In today’s climate of needing to “be”
somebody, so many of us just want to identify with somebody, or something. We
call ourselves Messianic, Nazarenes, Israelites, and many other names, but who
are we? Or better yet, what are we. In a situation like this, and with
questions like this we must go to the scriptures. We must see what it says.
Ecc
1:8 All matters are
wearisome, no one is able to speak of it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear filled with hearing.
Ecc
1:9 What has been is what
shall be, what has been done is what shall be done, and there is no new matter
under the sun.
We can use all the excuses we want, but this
scripture puts it into perspective.
Joh
3:16
“For Elohim so loved the world that He gave His only
brought-forth
Son, so that everyone who believes in Him should
not perish
but possess everlasting life.
We all know this scripture. We
have quoted it hundreds of times, and
Heard it just as many. But what does
it mean to us? First of all it lays
out a principal, that principal is
this. Elohim so loved the world…..Abba
YAHWEH so loves the world….His
creation…..What He created….. What
He put into existence with Adam and
Eve. The world and everything that
is in it. He so loved it! But it goes
on…..that He gave His only begotten, or
brought-forth Son……He, YAHWEH gave up,
let go of, or released for us
His Son the Messiah…….Yahushuah
Homischach. And made the
assertion that whoever believed in Him
would not perish but possess
everlasting life! Everlasting life …..
hmmmm …… just what was YAHWEH
talking about? And what did He mean?
Once again we must go to the
scriptures…
.Rom 10:9 That if you confess with your mouth the
Master יהושע
and believe in your
heart that Elohim has raised Him from the
dead, you shall be
saved.
Rom 10:10 For with the heart one believes unto
righteousness,
and one confesses
with the mouth, and so is saved.
Rom 10:11 Because the Scripture says, “Whoever puts his
trust
in Him shall not be
put to shame.”
Rom 10:12 Because there is no distinction between Yehuḏite and
Greek, for the same
Master of all is rich to all those calling upon
Him.
Rom 10:13 For “everyone who calls on the Name of יהוה shall be
saved.”
How comforting… but
it is conditional. Just like everything we
do….conditional. Yes, from the dawn of creation, everything is conditional.
Didn’t Elohim speak to Adam and tell him he could eat of everything in
t he garden but 1 tree?
Gen 2:16 And יהוה Elohim commanded the man, saying, “Eat of
every tree of the garden,
Gen 2:17 but do not eat of the tree of the
knowledge of good and
evil, for in the day that you eat of it you shall certainly die.
And what did He do?.....ate of the tree. Something that we all say we would
never do, but we all know we would have, given the same circumstance.
Now lets go back to the original question……..”so you want to be a Hebrew”
WE see that in order to be something, we have to become it. We need to take
on the very characteristic of what we want to become. We have to be
transformed.
Rom 12:1 I call upon you, therefore, brothers, through
the
compassion
of Elohim, to present your bodies a living offering – set
apart,
well-pleasing to Elohim – your reasonable worship.
Rom 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed
by the renewing of your mind, so that you prove what is
that
good and well-pleasing and perfect desire of Elohim.
We see that this is beginning to take on a new perspective. We need to look
at
these verses and see just what they mean……. First of all before we dissect
these
verses, there are a couple of things we need to get established. We need to
under
stand that there is “NO” new testament. You could call it a renewed Testament,
or
New Writings. Only because they are newer transcripts of the original writings.
The Christian church, of which many of us have come out of,……has tried to
shove this concept down our throat……. It is totally false. Let me take you
to the
words of our Messiah.
Joh 5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have
believed me: for
he wrote of me.
Joh
5:47
But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my
words?
Whoa……hold the boat…….out of the mouth of Messiah Yahushua He said if we
don’t believe Moses writings, there is no way we will believe His words?
What is
this guy saying. You mean the Old Testament has validity???? You see, that
is
why this is a complete book…..Genesis to Revelations. Full and complete
lacking
in nothing….. OK, now that we have that settled, let’s go back to Romans…
we all
know that this is Shaul talking. He says to present our bodies a living
sacrifice,
Kodesh acceptable unto YAHWEH. Present our bodies…..hummmm…..what is HE
Talking about. Sounds like we need to change something….what do you think
it
Means? Well here are several.
Lev
19:26
‘Do not eat meat with the blood. Do not practice divination or
magic.
Lev 19:27 ‘Do not round the corner of your head, nor
destroy the corner of your beard.
Lev 19:28 ‘And do not make any cuttings in your flesh
for the dead, nor put tattoo marks on you. I am יהוה.
Lev 19:29 ‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a
whore, so that the land does not whore, and the land becomes filled with
wickedness.
There are more in Lev. But let’s look at these….” Do not Eat meat with
blood” well here go the rare, or medium rear steaks…..LOL…. What YAHWEH means here
is that our food needs to be cooked in its entirety….all the way through.
Why?
Well the first is that the blood of anything is sacred. It is life to where
ever it came
from. Also that it is unhealthy to eat uncooked meats.
“ Do not practice divination or magic….we can understand this , or can us….have
you ever said “good Luck” to somebody, or ever wished for something…..that
my
friend is divination. Pure and simple.
Verse 27 has to do with demon or idol worship. There are many practices
that went on years ago that we don’t know of, but that doesn’t give us any
right to
plead ignorance…..it is our duty to know, and ask questions. The next is
cuttings
of the flesh and tattoo’s. This is the easiest…..most all are demon
inspired, but
the biggest is that they don’t come off. You get one, You have one…. Now
another
reason is the ending 3 words…… I AM YAHWEH!!!!. Need I say more? Abba is
trying to say…..”NO”….
Now verse 29 you would think, is very obvious. Or is it?
Let me ask you this…..How do let them dress? Do you let
them reveal any body
parts? When you let them go out, if the clothing they
wear draws a man’s eyes,
and entices them, you have just made your daughter a
whore…… I know that is a
tough statement, but it is true. if they live in your
house, and under your
covering, you are held accountable. Same with your
wife!!! Now add this together
with everybody else, and suddenly the land is
defiled…..the family is gone, and the
l and becomes corrupt. Something to think about….
So we need to see, that it is imperative that we become
set apart…well pleasing to
Elohim. Now the next verse in Romans is also important.
It tells us how to
change….
Rom 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you prove what is that good
and well-pleasing and perfect desire of Elohim.
This is pretty
clear….we cannot conform to this world, we cannot take part in
its ways…what we are
talking about is just that, becoming like them…..the
way they look….the
way they talk….. the way they act….. we are called to be
“set apart” we need
to be different!!!!! That way we can :
To make you understand this even a little better let me draw analogy. When
we are asked for a writing instrument, how many things go thru our mind…pen or
pencil…..fine, medium, or ultra fine…..mechanical or regular……bic, or
sharpie….#2 or HB…..it is endless….. a Hebrew mindset will think something to put
words on paper….that’s all. Why???? That is because we have been “Hellenized”….
The Greeks brought this in……a choice for everything….if it feels good do
it……that is the mind set we are talking about….
So, do you still want to become a “Hebrew” Well, there is more.
Remember John 5:46,
well …..
Joh 5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have
believed me: for
he wrote of me.
What was it that
Moshe said?? Moshe wrote the first 5
Books of the
Tanach……. Better
known as the Torah. In it is the complete DIWY manual,( do
it with YAHWEH). Now
in these writings are the very essence of life…… how to
live, how to conduct
your business, family, all you need to know to exist on this
earth. In every Book
written after that, you will see reference to the Torah.
Especially in the
Brit…..or new writings. Even in the Book of Malicah we find
this:
Mal
4:1
“For look, the day shall come, burning like a furnace, and all the
proud, and every wrongdoer shall be stubble. And the day that shall come shall
burn them up,” said יהוה
of hosts, “which leaves to them neither root nor branch.
Mal 4:2 “But to you who fear My Name the Sun of
Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings. And you shall go out and
leap for joy like calves from the stall.
Mal 4:3 “And you shall trample the wrongdoers, for
they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this,”
said יהוה of hosts.
Mal 4:4 “Remember the Torah of Mosheh, My servant,
which I commanded him in Ḥorĕḇ for all Yisra’ĕl – laws and right-rulings.
Mal 4:5 “See, I am sending you Ěliyah the prophet before the coming of the great and
awesome day of יהוה.
Mal 4:6 “And he shall turn the hearts of the fathers
to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come
and smite the earth with utter destruction
What does this sound
like to you? Verse 4 refers directly to the Torah of Mosheh.
Now you can see why
YAHUSHUA said the same thing…….. “laws and right rulings.”
Here is a scripture out of Isaiah:
Isa 2:3
And many people’s shall come and say, “Come, and let us go up to the
mountain of יהוה,
to the House of the Elohim of Yaʽaqoḇ, and let Him teach us
His ways, and let us walk in His paths, for out of Tsiyon comes forth the Torah, and the Word
of יהוה from Yerushalayim.”
Another reference to
Messiah……
Isa 42:1 “See, My Servant whom I uphold, My Chosen One
My being has delighted in! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He brings forth
right-ruling to the nations.
Isa 42:2 “He does not cry out, nor lifts up His
voice, nor causes His voice to be heard in the street.
Isa 42:3 “A crushed reed He does not break, and
smoking flax He does not quench. He brings forth right-ruling in accordance
with truth.
Isa
42:4
“He does not become weak or crushed, until He has established
right-ruling in the earth. And the coastlands wait for His Torah.”
Just what do you
think all of this means? I am going to the Torah now and see just how it is we
are supposed to live.
Deu
4:1
“And now, O Yisra’ĕl, listen to the laws and the right-rulings which I
am teaching you to do, so that you live, and shall go in and possess the land
which יהוה Elohim of your fathers is giving
you.
Deu 4:2 “Do not add to the
Word which I command you, and do not take away from it1, so
as to guard the commands of יהוה
your Elohim which I am commanding you. Footnote: 1See
also 12:32, Prov. 30:6, Rev. 22:18-19.
Deu 4:3 “Your eyes have seen what יהוה did at Baʽal Peʽor, for יהוה your Elohim has destroyed from your
midst all the men who followed Baʽal Peʽor.
Deu 4:4 “But you who are clinging to יהוה your Elohim are alive today, every
one of you.
Deu 4:5 “See, I have taught you laws and
right-rulings, as יהוה
my Elohim commanded me, to do thus in the land which you go to possess.
Deu 4:6 “And you shall guard and do them, for this is
your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the peoples who hear all
these laws, and they shall say, ‘Only a wise and understanding people is this
great nation!’
Deu 4:7 “For what great nation is there which has
Elohim so near to it, as יהוה
our Elohim is to us, whenever we call on Him?
Deu 4:8 “And what great nation is there that has such
laws and righteous right-rulings like all this Torah which I set before you
this day?
Deu 4:9 “Only, guard yourself, and guard your life
diligently, lest you forget the Words your eyes have seen, and lest they turn
aside from your heart all the days of your life. And you shall make them known
to your children and your grandchildren.
Not only have we
seen hoe to live, but…….. we cant add or chanve it in any way!!!
Deu 12:32 “All the words I am commanding you, guard to
do it – do not add to it nor take away from it.
Pro
30:6 Do not add to His Words, Lest He reprove you, and
you be found a liar.
Rev 22:18 For I witness to everyone hearing the words
of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to them, Elohim shall add to him
the plagues that are written in this book,
Rev 22:19 and if anyone takes away from the words of
the book of this prophecy, Elohim shall take away his part from the Book of
Life, and out of the set-apart city, which are written in this Book.
I think that we have
established that there is a certain way that we need to live, and cant aqdd or
subtract………HOWEVER, let’s look at a few
other scriptures.
Exo
19:5 ‘And now, if you diligently obey My voice, and shall
guard My covenant, then you shall be My treasured possession above all the
peoples – for all the earth is Mine –
Deu
7:6 “For you are a set-apart people to your Elohim. your Elohim has chosen you to be a people
for Himself, a treasured possession above all the peoples on the face of the
earth.
Deu
14:2 for you are a set-apart people to your Elohim, and has chosen you to be a people for
Himself, a treasured possession above all the peoples who are on the face of
the earth.
Deu
26:19 so as to set you high above all nations which
He has made, for a praise, and for a name, and for esteem, and for you to be a
set-apart people to your Elohim, as
He has spoken.”
Deu
28:9 “
does establish you as a set-apart people to Himself, as He has sworn to
you, if you guard the commands of
your Elohim and walk in His ways.
Isa
62:12 And they shall be called, “The Set-apart
People, the Redeemed of .” And you
shall be called, “Sought Out, a City Not Forsaken.”
Eze
44:23 “And they are to teach My people the
difference between the set-apart and the profane, and make them know what is
unclean and clean.
Dan
7:27 ‘And the reign, and the rulership, and the
greatness of the reigns under all the heavens, shall be given to the people,
the set-apart ones of the Most High. His reign is an everlasting reign, and all
rulerships shall serve and obey Him.’
1Pe
2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal
priesthood, a set-apart nation, a people for a possession, that you should
proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvellous
light,
2Pe
3:10 But the day of YAHWEH shall come as a thief
in the night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the
elements shall melt with intense heat, and the earth and the works that are in
it shall be burned up.
2Pe
3:11 Seeing all these are to be destroyed in this
way, what kind of people ought you to be in set-apart behaviour and reverence,
2Pe
3:12 looking for and hastening the coming of the
day of Elohim, through which the heavens shall be destroyed, being set on fire,
and the elements melt with intense heat!
2Pe
3:13 But according to His promise we wait for a
renewed heavens and a renewed earth in which righteousness dwells.
2Pe
3:14 So then, beloved ones, looking forward to
this, do your utmost to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless,
2Pe
3:15 and reckon the patience of our Master as
deliverance, as also our beloved brother Sha’ul wrote to you, according to the
wisdom given to him,
2Pe
3:16 as also in all his letters, speaking in them
concerning these matters, in which some are hard to understand,1 which those
who are untaught and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do also
the other Scriptures.
2Pe
3:17 You, then, beloved ones, being forewarned,
watch, lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the
delusion of the lawless,
2Pe
3:18 but grow in the favour and knowledge of our
Master and Saviour Messiah. To Him
be the esteem both now and to a day that abides. Amen.
Heb 12:14 Pursue peace with all, and pursue apartness
without which no one shall see the Master.
Heb 12:15 See to it that no one falls short of the
favour of Elohim, that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, by
which many become defiled,
Where would you like
me to go from here……… there are hundres of scriptures that
show us how to
live….what to think…..how to act under an circumstance. Yet we so
cling to the ways of
the world….why? Why are we so afraid to be different…….or
rather set-apart.
Why do we choose the ways of the world over the ways of Abba
YAHWEH? I guess I need to let that be up to you…….I
leave you with a verse out
of Yahoshua
Jos
24:14
“And now, fear יהוה,
serve Him in perfection and in truth, and put away the mighty ones which your
fathers served beyond the River and in Mitsrayim, and serve יהוה!
Jos
24:15 “And if it seems
evil in your eyes to serve יהוה,
choose for yourselves this day whom you are going to serve, whether the mighty
ones which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the mighty ones
of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But I and my house, we serve יהוה.”
Jos
24:19
Then Yehoshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve יהוה, for He is a set-apart Elohim, a
jealous Ěl is He. He does not bear with your transgression and with your sins,
Jos
24:20 if you forsake יהוה and shall serve mighty ones of a
stranger. Then He shall turn back and do you evil and consume you, after He has
been good to you.”
Jos
24:21 And the people
said to Yehoshua, “No, but we do serve יהוה!”
Jos
24:22 Then Yehoshua
said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen יהוה for yourselves, to serve Him.” And
they said, “Witnesses!”
Jos
24:23 “And now, put
away the mighty ones of the stranger which are in your midst, and incline your
heart to יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl.”
Jos
24:24 And the people
said to Yehoshua, “יהוה
our Elohim we serve, and His voice we obey.”
Jos
24:25 And Yehoshua made
a covenant with the people that day, and laid on them a law and a right-ruling
in Sheḵem.
Jos
24:26 Then Yehoshua
wrote these words in the Book of the Torah of Elohim. And he took a large
stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the set-apart place of יהוה.
Jos
24:27 And Yehoshua
said to all the people, “See, this stone is a witness to us, for it has heard
all the words of יהוה which He spoke to us. And it shall be a witness
against you, lest you lie against your Elohim.”
Jos
24:28 Then Yehoshua
sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
