"The Salvation Professor"

OU were always the professor," one of my children recently said, describing my non-degreed, extra-academic role as teacher of many subjects, particularly those religious in nature, or associated therewith.

    Someone else, in reference to my now aged, bearded, bespectacled appearance recently told me: "You look like a scientist," and without hesitation or really thinking about why I replied as I did at the time, I said: "That's because I am a scientist."

    Of course, I didn't (and don't) think of myself as a "scientist" in the full modern sense of that word, but more in the traditional sense, being a researcher into often arcane knowledge, a discoverer of "new" or hidden facts, and a keeper or protector of uncommon wisdom, knowledge and understanding in many fields, of which religion is the overriding, all-encompassing umbrella under which all the rest fits and relates.

    The root meaning of the root word for science, in the English language, is derived from the Latin word scientia, from scire, meaning: "know," or: "knowledge," and I well know how modern science originated with the actual tree of the science (knowledge) of good and evil, described in the second and third chapters of the first book (Genesis) of what we call "the Bible" (from the Greek word biblia, meaning: "books").

    Unlike the esteemed, highly-respected, venerated and greatly honored world of academia today, and its highest rank of professorate or university teacher, the word "professor" can also refer to a paradoxically far-less reverenced (by modern society) aspect of the teaching profession: a person who professes religion (source: The Oxford Complete Wordfinder Dictionary and Thesaurus).

    To profess, while meaning in this context to affirm one's faith in or allegiance to a higher power, the Creator of heaven and earth, or to receive into a religious order under vows -- and to teach (a subject) as, or perform the duties of a professor, which is akin to the word confess, or "declare publicly" -- can also refer to claiming or declaring openly to have a quality or feeling, and can even allude to those who pretend to such knowledge or attributes as they in fact do not possess.

    The fact that secular and false, or misguided, religious professors receive so much acclaim and honor also in our modern world, while someone who professes the PURE TRUTH -- such as myself -- is generally disparaged or despised, should come as no big surprise to those who actually study, know and accept the prophetic witness of scripture as valid, in which the Savior forewarned us:

    "Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets" (Luke 6:26).

    In fact, this follows directly a related statement, which tells us:

    "Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.... For that is how their fathers treated the prophets" (Luke 6:22, 23).

    Speaking of religious authorities of today, leading up to the murderous beast kingdom about to appear on the world scene, as presaged by the Spanish Inquisition of an earlier age, the Messiah also prophesied:

    "They will put you out of the synagogue [religious meeting places]; in fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to the Almighty One.   They will do these things because they have not know the Father or me" ("John" 16:2-3).

    And again, He revealed why, just prior to saying this:

    "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.   If you belonged to the world, it would care for you as its own.   As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.   That is why the world hates you.... If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.   If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.   They will treat you this way because of my name [Yahvsave, not the false name that all Christian religions today accept and worship], for they do not know the One who sent me" [the Sacred Spirit, or Ancient of Days; Father Yahveh] ("John" 15:18-21).

    The key to salvation is the name of Yahvsave (meaning "Yahveh our Savior"), which derives from the name Yahveh, as revealed by the prophet Yavel ("Joel"):

    "And everyone who calls on the name of Yahveh will be saved" ("Joel" 2:32; the true name restored to the text from the Ibreya -- original "Hebrew" -- source).

    The Apostles also taught the exact same thing, such as Peter on the first Pentecost following Messiah Yahvsave's resurrection.   Peter quoted directly from this very verse of scripture, as recorded in Acts 2:21.

    Filled with the Sacred Spirit, Peter told the Sanhedrin:

    "It is by the name of Yahvsave [restored from "Old Testament" Ibreya scriptures] Messiah, of Nazareth, whom you put to death but whom the Almighty One raised from the dead, that this man [crippled from birth] stands before you healed.   He [the Messiah] is 'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the foundation stone.'   Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:10-12; cf. Acts 3:1-12; Matthew 1:21; "John" 14:6; Acts 10:43; I Timothy 2:5-6).

    Nobody else today teaches this true and only name of salvation!

    The name Yahvsave is a combination of the shortened form of Creator Yahveh's name, Yahv (or Yah, see: Psalm 68:4, Isaiah 12:2, 26:4 and 38:11, New King James Version, for instance), and the Ibreya word for salvation: save (with the exact same pronunciation and meaning in original Ibreya -- or "Hebrew" -- Greek, Latin and English, incredibly; and which, with a later corruption in Latin into salvare, is the root of our modern English word: "salvation")!

    The words salve and salvage are related to the word save.   The herb sage is not so called because it improves our memory (makes us wise or sage), but because it is a healing plant the name of which is derived from the Old French word sauge, from the Latin word salvia, from salvus, meaning "safe."

    In fact, the words safe and safety also originated with the word save, from the Latin word salvus, which also means: "uninjured," that comes down to us through the Old French spelling "sauf," which in that language and time closely approximated the correct pronunciation of save, as it is still pronounced in English today.

    We all die.   Of that fact there can be no dispute.

    But why do we die, and how can we justify our conscious existence with this fatal fact?

    In other words: After death, then what?

    Presented with the two possible outcomes revealed by inspired scripture, which are either joyous life in a never-ending paradise on earth or total destruction in a sulfurous lake of fire (volcanic lava), the concept of salvation -- being saved from the latter and rewarded with the former -- makes a lot of sense.

    What may not seem sensible to most people, however, is the fact that to achieve this worthy outcome means delaying gratification, reward or blessings, often to the unseen future life; to a time beyond our physical life span.

    Giving up the rewards, accolades and benefits of this present world, in order to accomplish far more important spiritual goals, as well as achieve the attitudes, traits or fruits of the Spirit, seems like nonsense to most people.   Yet this may very well be the only way we can successfully obtain the benefits of real salvation.

    Being willing to suffer possible ridicule, being ostracized, threatened, opposed, attacked, falsely accused, imprisoned, mocked and vilified are not easy to take, or even desirable outcomes, but they are often the only means by which we can achieve real salvation.

    Because we live in a world hostile to real lasting peace, joy and the pure truth, those who truly follow this Way of Life may paradoxically suffer want, privation, and possibly even an early demise, due to the opposition of sincere but misled people, hypocrite rebels posing as conservative leaders, or wicked tyrants and their sycophant followers, in all levels of our society.

    Despite themselves, the wicked must be shown the error of their ways, and given the encouragement to change their evil nature (repent), seek to live a life of service and sacrifice in order to fulfill their Creator's -- and not man's -- religious will, and overcome all obstacles, including their own carnal human nature, standing in their way.

    There is a false presumption associated with fake salvation that those who follow this heresy believe they have already been saved, as evidenced by their ubiquitous question: "Have you been saved?"

    In actual fact, salvation is a lifelong process of repentant overcoming of carnal temptation, and is not otherwise assured or to be considered an accomplished fact.

    To quote the Apostle Paul's warning, in this regard:

    "So if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!" (I Corinthians 10:12), and again:

    "20. ...[Y]ou stand by faith.   Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.   21. For if the Almighty One did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you either" (Romans 11:20-21).

    In fact, the Savior gave His elect followers many warnings to "take heed," as recorded in the following scriptures: Matthew 6:1, 16:6, 18:10; Mark 4:24, 8:15, 13:5, 9, 23, 33; Luke 8:18, 11:35, 12:15, 17:3, 21:8, and 34.

    Similar warnings are given to all seven of the congregations prophesied in the book of Revelation, as follows:

    "If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place" (Revelation 2:5).

    "Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life" (Revelation 2:10).

    "Repent therefore!   Otherwise I will soon come to you and will fight against you with the sword of my mouth" (Revelation 2:16).

    "25. Only hold on to what you have until I come.   26. To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations..." (Revelation 2:25-26).

    "Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent.   But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you" (Revelation 3:3).

    "I am coming soon.   Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown" (Revelation 3:11).

    "16. So, because you are lukewarm -- neither hot nor cold -- I am about to spit you out of my mouth.... 19. So be earnest and repent" (Revelation 3:16, 19).

    Truthfully, since only those who call on the true name of salvation, the only name by which we must be saved (Yahvsave) will be saved, how then can those who openly despise and reject this name, once it is revealed to them, be counted among the saved?

    Prophecy reveals that:

    "All the inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast -- all whose names have not been written in the book of life, belonging to the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world" (Revelation 13:8).

    Logic tells us, since Christianity -- in all its various denominations -- is one of the major religious persuasions in our modern world, that many (if not most, or in some cases possibly even all of some churches or denominations) will be among those who will worship the beast.

    And the end result of taking the name or number of the beast, so as to be allowed to buy and sell, is the exact opposite of salvation, for:

    "9. If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, 10. he too will drink of the wine of Yahveh's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of His wrath.   He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the sacred angels and of the Lamb" (Revelation 14:9-10).

    That is the opposite of the reward of the righteous, which is salvation through the resurrection from the dead, for only:

    "4. ...They had not worshipped the beast and his image and had not received his mark on their foreheads or their hands.   They came to life and ruled with the Messiah a thousand years.   5. (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended.)

    "This is the first resurrection.   6. Blessed and sacred are those who have their lot in the first resurrection.   The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of Yahveh and of the Messiah and will rule with Him a thousand years" (Revelation 20:4-6).

    On the other hand:

    "14. The lake of fire is the second death.   15. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire" (verses 14-15).

    And once again:

    "All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast -- all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world" (Revelation 13:8).

    While even those whose names are written in the Book of Life are warned that it is possible for their names to be erased from that vital record of who is worthy of salvation, to live following the two resurrections of the dead (cf. Revelation 3:5: "He who overcomes . . . I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and His angels," and Revelation 22:19).

    Only those who wash their robes (cleanse themselves of the spiritual impurities of sin throughout the remainder of their lives, following true repentance, by turning from lawlessness to obeying all of their Creator's commandments; cf. I "John" 3:4) will: "have the right to the tree of life" (verse 19).

    For concerning the New Yaravsalem:

    "Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life" (Revelation 21:27).

    The calling of the elect is to become salvation professors; to share the hope of their calling and belief with all who hear and heed the call to repentance in this age:

    "1. Shout it aloud, do not hold back.   Raise your voice like a trumpet.   Declare to my people their rebellion and to the house of Ya'acob their sins.   2. For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways, as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commandments of its Almighty Ones" (Isaiah 58:1-2).

    And:

    "7. Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Yasrael; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me.   8. When I say to the wicked, 'Oh wicked man, you will surely die,' and you do not speak out to dissuade him from his ways, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood.   9. But if you do warn the wicked man to turn from his ways and he does not do so, he will die for his sin, but you will have saved yourself" (Ezekiel 33:7-9; and cf. Ezekiel 33:10-16).

    Therefore, your salvation may well depend upon how well you fulfill the role of a salvation professor, toward all those who are perishing, along with this present wicked age, that is quickly passing away!