4 So the sons of Israel removedª the Saints¹ and the Easters² and served Yãhweh alone³.

(MISB: 1Samuel 7:4): http://www.torahtimes.org/NewTranslation/BasicBooks/1samuel.html#7:4

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 a. When the house of Israel removes all of the false traditions and celebrations from their midst, then the Almighty act, and will no longer be able to bear the slavery and exile of His people. There are only two choices, serve Him alone or serve the enemy. All battles are going to be lost unless Yah is put first, creationsim, homeschooling, consitutional government in our nation, the battle with gay-rights, and all the other freedoms under threat, including econcomic prosperity and a sound money system. These will all be lost if the Almighty is not put first and everything competing with him is removed. Do not think ye can take the ark of Yahweh into battle and win unless you yourselves serve him.

 1. What are “the ba‘alim”. To contextualize a dynamic equivalent translation for the present requires the translation Saints. Why is this? Paganism mutates when it is exposed, but by nature remains the same. The “baalim” הַבְּעָלִים were demigods or false gods that Israel worshiped alongside Yahweh. They prayed to them. They invoked their names, and they burned incense to them and made offerings to them. Thus the Almighty had company and was not worshipped alone. These acts done for the “ba‘alim” are the exact same thing that the Church of Rome does for the “Saints”, who are mere humans that have been promoted to “godhood” by Rome. Rome says, “For the Son of God became man so that we might become God” (canon 460, Catechism of the Catholic Church).

 2. Yes, “the Easters” is the proper equivalent translation of הָעַשְׁתָּרֹ֑ת (Ha-Ashtaroth). The “Ashtaroth” were the spring goddesses of fertily, known in other cultures as “Ishtar”, “Aprodite”, “Venus”, “Oastre”, and in the Church of Rome melded into Mary worship and Easter celebrations. Precise correspondence with the ancient version of this paganism is not necessary. The fact that one is derived from the other, and that it offends the Almighty is all that is necessary! But it is remarkable that the consonants of Ashtaroth striped of the plural ending, SHTR and the exact same ones as Easter: STR. SH=S is a common substitution.

 3. Who are the Philstines today? Think “Palestinians” bent on dispossing Israel. They will fail at taking Israel because Israel is going to repent, and Yahweh is going to deliver. And then the Philistines (Islam) will turn their eye toward enslaving the nations instead of Israel. So do you want deliverance with Israel or more slavery in the nations? Then you must forsake the Saints and the Easters! Otherwise Yeshua is not going to listen. In the past, he tolerated such things for the sake of the good news, though many did not understand the good news because of the idolatry, but when the kingdom comes the times of ignorance are going to be over, and we must show our loyalty to Messiah and forsake the ba‘alim and Ashtaroth. So choose today which it will be, freedom in Messiah or slavery under the boot of anti-Messiah.