John 5:18 - Jesus did not claim to be equal to God in power and authority but rather in actions and teaching

Today I heard a pastor preach that John 5:18 some how proves that Jesus is God almighty because the Jews wanted to stone him for claiming he is equal with God the father therefor he himself is God almighty.

18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

The truth is this is another example of how teachers take verses out of context to teach something that is not there, Jesus NEVER claimed to be God or equal to God in power or majesty, he simply stressed to the Jews that he is the son of God, he was of God which means he was righteous and holy which made the Jew Pharisees very angry and envious of him, they knew in their hearts who he was but they sought to kill him because messiah was a threat to them so they looked for any possible way of accusing messiah of blasphemy.

19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself,

Does that sound like he is claiming to be God almighty? lets keep reading.

but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

Jesus explained to the Jews that what the father does Jesus himself does in other words Jesus is copying the fathers actions and teachings because it is the father who gives him the words and actions, it is the father who creates the laws, it is the father's will not Jesus.

20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

It is interesting to note that in verse 23 the father sent Jesus, if Jesus and the father are one in Godhood (part of the trinity) then it would mean Jesus plan is the fathers plan which would result in both of them sending Jesus not the father alone would send him, not to mention that the holy spirit is rarely mentioned, it is usually the father and the son. why would the father send Jesus if they are both God almighty? is the father greater than the son? if he is than they cannot be considered as one because they are not equal parts of a whole. of course we know from scripture that the father is much greater than the son, messiah himself stresses this to his disciples numerous times in  (John 14:28),John 8:28, 1 Corinthians 11:3
we continue in verse 24
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

Messiah continues that whoever has faith in the father has faith in messiah and vice versa because what messiah taught is the same thing God taught since the beginning of the world, to keep the commandments of God!

26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

Once again it is the father who gives life, Jesus cannot make anything of himself out of his own authority without the father.

27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

God the father gives messiah authority, Jesus does not take any thing by his own right, some claim that Jesus was stripped completely off his Godhood when he became a man which of course brings a whole new bunch of problems and contradictions.

30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me
Again messiah explaining that he himself is powerless, EVERYTHING he does comes from the father. doesn't sound like he is claiming to be God almighty does it? in the same chapter he is claiming to be equal to God in power and authority but also saying that he cannot do anything without the father? isn't that a contradiction? of course it is and sadly so many teachers teach this type of doctrines without following up with the rest of the context of the chapter and what is even more sad that the people in the churches who listen to these pastors are led astray because they themselves don't read the scriptures and find on their own what they mean, the people get their doctrine from the church and pastor and the pastor gets his doctrine from Christian scholars and the scholars are deceived by the evil one.

So as we can see from these verses alone Jesus DID NOT claim to be equal with God in power but rather in teaching and actions, he was definitely not claiming to be God almighty, I don't even believe that the Jews really believed that is what messiah was claiming, they simply were outraged that he was claiming to be the "son of God" calling God his "father" for them this alone was blasphemy, imagine how the pharisees would react if Jesus would go around Jerusalem and claim to be God almighty in human flesh, he would be stoned on the first day of his ministry!!
This is the reason why Messiah was not found guilty when he was judged by the council after his betrayal by Judah, even with all the false witnesses they could not find any guilt in him!

Matthew 26:59
59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; 60But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none

The only thing messiah ever claimed to be is the son of God the messiah.

63But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. 64Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.


Now you see how the teaching of John 5:18 claiming Jesus is God as completely false? Jesus never claimed such thing as being God almighty in flesh, the Jewish leaders and even the common folk would be outraged of such claims, and the council would definitely find enough witnesses to accuse him and find him guilty, but since Jesus never claimed to be God they could not condemn him.

I will end with a passage about Jesus doing the exact opposite from what trinity believers claim he did, in Mark 12:28-34 Jesus completely agrees with the Jewish scribe about the most important commandment and the true identity of God, notice that the scribe is in complete agreement with Jesus that God almighty is a HE.

28And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31And the second is like, namelythis, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 32And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 33And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 34And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

Peace and understanding to you all.

Why we should not try to predict the time of messiah's return

For many years there have been throngs of predictions and people claiming to be prophets who tried to predict the exact time of messiah's return to earth when he judges the evil by destroying them and setting his kingdom for the thousand year reign. guess what? all the predictions failed! why you may ask? well for the very simple reason that we are NOT suppose to try and estimate messiah's return, it is simply wrong not to mention impossible!
By trying to predict the time of his return we would actually do exactly the opposite from what messiah instructed us to do, he ordered us to constantly watch and live in holiness until his return; 

He will come like a thief in the night

36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

42Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 24)

in verse 42 he touches this exact point of why we are not supposed to know the exact time of his return and why we should never try to predict it but rather be constantly ready, because if we would be able to predict the time of his return then first of all there would be insane panic among Christians, mass suicides(fear of the apocalypse) and other religious insanity, but the main reason is probably because if we would know the exact time of his return such as the year for example people would live in sin instead of holiness up until that year and repent in the last minute which would completely beat the purpose of messiah's entire ministry where he preached to keep the commandments and live in holiness and preach God's kingdom to the nations.

This life is a test and whoever does good in this life God will entrust them with greater things in the life that will come.

We do know how his return will look like

Having said all that we know that we should not try to not only predict his return but also any event leading to that.
However we will know how his return will look like;

Matthew 24

29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

We know the sun will be darkened and the moon shall not give her light, other verses tell us that the moon will be like blood

Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Act 2:20The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
Revelation 6:12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.;

According to these verses prior to the coming of the son of man the sun will be completely dark and the moon will become as blood and stars will fall from the sky.
It might be a blood moon or eclipse of some kind but it sounds like something much more fierce and terrible than just a blood moon will take place on earth.
According to Revelation 6:12 we know that the plagues and the 6 seals happens before the return of the messiah, knowing this and that there is no such thing as pre wrath/tribulation rapture means we are ALL going to be here when this starts to happen.14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Technological singularity, how the ungodly see the future of the human race

So be prepared at all times and keep watching because his return is very near indeed.
People throughout the last 2000 years said his return is near but they did not witness what we do today.
God allowed an explosion of knowledge and corruption in the last years of this last age, the amount of information we have gained in one century surpasses all of the knowledge ever conceived by all man kind and as much as I have respect for the ancients and their advanced technologies they did not come close to what we have today, scientists today can manipulate DNA and mix different creatures and biological life with other biological life completely corrupting God's original design, genetically engineered organism(GMO) food is one example of how far we have come and in how much danger we are in, GMO will eventually be the way the enemy will seize all food and patent it and since GMO crops already infect non GMO crops this is like a disease that is spreading and is almost unstoppable, farmers in India are committing suicide in the thousands because of GMO infected crops, they simply cannot pay the biotech companies that own the patent on the crops so in order to erase the debt in India if you end your life all debt is erased.
The devil is working extra hard  to destroy everything that God has created.
Scientists are working on merging humans with machines and eventually transferring the mind into a machine and gaining immortality through technology, this is of course a very satanic plan which will never work but the devil deceives all these poor men and women into believing that the future is bright, through technology, through progress, they tell themselves we don't need God or any one else we can live forever by our own way, when the sad fact is that we as living creatures are dying, the entire world is dying, our genetic code is deteriorating to a point that in few generations we will not be able to continue as species, cancer and defects will be in such high numbers reproduction will be impossible, scientists know this fact and is why they are working around the clock towards research on moving their own bodies into machines and living for eternity in these metal abominations, these visionaries and corrupted scientists take great pride in these insane dreams and it makes perfect sense to them, if they only knew where their ungodly ambitions will eventually lead them, only to death unlike God who only leads to life.

Just by looking at the types of weapons of war and mass destruction that nations across the globe posses(drones with lasers that can evaporate you in an instant miles up in the sky, tiny bee size drones that can assassinate a person without a trace, ION bombs, nuclear bombs, etc etc..)
it is just a matter of time before we as man kind annihilate ourselves, it is inevitable and it will happen unless God put's an end to this madness which is known as the human history. with some spiritual understanding one can see that this world is held back from its own destruction by an unknown force this same force holds the fabric of our existence together from the tiniest of atomic and molecular level, all is held together like glue by the creator, it is the only logical explanation why we are still here writing in blogs instead of being evaporated into oblivion.
time is almost up, the reap is ripe and the time of the harvest is near, live holy, keep God's commandments and believe what messiah taught, the lamb of God the one who died for the sins of the world.

God bless you. amen.

Keep the Sabbath or not?

Some believers claim that since Messiah died for our sins we are no longer to obey the law but have faith in him because all of our sins are erased, but does that really what Messiah himself taught?

Lets dive into really what Yeshua messiah kept stressing and teaching his followers regarding the commandments of God.

Even though it is not recorded that any one kept the Sabbath before Moses gave the 10 commandments from mount Sinai to the Israelites it does not mean the laws did not exist, just as Cain knew pretty well what he was done was wrong when he murdered his brother Abel even though he did not receive the law from mount Sinai, God punished him because he was guilty, God condemned Kane by saying "What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. 11And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand" (Genesi 4:10) God judged Cain and rendered him guilty according to his own holy law because Cain knew the law. Cain knew murder was wrong even though it never happened before. we can safely assume the ten commandments existed long before Moses gave them to Israel officially, God's word is part of him and is him, his laws are not something that he suddenly made up one day, it is part of his infinite character, our world's history is the first and the last time he would ever have to punish and judge his creation according to the law but it was and always will be part of who God is.

we also know that the law of God is in every man's conscience; 12For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; 13(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. 14For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 15Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and theirthoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) 16In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. (Romans 2:12-16)
Paul is explaining that every one will be judged according to what they knew BUT every one will still be judged according to the same law, the ten commandments.

How can any one be found righteous in the eyes of the Lord if he is not judged according to a law? and by what law will any one be judged? by the law of God of course!

Past present future, it matters not, every one will be judged according to their works(according to the the law of God).

How else Abraham and other saints were found righteous by God? how else was Yeshua messiah found sinless if not keeping the law flawlessly? the Ten commandments is a universal standard that God uses to judge man kind and decide who love him and who does not, If ye love me, keep my commandments. (John 15:14)

 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. John 15:10 

Jesus kept stressing to keep the law of God, he even explained that by keeping it is how one earns eternal life.

Matthew 19:16-22

16And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?  17And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good?  there is  none good but one,  that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

Matthew 5:17-20

17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.  18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.  19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach  them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

20For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed  the righteousness  of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Notice what Jesus himself said here "For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."

the ten commandments stand as they did from the creation of the world and will stand until the old heaven and earth pass away and the new comes and all is fulfilled, heaven and earth has not passed away yet which means the LAW abides!
Also notice how much Yeshua stresses the importance of teaching the law and clearly warns that those who teach that the law does not abide will be considered the least in the kingdom.

How can we pick and choose which commandments we obey and which not? do we obey "do not murder" but do not obey "keep the Sabbath holy?" isn't being a hypocrite cherry picker? you either keep all the commandments or do not keep them at all, there is no half way. it is said in scripture if we stumble in keeping one of the commandments we fail to keep them all! (James 2:10)

In a simpler way, if the law would not exist today then there would be no sin, you cannot commit sin if there is no law in place that you can break! In other words you cannot break a law that does not exist. common sense.

I hear Christians say all the time, we are saved by grace not by works. but they forget to compare scripture with scripture, we are saved by GRACE through FAITH, and what James says about Faith without works? it is a dead faith!

having said that, we are saved by GRACE through FAITH with WORKS. or we are saved by WORKS led by FAITH by the GRACE of GOD almighty.

There are many scriptures that tell us all men who ever lived will be judged according to their works, good or bad.  Matt 16:27, Romans 2:5, 2 Cor 5:10, Matt 7:21, Rev 20:11, Rev 3:5, Ex 32:33, Rev 22:14, Rev 22:12.

To deny keeping the Sabbath is to deny the forth commandment, to say the forth commandment was only to the Jews is a very faulty statement because it means that the entire law was only for the Jews which means only the Jews can sin, when Gentiles sin they don't really sin since the law does not apply to them which of course we know cannot be true, Yeshua said to the woman go and sin no more, he preached that is better to lose an eye or a hand than to sin, he stressed of the importance of living holy life without sin, why would he preach not to sin if his death would cancel sin anyway? well because his death replaced animal sacrifice and gave those who believe in his sacrifice pardon to their sins but did not abolish the law! Messiah himself stressed that very important point in Matthew 5:17-20!

the new covenant is a better covenant but by no means a completely different one, God is consistent he does not change his mind.

We either keep the law of God or we don't.

Also there is a good reason why the gospel of Yeshua is backed up by four different accounts, it is because Satan has corrupted so much of the new testament and the only way to find the truth is to compare what Yeshua taught, if we have four different witnesses claiming the same thing we can rest assured it is truth, Yeshua taught to keep God's commandments and that includes the Sabbath, he is the way, the truth and the life.

"remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy", remember that God loves his children that is why he gave us his ten commandments, those are commandments of love, because God is love, the Sabbath day is for every one to take a day off and spend time with God and their families, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath (Mark 2:27), if so happens you need to work or break the Sabbath God will understand, as long as your heart is true and you love God with honesty that is all he wants from us, to show him our love in truth, honesty and all humbleness.

Shabbat Shalom!

The law of God (the ten commandments) still abide today as it did 5000 years ago

At the day of judgement all the people who ever lived past, present and future will be judged according to how they lived, according to their works. (Romans 2:6, Revelation 20:13)
But what standard or law is there that all the people who ever lived and will live throughout the ages can be judged upon? the answer is the law of God which are the ten commandments.
The ten commandments are the universal standard of what is good or bad, every person in the world knows in their heart that to murder, lust, steal, lie... is wrong.
Some believe that the ten commandments do not apply today since messiah's death covers everything, this is a wrong thinking because messiah himself stressed that "Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." (Matthew 5:18)
Heaven and earth had not passed away and all has been definitely not fulfilled, this means the law stands as it did 5000 years ago even before Moses officially received it from God on mount Sinai and passed it to the Israelites.
There is a big misconception among the Jewish people that the messiah was a Christian that encouraged the persecution of the Jews, this could not be more further from the truth, the Messiah was a Jew born under the law, he kept the law of Moses and stressed how important it is to keep it" he taught about love and compassion to our neighbors and enemies. those who persecuted the Jews and other God loving people throughout the ages in the name of God have nothing to do with God , they have used the name of God for their own purpose and evil desires, those same people will also be judged according to the law of God at the day of judgement.

multiple universe theory AKA the Elvis theory and our not so random existence

Multi verse AKA the Elvis theory which states that there are an infinite number of universes beyond ours where you have different earth's and different histories and timelines where Elvis is still alive hence the Elvis theory nickname.
people who believe our universe and everything in it including our earth and everything in it came into existence by mere random chance like to use the Elvis theory to explain how is it even possible that we are here which is a mathematical impossibility, just an example on how improbable would it be for even a cell to be created on its own; to create a living cell you need proteins which have the exact amount and order of amino acids, the chances for these amino acids colliding with each other and creating the right proteins in the right order with all the cells complexities(which are very complex) are trillions and trillions to one, which is an obsolete mathematical impossibility, even if a living cell would be created somehow out of non living material you would still need other cells to be created simultaneously to support that first cell or otherwise the first cell would die immediately, the chances for that are astronomical but with the multi verse theory anything is possible since you have an infinite number of universes where you have infinite number of possibilities for such impossible odds to take place.
however there is one major problem with the multi verse Elvis theory, is that if we are the "lucky" one that everything seem to come together so perfectly and create a perfect universe, time, matter our earth and everything in it how come this "luck" suddenly stopped? if we live in such a lucky universe we would at least see every once and a while things come into existence out of nothing right? we would see new species been created every day or two, I am not even talking about life coming into existence outside of our planet but on earth.
the truth of the matter is there is nothing lucky about our universe and nothing random, what we observe is natural laws of physics that have been in place since we could record history and there have been NEVER a case of any random life being created or ANY new species ever been created from another species, not even a hint of it.
even after 50 years of breeding fruit flies and zapping and radiating them into oblivion in a hope that they will change into a different creature they still turn into..well, fruit flies. the scientists conclusion: the fruit flies are immune to evolution.

The Elvis theory is mere science fiction and did make a great show in the 90's "sliders" but has no basis and no evidence of such thing to exist except in the minds of scientists.
if we indeed would live in such random and lucky universe we would at least be able to see traces of this luck but we cannot find any.

Our universe is fine tuned, from the smallest particle to the biggest animal on earth everything is built with a purpose and a plan, each creature including us have a perfectly designed DNA structure which is actually deteriorating over time instead of getting better, we are losing genetic information because of entropy which effects everything while evolution claims the exact opposite that we are gaining genetic information and evolving to become better.

There must be a creator because if we are honest there is no other option, our God the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob, the God of Israel.
we are here for a mere moment, a blink of an eye and than we are gone, this life is a test, to see who really want to serve God.
what we do in this life will be remembered forever.

Will there be a third Jewish temple?

is there a need for a third Jewish temple?

most of the Jews believe there is and maybe such temple will be built but do we really need a third temple? is it necessary?
the temple of God was a formal place of worship for all those who believed in the God of Israel and it was also used as a place where daily sacrifices and offerings were made to cover the sins of the people, the prophet Daniel prophesied in Daniel 9:27 that messiah will make a covenant with many which he did, that is the new covenant promised in Jeremiah 31:31-34 and he will be killed in a horrible way in the middle of the 7 years which is his 3.5 years of his ministry, it also says in that chapter that messiah's death will put an end to daily offerings and sacrifice.
just as prophesied messiah was killed after 3.5 years and the veil that separated from the holy place of the temple to the holy of holy's was torn, the holy of holies is no ordinary place, it is the place where God himself dwell among the people and no one could enter that place of the temple except the ordained priest who could enter once a year, the veil being torn indicated that God's spirit no longer resided in the holy of holies, the temple was void of God, he also put an end to the temporary sacrificial system and replaced it with a final one, messiah yeshua from Nazareth who gave himself as a ransom for the sins of the world just as it was prophesied in chapter 53 of Isaiah.

the other 3.5 years from Daniel 9:27 were fulfilled by his disciples who took the good news from the Jews to the gentiles hence the 7 from Daniel 9:27.
Daniel also prophesied the destruction of the temple by the "prince" and indeed the temple was destroyed by the Roman prince Titus at 70AD.

I see a lot of talks about a coming 3d Jewish temple and the Jewish community is very excited about, but I don't think there is a need for once. I know there will be a permanent temple in the new heaven and new earth or during the millennial reign because it is mentioned in Ezekiel chapters 40-48

but until then we are to be the temple of God by showing example and telling people about the good news.

We will be judged according to our works

It is a very popular teaching among main stream Christians that people are saved and are accepted into the kingdom of heaven after they repent and accept Yeshua(Jesus) as their lord and savior. while it is true that we are accepted into the father's kingdom by the result of our repentance it is not by the repentance itself or by simply believing on the name of Messiah that we are saved but by what follows after we had repented(changed our mind) is what grants us eternal life.

You see Yeshua came to bring the good news, which is that sin can be defeated and those who love God can enter into eternal life, Yeshua served as an example that we in our humanly weak flesh can defeat sin if we really try, we can OVERCOME it just as he did, since Yeshua was a man and not God in human form and was tempted by the same temptations as we are there are no excuses for us not to overcome sin as and to live righteous and sinless lives, will we stumble? of course, but as long as we confess to God and not make it into a habit of sinning and into thinking that we will be forgiven no matter what and how much we sin(like many Christians and Jews do) God will forgive us by the blood of our messiah, after all he did die so we could live, he was the final sacrifice.

Yeshua was constantly teaching and stressing the fact that by keeping God's commandments one enters the kingdom of heaven not by just believing unto the name of Yeshua...:

Mtthew 19:16
16And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 17And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments."  
it is interesting that Yeshua starts with "why call me good"? only God is good... Yeshua was saying that since he himself is not God don't call him good, only God is good. then he continued if you to enter the kingdom keep the commandments. there you have it, it was always about keeping God's commandments not believing a name like most teach today.
Mtthew 19 - continued
 18He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, 19Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 20The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? 21Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, goand sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. 22But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.

Although the moral of this story is even though you think you keep all the ten commandments and possessions are more precious to you than God you are not worthy of God and his kingdom,  the young man was breaking the first commandment even though he was positive that he kept them all, he did not love God with all his heart and all his mind but rather loved his money more.


Yeshua himself said that..."17Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 
Yeshua is saying that the commandments stand today as they did in the beginning nothing really changed except that messiah is to die and be the final covering for sin.
today we are being thought in so many churches that we are not under the law because we are covered by the blood of messiah no matter what which couldn't be further from the truth, how can there be sin if there is no law in place at the first place? if the ten commandments were not abiding today then there was no point in anything really, without law there can be no sin.
Yeshua explains that...
 18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 
Yeshua is explaining that the law abides until everything is fulfilled, I believe at the end of the millennial reign is when the end of the ages comes and all will be fulfilled and after that sin will be no more and there will be no need for the law, but until then we need to abide by it and be careful what we teach... "19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." sounds familiar? Yeshua is warning that those who teach that the law does not abide will be called the least in the kingdom of heaven but those who keep the law and teach it will be the greatest, how different this teaching is from today's mainstream Christian teaching isn't? so next time you hear something like "the law does not abide on us Christians because we are saved by grace" tell them we are saved by grace through faith..." (Ephesians 2:8-9) 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9 Not of works, lest any man should boast."
since we are saved by grace through faith our faith should produce works meaning if we have genuine faith  in God we will keep God's commandments and produce good works.

(Matthew 5 - continued)

20For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Yeshua is saying that those who pretend to be Godly are actually the ones who will not inherit the kingdom, so many rabbis, pastors and teachers of the bible are actually unrighteous and will be judged harshly at judgement day because of their hypocrisy. God is not looking for those who can memorize every verse in the bible but still understand nothing of the spirit, no, God is looking for those who are humble, loving with sincerity towards God, like children that are unconditionally in love with their parents and no matter what the children love their parents even if their parents are the worst, it is heart breaking but that is the kind of love and child like heart God wants in his kingdom, if you can humble yourself and become like the children and live to serve others you will find a place in God's kingdom.

so to conclude, each will be judged according to their works and not whether they believed a name or accepted that name as their savior.
believing unto the name of the savior is believing in what he taught which was to keep the commandments, by keeping the commandments you believe the one true God that created them.

  "Rev 20:11  …I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.    12  And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and  the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.    13  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and  they were judged every man according to their works."

Rev 22:12  And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be." 

Matt 16:27  For  the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father  with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works

"Romans 2:5  But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of  the righteous judgment of God;    6  Who will  render to every man according to his deeds:  

  2 Cor 5:10  …we must all appear  before the  judgment seat of Christ; that every one  may receive the things done in his body,  according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

  Matt 7:21  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but  he that doeth the will of my Father  which is in heaven."

  Rev 3:5  He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and  I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels

  "Ex 32:33  And the LORD said unto Moses,  Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book.

“Rev 22:14  Blessed are  they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may  enter in through the gates into the city.    15  For  without are  dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and  whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.