Love your ENEMIES!

As the Living Torah, YESHUA showed us how to walk in the Torah, and one that many struggle with is about loving your enemies. What does YESHUA tell us concerning this matter?

Luke 6:27-36 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“Nevertheless, to you who are listening, what I say is this: “LOVE YOUR ENEMIES! Do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone hits you on the cheek, offer the other too; if someone takes your coat, let him have your shirt as well. If someone asks you for something, give it to him; if someone takes what belongs to you, don’t demand it back. Treat other people as you would like them to treat you. What credit is it to you if you love only those who love you? Why, even the transgressors love those who love them. What credit is it to you if you do  good only to those who do good to you? Even transgressors do that. What credit is it to you if you lend only to those who you expect will pay you back? Even transgressors lend to each other, expecting to be repaid in full. But LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, DO GOOD, and lend expecting nothing back! Your reward will be great, and you will be children of Ha’ELYON (The Most High); for He is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Show compassion just as your Father shows compassion.”

I’ve heard it said “Where in the Torah does it say to love your enemy or to do good to them?” YESHUA never spoke an idle word, so we can find this in:

Proverbs 25:21-22 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“If someone who HATES YOU is hungry, give him food to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. For you will heap fiery coals of shame on his head, and YAHWEH will reward you.”

This heaps fiery coals of shame upon their heads because they aren’t expecting someone who hates them to do good for them and are put to shame, which matches exactly what YESHUA said. Most people are expecting the opposite reaction.

Exodus 23:4-5 (Samaritan)

“If you come upon your ENEMIES ox or donkey straying, you must return it to him. If you see the donkey which belongs to someone who HATES YOU laying down helpless under its load, you are not to pass him by but to go and HELP HIM FREE IT.”

There are acts of love and doing good for the one who hates you! YESHUA doesn’t stop there; He goes on to give an example that no one would be able to refute by using a situation they were familiar with.

Luke 10:25-37 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“An expert in Torah stood up to try and trap Him by asking, “Rabbi, what should I do to obtain eternal life? But YESHUA said to him, “What is written in the Torah? How do you read it? He answered, “You are to love YAHWEH your ELOHIM with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your understanding; and your neighbor as yourself.” That’s the right answer,” YESHUA said. “Do this, and you WILL HAVE LIFE.” But he, wanting to justify himself, said to YESHUA, “And who is my ‘neighbor’?” Taking up the question, YESHUA said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him naked and beat him up, then went off, leaving him half dead. By coincidence, a priest was going down on that road; but when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Likewise a Levite who reached the place and saw him also passed by on the other side. But a man from SAMARIA (Samaritan) who was traveling came upon him; and when he saw him, he was moved with COMPASSION. So he went up to him, put oil and wine on his wounds and bandaged them. Then he set him on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day, he took out two days’ wages, gave them to the innkeeper and said, ‘Look after him; and if you spend more than this, I’ll pay you back when I return.’ Of these three, which one seems to you to have become the ‘neighbor’ of the man who fell among robbers?” He answered, “The one who showed mercy toward him.” YESHUA said to him, “You go and DO AS HE DID.”

The message that YESHUA was conveying is two-fold, as He telling this Torah expert to not only love his neighbor who is anyone in need, but also to love his enemies. The man passing through from Jerusalem to Jericho was a Jew and the one who helped him was a Samaritan. This makes sense when we understand that the Jews and the Samaritans hated each other.

John 4:5-9 (Hebrew)

“So YESHUA came into a part of Samaria which is called Suchar, near the place which Jacob gave to Joseph his son and the spring of Jacob was there. So YESHUA, being weary because of the way, sat by the spring. (And it was about the sixth hour of the day.) Then a woman came to draw waters, so YESHUA said to her, “Give Me some water to drink.” (Now His disciples went into the city to buy some food.) Then that Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew, do You ask of me to give you water to drink while I am a woman from the place of Samaria?! (For the Jews do not hold company with the Samaritans.”)

John 8:48-49 (Hebrew)

“So the Jews answered and said, “Do not we rightly say that you are a Samaritan? You have some of Ha-Satan!” YESHUA answered, “There is not a demon in Me, but I honor My Father; while you despise Me.”

Luke 9:51-56 (Aramaic)

“As it happened when the days to go up on His journey were fulfilled, He set His face to go to Jerusalem. So He sent messengers ahead of Him; and they went away and entered into a Samaritan village to prepare for Him. But they did not receive Him, because His face was set to go straight to Jerusalem.”

The point is that the Samaritan’s  are from the 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Yisra’el and they know the Torah as well as the Jews, even to this day.  Despite the hatred between the Samaritans and the Jews, the “Good Samaritan” helped his enemy who was a Jew; whereas, the Levites and Priests who teach the Torah (Deuteronomy 33:8-10) should have known better and yet left their own brother to die. This is a powerful example that YESHUA gave, and the Jews knew exactly what this meant, which is a perfect example of loving your enemy and doing good to them, and loving your neighbor as yourself (Leviticus 19:18).

Finally, to go along with YESHUA saying to do good to those who hate you, we see Joseph doing good for his own brothers who hated him.

Genesis 37:4

“When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they began to HATE him and reached the point where they couldn’t even talk with him in a civil manner.”

Testament of Simeon 4:4-6

“Now Joseph was a good man, and had the RUACH (Spirit) of ELOHIM within him; being compassionate and pitiful, he bore no malice against me; but LOVED me even as the rest of his brothers. Beware, therefore, my children, of all jealousy and envy, and walk in singleness of being and with good heart, keeping in mind Joseph your father’s brother, that ELOHIM may give you also favor and esteem, and blessing upon your heads, even as you saw in Joseph’s case. All his days he did not despise us concerning this thing, but LOVED us as his own being, and esteemed us beyond his own sons, and gave us riches, and cattle and fruits.

Testament of Joseph 17:4-8

“And when my brothers came to Egypt they learned that I had returned their money to them, and did not rebuke them, and comforted them. And after the death of Jacob my father I loved them more abundantly, and all things he commanded I did very abundantly for them. And I did now allow them to be afflicted in even the smallest matter; and all that was in my hand I gave to them. And their children were my children, and my children as their servants; and their life was my life, and all their suffering was my suffering, and all their sickness was my infirmity. My land was their land, and their counsel my counsel. And I did not exalt myself among them in arrogance because of my worldly esteem, but I was as one of the least among them.”

YESHUA said to the torah teacher, “Go and do the same!” and He is telling us to “Go and do the same!” as well. It takes true humility, self-denial, love, and considering others better than yourself to be able to carry this out, and we know YESHUA walked this way and those who follow Him are to do the exact same thing.

As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

Christians: Does your righteousness surpass the Pharisees?

Proverbs 28:9

“If a person will not listen to Torah (The Law) even his prayer is an ABOMINATION.”

This message is for every Christian who says that the law is done away with based on Matthew 5:17-20, so this will be a breakdown of those verses and I believe this will answer many questions and prayerfully open up some eyes. I want to show that there is a difference between the Written Torah/Law and the Oral Torah, and that Christians have confused the two. And what does verse 20 mean that rarely gets discussed, then you can ask yourselves if your righteousness surpasses the Pharisees or not.

Before breaking down Matthew 5:17-20 verse by verse, I have a question to those who say the Torah/Law is done away with. When you come to a stop sign do you stop? When you come to a traffic light do you stop? Every Christian will undoubtedly answer “YES” To all these questions.  So technically, the world has no problem obeying man’s laws but they don’t want to obey our Father YAHWEH’s laws! Another example, the owner’s manual of whatever car you drive will tell you to put gas in the tank, no one disregards those instructions by saying to the manufacturer “No! I’m going to do whatever I want; I’m going to put water or soda in the gas tank!” Why? Because the manufacturer of the car knows what is best for the car, the same way our Father YAHWEH is the manufacturer of our bodies and He gave us laws about food we can eat and those we cannot eat, why? Because He is the manufacturer of our bodies knows what is best for it, just as the manufacturer of your car knows what is best for it. Yet, YAHWEH’s laws get tossed to the side and questioned and people are basically saying “Why can’t I put soda in the gas tank?” The same Christian who questions our Father’s instructions will NOT question the human beings instructions for the car. I want you to think about this and tell me if that makes sense? You cannot alter a stop sign and make it so “Go!” The same way we cannot alter YAHWEH’s laws to say “Go away!”

A brother in YESHUA brought up a good point, he said “Name one king in history that did not have laws? Since we know that YESHUA is our King then wouldn’t He would have laws too, but why are His being done away with?” That’s a beautiful way of wording it, because if the president said, “Today I’m abolishing all laws, DO AS THOU WILT, the purge is on!” Then crowds of people start to head towards your house to take what you have because there are no laws in place and you have to fend for yourself, then people would be begging for the laws to come back so they would be protected again. Likewise, YAHWEH has given us laws to protect us from Satan and his purge on humanity, while we are in the world. Let’s now breakdown YESHUA’s words in Matthew 5:17-20. I have covered versus 17-19 to some extent in previous messages, but in this message I will also cover verse 20 which has been overlooked.

Matthew 5:17 (Hebrew)

“Moreover YESHUA MASHIACH said to His talmidim (disciples), “Do not think that I came to throw down the Torah and the prophets, ON THE CONTRARY (The opposite of), I came to CONFIRM.”

YESHUA says “Do not think” in other words do not let it even enter your minds that I came to get rid of the Torah or the prophets. And as I mentioned in a previous video “What is the law of Christ?”  How could He change the law when He did not speak His own words, but only the words of YAHWEH The Father?

John 12:49-50

“For I do not speak of Myself; but the Father who sent Me, He commanded Me to speak and to command—and I know that His commandment is everlasting life. And that which I speak is identical to that which the Father speaks so I speak.”

Oxford languages defines “identical” as: similar in EVERY DETAIL; exactly alike.

YESHUA is the written word that became Living Flesh which means that He is the Living Torah/Law that came to confirm the Torah still stands and to show us how to walk in the Torah as He did:

1 John 2:6 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“A person who CLAIMS to be continuing in UNION with Him (YESHUA) ought to CONDUCT HIS LIFE THE WAY HE DID.”

For us to be in union/covenant with YESHUA we must conduct our lives the way that He did; and the fact is that YESHUA obeyed the Torah, just as we should be doing. Furthermore, with the understanding that YESHUA is the Living Torah; this means if you want to do away with the Torah/Law you are wanting to do away with Him because they are one in the same. This is why YESHUA says in John 14:6 I ‘am THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE, these were not idle words as He was telling you who He is:

The WAY

Psalms 119:1 “How happy are those whose WAY of life is blameless, who live by the TORAH OF YAHWEH!”

The TRUTH

Psalms 119:142 “Your righteousness is eternal righteousness and your TORAH IS TRUTH.”

The LIFE

Deuteronomy 32:46-47 “He said to them, “Take to heart all the words of my testimony against you today, so that you can use them in charging your children to be careful to OBEY ALL THE WORDS OF THIS TORAH. For this is not a trivial matter for you; on the contrary, IT IS YOUR LIFE!”

As we clearly see from the scriptures, the Way, the Truth, and The Life all connect to the Torah/Law! So we can now see that YESHUA is the Living Torah/Law made flesh! So, how do you abolish the Law that He Himself is? This is another reason why He says:

John 5:46-47 (Hebrew)

“And if you have believed Moses, you would perhaps believe Me; but if you DO NOT BELIEVE HIS LETTERS, HOW WILL YOU BELIEVE MY WORDS?”

YESHUA is saying, if you do not believe in the words of the written Torah/Law by saying they are done away with, then how will you believe the words of the Living Torah? You won’t! So, again YESHUA the Living Torah came to show us how to walk in the written Torah the way YAHWEH intended for it to be kept.

Matthew 5:18 (Hebrew)

“I say to unto you in truth, that NOT ONE WORD of the Torah will be diminished, every WORD WILL BE PERFORMED-UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD.”

Matthew 5:18 (Aramaic)

“For truly I say to you, until HEAVEN AND EARTH PASS AWAY, not even YOD or a DASH shall pass away from the law until all of it is fulfilled.”

In the Hebrew YESHUA says the Torah shall be PERFORMED! Perform is defined by Oxford Languages as: “CARRY OUT, FULFILL, DO, EXECUTE”. If you notice these are all action words requiring something for the believer to DO; and one of the synonyms is “fulfill”, which shows that fulfill means to perform, to execute, to do, to carry out, and does NOT mean “abolish” or “do away with” as Christianity has promoted. If every word shall be “performed” until the end of the world, how can it be done away with when the world hasn’t ended? YESHUA stresses this point and drives it home by saying that even not one “Yod” which is the smallest letter in Hebrew and Aramaic will not be done away with. He wants the reader and the hearers of His day to understand that nothing in the Torah is done away with, until heaven and earth pass away.

So, ask yourself, are you still on earth right now? The answer is yes! And being that the answer is yes that means that the Torah still stands because earth has not passed away! When does earth pass away?

Revelation 21:1-3

“Then I saw NEW HEAVENS and NEW EARTH, for the FIRST HEAVENS AND EARTH HAD PERISHED, also the first sea was no more. An I Yochanan (John) saw the set-apart city, the NEW YERUSHALAYIM (NEW JERUSALEM), descending from the heavens to the earth, and it was adorned like a wife who is adorned before her husband.”

Matthew 5:19

“And whosever transgresses one of these smallest commandments, or teaches to break them, he will be small in the kingdom of heavens. On the contrary, whosoever teaches it and carries it out, great will he be in the kingdom of heavens.”

I’ve heard it said, “Well as long as I make it in heaven, I’ll accept being the smallest,” therefore they feel that breaking the commandments and teaching others to be lawless will still get them a golden ticket into eternal life.  Is this true? Firstly, a brother in YESHUA shared another Hebrew manuscript with me that says otherwise.

Matthew 5:19 (Hebrew Z-Subgroup of family B)

“He who violates ONE WORD of these commandments that I teach, I will UTTERLY DESTROY!”

That is pretty clear about how YESHUA feels about the lawless ones! Which is a perfect match with what He said in

Matthew 7:23

“Depart from Me you workers of LAWLESSNESS!”  

Matthew 5:20 (Hebrew)

“And I say unto you in truth, that if you do become righteous ones, MORE THAN THE WISE ONES AND THE PHARISEES, YOU WILL NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVENS.”

Matthew 5:20 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“For I tell you that UNLESS your righteousness is FAR GREATER than that of the Torah-teachers and Pharisees, you will CERTAINLY NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN!”

Verse 20 leaves no doubts just as verses 17-19 did not leave any doubts of what YESHUA is saying. The scribes and the Pharisees had a degree of righteousness, why? They did follow the written Torah (The first five books of Moses), but they also followed the Oral Torah! Their problem was that they put the Oral Torah above the Written Torah. Before I explain what, the Oral Torah is, I’ll quote from Brittannica.com which says:

“In Orthodox Judaism, therefore, both the WRITTEN LAW (Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament) and the ORAL LAW (codified in the Mishna and interpreted in the Talmud) are immutably FIXED and REMAIN in the sole norm of religious observance.” Orthodox Judaism | Britannica

What is the Oral Torah/Babylonian Talmud/Traditions of the elders? It can be found in Galatians 1:13-14 which Paul USED to be involved in as a Pharisee (Acts 23:6), Mark 7:1-13, Matthew 23:1-5 (The burdens of Oral Torah), and Luke 6. I’ll quote one:

Matthew 15:1-3

“Then the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem drew near to Him, and they said “Why do your disciples break the TRADITIONS OF THE ELDERS? They do not RITUALLY WASH THEIR HANDS WHEN THEY EAT? But He answered them and said, “And why do you transgress the COMMANDMENTS OF EL (God) on ACCOUNT OF YOUR DECREES?”

The ritualistic washing of the hands is called “Tiqunim” which means “manmade regulations, or manmade amendments or improvements to the Torah, that ARE NOT A PART OF THE ORIGINAL COMMANDMENTS OF YAHWEH’s TORAH.”

Matthew 15:8-10

“This people which honors Me with words but their heart is far from Me, they honor Me in vain, imposing YOUR INSTRUCTIONS AND COMMANDMENTS OF THE MEN.”

 Do you see how YESHUA distinguished between the written Torah of YAHWEH and the man-made Oral Torah of men? This is the part that has confused Christianity, because they believe the written Torah is bad, when in actuality the written Torah is beautiful and set-apart! Christianity has believed that the written Torah and the Oral Torah are the exact same thing and when they are not. YESHUA and Paul rebuked the Pharisees because of their Oral man-made Torah not the written one given by ELOHIM on Mount Sinai.

  Judaism believes that Moses received TWO TORAH’s on Mount Sinai, one was the written Torah the 10 commandments on two tablets of stone and the other was an Oral Torah that was NOT WRITTEN DOWN which is why it’s called “oral”, and they say it was passed down from generation to generation which includes “Rabbis” interpretation. They believed that if they followed these man-made commandments step by step then they will be saved based off their own works, when we all know it’s the blood of YESHUA that saves!  And this is the only reason why Paul says this:

Ephesians 2:8-9

“For you have been delivered by mercy through trusting, and even this is not your accomplishment but ELOHIM’s gift. You were not delivered by YOUR OWN ACTIONS; THEREFORE NO ONE SHOULD BOAST.”

Paul clearly said in Romans 7:12 “So the Torah is set-apart (holy), just and good”, Paul also said not to do away with the law because of faith (Romans 3:31). Paul is simply saying that we can’t be saved based off of our own works, why? Because ALL of us have broken the Torah at some point (Isaiah 53:5-6, Romans 3:23) and we cannot boast in our own actions to save us, this is why we need a Savior! Does the mean we stop observing the commandments? No! The commandments are how we know Him (1 John 2:3-4) and how we love Him (John 14:21 and 1 John 5:3) and it’s still a part of righteousness in this walk (Deuteronomy 6:25.)

Titus 2:14 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“He (YESHUA) gave Himself up on our behalf in order to free us from ALL VIOLATION OF TORAH and purify for Himself a people who would be His own, eager to do good.”

YESHUA came to die because we broke the law, so how do we continue to break the law when that is the reason why He died? That’s like being set-free from an electric chair for a murder and as soon as you have been freed from prison you commit another murder. You would be doing everything you can to obey the laws from that point on. YESHUA set us free from our imprisonment of transgressions, so how do we go on continuing to do what got Him put on the stake?  Does that make any sense?

 So, does your righteousness surpass that of the Pharisees? The Pharisees did at least observe the Shabbat, do you? Their problem was adding man-made traditions to the Shabbat making it a burden for people to keep it (Matthew 23:1-5); and they also kept the set-apart feast days found in Leviticus 23, do you? So, the question I pose to Christians is this, if you are not keeping the Shabbat AT ALL as the Pharisees did, nor observing the feast days as they did, and rejecting ALL the commandments by saying “They are done away with!” Then how does your righteousness surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees? This would mean your righteousness is less than theirs and you will not inherit the kingdom! It’s time to repent, hear and obey!
As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you all in YESHUA’s Name!

Prophecy: The Marriage Supper of the Lamb!

When YESHUA spoke to His disciples about eternal life, He spoke to them using marriage terminology that they understood and YESHUA paints a beautiful picture of Him being the bridegroom coming back for His bride Yisra’el.  In order to understand His words and the connections that He was making we have to look at the ancient Galilean weddings and how they were conducted.

I firstly want to cover the stages of a Hebrew wedding to establish the foundation of what YESHUA was saying. There are two stages in a Hebrew wedding, the first stage is called the Erusin or Kiddushin which is the betrothal/engagement stage which is as binding as a marriage for they both sign a ketubah which is a marriage contract, therefore the couple is technically married but not yet officially married. This is what we see with Joseph and Mary in Matthew 1 where Joseph was the engaged husband and Mary was the engaged wife. This is a lot different than an engagement in the western society as they are not considered married.

Matthew 1:18-19

“Now the birth of YESHUA, the Messiah, was like this: while Mary His mother was BETHROTHED to Joseph, without them being united, she was found pregnant by the RUACH HA’KODESH (The Set-Apart Spirit). But Joseph, HER HUSBAND was just and did not desire to expose her, yet he was thinking in secret that he would dismiss (divorce) her.”

As we see Joseph was considered the husband of Mary while betrothed to her and he wanted to divorce her which is only something you can do if you are married to them, so this proves that they were considered to be married even in the first stage of engagement.

The second stage is called “Nisu’in”, where the couples status changes from being technically married to officially married. At this stage it becomes what ELOHIM has brought together let no man separate for they are officially one flesh in wedlock.

The Pure Bride

I wanted to cover the two stages to show that we are currently betrothed to YESHUA which means we are in the first stage of the wedding and are waiting for Him to come back to take His bride (Yisra’el) to be with Him forever!

2 Corinthians 11:1-2 (CJB)

“I would like you to bear with me in a little foolishness---please do bear with me! For I am jealous for you with ELOHIM’s kind of jealousy; since I promised to present you as a PURE VIRGIN IN MARRIAGE TO YOUR ONE HUSBAND, THE MESSIAH…”

During the betrothal stage in a Hebrew wedding, the only thing that could terminate the marriage contract was death or fornication, so Paul is using this language here to show that we must be pure undefiled virgins by coming completely out of this world, drying to self, obeying the Torah and not committing spiritual adultery. This makes since when we examine this further:

Leviticus 21:10-14 Complete Jewish Bible (Parenthesis mine)

“The priest who is ranked the highest (The high priest) among his brothers, the one on whose head the anointing oil is poured and who is consecrated to put on the garments, is not to stop grooming his hair, tear his clothes, go in to where any dead body is or make himself unclean, even when his father or mother dies. He may not leave the sanctuary or profane the sanctuary of his ELHOHIM, because the consecration of the anointing oil of his ELOHIM is on him; I am YAHWEH. He is TO MARRY A VIRGIN; he may not marry a widow, divorcee (divorced during the betrothal stage before being officially married), profaned woman or prostitute; but he must MARRY A VIRGIN from among his own people and not disqualify his descendants among his people; because I am YAHWEH, who makes him set-apart.

As we see the high-priest was to marry a virgin; and likewise YESHUA is our High-Priest and is only coming back for a pure virgin bride just as Paul said in 2 Corinthians 11:1-2.

Ephesians 5:27 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“In order to present the Messianic Community to Himself as a BRIDE to be proud of, WITHOUT SPOT, WRINKLE or any such thing, but set-apart and WITHOUT DEFECT.”

These are those who have been spiritually reborn and being led by the RUACH HA’KODESH (The Set-Apart Spirit)  to keep the commandments and trust in YESHUA. Leviticus 21 also says that a high-priest cannot marry a PROSTITUE/WHORE which is another reason why we are told to flee from the WHORE of Babylon.

Revelation 17:1-5 (Hebrew)

“Then one of the seven messengers who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me and said, “come, and you will be shown the judgment of the GREAT HARLOT who sits over much waters, with whom the kings of the earth and those whom she had made drunk with her wine have committed ADULTERY.”  Verse 5 “And on her forehead was written the name of the secret of the great city Babel, the MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND UNCLEANNESS OF THE EARTH.”

Revelation 18:1-4 (Hebrew)

“And after this I saw another messenger descending from the heavens, and he had power and great strength, and the earth shone with his light. And he cried out with all his power and said. “Fallen, fallen has the great city Babel! And it became a dwelling of satans, and to hide all the unclean ones of the birds and creeping things. For all of them have drunk of her wine, and the kings of the earth have committed FORNICATION with her, and all the merchants have become rich by her great desires. Then I heard another voice from the heavens, and he said, GO OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE, that they be not punished with her because of her iniquities!”

YESHUA our High-Priest cannot marry a whore; therefore, you cannot be spiritually  involved in whoredom of false religion, idolatry and the unclean things of this world, so come out of her and walk in the truth.

The Ancient Galilean wedding

During the betrothal ceremony the bridegroom would pour a cup of wine called the “CUP OF JOY” and give it to the bride to drink. At this point she can either accept the covenant/proposal by drinking the wine or reject the covenant by not drinking the wine. This is an interesting parallel because the bridegroom gives the bride the “CUP OF JOY” for the covenant, just as the Bridegroom YESHUA gave us the “TORAH OF JOY” on Mount Sinai to join in covenant with Him.

James 1:25 (Hebrew)

“But whosoever sees with fullness into the LAW OF JOY, and establishes it, and does not forget what he heard, but DOES IT, this one will be blessed in all his deeds.”

Psalms 19:7-8 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“The TORAH of YAHWEH is perfect, restoring the inner person. The instruction of YAHWEH is sure, making wise the thoughtless. The precepts of YAHWEH are right, REJOICING THE HEART. The mitzvah (commandments) of YAHWEH is pure, enlightening the eyes.”

Exodus 19:5-6

“Now if you will pay careful attention to what I say and KEEP MY COVENANT, then you will be My own treasure from among the peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you will be a kingdom of priests for me, a nation set-apart.’ These are the words you are to speak to the people of Yisra’el.”

We as the bride Yisra’el accept the Torah of Joy and YESHUA is the Living Torah made flesh who shed His blood for us. Therefore, we enter into covenant with YAHWEH just as the bride drinks the Cup of Joy to enter into covenant with her husband. We can either obey YAHWEH to walk in His covenant or reject it by not obeying the terms of the covenant, which is the same option the bride has with her husband. This is the beauty of our ELOHIM is that He wants us CHOOSE Him, He does not force Himself on you. By choosing Him you show that you love Him, want to follow Him, and obey Him, you have the option to choose life and not death.

John 6:38-40 (Hebrew)

“For I, I descend from the heavens, not in order to do My will, only the will of Him who sent Me. And this is His will, that all these which He gave Me, I should not let any of them be destroyed, but that I should raise them up in the last day. For this is the will of the Father who sent Me that every man who CHOOSES THE SON AND BELIEVES, will have everlasting life; and I will raise Him up alive in the last day.”

If she drinks the wine, she is saying “I do” and chooses life with a righteous husband, just as we choose to want to live with YAHWEH and YESHUA forever, which is similar to how the children of Yisra’el responded by agreeing to the terms of the betrothal covenant/marriage contract with the Righteous King YAHWEH and YESHUA in:

Exodus 19:7-8

“Moses came, summoned the leaders of the people and presented them with all these words which YAHWEH had ordered him to say. All the people answered as one, “EVERYTHING YAHWEH HAS SAID, WE WILL DO.”

After she drinks the cup of joy (the wine) then the bridegroom publicly says, “You are consecrated to me according to the Law of Moses and I WILL NOT DRINK THIS CUP UNTIL I DRINK IT NEW WITH YOU IN MY FATHERS HOUSE.”

Everyone during that time knew that this was a reference to the wedding feast and the consummation of the marriage, and that is why YESHUA says the exact same thing:

Matthew 26:27-29 (Hebrew)

“And afterwards He TOOK THE CUP and did a prayer of thanksgiving, and gave it to them, and said, “DRINK THIS-all of you, for this is the blood of the new, which will be shed to atone for your iniquities. And I say to you faithfully that from now and onward, I WILL NOT DRINK OF THIS SMOOTHNESS OF THE VINE UNTIL THAT DAY THAT I WILL DRINK IT WITH YOU ANEW IN THE KINGDOM OF MY FATHER.”

So YESHUA gave them the literally “cup of joy” as the bridegroom gives to the bride and as we saw earlier also the Torah of Joy that He gave on Mount Sinai. The disciples being from Galilee themselves knew exactly what YESHUA was saying, and that He was referring to the consummation of the marriage, meaning the marriage supper of the Lamb to be with Him forever. The same way the bridegroom announced publicly that he would not drink the cup until he drank it new with his bride in his fathers house, meaning they would become one flesh in marriage forever.

Next phase:

After the betrothal ceremony the bridegroom would make preparations and  go back to his fathers house to add a room onto his fathers house for his soon to be bride, and this is the reason why YESHUA said:

John 14:1-3 (Hebrew)

“Let not your hearts become terrified; believe in EL, AND believe in Me. In the HOUSE OF MY FATHER ARE MANY DWELLING PLACES. Truly I say I’M GOING TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. And if I go to PREPARE THE PLACE, I WILL COME AGAIN AND BRING YOU UNTO ME—so that in the PLACE WHERE I AM, THERE YOU MAY ALSO BE.”

Just as the bridegroom prepares a room onto his fathers house for his bride so they can be together forever, is how The Bridegroom YESHUA goes to prepare an eternal home for us His bride Yisra’el.

Only the Father knows the day and hour

As the bridegroom goes back to his father’s house to prepare a place for his bride, he would be waiting for his father to tell him to go and get his bride, because only the father knew the day and the hour of the wedding, and the son did not know. This is why YESHUA says He does not know the day or the hour, NOT BECAUSE HE IS NOT EL (GOD) Himself, it’s just an illustration of YAHWEH and YESHUA staying true to the ancient Galilean wedding custom that the disciples would understand:

Matthew 24:36

“And no man knows the day and the hour, neither the messengers, NOR THE SON, but ONLY THE HEAVENLY FATHER.”

Also, the bride knew that the bridegroom would be coming to take her within that year, but she did not know exactly when he was coming, so she had to ready and WATCHFUL! Which is why YESHUA says:

Matthew 24:45-51 (Hebrew)

“And what do you think of a wise and faithful servant? His master sets him over all his company, that he should give them food in their time. Blessed is that servant whom his master finds WATCHFUL and doing so. Truly I say to you that he will set him over all his goods. But if the wicked servant will say in his heart, “My master will tarry long to come,’ and will begin to beat the other servants, and begin to eat and to drink with the drunkards, the master of that servant will COME IN A DAY THAT HE DOES NOT EXPECT, AND IN AN HOUR THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW. And he will remove him from his supervision and will place him with the deceivers, and there he will bear weeping and quaking of teeth.”

The bride also had to keep oil ready for her lamps just in case the bridegroom came at night. This is why YESHUA gives us the parable:

Matthew 25:1-13 (Hebrew)

“And then the heavenly kingdom will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to the path to the BRIDEGROOM and the bride. Five of them were foolish and five of them were wise. And the five foolish ones did take their lamps. And while the bridegroom DELAYED to come, all ten virgins slept for long—until the MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. A man shouted, ‘Get up! Behold the bridegroom is coming, go out to him to the path! Then all the virgins got up and LIT ALL THEIR LAMPS. And the foolish ones said to the wise ones, ‘Give us of your oil, for our lamps have gone out.’ But the wise ones answered and said, ‘Perhaps it will be not sufficient for us, go to the sellers and buy for yourselves.’ But as they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And those who were ready, entered with him into the wedding and the door was shut behind them. And afterwards came the foolish virgins, and cried, ‘Master, master, open for us! But He answered and said, ‘Truth I do not know who you are.’ Therefore you must be AWAKE, for you do not know the day and the hour.”

Just as the bride had to stay ready with lamps and oil, and even sleeping in her wedding dress because she did not now the day or the hour of the coming  of the bridegroom, is the same way we the bride of YESHUA must be ready because we also don’t know the day or the hour of His coming.

Coming for the bride

When the father finally tells the son that it is time for him to get his bride, the shofar is sounded and heard by all in the town which parallels:

Matthew 24:31 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“And  He will send out his angels with a GREAT SHOFAR; and they will gather together his chosen people from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”

Then the bride is picked up and put on a litter also known as a palanquin. A palanquin is defined by Oxford languages as “In India and THE EAST) a covered LITTER for ONE PASSENGER, consisting of a large box CARRIED on two horizontal poles by four or six bearers.”

Song of Solomon 3:7 (Aramaic Peshitta)

“Behold, the LITTER of Solomon is surrounded by sixty mighty men of the valiant of Israel.”

Amplified Bible

“Behold, it is the COUCH (PALANQUIN) of Solomon; sixty mighty men around it, of the mighty men of Israel”

NASB 1977 translation

“Behold, it is the TRAVELING COUCH of Solomon, sixty mighty men around it, of the mighty men of Israel.”

So, the bride is picked up, lifted into the air and placed on a litter, which parallels:

1 Thessalonians 4:16 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“For the Master Himself will come down from heaven with a rousing cry, with a call from one of the ruling angels, and with ELOHIM’S SHOFAR; those who died united with Messiah will be the first to RISE; then we who are left still alive will be CAUGHT UP WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS TO MEET THE MASTER IN THE AIR; and thus we will always be with the Master.”

So as bride is lifted up in the air and carried back to the fathers house of the bridegroom  for the wedding feast and to be with her husband forever, is how we will be lifted up in the air and carried back to His Father’s House for the marriage supper of the Lamb and to be with YESHUA forever.

The Marriage Supper

Once they bring the bride to the house of the father of the bridegroom is when the marriage supper takes place. Things are now in order for the second stage of the Hebrew wedding the consummation (Nisu’in).

Revelation 19:7-8 (Hebrew)

“Let us be glad and give Him honor, for the time of the WEDDING OF THE LAMB has come, and his wife prepared! And it was given to her to be clothed in fine linen, pure and good and beautiful.”

Once everyone is inside the door is shut!

Matthew 25:10

“But as they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And those who were ready, ENTERED with him into the wedding AND THE DOOR WAS SHUT BEHIND THEM.”

Genesis 7:16 (Aramaic)

“And they that ENTERED, males, and females of every living thing went in, as ELOHIM had commanded him. Then YAHWEH SHUT HIM IN.”

This is a representation of those who are in covenant with YAHWEH will enter into the wedding feast, just as those who were in covenant with Him entered into the ark. Those who did not make it into the wedding feast are outside the covenant and will perish, just as those who did not make it on to the ark were not in covenant with YAHWEH and perished.

Wedding feasts in ancient Yisra’el usually lasted for seven days:

Tobit 11:19

“And the WEDDING of Toviyah was kept SEVEN DAYS WITH GREAT JOY.”

Judges 14:1-17 (Seputagint)

Verse 1-2 “And Samson went down to Timnath and saw a woman in Timnath from the daughters of the Philistines. And he went up and told his father and his mother and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath from the daughters of the Philistines; and now take her for me AS A WIFE. Verse 10 “And his father went down to the woman and Samson made a banquet for SEVEN DAYS THERE, FOR SO THE YOUNG MEN ARE USED TO DO.” Verse 17 “And she (Samson’s wife) wept before him the SEVEN DAYS DURING WHICH THEIR BANQUET LASTED…”

Jubilees 28:8-9

“And Laban said to Jacob, “Let the SEVEN DAYS OF THE BANQUET of this one pass, and I will give you Rachel, that you may serve me another seven years, that you may pasture my sheep as you did in the former week.” And on the day when the SEVEN DAYS OF THE BANQUET of Leah had passed, Laban gave Rachel to Jacob, that he might serve him another seven years, and he gave Bilhah, the sister of Zilpah, to Rachel as a handmaid.”

I believe the seven-day theme is a representation of the Marriage Supper of the Lamb and it’s connection with Passover.

Revelation 19:9 (Hebrew)

“Then he said to me, “Blessed are those whom He calls to EAT THE FEAST WITH THE LAMB.”

The footnote for “The Feast” says literally the “EVENING MEAL”.  And as we know according to scripture we eat Passover on the EVENING of the 14th Day of the 1st month which is the start of the 15th Day of the 1st month which ties it in with The Feast of Unleavened Bread. This would match the words of YESHUA when He said:

Matthew 26:27-29 (Hebrew)

“And afterwards He TOOK THE CUP and did a prayer of thanksgiving, and gave it to them, and said, “DRINK THIS-all of you, for this is the blood of the new, which will be shed to atone for your iniquities. And I say to you faithfully that from now and onward, I WILL NOT DRINK OF THIS SMOOTHNESS OF THE VINE UNTIL THAT DAY THAT I WILL DRINK IT WITH YOU ANEW IN THE KINGDOM OF MY FATHER.”

This was during Pesach (Passover) when He said these words, which is a beautiful match with this verse:

Jeremiah 38:8 (Septuagint)

“See, I bring them from the north and will gather them from the end of the earth to THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER: and the people shall beget a great multitude and they shall return here.”

So, YESHUA will not drink the fruit of the vine until He sees us in His Father’s Kingdom and I believe that feast is Passover THE EVENING MEAL as we saw in The Hebrew Revelation 19:9. Ancient Hebrew wedding feasts lasted for 7 Days just like Passover which is connected to The Feast of Unleavened Bread also lasts for 7 Days.

Exodus 12:18 (Samaritan Torah)

“In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month AT EVENING (Passover), you shall eat unleavened bread, until twenty-first day of the month at evening.”

The evening of the 14th at sunset is the start of the 15th, so we see: the 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st is 7 DAYS like the 7 Day wedding feast.

I believe the connection to Passover is important because the perfect blood of the lamb was required for YAHWEH to PASSOVER AND PROTECT His people from death; likewise, this Passover the Marriage Supper of the Lamb shows that death PASSES OVER US FOREVER as we will be with Him for eternity.

Wedding feasts are celebrated with joy, just as we eat the Passover and celebrate it with joy:

Exodus 12:13 (Aramaic)

“For YAHWEH will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood upon the lintel and on the two side posts, YAHWEH will bring JOY to the doors and will not suffer the destroyer to come into your house to smite you.”

Jubilees 49:2

“For on this NIGHT-the beginning of the festival and the beginning of the JOY-you were eating the PASSOVER in Egypt, when all the powers of Mastema had been let loose to slay all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh to the first-born of the captive maid-servant in the mill, and to the cattle.”

Jasher 80:49

“And Bathia the daughter of Pharaoah went forth with the king on that night to seek Moses and Aaron in their houses, and they found them in their houses, eating and drinking and REJOICING with all Yisra’el.”

Also, just as all leavened bread which represents iniquity is removed out of our homes during during the Feast of Unleavened Bread, so we likewise will be without iniquity in the house of YAHWEH forever.

Jubilees 1:22-28

“And YAHWEH said to Moses, “I know their defiance and their thoughts and their stubbornness. And they will not be obedient until they confess their own iniquities and the iniquities of their fathers. And after this they will turn to Me in ALL UPRIGHTNESS and with ALL THEIR HEART and with ALL THEIR BEING, and I will circumcise the foreskin of their heart and the foreskin of the heart of their seed, and I will create in them a set-apart spirt, and I will CLEANSE THEM so that they SHALL NOT TURN AWAY FROM ME FROM THAT DAY TO ETERNITY. And their beings will cling to Me and to all My commands, and they will fulfill My commands, and I will be their Father and they shall be My children. And they all shall be called children of the living EL, and every messenger and every spirit shall know, yes, they shall know that these are My children, and that I am their Father in uprightness and righteousness. And that I love them. And you: write down for yourself all these words which I declare to you on this mountain, the first and the last, which will come to pass in all the divisions of the days in the Torah and in the witness and in the weeks and the jubilees to eternity, until I descend and dwell with them in all ages OF ETERNITY.” And He said to the messenger of the presence, “Write for Moses from the beginning of creation until My DWELLING-PLACE has been built among them for all eternity. And YAHWEH will appear to the eyes of all, and all will know that I am the ELOHIM of Yisra’el and the Father of all the children of Jacob, and King on Mount Zion for all eternity. And Zion and Jerusalem shall be set-apart.”

So, I ask you all, are you ready for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb? Or you walking in covenant with YAHWEH by trusting in His Son YESHUA and keeping the commandments of the Torah? If not, it’s time to drink the cup of joy which is the torah of joy, repent and enter into covenant with YAHWEH, because YESHUA will come at a time when you least expect it, and you do not want to have the door shut in your face and hear the words “I never knew you!” For those who are walking in covenant with YAHWEH, keep clinging to YESHUA and do not let go, stay awake and be ready by having  oil for your lamps as we await His return. HalleluYAHWEH!

As always may YAHWEH bless you all in YESHUA’s Name!

High-Shabbat: First Day of First month

The beginning of the year on YAHWEH’s calendar begins in the Spring (Aviv) when things like flowers and trees are coming back to life as they began to bloom again, and it begins to warm up outside. The New Year does not occur in the fall as Judaism falsely claims on their civil calendar, which they call Rosh Hashanah when things are beginning to die and it gets cold outside. This year on the Zadok Priestly Calendar the FIRST Day of the FIRST month will be on March 22nd. And this day is important because it is a High-Shabbat, a Day of Remembrance, a Feast Day, and the beginning of the spring season.

Exodus 12:1

“And YAHWEH spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, “This month is the BEGINNING OF MONTHS for you, it is the FIRST MONTH of the year for you.”

We are to blow the shofar at the beginning of every month; therefore, blowing the shofar would be included as a part of our observance for the First Day of the First Month.

Numbers 10:10

“And in the day of your gladness, and in your appointed times, and at the BEGINNING OF YOUR MONTHS you shall blow the trumpets over your ascending offerings and over your slaughtering’s of peace offerings. And they shall be a remembrance for you before your ELOHIM. I am יהוה (YAHWEH) your ELOHIM.””

Psalms 81:3

“Blow a shofar in the NEW MONTH, in the covering for the day of our festival.”

The First Day of the First month is the start of the spring season, so we are to blow the shofar, have a feast, and do no work because it is a HIGH-SHABBAT as it is recorded in the Temple Scroll that was found in the Dead Scrolls in cave #11.

Temple Scroll page 287-289 Column 14:9-11

“And on the FIRST DAY of the FIRST MONTH, THE FIRST OF THE MONTHS, which is the BEGINNING OF THE MONTHS of the year. Any laborious work you shall NOT DO-EXCEPT FOR WHAT IS TO BE EATEN by each person this only you may prepare for yourselves.”

This is the same directive we are given during the Feast of Unleavened Bread where our Father YAHWEH says we can cook on the first and seventh day of Feast of Unleavened Bread, because they are High-Shabbats, but we cannot work on those days, and the same applies to the first day of the first month.

Exodus 12:15-16 (Samaritan Torah)

“Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the FIRST DAY (HIGH-SHABBAT) you shall remove leaven from your houses. For whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day, and that soul shall be cut off from Yisra’el. And on the FIRST DAY( HIGH-SHABBAT) you shall have a set-apart reading, and a set-apart reading on the SEVENTH DAY (HIGH-SHABBAT). NO WORK at all shall be done on them, EXCEPT WHAT MUST BE EATEN by every soul, that alone may be PREPARED BY YOU.”

We can prepare food because it’s a feast day and it matches what we see being done in the following scriptures:

Jubilees 6:23-28

“And on the FIRST of the FIRST MONTH (Spring/March 22nd), and on the of the first of fourth month (summer), and on the first of the seventh month (fall), and on the first of the tenth month (winter) are the DAYS OF REMEMBRANCE, and the days of the seasons in the four divisions of the year. These are written and ordained as a testimony FOREVER. And Noah ordained them for himself as FEASTS for the generations FOREVER, so that they have become thereby a memorial unto him. And on the FIRST of the FIRST MONTH he was bidden to make for himself an ark, and on that (day) the earth became dry and he opened (the ark) and saw the earth. And on the first of the fourth month the mouths of the depths of the abyss beneath were closed. And on the first of the seventh month all the mouths of the abysses of the earth were opened, and the waters began to descend into them. And on the first of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen, and Noah was glad. And on this account he ordained them for himself as feasts for a memorial forever, and thus are they ordained.”

Jubilees 7:2-3

 “And in the seventh week in the first year, in the this jubilee, Noah planted vines on the mountain on which the ark rested, named Lubar, one of the Mountains of Ararat, and they produced fruit in the fourth year. And he made wine from them and put it into a vessel, and kept it until the fifth year, until the FIRST DAY, on the FIRST OF THE FIRST MONTH. And he celebrated with joy the day of this FEAST, and he made a burnt sacrifice unto YAHWEH, one young ox and one ram, and seven sheep, each a year old, and a kid of the goats, that he might make atonement thereby for himself and his sons.”

Genesis Apocryphon 12:13-15 (Found in the Dead Sea Scrolls cave #1)

“And I (Noah), with all my sons, began to cultivate the earth. I planted a large vineyard on Mount Lubar, and in the fourth year it produced much wine for me, and I brought down all the wine. When the FIRST FEAST came, on the FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH, which is in the FIRST MONTH…of my vineyard. I opened the vessel and began to drink from it on the first day of the fifth year.”

We currently don’t know exactly how the feasts were celebrated, but we can clearly see it was a feast day as recorded in Jubilees and Genesis Apocryphon, and a high-shabbat according to the Temple Scroll. Outside of the obvious of doing no work, I would suggest cooking good food on the grill or a good meal in general, remembering the events of the flood account by reading Genesis and Jubilees for the remembrance portion, recognizing it is the beginning of a new season, and blowing the shofar.

 I and others strongly believe it was the First Day of the First month when Saul was having a feast and David was going to go, which would show that they were familiar with the Zadok Priestly Calendar. However, it’s not clear as to why Saul held a three-day feast.

1 Samuel 20:5

“And Daviḏ said to Jonathan, “See, tomorrow is the CHODESH NEW MONTH, and I ought to be DINING with the king.. But let me go, and I shall hide in the field until the THIRD DAY at evening.”

1 Samuel 20:18

“Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is CHODESH (NEW MONTH), and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.”

1 Samuel 20:24

“And Daviḏ hid in the field. And when the CHODESH (NEW MONTH) came, the sovereign sat down by the food to EAT.”

Again, there is strong reason to believe it was the First Day of the First Month because on the Zadok Priestly Calendar the First Day of the First Month always falls on a Wednesday the fourth day of the week. So, in 1 Samuel 20:5 we read that David said he would hide for THREE days, and three days from Wednesday would be the 7th Day Shabbat (Wednesday night, Thursday night, and Friday night) just as it on the Zadok Priestly Calendar. The only reason David could not participate in the meal is because Saul intended to do David harm but was warned by Jonathan to flee. David was very familiar with the 364 Day Solar Calendar because he wrote a song for each day of the year. According to the book “The meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls” the solar calendar which is found in Enoch and Jubilees PREDATES the Qumran community and thus proving its ancient origin. In the “. Here is a description of the contents of the “Great Psalms Scroll”  which found in the Dead Sea Scrolls.  Wikipedia states:

The 364 songs for the daily sacrifice and other items (fifty-two Sabbath songs, and thirty songs for monthly offerings and festivals) show that this Psalter was arranged in accordance with the year, weeks, and months of the 364-day solar calendar. Thus David is associated with the calendar evident in the books of 1 Enoch and Jubilees, and used by the Yahad Essenes at Qumran and elsewhere.

David’s Compositions (11QPsa, col. 27:1–11)

Now David, son of Jesse, was wise, and he shined like the light of the sun. And he was a scribe, and discerning, and blameless in all his ways before ELOHIM and humankind. YAHWEH gave him a discerning and shining spirit, so that he wrote:

·         Psalms: 3,600.

·         Songs to sing before the altar over the daily perpetual offering for all the days of the year: 364.

·          For the Sabbath offerings: 52 songs.

·         For the new month offerings, all the festival days, and the Day of Atonement: 30 songs.

·         The total for all the songs that he composed was 446.

·         Also, songs for making music over people afflicted by demons:

·         And the sum total (Psalms and Songs) was 4,050.

·         All of these he composed through prophecy, which was given to him by the Most High.

Other events on the First Day of the First Month:

Jubilees 28:14

“And again Jacob went in to Leah, and she conceived, and bare him a third son, and he called his name Levi, on the FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH in the sixth year of this week.”

Exodus 40:1-2 (Samaritan Torah)

“And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, saying, on the FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH you shall set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting. And you shall put in it the Ark of the Testimony, and partition off the ark with the mercy seat. And you shall bring in the table and arrange the things that are to be set in order on it, and you shall bring in the menorah and light its candles. And you shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put up the screen for the gate of the tabernacle. And you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the gate of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting. And you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water therein. And you shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen at the court gate.”

Exodus 40:17 (Samaritan Torah)

“And it came to pass in the FIRST MONTH in the second year since their exodus from Egypt, ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, the tabernacle was raised.”

Animal sacrifices were required on the First Day of the First Month according to the Temple Scroll, so this was the start of them being able to do so now that the Tabernacle was being set up for the first time.

Temple Scroll page 287-289 Column 14:9-13

“And on the first day of the first month, the first of the months, which is the beginning of the months of the year. Any laborious work you shall NOT do-EXCEPT FOR WHAT IS TO BE EATEN by each person this only you may prepare for yourselves.” And you shall make a burnt-offering for YAHWEH: one male calf, one ram, seven yearling lambs, unblemished, and one goat for the purification offering besides the monthly burnt offering…”

The Tabernacle was set up in the BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR and makes me think of when YESHUA comes to reign on earth that it will be the BEGINNING OF NEW YEARS of Righteous rule from the Righteous King with Him reigning for 1,000 years in the Temple.

I pray that this helps you as we return to the ancient paths of worship and as always may YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

Was Torah given by ELOHIM or angels?

We read the Old Testament that ELOHIM gave the Torah to Moses on the mountain, but the New Testament says it was given by malachim (angels). What really happened? Is this a contradiction  as some have said?

Old Testament scriptures:

Exodus 31:18 (Samaritan Torah)

“And He gave to Moses, when He had finished speaking with him upon Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony written by the Finger of ELOHIM.”

Exodus 32:15-16 (Samaritan Torah)

“And Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands, tablets were written on both sides, they were written on one side and the other. And the tablets were ELOHIM’s work, and the writing was ELOHIM’s writing engraved on the tablets.”

Exodus 34:1 (Samaritan Torah)

“And YAHWEH said to Moses, cut out for yourself two tablets like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered.”

Deuteronomy 5:28 (Samaritan Torah)

“And you, stand here by Me, that I shall SPEAK to you all the commandments, the statues, and the judgments which you shall TEACH THEM, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess.”

Jubilees 1:4

“And Moses was on the Mount forty days and forty nights, and YAHWEH TAUGHT him what was and what will be, and the division of all the days of the Torah and of the witness.”

New Testament scriptures:

Acts 7:51-53 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“Stiff-necked people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You continually oppose the RUACH HA’KODESH (THE SET-APART SPIRIT)! You do the same things your fathers did! Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who told in advance about the coming of the Righteous, and now you have become his betrayers and murders! --- You!--- who receive the Torah as having been delivered by angels (malachim)—but do not keep it!”

Galatians 3:19 (Aramaic Peshitta)

“Then what is the use of the law (Torah)? It was added because of transgression, till the coming of the heir to whom the promise was made; and the law was given by angels by the hand of a Mediator.”

Hebrews 2:2 (Aramaic Peshitta)

“For if the word spoken by angels has been affirmed, and everyone who has heard it transgressed it has received a just reward…”

So, do we have a contradiction? Or is there something we may have missed? Let us examine further:

Jubilees 30:18 (Malach/Angel of the presence speaking)

“And the seed of Levi was chosen for the PRIESTHOOD and to be LEVITES, that they might minister before YAHWEH, AS WE DO (Malachim/angels), continually, and that Levi and his sons may be blessed forever….”

Another witness to this is the “Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice,” which was found in the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran. Eight manuscripts were found in cave #4 and one manuscript was found in cave #11. Here is a brief summary from ibiblio.org:

4Q403 (ShirShabbd)
Parchment
Copied mid-first century B.C.E
Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

“The Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice, also known as the “Angelic Liturgy,” is a liturgical work composed of thirteen separate sections, one for each of the first thirteen Sabbaths of the year. The songs evoke angelic praise and elaborate ANGELIC PRIESTHOOD, the heavenly temple, and the Sabbath worship in that temple.”

So, the malachim/angels minister in the heavens in a Priest and Levite role just as earthly Levites and Priests did in the temple on earth and of course YESHUA is the High Priest. Everything that is done on earth with YAHWEH’s people is a shadow of what is in the heavens, so it only makes sense that this would be the case.

Hebrews 8:3-5 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so this high priest too has to have something he can offer. Now if He were on earth, He wouldn’t be a priest at all, since there already are priests offering the gifts required by the Torah. But what they are serving is only A COPY AND SHADOW OF THE HEAVENLY ORIGINAL; for when Moses was about to erect the Tent, ELOHIM warned him, “See to it that you make everything ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN YOU WERE SHOWN ON THE MOUNTAIN.”

So, seeing that the Levitical priesthood is a copy of what is being done in the heavens, we can look at the role of priests and Levites. One of the roles of the priests and Levites was to teach the Torah to the people, so keep this in mind.

Deuteronomy 33:10 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“They (Levites) will TEACH Jacob Your rulings, Israel Your TORAH. They will set incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar.”

Nehemiah 8:9 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the COHEN (PRIEST) AND TORAH-TEACHER and the LEVITES WHO TAUGHT THE PEOPLE said to all the people, “Today is consecrated to YAHWEH your ELOHIM; don’t be mournful, don’t weep.” For all the people had been weeping when they heard the words of the Torah.”

So, we have Ezra who is the Priest and Torah teacher (As YESHUA is our High Priest who taught us how to walk out Torah as YAHWEH intended) and the Levites (As the angels are described in Jubilees 30:18) all teaching the Torah to the people.

Malachi 2:7-9 (Parenthesis mine)

“A COHEN’S (PRIESTS) lips should safeguard knowledge, and people should SEEK TORAH FROM HIS MOUTH, because he is the MESSENGER OF YAHWEH (Jubilees 30:18 malachim/angels are also messengers) of YAHWEH. But you turned away from the path, you caused many to fail IN THE TORAH, you corrupted the covenant of LEVI,” says YAHWEH-Tsva’ot (Hosts). Therefore I have in turn made you contemptible and vile before all the people, because you did not keep MY WAYS but were partial in APPLYING THE TORAH.”

Leviticus 10:8-11 (Samaritan Torah)

“And YAHWEH then spoke to Aaron (high priest), saying, do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, that you will not die. It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations. And to make a distinction between the set-apart and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean (Ezekiel 22:26). And to TEACH the Sons of Yisra’el ALL THE STATUES (LAWS) which YAHWEH has spoken to them THROUGH MOSES (TORAH).”

Testament of Rueben 6:8

“Therefore I command you to listen to LEVI, because he will KNOW THE TORAH OF YAHWEH, and will give STATUTES for judgment and will slaughter for all Yisra’el until the end of the times, as the anointed High Priest, of whom YAHWEH spoke.”

Testament of Levi 9:6-7

“And Isaac called me (Levi) continually to put me in remembrance of the Torah of YAHWEH, even as the messenger of YAHWEH showed me.” And he taught me the Torah of the priesthood, of slaughtering’s, ascension offerings, first-fruits, freewill offerings, and peace offerings.”

Testament of Levi 14:3-4

“For as the heaven is purer in the sight of YAHWEH than the earth, so also you (sons of Levi) should be, as the LIGHTS OF YISRA’EL, purer than all the nations. But if you are darkened through transgressions, what, therefore, will all the nations do, who live in blindness? Yes, you will bring a curse upon our race, because the LIGHT OF THE TORAH-which was given to LIGHTEN EVERY MAN- you desire to destroy by teaching commands contrary to the judgments of ELOHIM.”

How does scripture define light?

Proverbs 6:23

“For the command is a lamp, and the TORAH A LIGHT.”

So, the Levites were chosen to be LIGHTS OF YISRA’EL by teaching Israelites the TORAH which is LIGHT.

So, what is the conclusion? Our ELOHIM gave the Torah to Moses and wrote it with His finger, but the malachim/angels were also present and were helping to teach the Torah to Moses which is one of the roles of priests and Levites, and a role they serve in the heavens. But let’s add one more layer to this it will become even clearer. Going back to this scripture from Paul shows it:

Galatians 3:19 (Aramaic Peshitta)

“Then what is the use of the law (Torah)? It was added because of transgression, till the coming of the heir to whom the promise was made; and the law was given by angels by the hand of a Mediator.”

Who is the Mediator?

1 Timothy 2:4 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“He wants all humanity to be delivered and come to full knowledge of the truth. For ELOHIM is ONE, and there is but ONE MEDIATOR between EL and humanity, YESHUA the Messiah, Himself human, who gave himself as a ransom on behalf of all, thus providing testimony to ELOHIM’s purpose at just the right time.”

Testament of Dan 6:1-2

“And now, fear YAHWEH, my children, and beware of Satan and his spirits. Draw near to ELOHIM and to the MESSENGER that MEDIATES for you, for He is a MEDIATOR BETWEEN ELOHIM AND MAN, and for the peace of Yisra’el He will stand up against the kingdom of the enemy.”

YESHUA is the Mediator! Also an Malach/Angel was ONE of His manifestations that we see in Exodus 23:20-21, the Angel who had the power to forgive transgressions and YAHWEH’s Name in Him as YESHUA means YAHWEH is Salvation.

John 1:29 (Hebrew Gospels)

“And on the next day Yochanan (John) saw YESHUA who came unto him; and he said, “Behold, this is EL (God), who takes away the iniquities from the world.”

John 1:35-36 (Hebrew Gospels)

“And on another day, Yochanan and two of his talmidim (disciples) stood again, looking at YESHUA as He walked and said, “Behold the MALACH (Angel) of YAHWEH.”

All of this matches when we connect it back to Acts when Stephen was speaking:

Acts 7:38 (Parenthesis mine)

“This is the man (Moses) who was in the assembly in the wilderness, accompanied by the MALACH (ANGEL) that had SPOKEN TO HIM AT MOUNT SINAI and by our fathers, the man who was given LIVING WORDS (10 COMMANDMENTS) to pass on to us.”

Therefore, we see that YESHUA (The High Priest) gave the Torah to Moses written by His finger and the angels in their roles as Levites/Priests were with Him teaching Moses the Torah, and there is no contradiction, but rather a complete picture of what occurred on the mountain.

As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

Women should be silent! What does this mean?

The words of Paul in 1 Timothy 2:12-14 and 1 Corinthians 14:34 has caused much confusion and has been interpreted several different ways, many have been extreme saying a woman should not speak at all, and others ignore these scriptures all together and have women leading the congregation.  So, we will examine what Paul is really saying using the Aramaic scriptures and prayerfully clear up the confusion surrounding these passages. As I have already stated in the message titled “Wives submit to your husbands!” I listed many witnesses from the scriptures that women should not preach, lead a congregation, nor have authority over a man. Men and women have different roles within a marriage and within the Body of Messiah and must be followed according to the hierarchy that the scriptures outline for us. So, what do we make of Paul’s writings when he says a woman should be silent in the congregation?

1 Corinthians 14:33-34 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“For ELOHIM is not a ELOHIM of unruliness but of shalom (peace). As in all the congregations of ELOHIM’S people, let the wives REMAIN SILENT when the congregation meets; they are certainly not permitted to SPEAK OUT. Rather, let them remain subordinate, as also the Torah says (Genesis 3:16); and if there is something they want to know, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is shameful for a woman to SPEAK OUT in a congregational meeting.”

Notice Paul says she is not allowed to SPEAK OUT! So what does not speaking out mean? Let’s examine another scripture.

1 Timothy 2:11-14 (Lamsa’s Aramaic Peshitta)

“Let the woman LEARN IN SILENCE with all subjection. I do not think it seemly for a woman to DEBATE PUBLICLY or otherwise usurp the authority of men, but she should be silent. For Adam was formed first, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and she transgressed the law.”

1 Timothy 2:11-12 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“Let a woman LEARN IN SILENCE, with all submission: for I do not allow a woman to teach or to be assuming over the man; but let her remain in STILLNESS.”

Stillness is defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary as “as in silence, incapacity for OR RESTRAINT from speaking; as in quietness.”

As we see in both letters from Paul is that the directive is during a congregational setting, which means that a message was being preached to the assembly. This is why Paul says that the woman must “learn in silence”, meaning she is listening to the message being delivered and thus “learning” from what is being preached.   Also, the other key words that were mentioned was that a woman should “not debate publicly” nor “speak out” in the congregation.

So, the message that is being conveyed by Paul is one we have to view from the Hebraic lens of how they conducted themselves in the assembly. During a congregational meeting the pastor would preach to the assembly and the men would ask questions or possibly interrupt the speaker when there was something they did not understand which would qualify as a form of debating, which is why the Aramaic stated “debate publicly”; however, a woman could not interrupt the speaker and get involved in the discussion. In other words, when brothers and sisters come together in the congregation and a message is being preached, then the woman should learn in silence and if she disagrees with something that is said or does not understand it, then she is not allowed to “speak out” which means to “publicly debate” with the congregational leader. She is to wait until they leave the assembly and ask her husband at home. To be fair not everyone woman is married and have no husband to ask; therefore, she would be able to ask the pastor or elders outside of the congregational meeting and they should make themselves available to answer their questions.

 If Paul meant that a woman could not speak at all, then how would she be able to prophesy (which is not teaching), pray, sing or teach the young women and children? That would contradict what he wrote in Titus.

Titus 2:2-5 (Aramaic English New Testament)

“And so also the elder women that they be in behavior as is becoming to the Fear of ELOHIM; and not be slanderers; and not be addicted o much wine; and to be TEACHERS of beautiful things, making the younger women to be modest, to love their husbands and their children, to be chaste and Set-Apart and to take good care of their households and to be obedient to their husbands, so that no one may reproach the Word of ELOHIM.”

Footnote #3 in the Aramaic English New Testament says “The concern in 1 Timothy seems not so much about WOMEN SPEAKING, but to NOT SPEAK OUT OF TURN WHILE THE OFFICAL LEADER IS TEACHING. Surely, such action is disrespectful universally; neither is it normal for men to be given such liberty. Shaul encourages the older and spiritually mature women to both teach and be examples for the YOUNGER WOMEN, as they are able to help safeguard young men and women from “worldly lusts.” We don’t see endorsement of women CONGREGATINAL LEADERS in Paul’s writings, but we certainly do see encouragement for women to exercise leadership in modesty and be Set Apart unto YHWH.”

Adam Clarke writes concerning 1 Corinthians 14:34 “It is evident from the context that the apostle refers here to ASKING QUESTIONS, and what we call dictating in the assemblies. It was permitted to any man to ASK QUESTIONS to object, altercate, attempt to refute in the synagogue, but this was NOT allowed for women. St. Paul confirms this reference also to the Christian church; he orders them to keep silence; and, if they wished to learn anything, let them inquire of their husbands at home; because it was perfectly indecorous for women to be CONTENDING WITH MEN IN THE PUBLC ASSEMBLIES, on points on doctrine, cases of conscience, etc. But this by no means intimated that when a woman received any particular influence from ELOHIM to enable her to teach, that she was not to obey that influence; on the contrary, she was to obey it, and the apostle lays down directions in chap. 11 for regulating her personal appearance when thus employed. All that the apostle opposes here is their questioning, finding fault, disputing, etc…”

This matches exactly what is written in the Aramaic that a woman should not debate publicly but to learn in silence and Clarke also says that this does not mean a woman could not say anything at all and references 1 Corinthians 11, which is about praying and prophesying, not about teaching and we have seen that Paul says that women should teach the women and children. This cannot contradict what Clarke wrote saying “what we call dictating in the assemblies”. Dictating is defined by Collins dictionary as to prescribe or command forcefully, to impose or give orders with or as with authority, to give orders or instructions arbitrarily, which is not the role of a woman to be a congregational leader.

So, in conclusion Paul is saying that a woman should not have authority over a man and that she cannot ask questions during a gathering/congregational meeting because she should not debate publicly; therefore, she is to present her questions to her husband at home. And for anyone who dismisses Paul and writes him off as a false apostle, I want to point out that Polycarp was a direct disciple of John who walked with YESHUA, and he endorsed Paul in Chapters 3, 9, and 11 in his letter to the Philippians in 108 AD. So, we have ancient witnesses confirming that Paul was legit.

 I pray that this has cleared up any confusion and that we all continue to return to the ancient paths of worship as our ancestors did.

As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

Is drinking alcohol wrong?

1 Corinthians 6:9

“Don’t you know that unrighteous people will have no share in the Kingdom of ELOHIM? Don’t delude yourselves-----people who engage in sex before marriage, who worship idols, who engage in sex after marriage with someone other than their spouse, who engage in active or passive homosexuality, who steal, who are greedy, WHO GET DRUNK, who assail people with contemptuous language, who rob---none of them will share in the Kingdom of ELOHIM.”

As we see in Paul’s letter to the assembly of Corinth is that drinking was not the problem, but drunkenness is, and that no drunkard will not inherit the kingdom of ELOHIM.

1 Peter 5:8

“Stay SOBER, stay alert! Your enemy, the Adversary, stalks about like a roaring lion looking for someone do devour.”

How can you be sobered minded when you are drunk? When you are drunk you are not in the right state of mind just like getting high, which means you not able to think rationally and this opens the doorway for Satan to tempt you into transgression.

Drinking was allowed

Psalms 104:15 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“WINE that gladdens the human heart, oil to make faces glow, and food to sustain their strength.”

Deuteronomy 14:26 (Samaritan Torah)

“And you may spend the money for whatever your soul desires, for bulls, and in sheep WITH WINE, OR STRONG DRINK, or whatever your soul desires.”

Deuteronomy 14:26 (Complete Jewish Bible)

“And exchange the money for anything you want—cattle, sheep, WINE, OTHER INTOXICATING LIQUOR, or anything you please---and you are to eat there in the presence of YAHWEH your ELOHIM, and enjoy yourselves, you and your household.”

The etymology for the word wine is #H3196 “Yayin”, Brown-Driver’s Brigg’s says wine is from an unused root meaning to effervesce. And effervesce which is defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary as bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes. Dictionary.cambridge.org defines it as to emit bubbles, as certain kinds of LIQUIORS; to effervesce, as sparkling wine. Strong’s says: From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine (as FERMENTED); by implication INTOXICATION-banqueting, wine, wine bibber.

The etymology for Strong drink is #H7941 “Shekar” pronounced (Shay-kawr) and defined by Brown-Driver’s-Brigg’s as strong drink, INTOXICATING drink, FERMENTED, or INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Strong’s definition is an intoxicant, that is, intensely alcoholic liquor-strong drink, drunkard, strong wine.

Numbers 6:1-4 (Samaritan Torah)

“And YAHWEH spoke to Moses, saying, speak to the Sons of Yisra’el and say to them, when a man or woman makes a special vow of a Nazirite, to dedicate himself to YAHWEH, he shall abstain from WINE AND STRONG DRINK. He shall drink no vinegar, made from wine or strong drink, nor shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh or dried grapes. All the days of his naziriteship he shall not eat anything that is produced by the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin.”

The Nazirite vow in the Torah shows that wine and strong drink were only forbidden during the time of the vow, which proves that if someone was not taking a Nazarite vow that they would be able to drink wine and strong drink.

So, as we see in the Torah that wine and strong drinks were allowed by our ELOHIM; however, He does not permit you to drink to become drunk. All fermented/intoxicating drinks CAN LEAD to drunkenness if one does not know how to control himself. Other scriptures prove this to be true.

Deuteronomy 21:18-20

“If a man has a stubborn, rebellious son who will not obey what his father or mother says, and even after they discipline him he still refuses to pay attention to them; then his father and mother are to take hold of him and bring him out to the leaders of his town, at the gate of that place, and say to the leaders of his town, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious, he doesn’t pay attention to us, lives wildly, GETS DRUNK.”

Testament of Judah 11:1-2

“And I knew that the race of the Kana’anites was wicked, but the impulse of youth blinded my mind. And when I saw her pouring out wine, I was deceived BECAUSE OF INTOXICATION FROM WINE, and took her, although my father had not counselled it.”

Testament of Judah 14:1-8

“And now, my children, I say to you: do not be DRUNK WITH WINE, for wine turns the mind AWAY FROM THE TRUTH, and inspires the passion of lust, and leads the eyes into error. For the spirit of whoring has wine as an attendant to give pleasure to the mind; for these two also take away the mind of man. For if a man DRINKS WINE TO DRUNKENNESS, IT DISTURBS THE MIND WITH UNCLEAN THOUGHTS which lead to whoring, and heats the body to fleshly union. And if the cause of the lust is present, he works the iniquity, and is not ashamed. Such is the DRUNK MAN, my children; for he who is DRUNK does not respect anyone. For behold, it (wine) caused me to also ERR, so that I was not ashamed of the multitude in the city, in that before the eyes of all I turned aside to Tamar, and I worked a great transgression, and I uncovered the covering of my sons’ shame. After I had drunk wine I did not respect the command of ELOHIM, and I took a woman of Kana’an as wife. For the man who drinks wine NEEDS MUCH DISCRECTION, my children; and here is discretion in drinking wine: A MAN MAY DRINK SO LONG AS HE PRESERVES MODESTY. But if he goes BEYOND THIS LIMIT, the spirit of deceit attacks his mind, and it makes the DRUNKARD to speak uncleanness, and to transgress, and not to be ashamed, but even to esteem in his shame, and to think himself honorable.”

The drunkard speaks uncleanness by being verbally abusive and he is not ashamed because the alcohol has given him liquid courage and he/she spews out words from his or her mouth that they cannot take back. Some people are unaware of their actions until they are told after they have sobered up. Also, what Judah describes about how alcohol heats up the body to fleshly union can cause people to fornicate. If you can drink in moderation and not become drunk or it does not lead to other transgressions then drinking is not wrong, but if you cannot control yourself when you drink then it is wrong for all the reasons outlined! I personally saw what it did to me, so I obeyed the words of YESHUA and removed what made me stumble out of my life.

Matthew 5:29-30 (Hebrew)

“Surely, if your right eye offends (causes you to stumble), take it out and remove it far from you, for it is better for you that one member perishes, than for all the body to be punished. And if your right hand offends, cut it off and remove it far from you, for it is more appropriate to you that one member perishes than for all the body to be punished forever.”

Testament of Judah 16:1-5

“Observe, therefore, my children, the RIGHT LIMIT IN WINE; for there are four evil spirits in it: lust, heated passion, wickedness, and greed. If you drink wine in gladness, be MODEST IN THE FEAR OF ELOHIM. For if in your gladness the fear of ELOHIM departs, then DRUNKENNESS arises and shamelessness sneaks in. BUT IF YOU WANT TO LIVE CAUTIOUSLY, DO NOT DRINK WINE AT ALL, lest you transgress in words of outrage, and in fighting’s and slanders, and transgressions of the commands of ELOHIM, and you die before your time.”

Judah reiterates that if you are going to drink to do it in moderation and in the fear of YAHWEH, but once that fear of ELOHIM departs is when you become drunk, which then leads to lusts, heated passions, wickedness, slander, and greed. Others start fights are filled with words of outrage and these would be classified as the angry drunks. If this is you when you drink then alcohol is not for you, because you are transgressing against the Torah, why? All these actions are OPPOSITE of the love which the Torah is.

Testament of Issachar 7:3

“I did not drink wine to be led astray by it. I did not covet any desirable thing that was my neighbor’s.”

1 Timothy 3:1-3

“Here is a statement you can trust: anyone aspiring to be a congregation leader is seeking worthwhile work. A congregation leader must be above reproach, he must be faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, orderly, hospitable and able to teach. He must NOT DRINK EXCESSIVELY or get into fights…”

Paul did not say the elders/congregational leaders or the deacons could not drink, he said they should not drink excessively, which means becoming drunk.

1 Timothy 5:23

“Stop drinking water; instead, use A LITTLE WINE for the sake of your digestion and because of your frequent illnesses.”

Titus 1:7

“For an overseer, as someone entrusted with ELOHIM’s affairs, must be blameless---he must not be self-willed or quick-tempered, HE MUST NOT DRINK EXCESSIVELY (Aramaic says “Not excessive in WINE”)…

Sirach 31:25-31

“Do not show your bravery in wine; for wine HAS DESTROYED MANY. The furnace proves the edge by dipping: so does wine the hearts of the proud by DRUNKEDNESS. Wine is as good as life to a man, IF IT IS DRUNK MODERATELY: what life is then to a man that is without wine? For it was made to make men glad (Psalms 104:15). Wine measurably drunk and in season brings gladness of the heart and cheerfulness of the mind. But wine drunk with EXCESS makes bitterness of the mind, with FIGHTING AND QUARRELING. DRUNKENNESS increases the rage of a fool until he offends: it diminishes strength and makes wounds. Do not rebuke your neighbor drinking wine and do not despise him in his joy: give him no despiteful words and do not press on him with urging to drink.”

Many people will rebuke their neighbors for drinking when it is not supported in the scriptures, rather their personal convictions have become another man’s law! I personally do not drink for the reasons stated above, but I would never tell anyone that it is wrong when it is not.

In conclusion, we see that drinking is NOT FORBIDDEN in the scriptures, the only thing that is forbidden is drunkenness because we see the aftermath of drunkenness is transgression and we know that drunkards will not inherit the kingdom. So, if you know how to drink in moderation then enjoy the beautiful gift that YAHWEH created to make the heart glad, but if you cannot control yourself then you must let it go.

As always may YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

PAGAN roots of CHRISTMAS!

Through the mercy and love of our Father YAHWEH and His Son YESHUA many brothers and sisters have awakened to the truth about the pagan origins of X-mas; however, there is a need to address this topic again because many believers who are seeking the truth are being led astray by false teachers. To see more about the pagan origins of the satanic holidays that Christians are celebrating today, please visit yeshuasavesall.com and go to the free store link and download the free “Spiritual Detox” book. I’ll be covering an article from a historian, some facts about Xmas, the origins of Santa Claus, and do atheist celebrate X-mas.

Ezekiel 22:26

“Her priests have done violence to My Torah, profaned by set-apart things, MADE NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SET-APART AND COMMON, NOT DISTINGUISHED BETWEEN THE UNCLEAN AND CLEAN, hidden their eyes from My Shabbats, and PROFRANED ME AMONG THEMSELVES.”

The pastors of Christianity have not distinguished between the unclean and the clean. And the majority of the world is profaning the Name of YAHWEH with these unclean demonic celebrations.

Jeremiah 23:11, 15 (Aramaic Peshitta)

“For both prophets and priests have BECOME PAGANS; yea, even in My house have I found their wickedness, says YAHWEH.” Verse 15 “Therefore thus says YAHWEH of hosts concerning the prophets: behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink bitter water; for from the prophets of Jerusalem PAGANISM has gone forth throughout all the land.”

The unexpected origins of popular Christmas traditions

DECEMBER 25, 2018 / 9:05 AM / CBS NEWS

Though December 25 is the day Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the date itself and several of the customs we've come to associate with Christmas actually evolved from PAGAN TRADITIONS celebrating the winter solstice. 

"Christmas is really about bringing out your INNER PAGAN," historian Kenneth C. Davis told "CBS This Morning." According to Davis, Christmas was celebrated as early as the fourth century, SUGGESTING THAT IN HAD ALMOST NOTHING TO DO WITH JESUS CHRIST.”

The historian Kenneth Davis says plainly that Xmas is about celebrating your inner pagan and had nothing to do with YESHUA. Remember the scriptures above from Ezekiel and Jeremiah about the pagan priests and prophets that YAHWEH did not like?  Xmas is a pagan satanic celebration, so how can it be for our Messiah when this is a direct violation of His word?

Deuteronomy 12:1-4, 29-31

“Here are the laws and rulings you are to observe and obey in the land YAHWEH, the ELOHIM of your ancestors, has given you to possess as long as you live on the earth. You must destroy all the places where the nations you are dispossessing served their mighty ones, whether on high mountains, on hills, or under some leafy trees. Break down their altars, smash their standing-stones to pieces, burn up their sacred poles completely and cut down the carved images of their mighty ones. Exterminate their name from that place. But you are NOT TO TREAT YAHWEH YOUR ELOHIM THIS WAY.” Verses 29-31 “When YAHWEH your ELOHIM has cut off ahead of you the nations you are entering in order to dispossess, and when you have dispossessed them and are living in their land. Be careful, after they have been destroyed ahead of you, not to be trapped into FOLLOWING THEM; SO THAT YOU INQUIRE AFTER THEIR MIGHTY ONES and ask, ‘HOW DID THESE NATIONS SERVE THEIR MIGHTY ONES? I WANT TO DO THE SAME.’ You must not do this to YAHWEH your ELOHIM! For they have done to their mighty ones all the abominations that YAHWEH HATES! They even burn up their sons and daughters in the fire for their mighty ones!”

YAHWEH says plainly not to worship Him as the pagans do and not even to inquire about how the pagans worshipped their false mighty ones because you will want to do the same! Yet, that is exactly what is happening today, Christians are recreating pagan rituals that YAHWEH has forbidden and then reasoning in their hearts and minds as to how they can take pagan worship that YAHWEH hates and claim they are doing it to worship Him! He says “You shall not do this to YAHWEH your ELOHIM!” So how can it be justified?

 Jeremiah 10:2

“Do NOT LEARN THE WAY OF THE GENTILES…”

YAHWEH says do not learn the way (the religion and the behavior) of the gentiles/pagans, yet as the historian said, those that celebrate Xmas are unleashing their inner pagan, thus you have learned the way of pagans! This cannot be justified at all and shows a complete rebellion against the Creator that you claim to serve! This is blatant idolatry and breaks the first commandment.

Article continued: "In ancient Rome there was a feast called Saturnalia that celebrated the solstice. What is the solstice? It's the day that the sun starts coming back, the days start getting longer. And most of the traditions that we have that relate to Christmas relate to the solstice,  which was celebrated in ancient Rome on December 25. So when Christianity became the official religion in a sense, in Rome, they were able to fix this date. ... There's a little discrepancy about it but there's no question that the fact that it was celebrated in Rome as an important day with gift giving, candle lighting, and singing and decorating houses really cemented Christmas as December 25."

ANOTHER CUSTOM WE CAN THANK PAGANS FOR? CHRISTMAS TREES. Davis explained that the evergreen trees signaled the "return of life" and "light" as the winter solstice meant the days were starting to get longer.

"They started to hang an apple on it, so little red balls on green trees — get the picture here? (Davis here is hinting that the apples hung on the trees eventually turned into ORNAMENTS AND BALLS hung on the x-mas trees today and are just recreating pagan rituals) ... So all of these things celebrate the idea that life and light are coming back into the world, which is essentially what Christmas means to Christians around the world."

Mistletoe, though, that was started by the Druids, who believed it was an all-powerful healing item from the sacred oak tree.

"If you met someone in the forest you gave them the sign of peace under the mistletoe so people started to hang mistletoe above their doorways as a symbol of peace. This was such a POWERFUL SYMBOL OF PAGANISM that English churches actually BANNED the use of it," Davis said.

Davis also pointed out that the very first instance of a "war on Christmas" actually dates back to the Puritans in the mid-17th century.

"They knew all of these things, the date, the traditions, were PAGAN IDEAS. The Puritans banned Christmas for 20 years in America before the celebration became just too popular."

Psalms 106:20

“Thus they changed My esteem into the form of an ox that eats grass.”

YAHWEH says that the children of Yisra’el changed His esteem, His set-apartness into an image of an ox that they could physically see and said this is what brought us up out of Egypt. The Christians have attempted to change The Esteem of YAHWEH into a corruptible Xmas tree and Santa Claus, and with vain reasoning’s in their heart claim it’s for the birth of our Messiah!

Facts about Xmas

YESHUA was not born during the winter season, Luke gives us an indicator around the time He was born.

1.      Luke 2:8

“And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.”

 If the shepherds were living out in the field keeping watch over their flock at night, we can determine it was not cold outside as it is in December; therefore, we can estimate His birth to be in the late summer or early fall. More likely it was near or during the Appointed Times on YAHWEH’s calendar, which would either be The Feast of Tabernacles or Shavuot (Pentecost), we simply do not know for sure, so how can Christianity apply the 25th as the day?

 So, if YESHUA was not born on December 25th then who was? Ezekiel 8:14 tells us whose birth is being celebrating on this day. Ezekiel 8:14 says “Then He (YAHWEH) brought me (Ezekiel) to the entrance to the north gate of the house of YAHWEH and I saw women sitting there, mourning for Tammuz. He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this.” The women were weeping for the pagan mighty one Tammuz who died when he was 40 years old. When Nimrod died his mom/wife needed to secure her reign as the Queen of Babylon (Queen of Heaven). So after deifying Nimrod as Baal the sun deity she had to find a way to make Nimrod live again and bring him back to the people. So Semiramis consulted with her astrologers and they told her the sun dies on December 21st (the shortest day of the year) but comes back to life on the eve of December 24th. She decided to say that the sun god Nimrod impregnated her with the rays of the sun on March 25th and 9 months later on December 25th she gave birth to Tammuz which is Nimrod reincarnated. She then ordered the pagans to go into the groves (forest) and place a gift on a tree to honor Nimrod.

2.      The church in Rome began formally celebrating Christmas on December 25 in 336, during the reign of the emperor Constantine. As Constantine had made Christianity the effective religion of the empire, some have speculated that choosing this date had the political motive of weakening the established pagan celebrations. Why Is Christmas in December? | Britannica And we know that Constantine changed the true Shabbat from the 7th Day of YAHWEH to Sunday the first day of the week, the day of the sun, so Constantine was no stranger to paganism and has Christians engaging in it today.

3.        12 Days of Xmas comes from a 12-day feast of Saturnalia. Chaldeans call December 25th Yule Day which means “day of the infant” and that infant is Tammuz found in Ezekiel 8:14. Definition of Yule, dictionary.com says (noun) Christmas, or the Christmas season. Origin of Yule: First recorded before 900; Middle English yole, Old English geol, geol(a) “Christmas day, Christmastide”, cognate with Old Norse jol, the name of the PAGAN WINTER FEAST LASTING 12 DAYS, LATER APPLIED TO CHRISTMAS; akin to Gothic jiuleis.

Interesting Santa Claus was known as the YULE FATHER! This link to this information will be included in the next section.

4.       Santa comes from a pagan deity named Odin, who traveled around the world on a white horse with 8 legs. (That is where the idea for the 8 reindeer came from and Rudolph was added later). He would go around with dark helpers known as black jacks or Krampus which looked like demons. If you were good Odin would give gifts but if you were bad the Krampus would beat the children. They later changed these demonic helpers into harmless looking elves. This deceives the world and the origin of it all, the world willfully accept what is put before them without looking for the truth and the end result is deception. This tradition is still being carried out today where people will dress up as these demonic Krampus and scare children.

Santa is Odin | L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library (ecpubliclibrary.info) adds this: Santa is Odin

December 20, 2021/in Blog, Curiosities, Special Interest/by Bradley, Reference Services

You heard me! Santa has been heavily influenced by traditions surrounding Odin, the Norse god of the Norse gods, a.k.a. the Allfather. As I write this, I imagine many readers with a cock-eyed expression indicating a skepticism that the two seemingly different beard-laden individuals could have much in common aside from their facial hair. The truth is, there can be little doubt that Odin’s lore has factored into Santa as we know him today.

Here’s the down and dirty on the comparisons.

Santa Clause

·        Flies around in December for Christmas to bring gifts to good children.

·        Has eight reindeer pulling his sleigh.

·        Is the most visually iconic figure of Christmas, symbolizing giving, joy, and peace.

·        Before Coca-Cola popularized the jolly, jiggly Santa we all know today, Santa was depicted thin as often as chubby, and usually donned brown, blue, or red robes.

·        Has elves who make toys for children.

·        Sometimes referred to as Father Christmas. (We only have ONE FATHER AND THAT IS YAHWEH ELOHIM)

 Odin the Allfather

·        Flew around in December for Yuletide to head off the Wild Hunt. He knew who had been bad and good and hunted down or abducted those who deserved it.

·        Had an eight-legged horse, Sleipnir, that pulled his sleigh.

·        Was the most iconic figure of Yuletide, a holiday that celebrated hospitality, feasting, and gift-giving.

·        Is often depicted wearing either blue or brown robes.

·        Elves and dwarves (Christmas elves seem to be an amalgamation of the two) originate from Norse Mythology and are known as amazing creators.

·        Was referred to as Yule Father. (This ties into the definition given in the third bullet point regarding the paganism of YULE!

 Though it’s quite obvious that Santa has influence from Odin, we can’t ignore some of the other obvious influences such as Saint Nicholas of Myra and the Dutch Sinterklaas.

A few other traditions that Christmas has borrowed from Norse tradition include tree decoration, mistletoe, and wreaths.

Information from this post was gathered from both my personal interest in the subject and this article. The article contains more details with comparisons between the two as well as many references to more resources on the subjects of Odin, Santa Claus, and Norse Mythology.”

Consider this: Atheist do not want anything to do with YESHUA or religion, yet they don’t find it offensive to their beliefs to celebrate the same day as a Christian! Why? Because as an unbeliever they know that X-mas has no connection to the truth and that should be alarming. If any atheist is celebrating Xmas and a Christian is also celebrating Xmas, how can we tell you apart? We can’t! Simply put you look just like the world and we can’t tell the difference between a believer and a non-believer!

In an article from Atheists Celebrating Christmas - SpiritCrossing says:

Another option is to accept that the modern Christmas has little or nothing to do with Jesus anyway and that it is mostly a selling opportunity for businesses and corporations. Every trick in the book is used to pressure people into spending as much money as possible in the ‘holiday season’. If an atheist can find something to celebrate among the rampant consumerism, then they can celebrate it by loading up their credit cards, the same way Christians do.

A third option is to accept that Christmas has always been more to do with PAGAN TRADITIONS than with Christmas and that almost all the traditions of Christmas have nothing to do with Christianity at all. Evergreen trees and holly were symbols of the WINTER FESTIVAL LONG BEFORE CHRISTIANITY since these plants did not lose their leaves and appear not to ‘die-off’ during the long northern European winters. Similarly, the Yule log is part of a Nordic festival of 12 days of general feasting, partying and drinking, probably in honor of Yolnir, who was later called Woden and then Odin.

Christmas, just a winter festival

Christmas is basically a winter festival that was hijacked first by Christians, and which has since been hijacked by greedy capitalists out to make as much money from it as they can.

Christmas is more concerned with the winter solstice than with the birth of a baby 2000 years ago. It is rather odd that Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus anyway since they normally celebrate the death (especially martyrdom),

Even the atheists understands that we are to remember YESHUA’s death which is why we observe Passover!

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

“For what I received from the Master is just what I passed on to you that the Master YESHUA, on the night He was betrayed, took bread; and after He had made the blessing He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you. Do this as  A MEMORIAL TO ME”; likewise also the cup after the meal, saying, “This cup is the New Covenant effected by My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, AS A MEMORIAL TO ME.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you PROCLAIM THE DEATH OF THE MASTER, UNTIL HE COMES.”

Article continued: “Such as those of the saints, and of course, Jesus. Winter festivals have long been connected with birth – the birth of the invincible sun, Natalis Solis Invicti – the name given to the celebrations in 274 CE by pagan emperor, Aurelian, in a year when the winter solstice fell on December 25th. The winter solstice was also celebrated by many other pagan groups in Europe, and the celebrations included those of Mithras, the sun. In the darkest, shortest days of winter, the return of the sun and longer days was celebrated.”

I pray that this truth has opened up the eyes of anyone who wants to celebrate this pagan day and know that it is not of YAHWEH at all! As time is running out on this earth, it’s time to repent and follow YESHUA in truth! As always, may YAHWEH bless you in YESHUA’s Name!

What is the Name of the SON?

As I explained in the message last week about the Name of our Father in heaven, the exact same things have occurred with the Name of the Son of YAHWEH. Over the past few years, I have gotten emails, comments on the YouTube page, and comments on TikTok concerning His Name and the claims are that “YESHUA” the way I spell and pronounce His Name is the part of a Jewish conspiracy, that I’m “blotting out His Name”, that I’m calling on a false Messiah and that Yahshua and the many other variations are the true Hebrew Names for our Savior! Are these claims and accusations true? Again, I have brothers and sisters who call our Messiah by a different Name because as I stated in the last message we are all brothers and sisters in the Body of Messiah. The false claims about YESHUA have exceeded that of our Father’s Name, so this message just like the last one isn’t one of judgment, rather it is about addressing the false claims with the truth.

 I explained why I say YAHWEH and YESHUA in my testimony and will continue to use these Names, so I will by provide evidence from research to support it, and prayerfully this will address the statements, comments, and confusion surround His Name. We will discuss 4 points, the ancient pronunciation of His Name and that Yeshua and Yehoshua are interchangeable, His Name in Hebrew and Aramaic, examining Yahshua form and the year it was first used, and the supposed conspiracy theory name cover up.

1.      In the Complete Jewish Bible, Restored Names Septuagint, The Scriptures 2009, and the Jewish Publication Society Bible all spell Joshua’s name as “Yeho’shua” not “Yaho’shua”, I will be covering the Yahshua form of the name in point #3. Yeho’shua means “YAHWEH is Salvation” and YESHUA is the shorted form of Yeho’shua which also means “YAHWEH is Salvation”, for example my brother’s name is Clifton, but I call him Cliff for short.

Furthermore the names “Yehoshua” and “YESHUA” are interchangeable in scripture so let’s view some examples:

Joshua 1:1 (Restored Names Septuagint and TS2009)
“And it came to pass after the death of Mosheh, that YAHWEH spoke to YEHOSHUA THE SON OF NUN…”

Nehemiah 8:17 (Restored Names Septuagint and TS2009)
“And all the congregation who had returned from the captivity made booths and dwelt in booths: for the children of Yisra’el had not done so from the days of YESHUA THE SON OF NUN until that day…”

Ezra 3:2 (Restored Names Septuagint and TS2009)
“Then YESHUA stood up the son of Yotzadak and his brothers the priests and Zerubbavel the son of She’alti’el….

The same high priest named “Yeshua” in Ezra 3:2 is called “Yehoshua” in Zechariah.

Zechariah 3:1,4 (Restored Names Septuagint and TS2009)
“And YAHWEH showed me YEHOSHUA the high priest standing before the malach (angel) of YAHWEH and Satan stood at his right hand to resist him.” Verse 4 Now YEHOSHUA was clothed in filthy garments and stood before the malach.”

Joshua 1:1 (Complete Jewish Bible)
“And it came to pass after the death of Moshe the servant of YAHWEH,  YAHWEH spoke to Y’HOSHUA THE SON OF NUN…”

Nehemiah 8:17 (Complete Jewish Bible)
“The entire community of those who had returned from the exile made sukkot and lived in the sukkot, for the people of Isra’el had not done this since the days of  YESHUA THE SON OF NUN until that day…”

Ezra and Zechariah in the Complete Jewish Bible read just like all the other versions showing that YESHUA and YEHOSHUA are interchangeable.

Hebrewgospels.com writes in the glossary of the Good News of Matthew “YESHUA Hebrew Name for ‘Jesus’. ‘YESHUA’ is short for ‘YEHOSHUA,’ which means ‘YHWH is Salvation,’ see Mat. 1:21.

The Aramaic English New Testament footnote #1 for Matthew Chapter 1 writes “The name Y’SHUA is short for Y’HOSHUA and means YAHWEH is Salvation. The giving of names in Israel is a prophetic act. His name Y’shua therefore carries great prophetic insight regarding the office and identity of Mashiyach.”

Whenever you see a name in Hebrew written in a form such as “Y’shua” the pronunciation is Yeshua, because the apostrophe represents the “eh” sound.

Also, the Jewish Publication Society Bible (1917) version, it lists the chapters of all the books, and list the Nevim (The Prophets) as Yehoshua – Joshua. Jewish Bible (JPS 1917) - Yehoshua Chapter 1 (hareidi.org)

Jewish Bible (JPS 1917) (breslov.com)

So, after presenting all the witnesses and evidence that YEHO’shua and YEShua are interchangeable in the scriptures and all translated the same way, how can Sacred Name Bibles change the original pronunciation? An example of this is

Joshua 1:1 (Halleluyah scriptures)
“And it came to be, after the death of Mosheh, the servant of YAHWEH, that YAHWEH spoke to YAHOSHUA Son of Nun, the assistant of Mosheh saying…

Nehemiah 8:17 (Halleluyah scriptures)
“And the entire assembly of those who had come back from the captivity made booths and sat under the booths, for since the days of YESHUA son of Nun until that day…”

We have seen that Yehoshua and Yeshua have been consistent and interchangeable in every manuscript listed and Hebrew speakers/scholars have verified this. Even in the Halleluyah scriptures version “Yeshua” remained intact in Nehemiah 8:17, so if “Yahoshua” was the original name wouldn’t it be translated as “Yahshua” in Nehemiah 8:17 and not Yeshua? This further shows that YESHUA is the Name He was given as it is the short form of Yehoshua. Again, I will go into more detail about this in point #3. Also, I have no issues with the team at Halleluyah scriptures as they are beautiful people that I have known for a while, I simply proving the point with evidence.

2.      YESHUA is His Name in Hebrew and Aramaic:
David Stern the translator of the Complete Jewish Bible writes in his commentary on Matthew “YESHUA the Messiah” is rendered as “Jesus Christ” in other English versions, as if the man’s first name were “Jesus” and his last name “Christ.” Neither is the case. “YESHUA” is Jesus name in HEBREW AND ARAMAIC, the LANGUAGES HE SPOKE; in his thirty-some years on earth people called him YESHUA. The word “Jesus” represents the EFFORTS of English-speakers to pronounce the name of the Messiah as it appears in the Greek manuscripts of the New Testament, “Iesous”---yee-soos in Modern Greek, perhaps yay-soos in ancient Koine Greek, which began to displace Aramaic as the lingua franca of the Near East after Alexander’s conquests (331-323 B.C.E). In turn the word “Iesous” represents the ancient Greek-speakers ATTEMPTS at pronouncing “YESHUA” By using Hebrew “YESHUA” throughout, the JNT (Jewish New Testament) calls attention to the JEWISHNESS of the Messiah.” Mattityahu 1 chapter Jewish New Testament and comments of David H. Stern (kifakz.github.io)

torahportions.ffoz.org writes “The angel told Joseph to name the baby boy Jesus. But the angel was NOT SPEAKING GREEK and did not use the Greek version of the Name. The HEBREW/ARAMAIC version of the Name Jesus is YESHUA, and yeshuah is a Hebrew word that means Salvation…” Jesus, Jeshua, Joshua, Yeshua, Yehoshua | Gospel Insights | Torah Portions (ffoz.org)

Jersusalempotter.biz sells tiles with the ancient inscription of YESHUA on them: YESHUA, the Name of Jesus as it was written in His time writes on their website “The Hebrew Name of Jesus-YESHUA-as it was written on an ossuary dating from the time of Jesus, found in a rock cut tomb in the vicinity of Jerusalem. The HEBREW AND ARAMAIC name “YESHUA”, Jesus, is a late form of the Hebrew “Yehoshua”, and was a very common name during the first century. The meaning of the name YESHUA is “YAHWEH is Salvation”, or “YAHWEH Saves”, and is alluded to in Matthew 1:12 and Luke 2:21. YESHUA therefore refers to the Savior and was one of the Christian ways of naming and identifying Jesus.” Yeshua - the name of Jesus in Aramaic as written in His time (jerusalempottery.biz)

In David Sterns introduction of the Complete Jewish Bible xxxvi writes “The Hebrew Name YESHUA (Yod, Shin, Waw, Ayin) is the masculine form of the word yeshua’ah (Yod, Shin, Waw, Ayin, Hey----“Salvation”), is based on the same root (yod, shin, ayin) as yoshia, which means “he will save.”

As David Stern points out that YESHUA is the Name for our Savior in Hebrew and YESHUA’AH which is pronounced exactly the same way but adds the Hebrew letter “Hey” at the end of it and means “Salvation”, so technically regardless of how anyone speaks Hebrew when they read the word salvation they will be using the “yeshua’ah” form and when the Name of the Son of YAHWEH is read it’s YESHUA without the “H” in Hebrew and Aramaic. This matches what we read from the website about from torahportionsffoz.org which said “The HEBREW/ARAMAIC version of the Name Jesus is YESHUA, and yeshuah is a Hebrew word that means Salvation. More proof of this is from an article by Jewish voice which says:

“Have you ever wondered how YESHUA (Jesus) would have written His Name? The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls is written in the form of Hebrew used in the Second Temple era. This would have been the familiar Hebrew to Yeshua and His Talmidim (Disciples).

Recently, an ossuary box was found in Israel (the same box mentioned from the               article above from Jersusalempotter.biz) that some believed to be the burial container for James, the brother of Yeshua. Although the authenticity was questioned, it was identified as from the 2ND TEMPLE PERIOD by the FORM OF HEBREW THAT WAS USED.

Below, we have written some familiar words for you in this ancient form of Hebrew.

(A picture is included here, but it is in the email link) “On the left is the modern form of Hebrew and on the right is the 2nd Temple form. Our first word is “YESHUA.” Yeshua would not have written His Name as it is seen in the left column (Modern). He would have written it as you see it on the right (Paleo).

Our second word is “Salvation.” Note how similar it is to “YESHUA.” In fact, it is pronounced “Yeshu-ah!” (The picture shows YESHUA spelled as Yod, Shin, Waw, Ayin and Salvation spelled similarly as Yod, Shin, Way, Ayin, Hey) Matthew 1:21 says: “She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him YESHUA, [which means ‘ADONAI saves’] because he will save his people from their sins.” God would not have spoken to His People in Greek but rather in Hebrew, which reveals the nature and purpose to which Yeshua was born! How would Yeshua (Jesus) have written His Name? | Jewish Voice

 
So, we see that during the second Temple period YESHUA’s Name was written in Hebrew script and pronounced YESHUA and yeshua’ah a word similar to YESHUA means “salvation”. Jeff Benner from ancient-hebrew.org writes “The name Joshua is written as יהושע (yehoshu'ah, Strong's #3091) and is the name/word יה (yah, Strong's #3050, a form of the name/word YHWH) and the word ישועה (yeshu'ah, Strong's #3444) meaning "rescue." The name then means, "Yah is rescue." The Aramaic form of the Hebrew name יהושע is ישוע (yeshu'a, Strong's #3442), the name many use for the name "Jesus" which is the Latin transliteration of the Greek Iesous, which is the Greek transliteration of the ARAMAIC YESHUA, which is the Aramaic transliteration of the Hebrew Yehoshuah.” Hebrew Word Definition: Salvation | AHRC (ancient-hebrew.org)

3.      Is His Name “Yahshua” because He came in His Father’s Name?

99% of those who have commented or emailed use the argument that YESHUA came in His Father’s Name and point to John 5:43 which says “I have come in My Father’s Name, and you don’t accept Me; if someone else comes in his own name, him you will accept.” However, “I have come in My Father’s Name” is MISSING in the Hebrew manuscript! Hebrewgospels.com says:

John 5:43 says
“I came into the world FROM MY FATHER, but you do not receive Me; if another one comes into his world, you will receive him.”

 So based off the authentic Hebrew text versus the Greek text, the doctrine of the “Yah” having to be placed in front of YESHUA’s Name never would have existed. But for argument sakes lets address this point of view. Even if YESHUA did say He came in His Father’s Name, He would be saying that He came in His Father’s authority, why? Because YESHUA means YAHWEH is Salvation and YAHWEH sent His Son into the world to die for our transgressions. So based off of the logic that is being used for YESHUA having to have “YAH” in the beginning of His Name, let’s view another example:

1 Samuel 25:5-10 (Complete Jewish Bible)
“David sent off TEN YOUNG MEN with these orders: “Go up to Naval in Karmel, and bring him greetings FROM ME. Say, ‘Long life and shalom (peace) to you, shalom to your household, and shalom to everything that is yours! I’ve heard that you now have shearers. Your shepherds were with us for a while, we did them no harm, and they found nothing missing all the time they were in Karmel. Ask your own men; they will tell you. Therefore, receive my men favorably, since we have come on a festive day. Please give what you can to your servants and to your son David.” On arrival, David’s men said all these things to Naval IN DAVID’S NAME…”  
So those who argue for YESHUA having to be YAH-shua because He came in His Father’s Name would mean that the same concept would have to be applied here. This would mean that all TEN of the men David sent that came in HIS NAME would have to have “Dave” or “David” in front of all ten of their names! And we know this is not true by the context alone. We can see that those ten men came in David’s authority and that it has nothing to do with adding his name to theirs.

Also, another point is that in the 1611 KJV the translators translated YESHUA’s Name as “Iesous” pronounced “Yay-soos” which means they were attempting to capture the “Yeh” in “Yeshua”, notice the name was not pronounced “Yah-soos?” If His Name was pronounced Yahshua, then the translators would have tried to capture the “Yah” sound but they did not .

Scholars and those who know the Hebrew language, grammar and rules all say the same thing. In an article written By Dr. Nicholas J. Schaser, Dr. Eli Lizorkin-Eyzenberg and Dr. Yeshaya Gruber titled “Was “Yahshua” the real Name of Jesus?” writes

“Despite the assertion of some that Jesus’ Hebrew name should be spelled “Yahshua,” there is absolutely NO EVIDENCE for this name in any known ancient Hebrew or Aramaic sources. In the Judeo-Greek language of the New Testament, “Jesus” is written as Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous). Translated back into HEBREW/ARAMAIC, the name is YESHUA (ישׁוּע) or Yehoshua (יהושׁוע).” The name Yeshua (ישׁוּע) was common in the Second Temple Period and appears almost thirty times in the Hebrew Bible as well (e.g., Ezra 3:2; Neh 3:19; 1 Chron 24:11). “Yeshua” (Jesus) is a shortened version of “Yehoshua” (Joshua). If Yehoshua (יהושׁוע) means “the Lord (YAHWEH) saves”, then Yeshua (ישׁוּע) means either “he [i.e., the Lord] saves” or simply “salvation.” In fact, Judeo-Greek does not distinguish between “YESHUA” and “YEHOSHUA,” transliterating both as Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous or “Jesus”).

We see the writers in this article state that there is no evidence for the name “Yahshua” in ANY known ancient Hebrew or Aramaic sources and further verifies that YESHUA is the short form of Yehoshua, the point that was made in bullet point #1.

The same article concludes with “The main issue is this: while the name “Yeshua” is WIDELY ATTESTED in Jewish sources, the spelling/pronunciation of “Yahshua” is NOT ATTESTED at all. In the end, we must agree that even though it may sound appropriate for “Yah to save” from a theological perspective–and thus to speculate that Jesus’ name might have been “Yahshua”– until some evidence is found to the contrary, the name “Yahshua” exists in the hypothetical realm alone; that is, “Yahshua” is only a real name in the minds of those who argue for it.” Was "Yahshua" the Real Name of Jesus? - Israel Bible Weekly (israelbiblecenter.com)

Next is a long article, so I won’t quote the entire article but only go through the highlights that he is making and I’ll leave the link for your viewing. The Messiah's Hebrew Name: "Yeshua" Or "Yahshua"? (yashanet.com)

 The Messiah's Hebrew Name: "Yeshua" Or "Yahshua"? by Dr. Daniel Botkin writes:
“The Messiah’s Hebrew name is usually transliterated as either Yeshua or Yahshua. Under normal circumstances I would not bother to write an article about something as trivial as the difference between the vowel sounds "e" and "ah." There is a need to address the subject, though, because some people who use the Yahshua form say UNTRUE things about those who use the Yeshua form. The opponents of the Yeshua form claim that this pronunciation is the result of a Jewish conspiracy to hide the Savior’s true name. Those who call the Messiah Yeshua are accused of perpetuating a Jewish conspiracy and "denying His name" or "degrading Him" by their use of the Yeshua form. If you have never read or heard these outlandish accusations, you probably will eventually. From time to time I receive personal letters to this effect.” (This sounds exactly like what I said happens to me in the introduction).

“The proponents of the Yahshua form claim that the Messiah’s name was the same as Joshua’s, written [vwhy or [wvwhy (Strong’s #3091). The only problem is that neither of these Hebrew spellings of Joshua’s name can possibly be pronounced "Yahshua." The third letter in Joshua’s name (reading from right to left) is the letter vav (w) and a vav cannot be silent. The letter vav must be pronounced as either a "v" or an "o" or an "u." (In the case of Joshua, it takes an "o" sound, giving us "Ye-ho-SHU-a." Strong’s confirms this pronunciation.) For a name to be pronounced "Yahshua," it would have to be spelled [wv--hy, and no such name exists anywhere in the Hebrew Bible. You don’t have to just take my word for it, though. Dr. Danny Ben-Gigi says of the Yahshua form that "there is no such name in Hebrew" and that "people INVENTED it to fit their theology."[1] Dr. Ben-Gigi is an Israeli and the former head of Hebrew programs at Arizona State University. He is the author of the book First Steps in Hebrew Prayers, and he designed and produced the "Living Israeli Hebrew" language-learning course. Dr. David Bivin, a Christian, says that the Yahshua form "is rooted in a misunderstanding."[2] Dr. Bivin is a renowned Hebrew scholar and teacher and author of Fluent Biblical Hebrew.”

“I do not know of a single individual that knows Hebrew well enough to actually read it and understand it and converse in it who uses the Yahshua form. Please do not misunderstand. A person does not need to know Hebrew and Greek linguistics in order to be spiritual. (I agree) However, if a person is going to take it upon himself to instruct others about subjects of a linguistic and Hebraic nature, he should know the Hebrew language and he should know some basics about linguistics. This is especially true if he is going to use his Hebrew-based linguistic teachings to accuse his brethren of being part of a "Jewish conspiracy" to "deny the true name of the Messiah." I agree with this statement and why I wanted to address the issue because as someone who says YESHUA did not point the finger at those who use another version of His Name, it has always been the other way around, so this is to verify the truth only.

Article continued: “To people who actually know Hebrew – people like Dr. Ben-Gigi, Dr. Bivin, and others – it is very obvious that those who insist on the Yahshua form know very little about the Hebrew language. The only Hebrew that most of these self-appointed scholars know is what they can learn from a Strong’s Concordance.[3] Strong’s is a great study tool and a fine place to start, but it is NOT a means by which a person can learn the Hebrew language.”

So where did the transliteration Yahshua come from? This form of the name can be traced back to the beginnings of the Sacred Name movement, a movement that grew out of the Church of God, 7th Day, in the LATE 1930s. I have in my files an article entitled, "A Brief History of the Name Movement in America" by L.D. Snow, a Sacred Name believer.[5] According to this article, "John Briggs and Paul Penn were the FIRST to pronounce and use the name Yahshua" (emphasis Snow’s). This was in 1936 and in 1937, the article states. No information is given about how Briggs and Penn came up with this (mis)translation.” The Messiah's Hebrew Name: "Yeshua" Or "Yahshua"? (yashanet.com)

So the question is, after all the evidence that shows when our Messiah walked the earth 2,000 years that His Name was pronounced YESHUA, how could it have been “Yahshua” which was invented in 1936 or 1937 by the Church of God? Or any other variation?

According to torahportions.ffoz.org “By the way, it’s properly pronounced Y’shua (Yeshua), not YAH-Shuah. Some teachers MISTAKENLY suppose the Master’s Name should properly be pronounced “YAH-shua,” thereby emphasizing the theistic element of His Name. That’s NOT how Hebrew or Aramaic work. When people pronounce our Master’s Name as YAH-shua, they demonstrate ignorance of biblical languages and Jewish nomenclature. If one feels it’s important to keep the theistic element of the name intact, the correct Hebrew version is Yehoshua, i.e., Joshua of Nazareth.” Jesus, Jeshua, Joshua, Yeshua, Yehoshua | Gospel Insights | Torah Portions (ffoz.org) And as demonstrated in the first bullet point is that Yehoshua and Yeshua are interchangeable.

 The Jews know His Name and use it in a blaspheme!
4. As we have seen YESHUA is His Name and spelled Yod, Shin, Waw, Ayin! Jews who have rejected YESHUA blaspheme His Name by saying “YESHU” without putting the “A” on the end, this proves that they know His Name as another form wasn’t used like “YAHSHU”; therefore there is no conspiracy cover up for the Name YESHUA. Oneforisrael.org writes:

HOW JESUS IS KNOWN AND WHAT HE IS CALLED IN ISRAEL

“Sadly, for many long years among Hebrew-speaking Jewish people, Yeshua has been known as “Yeshu”, which is an acronym for a curse: “yimakh shemo ve zikhro” which means, “May his name and memory be obliterated”. So much suffering and persecution has been inflicted upon Jewish people in the name of Yeshua that his very name has become a stumbling block and offense, and now he is often considered one of the enemies of the Jewish people. This word “Yeshu” is made of three Hebrew letters – Y-Sh-U (ישו), but it is missing the last letter of his name – the “Ah” sound. This last letter is called an “Ayin” (ע), which, rather interestingly, means “eye”. It’s almost as if without the “ayin” they cannot see, but when the “ayin” is added, sight comes to the blind.

Yeshua is commonly called Yeshu here in Israel, but there are some academics who call him Yeshua, and funnily enough, one particularly extremist group who sprayed anti-Messianic graffiti on a church, declaring that Yeshua was a monkey, actually spelled his name correctly! But sadly he is often referred to as Yeshu haNotzri, which means “curses on Jesus-the-Christian”. In Israel, he is usually seen as gentile, Christian, and ‘other’. But Jesus wasn’t a Christian – he wasn’t a Christ follower – he was Christ himself! The Jewish Messiah! Jesus wasn’t a Christian, Mary wasn’t a Catholic, and John wasn’t a Baptist: They were all Jewish! While “Notzri” is the Hebrew word for “Christian”, it actually means one from Nazareth (Natzeret in Hebrew). It would be more accurate to say Yeshua me Natzeret – Yeshua from Nazareth. It’s close, but worlds away in Israeli perception. Christ is the Greek word for Messiah, so Jesus Christ really means Yeshua the Messiah.” Jesus vs. Yeshua? - ONE FOR ISRAEL Ministry

As stated in the article that when the “A” from YESHUA is removed it causes them to be spiritually blinded. The “A” in Hebrew is “Ayin” which means “Spiritual sight and vision” to “watch, know, shade” or to “have the Word and the Spirit converge in your soul”, thus by removing the Ayin off of YESHUA shows that they are spiritually blind as they cannot SEE that YESHUA is the Son of YAHWEH who died for them.

1 Corinthians 1:18
“For preaching of the cross (execution stake) to those who have gone astray is foolishness; but to us who are saved it is the power of ELOHIM.”

As always may our Father YAHWEH bless you all in YESHUA’s Name!

The Name of our Father in heaven!

Over the past few years, I have gotten a lot of emails, comments on the YouTube page, and comments on TikTok concerning the Name of our Father, some of the comments were shared with love and others have not been so loving. The claim they are making is that YAHWEH is not the Name of our Father, that I’m worshipping a false mighty one and some even go as far to say that the name belongs to Satan. This is a serious accusation, and it must be discussed because blasphemy is not to be taken lightly, please see Leviticus 24:10-14. This message is not coming from a place of judgment as I have brothers and sisters who call our Father by another Name. I’ve always said that once we trust in YESHUA and keep the commandments of the Torah, then we ALL brothers and sisters in the Body of Messiah. However, since the comments are increasing it is best for me to address the issue on why I call our Father YAHWEH and will continue to, versus having to continually address it through emails and comments.. So, when these claims are being made against our Father in heaven then I must share the truth.

As, I explained in my testimony video, the first thing YAHWEH did was show me His Name and once I called up the Name of YAHWEH and YESHUA versus saying “Jesus” and “God,” He responded with a supernatural experience and that night changed my life forever because I know it was a true encounter from our Creator. However, I know that my personal experience will not mean anything to the majority, so what I’m going to do is list proof from research concerning His Name and leave links for them all to be viewed and studied at your leisure. Prayerfully this will shed some light on the issue and address the comments I have been getting, always with love. Here are the 7 points:

1.      Hebrewgospels.com has a 15 part series/study confirming the Name of YAHWEH, they have extensive knowledge in Hebrew language and their work dispels the lies about the pagan origins that many say are behind His Name, they expose teachings of a teacher who is reading Hebrew from left to right versus right to left, and they back up everything they present by breaking down His Name using Hebrew grammar and rules that the western reader is unfamiliar with and they test every argument that arises by using the oldest Hebrew manuscripts. I’ll leave a link for the videos, and I would highly recommend you watch the entire 15-part teaching because they do not take any short cuts and explore every possible angle from a Hebraic perspective and have come to one conclusion. Here is a direct quote on their website concerning His Name: “As for pronunciation, the ONLY grammatically possible pronunciation, from which all abbreviations/contractions can be formed, is ‘Yah-weh.’
Video: https://youtu.be/FatR_eE6zMU
Website: Discover the Pronunciation of the Creator's Name, YHWH | HebrewGospels.com

2.      One of the oldest proofs of the Name of YAHWEH is from what we know as the Soleb inscription, located in modern day Sudan and written in Egyptian Hieroglyphics dated to 1,500 BC which is over 3,400 years old. In a book written by Donald Redford a “Secular scholar,” which means he is someone who has no bias concerning The Name of our Father, writes in his book titled “Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times”, writes “For half a century it has been generally admitted that we have here the Tetragrammaton. The Name of the Israelite God, ‘YAHWEH’; and if this be the case, AS IT UNDOUBTEDLY IS, the passage constitutes a most precious indication of the whereabouts during the late fifteenth century B.C. of an enclave revering this God.”
 Joel Kramer, visited this site to confirm what was written in this book and he and all scholars have agreed as to what the Egyptian Hieroglyphs say. This is a quick break down and I’ll leave the videos below as he does a way better job of explaining it: The first hieroglyph says “land”, the second row of 3 hieroglyphs says “Shazu” which translates as Nomads. The third row contains 4 hieroglyphs (The first is a “Y”, the house is pronounced as “ah” the noose/rope is a “W”, and the bird is “Eh”, which is pronounced as YAHWEH! All together the inscription reads: Land of the Nomads of YAHWEH! At the end of 1,500 BC the children of Yisra’el were nomads as they were wandering in the wilderness, so it matches the scriptural chronology.
Videos: https://youtu.be/jlCBKSRlgD8
  https://youtu.be/yXIo5Cp7_jc

3.      In 2019 Dr. Scott Stripling and his team found an ancient discovery which is a folded tablet known as the “Curse Tablet,” dating to the late Bronze Age, during the time of Joshua. The inscription not only shows the authenticity of the scriptures, but it also reveals the Name YAHWEH in the Ancient Hebrew Otiot pictograph script before the Paleo Hebrew. The tablet says:
“Cursed, Cursed, Cursed--
  Cursed by the (EL) GOD YAHWEH
  Cursed, Cursed, Cursed
  Cursed you will surely die,
  Cursed by YAHWEH--
  Cursed, Cursed, Cursed.”

The curse tablet represents a binding document, a covenant between the Israelites and the ELOHIM of Yisra’el and the only question the researchers have is whether Joshua wrote this himself or a scribe. This account is found in:

Joshua 8:30-35

“Then Joshua built an altar to YAHWEH ELOHIM of Yisra’el in mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of YAHWEH commanded the children of Yisra’el, as it is written in the book of the Low of Moses (Deuteronomy 27:1-9), an altar of unhewn stones upon which no man has lifted up any iron instrument; and they offered thereon burnt offerings to YAHWEH, and sacrificed peace offerings. And he wrote there upon the stones of the altar a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Yisra’el. And all Yisra’el and their elders and their scribes and their judges stood on the side of the ark, and on that side the priests and the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of YAHWEH, the natives as well as the sojourners; half of them toward mount Gerizim, and half of them toward mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of YAHWEH had commanded, and they should bless the people of Yisra’el as before. And afterward Joshua read all the words of the law, the blessings and the cursing’s, according to all that is written in the book of the law. There was not a word of all that Moses commanded which Joshua did not read before all the congregation of Yisra’el and before the women and the little ones and sojourners who were among them.”

Videos: https://youtu.be/zjqmUTN1RTE
https://youtu.be/VDD92qp_lfQ

4.      The Aramaic English New Testament says on page 4, footnote #11 “YHWH Yud-Hey-Vav-Hey, pronounced YAH-WEH is the Name of the Most High ELOHIM. ““To vocalize the Name YHWH, breathe in slowly while saying “YAH”, then breathe out while saying “WEH”. Andrew Gabriel Roth the translator of the Aramaic English New Testament has a 2-hour video breaking down the Name of our Father here:
https://youtu.be/9ZFP02mAHlQ

5.      Encyclopedia Britannica writes, “Although Christian scholars after the Renaissance and Reformation periods used the term Jehovah for YHWH, in the 19th and 20th centuries biblical scholars AGAIN BEGAN to use the form YAHWEH. Early Christian writers, such as St. Clement of Alexandria in the 2nd century, had used a form like YAHWEH, and this pronunciation of the tetragrammaton was NEVER REALLY LOST. Many Greek transcriptions also indicated that YHWH should be pronounced YAHWEH.” Link to the entire article is here: Yahweh | YHWH, Adonai, Elohim, Meaning, & Facts | Britannica

6.      The Samaritans who are from the Northern Kingdom of Yisra’el whose ancestry is that of Ephraim and Manasseh call our Father “Shehmaa” which means “The Name”, just as Jews say “Hashem” which also means “The Name”, but that doesn’t mean that neither of them knows His Name, they choose not to say His name out of tradition. And this article is proof of that:

In an article written on April 28, 2006 states “I came across an interesting article by James A. Montgomery, scholar of Samaritanism, called Notes From the Samaritan Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 25, No. 1 (1906) , pp. 49-54. The article concerns a witness to a 19th century Samaritan pronunciation of the tetragrammaton. At the outset, Montgomery mentions that 5th century Church theologian Theodoret preserved in writing a Samaritan pronunciation of the tetragrammaton. It was as follows: Iota-alpha-beta-epsilon (edit: evidently I can't use Greek characters in blogger) or Iota-alpha-beta-alpha-iota (Yabe or Yabai). Of course the usual caveats about transliterating Hebrew into Greek apply (Greek doesn't share the same consonants, so many of them are simply ignored--like the ה (Hey) in this case-- or transposed into what the transcriber considers to be the closest match). What is interesting is that the ו (waw) is written with a beta, which would mean that to Theodoret's ears the ו(waw) was pronounced as a consonant and probably like how we pronounced the letter v and not w. Montgomery then notes that Samaritans actually tended not to pronounce the tetragrammaton at all, like Jews, but rather they substituted the word shema (in the sense of שם, the Name, just as we say השם, Hashem). This fact is readily confirmed by perusing articles on the web site by and about the Samaritans.

It seems that in the early 1800s French scholars who were carrying on a correspondence with Samaritans were trying to get them to tell them how the word was pronounced, which they were reluctant to do. But in a letter to Silvestre de Sacy one of them spilled the secret: he wrote in vocalized Arabic characters something like Ya'-ha'-waw-ha' (again, can't do Arabic, apparently) which is Yahwa or Yahwe in English. De Sacy himself apparently didn't notice the potential signifigance of this--he hadn't been asking anything about the pronunciation.

It was later noticed, and compared by scholars with Samaritan rhyming hymns. To one scholar, Emil Kautzsch, these rhymes suggested that the final consonant was Yahwe, rather then Yahwa. (It is interesting to note that Kautzsch cited the rhymes found in R. Wolf Heidenheim's Bibliotheca Samaritana. R. Heidenheim is the one Grade A maskil who is cited as a source in Artscroll's Stone Chumash). Other scholars pointed out that other rhymes favored the other pronunciation, with an a at the end. So no conclusion could be drawn, especially since in the popular Samaritan pronunciation the consonants of the tetragrammaton would be read shema, which means that the rhymes probably were meant for that word.”
This article was inconclusive on whether it’s YAHWEH or YAHWA and there are no other variations mentioned. As written in the article James Montgomery the Samaritan scholar said it was “YABE” with the “B” pronounced as a “V” which would make it YAH-VEH which is closer to YAH-WEH.
Article: On the Main Line: How do Samaritans pronounce the tetragrammaton, י-ה-ו-ה?


7.      The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible records a note in Genesis 22 which says “Since, according to the Bible itself, the Name YAHWEH-----translated “LORD” in most modern editions of the Bible----was later revealed to Moses in the book of Exodus (3:13-15), students of the Pentateuch have long debated the use of YAHWEH in the book of Genesis. A common solution suggest that an early author/editor indiscriminately used the term in his copying of the text. 4QGen-Exod----sure to fuel the debate afresh---“replaces” the term YAHWEH in Genesis 22:14 with more common Hebrew term for God (ELOHIM).” So, one of the oldest translations of the scriptures says His Name is YAHWEH the only thing that was debated amongst scholars is whether His Name was revealed in Genesis or Exodus. Also, in a book titled “The meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls”, written by James VanderKam and Peter Flint on page 94 and 95 concerning the portion about the Samaritan Pentateuch writes “The variant readings in group 8 specifically Samaritan features, including the defense of ELOHIM’s honor of Moses and other ancient heroes; legal differences from the Masoretic Text; and specifying Mt. Gerizim rather than Jerusalem as the center for worshipping YAHWEH.” The sources in this section are not teachings on the Name, but shows that these scholars and researchers who studied the scrolls or translated them called our Father YAHWEH!

8.      As a bonus the Native-American Indians know His Name and here are some beautiful worship songs that will put you in the mood to worship and dance with all your heart:

 https://youtu.be/WGith7HpfQw

https://youtu.be/FbAxWfR_gZE

https://youtu.be/Gj2W6npsG-w
I pray that this was helpful and as always may our Father YAHWEH bless you all in YESHUA’s Name!