“for I am your husband. I will choose you—one from a town and two from a clan"
Is this a sobering realization to you like it is to me? Will YHVH choose to save whole gatherings (churches) of people? Doesn't His word teach us just the opposite.......that even the ones who think they are saved and being obedient, are not truly saved? Why is that? What is the difference between the ones He "knew" and the ones "He never knew"?
I believe it is because to "KNOW" Him as a husband and wife know each other, we must seek only Him to understand. Anything else is, to Him, is unfaithfulness.....just as the nation of Israel was an adulterous wife. When we question what YHVH is saying in His word, most run to man for their answers without testing it to the Words of our Father. Does the Holy Spirit speak to you through His Word? Can He pierce your heart with His truth? Are you searching through the fog of deception for clarity? If I gather around me, those that say one thing and I read something different in scripture, where is my faithfulness, my loyalty, my fidelity if I continue walking in deception?
Moses was told that there would come "another like him". This Messiah would save the world. This Messiah would take the place of Moses, an intercessor. He would be a high priest and would fulfill the temple design. In the bible we read about a rebellion. Korah and his men rose up against Moses. Moses said, "Isn’t it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near Himself to do the work at the Lord’s tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them? 10 He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near Himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too."
Friends and family, anyone standing in the place of Yeshua between man and YHVH is doing as Korah did. There is only ONE High Priest and those whom our Father appointed for salvation are His priests. For a man to place a "covering" (authority) over his head, it dishonors his Heavenly Father. "1Cor 11:3But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. 4 Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head." Please understand that when you seek to put a man in authority (or on a pulpit, or as a solitary teacher, or independently using his gift alone week after week or in a role where his words are not immediately examined by the crowd), this is dishonoring to your Father in Heaven who has given you His Holy Spirit. 1Jn 2:27 As for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you."
Please question everything! Please examine your theology to the Words of scripture and find the contradictions. And then please, search for answers to reconcile those contradictions because we know that the Word of YHVH does NOT contradict itself. And please be courageous and willing to come out of deception, even if you are the only one (from a town or a clan).