Monday, September 26, 2016

Fighting My Battles

          We all have bad days every now and again.  But have you ever had a Job moment?  That one moment where you slide all the way downhill, so far down that it seems like you lost everything, just in that one moment.  Kind of like Job in the Scriptures lost everything in a day.  But he waited on the Father and in the end, he got back twice as much as he lost to begin with.
          My Job moment happened one day in May.  Everything went downhill in a matter of seconds.  I lost a lot that day.  It's been a very long, hard, uphill battle to get back just a little of what was lost in spite of those seeking to destroy what little I may have left.
          That was four months ago.  And it still weighs heavily upon my heart.   I went into work this morning trying to figure some of this stuff out.  Thinking about the people who are pushing this Job moment further.  Through circumstances outside of my control, in other words; the Almighty, I am being pushed to give in to those who are seeking my harm.  But I want to fight against these circumstances because, if I give in to what they want, wouldn't they then win?
          That's when a song came on the radio and I was reminded that I need to step back and do nothing.  Be still and let Yahweh take control.  Because, after all, he is fighting my battles.




          Why is it that when it seems the world is against us we forget so easily that our fight is not with them?  That the Father will fight for us?  I don't know why, but I do know that I forget.  And today I was reminded that "our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." Eph 6:12.  And in Psalm 35 David says, "Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me." 




Sunday, February 19, 2012

Regarding Clean and Unclean Foods

     And now, O Yisra'el, listen to the Laws and Right-Rulings which I am teaching you to do, so that you live, and shall go in and possess the land which Yahweh Elohim of your fathers is giving you.  Do NOT add to the Word which I command you, and do NOT TAKE AWAY from it, so as to guard the commands of Yahweh your Elohim which I am commanding you.  Deut. 4:1-2
     For you are a qodesh (set apart) people to Yahweh your Elohim, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a treasured possession above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.  "Do not eat that which is abominable (unclean).  Deut 14:2-3
     Seeing that we are grafted into Israel and these commands were given to them because they are a qodesh (set apart) people to Yahweh, does it not make sense that these commands are also for us gentiles (out of covenanters) who are now following Yeshua HaMashiach (Messiah)?  Now, I know you are also wanting proof from the Brit Hadashah (New Covenant) showing that Yeshua HaMashiach and his Talmidim(disciples), as well as Sha'ul (Paul) did not change Elohim's Torah or do away with it.   So here it is! In the next several paragraphs we will look at a few passages people use to say, "But see, here He changed it."  We must always remember Scripture interprets Scripture and does not contradict itself.  The number one rule of Bible study, "Context, context, context" also applies here.
     Let me give an example.  If I read this verse, "All that your hand finds to do, do it with your might."  (from Eccl. 9:10) Then went and said, "This verse gives me permission to do whatever I want as long as I give it all I've got."  This would be taking the verse out of context without proper interpretation of Scripture.  When you look at the context you find out that it is acctually talking about Elohim approving the works of the righteous (keeping of Torah).  And if you go to other passages in Scripture you see that Yahweh puts a big emphasis on doing things as to Yahweh and not men.  Now you have the context and the interpretaion from Scripture.
     Let's do one more example, just to help further our understanding.  "And delight yourself in Yahweh, and let Him give you the desires of your heart."  Ps. 37:4 What does it mean to delight in YahwehThe interpretations to everything in Scripture are given to us in Scripture.  Elohim doesn't tell us something in Scripture and leave us to find out for ourselves what it means, then, when we reach the other side, tells us, "I'm sorry, but you didn't interpret that Scripture correctly, I'm afraid I can't let you in."  So then, knowing that we are told in Scripture what it means to delight in Yahweh, let's go find out what it really means.
     In Isaiah 58:13-14 we see what it means to delight in Yahweh.  "If you do turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my qodesh (set apart) day, and shall call the Sabbath 'a delight,' the qodesh day of Yahweh 'esteemed,' and shall esteem it, not doing your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words, then you shall
DELIGHT yourself in Yahweh."  To 'delight yourself in Yahweh' means keeping the Sabbaths, calling them a delight, and holding them in high esteem.
     So, enough of that and let's move on to the topic at hand.  Did Yeshua, any of His talmidim (disciples), or Sha'ul (Paul) do away with the commandments in Elohim's Torah regarding clean and unclean foods? Are people actually backed by Scripture in their claims that we may eat whatever our hearts desire? What are the Sriptures that they use?What is it that is being said? Let's dive into the scriptures and see for ourselves.
     Many people say, "Jesus has given us permission to eat what we want because of what he says in Matthew 15:11."  So what does this verse say?  "Not that which goes into the mouth defiles the man, but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man."  It does seem like people have a good point when they use this verse.  But what does Yeshua mean by this statement?  Let's take a look.
     "Then there came to Yeshua scribes and pharisees from Yerushalayim (Jerusalem), saying, "Why do your talmidim (disciples) transgress the tradition of the elders?"  (Notice they were transgressing the traditions of the elders and not the Torah of Elohim.)  "For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread."
      But He (Yeshua) answering, said to them, "Why do you transgress the Command of Elohim because of your tradition?"  (The scribes and pharisees hold their tradition above the Torah of Elohim.)  "For Elohim has commanded, saying, 'Respect your father and your mother,' and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.'  But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me has been dedicated," is certainly released from respecting his father or mother.' So you have nullified the Command of Elohim by your tradition."

Matt 15:1-6

     Did you just see that?  Yeshua is upholding and teaching His Father's Torah, not doing away with it.  It's the scribes and pharisees that are doing away with it here by their tradition!  Let's continue reading and see what else happens.

     "Hypocrites!  Yeshayahu (Isaiah) rightly Navu (prophesied) about you saying, 'This people draw near to Me with their mouth, and respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.  But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as teachings the commands of men.' "  (They were teaching, as truth, commands of men and lifting them up higher than Elohim's commands.)
     And calling the crowd near, He said to them, "Hear and understand: Not that which goes into the mouth defiles the man, but that which comes out of the mouth, This defiles the man."  (Yeshua will explain to us what He meant when He made this statement.)
Then His talmidim (disciples) came and said unto Him, "Do you know that the Pharisees stumbled when they heard this word?"
     But He answering, said, "Every plant which My Father of the shamayim (heaven) has not planted shall be uprooted.  Leave them alone.  They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into a ditch."
     And Kepha (Peter) answering, said to Him, "Explain this parable to us."
     And Yeshua said, " Are you also still without understanding?"  (Pay close attention to what Yeshua is about to explain.)  "Do you not understand that whatever enters into the mouth goes into the stomach, and is cast out into the sewer?  But what comes out of the mouth comes FROM THE HEART and these defile the man.  For out of the heart come forth wicked reasonings, murders, adulteries, whorings, thefts, slanders.  These defile the man, But to EAT WITH UNWASHED HANDS DOES NOT DEFILE THE MAN."

Matt 15:7-20

     Now, we can clearly see that Yeshua is saying that the Pharisees tradition, of washing hands before eating, is what is being refered to as not defiling the man.  Clean and unclean foods never once enter the conversation as a topic.  Therefore, we see that at this moment Yeshua and His disciples still uphold the Torah of Elohim and have not done away with clean and unclean foods, Or any of the rest of Torah.

     In Mark there is another telling of the above account.  Let's just go over it briefly to help further our understanding of the above passage.

     "And the pharisees and some of the scribes assembled to Him, having come from Yerushalayim.  And seeing some of His talmidim eat bread with defiled, that is unwashed hands, they found fault.  For the pharisees and all the Yehudim, do not eat unless they wash their hands thoroughly, holding fast the the tradition of the elders, and from the market place, they do not eat unless they wash.  And their are many others which they have received and hold fast - the washing of cups and utensils and copper vessels and couches.
     Then the pharisees and scribes asked Him, "Why do your talmidim not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"
     And He answering said to them, "Well did Yeshayahu nava concerning you hypocrites, as it has been written, 'This people respect me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.  And in vain do they worship Me, teaching as teachings the commands of men.'  "Forsaking the Command of Elohim, you hold fast to the traditions of men." And He said to them, "Well do you put aside the Command of Elohim in order to guard you tradition.  For Moshe (Moses) said, 'Respect your father and your mother,' and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.'  But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Qorban (that is, a gift),"' You let him do naught at all for his father or his mother, nullifying the Word of Elohim through your tradition which you have handed down.  And many such like you do."
     And calling the crowd to Him, He said to them, "Hear Me, everyone, and understand: there is no matter that enters a man from the outside which is able to defile him, but it is what comes out of him that defiles the man.  If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!" And when He went from the crowd into a house, His talmidim asked Him concerning the parable.  And He said to them, "Are you also without understanding?  Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from the outside is unable to defile Him, because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is cast out into the sewer, thus purging all the foods?"
     And He said, "What comes out of a man, that defiles a man.  For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil reasonings, adulteries, whorings, murders, thefts, greedy desires, wickednesses, deceit, indecency, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.  All this wickedness comes from within and defile a man."

Mrk 7:1-23

     May I also add here as a side note that the disciples were raised in a Hebrew culture with a Hebrew mindset.  Towards clean and unclean foods, the thought that Yeshua was declaring all foods clean never once passed through there minds because they understood the context of what was going on.  If Yeshua, at any given time declared all foods clean, HE COULD NOT BE MESSIAH!  Why?  Because according to the Scriptures, any man claiming to be a prophet and saying we don't need to abide by Torah, was declared a false prophet and the people were not to follow him (See Deuteronomy 13, especially verses 1-5).  In light of this, when people say that "Jesus did away with the Torah, we don't have to follow it because we are under grace," what they are acctually saying, even though they don't realize it is that JESUS CHRIST IS NOT MESSIAH.  But then they sit back and they wonder why the Jewish people are so opposed to the Gospel.
     There is another passage of Scripture that people use to back their claims.  It is the passage of Kefa's (Peter's) vision with clean and unclean foods.  We are told specifically what is meant by this vision in the same passage.  So, how about we go take a look and see what Yahweh is trying to teach us in this passage.
     "Now there was a certain man in Caesarea called Kornelius, a captain of what was called the Italion Regiment, dedicated, and revering Elohim with all his household, doing many kind deeds to the people, and praying to Elohim always.  He clearly saw in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, a messenger of Elohim coming to him, and saying to him, "Kornelius!"
     And looking intently at Him, and becoming afraid, he said, "What is it, Master?"
     And He said to him, "Your prayers and your kind deeds have come up for a rememberance before Elohim.  And now send men to Yapho, and send for Shim'on (Simon) who is called Kepha.  He is staying with Shim'on, a leather-tanner, whose house is by the sea."
     And when the messenger who spoke to him went away, Konelius called two of his household servants, and a dedicated soldier from among those who waited on him continually.  And having explained to them all, he sent them to Yapho.
     And on the next day,as they were on their way and approaching the city, Kepha went up on the house top to pray, about the sixth hour.  And he became hungry and wanted to eat.  But while they were preparing, he fell into a trance, and he saw the shamayim (heaven) opened and a certain vessel like a great sheet bound at the four corners, descending to him and let down to the earth, in which were all kinds of four footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping creatures, and the birds of the shamayim.
And a voice came to him, "Rise up, Kepha, slay and eat."
     But Kepha said, "Not at all, Master!  Because I have never eaten whatever is common or unclean."
     And a voice came to him again the second time, "What Elohim has cleansed you do not consider common."
     And this happened three times and the vessel was taken back to the shamayim.
And while Kepha was doubting within himself about what the vision might mean, look, the men who had been sent from Kornelius, having asked for the house of Shim'on, stood at the gate, and calling out, they enquired whether Shim'on, also known as Kepha, was staying there.
     And as Kepha was thinking about the vision, the Ruach (Spirit) said to him, "See, three men seek you.  But rise up, go down and go with them, not doubting at all, for I have sent them."
     So Kepha went down to the men who had been sent to him from Kornelius, and said, "Look, I am the one you seek.  Why have you come?"
     And they said, "Kornelius the captain, a righteous man and one who reveres Elohim and well spoken of by the entire nation of Yehuthim, was instructed by a qodesh messenger to send for you to his house, and to hear words from you."  So inviting them in he housed them.  And on the next day Kepha went away with them, and some brothers from Yapho went with him.
     And the following day they entered into Caesarea.  And Kornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relatives and close friends.  And it came to be, that when Kepha entered, Kornelius met him and fell down at his feet and bowed before him.
     But Kepha raised him up, saying, "Stand up, I myself am also a man."  And talking with him, he went in and found many who had come together.  And he said to them, "You know that a Yahudi is not allowed to associate with, or go to one of another race."  (This was another of the many rabbinical oral traditions and was not even a part of the Torah.)  "But Elohim has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean."  (This is refering to Kepha's vision. Notice what is being talked about: Gentiles, not animals.)  "That is why I came without hesitation when I was sent for."
And opening his mouth, Kepha said, "Truly I see that Elohim shows no partiality."

Acts 10:1-29, 34
You will probably be surprised to discover that animals were catagorized as clean and unclean long before Elohim gave Moshe the Torah.  If you go way back to Genesis, you can see that the catagories were in place even before Elohim's covenant with Noach.
And Yahweh said to Noach, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.  Of all the clean beasts take with you seven pairs, a male and his female; and of beasts that are unclean two, a male and his female; and of birds of the shamayim seven pairs, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.  For after seven more days I am sending rain on the earth, forty days and forty nights, and shall wipe from the face of the earth all that stand that I created."

Gen 7:1-4

I hope you have enjoyed going through these passages with me and I hope Yahweh will continue to teach you, and continue to lead you out on your journey back to His Torah. Teshuva and Shalom. (returning to righteousness and peace)

 
(All Scripture taken from the Halleluyah Scriptures)
halleluyahcsriptures.com

Monday, January 23, 2012

1986 Continental Indigenous Council,

At a 1986 Continental Indigenous council in Fairbanks Alaska, Cherokee Lee Brown Shared this.  I found it very interesting.  He said, "At the beginning of this cycle of time, long ago, the Great Spirit made an appearance and gathered the peoples of this earth together, and said to the human beings. "I'm going to send you to four directions and over time I¹m going to change you to four colors. I'm going to give you some teachings, and you will call these the Original Teachings; when you come back together with each other, you will share these so that you can live and have peace on Earth, and a great civilization will come about. During the cycle of time, I'm going to give each of you two stone tablets. When I give you those stone tablets, don't cast them upon the ground. If any of the sisters and brothers cast their tablets on the ground, not only will human beings have a hard time, but almost the earth itself will die."  And so He gave each of us a responsibility, and we call that the Guardianship. To the Indian people, the red people, He gave the Guardianship of the Earth. We are to learn during this cycle of time the teachings of the Earth; the plants that grow from the Earth; the foods that you can eat, and the herbs that heal. Then, when we came back together with the other sisters and brothers, we could share this knowledge with them. Something good was to happen on the Earth. To the South He gave the yellow race of people the Guardianship of the Wind. They were to learn about the sky and breathing and how to take that within ourselves for spiritual advancement. They were to share that with us at this time. To the West He gave the black race of people the Guardianship of the Water. They were to learn the teachings of the water, which is the chief of the elements, being the most humble and the most powerful. The elders have told me that the black people would bring the teachings of the water. To the North He gave the white race of people the Guardianship of the Fire. If you look at the center of many of the things they do, you will find the fire. They say a light bulb is the white man's fire. If you look at the center of a car you will find a spark. If you look at the center of the airplane and the train you will find the fire. The fire consumes, and also moves. This is why it was the white sisters and brothers who began to move upon the face of the earth and reunite us as a human family. And so a long time passed, and the Great Spirit gave each of the four races two stone tablets. Ours are kept at the Hopi Reservation in Arizona at Four Corners Area on Third Mesa. I talked to people from the black race, and their stone tablets are at the foot of Mount Kenya. They are kept by the Kukuyu Tribe. I was at an Indian spiritual gathering about 15 years ago. A medicine man from South Dakota put a beaded medicine wheel in the middle of the gathering. It had the four colors from the four directions; he asked the people, "Where is this from?" They said, "Probably Montana, or South Dakota, maybe Saskatchewan." He said, "This is from Kenya." It was beaded just like ours, with the same colors. The stone tablets of the yellow race of people are kept by the Tibetans. If you went straight through the Hopi Reservation to the other side of the world, you would come out in Tibet. The Tibetan word for sun is the Hopi word for moon, and the Hopi word for sun is the Tibetan word for moon. The guardians of the traditions of the people of Europe are the Swiss. In Switzerland, they still have a day when each family brings out its mask. They still know the colors of the families, and they still know the symbols, some of them. Each of these four peoples happen to live in the mountains. Each of the four races went to their directions and learned their teachings. It was in Newsweek not long ago that eight out of ten foods that people eat on the earth are developed here in the western hemisphere because that is our Guardianship -- to learn the teachings of the earth and the things that grow from the Earth. We were given a sacred handshake to demonstrate, when we came back together as sisters and brothers, that we still remember the teachings. It was indicated on the stone tablets that the Hopis had that the first sisters and brothers who would come back to them would come as turtles across the land. They would be human beings, but they would come as turtles. So when the time came close, the Hopis were at a special village to welcome the turtles that would come across the land. They got up in the morning and looked out at the sunrise. They looked out across the desert, and they saw the Spanish conquistadores coming, covered in armor, like turtles across the land. So this was them. So they went out to the Spanish man, and they extended their hand, hoping for the handshake. But into the hand the Spanish man dropped a trinket. And so word spread throughout North America that there was going to be a hard time, that maybe some of the brothers and sisters had forgotten the sacredness of all things and all the human beings were going to suffer for this on the Earth. So tribes began to send people to the mountains to have visions to try to figure out how they could survive. At that time there were 100,000 cities in the Mississippi Valley alone, called the mound civilization: cities built on great mounds. Those mounds are still there. They began to try to learn to live off the land because they knew a hard time was going to come. They began to send people to have visions to see how we could survive this time. They were told in the prophecies that we should try to remind all the people that would come here of the sacredness of all things. If we could do that, then there would be peace on Earth. But if we did not do that, if we had not come together as a human family, the Great Spirit would grab the earth with His hand and shake it. The elders on the west coast prophesied that they would then begin to build a black ribbon. And on this black ribbon there would move a bug. And when you begin to see this bug moving on the land, that was the sign for the First Shaking of the Earth. The First Shaking of the Earth would be so violent that this bug would be shaken off the earth into the air and it would begin to move and fly in the air. And by the end of this shaking this bug will be in the air around the world. Behind it would be a trail of dirt and eventually the whole sky of the entire earth would become dirty from these trails of dirt, and this would cause many diseases that would get more and more complicated. So the bug moving on the land, of course it¹s easy to see now. In 1908 the Model-T Ford was mass-produced for the first time. So the elders knew the First Shaking of the Earth was about to come about -- that was the First World War. In the First World War the airplane came into wide usage for the first time. That was that bug moving into the sky. And so they knew something very important would happen. There would be an attempt to make peace on earth on the west coast of this land, and so the elders began to watch for this. They began to hear that there was going to be a League of Nations in San Francisco, so the elders gathered in Arizona around 1920 or so, and they wrote a letter to Woodrow Wilson. They asked if the Indian people could be included in the League of Nations. The United States Supreme Court had held that a reservation is a separate and semi-sovereign nation, not a part of the United States but protected by it. This became a concern because people didn¹t want the reservations to become more and more separate. They didn¹t want them to be considered nations. So they did not write back, and the Native people were left out of the League of Nations so that circle was incomplete. In the League of Nations circle there was a southern door, the yellow people; there was a western door, the black people; there was a northern door, the white people; but the eastern door was not attended. The elders knew that peace would not come on the Earth until the circle of humanity is complete, until all the four colors sat in the circle and shared their teachings, then peace would come on earth. So they knew things would happen. Things would speed up a little bit. There would be a cobweb built around the earth, and people would talk across this cobweb. When this talking cobweb, the telephone, was built around the earth, a sign of life would appear in the east, but it would tilt and bring death (the swastika of the Nazis). It would come with the sun. But the sun itself would rise one day, not in the east but in the west (the rising sun of the Japanese Empire). So the elders said, "When you see the sun rising in the east, and you see the sign of life reversed and tilted in the east, you will know that the Great Death is to come upon the earth. Now is when the Great Spirit will grab the earth again in His hand and shake it, and this shaking will be worse than the first." So the sign of life reversed and tilted, we call that the Swastika, and the rising sun in the east was the Rising Sun of Japan. These two symbols are carved in stone in Arizona. When the elders saw these two flags, they knew that these were the signs that the earth was to be shaken again. The worse misuse of the Guardianship of the fire is called the gourd of ashes. They said the gourd of ashes will fall from the air. It will make the people like blades of grass in the prairie fire, and things will not grow for many seasons. The atomic bomb, the gourd of ashes, it was the best-kept secret in the history of the US. The elders wanted to speak about it in 1920.
They would have spoken of it and foretold its coming if they could have entered into the League of Nations. The elders tried to contact President Roosevelt to ask him not to use the gourd of ashes because it would have a great effect on the earth and eventually cause even greater destruction and a the Third Shaking of the Earth, the Third World War. So they knew after the Second Shaking of the Earth when they saw the gourd of ashes fall from the sky, there would be an attempt to make peace on the other side of this land. And because the peace attempt on the west coast had failed, they would build a special house on the east coast of this Turtle Island, and all the nations and peoples of the Earth would come to this house, and it would be called the House of Mica, and it would shine like the mica on the desert shines. So the elders began to see they were building the United Nations made out of glass that reflects like the mica on the desert so they knew this was the House of Mica, and all the peoples of the earth should go to it. So they met and talked about this. They said that in the 1920's they had written and they had not been responded to, so they said this time we¹d better go to the front door of the House of Mica because things might get a lot worse. So elders representing a number of tribes drove to New York City. When the United Nations opened, they went to the front door of the house of Mica and they said these words, "We represent the indigenous people of North America, and we wish to address the nations of the Earth. We're going to give you four days to consider whether or not we will be allowed to speak." They retreated to one of the Six Nations Reserves in New York State. Four days later they came back, and I believe the nations of the earth heard that the Indians had come to the door. And they voted to let the Indians in. They wanted to hear what they had to say. But the United States is one of five nations of the United Nations with a veto power, and still they were concerned because this time the Native sovereignty was even stronger. And I believe they vetoed the entrance of the Native people. So then they knew other things would happen on the Earth. So they retreated to the Six Nations Reserve, and they talked about this, and they said the time is really getting close now -- 1949. They said, "We're going to divide the United States into four sections, and each year we¹re going to have a gathering. We¹re going to call these the White Roots of Peace Gatherings." They began to have these around 1950. And they authorized certain people to speak in English for the first time about these prophecies. One that I used to listen to many times, over and over, was Thomas Banyaca. He was authorized to speak in English about what was on the stone tablets, and he has dedicated his life to doing this. And they began to tell us at these gatherings, "You're going to see a time in your lifetime when the human beings are going to find the blueprint that makes us." They call that now DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid. They said, "They're going to cut this blueprint." They call that now genetic splicing. And they said they're going to make new animals upon the Earth, and they're going to think these are going to help us. And it's going to seem like they do help us. But maybe the grandchildren and great-grandchildren are going to suffer. The elders said long ago, "They will release these things, and they will use them." This is going to be released not too long from now. They are making new animals. The elders talked about this. "You will see new animals, and even the old animals will come back, animals that people thought had disappeared. They will find them here and there. They¹ll begin to reappear." "You're going to see a time when the eagle will fly its highest in the night, and it will land upon the moon. And at that time, many of the Native people will be sleeping, which symbolically means they have lost their teachings. We're at that time now. The Eagle has landed on the moon, 1969. When that spaceship landed, they sent back the message, "The Eagle has landed." Traditionally, Native people from clear up in the Inuit region have shared with us this prophecy, clear down to the Quechuas in South America. At this time you're going to see that things will speed up, that people on the Earth will move faster and faster. Grandchildren will not have time for grandparents. Parents will not have time for children. It will seem like time is going faster and faster. The elders advised us that, as things speed up, you yourself should slow down. The faster things go, the slower you go. Because there"s going to come a time when the Earth is going to be shaken a third time. The Great Spirit has shaken the Earth two times: the First and Second World Wars to remind us that we are a human family, to remind us that we should have greeted each other as brothers and sisters. We had a chance after each shaking to come together in a circle that would have brought peace on earth, but we missed that. Now they are talking about the sign for the Third Shaking of the Earth. They said they¹re going to build what the elders called the house in the sky. In the 1950's they talked about this: they will build a house and throw it in the sky. When you see people living in the sky on a permanent basis, you will know the Great Spirit is about to grab the earth, this time not with one hand, but with both hands. When this house is in the sky, the Great Spirit is going to shake the Earth a third time, and whoever dropped that gourd of ashes, upon them it is going to drop. They say at that time there will be villages in this land so great that when you stand in the villages you will not be able to see out, and in the prophecies these are called villages of stone, or prairies of stone. And they said the stone will grow up from the ground, and you will not be able to see beyond the village. At the center of each and every one of these villages will be Native people, and they will walk as hollow shells upon a prairie of stone.
They said hollow shells, which means they will have lost any of their traditional understandings; they will be empty within. They said that, after the Eagle lands on the moon, some of these people will begin to leave these prairies of stone and come home and take up some of the old ways and begin to make themselves reborn, because it¹s a new day. But many will not. And they said there's going to come a time when in the morning the sun is going to rise, and this village of stone will be there, and in the evening there would just be steam coming from the ground. They will be as steam. And in the center of many of those villages of stone, when they turn to steam, the Native people will turn to steam also because they never woke up and left the village. They say there¹s going to be the Third Shaking of the Earth. It's not going to be a good thing to see, but we will survive it. We will survive it. And when we survive it, there¹s going to be another attempt to make a circle of the human beings on the earth. And this time the Native people will not have to petition to join but will be invited to enter the circle because they say the attitude toward us will have changed by then. People will let us into the circle, and all the four colors of the four directions will share their wisdom, and there will be a peace on earth. This is coming close. The prophecies are always either/or. We could have come together way back there in 1565, and we could have had a great civilization, but we didn't.
Always along the path of these prophecies, we could have come together. We still could. If we could stop the racial and religious disharmony, we would not have to go through this third shaking.
The elders say the chance of that is pretty slim. It seems to me like it's pretty slim, too. But they say what we can do is we can cushion it so it won't be quite as bad. How do we do this? We do this by sharing the teaching that will reunite us."

I found this at http://www.crystalinks.com/cherokee.html  It was written by Lee Brown, a Cherokee.