Tag: New Testament

Should Christians Study Torah?

It is quite a common belief among some Christian groups to think that the Old Testament is completely irrelevant today, since they believe that the doctrines of the various church denominations are made clear in the New Testament writings.

However it is important to understand that this is a serious mis-conception as the following facts will show.

We have heard it quoted that, the mysteries of the Old Testament or Old Covenant are revealed in the new, but if we have never read them, we are missing out on the very foundation of what we say we believe. A “mystery” in the New Testament is something that had at one time been hidden but is now revealed to God’s people. One example: Col.1:26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages, and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 

For many the fact that Jesus was Jewish from a Jewish family is not one they are immediately aware of. The word Jewish here, means that He was a descendant of the tribe of Judah one of the 12 tribes of Israel/formally Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham.

Jesus lived approx. 2024 years ago in the middle eastern land that we now call Israel; formally called Palestine, the Holy Land, the Promised Land and Canaan. Jesus name in Hebrew is Yeshua, there are several spellings of this Hebrew name. He would have spoken a local Galilean dialect of Aramaic Hebrew. His lifestyle was as far removed from todays western world as one can get.

Yeshua/Jesus and all His disciples were Torah observant Jews. The scriptures that they studied, loved and quoted were, the Torah, the Prophets, and the Writings. i.e. the Jewish TaNaKh.

As well as Torah, Jews also call their Hebrew Scriptures the TANAK/TANAKH, an acronym for: –

TORAH (Law or Instruction); –

NEVI’IM (The Prophets); and. –

KETHUVIM (The Writings)

TANAK – The Three-Part Hebrew Bible

Yeshua/ Jesus quoted from the book of Deuteronomy from the Torah more than any other book in The Scriptures. The Torah comprises the first 5 books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.

 

As a child Yeshua/Jesus would have studied the Torah and memorized it with other Jewish children. He would also have been familiar with the teaching of the earlier Jewish sages and rabbis of Israel.

When He was asked what the greatest commandment of the Lord was, Yeshua/Jesus quoted the ve’ahavta portion of the Shema. Which is found in Deut. 6:5.

Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad

Hear O Israel the Lord is God the Lord is One.

And then He added the commandment from Leviticus 19:18.

You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Both of these commandments come directly from the Torah!

These were not something He made up or changed from the original which was given by His Heavenly Father YHVH, to the children of Israel through Moses when the covenant was made at Sinai.

Indeed Yeshua/Jesus said that He did not come to abolish the Torah, or the prophets, but to fulfill/complete them. Showing us how to interpret and live them correctly. This was because over the generations since Moses, the Pharisees and religious Leaders had added laws and commandments of their own for various reasons that were not part of the original directives given by the Lord.

Matthew 5:17 – 19.

in Matthew 19:17 He later told a man who wanted to be a disciple of His

If you would enter life, keep the commandments.

When He was asked which ones, Yeshua/ Jesus replied by referring to the 10 commandments and appealed to the man to follow Him. Matthew 19:18 – 21

Yeshua/Jesus said that the Jewish scriptures testified of Him.

John 5:39

In Matthew 5:18 Yeshua/Jesus says that not one jot or tittle will pass away from the law until all is accomplished.

He does not abolish the law, but fulfills it through His obedience and blood.

As His followers and disciples, we should understand what this means, and how they indeed bear witness of Him as the King of the Jews. Matthew 2:2;27:11.

In addition by studying Torah as well as the Writings and Prophets, we can more fully appreciate the Glory and Grace as revealed in the person of our redeeming Savior. One example is that we can more fully understand the role of the sacrificial system and why it was necessary until Messiah came. It is also important for us to understand that His commandments are to show us how sinful man is to approach a Holy God. Furthermore, how Yeshua/Jesus fulfilled all of Gods Holy requirements on our behalf, not only as the perfect sacrificial lamb whose blood has paid the price for our sin; but also as the High Priest/Kohen haGadol of the re-new-ed covenant.

When two disciples were on the way to the town of Emmaus discussing the events and the meaning of the crucifixion three days before, Messiah Himself appeared beside them and taught them about Himself from the Jewish scriptures. Luke 24:13 – 36.

The new testament, the gospels and all the letters, were not written yet, all they had was the Torah the Prophets and the Writings.

Again as His followers, we should likewise be able to teach and show how Yeshua/Jesus is revealed in the Hebrew scriptures.

The church/the ecclesia, had its genesis on the Jewish Holy day/Appointed Time/Moedim of Pentecost/Shavuot among the thousands of Jewish people who were in Jerusalem in obedience to the Shalosh Regalim.

In Hebrew: שלוש רגלים,

romanized : šāloš rəgālīm, or

חַגִּים, ḥaggīm

Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot;

referred to as the Shalosh Regalim.

The Torah (Exodus 34:23) tells us that on these Appointed days, all able-bodied people should appear in Jerusalem for a national celebration of service to God.

All the proceedings during the Appointed Time of the Lord, the Moed, which was recorded in Acts 2:1–41, was entirely Jewish; quoting from the Prophets and from the Psalms of David which would have meant little to any gentiles within hearing distance, if indeed there were any.

 

It is likely that the 3000 people who were saved that day would have all been Jewish, descended from the 12 tribes of Israel. The earliest members of the new church/ecclesia, called apart ones, met regularly in the temple, where gentiles were excluded, with no exception. Acts 2:46. We read that the apostles Peter and John were recorded to have gone to the temple for prayer during the time of the minchah/ afternoon sacrifices Acts 3:1. They did not suddenly stop doing what they had always done before Messiah had come; and their ministry continued explicitly among the Jewish people,  among whom were thousands who believed and were zealous for the Torah. Acts 21:20

Even after they were imprisoned and by a miracle of the Lord escaped, an angel told him to go, stand, and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. Acts 5:20.

Later when the Jerusalem Council wrote their letter to the Gentiles regarding their relationship to the Torah, they advised them to at first abstain from those things that make them abhorrent to the Jews. This directive was with the assumption that they would later go on to study the Torah of Moses and the other Jewish scriptures. Acts 15:19 – 21

The apostle Paul was raised a Torah observant Jew who studied under the famous Rabbi Gamaliel in Jerusalem. Acts 22:3 Rabbi Shaul, as he would have been called, was well established in the Jewish leadership of his day, and even had a relationship with the Sanhedrin and the High Priest of Israel. Acts 9:1 -2. But even after his conversion on the road to Damascus, Acts 9:1–21. He still identified himself as a Jew. It Acts 23:6 he confessed I am, not was, a Pharisee. He even declared that concerning the observance of the Torah he was blameless, which indicates that he observed a Jewish lifestyle to his dying day. Philippians 3:6; Acts 25:7–8; 28:17.

Paul even took the Nazarite vow. Acts 18:18. He lived in observance of the Torah.

Acts 21:23-24. And he actually offered sacrifices in the Jewish temple. Acts 21:26. It is clear that Paul not only paid for his own sacrifices in order to be released from his Nazarite vow, but that he also paid for the sacrifices for four other Jewish believers. Notice also that this was performed at the specific request of James, the Head of the Jerusalem church and half-brother of Yeshua/Jesus

Paul regularly attended synagogue. Acts 17:1-2. When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

And when Paul later wrote to the gentile churches, in

2 Timothy 3:16, 17

ALL SCRIPTURE is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God[ a] may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.….

He was of course referring to the Jewish scriptures the Torah Prophets and Writings. Since as already noted, the gospels and letters had not yet been written for the new believers/ecclesia.

Indeed, in order to understand Pauls writings, we need to remember his training as a Rabbi when he quotes the scriptures in his writings. For example, when he wrote 1Corinthians 10:4, all drank from the same spiritual drink for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them and the rock was Christ.

He was quoting from story later written in the Talmud. Exodus 20:1 (i.e. that from the time that Moses struck the rock at Horeb and brought forth water until the death of Miriam, this water giving rock followed the children of Israel through the desert and provided water for them each day. )

Many Christian denominations profess to believe in the authority of both the old and new testament scriptures, while at the same time relegating the study of the Torah, Prophets and Writings to the dustheap of history. If the Hebrew Jewish scriptures are taken seriously at all, these denominational traditions try to explain away their clear reading; for example: they take the covenantal promises made to ethnic Israel and say that the intent of the text as being applicable solely to the ‘christian church’.

This is both shortsighted and inconsistent; since it is impossible to understand the new testament writings, including the very church/ecclesia itself, while ignoring the cultural and spiritual context of which it is a part. We must remember that the Greek text of the New Testament derived its authority and truth from the Jewish Hebrew scriptures, and not the other way around. Too many Christian theologians work at this backwards, reading from the new testament gospels and letters, and particularly certain ideas ascribed to the apostle Paul; as the interpretative filter and guide for the study and interpretation of the Hebrew text. Theologians of the western traditions must consciously remember the statement: a text without a context is a pretext.

Such heresies as that of replacement theology, which believes that ‘the church’ i.e., westernized Christianity, has completely replaced the children of Israel and they believe God is finished with them. These beliefs need to be seriously repented of.

Yes, it is for these and many other reasons, it is important, even vital for believers in and disciples of Messiah Yeshua/Jesus to study the Torah, the Prophets and the Writings as part of the whole counsel of God.

2Tim 2:15.

Shalom aleikhem

chaverim and mishpachah!

Peace to friends and family.

Shavua Tov, Have a blessed week.

Make certain Messiah Jesus/Yeshua is your Redeemer, Savior, Lord, Deliverer and soon returning King; and that you have a personal relationship with Him.

It’s all about Life and Relationship, NOT Religion.

You are very precious in His sight.

Not sure ..you can be…

SIMPLY SAY THE FOLLOWING MEANING IT FROM YOUR HEART..don’t delay one more minute,

SAY IT RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past. I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name.

Is Messiah Found In The TaNaKH and Brit Chadashah? Part 2

Is

Messiah

Found In

The TaNaKH

and

Brit Chadashah?

Part 2

צ’אדאשה הבריטית

The Brit Chadashah

the word B’rit means “covenant“

and Chadashah means “new“

It’s true that the Hebrew verb chadesh can mean either

“to make new”

or “to renew,”

but the adjective as used in this passage means

“new.”

Re-New-ed Covenant

or New Testament

The title ‘Brit Chadasha’ is a Jewish term direct from the Tanakh. In Jeremiah 31:31-34. The prophet Jeremiah foresaw a day in the future of the people of Israel when G-d would establish a new covenant (Brit) which would be different than the covenant of Mt. Sinai under which was given the Law (Torah).

Hebrew ברית חדשה berit hadashah ;

Greek διαθήκη καινή diatheke kaine

In

Matthew

מתתיה  matityah

Matityahu

מַתִּתְיָהוּ

This name is the Hebrew noun

מתת matat,

Strong’s #4991

meaning “gift” or “reward,”

and the name יה  Yah,

Strong’s #3050.

Combined, this name means

“gift of Yah”

or

“reward of Yah.“

Greek: “Ματθαῖος” MatthaiosMatthaios ;

this was Latinised as Matthaeus,

which became Matthew in English.

Yeshua/Jesus ישוע

is the

King of the Jews

מלך היהודים

Yeshua Hanotsri Wemelek Hayehudim“

“ישוע הנוצרי ומלך היהודים”.

Latin for

“Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews”

is

“Iesvs Nazarenvs Rex Iudaeorvm“

and the acronym for this title is INRI.

In

Mark 

The name Mark (or rather Markos in Greek) belongs to the assumed author of the second synoptic gospel. Neither of the gospels mentions the name Mark, but since the times of the early church fathers, it’s been attested that the gospel of Mark was written by John Mark, the name John is Hebrew, while Marcus is Latin.

Yeshua/Jesus ישוע

is the

Servant

ebed   עֶבֶד

sharath   

המשרת

 

In

Luke 

is a contracted form of the Latin name

Lucanus or Lucilius

Greek name Lucas

Latin: Lucas;

Ancient Greek: Λουκᾶς, Loukâs;

Hebrew: לוקאס ‎, Lūqās; Aramaic: לוקא ‎,

Yeshua/Jesus ישוע

is the

Son of Man

בן אדם

ben-‘adam

בנו של האדם

בר אנש, translit. bar ‘enash, lit. ‘son of man’

 

 

In

John 

Yohanan (יוֹחָנָן ‎), “Graced by Yah”,

or

Yehohanan (יְהוֹחָנָן ‎), “Yahweh is Gracious”.

the Hebrew original, Johanan, consists of two elements.

The first part is יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu),

which is the truncated form of יהוה,

which is YHWH, the Name of the Lord.

The final part of the names John/Johanan

comes from the verb

חנן (hanan),

meaning to be gracious:

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is the

Son of God

בנו של אלוהים

BENEI ELOCHIM בני אלוחים

Beth Nun Yod Aleph Lamed Vav Cheth Yod Mem

 

In

Acts 

GEVUROT MEYRUACH HAKODESH

מעשי השליחים

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is the

Savior of the World

מושיע   העולם

yasha

תֵּבֵל world tevel tebel

The word ישה (yasha) is a simple verb meaning “to deliver.”

 

In

Romans 

הרומאים

SHLIACH SHA’UL TO THE BRIT CHADASHA KEHILLAH IN ROME

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is the

Righteousness of God

צדקת האלוהים

tsadaq- to be in the right, be justified, be just, be righteous.

Strong’s Hebrew: 6662. צַדִּיק (tsaddiq) — just, righteous

The Hebrew words tsadiyq, translated as righteous, and ישר (yashar, Strong’s #3477), translated as upright

צדקת האלוהים

LORD our righteousness in Hebrew: Jehovah tsidkenu or Yahweh tsidqenu.

God of my righteousness in Hebrew: ’Elohei tsidqi

 

In

1 Corinthians

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is the

Resurrected One.

קם לתחייה

and

He is the Rock that followed Israel.

הסלע שעקב אחרי ישראל

The Rock of Israel 

Hebrew: צור ישראל ‎, Tzur Yisrael

The “rock mass” was a spiritual pre-pattern of Jesus/Yeshua.

The “rock mass” was struck with a rod for the sake of Israel, so also did Jesus/Yeshua suffer “stripes” for our sakes (1 Peter 2:24).

Life-giving waters flowed from out of the “rock mass” at Meribah, so also did Jesus give us the “waters of life,”

(John 4:10; 7:37-39; Revelation 22:17).

 

In

2 Corinthians

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is the

Triumphant One

ניצחון ראשון

giving

victory.

nitzachon

הניצחון

Israel – ישראל – Yiśrāʾēl –

Triumphant with God, who prevails …

ניצחון אחד נותן ניצחון

Strong’s Hebrew: 8668. תְּשׁוּעָה (teshuah) — deliverance …

tshuah – tesh-oo-aw’

Strong’s Hebrew: 1353. גְּאֻלָּה (geullah) — redemption ..

 

 Anglicized version of the Hebrew word, Moshiach.

YaHoWaH or YaHoVeH

is the name of God in Hebrew,

where it is written as four consonants

YHWH or YHVH,

the W and V are derived from the same Hebrew letter ‘vaw’.

These four letters are called the Tetragrammaton

which is a Greek for “[a word] having four letters”.

 

In

Galatians

GALATIA

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Liberty

  ליברטי.

freedom

חוֹפֶשׁ

who sets us free.

He is your liberty; הוא חירותך.

He sets you free. הוא משחרר אותך.

deror: a flowing, free run, liberty

Original Word: דְּרוֹר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: deror
Phonetic Spelling: (der-ore’)
Definition: a flowing, free run, liberty

chuphshah: freedom

Original Word: חֻפְשָׁה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: chuphshah
Phonetic Spelling: (khoof-shaw’)
Definition: freedom

 

In

Ephesians

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is the

Head of the Church.

רֹאשׁ.  rosh.  head

בית הכנסת

The word K’ne•si•ya, כְּנֵסִיָּה  (church) is almost

beit k’ne•set (synagogue).בית הכנסת

Modern Hebrew word for a “church”

is כנסייה k’ney’si’yah

this word is derived from the

Biblical Hebrew root word

כנס

(K. N. S, Strong’s #3664)

and means to “gather together.”

In the Greek New Testament

the word for “church” is ἐκκλησία

(ekklesia, Strong’s #1577)

and literally means a “gathering of people.”

The Hebrew equivalent of ekklesia is the word

qahal (קהל).

It is translated in most occurrences as an assembly.

The first mention of qahal – ekklesia – church is in

Devariym (Deuteronomy).

In

Philippians

PHILIPPI

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Joy –

simcha/simchah. שִׂמְחָה 

חֶדְוָה (chedvah)

Strong’s Hebrew: 2304.

joy. noun שִׂמְחָה. 

happiness, gladness, gaiety, felicity, exhilaration.

noun עֲלָזָה. joy.

Hebrew has several words for joy, each with different shades of meaning. ‘Simcha’ (ch is a soft gutteral, between h and the ch of ‘Bach’) means happiness in the most full sense.

‘Gila’ is a stronger sensation of joy but more transient and worldly (related to ‘gal’ = wave.) ‘rina’ is a joy related to singing and shouting.

In

Colossians

COLOSSAE

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Completeness

tiklah

תִּכְלָה and שְׁלֵמוּת

perfection as in Shalom.

Strong’s Hebrew: 8537. תֹּם (tom) — completeness, integrity 

Strong’s Hebrew: 7965. שָׁלוֹם (shalom) — completeness 

הוא השלמות שלך.

 

In

1

&

2 Thessalonians

THESSALONIKA

התסלוניקים

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Hope –

Tiqvah

תִּקְוָה

 

In

Titus

טיטוס

Titos

Yeshua/Jesus  ישוע

is our

Truth –

הוא אמת.

Emeth – eh’-meth. אֶמֶת

אֶמֶת

Strong’s Hebrew: 571. אֱמֶת (emeth) — firmness, faithfulness .

HEBREW WORD STUDIES אֱמֶת, ’emet’ meaning ‘truth’

 

In

1 Timothy

טימותי

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Faith

– emunah. אמונה

הוא האמונה שלך.

The Hebrew word for faith is

אמונה

emunah –

Strong’s #530

and is an action oriented word meaning

“support”.

emuwn-trustworthiness; 

faithful. emuwnah- honesty;

truth; faithfulness;

firmness; official obligation.

 

In

2 Timothy

טימותי

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Stability

יציבות

emeth.

Strong’s #571 – אֱמֶת. stability, continuance firmness

. הוא היציבות שלך.

noun יַצִיבוּת. 

durability, fastness, constancy, steadiness,

 

In

Philemon 

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is

our

Benefactor

מיטיב 

gomel   גומל  

which begins with and sounds like the letter Gimel,

and means a “benefactor”

or someone who gives to others.  נַדְבָ

מיופאקטור מים

In

עברים

Hebrews

book of Hebrews

ספר עברים

TO THE MA’AMINIM

HAMESHICHIYIM FROM AMONG THE YEHUDIM

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Perfection

תָּמִים.

tamim. taw-meem’

He is your perfection. הוא השלמות שלך.

Strong’s Hebrew: 4359. מִכְלַל (miklal) — completeness 

the word ‘TAH-MEEM’ in no way implies ‘perfection’ in the way that we think of ‘perfection’ in the context of our religious ideas.

The Hebrew word that has been translated “perfect” in Gen. 17:1 is pronounced ‘TAH-MEEM’. 

Strong’s Hebrew: 8549. תָּמִים (tamim) — complete, sound

without blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely ity, sound, without spot, undefiled,

From tamam; entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth — without blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without spot, undefiled, upright(-ly), whole.

He is our perfect sacrificial lamb.

In

James

YA’AKOV

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is the

Power behind our Faith

כוח מאחורי האמונה שלנו

תֹּקֶף power  toqeph.

Emunah  אמונה  faith

אֲמָנָה amanah: faith support

Strong’s Hebrew: 548. אֲמָנָה (amanah) — faith, support

 faith is Emunah (אמונה).

Strong’s Hebrew: 8633. תֹּ֫קֶף (toqeph) — power, strength

to come with the power of his whole KJV:

to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom.

 

 

In

1 Peter

SHIMON KEFA

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Example

דוגמה

Being a Jew, his Hebrew name would have been שמעון בן יונה (shimon ben yonah).

The name שמעון (shimon, Strong’s #559) means “heard.”

In Mark 3:16 we are told that Yeshua (Jesus) gives Shimon the name Peter (Petros in Greek), a Greek name that has no equivalency in Hebrew.

However, in John 1:42 we are told that his new name is, according to the Greek, Kephas (Cephas), not Petros (Peter). Kephas is a Greek transliteration of the Aramaic name כאפא (Kepha, pronounced kee-phah) meaning “stone.”

And I tell you, that you are Kepha, and upon this rock (kepha) I will build my assembly. (Matthew 16:18 

In

2 Peter

SHIMON KEFA

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Purity –

zaku – zaw-koo’

זָכוּ

הוא הטוהר שלך.

Strong’s Hebrew: 2136. זָכוּ

(zaku) — purity, innocence

 

In

1 John

The name John is actually the Greek rendition

of the Hebrew name YOCHANAN – יוֹחָנָן

The name is derived from the Latin

Ioannes and Iohannes,

which are forms of the Greek name

Iōánnēs (Ἰωάννης),

originally borne by Hellenized Jews

transliterating the Hebrew name

Yohanan יוֹחָנָן ‎”Graced by Yah”,

or Yehohanan יְהוֹחָנָן ‎, “Yahweh is Gracious”.

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Life –

חַוָּה.

Chavvah – khav-vaw’

 הוא החיים שלך.

Strong’s Hebrew: 2332. חַוָּה (Chavvah) — “life,” the first …

For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land the LORD swore to give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”

Deut. 30:20  – Chayyim chaim

In

2 John 

YOCHANAN – יוֹחָנָן

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Pattern

תבנית.

tabnith

tab-neeth

הוא התבנית שלך.

Strong’s Hebrew: 8403. תַּבְנִית (tabnith) — tab-neeth’
construction, pattern, figure

This word, לוֹמֵד, can also mean,

“He is learning” and “You (masc) are learning”.

 

In

3 John 

YOCHANAN – יוֹחָנָן

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is our

Motivation

– מוטיבציה

הוא המניע שלך.

 

In

Jude

ג’וד

From Judah;

The Greek is Judas.

Yeshua/Jesus. ישוע

is the

Foundation of our Faith

הוא הבסיס לאמונתך.

yesod  יְסוֹד  yes-ode. foundation, base.

Emunah ( אמונה  faith

יסודות אמונתנו

 

 

In

Revelation

הִתגַלוּת

HISGALUS

Yeshua/Jesus ישוע

is our

Coming King

המלך המתקרב

מלך. melek king

Isaiah 44 & 45 and other places like Rev. 11:17;

Zechariah 9:9

הוא המלך הבא שלך. 

Look your king is coming to you;

righteous and having salvation is he,

humble and mounted on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

He is Mashiach,

Yeshua,

Jesus,

Messiah…

He is the First and Last,

the Beginning and the End!

He is the Keeper of Creation

He is the Creator of the universe and

the Manager of all times.

He always was, He always is, and He always will be…

Unmoved, Unchanged, Undefeated, and never Undone

He was bruised and brought healing

He was pierced and eased pain

He was persecuted and brought freedom

He was dead and brought life

He is risen and brings power

He reigns and brings Peace

The world can’t understand Him,

The armies can’t defeat Him,

The schools can’t explain Him, and

The leaders can’t ignore Him.

Herod couldn’t kill Him,

The Pharisees couldn’t confuse Him, and

The people couldn’t hold Him!

Nero couldn’t crush Him,

No one could silence Him,

The New Age can’t replace Him, and

No one can explain Him away.

He is Light, Love, Longevity, and Lord.

He is Goodness, Kindness,

Gentleness, and full of Mercy.

He is Holy, Righteous, mighty, powerful, and pure.

His Ways are right, His word is Eternal,

His Will is Unchanging, and His mind is on us.

He is my/our Redeemer, He is my/our Savior,

He is my/our Shepherd,

He is my/our Guide,

and He is my/our Peace!

He is my/our Joy,

He is my/our Comfort,

He is my/our Lord,

and He rules my/our life/lives!

WHO IS HE??

He is Abel’s Sacrifice

Noah’s Rainbow

Abrahams Ram

Issacs Well

Jacob’s Ladder

Ezekiel’s Burden

Judahs’ Scepter

Moses’ Rod

Davids sling shot

Hezekiah’s sundial

A Husband to the single and the widow

A father to the orphan

To those traveling in the dark night He is the Bright Morning Star

To those in the Lonesome Valley He is the Rose of Sharon

He is the Lily of the Valley

The Honey in the rock

The Staff of Life

He is the Pearl of great price

He is a Rock in a very dry land, gushing the Water of Life

He is the Counselor,

the Comforter,

the Everlasting Father

and the Government of our lives

is upon His Shoulders.

He is Peter’s shadow

Stevens’ signs and wonders

Pauls’ handkerchiefs and aprons

He is the Son of the living God

He is the cup that runneth over.

He is Mashiach Yeshua

Jesus Messiah

YESHUA HAMASHIACH  ישׁוה המשׁיה

As we draw near to Pesach/Passover

let’s take time to reflect on

Who Messiah is to us personally….

As Faith comes by Hearing and Hearing By His Word read the previous list out loud and see what happens…

Is Messiah Found In

The TaNaKH and

Brit Chadashah?

Without doubt the answer is

YES..

however the most important question is …

Is Messiah to be found in our hearts

????

May His true Shalom/Peace

rest upon each one in Jesus/Yeshuas’ Name.

‘Mishpachah’ ‘Family’

משפחה 

Mish-pa-KHa

you are greatly loved and prayed for daily..

please make sure you are secure in the knowledge that you are saved….

NOT SURE? YOU CAN BE..

SAY THE FOLLOWING FROM YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW…

Heavenly Father I come to you in the Name of Jesus/Yeshua asking for forgiveness of my sins for which I am truly sorry. I repent of them all and turn away from my past.

I believe with my heart and confess with my mouth that Jesus/Yeshua is your Son and that He died on the cross at calvary to pay the price for my sin, so that I might be forgiven and have eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven. Father I believe that Jesus/Yeshua rose from the dead and I ask you to come into my life right now and be my personal Savior and Lord and I will worship you all the days of my life. Because your word is truth I say that I am now forgiven and born again and by faith I am washed clean with the blood of Jesus/Yeshua. Thank you that you have accepted me into your family in Jesus’/Yeshua’s name. Amen.