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Statement of Scriptural Understanding
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At this time in our walk with Yahusha our Messiah, who will be returning soon, we understand the following statements to be true.
We believe the whole Bible is the true word of Yahuah, the King of the Universe, from Genesis to Revelation. 2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of Yahuah and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 2 Timothy 3:17 That the man of Yahuah may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Therefore, we believe that His commandments are not done away with and must therefore, be kept.
Matthew 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Master, Master, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, Yahuah: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 15:10 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.
1 John 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 John 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight 3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Yahusha the Messiah, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. 3:24 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.
1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of Yahuah, when we love Yahuah, and keep his commandments. 5:3 For this is the love of Yahuah, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Revelation 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of Yahuah, and have the testimony of Yahusha the Messiah.
Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of Yahuah, and the faith of Yahusha.
John 10:30 I and my Father are one.
John 17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
John 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Now we know Yahusha the son and Yahuah the father are one. Therefore, He would not have been able to change the commandments.
Malachi 3:6 For I am Yahuah, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. 3:7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Yahuah of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
John 8:28 Then said Yahusha unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
Remember that Jacob’s (Ya`aqov) name was changed to Israel (Yashar’el).
Genesis 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with Elohiym and with men, and hast prevailed.
Paul tells us in order to be a part of Yahuah’s Kingdom we must be part of the commonwealth of Israel by the Spirit (Ruach).
Ephesians 2:12 That at that time ye were without the Messiah, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without EL in the world:
Yahusha was asked about which is the greatest commandment in The Law (the laws given down to Moses by Yahuah at Mount Sinai), NOT what was the ONLY commandment.
Matthew 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
Matthew 22:37 Yahusha said unto him, Thou shalt love Master thy Yahuah with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Deuteronomy 6:5 And thou shalt love Yahuah thy Elohiym with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Matthew 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Leviticus 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am Yahuah.
Matthew 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
So, we must still keep ALL the commandments (laws) that were shouted down from Mt. Sinai, NOT just the two greatest commandments.
The first five commandments teach us how to love Yahuah and the second five teach us how to love our neighbor.
Matthew 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
The first five commandments:
Exodus 20:1 And Elohiym spake all these words, saying, 20:2 I am Yahuah thy Elohiym, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other elohiym before me.
Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I Yahuah thy Elohiym am a jealous EL, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Exodus 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
Exodus 20:7 Thou shalt not take the name of Yahuah thy Elohiym in vain; for Yahuah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Exodus 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 20:10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of Yahuah thy Elohiym: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 20:11 For in six days Yahuah made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore Yahuah blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which Yahuah thy Elohiym giveth thee.
The second five commandments:
Exodus 20:13 Thou shalt not kill.
Exodus 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Exodus 20:15 Thou shalt not steal.
Exodus 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Exodus 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
We also believe that all sacrifices are fulfilled by Yahusha the Messiah our Master and Savior.
Also, we believe that the Levitical priesthood is no longer in effect and that we are now in the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 7:11). Yahusha is our high priest and Savior and Yahusha is the only son of Yahuah the King of the Universe, the Great I AM (Exodus 3:14-15), The El of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Exodus 3:14 And Elohiym said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. 3:15 And Elohiym said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Yahuah Elohiym of your fathers, the Elohiym of Abraham, the Elohiym of Isaac, and the Elohiym of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Hebrews 5:6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews 5:10 Called of Yahuah an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews 6:20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Yahusha, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
Hebrews 7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high Yahuah, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
Genesis 14:17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale. 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high EL.
Hebrews 9:9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; 9:10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. 9:11 But the Messiah being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
Hebrews 9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 9:16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 9:17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Hebrews 7:21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, the Master sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
Finally, we have come out of Babylon and no longer observe the pagan holidays of Halloween, Christmas, and Easter etc., but celebrate and honor His set apart days.
Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Jeremiah 10:1 Hear ye the word which Yahuah speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 10:2 Thus saith Yahuah, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 10:3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 10:4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 10:5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. 10:6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, Yahuah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
Ephesians 2:12 That at that time ye were without the Messiah, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without Yahuah in the world:
So, here is the list of Yahuah’s Feasts days we observe because our Messiah observed them as well.
Feasts of the Yahuah
Leviticus 23:1 And Yahuah spake unto Moses, saying, 23:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of Yahuah, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
The Sabbath (Shabbath)
Leviticus 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of Yahuah in all your dwellings.
The Passover (Pecach)
Leviticus 23:4 These are the feasts of Yahuah, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. 23:5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is Yahuah’s passover.
Luke 22:8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. 22:9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? 22:10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. 22:11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 22:13 And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. 22:13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. 22:14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. 22:15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
The Feast of Unleavened Bread (Matstsah)
Leviticus 23:6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto Yahuah: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. 23:7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 23:8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yahuah, seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
The Feast of Firstfruits
Leviticus 23:9 And Yahuah spake unto Moses, saying, 23:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: 23:11 And he shall wave the sheaf before Yahuah, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
Pentecost (Shavu’oth)
Leviticus 23:15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: 23:16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto Yahuah.
Act 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
The Day of Trumpets (Yom Teruah)
Leviticus 23:23 And Yahuah spake unto Moses, saying, 23:24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. 23:25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Yahuah.
Evening of Atonement (Ereb Kippuriym)
Leviticus 23:32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippuriym)
Leviticus 23:26 And Yahuah spake unto Moses, saying, 23:27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto Yahuah. 23:28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before Yahuah your Elohiym. 23:29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. 23:30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. 23:31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Feast of Tabernacles (Cukkoth)
Leviticus 23:33 And Yahuah spake unto Moses, saying, 23:34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto Yahuah. 23:35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Eighth [day of] Assembly (Shemini Atzeret)
Leviticus 23:39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto Yahuah seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
John 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Yahusha stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
To recap our statement of understanding, please recall these important beliefs:
- We believe in the WHOLE Bible from Genesis to Revelation,
- That ALL the commandments are still in place,
- Yahuah (Our Father) and Yahusha (Our Messiah) are ONE,
- Yahusha was our ultimate sacrifice and therefore, ALL sacrifices have been FULFILLED, and
- We celebrate HIS feasts.
Again, this is our understanding at this time and we will continue to seek The Father and test everything against the scriptures.
We truly believe that the following scripture describes our fellow Brothers and Sisters best… Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of Yahuah, and the faith of Yahusha.
So, if you keep the commandments Yahuah and have the faith of Yahusha, MAY…
Numbers 6:24 Yahuah bless thee, and keep thee: 6:25 Yahuah make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: 6:26 Yahuah lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 6:27 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.
Shalom,
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