Bethel or Babel?

 Baruch Hashem

Shalom, dear readers. May this post find you in good health and high spirits. Before I write any blog, I always whisper a little prayer to Aaba:

“Dear Aaba, may this post reach the one whom Your precious eyes have already seen, the one You are giving a chance to the truth”.

And now, dear reader , I say the same to you:

May this post reach the hearts that are weary, the souls that are searching, and those who are quietly desperate for truth , real truth and freedom from the old ways that no longer hold life.

You didn’t land here by accident.

So take a deep breath.

Let’s walk through this together. 

We have just honored one of the most significant appointed times and that’s Passover. And while the echoes of that holy remembrance still linger, I’m stirred to write about something that lies at the heart of Israel’s identity… something set apart from the very beginning: Shabbath.

You see, Shabbath is more than just a day of rest.

It’s a weekly proclamation that we are no longer slaves.

In Egypt, Israel toiled endlessly. No pause, No relief. But when Aaba redeemed them, He gave them a gift that was both practical and prophetic: Shabbath. A day to stop. A day to breathe. A day to remember who they were and whose they were.

And even now, in our modern world, so many are still living like slaves , bound to the never-ending cycle of schedules, productivity, performance, and burnout.

We call it hustle. But Aaba calls it bondage.

To honor Shabbath today is to stand in quiet rebellion against a culture that glorifies exhaustion.

It’s a bold declaration that Aaba is our provider, not our job, not our clock, not our systems.

To stop when the world keeps running that’s not laziness.That’s faith in action.

And that’s exactly what He called us to. And through it our covenant is renewed every week. 

When we talk about the covenant being renewed every week, it’s not just some ritual or tradition, it’s about a living, breathing relationship with Aaba. He set apart the seventh day, Shabbat, as holy. It’s a divine moment for us to pause, reflect, and reconnect with Him. But what happens when we choose to worship on another day? Does it disrupt the rhythm of that covenant? Does it?

Ok now picture this:

You’ve been invited to a weekly family dinner, every Saturday. It’s a special time for you to reconnect, to celebrate your bond. It’s more than just food, it’s that time that brings everyone together. Now, imagine one week you decide to show up on Sunday instead of Saturday. It’s still a dinner, right? Still a gathering. But something feels off. The timing is wrong, and that sacred connection just isn’t there the way it should be.

That’s the issue when people choose to worship on a day other than Shabbat. It’s not just about when you worship; it’s about the rhythm Aaba set for us. The seventh day is a divine moment, a time set apart by Aaba for a reason. It’s like trying to play a song and changing the beat, it doesn’t sound the same. The connection is lost.

Aaba didn’t just give us a command to rest; He gave us a day to remember, to reconnect with Him in a special way. When He set the seventh day apart, He said, “This day, this time, is for you to remember what I’ve done, to honor who I am, and to reflect on who you are in Me.” The day is sacred and holy. It’s not about worshiping on any day that feels convenient. It’s about worshiping when Aaba told us to, on the day He set apart for us.

Let’s take a hard look at what we’ve been told about “church and Sunday worship”. 

Did the apostles ever start churches the way we see them today? The answer might shake some walls: no, they didn’t. The apostles never went around constructing buildings or launching denominations with stained-glass windows, altars, and pulpits. That wasn’t their mission. Their goal was never to lay brick and mortar it was to lay down their lives to proclaim the Kingdom of Lord, to call people to repentance, and to teach the commandments of the Messiah.

The early believers didn’t gather in lavish sanctuaries. They met in homes. In synagogues. In fields. On hillsides. In hiding. Wherever two or three could gather in Aaba’s Name, that was enough. There were no stages, no spotlight, no organs, just the Word, the Spirit, and the people. The “church” they built wasn’t a place. It was a people. A living body. A spiritual house.

Aaba’s Temple Was Never Man’s Idea

Now compare that with what Aaba commanded Solomon. When it came time to build the Temple, Solomon didn’t just freestyle the architecture. He didn’t consult trends or copy other kingdoms. Aaba Himself gave Solomon the blueprint. Every cubit, every stone, every curtain was according to divine instruction. The Temple was holy because it was Aaba ordained, a place where His Presence could dwell among His people.

So let’s ask the burning question:  

Has Aaba ever instructed Christians to build churches?

Did He hand down a design for cathedrals? Did He appoint bishops to craft altars, or declare a new priesthood?

No. Not once. Not in any book of the New Testament.  

What do we see instead? Paul assigning spiritual leaders and not priests. The spiritual leaders were called to guide communities. As we read in Titus 1:5–7, Paul tells Titus to appoint elders, spiritual leaders, in every city, not to run temples, but to guard the truth. These were men of character, assigned temporarily to bring order and ensure the faith wasn’t twisted. And even then, Paul would often check in and correct them when needed. They weren’t running worship rituals they were shepherding souls.

Nowhere Did the Apostles Say: “Go Build Churches”

The apostles never once said:  

“Build temples.”  

“Offer sacrifices.”  

“Appoint a priesthood.”  

“Construct altars.”  

You won’t find it in Acts. You won’t find it in Paul’s letters.  

What you will find is a call to be holy, to walk in the Spirit, and to remember the commandments.

So where did all this come from??

Let’s talk about Constantine.

He was no apostle. He wasn’t even a believer in the biblical truth. Constantine took the persecuted, pure, grassroots faith of the early believers and blended it into a state religion. This wasn’t to serve Aaba. It was to serve empire.To control people. To unite Roman ideologies with biblical ideas and form something new: Christianity as a religion!

It looked like the faith of the apostles, but it was a mask.

And from Constantine’s time onward, we began to see grand basilicas, stained-glass windows, priestly garments, incense, holy water all the things Aaba never commanded. Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants each with their own styles, their own doctrines, their own buildings. Who told them to build? Who gave them permission?

How Many Churches Will Aaba Dwell In?

Ask yourself:  

How many churches did the Jews build?  

How many temples were ordained by Aaba in Scripture? Only one.

One temple in Jerusalem. One blueprint. One house of Aaba. That was it.  

Remember Jacob? When he saw the heavenly ladder in his dream, he said, “This is Bethel, the House of Lord!” (Genesis 28:17) And that’s where Solomon later built the Temple. After exile, Ezra and Nehemiah restored it, not a thousand different ones, but the same old one Aaba declared. 

So again, ask:  

Who gave today’s priests and pastors the authority to do what they’re doing

Who ordained them to offer worship? To claim a priesthood? To speak as if they are Levites? (Only the Levites, specifically from the tribe of Levi, were ordained by Aaba to serve in the tabernacle and later in the Temple. This was not a role anyone could assume on their own, it was a divine appointment with strict instructions)

It’s time to be real:  

Most of these modern religious systems are built on self-ordination, human traditions, and theological excuses.  They throw around phrases like “apostolic succession,” or “ecumenical unity,” but it’s all smoke. There’s no divine command behind it, just politics, power, and centuries of compromise.

Christianity Today: Faith or Cult?

Every corner now has a church. Every few blocks , another denomination. One preaches prosperity. Another shouts tradition. One swears by Mary. Another by Martin Luther. What happened to one Lord, one truth, one body?

This system, what we call “church” has all the marks of a cult. A complex network of man-made rules, self-ordained leaders, emotional manipulation, and twisted theology. And worst of all? It’s all done in Aaba’s name.

Meanwhile, Yeshua Aaba Himself prayed in the synagogue. He taught from Torah. He walked in the commandments.  

He never started “Christianity.”  

He never told His disciples to break Shabbat or build a new religion.

So Where Do We Go From Here?

This is a call to wake up.  

Are we walking toward Bethel, where Aaba meets His people? Or are we unknowingly climbing Babel(Genesis 11), chasing faith without foundation? This is not just a study it’s a reckoning. A return. A call to choose what was set apart and to question what we’ve inherited, to tear down what man has built, and return to what Aaba has commanded.  

Not religion.  

Not ritual.  

But covenant, Shabbath the gift, the covenant. 

A living, breathing walk with the Lord of Israel, through Yehoshua the Messiach, in spirit and in truth.

It’s time to rebuild not temples of stone, but hearts of flesh.  

Not institutions, but a holy people set apart.

Ask yourself:  

Where is the connection? Where is the purpose? Where is the significance?

And then ask:  

What does Aaba actually want from me?

Find the answers in the follow up blog. 

“Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, But to Your name give glory, Because of your mercy, Because of your truth”. Psalms 115 :1 

Toda Aaba.