Discussion of the covenant, whether it is new or renewed, continues to plague us. I am submitting this treatise to hopefully clear up the matter. By Jerry Healan
I have had several discussions lately concerning
whether the covenant is new or renewed. Elder Pete Vacca made an excellent
presentation at the Unity Conference in Rocheport (2006), with a follow up
article in the Master Key Magazine concerning this subject. While this
may have settled the matter for some, still, not all are convinced.
I have also had a couple of conversations via the Internet with brothers
in the faith recently concerning this topic. One brother recently wrote, “See, the days are
coming,” declares YHVH, “when I shall cut a renewed
covenant with the house of
Yisra’el and with the house of Yehudah, not like the covenant I cut with their fathers in the day when I took them by the
hand to bring them out of the land of Mitsrayim, My covenant which they broke,
though I was a husband to them,” declares YHVH. For this is the covenant I
shall cut with the house of
Yisra’el after those days, declares YHVH: I shall put My Torah in their inward
parts, and write it on their hearts. And I shall be their Elohim, and they shall
be My people.” Jer. 31:31-33. Hello!
He went on to explain, “Now, I know your translation probably
says that Yahweh will “make a new covenant”
with the House of Yisra’el, etc. Well, surprise! Somebody doesn’t want you
to see this in the context of “renewing”
Torah. If you look these verses up in the Hebrew, you will read the word “karat” (kaf-reish-tav)
for “make”
and “made”
here. “Karat”
literally means to “cut”,
as in a stone, etc. In fact, we know the word “karat”
today to mean the weight of a gemstone. Let me remind you here to that when
Yahweh wrote the “Ten
Commands” on tablets of stone (both times), He “cut”
or “karat”
those words into the stones with His finger. We use this terminology today, when
we “cut
a deal” or “cut a contract”.
Yahweh “cut a
Covenant” with His people at Sinai and then renewed
it at Moab. The letters spelling “karat”
add a little here too. “Kaf”
is the “palm of the
hand”. “Reish”
is the “beginning”.
And, “tav”
is the “sign of the
covenant”. What we have here is “The palm of the hand is the beginning of the sign of a
covenant”. Maybe that’s why we extend our palms
and shake hands when we cut a deal, or a covenant, with one another.
Now,
here to, when you read the word “new”,
as in a “new
covenant”; what you would expect to read in the
Hebrew is the word “chadash” (chet-dalet-shin), as
it means “new”.
However, what we have, in Yirmeyahu 31, is
the word “chadashah” (chet-dalet-shin-hey)
which changes the word to “renew”
or “repair”.
“Brit”
of course is “covenant”.
This is where we get our name for the “New Testament”,
which is “Brit
Chadashah” or the “Renewed Covenant”.
Still
another brother wrote an article concerning the renewed covenant for yet another
publication. His premise was that Strong’s
Exhaustive Concordance is not always correct (with which I agree). Since the
words presented in Strong’s in the Hebrew language is utilizing
the exact same Hebrew characters, what would be the difference?
Let’s take a look at these two words (new and renew) to see if we can
make a distinction. The Hebrew word that Jeremiah utilizes in chapter 31, verse
31 is “chadashah” as is stated above. It is written hvdx in the Hebrew. Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance presents it thusly: 2319 vdx chadash, khaw-dawsh'; from 2318; new:--fresh, new thing.
Notice that it comes from another Hebrew word, which is #2318 in Strong’s and is presented thusly; vdx chadash, khaw-dash'; a primitive root; to be new;
causatively, to rebuild:--renew, repair.
Even though the words carry the exact same Hebrew characters, they are
pronounced just slightly differently. This means that there is different vowel
pointing and each being pronounced differently carries just a slightly different
idea.
#2318 CHADASH, KHAW-DASH’
What we
need to do now is visit the places wherein #2318 chadash, khaw-dash’ is utilized to see if the meaning for
it fits.
“Then
said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there,” 1 Sam. 11:14.
“And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet,
he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah
and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before
the porch of Yahweh,” 2 Chron. 15:8.
“And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of Yahweh,” 2 Chron.
24:4.
“And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the
service of the house of Yahweh, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of Yahweh, and also such as
wrought iron and brass to mend the house of Yahweh,” 2 Chron. 24:12.
“Create in me a clean heart, O Elohim; and renew a right spirit within me,” Psa.
51:10.
“Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's,” Psa. 103:5.
“And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former
desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of
many generations,” Isa. 61:4.
“Turn thou us unto thee, O Yahweh, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old,” Lam. 5:21.
We can truly see that in each of these scriptures, the Hebrew word chadash, khaw-dash’, which is #2318 in Strong’s truly applies. Each occurrence has to
do with renewing, repairing, rebuilding, etc.
#2319 CHADASH, KHAW-DAWSH’
“And the officers shall speak unto
the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? Let
him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man
dedicate it,” Dt. 20:5.
In this instance, shouldn’t the word #2319 carry the idea of being new?
If we repair a house, then #2318 would apply, but in this case a new house is
being built. Yahweh wanted families to inherit their initial parent’s
possessions. Therefore, He didn’t want a man to build a new house and then go
to war, die and leave his new house to another. (See also Dt. 22:8)
“When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war,
neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one
year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken,” Dt. 24:5.
Again, the Hebrew word is “chadash” (#2319 khaw-dawsh), which would mean “new” not
“renew.” Many people may renew their vows, but in this case the man has
taken a new wife and needed to stay with her for a year to comfort her before
doing the man’s responsibility of going to war.
“They sacrificed unto devils, not to Eloah; to gods whom they knew not,
to new gods that came newly up, whom your
fathers feared not,” Dt. 32:17. (See also Judges 5:8)
Again, these were new gods in the sense that Yahweh was their Elohim and
to embrace other elohim than him was, in effect, embracing new gods. They knew
Yahweh and were to know no other Elohim, so if they came in contact with another
faith with other gods, then these were new gods.
“And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and
our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey,” Josh. 9:13.
This one also speaks for itself. The concept is new, not renewed.
“And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and
deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound
him with two new cords, and brought him up from the
rock,” Judg. 15:13 (See also Judg. 16:11 & 12)
Each of these accounts utilize #2319 and in each account the concept is
new, not renew.
“Rejoice in Yahweh, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the
upright. Praise Yahweh with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an
instrument of ten strings. Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud
noise,” Psa. 33:1-3 (See also Psa. 40:3, 96:1, 98:1, 144:9, 149:1; Isa. 42:10)
These are all speaking of singing new songs to Yahweh, not renewed,
repaired, or rebuilt songs.
“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is
done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there
anything whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time,
which was before us,” Eccl. 1:9-10.
“The
mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for
thee, O my beloved,” Song 7:13.
“Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having
teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the
hills as chaff,” Isa. 41:15.
“Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell
you of them,” Isa. 42:9.
Who truly has the power to bring forth new things? Yahweh!
“Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have
shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden
things, and thou didst not know them,” Isa. 48:6.
Again, Yahweh has kept things secreted and hidden. He can put things
right before our eyes and we don’t take notice of them until He opens our eyes
to see them. When He does open our eyes to them, they are new to us.
“Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of
Yahweh, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher
court, at the entry of the new gate of Yahweh’s house, in the ears
of all the people,” Jer. 36:10 (See also Jer. 26:10)
“This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of Yahweh’
mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy
faithfulness,” Lam. 3:21-23.
This completes the Scriptural accounts that contain #2319 vdx (khaw-dawsh) in its three letter form. I think
you can see, as do I, that in each instance of Scripture wherein this variable
of #2318 appears, the inference or focus is on something “new” not
“renewed”, “rebuilt”, or “repaired.”
CHADASHAH
But now we need to address the places where the letter “hei” (h) is added, for the statement made by the brother above
is that when the “hei” is added, it most assuredly means “renew.”
“Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not
Joseph,” Ex. 1:8. The Hebrew word utilized here is “chadashah” (khaw-dawshah)! (chet-dalet-shin-hey/hvdx)
But didn’t the brother in his statement say that when the “hey (h)” is added to the word, that makes it to mean
renewed or repaired? So was this king renewed, rebuilt or repaired? Absolutely
not! It was a new king who sat on the throne Egypt.
Let’s see where else it is utilized. “And ye shall count unto you
from the morrow after the Sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the
wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto the morrow after the
seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new (chadashah) meat offering unto Yahweh,” Lev.
23:15-16.
Would Yahweh want them to bring forth a renewed, repaired, rebuilt meat
offering? This offering was to be two loaves of bread baked with leaven. How
would they do that? The only meaning that applies to this variation of this word
here is in the sense of NEW!
“And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new (chadashah),” Lev. 26:10.
“Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new (chadashah) meat offering unto Yahweh, after
your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile
work,” Num. 28:26.
When Yahweh troubled the Philistines because the ark of the covenant had
been captured by them, they finally got tired of the many problems that they
were suffering from because of the presence of the ark. They decided to return
it to Israel and they were instructed, “Now therefore make a new (chadashah) cart, and take two milch kine, on
which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their
calves home from them,” 1 Sam. 6:7.
The implication here is new and not renewed, rebuilt, or repaired, is it
not? As a matter of fact, when David decided to move the ark to Jerusalem, the
Israelites also followed the example of the Philistines by putting it on a new (chadashah) cart (2 Sam. 6:3; 1 Chron. 13:7),
which ended in disaster because Yahweh’s instructions were that the Levites
were appointed to carry the ark.
Ishbibenob, one of the sons of the giants, had a new (chadashah) sword with which he thought to slay David
(2 Sam. 21:16).
“And
it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the
prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with
a new (chadashah) garment; and they two were alone in
the field: And Ahijah caught the new (chadashah) garment that was on him, and rent it
in twelve pieces: And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith
Yahweh, the Elohim of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of
Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: (But he shall have one tribe for my
servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out
of all the tribes of Israel:) Because that they have forsaken me, and have
worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the
Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my
ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my
judgments, as did David his father. Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom
out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David
my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my
statutes: But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it
unto thee, even ten tribes,” 1 Ki. 11:29-35.
Why emphasize a new garment? Because Yahweh was going to do something
new. He was going to take the kingdom of Israel out of the hand of the kings of
Judah and place it into the hands of the Ephraimites.
“And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the
situation of this city is pleasant, as my master seeth: but the water is naught,
and the ground barren. And he said, Bring me a new (chadashah) cruse, and put salt therein. And
they brought it to him. And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and
cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith Yahweh, I have healed these waters;
there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. So the waters were
healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake,” 2 Ki.
2:19-22.
“Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new (chadashah) thing; now it shall spring forth;
shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in
the desert,” Isa. 43:18-19.
Doesn’t the idea of the concept of NEW apply here? He says not to
remember the former things nor consider the things of old, so if we forget those
things behind, those old things, then don’t we turn our eyes, our minds to NEW
things?
“For, behold, I create new (chadashim) heavens and a new (chadashah) earth: and the former shall not be
remembered, nor come into mind,” Isa. 65:17.
“For as the new (chadashim [plural]) heavens and the new (chadashah) earth, which I will make, shall
remain before me, saith Yahweh, so shall your seed and your name remain,” Isa.
66:22.
“How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for Yahweh
hath created a new (chadashah) thing in the earth, A woman shall
compass a man,” Jer. 31:22.
“Behold, the days come, saith Yahweh, that I will make a new (chadashah) covenant with the house of Israel,
and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their
fathers in
the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt;
which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith Yahweh:
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of
Israel;
After those days, saith Yahweh, I will put my law in
their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their Elohim, and they
shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and
every man his brother, saying, Know Yahweh: for they shall all know me, from the
least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Yahweh: for I will forgive
their iniquity, and I will remember
their sin no more,” Jer. 31:31-34.
Now the question would be here, Is He doing something new? The answer is,
YES! It is a NEW COVENANT. It has to be a NEW COVENANT, because it will not be
made under the exact same conditions as that of the covenant of Moses. Look at
this again! Doesn’t He say that it won’t be according to the covenant that
He made with their fathers? Why? Because they broke the covenant and once the
stipulations of a covenant are broken, the stage is set to either renew it, as
was done time after time, or make a new
covenant.
CUTTING THE COVENANT
The
brother above made an emphatic statement that when the Hebrew word chadashah is utilized, this definitely means
renew and not new. But as we have searched the Scriptures for #2318 khaw-dash and #2319 khaw-dawsh, we have to acknowledge that #2318
does most definitely means renew, repair, rebuild, but #2319 with its two
variations, has to mean “NEW” in every place that it is utilized. We have
not embarked on this study to put anyone down, nor to humble anyone. Rather we
have embarked on this study in order to get to the crux, to the truth of the
matter.
No matter
what man may say about a thing, we must go to Yahweh for the truth of the matter
because His word is truth. Therefore, Yahweh’s word reveals the true meaning
of the word #2319 khaw-dawsh and its variation khaw-dawsh-ah. It means NEW, not RENEW! We hope and
pray that the brother above will be able to change his opinion concerning these
terms. When we say New Covenant, New Testament, or Brit Chadashah, it truly
means NEW COVENANT.
I certainly want to thank the brother above for his insight into some of
the things he mentioned, for even though his assay concerning the Hebrew word chadashah is in error, there are other precious
nuggets that he presented that we need to look into.
As he stated, Yahweh promised to make or “cut” a new covenant with
the House of Israel and the house of Judah. He had “cut” the first covenant
in tables of stone with His own finger. The Hebrew word, in this instance, for
“make” or “cut” is karat. As is pointed out, gemstones, especially
diamonds are measured in carats. Do you see the similarity?
The tables of the covenant with the ten commandments would have made them
a “ten carat” deal. This was a very precious deal. But there was a problem.
Israel didn’t have the heart to be able to see, nor hear and understand what
was really going on. However, Yahweh reveals to Ezekiel that He is going to
correct the situation, “Again the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying, Son of
man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house
of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get
you far from Yahweh: unto us is this land given in possession. Therefore say,
Thus saith the Sovereign Yahweh; Although I have cast them far off among the
heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be
to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. Therefore
say, Thus saith the Sovereign Yahweh; I will even gather you from the people,
and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will
give you the land of Israel. And they shall come thither, and they shall take
away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from
thence. And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new (chadashah) spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh,
and will give them an heart of flesh: That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine
ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their Elohim,”
Ez. 11:14-20.
Again, Yahweh promises, “Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in
their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way
was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. Wherefore I poured my fury
upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols
wherewith they had polluted it: And I scattered them among the heathen, and they
were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to
their doings I judged them. And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they
went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people
of Yahweh, and are gone forth out of his land. But I had pity for mine holy
name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they
went. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Sovereign Yahweh; I
do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake,
which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. And I will sanctify
my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in
the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am Yahweh, saith the
Sovereign Yawheh, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. For I
will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and
will bring you into your own land. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you,
and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I
cleanse you. A new (khaw-dawsh; #2319) heart also will I give you, and a new (chadashah, #2319
with the hei added) spirit will I put within you: and I will take away
the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I
will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye
shall keep my judgments, and do them. And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave
to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your Elohim,” Ez.
36:17-28.
The Apostle Paul reveals that we are given that new heart through Yahshua
the Messiah, “Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or need we, as some
others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? Ye
are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as
ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of the Messiah ministered by us,
written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living Elohim; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy
tables of the heart. And such trust have we through the Messiah toward
Elohim: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of
ourselves; but our sufficiency is of Yahweh; Who also hath made us able
ministers of the new (the word here, converted to Hebrew
would be chadashah) testament; not of the letter, but of
the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. But if the ministration of
death, written and engraven
in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly
behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be
done away: How shall not the ministration of
the spirit be rather glorious? For if the ministration of
condemnation be glory, much more doth the
ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. For even that which was made
glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. For if that which is done
away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. Seeing then that we have such hope,
we use great plainness of speech: And not as Moses, which put a vail over his
face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is
abolished: But their minds were blinded: for until this day
remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which
vail is done away in the Messiah. But even unto this day, when Moses is read,
the vail is upon their heart. Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Sovereign,
the vail shall be taken away. Now the Sovereign is that Spirit: and where the
Spirit of the Sovereign is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face
beholding as in a glass the glory of the Sovereign, are changed into the same
image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of Yahweh,” 2 Cor. 3:1-18.
UNDERSTANDING
Let’s
understand what Paul is saying here and throughout his epistles. We are born
into this world as the descendants of Adam and Eve who partook of the forbidden
fruit and brought sin and death not only upon themselves, but also their
descendants (Ro. 5:12). We all are born into this world with the spirit in man.
Spirit, in Hebrew, is “ruach,” which also can be translated as
“breath.” We learn through the five senses, (1) sight, (2) hearing, (3)
smell, (4) taste), and (5) touch. The
spirit or breath in or of man is a sixth (6th) component that imparts to us the
understanding of a natural, carnal man, “For what man knoweth the
things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? Even so the things of Elohim knoweth
no man, but the Spirit of Elohim. Now we have received, not the spirit of the
world, but the spirit which is of Elohim; that we might know the things that are
freely given to us of Elohim. Which things also we speak, not in the words
which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Spirit teacheth; comparing
spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of
the Spirit of Elohim: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know
them, because they are spiritually discerned,” 1 Cor. 2:11-14.
Again Paul writes, “Because the carnal mind is enmity against Elohim:
for it is not subject to the law of Elohim, neither indeed can be,” Ro. 8:7.
What is it that we need in order to be able to truly keep and obey the
laws of Yahweh? Ezekiel says that we not only need a new heart, but a new
spirit. We need the Holy Spirit of Yahweh in order to understand spiritual
things. We are not born with this Spirit. Only two individuals are recorded to
have been born with the Holy Spirit as a possession and that is John the
Baptist, who was sired by a physical, natural, carnal man, and Yahshua the
Messiah, Who was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit in the womb of the
virgin Miriam and was born flesh. But having been sired by the Heavenly Father
through the power of the Holy Spirit, He had the Holy Spirit as a possession all
of His life.
We can only receive the Holy Spirit by (1) being called out of this world
personally by the Heavenly Father, (2) being brought to repentance, (3) being
baptized in the name of Yahshua the Messiah for the remission of our sins, and
(4) by the laying on of the hands of the ministry. Then we can begin to
understand spiritual things. But even then, we are only given an earnest of the
spirit, which is a down-payment until the day that we can receive it in its
fullness (Eph. 1).
COVENANT DIFFERENCES
The
covenant made with Israel in the wilderness was called the Covenant of Moses,
because he was the mediator of that covenant. Our covenant is a new covenant
mediated by Yahshua. Moses was a temporary man, but Yahshua pre-existed by the
power of the eternal Spirit, was conceived by the eternal Spirit, was
resurrected by the eternal Spirit, and lives forevermore by the eternal Spirit.
The Covenant of Moses had a priesthood officiated by the Levites,
specifically Aaron and his descendants. The Covenant of Yahshua has an eternal
heavenly priesthood after the order of Melchizedek, King of righteousness and
King of peace.
The Covenant of Moses had physical sacrifices made and offered by the
hands of man through the Levitical priesthood. The Covenant of Yahshua has the
one physical sacrifice offered by Himself, our High Priest, once and for all,
“But the Messiah being come an high priest of good things to come, by a
greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of
this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy
place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and
of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the
purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of the
Messiah, who
through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to
Elohim, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living
Elohim? And
for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the
redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which
are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance….For the Messiah is not
entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven
itself, now to appear in the presence of Elohim for us: Nor yet that he should
offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year
with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation
of the world: but now once in the end of the
world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once
to die, but after this the judgment: So the Messiah was once offered to bear the sins of
many; and
unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto
salvation….Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and
offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: In burnt offerings
and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in
the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O Elohim. Above
when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin
thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O Elohim. He taketh away the first, that he may
establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified
through the offering of the body of Yahshua the Messiah once for
all.
And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the
same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of
Yahweh; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected
for ever them that are sanctified.,” Heb. 9:11-15, 24-28; 10:5-14.
The tabernacle and temples of old were physical, being made by the hands
of men. Our tabernacle, priesthood and sacrifices are spiritual, “Wherefore
laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all
evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye
may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that Yahweh is gracious. To whom
coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of Elohim,
and precious, Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual
sacrifices, acceptable to Elohim by Yahshua the Messiah.
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief
corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be
confounded. Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which
be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the
head of the corner, And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to
them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were
appointed. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the
praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Which in time past were not a
people, but are now the people of Yahweh: which had not obtained mercy, but now
have obtained mercy,” 1 Pet. 2:1-10.
The Levitical Priesthood has no right to eat of our altar, “We have an
altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle,” Heb.
13:10.
Our circumcision is of the heart and not of the flesh, “For he is not a
Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in
the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of
the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but
of Yahweh,” Ro. 2:28-29.
“For in Yahshua the Messiah neither circumcision availeth any thing,
nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love,” Gal. 5:6.
“For we are the circumcision, which worship Yahweh in the spirit, and
rejoice in the Messiah Yahshua, and have no confidence in the flesh,” Phil.
3:3.
“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit,
after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after the
Messiah. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the headship bodily. And ye are
complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: In whom also
ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the
body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of the Messiah: Buried with
him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the
operation of Elohim, who hath raised him from the dead,” Col. 2:8-12.
Under the Covenant of Moses, there were promises made. Yahweh promised
Israel that He would greatly bless them if they would obey Him. Israel promised
to obey Him so that they could inherit these blessings. Yahweh is always
faithful in His promises, but man is not, and Israel certainly was not.
Therefore, the New Covenant is made being based upon better
promises that is the promise of Yahweh, “But now hath he obtained a
more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of
a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no
place have been sought for the second. For finding fault with them, he
saith, Behold, the days come, saith Yahweh, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the
house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in
the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt;
because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith
Yahweh. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after
those days, saith Yahweh; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in
their hearts: and I will be to them an Elohim, and they shall be to me a people:
And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother,
saying, Know Yahweh: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. For
I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities
will I remember no more. In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth
old is ready to vanish away,” Heb. 8:6-13.
Look at these differences carefully and believe!
SIGNIFICANT TERMS
Notice
the terms “first” and “second.” Notice the terms “old” and
“new.” Notice the terms “decayeth,” “waxeth old, and “vanish
away.” Do these not fit with the differences between that which is flesh,
physical, and that which is spirit?
Isaiah prophesies, “Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the
earth beneath: for the heavens shall
vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall
die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness
shall not be abolished. Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people
in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid
of their reviling. For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm
shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my
salvation from generation to generation,” Isa. 51:6-8.
The Psalmist decrees, “Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the
earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou
shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt
thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy
years shall have no end. The children of thy servants shall continue, and their
seed shall be established before thee,” Psa. 102:25-28.
The book of Hebrews declares, “And, Thou, Adonai (Yahshua), in the
beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works
of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax
old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall
be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail,” 1:10-12.
Peter declares, “But the day of Yahweh will come as a thief in the
night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the
elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are
therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be
dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and
righetousness, Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of Yawheh,
wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall
melt with fervent heat?” 2 Pet. 3:10-12.
Don’t these Scriptures confirm that the physical creation that is in
existence will pass away? Doesn’t Yahshua promise a new heavens and a new
earth? “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the
first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea….And he that sat upon
the throne said, Behold, I make all things new,” Rev. 21:1, 5.
How would the covenant of Moses fit in with an eternal spiritual
creation? The fact of the matter is that there were parts of that covenant that
were spiritual and parts that were physical. The physical parts will perish from
it, while the spiritual parts will be brought forward. Israel had no problem
with the physical parts of that covenant, their problem was with the spiritual
elements.
THE TRANSFERRAL
Few people understand the truth about the priesthoods. The original
priesthood was the Melchizedek priesthood. It was the heavenly and eternal
priesthood. But a sacrifice had to be made for the sins of all mankind including
Israel. This sacrifice had to be most costly and precious. Therefore, Yahweh
raised up Abraham and his descendants Israel through whom He would make this
most precious and costly sacrifice.
In due process of time Yahweh allowed Israel to grow and prosper in the
land of Egypt, but eventually allowed them to be subtly seduced into the bondage
to slavery. He delivered Israel from this bondage into the wilderness where He
raised up the Levitical priesthood. The Levitical priesthood was simply a
temporary physical priesthood introduced in order to fulfill His will and
purposes.
The book of Hebrews records, “If therefore perfection were by the
Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further
need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec,
and not be called after the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being changed,
there is made of necessity a change also of the law,” Heb. 7:11-12.
Once Yahshua was sent to the earth, conceived of the Holy Spirit and born
of a woman, He then lived the perfect righteous life in order to make the
perfect acceptable sacrifice. The Levitical priesthood had failed to be faithful
in administering the law, so as it says here in Hebrews, the priesthood was
changed or transferred from the unfaithful physical, fleshly, carnal Levitical
priesthood to the heavenly eternal Melchizedek Priesthood.
There also had to be a transferral of the law. The Greek word utilized
for the “change” from the Levitical priesthood to the Melchizedek is metatithemi, which is defined as; to transport,
transfer, exchange, change sides, etc.
The Greek word utilized for the change of the law (changed) is metathesis, which is defined as; transposition,
i.e. transferral (to heaven). The faithful teaching and keeping of the law had
to be changed or transferred to a more faithful priesthood, e.g., the
Melchizedek Priesthood officiated over by Yahshua the Messiah, the faithful and
obedient Son of Elohim who originally was without father, without mother,
without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life, but Who had
to be made like the son of Elohim. (Heb. 7:3)
THE WITNESS
The
tabernacle made in the wilderness was a witness to these things that such was to
be the case. We have already published an article in our Nov.-Dec. issue of Yahshua’s Witness
Magazine, in
the article entitled “The True Testimony” wherein we revealed that that
whole tabernacle not only was served with animal and grain sacrifices, but
prophesied that Israel was also going to be sacrificed and so was the very one
who sat on the ark of the covenant, Yahweh Himself.
The tables of the covenant, the stones whereon the commandments were
written were placed inside the ark of the covenant upon which Yahweh sat. This
prophesied that the true power to fulfill these commandments was under the power
of Yahweh alone. This was a parable that few people have understood.
Moses was the mediator of that covenant of old, but Yahshua is the Mediator of the new covenant based upon better promises. Sadly, there are those who seek to put people back under the covenant that was administered through the hand of Moses. Paul reveals that this was a covenant of death, but the covenant administered under the hand and power of Yahshua the Messiah is a new and living covenant. It requires a new heart and a new spirit. It is a NEW COVENANT based upon better promises because it is based solely upon the WORD OF YAHWEH! May you be blessed to be chosen for this new and better covenant!
By Brick Parrish
Most everyone in the English speaking world
has heard of the Ten Commandments, although a majority can’t recite all 10 of
them. And most don’t obey all of them in their entirety.
The Ten Commandments as they are known in our English translations of
Scripture are called the “Ten Words” in the Hebrew in Exo. 34:28; Deu. 4:13;
Deu. 10:4.
I will be using the KJV as we take a closer look at the meaning of the
words in these Ten Commandments. The true names as shown in the Hebrew text are
restored.
Exo 20:2 I am YHWH thy Elohim, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out
of the house of bondage.
Yahweh identifies Himself as the one making
the covenant here which in reality is part of His marriage proposal to Israel as
expressed in Exo. 19:3-7 and accepted by the people in verse 8. He was now going
into the details of what He expected from Israel in return for His promises to
them.
Exo 20:3 Thou shalt have no other Elohim before me.
The Hebrew words “Al Paneh”, (Lit. against
my face) which were translated “before” in most English translations, are
the words #5921 and #6440 in Strong's Concordance.
They actually mean “against, in opposition or counter to.”
Therefore, verse 3 could have been translated: You shall have no other
Elohim, that are in opposition to Me.
The Hebrew root of the word “paneh” means the face or the part of man
that turns. In this case, it means turning to or accepting other Elohim.
Exo 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any
graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is
in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
The word translated “Graven image” is "pesel" which means
to chisel or cut out an idol or carved likeness. The word “likeness” is
"T’munah" or something fashioned as a shape.
We are not to carve out a likeness of anything in heaven or on earth or
in the seas to worship as the next verse indicates.
The Catholic Church removed this commandment and split the last one into
two so they could retain ten. It’s quite obvious why this was done because of
all the idols and relics the Catholics cherish.
Exo 20:5 Thou
shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I YHWH thy Elohim am a jealous
El, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation of them
that hate me.
“Bow down thyself” is the
translation of the word “Shachah” whose root meaning is to corrupt
or degenerate irreversibly. We are not to corrupt ourselves irreversibly by
serving these carved or graven images. Both the ancient Paleo script and the
later Hebrew roots indicate that the meaning is a pitfall designed to impede.
“Qanna" which is translated
"jealous" means “nest building”
ANQ in Pictorial Hebrew. The parent will
guard over the nest He has built.
"Sane" translated "hate"
should be "reject or forsake" according to the root meaning of the
word.
The word
"avon"
translated "Iniquity" doesn't make as much sense in the Paleo Hebrew.
It means to "continue the eye" or watch closely. However, avon is used in
the rest of scripture where "iniquity" is the correct usage and
understanding of the word. It must mean that YHWH watches us closely when we
miss the mark.
Paqad translated
"visiting" has a root meaning of investing with purpose or
responsibility.
Some would
say that it doesn’t fit that YHWH would punish the children for the sins of
their fathers. Scripture does say that the children shall not be put to death
for the sins of their fathers. See Deu 24:16; 2Ki 14:6; 2Ch 25:4. But Exo 34:7
also says the sins of the fathers would be visited upon the children to the 3rd
and 4th generations. Maybe they won’t die for these sins, but they certainly
will be affected.
Exo 20:6 And
shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Mercy is from the word “chesed”. The root
meaning of this word is to devote oneself entirely. The Paleo Hebrew root chet samech (xh) indicates
that the meaning is that the one who is strong will support the one who is
weaker. The word “keep” is shamar and means to
hedge about, to observe, guard and protect. The Paleo Hebrew
(rms) shows the
meaning to be a close watching and guarding. Shepherds often built a corral or
hedge of thorns around their sheep to keep predators away. We are to hedge about
and guard YHWH’s commandments in our own lives to ensure we live according to
His expectations. If we love Him, we will keep His commandments (John 14:15).
Exo 20:7 Thou
shalt not take the name of YHWH thy Elohim in vain; for YHWH will not hold him
guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
YHWH’s name
reveals His character. We are not to diminish His name by misuse. The word
translated "vain" here is "shav" which
means to bring it to "nothingness" or to "ruin" or to
"uselessness". It also means "falsely" or as a
"lie". When we call Yahweh any name other than what He revealed to us,
we bring it to naught. The Paleo Hebrew meaning of this word is
“devastation”. Calling Him by a pagan title or name is a way of devastating
or defaming His character and His kadosh name.
Guiltless here is the word “naqah” and means
“made clean”. The one who misuses YHWH’s name will not be made clean. The
Hebrew root word means the same, to cleanse, protect through effort, to be made
innocent. The Paleo Hebrew root is nun qof (qn) where the nun indicates an
heir, a perpetual kingdom and the qof means
gathering. This may indicate that the one who continues to bring the name of
YHWH to devastation by using it falsely will not inherit the kingdom of YHWH.
This is very serious and should not be taken lightly. I have heard preachers say
it doesn’t matter what name that one calls the Almighty One, it is only His
character behind the name that matters. I truly fear for them.
The word translated "take" is "tisha", and
is actually the verb nasa meaning to lift up but it is prefixed with the "ti"
meaning "you" - you will lift up”. The “lo” preceding it means
‘not”. The root of nasa is avn and also
means to “weaken”. The Paleo Hebrew root asn gives it the
meaning of “continuing to change”. You shall not lift up or change the name
of YHWH your Elohim falsely.
Exo 20:8 Remember
the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Quite a bit
of instruction is given here, so the keeping of the Sabbath must be very
important to the Father. There is no scripture anywhere in the entire canon of
scripture that justifies a change from the 7th day Sabbath to the 1st day of the
week (Sunday). This change was instituted by Constantine and the Catholic
Church. The Catholic Church admits they made the change on their own authority
and not from scripture. They think it is laughable at the railings of the
Protestant churches against their beliefs and then observe Sunday themselves
submitting themselves to the authority of the mother Catholic Church. The
Protestant churches are the harlot daughters of Mystery Babylon (origin of sun
worship) of Rev. 17:5
The word
translated "Remember" is zakar which in
Paleo Hebrew rkz has the
meaning of feeding and storing in the head.
The word "Shabat"
(Sabbath) means to "cease" from your activities or work. The Paleo
Hebrew gives the meaning of the root Shin bet (bs) as returning
to your tentto rest. The tav (t) on the end
of the word means a "mark" or sign. So it would mean to cease work and
rest as a sign of the perpetual covenant made with Elohim (Exo. 31:17).
The Hebrew root of the word Kodesh (holy) means
prepare for the task and dedicate all resources. It means to set something apart
for a special function or purpose. We are also to be set apart to YHWH for His
purposes and dedicate all our energy and resources to him as He directs.
Exo 20:9 Six days
shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Labor is
"abad" and
means a work performed for another or to work at a profession.
"Work"
is malakah and is from
the same root for messenger (malak) or agent,
often translated "angel". It would be your employment, business or
acting as an agent for someone else.
Exo 20:10 But the
seventh day is the
sabbath of YHWH thy Elohim: in it thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor
thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within
thy gates:
The Sabbath is the 7th day of the week or commonly called
"Saturday" on our Roman calendar. Sunday is the first day of the week
and is also indicated as such on the calendars we commonly use today.
You are not to cause anyone to work on your behalf on the Sabbath, which
includes going to a restaurant and having someone prepare food for you (buying
and selling is also forbidden).
Exo 20:11 For in six days
YHWH made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and
rested the seventh day: wherefore YHWH blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
The word for "rest" is Nuach and means to
stop movement. The Paleo Hebrew word pictures (hni) indicate
the meaning as to build a wall to stop the continuation of something. YHWH
blessed the Sabbath day and sanctified it.
Exo 20:12 Honour
thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which YHWH
thy Elohim giveth thee.
"Honor"
is the Hebrew word Kabed and without
vowel pointing is the same word as Kabod often
translated as "glory". It means to give the proper weight in a good
sense to something, in this case our parents. To give them great importance,
esteem and respect. The Paleo Hebrew shows the palm of the hand which is often
cupped, the bet represents
the family and the dalet is the path
or way (dbk). The parents
direct the path of those in their household or family. They lead us in the way
we must go so that when we are old, we will not depart from it.
Giving the proper respect to your parents may cause YHWH to extend your
days for a longer life on earth.
Exo 20:13 Thou
shalt not kill.
The word
"Kill" means to murder. The Paleo Hebrew word
(hyr) shows a man
lying on his side (y) indicating a
snare, hunted or as prey. The resh (r) represents
man and the chet (h) is a wall
that represents separation. The meaning is that the man is killed purposefully
and is separated from his life. The Paleo Hebrew does not seem to indicate an
accidental killing, but that the person is hunted or a trap is set for him. It
shows premeditation.
Exo 20:14 Thou
shalt not commit adultery.
Adultery is Na'aph (Pan) in Hebrew.
The root meaning is to turn from one to another, to apostatize. The Paleo Hebrew
pan shows a seed,
meaning continuation and offspring, the aleph for power and
the pey for scatter
or edge. I think it is showing the meaning to be a cessation of a man continuing
to have more heirs or offspring. If the man is the one committing the adultery,
his offspring could well be scattered. If it is the woman, her offspring might
not be his.
Adam Clarke states that adultery comes from the Latin word adulterium, and was
probably derived from the words ad alterius torum, (to
another’s bed); for it is going to the bed of another.
Exo 20:15 Thou
shalt not steal.
The word "steal" is ganab in the
Hebrew. Its root word means "covertly taking advantage or use of
something". The Paleo Hebrew bnc conveys the
meaning of walking into a protected enclosure of seeds (garden - gan) and
gathering them. The adopted ancient root came to mean steal, taking something
from a protected enclosure such as a home, garden, corral or store house that
belonged to someone else.
Exo 20:16 Thou
shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
The word "bear" is form the Hebrew anah meaning to
testify or answer. The word translated "witness" is 'ed' meaning
testimony. It comes from a primitive root "ud"
meaning to establish facts. The Paleo Hebrew eng indicates
repetition or recounting facts about another person or event; in this case
falsely. Basically it means to not lie about anything.
Exo 20:17 Thou
shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's
wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any
thing that is thy
neighbour's.
The word "covet" is from the Hebrew word chamad (dmx). It means to desire, value or delight in.
The Paleo Hebrew dmh seems to mean
a separation or drawing out of something. It may mean that to covet is to desire
to separate or deprive your neighbor of what he has for your own use.
It is not wrong to desire things, but it is wrong to desire that which
your neighbor has, thus depriving him of the continued use of it. This can be
understood as in a desire to steal. You wish you had these things instead of
him.
As we recall
from Scripture, that even as YHWH was writing the Ten Words with His finger on
the carved tablets of stone, Israel was already breaking them. Israel today
breaks these commandments because of hardness of heart, false teachers, unbelief
and a lack of understanding. Many believe the Ten Commandments are just
suggestions and are not binding on them. Some think they have been done
By an Average Joe for Average Joes
If we were to
apply the same logic and reasoning of this “present world” which is
“magically” put across to employees by their employers in regards to
justifying the reasons for violating the Sabbath Day and the fourth commandment of our Creator in the name of
economics, downtime, production, and supply and demand, then we could easily as
well draw these conclusions in regards to the other commandments…
first-third--Your
employer erects a graven image of a dollar bill making it company policy that
all employees must comply by falling down and worshiping the “all mighty
dollar” and pledge by oath that it is the one true creator…If keeping your
job is that important to you...What should you do…?
fifth—Your employer orders you to do something
belittling and demeaning to your own mother or father at a company picnic or
party…If keeping your job is that important to you…What should you do…?
sixth--Your employer gives you a gun and tells you
that their local competitor is hurting the company’s business and orders you
to kill their competitors leading salesman…If keeping your job is that
important to you…What should you do…?
seventh—Your employer asks you to commit adultery
with a demand of sex for a raise or denial
of a raise if his or her demands are not met…If keeping your job is that
important to you…What should you do…?
eighth--Your employer orders you to falsify
information and help them steal from the government…If keeping your job is
that important to you…What should you do…?
nineth—Your employer orders you to give false
testimony in a court case…If keeping your job is that important to you…What
should you do…?
tenth--Your employer’s company policy contains a
clause stating that any or all supervisors who take a liking to your car, home,
or your wife may appropriate them at a fair market value against your will…If
keeping your job is that important to you…What should you do…?
Mat 19:16--And
see, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good shall I do to
have everlasting life?” And
He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except One – Elohim
(Our Mighty One). But if you wish to enter
into life, guard the commands.”
Deu 8:11--“Be on guard, lest you forget (Yahweh) יהוה your Elohim (Mighty One) by not guarding His commands, and His
right-rulings, and His laws which I command you today, lest you eat and shall be satisfied, and build lovely
houses and shall dwell in them, and your herds and your flocks increase, and
your silver and your gold are increased, and all that you have is increased,
that your heart then becomes lifted up, and you forget (Yahweh) יהוה your (Mighty One) Elohim who brought you out of the land of (Egypt) Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage, who led you through
that great and awesome wilderness – fiery serpents and scorpions and thirst
– where there was no water, who brought water for you out of the flinty rock,
who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, in
order to humble you and to try you, to do you good in the end, you then shall say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand have
made for me this wealth!’ “But
you shall remember (Yahweh) יהוה your (Mighty One)
Elohim, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He swore to your
fathers, as it is today. “And it shall be, if you
by any means forget (Yahweh) יהוה your Elohim (Mighty
One), and follow other mighty ones, and serve them and bow yourself to them, I
have warned you this day that you shall certainly perish.
Is Your Employer Mightier Than Yahweh?
Shalom Friends,
Thank you all for your work in THE Kingdom. The article
“Let Me Entertain You” will surely be a rude awakening for many
people here in America and elsewhere. I just e-mailed a friend up in Missouri
about the way many pastors and elders preach against beer and whiskey and the
like and then slap their old pork bellies after service and invite everyone to
go pig out at Ryan’s after church. This is a popular PRACTICE IN THE
SOUTH. It's a shame. Gluttony is a personal sin that most shun away from but all
sins are personal. Our earth tabernacles should glorify Yah and not our bellies.
I am very grateful that you all are not ashamed of the TRUTH and I know that
this country is in bad shape.
I once met a missionary to the Mid-East (Turkey) who
informed me that one of his brothers said that he had run
across a fellow dressed in a $40:00 Tommy Hilfiger T-shirt and a pair of Hollywood
jeans carrying a $140.00 Thomas Nelson bible. He told me that this Evangelical
missionary of the Baptist had come upon a small family in the desert. This
family was in handmade clothes, sandals and herding a small number of
goats and a donkey. This missionary was running toward them shouting "
Come to Jesus, Come to Jesus. They had just come from a little shack ten miles
back up the trail that had the only TV in forty miles. They had
watched an American station with an interview with Britney Spears. This is the
United States that most people know and it is a disgrace to the Kingdom. Thank
you so much for your very well written articles. May the Ancient of Days Bless
you all. Your brother in North Alabama John
I want to thank you for your
continuing support. It has been astounding to me that such truths that you
reveal are things that the average outward eye simply doesn’t have the
rationality nor capability to understand. For whatever reason, I have been given
the authority and ability to do the right thing for the right reason. Once I
came to have Yahweh in my life, I now have the pure faith in my life and I now
know who I am and who the Father is. HalleluYah! I praise His manifested
glorious power!
AJ/AR
Wow! What an article “Let Me
Entertain You!” Fantastic….very, very profound…We are so entertained –
drugs to Coca Cola, to the next commercial…wow! Oh, and thanks for sending me
another copy of the issue “Wonders In The Hebrew” – Sep.-Oct…You folks
do show the love of Yahweh – HalleluYah!
JB/MO
I am writing to convey my
absolute appreciation for your excellent publication “Yahshua’s Witness
Magazine.” It is the most insightful publication which I have read in the past
10 years. I began intensive research into the Hebrew faith at that time. I have
read innumerable papers, books, magazines in that time frame.
The Sept.-Oct. 2008 “Wonders
In The Hebrew” is without question a masterpiece. The item which designates
this article as stated is the writing in Paleo Hebrew. Magnificent! Please
continue in this vane, please. Because Tsephanyah (Zephaniah) 3:9 tells us
Yahweh shall turn the people to a clean lip (language) and they shall call on
the name of Yahweh in unity (accord). Paleo Hebrew is the pure language. No
curse words. The Babylonian Aramais is not so. We shall speak and write in Paleo
Hebrew one day during the reign of Yahshua. HalleluYah!
Now I trust that the readers
have come to the conclusion as you have stated, Yahshua is Yahweh. But not
Yahweh the Father. Yeremyah (Jeremiah) 23:6 and 33:16 clearly are speaking about
Yahshua being called Yahweh. Further, Genesis (Bereshith) 19:24 could be no
plainer than it is. Yahweh (the Father) in heaven sent sulphur and fire from out
of the heavens to Yahweh (Yahshua His Spokesman) who rained the sulphur and fire
on Sedom and Amorah.
You are well educated in the truth. I would like very much to have a listing
of all of your past Yahshua’s Witness Magazines, please, or whatever you may
have on hand. Kindly advise.
Scripture tells us no one has heard Yahweh’s voice or seen His form (Yahchanan
[John] 5:37), so the only intelligent answer as to who spoke using the name
“Yahweh” in the Tanakh has to be Yahshua who was called “Yahweh” in the
Tanakh. Further, Scripture informs us that Yahweh the Father dwells in
unapproachable light whom no one has seen or is able to see. 1 Timothy 6:15-16.
Now Shemoth (Exodus) 24:9-11 tells us Mosheh (Moses) and seventy elders saw
Yahweh and they ate and drank in sight of Yahweh. Since the Father dwells in
unapproachable light, and no one can see him, the elders and Mosheh did not see
the Father Yahweh. They saw His spokesman Yahweh (Yahshua).
I am extremely blessed to obtain your teachings and I would very much like
to assist you in your work. I have another year to finish in prison. Only Yahweh
knows the future, and with Yahweh all things are possible.
May Yahweh bless you and your family
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