In The Beginning

I thought I'd start off by letting you know how I got to where I am today, in regards to what I've found out concerning The Scriptures in both the TaNaK and the Brit HaChadashah(See Terms at top and side).

I myself got saved or so I thought in a Baptist congregation in 1978. I became very involved there, doing all kinds of things like an Usher, Sunday School Teacher, singing base in the choir, etc.,,,. One thing I had established in my life was to read The Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation each and every year. I read explicitly from the KJV up until early 2004 (more on this later). I became disheartened though when the congregation got into a split, and I too decided to leave. Afterward I slowly started to slip back into some worldly ways, like many do, I suppose.

It wasn't until 1992-1993 that I started to seek after, and to try and hold onto the truth again, after having bounced around somewhat in various bodies of supposed believers, but never fully engaging into a full commitment. During this time my heart had a change, in that I was praying to our Creator and Savior to know the truth, and to have a heart after His own, like King David did. I wanted this to be at the very essence of my being, the one thing I could hold onto that no one and nothing could ever take from me.

So in 1993 I was in yet another Baptist congregation, and again there were the rough seas. I know where there's people there are stormy waters, and that's sometimes just part of life. Things that had happened there though, I was having a hard time believing occurred there. I won't air the dirty laundry, but suffice it to say I saw a newly appointed Pastor and his family disintegrate because of his secret life that became exposed. This caused the doors to close for quite a while. Leaving there, I landed into another Baptist congregation. I again got involved, and by this time it was now 1996.

I found myself after reading the Scriptures all those years, now having questions that I didn't have answers to. One was, "where did the Sabbath get changed from the 7th day to the 1st day of the week?" I found myself looking expressly for this answer as I was reading Scripture, only to come to the last verse in Revelation saying to myself, "I must have missed it again!" Then starting the whole process over.

Well, that's all the time I have for today, I'll pick it up next time from here, as I had some other looming questions that also needed answering. Maybe you too are thinking along these same lines in your life.

May Yahweh Bless You and Guard You,
John