1. I believe in one God whose name is YHVH (Yehovah); He’s the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He is the Ruach Hakodesh (Holy Spirit) who lives in all believers to lead, counsel, and teach them. We must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
2. Yeshua is the image of YHVH; He’s also known as the Son of God, the promised Messiah, the Arm of YHVH, and the Suffering Servant (the Son of Joseph). He will come in the future as the King of kings and Lord of Lords (the Son of David).
3. I believe YHVH chooses those He calls into relationship with Yeshua to be the Bride of Messiah and that He extends grace (favor) to those He chooses. It is because of grace that believers are saved and will be saved.
4. I agree with the apostle Paul who confirmed that Torah has not been abolished because of faith (trust) in Yeshua (Romans 3:31).
5. I agree with the Scriptures which defines the Sabbath — our day of rest — as the 7th day of the week; however, I understand that many believers assemble on Sunday.
6. I believe everyone needs to repent of their sins (turn away from them) and trust in the atonement of the blood of Yeshua for their sins and trespasses. Believers are to walk out their faith with fear and trembling as they seek to obey YHVH’s commandments out of love for Him, not as a means for salvation. Everyone who does so will have eternal life.
7. I believe everyone who receives Yeshua as Lord and Savior is grafted into the olive tree of Israel. In other words, Jewish and Gentile believers are one flock called Israel.
8. I believe the Torah is one law for both Jews and Gentiles.
9. The saints are those who keep the commandments of YHVH and the faith of Yeshua (Rev. 14:12).
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I agree with you as far as Torah goes. The NT concept of repentance and faith in Jesus goes along with the prophets’ call to repentance and faith in Jesus’ atonement is similar to the trust people had in the atonement of the Levitical offerings.
Revelation 14:12 says the saints are the ones who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus so Torah observance is very important.
My relationship with the Creator has been significantly deepened and changed as I have embraced Torah.
Thank you for your comment.
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This is for the author of this article.
The whole book of Romans explains NO MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY THE LAW, FOR BY THE LAW IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN. The Law was a schoolmaster to show you sin and utter helplessness to be perfected by it. It was given to lead you to Christ alone. If you are justified by keeping the OT law, then Christ died in vain. We are under GRACE, not Law. You attempt to EARN salvation under the Law. Gods word says there will be no boasting. You cannot boast you “keep the Law” because you dont. You cannot boast how you “keep the Sabbath” because you dont. Do you even pick up a bag of groceries on the Sabbath? If so, you just broke the whole Law and are guilty. God NEVER called Gentiles to get under Jewish Law. This is great error. And the apostles in Acts never preached to Gentiles to get under Jewish Law. Nor do you keep the Torah. You dont sacrifice animals in a temple. You cannot be saved or have eternal life through attempts to keep Jewish Law. Eternal life is only found by faith in the NEW everlasting covenant, for those who believe on Jesus Christ alone for salvation. You are mixing Grace with Law. It says the Law is not of Grace. Two opposites!
BY GRACE YOU ARE SAVED THROUGH FAITH, AND NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN BOAST! In fact Galatians explains if you seek to be justified by Law, YOU HAVE FALLEN FROM GRACE. IT SAYS ALL WHO SEEK TO BE JUSTIFIED BY LAW ARE UNDER A CURSE.
The Jews couldnt even keep the Law, but they sure boasted themselves in it. Why do you think the Christians were persecuted by Jews in the New Testament? For this very reason. Our Sabbath rest is explained in Hebrews where we partake of the sabbath REST by CEASING FROM OUR OWN WORKS for salvation, and trusting in Christs completed work!
Beloved, you cannot and will not be saved by Jewish Law. You are under a works salvation, and not under GRACE. Grace is NOT works. Grace is freely given you. Law makes you attempt to EARN salvation. You need to enter into Gods Sabbath rest by giving up trying to earn merit with God. WHY DO YOU THINK THERE IS A “NEW COVENANT”? If you can earn salvation, God would NEVER have sent his Son! He would have just told you to keep the Law. The Jews couldn’t keep it perfectly and you think you can? This is great error. Your faith needs to be in Christs completed work and stop trying to mix Law with Grace. NO ONE preached you must keep the OT Law to be saved.
Acts 13. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from. WHICH YOU COULD NOT BE JUSTIFIED BY THE LAW OF MOSES.
Loving God with all your heart and loving your neighbor as yourself was the basis of the Law. The whole law was summed up in those 2 commands. Keeping his commandments is shown in 1 John as love, not the OT Torah Law.
My friend, you cannot be saved by trying to earn salvation through Jewish Law, or how well you keep the Sabbath. Salvation is only found in the finished work of Jesus Christ alone. Good works will follow true believers naturally. Your flesh trying to keep thousands of OT commands will only show you how utterly helpless you are in attempts to be perfect in keeping them. Paul is rebuking Peter in Galatians over this very subject…Law vs. Grace.
You will be shown a flashback of your life, if you seek to tell God how you “kept the Torah.” It wont be pretty! Jesus Christ alone is our salvation.
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I am not attempting to earn my salvation. I simply understand covenants, whereas many do not. Romans 2:13 indicates that doers of the law will be justified; however, they won’t be justified BY the works of the law (Romans 3:20). Romans 3:31 says the law was not abolished because of faith; Paul upheld the law. The saints are those who keep God’s commandments and the faith of Yeshua/Jesus (Rev. 12:17; 14:12). People should not obey the law to be saved; it should be done out of love for God (1 John 5:3). Covenant requires obedience. Romans mentions many laws and there are ellipses in this letter, so we must look at it carefully to reconcile when Paul seems to contradict himself. Believers have long overlooked verses that don’t fit their paradigm. Failure to do so is why there is a difference of opinion between us.
Law and grace run parallel to each other, with obedience to the law being for our sanctification. Grace is the antithesis of sin, not the law. Grace existed in OT times, and it was extended to God’s people in certain instances. In the NT, Christ extended His grace to those who believe in Him. Grace/favor is the reason for the covenants. Christ’s sacrifice made it possible to restore and give God’s grace to His people. Grace is not a license to sin as many suggest. Salvation has always been by grace through faith. Those who are led by the Spirit are not under the law of sin and death (the principle that says lawlessness leads to cursing and death); they are under the law of the Spirit (which says lawfulness leads to blessing and life). Sin (lawlessness) reigns in death, but grace abounds all the more in the law of the Spirit of life. Grace reigns in life through righteousness (lawfulness) leading to eternal life (Romans 5:20-21). Galatians 6:8 agrees with what Moses said in Deut. 30:16-20 — the one who sows to his own flesh (practices lawlessness) will from the flesh reap corruption (death), but the one who sows to the Spirit (practices lawfulness) will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
A new covenant was necessary because YHVH had divorced the northern kingdom; it was the means to restore them and to bring the Gentiles into the covenant, which was foreshadowed in the Abrahamic covenant. It was prophesied in Jeremiah 31:31 that the law would be put in men’s hearts, which was supposed to already have been there (Deut 11:18; 30:14; Job 22:22; Romans 10:6-8). There was/is one law for the citizen and stranger (Gentile) – see Ex. 12:49; Lev. 7:7; Num. 15:16, 29 – despite what the Jews and mainline denominations suggest. Adopted children must follow the same rule as biological children; to promote different rules would cause discord in the household.
The Jews are burdened by their oral traditions/law and the debates of the rabbis. We are concerned with the written law. There were/are laws for different people in society. Today, there are parts we are not able to do for various reasons. Even so, we need to understand and fulfill the intent of the law, as well as see how much of its typology pointed to Yeshua/Jesus. If you read about sanctification, you will see that Christ did His part, but we also have a responsibility in that same process.
God’s kingdom is governed by God’s laws whether we like it or not. Those who understand these laws and principles will be better equipped for spiritual warfare than those who do not.
To see full explanation on this subject, I invite everyone to see my video, The Victory of Grace at https://youtu.be/yARTYsp67uc.
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I believe that you should write more on this subject Beliefs Highway to Holiness. It won’t be a taboo subject however usually persons are not sufficient to speak on such topics.
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Everything you say Yeshua has shown me too. Ruach Hakodesh is with you. Bless you sister.
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Woman of the Most High,i have been confused fir Years now,what is tge difference between Yahweh and Yehovah
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There is no major difference. Both spellings for our Heavenly Father are based on the Hebrew consonant letters Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh (Written either YHVH or YHWH). There is no certainty on all of the vowels because at least 4 different sets of vowels are seen in Scripture. I think this keeps the name from being taken in vain. In Hebrew, Yahweh is not technically correct because there is no sheva after the first heh, but people use it anyway. That spelling is most often present in Scripture. In Hebrew, Yehovah correctly has proper Hebraic syllabification, and proper vowels are used. There are at least 44 times in Scripture it is spelled this way; the majority are in Jeremiah. There are a few other pronunciations out there (and spellings in Scripture) but these two predominate. I switch back and forth sometimes because my assembly prefers to use Yahweh. If you go to the Hebrew lesson page, take a look at the lesson on vowel pointings and you will see what I mean.
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I think you are a little bit wrong on the Sacred name of God as being Yehovah…first the Yeh is incorrect…all through the Bible the true form of the short form of the name is Yah, as in Halleluyah, seen in Revelation ch 19…and in Psalm 68:4 there it says Yah (nkjv)…and in the names of the patriarchs like Isaiah,Zachariah,Obadiah,Zephaniah,and so on..Biblical Hebrew is not the same as modern Hebrew..where Biblical Hebrew has waw,modern Hebrew has vav which is incorrect…they do not sound the same. no one needs the vowels to insert into the tetragammaton YHWH to make it readable and pronounceable,the Israelites of Old did know the Pronunciation but because of Sacredness of the ineffable name they came up with a way to caution the reader to pronounce Adonai instead…all you have to do is say out the 4 letters of YHWH like this: Yod-Heh-Waw-Heh say quickly, and you can hear Yahweh being pronounced…I think if you are going to be a Torah observant Messianic believer then you should strive to be a better student of the Word…Halleluyah…..Maranatha
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Thank you for your comment. I’ve personally found that there are several variations of vowel pointings for the full version of YHVH throughout the Tanach (~5?), the vowel for the short form Y – qamets -H (Yah) being different from the others. The vast majority of the time, the vowels for YHVH do not allow for proper syllable divisions using normal Hebrew syllabification rules, causing several variations of the form Yahweh/Yahveh with different vowel pointings. Yehovah is the only variant, mostly found in Jeremiah (or around 44 times in the whole Tanach), that actually follows the rules of syllabification = Y-sheva // H -holem // V – qamets – H, hence Ye-ho-vah. My assembly goes with Yahweh; I don’t have a problem with switching back and forth. I’m in a reading group consisting of Christians, Messianic and/or Hebrew Roots people; when we read Hebrew, we say Adonai our of respect for others in our reading group. When writing, I try to be more specific, but often default to YHVH due to issues such as what you’ve presented. So, you’ll see all kinds of variants on my blog as a result of this progression over time. At this point, I don’t feel the need to go back and edit every post. Yes, I try to follow modern Hebrew pronunciation for vav; most people I read with do the same. In addition, we don’t pronounce a guttural resh well either, we’re more American and laugh/shrug it off. We do our chet okay; we don’t try to make it too harsh. The main thing is that we encourage one another, keep our focus on the text, and don’t allow petty things to cause division or distraction from what is most important.
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I saw your presentation today at Shalom Israel. You did a great job. I agree with your info. A lot of groups are off in their celebrating the correct Feast Dates. Too bad not all are open minded enough to embrace that there is ways of pinpointing the dates to as close as we “man” can do. Please contact me at the email address I am providing.
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Thank you. My goal was to give awareness to a practical application of the Scripture — to begin the calendar in the aviv, which is defined by the Jews as “spring” based on the timing of the equinox. Barley ripening was always a secondary issue, not primary. The biggest problem I see is that people only focus on one issue regarding the calendar to the exclusion of all others. The whole topic must be explored, hence the reason I have an eight-presentation series on the subject to present a solid case. If I were to do a summary, there were be too many holes for people to begin debating. This is only one subject area in this walk that we need to thoroughly examine. I know not everyone is going to agree with my assessments on various subjects. At least it is not a “salvation issue.” However, if people are going to celebrate, we need to agree on timing as closely as possible. This leaves some of us observing more than one date, whether we are one day or a whole month off. These are supposed to be rehearsals with typological significance. I imagine Yeshua is rolling His eyes at us.
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