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Monday, July 19, 2010

An Open Letter to the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church

Dear Sir:

I've asked believers in Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah to ask all the believers that they know to pray for me as I send this letter to you. I'm trusting in God to eventually help this letter find its way to you.

I ask you to please consider what I say to you and prayerfully respond from your heart?

I am not going to appeal to you on what the Bible says because I know you believe the Bible and also extra-"cathedra" revelations as well. Sir, I am going to appeal to you only on what I believe is the Heart of Yeshua, the Only True God who left Heaven and lived in the flesh for a few (33 or so) years on this earth and came to show us "the Father" (i.e., what God really was like) and who died for the sins of all humans of all time on a cruel Roman Cross and was buried and rose from the dead, having promised his Spirit to all believers once He returned (ascended) back to Heaven.

The Heart of Yeshua is God. God's Heart and God's Kingdom is NOT of this World. He left all disciples with but one new commandment: To love as He loved and then the world would really know we are all Disciples of Yeshua.

The Church you head as Pope is not Yeshua's "called out ones". There is no earthly "man-made" or "woman-made" Church that Yeshua knows anything about. His Heart says you may call me "Lord, Lord and do many religious acts and on that Day I will say I never knew you."

There are so many good people who believe in you, sir and who look to you for guidance as do the followers of other religious leaders of all other human made "Churches" or organizations.

Yeshua lived on this earth as a Jew and died as He said He would and that after He "was lifted up" all humans would be drawn to Him.

No human organization can save anyone. No human act of kindness can save anyone. We all are sinners (law-breakers) and deserve death. Only by Yeshua's grace can we be saved by faith in Yeshua who died for us to show us what love is really like. It's about dying to self and crawling up on the Cross of the Messiah and giving our all to Him.

So, I'm asking you to die. I'm asking you to die to what you must know in your heart is a human organization which you head as the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. And I ask this not only of you, but also all men or women who are the religious leaders of their Churches--be the protestant, catholic or Jew, Muslim, or any other human organization that exists in this world today. I ask you to indicate this by signing this letter.

The religious leaders of Yeshua's day put Him to death because He basically asked them to do the same thing I'm asking you to do. And it is not only I but all the believers in the One True God: Yeshua. They have signed their names below and on January 1, 2011 the very last person who signs this is going to send this document on to you. God will make this happen. In the Name of Yeshua the Messiah I believe this with my heart.

These are the names of women, men, girls and boys who only trust in Jesus/Yeshua. And we confess that we are willing to die for Him just as He died for us. This is the Body of Christ today and if you want to kill us like your religious counter parts did the Body of Yeshua in the first century, then go ahead. We willingly die for Yeshua as He did for us. If this is the only way the Body of Christ can be united then may it be so.

In the Name that is above every name; the Only Name by which one can be saved: Yeshua: God's Salvation. Son of Mary, Son of God: Yeshua is Lord.

Yeshua's Shalom,

1. Donald Curtis McPherson, (July 19, 2010) [Would you Sign and date and send on?]
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Thursday, July 15, 2010

An Open Letter to my friends Ray and Kayla

The following responses were to "friends" on Facebook. Both are really my friends: Ray from a long time ago and Kayla a new teen-age friend. Here is Ray's question: So Don, I'm only asking because I don't know. Not trying to argue or be difficult. So many have abused our Lord's name in so many ways. Is YESHUA Greek or Hebrew & where has the name been? Thanks Don

And my response:

It is the Hebrew name given to our Lord by his Parents, Mary and Joseph as instucted by the angel Gabriel. It's been there from the eigth day when he was circumciszed and pronounced: Yeshua, son of Abraham, Son of God. Most messianic Jews call Jesus "Yeshua". Check out Utube under "Yeshua". There are ome great videos and testimonies, etc. Also, there seems to be a false sect out there which calls our Lord "Jeshua" with a "J" which I believe may be Gnostic. I could be wrong.

In the Movie "the Passion of the Christ" which has English subtitles, the Aramaic language is used which is the common Hebrew. Listen as the Messiah is called Yeshua.

It's interesting that a group of believers who professes to be like the original new testament church, was and is so angolizied (including myself) that we have been westernized so much and have turned the followers of the Way into a religious organization who don't know or use the original name of our Savior--which is exactly what Yeshua (which means, God's Savior) said "You call me Lord Lord...and I will say I don't know you". Who are you people, your rules are more important than relationships. And not using his Hebrew name is only one example of the "human rules" that have legalized the Spirit of Yeshua.

I appreciate your interest in this Ray. I have been researching this for some time and have only resently become more vocal in my daily life.

It's like I am unable to keep silent about it. Probably get me kicked out of the Church of Christ, except--oh yeah, I already was.

There are so many believers and God fearers out there who are amazed when I just start talking about Yeshua and not all the religious crap of "organized Christianity" that has so turned them off. The common people "sinners and Republicans"--:) (that's a joke Ray) are as fascinated with Yeshua as they were when he walked on this earth 2100+ years ago.

I belive that Yeshua was there in the beginning with God and Was God and He was as of yet not manifested in the flesh so technically there wasn't the "Father/Son relationship. I think "trinity theology" can sometimes be confusling to us mere mortal, except to Texicans :). God had not "become flesh" ... See Morenor dewelt with us as a human. I believe God is One. Yeshua came to show us what God "looks like" if you will-- in every possible way.

Ray, have you ever read the Shack? Great book, great story and mind expanding, at least it was for me. God's "earth" name, the name the angel told Mary to name her child, his Jewish name was and is Yeshua.

At least I've never heard ignorant people take the name of Yeshua and turn it into a curse word. Probably some have and do, and most "Christians" don't even know it's the original name of the Savior. Like the Church it has been angolosized and westernized and denominasized until it is nothing like the Master "called us out" to be which is simply disciples and followers of the Way/Truth/Life: Yeshua.

May you have Yeshua's Shalom.

And this was Kayla's question: Why don't Jewish people believe Yeshua is the Messiah? :C You'd think they would, seeing as he was Jewish, right? I don't get it. :C

My response: Great question? Many Jewish people do believe in Yeshua. Sometimes these people are known as Messianic Jews. When they proclaim their faith they are often kicked out of their families which is exactly what Yeshua said would happen: " Father against son, mother against daughter..." Check out UTUBE under the name "Yeshua" there are a lot of beutiful songs and videos and also testimonies of Jews who have given their lives to Yeshua. All the original disciples and Paul were Jews and they were greatly persecuted for their faith as our many Jews today.

In closing this blog I'd like to share a few thoughts. I was once a pharisee of pharisees. So I know there is a danger here.

So, why make such a big deal out the name of Jesus? For one it is the only name under heaven by which one can be saved. It is the name we are to confess before others that we believe he is the one who lived and died for us and rose on the third day. I mean it's just a name...

Hardly. It is THE NAME. Maybe we can at least pronounce it correctly, don't you think?

Yeshua saves, I understand that and no we are not saved by his name. Him.

Well we could call God "GAD", it's only a name, right? You decide.

How important is your name to you? It's a new perspective if nothing else.

It is at the name of Yeshua that every knee will one day bow. Heaven declared it, let's use it, after all it is the Name of Names, the Name above every name.

Yeshua's Shalom.

The Name of Names

What is the Proper Name of the Most High?
The "so called unspoken name of God--YHVH" I believe was spoken by Yeshua and he taught his disciples the name which is in reality his name since he and the Father are one. Here's an interesting article.

Did Yeshua (Jesus) teach his disciples how to pronounce the Great Name (YHVH)?
Saturday, 19 April 2008 17:19
"The [Seleucid] Greeks decreed that the name of God may not be spoken aloud; but when the Hasmoneans grew in strength and defeated them they decreed that the name of God be used even in contracts... when the Rabbis heard about this they said, 'Tomorrow this person will pay his debt and the contract will be thrown on a garbage heap' so they forbade its use in contracts." (Babylonian Talmud, Rosh Hashannah 18b)

Shortly before the initial Jewish Maccabaen revolt (nearly two centuries before Yeshua's life), Antiochus IV Epiphanes made several intensely provoactive anti-Torah decrees, including the ban of all forms of use of the Great Name יהוה (YHVH). Apparently, the rabbis thought it a good idea to continue the ban of Antiochus with their own spin:

"It is forbidden to read the glorious and terrible name as it is written, as the sages said "He that pronounces the name as it is written has no portion in the world to come". Therefore it must be read as if it were written Adonai." (Mishnah Berurah 5:2)

Why did Yeshua have to reveal the Great Name?

Some teachers claim Yeshua (Jesus) never broke the rabbinic ban on pronouncing the Great Name... thus we should follow his example and keep with Jewish Oral tradition NOT to speak the so-called "Ineffable" (unspeakable) Name. But is that really the case? Did he not say the Name? Did he not reveal the Name to his disciples?

John 17:6 “I have revealed [manifested] Your Name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me, and they have guarded Your Word."

John 17:26 “And I have made Your Name known to them, and shall make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me might be in them, and I in them.”

Hebrews 2:12 ...saying, “I shall announce Your Name to My brothers, in the midst of the congregation I shall sing praise to You.” See: Psalms 22:22 and 45:17

Jeremiah 44:26 indicates the Name was removed from Judah's lips... so maybe they (the Jews) did not know how to pronounce It by the time Yeshua arrived... for they were still traditionally prohibited to do so. We can assume they knew the Torah and were familiar with the discourse between Moshe (Moses) and יהוה regarding what His Name was and what It meant in Exodus 3:13-15. So they didn't need him to reveal how it was spelled or its meaning, but the pronunciation had been prohibited for many generations. Traditionally, It is believed that only the High Priest would say the Name ten times on Yom Kippur and the Name would be heard all the way to Jericho (Yoma 39a-b).

Translation Controversy: "Revealed" or "Manifested"?

John 17:6 uses the Greek word "phaneroō"where you see "revealed" or "manifested" in English. Strong's #: G5319 description is below:

φανερόω
phaneroō
fan-er-o'-o
From G5318; to render apparent (literally or figuratively): - appear, manifestly declare, (make) manifest (forth), shew (self).

In modern English usage, the nuances of "revealed" and "manifested" are different, but a single Greek word is used. Every English speaker will generally prefer one word over another depending on their already strongly held view regarding what Yeshua did. Did he reveal the Name in power AND pronunciation or did he just manifest it in some figurative and yet powerful way without ever saying the Great Name out loud? Why would the Anointed of the Most High submit to the rulings of a pagan Greek king or his Jewish collaborators?

If you read Psalms 22 and 45 (passages Yeshua was apparently quoting), you see how frequent King David used the Great Name in writing, but did he actually say It out loud? My question is, why wouldn't he have said the Great Name out loud if he was speaking It respectively and with good purpose as instructed by the Torah? We have no reason to believe that Jews would not have said the Name until we come to the time of the Babylonian Captivity where Jeremiah (as already shown above) indicates the Name would be removed from the mouths of the men of Judah. If the Jews weren't saying It, why would יהוה prophesy though Jeremiah that It would be removed?

More significant evidence

The following are a few places Yeshua "likely" said the Great Name out loud. We cannot know for sure since He did not speak in Greek to the common people in Judah and Samaria, yet the Greek is exclusively what we have as the underlying known manuscript. We do know that the LXX (the Greek translation of the Tanakh/Old Testament) frequently translates "YHVH Elohim" as "Kurios Theos", which is almost always shown to us in English translation as "the LORD thy God".

Matthew 4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord [Kurios] thy God [Theos]. (Quoting Deut.6:16)

Luke 4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord [Kurios] thy God [Theos], and him only shalt thou serve. (Quoting from the Shema: Deut. 6:13)
What about the Apostle Paul?

Romans 14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord [Kurios], every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God [Theos]. (Quoting Isaiah 45:23)
Of course, we can believe that when Paul spoke to a live audience, he inserted "Ha-Shem" when he quoted Tanak passages which included the Name, but that may never be known for sure... and is conjecture no matter one's point of view. To really prove the argument in regards to Paul, we need to have a live recording, but of course we don't. We only have the assumption that Paul began obeying the Written Torah above rabbinic bans or he didn't.

Until some time in the future, we may not have the silver bullet of proof that Paul or Yeshua spoke the Great Name out loud. People can of course claim that we have no proof that anyone spoke the Great Name in antiquity (minus the High Priest), but my question then is this: Why would the Seleucid Greeks demand the Great Name not to be spoken if it was already not spoken?

In the Shema passage of Deuteronomy 6, all of the Assembly of Israel is commanded to listen and then do the commands of the Torah. If they didn't all have individual Torah scrolls of their own to read, then they must have heard the Torah read to them out loud (we know this was the case), thus someone must have been speaking the Torah and thus the Great Name (which is found nearly 7,000 times) must have been said and heard in their ears. We see NO WRITTEN passage in the Torah demanding that the Name NOT be spoken until much later when Greeks and Jeiwish rabbis ban It.

Basically, it comes down to this: Who, which Master, are we going to listen to? Are we going to listen to the traditions and innovations of men (Matthew 15:9; Isaiah 29:13) or are we going to listen to the Eternal All Existing One, the Great One of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? It is our choice. Choose this day who you will serve! (Joshua 24:15)

So,what are your thoughts on this?

Side note: Do you know what your name means?

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Yeshua is Peace

An open letter to my Wiccan friend:


Like I said religion is man-made. Most if not all religions make rules in the of their god. Yeshua is spirit and any war which is fought in the name of Yeshua is a spiritual one. Yeshua is no about flesh and blood or a man centered book. His kingdom is not of this world. This world killed the prophets and the son and kills the followers of Light & The Way. God has no name because s/he/it is spirit.

I do believe what I call the god took on the form of a human for about 40 years and showed those who want to see the essence of what god really is. This being is who I call Yeshua whose name means Ya (god) is salvation. No physical war was ever fought in the name of Yeshua. He/She/It is Peace and Mercy and Grace.

Yeshua is Shalom!

His Peace be with you.

Sunday, July 04, 2010

Yeshua is the Way--an epistle to my cousin Ted

I'll answer your question if you answer mine:

Can u perceive all things?

I do not believe in any religion or system of beliefs. Be it Muslim, Judism or Christianity.

I believe a Jewish carpenter was and is Messiah--was killed for my sins and rose from the grave three days later. His name is Yeshua. I believe in one God who is my Life.

I do not believe in any system of religion--religion did not die on that cross for you or me--Jesus did. Ted, all the rest is either human led or Spirit led. The Way is all those who truly believe in the Life and He/she/It is the Truth.

I am a follower of the Way.

Christinity is no where in the Bible.

If you knew the scriptures you would know Who Jesus really is becuz cuz from Genius to Malichi they speak of Him.

God help us to follow The Light of Life and be connected only to Yeshua.

Pray for me as I do you, would you please?