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tremulous, end-time world age, are deceived 'because first to Adam, then father Abraham, then Moses and
they REFUSED to love the truth and so be saved' (II lastly to the Holy Apostles of the Christ.
Thess. 2:10, last part).
Let's not belabour all of the mean-spirited things he
"Many things have been done in ignorance, in the past. has said or caused others to say and do -- not the one's
But when the knowledge of the truth comes into our he will surely still have to say and do. [John Keyser
lives, what are we going to do about it? tells me that this little man has deigned to brand him a
"Satan."] Indeed, Bill is in the pre-dawn still but his
"Will we continue to follow Jewish traditions, even shadow can be seen in the distant valley approacing
when they are not justified? slowly and cautiously from the Wilderness. It's my sad
duty to report that those who choose to follow him
"Will we go the opposite extreme, and throw out the (rather than stand WITH their brother as he searches
baby with the bath water? for Christ) are still too far back to be seen at all.
While Bill has now seen the faint outline of the rocky
lower region of the Holy Mount and undoubtedly
"Or will we get a balance in these things -- and out
God's Law before human tradition? doesn't think it goes much higher, his followers cannot
even truly SEE HIM for what he is.
"Solomon wrote very wisely, about such matters: 'Be
not righteous over much; neither make thyself over Even still, let's give a lot of lattitude and pray only that
wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself? Be not over- he doesn't turn the way of most at this point and veer
much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest completely off the narrow path to Zion. And, with
thou die before thy time?' (Eccl. 7:16-17). equal fervency, let's pray that the part of the fold which
he hides from us and the Lord begin to make a stand.
This would be good for them and Bill.
"Let's put first things first -- the Law of God before
'tradition'!
-- David Hinkley
"Now that we have learned these things, let's do them -- Dear Sir:
with all our heart! As Paul said to the Athenians on
Mars' Hill in about 53 A.D.,
I appreciate your research regarding the American In-
dians. It is fascinating.
"'And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but
NOW commandeth all men everywhere to REPENT:
because he hath appointed a day, in which he will judge A couple of years ago, I wrote to you about the Chero-
the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath kee Indians. I had heard somewhere that they might be
ordained...' (Acts 17:30-31). Jewish. You said you would look into that. I have been
attending a Messianic congregation and the Rabbi said
last night that there were grave stones found in Tennes-
"What about you? Are you willing to repent and change
-- even if it takes a little effort, and study, and persis- see dating back 2,000 years that have Hebrew writing
tence, and willingness to STAND UP, and not follow on them. I was flabbergasted. So, since Tennessee (and
all the other fish downstream? Are you willing to fight North Carolina) are the states where the Cherokee are
your way upstream, against the current of the majority? from, couldn't they be Jewish?
I look forward to hearing what you might have found.
"Are you really willing to REPENT of error?"
In Yeshua,
My sincere prayer is that we view this as a first step by Elouise Root.
Mr. Dankenbring in recovering his former "pioneering
spirit" in the faith. That we see this as a new beginning
in his walk with God and hope that his attitude is fur- Dankenbring and others refused to look at all the facts.
ther humbled to the point of causing him to inleash his If they presented a balanced view and still said better
blinded followers -- causing them also to plunge forth safe than sorry, well, okay, but they nay-sayed anyone
in the complete restoration of the faith once delivered who actually knew what the so-called "Y2K bug" was,

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