Who is The One Called Jesus?

Great indeed we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory. 1Timothy 3:16

I have started the beginning of My Scripture Studies series displaying the "amazing" ancient Hebrew script of the letters Aleph and Tav for all the world to see because it is what we see that The One we call Jesus tells us in Revelation: I am Aleph and Tav, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. Revelation 1:8.

Many of us know these letters in their common Greek form "Alpha and Omega", but it is very important to know that Jesus spoke the Hebrew language. This is clearly confirmed by Paul when the Messhiah spoke to him:

"And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?..." Acts 26:14

Since Messiah spoke Hebrew and taught in the Hebrew language, let's reconsider His name for a moment, the one we call "Jesus". Look in any credible dictionary and you will find His name is actually derived from the Hebrew name "Yeshua", and in the Hebrew script it is written as ישועה which literally means Salvation! While we consider the importance of His name and its meaning, it must be pointed out that the words "The LORD" in your Bible are actually derived from the Hebrew letters of God's personal name. In English we write it as YHVH, in Hebrew יהוה whose four Hebrew letters are pronounced "Yod" "Hey" "Vav" "Hey".

His name YYVH appears nearly 7,000 times in the Scriptures! His name was right there in plain sight within the Scriptures that Yeshua read, the same Scriptures Paul taught from. After all, we have to remember something very important, Jesus Christ, or rather Messiah Yeshua did not teach from the King James Bible which was first published in 1611. He taught from the ancient Hebrew scrolls. These begin with the first five scrolls enscribed by Moses, The Torah. The same five scrolls that are really written "all about" Messiah.

God gives us His teaching and instruction, His Torah for living because He loves us and He never changes His mind. He teaches us some very simple guidelines about how we are to live and God does not change His mind. It's the original message of the Deceiver to fall for the idea that God does not mean what He says or that He changes His mind. Don't listen to that message any longer.

That is why Jesus (Yeshua) gave us these words, words to live by:

For had you believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. John 5:46

I was never taught this awesome truth as I grew up, but when you think about it, the disciples, the early believers, Paul, Peter, Matthew, Luke and John never read or taught from the New Testament. In fact, they NEVER once spoke or even wrote the name "Jesus". It was not until after the Bible was first translated into English some 400 or so scant years ago that the English letter "J" was even used used.

Our modern English name for of the Lamb of God, is far from His original Hebrew name which literally means "salvation". So too, many things that I had learned over the years about Jesus, His words and teachings are far from the original. That is why I decided that I would create this website so that I could play my part, do my duty in declaring the truth of His word.

Do you feel the ground shaking under you?

God is incomprehensible as is His name. Just look at any image from a micron microscope or the Hubble telescope. No wonder we are told:

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, [which is] new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and [I will write upon him] my new name. Revelation 3:12

No need to take my word for this though, just do your own research! Always get a second witness from the Scriptures. Open and study God's word and let it simply be your witness to truth.

As to the name YHVH, you probably do not have to go far to check out you own Bible's preface to verify The LORD is YHVH. Scholars and perhaps your own Bible's prefix may refer to His name as The Tetragrammaton.

So now that Scripture establishes that He, Yeshua is the "Alpha Omega, the "Aleph Tav", let's explore the greater lesson given to us, the foundation that He is indeed the Almighty just as He states Himself to be. See my blog Aleph Tav Herald of Messiah.

So let's re-phrase the big question from a Biblical Hebrew perspective, Who is the One called Yeshua?

Now let's allow the Scriptures to answer perhaps the most important question we could ever comprehend. Let's start with the words of Messiah Yeshua as recorded in the book we call Luke:

"He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law [Torah] of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled." Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures." Luke 24:44-45

To understand The Scriptures, to know who He really is, we have to see Him in the words and context of the Torah, the Prophets, and the Psalms. The Torah is comprised of the first five books of the Bible as recorded by Moses. Reading John we see His own words of witness to the Torah:

John 5:46-47 "For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?"

To understand the background of this we also need to look at the writings of the Prophets and the Psalmists as well. Reading from the Psalms:

"Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll." Psalms 40:7

These words are also quoted as a witness in Hebrews 10:7:

"Therefore when He comes into the world, he says... "Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll."

Paul, yes Paul confirmed the same about The Messiah when he wrote to the Colossians 1:15-17:

"Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist."

"Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works." John 14:10

Therefore ... we need to ask, Who is this one called Jesus? The one with the Hebrew name Yeshua. He is none other than the one sent by the Almighty, the invisible One. He is the Word, the "living Torah" of God.

The Scriptures tell us what Yeshua taught about Himself. "Search the Scriptures," He said, "they are they which testify of me" (John 5:39). "Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law [Torah], till all be fulfilled" (Matthew 5:18). "Scripture cannot be broken" (John 10:35).

The Gospel writer we call John tells us more:

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him. Without Him was not anything made that has been made. John 1:1-3

God is incomprehensible. His omnipotence omniscience and omnipresence are beyond our understanding, but we can gain some insight into His being through His creation, the laws of physics. To better understand how He became the Son of man and existed bodily we must consider the nature of the first law of thermodynamics. In no way does this give a full explanation but it can help us understand. God created the first law of thermodynamics as an expression of His principle of conservation of energy, it states that energy can be transformed (changed from one form to another). The first law of thermodynamics mandates conservation of energy, and states in particular that "heat" is a form of energy. Heat? Hopefully this reminds you of the "fire", the smoking furnace that walked among the sacrifices of Abraham, the fire within the burning bush that Moses saw, the firey cloud of glory that led Israel in the wilderness, the fire atop Mount Sinai that they witnessed and the tongues of annointing fire of the Spirit of God that ceme upon the believing disciples in Jeruslem on the fulfillment day of Pentecost/Shavuot almost 2,000 years ago.

The one thing that we should all know is that physics must recognize that all energy comes from God and was created by God:

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters." Genesis 1:1-2

Yeshua is the Almighty, He is the Creator who made the heavens and the earth. "He is the same yesterday, today, and forever" Hebrews 13:8 See Truth Does Not Change.

Yeshua (Jesus) is the living visible flesh of the invisible One God YHVH, He is the I AM that spoke to Adam, He is the One that gave the ship's design to Noah, He is the One that gave His covenant promises to Abraham.

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. John 8:58

The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let [him] go. Acts 3:13

He is the firstborn of all creation. Whether therefore God has shown Himself to man as the invisible Father and Creator, the One walking in Eden, in the burning bush, as the fire on the mountain, a thundering voice, a pillar of smoke, the one on the cross or as a still small voice... He never ceases to exist as the annointed presence of God. He did not have to cease being the eternal Creator, the Torah giver or the one that spoke to the prophets in order to become the Son of Man, He is God after all the Redeemer of Israel and all nations of people. Paul explained it like this to the Colossians just as John also testified of The Creator:

"For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy; giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love; in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins; who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things are held together. He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him; and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross." Colossians 1:9-20

Paul also declared this to those in Athens:

"God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us" Acts 17:24-27

He is "the image of the invisible God..." Yeshua is the earthly form of the invisible, heavenly YHVH. For more on this see my blog The Spectrum of Light.

Paul told the Galatians a great mystery when he said:

"Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Messiah." Galatians 3:16

The covenant promise that God YHVH gave Abraham are not only for Abraham's descendants, the 12 tribes including Judah and his 11 brothers but for Messiah. Let's look at it:

"In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates" Genesis 15:18

That is why Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) told the Pharisees:

"Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad"...I tell you the truth, before Abraham was born, I am!" John 8:58

He wanted them to understand that He was indeed “The One” that spoke to Abraham and to Moses as the great I Am of the burning bush. They did but they rejected His word, so they picked up stones to stone him.

You too need the faith of Abraham to believe in the seed promised to him, Yeshua the Messiah. When upi do, you are a part of the covenant promise given to Abraham. When you believe in Messiah your are grafted into the promise of Abraham. Paul taught the Galatians this:

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Messiah Yeshua. And if ye [be] Messiah's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. Galatians 3:28-29

To begin to comprehend who is the One called Jesus, you must know that He (Yeshua) was the giver of God's teaching and instruction - the Torah, He literally lived out the Torah, the "message and will" of God in the flesh! We are to do the same. Faith is greater than belief which is why we are told:

"Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven." Matthew 7:21

I repeat again, our Creator made His covenant with Abraham so that you can be a promised descendant. We are all lost but He came to find the lost sheep of Israel and other sheep to adopt them into the family of God. You are given the promise of Abraham when you believe and follow the One who is Yeshua. He is the one in Spirit over the void and the waters, the one who came from the invisible One to become the visible One. He is the covenant maker, the creator, the Torah giver, the Messiah, the anointed one wo gave His life blood so that He could provide redemption for sin and remarry His adulterous bride, to keep covenant with Abraham.

It is well worth repeating. He appeared and gave instruction to Adam in the garden, He spoke in the fire to Abraham and walked between the 12 pieces, He spoke from the burning bush to Moses, He descended on Mount Sinai and spoke from the fire to all Israel and their companions. He came humbly as a man and He walked teaching, preaching, living out and completing the meaning of His Torah. He was accused of blasphemy and willingly died on the cross, offering His life to break the curse of death He first commanded to Adam and Eve and He lives as King of all His creation soon to return into this physical and visible realm of the Universe with commanding awesome judgment. He will return in Jerusalem, the place of His name.

Abraham's faith and the covenant to Israel are yours for the taking by His eternal promise! The marriage contract of Sinai given in covenant remains today for you, it has not been done away with, it has not been hung on a cross. Messiah Yeshua does not change His covenant to Israel. Paul knew this:

That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Galatians 3:14

I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, [of] the tribe of Benjamin. Romans 11:1

That's why He proclaimed these mighty words:

"If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and [that] your joy might be full. John 15:10-11

The joy of Torah is that it is His word. He is telling anyone that chooses by faith to be His saved people - to follow His teaching and instruction. When we know Messiah, He gives us salvation and redeemption by His grace and mercy. As a response, we are to live in His grace and walk in His path and live in His Torah. It was Jesus who gave the Torah to Moses, and prophecy to the Prophets. It is for this very reason He calls the writings of Torah and the Prophets "My Commandments"! His call to obey His Torah principles however are for all those who love Him, and abide in Him. This truth is reflected throughout all the books of the New Testament, the Apostle's writings. How do we EVER dare think that "He hung His law on the cross" or that the Torah does not apply to us today? We cannot if we truly know just Who He is, but DO NOT think for a moment that anyone can ever be saved by works, by keeping and doing His commandments, His Torah. We must pause and be reminded that our Redemption from the curse of the law of death is only by His shed blood.

Just look back at Mount Sinai, the people Israel AND their companions had been redeemed and saved out of Egypt BEFORE they were given the word, the instruction of righteous living called Torah. When the Israelites left Egypt at Passover their firstborn were redeemed and saved from the death by obedience to God's instruction to put the blood of the Passover Lamb on their door posts. From this example, we too must understand that our salvation is only by the Blood of the Lamb of God. When Yeshua said "If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love" He was restating His words that were given at Sinai:

"And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments." Exodus 20:6

Through His Torah we can fellowship with Him just as Israel did in the wilderness. Yeshua is "the Rock" and Paul admonishes us to not be ignorant of this:

"Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Messiah." 1Corinthians 10:1

Today, Yeshua is giving us the promised spirit of Elijah before His return as Malachi prophesied:

"Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, [with] the statutes and judgments. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse." Malachi 4:4-6

The seed of Abraham is not just the people that are the descendants of Abraham, it is the Messiah. Just as John said He is the word, The Torah:

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. John 1:1-2

We have all missed the mark. This began with Adam and Eve. Consider "physics" again and think of it this way, they invoked the penalty of sin - death, which is the final entropy of our "physical" life. In the same way, the second law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of an isolated macroscopic system never decreases. So, because God said so, we physically die due to sin. In this way, we can consider that Adam though his disobedience invoked entropy and the second law of thermodynamics - death into this physical world.

God provides salvation for all who choose Him. Don't be ignorant, you can be saved and be a part of the promise to "all Israel", those that are redeemed. Like Abraham, show your faith and love toward Him by following His ways, His paths, His Torah simply because you want to respond in love toward God and worship for Him:

"For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles {nations} be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: For this [is] my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. Romans 11:25-27

"All Israel" includes the nations of peoples that so many today call “Gentiles”, those that come into the fullness of "all" Israel where there is NO religion. Why no religion? Because religion is a tradition of mankind. Many religious traditions are man's way of interpreting God's ways our "own way", but be careful of the lesson of the golden calf - God has only one path, one way, His own, not man's. Religion mixes the matters of our heart and spirit with our selfish opinions and attitudes. Be aware too, that there is no gate into the Kingdom that is labeled Jew, Christian, Muslim, Hinduist, Buddist or Catholic. Throughout Scripture, God warns us of mixing what He has created. I know that some theologians and many other believers may come to disagree with this, but if in the end, you reject Yeshua, your argument and your debate is with the Holy One, with God and not me.

Many may believe that the people called "Israel" only equals those that consider themselves to be direct descendants of Judah. Well, I look at that as pretty bad math. Israel equals all those called out and saved by Messiah whether one is a part of the twelve tribes of Israel or whether one is a companion or a foreigner with them! Once that salvation has occurred, God asks us to demonstrate and participate in our love for Him daily by living as He instructed us to do. There is only one definition, one simple way He gives us to do that and it is the only one that we are to do with all our heart and with all our soul and with all our might... yet He tells us the burden is light:

"For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light." Matthew 11:30
"If ye love me, keep my commandments." John 14:15

Remember, Moses prophetically told all Israel and those that left Egypt with them that the Torah was not just for those there in the wilderness but for those that were not present there:

"You stand this day all of you before YHVH your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel, your little ones, your wives, and your foreigner who is in the midst of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water; that you may enter into the covenant of YHVH your God, and into his oath, which YHVH your God makes with you this day; that he may establish you this day to himself for a people, and that he may be to you a God, as he spoke to you, and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath, but with him who stands here with us this day before YYVH our God, and also with him who is not here with us this day..." Deuteronomy 29:10-15

Today, there is a great revival of this understanding: "I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself." Psalms 119:52

Long before the New Testament ever existed, Paul instructed Timothy how to be a man of God:

"All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." 2Timothy 3:16-17

The writer of Proverbs declared how we are to understand just we are to respond to who He is:

"He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path. When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul" Proverbs 2:8-10 "Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil." Proverbs 3:7

When we understand He is the Torah giver we have wisdom and we have fear and awe of better understanding Him:

"Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding." Proverbs 3:13 "And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding." Job 28:28

Let's look at the King James Bible to see what "Jesus" even told Satan:

"Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." Matthew 4:7

Consider this now and re-read it with a pair of Hebrew eyes:

"Yeshua said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt YHVH thy God." Matthew 4:7

Look what Jesus told His disciples:

"Jesus saith unto them, Come [and] dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord." John 21:12

The Greek New Testament uses the word "kyrios" for YHVH in these verses. Strong's Lexicon defines "kyrios" as: "this title is given to: God, the Messiah". Can you grasp that? This title is given to God, the Messiah! This is not meant to be a play on words; so even the revered Strong's Lexicon declares just who He is.

The book of Acts records the same for us then:

"Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Yeshua, whom ye have crucified, both YHVH and Messiah. Acts 2:36

We are explain the same as to Who HE IS to those that want to know:

"Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning. The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding. Proverbs 9:8-10

His teaching and instruction, His Torah is wisdom, it is our constitution as a people, our marriage covenant, it is our instruction manual for life in His Kingdom:

"The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour [is] humility." Proverbs 15:31-33

Before Jew and Gentile can be united as one new man in Messiah's Kingdom we must understand we are all are lost. There is none righteous, no not one. There are no outward privileges and physical advantages associated with being a Jew or a Gentile; both are sinners and are equally in need of our Savior, our God Messiah Yeshua. Look at the genealogy of Yeshua and you can see the Jew and the Gentile together. Along with David, there is Rahab and Ruth of Moab. Can we have any better proof that God wants the love of both Jew and Gentile?

Be a part of all Israel, be a son of Abraham, dwell in Him:

"And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us." 1John 3:24

And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. Luke 19:9

Be counted among the saints:

"Here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Yeshua. Revelation 14:12

If you love God, don't be mislead by those that say His Torah, His instruction that many call "the law" is not for you to keep, if you are mislead you will not get to know Him as the One He really is. Get to know Him, don't get confused by the babble of others:

"By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. The one who says, ‘I have come to know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked" 1 John 2:3-6

I heartily recommend that you read the book of 1John - all of it and all in one sitting as all the apostles letters were meant to be read when they were written.

Now if you say that you know you have been saved by Him, then declare this:

"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates" Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Do what is your honor to do, just as the humble Moses told us:

"Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the LORD’S commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good?" Deuteronomy 10:12-13

John warned us about the babblers, those that say the Torah was “hung on the cross” or those that say "Torah does not apply to all":

"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Yeshua Messiah has come in the flesh is of God." 1John 4:1-2

"This is He who came by water and blood--Yeshua Messiah; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one." 1John 5:6-8

The choice is yours... just as it was in the beginning for Adam and Eve...

You can choose to follow the words and teaching of The Creator, the do not's and the do's, the Torah of the Torah giver Yeshua that came in the flesh. You can choose to believe the "Old Testament" witness of Moses and the "New Testament" witness of John or you can ignore the truth. I implore you, choose love for the God of Heaven and of Earth and keep His commandments, after all there is no Old and New Testament but the one word of the one unchanging God.

Yeshua, is the judge of the living and the dead. Let's look at Peter's words in Acts:

"And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God [to be] the Judge of quick and dead. To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. Acts 10:42-43

And Paul's words to Timothy:

"Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing." 2Timothy 4:8

When Messiah Yeshua, the unchanging Aleph Tav (Alpha & Omega) returns, he will return to judge mankind from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. He will continue to teach the paths of His Torah. He will be teaching that have not changed, He told Micah this:

"And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law [Torah] shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make [them] afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken [it]. For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever. In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever." Micah 4:2-7

God never planned a "half-time" for His instruction. He never intended a blank page to be there in His word.

If you have opened a Bible you already know He begins His book with His Torah. He did not change and put in a delay of game, He did not postpone the validity of our responsibility to follow Him in His paths of instruction only to reinstate it again when He returns. Yes, just as He saved His people Israel at the Red Sea by grace and mercy before they received His word at Mount Sinai, we too can be saved by grace and mercy but that does not abrogate our accountability to walk in the instruction of our creator Yeshua, to walk in His ways and paths. This is the heart of the message that James gives us:

James 2:20-26 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent [them] out another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Do you see the simple theme that Scripture teaches us?

Israel was redeemed from slavery and death in Egypt, they were saved THEN they received His instructions from the fiery mountain. YHVH came into this earth in visible form as Messiah Yeshua, the Son of man some 2,000 years ago and provided He redemption to those that would know Him past and present. He will soon return to His mountain in Jerusalem, the place of His name and continue teaching His word, His Torah to all mankind.

"The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Messiah Yeshua came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Yeshua Messiah might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in Him for eternal life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen." 1Timothy 1:15-17

If you believe Yeshua was in the beginning, the Creator, if you believe He is "the word", then you must open your eyes and know that His word is The Torah, the instruction for mankind, for all Israel and their companions. How could He have ever done away with it?

When He returns, Yeshua will judge all mankind as a warrior, He will be King and He will require everyone to fellowship in His appointed feast days just as the Torah instructs. Zechariah declares:

"And the LORD [YHVH] shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD [YHVH], and his name one." Zechariah 14:9

"And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, [YHVH] Lord of hosts [armies], and to keep the feast of tabernacles. And it shall be, [that] who so will not come up of [all] the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD [YHVH] of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain." Zechariah 14:16-17

Yeshua was crucified on Passover, buried on Unleavened Bread, resurrected on First Fruits and He sent the Holy Spirit on Shavu'ot [Pentecost]. He will return at a future Feast of Trumpets and the Judgment of Yom Kippur will follow 10 days later. Messiah King Yeshua will return to establish His kingdom as we can see by the Holy week of Sukkot when the Lord once again dwells among His people.

As disciples of Messiah, we must learn and observe these Holy Days. These holy times are to be observed in the life of a believer in Messiah Yeshua, Jew and non-Jew, to share in God's Holy Times and to live as Yeshua lived.

John confirms His return:

"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies [which were] in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS." Revelation 19:11-16

Isaiah explains the second but greater exodus from all the earth:

"And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. Isaiah 11:10-12

We know that the Hebrew word for salvation is Yeshua and we know that Jesus' Hebrew name is Yeshua, so we can clearly see what Isaiah boldly tells us Who is the one we call Yeshua...

"Behold, God [is] my Yeshua; I will trust, and not be afraid: for Yah YHVH [is] my strength and [my] song; he also is become my Yeshua [salvation]." Isaiah 12:2

This trust, this faith is not a religion, it does not carry a "brand" in God's Word. Faith is trust, it is believing and obedience in God's teaching and the instruction of King Messiah who gave us His constitution for Kingdom living.

His statement is:

"You say rightly that I am a king." John 18:37

King Messiah Yeshua did not come to establish a religion; He came to announce His Kingdom on earth. He is the King of the kings in the earth whose authority is imparted to His people to govern, but government requires wisdom - His Torah which is the Word that proceeds from the mouth of God. It's critical to recognize He is "The One" that spoke the words of Torah to Moses. That's why He said:

"It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’" Matthew 4:4

We need to see understand the strength and power in this statement:

Yeshua not only knew the ancient Scriptures (Torah) and quoted them, HE SPOKE THEM from the fire at Mount Sinai. The words that He gave were a repeat of what Moses knew, they are found in Deuteronomy 8:3:

"So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of YHVH."

Yeshua is only One that anyone needs to live. He is the Word of God. He will provide all of our needs, we just need to follow Him completely. Can we really live by every word that proceeds from God’s mouth if we believe for a moment that His Torah is done away with?

When times get tough and tougher we will need "patience", we will need to lean on God’s strength, His unchanging word - not man's opinions of them whether religion or tradition. The Greek word “kai” καί is translated as: “and” in Revelation 14:2. But did they (the translators) perhaps just miss something important in the complete meaning of this word? It also means “indeed”...

“Here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the commandments of God, [indeed] the faith of Yeshua (Jesus).”

Indeed we are to keep the commandments of God and the faith of Yeshua. What does this mean? Let's look:

1. He keeps and observes the Law of God. In fact, He did so perfectly and commanded us to do so likewise.
2. He teaches the Law of God. In fact, He makes the law even more binding by teaching us the spirit of the Law beyond the written. He always does what it teaches.
3. He calls those that add to or subtract from the law broods of vipers.
4. He tells people who are without the law to get away from him, that He does not know them.
5. He teaches if you keep the whole law of God and teach it, you will be great in the Kingdom of Heaven, and if you remove any part of it and teach that, at best, you will be least.
6. He keeps the Sabbath, teaches on the Sabbath, and tells us the creator made the Sabbath for the benefit of man.
7. He eats clean things (food) and does not eat unclean animals (not food).
8. He came to “fill up with meaning” or “fully preach” (plerroo) the law and prophets not to abolish it or end it.
9. He is angered by people that add to the law, and do not DO what the law says. He is also angered by those who do God’s Law, not to love God, but to elevate themselves.
10. He keeps and observes God’s Feast days. In fact He lives them out.
11. He teaches people that faith is evidenced by DOING and to keep the commandments.
12. He preaches and speaks with authority from the law, the teaching and instruction of God. In fact, He used the law to reprimand Satan:

And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. Matthew 4:9-11

When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Matthew 8:1-3

Yeshua was worshiped and the leprous body of the sick man received life.

And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. Matthew 14:32-34

And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen. Luke 24: 51-53

Yeshua never stopped anyone from worshiping Him because He is YHWH in the unleavened body of the Son of Man.

"Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this [is] known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great [is] the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. Isaiah 12:3-6

Thomas certainly understood the truth. Believe me, He was no doubter!

And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Master and my God!” John 20:28

Receive Him as Who He is into your mind, heart and soul today. Speak to him, repent and ask that your redemption be given through your faith and knowledge of him as God. He became unclean for you, he has borne your sin so that you may be clean, be forgiven. Speak to him so he can hear your murmurings!

And Moses spoke to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the people of Israel, Come near before YHVH; for he has heard your murmurings. Exodus 16:9

Unlike the burnt sacrifice of a lamb or heifer, The Messiah lives as the First Fruits of eternal life. He has victory over death through his resurrection and He is The High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. He is God.

YHVH has sworn and will not relent, "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. Psalm 110:4

When we understand His accomplishment and offering for us we can understand the Gospel, the glad tidings of salvation and His return as Messiah King.

This Gospel is the declaration of the grace that YHVH (Elohim) provided to us by the redemptive, atoning offering as Yeshua, our Messiah and He will be the returning King. The Scriptures point to the plan of redemption through the suffering of Messiah and the return of King Messiah. He proves his words from beginning to end by His actions, His death, His resurrection, to give them beauty for ashes. In the beginning of Scripture, in Deuteronomy, we see the promise of His gift of eternal life:

For YHVH shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that [their] power is gone, and [there is] none shut up, or left. Deuteronomy 32:36

For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. Deuteronomy 32:40

And in Isaiah:

He will swallow up death forever, and YHVH ELOHIM will wipe away tears from all faces; the rebuke of His people he will take away from all the earth; for YHVH has spoken. Isaiah 25:8 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and YHVH hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6

Also in Isaiah, we see the prophecy of “His” appointment to preach the glad tidings of the gospel in the year of the Jubilee, to preach the acceptable year of YHVH (Jubilee – release from captivity) as foretold by Moses in Leviticus. Be sure to note the word “me” יתא in Isaiah which is comprised of the three letters Aleph Tav and Yod. Interestingly, the letter Yod, the first letter of the name of God, means “worship”:

And you shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all the inhabitants of it; it shall be a jubilee to you; and you shall return every man to his possession, and you shall return every man to his family. Leviticus 25:10

Then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of the estimation, to the year of the jubilee; and he shall give the estimation in that day, as a holy thing to YHVH. Leviticus 27:23

The Spirit of YHVH Elohim [is] upon me; because YHVH hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent (me) יתא to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to [them that are] bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of YHVH, and the day of vengeance of our Elohim; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of YHVH, that he might be glorified. Isaiah 61:1-3

Leviticus 26 contains the promise of the blessings and the curses. The blessing for following God’s instruction and the curses for not following them.

The blessings are promised at the beginning of Scripture as recorded in Leviticus 26: verse 3. Looking at the Hebrew text here we can see the blessings begin with the Aleph, and the blessings end at Leviticus 26: verse 13 and the blessings conclude with the Tav.

And at the end of the Scriptures we find the story from Luke:

And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of YHVH [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of YHVH. And he closed the book, and he gave [it] again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. Luke 4:17-21

I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, even if he dies, will live. John 11:25

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. John 5:24

This quote by the writer John proves that the One Who is called Jesus is the Torah giver. Indeed, He shows us that every commandment is for all mankind, for Israel and for the sojourners who join them. Their is no distinction, no separation for any people group. There is One God, One Torah, One Savior, One Faith, One Redemption, One Grace, One Baptism of the Spirit for all. The is only One God and He is the invisible one of the Old Testament and the visible one of the New Testament. He is One and the Same. His words, His instruction, His Principles and His promises given to Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah and the Twelve disciples do not change.

Many have been taught other things, they have been taught the precepts of men, That the Torah is for the Jews and that there is Grace for the Joes.

O Israel, return unto YHVH your Elohim; for you have fallen by your iniquity. Take with you words, and return unto YHVH: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept us graciously: so will we render as bullocks the offerings of our lips. Hosea 14:1-2

But we speak the wisdom of Elohim in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], which Elohim ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known [it], they would not have crucified YHVH of glory. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which Elohim hath prepared for them that love him. But Elohim hath revealed [them] unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of Elohim. 1Corinthians 2:7-10

Now hear His words and say to Him: Take away all iniquity, and accept us graciously: so will we render the offerings of our lips.

"I am the Aleph Tav, the beginning and the ending, saith YHVH, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty." Revelation 1:8

"But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel." Matthew 15:24

So just who are the lost sheep of Israel? Please see my next blog Restoration: The Lost Sheep Scriptures.

"Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Messiah. For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily, and in him you are made full, who is the head of all principality and power" Colossians 2:8-10

When we realize just who He is, we recognize that there is no separation of an Old Testament vs. New Testament, there is now old covenant against a new covenant. When we realize who He is we come to the full realization that there is One eternal, unchanging God for all men, there is one eternal, unchanging way of living for all men, there is one eternal unchanging word for all. There is no distinction for Jew or Gentile or for any other. If you want to be a part of the remnant of the followers of Yeshua, walk and follow Him everywhere He goes, and never forget He walked down the path of instruction in His Torah. This must be a concept that you must accept and understand if you want to draw near to Him.

So, let go of the old religious theologies - never again allow any lawless "shepherd", no matter how much you may like or admire them to convince you to walk outside of His Light. Living in partial light or complete darkness can mean death. Just imagine how long you would live if your drove your car at twilight or in the full black of night without the headlights on. So don't forbid yourself from walking in His complete Torah Light that is right there in your Bible to lead you through the darkness away from confusion - out of Egypt. It's called the Word of God for a reason, so learn and guard His commands so that you can do what is pleasing to The Lord God your creator, redeemer, savior and King:

"And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to fight with the remnant of her seed, those guarding the commands of God and possessing the witness of Yeshua יהושע Messiah." Revelation 12:17

If you truly ask yourself: What Would Jesus Do (WWJD)? Then you must also ask yourself: What Did Yeshua Do (WDYD)?

Follow His Spirit filled path of light and stay on it, all of it. Don't wander off into the shadows of darkness in the wilderness.