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Rethink Overview
🌿 An Invitation Beyond Religious Systems
The Rethink Section helps you discover the Truth — who is a Person — and build a relationship with Him, Messiah Yeshua, as an alternative to any dead religious or denominational system.
Ever wonder why Religious Systems feel so powerless to heal your soul? Most Christian denominations embrace systematic theologies built on man's traditions, not God's Word.
Some deny that unseen things exist within the seen world. The supernatural is dismissed—prophecy, miracles, signs, wonders, healing, and other manifestations of God's intervention on Earth—overlooked. Yet supernatural manifestations appear throughout Scripture and have occurred in every American revival since 1607. Over 2,000 denominations hold different statements of faith, many rejecting full-gospel manifestations of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, or even His indwelling. Does that make their conflicying Dogmas true?
Are you currently trapped in a web of Denominational Religious Systems rather than a personal relationship with Messiah Yeshua/Jesus — whether they are called Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Humanism, Witchcraft, Atheism, Darwinism, Globalism, or some other "ism"? Systematic theology is not equal to saving faith. God is a Living Being, not a set of theological rituals we perform to "please" Him or fulfill some dogma. This isn't new.
📜 Pick God's Law, Not Men's Traditions
Judaism always manifested a conflict between God-given Law (Torah) and man's traditions (Halakhah). Once Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had children, the 12 (13) tribes of Israel, religious men (Rabbis and Scribes) saw fit to expand or discard parts of the Law of Moses (the Torah), and replace it with their own interpretations (Halakhah).
This was very easy to do because Scrolls were not available to the general population, and even the very wealthy might own one of the 66 scrolls. So only the Rabbis and Scribes knew what it really said, but no one else did. As a result, several major "sects" or schools of theology arose. But what's our excuse for doing the same today? Good Bible translations are abundant and inexpensive. Do you have one? Do you study it daily? If not, what's your excuse for not knowing what God desires?
By Yeshua's time, major sects of Judaism included Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Zealots, and others—all of whom held differing beliefs about the Old Testament copies of Scrolls.
The Pharisees, who controlled Synagogue worship, believed in life after death;
The Sadducees, who controlled Temple worship in Jerusalem, did not.
Rabbi Saul — known to Kingdom believers as the Apostle Paul — described himself as a "Pharisee of Pharisees." This shaped his mindset as he wrote many New Testament letters, which were written before any of the Gospels (which came later).
The Written Scriptures God gave Moses are called Torah; the entire Old Testament is the Tanakh. But scribes and Rabbinical interpretations were called Halakhah — so since these leaders controlled the Temple and the Synagogues, men's traditions were themselves treated as law, replacing what the Scrolls actually said. Pharisees taught one Halakhah in the Synagogues; Sadducees taught a different one in the Temple.
When the New Testament was codified some 200 years after its authors had died, translators "interpreted" their Greek-influenced writings to support their own opinions about what the authors meant.
Remember, God doesn't operate based upon Man's theological systems, which collapse when real-world suffering and injustice deplete their resources — only the supernatural Word of God and the Holy Spirit suffice.
Getting Comfortable With Supernatural!
God is supernatural, and our seen world exists within a bigger, higher-dimensional, unseen creation — according to Quantum Field Theory and String Theory.
The "God particle" (Higgs Boson) and its field were validated at CERN in Switzerland in 2012, in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments. More recently, at higher energies, matter has disappeared entirely, violating Conservation Laws in Physics. Where did it go?
Physicist Michio Kaku suggests this points to new physics involving parallel universes or higher dimensions—as if the 13 dimensions already known in our visible universe aren't enough to account for this. For more info, watch our videos on "Seen and Unseen Realms."
Physicists now seriously ponder whether particles interact with hidden dimensions; if they do, it would require fundamental changes to Quantum Field Theory, since it violates conservation laws under our current theory. This challenges everything physicists thought they knew, and poses an exponential risk to the created world.
Did you know that? Do you care at all as you live your daily life? Think about what it means.
1) the supernatural exists, and
2) interactions between seen and unseen space — miracles — occur; yet most Christian denominations' systematic theologies don't acknowledge the supernatural works of the Holy Spirit. What does your church say about supernatural "gifts?"
No problem; Christian systematic theologies exclude troublesome Bible books. Old Testament books like Daniel get dismissed by some denominations, and New Testament books like James. Later, they were restored. Is that policy something that will please God? Is His Word inspired one day and not the next? Do you care? Are you a part of a denomination that has done such things? If so, for your own sake, leave it. Heed the warning in the Book of Revelation to come out of false religious systems, or remain lukewarm and complacent and suffer the fate of the Church at Laodicea. See Revelation 3:16.
Sin is always a spiritual matter, even when it has a fleshly manifestation. It always wounds the soul, even if there is no bodily manifestation. Nothing you do to heal your flesh can break sin's grip on your soul; nor can it grant you access to God's everlasting presence and His radiant light (אוֹר). Without that, you are exiled to darkness, depravity and evil. Without God's love and mercy, all of humanity is headed towards darkness (חֹשֶׁךְ – Choshekh), cursed by decay and dysfunction, victims of sin and death.
But God is merciful and loves those who've defiled themselves with false worship and broken trust, so He invites you to "Love Me first, and love your neighbor as yourself." That's what Messiah Yeshua said. Yeshua (Jesus, in English Bibles) sets us free from our souls' evil inclinations. During His earthly ministry, every crucifixion He passed on the way to Jerusalem reminded Him where His path led — to a crucifixion for our sins. He carried that burden long before the nails pierced His hands and feet.
The Scriptural Gospel is that only God can restore us, and He chose to do so for those who don't cling to their selfish, fleshly ways. Only one thing restores our souls: the perfect, eternal sacrifice of a righteous man, His Son, Yeshua, our Messiah. That Truth unsettles governments, false religious systems that deny Yahweh or offer some other god. As a result, they persecuted both Jews and Christians, because they are part of the same Olive Tree and One New Man in the Kingdom of God on Earth.
Yet amid spiritual persecution and warfare, there's a promise stronger than pain. Yeshua not only redeems — God's Holy Spirit indwells Kingdom believers. His light doesn't just reveal brokenness; it brings spiritual healing to the soul, the eternal part of us. The true Christian path is to avoid all hardship, but find the divine strength to endure it through trials that God allows. We find comfort in the fact that Yeshua, the Messiah, of Jews and all Kingdom believers, fulfilled prophecy, confronted corruption, and opened the eternal bridge between sinful humanity and a holy, righteous God.
🌳 The Lie That Won't Die
Satan's deception in God's Garden still echoes today, louder and more cleverly disguised: "There is no sin because there is no God. God is a myth, what He says isn't true!"
This is the anthem of modern secularism — whether shouted by advertisements, communists or ignorant college students at Harvard and Yale, whispered by evolutionists, embedded in cultural trends that worship self over Truth or enshrined by woke Christian churches and their religious doctrines of men.
Evolutionists claim mankind evolved from sea scum. Others say we were deposited by interstellar alien visitors 10 millennia ago. Others argue we're just animals, free to eat, kill, and gratify ourselves as instinct dictates.
The fruit? Woke public schools, litter boxes in coat rooms, no more gender-specific restrooms, "trans-boys" in girls' locker rooms. Nature doesn't require ethics or righteousness — only survival of the fittest. If we're just beasts, why teach ethics at all?
State governments support this, fund it, and persecute parents who publicly oppose it, while "God's people" remain politically correct and silent. Read on, or...
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💣 Love Rejected, Hate Elevated, Religious Systems Fail!
Islam, No Friends of Jews or Christians
In discussing Islam, we note there are two different streams, a Sunni stream and a Shia stream, each of which is a bit different. However, it's not what a Religious System says about itself that matters; it's what they actually do or tolerate that speaks volumes about them. We also understand that each member of a Religious System is an individual, and not all are radicalized; however, all are initially perceived by the actions of the group, and not their individual hearts or personal actions. The god of the Islamic Religious Systems is called Allah. His moral mandate is called Shira Law, a system based on honor, shame, and retribution for offense.
It's worth noting that the god of Islam is not the same as the God of Judeo-Kingdom Christianity, a God named Yahweh, creator of Heaven and Earth, all that is seen and unseen.
Yahweh and other elohim beings, including angels, inhabit an unseen, spiritual realm and sometimes inhabit earthly tents and temples and places. The unseen realm is described not only in Inspired Scriptures (the Tanakh that includes Torah), but in other writings, such as the writings of Enoch, and others. Copies of the Dead Sea Scrolls have been carbon-dated back to 300 B.C, 900 years before the first Qur'an was collected in 632 A.D.
God thinks of the Tribes of Jacob's sons and the Land of Israel as HIS PERSONAL possessions. False gods want to destroy these possessions, shame God and take His place.
Evil wants to kill people who place their trust in Yahweh and His Covenants. If your religious system wants to kill people who won't accept it, and offer rewards in Paradise for killing those who choose not to join it, you are part of an evil system that seeks to usurp God's people and property, and He will judge you for that. Do not put Him to the test about what is His.
Is your religion based on shame, guilt, and vengeance, or is it based on forgiveness? Reconciliation with Yahweh is possible. Study what Messiah Yeshua taught in Matthew 5.
Deception underlies Evil. There is no paradise for Evil, only banishment from Yahweh's presence to outer darkness. Kingdom believers call it Hell or the Lake of Fire. Yeshua/Jesus compared it, in His time, to Jerusalem's garbage dump (Ge Hinnom (גֵּיא הִנֹּם). It was a filthy place that was always on fire and smelled of sulfur. It certainly isn't a place of God's presence, and no one would want to live there, certainly not virgins! There are the burnt remains of babies sacrificed to the false Amorite god Molech and the false Canaanite gods of the Gaza Strip - (Hadad and Asherah) who were worshipped by Israel under King Ahab and Jezebel, and are worshipped today in America under Planned Parenthood's abortion program.
Ge Hinnon was a place of filth and evil in the seen realm, but it foreshadowed an even worse place in the unseen realm, the Lake of Fire - prepared for the Antichrist, his followers, and false gods (spirit Elohim beings) who seek to shame Yahweh. See Psalm 82. Look at the Hebrew literal translation, not the adulterated English translations.
Even after the Heavens and Earth are recreated (in the near future), the Lake of Fire will remain because it's in the unseen, spiritual realm, not the visible (recreated) world. The Millennial Reign of King Yeshua is not that far away.
Islam - Historically Ruthless Roots
The ancient Philistines inhabited the region now known as the Gaza Strip, and although this land was promised to Israel, Israel never took possession of it or drove them out.
In 1947, Gaza was designated as part of an Arab state to be alongside Israel, as part of a two-state solution. Yet following the United Nations’ establishment of Israel in 1947, the new nation was immediately attacked by a coalition of Islamic Arab neighbors — starting with the Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. They were later joined by Egypt and others.
Philistines and Palestinians in the same Gaza Strip, the unclaimed territory of the promised land because Israel was disobedient to Yahweh 3,000 years ago and didn't drive out the ancient Canaanites. The Grand (Islamic) Mufti of Jerusalem, in alliance with Hitler to exterminate Middle Eastern Jews during WW2. Coincidence? Look at what a Religious System DOES, not what it says about itself!
From the Day of its Rebirth, Israel Has To Fight for Its Existence!
In 1967, during the Six-Day War of 1967, Israel was attacked by several surrounding Islamic Arab nations, who were defeated in 6 days, after giving up the Gaza Strip and part of Jerusalem. However, governance of Gaza fell into the hands of Hamas—an ancient terrorist organization openly hostile to Israel.
On Oct 7, 2023, early in the morning, Hamas militants launched a brutal invasion from Gaza into southern Israel, committing atrocities; civilians were murdered, women were raped, children were burned alive, some beheaded, and hundreds were taken hostage and moved back into Gaza to be hostages. Over 30 of the 251 kidnapped into Gaza, were citizens of other nations (who had nothing to do with the conditions of Palestinians in Gaza). Apart from Bahrain and the UAE, not a single Islamic nation spoke out against Hamas' Islamic atrocities. Why not? Because that's what Islam is? Because the God of Islam condones atrocities? If not, then Hamas has shamed Allah and Sharia law, and should be punished to restore Allah's righteous name. When will the Hamas trials be held by the Islamic Tribunals?
How Did Denominations React to Hamas Islamic Atrocities?
Most major American Christian Churches, with the exception of the Southern Baptists, the Assemblies of God, some Catholic Churches, and the Messianic and Hebrew Roots fellowships, also remained silent about the Hamas Islamic atrocities, just like the Islamic nations.
How did this silence by Christians about atrocities against Jews not shame Yahweh's righteousness? Has the Christian Church again turned its back on the Jews, as it did in the Second World War? Do we teach our children nothing about what we learned just 80 years ago?
It raises the question, "Will there be salvation for lukewarm Christian leaders who are unaware of Biblical Truth or who deny it altogether? "- See Matthew 7:20-23.
Meanwhile, secular American college students support Hamas, wearing shirts and chanting, "From the River to the Sea, Palestine must be free," essentially calling for the genocide against Israel to be restarted by radical Islamic terrorists, funded by Iran and Shia muslims. Pray to Yahweh that such actions have not brought a curse on themselves and perhaps their generation. Scripture clearly says, "... those who curse Israel bring a curse on themselves." Is Scripture true, or have we thrown out the Old Testament Tanakh?
In 2026, the Oct 7, 2023 war is in limbo due to the intervention of the USA. Israel has destroyed much of Hamas’s tunnel infrastructure throughout Gaza; over 100 have died or been killed, and the rest have been released.
Who is Hamas?
Hamas is known for violence against Israel as far back as the Old Testament. See Obadiah 1:10, and God pronounced a curse on them for attacking Jacob (Israel). The word Hamas itself means violence (unjust aggression, opposition, and malicious harm). See Genesis 6:11-13, Psalm 11:5, and Isaiah 60:18.
The goal - complete extermination of the Jewish people. Is it logical that Yahweh, the God of Israel, would seek the complete annihilation of His Chosen People?
But Allah, the god of Islam, does. That's not new; going back to World War II, the Muslim Mufti of Jerusalem (Amin al-Husseini) met with Hitler and Stalin, actively supporting efforts to annihilate the Jewish people, just 80 years ago. So - Yahweh and Allah can't be the same God - regardless of what Islam claims about the "God of Abraham." Historical records document that Islamic troops were enlisted into Nazi SS units and participated in the persecution and hunting of Jews in the Middle East and Nazi-held territories.
Why Is Iran An Existential Threat?
Should Iran today possess hydrogen bombs and ballistic missiles? Would they only be used to annihilate Israel, or also to annihilate the "Great Satan, the USA"? Is Israel Satanic because it doesn't want to be annihilated? The U.N. thinks so. Iran thinks so. These questions aren't rhetorical for Christians. The enriched Uranium needed to create the bombs exists in the Nuclear Complex under Pick Axe Mountain in Iran.
Murder isn’t holiness nor is it worship; it’s Choshekh (spiritual darkness, decay, chaos, random), Satan masquerading as a "god." That's why Yahweh asked Cain (in the Book of Genesis), "Where is your brother Abel?" - after Abel's innocent blood cried out to God from the ground on which Cain shed it.
What is worship? Does it have to be compelled by a loving God with whom you have a deep personal relationship? Is it not a natural response? Personal relationships are a continuous, daily fellowship, much like a marriage. Each soul knows the answer if it listens to its conscience. This voice gets louder after the Holy Spirit comes to live in you when you become a Kingdom believer that Yeshua died for and begin obeying His Torah. Scripture says, If you love me, you will obey me. If you would like to live with God forever, ask Yeshua to manifest your salvation by sending the Holy Spirit into you. Don't be deceived by those who tell you that Yeshua's sacrifice and death voided the Law of Moses, and that you can do anything you want, or not oppose the Anti-Christ spirit loose on the earth today. Remember what Yeshua said in Matthew 7:20-23. Even Christians can be cast out of the Kingdom if Scripture is to be believed over the denominational doctrines of Men.
Deliverance and Atonement by Messiah's Death
But the death of Yeshua can even deliver one from that. Paul refers to this in Ephesians 2:15, but Torah (the Law of Moses) remains as Yeshua explained in Matthew 5:17-18. The Kingdom's most basic prayer, from Yeshua himself, says, "Forgive us our trespasses, just as we have forgiven others who have trespassed against us."
Yahweh instructs mankind, "Vengeance is mine." He doesn't say, "... but I need you to enforce it on others for me in this world." Any "god" who can't carry out his own vengeance (and needs human beings to do it for him) isn't a god at all. Jesus tells us, let him who is without sin - throw the first stone. What does Islam teach? Clearly, the God of Islam and the God of Abraham are not the same God, nor do they have the same Name(s).
Rather, Messiah Yeshua said to the crowd with the stones looking to kill the adulteress, "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone." Are any of us "without sin?"
☪️ Contradictions Islam Cannot Reconcile About Isa (Yeshua)
Muslims honor "Isa"—their Yeshua (Jesus) figure—as a prophet, but not the Son of God or divine, despite his virgin birth, a sign of Allah's power. Healed the blind and the lepers and raised the dead. Gave life to clay birds by Allah's permission, was sent to the Children of Israel, who Islam now wishes to annihilate, and confirmed the Torah and brought an Injeel (Gospel). Muslims believe that Isa was not crucified nor killed, but simply raised to Heaven by Allah and will return by descending into Damascus, defeating a false messiah, breaking the cross, killing the swine, and abolishing the Jizyah tax. And will thereafter rule with justice and restore true monotheism (and kill all unbelievers) and then die a natural death, and be buried next to the Prophet Muhammad.
This isn't Yeshua (Jesus) we know as the divine Son of God, and Son of Man who died on a cross as our Messiah. No prophet chose death or foretold his suffering, yet Yeshua did. Why? He claimed not to show the way to God, but to be the Way. He offered Himself as ransom, and God accepted that sacrifice. What kind of prophet does that—and what kind of God honors it—unless eternity is at stake?
🔥Miracles Empowered by Indwelling
Islam teaches that Isa (whom Christianity calls Jesus, whose Hebrew name is Yeshua) was born of a Jewish virgin, performed many miracles, forgave sins, was crucified, ascended into the Heavenly realm, and will return. He told his Jewish disciples, You will do even greater miracles once the Holy Spirit is sent to you. But how could any man, without the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit, raise a person who had died, heal incurable diseases, or blindness, unless God's Spirit lived in him?
And if God's holiness can't dwell in sinful flesh, why didn’t Isa’s body reject it?
Isa forgave sins. He accepted worship. He declared himself judge of all humanity. No other prophet said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” Either Isa was the greatest prophet, or He was never a prophet. Islam can't have it both ways!
For Devout Jews
🕎The Servant Jews Overlook
Many Jews revere Isaiah and the Tanakh, but Isaiah 53:3-12—the most explicit prophecy of a suffering servant—is often explained away. Some say it speaks of Israel itself, not a Messiah.
Can a nation be “pierced” for others’ sins? Can it offer its soul as a guilt offering? Nations don’t suffer silently or die sacrificially. Isaiah speaks of one man, not many.
He writes, “He was despised… He was pierced… By His wounds we are healed.” This was not exile—it was substitution. Voluntary. Redemptive. Singular.
Torah required the blood of one spotless lamb for redemption, and Isaiah also describes a human lamb whose death brings restoration, not an entire nation!
🔯A Role No Nation Can Fulfill
Spiritual Jews agree: the Torah, Prophets, and Writings are sacred. Yet many still reject the fulfillment Isaiah described.
At Passover in Jerusalem, the Sanhedrin and High Priest condemned Yeshua to death by Roman crucifixion. And Judaism still claims national suffering atones for sin.
However, Isaiah didn’t describe salvation in terms of a flock. He described a person pierced for the transgressions of many. No herd of sheep ever died for the sins of the world. Only one Lamb did. See John 11:49, Matthew 16:21, and Isaiah 53.
✝️ Why Yeshua's Sacrifice Is The Only Way Back
Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings—what Christians call the Old Testament—don’t offer multiple paths to redemption. They reveal one: a blood offering made in Eden’s aftermath to satisfy the wrath kindled by humanity’s rebellion.
No ritual, no nation, no personal achievement can undo that offense. Only God's deep love and eternal sacrifice can restore us. He chose to pay for it on our behalf. For you.
Yeshua (Jesus) is not just the written Word fulfilled—He’s the Living Word. And He continues to reveal Himself, often through dreams that reach Muslims, seekers, and doubters.
Our Encounters Section tells those stories. Can Islam promise personal presence with God—not just obedience, but communion? Can anything you do meet God’s standard of holiness?
🕳️Rescue or Eternal Darkness
Every soul is drifting toward Choshekh (חֹשֶׁךְ)—a black hole of spiritual oblivion. Who will testify for you at your judgment? Whose righteousness will speak on your behalf?
Yeshua alone can reverse that gravitational pull. Without Him, we spiral toward the event horizon of eternal separation.
🕊️Holy Spirit Changes All
After Yeshua’s resurrection, He appeared to His disciples for 40 days before ascending into the heavenly realm. Then came Pentecost. The Holy Spirit was poured out—not sparingly, but in fire and fullness. Thousands received Him at once.
That moment gave birth to a new movement within Judaism, known as The Way—believers who recognized Yeshua as the Messiah and gathered in synagogues alongside “God-fearing” Gentiles throughout the Roman Empire.
🪓Persecution Seeks Out Truth
From the start, religious leaders opposed this new Kingdom—Pharisees, Sadducees, and Zealots demanded Gentiles convert to Judaism to follow the Messiah. Later, idol worshippers and Roman loyalists attacked believers who challenged their gods.
Centuries passed. Roman Emperor Constantine rose. Gentile Christians, now backed by Rome, allowed Rome to cast out Jewish believers. Roman Cathedrals replaced synagogues. Roman Emperors replaced Priests, and The Way became a political institution. The myth of replacement theology was born to mask the massive betrayal of Jews by "God-fearing" gentiles.
Rome claimed God had rejected Israel—that His covenant with Abraham had expired. It is tragic that this lie still lingers in some "Christian denominations today, as does some antisemitism. This isn't the true Kingdom of God on earth, because it isn't obedient to the King of that Kingdom, Yeshua, the Messiah, the Jew. What is missing from the "Church" today is all of its Messianic Jewish believers. God needs you to wake up now.
🔥 The Invitation
God welcomes all—Jews, Gentiles, agnostics, former idol worshippers, Muslims, Witches, New Agers, even atheists who've worshipped self.
But let’s be clear: Choosing Yahweh means trusting in Yeshua as Messiah. It means abandoning all false gods and divided allegiances. Yahweh is jealous for you—not as a tyrant, but as a redeemer who wants you entirely free.
Hopefully, this Rethink Section has re-extended that invitation. It’s not just theology—it’s a personal relationship with the Savior, King Yeshua and a journey back into the Father's Light (אוֹר) love and righteousness.
Genesis 1:3 reveals that only God's presence can draw us, and the world, into His Light (Ovr) and away from the spiritual darkness, chaos, and torment described as Choshekh. Without His presence, we remain in confusion and separation from His purpose. Each of us is on a journey toward one of the two eternal destinations just described. What we believe and trust shapes our choices, and whether we accept the invitation to return to the path of Ovr, the light of God. King Yeshua (Jesus) offers to restore that path for you. Let Him lead you into the light.
Spiritual Light and its Antithesis
Two key terms in Genesis—often oversimplified in English translations—hold profound spiritual meaning. In Genesis 1:2–3, the words Choshekh (חֹשֶׁךְ) and Ovr (אוֹר) are typically rendered as “darkness” and “light.” But these translations miss the more profound significance embedded in the Hebrew. These aren’t just physical descriptions—they’re foundational concepts that speak to spiritual realities. That’s why we take time to examine them closely and explore the powerful truths they reveal.
🌑 Choshekh (חֹשֶׁךְ)
Literal meaning: Obscurity, spiritual darkness, absence of God’s radiant presence.
Spiritual usage: Moral blindness, confusion, despair, separation from holiness.
Scriptural examples:
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Genesis 1:2 – “...and darkness (Choshekh) was over the surface of the deep...”
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Exodus 10:21 – The plague of thick, terrifying darkness (Choshekh) came over Egypt.
Choshekh isn’t just “light off, can't see at night.” It’s terror, insanity, disconnection from God, aloneness, being cast out, cut off, abandoned, banished to a place without Ovr/light. Without God’s Light, there is only everlasting Choshekh.
🆚 Contrast: Ovr (אוֹר) — Light
Literal meaning: Ovr (אוֹר) is not brightness — Ovr (אוֹר) is the Radiance of God emanating from Him as the Source of all that is, the Shekinah or His being, where He dwells - manifestations of order, continuity, perpetualness (vs. chaos and decay), loving presence, acceptance, joy, peace, wellness, healing, restoration, organization.
It is manifest by the Holy Spirit hovering over the deep before creation, the Pillar of Fire guiding Israel, and the resurrection breaking death’s grip. Without Ovr, we drift into chaos. Without Yeshua, we lose our place in God’s presence.
Seen and Unseen Me
Did you know that humans exist simultaneously in our Earthly realm but also in the higher-dimensional unseen realm? See John 3:12-14, Colossians 3:3 and Ephesians 2:15. The diagram below depicts the intersection of the physical seen and unseen spiritual realms.
Think of people as living spirits, with souls that exist within a physical body. We only see each other's bodies most of the time.
Our spirit and soul exist in a higher dimension than our earthly bodies, because they survive the death of our physical bodies, to which they are "entangled." Our body is like their Earthly space suit, through which our spirit and soul manifest. Therefore, people exist in two different dimensional realms, but are only aware of one of them. This is a new idea to most people.
To help grasp this new concept, ask yourself these two questions: "To which physical part of your earthly body is your spirit connected?" and "To what part of the body is my soul attached?"
Your soul and spirit are the unseen aspects of YOU that exist in a spiritual realm beyond direct human perception. Your spirit and soul are only entangled with a physical body your parents created. Scripture claims the Holy Spirit dwells within you (John 14:17). Is that indwelling physical or spiritual?
When you accept Jesus and become part of God's Kingdom, your body becomes a temple for God while you live here on earth.
Demonic possession or oppression occurs when an evil spirit claims a human body as its host in the earthly realm, overpowering the soul entangled with it, and uses that body to fulfill its evil purposes. Multiple evil spirits can possess a single body. See Matthew 4:24, Matthew 12:45, and Mark 5:9-15. A human body can only be oppressed or possessed if a person has been spiritually harmed, has opened a "spiritual door," or has invited an evil spirit to enter it. Two additional videos in the Kingdom Believers section can help you understand the concept of "entanglement" and the unseen, spiritual realms.
Modern physicists require 10 dimensions in the quantum field theory equation and 11 dimensions in the string theory equation, indicating that the observed universe is not 3-dimensional.
Currently, physicists estimate that their best theory of the universe only accounts for 5% of the matter and energy known to exist, providing little insight into dark (unobservable) matter and energy. The video titled "More Than What We Seem" discusses this topic.
We’ll explore the Earthly and Heavenly dimensions more deeply in the Deeper Dive section. For now, consider this: as God’s creation, you exist in both the visible and invisible realms. Yet without the finished work of Messiah Jesus, your soul and spirit cannot dwell in God’s presence or enter Paradise. In contrast, apart from Him, you remain vulnerable to the influence of the enemy.
Jesus alone holds the keys to life and death. To live with purpose here on earth—and to be with God for eternity—you need to know Messiah personally.
God Is Loving, Righteous, & Holy
God is Loving, Righteous, Holy, All-Powerful, Gracious, Patient, Kind, and much more. We know this because God has revealed it to us through Jesus, the Messiah, and in ancient Scriptures and personal life encounters.
God created Adam and Eve and placed them in the Garden of Eden, located on the east side of the land of Eden. It was a place of intersection between the seen and unseen realms as God walked with them through the Garden. They knew only Him and the good things he created since nothing evil was present in the Garden. It was a loving, supportive, fruitful, beautiful, safe place, uncontaminated by sin. It's hard to imagine such a place or an open relationship with God in today's world. Today, there is no longer such a place in the earthly realm, but thanks to Jesus, there is the potential for such a place within your earthly body.
In Eden, many fruit trees, vegetables, mushrooms, and herbs grew that Adam and Eve were permitted to eat. Only the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge was prohibited by God. Would the first humans choose to obey God or rebel and eat from the Tree of Knowledge?
Adam and Eve had free will to either obey or disobey God about the Tree of Knowledge at the center of the Garden. All humans have that same free will.
Death was unknown to Adam and Eve. No one had died yet. In the Garden, everything thrived and multiplied. Evil was also unknown to them, so they decided to believe and obey God, or to doubt God had their best interest and disobey Him and do what seemed good to them. They knew God and walked with Him in the Garden daily; why would they doubt Him?
Often, when we make decisions, we have no idea of the consequences that will follow, but we can discern whether the decision aligns with God's will or not. Watch Part 1—Intro to the Holy Spirit video for a clearer understanding of this.
One day, a creature from the unseen spirit realm entered the Garden. It was the Nephesh, who took the form of a walking and talking Serpent. That Serpent bypassed Adam and spoke directly to Eve. He suggested that God was holding back great and secret knowledge from them, knowledge of evil that, if known, would make them like God.
The Serpent contradicted God and said that death would not result from eating fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. Isn't it interesting that liars often accuse others of what they are doing themselves? Who would Eve and Adam believe, God who created and fellowshipped with them daily, or this strange newcomer who accused God of lying to them?
The Serpent inferred God was a liar (untrustworthy), unrighteous, and wanted to hide things from them, things they could learn by partaking of the forbidden Tree of Knowledge. Would Eve and Adam trust God or the Nephesh? They chose to disbelieve God and count Him as an unrighteous liar, so they ate the Tree's fruit. Immediately, they were aware of their nakedness, both physical and spiritual, and sought to cover themselves and to hide from God.
God had spoken truth. After Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden tree, their eternal spirits died, and their fellowship with God was severed. In that moment, sin entered their hearts—along with guilt, shame, defilement, and fear. A Holy and Righteous God then pronounced judgment upon them.
Their disobedience didn’t just bring death to living beings—it unleashed chaos into creation itself. The ordered world began to unravel, moving toward disorder and decay. The Garden they were entrusted to steward was taken from them, for they were now enslaved to sin and no longer worthy to manage what God had placed under their care.
When God came seeking them, they hid—afraid and ashamed. Humanity has been hiding from God ever since.
God first questioned Adam, who blamed Eve. Then He questioned Eve, who blamed the Serpent. When God questioned the Nephesh—the living soul—there was no blame, only silence. Judgment followed. Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden in Eden, and the consequences of their rebellion began to unfold.
Their eternal spirits had died, and now their physical bodies carried the curse of death—aging, disease, and dysfunction. The soul, once pure, became twisted by the knowledge of evil. Lust, envy, rage, murder, and every dark inclination took root. Humanity’s dominion over creation was forfeited and handed over to the Serpent, God’s adversary.
From that moment on, mankind’s failures followed a familiar pattern: disbelief and disobedience. Evil flourished in the very world God had commanded to “be fruitful and multiply.” What was once good now bore the stain of sin.
Imagine the heart of God—grieved, yet sovereign. His creation, made in love, had questioned His righteousness and betrayed Him by breaking the one command He had given. Yet none of this surprised Him.
God knew. Before He formed humanity, He foresaw their fall—and He prepared a way of redemption. His only begotten Son would come as the Messiah, suffering and dying in their place to restore what was lost.
Today, each person faces the same choice. Will you trust in God’s redemption through Christ, or stand before Him clothed only in your own righteousness? Our prayer at TheDanielPlace.org is that you choose wisely, and soon.
Time is short. End-time prophecies written thousands of years ago in Daniel, Ezekiel, and Revelation have been fulfilled within just the last 75 years, and only a few remain.
We are living in the End Times. The Day of the Lord is near. On that day, God will return—and judgment will follow. The time to consider eternity is now.
The One True Way
There aren’t many paths to redemption, but only one. Despite what some religious leaders and popular voices may claim, Scripture is clear: God did not create multiple ways for humanity to be saved from sin. That truth may be uncomfortable, but it is eternal.
Many fellowships today claim to be “Christian,” yet evil has infiltrated them. They’ve compromised the Word, embraced false teachings, and drifted from the heart of God.
Who do you trust? Is it the true God—the I AM, Yahweh, Adonai, the Most High, the Ancient of Days? If your life feels increasingly chaotic, heavy, and hard to navigate, it may be a sign that you’re walking apart from the God of Creation—the God of Adam, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And no other god can lead you to eternal fellowship with Him. Every other path leads somewhere... but not to Yahweh’s presence. Only one path restores fellowship with the Creator—only one name—Jesus.
That truth offends many, especially those leaning on their own understanding. But if you’re searching, questioning, or ready to discover why Jesus is the only way, watch the videos in this section. This could change everything.
Once you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, your life is changed. Also, after you die, you will enter His Kingdom as an heir and child of the Most High God. Soul transformation takes a lifetime to occur fully, but your journey with the Holy Spirit is unlike any other. You will grow in ways that cannot be easily described. Read the book of Philippians and discover how to live joyfully despite difficult circumstances. Or read Matthew, Mark, Luke or John to learn about Jesus' compassion for mankind. There are so many treasures awaiting your life in Christ!
Transhumanism
Some people consider transhumanism a way to achieve immortality, believing that their "consciousness" can be transferred into an AGI neural network. However, your eternal soul and spirit are multi-dimensional, and no AI machine is. Therefore, your essence as a person is not confined to your body! When your physical body perishes, your eternal soul exists in an unseen realm, which can't be transferred into any information network. Transhumanists have overlooked this fundamental aspect of the multidimensional nature of human beings.
Current AIs are inclined to hallucinate, fabricate data, and perform evil/flawed logic because AI is taught based on what evil humans know. This prohibits AI from achieving God-like omniscience. If man's soul and thoughts could do that, sin wouldn't exist today. AI could become a hell of its own. AGI could immortalize evil for mankind to live under and contend with forever for anyone connected to their network.
Authenticity & Authority of Scripture
What do you believe is authoritative - what man thinks or writes or what God reveals to humanity? Some people are reluctant to believe what God has revealed because they don't believe God exists or don't want to be accountable to Him for their behavior. Others claim older scripture documents can't be relevant to today's situations. But the older a document is, the closer in time it was written to when the events described occurred. That makes these accounts more reliable than newer documents written hundreds or thousands of years later by people who weren't alive when the events occurred.
Of the three major religions (Islam, Judaism and Christianity), two of them (Judaism and Christianity) share the same original Scriptures, copies of which still exist today.
The documents from Islam are relatively new, and 75% of them cannot be verified because they have been lost for over 1,400 years. This raises serious questions about the reliability of any Islamic revelation. Christianity relies on the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS), which can date all Old Testament Bible books back over 3,500 years.
The Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls (also known as the Qumran Caves Scrolls) were discovered between 1946 and 1956 in caves near Ein Feshkha, on the West Bank of Israel, near the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. These scrolls date from the 3rd century BCE to the 1st century CE. The Dead Sea Scrolls include the oldest surviving manuscripts of entire biblical books later included in the biblical canons, along with extra-biblical and deuterocanonical manuscripts from late Second Temple Judaism.
The Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) were written in ancient Hebrew and Aramaic, with some later additions in Greek and Latin. With very few exceptions, the Hebrew Scriptures were identical to and validated the Hebrew (Masoretic) texts that existed at the time of Jesus' birth, including the Torah, the Psalms, Isaiah, and the other Prophets, which were copied by Scribes into a newer version of the Hebrew language over the centuries. This agreement between older DSS and newer Masoretic text copies supersedes any Islamic information about the impurity of earlier Judaic or Christian Old Testament scriptures.
It has been confirmed that Jewish scribes were highly accurate in preserving the Masoretic version of the Scriptures, as they are almost perfectly identical to the much earlier Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) versions. Of the very few differences in wording, the Bible translations released after 2012 have been updated to reflect the earlier, more correct DSS version.
One significant difference was found in Deuteronomy 32:8. In the Masoretic text, the translation is "Sons of Israel," but in the DSS (older) version, it is "Sons of God." This helps in the understanding of Psalm 82. The latest English translations of the Scriptures now reflect this correction from the older DSS version.
The Hebrew and Christian Scriptures are authentic, accurate, and unchanging documentation of the words given to Moses and others by God, passed down with minimal transcription errors. Any person or religion that questions Hebrew Scripture's authenticity is likely uninformed about the Dead Sea Scrolls, uneducated, or intentionally distorting the truth to lead people away from the Almighty God, or Ha'Shem (The Name). When comparing the parallel accounts of the Hebrew Scriptures in the Bible with those in the Quran (which is attributed to Muhammad and summarizes earlier Islamic holy books such as the Tawrat attributed to Moses, the Zabur attributed to David, and the Injeel attributed to Issa/Jesus), it becomes evident that the Hebrew Scriptures are more authoritative. This is mainly because we still possess copies of these texts, whereas the Islamic writings have been lost over time.
Where's Your Life Path Leading You?
When someone realizes that life isn't going as well as expected and regrets and mistakes are piling up, it's time to take an assessment. Perhaps life has even become a total disaster and deeply depressing. Know that life can be made new, and you can know the joy again through fellowship with Jesus.
Watch the Invitation to the Feast video. Romans 12:2 shows that the Holy Spirit works to transform souls and minds. God has a plan for your life that involves the Holy Spirit, your spiritual navigator. Regaining your life path will transform your soul.
The Holy Spirit helps you call upon Jesus and use spiritual tools to navigate this life. Tools such as prayer, confession, repentance, declaration, decrees, intercession, forgiveness, the armor of God, and the gifts of the Spirit. As you learn about heavenly resources, earthly troubles lose their strength to overwhelm you. God's path through life isn't easy or trouble-free. Trouble comes to all men, but Jesus' presence will go with you as you walk through it. He knows the earthly terrain.
Prayers and Decrees
God's Words are important because the Torah/Bible Old Testament says Creation was spoken (perhaps sung) into existence. God's Words carry creative power and authority. Words originally spoken by God, when respoken by believers of the Kingdom of God, carry empowerment. These words can release oneself or others from the effects of events on earth, and do not return void.
Words are the means of using the Keys to the Kingdom. There is divine authority released when people speak and pray in Jesus' Name. Prayers seek to establish the Kingdom of God on earth. Angelic beings are also activated by words spoken in the Name of Jesus in the earthly realm.
Use your Bible to look for more words to pray for yourself and others. God's word carries power to change things!
If God is echad (one) God, how can God be expressed as separate persons, each having their own will? How do we know they do?
The second question is easier to answer. During Yeshua’s prayer in the Garden before His Capture and Crucifixion, He prayed that if there were another way to achieve the same end, it was His will to adopt that, but then He said, “Not My Will, but Thy Will be done. He also said He came to do the Will of the Father, and that He obeyed the Father’s Will in all things.
There are several points we can learn from this.
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If you want a summation of the purpose of human life, it is to do the Will of the Father, period. This is why the Law of Moses persists until the existing seen creation is destroyed, passes away, and a New Heaven and a new earth are created.
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If you want to see the “prototype” of the perfect human being, untainted by sin - what Adam and Eve could have been, look no further than Jesus. He had free choice, just as Adam had, but He chose to believe God and submit his personal will to the Will of God.
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If we are genuinely saved, and truly submitted even to death to living by the Will of God, then it is our will to live by Torah (the Law of Moses), as best we can and renounce, destroy and put away the things and weak will of our sin-stained/infused flesh.
At theDanielPlace.org, we believe that the Scriptures of the Old Testament, in the original languages, are such an authoritative source. They are augmented (not replaced) by the Scriptures of the New Testament. Most of us only read English Bible translations of these Scriptures.
TheDanielPlace.org has found that many modern English translations have been intentionally adulterated by their publishers to emphasize information that is not in the original Scripture, to omit some material that is, and to translate other material to support false notions of 1) Supersessionism, 2) Replacement Theology, and 3) Covenant Replacement. You can learn more about this in our Statement of Faith and in the Church History panels.
Today, websites like BibleHub.com and others offer numerous translations, allowing users to easily compare them with the original Hebrew text. The Dead Sea Scrolls also clarify the oldest copies that exist in the original languages, but were not integrated into translations before 2012.
While many Americans own English Bible translations, AI reported that WiFiTalents’ 2025 Bible Reading Statistics and Gitnux Bible Illiteracy Report showed that only 15% of Most American Christians read their Bibles daily, while 56% of Christians read their Bibles weekly, perhaps on Sunday while they are attending church and following along in the sermon passage.
The most popular English translation, the NIV, is problematic. It omits some verses, superimposes gender neutral language, weakens key doctrines related to the deity of Jesus, virgin birth, and takes a “dynamic equivalence” (paraphrase) approach.
TDP recommends using www.biblehub.com, which provides online access (via cellphone or computer) to parallel and word-by-word translations of the original language. See our Bible Selection Panel in the Beginner’s Path for more information.
Today, in Gentile-only Christian churches, Pastors and Teachers proclaim who God is, what He is like, and the rules and traditions of their denominational doctrine. This often leads to believers accepting only part of the truth or even false doctrines, which puts their walk with the Holy Spirit in jeopardy and provides open doors for demons and false spirits to pollute their minds about who God is, who the Messiah is, and what’s expected about submission to King Yeshua (Jesus. Strong’s assigns two codes - H4397, messenger angel, and H3068, God’s name YHWH - and then uses them together. There is a more profound mystery here.
How Can Three Different Manifestations Be United?
Creation exists in different “states” of being. In Genesis, it says, “Now the earth was formless and void, the earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Note that in the beginning, the earth had already been created, at least partially. It was in darkness- “choshekh” (disorganization, chaos, decay, and spiritual darkness) - as the Holy Spirit hovered over it. This was just a lack of brightness; it is a spiritual statement. What happened? God said, “Let there be light” - “owr” (a spiritual light of life, messianic light, radiance of God’s face, stability, and lack of decay, evil, chaos; “owr” is the opposite of choshekh. Perhaps banishment from God really means to be thrown into a “choshekh” realm, outside of God’s presence. See Strong’s term H216
Be aware, theDanielPlace.org utilizes many translations to avoid being adulterated by the inclusion of false doctrines and the traditions of men. We will point out different translations when appropriate. We also avoid translations that are slanted to post-Constantinian heresies, which, regrettably, are widespread today across Western Christian Churches.
Rethink Summary
Summary Points
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For many, the notions of two realms and 10 or 11 dimensions from modern Quantum Mechanics or String Theory are substantial mental stretches. Watch additional videos, in addition to the ones linked in this section. Revisit where your soul and spirit reside and how they interact through your brain, neurons, hormones, and physical consciousness.
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Proceed to the Beginner Section if you would like help as a new Christian; otherwise, explore the Mountains of Influence that shape American culture today, learn about God's intended purpose, and compare it to our current reality. What (or who) do you want to follow?
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Regardless of where you navigate next on the site, remember that humanity is engaged in a cosmic struggle against evil, and it is essential to confront it to achieve victory. History demonstrates the consequences of inaction; when people choose to ignore the problem, the outcomes are rarely positive.
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The key to everything presented here is to fall in love with Jesus. Grow in Christ-likeness as you submit and are transformed by the presence of the Holy Spirit. This is the born-again experience.