February 24, 2026

Do you believe what John has written in this scripture above… what does it mean to you? Then John says:

“Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. 6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.” 1 jn 2:3-6 nkjv

When Yeshua [Jesus] was doing His divine God ordained work while He was on the earth, He had many confrontations with the religious leaders… not the civil government, nor the common folks, nor even with the mixed cultural people… but it was the Temple scribes and priests, namely Pharisees and Sadducees [we could call them the “elite” Jews of His time]. Basically, as the people were divided and generally identified with each other, Jews vs gentiles so to speak, His main ministry was to the “lost sheep of the House of Israel,” so He said, mat 15:24, to the Canaanite woman, who found in Him mercy and deliverance for her demon possessed daughter. She understood who He was, yet the very astute and educated religious types rebuked Him and His claim as being sent from Yahweh… for their good. Lets look at what He told them in one of His disputes with them:

“Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. 43 Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. 45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. 46 Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? 47 He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.” jn 8:42-47 nkjv

The Apostle John writing earlier above, talks of knowing him [Yeshua] and keeping his commandments… vs, being a liar because they say they know him, yet do not keep his commandments. John also said, “ Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.” 1 jn 2:18 nkjv

And, John continued saying, “Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.” 1 jn 2:22-23 nkjv

Notice that all the Biblical records of conflict above concern knowing, believing, and walking with the truth… and those opposing it in any way, are conscripts in the antichrist army of deceivers. The concept of “lawlessness” is at the center of all antichrist things, and it is called a mystery… all forms of lawlessness are simply contradictions of the Torah, Yahweh’s forever settled Word ps 119:89   When Yeshua came to confirm the will of Yahweh, living the example and speaking the truth, it stirred up evil people because they hated the truth. We have that same kind of problem in our world [culture/society] today. People simply hate God and His people… Yeshua said they hated Me and they will hate you also…

Now here is what I think we should really understand. To date, people hating God have been doing it on their own. With the beginning transition from normal thinking and experiential living, to the hive mind of AI dominated influence, there will be an even greater hatred of the Torah, God, Yeshua, and anyone confessing their faith in them. The modern technological toys the evil elite have at their disposal include devices that can stimulate and provoke mental and emotional activity in the masses. In other words, thinking and doing are becoming weaponized in a vacuum of spiritual darkness. The faithful God Yahweh has always know this day would come… He sees the end from the beginning. It is the sanctifying power of the truth [Torah], the blood of the Lamb [Yeshua], and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit that is our safe haven… the writer of Psalms 91 lays it all our for us to understand.

Especially these verses: “Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.” ps 91:9-11 nkjv

The key verse here is “that we must make Yahweh, the Most High God, our dwelling place.” Verse three says Yahweh will keep us safe from the “snare of the fowler,” deception is the snare of the fowler. The NASB uses “net of the trapper,” in place of “fowler.” Either way, we must make sure our mental and spiritual values are in unison. Paul told us to cast down every imagination and all high things, that exalt themselves against the knowledge of God, and to draw every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ… 2 cor 10:5 nkjv, He also told the Philippians, “let that mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus.”

While this great resource is ours, we can’t straddle the proverbial fence with one foot in the world and one foot in Biblical teachings and expect it to work. Its all or none, there is no compromise in Yahweh’s covenant with His people… we are either His or we are not.

”For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.” 2 thes 2:7-8 nkjv

Shalom, John