Vol. 15, No. 2, 1998

Articles on Cults and New Religions

To read the documentation for the points about Yisrayl Hawkins, click on the number to the right of the comment.
 

KORESH	HAWKINS
1. Name Change: Vernon Howell to David Koresh.	1. Name Change: Buffalo Bill to Yisrayl.
2. Claimed to be the Lamb, Christ, God in the Flesh.	2. Claims authority and credentials of Christ.
3. Paranoid.	3. Paranoid.
4. His message is the only path to salvation.	4. His message is the only path to salvation.
5. The Branch: God's First Fruits.	5. HoY: God's only true work.
6. Leave the Branch, leave God.	6. Leave HoY, leave God.
7. All other churches are Babylon.	7. All other churches are the beast.
8. He is prophesied in the Bible.	8. He is prophesied in the Bible.
9. He is the Lamb of Revelation 5.	9. He is the Witness of Revelation 11.
10. Koresh will be slain by Beast.	10. Hawkins will be slain by Beast (Satan).*
11. All women belonged to him.	11. Teaches and practices polygamy.
12. Called by God in a dream.	12. Had dreamed he and his brother were the two witnesses of Rev.11 .

The following statements will document the above twelve points concerning Hawkins and his claims.
 

1. Name change from Buffalo Bill to Yisrayl

"Prophecy- The two Witnesses' NAMES

In Isayah 44:5, we find the PROPHECY which shows `HOW' these TWO MEN will attain THEIR NAMES-according to YAHWEH'S PROPHECIES!" (The Prophetic Word. 6/7 1991, p. 4).

"Therefore, The Book of Yahweh, The Holy Scriptures, has Isayal 44:5 CORRECTLY translated, which says- `One will say; I belong to Yahweh, and the SAME will* CALL himself with the name of `YAACOB'. The OTHER will *SUBSCRIBE with his hand, and WRITE: I belong to Yahweh, and * SURNAME himself with the name of `YISRAYL'".(ibid. p.5).

"*SUBSCRIBE--according to Yahweh's Prophecy, ONE of Yahweh's Two Witnesses will `SUBSCRIBE' with his hand to Yahweh and `SURNAME' himself by the name of `Yisrayl'.

"The word translated `SUBSCRIBE' IN ISAYAH 44:5 IS THE HEBREW WORD `kathab' , ... The definition of this word from Strong's literally mean: `to write'."

"*RECORD__Another definition of the word `kathab'...is `RECORD'... the definition of the word... `An official written report of public proceedings as in a COURT OF LAW, PRESERVED for FUTURE REFERENCE--'" (p. 5).

"Not ONLY will ONE of Yahweh's two Witnesses be `SURNAMED' `Yisrayl', he will LEGALLY take THIS NAME in a COURT OF LAW--just as the PROPHECY has proclaimed!

"*SURNAME--According to this Prophecy written in Isayah 44:5, ONE of YAHWEH'S Two Witnesses will `SURNAME' himself by the name of `YISRAYL'.

"Yahweh Himself HAS GIVEN this inspired Testimony in Isayah 44:5, showing exactly `HOW' His Prophesied TWO WITNESSES would obtain NAMES which were not given to them at birth!

"*The PROPHECY has come to pass! One of Yahweh's Two Witnesses only `CALLED' himself `Yaaqob'. One of Yahweh's Two Witnesses `LEGALLY GAVE HIMSELF' the name of `Yisrayl'--and they are BOTH brothers from the SAME WOMB.

"*This Prophesied `WAY' in which Yahweh's Two Witnesses would attain their Prophesied Name, is the most outstanding `SIGN' Yahweh gives that these TWO MEN are HIS TWO WITNESSES!"(p. 6).

"It is certain that Cyrus, king of Persia, was NOT a worshiper of YAHWEH'! Therefore, it is also CERTAIN that the name of `Cyrus-Koresh' is ONLY A SYMBOL as it were, of Yahweh's TRUE SERVANT written in Isayah 44:28!"(The Prophetic Word, 6/7-91, p.23).

2. Claims authority and credentials of Christ

"Yahshua Messiah KNEW that He was SENT, because He FULFILLED all the Scriptures concerning Himself. And The True Work of Yahweh: Established House of Yahweh--The Place Yahweh has CHOSEN to Establish His Name in These Last Days--has this SAME AUTHORITY, with the SAME CREDENTIALS.

"Yes The House of Yahweh, Established in Abilene, Texas, is SPOKEN OF and WRITTEN ABOUT by the Prophets of Old!

"This Established House of Yahweh in These Last Days is doing the WORK that Yahshua Messiah and His Disciples--who were `SENT'--DID; the very same work!

"It is a Scriptural FACT that unless Yahweh gives AUTHORITY to someone, by having SPOKEN ABOUT THEM THROUGH HIS HOLY SCRIPTURES, then that person is NOT SENT! And if they are `NOT SENT', then they do not have `The Message of Peace' to PREACH, nor the `Glad Tidings of righteous Things' to BRING, and they are NOT The Pillar and Ground of The Truth, as The House of Yahweh IS,...'(What Yahweh's Feasts Mean to You. pp. 82-83).

"Yes, Yahweh now has ONLY ONE WORK under His ONE REMAINING WITNESS Yisrayl - His Prophesied Spokesman who will continue to perform all The Will of Yahweh... Just as Yahshua Messiah came AS a `covenant to the people' in His day (Isayah 42:6) - The Witness Yisrayl comes AS a `covenant to the people' in These Last Days (Isayah 49:8)." (The Prophetic Word. 6/7-91, p. 36).

3. Paranoia

"Yahweh also Prophesied that PERSECUTION against Yahweh's House and His Name would INCREASE at the SAME TIME this WAR IN HEAVEN would take place. And this Persecution, just as Yahweh said it would, HAS INCREASED! It is coming from WITHIN YAHWEH's own house, as the Prophets and Apostles also predicted.

"The House of Yahweh is, at this time, on trial, and being SEVERELY PERSECUTED for doing the WORK that Yahweh Himself Established His House to do: BRINGING FORTH YAHWEH'S LAWS. The House of Yahweh has suffered persecution in the past, but NEVER to the EXTENT that we are SUFFERING NOW! HATRED for Yahweh's House has GROWN because of our most recent Book, Reconsidering Yahweh's Laws of Slavery and Marriage Obligations, because this Book Brings Forth TWO OF THE MOST HATED LAWS OF YAHWEH--slavery and Marriage."(Prophetic Word, 9/10, 94, p. 2).

4. The only message of salvation

"The One Body of Messiah IS The House of Yahweh! Assuredly, that is not `me' telling you this.. The Holy Scriptures SAY this.

"We are partakers with Yahshua--IF we are part of the Body of Messiah of the House of Yahweh, ONLY. If we do not come to The House of Yahweh, the One Body of Messiah, we are not partakers' of Yahweh's Promises." (What Yahweh's Feasts Mean to You. P.87).

"*BAPTISM - The THIRD STEP one must then take is to be Baptized by the CHOSEN MINISTERS of YAHWEH, so you may receive The Holy Spirit:...

"Please notice that you can NOT obtain The Holy Spirit of YAHWEH from the preachers of this world!" (Why Aren't Your Prayers Answered Today? p. 20).

"THE GATE OF HEAVEN

THE WAY TO THE KINGDOM OF YAHWEH

"In Genesis 28:11-17, the Patriarch Yaaqob saw a vision of The House of Yahweh as THE GATE OF HEAVEN, or more properly, The House of Yahweh as The WAY to Yahweh's Kingdom...

"As Genesis 28:17 says: The House of Yahweh IS THE GATE OF HEAVEN! ...Within the words of Genesis 28:17 are wonderful PROPHECIES of The House of Yahweh, even in These Last Days, being and becoming a PERFECT GOVERNMENT--THE GREATEST GOVERNMENT OF ALL GOVERNMENTS--THE GOVERNMENT OF YAHWEH."(What Yahweh's Feasts Mean to You. p. 78).

5. HoY--God's only true work

"Yahweh does not Lead `Blindly'. Yahweh has already spoken through His Prophets of Old, and has TOLD OF His Only Established Work in These Last Days: The House of Yahweh!"(ibid. p.76).

"The House of Yahweh is the ONLY True Work of Yahweh in this whole world. The House of Yahweh is the ONLY place where Yahweh's Complete Truth is taught, including Yahweh's Truth about The Place He has CHOSEN to Establish HIS NAME in These Last Days!"(ibid. p. 77).

"The House of Yahweh is the ONLY PROPHESIED Work on the face of the Earth for the period known as The Last Days."(ibid. p. 80).

6. To leave House of Yahweh is to leave God

"...IF we `separate' from the One Body of Messiah: The House of Yahweh, then we succumb to Satan's deceit. IF we succumb to Satan, then at that very moment we become worshipers of Satan:...When one does NOT COME TO The Body of Messiah: The House of Yahweh, or if one LEAVES The Body-The ONLY Prophesied, Established Work that Yahweh Himself HAS CHOSEN, then that one does NOT partake, or is NO LONGER a partaker, with the rest of The body of Messiah - The House of Yahweh" (What Yahweh's Feasts Mean to You. p. 87).

7. All other churches are Beast

"The `BEAST in Revelations 13:3 consists of Church and State - Religion AND Politics. This `BEAST' is a Geo-Political-Religious SYSTEM, which is under the control of the `BEAST' in Revelation 11:7 - none other than Satan the Devil, who gives power to the BEAST (Church and State)." (The Prophetic Word. 6/7-91, p. 44).

"The Mark of the Beast is THE BREAKING of Yahweh's Laws: it is GODWORSHIP. It is as simple as this."(ibid., p. 70).

8. Hawkins is prophesied in the Bible

"In the Book of Revelation, the Apostle Yahchanan (John) was inspired to write of The Last Days, of Two Witnesses, and of a Group of People who are converted by the teaching of these Two Witnesses. The PROPHECY of THE TWO WITNESSES is found in Revelations Chapter 11." (The Prophetic Word. 6/7-91, p. 3).

"It was while my brother was in the land of Israyl that I began wanting to change my name. I wrote to Yaaqob about this desire, and expressed my feelings that my name, I felt, was a hindrance to Yahweh's Work. I was named at birth by my next oldest brother, who named me: Buffalo Bill Hawkins. I did NOT, however, change my name immediately, not for many years thereafter." (ibid. p. 75).

"The DAY BEFORE I was to go before the judge to have my name legally changed to `I-S-R-A-Y-L' - I was on the phone with my lawyer,...my wife came into my office, interrupted my conversation, and informed me that this name should be spelled `Y-I-S-R-A-Y-L'!

"Had it not been for YAHWEH'S GUIDANCE IN THIS MATTER, my name would have been spelled DIFFERENTLY than what Yahweh's Prophecies PROCLAIMED!" (ibid. ps 76).

"Yahweh Himself HAS GIVEN this inspired Testimony in Isayah 44:5, showing exactly `HOW' His Prophesied TWO WITNESSES would obtain NAMES which were not given to them at birth!

"This PROPHECY has come to pass! One of Yahweh's Two Witnesses only `CALLED' himself `Yaaqob'. One of Yahweh's Two Witnesses `LEGALLY GAVE HIMSELF' the name of `Yisrayl -..." (ibid. p. 6).

9. He is the Witness of Revelation 11

"From memory, I think it was about 1951 that I had my FIRST DREAM that my brother Yaaqob and I were The Two witnesses, spoken of in Revelation Chapter 11...It was AFTER YAAQOB RETURNED FROM ISRAYL THAT I HAD THIS SAME DREAM FOR THE third time.." (THE PROPHETIC WORD, 6/7-91. P. 76).

"According to the STRICT DEFINITIONS of the word translated `I WILL GIVE' in Revelation 11:3,...Yahweh HIMSELF WILL GIVE The Sign of His Two Witnesses because they BOTH FULFILL THE PROPHECIES written about THEM in The Law and The Prophets!

"They BOTH `write'; BOTH `teach'; and BOTH `print' -... And this Writing, teaching, printing and ESTABLISHING The House of Yahweh in These Last Says `HAS BEEN GIVEN' to Yahweh's Two Witnesses...

"Yes! These are TWO WRITERS who `print'` The Prophetic Word Magazine - out of The House of Yahweh, Abilene, Texas, and The Prophetic Watchman Magazine, out of The House of Yahweh, Odessa, Texas -...

"However, in Revelation 11:5 Yahweh reveals that there is only ONE who is to be The SPOKESMAN of The Two Witnesses!" (ibid. p. 10).

"Yes, Yahweh now has ONLY ONE WORK under HIS ONE REMAINING WITNESS Yisrayl - His Prophesied Spokesman who will continue to perform all The Will of Yahweh." (ibid. p. 36).

10. Hawkins will be slain by Beast

"In the MIDDLE of this Seven Years - in the Midst of This Week, or 3 1/2 Years AFTER This Week BEGINS, EACH of these events will take place simultaneously: Satan Is Cast TO THE EARTH(;)The Last Witness is KILLED By Satan(;) The SEED of The Two Witnesses-The Sealed Remnant ARE DELIVERED TO Mount Zion in Yerusalem

"When Satan is Cast Out of heaven, his FIRST ACT is to `persecute The Woman which Brings Forth The Man'! Through this PERSECUTION - Satan stops the Prophesying of THE ONE WITNESS whom is STILL ALIVE at this time - BY KILLING HIM! It will be at THIS TIME that `his testimony' will be perfectly accomplished (Revelation 11:7) However, in spite of this same persecution `This Woman' is taken to The Place of Safety!"(The Prophetic Word, 6/7-91. p. 48).

*In early 1997 Hawkins changed this doctrine. He claims Isa. 43:3-4 is speaking of him (Israel)

Satan and her followers (including all who have left HoY) will die in his place.

**In early 1998 Hawkins identified Abilene as Jerusalem. The Remnant will be brought out of the world to HoY in Abilene ("the pillar and ground of the truth." I Tim. 3:15) according to Hawkins.

Hawkins claims mistranslation in the English language Bibles and Satan's deceptions caused him to think for years that he would be slain in the streets of Jerusalem. (See Rev. 11:3-12)

Note: Hawkins is teaching that Abilene is Jerusalem which seems to be synonymous with the House of Yahweh. In Rev. 11:8, it reads; And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which mystically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified." Then in Isa. 43:3 it reads, "I have given Egypt for your ransom."

If Abilene is Jerusalem which is synonymous with HoY, does that mean that Yisrayl was ransomed for Yisrayl? Or is the HoY ransomed for Yisrayl? Once sound rules of Bible interpretation are abandoned, the scripture can be manipulated to say whatever private, self-serving interpretation is desired.

11.Teaches and practices polygamy

"The IDEAL MARRIAGE described in the Holy Scriptures is NOT a `one-on-one' marriage. In fact, Yahweh inspired the wisest man on earth in his time, to write that THREE are BETTER than TWO, and that two are better than one when speaking of marriage. Eccl. 4:9-12-... The gods who have deceived women and men into thinking TWO are better than THREE, have played them for a bunch of fools. Those who fall for it have played right into the hands of the GOD of this world who is AGAINST Yahweh's Perfect Way of Life... (Reconsidering Yahweh's Laws of SLAVERY and MARRIAGE OBLIGATIONS. p. 66,68-69).

"Scoffers, in these Last Days, will come SPEAKING AGAINST the Teachings of The House of Yahweh -... Please notice very carefully, that these Scoffers who depart from The Faith, actually TRY TO FORBID MULTIPLE MARRIAGES, and SPEAK EVIL AGAINST DOCTRINES which Yahweh has SANCTIFIED in His Law.(ibid. p. 311).

"This Scripture (Ias. 4:1) is actually a PROPHECY for The House of Yahweh in these Last Days. Yahweh is WARNING everyone who is in The House of Yahweh now, that there will be SOME WHO WILL REJECT The Law of Yahweh in Deuteronomy 24:1, Exodus 21:10, and Deuteronomy 21:15, which state that A MAN MAY MARRY ONE OR MORE WOMEN"(ibid. p. 316,317).

12. Hawkin's call as Revelation 11 Witness revealed in dream

See point #9.

"Yahweh then says, Through Prophecy - `Let these TWO WITNESSES FORETELL the things that are coming, and let them PROCLAIM that I am ONE!" (The Prophetic Word, 6/7 1991, p. 4).

"Again, the testimony of Yahweh is that The Two Witnesses have HIS AUTHORITY to fore tell events in which there will be NO RAIN. Yahweh's Testimony about this PROPHECY was foretold in Ysayah 42:13-15...

"The RAIN WILL SOON BE CUT OFF AGAIN, as it was in the days of Yliyah. This time, it will not rain for one thousand two hundred sixty days - but THIS soon-coming Time Period will BEGIN the LAST Seven Years of Satan's rule upon the earth. This Seven Year Period is known as The Great Tribulation - and for the FIRST 1260 Days of this Period, there will be NO RAIN." (ibid. p. 15).

"It is The ONE SEED of The Two Witnesses whom Yahweh will DELIVER to Yerusalem, where they will do The Work of Yahweh in the streets of Yerusalem for The Last 3 1/2 Years of The Great Tribulation - AFTER the Last Witness has been Killed."(ibid. p. 43).

"`THE RAIN WILL BE SHUT OFF'. But, He has given only ONE WITNESS to PROPHESY ABOUT this event. ¼ FAMINE will come upon the WHOLE EARTH due to the fact that RAINFALL will be absent from the earth - for The FIRST 3 1/2 YEARS of The Seven Year Period of The Great Tribulation." (ibid. p. 44).

"In the MIDDLE of this Seven Years - in the Midst of This Week, or 3 1/2 Years AFTER This Week BEGINS, EACH of these events will take place simultaneously: Satan Is Cast TO THE EARTH(:) The Last Witness is KILLED By Satan(:) The SEED of The Two Witnesses - The Sealed remnant ARE DELIVERED TO Mount Zion in Yerusalem(.) When Satan is Cast Out of heaven, his FIRST ACT is to PERSECUTE The Woman which Brings Forth The Man'! Through this PERSECUTION - Satan stops the Prophesying of THE ONE WITNESS who is STILL ALIVE at this time - BY KILLING HIM! It will be at THIS TIME that `his testimony' will be perfectly accomplished (Revelation 11:7. However, in spite of this same persecution, `THIS WOMAN' is taken to The Place of Safety!". (ibid. p. 48).

"In order to understand what TIME PERIOD Yahweh is referring to when He says, `the midst', we will refer to Yahshua's Message of the End Time - the Time Period known as: The Seven Years of Tribulation.

"Yahshua Messiah spoke of the FIRST PART of the Seven Year Period, ...(Matthew 24: 7,*).

"Since the time of my brother Yaaqob's death, March 22. 1991, WARS have been RAGING not only in Israyl, but throughout the eastern world." (The Prophetic Word. 11-1994, p. 14).

"These things: WARS, FAMINES, PESTILENCES, and EARTHQUAKES are Prophesied to take place through the FIRST HALF of the Great Tribulation. But, the END IS NOT YET! When the first three and one half years are complete, the LAST HALF of the Great Tribulation BEGINS. Since the Feast of Tabernacles, September 22, 1994, my brother Yaaqob, the FIRST WITNESS to be KILLED by the Beastly System, will have been dead THREE AND ONE HALF YEARS." (ibid. p. 16).