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Reading the Scriptures, we see that there are only two peoples on earth today, gentiles and Hebrews. That the Scriptures are a story about the Hebrew people, with whom the Creator has made HIS convenants forever. The following paragraphs describe events in our history.
We believe;
There is one Creator, YHWH, (HIS real name, orLORD in the kjv), the creator of the heavens and the earth, and that without HIM nothing was made. That HE came to Avraham and made an everlasting covenant with him and their descendants, namely the House of Israel. That HE promised land, a land whose boundries HE defined, and would be their inheritance forever. That Moshe was sent by HIM to deliver us out of the house of slavery in Egypt after we had been there 400+ years. That the Torah is a great "shadow picture", telling us the end while telling us the beginning. That when we were given the command to "cross over" into the promised land, we believed a bad report, and, because of our disbelief we refused to cross over, and therefore we were cursed to wander forty years in the wilderness before entering the "land". That after entering the Land, a permanent Holy Temple was built, which was destroyed because of our breaking the covenants/commandments of YHWH. Later a second Temple was built and was finished around the time of JaShua.
We believe that Messiah, (JaShua, yah-shooah, HIS real name), has come as the Living Torah spoken of by the Apostle John. John 1:1 In the beginning was the living Torah and the living Torah was with YHWH, and the living Torah was YHWH. 2 The same was in the beginning with YHWH, and Hebrews 10:7. 7 Then said I, Behold, I come: in the volume of the scroll, (Torah), it is written of Me, to do Your will, O YHWH. That HE was immersed, fasted 40 days, was tempted by s.a.tan and overcame temptation. Verse 14 And the living Torah was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, the glory as of the only brought forth of the Father, (Abba), full of unmerited favor and Truth, (Torah). That, JaShua came saying; Matthew 5:17-19, 17 Think not that I am come to weaken, or destroy the Torah, or the prophets: I have not come to weaken, or destroy, but to completely reveal it in its intended fullness. 18 For truly I say to you, Until the current heaven and earth pass away, not one yud, or one nekudah shall by any means pass from the Torah, until all be fulfilled. 19 Whoever therefore shall break, or weaken one of the least Torah commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the malchut ha shamayim: but whoever shall do and teach the commands, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
That HE re-established the Torah Commandments true meaning, by stripping away and exposing the Pharisees' “adding-to, and taking-away” of the Scriptures. By their adding to and taking away, they made the Commandments of none effect, and men were obeying "man's laws" instead of Torah. By HIS teaching Truth and exposing their sins publicly which infuriated the Pharisees and they sought to kill HIM and by involving the Roman government officials at a mock trial, they accomplished HIS death. This fulfilled the prophecy written in Torah and by the prophets. That HE was crucified, died and was buried (literally 3 days and 3 nights) in the earth as the Scriptures say, and was resurrected on the Sabbath because HE is the Creator of the Sabbath, and has ascended to the Father where HE awaits HIS return. That, first we are saved by HIS blood, HIS grace and HIS mercies, the same grace that saved our Father Avraham. That the Scriptures are accurate, inspired, and valid, including all the covenants which YHWH our Elohim made with our forefathers, from Adam, Noah, Avraham,(Abraham) Yitzchak, (Isaac) and Jaakov,(Jacob), and that these are the forefathers of all believers in Messiah.
We believe that we should use the True Names of our Creator (YHWH ya-way), and our Messiah (JaShua yah-shuah) once we have learned of them. That HE would have us use them instead of the substitutes used today such as; Jesus, Lord, Christ, christian and others, and too, not leaving out the Jewish side, the words; Ha Shem, Adonai and others used by the unbelieving Jews. Namely, Emperor Constantine, of whom it is taught, was a believer in Messiah but instead was a sun-god worshipper until his death. That he also replaced the Feasts of YHWH with pagan observances such as christmas and easter, in which there is nothing holy, at the times of the year when the Romans worshipped their pagan idols. The word "christo" is Greek, and they called all their deities “christo” and which included our Messiah. That the Talmud, (the book written by the Pharisees, which contains their additions, to Torah Commandments, and is taught today in the Synagogues as Torah. We feel it has no place in todays' believers doctrine, that only pure Torah as was given to Moshe by YHWH. That YaShua was born at the time of the Fall Feast during Sukkot, usually in september, and that HE fulfilled the Spring Feast of Passover by being the True Passover Lamb of YHWH, offering Himself as the Final Sacrafice for our sin.
YaShua said; Matthew 5:17 17 Think not that I am come to weaken, or destroy the Torah, or the neviim: I have not come to weaken, or destroy, but to completely reveal it in its intended fullness. 18 For truly I say to you, Until the current shamayim and earth pass away, not one yud, or one nekudah shall by any means pass from the Torah, until all be fulfilled. 19 Whoever therefore shall break, or weaken one of the least Torah commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the malchut ha shamayim: but whoever shall do and teach the commands, the same shall be called great in the malchut ha shamayim. We believe too, that all the Commandments that YHWH gave Moshe (Moses mo-shay) are just as valid today as they were at the moment they were given, and that YHWH expects us to obey them then, and even now, today, not for Salavation, but for blessings HE has in store for us.
That Sabbath (Shabbat sha-baat meaning, REST), is the only day that YHWH named, the others are simply numbered, and that the true Sabbath is by the heathen calendars' saturday. The true Sabbath can never be lost track of simply because of the way YHWH set up HIS creation. The scriptures refer to the elements, (sun and the moon), that days, months, and years are established, and this is not astrology as we know it. We believe that days are from sun-down to sun-down, what ever time the sun goes down! That months are scheduled by the moon. At the first sliver of the “new moon” sighted from the Temple Mount, is the beginning of a new month. And too, years are established by ripening of the barley planted on the Temple Mount, and, the sighting of the new moon. When the barley is ripe enough to grind and the nearest new moon sighting, when they both agree, then it is a new year. This is Scriptural. It so happens that in 1999 the Hebrew calendar which is Astronomically and Agriculturally correct, was re-established restoring HIS reckoning of time.
We believe that all prophecies given by Moshe, the prophets, and JaShua either have or will be fulfilled at their appointed times, no sooner, no later. That these appointed times are givenplainly in the Scriptures and are not hidden. That the transforming of our fleshly bodies will also be changed into the incorruptible, exactly at the appointed time. Noting that the scripture referring to the verse, “that no one knows the day or hour”, when HE will return, reflects the times of the new moon, and or the ripening barley – thus, “only MY Father knows hour or day”. Some barley harvests are later, but we still have a new moon, If the barley is not ripe, then the Scriptures tell us to wait for another new moon, and add the 13th month. Until both agree, the new moon and ripening of the barley, we cannot start a new year, thusly we cannot make calendars a year in advance, because there is no way we can know! That; Torah, and it's Commandments, Sabbath, Spring and Fall Feasts, (which are not Jewish feasts). The Feasts of YHWH, have never been deleted, changed, or rearranged in any way and will never be, and HE expects us to keep them forever. HE is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Believing, we are the "last" generation; the fulfilling of the prophecy of Isaiah, where "when Israel is again restored as a nation", marks the beginning of the last generation and that we shall not pass away until all things written in the Scriptures shall be fulfilled. And at the day when we will be “changed” and will have incorruptable bodies to dwell with Messiah forever, will come at it's appointed time, not some random moment, between now and the end. That this too is carefully planned by the Author. We find this in: 1Thesalonians 4:17, 2Theselonians 2:2, and 1Corinthians 15:51, that this "rapture" occurs after the "Last Shofar", (the seven shofars, this is found in Revelations). Torah and the Renewed Covenant, (New Testament), tells us that we, the last generation will be giving an account of ourselves, and that it will begin in the household of YHWH. Below is a sampling one of the Torah's is the great “shadow” pictures of good things to come, as Paul wrote. We believe this completely. That we, the last generation will be tribulated and proven true, that we realize we are not ready at this time to be with Messiah, but must go through the wilderness as we did in the Exodus, where we depend completely upon HIM, obey HIM, and cling to HIM, an example of one of the shadow pictures. That the Commandment of the jealous husband; will be fulfilled by Messiah with us, the last generation.
Numbers 5:11-22
11 And YHWH spoke to Moshe, saying,
12 Speak to the children of Yisrael, and say to them, If any man's wife goes aside, and commits a trespass against him,
13 And a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and is kept secret, and she is defiled, and there was no witness against her, nor was she caught;
14 And the spirit of jealousy comes upon him, and he becomes jealous of his wife, and she is defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him, and he is jealous of his wife, and she is not defiled:
15 Then shall the man bring his wife to the High Priest, and he shall bring the offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense on it; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing sin to remembrance.
16 And the high priest shall bring her near, and set her before YHWH:
17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; of the dust that is on the floor of the Tabernacle the high priest shall take some, and put it into the water:
18 And the priest shall set the woman before YHWH, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the high priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causes the curse:
19 And the priest shall put her under an oath, and say to the woman, If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of your husband, be free from this bitter mayim that causes the curse:
20 But if you have gone aside to another instead of your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you beside your husband:
21 Then the kohen shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the kohen shall say to the woman, YHWH make you a curse and an oath among your people, when vuvh makes your thigh to rot, and your belly to swell;
22 And this mayim that causes the curse shall go into your bowels, to make your belly to swell, and your thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amein, Amein.
To see more on this prophetic shadow picture, go to "Teachings" item on our website where it is explained in detail what this means to us, the last generation.
We believe that we are expected to keep and obey too HIS dietary laws and the other commandments which apply to us individually, knowing of course that not all of the 613 Commandments apply to any one person. We believe that Torah is life's instructions, and that if we are obedient that YHWH will bless accordingly. That, Torah obedience has never, will never save anyone, but that if we truly are obedient to HIS Commandments, and truly love HIM, HE will bless us. We believe the Torah is written to men that are free and that we are free because of Torah, that obeying Torah is not bondage, neither legalism, nor has been cast aside by any power under heaven. That Torah is still the "hedge" YHWH spoke of that HE has placed around HIS people to protect us. We believe that all peoples of the earth need to personally repent before the Father and ask forgivness for our transgressions, believing in Messiah, and making Messiah the King of our lives, and to be obedient servants to HIM.
Jude 1: 3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write to you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write to you, and exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once for all time delivered to the Yisraelite saints.
That, we are not "once saved always saved", there is no scripture that says this, but instead we are marked at the time we make Messiah king of our life, as the priests marked the sheaves of barley at Passover on the Temple Mount for harvesting later on. These sheaves too had to be proven of their ripeness and maturity before saving them and storing them away. That ALL men have come short of HIS glory, and stand in need of repentance. That the true branches were broken off of the True Olive Tree because of our disobedience, and by Messiah's blood shed on the cross, must be grafted back into the True Olive Tree. Even being Jewish by blood-line does not entitle us to the Kingdom automatically. That salvation is the free gift of the Father to all men irregardless of where they originated.
May HE be glorified, honored and praised forever and ever,Amein! |
