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To Whom do ‘they’ refer to as ‘Peons’ and ‘Serfs’?

by Tonya W-Sloan

(Source Reference: 1 Timothy 6:1-21)

There are many wanderers of the streets today, across North America; they are not all vagabonds nor nomads.  They do not wander aimlessly, instead, many wanderers have had their endeavors stripped from them, and/or their destination temporarily interrupted–maliciously, forcibly, without their instigation…terminated from their merited achievements by those who “do as they wilt/will”– the wicked, who rape lives without remorse.

Is the man in the business suit noticed….who by day, appears like any other successful “PEDESTRIAN” traveling to and from the day’s scheduled appointments?  This man, whom after 20 years vested at the firm, ….showers at the local YMCA, where secretly–the shower becomes the laundry, the locker-room becomes the dressing room in which he is thankful to use, until his membership lapses…This man who must sleep in his luxury car, relieved it is fully paid for, as it has now become the roof over his family’s head–having been unjustly ousted from the firm, claiming economic concerns…Their future–seems nebulous. Now-a-days, most of us know a young man, and/or a family man who is either in this predicament, or something similar; maybe it is one of us experiencing this currently.

Our grandfathers, dads, our husbands, uncles, our brothers, male-cousins, our nephews, male-friends, our male-neighbors, former male-co-workers….of those who “DO“, of those who ‘LOVE’, of those who ‘GIVE STRENGTH’, of those who give of their ‘SWEAT’, of those who ‘CARE and PROVIDE’, of those who ‘PROTECT and SERVE’, of those who ‘HONOR’ and ‘ARE HONORABLE’ to their wives–the women in their families–and their children,  of those who ‘RESPECT’, of those who ‘MENTOR’ and ‘ARE GOOD STEWARDS’, of those who are ‘PATIENT and LONG-SUFFERING/FORGIVING’, of those who ‘TRY’, of those who  ‘ENDURE-never give up’, of those who ‘KNOW the TRUE TREASURES/assets OF LIFE’ are loved ones….of those who know man/wo’man ‘HAVE HEAVEN-MADE VALUE’–not as man-made commodities to be owned, bought, sold, traded, nor thrown away…..of those WHOSE CREATOR is AhaYAH Ashar AhaYAH/GOD’ and who sees money as ” a means”, as “a tool”–but not as god…….OUR MEN…of those who ‘EXEMPLIFY STRENGTH’–who MIRROR these characteristics of the likeness of YAHusha (Jesus) with STEADFASTNESS…these men, should the world deem as peons, as serfs?

Let it not be!….and so, it is not!….

These, instead are ‘true men’ possessing the aforementioned blessed traits,…having worked in many areas of society, consisting of:…those who are Farmers–who without–most would have no food on our tables,…of those who are conscientious Gardeners, Grocers, Chefs, Food Service Workers, and Restauranteurs–who without-there would be limited access to quality food sources and choices,…of those who are Landscapers, Architects, Builders/Contractors, Construction Workers, Plumbers, Electricians, Engineers, and Handy-Men/Mr. Fix-its–who without–there would be no homes/shelter, business buildings/facilities/centers, no manicured properties, no repaired essential equipment, and no infrastructure,….of those who are solicitous Educators, Attorneys, Advocates, Law Enforcers, U.S. Military Sentinels–who without–there would be limited or no desire ‘for governments nor people’ to uphold or enforce justice, nor to show fairness-to serve and protect with honor and without prejudice,…of those who are in ‘creditable’ Manufacturing, Textiles, Industry, Material Goods and Services, Economics, Accounting, ‘credible’ Financiers, Brokers, and Insurers– who without–there would be limited access to quality material necessities, savings assurance, nor ‘judicious’ consumer confidence,…of those of the Medical Profession, Child Care, Veterinary Medicine, Mortuary Professions,–who assist with the care of life’s most important moments of joy, woe, and sorrow–what would most do without them?…of the Postal Workers, Truckers, Cargo and Airline Pilots, Taxi-Cab Drivers, Dispatchers, Mass Transit/Transportation workers, Store/Building Managers, Pest Controllers, Street Sweepers, Waste Management/Sanitation Workers, Utility Workers, Parks and Recreation Workers, Housekeeping Services…of those of whatever ‘ethical’ profession–who without, (most of our) lives would be at a partial stand-still, if not completely….and these honorable men, they (the world’s politicians and banking hoarders) would deem as peons, as serfs?

Why is it no matter of concern for them to ‘pluck’ righteous men from their livelihoods on a whim? By what scale, by what unethical judgement? By what unholy alliance?…By what World Ruling thievery and treachery authority? The author of lawlessness, the wicked-one and his cohorts, perhaps?

Are they fearful of true men, even of true women, of the true order of YAHawah/God over mankind?  Could it be because MANKIND inherits the earth–not them, and our home is in AhaYAH’s Heavenly City and Hekal/Dwelling, but theirs is a reservation with death?

Doth thou wonder why such anger exudes from their dark feathers and roughed scaliness? They want to be the CREATOR, but instead remain the created, often attempting to de-sign or re-design morphs, x-men, humanoids, and seedless fruit–growing fruit without seeds–dead fruit–fruit of the dead–unable to reproduce after its kind–born dead–promoting the ingestion of what is dead–strange fruit is what they are, NOT those who hung from poplar trees!  They fell from their first estate, it was futile mutiny against LOVE and EVERLASTING LIFE…and the evil one is wroth with man?  On mankind he places blame…..

Perhaps they are fearful of AhaYAH/I BE-Exist/GOD and His Son YAHusha (Jesus), who created the true order,  of which they fear and seek to bring to demise in futility–a pipe-dream of delusion. They waste life, more than the majority, and yet they are few in number, perched upon their capstone, possessed by wealth/greed/gluttony…

….they fear death, more than the majority, because they are few in number at the very top, nesting with the buzzards at the top of their spire–hoping the majority will never ‘awaken’ from their indoctrination, propaganda, and lusts…

….they plunder, from the “cradle to the grave”, because their existence has been sentenced to the grave of their heart’s intentions, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth…their destined hell…

….they are never satisfied, and will never be, until death and the grave have claimed them to its drifting descending levels of anguish, torment, and discord…

….further cascading into intervals of gnawing cannibalism,…

….as plummeting caustic belches, billow sulfuric smoke, choking to the brink of death…

….as vehement flames of fire await its congregates–relentlessly taunting at varying degrees–desiring to burn flesh again–just as the boil slows its pus…

….falling deeper into the insidious pouncing of the rapist’s appetite–where sexual perversion seeks no rest, nor pardons on the few openings of one’s flesh….

….as the abyss continues to tug at the marionette strings to a level where hunger is met with dried bones and maggots–as human flesh is dressed to digest…

….there, it is said to be cold and frozen asunder, where the evil one awaits preserving flesh, in ice for his carnivorous delight–where man has sinned arrogantly against neighbor/mankind–unrepentant….thus assuming the posture of the dragon’s delicacy…

….all of this–until death and the grave are cast into the vast lake of fire…

So, when we are battered, bruised, pushed to fall by the serpent ‘lying in-wait’ as an ambush in the dust, remember, The ONE, who was was pierced for our transgressions, was bruised for our iniquities; and took the punishment of all of mankind’s wrongs upon HIM–that brought us peace, who by HIS wounds we were, are, and shall be healed, (ref: Isaiah/YeshaYahu 53:5), AND will literally crush the serpent’s head (dragon’s head/satan’s head) (ref: Genesis/Bereshith 3:15).  To crush a serpent’s head is to annihilate him–death!  Be encouraged in the Heavenly Father’s Love, and wait on HIM WHO is faithful to renew your strength (ref: Isaiah/YeshaYahu 30:31), remembering HE is never slow to fulfill HIS PROMISE (2 Peter/Kepha 3:9), HE is faithful to meet your every need (ref: Philippians  4:19), HE will not allow the righteous to go hungry (Proverbs 10:3), but if we seek HIM and HIS Righteousness, we will be in need of nothing (ref: Matthew/Mattiyahu 6:33), always remembering, the temptations in our lives are no different from what others around us and in other nations experience, YAHawah/God is faithful,  He will not allow the temptation to be more than we can stand; when we are tempted, he will show us a way out, so we can endure (1 Corinthians 10:13).

Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one that shall endure (stands firm, unwavering) to the end, the same shall be saved (Matthew/MattiYahu 24:12-13)…this is HIS PROMISE to us, and one of many promises HE DID, DOES, and WILL ALWAYS KEEP!  For YAH/God is not a man, so HE does not lie; neither is HE the son of man, that HE should change his mind or repent: has he said (spoken), and shall he not do it (and fail to act)? or has HE spoken (promised), and he not make it good (fulfill it)? (ref: Numbers 23:19-20).

When they come to plunder, to take what is not theirs, and cast us as peons and serfs, remember, our homes, our material wealth, are just that–material, and are made of what is found in the earth, and thus all things, everything, belongs to AhaYah/God and His Son; but, because many things formed by man’s hands is formed from fallen tainted earth, and bought or sold using blood money, it will not be spared the renewal of the HEAVENS and the EARTH.  This is why Yahusha/Son of YAHawah/God asked them, when they brought the coin to him, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?” “Caesar’s,” they replied.  Then YAHusha (Jesus) said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to YAHawah/God what is YAHawah’s/God’s.” And they were amazed at Him. (Mark 12).  YAH has not forgotten us, although many have chosen to forget Him and His Son.  YAH will not reject His people, HE will never forsake His Inheritance (Psalm 94:14).  It is written:  No, YAHawah/God has not rejected HIS own people, whom HE chose from the very beginning….(Romans 11).  HE will never leaves us to be destroyed by the hands of the enemy.

YAH is not ELAH of the dead, but ELAH of the Living!  In Him is Resurrection LIFE rescued/saved from a dead state spiritually and physically.   John 11:25 says, Martha said to Him, “I know that he (Eli-azar/Lazarus) will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” YAHusha ( Jesus) said to her, “I AM the resurrection and the life; he who believes in ME will live even if he dies,  and everyone who lives and believes in ME will never die. Do you believe this?”

Therefore, we should never reject HIM or we will be rejecting, love, BREATHE, living….LIFE EVERLASTING.  Let us be encouraged, and pray for one another…..

To whom does the world refer to as Peons and Serfs?  It is widely known, most often, the wicked falsely accuse the brethren in YAHusha ( mainly, all those who choose to love, to have morals, to do rightly) as being exactly what they are themselves (peons–who decreased/fell/ceased from “the true nature/being”). They (the fallen world) are so angry that we are NOT as they accuse us to be, that they seek to destroy those who will NOT accept the ‘wicked one’s lie’…However, those of us who remain in the ELAH and HIS SON, though some may physically die (our flesh), we are not dead, but resting in YAHawah until His Great Day of Resurrection, thus, those of us who have not died, shall never see death in HIM!…HalaluYAH!!

Let us keep praying for one another, and be encouraged in HIM, and encourage me too…please!  I’m just someone paying attention and praying along with you, during these tumultuous times now, and ahead. May YAHawah (He Be/Exists), the Great AhaYAH Ashar AhaYAH (Aramaic: I Be-Exist that which Exist/Be – Exodus 3:14), the ELAH (Aramaic: Awesome One, Ezra 4:24 thru 7:26) keep us, and His peace and blessings be upon you all.

by Tonya Woodbury Sloan

The Philippines—death & despair,….caring……loving one another……praying

by Tonya W-Sloan

[Photo Source Cited: Wally Santana/AP]

Let us remember to keep praying for the people of the Philippines who have suffered a massive earthquake prior to the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda; their suffering is beyond imagination.

Many areas of the earth are suffering and have been for many years with wars, famine, pestilence/disease, gang violence, abductions/slave trade/child trafficking, sexual violence, monstrous earthquakes, volcanic disturbances, tsunamis, cyclones/typhoons/hurricanes, tornadoes, large accumulation snow storms, strange hail storms, massive flooding/storm surges, global reaching radiation catastrophes, economic woes/upheavals, political abuse-unlawful edicts/mandates, mankind rights violations, animal abuse, genetic modification/corruption of food sources, increasing degradation of moral code,…etc. The list goes on and on.

Where are the “wealthy religious organizations” of this world?  The ones who collect offerings/tithes/-so called “monetary love gifts” from hundreds of thousands of television viewers, for “building funds/refurbishing projects to make stadium sized religious congregating places, to collect more of the “widow’s mite”, and the last cent of the poor, to continue their never ending quest for free funds”…where are they?  Doesn’t the catastrophic situation in the Philippines merit the proper use of these collected tithes and offerings?  Where are the heads of the mega churches from the Philippines that “aren’t in severely damaged zones, the mega churches in the Americas, Britain, Europe, Australia, New Zealand..etc?  Isn’t this the reason for collecting tithes and offering (although it is only suppose to be collected once every third year!), to assist the poor, the fatherless, the widow, the homeless?  Deuteronomy 14:27-29  says:  Also you shall not neglect the Levite who is in your town, for he has no portion or inheritance among you. “At the end of every third year you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in that year, and shall deposit it in your town. “The Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the alien, the orphan and the widow who are in your town, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.   Deuteronomy 26:12-14 clearly states:   “Every third year give the tithe – a tenth of your crops – to the Levites, the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, so that in every community they will have all they need to eat. When you have done this,  say to the Lord, “None of the sacred tithe is left in my house; I have given it to the Levites, the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, as you commanded me to do. I have not disobeyed or forgotten any of your commands concerning the tithe.  I have not eaten any of it when I was mourning; I have not taken any of it out of my house when I was ritually unclean; and I have not given any of it as an offering for the dead. I have obeyed you, O Lord; I have done everything you commanded concerning the tithe.

It is clear they have money to move resources to help those in need, even so much as to charter/rent an airline jet to help transport the sick and injured, pregnant women, orphaned children, young children and their families, and the elderly to safer zones where they can be properly cared for.  Sure there are logistics involved, but surely they can be overcome within perspective international laws, as they apply to humanitarian crisis.

These religious entities and many others, should have never been given the power, by the congregates, to “collect tithes, offerings, love donations”, and should have been reminded by their perspective congregates, about the truth of The Word of YAH concerning this serious matter.  The Word of YAH was given to us freely, without charging us anything!  His Word was never to be sold, nor to be bought, nor were people ever to allow tithes and offerings to be given to religious leaders in a manner contrary to the Word of Yah, thus by doing so, they  have fleeced/robbed the flock, promoted abuse of power, and thus robbed those in need who would have otherwise received the money collected for them….1 Corinthians 2:11-13 states:  For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of YAHusha/The Son of YAH.

Matthew 10:5-8 states:  These twelve YAHuSha/Jesus sent out after instructing them: “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. “And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'”Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.

Isaiah 55:1 states:  “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost.  

 Acts 8:10 states:  Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of YAH/God with money!

2 Corinthians 11:7 says:  Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of YAH/God to you free of charge?

Freely the Living Word was given to us, without us paying any cost at all.  We who are thirsty for a true love, a true life, and real truth to live by, have been invited to go and drink from His Well that never runs dry….free of charge!  The ONE Who gave us everlasting life as an offering free of charge, is the very ONE who paid all of the penalties for our sins….paid the prison bail for our lives, giving us a “get out of jail free” card for life!  YAH’usha paid the penalty for all of our sins with His Life, with his flesh and bones, torn away and shattered in various places, his side pierced through, and his brows streaming with blood, with every temptation thrown at HIM all at once without mercy by the devil in the wilderness–YAH’usha overcame it all for us, partaking in the flesh body with us–but in righteousness without sin.  He rose from the dead, freeing us from all bondage of sin and death, if we so chose to believe and receive it.  It is An Awesome Gift we can never repay, thus no charge for us was ever given….a pure love gift free and immeasurable.  What do we give in return?……LOVE, the same love freely given to us, we are to freely give to one another in HIM, and toward HIM, and The Heavenly Father!

No, we do not have to be impaled for others, although some have sort wickedly to impale others, as they  have already done and are currently doing to many of mankind around the world.  They continue to impale people on crosses, hang them in the city streets, rape them, and then cut open their bodies to devour their inward parts…….those who physically die horribly this way (or die physically at all), who know YAH and His Son, they will be resurrected and forever be with HIM in everlasting life.  Those who commit such unremorseful/unrepentant heinous crimes of rape, usury, and murder, they’d do well to read the worldly literary work ‘dante’s inferno’ to get a glimpse into the varying levels/circles/rings of their HELL they will be apportioned to, since most likely they will not want to read the Scriptures/Word of YAH to obtain the truth on such  matters.  Materialism, consumerism, decadence, monetary greed, and greed for power, have gripped the entire world under its spell, especially those seeking to obtain wealth with heartless intentions, as well as the super-rich and powerful….who deem mankind as worthless serfs and peons for their slaughter…

…….meanwhile, many regular citizens (dubbed the “have-nots” or the “norms/normals” by the super-wealthy) donate what they can to local organizations who can hopefully get their donated supplies to the regions of this country and the world that desperately need them.  There are some non-prominent doctors and nurses who will once again, utilize some of their vacation leave-time, to travel to areas here or abroad, being led by their hearts to go and give free medical assistance to others.  These medical professionals and many other regular citizens around the world who do such things, do so under the radar, never receiving notoriety, and thus never seeking it; theirs is a wonderful reward awaiting them in Heaven/Paradise (those who do so with the love of AhaYAH/God in their hearts).

(Don’t get me wrong, not all super-wealthy people are cold-stone-hearted crooks, landlords, or warlords/murderers, but many are, who are in the public spectacle.  Even amongst these are those who give and assist on one-hand, and yet, murder and destroy with the other-hand.)

With many nations desensitized by block buster pseudo-realistically portrayed movies, and/or by the war machine itself, hearts wax colder, and evil seeks to abound in the earth.  We’d do well to remember to pray for one another, recognizing the fate of Sedom and Amorrah (which is the current state of this world–absent of ruling moral code-which comes from YAH’s Truth), the land destroyed by “fire and brimstone”, sparing not one, except for Lott and His daughters, because he wept daily over the evil oppression and possession of the willing partakers  of evil of this land.  He saw many abuses, and spoke out against many, crying out to YAH to intercede, as the people were raping and sacrificing their own children to idols, and doing every kind of evil sin against one another and creation, with no laws to prohibit such crimes, as the ruling elite had given into every immoral decaying desire and the whole land was vile.  The same was done during Noah’s day…..and thus evil follows its same agenda today, to attempt to destroy mankind.

The lawless ones want every form of immorality to be deemed moral, because of the “absolute contradiction” between the two (immoral-evil-hate and moral-good-love) this notion will most certainly bring destruction.  Creation was formed perfectly in love, wtihout sickness nor disease and without sin, but soon after, the temptation of sin was invited in, by invitation of the devil….therefore,utter destruction followed.  Immorality is against the natural flow of life, a cancer, a virus, in which whose only existence and characteristic is to kill/destroy, no matter how it is re-packaged or reappears.  No one would know more about this fact than YAH/GOD Himself, and His Son YAHusha/Jesus Who was with HIM from the very beginning….when there was no sins yet, of mankind……So why would The Loving Heavenly Father allow such sins to eventually creep/slither in to decay and destroy creation and mankind?

Well here is a layman’s example, a hypothetical, if you would allow:

If a teenage boy (prominent athlete in high-school) raped and kidnapped your daughter, and the authorities suspect he may have committed this crime, but they didn’t possess enough evidence yet to properly arrest and detain him, what would you do? Also, suppose your son isn’t quite convinced his team-mate was the culprit, after-all, he has been friends with this guy for years and so he continues to want to hang out with him, (partaking with him in the world, as we most often do, not wanting to recognize what we sometimes are partaking or sharing in is evil and dangerous to our very lives) and you have suspicion the same privately owned game house this teenage boy has invited his team-mates to, including your son, is the very same place he is hiding your kidnapped daughter, whom he repeatedly rapes, how would you handle this?  Suppose you inform the authorities, whom are finally able to obtain a search warrant; what would you do regarding the presence of your son there at the game house?  Knowing, there’s no question, you MUST rescue your daughter, would you desire to form a plan to where you can remove your son from the premises, so he would not be implicated, once the police arrive, or would you allow him to be rounded up with the rest?  Knowing he initially didn’t believe his team-mate had anything to do with the kidnapping, because he blinded his eyes, because of friendship, not knowing his friend was a devil, smiling and helping him out on the one hand, but raping his sister on the other hand, not listening to His FATHER, because he didn’t want to accept his world had evil lurking right in front of his face, would you allow him to suffer with the rest, or would you have a plan in place where you would call him on his cellphone perhaps to tell him it is a life emergency that he return home immediately, to get him to leave the area, and go home to safety in His Father’s care? These are some interesting and weighted questions.  Thus the Father must seek to save his abused assaulted daughter and his unbelieving son, at the same time.  The Father does not want His daughter to suffer any longer, nor his son to be deceived any longer to participate with the evil one who smilles while seeking to destroy his life. These situations are very complex, and to handle them with care,  a true and superior kind of love would be needed, the Love YAH has for mankind.

We, mankind, are in varying situations, of all kinds, some which are orchestrated by the devil to trap and destroy us. The FATHER does not wish for any of mankind to perish without knowledge of HIS Truth, where within exists everlasting life.  He is YAH and understands every single matter, all of the intricacies, in a manner we could never truly fathom, and at the varying scales and the multitude of them all. However, there is one important matter that is certainly known to us, which is–since HE gave HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON for us, there is nothing HE will not do in HIS Righteousness and LOVE to rescue us! We have to want to be rescued and forever saved by HIM,  and once we realize this, we must remember HE is always dwelling with us, thus, HE is only just a sincere repentant prayer and whisper away!  He loves us, and wants us to love HIM and each other within this awesome love.

He will end all evil….after the appointed time allotted for repentance has ended and mankind who loves HIM and the brethren are sealed by HIM; knowing with patience that HE is NEVER EVER SLACK.

As for the Philippines, putting all speculation of whether or not this was a natural occurrence or weather manipulation and modification event aside, the “real mankind issue” is people are suffering……and if all some of us can do is “pray” to AhaYAH and His Son, then do so fervently knowing that in YAH it is a prayer “that will” avail much toward the heart of AhaYAH and His Son.  Prayer does work, because YAH/God  is faithful/ and true.  Yah does answer fervent loving prayers, and will move mountains for those of us that pray.

Let us keep praying for one another, and be encouraged in HIM, and encourage me too please.  I’m just someone paying attention and praying along with you, during these tumultuous times now, and ahead. His peace and blessings be upon you all.

by Tonya Woodbury Sloan

Sources:

1. Al Jazeera America. http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/12/stench-of-death-lingersonphilippineisland.html