Personal : From the Desk of Dr Les Aron Gosling

I wish to make it candidly clear right at the outset, that as the Director of the BRI, I personally haven't ever wanted to create any kind of a "Doctrinal Statement," and because of my personal antagonism toward such an idea I have persistently resisted doing so for well over two decades.

Having said that, NOT possessing a "Doctrinal Statement" has also been a major criticism hurled at BRI by many people over the years -- the insinuation as to why we haven't done so has been manifestly twofold:

· We have something we want to hide

· We have no idea really what our beliefs actually are and therefore by the absence of such a statement we project an impression of a lack of biblical scholarship.

There are two major reasons as to why we have been hesitant about drawing one up and one is that any such attempt at an authoritative statement will without doubt look far too "Christian" or even "quasi-Messianic" (a pretend "Clayton's" Jewish Messianic statement: the "Jewish" Messianic statement you have when you don't have a "Jewish" Messianic statement). As BRI has its roots in a Jewish background, that is an impression I have long attempted to avoid for obvious and valid reasons.

Secondly, any such statement really won't convey what we at BRI actually DO hold to be the deeper things of God. Such a doctrinal statement at best can only reflect a "kindergarten" level of understanding the Bible.

Thirdly, the absence of an official Doctrinal Statement has caused people to SEARCH the lectures on site to come to a deeper and more profound understanding of the biblical revelation than merely by looking up something that resembles a creed. A statement (no matter how biblically embedded and profound it may well be) cannot help but give an impression of limited growth in knowledge.

I freely admit that the "Level One Basic Biblical 'Fundamental Doctrines' of the BRI -- What We Believe, and Why !" is merely an inadequate basis from which to launch a quest for a deeper and more appreciable view of the unfathomable Ground Of All Being. After all, our entire walk is about relationship , not a set of doctrines: a relationship , I might add, concerning THAT which has begotten us and is leading us presently into a cosmic revelation of incomprehensible , mystic and kabalistic proportions.

God wants more from us than reading the Bible, doing good to others, and upholding a few fundamental beliefs. He wants us eventually to " know as we are known ." As it is written, "For the Spirit searches out and explores all things, even the depths of God" ( 1 Corinthians 2.10 ).

We at BRI trust that our loyal readership will appreciate the reasons why we have drawn up our present "Level One Doctrinal Statement" and will realise our entire flexibility regarding any or all of the fundamental beliefs outlined herein. In no way are any of the beliefs to be considered absolute dogma. Knowledge, even biblical knowledge, is subject to progressive revelation in Spirit-dominated scholarship.

"From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth ,
From the laziness that is content with half truths,
From the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth,
O God of Truth, deliver us."

- Ancient Prayer

Level One

Basic Biblical

"Fundamental Doctrines"

of the BRI -- What We Believe, and

Why!

Restoring Lost Jewish Thoughtform to the Biblical Revelation Since 1981

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IMPORTANT PREFACE:

Please note that these doctrinal statements do not in any way constitute a closed creed. The Biblical Research Institute (BRI) is always open to spiritual growth, and to a new and better understanding of the biblical revelation.

This document is designed to set forth some of the fundamental cardinal teachings of the BRI Messianic fellowship cells, which beliefs form the basis of its United Work in preaching the Gospel of the Grace of God in His plan for an ultimate Universal Salvation.

The BRI holds that there is a major difference between what the Bible teaches (in its restored lost Jewish thoughtform) and what is generally taught to be Scriptural truth by many churches.

One is reminded that it is not truth that sets any man free. It is the knowledge of the truth that sets humankind free. As Yeshua said: "You shall KNOW the truth, and the truth shall set you free" ( Jn 8.32 ).

God leaves it up to every individual to personally study the Sacred Scripture carefully in order to find the truth, and to stand approved before God the Father ( 2 Tim 2.15 ).

Dr Les Aron Gosling, Rebbe

Glenys Gosling, Rebbetzin

"Salvation is of the Jews" (John 4.22).

1. God the Father.

The supreme Deity of the universe is known to us as "God." He is the Boundless Almighty , the Creator and Sustainer of the heavens, the Earth, and all things therein. The Sh'ma ( Deuteronomy 6.4 ) states explicitly that God is ONE . This also means that God's UNITY is found expressed right throughout the creation -- the entire Creation is at ONE with the Creative Loving Intelligence we inadequately refer to as "God." Dualism (the existence in this universe of two powerful opposing forces engaged as gods in constant conflict and hostilities) has no part in God's integral Reality. Whatever dualism is seemingly apparent is a projection of illusion in the concepts perceived by the human brain. God, as eternally Creative Spirit, is a compound unity expressed in the aspects of " Ab'ba " [Aramaic, Our Dearest Darling Daddy], "Yeshua" [Hebrew, "Salvation (of Yah);" the Son, Messiah], and Ru'ach HaKodesh [the sovereign holy Spirit] in this age. The doctrine of the "Trinity" is a blasphemy of the paganised Constantinian church.

Genesis 1.1 God created the heavens and Earth.

Acts 14.15; 17.24 ,25 ; Nehemiah 9.6; Psalm 124.8; Revelation 14.7 God made heaven, Earth, sea, and all things therein.

Isaiah 40.26,28 God created the heavenly bodies and calls them all by name.

Isaiah 44.24 God made all things.

Deuteronomy 6.4; Mark 12.29; Isaiah 43.10 ,11 ; John 1.1-3 God is indivisible UNITY.

Romans 11.36 God brought the universe out of Himself. He did not create it " ex nihilo ."

John 4.24 God is Spirit.

Romans 9.19; Job 23.13,16 All things are subject to God's sovereign, subjecting will.

Psalm 103.19 God's kingdom rules over all.

2 Chronicles 20.6 God's power extends over all the kingdoms on earth.

Proverbs 21.1 God turns the heart of a king wherever He wishes.

Ephesians 1.11 God accomplishes all things according to the counsel of His own will.

Acts 4.24-28 The will of God in the death of HaMashiach was seen to be an essential factor of the gospel.

Isaiah 45.7 God is the One who claims responsibility for originally creating evil. Precisely because of the control of God the most evil and accursed deed in history became the very heart of God's redemptive plan and the supreme Source of spiritual blessing to humankind.

1 John 4.8 God is love.

2. Yeshua, the Messiah.

Yeshua is the uniquely-begotten Son of God, conceived by the holy Spirit and born to the Virgin, Miriam, in Beit-Lechem ( Bethlehem ) of Judea as foretold by ancient prophets. He is the Messiah sent from God to be our Saviour (Deliverer) and Redeemer. There are well over 350 prophetic expectations found in the Hebrew Scriptures which identify Yeshua as Israel 's Messiah, who was expected by the Jewish population, and other nations, 2000 years ago. The record in John 11.49 indicates that The Prushim (Pharisees) and High Priests ultimately accepted Mashiach when they became convinced that He embodied the Resurrection, and acting on a Jewish Oral Scripture that the Messiah must "die for the people" (e.g., Zohar 5.218a ) they instructed their followers to call for His death and thereby inaugurate the expected Messianic Millennial Kingdom of God ( John 11.47-53 ). Gentile Christians fail to understand Jewish thoughtform and they therefore find it difficult to explain how the tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered for the Pesach cried out "Hosanna!" one day and "Crucify him!" a week later ( John 12.13; 19.15 ). They did so in order for Yeshua to fulfil His Messianic destiny which was twofold: [1] to die as an atonement for the people, and [2] to restore the Jews of the Diaspora to Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel) in fulfilment of the Messianic prophetic expectations of the coming King. "His blood be upon us and upon our children" ( Matthew 27.25 ) is echoed by Rav Shaul (Paul) and embraced by all true Messianic believers ( Ephesians 1.1-7 ). Contrary to popular Constantinian church mythology, the Jewish cry 2000 years ago was in no way a "blood libel" which has echoed without any justification through the centuries.

Yeshua realised that in His death He was fulfilling the Scripture concerning the Mashiach Matthew 26.54,56

John 1.1 Yeshua is eternally ONE with God as the Logos (Hebrew, Memra ). (See on 5. The Pre-Existence of the Messiah ).

John 1.18; 1 John 4.9 Yeshua is the uniquely-begotten Son of God.

John 8.42 Yeshua was sent by God, His Father.

Matthew 14.33 Yeshua's disciples recognised He was the Son of God.

Matthew 16.16 Peter declared that Yeshua was the Messiah.

Luke 1.26-35 The Virgin, Miriam, was told that she would bear a Son, conceived by the holy Spirit.

John 1.41 "We have found the Messiah."

Acts 4.12 Salvation is found in no other.

Ephesians 1.7 We have redemption through Yeshua.

Titus 2.14 Yeshua gave Himself to redeem us.

Matthew 3.17 God acknowledged by a Voice from heaven that Yeshua was indeed His Son.

Hebrews 1.3 Yeshua is the "express image" of the Father.

Colossians 1.15 Yeshua is the image of the invisible God.

John 10.30 Yeshua and the Father are One .

John 14.9 Yeshua is the emanation of the Father in this present universe.

Matthew 28.18 Yeshua possesses all power in the universe. He has unrivalled cosmic Lordship. As the Self-authenticating Word, the Messiah does not possess a controlling share with some devil or evil principle in the "balance" of power. He affirms, rather, that ALL power and authority are His.

Matthew 8.5-13 Yeshua is Lord over disease.

Matthew 14.24-33 Yeshua is Lord over the elements.

John 11.32,25,26 Yeshua is Lord over death and the grave.

Mark 1.21-27 Yeshua is Lord over the forces of darkness.

1 Timothy 2.5 No minister of any church, no rabbi in any synagogue, no priest in any religion, can ever claim to be a mediator between humankind and God, nor should he act presumptuously in this regard.

Hebrews 7.23-27 Messianic believers hold that Yeshua is our everlasting cohen gadol (High Priest).

Hebrews 7.27; John 1.29 Messianic believers also hold that Yeshua is our everlasting sacrifice.

Hebrews 9.22 The Jewish religion of the Bible is inoperative without priesthood and sacrifice. With the absence of the Temple of God , and by implication of the everlasting priesthood of Yeshua and the everlasting sacrificial offering of Himself, the Messianic religion of Yeshua HaMashiach is the only legitimate extension of that which constitutes the true Israel .

3. The Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit ).

The holy Spirit is first and foremost the Comforter whom Messiah promised to "stand in" for Him during His physical absence here on the Earth. It is not a "person" in the sense of an "individual" but is the spiritual salvific extension of the living Mind, Power and Personality of God. The heavenly Father gives the holy Spirit to those who sincerely ask for it, and to those who obey Him. By His holy Spirit, God reveals Biblical truth to humankind and gives power to witness of the Mashiach. Evidence of His Presence is manifested in lives by words spoken, by the "fruits of the Spirit," and by keeping the commandments of God. There is, inevitably, an ever-present danger in Renewal that the awareness of the power of the Ruach HaKodesh can lead to a fixation on power itself. Yeshua therefore is the perfect balance to be found between the power of God and the weakness of humankind. He was, and is -- as true anthropos -- the symmetry between the power of God and His own powerlessness by emptying Himself of His divinity, and taking on our humanity. Yet He is also the Spirit which explores in His awesome capacity as Logos ( Memra ) the very depths of God. The holy Spirit indwells each of His people.

Psalm 139.7 God's Spirit permeates the universe. It cannot be contained.

Acts 2 The coming of the holy Spirit on Shavuot (Pentecost). Those who received the Spirit spoke in other earthly languages and dialects. They also understood what was being said. The miracle was as much in the hearing of the audience as in the speaking by the apostles.

Numbers 11.24-30 The previous "coming" of the holy Spirit, creating the Sanhedrin and the nation of Israel during the second year of the Exodus from Egypt .

Luke 11.9-13 The Father grants the holy Spirit to those who request it of Him.

Acts 9.17; Ephesians 5.18 We must all be " filled with the holy Spirit."

Isaiah 28.11,12; Luke 11.13; Acts 1.4.5; 2.4; 5.32; 1 Corinthians 12.1-13; Ephesians 1.13 Each Messianic student should seek to be filled with the various enablements of the holy Spirit, who bestows spiritual gifts as He wishes.

John 16.7 Yeshua sent the holy Spirit as a Comforter during His temporary absence.

John 14.16,17,26 The holy Spirit is called the Spirit of Truth (right knowledge) as well as the Comforter.

Acts 1.8 The holy Spirit gives power to witness.

Galatians 5.22,23 The fruit of the holy Spirit is described.

Acts 10.45 The Spirit can be "poured out" onto people.

Romans 1.7; 1 Corinthians 1.3; 2 Corinthians 1.2; Galatians 1.3; Ephesians 1.2; Philippians 1.2; Colossians 1.2; 1 Thessalonians 1.1; 2 Thessalonians 1.2; 1 Timothy 1.2; 2 Timothy 1.2; Titus 1.4; Philemon 3; James 1.1 etc. The Spirit is not given equal status of mention in any of the opening salutations in any of the apostolic letters.

Galatians 5.25 The Spirit is found to be operative within all of God's sons and daughters.

1 Corinthians 12.7-11 The Spirit administers gifts.

1 John 3.24; Acts 5.32 The Spirit indwells converted believers who keep God's commandments.

Matthew 3.16 The Spirit entered the baptism of Yeshua with fanfare, descending with atmospheric commotion in fluttering agitation like a dove in its descent.

Acts 8.26,29 The holy Spirit is further described in this textual section once as an angel, and twice as the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 3.17 The holy Spirit is Yeshua the Messiah.

1 Corinthians 2.10 The Spirit searches out and explores the depths of God.

Romans 8.9 If the impregnation of the holy Spirit does not indwell us we do not belong to God.

4. The Bible.

The Holy Bible contains the divinely inspired Word of God. The Bible in its original autographs (no longer available) included the complete revelation of God's purpose in a universal salvation, and the will of God for humankind. Certainly, while God's Word is eternal humankind has (over the centuries) distorted God's Message of love.

Luke 24.44 The Temple Scriptures are in three divisions: Torah, Prophets, Writings .

T orah (Instruction/Revelation) consists of the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy .

Prophets ( N eviim) consists of six volumes: Joshua/Judges, Book of Kingdoms, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, The Twelve.

Writings ( K 'tuvim) consists of eleven scrolls: Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra/Nehemiah, Chronicles.

The first three Hebrew letters of each of the three divisions of the 22 Temple Scrolls gives us the acronym " T a N a K " ( Tanak/Tanach/Tanack ), the name for the Jewish Bible.

The Messianic Scriptures (erroneously referred to as the "New Testament" or "Christian Greek Scriptures") include the writings of the New or Renewed Covenant (the B'rit Chadashah ) sometimes known in some quarters as K'tuvim Nazarene (Nazarene Writings).

2 Peter 1.20 ,21 ; Romans 15.4 Men of God spoke as they were moved by the holy Spirit.

John 17.17 God's Word is Truth.

Malachi 3.6; Hebrews 13.8, Matthew 5.18; 24.35 As God is eternal, His Word to humankind is entirely appropriate and will endure while human beings continue to exist. God's will for humankind has always, and will always, be in our best interest.

Proverbs 30.6; Deuteronomy 12.32 We are not to arbitrarily add to, nor diminish from, His Words (commandments).

John 5.39 The Scriptures testify of Yeshua and reveal the means by which we receive eternal life.

2 Timothy 3.15-17 Scripture is given by the Breath/Spirit (inspiration) of God and is to be used for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness. It is adequate enough to be able to make us wise unto salvation.

Matthew 24.35 God's Word shall never pass away.

5. The Pre-existence of the Messiah.

Yeshua was present with God and was preeminent in the Creation. He shared His Father's glory before taking on the form of man. He was conceived of the holy Spirit, born to the Virgin, Miriam, and when He left the Earth He returned to His former abode.

Colossians 1.15,17 Yeshua was the firstborn of All Creation. This does not mean that He was not eternal, but rather Yeshua in the form of God emanated from the Father becoming the holy Instrument by which (and through which) the universe was formed. He emanated from beyond the Universe into the Universe, creating it as He went forth from the Father as Light . Yeshua made it clear that He was "the Light of the world."

Revelation 3.14 Yeshua was the Ruler (Gk) of the creation of God.

John 1.1 Yeshua was "in the beginning..." and is called by John, the "Logos" (Greek equivalent for the Hebrew, Memra ) -- the Voice of Divine Reason, and the Creative Idea of God; God's thoughtforms. Thoughtforms cannot be distinguished from the Thinker.

Genesis 1.26 "Let us make man in our image..."

John 1.3; Ephesians 3.9; Colossians 1.16 By Yeshua were all things made.

John 17.5,24 Yeshua had glory before the world existed.

John 3.31 Yeshua came from above.

John 1.14 The Logos (Memra) became flesh as Yeshua and dwelt among humankind making the Ultimate intimate.

John 6.62 Yeshua returned to where He was before.

John 8.58 Yeshua existed prior to Abraham.

Luke 1.34,35 The Virgin, Miriam, was informed of Yeshua's impending birth.

Philippians 2.6-8 Yeshua, being in the form of God, took on the form of a human being ("a servant").

John 3.13; 16.27,28 Yeshua came to us from heaven and He has returned to heaven.

John 14.3 He said He would return.

6. The Plan of Salvation.

God's supreme plan, purpose and intent for the entire created order is an ultimate universal salvation. This central aim of the universe will be/has been achieved by firstly conciliation through the shed blood of the Mashiach on the bloodied tree of Golgoleth for sin, and secondly, by a salvation gained through His life. Those who in this age become converted, are known in the sacred Scripture as "sons of God" and "daughters of God" (children of God).

The plan of salvation is the only plan with which God has any interest in this world. It was not provided as a contingency when man sinned and brought a curse of death upon himself. Likewise, Messiah Yeshua was not an afterthought because God's plan supposedly went horribly awry when humankind sinned in Eden . Rather, Messiah (we are told), "is a Saviour from eternity ." That is, LONG before any human beings even existed.

God's Son was sent to Earth in God's timing as the Passover Lamb, providing a redemption to humankind from the curse of sin. This was accomplished after Yeshua lived a life of sinlessness, and voluntarily gave His life sacrificially by shedding His blood on the bloodied tree of Golgoleth, and then resurrected triumphant over death. Yeshua took our place in death and gave God His perfect life as a Substitute for our sinful one. This gift of God which grants eternal life, is available to any and all whom God chooses as one of His "firstfruits" in this age of Grace.

2 Peter 3.9 It is God's will that none perish eternally.

John 3.16 God gave His Son freely. Whoever truly believes in Him will not perish.

John 19.28-30 The sacrificial work of Yeshua the Messiah has been finished on the bloodied tree of Golgoleth.

2 Corinthians 5.14-21; 1 Timothy 2.1-7; 1 Corinthians 15.20-28; Romans 5.18-19 The saving work of the risen Son of God, by virtue of his resurrection from the dead, is only just beginning. It will continue until ALL in Grace have been delivered from sin and death. For, "Messiah died for the sake of all, consequently all died...God was in Messiah, conciliating the world to himself , NOT reckoning their offenses to them." "Who gave himself a ransom for ALL to be testified in [future] strategic seasons. " "For even as in Adam, all are dying, thus also in Messiah, shall all be made alive." "For even as, through the disobedience of the one man, the many were constituted sinners, thus also, through the obedience of the One, the many shall be constituted righteous."

John 5.24; 6.37; 1 John 5.13 Messianic believers in Yeshua have already passed from judgment into "the life." They already possess eternal life.

John 10.27-29; Romans 8 God's sons and daughters can never be separated from God and His love.

Eph. 2.8-9; Gal 2.16,20 (AV) Salvation has always been by Grace through faith. This is not human faith but the very Faith of Messiah exercised by Him on our behalf.

John 10.1 ,7,9 ; Acts 4.10-12 Messiah is the only Door to salvation. There is no other.

John 6.44,65 No one can come to Yeshua unless the Spirit of the Father God " draw him."

John 12.32 All humankind will one day be drawn to Messiah.

James 1.18; John 1.12 ,13 ; 15.16 Salvation in this age is appointed to those whom God chooses as "FIRSTfruits" of the general salvation harvest. One cannot choose of and by themselves, in some freewill exercise, to believe in Messiah. We are appointed to believe. Salvation comes (in this age) by divine choice, and not by human decision making.

1 Timothy 2.6 The righteousness of God assures the salvation of all "in strategic seasons having a unique character of their own." (This terminology is translated from the Greek by scholar Professor Kenneth Wuest.)

Romans 3.24 The "FIRSTfruits" are justified by God's Grace.

Colossians 1.21 The "FIRSTfruits" are reconciled to God the Father.

Romans 6; 8.9-11 The "FIRSTfruits" receive the Spirit of God and are set free from the dominion of sin in their lives.

1 Corinthians 15.50-58 The "FIRSTfruits will experience the ultimate deliverance of their bodies at Our Lord's Advent.

Ephesians 2.1-10; 3.8-11 The "FIRSTfruits" shall share the glory and the labour of their Messiah during the coming aeons [ages].

Acts 3.26 Our turning away from sin and transgression is wrought by God in the Messiah.

Ephesians 2.1 This divine gift of salvation is itself wrought within the living corpse of man as a miraculous, supernatural event of Grace imposed purely by God's very holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 6.14-18; 1 John 3.1,2 Believers in this age are called sons and daughters of God.

John 1.9 The purpose of God is to "light" every human being who comes into the world.

Acts 5.31; 11.18; 2 Timothy 2.25; Romans 2.4 Repentance originates in God, and is granted to those whom God chooses to save in this age. It comes only from God as something that is granted by Grace.

Ephesians 2.8,9 We are saved entirely by Grace. Even our faith is given to us from God.

Philippians 1.29 It is "given" to us to suffer as Messiah suffered. It is also "given" to us to believe in Him.

Philippians 2.13 It is God who works in His sons and daughters to will and do what God wants.

Philippians 1.6 The salvation experience is begun by God, is maintained by God, and is completed by God, from start to finish. It is not of our works, either good or bad.

Romans 8.30,33,35 The salvation process begins with God's predetermination , is followed by the calling and election of His servant, who is then made aware of his legal justification (which occurred at the death of Mashiach -- Romans 5.18 ) and culminates in his glorification in the resurrection.

1 Corinthians 1.8 God promises to save those He calls to be His children.

2 Timothy 1.9 Sons and daughters of God in Yeshua are actually saved, not in this lifetime, but back in eternity before the world began and prior to any ability of ourselves to "make a decision for Christ."

Romans 5.10,11 We are reconciled to God by Messiah's death. But then (further) we are saved by His life, by Whom we receive the Atonement.

Hebrews 4.15 Yeshua was without sin.

1 Peter 2.24 Messiah bore our sins.

2 Corinthians 5.21 Yeshua was made sin for us so that we could be made righteous in Him.

Romans 3.24 ,25 ; 1 John 2.2 He is the kapparah (atonement) for our sins through faith in His blood.

Acts 20.28 Messiah purchased the Messianic Assembly with His blood.

Hebrews 13.12 We are sanctified with His blood.

1 Corinthians 15.13-23 Messiah's resurrection gives assurance that God's Plan of Salvation will be completed.

1 Peter 1.18,19 We are redeemed with the blood of Yeshua the Messiah.

Romans 8.19-23 The entire creation awaits redemption through the Messiah.

Hebrews 13.8; Malachi 3.6; Acts 10.34 The billions who have ever lived without even a knowledge of Yeshua, will be saved in the same manner and way the "firstfruits" of the salvation-harvest have been saved. After all, God is no respecter of persons.

1 Corinthians 15.25-26 The death state is the last enemy to be destroyed.

1 Corinthians 15.27-28 At the culmination of Messiah's earthly rule ALL will be subjected to God the Father and it is promised that God will be ALL in all, not ALL in some.

1 Timothy 1.15 God has already saved one who thought of himself as the "chief of sinners." He therefore does not lack the ability to save. "He died for all." He therefore does not lack the love.

1 Timothy 1.16 God used Paul as a prime example of how He saves each of us -- by Grace alone and by personal intervention. Mashiach is a personal Saviour (Deliverer) because He saves (delivers) each and every one of us personally .

7. Crucifixion and Resurrection of the Messiah .

Yeshua was crucified on a Wednesday and was placed into the tomb just prior to sundown on that same day. Just before sundown the following weekly Sabbath (3 days and 3 nights later) He arose from the grave and fulfilled accurately the prediction He uttered concerning this event as recorded in Matthew 12.39,40.

Matthew 12.39,40 Messiah was to be in the heart of the earth for a duration of three days and three nights.

1 Corinthians 15.3,4 Yeshua was buried and rose from the grave the third day according to the Scriptures.

Mark 8.31; 9.31 Yeshua said He would rise again three days after being killed.

Matthew 28.1 Visit was made "in the end of the Sabbath" (not Sunday morning) but the women saw only an empty tomb. Obviously, He had already risen some time earlier than sunset (on the Sabbath day).

Mark 16.1-6; Luke 24.1-6; John 20.1-9 All visits to an empty tomb. No one saw Yeshua leave.

John 19.31 The "preparation day" on which Yeshua was slain was preceding a "high" (or, annual) Sabbath day -- not to be confused with the weekly seventh day Sabbath.

John 19.14 It was the "preparation day" for the Passover. The Passover was observed the day prior to the first annual holiday of the days of Unleavened Bread. (A "High day" or annual Shabbat can fall on any day of the week, depending on the form of Jewish calendar that is utilised.) During this festival, there are three Sabbaths; one weekly Sabbath and two "high days" (one beginning the matzos period, and another concluding it).

8. Satan.

Satan, a living creature, is also called "the Devil," and is the Adversary of the people of God. A deceiver, capable of transforming himself into an angel of light, he was a murderer ("a man-slayer") from the beginning and a liar. The Dark Lord must be resisted by God's people. He will ultimately be judged in the " Lake of Fire " which "lake" God has purposed to be utilised for purification intentions.

Revelation 20.2 HaSatan is called "the Dragon, that Ancient Serpent," and the "Devil."

1 Peter 5.8 While he is not the enemy of God, the Dark Lord is the Adversary of humankind.

Revelation 12.9 The whole world is deceived by him.

1 Samuel 16.14-16 ,23 ; 18.10; 19.9 Evil spirits actually proceed from the presence of the Lord -- from the holy environs of the Divine -- and not from "hell."

Revelation 12.10 The Dark Lord exists "day and night" in heaven accusing Messianic brethren.

2 Corinthians 11.14 Satan can "shapeshift," transforming himself into an angel of light.

Matthew 13.38,39 He sows bad seed (along with the good seed which God has planted) which grows into tares.

John 8.44 He was a murderer from his beginning, and a liar and the father of it.

James 4.7 We must resist the Devil.

Ephesians 6.11 The entire armour of God is needed to successfully stand against him.

James 2.19 Greek We need not live in terror of the principle of evil. Rather, the negative elemental spirits live in terror of the Ground of All Being that activated their reality and who can just as simply deactivate their reality in a terrifying manner. "You believe that God is One ?" [He is referring to Deuteronomy 6.4 -- the Sh'ma.] "You do well! So do the demons believe, and shudder in terror and horror such as make a man's hair stand on end and contract the surface of his skin."

Genesis 3.15 The LORD God declares unceasing warfare not between Himself and the enchanter but between humankind and HaSatan. In the very first sermon ever given (and given indeed as a consequence of sin) the sovereign LORD predicts to the Enchanter the Advent of Yeshua the Messiah and the final, ultimate solution to the power of sin. It is written, "And I will put enmity between you [Satan] and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He [Messiah] shall bruise [crush] your head, and you shall bruise [scratch] his heel." Neither HaSatan, nor his demonic powers, can "possess" human beings or "own" them. Thus demonic "possession" is nowhere taught in the Bible. Rather, the term "to be demonised" actually means "being affected" (by degree to a greater or lesser extent) by demonic personalities or agencies.

Revelation 20.10 The Dark Lord is eventually cast into the Lake of Fire .

9. Man's Sin in Eden .

Humanity was created in the image and likeness of God the Creator, but he disobeyed God, and brought upon himself sorrow, hardship and death which spread to all humankind.

Genesis 1.26,27 Humanity was created in the image of God.

Genesis 3.16-19 Adam and Eve brought a curse on themselves because of disobedience.

Genesis 3.6; 1 John 2.16 Neither of our first parents were created perfect. They were created with the same impulses we all experience.

Genesis 3.3 cf Genesis 2.17 Eve, prior to the so-called " Fall ," added to the Word of God.

2 Corinthians 11.3; 1 Timothy 2.14 The woman, not the man, was deceived and in the original human transgression. Adam willingly joined his wife in her "lostness."

1 Corinthians 15.22; Romans 5.12 Death by sin came upon all humankind as a result of our first parent's disobedience. God considers that Adam bears the greater accountability.

1 Corinthians 15.22 As in Adam all die, even so in Messiah will all be made alive.

10. The Future Punishment of the Wicked.

Nowhere in the extant Hebrew and Greek manuscripts of the sacred text does it say that God will torment human beings for all eternity. But death is certainly faced by sinners. The wicked incorrigible will be cast into the " Lake of (purifying) Fire" which will completely consume their flesh.

Matthew 10.28 We are to fear God who can destroy both body and "soul" in hell.

Romans 6.23 The rations (Gk) of sin is death.

Ezekiel 18.4,20 The soul that sins will die.

Isaiah 1.28; Psalm 104.35; 2 Peter 2.6 Sinners are consumed.

Psalm 37.20 The wicked will be consumed as the fat of lambs in sacrifice.

Malachi 4.1,3 The wicked will burn as stubble and be ashes.

Revelation 20.15 Whoever is not found written in the "Book of Life" was thrown into the Lake of Fire .

1 Corinthians 15.25,26 The state of death is to be annulled completely. With the elimination of death we are only left with life.

11. Accepting the Messiah.

Conversion is the process by which one is changed from his, or her, old sinful life into a new creature in Messiah. An individual accepts Messiah by exercising faith in God and His Son; confessing and repenting of sin; making restitution wherever possible; and in obedience to God, patterning his life after the example set by Yeshua the Messiah.

Penance is not repentance because it involves an experience of punishment imposed by a clergy. Repentance in Protestant tradition is not true repentance either, as the English verb "repent" comes from the Latin re ("again") and paenitens ("sorry"). This is a regret for past conduct.

The Greek word used in the Gospels which is translated as "repent" in English versions (and which John and Yeshua both preached) is a condition which of necessity involves a mental change which impacts a moral decision. This process restores humanity's spiritual consciousness and returns to us that which was lost to our spirits in ancient times: the true health of Yahweh -- wholeness -- within the psyche. It encompasses the entire concept of quickening , repentance and regeneration . It is MUCH more than a simple "I'm sorry for doing a naughty thing."

While all this is true and necessary, our salvation is guaranteed by the exercising of the Faith OF the Messiah, BY the Messiah, and ON our behalf. (See on 6. The Plan of Salvation .)

John 3.3-8 One must be born again (Gk. "from above") to enter the kingdom of God .

2 Corinthians 5.17 If any man is in Messiah he is a new creature (or, creation).

Hebrews 11.6 Whoever comes to God must possess faith.

Ephesians 2.8 We are saved by Grace through faith -- a faith which is also the gift of God.

1 John 1.9 If we confess our sins they will be forgiven.

Matthew 5.23,24 Before bringing a gift to the altar, be reconciled to your brother.

Luke 24.47 Repentance is to be preached.

Acts 2.38 Repentance prepares us to receive the holy Spirit.

Matthew 3.1-8 John the Immerser preached a message of repentance in relation to the coming Messianic Kingdom of God. That repentance involved a change in lifestyle and thinking.

Matthew 4.17 After John was imprisoned, Yeshua also preached repentance in relation to the coming of the Messianic Kingdom.

Acts 28.31 At the end of the Lukan Acts , Paul is still preaching the coming of the Messianic Kingdom of God, and those things that pertain to Yeshua the Messiah.

Philippians 2.5-8 We must have the mind of Yeshua Who was obedient to death.

1 John 2.6 He that abides in Yeshua should walk as He walked.

1 Peter 2.21 Messiah left us an example.

Romans 10.9 Confess the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

12. Mikveh (Immersion/Baptism ).

"Baptism" is by total immersion in water. It symbolises the burial of our sinful nature and the rising of a new creature to walk in service and obedience to God. It represents the answer of a good conscience toward God. The mikveh (immersion) is the procedure used by God's anointed ones to enter the Messianic Faith of the Renewed Covenant. One must be immersed in the name of Yeshua only. While this ritual or ceremony is important, immersion is not in any way a salvation issue.

Matthew 3.16 Following His baptism Yeshua walked up out of the water.

Acts 8.38,39 Philip and the eunuch both went into the water.

1 Peter 3.21 Baptism is the answer of a good conscience toward God.

Jeremiah 31.31-34; Ezekiel 39.29 The Renewed Covenant will be observed by the indwelling of the holy Spirit. The Covenant and the Spirit cannot be differentiated.

Jeremiah 4.14; Romans 6.3-6 Baptism is a burial and rising to walk in newness of life, and that according to the principles of the Renewed Covenant, prophesied by Jeremiah.

Matthew 28.19 in its present form is corrupted, as is plainly obvious when one compares this text with Eusebius' quotation of the same Gospel writer ( Ecc . His . III, v, 2). Immersion was validated in the "name of Yeshua the Messiah" only. Right throughout the book of Acts this is the only apostolic formula used.

13. Worldliness.

The Scriptures condemn too close an association with the present evil world system with its foundation based on lust. This includes, "the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life" ( 1 John 2.16 ). Therefore, a son or daughter of God should not conform to this world but be transformed by the renewing of his mind so that he may know what is the will of God for him. His life ought to be an example to both believer and nonbeliever.

Romans 12.2 We should not be conformed to the world.

Ephesians 4.23,24 We should be renewed in the spirit of our mind.

Romans 8.12-14 We should not live after the flesh.

1 Timothy 4.12 We must be an example to believers.

Matthew 5.16 We must let our light shine.

1 Peter 2.11,12 Abstain from lust; show good works.

Galatians 5.16-21 Works of the flesh will keep us from the kingdom of God .

1 John 2.15-17 We are not to lust after the things of this world; the fashion of it will pass away.

Colossians 3.1-10 Seek those things which are above; mortify the members on the earth.

14. Defiling Habits.

The bodies of God's children are temples of the holy Spirit. Therefore, Messianic believers ought to be on their guard against sensual lusts, and filthiness. They ought to refrain from all practices and habits that are harmful and which defile the body by creating ill-health. The Torah (the first five books of the Bible) is helpful in revealing what is actually harmful or injurious to the health of our bodies, and it is to the Torah alone that we must turn to decide what is actually defined as "lust." (The Messianic Scriptures are helpful only to the degree that the translators have comprehended Jewish thoughtform which brought us the sacred Book in the first place.)

1 Corinthians 3.16 ,17 ; 6.19; 2 Corinthians 6.16 Our bodies are called the Temple of God .

1 Corinthians 6.18,19 We ought to "flee" all manner of loose living. Our bodies are Temples of the holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 7.1 We must cleanse ourselves from filthiness of the flesh.

1 John 2.16 Lust is of the world, not of the Father.

James 1.14,15 Submitting to lust leads to death.

Galatians 5.19-21 Works of the flesh prevent inheritance of the kingdom.

Colossians 3.5-8 We are to mortify the deeds of the flesh.

Ephesians 5.18 Drinking alcohol to excess is never a healthy option.

Titus 2.12 We must personally deny worldly lusts.

15. The Ten Commandments.

The Ten Commandments are more accurately known as the "Ten Words" or "Ten Sayings." They constitute the basic law of God for the conduct of His people. To transgress God's law is to commit sin. By observing the commandments one expresses his love to both God and humankind. They are unique in that they were written by the very finger of God and ought to be observed by sons and daughters of God today.

The Ten Words are not eternal, nor are they immutable. They were never intended to be unchangeable. They have been edited over millennia, and adapted to the culture of the times (once in the days of the prophet Ezekiel, and another occurrence in the days of Ezra). While Yeshua observed the Ten Words, He made certain purity regulations of the Torah redundant by flagrantly and publicly breaking them. It must be remembered that the Ten Words are also deficient in that they needed 613 other commandments to explain and qualify them, and then the added commentary of the Prophets and the Writings were needed to illustrate them in their historical and social settings. It ought to be borne in mind that the Messianic Scriptures contain 1050 commandments, rules, regulations, statutes, judgments, legislation, ordinances, and good old plain sound advice as Torah-based commentary (especially for Gentiles, but applicable to all people) on how to live and structure our life in the Living Torah, Yeshua.

Exodus 20.2-17 The 10 Commandments are listed.

Exodus 31.18; 32.16 They were penned by the finger of God in rock.

Deuteronomy 5.22 God added no more.

Deuteronomy 7.9 God keeps covenant with those who love Him and keep His commandments to 1,000 generations.

John 14.15 If we love God we keep His commandments.

1 John 5.2,3 We love the children of God, and God, when we keep His commandments.

Matthew 22.37-40 On the two commandments to love God and our neighbour hang all the law and the prophets.

James 2.10 Whoever offends in one point is guilty of all.

James 2.12; Psalm 119.44,45; 2 Corinthians 3.17 We should live as though we will be judged by the perfect law of liberty. It is the observance of the commandments of God which grants us that liberty. The holy Spirit never leads into sin.

1 John 2.3 We know Him if we keep His commandments.

Romans 7.12 Paul stated, "The Torah is holy. That is, the commandment is holy, righteous and good."

Romans 7.14 Paul stated, "The Torah is spiritual."

Romans 7.16 Paul stated, "The Torah is good."

Romans 7.22 Paul stated, "I delight in God's Torah."

Romans 7.25 Paul stated, "I myself in my mind am a slave to God's Torah."

Romans 2.12,13 Paul stated, "It is not those who hear the Torah who are righteous in God's sight, but it is those who obey the Torah who will be declared righteous."

Romans 3.31 Paul stated, "Does it follow that we abolish Torah by our trusting? Heaven forbid! On the contrary we confirm [uphold, establish] Torah."

Romans 7.7 Paul stated, "What shall we say then? Is the Torah sin? Absolutely not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the Torah."

Romans 10.5 Paul stated, "Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the Torah. ‘The man who does these things will live by them.' "

Romans 13.8-10 Paul stated, "He who loves his fellow man has fulfilled the Torah. The commandments ‘Do not commit adultery,' ‘Do not murder,' ‘Do not steal,' ‘Do not covet,' and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.' Love does no harm to its neighbour. Therefore love is the fulfilment of the Torah."

1 John 3.4 Sin is the transgression of the law.

Romans 3.20 By the law is the knowledge of sin.

Luke 10.12-15; 11.29-32; 12.48 Gentile believers, who oftentimes are less aware of the expectations of God toward humankind than the Chosen People, are generally more acceptable to God because they have responded better to their partial knowledge.

Matthew 5.18 The Torah will stand as long as the heavens and the Earth endure.

16. The Sabbath.

The fourth commandment of the Decalogue enjoins the people of God to observe the Sabbath, the seventh day of the week, commonly called Saturday. It is to be regarded as holy from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday. It was given as a memorial of creation, and it is to be used for worship and rest.

Consistent with this, secular work is to be excluded on the Sabbath.

Genesis 2.3 God blessed and sanctified the seventh day. This is the first mention of the word "holy" in the Scripture. It is used in regard to "time" -- the seventh day. Note: "sanctify" means to "set apart for a holy purpose."

Exodus 20.8-11; Genesis 2.2-3 The fourth commandment is stated. The Edenic Sabbath is presented by the holy Spirit as the theological basis for the Sabbath commandment which ordains labour during six days and cessation from work on the seventh . The Sabbath is linked to the cosmos through creation.

Deuteronomy 5.15 The Sabbath is also linked to redemption through the exodus of Israel from Egypt .

Exodus 20.11 God's resting on the seventh day set an example to Adam (whose name means " man ") that all humankind should rest on this day. Adam was not a Jew. He was the first human being made in God's image.

Genesis 4.3,16 Adam taught his children to meet with God at a certain place .

Genesis 4.3 Cain brought his offering to a specific location .

Genesis 4.16 Cain went out from God's presence.

Genesis 4.4 There had been an altar at that place . Note the mention in this verse of "fat" and thus an allusion to an altar .

Genesis 4.3 Adam taught his children to worship God especially on the seventh day Sabbath . Note: the Hebrew actually reads, "And at the end of days it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD." The end of weekly days is the seventh day -- the Sabbath day.

Exodus 31.13 In the period of the wilderness wanderings, the seventh day Sabbath was equated with the sanctifying presence of the LORD God Himself with His people.

Exodus 31.13 ,16 -17; Ezekiel 20.12,20 T he Edenic Sabbath was considered to be an unceasing obligation and sign of a perpetual covenant relationship. In the Scripture the Sabbath is called "a perpetual covenant" or a "sign" between Adonai (YHWH) and His people five times.

Exodus 16.23 ,25 ; 20.10; 31.15; Leviticus 23.3 While the Sabbath was made for humankind, it belongs to God.

Exodus 16.29 While the seventh day Sabbath was always linked to a completed creation , it was later also linked to the creation of a new Nation.

Exodus 20.8; Deuteronomy 5.12-14 God intended the Sabbath to serve man's needs. It was made for man's benefit -- to be a great blessing for all humankind.

Luke 4.16 It was the custom of Yeshua to observe the Sabbath day.

Leviticus 23.32 Sabbaths are observed from even to even.

Mark 2.27 ,28 ; Matthew 12.8; The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. Messiah is Lord of the Sabbath day.

Luke 4.16,18,19 Yeshua announced and inaugurated His mission as the fulfilment of the Sabbatical time of redemption, on a Sabbath.

Luke 23.53,54 Yeshua also closed His ministry on an annual Sabbath.

John 5.17; 9.4 The Messiah made the Sabbath the fitting symbol of His redemptive mission by intensifying His works of salvation on behalf of needy sinners whom Satan had bound.

Luke 13.16 Those who realised their new-found freedom recalled the Sabbath as the day of their liberation.

Luke 4.16,31; 6.1-2,5-9; 13.10,14-16; 14.1,3,5; 23,54,56; Acts 1.12; 13.14,27,42,44; 15.21; 16.13; 17.2; 18.4 Luke attached enormous significance to the Sabbath. He mentioned it no less than 29 times in his Gospel and Acts.

Acts 13.14 ,42,44 ; 14.1; 16.13; 17.1,2,10,17; 18.4,19 Paul worshipped on the Sabbath and met regularly in the open air and in synagogues with Jewish believers and Gentile believers as well. The Gentiles had to wait until the Sabbath to hear the word of God through Paul's teaching.

Acts 16.13 Women had prayer meeting on the Sabbath.

Acts 9.2 cf Acts 22.19 After he had Stephen killed as the first recorded Christian martyr, Paul sought out the "Christians" in the local synagogues of Damascus . He knew he would find them there as they were still Sabbath observant.

Acts 18.4,11 Paul observed the Sabbath for 18 months during his stay at Corinth , a Gentile city.

Acts 18.24-26 When Apollo arrived in Ephesus he also met with believers in the local synagogue.

Isaiah 56.2; 58.13,14 Holy nature of the Sabbath.

Matthew 24.20 Sabbath still regarded following Messiah's ascension. Yeshua thus indicated that the true Messianic Assemblies, at the end of the age, would have a cognisance about the Sabbath.

Hebrews 4.1 ,3 -5 The author of Hebrews establishes the universality of the Edenic Sabbath rest which includes all the blessings of salvation to be encountered by entering personally into "God's [salvation] rest."

Colossians 1.27; 2.13 ,16 ; 3.5-7 The Colossian Messianic believers had been uncircumcised idolatrous Gentile pagans before they were converted. They were being judged by their heathen neighbours for observing the biblical calendrical regulations.

Exodus 20.10; 23.12; Deuteronomy 5.14 The fourth commandment specifically states that Gentiles ("sojourners" and "aliens") are beneficiaries of the blessings that come as a result of Sabbath obedience.

Revelation 12.17; 14.12 The authentic Messianic congregations at the end of the age will be observing God's commandments and maintaining the testimony of Yeshua the Messiah.

Isaiah 56.2-4, 6-7; 58.13,14 Isaiah represents the Sabbath as the symbol of belonging to the covenant not only for the Jews but also for the "Gentiles" who join themselves to the Lord.

Isaiah 66.22,23 The Messiah, the Source and Fountain of Creation and Redemption, will restore Sabbath observance when He returns to rule the earth.

17. Prayer.

God's people are to pray to their heavenly Father in the name of Yeshua, their Mediator and High Priest, who is at the right hand of God. Those who earnestly call upon Him will have their prayers answered in accordance with God's will.

1 Timothy 2.8 Men should pray everywhere.

Luke 18.1 Men ought always to pray, and not to lose heart.

1 Thessalonians 5.17 "Pray without ceasing."

Philippians 4.6 Prayer may be used to express needs and appreciation.

Matthew 6.6; John 16.23; Ephesians 1.17; 3.14 Prayers were addressed to God the Father.

Acts 1.24; 7.59; 2 Corinthians 12.8 The disciples occasionally talked with (prayed to) Yeshua Himself.

John 14.16 ,17 ; John 15.26; 16.7-15 In no instance in Scripture do we find a single prayer addressed to the holy Spirit of God. This is essentially due to the fact that while God the Father is in "heaven" and the Lord Yeshua sits at His right hand, the holy Spirit is described as dwelling with and in the believer. Note also that the holy Spirit ever and always points to Yeshua, and never accepts personal recognition. After all, the holy Spirit is in reality the very fertile mind, awesome power, subjecting authority, and creative personality of God which He utilises as His agency for humankind's benefit. It originates in God and from God, and is by its extension God in activity.

John 14.13 ,14 ; 15.6; 1 John 5.14 We are to ask in Yeshua's name. All requests are to be according to the will of God.

Philippians 4.6 Not only are we to be obedient to His will but all requests are to be made to God with thanksgiving.

Colossians 4.2 Prayers were to be continual, and our thanksgiving was to be continual as well.

Hebrews 4.14-16 Yeshua is a qualified High Priest.

1 Timothy 2.5 Messiah is Mediator between God and humankind.

Romans 8.26-28 The holy Spirit (in our prayers), interprets our real inner yearnings and translates them to God the Father who responds with positive plans and ideas with a view to a successful and beneficial outcome.

Romans 8.34 Messiah intercedes at the right hand of God.

Daniel 9.21-23 Prayers are sometimes answered as soon as they are uttered.

Luke 18.2-7 Sometimes requests are only answered after a considerable delay.

2 Corinthians 12.8,9 Paul stated that God sometimes answers our prayers in a far different manner from what we have desired.

Ephesians 3.20; Jeremiah 33.3 Both the apostle Paul and the prophet Jeremiah encouraged communication with God as He often "gives us far more than we ever think of asking for."

Matthew 6.9-13 Messiah gave a model prayer upon which we can draw for ideas in our faithful communication with God.

Luke 5.16; 9.18; Mark 1.35; 14.39; Matthew 14.23; 26.36 Yeshua considered prayer a very private and personal thing to do.

1 Corinthians 14.23-40 In the model service Paul offered there is not so much of a hint of public prayer even being uttered to God even though "the whole church be brought together into one place."

Psalm 5.3; Nehemiah 8.6; Isaiah 1.15; Acts 7.60; Genesis 24.52; Exodus 4.31; 1 Samuel 1.26; Matthew 26.39 We read of people praying while "looking up," "lifting up the hands," "spreading out the hands," "kneeling," "bowing down," "bowing the head," "standing," and "falling on one's face."

James 1.6; Hebrews 11.6; Psalm 40.1; 57.2; 65.2 Faith must accompany prayer. It is not good enough to believe there is a God. One must aggressively expect God to respond to prayers. What is primarily vital to all this is our spiritual attitude in prayer.

18. Healing & Prayer For the Sick.

God answers individual and collective prayers of faith offered in behalf of the sick. It is Scriptural for the sick to call for the elders of the Messianic Assembly to massage them with oil and to pray for their healing. This practice does not in any way preclude also calling for a doctor, or attending a hospital, in emergency cases.

James 5.14,15 Sick may call the elders who will massage with oil.

Psalm 103.3 God heals all diseases.

2 Kings 20.1-6 Hezekiah's request for healing was granted.

Acts 28.8 Father of Publius was healed through prayer.

1 Corinthians 11.29-32; James 5.14-16 It is written that God sometimes responds correctionally to sin (even with Messianic believers) with sickness or infirmities that can result in death.

Exodus 15.26 Being free from ill-health is often largely dependent on obeying God's Word.

Leviticus 13.1-3; 14.1-20 Priests often acted ceremonially in concert with God as healer.

I Peter 2.22-24; Isaiah 53.4; Matthew 8.16,17 The Emissary Peter taught that by the cuts and the deep wounds of Yeshua we were healed . "

Colossians 4.14 Luke, the constant companion of Paul the Emissary, was a physician.

Luke 10.9 Luke, the physician, may have had medical treatment in mind when he wrote that Messiah required healing of the sick.

Acts 28.8,9 Paul "healed" (Gk. iasato ) the father of Publius from dysentery and a raging fever. Others with diseases were "cured" (Gk. etherapeuonto ) by Luke. This latter term is a medical one meaning cured by medical treatment.

Mark 2.17; Luke 5.31 Yeshua said that physicians are needed for those who are sick.

Job 13.4; Mark 5.25-34 There are some physicians who follow certain paths that are of no lasting value.

2 Chronicles 16.12 ,13 ; Jeremiah 30.12-17 Turning to medical science apart from faith in God can lead to disaster.

Jeremiah 8.22; 2 Kings 20.7 Physicians resorting to natural medicine ought to have a higher ratio of success in dealing with certain medical complaints.

Isaiah 1.6 Bodily sores, wounds, and bruises should be given appropriate treatment being mollified with creams and ointments and bandaged correctly for the purpose of curing those physical conditions.

Ezekiel 30.21 Likewise, fractures should be treated medically.

Luke 10.34 Emulsions and alcohol (where necessary) can be used for infectious wounds.

Proverbs 17.22 A positive good-humoured disposition and healthy psychological outlook can defer physical disease ( dis -ease) and allay mental conditions often needing psychiatric intervention. In contrast, a negative, despairing view of life (and one's self) can lead to rheumatoid-arthritis and other crippling diseases of emotional origin.

Ezekiel 47.12; Revelation 22.2 Botanical medicine is so beneficial for humankind it will be the form of medicine in the Messianic Kingdom of God.

Leviticus 19.18; Luke 10.25-37 Modern medical science may be utilised as an extension of loving one's neighbour.

19. The Lord's Supper (Communion).

This is an ordinance given to the Messianic Assembly as a memorial of the death of Yeshua and it is to be observed annually on the beginning of the day corresponding to the fourteenth day of the Hebrew month Nisan (or, Abib ). Unleavened bread (matzos) and fermented wine should be used in this service as emblems of the broken body and shed blood of the Messiah. It is recommended that those who have made a personal choice (for whatever reason) to abstain from wine substitute with non-alcoholic red grape juice. There is absolutely no shame to be attached to such a decision in Grace.

Mark 14.22-25 Yeshua instituted the Lord's Supper.

Matthew 26.17-29; Luke 22.7-21 Yeshua gave this new ordinance the night He ate the Passover with the twelve disciples.

1 Corinthians 5.7 Messiah is our Passover.

Leviticus 23.5 Lord's Passover in the first month on the 14th day at even.

Jeremiah 35 The Rechabites did not want to drink wine in order to honour the memory of their ancestor, and God honoured their decision.

1 Corinthians 11.20-34 Paul describes and emphasizes to Gentiles the importance of the Lord's Supper.

1 Corinthians 11.1,2 The Gentiles were to keep the Passover, as Paul observed it, and as Yeshua gave instructions concerning it. This means that the Gentiles were to DO everything related to the annual Passover celebration as Yeshua gave command (including washing the feet of the brethren).

1 Corinthians 11. 25 For the Gentiles, however, Paul broadened the observance of the taking of the ceremonial bread and wine (the Lord's Supper) to "as often as you drink it [partake of it]." The foot washing ritual, therefore, would be not be an absolute in the frequent observance of the rite. This does not apply, however, to the annual Passover "memorial" of the death of Mashiach which was a solemn occasion and which was expected to be followed precisely as Paul followed Yeshua in these matters of ordinance (See, above).

20. Washing of Feet Ceremony.

The ordinance of the washing of the feet was given by Yeshua as an example of humility, and it is to be practiced in connection with the annual observance of the Lord's Supper. Objections that foot washing is nowhere to be found in the Messianic Scriptures and therefore Yeshua did not mean that His disciples were to literally carry out His commands on this matter can be summed up in this one statement: The absence of evidence is decidedly not the same as evidence of its absence . Did, for example, Yeshua ever laugh? There is no record of such a thing ever occurring, but nobody in their right mind would suggest that the Lord was a sour grape.

John 13.1-5 Yeshua institutes washing of feet.

John 13.6-12 Yeshua washed the disciples' feet.

John 13.13-17 Yeshua instructed that this act should be continued.

Luke 14.11 Messiah taught humility.

James 4.10 The Lord lifts us up after we humble ourselves.

21. The Annual Sabbaths, Festivals and Fast Days of Leviticus 23.

Leviticus 23 The list of three festival periods, and eight holy days.

The Sabbath instituted at Creation.

The Passover and days of Unleavened Bread (includes two holy days).

Shavuot (or, Pentecost)

Yom Teruah (or, Rosh HaShana ) commonly called "Trumpets"

Yom Kippurim (Day of Atonements)

Sukkot (Festival of Tabernacles)

Simchath Torah ("The Rejoicing in the Torah") or "the Eighth Day of Assembly." Also called Shemini Atzereth (namely, "The Feast of Conclusion" or literally, "the assembly of the eighth [day]"). The Eighth Day of Sukkot, attached to Sukkot, but a separate festival. Modern rabbinic authorities place Shemini Atzereth on Tishri 22 while Simchath Torah (as an extension of the festival) is held on Tishri 23. It is, however, the one festival.

The correct Scriptural means of reckoning calendrical time is by the determination (at Jerusalem) of the new moons to determine the months, and locating the Aviv Barley in the surroundings of Jerusalem to determine the "head" or beginning of the new year. This method is to be preferred over the Rabbinic calendar which has been pre-calculated.

There is enormous tension in Scripture and in the Talmud as to the proper observance and methods of keeping the agricultural festivals, as well as concerning the legitimacy of Gentile converts observing these feasts (the Sabbath is not in question here). The BRI therefore leaves the observance of these days up to the individual conscience of the Gentile Messianic believer without fear of judgment being passed onto the sincere son or daughter of God who wishes to refrain from keeping them.

22. The Resurrection of the Dead.

At the second advent of Our Lord Yeshua the righteous dead (sons and daughters of God) will be resurrected to receive immortality. After the 1000 year reign of Messiah, those who have never had previous opportunity to become children of God will also be resurrected. These people are contrasted to the children of God by being termed generally, "wicked," and "unjust." These terms are mere indicators that these people are void of the holy Spirit. It must be remembered that as long as death holds one individual in its embrace, the monarch Sin will still be reigning , and the purpose for which Messiah Yeshua was manifested in His sacrifice has not been accomplished.

Acts 24.15 There will be a resurrection of the just and the unjust.

John 5.28,29 Those who are in their graves will come forth: some to life, and some to judgment.

2 Timothy 4.1 Judgment takes place at Messiah's coming.

1 Thessalonians 4.16 The righteous dead are resurrected when Yeshua comes.

1 Corinthians 15.51,52 The righteous living receive immortality at Messiah's coming.

Revelation 20.5 The rest of the dead live not until the millennium is over. They will be judged during an age referred to as "The Great White Throne Judgment." It is yet another period of salvation.

Revelation 20.13-15 There will be some who will be sentenced to the Second Death.

1 Corinthians 15.25-26 Messiah must reign until all enemies are put under His feet; the last enemy is death, which will be annulled in life. Therefore, by implication, there must be yet a third resurrection.

1 John 3.8; Hebrews 2.14,15; 9.26; 2 Timothy 1.10 Messiah was manifested -- His purpose in coming to Earth to die -- was to take away sin (the works of the Devil).

Leviticus 25.1-55 Just as there was a redemption for some before the celebration of the Year of Jubilee, there was a deliverance for everyone at the Year of Jubilee. Here we see the "firstfruits" and the "final harvest." We ought not to doubt that there is yet to be a monumental Jubilee of Salvation.

Isaiah 53.10,11 Yeshua will be a Satisfied Saviour (Deliverer).

Jeremiah 31.40 The region which typified hell, and which was referred to as "Gehenna" in the days of Jeremiah and Our Lord Yeshua, will be eventually declared to be "holy." "Hell" will ultimately be cleansed and emptied completely. At the moment the literal region of "Gehenna" is a pleasant garden.

23. Dietary Requirements.

God's people are to use for flesh food only those creatures of God which were designed by Him to be suitable for humankind's dietary requirements. If the dietary requirements of God for humankind have been abolished, why hasn't God also abolished the negative reactions so often associated with their consumption?

Genesis 2.15-17 The first sin in Eden was one relating to kosher food -- dietary restrictions.

Genesis 7.1-3 Long prior to Moses, to Sinai, and to the giving of the Law, Noah knew which animals were clean and which were unclean.

Genesis 9.3 There are many thousands of plants which are injurious to humankind, some even highly toxic if ingested into the stomach. Accordingly, man ought to be discerning as to what animal flesh is good for food.

Leviticus 11.2-47; Deuteronomy 14.3-20 Clean and unclean creatures are designated. The consequences of eating many of these creatures can be fatal.

Isaiah 66.15-17 Those eating unclean creatures when Messiah returns will be consumed.

Acts 10.9-14 Peter recognised the difference between clean and unclean creatures.

Revelation 18.2 Long after the ascension of Messiah, John the apostle makes reference to unclean birds.

Leviticus 11.32–35 Any clean food that comes into contact with a grill, an oven, a stove, or any utensil that has previously had an unclean carcass on it, the clean animal has become as tameh (as "unclean") as if it was an oyster or a pig.

1 Corinthians 10.25–28 For this reason Paul made it clear that sons and daughters of God ought not ask questions relating to food if eating in another home, or at a restaurant, for the sake of conscience.

24. The Messianic Assembly.

Messianic Assembly organisation, patterned after the biblical example, is Scriptural and expedient. It provides the means by which cooperative efforts may be coordinated to:

(1) proclaim the Gospel of Salvation more effectively,

(2) establish biblical standards and doctrines, and

(3) promote fellowship/communication as members of the Family of God.

Each Messianic Assembly must be culturally relevant to and negotiable with the community it serves or it will serve neither God nor its community.

1 Corinthians 12.12-30 The Messianic Assembly is compared to the human body.

Ephesians 4.11-16 Various offices listed and the reason for this organisation.

Ephesians 2.19-22 The Assembly is compared to a building carefully fitted together.

Hebrews 13.7 Establishes authority in the Assembly.

Titus 1.5-9 Instructions are given to ordain elders in every city; qualifications are given.

1 Timothy 3.1-13 Qualifications for the office of elder and deacon.

Acts 6.1-8 Apostles appointed seven men for special administrative duties.

Acts 1.23-26 Matthias, a successor to Judas, was elected.

Acts 18.2 ,18,26 ; Romans 16.3,7; 1 Corinthians 16.19 ; Philippians 4.2-3 Women were given powerful ministries by the holy Spirit in the Work of the early Assemblies. Paul refers to Prisca and her husband Aquila as "my fellow workers [labourers]." Euodia and Syntyche are singled out as well.

One of these women was an "apostle" or Emissary: Junia (not "Junias" which is masculine).

Acts 1.22; 1 Corinthians 9.1,2 An "Apostle" or "Emissary" is an office in the Assembly which is no longer relevant or current. This is because one must have been an eyewitness to the Lord Yeshua's resurrection. All newly ordained Emissaries had to be " eyewitnesses with us [original apostles]." Paul's legality in proclaiming himself an Emissary was validated in his staggering vision of the living resurrected Yeshua on the road to Damascus . It was his meeting with the Jewish Messiah which was " A SEAL of my apostleship."

25. Financing the Work of the Assembly.

The Bible plan for financing the Work of the Assembly is today through generous offerings. Because tithing is today illegal (as there is no Temple standing, and no Levitical priesthood) offerings represent contributions to God's Work from our possessions. God especially loves those who carry out these Messianic duties cheerfully.

Deuteronomy 8.18 The Torah establishes the principle that it is God who gives power to humankind to obtain wealth. That wealth is in appropriate relation to the focused view to obedience toward God in the beneficiary.

1 Chronicles 29.11-17 David recognised a willing and appreciative heart relating to God's blessing of riches is tied in with "God's pleasure in uprightness" -- pleasure in those people who are enthusiastically exhilarated about applying the principles of business and personal success, principles that originate with Him.

Proverbs 28.22 Rapid growth in wealth leads to stinginess. This pursuit ultimately ends with poverty.

Galatians 6.6 Those who are benefiting educationally from the Teacher ought to support the teacher financially.

1 Corinthians 9 Paul spent an entire chapter of his letter attempting to persuade the Gentile believers (sons and daughters of God) in Corinth , Greece , to support him financially in his livelihood of preaching the Gospel of salvation.

John 12.6; 13.29 Yeshua operated His ministry with money. His accountant, Judas, was given the responsibility of the money bag.

Luke 21.1-4 Messiah paid tribute to a woman who gave all she had.

Matthew 6.33 The principle exists that a teacher from God needs to first step out in faith and teach the full Gospel as the finances will follow.

2 Corinthians 9.6,7 God wanted it recorded that He especially loves, and blesses, the giver who does so cheerfully.

Acts 20.35 One of the sayings of Yeshua which was not included in the Gospels: "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

John 13.29 We cannot doubt that the cash flow from well-wishers into HaMashiach's popular ministry must have been immense as Yeshua took the liberty of helping the poor with alms and from that same accumulation of funds He financed His talmidim festival observances and often itinerant travels.

Ephesians 6.8 Neither a harsh prison life, nor the liberty experiences that come with freedom, can halt the karmic blessing of God. It is automatic. We cannot, if our hearts are right, out-give God.

26. Military Involvement.

A son or daughter of God is to love, and work, for the salvation of all humankind. Since this includes his enemies, a child of God cannot and will not participate in military activity.

Psalm 58.11; 1 Samuel 2.10; Micah 4.3; Romans 3.6; 14.11,12; Revelation 17.16,17; 2 Thessalonians 2.8-11 God is over and above all nations and national destinies on this Earth. God is sovereign, and His will is subjecting. To go against the divine will of God in His decrees concerning the nations is to be in rebellion against God and His constituted authority.

Daniel 2.35,44; 7.13,14,18, 21-22,27 The saints will take the Kingdom of God at the end of the age and rule the Earth under Yeshua the Messiah.

2 Corinthians 5.20a In the meantime, sons and daughters of God act as Ambassadors of the heavenly Kingdom of God .

2 Corinthians 5.20b We are spokesmen acting and speaking on behalf of HaMashiach.

Luke 4.4 Our Constitution, as Ambassadors of the Kingdom of God , is the Bible and we are required to live by its every word that is applicable to us.

Matthew 22.21 As Ambassadors we are to render to God that which belongs to God.

1 John 2.15; James 4.4; Hebrews 11.13; 1 Peter 2.11; As Ambassadors we are aloof of the corrupt values and the attractions of the alien state in which we, as the patriarchs, find ourselves "pilgrims."

Romans 12.17 We do not return evil for evil. Yeshua was living in a country that had been invaded by Romans. They were the unwanted, unwelcome occupying force of that time. We never find Him joining any of the underground "liberation" armies, or terrorist organisations, of the period. We do not find Him taking up arms to remove the Pax Romana, or to defend the Land against its enemies.

Romans 12.19-21 We should not avenge ourselves, but rather do good to our enemies. We overcome evil with good.

Matthew 5.43,44 We must love our enemies.

2 Corinthians 4.4 HaSatan is the god of this present evil world system.

Revelation 12.9; Matthew 4.8-10 As Ambassadors, we must reject HaSatan's policies and politics for he is the supreme negative force that controls the entire world politically and militarily.

John 18.36 Yeshua did not allow His servants to fight because His Kingdom is not of this world (age). From this same text we also discover that His children are in no way "pacifists."

John 17.6 ,9,11,14 -17 As Ambassadors, we are to remain in but not be a part of the present world system. An ambassador cannot vote in this world's electoral affairs. He cannot take up arms to defend the country in which he resides. To do so would be tantamount to treason.

Revelation 18.4; 2 Corinthians 6.17; Galatians 1.4 According to our Constitution, we are to break completely with the present world political and military system.

Matthew 26.51 ,52 ; Revelation 13.10 Those who take to the sword will perish by it.

2 Corinthians 10.4 The weapons of our warfare are not carnal .

Philippians 3.20 Greek ; 1 Peter 1.3,4 Paul tells us that our "citizenship" is presently reserved in heaven -- in the Kingdom of God . It is not on this Earth. Peter the Emissary agreed.

Colossians 1.27; Galatians 2.20 Carnal Israel had many wars. When they trusted God , Israel saw victory. When they did not trust in God, they saw defeat. But we today are spiritual, not carnal, children of God. We possess the holy Spirit, ancient Israel did not. Messiah lives His life anew and afresh within us. As Messiah never participated in this world's corrupt political and military system, so we submit to Him and allow Him to live His life over again in each of us.

2 Corinthians 10.3 We do not participate in military warfare.

Ephesians 4.17-24 New Berkeley Version . "So I tell you this and testify in the Lord: you must no longer behave like the Gentiles, whose lives are spent in the uselessness of their ways of thinking. Their understanding has become darkened. Because of their ignorance and the obstinacy of their hearts, they have grown estranged from the divine life. Troubled by no compunctions, they are the sort that have abandoned themselves to sensuality, so as to practice with greediness all kinds of impurity. But this is not the way you have come to know [Messiah]. If, indeed, you have heard about Him and have been taught in Him according to the truth as it is in [Yeshua]: that you are to rid yourself of the old nature with your previous habits, corrupted as it is by deceitful lusts; that you be renewed in your mental attitude, and that you put on the new nature that is created in God's likeness in genuine righteousness and holiness." Although this was written to Gentiles alone -- those without Torah, those who are not sanctioned by the purity regulations : hence Paul's decided choice of the term "impurity" which can only be understood within the context of Torah -- both Jews and Gentiles are to come out of the world system completely. "Coming out" is a state of mind .

Ephesians 6.10-18 We wear the complete armour of God and are in constant warfare against demonic realms, including Archons, Principalities, Powers and Spirits of Wickedness that traverse the heavenlies.

27. Pagan Religious Celebrations.

Sunday, Xmas, Easter, Lent, Halloween etc are all of pagan origin. To observe them is to cause intermixing our worship to God with unacceptable religions, a practice denounced in the Scripture.

2 Chronicles 21.11 Establishment of "high places" caused Jerusalem to commit adultery.

2 Chronicles 28.4,25 God is angered when we recognise other gods.

Jeremiah 10.2 We ought not to learn the way of the heathen.

Deuteronomy 12.1-4, 29-32 Modern scholarly research shows that all our modern forms of religious worship are to be found in the ancient heathen religious systems which have their roots ultimately in Babylon .

Revelation 18.4 The final warning call to the children of God is to "Come out" of Babylon . Clearly it is the case that if God's children are presently being called out of Babylon , some must still remain there to this day, and to the end of the age -- the focus of the Revelation itself.

John 4.24 Yeshua expects us to worship God with absolute purity of heart and mind: "in spirit and in truth" -- that is, in accord with right knowledge.

28. Prophecy and Signs of its Fulfilment.

Bible prophecy was written by holy men of God who were moved by the holy Spirit, and it was given for us to determine where we are in time in relation to the second coming of Messiah. Much of what is taking place in the political, religious, material, and social world today is fulfilment of prophecy and reveals that the Advent of Messiah is near.

2 Peter 1.19-21 Prophecy is certain. It is not of private interpretation. It was inspired by the holy Spirit.

Matthew 24.1-41; Luke 21.6-33 Yeshua uttered prophecies concerning the siege of Jerusalem and His return.

1 Timothy 4.1-3; 2 Timothy 3.1-7 Prophecies of developments in the social and religious worlds.

Matthew 24.32-34; Luke 21.29-32 The generation that saw the emergence of the State of Israel as a budding of a fig tree signals the End-Time. It would be the final generation.

Daniel 12.4 A massive surge of knowledge would dominate the End-Time.

Zechariah 1.12 1967 ushered in the End-Time.

Zechariah 12.2-3 Jerusalem at the End-Time was to become a "burdensome stone" and "a cup of trembling (poison)" to the nations of the Earth.

Psalm 2; 83 The international community of nations (United Nations) would want the destruction of the State of Israel. A final ten-nation Arab confederacy would be crying out for the obliteration of the Jewish people and the cessation of the name of " Israel ."

Psalm 83.7,8 A Palestinian State will usher in the End-Time. The present day Palestinians are the ancient Philistines -- Israel 's arch enemies. No Arab state desires them. A resurgent Iraq (Assyria/Assur) will join with these Arab States.

Zechariah 13; 12.11-14 Civil war is coming to Israel . It will largely be over the identity of Yeshua the Messiah.

Isaiah 26.15; 11.15; Zechariah 10.10,11 Israel is to expand its borders dramatically. Israel is to annex regions of Jordan and occupy Lebanon . The Nile River in Egypt is to dry up.

Nahum 2.11-13 Species of wildlife will become scarce.

Nahum 2.3,4 Cars and other transport will be capable of travelling at top speeds and will utilise headlights at night.

Ezekiel 16.53-55 Sodom and Gomorrah will be rediscovered.

Isaiah 13; 24.5 Scientists will become alarmed at increased asteroid activity.

Jeremiah 16.14-19 God would raise up an End-Time Work which will be devoted to exposing the fables of Constantinian Gentile churchianity.

Psalm 102.13-18 Hebrew "You [Yahweh] shall arise, and have mercy upon Zion : for the time to favour her, yes, the set time is come . For your servants take pleasure in her stones , and love her dust. So the nations shall fear the Name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory. When the LORD shall build up Zion , He shall appear in His glory. When he has regarded the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer. This shall be written for the FINAL GENERATION : and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD." It is the "final [last] generation" that will be preoccupied with archeologically the stones of Jerusalem . This has been the case since 1948, and more intensely than ever, since 1967 when Israel began to blossom. The servants of God "love her dust."

29. The Kingdom of God .

The Kingdom is divided into three phases: (1) the spiritual Kingdom of God 's Grace (2) the millennial Messianic Kingdom and (3) the eternal Kingdom of God .

(1) The spiritual Kingdom exists now as the Messiah reigns in the lives of believers through the power of the holy Spirit.

(2) Messiah will reign over the Earth from Jerusalem on the throne of His glory, and the redeemed will reign with Him. ( See 32. Millennial Reign of Messiah.)

(3) Following the millennium God's Kingdom will stretch into eternity and God will be all and in all.

Matthew 3.2; 4.17 John the Immerser and Yeshua preached that the Kingdom of God was at hand.

Colossians 1.13 We have right now been translated into God's Kingdom.

1 Peter 2.5 We are part of a spiritual house.

Hebrews 4.16 Our invitation to approach the Throne of Grace.

Luke 16.16; Matthew 21.31; 23.13; Luke 11.52; Mark 12.34; Matthew 11.11 There is a present reality concerning the Kingdom of God . When the Gospel began to be preached men entered it with violence. It is the presence of the future.

John 5.24; 1 John 5.11,13 Eternal life, the quality of which is essential for the Kingdom of God , is available now.

John 17 By believing in Yeshua now we already experience the Oneness of Deity, in the Unity of the Sh'ma.

30. The Regathering and Restoration of Israel .

The regathering of the descendants of Israel to the Holy Land is spoken of right throughout the sacred Scriptures. This is in the process of being fulfilled and it is a sign of the nearness of Messiah's Advent. Indeed, there is little doubt the most significant miracle of our day has been the rebirth of the State of Israel.

Acts 1.6,7 Yeshua, at His ascension into heaven, did not share detailed information relative to His return to restore the kingdom to Israel .

Luke 21.24 Jerusalem would be trodden down, its inhabitants taken captive.

Jeremiah 31.8-14 God would gather Israel and satisfy the people.

Ezekiel 37.21-28 God would take them from among the nations.

Amos 9.14,15; Isaiah 1.25-2.5; 11.1-16; Jeremiah 23.3-8; 30.1-31.40; Micah 4.1-5.3; Zechariah 12.1-5.3; Psalm 2, 22, 89; Daniel 7-12 God would regather Israel and rebuild.

Psalm 102.16; Isaiah 11; 43; 54; 60-62; 66; Hosea 3; Ezekiel 34; 36-39 The rebuilding of Zion is a sign of Mashiach's Advent.

Romans 11; Jeremiah 16.19 At the conclusion of the age the Gentile churches would decline because of their Replacement Theology, and God would turn Israel by raising up Messianic assemblies to His glory and restoring the Jewish thoughtform to the biblical revelation. Gentile Christians would begin to turn to Jewish Messianic sons of God and learn from them.

Zechariah 12-13 Israel will turn in repentance to Messiah Yeshua, and experience an End-Time civil war with the result that the Israelis will remove or destroy all vestiges of idolatrous false churchianity from Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel ).

Romans 2.28,29 Jewish people (physical descendants of Abraham through Isaac and Jacob, whether through the mother's or the father's bloodline) who place their faith in Israel 's Messiah, Yeshua, continue to be recognised as Jewish according to the Jewish Messianic Scriptures.

Romans 11.17-25; Ephesians 2.12 Gentiles who place their faith in Yeshua, are "grafted into" the Jewish Olive Tree of faith. They are then qualified to participate in the national life of Israel (Stern's JNT).

Gal. 3.28,29 Gentiles who are grafted into the Olive Tree become spiritual sons and daughters of Father Abraham.

31. The second Advent of Messiah.

Yeshua will return in visible bodily form to establish His Kingdom on the Earth. He will come in the clouds of the heavens, the same exact way He departed.

Acts 1.9-11 Yeshua was taken in a cloud; two men in white apparel predicted a similar return.

John 14.1-3 Yeshua promised to return.

Acts 3.20 Peter spoke of Yeshua's return.

Zechariah 14.1-4 The feet of Yahweh will one day stand on the Mount of Olives at Jerusalem .

Job 19.25-27 Job looked forward to seeing his Redeemer stand on the Earth in the latter days.

1 Thessalonians 4.16 The Lord will descend with the blast of the trumpet of God.

Revelation 1.7 He will come with clouds and every eye will see Him.

Matthew 25.31,32 He will come to sit upon His throne. Before Him will be gathered all nations.

32. Millennial Reign of Messiah.

Messiah will establish His Kingdom on the Earth at His second advent, where the redeemed will reign with Him for 1000 years. This is called "the time of restitution" ( Acts 3.21 ) also called "regeneration" ( Matthew 19.28 ). In Jewish thoughtform, this period of "restoration Work" begins just prior to the actual reign of Mashiach.

During the millennial age Messiah will put all enemies, including death, under His feet after which He will turn the Kingdom over to God the Father.

Luke 1.27-35 Yeshua to inherit the Throne of his ancestor, King David.

Revelation 3.21 The promise of governmental inheritance extends to all who are overcomers in this life.

Zechariah 14.4-9 Yeshua stands, at His return, on the Mount of Olives .

Revelation 11.15 The kingdom (Gk. singular, not plural) of this world becomes the Kingdom of Our Lord .

Daniel 7.27 The kingdom of God is to be located during Messiah's reign under the entire heavens. "Under the whole heavens" is ON the Earth.

Matthew 19.28; Isaiah 1.26; Ezekiel 48; Isaiah 9.6 ,7 ; Revelation 21.10-14 During his ministry, Yeshua appointed twelve Emissaries to reign over the restored twelve tribal nations of Israel at His second coming.

Revelation 20.4,6 The righteous will reign with Him for 1000 years.

Revelation 5.10 They will reign on the Earth.

Zechariah 14.1-9 ,11 Yeshua will reign from Jerusalem , which is destined to become a safe haven for the population of that presently troubled city.

Psalm 86.9,10 All nations on Earth will come before God and worship Him, recognising His Unity.

Isaiah 2.2-4; Micah 4.1-4 The mountain (Kingdom) of the Lord will be established on top of the mountains. It will be a peaceful time when the ways of God are taught.

Isaiah 65.17-24 Descriptive of the millennium.

1 Corinthians 15.24-28 Messiah reigns until all enemies are brought beneath His rule; then turns the Kingdom over to God.

33. The New Earth .

The restoration of the Earth will be completed at the close of the millennial reign of Messiah (and at the conclusion of the Great White Throne Judgment period). The New Jerusalem will come down from the heavens to planet Earth. In this New Earth there will be neither adversity nor marking of time as we know it. God Himself will dwell with His people.

1 Corinthians 15.24 The Kingdom is delivered to God.

Isaiah 65.17; 2 Peter 3.13 We look for a New Heavens and a New Earth.

Revelation 21.2,10 This New Earth receives the New Jerusalem.

Revelation 21.3 God dwells with His people.

Revelation 21.4 God wipes away tears; there will be no death, sorrow, crying, pain .

Revelation 21.23; 22.5 There will be no night there.

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