A lot of it is unverifiable due to the nature of the coverup, so one has to use wisdom and discretion when determining what is legitimate and what is not. It’s for that reason I cannot in good faith tell you what is or is not true. But we need to follow the dots. When you start to understand what is going on, a lot of things start to make sense. Remember all of the conspiracy theories about the subliminal messages in Disney films? Doesn’t seem so unbelievable now, does it? Have you noticed the influx of pizza-themed clothing at big box retailers? Elementary children being forced to sit through drag queen story times?

Research the use of adrenochrome by actors, singers, politicians, wealthy elites. Keep a vomit pail nearby. Do it! Furthermore, research the connection between abortion, pedophila, pornography, and slavery. It is all part of one disgusting, abominable web.

According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, more than 800,000 children go missing every year in the US. 99 percent of them return home alive, but for the 8,000 who do not, the reality is horrifying. Some are probably accidentally killed by wandering off into the woods or falling in a lake, but most are abducted and either sexually abused and murdered or sold into slavery. This is a staggering number.

What can we do about this? This is a question I’ve been begging for answers to. I’ve prayed, I’ve brainstormed, I’ve talked to others. I have no answers. But we have to do something. We can raise awareness. People HAVE to be talking about this so it doesn’t get swept under the rug. We have to be vigilant. Be aware of your surroundings and make your children your focal point of attention. Be engaged. Get involved with your foster care system, crisis pregnancy centers, women’s crisis help centers, and other organizations that help victims of human trafficking.

Watch the independent films “Operation Underground Railroad” and “A Child’s Voice” and the documentary “Out Of Shadows.” Furthermore, watch this YouTube speech to Congress by actor Ashton Kutcher at https://youtu.be/HUmfsvegMRo (from 3 years ago!) and check out his organization at www.Thorn.org where they have developed software to help law enforcement agencies locate abducted children and catch the predators.

Donate and volunteer with organizations like www.pathsaves.org who advocate for and serve victims of sexual exploitation.

Attend awareness campaigns and rallies. If there isn’t one in your area, organize one. We cannot let these monsters hide in the shadows any longer.

Above all…PRAY. Pray, pray, pray. I have begged God for mercy, but for His vengeance to be poured out upon these predators. The voices of every child (and adult survivor) who is or was abused or murdered, inside or out of the womb, has got to be deafening to their Creator. How long will He be patient?

Be a vessel for change! If you rallied for monuments or for Black Lives Matter or for women’s rights or any other social change but you are silent about this, shame on you! Where are the brave? Where are the good men? It is not enough to know about it, to hate it, to be disgusted about it. We have to actively fight this!

The average household spends almost $2,500 a year on entertainment. How much of that will you divert to helping spread the word and provide advocacy for these victims? Take the pledge with me! Use the hashtag #boycottpedos and refuse to spend your money on people who engage in this activity and those who refuse to make a stand against it.

Who is with me?