Phinehas or Phineas
Emails & Questions
The Phineas or Phinehas Priesthood ?
Q: I've been racking my mind over the consistent never ending insanity.
YAHWEH, Knows if such a group as the Phineas Priesthood did, or dose exist. They would have my backing.
A: This is not so much a question as a statement, but I felt it proper to address this remark by one of my readers, personally and to share with other. Phinehas, Numbers 25 and Joshua 22 give us the account of Phinehas. Read those two chapters first and then come back here for my comments or just the reverse, up to you. This was, however, a response to a recent email and as such it may seem to be addressed to you, personally, but it is a shared email between myself and another believer.
The problem with Phineas: The Phineas
Priesthood was not an actual Priesthood. Phinehas, or Phineas,
was a member of the Levitical Priesthood. He was also a
commander in the Israeli army. Joshua 22 give another account,
besides that in Numbers 25 where Phinehas is leading a large
army of Israelis against three other tribes of States of Israel
-- it ends peacefully, in this case. Some have used the
Phinehas account in Numbers 25 to justify everything from mass
murder of various races to the killing or attempted killing of
God's own people and to murder people like you and me who would
dare turn our backs on Jesus to worship YaHshua. Many a brother
and sister have been burned at the stake for not confessing
JESUS (the Zeus), at the hands of those claiming to be in some
kind of angel of death or the Phinehas Priesthood. Leave it up
to the evil in the hearts of men to take a biblical account and
make it theirs, for their own purposes or excuses to commit
crime against the people of the Living God.
No where do we find YaHWeH or YaHshua putting
their stamp of approval on what Phinehas did -- nowhere do we
read, Good job Phinehas. Moses did not disapprove but
then it is only later we find Phinehas has been promoted (Joshua
22). Phinehas proved to be a strong arm for Moses and later for
Joshua (YaHshua) as well, but, Phinehas actions, taken out of
context, does not mean this is approved. Like King David had
his strong arm, in Joab, who later was executed for his crimes
of murder, even though they were for the protection of David.
Phinehas may have been a super righteous man but too many have
take his title to abuse others -- especially those chosen, those
called by the Living God in service to Him. Hitler had his team
of Phinehas, as did Stalin, and the Roman Catholic Church too.
The Jesuit priesthood is of that Phinehas stamp and have
committed some of the most unspeakable crimes against the People
of the Living God and against the People called to YaHshua and
to confess only Him. Phinehas may have acted out at the right
time, but he is used today as an excuse to go after you and me
and others like us. In our New Covenant relationship, what are
we told? Vengeance is Mine, Says YaHWeH.
More Later. Over coming is part of our life. We live in a sea
of sin and strangers and must continue to endure. Over coming is
not merely to over come what would be immoral but to over come
ourselves. We fall, we get back up, repent and continue on,
always looking toward the day of His Return and to restore those
things that need to be restored. How the heathen rage, wrote King
David once. Whether the rioters know it or not, they are raging
and rioting against their Creator. We must endure knowing that as
the time draws closer and closer to His return, the Great Quake
and the signs in the skies above must come first and we should not
be surprised but in a state of expectation. It is given for all
to die once, it is that Second Death we want to avoid. Peace, Dan
Comments and Questions to: dan@servantsofyahshua.com