Satanic sun gods like Lord-Ba’al were all known by the sign of the “cross,” a word which does not exist in Scripture. Stauros, the Greek word mistranslated “cross” actually means stake, post, or upright pole. Salvation is God’s way of reaching down to man to lift him up. It is a one way affair.

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

Satanic sun gods like Lord-Ba’al were all known by the sign of the “cross,” a word which does not exist in Scripture. Stauros, the Greek word mistranslated “cross” actually means stake, post, or upright pole. Salvation is God’s way of reaching down to man to lift him up. It is a one way affair. When Constantine, the founder of the religion of Christianity, saw the sign of the cross before the sun and said, “Under this sign I will conquer,” he was revealing the nature of his inspiration.

As a sun god, Ba’al was represented by circular halo disks. It’s the same halo the Roman Catholic Church has had its artisans place over the heads of their “saints”—turning the “Virgin Mary” and the “Lord Jesus Christ,” into Apostles of Ba’al.

The other principle symbol of Constantine’s Christian religion, “church,” was also derived from Lord-Ba’al’s sun identity. The name/word “Church” has no basis in Scripture—there is nothing even close to its meaning or sound. While the “Christian New Testament” isn’t Scripture and was not inspired, it is instructive to know that the Greek word “ekklesia” means a calling out. Ekklesia was never used as a name and it does not denote an organization or a building. There is no linguistic root meaning of the word church in any language. But as a name, church has a history. It was derived from “Circe,” the name of Helios’ daughter, a fellow sun deity. It is from this word that we get circus and circle.

Ba’al’s sun god mantra is consistent with Isaiah’s introduction of Satan as Halal, the morning star—better known as the sun. And in keeping with Scriptural prognostications, as the Prince and Power of the Air, Ba’al was seen as a weather god, in control of wind, rain, thunder and lightning.

Whether he is disguised in the ruse of Ba’al, Allah or man, Halal wants to be Lord. He wants mankind to submit to him. He wants to be God. He wants to be worshiped. So all things that are God’s he covets and counterfeits: bread for grain, liquor for wine, crosses for poles, Easter for Passover, Halloween for Atonement, Christmas for Tabernacles, Sunday for the Sabbath, conversion for choice, church—a calling into a circular circus of sun worship for ekklesia–a calling out of demonic fellowship by Yahowah.

All of world history, every force or idea at play today or throughout time, can best be understood as Yahowah verses Ba’al. God desires beryth, a relationship with us, so Satan covets azab, separation. Yahowah and Ba’al are good and evil, light and darkness, true and false, life and death. This is the ultimate equation—the grand unification theory. It is why Yahowah has focused His case against His unfaithful wife/people based on their (as in manmade), religion, symbols, rites, and rituals.

As such, Yahowah inspired Howsha’ to write: “Therefore I will return and take away My grain at the occasion of change (et), and my new wine at the appointed time (mowed), and spare my wool and linen that would have kept her nakedness hidden.” (Howsha’ / He Saves / Hosea 2:9) Since this is written in first person, “I will return” is significant.

I have a theory I’d like you to consider. Yahowah’s first appearance to man on earth was in the Garden with Adam where Creator and created enjoyed a close personal relationship. (Genesis 3:8) His second advent transpired when He appeared in the form of a man and walked, talked, and ate with Abraham—the relationship that gave birth to beryth. (Genesis 17 and 18) Yahowah’s third return was to observe Ya’aqob’s wrestling match with Satan, in which the patriarch proved himself worthy of being Yisra’el—Yahowah’s witnesses to mankind. (Genesis 32) His fourth visit was with Moseh during the Exodus when He, over the course of forty days, authored the Towrah. (Exodus 24) The fifth advent occurred when Yahowah/Yahowsha’ met with Samuel near the Ark of the Covenant in Shiloh. The passage reveals: “Yahowah came, stood, and spoke to Samuel…appearing so as to be seen, revealing and disclosing Himself as the Word of Yahowah.” (1 Samuel 3) During the sixth advent, Yahowah fulfilled His Genesis 1 and Isaiah 9 prophecies at the Feast of Tabernacles when the Ma’aseyah Yahowsha’ was delivered to save mankind—living like a man in our midst. (Deuteronomy, Isaiah, Daniel, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) And the seventh and final advent will occur at the Miqra of Atonement—five days before the end of the Tribulation. The Millennium, the seventh day, will begin on Tabernacles—the Festival that acknowledges that Yahowah is “camping out” with us. (Genesis 1, Leviticus 23-25, Daniel 9, Hosea 6, Zechariah, Matthew 24, and Revelation)

The “occasion of change” and “at the appointed time” in reference to “grain and new wine” in this passage speak of the annual Miqra’ey Invitations. They symbolize the harvest of souls that have been cleansed of sin through Pesach and Matsah. The recipients of this gift are given a garment of luminosity that not only covers, but obliterates our sins in God’s eyes. This Garment of Light is none other than Yahowah’s Spirit—the Ruwach Qodesh.

Without this garment of light, all men are destined to be judged lewd and unfit as the darkness of their sin remains visible. As such they will spend eternity separated from Yahowah. “And now will I reveal her lewdness and shame in the sight of her lovers (ahab – those with whom she has formed a relationship) and none shall save (nasal – deliver or rescue) her out of My hand(yad – power or authority). I shall cause a cessation of all (shabat kol) her celebrations(masows – joy, gaiety, and merriment), her religious feasts (chag), her new moon religious festivals (chodesh), and her sabbaths, and all her appointed assemblies (mowed).” (Howsha’ / He Saves / Hosea 2:10-11)

Once again we see Gomer, who represents Yisra’el, without benefit of a Savior. While the priests pandering for Ba’al have established counterfeit rituals and festivals, the gaiety of these drunken orgies will be fleeting. All of the religious rites, rituals, and festivals of men and devils will not only fail, they will be abolished by God—as will be those who practiced them.

Yahowah creates and Ba’al corrupts. Yahowah cannot corrupt and Ba’al cannot create. That is why Satan is dependent upon counterfeiting; it is why his religions mirror the Scripture message but in reverse—left is now right and right is now wrong. Halal has corrupted the significance and changed the times of Yahowah’s Miqra to make his own holidays and thus beguile men into false religions. As Christians we celebrate them today as Christmas and Easter. Lord-Ba’al/Halal’s new moon festivals are particularly rank in Islam, corrupting a billion Muslims. And as a sun god, Satan’s Sabbath is Sun-day. Not only aren’t these counterfeits sanctified, they are judged lewd and unfit, shameful in the site of God and destined for obliteration. This is one of many reasons Howsha’s message is timeless. Most people today, and especially religious Jews, Christians, and Muslims, are Gomer. Their politicians and priests are “Not-My-People.” Their faithful constituents and congregations are “Not-Pitied.” We have been “Jezreeled”—played for fools, lead astray, suffering in vain.

The vines about to be destroyed and abandoned in the next verse symbolize the Yahuwdym, who, when rooted in beryth, bear the fruit of eternal life. The fig tree is prophetically symbolic of the temporal realm—especially Yisra’el. During the revelation period it was considered to be honey—the primary source of sweetness. The destruction of the fig is a sign of impending human distress and divine judgment. “I will destroy (shamem – leave desolate, lay waste and ravage, ruin and abandon) her vines and her fig trees, whereof she has said, ‘These are my gratuities (etenal – payments for being a prostitute, the quid pro quo rewards) associated with loving people (ahab – coveting things and bribes) given to me.’ But I intend to turn them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field shall devour them.” (Howsha’ / He Saves / Hosea 2:12) Things will never protect us. That which we consider “ours” is but a thicket beasts will devour.

Had the Yahuwdym been faithful, they would have remained rooted in the covenant and as a result, rooted in the land rather than dispersed. Their eternal fruit would have been righteous and good—a brilliant and faithful witness to Yahowah’s truth. Moreover, they would have enjoyed every sweetness in this temporal life. To be attached to Yahowah’s vine and to be able to sit under His fig tree was to share God’s blessings of peace, prosperity, joy, salvation, and relationship forever. But they became pimps for other gods, accepting money to help create religions and doctrines for man and beast. Sadly, the wages of sin is death. The Father and Husband wanted to lavish riches and blessings on His wife and children but they would have nothing to do with Him or His gifts.

Societies are like families. Within communities of cities and nations we live in relationship with our neighbors. To avoid anarchy, rules are always established and there are always consequences for breaking the accepted morays. Those who break the faith, the trust, and play by different rules, are judged and punished. When people live in harmony as a moral union of families, they prosper. When they reject such values they decline. God is telling Yisra’el this very thing.

While Yahowah lavishes every blessing on those who choose Him, He is a jealous God when it comes to relationships. “I will take an inventory of (peqad – recount and summon) her days in association with(‘asher) Lords (Ba’alim – false gods), wherein she caused incense and sacrifices to rise up in smoke (muqtar), and she went on the prowl in search of prey in a beguiling way (adah) with her loop earrings (nezem – ornamental rings—circles which separate) and her jewelry associated with harlotry (helyah), and she went out after (halak ahar – walked with, followed, and joined the position and direction of) her lovers (ahab – formed a relationship with others, desiring objects and coveting things). And she forgot Me, becoming lame and crippled (kasha), says Yahowah (hwhy).” (Howsha’ / He Saves / Hosea 2:13)

Ba’alim is the plural of Ba’al, meaning lords or gods. Sacrifices to false deities just go up in smoke, as Gomer’s and thus Yisra’el’s were doing. The people who preached on behalf of these forms of Satanism were out on the prowl in search of prey. Religion remains their most beguiling and thus effective snare. The symbol of these satanic sun god doctrines was the halo or circle shaped rings Gomer was wearing. Symbolic of the sun and circular reasoning, their false teachings separated mankind from God. Ahab, forming relationships with undesirable people and spirits and loving things leads to azab—being separated from God. And when we are separated from our Maker, when we forget the source of our existence, we are crippled.

Fortunately, this crippling need not be forever. In this transition verse, Yahowah is pointing the way back home—from ‘azab to beryth. “Therefore behold, I will leave the way wide open for her (patah) walking with her into the wilderness (midabar – desert, wilderness of words, desert of words), speaking(dabar) to her heart. And I will give her eternal vineyards there at that place and time (sham).” (Howsha’ / He Saves / Hosea 2:14-15)

This verse opens with a fortuitous offer and a provocative phrase. A way is being left wide open for reconciliation. Yahowah is even committing to walk beside Yisra’el through it all. If midabar just means wilderness, then Yahowah is promising to speak to His people even when they are separated from Him. If midabar just means desert, then Yahowah is committing to continue to call His people during their impending times of trial. If midabar is a wilderness of words then in the midst of confusing claims and false religions Yahowah will speak to the hearts of His people. If midabar is a dearth of words, He will communicate to the Yahuwdym even when they are hauled across the desert and into the captivity of Ba’al’s pagans in Babylon.

As a result of His mercy, of His continued walk with His people, there will be a time and place where the vine which represents the Yahuwdym, fruitfulness, and eternal life will be re-rooted and restored. This is pertaining to the Ma’aseyah. It is the gift presented in association with the Covenant.

“The valley of Achor will be a doorway (petach  – opening or portal) of hope. She shall sing there, as in the days of her youth (neurim – childhood, time as a young girl), and as in the day when she ascended out of the land of Egypt.” (Howsha’ / He Saves / Hosea 2:15-16)

The valley of Achor is used metaphorically to express the good news of salvation. It was at Achor, where the Yisra’elites who disregarded Yahowah’s instructions at Jericho and stole gold from the temples of Ba’al were exposed, judged, and then punished—stoned to death and then burned. So the day of reconciliation and judgment, would give way to mercy, forgiveness, and life. Despair would turn to hope. We are told that Yisra’el will sing again. The family will be restored with children acting like children—adoring, loving, and revering their Father. The Yahuwdym will be free again—just as when Yahowah brought them out of slavery in Egypt.

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