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Pigpen is Forever 27 Kurt Cobain's Last Words - The Twelve Tribes

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<strong>Forever</strong> <strong>27</strong><br />

“THE REMEDY”<br />

Continued from page 10<br />

Yahshua died for every<br />

sin in you, no matter how<br />

terrible or how trivial<br />

it may seem to you. H<strong>is</strong><br />

blood can cleanse you of<br />

your sins, if you believe<br />

upon H<strong>is</strong> name. If I were<br />

to die for you and give<br />

my blood as a sacrifice<br />

for your sins, it wouldn’t<br />

work. But H<strong>is</strong> blood works.<br />

He <strong>is</strong> your only hope. No<br />

other name can save you.<br />

He <strong>is</strong> the only one. He <strong>is</strong><br />

salvation. H<strong>is</strong> name means<br />

salvation. Th<strong>is</strong> Salvation<br />

<strong>is</strong> God’s free gift to you to<br />

save you from your sins.<br />

A Blood Covenant<br />

He told H<strong>is</strong> d<strong>is</strong>ciples<br />

one time that to be H<strong>is</strong><br />

d<strong>is</strong>ciple you had to eat<br />

H<strong>is</strong> body and drink H<strong>is</strong><br />

blood. (A large number of<br />

people went back to their<br />

homes and quit following<br />

Him after that statement.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y had better things<br />

to do.) Though it sounds<br />

strange, the Son of God<br />

was trying to make a point!<br />

In the same way, many<br />

ancient tribes understood<br />

that the life of something<br />

or someone was in their<br />

blood. Thus, they made<br />

blood covenants with<br />

one another, binding<br />

agreements. It <strong>is</strong> a prom<strong>is</strong>e<br />

of “life for life.” H<strong>is</strong> life for<br />

you <strong>is</strong> in H<strong>is</strong> blood. When<br />

Yahshua shed h<strong>is</strong> blood<br />

for us in death, the Father<br />

forever bound Himself to<br />

honor the death of that<br />

Lamb that would pay<br />

the price for man’s sins<br />

once and for all time.<br />

If you don’t lay your<br />

hand upon the head<br />

of that Lamb as your<br />

substitute in death,<br />

identifying your total<br />

being with Him, as the<br />

slain lamb sacrificed<br />

for you, it does not<br />

count on your behalf.<br />

You must actually lean<br />

your entire personality<br />

on Him in faith and<br />

confidence before you<br />

can reach H<strong>is</strong> blood. Th<strong>is</strong><br />

blood <strong>is</strong> the only thing that<br />

has the power to cleanse<br />

your dirty conscience and<br />

forgive you forever and<br />

ever. You will not be able to<br />

come into th<strong>is</strong> new blood<br />

covenant any other way.<br />

Th<strong>is</strong> covenant <strong>is</strong> not a<br />

mystical experience that<br />

<strong>is</strong> way beyond your reach.<br />

In giving up your old life<br />

among h<strong>is</strong> people who<br />

are gathered here on th<strong>is</strong><br />

earth in tribes of caring,<br />

forgiven people you will<br />

find the reality of “life<br />

for life.” You will come to<br />

understand all about h<strong>is</strong><br />

death on the cross, where<br />

He shed H<strong>is</strong> blood, and<br />

how that can become a<br />

reality in your daily life<br />

of covenant love, lived<br />

for Him alone. It <strong>is</strong> there<br />

where you can learn what it<br />

After hearing such<br />

good news of love and<br />

forgiveness, what other<br />

response could a man<br />

have but to devote the<br />

rest of h<strong>is</strong> life in giving<br />

thankful appreciation<br />

for th<strong>is</strong> sacrifice?<br />

means to “repent” (change<br />

your whole way of life).<br />

You can’t do it merely by<br />

reading a Bible or believing<br />

something in your mind, or<br />

by l<strong>is</strong>tening to a preacher<br />

on TV. You must count<br />

the cost. It’s life for life.<br />

You must give up<br />

everything that makes up<br />

“your life.” You must give<br />

up all your possessions, as<br />

well as all your personal<br />

ambitions, just a surely<br />

as a man who enters h<strong>is</strong><br />

grave in death cannot take<br />

anything with him. Any<br />

earthly tie with relatives<br />

or former friends who<br />

would hinder you from<br />

following Him must be<br />

left behind. Hanging on<br />

to anything betrays the<br />

fact that you are not truly<br />

giving up “your life” – thus<br />

H<strong>is</strong> life will not be given<br />

for you… “Life for Life.”<br />

Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> the absolute<br />

call of a Good God who<br />

knows how to save us.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Son of God made<br />

it supremely clear in<br />

H<strong>is</strong> own words when<br />

He said: “Assuredly, I<br />

say to you, there <strong>is</strong> no<br />

one who has left house<br />

or brothers or s<strong>is</strong>ters or<br />

father or mother or wife<br />

or children or lands, for<br />

My sake and the gospel’s,<br />

who shall not receive a<br />

hundredfold now in th<strong>is</strong><br />

time — houses and brothers<br />

and s<strong>is</strong>ters and mothers<br />

and children and lands,<br />

with persecutions — and<br />

in the age to come, eternal<br />

life” (Mark 10:29-30).<br />

If you give up your<br />

life, you will find life,<br />

true life, eternal life. You<br />

will reach the blood that<br />

can wash you clean and<br />

make you new inside. H<strong>is</strong><br />

life will live in your life.<br />

A <strong>Twelve</strong> <strong>Tribes</strong> Freepaper<br />

After hearing such<br />

good news of love and<br />

forgiveness, what other<br />

response could a man<br />

have but to devote the<br />

rest of h<strong>is</strong> life in giving<br />

thankful appreciation<br />

for th<strong>is</strong> sacrifice?<br />

If you love your life, you<br />

will lose it. If you want to<br />

hang on to your life, you<br />

can — at least until you<br />

die. After you die, you will<br />

face judgment along with<br />

everyone else who has<br />

ever lived. That <strong>is</strong> when<br />

we will all have to answer<br />

for the way we lived these<br />

few years on th<strong>is</strong> planet.<br />

<strong>The</strong>n it will become all<br />

too clear what our deep<br />

inner motives were. It will<br />

either be a day of shame<br />

or a day of rejoicing.<br />

So, if you love your<br />

fallen, rotten, stinking,<br />

lonely life, you can keep<br />

it. But without the benefit<br />

of the sacrifice there will<br />

be no remedy for all your<br />

maladies. But if you are one<br />

of H<strong>is</strong> sheep who desires<br />

a new life, you can give up<br />

your life and receive the<br />

remedy. If you do, you will<br />

find true life — eternal life.<br />

You will be joined together<br />

with H<strong>is</strong> people in a life<br />

together. It <strong>is</strong> just what<br />

you’ve always wanted.#<br />

Yahshua <strong>The</strong> Name Above All Names<br />

In the days of John the<br />

Bapt<strong>is</strong>t and the Son<br />

of God, the preserved<br />

language of the devout Jews<br />

was Hebrew. So, when the<br />

angel Gabriel brought the<br />

good news to the Hebrew<br />

virgin, Miriam (or Mary in<br />

Engl<strong>is</strong>h), that she would<br />

give birth to the Savior<br />

of the world, and told her<br />

what H<strong>is</strong> name would be,<br />

what language do you<br />

suppose he spoke? Hebrew,<br />

of course! And certainly<br />

Miriam and Yoceph (or<br />

Joseph in Engl<strong>is</strong>h) named<br />

the child just as the<br />

angel had commanded<br />

them — Yahshua.<br />

In Matthew 1:21, your<br />

Bible probably reads, “…<br />

and you shall call H<strong>is</strong> name<br />

Jesus, for He will save H<strong>is</strong><br />

people from their sins.” But<br />

the name Jesus <strong>is</strong> a modern<br />

Engl<strong>is</strong>h adaptation of the<br />

Greek name, Iesous, which<br />

<strong>is</strong> itself a corruption of<br />

the original Hebrew name<br />

Yahshua. <strong>The</strong> name Jesus<br />

or Iesous has no meaning<br />

of its own, but the Hebrew<br />

name Yahshua literally<br />

means Yahweh’s Salvation, 1<br />

1<br />

Yah <strong>is</strong> the personal name of God,<br />

and shua <strong>is</strong> from a Hebrew root<br />

word that means “to save.” God<br />

identified Himself to Moses as<br />

YAH (meaning “I AM”) in Exodus<br />

which makes sense out<br />

of what the angel said in<br />

Matthew 1:21, “…you shall<br />

call H<strong>is</strong> name Yahshua<br />

[Yahweh’s Salvation],<br />

for He shall save H<strong>is</strong><br />

people from their sins.”<br />

<strong>The</strong> fact <strong>is</strong>, the name<br />

of God’s Son was not even<br />

3:14, as in Psalm 68:4, KJV (“whose<br />

name <strong>is</strong> Jah”), and as most familiar<br />

in the word Hallelujah (“Pra<strong>is</strong>e<br />

Yah”). And in John 5:43 and 17:11,<br />

Yahshua says that He came in H<strong>is</strong><br />

Father’s name, “the name which<br />

You have given Me” (NASB), so it<br />

<strong>is</strong> not surpr<strong>is</strong>ing that the Father’s<br />

name would be incorporated into<br />

the Son’s name, Yahshua.<br />

pronounced as “Jesus”<br />

in Engl<strong>is</strong>h until the 16 th<br />

century, simply because<br />

there was no “J” sound<br />

or letter in Engl<strong>is</strong>h until<br />

then. 2 <strong>The</strong> modern letter<br />

“J” developed from the<br />

letter “I” which began to<br />

be written with a “tail”<br />

when it appeared as the<br />

first letter in a word. So<br />

in old Engl<strong>is</strong>h the name<br />

now written as Jesus<br />

was actually written<br />

and pronounced much<br />

like the original Greek<br />

2<br />

Compact Edition of the Oxford<br />

Engl<strong>is</strong>h Dictionary (Oxford<br />

University Press, 1971), pp.<br />

1496,1507.<br />

Iesous. Eventually the<br />

hard “J” sound crept into<br />

the Engl<strong>is</strong>h language to<br />

accompany the different<br />

way of writing the<br />

initial “I” in the name.<br />

You may also find it<br />

interesting that in Acts<br />

26:14-15, it says that the<br />

apostle Paul heard the<br />

name of the Son of God<br />

pronounced “in the Hebrew<br />

tongue” by the Son of God<br />

Himself, so he certainly<br />

didn’t hear the Greek<br />

name Iesous or the Engl<strong>is</strong>h<br />

name Jesus, but rather the<br />

Hebrew name, the name<br />

above names, Yahshua. 3 #<br />

3<br />

Philippians 2:9; Acts 4:12<br />

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