David Mark Rogers

Spartanburg – David Mark Rogers, 64, of Spartanburg, passed away Saturday, July 2, 2022. He was the loving husband of Cathy Rogers and the son of Mabel Alberta Householder Tokarz and the late Charles Lewis Rogers. Mr. Rogers was a Microsoft Engineer in the IT department but his hobby heart has been serving as a pastor/teacher for the last 25 years, sharing the Truth in The Scriptures through his website www.bibletruth.cc. In addition to his wife, and mother, he is survived by his children, Rachel Durning (Adrian), David Rogers, Phillip Rogers (Christa), and Laura Weimer (Matthew); his grandchildren, Ashlynn, Ezekiel, Lydian, Zekaryah, and Zephanyah Durning, Isaac, NoaRose, Micah, Simeon Davíd, and Adelaide Rogers, and Lili Hyder Weimer; sisters, Shirley Cameron (Christopher), Sharon Amundsen (James), and Diane Rogers. A memorial service will be Thursday, July 7, 2022 from 5:00-7:00 PM at Living Waters Funeral Home & Crematory, 529 Spartanburg Hwy. S., Lyman, SC 29365. Online condolences may be left at www.livingwatersfh.com. David’s Passion David Rogers was an IT professional for University Hospitals in Ohio and later at the School for the Deaf and Blind in South Carolina. When people would ask him about his job, he would tell them that he was in IT but that his real passion was teaching the everlasting gospel. That’s what he called it: the everlasting gospel. Here’s the shortest explanation of that thought process I can give. In the beginning—in the first five books of the Bible known as the Torah—the Father, Yahuwah, had a plan for man. He gave them laws to keep them safe: laws to love him first, laws to have no other idols, laws to love their brother properly, and laws to protect themselves. People don’t change, so these laws don’t change. They are still the laws that guard us. The Father’s plan was also beautifully merciful. In the garden, one man chose to reject Yahuwah’s instructions, for which the penalty was death, a shedding of blood. So, a plan was needed to rescue those who wanted to walk in his ways. Throughout the first books of the Bible, there is a picture of the death of a lamb, paying the penalty for the original sin in the garden, for the sins of the people ever since, and for those in the future. Then, as we enter into the gospels, we see that the perfect gift was given. Yahusha/Jesus would be the perfect lamb of the blood sacrifice. Yahusha would die once for man for all time, just as Adam had sinned once for all man long ago. There is only one way he could be the perfect sacrifice: if he had perfectly kept all the laws that the Father had set up in the first books of the Bible. Those laws represented perfect obedience to Elohim, and only perfect obedience could be the perfect sacrifice. Yahusha/Jesus was that perfect sacrifice to pay for all men’s sins. Because he was perfect, the grave could not contain him! And because he paid the blood price, our hope is now the same resurrection at the sound of the trumpet when he returns, to all who believe and strive to walk in faithfulness! If the laws from the very beginning were good for man (such as keeping the seventh-day Sabbath, which Elohim calls holy, and keeping the Feasts in Leviticus, which are really all about Yahusha/Jesus the Messiah)—to ultimately love his God, protect his brother, and put a hedge of protection around himself—and we are the same men now as long ago, then these laws are still relevant. It was not the law that was nailed to the cross, but rather the sin of the world. This is the conclusion David had come to. Then you move all the way to Revelation. It says twice in Revelation that Yahusha/Jesus Messiah is coming back for a people who do two things: 1. hold to the testimony of Yahusha/Jesus 2. and keep his commands This is why he felt teaching the everlasting gospel is important: it has never changed from Genesis to Revelation. It has always been about the blood of the perfect Lamb, and then walking out our faith in obedience pleasing to Elohim. The rules have always been the same, given to guide us and to protect us. He would say often that we can’t worship Elohim the way WE want to worship him, we must worship the way HE wants to be worshipped. And of course he agreed with the great commission to go out into the world in his name, Yahuwah, and preach the everlasting gospel. And so David did. His website will continue doing this: www.bibletruth.cc David at Home They say you can know who a man truly is if you could see him in his home environment. I asked my children to give me a few lines of the things they remember about their father David. These are the responses: My favorite moment with Dad was when all the chores were done we would put on worship music and enter the Sabbath singing. It was a peaceful and true connection to family and to Yah... Dad knew what he believed, and he was never wavering no matter what influences came his way... He would treat every new person who came into Miqra with respect and excitement that people were there to learn... He exerted energy when he taught and it drained him but he did it consistently every week... Dad always was my cheat sheet when I needed to know something about where to find the passage I'm looking for... He has been the most kind and gentle man I have ever known... He has been a true example of humility, grace and self-control... He has made me laugh, brought me to tears and has always pointed me towards a relationship with my heavenly Father... I am eternally grateful to YHWH for blessing me with such a loving earthly father... He was my first teacher, the inspiration for a life of curiosity and discovery, and a model of faith in the face of adversity… His life was a statement of his belief. Thank you for your prayers for our family, Blessings to you and your families, Cathy Rogers Ecclesiastes 12:13 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.

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David Mark Rogers

January 27, 1958 - July 3, 2022