I Am The Way

The B’rit Hadashah also describes formative events among the early Jewish and Gentile followers of Yeshua and explains how this new Messianic Community or “church” is related to the Jewish people. Unlike much Christian theology, the B’rit Hadashah does not say that the Messianic Community replaces the Jews as God’s people. Nor does it say that the Messianic Community stands alongside the Jews as a second eternal people of God with a separate destiny and separate promises. Rather, the relationship is more complex: Gentiles are grafted as “wild olive branches” into a Jewish “cultivated olive tree,” some of whose branches “fell off” but will one day be “grafted back into their own olive tree,” so that in the end, “all Israel will be saved.” Thus, the Jews are not, as many Christians think, and as many Jews fear, annihilated as a people by being “absorbed into the Church.”

On the contrary, as Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) states—in the same passage as where he announces that God will make a New Covenant with the house of Isra’el and the house of Y’hudah—the Jews remain God’s people forever, for as long as the sun, moon and stars give light to the earth. But the Jews will become a people who honour the Messiah for whom they have hoped and waited so long: Yeshua. It is on this basis that unity will be restored between the Messianic Community and the Jewish people and the great schism finally healed.

Note: Scripture is not divisive but theology is; perhaps the greatest deception mankind has ever known since the “golden calf” where there is no salvation except theology that abandons ADONAI’s mitzvot, rules and regulations of the Torah.

Key Concept 1: John 15:1-27 vs Romans 11 is clear ‘replacement theology’ and it gets worse when Yeshua HaMaschiach uses the Vine to exemplify redemption whereas Paul replaces Yeshua’s metaphor with a wild olive tree, and broken branches. It is an absurd comparison because the olive tree does not exemplify the redemption plan or a complete metaphor. What about the root, the Gardener and care of the vine?

Note: Restating portions of Scripture, metaphors or the literal meaning is pointless because it changes or deceives; that is, Romans for example is of no use and should not be taught at churches, or schools because these books are contradictory, confusing and misleading. The only instructions we must obey are those from the Torah, Prophets, Gospels and Revelation.

We must learn clearly of ADONAI’s mitzvot, rules and regulations; not theological expressions. Every time you hear a message from Paul or anybody else; ask them ‘what did Yeshua HaMaschiach’ say? You will soon learn why you should not listen to such preaching or teaching from self-anointed prophets or apostles because they are not Scripture.

The olive tree concept:

Exodus 23:11 (CJB)

¹¹ But the seventh year, you are to let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people can eat; and what they leave, the wild animals in the countryside can eat. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.

Psalm 92:11
¹¹⁽¹⁰⁾  But you have given me
the strength of a wild bull;
you anoint me with fresh olive oil.

Nehemiah 8:15
¹⁵ and that they were to announce and pass the word in all their cities and in Yerushalayim, “Go out to the mountains, and collect branches of olives, wild olives, myrtles, palms, and other leafy trees to make sukkot, as prescribed.”

Romans 11:11–15 (CJB)

¹¹ “In that case, I say, isn’t it that they have stumbled with the result that they have permanently fallen away?” Heaven forbid! Quite the contrary, it is by means of their stumbling that the deliverance has come to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them to jealousy. ¹² Moreover, if their stumbling is bringing riches to the world—that is, if Israel’s being placed temporarily in a condition less favoured than that of the Gentiles is bringing riches to the latter—how much greater riches will Isra’el in its fullness bring them!

¹³ However, to those of you who are Gentiles I say this: since I myself am an emissary sent to the Gentiles, I make known the importance of my work ¹⁴ in the hope that somehow I may provoke some of my own people to jealousy and save some of them! ¹⁵ For if their casting Yeshua aside means reconciliation for the world, what will their accepting him mean? It will be life from the dead!

Romans 11:16–26 (CJB)

¹⁶ Now if the hallah offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole loaf. And if the root is holy, so are the branches. ¹⁷ But if some of the branches were broken off, and you—a wild olive—were grafted in among them and have become equal sharers in the rich root of the olive tree, ¹⁸ then don’t boast as if you were better than the branches! However, if you do boast, remember that you are not supporting the root, the root is supporting you. ¹⁹ So you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” ²⁰ True, but so what? They were broken off because of their lack of trust. However, you keep your place only because of your trust. So don’t be arrogant; on the contrary, be terrified! ²¹ For if God did not spare the natural branches, he certainly won’t spare you! ²² So take a good look at God’s kindness and his severity: on the one hand, severity toward those who fell off; but, on the other hand, God’s kindness toward you—provided you maintain yourself in that kindness! Otherwise, you too will be cut off! ²³ Moreover, the others, if they do not persist in their lack of trust, will be grafted in; because God is able to graft them back in. ²⁴ For if you were cut out of what is by nature a wild olive tree and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree!

²⁵ For, brothers, I want you to understand this truth which God formerly concealed but has now revealed, so that you won’t imagine you know more than you actually do. It is that stoniness, to a degree, has come upon Isra’el, until the Gentile world enters in its fullness; ²⁶ and that it is in this way that all Isra’el will be saved. As the Tanakh says,

“Out of Tziyon will come the Redeemer;

he will turn away ungodliness from Ya‘akov

Key concept 2: Romans 11 introduces a whole new ‘belief in redemption’ from a ‘self-anointed’ prophet or apostle who replaces ADONAI’s plan of redemption. Interestingly, Yeshua HaMaschiach obeyed the Torah, and never changed anything in it, except to correct those who were interpreting incorrectly. This chapter is absurd as are all theological views in the context of the Torah.

If you believe, but more importantly obey theological views from any of these books, you are deceived. You have chosen the ‘golden calf’ over ADONAI’s mitzvot, rules and regulations given in the Torah.

Jeremiah 14:14 (CJB)

¹⁴ Adonai replied, “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I didn’t send them, order them or speak to them. They are prophesying false visions to you, worthless divinations, the delusions of their own minds.

Isaiah 7:14
14  Therefore Adonai himself
will give you people a sign:
the young woman will become pregnant,
bear a son and name him ‘Immanu El [God is with us].

Isaiah 44:25
25  I frustrate false prophets and their omens,
I make fools of diviners,
I drive back the sages
and make their wisdom look silly.

Jewish people and Christians must become one flock, obeying the Tanakh, Gospels and Revelation and be One flock – One Shepherd!

Exodus 32:8 (CJB)
⁸ So quickly they have turned aside from the way I ordered them to follow! They have cast a metal statue of a calf, worshipped it, sacrificed to it and said, ‘Isra’el! Here is your god, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!’ ”

The Ten Commandments:

Exodus 20:1–17 (CJB)

¹ Then God said all these words:

א ^‎2 “I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the abode of slavery.

ב ^‎3 “You are to have no other gods before me. ⁴ You are not to make for yourselves a carved image or any kind of representation of anything in heaven above, on the earth beneath or in the water below the shoreline. ⁵ You are not to bow down to them or serve them; for I, Adonai your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sins of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, ⁶ but displaying grace to the thousandth generation of those who love me and obey my mitzvot.

ג ^‎7 “You are not to use lightly the name of Adonai your God, because Adonai will not leave unpunished someone who uses his name lightly.

ד ^‎8 “Remember the day, Shabbat, to set it apart for God. ⁹ You have six days to labour and do all your work, ¹⁰ but the seventh day is a Shabbat for Adonai your God. On it, you are not to do any kind of work—not you, your son or your daughter, not your male or female slave, not your livestock, and not the foreigner staying with you inside the gates to your property. ¹¹ For in six days, Adonai made heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. This is why Adonai blessed the day, Shabbat, and separated it for himself.

ה ^‎12 “Honour your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land which Adonai your God is giving you.

ו ^‎13 “Do not murder.

ז ^‎(14) “Do not commit adultery.

ח ^‎(15) “Do not steal.

ט ^‎(16) “Do not give false evidence against your neighbour.

י ^‎14(17) “Do not covet your neighbour’s house; do not covet your neighbour’s wife, his male or female slave, his ox, his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbour.”

(A: vii) ¹⁵⁽¹⁸⁾ All the people experienced the thunder, the lightning, the sound of the shofar, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled. Standing at a distance, ¹⁶⁽¹⁹⁾ they said to Moshe, “You, speak with us; and we will listen. But don’t let God speak with us, or we will die.” ¹⁷⁽²⁰⁾ Moshe answered the people, “Don’t be afraid, because God has come only to test you and make you fear him, so that you won’t commit sins.”

Keep My Covenant:

Exodus 19:5 (CJB)

⁵ Now if you will pay careful attention to what I say and keep my covenant, then you will be my own treasure from among all the peoples, for all the earth is mine;

Accounting for the Blood:

Genesis 4:10–11 (CJB)

¹⁰ He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground! ¹¹ Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood at your hands.

Genesis 9:5 (CJB)

⁵ I will certainly demand an accounting for the blood of your lives: I will demand it from every animal and from every human being. I will demand from every human being an accounting for the life of his fellow human being.

Caring for the Land:

Leviticus 20:22 (CJB)

²² “ ‘You are to observe all my regulations and rulings and act on them, so that the land to which I am bringing you will not vomit you out. (LY: vii)

Leviticus 23:22 (CJB)

²² “ ‘When you harvest the ripe crops produced in your land, don’t harvest all the way to the corners of your field, and don’t gather the ears of grain left by the harvesters; leave them for the poor and the foreigner; I am Adonai your God.’ ” (v)

Leviticus 25:1–7 (CJB)

¹ Adonai spoke to Moshe on Mount Sinai; he said, ² “Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘When you enter the land I am giving you, the land itself is to observe a Shabbat rest for Adonai. ³ Six years you will sow your field; six years you will prune your grapevines and gather their produce. ⁴ But in the seventh year is to be a Shabbat of complete rest for the land, a Shabbat for Adonai; you will neither sow your field nor prune your grapevines.

⁵ You are not to harvest what grows by itself from the seeds left by your previous harvest, and you are not to gather the grapes of your untended vine; it is to be a year of complete rest for the land. ⁶ But what the land produces during the year of Shabbat will be food for all of you—you, your servant, your maid, your employee, anyone living near you, ⁷ your livestock and the wild animals on your land; everything the land produces may be used for food.

Leviticus 25:11–13 (CJB)

¹¹ That fiftieth year will be a yovel for you; in that year you are not to sow, harvest what grows by itself or gather the grapes of untended vines; ¹² because it is a yovel. It will be holy for you; whatever the fields produce will be food for all of you. ¹³ In this year of yovel, every one of you is to return to the land he owns. (LY: ii)

Leviticus 25:18–19 (CJB)

¹⁸ “ ‘Rather, you are to keep my regulations and rulings and act accordingly. If you do, you will live securely in the land. (RY: ii, LY: iii) ¹⁹ The land will yield its produce, you will eat until you have enough, and you will live there securely.

Leviticus 25:20–22 (CJB)

²⁰ “ ‘If you ask, “If we aren’t allowed to sow seed or harvest what our land produces, what are we going to eat the seventh year?” ²¹ then I will order my blessing on you during the sixth year, so that the land brings forth enough produce for all three years. ²² The eighth year you will sow seed, but eat the old, stored produce until the ninth year; that is, until the produce of the eighth year comes in, you will eat the old, stored food.

Leviticus 25:23–28 (CJB)

²³ “ ‘The land is not to be sold in perpetuity, because the land belongs to me—you are only foreigners and temporary residents with me. ²⁴ Therefore, when you sell your property, you must include the right of redemption. (LY: iv) ²⁵ That is, if one of you becomes poor and sells some of his property, his next-of-kin can come and buy back what his relative sold. ²⁶ If the seller has no one to redeem it but becomes rich enough to redeem it himself,

²⁷ he will calculate the number of years the land was sold for, refund the excess to its buyer, and return to his property. ²⁸ If he hasn’t sufficient means to get it back himself, then what he sold will remain in the hands of the buyer until the year of yovel; in the yovel the buyer will vacate it and the seller return to his property. (RY: iii, LY: v)

Deuteronomy 32:2 (CJB)

²  May my teaching fall like rain.

May my speech condense like dew,

like light rain on blades of grass,

or showers on growing plants.

Blessings for Obedience:

Leviticus 26:3–5 (CJB)

³ “ ‘If you live by my regulations, observe my mitzvot and obey them; ⁴ then I will provide the rain you need in its season, the land will yield its produce, and the trees in the field will yield their fruit. ⁵ Your threshing time will extend until the grape harvest, and your grape harvesting will extend until the time for sowing seed. You will eat as much food as you want and live securely in your land. (LY: ii)

Leviticus 26:9–13 (CJB)

⁹ “ ‘I will turn toward you, make you productive, increase your numbers and uphold my covenant with you. (RY: v, LY: iii) ¹⁰ You will eat all you want from last year’s harvest and throw out what remains of the old to make room for the new. ¹¹ I will put my tabernacle among you, and I will not reject you, ¹² but I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people. ¹³ I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, so that you would not be their slaves. I have broken the bars of your yoke, so that you can walk upright.

Curses for Disobedience:

Leviticus 26:14–17 (CJB)

¹⁴ “ ‘But if you will not listen to me and obey all these mitzvot, ¹⁵ if you loathe my regulations and reject my rulings, in order not to obey all my mitzvot but cancel my covenant; ¹⁶ then I, for my part, will do this to you: I will bring terror upon you—wasting disease and chronic fever to dim your sight and sap your strength. You will sow your seed for nothing, because your enemies will eat the crops. ¹⁷ I will set my face against you—your enemies will defeat you, those who hate you will hound you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.

Leviticus 26:21–22 (CJB)

²¹ “ ‘Yes, if you go against me and don’t listen to me, I will increase your calamities sevenfold, according to your sins. ²² I will send wild animals among you; they will rob you of your children, destroy your livestock and reduce your numbers, until your roads are deserted.

⁴ “Sh’ma, Yisra’el! Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad [Hear, Isra’el! Adonai our God, Adonai is one]; Deut 6:4

¹⁸ Don’t take vengeance on or bear a grudge against any of your people; rather, love your neighbour as yourself; I am Adonai. Lev 19:18

²⁹ Yeshua answered, “The most important is,

‘Sh’ma Yisra’el, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad [Hear, O Isra’el, the Lord our God, the Lord is one],

³⁰ and you are to love Adonai your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your understanding and with all your strength.’

³¹ The second is this:

‘You are to love your neighbour as yourself.’

There is no other mitzvah greater than these.”

Mark 12:29-31

Isaiah 7:13
¹³ Then [the prophet] said,

“Listen here, house of David!
Is trying people’s patience
such a small thing for you
that you must try the patience
of my God as well?

Isaiah 7:14
¹⁴ Therefore Adonai himself
will give you people a sign:
the young woman will become pregnant,
bear a son and name him ‘Immanu El [God is with us].

Isaiah 7:15
¹⁵ By the time he knows enough
to refuse evil and choose good,
he will [have to] eat
curdled milk and [wild] honey.

Isaiah 7:16
¹⁶ Yes, before the child knows enough
to refuse evil and choose good,
the land whose two kings you dread
will be left abandoned.

Jeremiah 31:30–33 (CJB)

³⁰⁽³¹⁾ “Here, the days are coming,” says Adonai, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Isra’el and with the house of Y’hudah. ³¹⁽³²⁾ It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers on the day I took them by their hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt; because they, for their part, violated my covenant, even though I, for my part, was a husband to them,” says Adonai.

³²⁽³³⁾ “For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Isra’el after those days,” says Adonai: “I will put my Torah within them and write it on their hearts; I will be their God, and they will be my people.

³³⁽³⁴⁾ No longer will any of them teach his fellow community member or his brother, ‘Know Adonai’; for all will know me, from the least of them to the greatest; because I will forgive their wickednesses and remember their sins no more.”

Ezekiel 36:24
²⁴ For I will take you from among the nations,
gather you from all the countries,
and return you to your own soil.

Ezekiel 36:25
²⁵ Then I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you will be clean;
I will cleanse you from all your uncleanness
and from all your idols.

Ezekiel 36:26
²⁶ I will give you a new heart
and put a new spirit inside you;
I will take the stony heart out of your flesh
and give you a heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 36:27
²⁷ I will put my Spirit inside you
and cause you to live by my laws,
respect my rulings and obey them.

Ezekiel 36:28
²⁸ You will live in the land I gave to your ancestors.
You will be my people,
and I will be your God.

David H. Stern, Complete Jewish Bible: An English Version of the Tanakh (Old Testament) and B’rit Hadashah (New Testament), 1st ed. (Clarksville, MD: Jewish New Testament Publications, 1998), Eze 36:24–28.

Matthew 1:23 (CJB)

²³ “The virgin will conceive and bear a son,

and they will call him ‘Immanu El.”

(The name means, “God is with us.”)

Note: The covenant established around 2350 BCE between ADONAI and Noach (Noah), known as the rainbow covenant is recorded in the Hebrew Tanakh. Below are Biblical references to each of the covenants ADONAI made through history.

Definition:

Note: Covenants in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) are about Loving ADONAI, our neighbour, and all creation; the basis for every conceivable goodness from humankind. Essentially, our ‘higher self’ in every thought, word and deed, which is divine!

Today, covenants are assigned and categorised by religion, law, marriage and other secular interests each with their own varying definitions. Some of the newer covenants are tabulated below for further inquiry.

Whilst adapting the concept of a covenant is praiseworthy, our own objectives and motives are selfish, cruel and unjustified unlike the goals, objectives and motives of ADONAI’s covenants in the Tanakh.

Noachide Covenant

¹⁶ The rainbow will be in the cloud; so that when I look at it, I will remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of any kind on the earth.” Gen 9:16

Abramic Covenant

¹⁸ That day Adonai made a covenant with Avram: “I have given this land to your descendants—from the Vadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River—¹⁹ the territory of the Keni, the K’nizi, the Kadmoni, ²⁰ the Hitti, the P’rizi, the Refa’im, ²¹ the Emori, the Kena‘ani, the Girgashi and the Y’vusi.” Gen 15:18-21

Mosaic Covenant

⁵ Now if you will pay careful attention to what I say and keep my covenant, then you will be my own treasure from among all the peoples, for all the earth is mine; ⁶ and you will be a kingdom of cohanim for me, a nation set apart.’ These are the words you are to speak to the people of Isra’el.” Exo 19:5-6

⁸ Moshe took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, “This is the blood of the covenant which Adonai has made with you in accordance with all these words.” Exo 24:8

Davidic Covenant

³ So all the leaders of Isra’el came to the king in Hevron, and King David made a covenant with them in Hevron in the presence of Adonai. Then they anointed David king over Isra’el. 2 Sam 5:3

The New Covenant

Matthew 26:26–30 (CJB)

²⁶ While they were eating, Yeshua took a piece of matzah, made the b’rakhah, broke it, gave it to the talmidim and said, “Take! Eat! This is my body!” ²⁷ Also he took a cup of wine, made the b’rakhah, and gave it to them, saying, “All of you, drink from it!

²⁸ For this is my blood, which ratifies the New Covenant, my blood shed on behalf of many, so that they may have their sins forgiven.

²⁹ I tell you, I will not drink this ‘fruit of the vine’ again until the day I drink new wine with you in my Father’s Kingdom.”

³⁰ After singing the Hallel, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Note: The following pages detail Biblical Holy Days that we are to observe.

Shabbat (Sabbath)

Exodus 31:12–17 (CJB)

¹² Adonai said to Moshe, ¹³ “Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘You are to observe my Shabbats; for this is a sign between me and you through all your generations; so that you will know that I am Adonai, who sets you apart for me. ¹⁴ Therefore you are to keep my Shabbat, because it is set apart for you. Everyone who treats it as ordinary must be put to death; for whoever does any work on it is to be cut off from his people.

¹⁵ On six days work will get done; but the seventh day is Shabbat, for complete rest, set apart for Adonai. Whoever does any work on the day of Shabbat must be put to death. ¹⁶ The people of Isra’el are to keep the Shabbat, to observe Shabbat through all their generations as a perpetual covenant. ¹⁷ It is a sign between me and the people of Isra’el forever; for in six days Adonai made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day he stopped working and rested.’ ” Exo 31:12-17 (CJB)

Leviticus 23:1–4 (CJB)

¹ Adonai said to Moshe, ² “Tell the people of Isra’el: ‘The designated times of Adonai which you are to proclaim as holy convocations are my designated times.

³ “ ‘Work is to be done on six days; but the seventh day is a Shabbat of complete rest, a holy convocation; you are not to do any kind of work; it is a Shabbat for Adonai, even in your homes.

⁴ “ ‘These are the designated times of Adonai, the holy convocations you are to proclaim at their designated times.

Note: Good Friday is completely different, even opposite to ADONAI’s Pesach. It appears that when in power, a change of policy, procedures and regulations mischievously justify transition from the old to a new. Replacing ADONAI’s mitzvot, rules and regulations on the pretence that it is caused, is abomination and rapture of the church.

The destruction of the Jewish Temple in 70 AD, replacing the Tanakh, Biblical Feasts, Covenants, the nation of cohanim, translating of the Tanakh and displacement of the Jewish people is clear enough that abomination and rapture of ADONAI’s church. The Jewish version of the Rapture.

Yeshua HaMaschiach became the Sacrificial Lamb at Pesach, the first feast in the Biblical Calendar is confirmation of ADONAI’s mitzvot, rules and regulations and the established church Exo 12:14 (CJB).

ADOANI’s Church Established:

Exodus 12:1–14 (CJB) ^{Approx. 1440-1415 BCE}

¹ Adonai spoke to Moshe and Aharon in the land of Egypt; he said, ² “You are to begin your calendar with this month; it will be the first month of the year for you. ³ Speak to all the assembly of Isra’el and say, ‘On the tenth day of this month, each man is to take a lamb or kid for his family, one per household—⁴ except that if the household is too small for a whole lamb or kid, then he and his next-door neighbour should share one, dividing it in proportion to the number of people eating it. ⁵ Your animal must be without defect, a male in its first year, and you may choose it from either the sheep or the goats.

⁶ “ ‘You are to keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, and then the entire assembly of the community of Isra’el will slaughter it at dusk. ⁷ They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the two sides and top of the door-frame at the entrance of the house in which they eat it. ⁸ That night, they are to eat the meat, roasted in the fire; they are to eat it with matzah and maror. ⁹ Don’t eat it raw or boiled, but roasted in the fire, with its head, the lower parts of its legs and its inner organs. ¹⁰ Let nothing of it remain till morning; if any of it does remain, burn it up completely.

¹¹ “ ‘Here is how you are to eat it: with your belt fastened, your shoes on your feet and your staff in your hand; and you are to eat it hurriedly. It is Adonai’s Pesach [Passover]. ¹² For that night, I will pass through the land of Egypt and kill all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both men and animals; and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt; I am Adonai. ¹³ The blood will serve you as a sign marking the houses where you are; when I see the blood, I will pass over [Hebrew: Pesach] you—when I strike the land of Egypt, the death blow will not strike you.

¹⁴ “ ‘This will be a day for you to remember and celebrate as a festival to Adonai; from generation to generation you are to celebrate it by a perpetual regulation.

Exodus 12:43–51 (CJB)

⁴³ Adonai said to Moshe and Aharon, “This is the regulation for the Pesach lamb: no foreigner is to eat it. ⁴⁴ But if anyone has a slave he bought for money, when you have circumcised him, he may eat it. ⁴⁵ Neither a traveller nor a hired servant may eat it. ⁴⁶ It is to be eaten in one house. You are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you are not to break any of its bones. ⁴⁷ The whole community of Isra’el is to keep it. ⁴⁸ If a foreigner staying with you wants to observe Adonai’s Pesach, all his males must be circumcised. Then he may take part and observe it; he will be like a citizen of the land. But no uncircumcised person is to eat it. ⁴⁹ The same teaching is to apply equally to the citizen and to the foreigner living among you.”

⁵⁰ All the people of Isra’el did just as Adonai had ordered Moshe and Aharon. ⁵¹ On that very day, Adonai brought the people of Isra’el out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.

Leviticus 23:5 (CJB)

⁵ “ ‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between sundown and complete darkness, comes Pesach for Adonai.

The Altar:

Exodus 27:1–2 (CJB)

¹ “You are to make the altar of acacia-wood, seven-and-a-half feet long and seven-and-a-half feet wide—the altar is to be square and four-and-a-half feet high. ² Make horns for it on its four corners; the horns are to be of one piece with it; and you are to overlay it with bronze.

ADONAI’s Covenant Renewed:

Exodus 34:10–26 (CJB)

¹⁰ He said, “Here, I am making a covenant; in front of all your people I will do wonders such as have not been created anywhere on earth or in any nation. All the people around you will see the work of Adonai. What I am going to do through you will be awesome! ¹¹ Observe what I am ordering you to do today.

Here! I am driving out ahead of you the Emori, Kena‘ani, Hitti, P’rizi, Hivi and Y’vusi. ¹² Be careful not to make a covenant with the people living in the land where you are going, so that they won’t become a snare within your own borders. ¹³ Rather, you are to demolish their altars, smash their standing-stones and cut down their sacred poles; ¹⁴ because you are not to bow down to any other god; since Adonai—whose very name is Jealous—is a jealous God.

¹⁵ Do not make a covenant with the people living in the land. It will cause you to go astray after their gods and sacrifice to their gods. Then they will invite you to join them in eating their sacrifices, ¹⁶ and you will take their daughters as wives for your sons. Their daughters will prostitute themselves to their own gods and make your sons do the same!

¹⁷ “Do not cast metal gods for yourselves.

¹⁸ “Keep the festival of matzah by eating matzah, as I ordered you, for seven days during the month of Aviv; for it was in the month of Aviv that you came out from Egypt.

¹⁹ “Everything that is first from the womb is mine. Of all your livestock, you are to set aside for me the males, the firstborn of cattle and flock. ²⁰ The firstborn of a donkey you must redeem with a lamb; if you won’t redeem it, break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you are to redeem, and no one is to appear before me empty-handed.

²¹ “Six days you will work, but on the seventh day you are to rest—even in plowing time and harvest season you are to rest.

²² “Observe the festival of Shavu‘ot with the first-gathered produce of the wheat harvest, and the festival of ingathering at the turn of the year. ²³ Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Lord, Adonai, the God of Isra’el. ²⁴ For I am going to expel nations ahead of you and expand your territory, and no one will even covet your land when you go up to appear before Adonai your God three times a year. ²⁵ You are not to offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, and the sacrifice of the feast of Pesach is not to be left until morning. ²⁶ You are to bring the best firstfruits of your land into the house of Adonai your God.

“You are not to boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.” (vii)

Joshua 8:30 ^{Approx. 1250 BCE
30} Then Y’hoshua built an altar to ADONAI, the God of Isra’el, on Mount ‘Eival,

Joshua 8:31
³¹ as Moshe the servant of ADONAI had ordered the people of Isra’el to do (this is written in the book of the Torah of Moshe), an altar of uncut stones that no one had touched with an iron tool. On it they offered burnt offerings to ADONAI and sacrificed peace offerings.

Joshua 8:32
³² He wrote there on the stones a copy of the Torah of Moshe, inscribing it in the presence of the people of Isra’el.

Joshua 8:33
³³ Then all Isra’el, including their leaders, officials and judges, stood on either side of the ark in front of the cohanim, who were L’vi’im and who carried the ark for the covenant of ADONAI. The foreigners were there along with the citizens. Half of the people were in front of Mount G’rizim and half of them in front of Mount ‘Eival, as Moshe the servant of ADONAI had ordered them earlier in connection with blessing the people of Isra’el.

ADONAI’s Torah Confirmed:

Joshua 8:34
³⁴ After this, he read all the words of the Torah, the blessing and the curse, according to everything written in the book of the Torah.

David H. Stern, Complete Jewish Bible: An English Version of the Tanakh (Old Testament) and B’rit Hadashah (New Testament), 1st ed. (Clarksville, MD: Jewish New Testament Publications, 1998), Jos 8:30–34.

We must only obey ADONAI’s mitzvot, rules and regulations!

The New Covenant Ratified:

Matthew 24:15 (CJB) ^{Approx. 58-68 AD}

¹⁵ “So when you see the abomination that causes desolation spoken about through the prophet Dani’el standing in the Holy Place” (let the reader understand the allusion),

Matthew 26:26–30 (CJB)

²⁶ While they were eating, Yeshua took a piece of matzah, made the b’rakhah, broke it, gave it to the talmidim and said, “Take! Eat! This is my body!” ²⁷ Also he took a cup of wine, made the b’rakhah, and gave it to them, saying, “All of you, drink from it! ²⁸ For this is my blood, which ratifies the New Covenant, my blood shed on behalf of many, so that they may have their sins forgiven. ²⁹ I tell you, I will not drink this ‘fruit of the vine’ again until the day I drink new wine with you in my Father’s Kingdom.”

³⁰ After singing the Hallel, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Replacing ADONAI’s Torah:

Note: Hebrew to Gregorian Calendar caused change to Biblical Holy Days.

1. Exo 12:1-2 replaced with Easter triduum.
2. Exo 12:11 replaced to abstain from consuming meat
3. Exo 12:14 Pesach replaced to a day of mourning
4. Exo 12:18 Replaced ‘feast of unleavened bread’
5. Lev 23:5 Seven day feast replaced to three day feast
6. Lev 23:6 replaced with regular dietary laws

Note: None of the Biblical Holy Days are observed by Christians today because theology has replaced them with alterative holy days, even pagan feasts.

It is evident that the world is moving back to its pagan times that existed before the Torah; lawlessness, sexual immorality and greed are accepted societal norms.

Statistics show up to 1 million debilitating, even life-threatening sexually transmitted infections per day according to the World Health Organisation.

Corporate greed is never ending as most of us are well aware of.

Isaiah 55:7 (CJB)

⁷  Let the wicked person abandon his way

and the evil person his thoughts;

let him return to Adonai,

and he will have mercy on him;

let him return to our God,

for he will freely forgive.

Isaiah 7:14
¹⁴  Therefore Adonai himself
will give you people a sign:
the young woman will become pregnant,
bear a son and name him ‘Immanu El [God is with us].

Matthew 1:23
²³  “The virgin will conceive and bear a son,
and they will call him ‘Immanu El.”

(The name means, “God is with us.”)

Isaiah 53:1
¹  Who believes our report?
To whom is the arm of ADONAI revealed?

Isaiah 53:2
²  For before him he grew up like a young plant,
like a root out of dry ground.
He was not well-formed or especially handsome;
we saw him, but his appearance did not attract us.

Isaiah 53:3
³  People despised and avoided him,
a man of pains, well acquainted with illness.
Like someone from whom people turn their faces,
he was despised; we did not value him.

Isaiah 53:4
⁴  In fact, it was our diseases he bore,
our pains from which he suffered;
yet we regarded him as punished,
stricken and afflicted by God.

Isaiah 53:5
⁵  But he was wounded because of our crimes,
crushed because of our sins;
the disciplining that makes us whole fell on him,
and by his bruises we are healed.

Isaiah 53:6
⁶  We all, like sheep, went astray;
we turned, each one, to his own way;
yet ADONAI laid on him
the guilt of all of us.

Isaiah 53:7
⁷  Though mistreated, he was submissive—
he did not open his mouth.
Like a lamb led to be slaughtered,
like a sheep silent before its shearers,
he did not open his mouth.

Isaiah 53:8
⁸  After forcible arrest and sentencing,
he was taken away;
and none of his generation protested
his being cut off from the land of the living
for the crimes of my people,
who deserved the punishment themselves.

Isaiah 53:9
⁹  He was given a grave among the wicked;
in his death he was with a rich man.

Although he had done no violence
and had said nothing deceptive,

Isaiah 53:10
¹⁰  yet it pleased ADONAI to crush him with illness,
to see if he would present himself as a guilt offering.
If he does, he will see his offspring;
and he will prolong his days;
and at his hand ADONAI’s desire
will be accomplished.

Isaiah 53:11
¹¹  After this ordeal, he will see satisfaction.
“By his knowing [pain and sacrifice],
my righteous servant makes many righteous;
it is for their sins that he suffers.

Isaiah 53:12
¹²  Therefore I will assign him a share with the great,
he will divide the spoil with the mighty,
for having exposed himself to death
and being counted among the sinners,
while actually bearing the sin of many
and interceding for the offenders.”

Revelation 21:3
³ I heard a loud voice from the throne say, “See! God’s Sh’khinah is with mankind, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and he himself, God-with-them, will be their God.

David H. Stern, Complete Jewish Bible: An English Version of the Tanakh (Old Testament) and B’rit Hadashah (New Testament), 1st ed. (Clarksville, MD: Jewish New Testament Publications, 1998), Is 7:14–Re 21:3.

Matthew 26:14–16 (CJB)

¹⁴ Then one of the Twelve, the one called Y’hudah from K’riot, went to the head cohanim ¹⁵ and said, “What are you willing to give me if I turn Yeshua over to you?” They counted out thirty silver coins and gave them to Y’hudah. ¹⁶ From then on he looked for a good opportunity to betray him.

Matthew 26:26–28 (CJB)

²⁶ While they were eating, Yeshua took a piece of matzah, made the b’rakhah, broke it, gave it to the talmidim and said, “Take! Eat! This is my body!”

²⁷ Also he took a cup of wine, made the b’rakhah, and gave it to them, saying, “All of you, drink from it! ²⁸ For this is my blood, which ratifies the New Covenant, my blood shed on behalf of many, so that they may have their sins forgiven.

Exodus 12:15–20 (CJB) — 15 “ ‘For seven days you are to eat matzah—on the first day remove the leaven from your houses. For whoever eats hametz [leavened bread] from the first to the seventh day is to be cut off from Isra’el. 16 On the first and seventh days, you are to have an assembly set aside for God. On these days no work is to be done, except what each must do to prepare his food; you may do only that. 17 You are to observe the festival of matzah, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. Therefore, you are to observe this day from generation to generation by a perpetual regulation. 18 From the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month until the evening of the twenty-first day, you are to eat matzah. 19 During those seven days, no leaven is to be found in your houses. Whoever eats food with hametz in it is to be cut off from the community of Isra’el—it doesn’t matter whether he is a foreigner or a citizen of the land. 20 Eat nothing with hametz in it. Wherever you live, eat matzah.’ ”

Exodus 13:3 (CJB) — 3 Moshe said to the people, “Remember this day, on which you left Egypt, the abode of slavery; because Adonai, by the strength of his hand, has brought you out of this place. Do not eat hametz.

Exodus 13:7–8 (CJB) — 7 Matzah is to be eaten throughout the seven days; neither hametz nor leavening agents are to be seen with you throughout your territory. 8 On that day you are to tell your son, ‘It is because of what Adonai did for me when I left Egypt.’

Exodus 13:9–10 (CJB) — 9 “Moreover, it will serve you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder between your eyes, so that Adonai’s Torah may be on your lips; because with a strong hand Adonai brought you out of Egypt. 10 Therefore you are to observe this regulation at its proper time, year after year.

Leviticus 23:6–8 (CJB) — 6 On the fifteenth day of the same month is the festival of matzah; for seven days you are to eat matzah. 7 On the first day you are to have a holy convocation; don’t do any kind of ordinary work. 8 Bring an offering made by fire to Adonai for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; do not do any kind of ordinary work.’ ”

Note:

Leviticus 23:9–14 (CJB)

⁹ Adonai said to Moshe, ¹⁰ “Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘After you enter the land I am giving you and harvest its ripe crops, you are to bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the cohen. ¹¹ He is to wave the sheaf before Adonai, so that you will be accepted; the cohen is to wave it on the day after the Shabbat.

¹² On the day that you wave the sheaf, you are to offer a male lamb without defect, in its first year, as a burnt offering for Adonai. ¹³ Its grain offering is to be one gallon of fine flour mixed with olive oil, an offering made by fire to Adonai as a fragrant aroma; its drink offering is to be of wine, one quart. ¹⁴ You are not to eat bread, dried grain or fresh grain until the day you bring the offering for your God; this is a permanent regulation through all your generations, no matter where you live.

Leviticus 23:15–25 (CJB)

¹⁵ “ ‘From the day after the day of rest—that is, from the day you bring the sheaf for waving—you are to count seven full weeks, ¹⁶ until the day after the seventh week; you are to count fifty days; and then you are to present a new grain offering to Adonai. ¹⁷ You must bring bread from your homes for waving—two loaves made with one gallon of fine flour, baked with leaven—as firstfruits for Adonai. ¹⁸ Along with the bread, present seven lambs without defect one year old, one young bull and two rams; these will be a burnt offering for Adonai, with their grain and drink offerings, an offering made by fire as a fragrant aroma for Adonai. ¹⁹ Offer one male goat as a sin offering and two male lambs one year old as a sacrifice of peace offerings. ²⁰ The cohen will wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before Adonai, with the two lambs; these will be holy for Adonai for the cohen. ²¹ On the same day, you are to call a holy convocation; do not do any kind of ordinary work; this is a permanent regulation through all your generations, no matter where you live.

²² “ ‘When you harvest the ripe crops produced in your land, don’t harvest all the way to the corners of your field, and don’t gather the ears of grain left by the harvesters; leave them for the poor and the foreigner; I am Adonai your God.’ ” (v)

²³ Adonai said to Moshe, ²⁴ “Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘In the seventh month, the first of the month is to be for you a day of complete rest for remembering, a holy convocation announced with blasts on the shofar. ²⁵ Do not do any kind of ordinary work, and bring an offering made by fire to Adonai.’ ”

²³ Adonai said to Moshe, ²⁴ “Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘In the seventh month, the first of the month is to be for you a day of complete rest for remembering, a holy convocation announced with blasts on the shofar. ²⁵ Do not do any kind of ordinary work, and bring an offering made by fire to Adonai.’ ” Lev 23:23-25

Leviticus 23:26–32 (CJB)

²⁶ Adonai said to Moshe, ²⁷ “The tenth day of this seventh month is Yom-Kippur; you are to have a holy convocation, you are to deny yourselves, and you are to bring an offering made by fire to Adonai.

²⁸ You are not to do any kind of work on that day, because it is Yom-Kippur, to make atonement for you before Adonai your God. ²⁹ Anyone who does not deny himself on that day is to be cut off from his people; ³⁰ and anyone who does any kind of work on that day, I will destroy from among his people. ³¹ You are not to do any kind of work; it is a permanent regulation through all your generations, no matter where you live.

³² It will be for you a Shabbat of complete rest, and you are to deny yourselves; you are to rest on your Shabbat from evening the ninth day of the month until the following evening.” (vi)

Yom Kippur Confession:

1. For the sin that we have sinned before You in public or in private; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through immorality.
2. For the sin that we have sinned before You through harsh speech; and for the sin that we have sinned before You with knowledge and with deceit.
3. For the sin that we have sinned before You through inner thoughts; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through wronging a neighbour.
4. For the sin that we have sinned before You through insincere confession; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through in a session of vice.
5. For the sin that we have sinned before You wilfully and carelessly; and for the sin that we have sinned before You by showing contempt for parents and teachers.
6. For the sin that we have sinned before You by exercising power; and for the sin we have sinned before You through desecration of the Name.
7. For the sin that we have sinned before You through foolish speech; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through impure lips.
8. For the sin that we have sinned before You with the Evil Inclination; and for the sin that we have sinned before You against those who do not know.

For all these, O God of forgiveness,

forgive us, pardon us, atone for us

1. For the sin that we have sinned before You by causing subservience through bribery; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through denial and false promises.
2. For the sin that we have sinned before You through evil talk; and for the sin we have sinned before You through scorning.
3. For the sin that we have sinned before You in commercial dealings; and for the sin that we have sinned before You with food and drink.
4. For the sin that we have sinned before You through interest and extortion; and for the sin we have sinned before You through haughtiness.
5. For the sin that we have sinned before You with prying eyes; and for the sin we have sinned before You with the idle chatter of our lips.
6. For the sin that we have sinned before You with haughty eyes; and for the sin we have sinned before You with brazenness.

For all these, O God of forgiveness,

forgive us, pardon us, atone for us.

1. For the sin that we have sinned before You in throwing off [your] yoke; and for the sin that we have sinned before You in judgment.
2. For the sin that we have sinned before You through entrapping a neighbour; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through a begrudging eye.
3. For the sin that we have sinned before You through light-headedness; and for the sin that we have sinned before You with obstinacy.
4. For the sin that we have sinned before You with legs that run to do evil; and for the sin that we have sinned before You by gossip-mongering.
5. for the sin that we have sinned before You through vain oath-taking; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through baseless hatred.
6. For the sin that we have sinned before You in the matter of extending a hand; and for the sin that we have sinned before You through confusion of the heart.

For all these, O God of forgiveness

forgive us, pardon us, atone for us.

1. And for the sins for which we are obligated to bring an elevation offering.
2. And for the sins for which we are obligated to bring a sin-offering.
3. And for the sins for which we are obligated to bring a variable-offering.
4. And for the sins for which we are obligated to bring a guilt-offering for a definite or a possible sin.
5. And for the sins for which we incur lashes for rebelliousness.
6. And for the sins for which we incur forty lashes.
7. And for the sins for which we incur the death penalty at the hands of the Heavenly Court.
8. And for the sins for which we incur spiritual excision and childlessness.
9. And for the sins for which we incur the four death penalties of the human court: stoning, burning, beheading, and strangling.

For a positive commandment and for a negative commandment, whether it can be remedied by a positive act or whether it cannot be remedied by a positive act; those that are revealed to us we have already declared before You and confessed them to You; and those that are not revealed to us are revealed and known to You, as it is said, “The concealed [sins] are for HASHEM, our God, but the revealed [sins] are ours and our children’s forever, [that we may] fulfil all the words of this Torah.” For You are the Forgiver of [Israel] and the Pardoner of the tribes of Jeshurun in every generation, and besides You we have no king who pardons and forgives – Only You.

My God, before I was formed I was unworthy and now that I have been formed, it is as if I had no been formed. I am dust in my life and will surely be so in my death. Behold – before You I am like a vessel filled with shame and humiliation. May it be Your will HASHEM, my God and the God of my forefathers, that I not sin again. And what I have sinned before You, may You cleanse with Your abundant mercy, but not through suffering or serious illness.

Rabbi Nosson Scherman (2019) Synagogue Edition of the Complete Artscroll Siddur p 779-781

³³ Adonai said to Moshe, ³⁴ “Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of Sukkot for seven days to Adonai. ³⁵ On the first day there is to be a holy convocation; do not do any kind of ordinary work. ³⁶ For seven days you are to bring an offering made by fire to Adonai; on the eighth day you are to have a holy convocation and bring an offering made by fire to Adonai; it is a day of public assembly; do not do any kind of ordinary work. Lev 23:33-36

John 10:22–30 (CJB)

²² Then came Hanukkah in Yerushalayim. It was winter, ²³ and Yeshua was walking around inside the Temple area, in Shlomo’s Colonnade. ²⁴ So the Judeans surrounded him and said to him, “How much longer are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us publicly!” ²⁵ Yeshua answered them, “I have already told you, and you don’t trust me. The works I do in my Father’s name testify on my behalf, ²⁶ but the reason you don’t trust is that you are not included among my sheep. ²⁷ My sheep listen to my voice, I recognize them, they follow me, ²⁸ and I give them eternal life. They will absolutely never be destroyed, and no one will snatch them from my hands. ²⁹ My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and no one can snatch them from the Father’s hands. ³⁰ I and the Father are one.”

Note. Torah is given to each of us individually because we are unique beings. Our lives are unique, our learning, experiences, and everything about us is unique. Likewise, our faith journeys are unique, and we must awaken to our Soul’s purpose by living ADONAI’s mitzvot, rules and regulations in the Torah.

Genesis 6:5 (CJB)

⁵ Adonai saw that the people on earth were very wicked, that all the imaginings of their hearts were always of evil only.

Exodus 32:7 (CJB)

⁷ Adonai said to Moshe, “Go down! Hurry! Your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have become corrupt!

Jeremiah 17:9
⁹ “The heart is more deceitful than anything else
and mortally sick. Who can fathom it?

Jeremiah 17:10
¹⁰ I, ADONAI, search the heart;
I test inner motivations;
in order to give to everyone
what his actions and conduct deserve.”

Leviticus 18:5
⁵ You are to observe my laws and rulings; if a person does them, he will have life through them; I am ADONAI.

John 15:11 (CJB)
¹¹ I have said this to you so that my joy may be in you, and your joy be complete.

Matthew 2:4–6 (CJB)

⁴ He called together all the head cohanim and Torah-teachers of the people and asked them, “Where will the Messiah be born?” ⁵ “In Beit-Lechem of Y’hudah,” they replied, “because the prophet wrote,

⁶ ‘And you, Beit-Lechem in the land of Y’hudah,

are by no means the least among the rulers of Y’hudah;

for from you will come a Ruler

who will shepherd my people Isra’el.’ ”

Isaiah 61:1–11 (CJB)

^{61 1} The Spirit of Adonai ELOHIM is upon me,
because ADONAI has anointed me
to announce good news to the poor.
He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted;
to proclaim freedom to the captives,
to let out into light those bound in the dark;

² to proclaim the year of the favour of ADONAI
and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn,

³ yes, provide for those in Tziyon who mourn,
giving them garlands instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
a cloak of praise instead of a heavy spirit,
so that they will be called oaks of righteousness
planted by ADONAI, in which he takes pride.

⁴ They will rebuild the ancient ruins,
restore sites long destroyed;
they will renew the ruined cities,
destroyed many generations ago.

⁵ Strangers will stand and feed your flocks,
foreigners plow your land and tend your vines;

⁶ but you will be called cohanim of ADONAI,
spoken of as ministers to our God.
You will feed on the wealth of nations,
and revel in their riches.

⁷ Because of your shame, which was doubled,
and because they cried, “They deserve disgrace,”
therefore in their land what they own will be doubled,
and joy forever will be theirs.

⁸ “For I, ADONAI, love justice;
I hate robbery for burnt offerings.
So I will be faithful to reward them
and make an eternal covenant with them.”

⁹ Their descendants will be known among the nations,
their offspring among the peoples;
all who see them will acknowledge
that they are the seed ADONAI has blessed.

¹⁰ I am so joyful in ADONAI!
My soul rejoices in my God,
for he has clothed me in salvation,
dressed me with a robe of triumph,
like a bridegroom wearing a festive turban,
like a bride adorned with her jewels.

¹¹ For just as the earth brings forth its plants,
or a garden makes its plants spring up,
so ADONAI, God, will cause victory and glory
to spring up before all nations.

Matthew 12:15–18 (CJB)

¹⁵ Aware of this, he left that area.

Many people followed him; and he healed them all ¹⁶ but warned them not to make him known. ¹⁷ This was to fulfill what had been spoken through Yesha‘yahu the prophet,

¹⁸  “Here is my servant, whom I have chosen,

my beloved, with whom I am well pleased;

I will put my Spirit on him,

and he will announce justice to the Gentiles.

Mark 16:17–18 (CJB)

¹⁷ And these signs will accompany those who do trust: in my name they will drive out demons, speak with new tongues, ¹⁸ not be injured if they handle snakes or drink poison, and heal the sick by laying hands on them.”

Matthew 3:16 (CJB)

¹⁶ As soon as Yeshua had been immersed, he came up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, he saw the Spirit of God coming down upon him like a dove,

Matthew 10:20 (CJB)

²⁰ For it will not be just you speaking, but the Spirit of your heavenly Father speaking through you.

ADONAI’s Spirit is not ours to give!

Matthew 1:18–25 (CJB)

¹⁸ Here is how the birth of Yeshua the Messiah took place. When his mother Miryam was engaged to Yosef, before they were married, she was found to be pregnant from the Ruach HaKodesh. ¹⁹ Her husband-to-be, Yosef, was a man who did what was right; so he made plans to break the engagement quietly, rather than put her to public shame. ²⁰ But while he was thinking about this, an angel of Adonai appeared to him in a dream and said, “Yosef, son of David, do not be afraid to take Miryam home with you as your wife; for what has been conceived in her is from the Ruach HaKodesh. ²¹ She will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Yeshua, [which means ‘Adonai saves,’] because he will save his people from their sins.”

²² All this happened in order to fulfill what Adonai had said through the prophet,

²³  “The virgin will conceive and bear a son,

and they will call him ‘Immanu El.”

(The name means, “God is with us.”)

²⁴ When Yosef awoke he did what the angel of Adonai had told him to do—he took Miryam home to be his wife, ²⁵ but he did not have sexual relations with her until she had given birth to a son, and he named him Yeshua.

Luke 4:16–19 (CJB)

¹⁶ Now when he went to Natzeret, where he had been brought up, on Shabbat he went to the synagogue as usual. He stood up to read, ¹⁷ and he was given the scroll of the prophet Yesha‘yahu. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,

¹⁸  “The Spirit of Adonai is upon me

because he has anointed me

to announce Good News to the poor;

he has sent me to proclaim freedom for the imprisoned

and renewed sight for the blind,

to release those who have been crushed,

¹⁹  to proclaim a year of the favour of Adonai.”

Genesis 1:30 (CJB)

³⁰ And to every wild animal, bird in the air and creature crawling on the earth, in which there is a living soul, I am giving as food every kind of green plant.” And that is how it was.

Note. Being ‘born again’ of ADONAI’s Spirit is to transcend to a Spiritual life or live according to ‘our soul’s purpose’. It is imperative for each of us to achieve living our earthly life. Humans as well as all living things and plants are one creation, sustained and co-dependent in every moment for, and by the glory of ADONAI.

The key is to awaken to our ‘Soul’s purpose, where the mind heart and ego obey our Soul. This is living according to ADONAI’s mitzvot, rules and regulations and our Soul’s purpose unique to each of us.

John 3:1–18 (CJB)

¹ There was a man among the P’rushim, named Nakdimon, who was a ruler of the Judeans. ² This man came to Yeshua by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know it is from God that you have come as a teacher; for no one can do these miracles you perform unless God is with him.” ³ “Yes, indeed,” Yeshua answered him, “I tell you that unless a person is born again from above, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

⁴ Nakdimon said to him, “How can a grown man be ‘born’? Can he go back into his mother’s womb and be born a second time?” ⁵ Yeshua answered, “Yes, indeed, I tell you that unless a person is born from water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. ⁶ What is born from the flesh is flesh, and what is born from the Spirit is spirit. ⁷ Stop being amazed at my telling you that you must be born again from above! ⁸ The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it’s going. That’s how it is with everyone who has been born from the Spirit.”

⁹ Nakdimon replied, “How can this happen?” ¹⁰ Yeshua answered him, “You hold the office of teacher in Isra’el, and you don’t know this? ¹¹ Yes, indeed! I tell you that what we speak about, we know; and what we give evidence of, we have seen; but you people don’t accept our evidence! ¹² If you people don’t believe me when I tell you about the things of the world, how will you believe me when I tell you about the things of heaven? ¹³ No one has gone up into heaven; there is only the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. ¹⁴ Just as Moshe lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up; ¹⁵ so that everyone who trusts in him may have eternal life.

¹⁶ “For God so loved the world that he gave his only and unique Son, so that everyone who trusts in him may have eternal life, instead of being utterly destroyed. ¹⁷ For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but rather so that through him, the world might be saved. ¹⁸ Those who trust in him are not judged; those who do not trust have been judged already, in that they have not trusted in the one who is God’s only and unique Son.

There were six ways that one could be ‘born again’ in Pharisaic Judaism. Nakdimon was already qualified in four of those ways, and the other two would have been impossible for him to fulfil (a Gentile was said to be ‘born again’ if he converted to Judaism or was crowned king).

The four ways in which Nakdimon did meet the criteria follow. First, when a Jewish boy becomes bar mitzvah at thirteen, he is said to be ‘born again’. Since Nakdimon was well beyond the age of thirteen, he had already experienced his bar mitzvah and was thus already ‘born again’ in that way. A second way was by marriage. When a Jewish man married he was said to be ‘born again’. A member of the Sanhedrin must be married, so he could not be ‘born again’ in this way since he was already a member of the Sanhedrin. Third, a Jew could be ‘born again’ when ordained as a rabbi. Since Yeshua called Nakdimon a ‘teacher’ (rabbi means teacher), he could not be re-ordained. the final way to be ‘born again’ was to become the head of a rabbinical school. In John 3:10, Yeshua said to Nakdimon that he ‘held the office of teacher in Israel’, which meant he was already head of a rabbinical school.

Nakdimon had gone through every process available in Judaism to being ‘born again’. The only way he could be ‘born again’ at his age was to re-enter his mother’s womb and start the process all over again (John 3:4), which was absurd and confusing to Nakdimon. This discussion gave Yeshua the opportunity to explain some Spiritual truths to this already ‘born again’ teacher of Israel, primarily that he still needed to be Spiritually ‘born again’.

Acts 10:44–48 (CJB)

⁴⁴ Kefa was still saying these things when the Ruach HaKodesh fell on all who were hearing the message. ⁴⁵ All the believers from the Circumcision faction who had accompanied Kefa were amazed that the gift of the Ruach HaKodesh was also being poured out ⁴⁶ on the Goyim, for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Kefa’s response was, ⁴⁷ “Is anyone prepared to prohibit these people from being immersed in water? After all, they have received the Ruach HaKodesh, just as we did.” ⁴⁸ And he ordered that they be immersed in the name of Yeshua the Messiah. Then they asked Kefa to stay on with them for a few days.

John 1:33 (CJB)

³³ I myself did not know who he was, but the one who sent me to immerse in water said to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining, this is the one who immerses in the Ruach HaKodesh.’

John 3:5–15 (CJB)

⁵ Yeshua answered, “Yes, indeed, I tell you that unless a person is born from water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. ⁶ What is born from the flesh is flesh, and what is born from the Spirit is spirit. ⁷ Stop being amazed at my telling you that you must be born again from above! ⁸ The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it’s going. That’s how it is with everyone who has been born from the Spirit.”

⁹ Nakdimon replied, “How can this happen?” ¹⁰ Yeshua answered him, “You hold the office of teacher in Isra’el, and you don’t know this? ¹¹ Yes, indeed! I tell you that what we speak about, we know; and what we give evidence of, we have seen; but you people don’t accept our evidence! ¹² If you people don’t believe me when I tell you about the things of the world, how will you believe me when I tell you about the things of heaven? ¹³ No one has gone up into heaven; there is only the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. ¹⁴ Just as Moshe lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up; ¹⁵ so that everyone who trusts in him may have eternal life.

Obeying ADONAI’s mitzvot, rules and regulations written in the Torah is essential to be ‘born again’, because;

¹⁶ The same Torah and standard of judgment will apply to both you and the foreigner living with you.’ ” Numbers 15:16 (CJB)

Note. Yeshua’s prophesy on the seven Messianic communities in the province of Asia, some of which were established by Paul, is a critique that should be reflected upon so we can make changes to our lives and lifestyles.

Jewishness and Christendom must be rejected so ADOANAI’s work continues within and external to each of us in ‘one flock’ and Yeshua HaMaschiach as universal Shepherd. Old paradigms must die, so we are all citizens of ADONAI’s kingdom.

Exodus 19:5–6 (CJB)

⁵ Now if you will pay careful attention to what I say and keep my covenant, then you will be my own treasure from among all the peoples, for all the earth is mine; ⁶ and you will be a kingdom of cohanim for me, a nation set apart.’ These are the words you are to speak to the people of Isra’el.” (v)

Jeremiah 2:20 (CJB)
²⁰  “For long ago I broke your yoke;
when I snapped your chains, you said, ‘I won’t sin.’
Yet on every high hill, under every green tree,
you sprawled and prostituted yourself.

Jeremiah 2:21 (CJB)
²¹  But I planted you as a choice vine
of seed fully tested and true.
How did you degenerate
into a wild vine for me?

Jeremiah 2:22 (CJB)
²²  Even if you scrub yourself
with soda and plenty of soap,
the stain of your guilt is still there before me,”
says Adonai ELOHIM.

David H. Stern, Complete Jewish Bible: An English Version of the Tanakh (Old Testament) and B’rit Hadashah (New Testament), 1st ed. (Clarksville, MD: Jewish New Testament Publications, 1998), Je 2:20–22.

John 10:1–10 (CJB)

¹ “Yes, indeed! I tell you, the person who doesn’t enter the sheep-pen through the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. ² But the one who goes in through the gate is the sheep’s own shepherd. ³ This is the one the gate-keeper admits, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep, each one by name, and leads them out. ⁴ After taking out all that are his own, he goes on ahead of them; and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. ⁵ They never follow a stranger but will run away from him, because strangers’ voices are unfamiliar to them.”

⁶ Yeshua used this indirect manner of speaking with them, but they didn’t understand what he was talking to them about. ⁷ So Yeshua said to them again, “Yes, indeed! I tell you that I am the gate for the sheep. ⁸ All those who have come before me have been thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. ⁹ I am the gate; if someone enters through me, he will be safe and will go in and out and find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief comes only in order to steal, kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, life in its fullest measure.

John 10:11–16 (CJB)

¹¹ “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. ¹² The hired hand, since he isn’t a shepherd and the sheep aren’t his own, sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf drags them off and scatters them. ¹³ The hired worker behaves like this because that’s all he is, a hired worker; so it doesn’t matter to him what happens to the sheep. ¹⁴ I am the good shepherd; I know my own, and my own know me—¹⁵ just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father—and I lay down my life on behalf of the sheep. ¹⁶ Also I have other sheep which are not from this pen; I need to bring them, and they will hear my voice; and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

John 10:17–18 (CJB)

¹⁷ “This is why the Father loves me: because I lay down my life—in order to take it up again! ¹⁸ No one takes it away from me; on the contrary, I lay it down of my own free will. I have the power to lay it down, and I have the power to take it up again. This is what my Father commanded me to do.”

Revelation 1:1–8 (CJB)

¹ This is the revelation which God gave to Yeshua the Messiah, so that he could show his servants what must happen very soon. He communicated it by sending his angel to his servant Yochanan, ² who bore witness to the Word of God and to the testimony of Yeshua the Messiah, as much as he saw. ³ Blessed are the reader and hearers of the words of this prophesy, provided they obey the things written in it! For the time is near!

⁴ From: Yochanan

To: The seven Messianic communities in the province of Asia:

Grace and shalom to you from the One who is, who was and who is coming; from the sevenfold Spirit before his throne; ⁵ and from Yeshua the Messiah, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the earth’s kings.

To him, the one who loves us, who has freed us from our sins at the cost of his blood, ⁶ who has caused us to be a kingdom, that is, cohanim for God, his Father—to him be the glory and the rulership forever and ever. Amen.

⁷ Look! He is coming with the clouds!
Every eye will see him,
including those who pierced him;
and all the tribes of the Land will mourn him.

Yes! Amen!

⁸ “I am the ‘A’ and the ‘Z,’ ” says ADONAI,
God of heaven’s armies,
the One who is, who was and who is coming.

Revelation 2:1–4 (CJB)

¹ “To the angel of the Messianic Community in Ephesus, write: ‘Here is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven gold menorahs: ² “I know what you have been doing, how hard you have worked, how you have persevered, and how you can’t stand wicked people; so you tested those who call themselves emissaries but aren’t—and you found them to be liars. ³ You are persevering, and you have suffered for my sake without growing weary. ⁴ But I have this against you: you have lost the love you had at first.

Revelation 2:8–11 (CJB)

⁸ “To the angel of the Messianic Community in Smyrna, write: ‘Here is the message from the First and the Last, who died and came alive again: ⁹ “I know how you are suffering and how poor you are (though in fact you are rich!), and I know the insults of those who call themselves Jews but aren’t—on the contrary, they are a synagogue of the Adversary. ¹⁰ Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the Adversary is going to have some of you thrown in prison, in order to put you to the test; and you will face an ordeal for ten days. Remain faithful, even to the point of death; and I will give you life as your crown. ¹¹ Those who have ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Messianic communities. He who wins the victory will not be hurt at all by the second death.” ’

Revelation 2:12–17 (CJB)

¹² “To the angel of the Messianic Community in Pergamum, write: ‘Here is the message from the one who has the sharp double-edged sword: ¹³ “I know where you are living, there where the Adversary’s throne is. Yet you are holding onto my name. You did not deny trusting me even at the time when my faithful witness Antipas was put to death in your town, there where the Adversary lives.

¹⁴ Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: you have some people who hold to the teaching of Bil‘am, who taught Balak to set a trap for the people of Isra’el, so that they would eat food that had been sacrificed to idols and commit sexual sin. ¹⁵ Likewise, you too have people who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

¹⁶ Therefore, turn from these sins. Otherwise, I will come to you very soon and make war against them with the sword of my mouth. ¹⁷ Those who have ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Messianic communities. To him winning the victory I will give some of the hidden man. I will also give him a white stone, on which is written a new name that nobody knows except the one receiving it.” ’

Revelation 2:18–26 (CJB)

¹⁸ “To the angel of the Messianic Community in Thyatira, write: ‘Here is the message from the Son of God, whose eyes are like a fiery flame and whose feet are like burnished brass: ¹⁹ I know what you are doing, your love, trust, service, and perseverance. And I know that you are doing more now than before.

²⁰ But I have this against you: you continue to tolerate that Izevel woman, the one who claims to be a prophet, but is teaching and deceiving my servants to commit sexual sin and eat food that has been sacrificed to idols. ²¹ I gave her time to turn from her sin, but she doesn’t want to repent of her immorality.

²² So I am throwing her into a sickbed; and those who commit adultery with her I am throwing into great trouble, unless they turn from the sins connected with what she does; ²³ and I will strike her children dead! Then all the Messianic communities will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts, and that I will give to each of you what your deeds deserve.

²⁴ But to the rest of you in Thyatira, to those who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some people call the ‘deep things’ of the Adversary, I say this: I am not loading you up with another burden; ²⁵ only hold fast to what you have until I come. ²⁶ To him who wins the victory and does what I want until the goal is reached,

I will give him authority over the nations.

Revelation 3:1–6 (CJB)

¹ “To the angel of the Messianic Community in Sardis, write: ‘Here is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars: “I know what you are doing—you have a reputation for being alive, but in fact you are dead! ² Wake up, and strengthen what remains, before it dies too!

For I have found what you are doing incomplete in the sight of my God. ³ So remember what you received and heard, and obey it, and turn from your sin! For if you don’t wake up, I will come like a thief; and you don’t know at what moment I will come upon you. ⁴ Nevertheless, you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes; and they will walk with me, clothed in white, because they are worthy.

⁵ He who wins the victory will, like them, be dressed in white clothing; and I will not blot his name out of the Book of Life; in fact, I will acknowledge him individually before my Father and before his angels. ⁶ Those who have ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Messianic communities.” ’

Revelation 3:7–13 (CJB)

⁷ “To the angel of the Messianic Community in Philadelphia, write: ‘Here is the message of HaKadesh, the True One, the one who has the key of David, who, if he opens something, no one else can shut it, and if he closes something, no one else can open it. ⁸ “I know what you are doing. Look, I have put in front of you an open door, and no one can shut it.

I know that you have but little power, yet you have obeyed my message and have not disowned me. ⁹ Here, I will give you some from the synagogue of the Adversary, those who call themselves Jews but aren’t—on the contrary, they are lying—see, I will cause them to come and prostrate themselves at your feet, and they will know that I have loved you.

¹⁰ Because you did obey my message about persevering, I will keep you from the time of trial coming upon the whole world to put the people living on earth to the test. ¹¹ I am coming soon; hold on to what you have, so that no one will take away your crown. ¹² I will make him who wins the victory a pillar in the Temple of my God, and he will never leave it. Also, I will write on him the name of my God and the name of my God’s city, the new Yerushalayim coming down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name. ¹³ Those who have ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Messianic communities.” ’

Revelation 3:14–22 (CJB)

¹⁴ “To the angel of the Messianic Community in Laodicea, write: ‘Here is the message from the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the Ruler of God’s creation: ¹⁵ “I know what you are doing: you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were either one or the other! ¹⁶ So, because you are lukewarm, neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of my mouth! ¹⁷ For you keep saying, ‘I am rich, I have gotten rich,

I don’t need a thing!’ You don’t know that you are the one who is wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked! ¹⁸ My advice to you is to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be dressed and not have to be ashamed of your nakedness; and eye salve to rub on your eyes, so that you may see. ¹⁹ As for me, I rebuke and discipline everyone I love; so, exert yourselves, and turn from your sins! ²⁰ Here, I’m standing at the door, knocking. If someone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and eat with him, and he will eat with me. ²¹ I will let him who wins the victory sit with me on my throne, just as I myself also won the victory and sat down with my Father on his throne. ²² Those who have ears, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to the Messianic communities.” ’ ”

Revelation 20:10 (CJB)

¹⁰ The Adversary who had deceived them was hurled into the lake of fire and sulphur, where the beast and the false prophet were; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

I am the Way

John 1:1–20 (CJB)

¹  In the beginning was the Word,

and the Word was with God,

and the Word was God.

²  He was with God in the beginning.

³  All things came to be through him,

and without him nothing made had being.

⁴  In him was life,

and the life was the light of mankind.

⁵  The light shines in the darkness,

and the darkness has not suppressed it.

⁶ There was a man sent from God whose name was Yochanan. ⁷ He came to be a testimony, to bear witness concerning the light; so that through him, everyone might put his trust in God and be faithful to him. ⁸ He himself was not that light; no, he came to bear witness concerning the light.

⁹ This was the true light,

which gives light to everyone entering the world.

¹⁰  He was in the world—the world came to be through him—

yet the world did not know him.

¹¹  He came to his own homeland,

yet his own people did not receive him.

¹² But to as many as did receive him, to those who put their trust in his person and power, he gave the right to become children of God, ¹³ not because of bloodline, physical impulse or human intention, but because of God.

¹⁴  The Word became a human being and lived with us,

and we saw his Sh’khinah,

the Sh’khinah of the Father’s only Son,

full of grace and truth.

¹⁵ Yochanan witnessed concerning him when he cried out, “This is the man I was talking about when I said, ‘The one coming after me has come to rank ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ ”

¹⁶  We have all received from his fullness,

yes, grace upon grace.

¹⁷  For the Torah was given through Moshe;

grace and truth came through Yeshua the Messiah.

¹⁸ No one has ever seen God; but the only and unique Son, who is identical with God and is at the Father’s side—he has made him known.

¹⁹ Here is Yochanan’s testimony: when the Judeans sent cohanim and L’vi’im from Yerushalayim to ask him, “Who are you?” ²⁰ he was very straightforward and stated clearly, “I am not the Messiah.”

Revelation 20:1–3 (CJB)

¹ Next I saw an angel coming down from heaven, who had the key to the Abyss and a great chain in his hand. ² He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan [the Adversary], and chained him up for a thousand years. ³ He threw him into the Abyss, locked it and sealed it over him; so that he could not deceive the nations any more until the thousand years were over. After that, he has to be set free for a little while.

Revelation 20:4–5 (CJB)

⁴ Then I saw thrones, and those seated on them received authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for testifying about Yeshua and proclaiming the Word of God, also those who had not worshipped the beast or its image and had not received the mark on their foreheads and on their hands. They came to life and ruled with the Messiah for a thousand years. ⁵ (The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were over.) This is the first resurrection.

Revelation 20:6 (CJB)

⁶ Blessed and holy is anyone who has a part in the first resurrection; over him the second death has no power. On the contrary, they will be cohanim of God and of the Messiah, and they will rule with him for the thousand years.

Revelation 20:7–10 (CJB)

⁷ When the thousand years are over, the Adversary will be set free from his prison ⁸ and will go out to deceive the nations in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for the battle. Their number is countless as the sand on the seashore; ⁹ and they came up over the breadth of the Land and surrounded the camp of God’s people and the city he loves. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them. ¹⁰ The Adversary who had deceived them was hurled into the lake of fire and sulphur, where the beast and the false prophet were; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Revelation 20:11–15 (CJB)

¹¹ Next I saw a great white throne and the One sitting on it. Earth and heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them. ¹² And I saw the dead, both great and small, standing in front of the throne. Books were opened; and another book was opened, the Book of Life; and the dead were judged from what was written in the books, according to what they had done. ¹³ The sea gave up the dead in it; and Death and Sh’ol gave up the dead in them; and they were judged, each according to what he had done. ¹⁴ Then Death and Sh’ol were hurled into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. ¹⁵ Anyone whose name was not found written in the Book of Life was hurled into the lake of fire.

Revelation 21:1–4 (CJB)

¹ Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had passed away, and the sea was no longer there. ² Also I saw the holy city, New Yerushalayim, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. ³ I heard a loud voice from the throne say, “See! God’s Sh’khinah is with mankind, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and he himself, God-with-them, will be their God. ⁴ He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will no longer be any death; and there will no longer be any mourning, crying or pain; because the old order has passed away.”

Revelation 21:5–8 (CJB)

⁵ Then the One sitting on the throne said, “Look! I am making everything new!” Also he said, “Write, ‘These words are true and trustworthy!’ ” ⁶ And he said to me, “It is done! I am the ‘A’ and the ‘Z,’ the Beginning and the End. To anyone who is thirsty I myself will give water free of charge from the Fountain of Life.

⁷ He who wins the victory will receive these things, and I will be his God, and he will be my son. ⁸ But as for the cowardly, the untrustworthy, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those involved with the occult and with drugs, idol-worshippers, and all liars—their destiny is the lake burning with fire and sulphur, the second death.”

Revelation 21:9–14 (CJB)

⁹ One of the seven angels having the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues approached me and said, “Come! I will show you the Bride, the Wife of the Lamb.” ¹⁰ He carried me off in the Spirit to the top of a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city, Yerushalayim, coming down out of heaven from God. ¹¹ It had the Sh’khinah of God, so that its brilliance was like that of a priceless jewel, like a crystal-clear diamond. ¹² It had a great, high wall with twelve gates; at the gates were twelve angels; and inscribed on the gates were the names of the twelve tribes of Isra’el. ¹³ There were three gates to the east, three gates to the north, three gates to the south and three gates to the west. ¹⁴ The wall of the city was built on twelve foundation-stones, and on these were the twelve names of the twelve emissaries of the Lamb.

Revelation 21:15–21 (CJB)

¹⁵ The angel speaking with me had a gold measuring-rod with which to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. ¹⁶ The city is laid out in a square, its length equal to its width. With his rod he measured the city at 1,500 miles, with length, width and height the same. ¹⁷ He measured its wall at 216 feet by human standards of measurement, which the angel was using. ¹⁸ The wall was made of diamond and the city of pure gold resembling pure glass. ¹⁹ The foundations of the city wall were decorated with all kinds of precious stones—the first foundation stone was diamond, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, ²⁰ the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh turquoise and the twelfth amethyst. ²¹ The twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate made of a single pearl. The city’s main street was pure gold, transparent as glass.

Revelation 21:22–27 (CJB)

²² I saw no Temple in the city, for Adonai, God of heaven’s armies, is its Temple, as is the Lamb. ²³ The city has no need for the sun or the moon to shine on it, because God’s Sh’khinah gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. ²⁴ The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendour into it. ²⁵ Its gates will never close, they stay open all day because night will not exist there, ²⁶ and the honour and splendour of the nations will be brought into it. ²⁷ Nothing impure may enter it, nor anyone who does shameful things or lies; the only ones who may enter are those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

Revelation 22:1–5 (CJB)

¹ Next the angel showed me the river of the water of life, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. ² Between the main street and the river was the Tree of Life producing twelve kinds of fruit, a different kind every month; and the leaves of the tree were for healing the nations—³ no longer will there be any curses. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will worship him; ⁴ they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. ⁵ Night will no longer exist, so they will need neither the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because Adonai, God, will shine upon them. And they will reign as kings forever and ever.

Revelation 22:10–11 (CJB)

¹⁰ Then he said to me, “Don’t seal up the words of the prophecy in this book, because the time of their fulfilment is near.

¹¹  “Whoever keeps acting wickedly, let him go on acting wickedly;

whoever is filthy, let him go on being made filthy.

“Also, whoever is righteous, let him go on doing what is righteous;

and whoever is holy, let him go on being made holy.”

Revelation 22:18-21 (CJB)

¹⁸ I warn everyone hearing the words of the prophecy in this book that if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues written in this book. ¹⁹ And if anyone takes anything away from the words in the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the Tree of Life and the holy city, as described in this book.
²⁰ “The one who is testifying to these things says, ‘Yes, I am coming soon!’ ”
Amen! Come, Lord Yeshua!
²¹ May the grace of the Lord Yeshua be with all!

Summary:

1 Live according to the Torah

Deuteronomy 11:26–28 (CJB)

²⁶ “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse—²⁷ the blessing, if you listen to the mitzvot of Adonai your God that I am giving you today; ²⁸ and the curse, if you don’t listen to the mitzvot of Adonai your God, but turn aside from the way I am ordering you today and follow other gods that you have not known.

2 Being Born again from above

John 3:3 (CJB)

³ “Yes, indeed,” Yeshua answered him, “I tell you that unless a person is born again from above, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

3 The Lamb’s Kingdom

Revelation 20:6 (CJB)

⁶ Blessed and holy is anyone who has a part in the first resurrection; over him the second death has no power. On the contrary, they will be cohanim of God and of the Messiah, and they will rule with him for the thousand years.

Revelation 21:1–4 (CJB)

¹ Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had passed away, and the sea was no longer there. ² Also I saw the holy city, New Yerushalayim, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. ³ I heard a loud voice from the throne say, “See! God’s Sh’khinah is with mankind, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and he himself, God-with-them, will be their God. ⁴ He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will no longer be any death; and there will no longer be any mourning, crying or pain; because the old order has passed away.”

The Great Blessing

Numbers 6:22-27 (CJB)

22 ADONAI said to Moshe, 23 “Speak to Aharon and his sons, and tell them that this is how you are to bless the people of Isra’el: you are to say to them,

24  ‘Y’varekh’kha ADONAI v’yishmerekha.
[May ADONAI bless you and keep you.]
25  Ya’er ADONAI panav eleikha vichunekka.
[May ADONAI make his face shine on you and show you his favour.]
26  Yissa ADONAI panav eleikha v’yasem l’kha shalom.
[May ADONAI lift up his face toward you and give you peace.]’

27 “In this way they are to put my name on the people of Isra’el, so that I will bless them.”