Double D

One spice my husband can't do without (yes he does most of the cooking-I'm a very lucky woman!) is Everglades Seasoning. It's really great on most everything. I have to agree though that when I cook, my #1 spice is GARLIC!!!!! :) YEAH BABY!!!!!!

Thank you Thomas and Belle for your welcome. I have been very intrigued by all the posts I have been reading about what went on in The Way and I'm so grateful that my friend and her husband are no longer in it. I'm also very grateful that I was never tempted to join. My heart goes out to all those who have experienced such wrenching emotional and from what I've read, even physical pain from having been a part of The Way. This may seem like an oxymoron, but while I can be very gullible at times, I'm also very skeptical and I do a lot of reading and researching on things before I accept them; that's not to say however, that I haven't been fooled or stepped off the plank when I shouldn't have either. At 62, I feel that I've finally arrived at where I want to be in my walk and my relationship with Yahweh; it's taken a very long time. DD

As you know (if you saw my post "The Mystery") I'm not an ex-wayfer and maybe I shouldn't have taken this poll, but I thought that if I post here again at any other time, perhaps it would be prudent for you to know where I stand. I call myself a Yahudi, a believer in Yahweh and in Yeshua but I don't believe in or belong to any denominational or non-denominational religion. I'm sort of Messianic in that I believe in following Torah, observe the feasts as set by Him, but I don't subscribe to Talmud, the Mishnah, etc. and I believe that Yeshua is both the Son of Yahweh and Yahweh. I say every day, just as my Jewish brothers and sisters "Sh'ma Ysrael, Adonai, Eloheynu, Adonai echad". My husband and I continue to attend a fellowship group from the church we used to go to; basically because we love these people and have been in the group for 7 years. They have accepted that we no longer believe as they do but don't require us to leave or not to express our beliefs or perspectives when we discuss biblical stuff. We also do Shabbat every Friday evening with our oldest daughter, her family and friends. I'm still doing a lot of studying and researching on all this so there are some things that I have not come to a conclusion on yet, such as whether we are just asleep when we die or not. I try to be open minded to others and their feelings/beliefs and hope that they will do the same for me. There are many who use the names Yahweh and Yeshua who absolutely cringe at hearing someone call them "God", "Lord", "Jesus", etc., but I'm not one of them. I choose to use their Hebraic names because that's what they were. My friend, who was in The Way, also attends our fellowship group and we all have some very lively discussions but always in love and friendship. Thanks for reading my post. If anyone has anything else they want to know, as long as it's not overly personal, I'd be glad to answer. DD

Thank you so much for your responses. Now I can begin my study and research on this. DD

I am not and have never been in the Way; however, my best friend was about 30 years ago. She and her husband left, I don't know when, but it's been a long time. From time to time when we get into bible discussions she brings up "The Mystery". According to her, Wayers were taught that Christ did not know until he was on the cross that he was also dying for gentiles and also, that if Satan had known, he would have prevented Christ from dying, or something to that effect. I have asked her what verses in the bible was this based on, but she can't remember. Can someone tell me the verses this idea came from?